another</strong><br>cell in the sea

:: 2009 26 November :: 8.44am

:: 2009 24 November :: 8.39am

"Now, we know that life is only a stage to play the fool upon as long as the part amuses us."

:: 2009 23 November :: 12.19pm

We will take off our clothes
And they'll be placing fingers through the notches in your spine
And when all is breaking everything that you could keep inside
Now your eyes ain't moving now
They just lay there in their clouds

:: 2009 21 November :: 9.54pm

Update
Start: April 4, 2008
End: January 1, 2011

The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days? Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

My 101:

De-Cluttering/Organizing/Practical
~~1. Replace pictures in frames around the house~~
2. Get wedding dress cleaned and boxed
~~3. Organize the den~~
~~4. Get rid of old clothes that I haven�t worn in 1+ year~~
~~5. Back up files on the computer(s)~~
6. Give away three items on Freecycle
~~7. Take one full carload of stuff to Goodwill~~
8. Shred old documents and set up a better filing system
9. Have a garage sale
Relationships
10. Get a new address book- update, add anyone I am missing, add birthdays
11. Send out greeting cards to at least 8 people/families each for 4 holidays other than xmas
~~12. Actually throw our belated housewarming party~~
13. Send someone a surprise "care package" for no reason
~~14. Email or call Grams at least 1x per month~~
~~15. Make two new friends~~
~~16. Celebrate a random anniversary with Paul~~
17. Have a baby (I have, like, three years, right?)
Giving & Community
~~18. Volunteer for a charitable organization~~
19. Make a loan on Kiva.org
~~20. Donate to a cause~~
21. Give a 50% tip for service well done.
22. Pay for someone�s meal in the drive-thru behind me.
Going Without
23. Go one month without buying anything Made in China
24. Go one month without eating any fast food
25. Go one week at work without using the Internet for anything non-work related
~~26. Go one week eating only at home (including no take-out/pick-up), or with food brought from home~~
27. Go one week without spending any money.
~~28. Go one weekend (from Friday after work through bedtime Sunday night) without using the computer~~
29. Go one weekend (from Friday after work through bedtime Sunday night) without watching any TV
Health & Nutrition
30. Weigh the same or less than I did when I got married
~~31. Shop for fruits & vegetables at farmers market~~
~~32. Go for a walk (20 minutes or more) every day for one week~~
33. Go one month without drinking soda
~~34. Work out at least 2x per week~~
~~35. Go to bed by 10 PM every night for one week~~
36. Take vitamin every day
~~37. Try a new fitness class~~
~~38. Buy a Weight Watchers cookbook and start cooking better~~
~~39. Join a gym~~
House & Home
~~40. Make ten new dinner recipes~~
~~41. Purchase something from a local crafter/artisan that I would otherwise buy from a mainstream retailer~~
42. Have the hardwood floors refinished
43. Plant trees and vines in the back of the yard
44. Paint the main level of the house (or get it painted)
45. Put crown molding in the bedrooms
46. Build a headboard for the bed
~~47. Plant a vegetable garden~~
48. Buy a new vacuum
49. Buy a new washer and dryer
50. Redecorate the kitchen
51. Complete the landscaping in the backyard
52. Paint the windmill in the backyard
53. Complete an insurance inventory for the house
54. Put a new floor in the kitchen and entryway
Finances
55. Increase savings by $4,000.00
56. Sell something on Ebay
57. Buy some more stock
~~58. Increase income by $20,000.00~~
59. Eliminate all consumer debt
60. Increase 401(k) contributions to 15%
61. Create a will
62. Create and stick to a monthly budget
63. Put $5 into said savings for every item I crossed off and then do something fun with it at the end of 1001 days.
64. For every item on the list not completed at the end of the 1001, donate $5 to charity.
Personal/Professional Growth
65. Finish my CEBS credentials
~~66. Finish PHR designation~~
67. Start work on my MBA
~~68. Get promoted~~
69. Start building a real professional wardrobe
70. Start pursuing my resume writing/critiquing business
The Arts
~~71. Go to a show at Miller Auditorium~~
~~72. Go to 2 concerts per year~~
73. Go to a touring production of a Broadway musical
74. See a concert in another state
Travel
~~75. Visit two states I haven't been to before (actually spend time- not just drive through)~~
76. Travel to a country outside of North America
~~77. Visit Traverse City~~
78. Visit Mackinaw Island
79. Go on a road trip
~~80. Go to Vegas~~
81. Take a cruise
82. Visit Mom/Dad at least 2x per year
Hobbies/Leisure/Random
83. Go camping
~~84. Buy a new (used) car~~
85. Go to a drive-in movie
86. Buy a drink for a stranger
~~87. Go to a Red Wings game~~
88. Take a dance class
89. Go to an ethnic cultural festival
~~90. Buy a case of wine~~
91. Take a cooking class
92. Take another personal interest/leisure activity class
93. Learn how to mix a signature drink
94. Try ten restaurants that I haven't been to before
95. Go rock indoor climbing
96. Publish a secret I have on www.postsecret.com
97. Register a dollar on wheresgeorge.com
98. Color an entire coloring book
99. Learn origami
100. Go roller skating again
101. Get someone else to do 101 things in 1001 days

