Appropriate Birthday Presents
So… I’m getting some Apple goodness for someone special, but I can’t help but be me. To wit:
The Gift: Black iPod nano. Svelte and sexy. A most excellent gift, no?
The Engraving: “Sorry I fell asleep while you were doing ‘that.’ Twice. Love, schmeeve”
At least I’m honest. And apologetic.
LAX Blogging
La Cienega surprisingly not that jammed, and got to the airport a bit early. As usual, an interesting cast of characters waiting for their flights, a few even mildly attractive. (Oddly enough, the only black people in the gate seem to have clustered around me… just an observation)
I intend to get loaded on the plane. Been down here since Thursday, worked all weekend, and the only highlights being this pretentious-as-hell ‘art’ exhibit (could of been a ad pitch, just the same) and getting semi-bombed last night with my friend Erica, who has a new baby “Cupcake”:
Gonna be happy to be home, but next week heading to Hong Kong… that’ll be fun, for the first 15 minutes.
May-December Romance
New “Quad” today. They’re doing the digital tango right now and sharing their bits, should be ready in an hour or two. Big guy sure is heavy, but so very very purty.
Local Bar
This bar is around the corner from work. A good thing, and a step up from the old haunt. (I do miss Nina, though..)
At any rate, one of the bartenders was passed out and sleeping at the end of the bar tonight. I’m not the most drunk guy the bar — and, oh snap!, tthe most drunk guy works there! Fan-fucking-tastic!
It’s got good food during the day, good beer at night. Ah, I’ve come home. 🙂
Mmmmmmmmmmm…
…will be ready in about 6-7 hours:
Drunk eBaying
Okay, I wasn’t really drunk. Not even drinking. (Well, bottled water and Crystal Light. schmeeve.. you’re so bad!)
But this is mine now.
So can’t afford the thing, but I need it, this thing I’m typing on is circa-1999, and it is a tax write-off…
Have-Nots
Things I kinda wish I had:
- Medical insurance. This forced me off Effexor for my panic attacks, and thankfully I’ve had none yet, but I’ve ratched up the irracibleness as a result and had a interesting few weeks through chemical withdrawal. (This also forced me off some shit for high blood-pressure, some patented shit I simply can not waste the money on. Extending my life by 5 years after I’m 60: not a concern at the moment.)
- Car insurance. I didn’t pay, cuz, well, couldn’t. Car parked neatly in garage. Won’t drive. Thankfully, it’s an antique 2003 model with only 30k miles on it.
- The pain of beating down doors to get paid for contract work. It’s lucrative, and all, when you get paid… a big WHEN
- Thornton’s Toffee
- TiVo2Go for the Mac. Or at least a crack. I so love DRMs.
- A 10″ dick
- Equal pay for being a woman.
- Okay, last one was a lie.
DisneyWhore 5000
Heh. I won four 3-day park hoppers for Disneyland California off KTVU from their “Ticket 2’s Days.”
I never win shit. So, um, yay me. I admit it — I love theme parks. Schmeeve vs. The Happiest Place on Earth is always fun.
Meanwhile, I’m dirt poor (haven’t gotten paid for December yet) and my mortgage is late as of the 15th. I also lost my car and medical insurance. Not so yay me.
Being poor sucks, if only temporarily…
So who’s up for some Disneyland? My wife and 2.2 children are, uh, out of town… or something.
Ah, the Holidays…
2005 edition. I can basically sum it as such:
- I moved on the 23rd, house still a mess. But working on it..
- Yesterday, I discovered someone had charged $4k for a “STEIN JEWELRY” in Glendale, CA against my debit/checking card on the 23rd. Needless to say, no one was around on Christmas Eve to do anything but shut down my banking accounts
- I had no food today. So I went to Safeway, on Market near Castro, knowing it would be open. Bad idea. I asked the person in the front of the line how long they’d be there, “An hour and 15 minutes.”
- Moving on, I found the Safeway in Diamond Heights to be open. Wasn’t near as packed, and was rather pleasant. I visited it twice, even — mostly because I’m stupid and don’t make lists of what I need.
- Thus concludes my Christmas alone.
Merry Whatever-the-Fuck-you-Celebrate-Or-Don’t.
Dispatches from the far side of Neptune
I’m lazy, and kinda whacked, so a brief summary of what I’ve been up to:
- I quit my crap job. Yay! Good idea, some good people, clueless people in charge. Same ol’ story.
- About two months ago I started having problems with panic attacks. The first one landed me in the ER, as I thought I was stroking out or having a heart attack. Very debilitating. I will expand on this later, but suffice to say, I’ve always been one of those mind over matter types, and this thing attacked me like a charging rhino and made a fool of me. Much respect.
- I dealt with the above two for about 2 months, but once the first happened, the other mysteriously disappeared.
- Bought a house. Escrow closed a month ago, I gave the guy a month to vacate, and I get the keys tomorrow. It’s in Twin Peaks, yes, you’re invited to the party, and I don’t need a gift.
more later…
*tap* *tap* Peace Out. 🙂
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