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Dear Livejournal,

This will be my last public entry as my livejournal now breaks multiple newly instated policies that could get me into trouble. For the few of you who read this, give me call we'll catch up or something. Its been fun.

Later

Dear LiveJournal,

I may have found a house.

This is a huge step, and a huge investment. I've never had to really think of such (what seem to be substantial) amounts of money with such focus. A few grand here a few hundred there. It is honestly a little overwhelming, but in all reality I assume this is what everyone feels when they buy their first home.

But we want to move forward, Ashley and myself. This house feels right.

Dear LiveJournal,

I really want a new backpack, and have wanted one for a little while now. I don't really need it right this second, but it will come in hand come May, for camping during MTX - Montana 2010. I had actually had my eye on another one, but Osprey has one that I really really like, well actually they have two, but I'm pretty decided on one. The reality, yes I could just go ahead and buy it, but despite the fact that I can, I still have issues on spending that much money on something I don't really need. So to make it work and clear my shopper's conscience I am going to start bringing my lunch to work Monday-Wednesday. Thursday will remain Guang Dong Sushi Thursday and Fridays will be a toss up between Moe's and Wasabi, depending on my mood that day. Evens out, with my reasoning the the bag is pretty much paid for after like 16 weeks of that. Which means if the mood so strikes I may go ahead and buy the pack this weekend.

Psych is tonight. Yay!

I bought a jacket/hoodie the other day, pretty excited about that too. Fall is almost here which means I'll have the opportunity to wear it. It is sort of hard to wrap around the fact that the summer is for all practical purposes gone. Not that I get like a summer vacation, not that I'm complaining, but summer being over is really just the beginning of the snowballing into Christmas. But I had a good summer, went to Virgina and then to PCB, looking forward to fall, my birthday, then I'll break my no meat rule for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Yeah, the year just sort of flies by. Sigh.

Oh for the two people who are aware of what I have been thinking about doing in relation to the future. I have decided. It is going to happen. I am going to put the plan in to action.

On another note in regards to the future, Ashley and I will start looking for houses soon, together. If we can make it through decorating, I think we'll be fine.

Well that seems like enough for today.

Dear LiveJournal,

So it has been confirmed, The Baker County Standard is gone.

I'm awaiting details from Jessica about the celebration party at the Press. Seriously. haha

Dear LiveJournal,

On the radio this morning the question was posed, "would you keep working if you won the lottery?"

I can say that more than likely I would be one of those people if I ever were to win a large sum of money. I might would knock myself down to part-time, because there is a lot of stuff that I would want to do, having the money to do so, but yeah I think I would continue to work.

That's pretty much it. No real other reason for updating. Other than I think I might start playing the lottery. haha

Dear LiveJournal,

We've set no definite date, May most likely, a spring trip there is out of the question due the amount of snow that we would expect to encounter. (That however probably won't stop us from taking a quick trip to Utah in the spring) We are planning on camping a couple of nights which I am stoked about, Dylan is less enthused, but he also didn't think he liked hiking. WRONG. If he would just trust that what Diane and I plan are fun things would go so much more smoothly. haha. Maybe horseback riding around the glacier. Like I said nothing really planned yet, but I was pretty eager and did us up a sweet little logo. Probably will do some shirts. Maybe as Christmas presents to the Adventure club. That'd be sweet.

Satchel's Wednesday tomorrow most likely since Diane has returned from NASA. Wooh!

Probably should actually start planning for the Maine trip in October. Just a weekend thing for my birthday, kind of. But still should probably plan it out a little. That one has no cool slogan or logo yet. Perhaps I should get on that.

What else, what else. Eh, thats good for now.

Dear Livejournal,

hmmm...

I am fickle I know. Trying to move past the fact that 'snogging' was used as a part of your regular vernacular.

sigh

The away button for Mary's number keeps blinking and it is driving me insane. I just want to make it stop. Covering it up with ad copy has made me less crazy but I know is still blinking underneath it.

Dear Livejournal,

So I woke up this morning from a dream with an odd feeling of wanting to know how it ended, curiosity of course, but more concerned in a way.

