overdue update:

new year's eve - went to a party where i was the oldest person. only had 1 beer, and a glass of champagne. i wish i could've drank more to deal with the 'kids' that were there. it took us 2 hours to get home in the snow.

wednesday - went out to dinner with my best friend and his fiance. tomorrow he gets shipped off to iraq for a year.

thursday - watched pirates 3. i liked it.

friday - got rear-ended on the way to work. the bitch was "running late" and didn't want to "involve the police". i told her i'd already called, and was waiting for them to arrive. her husband shows up and wants to know how he can make it "go away", and i told him to fuck off. the police arrived, the ladies' piece of shit foreign plastic car had a lot of damage, my steel tank of a car had a scratch, and some rust was knocked lose. she didn't get a ticket, and thankfully, i didn't get a ticket for my cracked windshield.

after work we watched the simpsons movie. I LOVED IT!

saturday - worked (i work 2 saturdays a year, and i swear they drag by). going to dinner at PF Chang's tonite.

sunday - going to see I Am Legend at noon. band practice.

i start my winter classes next week. i'll be working 40hrs a week, and going to class 13hrs a week. between work and classes, i'm going to have little free time. somehow i have to try and cram in band practice and shows 2-3 days a week, and make sure that things with my wife don't falter.

so how is everyone else doing?

every year i buy myself a cd as a christmas present to myself. today i bought grace by jeff buckley. i have a few jeff buckley tracks on my computer, but grace has a special place in my heart. i was 20 years old, and was getting a tattoo with money from taking back an engagement ring. the girl and i had been together for 3 years, and she just 'could't commit at 20'. what she meant was 'i want to fuck a ton of other dudes' (9 in the 3 months after we broke up). anyways, while i was getting my tattoo, nathan the tattoo artist, had 'grace' playing, and i remember just being in a daze by the beauty of the words, jeff's voice, the instruments.....

random story, i know.

have a happy holiday everyone. i'll be back the 26th.

so i went to the doctor on tuesday, and found out that i have walking pneumonia. i haven't been to work since monday, and i have a shit load of stuff to do this weekend (before x-mas). damn this sucks!

7 inches of snow fell during the 4 hours i was sleeping. even if it doesn't feel like christmas, it at least looks like christmas now.

I can't wait for Fall semester, and the holidays to be over.

My mind is racing. I'm on edge. I'm irritable.

Too much shit to do. Not enough down time. Not enough cigarettes. Not enough money.