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03:35 pm
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That'll learn me
So for the last few weeks I've been seeing someone. We decided to take it slow and keep it quiet for the time being. Things are going well. I came home from work yesterday and my answering machine was beeping. I pushed play only to hear her break it off and ask me not to contact her again. Said she didn't approve of my lifestyle and didn't see a future between us.
Guess I can add 'by answering machine' to the 'how I got dumped' conversation now.
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03:24 am
[Link] | Yes, I've fallen in love twice. That's how I know it isn't for me.
and in other news, I need more chili dog fixings.
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06:59 pm
[Link] | A friend is ready to walk away from the church. We talked for a while and I have to say, if I were in his shoes, I can sure see why he's tempted.
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09:29 pm
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Note to future self:
A group of coworkers are doing the 'Biggest Loser' thing. They put a few bucks in the pot, weigh in every week for 12 weeks, and the one who loses the biggest % gets the cash. I've been having fun with that. I go to lunch, get a lunch, then grab the dream bar or double fudge brownie and toss it on someone's desk. This week one of the women stepped on the scale and said 'before we start, I probably gained weight, this is where you should bve supportive of me and remind me 'muscle weighs more than fat', and stuff like that. She weighed in, was not happy with the result, looked at me and said "well, say something supportive Paul, and NOT the one I just gave you." "You're just big boned" wasn't a good answer apparently. *rubs shoulder*
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10:19 pm
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dang
I watched West Side Story tonight, I forgot how much I enjoy this movie.
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09:36 pm
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I had me some ham!
Did the usual church with family, get together and eat today. Fun times, got some time with the niece and nephews, good food, and got my sugar fix. Then I had a date. Someone I met on an unnamed website. Agreed to meet this afternoon for a snack, conversation and to see if we had any chemistry. She picked the day because she had no plans after church. I got there about 10 minutes early, grabbed a table and waited. And waited, and waited a bit more. I tried her cell phone, went straight to voice mail. This was about an hour and a half after the agreed meeting time, so I was starting to get concerned. I called my home phone to see if I had messages. Yes, one message! I hit play and listened. She said she wouldn't be there to meet. She realized she could never date someone like me.
All I could think of was that line in The Wedding Singer:
"Once again, things that could've been brought to my attention YESTERDAY! "
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08:49 am
[Link] | Got a call from Nancy Thursday night. Katie is in the hospital for fluid in her lungs. This made me want to get on the next flight there, but Nancy said she was having a tough enough time keeping it together, and that there wasn't anything I could do anyways. She told me I need to stop trying to save the world.
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10:40 pm
[Link] | I went to Target tonight. I had to pick up cards for
1)sisters birthday
2)Friend having baby any day now. not sure if it'll be boy or girl so I had to go gender neutral
3)Friend who had to go through quite a bit of red tape to adopt a dog.
I can't keep this stuff straight. Even with writing multiple notes and voice messages for myself I barely got three simple cards right. I'm bad at stuff like this. I can tell you the dates of the 2 game span Kirby Puckett went 10 of 11 with 4HR against who and where the games were. Birthdays, anniversaries, important stuff just doesn't stick in my head. I'm reduced to sloppy arm notes that sweat together if I have any chance of covering myself.
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04:08 pm
[Link] | Just watched Casablanca again. I love that movie. Definitely on my short list of movies I will always need to have around.
I went on a date. I would say first date, but there won't be a second. Seems she didn't think I was serious enough or smart enough. She gave me a very bad look when I responded with "yeah, but I'm a tiger in the sack."
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02:46 pm
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Valentine's Day
I'm a cynical old coot, grumpy old man, bitter and jaded, whatever you want to call it. It's pretty obvious to most people who talk to me for more than a few minutes. I have no problem with this. That said, I get a good laugh at all the Valentine's Day haters. Most of them fall into two categories.
First, the single people who resent the idea because 'seeing people flaunt their happiness together everywhere you turn is rubbing my nose in it.' To those I say "get over it". YOU are the only one who can control your own happiness or misery. Life isn't fair, acknowledge, move on. Not everyone gets a happily ever after, in spite of what the storybooks tell you. So what? Not everyone gets clean water a faucet away, or a decent meal even once a day either, yet you don't see people in the inner cities or third world countries hating on you.
