Hey kids, rock and roll, rock on! Hello everyone! Welcome back to another day of commentary and another day of rambling. As I was reading some of my more recent commentaries I realized I really hadn't talked much about some of the exciting things that have been going on in my life. Oh yeah don't ask about the title just in a really Pumpkiny mood today. So let me get to it.

Since last time I spoke about my present personal life a lot of things have happened. Crystal and I have broke up and are trying to do the friend thing. This is really difficult to do at times because I believe we both still have strong emotional ties. I will admit it has been harder for me to do this because I am not sure how to be just her friend. Anyway we have been trying this for a while now and it is getting better. At first I had a lot of problems with it and I really didn't care for it at all but I am starting to realize it is for the best because I now know I had a lot of stuff that I needed to get out of my system before settling down. (That doesn't mean I have to like it though.) So I have been doing my partying and running so when the time does come to settle down maybe I actually can.

I also got a new pet. One of the cutest pets in the world. A FERRET! When I picked her up about 2 weeks ago she was 6 weeks old and hyperactive as a kid with A.D.D. after missing his Ritalin for 2 weeks. I named her Tristessa (Smashing Pumpkins Song) and have enjoyed everything about her except cleaning the litter box. Oh well I guess that is one of the responsibilties you take on with a ferret. She is still quite hyper but now in a fun way instead of a biting way. I was hoping she would turn into a babe magnet but I haven't experimented with that :-). I do enjoy playing with her and our dachshund Heidi seems to like her as well.

My friends and I are probably closer than we have ever been. They all want to play match maker for me, but I usually tell them to let my aura attract women. We all realize by the end of the night that it isn't working but who cares we always know we all had a lot of fun just the same. I am still not comfortable enough to be alone much because I begin to think a tad bit too much, so I spend nearly every evening with my friends. A normal week anymore consists of the following: Monday - Dart League, Tuesday - Bootie's house to watch wrestling, Wednesday - Misty and Allen's place to watch movies or play cards, Thursday - Try to go to Dad's and then Justin and Sally's, Friday - Go out with my buds from work, then head home to hook up with my friends around home, go party somewhere, end up at someone's house, Saturday - leave friends house from Friday night around 3 a.m. - 5 a.m. and head home to hit the sack, get up around 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., hang out at home and drink a lot of water, then head out to meet my friends and start all over again, Sunday - watch the Nascar race and then find someone to run around with until I go to bed that night. Every so often thing change but having a routine isn't entirely bad either.

Finally I get to the part that everyone who knows me understands is very exciting for me. I got tickets to the Zwan show in Colombia, Missouri April 5th. I can hardly wait to see them live and in concert, plus it is another small venue with no more than 600 people there so it is a little more intimate. I will be going with Pat Meek and either Jeff or someone else. It should be excellent and I am counting down the days until we can rock out to some live and in living color Billy Corgan tunes.

Well there is an update on what has been going on in my life lately. It is not real exciting but I am enjoying myself and partying with all my friends again. I still get lonely without Crystal in my life but she has to live her life for her and I understand that. I am finally trying to live my life for me and I am having fun doing it. The bachelor life isn't that bad but having great friends helps it alot.

Well I will leave you guys now. I have a full weekend ahead of me and I am dying for it to begin. I hope you all have a great one.

"Live fast, die young, leave a good corpse" ~ Janis Joplin

Later,
Coopedaddy

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