I will not be going to the bank anytime soon.

So in my dream I apparently witnessed a bank robbery. I'm not sure if people were hurt, hostage situation or anything like that, the dream took place afterwards. But I was apparently testifying in the court case or already had because the dream took place the day I was to be put into witness protection (I'm guessing). There were some issues with the plan though, first of all why this all took place during the day is a mystery. But there was a guy who reminded me of Owen Wingate who drove me to West Virginia or a Carolina to what was some sort of complex or business that was laid out similar to mix of the middle school, why I don't know. But I do know that I sat around in a room for hours waiting for my next handler to pick me up to take me to my location (Chile) I only know this because I at some point Scarecrow and Dylan were walking down a hallway with me and Scarecrow asked me something about moving to Chile, which was ridiculously unsafe, no one should have known my location. But Yeah It turned out that something went wrong and the person who was suppose to pick me up showed up but never came to get me...the handler presumed he was dead. (It was at this point that I think I began to suspect maybe something wasn't kosher with the guy, but I can't be sure. May have just been paranoia from the situation I was in) But yeah I woke up a short time later having no idea if I made it to Chile or whether the handler should be distrusted if the situation ever becomes real.

I will not be going to the bank anytime soon. Which had actually crossed my mind a couple of days ago I was going to go to the VyStar here in LC to re-establish my account with them. Oh well.

Also may be planning a trip to Maine for my B-day, just a weekend thing. But wooh! Giant Lobster!

Dear Livejournal,

I am cold. The office has returned to its arctic nature after two wonderful days where I rolled my sleeves up and enjoyed the exciting temperature of 'comfortable'

It still amazes me that I went through the Narrows, and yet this kind of cold is almost unbearable. Emma will be back from lunch soon which when that happens it means its almost time for me to go to lunch. In reality I could go to lunch whenever I wanted but I like having some sense of regularity. Creature of habit. Probably Moes again today, I don't know why but I've been craving southwest/mexican food since last Saturday.

I am also eager to read some more. I only really ever read at lunch, and I'm really enjoying my book. I'm about halfway through Dead until Dark. Its the first book in the series that True Blood is based on.

The show is better, but its not the book's fault really. The book focuses mainly on the lead character, understandably. The TV has been able to branch out seeing as it in not centrally narrated. I like the stories they've interwoven with the secondary characters. Makes it very enjoyable.

Ok well that is enough for now. I'm hungry.

Dear Livejournal,

Getting up out of bed this morning wasn't as easy as it has been being. I went to bed a little later than usual last night just because I had been on the phone, but then shortly after getting to sleep I was awoken by screams. Well they were dog screams. I jumped up out of bed and put on shorts and grabbed my flashlight. In all honesty I thought Conway was being attacked by something. Another dog, a snake, a feisty opossum or raccoon, I was worried. I get outside to see that he was stuck in a one of our lounge chairs. Somehow he had managed to get one of his front paw digits stuck in there. Incredibly stuck, and he was making it worse moving around and hurting himself and really just freaking himself out. I love him to death but he can sometimes be a little dramatic, but none the less I could tell it was hurting him. And it wasn't just going to come out. Fast forward to about 12:15am and non being a family effort we had to cut the back of the chair to free him. He freely limped away from the chair then came over to all of us very happy that the whole family had come outside at night. When I checked on him this morning he was playing the yard, no limp whatsoever. Good deal. But yeah that pretty much set me getting to sleep a little bit later.

Other than that the evening had been pretty much uneventful.

Dear Livejournal,

Ah. So it is Monday. I've got ads on my desk and a sunny disposition. Been halfway secretly working on two new scripts. (neither of which are Perch, I am venturing back into maybe doing a movie) One of which should be more than doable, I just have to get it right because it is an idea I've been toying with for years and it could be something really great, right now parts of it are only so-so. The other will be a little more difficult, but not at all impossible. Huh. I guess it is also something that has been a long time coming. Well at least in title. The actually plot has changed drastically from what it was when Diane and I were in high school.

