Thanks to Yeasayer for the title.

I’ve had a couple of Beers (Thanks to the monks brewing those delicious Chimays for me) so lets get serious.

I’m enjoying myself.  I finally feel like I’m no longer digging my way out of the hole (pit) I built for myself and actually approaching a point in which I might be able to reconcile the last several years.  I’ve been fortunate to have a good deal of help along the way, and certainly owe a great deal of gratitude to my family, girlfriend, and employers.  Along the way I’ve gained some valuable insight into what it is to be average.  Burning up nearly every perk of being over-privileged (to some degree at least), I am now intimately familiar w/ what it means to work for sustenance.  Overcoming the costs of basic living is a staggering challenge, and though I certainly have a heavy thirst for ‘toys’ and ‘thrills’ I am learning to pass them by.

The original context of the above title is quite different from my own take on it.  Regret, sorrow, and bitterness are there, but also a sense of betterment, growth, the hope of fulfillment.

I don’t like to believe in gimme’s and handouts, but I have been given so much, it is difficult to begrudge anyone.

Wow, I would love to adorn my tiny abode w/ one of these:

6″ x 31″ x 6″ and 30lbs of deep-sea adventure!  The adventures we would have together!!

The $1500 price tag is a bit of a downer though…

I’m finally out from under these silly pet-deposit payments, leaving me a little free cash to pursue some other projects I’ve kept on the back-burner.  I’ll explain in the near future.

Listen To:  Neon Neon -Fun and upbeat, good for your Saturday afternoons.

She is in Cali, I am here.  Boo for me, but good for her.

Small news, but I’m excited.  Picking up my couch tomorrow after work.  Living room +1.

I really need to put this damn hookah away, (the lungs, they scream), but it speeds the second hand’s monotonous drifting.

Things to see:

Daily Monster – Can’t embed – damn you wordpress – but this one (165) is particularly fine.

Dublab – Search out the Holy Fuck session.  Greatness. 

That about sums it up.

Today is my birthday!

The heavy lifting was accomplished on Saturday, leaving me free to revel in culinary (and other, lower calorie) delights today.  The murmur of approval from my kidneys calls to mind joyous kittens residing in the warmth of my abdomen.

This weeks projects:  Furniture!

My place is droll and has a decided lack of seating, I hope to make arrears w/ this beaut:

I am also in need of a desk, perhaps this one:

I intend to spend the next few months (as the money dribbles in) putting my household in order.  And there will be no furniture chewing!!!

It has proven difficult to get back into the ‘blogging’ thing. We’re going to give this a real try though.

Keep an eye out for news on current activities and projects, pictures, work-related stuff, etc…