:: 2009 18 November :: 10.09pm
:: Music: 3OH!3- Starstrukk

'Cause I just set them up/ Just set them up/ Just set them up to knock them down
Nice legs, Daisy Dukes,
Makes a man go (whistles),
That's the way they all come through like (whistles),
Low-cut, see-through shirts that make ya (whistles),
That's the way she come through like (whistles),

'Cause I just set them up,
Just set them up,
Just set them up to knock them down,
'Cause I just set them up,
Just set them up,
Just set them up to knock them down

I think I should know how to make love to something innocent without leaving my fingerprints out,
Now,
L-o-v-e's just another word I never learned to pronounce,
How do I say I'm sorry 'cause the word is just never gonna come out,
Now,
L-o-v-e's just another word I never learned to pronounce

Tight jeans, double d's makin' me go (whistles),
All the people on the street know (whistles),
Iced out, lit-up make the kids go (whistles),
All the people on the street know (whistles),

'Cause I just set them up,
Just set them up,
Just set them up to knock them down,
'Cause I just set them up,
Just set them up,
Just set them up to knock them down

I think I should know how to make love to something innocent without leaving my fingerprints out,
Now,
L-o-v-e's just another word I never learned to pronounce,
How do I say I'm sorry 'cause the word is just never gonna come out,
Now,
L-o-v-e's just another word I never learned to pronounce

Push it baby, push it baby,
Out of control,
I got my gun cocked tight and I'm ready to blow,
Push it baby, push it baby,
Out of control,
This is the same old dance that you already know,
Push it baby, push it baby,
Out of control,
I got my gun cocked tight and I'm ready to blow,
Push it baby, push it baby,
Out of control,
This is the same old dance that you already know

I think I should know how to make love to something innocent without leaving my fingerprints out,
Now,
L-o-v-e's just another word I never learned to pronounce

:: 2009 12 November :: 2.12am

So, I went out drinking tonight. Ann from Homelux is great. Liam is cute too! I love laid back people who know what douche bags some of the Menard people are. Can I have Liam for Christmas? Please?!

COCK!

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:: 2009 11 November :: 10.29am

Your focused fingers form a force to reckon with
They point with power and command callousness
Your eyes can switch with every glance
And when they catch me, there's no chance
Medusa, Medusa

:: 2009 2 November :: 11.30am

Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for hands that are not there. - Otomo No Yakamochi

:: 2009 19 October :: 7.24pm

"I'm afraid sometimes you'll play lonely games too, games you can't win because you'll play against you"

:: 2009 19 October :: 2.04am

Oh, Wikipedia, you slay me
"Vaughn dated two of his The Break-Up co-stars: actress Joey Lauren Adams during the filming of 1999's A Cool, Dry Place[9] and jon favreau between 2005 and 2006."

Ha ha. I'm totally not fixing that. That's awesome.

