Leave for Hamburg tomorrow, then on to Copenhagen, Stockholm, and then Zürich. It's been a long summer.

I'm living in Berlin for the summer. What's goin' down?

I must be an idiot, but I just noticed that Claudia is "no longer active". Very depressing...

I have been keeping a blog on MySpace, so I have wantonly neglected this journal. And I know how many readers I have! So sorry to have disappointed!

I found myself jealous of one of my siblings - one of his gifts actually - for the first time since probably the eighties. My parents bought him a mandolin as a surprise. My mom said, "He'll (indicating me) probably want to borrow it."

True, but I can't. I am left handed and he plays right. Maybe I need to drop better hints in the future.

Did get a few surprises. Digital camera for one. Now I have no excuse to get a few photos up.

I am going to see Big Fish tonight w/ a few friends. A movie has been my excuse to excuse myself early from the Xmas dinner and the dysfunctional bickering ever since I learned to drive 14 years ago. Once I moved out, the flick was my excuse to get away early w/o having to say I was tired of everyone's company. The dinners aren't so bad now that everyone is older and gotten rid of their teenage Angst. Now, I just go because it is what I do Xmas night.

I just finished writing a long response to reprobate's critique of a post of mine. I started posting for fun. Now I am just tired. I like naming songs so much more.

Anybody else going bowling tomorrow?

I didn't realize there was a journal at first. Then I was just lazy.

I have decided to stop lurking in the shadows.