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Sunday, February 25th, 2001
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11:09 am - Nothing Inparticular
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Just so I don't lag behind and eventually stop doing a journal all together, I'm putting this update in here. Unfortunately, I don't really have anything to report about. Basically, all I've been doing is either working or just kinda sitting around. I usually like to write at least moderately sized updates, but this one's just a bit lacking. On that note, I'm going to leave you with a random thought of the day: Why don't tomb, comb, and bomb sound the same?
current mood:  awake
current music: Particle Man, by: They Might Be Giants
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| Thursday, February 22nd, 2001
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3:10 pm - Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god?
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I got to miss school today. Unfortunately, it was a mixed blessing sort of thing. Even though I avoided the teachers and principals, I had to hang around with lawyers and judges. Yep, I was in court today. Not for anything I did mind you, but I was there as moral support and to testify. Not for any murder or rape case or anything like that, I was just there for a custody hearing about my stepbrother. I was actually a bit unnerved, as I had never been to a courthouse before in my life. At first, it all seemed sparkly good. There were 7 of us to testify on my stepfather's behalf, that he should get the kid, and my stepbrother's real mother only had her sister with her, who wasn't there to testify, just watch. Also there was this associate chick of our lawyer there, and was pretty hot and had huge knockers, so that helped calm me down. In one sense anyways. So we all waited outside until our turn to go in and testify. They had invoked some rule about none of us being allowed in there during the proceedings, unless we were testifying at the time. Figures I was the last of the 7. Actually, last of 5. Last minute decision we made, that a certain two of us shouldn't testify. My heart was beating so fast, I could feel it slamming out against my chest, and almost the exact same feeling as it went back. I don't know why I was nervous though. I answered all the questions without a hitch, and we were a shoe-in to win. Until we lost. Turns out that before the trial, the judge had spoken with my stepbrother and asked him which parent he would like to stay with, and he said his mom. So the judge honored his wishes even though everything during the trial was in favor of us. Of course, the only reason my stepbrother wanted to go with his mom, was because he was mad at his dad. He does this every few months or so. He'll get mad at the parent he's staying with, have a custody battle or something of the like, and move in with the other one again. I give it 3 months at the most before he's back, his mom's a suicidal drughead anyways. I was still depressed though...probably from the mood of the others on our side. I had never seen my stepfather cry until today. Well, enough flumping, I have to get ready for work.
current mood:  aggravated
current music: None
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| Wednesday, February 21st, 2001
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3:50 pm - From the ashes...
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I rise up once again, stronger than before. Some of you know me already...well...probably anybody that's reading this does, because the only people I'm telling this about are my friends. So, let me say that again. You all know me already; however, I am creating a journal (once again) to give you all little insights into my life, thoughts, etc. To kick it off, I'm gonna borrow an idea from L. She suggested I start my new journal, and lead it off with 100 random facts about ME, so lets begin shall we?
1. I'm told I have hairy toes/feet. I suppose it's true.
2. I'm hungry.
3. I got paid today. Seeing as I work at a minimum wage job, and get paid weekly, I only made $125.42.
4. The previously mentioned minimum wage job that I hold, is working at a grocery store called Price-Lo. I'm in the produce department.
5. Excessive amounts of Windex turned my fingers blue for a few hours yesterday
6. My nose is a bit on the large size. A bit of a bump in the middle you see.
7. My friend had a large nose like mine. One day, we told a guy to break it...I don't know why
8. He did. My friend now has a neat looking nose made out of kevlar.
9. The phone just rang.
10. It wasn't for me. Figures.
11. I'm going to look at L's list when I run out of ideas to put here.
12. My computer is in a room of it's own, and I -always- have to have the door closed. I get jittery otherwise, and peek over my shoulder alot.
13. My tax return is only gonna be 125 dollars. The amount of a usual weekly paycheck oddly enough.
14. I only started working in October though, that's why.
15. I used to use Ghostbuster's toothpaste when I was little. Grape flavored.
16. I'm agnostic.
17. I don't know my own height. I was asked the other day at school, so I said 5'10''. Which followed up about 1 minute later, with me being told I'm 5'11''. So I don't know.