Also, in the discussion:
"This article seems incomplete without some mention and/or photo of his weird right thumb."

and

"Vince looks part black...he has some skeletons in the closet. he looks quadroon to me like he has black grandma"

:: 2009 16 October :: 7.32pm

Speaking of...
Look what I noticed today, kids!

Read more..

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:: 2009 15 October :: 6.52pm

I just unsubscribed from a wedding blog because they offered the most retarded wedding tip ever: "Etiquette strictly forbids listing where you've registered on your invitations, so enlist your families, bridesmaids and groomsmen to spread the word - tactfully, please!"

What. How does that make sense? That's just rude. Everyone knows you want gifts and that you registered somewhere. Making them ask you or someone else about it is just rude.

In other news, I'm thinking maybe I should clean up my RSS feeds. I last checked them at 5 am this morning and I now have 53 unread items. Omg.

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:: 2009 14 October :: 9.41pm

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:: 2009 13 October :: 11.36pm

Fat girls and mopeds. Fun to ride, until your friends see you.

:: 2009 9 October :: 7.54pm
:: Music: Gossip- Heavy Cross

We can play it safe, or play it cool/ Follow the leader, or make up all the rules/ Whatever you want, the choice is yours/ So choose...
Last night I found myself begging Paul to agree to move out of state.
I'm feeling restless again.... it's time to make a change.

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Jedibumblebee

:: 2009 8 October :: 8.24am
:: Music: The Killers- Read My Mind

I never really gave up on/ Breakin' out of this two-star town./ I got the green light/ I got a little fight/ I'm gonna turn this thing around.
on the corner of main street
just tryin' to keep it in line
you say you wanna move on and
you say I'm falling behind

can you read my mind?
can you read my mind?

I never really gave up on
breakin' out of this two-star town
I got the green light
I got a little fight
I'm gonna turn this thing around

can you read my mind?
can you read my mind?

The good old days
the honest man
the restless heart
the promised land
a subtle kiss
that no one sees
a broken wrist
and a big trapeze

Oh well I don't mind
if you don't mind
coz I don't shine
if you don't shine
before you go

can you read my mind?

it's funny how you just break down
waitin' on some sign
I pull up to the front of your driveway
with magic soakin' my spine

can you read my mind?
can you read my mind?

The teenage queen
the loaded gun
the drop dead dream
the chosen one
a southern drawl
a world unseen
a city wall
and a trampoline

Oh well I don't mind
if you don't mind
coz I don't shine
if you don't shine
before you jump
tell me what you find
when you read my mind

Slippin in my faith
until I fall
He never returned that call
woman, open the door
don't let it sting
I wanna breathe that fire again

She said
I don't mind
if you don't mind
coz I don't shine
if you don't shine
put your back on me
put your back on me
put your back on me

The stars are blazing
like rebel diamonds
cut out of the sun
can you read my mind?

:: 2009 7 October :: 12.58am

Jaunty
I downloaded Ubuntu today. It is pretty cool.

Except a bunch of things didn't install correctly or automatically so I spent the first two hours fumbling around the internets and learning new things by stumbling blindly into terms I'd never heard before in my life.

I did get to relive fun DOS times in a place called Terminal. It made me feel like I was 6 again and booting up Lion King Print Studio. I never printed anything, we didn't have a printer. I just made cards. And didn't save them. P.S. Windows 3.1 and that cat/mouse cheese game, you will always have a special place in my heart.

Anyway, Ubuntu. It is good. And gorgeous. And my computer does not chug up or burn my fingerprints off.

And that, children, is progress.

P.S. I don't know where Ubuntu is getting its weather reports from but it is eerily accurate. It was raining earlier and it said rain. Then it stopped and was very windy and it said windy and cloudy. Now it started raining again and it says it is raining. I may never have to leave the house again.

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:: 2009 6 October :: 10.08pm

Yeah bro, I'd fuck the shit out of you!

angel_bob

:: 2009 5 October :: 2.59am
:: Music: When Water Comes to Life by Cloud Cult

Monroe Center
I'm pretty sure the people across the street have seen my butt.

Multiple times.

