| The offical Wedding blog |
[Sep. 16th, 2008|01:50 pm] |
I finally got off my ass and started the wedding blog. Rich and Kate will have all the public wedding information. The idea is that it will be a central clearing house for wedding stuff. We might just share of the little bits of "Joy" and "Happiness" planning a wedding brings to our life.
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| Being 35 Turning 36 |
[Jun. 5th, 2008|03:55 pm] |
Today is my 36th birthday. Last year at my birthday I was working a different job and single. Now I have been at my current job for 10 months and I am engaged now. It has been a year of big change of me. By the time I turn 37 I will be married.
The year has moved very quickly. Being 34 really sucked. It was one of the worst years of my life. Being 35 was great. It was a year that really did a lot to redefine my life. It is odd to think there is this person in my life, who I love and cannot imagine being without now. A year ago I did not know her. This year has been about getting to know her and getting to know myself.
I made a list of highlights of my life, but I realized something making this list. The really good parts of this year came in between the highlights. They came in the everyday points of my life. Going to watch Eagles Games in the local Eagles Bar, going to giants games with Kate sitting out in the bleachers, going to lunch with friends, and meeting people in coffeehouses are the moments I am really going to cherish from this year.
When I look back on being 35 I will smile. Being 34 kicked my ass so much, I guess I deserved a good year. I am not sure what 36 will bring me. I know some things I am planning, but there are always surprises.
Highlights of 35
Comic Con
Started New Job
Meeting Kate
Christmas in Salinas
Taking Kate to Meet My Parents
New Years in Pennsylvania
Visiting Portland
Getting engaged
Planning the wedding |
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| March |
[Mar. 1st, 2008|09:38 pm] |
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It is March already. Where has this year gone? I have the feeling all of 2008 will be this way. |
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| State of my Heart Address 2008 |
[Feb. 14th, 2008|10:34 am] |
I am love. I am not sure how I can say it any plainer or clearer. That is not the best part. The best part is that the woman I am in love with loves me back. Maybe that is not the best part. Maybe the best part is that I have never felt this way about someone before.
I do not know what to say about my love life. I spent my 20s being alone. I did not have a meaningful romantic relationship from the age of 19 to the age of 30. When I turned 30 a friend told me that it was about to change. Guys like us look better in our 30s than in our 20s. I guess he was right. I am not upset at not having relationships in my 20s. I think it has helped mold me into the person I am right now. I think I am a good person now, ready to love. I am doing my best to use my past to my advantage.
I cannot put into words how I feel right now. I have deleted this paragraph four or five times. Every way I try to describe Kate seems to fall short. The worlds do not seem to live up to the task of conveying the truth. I cannot find words that show what is really in my heart. She is so much more to me than I ever expected.
I have seen Kate very day in the last four months. I cannot not imagine not seeing her everyday. I cannot imagine seeing her more than I see anyone else. I cannot imagine her not being this close to her. I cannot imagine being without her touch, her sent, her voice, or her close to me. I want to spend the rest of my life being close to her.
The state of my heart is very good right now. I am amazed at everything that has happened in the past few months. I was not expecting it to happen. I was not looking when it happened. I was opened to the idea that it could happen. When it happened, I was not afraid of what could happen. |
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| Past State of My Heart Addresses |
[Feb. 13th, 2008|07:13 pm] |
I started writing the State of My Heart Addresses back when I was in college. That goes back over 10 years now. The only old State of My Heart Address on line are the ones since I started to keep a blog. Here is your chance to see my old collected State of my Heart Addresses. This is a good reason for me to keep this blog going. Tomorrow you will see my State of my Heart Address for 2008.
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007 |
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| Working it out |
[Jan. 17th, 2008|07:41 pm] |
I have joined a gym. At the urging of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) explosivegreen we have join Bally's in San Jose. I know this is a good thing. I know I need to work out. I know that exercise is something that I really need.
I know that going with my girlfriend will make it easier for me to go. I know that she will give me those eyes and I will go to the gym. I really do want to be healthy for her. This is a good move.
I have felt lately that I have less time. I know this is because my hours and hours I would spend on the internet are not filled with real human contact. I know it is because I spent my time with explosivegreen. I need to embrase the idea that when you do more you have more time. I have heard this. Having time and getting things down are two different ideas. Maybe by doing more I will get some of the things done that I never did when I had lots of time. |
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| Photo Blogging |
[Jan. 13th, 2008|06:45 pm] |
I want to blog more photos. I have made the goal for this year to have one million new views for my flickr account by the end of the year. That means I will be putting a lot more photos here for people to look at.
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| New Netflix account |
[Jan. 2nd, 2008|04:30 pm] |
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I have finally joined netflix. I should say that explosivegreen has added me to her netflix account. Now I have my own queue. This is cool. If you want to me my netflix friend let me know. |
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| Any Wonder Woman Fans Out there? |
[Dec. 8th, 2007|01:30 pm] |
I am wondering of any of my LJ friends are fans of the Wonder Woman Comic. I am wondering if there are any good Wonder Woman stories that I can read.
