The Month of October

"Debt is the worst poverty." - Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

Maybe actual poverty is the worst kind of poverty. I guess it depends on how poor you are. At least I'm working my way towards my goal on getting my finances back on track and getting my head above water for the time being. Only due to recent blessings do I feel I might be able to get back on track.

I might of talked about this already, but I've gotten my sleep patterns in order. Let's see if I can keep it up. I still feel very tired when I get home in the afternoon, but at least things are looking up. I have to admit I am really tired come the end of the day, but I'm toughing it out and staying awake.

Monday I got to work and noticed I had forgotten my wallet. Other than worrying about driving without a license, I don't have money for lunch today. I feel so naked without my wallet, kind of like I felt last week when I lost my watch and didn't wear a watch for days.

I had lunch with Ericka and after work joined her at her house. Her housemates got back from their cruise to Jamaica. We watched Journeyman and had dinner.

Tuesday work was starting to feel more like the norm and I still feel excited about what I'm doing, though I do stress about using the proper format and how exactly to bill correctly. I got home after work and planning to go out with my cousin, instead I slept the night away and woke up around 11pm. It brought back memories of working, going home, sleeping, staying up and repeat. I think this bothered other people a lot more than it bothered me, but I do admit this is not the routine I want.

no jacuzzi for me

Lisa's Wedding - Moulton, TX

"I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back." - Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998)

On Saturday I went out to Moulton, Texas to attend the wedding reception of my friend Lisa. Rick and I met Lisa at a summer camp named TGHP my sophomore year in high school. Somehow, we have stayed friends over the past 11 years or so. I don't always keep the greatest touch, but I keep up more with Lisa than I do most of my high school friends. Maybe it was because we had to learn to be friends from far away and everyone around me I wasn't used to making an effort to catch up with. I like her husband Brian, he is a really nice guy and they seem really happy. Lisa is living in San Diego now with her new husband.


The drive wasn't too bad, a little over an hour and half from Austin to this town near Shiner Texas. I did get lost for a bit, but I still did very good. The town was small, but it wasn't exactly what I expected from Lisa's description.

This is the Moulton Dance. I have posted pictures too.

Sunday I watched Bill Clinton on Meet the Press. I can't believe I dvr MTP weekly now. Bill was impressive and such a great speaker. I don't only admire his delivery, but also the substance of what he is saying. I agree with a lot of his arguments and the one's I don't, I at least respect where he is coming from.

Saturday night I talked to my niece Bekkah on the phone. She is a sophomore in high school. I think she feels all alone right now. I think that this is a very important part of her life and how she comes out of it will determine the type of person she becomes. I just wish she had someone to talk to, someone who understood.

I need to get through October so badly

High School Reunion

"I think it is very brave what you are doing. Much better to be alone and feel like a success than be in a relationship and feeling like you are a failure all the time." - Meridith Grey, Grey's Anatomy

I don't have too much to report on as far as premieres go. I have a lot of them recorded and I hope to just watch them later. Actually using a dvr for what it as meant for, nice. Here are the two shows I did watch. First was Private Practice. I don't yet know how I feel about the show. I have not really connected with the new characters, but I guess we will see. I can't judge the show by one episode. Thursday was Grey's Anatomy. This novela I do admit to enjoying weekly. I could do without the gory medical scenes. I'm not a fan of Meridith, but the jury is still out on what I think about Lexi. I don't like that George is romantically connected to so many women (at least 4). I get it ok. I am indifferent on Isaiah Washington no longer being on the show, but I think I wouldn't of minded if he stayed either.

I don't have health insurance right now. My work offers health insurance and because I'm a new hire I have to wait until early December before I am put on to the policy. So that is still good news to know that soon I will have insurance. It feels like everything I'm always waiting for is in the future.

Attorney population density. Check out these stats for Texas. It is cool that they do these type of studies. I don't know what an ideal density is, but I'm sure the less the lawyers the better for me. Too bad Travis county has so many.


This weekend is my ten year high school reunion. EHS class of 98 is coming back for homecoming weekend (10 years from homecoming game). I had been planning on going for a very long time, but it ended up not working out. I just couldn't afford to drive home and I decided instead to go to my friend Lisa's Wedding reception. Hopefully Ill be able to catch up with old friends in the years to come. I feel like I am missing a right of passage, but I'm sure if I really wanted to go I would of found a way to make it happen. I hope everyone had a very good time.

like a walnut?

Premiere Week

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." - John Lennon

Another week of work has started and I have my hands full at work. I really did have to hit the ground running. I'm trying to learn their system and be as helpful as I can. We had planned to move to our new office next week, but my boss decided to renovate the new place more and our move in date is now looking like its going to be December. I don't mind staying at our old office and the commute isn't too much longer. It is hard to compare two places when you are new to the first and never really spent time at the second.

So premiere week started and I feel like I have so many hours programmed into my DVR. I forgot how much TV I used to watch. Daily Show, Colbert Report and Countdown is already 2 hours of news daily (sans one hour for reruns weeks). So Monday I recorded Prison Break, and How I met your Mother, oh and Heros. I only watched Journeyman to see if I'm going to like it. Now I have shows to watch on Tuesdays and Wednesdays when there isn't too much going on.

I always tell people that HIMYM is the story about my life. I don't mean it literally, but the topics they cover hit me so directly. It is like I'm a target demographic and they are catering to me and my interests in order to advertise products to me. It is a quaint idea. I'm looking forward to this season and the tramp stamp episode was golden.

Tuesday I met up with Ericka after work. I got out much earlier and I dropped by and hung out of her house until she got home. They have a Tivo so I was able to watch some recorded shows I had wanted to see. Ericka was sweet and picked me up some food from Bill Millers and we had dinner and watched House. She liked the show, which made me happy that my recommendation was good.

Abram has been trying to figure out what he is going to do next. He has a lot of goals and ideas, but his next big step is accepting the manager position at his job. He will be training for a few months, but he is on his way to management. Hopefully he will start making better money.



Here is a random article I read, I should of just listed it in my news section. How "Fresh" is Air Freshener? Should I even worry about this type of stuff? Anti-bacterial soap is bad, popcorn is bad, bottled water is bad (I've actually heard that)... I don't know.

I want a Standing desk. I need to research them more and decide exactly how it should look, but I think it would be a good idea.

More on Pooch Cafe. In Tuesday's paper, someone replied to the original letter to the editor I talked about in my entry entitled The Martian Cat Problem Entrynot the site. She had a good response I think.

Relax - It's Just a Comic (Express, Tuesday September 25, 2007)
"I agree with letter writer [name]'s comment in Friday's Express concerning the comic strip's Pooch Cafe's treatment of a baby bird falling from a nest. This particular strip is constantly toying with the boundaries behind back and fiction. Every time I see the dog, I think about complaining that the comic perpetuates the myth that dogs can speak. We are also forced to believe that dogs talk to one another in English and that they walk upright. Maybe we should all boycott Pooch Cafe and only read Pearls Before Swine with talking pigs, goats and rats, and a militant duck." [name] Baltimore, MD

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