7 is the loneliest number

my wife began her job now. she works 20 miles away, across the Columbia river and in Vancouver, WA. she is a child therapist (social worker) and putting her MSW to good use, hopefully making sure these children don't grow up to stab one another.
so now i'm lonely, except for the 6 cats that my aunt and uncle have. none of them are declawed and one of them likes to sharpen his claws on my legs.
so i sit here with the laptop on top of my lap (there are no desks) and work via the internet with my company's bidding software; headphones on listening to the film music on this computer.
also, when i'm not working i am getting things lined up for our next place, because we need a washer/dryer, microwave, couch, two desks, a dvd/cd storage shelf x 2, phone services (i think i will use vonage), internet services, no cable because it costs 47 dollars a month for basic extended, but we will get some bunny ears.
also prepping myself for my parents, who will be visiting this thursday. good times.
Peanut m & m's are very good.

18 days

dan the man

just saw the "Corpse Bride."

wonderful.

Danny Elfman strikes again. i love his music (and the harpsichord.) is it weird that i left the theatre humming the theme from Beetlejuice?

i guess that's all i have to say.

here's a scary one

i saw on a cnn ticker that the government wants to keep funding art, but if they're paying for it, they want a say.

that sounds like freedom to me. damn you Eminem, you are stirring up too much controversy. that's it, the next piece i write will be anti-something, and dammit, i won't be censored, probably because i haven't yet recieved my government commision check.

stupid hurricanes.

21 days.

so be adrenaline

biking is huge around here, but i am too scared to do it. the bike lanes share road space with actual traffic, and since i've lived here there have been quite a few bike deaths. by that i mean people on bikes getting run over or hit by people in cars.

i went to fax something from the UPS store, and on my way in there was a car/bike collision on the strip malls' street. everyone was okay, but the biker went around to the driver to bitch him out and the driver jumped out of his car and started punching the biker. almost right away some guys working at Radio Shack ran out and broke up the "one-way" fight. also almost immediately the cops were called.

what i don't understand is the hostility from the driver of the car. the dude is driving a one and a half ton piece of metal vs. maybe 250 lbs of man and bike. in a setting that is so (for lack of a better word) "granola", and people hiking, walking, kayaking, biking, why are there so many accidents?

unscripted fighting makes my blood pressure rise, so i think i will sit back and watch "Sin City". and get tickets to the local semi-pro hockey team.

24 Days

too many shows, not enough emotion

i am a very picky bastard (i am not actually a bastard, i know and love my papa.)

there are so many season premiers and shows coming out on tv, i don't know what to do with. at this moment my wife (the h.o.h. (head of household via "big brother 6)) and i are watching "surface." 15 minutes in, so no judging yet. watched "threshold" and found it a little lacking in feeling. i know its just begun, but it didn't capture my attention enought for me to continue. i am looking forward to seeing "criminal minds" on wednesday. also "my name is earl" tomorrow.
one of my favorites so far is "prison break" because according to the h.o.h., "you like tattoos." its true, i do like tattoos. i want more, but i am trying to save up for the
LOTR Soundtrack that comes out Nov. 22. times are tight. so tight i couldn't take my wife and i to the actual LOTR symphony as performed by the Oregon Symphony yesterday. i am a poor excuse for a superfan.
this last weekend our friends and us went to Oktoberfest and has some killer bratwurst and potatoes. good times.

my wife made me cut my mop today. she wanted me to tell everyone.

welcome to my friend, Mikey B.

i can't think of what else to say right now except that i like places to live that are your own.

25 Days

my wife is the "h.o.h"

as my wife watches big brother 6 i sit and daydream about my next residence.

i am such a selfish bastard...wanting to wake up in a place that is my own without smoke making me choke.

i am super stoked on our place because the master bedroom is vaulted and it is open to the living room downstairs. so in essence i could base jump to watch tv. my wife said that we could install a rope ladder. i know that in her heart she was joking, but she will wish she never said it when i do in fact install a rope ladder. about the base jumping, of course i am kidding, i don't think my chute would have time to produce enough drag for me to not break my neck. however, when i get all of the couch cushions set up; bombs away.

another benefit of having our own place is that our food situation would be set up. i think since moving out here i have gained more than one pound and less than fifteen. i think that i've had pizza at least 3 times a week, not that there's anything wrong with that. i just prefer eating healthier, and feeling better, and to be honest with you, having some solid bm's.

i am craving apple. my apple computer that is. it is boxed up in the trailer awaiting to see the light of day and the dark of my "escape hatch." what is it about apple that makes it way easier to use...and more fun. no viruses? i don't know, i'm not a doctor. what i do know is that being a mac user feels elitist somehow. come my friends, join me.

28 Days

my brother-in-law

he is in the National Guard and has recently been put on alert. his 6 years is up in March, but it doesn't matter if he's been activated. Should i worry though? Next year is the midterm elections and i believe that our government is going to start our pullout of Iraq.
also, you know what makes me sick to my stomache? people thinking that blowing themselves up to kill civilians (or anyone for that matter) is martyrdom.

also, you know what else makes me sick? Rick Santorum blaming the results of Hurricane Katrina on the National Weather Service, saying that their predicting and their warnings were not sufficient, even though the warning they issued pretty much said that life would be very very difficult for weeks after the storm for anyone who stayed.
so yeah...let's not play the blame game.

31 days (until i move into my new place)

attempts at "Gollum"

(with freind Erick H.)

reunited: my ears fall off

the wife and i are now usually within 3 miles of eachother which means we have both arrived now.
and good news, the place that we made an offer on will be ours on the 14th of Oct. (if all paperwork, etc... goes smoothly.) as to that i couldn't be happier, the place is awesome. open invitations all around, (not excluding herr vogler and mikey the pikey (even though we've never met.))


Wahkeenah Falls

the root of all evil: tempting fate 3

hello my friends. i miss you all, except for you Stephen...you can stay where you are. (Joke #1) Everything here is going very well. My wife and i have ventured downtown and gone hiking, so now that we've done everything one can do in Oregon we will move somewhere else. (Joke #2)
Actually since she's got here our house hunt has gone into major overdrive. i am not sure why but maybe it's because my (no offense to my family who we live wife, but i think it's my family) family, and my uncle that smokes. So we found a place that was cool and in a good location for 150K. We offered them 140K with the windows replaced and their realtor was insulted, no counter offer, just insulted. so we found another place the next day in a descent location and we made a full price offer of 120K. we are waiting to hear from them.
My wife has already had a job interview and everything else is going well.
one weird thing though; for those of you who went to Red River HS with me and remember Al Gundersen, i saw him on the telly this morning on "Good Morning Oregon." he was barbequeing ribs. how do i feel about it? fine. i could tell it was him from his slight lisp, and of course from his appearance.
have a great day everyone! today is supposed to be the last day the temp hits 80 in portland for the remainder of the year.