:: So It Is Written... ::

:: Monday, June 28, 2004 ::

 

Bachelor party was tonight. It actually went ok. Started kinda rough when only three people (including me) showed up. In the end, I got to hang out with the people who are the most important -- my brother, my best men, my closest friends. With the exception of deedee not being there, I'd say it went pretty well. It involved pool and pool. That's to say we shot pool for three hours, then went to my cousin's and went swimming and grilled some burgers. Then played some good, ol' fashioned Shanghai. They even let me win. ;)

Now I just have to get to business getting ready to get married. I came to the realization that I will leave this house on thursday and will never return to it single again. It's more significant than it sounds, really. For over 25 years of my life, my home has been with my family. It has been in this house for 14 years. When I leave here on thursday, I will never return home. Not here, at least. I'll have a new home, in a shabby little two bedroom apartment (that's slightly burned currently) in Po'Dunk. It's a big thing to deal with, even if you have known it was coming and accept it completely.

I was gonna write up some stuff about how this seems like a logical time in one's life to contemplate all the wildly different (and slightly different) directions your life could have taken... I think I'm just too tired to write that up, though.

Plus, I am greatly annoyed with myself. Here it is, six days til my wedding, and I keep getting distracted with this stupid opportunity that has presented itself. It's so distracting that I've already wasted three days on it in the past week, and Deedee and her family are going to waste a day on it, too. It's semi-exciting, because I like the idea, and I can swing it, financially speaking; however, there are some substantial obstacles to overcome, and even then, it may end up not being worth it. Even so, it's so tempting that I have told everyone I have talked to about its possibilities, and have gotten other people involved in my what-if-ing, as well. Everyone has some piece of advice to offer about it, and even the people who normally are the most negative about ideas like this have had at least something positive to say to go along with their warnings and cautions. This is something that needs to have about two weeks worth of research put into it, but something that I really should not worry about until at least after the honeymoon. It's difficult to put off something that gets even the mother of the bride excited and distracted from the wedding. I guess that's exactly why it should wait, eh?

:: posted by Tmber :: 2:05 AM ::
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yes, I'm still blogging. No, you can't see it; my blog is still down.

I'm getting married in 9 days. How about that? Things are coming together... and they should be considering the time left. Found some reallllly good deals on some last minute things (like a cake), and deedee's parents had a bit of a windfall, which helps a lot with the $$. Getting married is not cheap. Even cheap weddings are expensive.

and stressful.

Add to that the fact that Nathan, the guy who is apartment-sitting for me, set my apartment on fire yesterday. 911, fire department, and the whole nine yards. Now, the front part of the apartment has to be repainted. Wonderful. $$$.

Never start a conversation with, "well, I just got off the phone with the fire department, and... "

In good news, I now have renter's insurance. Something about almost having your apartment burn down makes little things like that seem a little more important.

I'm also teaching my brother how to drive. Someone needs to, and mom and dad are too busy. Shame I don't have more time around here before I go back to starkville.

Gotta run... btw, I still love Final Fantasy II/IV. The playstation updated version is worth playing. Turns out there were two versions, and the original US release was the easy one. The new PS version is the hard version. I have to say it is a bit harder. More items and special abilities...

There have been lots of good quotes lately... I just wish I could remember them all...

Quotes of the Week.

"Oooo, pretty! It's all sunlight and crap!" --
"Your child's hair color is gorgeous." "Thanks, he picked it out himself." --
"She wouldn't know the definition of 'clean' if Merriam-Webster tatooed it on her a**!" --

:: posted by Tmber :: 3:17 PM ::
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I saw Sooj yesterday. She's actually very very good. I highly recommend going and seeing her if you get the chance. Anyone with her voice should be making a couple of million a year singing. Check out her website, if you're interested.

As you can plainly see, my website is down right now. So why am I blogging, you ask? Simple... I've already lost 3 or 4 posts because I didn't feel like writing posts that no one could see, and if I keep up that attitude, I'll lose another month worth of stuff that could go on my website when it comes back up. I was recently reminded of how much this website serves to chronical my life to a certain extent. My sister found this site a while back and went back and read the entire thing. All 2 3/4 years of it.

One of the things that I hate most about being me is my bad memory. Let me be more specific, my bad memory for people, places, and events of the past. My past. I apparently have some really great stories in my past, and when people who were there tell the stories, it's like hearing stories about other people, and I occasionally feel bad that I can't remember them. It's sad that my memories have to be told in the third person.

