Lisa and I have been looking for a fiber optic Christmas tree. This will be the first year without a real tree. We’ve had no luck yet we’ve been to Target, K-Mart and Walmart. Tonight we try Boscovs and the mall; my fingers are crossed.

I’ve decided to try a CD-RW again. The last one I bought was an Iomega and it was horrible. This time I’m trying an Archos Mini CD-RW, hopefully it will work. Then I can make my own Elvis compilation CD!!!

I still have tons of Christmas cards to write and no motivation. Well, eventually I’ll get to it. I’m sure.

So in a few days we are going to deep fry a turkey. This is not new, we’ve done it twice before. I am mainly looking forward to the time off from work. I am beginning to grow weary of people’s stupidity. A couple days off should do me a world of good.

The other day Lisa and I went to Best Buy and I bought a Logitech QuickCam Pro- it is great! Much better than the Zoom Cam I had last year. Anyway, I noticed the website’s been getting a bit more hits than usual. Turns out the 36DD stat is pulling guys in like moths to a flame. Their disappointment must be overwhelming when they find themselves here. Anyway, I saw the German film, Aimee und Jaguar last week at the Roxy Theater in Philadelphia. It was okay but I really was expecting something different. Where is a good Katja Rieman/ Til Schweiger movie when you need one?!?

Anyway, I’m thinking of buying another spycam. I’m also thinking of buying a new laptop. And a CD Burner.
I am hungry. Guess I gotta do room service. The Holiday has Philly Cheesesteak on its menu. It comes with mayo, lettuce and tomatoes! Watching Drew Carey. Waiting for the 70’s show to come on.
BTW new photo gallery link to your left.

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I wandered lonely as a cloud/
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,/
When all at once I saw a crowd,/
A host of golden daffodils,/
Beside the lake, beneath the trees/
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze./
…
For oft, when on my couch I lie/
In vacant or in pensive mood,/
They flash upon that inward eye/
Which is the bliss of solitude;/
And then my heart with pleasure fills,/
And dances with the daffodils.

Exactly one month. My calendar is chock full, I decided to really overload so I will be too busy to think about the days passing. Next week I have Baltimore, the week after Boston, the week after Las Vegas and the week after that Lake Geneva, Wisconsin!
I am not only impatiently waiting for July 14th but I am also impatiently awaiting the arrival of a VHS video tape I bought at Bigstar.
SO I was staying at the Hilton near Melville on Long Island, watching TV when I happened across this great movie on Showtime. The movie: Goodbye, Columbus; the actor Richard Benjamin; the actress Ali MacGraw. I could only watch part of the movie because I had already arranged dinner with a business associate and I didn’t think it was proper to call and say, “Hey man, this great movie from the ’60s is on and I would much prefer watching it than eating with you.” It’s not really me to even preface a statement with “Hey man.” So anyway, the movie haunted me days afterward. There was just something about Richard Benjamin. And I needed to know what happened… does Rich marry Ali? Does Ali’s parents’ catch Rich sneaking into their daughter’s room for a night of permarital bliss? With curiosity killing me, I went onto Ebay and put a bid on the movie only to be outbid at the very last second. Frustrated and bitter I went to Bigstar and bought the damn thing for $12.74 not including shipping and handling. It’s almost a week and I haven’t received it yet.

Ok. Whatever. Work work work work work work. I need vacation. I need vacation now.

Counting the days until vacation…60, 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50…
How do I get my mind off it? As it is now, it will take forever.

My joints are stiff. My belly is empty. My eyes are red.

How about some cheese with all this whine?

Calgon take me away!

[Undated]
I have applied for and received 3 weeks of vacation. Now, I will start counting down until July– oh I can’t wait!
This week was pretty ugly. My desktop computer crashed. I needed to do a hard reset on my Handspring Visor. The fax machine kept acting up and my car broke down. Kinda sounds like a country/ western song. At any rate I spent over $400.00 on a new starter for my car and am mourning the potential loss of data! Ugh! Next week I am traveling all over creation- 3 meetings in 5 days…and this damn webpage isn’t as cathartic as I had hoped.

[Undated]
Okay. I am tired. Two workshops in one day. How and Why did I ever become an instructor? At any rate, I am sitting in my room at the Holiday Inn in Laurel, Maryland. Last night, I experienced the oddest thing. As I was laying in bed, trying to sleep, I heard the woman in the room next to me scream. Immediately I sat up in bed, struck with fear, and I thought: “This woman is being attacked.” That fear subsided instantly when I heard her then yell, “Yes Baby, Yes, Ohhhhhhhhh Yessssssssssss!” She continued this moaning, screaming, chanting every five minutes for the next half hour!!! I counted 7 climaxes? in all. I do not wish to repeat this experience again. Well, at least not under these circumstances. 🙂

My parents are going to South America for two weeks. I am staying home.
Driving in the car last night, my sister handed me a bottle of soda and said, “Here take a sip.” I did. Then I noticed the bottle. Suddenly a 20 year boycott of Pepsi down the drain in one little sip. I feel like Adam. I wonder if afterward he wanted to throttle Eve?
Because I was tricked – do you think it counts?
I like the way my hair feels grazing the back of my neck.

Counting the days until vacation…70, 69, 68, 67, 65, 64…

Yesterday was a day of pure hell!!! Lisa and I had planned on going to Rosemont College’s Octoberfest…our ole alma mater but instead, on our way there, Lisa’s car stalled. We spent the entire day waiting for AAA to come and tow the car. The tow truck arrived 5 hours later! Horrible horrible horrible.

A couple weeks ago, Lisa and I were in Philadlephia at the Fringe Festival, sitting at XandO, eating S’Mores when we saw John Astin from the Adamm’s Family walk by!!! We chased him, hoping just to talk with him, but for a man who must be in his 70s by now, he was extremely swift on his feet and we lost him. Damn.