Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Truth, Justice, and the American Way.

It's sad but I remember once thinking that Superman II was a cool movie.


It was the latest in the things I can watch with the kids series taking place every weekend at my mom's house. So far we've watched both Ghostbusters, Batteries Not Included, Who Frame Roger Rabbit, the first 20 minutes of Raider of the Lost Ark right up until my brother flipped out, and the first Superman. We watched the second Superman last night. It wasn't as good as I remember.


I would like to say the last few months have been ridiculous...but the truth is they've just been the last few months. The last post I wrote that wasn't totally nonsensical (relatively speaking of course) was near the end of July. Since then I've used a toast I gave, straight dialogue from a conversation with my father, a prologue to a fairy tale I never wrote, and quotes from entries I never posted. Excellent reading if you ask me.


So what's going on in my life?


First off the summer wasn't that bad. It sucked of course, but it wasn't that bad. Things were quieter without Tim in the office and though my father was a dick throughout I've sort of learned to live with that. He can only get so worked up anymore since things have been going so well. We're in a bit of a downturn right now, but things are still going really well. September was crazy, but through hard work and extreme diligence it was only the second craziest month we've ever had. October isn't going blazingly either, but well, what are you going to do.


Nick's wedding was in September and even though that seems like a long time ago now, I never really properly addressed it. It was a really nice wedding and a really great day. Downside is I haven't seen Nick but once since the wedding which is really strange considering I've seen him on a fairly regular basis for the past 22 years and all of a sudden he's sort of gone. He's been really busy at work and I've been really busy at work and with him being married and all now it sort of seems like opportunities to hang out have been reduced to nil. He's not even online anymore so I sort of just have to assume he's doing well. Upside is I took Michelle to the wedding as a guest, not a date, and lo and behold we somehow ended up dating. Totally her idea as I remind people, I think anyone who wants to be anywhere near me is totally out of their mind, so I take no responsibility for at least half the crazy in this relationship. Just kidding...sort of.


My house is falling apart. I've never been the neatest person when it comes to my home, but I've never been dirty. Cluttered is more like it. This house is getting dirty, filthy. I don't like it, but I don't have time to do anything about it. Tuck is awesome, but he's driving me nuts and I don't have time to spend with him or take care of him. So pretty much all he does is shit all over the place and chew things up. Somehow he seems to enjoy the arrangement.


We went to the Haunted House at Eastern State Penitentiary with the kids from church a few weeks back and I thought it was a fantastic night, but it (and other recent happenings) once again highlighted some of the problems we have in the group. It scares me because these kinds of conflict often lead to people not coming back and I can't imagine doing it all again without everyone there from last year. They're such a great group of kids and I care so much about them, it's just that they all don't seem to care for each other all the time. And that's too bad. We need to work on that.


And finally...


If you've been reading for the past year (assuming of course that you exist) you may have noticed that I started doing something I never did before. I am of course talking about...drumroll please...strip clubs! It all started with a seemingly innocuous trip near the end of last July. And somewhere in there I decided that I liked those places which I previously wasn't that big a fan of. So I decided I'd go, but only for a year. See if the novelty wore off. It didn't. But still somewhere in late August I made my last scheduled trip to a local strip club, and then somewhere in early September a few of us made an unscheduled stop at one, but for the foreseeable future my little strip club experiment is over. So after a year of stories I haven't yet told Julia, Cleo, Nikki, Mary and by far my favorite Alexandria will enter the books as the greatest strippers of all time in my opinion and I will move on to another hobby that most likely involves this, or Halo 3, or maybe even body paint. No...seriously. And while strip clubs are now a thing of the past...Go-Go Bars are still totally fair game.

So...

I feel a lot like writing lately and that most likely means I'll write a lot here, but since no one will ever read any of it...