Category Archives: Life

“You have a very dour demeanor,” the doctor says in a tone that suggests he’s leveling with me.  “Do you know that?” I’m caught off guard, and for a second I don’t know how to respond.  No one has ever … Continue reading →

It’s rude of her, I think, to come marching into the room like that.  Especially after that nice doctor before her had set the bar so high.  Unlike with him, there was no courtesy knock, and she let the door … Continue reading →

So I’m up in gastroenterology, pacing around this hospital room and idly studying the ceiling patterns.  The nurse, in getting me situated, has told me that once they draw blood the doctor will be in right away to examine me. … Continue reading →

I keep explaining to friends that yes, I could “just eat something.”  But the problem isn’t that I’m starving.  The problem is that I’m two days past when I would normally be stumbling around disoriented due to extreme hunger, and … Continue reading →

I haven’t eaten anything since Sunday afternoon. Nobody knows why. I usually skip breakfast and make up for it with a big lunch. I took fruit into work with me yesterday. Never got hungry. Took the food home, thinking I’d … Continue reading →

I woke up at around 7:30am facing my open window. Outside there was no sun, just gray skies, which seemed to mute all the colors of the trees and houses across the street. It was humid, and I noticed my … Continue reading →

Was it my Gore-Obama 2008 bumper sticker? Was it the fact that I’m young, and he’s older? Was it the Acura I drive, compared to his old beater? I incensed someone today…I royally pissed a guy off during my routine … Continue reading →

There is, of course, a feeling of profound personal disappointment. It is tempered, though, by the emerging realization the the weekend job, and the seven-days-a-week work routine it entailed, had to end at some point. I’m looking forward to weekend … Continue reading →

Josh, my sometimes-roommate, thinks I’m paranoid. Yes, he agrees that my nice new apartment in central West Chester – the top two floors of a three-story building – is something to show off. No, he doesn’t think that, even with … Continue reading →

It’s all so hard to fathom, this state of persistent sloth that’s had me gone for so long now. This must be a fatigued obliviousness that likeminded people are familiar with; having struggled to stalemate the core, paralyzing bitterness of … Continue reading →

I’ve been AWOL from the blog for about two months now, working on two mutually exclusive ventures, one the result of hard work, the other a complete surprise, and both with, I’d say, a 50-50 chance of success. When I … Continue reading →

It’s really strange how, in the moment prior to an accident, your perception of reality speeds up and everything around you seems to slow to a crawl. And it’s extraordinary that, when you see the accident coming, your singular focus … Continue reading →

As I had to remind someone today, you have to actually live life in order to write about it. Hell, I’ve been thinking I should take all of 2005 off from blogging. Yes, I would like that very much.

There’s one picture I forgot to post from NYC. I was walking near 33rd and 3rd when I happened upon this: Apparently, there wasn’t enough parking at the V.A. hospital. If you look closely, you’ll notice that there’s not one, … Continue reading →

Or as they pronounce it in Philadelphia, Merry Crimmas.

I only gave three gifts this holiday season. One of them was an Amazon gift card, which conveniently served as a combination birthday/marriage/x-mas gift. Another was a video game, a birthday gift: And the third one…well, one of my roommates … Continue reading →

I’m back in West Chester now, and newly certified in ITIL Foundations of IT Service Management. I was the youngest person, as usual, in our class of 12. When they went around the table for introductions, the others mentioned that … Continue reading →

So the hotel I’m staying at has a cafe attached to it. Together, the hotel and cafe offer a rather convenient breakfast service: Specify your order on the cafe menu, and hang the menu from your doorknob before midnight, and … Continue reading →

In the days prior to my NYC trip, I decided that I wouldn’t bother doing the touristy stuff (Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, etc.) that I did last year. However, once I arrived, and observed from my … Continue reading →

Once my co-workers prevailed upon me that the Hilton on Times Square wouldn’t fly, I settled on the Affinia Dumont, a self-styled “executive hotel” that’s only about three blocks from the course I’m attending and several blocks from Broadway. I … Continue reading →

So I arrived in New York City today. I’ll be here for most of the week attending an I.T. business development course. This is the third time I’ve been to the city. I’d have to say that each time, the … Continue reading →

She said: “So you’re 26? How does it feel?” I said: I dunno, how is it supposed to feel? What does that question mean, anyway? Coming from a 23-year-old, it probably means I was supposed to wake up feeling depressed … Continue reading →

I’m planning on turning 26 this December 1st. Get something for me off of my wishlist if you’d like. If you’d rather buy me something that isn’t Amazonable, like, oh, a new car, then by all means feel free. Go … Continue reading →

So yeah, I had the misfortune of going out to buy a few items at around noon on Black Friday. I wanted a new DVD-ROM drive for the PC I use at my weekend job — the old drive I … Continue reading →

I sometimes work on holidays for the overtime. Today was one such day. Callers are always more merry and chipper on holidays, but today it was particularly hard to match their enthusiasm because 1) I didn’t want to, 2) my … Continue reading →

Since the blogosphere and the media are working themselves into a frenzy heralding the emerging Moral Values Revolution, I’d like to relate a tale of my own, of when I recently rose up in defense of my Values© and struck … Continue reading →

So yeah…I just stayed up for 38 hours straight, starting Thursday morning at 6am and ending Friday evening at 8pm. I had to get a project done and had missed too much time earlier in the week to get it … Continue reading →

Back after Labor Day.

It usually goes like this: “YO dude! Here’s that video everyone’s talking about. You know, the beheading video? It’s so awful! I just saw it, and I feel soooo bad now!” “Here’s the link!” When I first heard of what … Continue reading →

Okay, I can’t take it anymore. I’m back.