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Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 2:35 PM

Shawn is

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Which Naruto Character are You?
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Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 9:42 AM

Everyone keep your fingers crossed, or pray, or do whatever you do when you wish for good things to happen! We had a couple come and look at our house over the weekend, and they seemed very, very interested. They want to move in to a house before they get married in June, so that would rule if we could sell our house within the next month. Sure, we don't have anywhere definite to go just yet, but who cares? We'll figure that out when it happens!

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Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 11:44 AM

Shawn passed his ALS test, so now he will be promoted to an E5 - Staff Sargeant! What does this mean? More pay and possibly more of a push to be fully employed instead of a contract worker who keeps extending his orders. So everyone say yay for Shawn!

I finally finished my sword decor. Well, I finished ordering it anyway. No more swords after this unless we move into a 10,000-square foot house, which I don't see happening. Speaking of selling houses, we've already had a few calls of interest for our house! A photographer came out on Sunday and took a bunch of pictures and a few virtual tours. It's beginning to look like Buy Owner is really the way to go. We may go house hunting sooner than expected, just to get a feel for the areas we like. We're still looking at Richardson and Garland, but now Shawn is thinking of Wylie. I put a stop to all thoughts of Rockwall last night. It may be closer for him to get to work than now, but I'll have the same commute time and we still won't see anybody. And what if I go to SMU? Or the SMU branch in Plano? Kind of defeats the purpose of moving.

In sadder news, I need some prayers for a few friends of mine. I won't mention their names because I don't know the extent of who they have talked to, which makes it hard to pray for them I know, but just play along and indulge me. A few friends are having a really, really hard time with sudden and rather unexpected changes in their lives. One of them, in addition to her biggest life-altering event, has had to find a new place to live in a very short period of time for extremely ridiculous reasons. It frustrates me when my friends are having hard times and I can't do anything to help, so I thought the least I could do was ask everyone to pray for them.

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Friday, March 19, 2004 - 1:05 PM

Ever have one of those days you just really don't want to work? That would be today. Or maybe I have ADD. Not quite sure. Look! A floating fuzzy! What was I talking about? I decided today (while avoiding work) that I wanted to change my site a little. Not design, obviously, but content. I haven't played any video games since Christmas, so I didn't think it was fair to Budokai 2 or Zelda to claim that I was actually playing those games. I changed my bio page since I'm heading in a totally different direction these days and I wanted to trim it down. Not that anyone really reads that page anyway.

Now for something totally random. What in the name of seven hells is up with a LIVE Dragonball Z movie?? Don't we have enough bad ideas for movies? I don't mean that DBZ is bad, I mean that it's a bad idea to take a cartoon with these types of special effects and move them to the big screen. Anyone see Matrix Reloaded? Point made. Some things cartoons just do better.

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Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 9:25 AM

I have never felt as naked, helpless, and paranoid (in that order) as I did yesterday...when I left my cell phone at home. I discovered that I left it charging on my bedside table when I exited onto Woodall Rogers. Well, can't really turn around from there. I didn't think it would be that big of a deal until I remembered that that's the only number BuyOwner has to get in touch with me about selling our house. On the drive home, I realized that if I got into an accident, how long would it take for Shawn to come and get me? (If that had happened, it would have been a LONG time as he left his cell phone at the base when he left work for the day.) I never knew how truly attached and how reliant I've become on cell phones until yesterday. What the hell did I do before then? I know I didn't have one when I live at home or while I was in college. How did I survive? I don't even remember!

As you might have inferred from my blatant statement above, our house is back on the market, but this time we're going through BuyOwner instead of a realtor. It's nice to not have to think about the 6% commission, and that we'll be in the house the whole time people are looking at it. Maybe now I won't come home to the thermostat changed and fingerprints all over my swords. So if you know anyone looking at houses in the Denton area, send them our way!

Also over the weekend, I saw The Passion with Christi. I'm not sure what to say about it, because I don't want to ruin it for anyone and I don't want to scare anyone from seeing it. This is one of the few movies I'd say that everyone should see, no matter your religious affiliation. I've never seen anything like it. I don't think any other movie this year will trump this one for best picture. The acting, editing, visual, audio, everything was excellent. I will say if you can't handle blood at all to not see this movie. It was realistic like Saving Private Ryan realistic.