18. I also don't know the phone number of our computer line. Not like it's ever free anyways
19. The homephone I use though, is (409) 769-8387
20. You can call me if you want, but please ask me before you do.
21. I live in Vidor, TX.
22. You've probably never heard of it, but the town has been on Unsolved Mysteries. For a brutal murder.
23. There's also signs posted up around town by the victim's family, which proclaim things like "HERE YOU CAN GET BY WITH BRUTALLY MURDERING YOUR WIFE!!"
24. These are giant billboard signs no less.
25. I often tend to talk to myself, or do voices for inanimate objects. Whether I'm alone or not.
26. I've never been kissed.
27. Probably because I've never had a girlfriend
28. I have a half-brother named Jason, and a half-sister named Nicole. We share the same father. They're both much older than me. Nicole is married and has no kids, and Jason has 3 kids and is not married.
29. Some man I don't know is out mowing my lawn right now.
30. I'm supposed to go to Wal-Mart once he's done.
31. It's 4:17 now, and I hope to be there and back by at least 5:30.
32. I was the star of a TV commercial when I was 7. It was some book thing.
33. I can blush very easily, depending on who's around.
34. I'm eating "CheezBalls". I don't like them.
35. We've got satellite, and have 100s of TV stations, but there's never anything on that I really want to watch.
36. I want a channel called Boomerang. It plays old cartoons that you can hardly see anywhere else, such as the very original Jonny Quest, Godzilla, Superfriends, and lots of others.
37. People at work often say I'm a fountain of obscure lore. I don't know why.
38. I live in Texas, but have never been to Mexico. I have however been to the Gulf of Mexico.
39. Despite never having been to Mexico, I have been to Canada, France, England, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
40. Country to country, here's a few of the things I did: Mooned a beaver, spit off the Eifel Tower, met a member of parliament (the government. The guy knew Princess Di), Stayed with a family for 6 days, bought some kick ass chocolate, went bike riding, and was attacked by 200+ pigeons that wanted some food I had from McDonalds.
41. I gave them my fries.
42. I considered making a reference to the Hitchhiker's "trilogy" here. I guess I just did.
43. I just finished reading those books.
44. Last night, I also finished reading The Princess Bride. The revised version, not written by Morgenstern. A.K.A. "The Good Parts" version.
45. I owe 33.15 to the Science Fiction book club, for sending me The Hitchhiker's "Trilogy" and The Princess Bride.
46. I used to have cool pets. Iguanas, tarantulas, hedgehogs, a whole aviary of about 100 birds, a weird albino frog, cats, dogs, rabbits, fish, and probably some others I'm forgetting.
47. I had a blind rabbit that was killed by a dog the first day I had it.
48. The next day, I beat the dog to death with a shovel, and raked its intestines out into the owner's yard.
49. I like the taste of blood. I've only had my own though.
50. My grandmother is good friends with Evander Holyfield, the boxing champions. She has his home address and we write letters to him and stuff, and send cards on the holidays.
51. They met on a tour in Jerusalem. She was next to him on the bus, and fell asleep leaning against his shoulder and drooling on him.
52. I've got pictures to prove it, you damn doubting arseholes.
53. George W. Bush, the current president, was only 15 minutes away from me the other day at a 100 year anniversary of a big arse freakin' oil derrick, and I didn't go.
54. I had wanted Gore to win.
55. I get struck with Deja Vu alot. Sometimes I have deja vu about having had deja vu.
56. My favorite type of kool-aid is pink lemonade.
57. I got a blowgun the otherday, and after a few piddly shots at a pillow, I made a target only 2 inches across and stood at the other end of my room. First shot was a bullseye.
58. I used to have a plastic easter egg thing filled with my old baby teeth.
59. This time, I'm stealing an idea from L. Like her, I've also nearly died 3 times. No kidding either.
60. I've been abandoned some 500 miles from home, with only the clothes on my back, a pocket-knife, and a little bit of cash in my wallet.
