May 28, 2004

Catching Up

The late nights and early mornings of the Jersey trip, the yard sale, and the Novasocial concert finally caught up with me this week as I was a complete slug both at work and at home. Three nights of going to be early remedied that problem. It also pointed out that I can no longer party like it’s 1999 without repercussions.

I am looking forward to this weekend for many reasons. I will have the time to attend to some wedding details, there will hopefully be a sale at Best Buy where I can get a good deal on a digital camera, and, I can relax. Relaxing will be a big priority since this is the last weekend I have free to do nothing until I am married. From here on out it’s: trip to NYC, the F’s shower, a wedding, another wedding, yet another wedding, then my wedding.

In other news, I discovered that William Gibson has a blog and my bud Kylos has created a web site for his photography.
TGIF, surf the web a little.

May 23, 2004

Morning Buzz

The cicadas are in full effect this morning. When I watered the plants in our backyard their droning was the loudest I'd ever heard in our neighborhood. I can even here them when I'm downstairs, that is until the A/C kicked in.

As a sidenote, damn you Delta Airlines for having the shittiest, most incomprehensible website for checking on the status of arriving flights. It would have been easier and more efficient if I'd sent an intern to the airport and had him report back to me. Now that I've said my peace I'm going to get dressed and pick up a red-eye flying, sleep deprived, (most likely) cranky fiance at the airport.

May 22, 2004

SOLD!

The crazy yard sale is done. Mom's community had it's annual big yard sale today. We put mad stuff out for sale and people bought it up like mad. Almost every big ticket item - TV cabinet, coffee table, bedroom set - was sold. The little stuff didn't sell so well but most of it was junk, honestly. Still, we made over $200 which will go directly to the wedding fund.

You'd think that after that the selling would be over! Wrong! After packing everything back into the garage we trekked on over to the CD Celler in Falls Church and I sold mad cds, purchased 4 used cds against that sale and still got $50 back. That $50 will be added to the wedding fund as well.

Big ups to my bud Bryce for helping me set up and hanging out. Without him it would have been a difficult time moving all the big furniture. He saved the day, for sure. Plus I wouldn't have had anyone to pass the time with by talking about video games, movies, and gossiping about people we knew in high school but don't talk to anymore.

Since I got up at 6 am (arg!) on a Saturday (sacrilegious!) I'm going to pass out on the couch. Or failing that, the floor.


May 20, 2004

Up & Back


What day is it? My 'weekday clock' is out of wack due to having Wednesday off. I walk around the office with the feeling that it's a brand new week rather than the end of a very stressful one. I took yesterday off so I could drive up to New Brunswick NJ with Mom, cheer for my sister at her various graduation events, eat a fancy dinner, then hop on board an Amtrak train back to Washington DC.

It amazes me that I can start a day in my own house, travel through 2 different states, celebrate/chill/eat in a third state and retrace my steps so I can crawl back into bed with my F at the end of day. I tell you this - the east coast rules for interstate travel!

The craziness at work has died down since the video department met its deadline at COB Tuesday. As I griped about it in a previous post - a lot was going on - but I was able to handle it all and still look good. (oooohh yeah).

Obviously I'm punchy from going to bed at 1 am last night so I'm going to eat some cheese and take a nap on couch.

May 12, 2004

Big Week, Big News

This is a very big week for me at work. Since my manager is going out of town I have inherited project managing a round of videos - all 24 of them to be exact. I am personally charged with editing 5 of them myself, but I would have had to do that with or with out a vacationing manager. In addition to that, I am producing an off-site video event tomorrow then filming man-on-the-street interviews for the rest of the week. I have the sneaking suspicion that management is seeing if I will step up to plate and contribute big time or begin warming the unemployment pine. So far, I've managed not to screw it up, but I've said a couple of stupid things due to stupid nerves.

Since talking about my job is boring and cliché I'll share some tasty news that I've been holding back. The F and I are moving...yet again. In a calculated move to destroy all good-will amongst our friends we are moving into my mother's town house in August. It's not a lame as it sounds because my mother will have quit her job and moved overseas by then. Mom has finally been selected for a job she’s coveted for four years. Ergo congratulations to Mom on the new job. And hooray for paying very little rent in a three-level town home with a garage!

Anybody want to help me move?

May 10, 2004

Its In The Mail

Whoa! Dig the crazy new blogger interface. It's slightly unsettling but I do dig the large EVERYTHING - buttons, links, titles, the large use of white space.

The weekend was evenly divided between being sluggish and active. Sluggish activities included playing computer games and watching Futurama DVDs. Saturday was a treat; as I spent it with my pal and former roommate Jenny. We put in a round of mini-golf. Jenny got 4 different whole-in-ones, yet still lost to me by one point. Afterwards I tasted one the 'test-tarts' that she planned on baking for her mom on mother's day. The 'test-tart' was exceptionally lemony and 100% scrumptious. Also, I got to see how her new roommate has decorated my former room. It's very different; it doesn't look like my room at all.

I still haven't heard from my doctor concerning the unidentifiable mass in my infected sinus cavities so no news there.

Oh! Two other very big reasons why Saturday was a treat: One, the F and I mailed out our wedding invitations, and two, 9 months after I promised F, I purchased an entertainment center that she's wanted for our TV and stereo components. Is this a female thing? I don't understand why we want to hide the fact that we can afford a television and stereo....It's like putting fancy rims on your whip - you shouldn't hid the fact that you can afford nice things. Well, maybe that's not the best example but fellas I'm sure you're feeling me.

May 06, 2004

The Mysteries of Life

I had my allergy testing on Wednesday. I get these every couple of year so the doctors can fine-tune my allergy shots. When the doc got the results back he asked me a bunch of questions concerning my sinus congestion. I was under the impression that my sinus were freaking out because of the sky rocketing levels of pollen. According to my fresh batch of allergy results I should not be that allergic to spring pollen. So he ordered an x-ray of my enormous head. It turns out I?ve had a sinus infection for the last 3 weeks and that something is growing in my sinus cavity. They don?t know what it is though - which is why I?m having a CAT scan tomorrow morning. Thus the mystery will be solved. Hopefully?

To keep our minds off what it might actually be growing in my head (spider eggs, spanish gold, pocket change) let?s visit some web sites of recent interest.

First up: The back of my sister's head was on TV(click the link then click the 1st link in the list). This is a horrible streaming video (more like flip-book) but near the end look for an audience member wearing an orange/pink jacket in the front row. That?s my sister.

Next: A break-dancing bear and his hip-hop friends.

And last: An interesting read about the Savannah School of Art & Design. I thought about enrolling here for graduate school but my college advisor recommended against it. For good reason; I don?t think greed, pipe bombs, censorship, and RICO investigations are conducive to a positive learning environment.

May 03, 2004

And The Money Keeps Rolling In...

On Friday the company I work for passed out quarterly bonuses. Much rejoicing was done in the house of Dawn & Jason for the bonus was a few hundred shy of a regular paycheck! The bonus was immediately deposited in the wedding account making a very healthy account indeed! Then today my manager pulled me aside and explained that my extra efforts in video production had been noticed by the higher-ups. Thus I was awarded another bonus of $100. In the form of a Best Buy gift card. Which is fine because it's free money, however I'm just so cash poor due to wedding savings that I was actually hoping for cash. Still it's a $100 of my own money that I don't have to spend at Best Buy.

In fact, hello Futurama Volume 3, Goodbye pants!

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