In other news, I've decided that I'm going to Japan for my 30th birthday. A few people have said that they are interested in going, but I want to let everyone know that if you want to go, you are more than welcome, just start saving now! I'm looking at tours, and they won't be cheap, but they will cover flight, meals, hotels, etc. If you're serious coming along for the ride, drop me a line and I'll let you know how much to save. I really hope that everyone who wants to come will come. A birthday party in a foreign country where we don't speak or read the language! How fun is that?

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Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 10:59 AM

Finally some site updates! I've been meaning to do this all week, but man after that drive home from work I get super super lazy!

Mufasa graduated from puppy obedience school on Monday. Pics are up of him in his cute mortar board and of one of his classmates, Madam.

In other news this week, I've finally started my redecorating projects for the living room (which just received new furniture!) and the third bedroom (which is not finished).

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Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 4:08 PM

Just when I think I have everything figured out, I decide I don't want to do it anymore. After working at my job for a few weeks now, I really see what a majority of lawyers do, and you know, I don't want to do what they do. I have never wanted to be a litigator, and that's the only part that's fascinating. I talked to some lawyers that are general counsel. Dear God, boring boring boring. So I want to put myself through hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt for what reason? Last night I went to a mediation information session, so I think I'm going to get a Master's degree in mediation. I'm going to continue to work at the firm, get my degree, start my own practice (while doing contract work for Louellen), and then Fergie said she may form a partnership with me later. How cool would that be? I can be my own boss! I know it's going to be really hard at first, and there's a lot of risk in starting a business. I have so many contacts in Denton County, and she has a bunch in Collin County, and we're developing more in Dallas County, so hopefully we'll be able to build a solid client base. And I'm sure I'll get more help from professors and whatnot while I'm pursuing the degree. So now the question is, how can I pay for this degree? Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

About yesterday's post...let's just say that I had a really bad day. Yes, everything came from one person, and the best part is that I have it all in writing to treasure for years to come. Thanks, everyone, for the kind e-mails. You all really made my day and helped me realize that I shouldn't listen to a thing this person has said.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 3:50 PM

Found out all sorts of things about myself today. Not only am I a terrible person, but I'm weak in my faith, I don't have a strong Christian family, I didn't grow up well spiritually, I'm going to make a terrible attorney, I'm a conniving back-stabber, I'm a know-it-all, I worship alcohol as a god, and I prevent Shawn from being with children, including family members. And these are my good points.

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Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 9:43 PM

On so many levels, this week has really sucked. For one, Shawn has been in Pennsylvania all week, so I've been alone with the animals. Not as entertaining as it sounds. Second, ebay changed its rules on its credit card rewards this week, which totally ruins why I have the credit card in the first place. Nothing I can do but pay it off and cut it up. Grrrrrrrr. Then there was the lovely weather today. I'm working peacefully, and I hear on the radio that a tornado has touched down in Krum. Krum is not so far away from home...and I have Mufasa outside. I freak out and leave work early. Stupid me traveled in horrendous weather...visibility of five feet. As I reached the Lake Lewisville bridge, I saw the remnants of tornadoes funnel up into the clouds. Thank God they decided to leave Corinth alone. Mufasa was soaked, covered in mud, and completely scared. Then I got the final rejection letter from Baylor law school. I won't even go into the other scare I've had this week. Thank God once more that it was a false alarm. However, I'm going to go see Metallica again! Jen talked to me this week about Metallica coming to Minnesota, since the bastards, even though they promised to come through Dallas this spring, well, lied. Not only is Metallica going through Minnesota, but Godsmack is opening for them. My 2 favorite hard rock bands together...the only thing that would make me more excited is if Disturbed or even Linkin Park was opening as well. We bought tickets today and I bought a plane ticket to Minnesota. Come this August, I'll see a whole new state and Metallica! Yay for me! Good thing I have a job now, to pay for all this, isn't it?

Hopefully things will pick up this weekend and move the continuum towards the better. I know I'm going to see The Passion on Sunday (closest thing to church for me in a long time) and Saturday I think I'm going to salvage the flowerbeds in the front yard. The house is about to go back on the market, and the half-dying gardenias aren't that appealing to look at. Sorry to bitch so much, folks. With all that happened this week, things are bound to go up from here. Hey, is that an optimistic attitude coming from me? Did you see that, Carleigh??

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