61. I got back home the next day.
62. I taught myself how to swim.
63. The average lifespan of a cat is 9 years tops. I had a cat that died a few months ago, that I had had since I was 2.
64. His name was Whitey.
65. The guy is still out there mowing my lawn, and I wish the bastard would hurry up, so I can ge to Wal-Mart already.
66. Despite what everyone else says about "AOHell", I rather like it.
67. One of AOL's hosted channels is what got me into RP.
68. It's also where I met some of my most loved friends. You guys know who you are.
69. See #2. It still holds true.
70. I don't like Neopets. At all.
71. Here again, I'm borrowing from L. Her #68 says she'd rather play characters with problems, than characters with great powers. Well, I play Bri, and as we all know, he's got both. It's groovy.
72. I like to say the words "groovy" and "neat"
73. I'm not going to mention whether I shave my legs or not, like everybody else.
74. I ran across 4 lanes of oncoming traffic yesterday, while trying to make it from McDonalds with an armload of food, back to work.
75. 5 lanes, if you count the middle turning lane. I barely brushed by a very pissed 18 wheeler on the last lane.
76. I almost considered doing the "1, 2, skip a few, 99, 100" kids thingy when I started this, but I didn't figure you'd all be too impressed with 4 random facts about me.
77. My belly button is an innie.
78. I haven't had an eye-exam in a couple of years, and I kinda need to get one.
79. I think I'm going to get contacts.
80. I find myself wondering if putting what is essentially the same thought into two slots. (i.e. #s 78 and 79)
81. Nah.
82. The undershirt I'm wearing is black, clingy, and 10% spandex, 90% acetate.
83. I don't really like organized sports, but if it's just getting together with friends and f'kin' around with a ball of some sort, that's kinda cool.
84. I've got a bunch of old stuffed animals that I've had since I was a baby. One is a blue rabbit that's 3 feet tall. I named him BunBun when I was very young.
85. I just now noticed a typo on L's 100 random facts. What should be her #90 says #80. Then it follows up with 91.
86. I'm eating a Bluebell cookies'n'cream ice cream sandwich right now.
87. I like music in almost all it's forms.
88. I just had deja vu
89. Since I got my Playstation 2, I've been trying to start a DVD collection. So far it's limited to: Braveheart, Gladiator, Jaws, Life of Brian, Man on the Moon, Ninja Scroll, Patriot, Princess Mononoke, Road Trip, and Wizard of Oz. Note I didn't insert "the" in any of those, for the sake of my alphabetical ordering.
90. I'm gonna try and finish this list before we have to leave. An interruption would piss me off.
91. I've got 6 scars spread between my index, middle, and ring fingers of my left hand. 3 on the ring, 2 on the middle, and 1 on the index finger. I actually kind of like them.
92. I just got interrupted. F'kin' sh't.
93. I'm now resuming this after my return from Wal-Mart and getting food. I'm also wondering why I censored "fucking shit" in a personal journal of mine. It's not like it's gonna be PG rated or something
94. In all honesty, I wrote #93 before I left for Wal-Mart/food, but I knew it would be my follow-up post, so I did it.
95. I like to talk to my friends about just anything. Idle chit-chat, heated conversations, rambling, or just letting them vent. I'm pleased to be the person people come to when they've got something to say, important or not.
96. I think the relatives I'm closest to are my two aunts, Rita and Capri. Cool names huh? Rita is pretty young, at 28, and can relate to me better than the others. She's a lot younger at heart I think too. To me, she's more than a relative, she's a friend. We can tell each other anything. I don't have that with other relatives. My aunt Capri is also my friend, in a different sort of way. She's older, close to 40, but she's also young at heart. Sometimes I think she's beyond herself in years though. I like to spend time with her and go and do things, and for me, she's a maternal figure. More so than my own mother. I love my aunts.
97. I purchased socks, an orange button-up shirt with black dragons on it, two DVDs, some deodorant, and some beef jerky at Wal-Mart when I left.
98. I'm realizing how long of a damn list this is.
99. I think I must be bi-polar or something. All the time, I'm just thinking to myself "life is beautiful" and then later I'll be thinking "life is a big fat spiky poison tipped cock in the ass"
100. I actually had fun doing this.
101. I just made this a one hundred and ONE list of random facts aboutmyself, woo!
current mood:  thoughtful
current music: Invasion of the Gabber Robots, by: The Laziest Men on Mars
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