I have tried something different for me when it came to writing. I am writing non-linear. Never have I done that before. I have ideas for scenes further on in scripts and then forced myself to write to the point of getting to them. But for these two scripts I am writing separate scenes and planning on connecting them and filling in the holes as I go. It may be a disaster but thus far I think I like it. It has freed me up a lot to do those things that I've always had problems with. The scenes that aren't really necessary to the story, but some how make it better when taken as a whole. I really struggle with those. I have such a hard time not writing for the main story. I like clean lines even in writing. But this has opened it up for me and has made it much easier. It also lead the way to me creating possibly one of my favorite small bit characters I've ever written. It should go to show you these scripts are hugely different from anything else I've ever done. I have not only secondary characters, I have bit parts. That has pretty much never happened. Yay for growth. haha

I can sort of talk about one of the scripts. 'The search for Kay Hanley" may be one of the most well constructed plots I have ever ventured to concoct. The dynamic of the main characters is fairly charted territory for me, but I like the two guys and a girl set up. They are different enough from Perch characters. Plus I really just like the idea of it all. I'm pretty sure I never really imagined myself writing anything that ever dealt with bank robbery in any capacity. But it is enjoyable.

The second one I am keeping very tight lipped on. I don't really want people to even know about it until its time to begin casting.

I plan on keeping my mouth shut almost entirely on both of these. I feel maybe that was an issue with Perch. Eh, either way not a whole lot of information will be released.

Hmm...what else? I feel like I update so sporadically I should inform you as to as much as I can.

I am debating on taking a trip for my birthday. New York is what I have in mind. Sort of a present to myself. We will see. I do want to do something as my extravagant spending and spur of the moment trips like this will become more limited in 2010 as I will be either paying a mortgage or rent come January. It will be good though. I am no longer the youngest at work. That was a blow. The new guy in the newsroom just turned 23. Sigh. But on a brighter note I have recently met a lady I am quite taken with. Hopefully things continue to go well with that. PCB is coming up the last weekend in July, that will be fun. Diane will be back home in a couple of weeks, that means the return to Satchels. Aside from that everything is pretty much the same. Alright well I guess that is it, plus I've got ads I could working on exclusively rather than going back and forth.

Dear Livejournal,

How does the day treat you? Well I hope.

Oh, July. Its already almost your middle. Where does the time go? Where oh where?

So, it has been some time since may last update. In that time we did the show at the college, I took a vacation to Virginia and all its historicness for the fourth, did an Independence Day 5k, watched fireworks at a harbor. Good times.

Don't Sigh Daisy's CD release show is tonight. That should be good

I'm bored with updating at the moment

Dear Livejournal,

At what age and time in your life do you come to terms with the fact that the people around you are going to die? I know and understand that death is inevitable, but when its sudden or tragic you can't expect people to be at ease with that. But my question is at like age 75 do you look around you and know this may be the last time I see this person, we may not be able to make it to lunch next week, you know that and have come to some sort of terms with it. Do most people have that capacity or is it always a really sad occurrence. Doing obituaries at two newspapers now I think may have given me a slightly different perspective on death. Or at least how it should be dealt with. I really do see it as a time to remember the person not in a 'missing' way, but more of a celebration of that persons life.

This line of thinking was not completely random and simply written as something to ponder. Yesterday afternoon my Aunt Hazel passed away, it was unexpected, at least as of last week. She had gone to the doctor for an infection then things rapidly took a critical turn for the worst. The funeral is Saturday and the family is going to Georgia tomorrow but I have Guys and Dolls this weekend, which is ok. I don't like funerals. I've been to far too many.

I found this out via text yesterday. This is why I hate technology sometimes.

It didn't really sink in until I was driving home last night. The fact that she won't be at Christmas in Georgia anymore. She made the best sweet potato souffle. I know it seems a stupid and ridiculous memory to hang on to the memory of someone with, but I always liked Christmas in Georgia, despite missing it last year. Like I said I do sort of view death differently. I fear that it makes me seem cold to be able to move on so quickly. I don't know. But this entry is dedicated to my Aunt Hazel.

