What's going on with me?

11-28-06 - I think I�m going through menopause � I�ve been on an emotional rollercoaster as of late.

Ok, that�s being overly dramatic. This past month has been great, but with it has come some great disappointments. I�ve made a great friend in Kelli. We�re no longer dating (it was decided, actually, not very long after we started going out that it would be best to work through something before starting again, but that was by no means the end of the possibility), but we�re enjoying getting to know each other. She came home with me for Thanksgiving to and meet my family and some friends. She loved them and they loved her. There have been other great things too numerous to mention.

Interwoven with the good things have been some not-so-good things. I�ve done and said dumb things, there have been difficult discussions, etc.

I know we�ve only known each other a month, but there have been some really tough moments and so far, we�ve enthusiastically sprung back from them. I�m looking forward to seeing where things will go with her. We may end up being nothing more than friends, and the reverse may be true. Either way, I feel lucky to have her in my life and I hope that she�ll stay in my life in at least some capacity.

Onto other business:
-Apples to Apples is still the greatest game ever. If you ever get the chance, do yourself a favor and play this game. The more participants, the better. And remember, �Going to Grandma�s� is one of the best cards.

-I�m super excited about getting a Wii, and I�m immensely happy that I haven�t been able to yet. Why? It means that there�s a huge amount of demand for them suckers. Woo-hoo! Go Nintendo! Sony has really screwed up this generation of consoles, and that thoroughly pleases me.

-Guitar Hero II and Final Fantasy XII are mucho fun.

-I have recently learned that two (about half full) glasses of wine pretty much makes me dizzy. That�s pathetic for someone my size. I don�t recall how much food I had in my stomach, though I�d like to think not much.

-I�m still having a ton of fun with ultimate frisbee. Starting with the second (I think) Sunday in July, I�ve played in at least two games every Sunday with the exception of one. And that Sunday was because it was raining too hard and no one played. I�ve gotten better at a lot of aspects about it, especially placement, but (like all sports I attempt) I have no consistency whatsoever. When I�m on, though, I�m on the better side of decent. That works for me.

-Speaking of sports, Chris and I are still playing racquetball weekly...or weakly. Take your pick. Either way, about a month ago we started using the D.A.R.E. graduation trophy I got at the end of fifth grade to signify the most recent winner. So far, it hasn�t left my office. We�ve only got four matches on the score card up to this point, but to make up for the past couple weeks of having no matches (we didn�t play last week and then we played some random stinky 17-year old the week before) we�re playing tonight even though we played last night. Hopefully he�ll do better than he did yesterday...although I must say that winning a game 15-1 was delightful.

11-12-06 - My, how quickly things change. These past 17 days have been all over the place. At the end of day 17, things have seemingly ended terribly, yet somehow good...with just a glimmer of hope.

What awaits in the real-life drama of my life? Do I dare ask?

11-9-06 - Yesterday was the first time I�ve gone to a swing dancing lesson in seven or eight months. I mentioned something to Kelli about how I used to go and she said it sounded fun, so we went. It�s nice to not have to go stag :-D

Well, it took me a few minutes to get back into even the beginner stuff (not that I was ever anywhere near being advanced), but I fell back into it fairly easily. I actually recognized a few people from the last time I went. I told them and they just looked at me like I was odd. Oh, well. They�re right.

I danced with one of the instructors at some point and upon introducing myself, she gave me a weird look and said I looked familiar. I told her I used to come here a while back and she said that wasn�t it. I told her I didn�t figure it was, but I doubted it would be anything else. I would�ve remembered seeing her somewhere, as I would any of the regulars and/or instructors (I actually saw one of the instructors at Tuesday�s Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert, but I didn�t say anything to him). I told her that the only thing it would probably be was the Ben Folds concert on MySpace, which was part bragging and part ice-breaking. She just gave me a weird look, I explained a bit further, and then she said it was cool.

She and I started dancing and she told me I was good and I said that it was a relief, since I was told that before and then I just stopped coming. She assumed I stopped because being told I�m good harbors some sort of expectation of continuing, but I told her that I just stopped, for whatever reason, but that my girlfriend and I were planning on coming weekly. Woo-hoo. Maybe I�ll actually stick with it this time!

11-6-06 - This weekend was one of the best weekends I�ve had in a LONG time. Woo-hoo! Things I learned this weekend:
-No one should buy sliced almonds from Kroger.
-�Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Better Glorious Country of Kazakhstan� is just as funny the second time through.
-I have a whisk and a peeler. Who knew? �Not I,� said the Tony.
-It�s ok to eat IHOP twice in one weekend, and it�s ok to order something other than the breakfast sampler.
-Pretending to stuff a 7-year old into a trash can is apparently hilarious.

Tomorrow is going to be a great day! Guitar Hero II comes out and I get to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra!