_23:45
In about 8 hours I’ll be walking out the door to catch a plane ride into Lynden, Washington. Lynden is a town not far from Seattle and will be my home for a solid 10 days.
Once I’m actually there not much is planned other than running around Seattle, Canada, and Lynden. Amongst the obvious relaxation and deep-sea fishing with Jodi’s Grandpa.
I haven’t really told to many people that Iím going to be gone. I told my parents, a couple friends, and a few clients that would really miss me if I hadn’t keyed them in on my absence.
I don’t really have much to say right now about everything but need to catch some Zzzz’s so I can make it through the terrible amount of waiting and traveling.
Wish me luck and Iíll report on the LIFE when I get there.
posted on June 30, 2002| 11:48 PM EST
_11:47
I finally made it on a computer at the Herrick District Library. It took awhile but I did it, however I got stuck on a MINORS computer for some reason. Hopefully I don’t look like that guy that just wants to use the Library Internet for hard-core …. probably can’t finish that sentance in the Library without alarms going off.
The thing I love about the Library is that you can spend all day here. With great seating, Internet access, a cafe downstairs, and a couple more books than my home bookshelf - the only reason I would leave is because you can’t sleep here {..sigh}
The only thing I don’t like about this place is not being able to hook your laptop up to their networks. I guess there’s got to be some sort of law against that but whatever’s stopping them from allowing laptop ports needs to be taken down.
I probably shouldn’t complain to much though - mostly because there’s a librarian right behind me…ssshhhh!!!.
dangerous thought:
Crap - I really want to type some bad URL in to see what happens. Does anyone know?
posted on June 29, 2002| 11:55 AM EST
_18:02
Shoot dang - It’s summer TIME! With the weather outside so warm that the devil himself was spotted shopping at Kmart for an air conditioner.
I can’t do a thing outside unless I feel like swimming in my own sweat and even if I did - I wouldn’t be able to breath in such warm air without my lungs bursting into flames. Honestly - its days like today where I praise the lord above that I sit in an air-conditioned office playing on the computer.
When I come home it’s a much better story. Our central air AC hasn’t rested from its blowing in almost a full week and from the forecast I don’t see any change in its schedule.
I can only wonder how you all are dealing with the heat.
posted on June 24, 2002| 6:11 PM EST
_21:30
I’m having a really hard time coming up with things to talk about lately. So I came up with an idea. This idea will be fun but it involves your creative minds and some random stories on your part.
The Idea:
Instead of me posting right now I’m going to read your posts. I want you to leave a comment just as you would normally but now treat it as if this was your site and YOU were posting for everyone to see.
Talk about your day or tell us all a funny story. Tell us what you do for a living and how you got into that or tell us “what the ugliest part of your body” is.
I’m excited to read some stories so let’s get started.
posted on June 22, 2002| 9:44 PM EST
_16:44
I’m a pretty easy going guy and I love nothing more than to say “HELLO” to people with a big smile after coming in contact with them. In fact I’m trying to make a habit of saying “HELLO” even to the people I walk past on the street.
The only time I really have a hard time saying anything or simply being friendly is in the work bathroom.
The Story
After drinking enough water to submerge a small country, I made my journey to the work restrooms as I have done before. The plan was to walk in and then walking out. Sadly - This time was different.
I opened the door and people were in the bathroom. Our work bathroom is made for more than 1 person but I’ve never been in there with anyone else. Really it wasn’t even a big deal until I made eye contact with one of the guys and from there it was just awkward.
I didn’t want to say hello or socialize with this person in any way on bathroom tile. I came there to get ride of something I didn’t want anymore and not to talk about sports or the weather. I just wanted to resume my normal routine of - IN and OUT.
It Happened
I didn’t want to do it but I had to - I said “Hello” and from then on it’s been awkward seeing this person ever since. It’s like I can’t ever say anything to this person without feeling the awkwardness of what I had been through in the bathroom.
In the above situation I should have left and come back at a better time. Maybe I was chosen to have this happen to me in order to teach all of you. If so - just please remember not to say “Hello”.
posted on June 19, 2002| 5:04 PM EST