Dear Livejournal,

So I broke down and bought a diet pepsi from the vending machine. First soda in months, but I really needed the caffeine. Went and saw Transformers Revenge of the Fallen midnight show with Dylan, Spence and Trey. It was really good. Probably not as good as the first. This one felt long. Granted 2 1/2 hours is kind of long. Especially at 2:30am when some people are getting ridiculously sleepy, those people being me. I bought a couple of those 5 hour energy drink things (caffeine free) I've yet to drink one yet, because the pepsi is sufficing right now, its really for more later in the day. Like when I have rehearsals until 9. Show starts tomorrow. Wooh! (ish)

Dear Livejournal,

Haven't really had the time or prioritized you for updating recently so here we are and now I will update.

Guys and Dolls is rapidly approaching, the show starts Thursday. Its come together I suppose. It'll be fun but I'll be glad when it is over.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is this week also, which will undoubtedly prove to be a very tiring Wednesday for me. Transformers at midnight, its a 2 1/2 hour movie, so around three or so getting home, getting to bed at around three thirty, then up for work, then after work, rehearsals until 9. Ugh. I know. I am going to invest in a couple of those five hour energy things. We'll see how well they work.

I also bought my plane ticket to Virginia for fourth of July weekend. Wooh! Busch Gardens (Europe), Colonial Williamsburg, Secret tour of NASA, hanging out with Diane. Who is excited? Me!

This weekend I had a Saturday morning/lunch date. I use to say for the longest time that I really waned to date older women and with the exception of Kelley, which I don't really count because I wasn't aware we were dating, I have had no real experience with this. Until Saturday that is. Amanda and I went to the Riverside Art Market and walked around and just sort of hung out and did that whole get to you thing and then after an hour or so we decided to escape the heat and go Sake House for lunch, which that was outstanding. Overall the date was perfectly fine. We got along fairly well, much better in person than when we were on the phone and she sounded so disinterested the whole time. It was a pretty good date. (her last question of the excursion put a slight kink in things but oh well) I don't know, it kind of made me rethink my age range for dating. Not that she was old or anything, 31 is less than a ten year difference, but I just don't know. I think I may need someone closer to my own age.

But not someone who has just turned 18. That is a whole other story, and a situation I need to tread along carefully so as to not hurt her, but 18 is too young, of that I am sure. I thought I had actually made that clear. But apparently saying, "I don't date anyone under 21" just didn't get that point across. How do I get myself into these things. Ok sometimes I know. This one came as a surprise.

Good news of the weekend though I finally bought my Wii and Wii Fit. Which are awesome. I was and am still surprised that I am actually sore from working out on the fit. Impressive. Seriously. And Indiana Jones is just superb. It also makes me really want to go out and buy so many more games. I was afraid that would happen. Now I have Ghostbusters and of course Transformers that I have to buy. And probably so many more. I knew I shouldn't have gotten involved with video games again. Oh well.

All right. Well I suppose that has been enough for one update. Later

Dear Livejournal,

Outside my window I hear the quacking of a duck...chew toy that is. I bought Conway a new toy today because he has pretty much demolished his teddy bear. Outside my bedroom door I hear the squeaking of a mouse toy. Because I always feel like if I buy the dog a toy I've got to buy the cats a toy. What made me think it was a good idea to buy them both toys that make noise is beyond me. But Conway loves the duck. He is tapping into some sort of primal hunting behavior. Plus he's just adorable.

Also my fifth grade teacher friended me on facebook. That's pretty cool as I would probably never gone to visit her again. I love her, she's one of my favorites but every time I went back to visit, bad things happened. Like her getting the phone call that her dad had died while I was in the room. I felt it best not to go near her. but now...the internet feels like a safe distance to catch up. cool.

Dear Livejournal,

I don't know exactly what it is about the warm summer months and the music of The Dilettantes, but it gives me the strange desire to want to make a horror movie again. Last night picked up an older script that I never finished barely even started really, but yeah I may give another stab at it. Of course that's exactly what I need distracted me. A slasher movie while also working on my TOP SECRET new web series. I can never really do one thing at a time apparently.

