I just got off the phone with an old high school/college pal, Kelly. We talked for over an hour and it felt really good. Can't explain it, but it just energized me. As we were getting off the phone, we half-started talking about how our respective families screwed us up, but decided that that would be a topic best left for another time. One of the best things about Kelly is that she is so freakin' hilarious and just seems to have this "see the humour in everything" mentality. Very refreshing and something that I vow to work on doing myself. Also, she has been a Spanish teacher (High School this Fall, but Middle School up 'til now) for the last 10 years and I got a good pep talk about how great teaching is. And, I know it will kick ass, and I know that I'll be kick ass teacher, but... the whole self-doubt crap starts creeping in (which is how Kelly and I started talking about familial scars). Keep it positive. You'll be great. Chin up, Kid.

I'm listening to New Order's "Brotherhood" right now. Classic. Probably the album of theirs that I've listened to the least, and not quite sure why...

I finally mailed off the CDs I made for Aaron (the 'zine guy) today. Whew - another thing to check off the list of things that have been hanging over my head. Plus, I got feedback about the Sylvian piece and emailed him back some changes. Years ago, I remember being in a poetry class at IU (Indiana University) and thinking, "This is all such BS. Why do I need to be in this class? How can someone who doesn't even know me and wasn't inside my head when I wrote this piece be giving me feedback? Why should I make any changes? I wrote what I wrote when I wrote it and I can't possibly get back in that mindset again in order to edit." So naive. So 19 year old rebel.

See! I'm moving forward!

I called about the satellite dish yesterday. I told the guy that we tried to adjust the dish ourselves to which he replied, "Ok. We can send a repairman out. However, if you mess with the dish yourself you void your warranty and we charge you a $99 housecall fee. Otherwise, the housecall is free. Now, I'm going to ask you again if you have touched the dish at all..." Damn. I love people like that. There's someone who knows how it is in the real world and how big business is trying to screw us all over. I want to deal with customer service people like him ALL the time. A repairman is coming FREE OF CHARGE on Thursday. Just in time for AMAZING RACE 4!

Oh, Brian and I did a "Buy a Ticket to 1 Movie, See a Second for Free" deal at our local megaplex on Sunday. Oh, come on! We're broke! Cut us some slack! We saw "28 Days Later" and then snuck in to see "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" - which should've been called "Full on Sensory Assault". Yeah, I'm TOTALLY of the Atari / MTV generation, and often like my quick cuts to keep my attention, but... this was ridiculous. All in all, kinda silly and just too fluffy for me. Now, "28 Days Later", on the other hand, kicked butt. What a fantastic movie - TOTALLY worth the half-price we paid to see it. I just wish we had seen it second. I'd rather have a lasting memory of people barfing up blood in a well-made film than Cameron Diaz twisting her pigtails while on a mechanical bull...

Oh, "Boy Meets Boy" is on tonight. Even though I'm REALLY ticked that there has to be a "some of the guys are secretly straight" twist, I'm still going to watch. A gay dating show - history in the making here people...