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| Go see No Country for Old Men |
[Nov. 24th, 2007|05:21 pm] |
I went to see No Country for Old Men last night. It is a good movie It is one of the best movies I have seen in a while. I like how minimal the film is. It has very little music in it. I like the way it is not overblown. There is a lot of blood in the movie, but very little gore.
I have a heard a lot about the ending. No one wants to talk about what happens in the ending because it spoils the movie. I would agree that the last 10 or so minutes of the movie is worth talking about. I think they do a good job of ending the movie, but I do not want to spoil it for anyone.
I needed to make this list. I think No Country for Old Men is going to knock something off this list.
Top 5 Coen Brothers Movies
The Man Who Wasn’t there
Millers Crossing
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Raising Arizona |
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| I'll be home for after Christmas |
[Nov. 9th, 2007|08:04 pm] |
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I will be back in Philadelphia from Dec 27th to December 31st. The problem with a new job is not much time off. Let me know if you are going to be around. I will not have a lot of time, so please be flexible. I would love to see you while I am there. |
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| Movie night |
[Oct. 26th, 2007|05:48 pm] |
I am thinking about hosting movie night soon. I want to show off my HDTV and VUDU box.
Poll #1078123 Movie night
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: Friends, participants: 12Would you be interested in Movie night at Rich's Apartment |
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| Kate, Morrissey, and Me |
[Oct. 19th, 2007|09:21 pm] |
I have been talking to Kate a lot about music lately. She likes my musical taste. I have been sharing Iron & Wine, The Decemberist, Laura Veirs, Calvin Johnson, and Neutral Milk Hotel with her. Most of the stuff I play for her she likes. That makes me happy. I like sharing my music. It makes feel like she understands me.
The other day I was playing Morrissey for her. I told her my story about meeting Morrissey and she dislikes him as a person now. It is because she is protective of me.
The hard thing to explain is why I still like listen to Morrissey. I do not thing I am still the person I was when I was a big morrissey fan. For the most part, I do not listen to any of the music I listed to when I was in college. I left most of those bands behind me. Most of the bands I listen to now where not around when I was in college. Being a morrissey fan is part of my past. I think it is important to leave bands in the past. You have to know when holding onto an idea is not doing you any good anymore. You can still visit those ideas in the past, but leave them in the past. |
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| Fuckin' Ah |
[Oct. 19th, 2007|08:24 pm] |
My fucking browser crashing and lost my fucking entry about Kevin Smith. I just got done watching that piece of shit, An Evening with Kevin Smith, Evening Harder. It was pretty fucking funny, but my head is full of Dick and Pussy jokes now. I have to use a fucking curse word to modify every stupid shitty thought I have right now. Good think I don't need to talk to another fucking soul for a few hours. By then I hope to be out of this whole damn Kevin Smith mode.
PS. I wonder what the Kevin Smith Coyote Ugly script looked like. I wonder if it would have been good if they made his script. |
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| 50000 problems and the laptop aint one |
[Oct. 10th, 2007|10:06 pm] |
I have no idea what I am going to do for nano this year. Part of me wants to do something crazy. This part of me wants to improve a whole novel. I just write about whatever comes to mind. Put together to silliest idea of a plot and just try to have fun. Write something crazy and see if it turns out okay.
The problem is that I like to write really serious stuff. Last year I wrote the novel inside the novel. One of my characters had done a nano novel at some time. That part of the novel included suicide, fighting, and hopelessness. I had a good time writing those stories.
From the four novels I have written so far The best one was about dating, The second best was about mix tapes.
I am not sure what this year should be about.
Let me know if you have any good ideas. |
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| wins and losses |
[Oct. 1st, 2007|11:02 pm] |
I am not sure how it happened. The same season the Phillies past the 10,000 loss milestone, they also make the playoffs on the last game of the season. They got there by not giving up. I gave up on the team back in May after a slow start and the Mets look unbeatable. Maybe the guys playing in the Field of Dreams smiled on the Phillies. Maybe the Ghosts of the Baker Bowl came to help the Phillies this time.
Top Six Phillies Headlines of the Season
6. Jimmy Rollins redefines his career
5. Howard the Phillies slump to start the season
4. Cole Hamels Pitches like an Ace all season
3. Manager challenges Radio Talk show to host in press conference.
2. Phillies First Franchise with 10,000 Losses
1. Phillies make the playoffs due to a September with a surge combined with an historic collapse.
This season redefines historic.
I just don't know what else to say.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AoKbHaJaTv9RzNlnGwTwqX8k0bYF?slug=txhow07phillies&prov=st&type=lgns
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| Step Off |
[Sep. 23rd, 2007|06:16 pm] |
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I have a new geek obsession. Walking to Hawaii. The idea is to make it a goal for fitness walking. Taking enough steps to get to Hawaii and I take a vacation to Hawaii in the end. I am geeking about how many steps I am getting. I am finding the key is to always look for ways get more steps. I realize that I have to have goals for different parts of the day. If I do not have enough steps by lunch, take a walk. Don't have enough steps by 4 pm, take a break and get some steps. It will be interesting to see what happens when I get up to 10000 steps a day. |
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