And it's not just things from high school, either. I sometimes can't remember things or people from just a little while ago. For example, I spent an entire semester marching and talking with mellophone player that I would have considered a friend at the time, but I ran into her at the beginning of the spring, and I couldn't remember who she was. I had to ask Deedee how I knew her, and Deedee explained to me who she was and how I knew her and her name. That's just sad. It did signify one thing, though... When I become director of NASA, I am going to pay Deedee to come to every social function with me and whisper in my ear who people are and why they're important and how I know them. Proof that behind every great man, there's a woman with an excellent memory (isn't that how that goes?).

I also have a bad habit of checking the mail more than once a day. This is probably the biggest cause of concern to me, because everytime Deedee points out to me that I've already checked the mail today, I am reminded of Celine's neighbor who had alzheimer's and checked her mail 11 or 12 times a day. Well, if I'm already up to 2 or 3, I'm not in good shape, am I? Can't be good to have early signs of alzheimer's when I'm only 25, can it?

I guess I'm not to horribly concerned because there are things I remember. Pointless things, like telephone numbers from 1989 and others I've only called once, social security numbers for people I met 7 years ago, 7! (5040), Pi to 8 digits, and the number of licks it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop (thank you, Brian). I also remember scientific crap, like the mass of the sun in grams, the glide slope of a 767-200, and the significance of 1.21 GWatts. I can also recite the Prologue to the Canteburry Tales in perfect middle english. (I imagine that will come in handy one day, like I'll be walking through the mall and someone will yell out, "I'll give a million dollars to the first person to correctly recite the prologue to the cantebury tales in middle english." ... yeah)

Somehow remembering little factoids doesn't make up for lost memories, though. Given the choice, I think I'd rather remember my own life than the highlights of someone else's.

Until the time that I check my mail a dozen times a day, I'll keep writing, and hopefully I'll remember everything a little better. If not, it'll make for some good stories for the old and senile me.

:: posted by Tmber :: 12:53 PM ::
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I've heard someone say "you learn something new everyday" about 12 times today... So I thought I'd share with you my "something new" of the day. Someone finally explained to me what the whole "once removed" thing is all about when it comes to family. "first cousin, once removed"... I get it now... Where as most family names refer to how far apart you are horizontally along your family tree, removed refers to vertical separation. For example, my mom's first cousin would be my first cousin, once removed. Likewise, my cousin's daughter is also my first cousin, once removed.

Anyway... other than that, same ol' same ol' here... I started playing texas hold 'em on yahoo games. I've played for about an hour over the past few days, and I'm up $400. Not bad considering they start you out with $1000, and the max raise is $2.

In other news... wait... I don't really have any other news. other than I'm leaning back in the same chair that I yelled at my sister for leaning back in earlier. sorry, sis.. I see what you mean. this chair is just very lean-back-able.

:: posted by Tmber :: 3:11 AM ::
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They are here, and I want one.

:: posted by Tmber :: 2:13 AM ::
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Well, it's about midnight, and I should be asleep... but for some reason, I'm typing. I feel like there's something I should be doing right now, but it's midnight, and I'm quite sure I didn't have anything scheduled for now. I think it has something to do with the fact that I'm getting married in a month. less than a month. We've got a lot accomplished in the last few days, but we still have some important things left on the to-do list.

We sent out most of the invitations a few days ago. It was a whole lot of letters to dump in the post office at one time. We have gotten most everyone, but there's still a few of you that I can't get in contact with. If you didn't get one, and you want one, please email me your address. I've been running into people randomly for the past couple of days and stopping them and making them write down their address. Ran into Jeremy at a wedding yesterday, and that was good, because I didn't even know how to get in touch with him. So if you haven't sent me your address, you should go ahead and do it, so I don't have to hunt you down at the grocery store or the gas station. makes things much easier...

We decided on music for the wedding, and I think I'm gonna offer some sort of door prize to whomever can correctly guess the theme of the music. Also, if you are a professional baker who wishes to donate a cake out of the goodness of your heart (or at least for under $1000), please let me know. I cannot justify spending that much money on something edible.

Well... I guess I'm gonna go stare at the wall for a while... Someone should call me... I obviously can't call you... you're asleep.

:: posted by Tmber :: 11:51 PM ::
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