The slasher flick titled 'Don't Go into the Woods' follows a group of friends helping out their buddy fix up his late uncle's house in the backwoods of southern Georgia getting it ready to try and put on the market. After arriving they are greeted by the couple who live next door. Very nice folks, hard working sort of internally at war with the world. The neighbors caution the group to keep their dog tied up so as to not let him go running off into the woods, seems like an innocent enough helpful hand from a new neighbor. Soon strange things begin happening including noises from the woods. When one of the guys mentions that they are considering clearing the forest to make room for farm land in an attempt to help the property sale the couple next door freaks out and almost forbids them to do it. Saying it would upset the balance of things and that they would be best suited to just go back where they came from. Yada Yada long story short, cult in the woods.

Eh, it has potential. Nice little twist. Who knows.

Dear Livejournal,

I have seen more movies in this weekend alone than I saw nearly all of last year. Ok not really, but pretty close. So I could start with Thursday, Thursday evening went over to the Norman-Gerard house and we watched Fanboys and The Spirit. Fanboys was solid. The Spirit was ridiculously bad. Then Friday night I had no real plans I'd watched Wonderwoman movie (cartoon) excellent and Cloverfield again. Wanted to give it another try...eh, so yeah just sitting around the house in my brand new flight suit and goggles, then Dylan calls and he, Spence and myself head off into Jacksonville to go see a movie. It was a toss up between Land of the Lost and the Hangover. I was really the only one with any interest in seeing Land of the Lost which is odd because I really don't like most Will Farrell movies as of late. So we decided to go see The Hangover. Which I really really love. I thought it was an outstanding movie. Funny all the way through. Saturday morning got up and went to the beach with Ashley, built a sand manatee then went and saw Up and Star Trek (4th time) Up was pretty good. I don't really like cartoons that are purposefully sad and try and make you cry. It made me really want to go home and hug Conway and thank him for his unconditional dog love. (I did) Then Sunday I was just lazing about having watched Starship troopers on Netflix and played with Conway then Dylan called and we decided to go see Land of the Lost with James Beatty and play the movie hop game. So we went and saw Land of the Lost. Quality cinema it was not. Then we went and saw The Hangover again and we were going to check out Star Trek in imax, but I made the decision that since I had to work today we would need to cut the evening short. So yeah, thats 5 movies this weekend. Crazy. Just Crazy. Good though.

Dear Livejournal,

The details of the sorted events that lead me to finding this will never equal to the what is found on this site. So I will skip the story and just post the link.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/thanksgiving/macyparade/1985-1986/7/index.html

Granted even though I was born in 85 I still remember most of these commercials. Part of that is thanks to the fact that my family had a VCR. (It makes me feel really old when I hear people call them video cassette players now, like they are some sort of ancient technology. They are called VCRs. Stop being a technology jerk)

But yeah, I thought I would share.

So there you are.

Dear Livejournal,

Twice already this weekend I have felt like an 87 year old man.

Friday night after rehearsals I went to go see Terminator Salvation. I really enjoyed the movie but it was SO loud. Everything was so loud I sat watching it and thiking, just turn the volume down. A cool side note I had no idea that the Russian kid who plays Chekov (Yes he is actually Russian) in Star Trek is Kyle Reese in Terminator.

Then today Scarecrow and I went into Jacksonville and I finally got a new phone. Blackberry Pearl. The keypad is different and I think I may have somewhere along the line become out of touch with technology so it was a slow learning experience that is still underway. We also went and saw Star Trek. Number three for me. Wooh! Haven't watched a movie this many times in theaters since Crystal Skull.

Also I happened to be playing six degrees last night and found out that there is a remake coming out of a movie. Not shocking in itself until you know the remake is of a movie that came out a mere two years ago. 'Death at a Funeral'. It is being called an American adaptation. Really, is it necessary? Its not like the first pass wasn't in English. Its actually got some big name cast members....and I think someone from the British version. This seems far too soon. Far far too soon and unnecessary.