November 30, 2001 - Christmas is comming and I have no idea how we're gonna afford christmas gifts for everyone. I guess that's one of the drawbacks of having a very large, extended family. I guess we could try to bake cookies and give out baskets of cookies, but that's still a whole damn lot of baskets. I really don;t want to have to go into debt for something so stupid as christmas. I'm already in major debt with school loans and my little car. I don't want any more. We'll probably think of something, though.

On a not so seasonally depressiog note, I'm looking forward to dinner tonight. We're supposed to go out with some friends. They're really cool people and it's always nice to dine with cool people.

November 29, 2001 - Sorry if the last entry was strange. I guess I was in an optimistic/existential-type mood. I'm listening to the Descedents right now. Always good stuff.

November 27, 2001 - Samo, Samo. It's not bad, though. It's just slightly monotonous. For all you kids out there, things slow down a bit once you get a real job. The days kinda run together with nothing to differenciate one from the other. The time at home with your wife is always fun, and every now and then you'll do something different at work. Other than that, though, it's 8 hours doing the same stuff, and then going home and trying to keep up with your house. There's really no ending, so your only goal is to try and keep shit going. It becomes more of a goal about maintenance, rather than accomplishment. It's very different than what they teach you in school. In school (college, too) everything has a due date and and once you're finished with it, you don't have to do it again. All of your work aims for that great day when you graduate - you've completed all your goals.

This is not the case once you leave school. You don't have homework, but you have housework. No brothers or sisters or mommies to split the housework with, either. You can't decide to skip a day of work and make it up later like you can with school. You don't get to graduate from work until you retire, and that's not even a goal. They just tell you you can't come to work anymore cause one day you've become too old. The only goal involved with retirement is making sure you have saved enough money to cover you while you're not working becuase you know you're not getting social security when you retire. It's gonna be all spent on Baby Boomers and Nation-building-wars. Even then, you still might have to work.

So, you're life gets less hectic, but it can slow down to the point that time runs together like soggy cereal. I guess that's why everyone would tell me that it's important to find a job that you like (which I have). Otherwise you hate every day and time loses all meaning all together. You should also make time to do something fun that doesn't involve your job or your house (house renovation can be fun, but it can get monotonous as well). I guess that's why people have hobbies, so that they don't have to watch their life ooze by steadily.

November 26, 2001 - Everyhting is cool again. I was sweating over the party and all the stuff that's had to go on these past weeks, but, man, it's all good now. Everything turned out well, everyone seemed to have a good time. I had fun, at least. Thanksgiving was extra cool, too. Everyone's house had great food. Even though it was all the same stuff, everyone prepared it a little differently. It actually turned out to be three distinct meals of turkey, cranberry sauce, and stuffing. I was lovin it. Then, We had a "friends-not-family" thanksgiving at G's and Michelle's house. That was a great time. We met knew people, and the food was smashing. All together, it was a good weekend. Lotsa free food. Lotsa fun with family and friends. I don't remember the last time I had so much fun with our families. Julius got sick again - that fool, but other than that, everything's fun. Just gotta wash more dishes tonight. *sigh - with a smile*.

Does anyone read this? Fuck it. It's fun writing it.

November 16, 2001 - Time to get down. Yall know what I'm talkin bout. I'm nervous a little. I want everything to go just right. My stomach kinda hurts and I think that's why. Maybe I'm gettin myself too worked up. For all o' yall commin, it' gonna be on. I hope yall have fun.

November 13, 2001 - Everyone go to http://www.therainforestsite.com and click on that button so that they can get donations to buy rainforest land!

November 8, 2001 - everything's starting to pile up. Finals are comming soon for Sarah. Thanksgiving and Christmas now loom over my head for the first time. When I was younger I used to look forward to this time. Now it's just something we have to do. It's almost time for our vacation. We might not have any money to spend there, but we're going, Dammit! I think both of us need it.
Someone's birthday is comming up - you know whose - and I hope I can make it good. There's so much to do. But then there's always alot to do.

November 7, 2001 - I've put up a new game. It's not mine. It was shown to me by friend. I hope I'm not infringing on copyrights or anything, but just in case I'm not, it's here. I hadn't seen it before and I thought it was pretty funny.

COH Prop 2. passed last night. That sucks. I know it was worded badly so as to make it confusing, but I actually think there are more conservative voters in Houston than I thought there were. I can't believe that it even constitutional to add an ammendment to a city constitution that specifically DENIES rights to a certain group of people! Maybe that's the sign that we should get outta this city!

November 5, 2001 - Cleaning the house is the most awful way to spend a weekend. We go all week just trying to do our thing. Apperently, "our thing" includes making a mess of our home. Finally the weekend comes, and we're stuck trying to relax in our messy surroundings. We have no motivation to clean, becuase by the time we finish cleaning, the weekend is over and our house just gets trashed again during the next week, so by the next weekend, we just have to do it all over again. Our only real motivation comes from not wanting to wallow in filth; or from having company over that we would be emberassed if they saw our house. It gets especially bad when we have to do something on a weekend - which we usually do. How is it that we've made our lives to feel like we don't have time to live. But maybe it's just me. I know the wifey has similar concerns, but I think I'm more prone to complaining about stuff like that.

November 2, 2001 - Well, I've had this blog for about a week or so now and seems to be kinda fun. A lot of people seem to do it who are involved with literary endeavors, but I just like it becuase it makes me feel like I'm adding something new to my site everyday.

November 1, 2001 - I'm starting to get scared with all this anthrax business. There seems to be nothing to do about. No where to hide. Is there? I hate feeling so helpless and impotent. I could possibly be attacked and killed by someone who doesn't even know me. It's not a whole lot different than just going out on the street everyday, but with this biological terrorism, I can't see it comming, so I can't defend myself. Let me know if I'm being to paranoid or something. contact.