As it runs from bathroom to bedroom and from bedroom to bathroom.

Who's across the street you ask?

Oh, you know, just some condos above the sushi restaurant.

And the Grand Rapids Police Department.

No biggie.

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:: 2009 1 October :: 10.50pm

�The Camaro is a big tranny mess getting ready for a night on the piers.�

And maybe I�m wrong, but I think you�d be hard pressed to find a straight guy who wouldn�t want to fuck a dude, so long as he was this wickedly good looking, magnetic to all who entered his orbit, able to rip off a sub-5-second 0-60 time, and had some boobs.

:: 2009 1 October :: 10.21pm

The start of a car review:

The Great American Challenge is the world�s biggest dildo. It�s 15 inches from tip to base, has an �insertable� length of 10.5 inches, a diameter of approximately three inches at its meatiest, and weighs nearly five pounds when loaded up with the batteries that control its vibrating mechanism. Why do I mention this, aside from my contractual obligation work a penile reference into every single review? Because I recently spent some time with the Dodge Challenger, and in addition to some rather obvious nomenclatural similarities�the car is American, and has the word Challenge inserted 10.5 inches into its name�it reminded me of this tool in a number of different ways: They both come in a range of indiscreet, but oddly compelling, colors. They�re both styled and proportioned so as to evoke an aura of power, raunch, seduction, and terror in near equal measures. Each is significantly larger than a two-liter bottle of Sprite. And they�re both far more appealing to look at than to actually use. (Also, ownership of either one is guaranteed to elicit accusations of overcompensating.)

:: 2009 30 September :: 10.14pm

I'm the king of brownie sundaes!

:: 2009 30 September :: 10.12pm

Ooo pretty.

:: 2009 20 September :: 1.46pm

Come on, skinny love, just last the year
Pour a little salt, we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer

I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in this moment this order's tall

I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind

In the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different kind
I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines

Come on, skinny love, what happened here
We suckled on the hope in lite brassieres
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full, so slow on the split

And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind

And now all your love is wasted
And who the hell was I?
I'm breaking at the bridges
And at the end of all your lines

Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?
Ooh, ooh

:: 2009 19 September :: 10.10pm

Cutie!

:: 2009 19 September :: 1.50pm

I want Shakira for Christmas.

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:: 2009 19 September :: 12.18pm

Change of plans

Papa is still in the hospital, not getting out until tonight, maybe tomorrow, so needless to say, I'm not going down there. They really just wanted to let him be right now. He's had half of Lakeland come in to see him and he's exhausted. I'm going to visit next week, we agreed. I'm relieved to hear him. He sounds better. Granny sounds better, too. I feel at ease. I was stressing because I have two tests on Monday that I haven't finished the reading for, much less studying. Joey, I'll come by when I'm down next weekend. I'm going to spend time with my little meggy, so we'll say hello. =)

Now, I'm off to read/study. Thanks for the support, you guys. <3 I've passed it along to my grandpa. I think positive energy can heal.

Have a good weekend!

:: 2009 14 September :: 10.56pm

Just watched the VMA�s. I dislike Kanye even more than I did before. Three good performances: Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Pink. I really liked Pink�s performance, if only for the hot guy with her. I�m liking Beyonce more now, that was nice reintroduction for Taylor Swift.

I�m also really looking forward to New Moon. I got all caught up on the Sookie Stackhouse series, so I re-read the Twilight series. I�m amazed at how a poor author (Charlaine Harris) can keep me interested. I remember reading the Twilight series and thinking Stephenie Meyer needed a better editor. Now after the second reading I can appreciate how much better that series is. HBO has done a great job turning Harris� books into a TV show.

:: 2009 12 September :: 10.00pm

I just got a notice in the mail that I�m being evicted in 5 days. :-(

So this is what I get for paying rent on time every month for three years? Jackasses.

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:: 2009 12 September :: 2.47pm
:: Music: The Features- Lions

Oh, girl what are you thinking
I'm thinking that we
Should stick together
I reckon that we
Should follow our hearts

Let's stick together
Let's follow our hearts
Not even lions can tear us apart