It seems like this summer has been all about death.
Death of ideas, dreams, and unfortunately the death of people.
Much has been written elsewhere about all of the celebrity deaths that have happened in recent weeks, so I won’t bother to rehash all of that.
However, this summer I’ve been hit twice in the span of three months with deaths of people that I knew personally.
In the span of 2 months, I’ve lost a cousin and a friend, both to AIDS: my cousin in June, and my friend today.
R.I.P. Spencer & Dominic.
posted by bill at 9:05 pm
Wow y’all…
I had a GOOD day today…
Like, so good that i’m really starting to believe that everything’s going to be okay………..
I had an unbelievably good day at work today. (i started a new job on november 5th, for the record)
Scarily good. Like i’m really starting to believe that everything is going to be okay at work…
Contracts got signed.
Faxes were sent over.
Agreements were agreed to.
This isn’t about me personally, but i’m just saying. Stuff we’ve been working towards at work seems like it’s FINALLY coming together. Oh… i FINALLY got a desk of my own at work after nearly 2 months of sharing a desk with my boss (crazy, isn’t it?)
Conference calls were held with confidence.
Tasks got accomplished.
Little to no friction.
I had a first date tonight with someone i met on new years.
It went unbelievably well. I was nervous going in, but we clicked so quickly that everything flowed effortlessly for nearly 5 hours. (get your mind out the gutter)
I feel so good right now that i’m going to watch the most offensive movie i can find in my collection and laugh myself to sleep in bed.
*smiles*
posted by bill at 1:35 am
I called my parents today after a visit from my landlord.
For a change, I had good news.
That never happens.
He’s not selling the building.
He doesn’t want white people to buy it from him.
One less… thing to avoid.
posted by bill at 7:10 pm
Yeah, i’m still alive. Not sure exactly how I managed to do it and still have a roof over my head. But the struggle continues and I’m *still* barely breaking even… actually no… i’m nowhere close to even. However, I think I can make it by 2010.
I think I can.
posted by bill at 12:02 pm
the floodgates want to open up, but i only get this driving urge to write something when i’m at work (like i am right now), and everyone knows that blogging at work is never a good idea. i’d write when i got home, but that urgency is long gone by then, and all i want to do is have a glass of wine and watch a movie (tonight’s selection: Running Scared
i was reading kristy’s blog today and ran across this entry, and it made me want to write. made me want to write a lot. but i can’t. and i probably won’t.
posted by bill at 10:11 am
I’m seriously near tears over here.
I grew up watching Jim & Tammy Faye on television, and that woman was almost like my TV mother. She was a wonderful example of what true Christianity is all about, even after the scandal that brought Jim Bakker down.
posted by bill at 9:59 pm
Not a bad progression if you ask me. Let’s just hope the 60 happens!
Interview on Monday.
posted by bill at 7:14 pm
i’m so bored right now that i’m watching Making the Band 4.
all these guys are singing Boyz II Men songs and strangely, I have the urge to listen to their second album…
but i’m not going to indulge.
i’ve decided on what tattoo #2 is going to be. i’ll let you see it when i get it.
posted by bill at 8:24 pm
Previously, in my bathroom there was a shower curtain covered in little yellow rubber ducks. about a month or two ago, i took it down and replaced it with a clear vinyl shower liner that had a map of the world on it.
Everytime I go in the bathroom to do what it is I went in there to do*, I stare at the shower curtain.
It’s a reminder for me of what else I need to do.
The other day at work, I was talking with Gomez and I was sending him links to images in this Flickr photo pool I’d come across, and we just started talking about travelling. He was telling me I needed to go to uhhh… some place in Norway (Bergen?). I noted how my passport has been sitting on my coffee table for awhile now, as if it were waiting on me to grab it and get the first stamp put in it.
Then I went back to staring at my outlook inbox.
*match lit.
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