Moore-Johnson?

Evidently, there's more to this character than previously thought. Who know he lived in the ATX and played football for the Beavers. And to think he would have told me about this, considering my love for athletics...

Tomorrow Never Knows

Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream...

On a sort of positive note, I've lined up a job interview with a different bank. I'm not really sure that I want to continue working in a bank, only that I know the way that I am and that working in a bank isn't really a horrible thing for me. It doesn't bother me more than any other job would bother me. I've never been an incredibly ambitious person and it's not that I don't want to work. I just don't care what it is. So anyway, I've got a job interview and the company has already quoted the salary, so I'm assuming that I'm a shoe in. Aww, who am I kidding? I've got people skills. What the hells wrong with you people?!? ;) I hope you're having a good one.

It's been the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny Fuckin' Kaye!

The Truth of Dreams

Seems like I can never get to sleep when I really need to. I was exhausted last night, but my brain wouldn't shut off. It almost never seemed like a problem before, but lately, for whatever reason, I can't go to sleep right away. Sometimes it doesn't even matter if I'm well into my cups, as my mother would say. For example, when everybody left Bandito's house on Friday night around 3 in the morning, I was still wide awake and I sat there for another hour just thinking.

Anyway, last nights thoughts mostly focused on who I am and the choices that I've made. And I've come to the following conclusions:

1 - I'm thinking about moving. Maybe to Austin, because it was so awesome to see all of my friends this weekend and to see how great they are together and how much they care for each other. Also possible destinations include Seattle, Denver and San Diego. I think I just picked those out of a hat (except for Seattle, which I've always loved). I'd also like to move to Ireland, but that might not be very feasible. I think I've been thinking about this mostly because my friends here haven't exactly been friendly lately and I miss having people care about me. And while that's a semi-selfish statement, I think I've been giving a lot and not getting anything back. All my friends have flowers in their eyes and I got none this season.

2 - I think that I want more adventure in my life and I blame it all directly on Bandito, T-Rex and the Lady K. Damn them and their invigorating joy towards living. Well, maybe not damn them. But their obvious zest for the parts of life they enjoy, the music, adventures and books, respectively, makes me want to enjoy those parts of life more. And I know that life is all about growing and finding new things and enjoying them, but it also made me come to another realization.

3 - I am incredibly malleable. And not in a good way. I realize this more and more that I pick up things from other people and wrap them into who I am. I'm totally disappointed in this. I always wanted to be something different, but my creativity lies more in riffing off what others do and I feel let down. I don't know. Maybe I just need to tap into a new source and find another outlet. I've been thinking about taking up painting, except that I know that I can't draw a straight line to save my life. The good news is that my boss gave me a journal for my early Christmas present, so I'll have a new place to start there.

Live in Austin

A couple of excellent adventures from this week:

1 - 5 players (yeah, it was small) but it was still ultimate and I still miss the hell out of it.

2 - T-Rex and I picked, cut down and hauled a Christmas tree for Bandito and Lady K as a gift. The weapons grade part of this story (more on that later) is that whilst we were riding on the trailer, the tree was blown off. So T-Rex yelled to the driver to stop while I jumped off, ran down our errant tree and ran it back. And yeah, the guy didn't stop. Fortunately, his stop speed was about 5 miles an hour, so it wasn't too difficult to run him down. But still, pretty good times.

3 - We stopped in Elgin (pronounced Elg-in), Tx and checked out this oldschool train station. The best part of this stop was an advertisement from the '50s for the hula-hoop (made by wham-o, who makes the official ultimate frisbee). The catch phrase for the advertisement was: 10 minutes practice makes you chief witch-doctor of your neighborhood. Lady K's comment after hearing it: "I already was the chief witch-doctor of my neighborhood." Yeah.

4 - T-Rex is so incredibly Barney (from How I Met Your Mother) if Barney had morals of some variety. I guess I should say that T-Rex is the awesomeness that Barney embodies.

5 - Phrases from the Urban Dictionary (a present for T-Rex): GSBI - Good-sounding bad idea. Zippersparker - Dry humping with clothes on. There are many more, but I'll leave it there.

6 - My hatred for Roy Williams has not diminished since he left KU to UNC. He is the absolute worst. I can't stand him. And, despite my brother's love for the Tar Heels and their excellent ability, I can't wait for Roy to choke away any chances that UNC has in the tourney.

Alright, I'm out for the time being. I'll see if I can keep this up for a little while.