Second, the ones who resent 'a Hallmark holiday trying to guilt me to do something I shouldn't have to if I choose not to.' I have an even bigger problem with this group. At least the last group is pretty much self pity, something most if not all of us have done from time to time. Group two I wouldn't mind so much if they were just a little consistent with this behavior, but they are not. They target Valentine's day like it is unique. It isn't. They don't whine and cry about Mother's day, Father's day, Independence Day, Labor day, Halloween. Shouldn't we express our gratitude for our parents, freedom, etc every day also? What about a day set aside to give a bunch of overweight, under active kids sugar and caffeine? Why are they not protesting this day? I'm supposed to buy the idea that you're an independent thinker because you spout a bunch of garbage looking for reasons you shouldn't HAVE to show your love for someone on a certain day, then watch you do exactly that three months from now. Do it or don't, but to make one seem like some ordeal and another you follow unquestioningly smacks of hypocrisy to me.
Besides, is it really that painful to do something nice for someone you really love? Suck it up.
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02:11 pm
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My niece, the matchmaker
A couple weekends ago, I head over to mom's. She's got the niece and nephews for the weekend, and we're celebrating Griffin's birthday. He wants Rock Star for the Wii. Mom and Bob and I all pitch in and Griffin has some money he's been saving for it. Mom decides we'll get together, get dinner started, then just go to Target and get it. We head there only to find they don't have it. Not to be foiled, they decide to hit Best Buy. Not there either, I run next door to a second Target to hear the same story. I head back to Best Buy to regroup with mom and kidlets. Griffin finds a couple games he wants, so we walk towards the checkout. Ella says "put me on your shoulders, uncle Paul." So I hoist her up and we walk up to the register, her telling me about her American Girl doll. We get in line and Ella is happy and chatty. We start getting rung up and Ella looks down at me and asks "uncle Paul, why aren't you married?" I tell her I'm happy being single. "You should get married." Ella, you've been spending too much time with grandma. The cashier starts laughing hysterically. "Uncle Paul, maybe you could marry her." Uh, I think she's a little young for me. Cashier starts laughing again. Yeah, I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
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11:19 pm
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Awesome Christmas
Started last weekend when I went to mom's for the small family gathering. It was mom and Bob, sister, Brother in law and the kidlets, and stepbrother. We went to lunch, which was good. Then the movies, saw Yes Man. It was ok, but not quite as good as I was expecting. Went back to mom's, grandma came over for the gifts. We all opened gifts. I got a Twins shirt and a White Castle gift card from the kids, and money from mom & Bob. Yesterday I went back to moms for the bigger family gathering. They had awesome wild rice soup, among other good stuff. Then went to dads for his side of the family. They had the traditional meatballs, shredded pork sammiches, wings (not hot wings, but wings at least. We did the white elephant gift exchange, I ended up with a creepy looking wall decoration. Today I went back to dad's for me, Dad and Gail, and stepsister and her fiance, and stepbrother. Got a lot of practical gifts, nice set of pots and pans, gift cards, laundry soap, 12 pack of Dew, etc. More food, not quite as good as last night, but the ham & cheese was great. I got home and my machine was beeping, so I hit play and heard a tiny voice say "Mey Chismas Paul! (long pause) Love youuuuu." Then Nancy got on the phone and left a message with some contact information finally. I called her back and we talked for almost two hours. They are doing well, settled in, she's got a good job, saving money. She is seeing someone pretty seriously and it sounds like it's going well. Sounds like they are very happy now, and that's all I ever wanted them to be. Ok, maybe not ALL I ever wanted, but sometimes I can be selfish, what can I say? ;)
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02:50 am
[Link] | I was wandering the toy aisles at Target, if anyone asks it was to get ideas for Christmas gifts for the niece and nephews, nothing for me, of course. I am in the action figure aisle. (note: girls have dolls, boys have ACTION FIGURES, totally different. Just to clear that up) I'm looking at some options when a young girl child of about two years comes running down the aisle giggling and laughing. She sees me, I see her, I smile politely and say hi, then resume my hunt for the scarce action figures. Girl child continues running, gets to me and grabs my leg. I look down and say "Do I know you?" She giggles hysterically and continues clinging to my leg. I figure a parent should be right around the corner, so I don't make much of it and figure I'll wait it out. So I wait...and wait...and wait a bit more. Finally, fifteen minutes later, I decide something should be done. I look down at girl child still wrapped around my leg, hold out my hand and say "maybe we should go find your mommy or daddy. She looks at me, giggles and says "nono" and refuses to let go of my leg. I'm envisioning bad things at this point, so I do the monster walk to the customer service desk and ask for a manager. The store mannager comes over and I point to the kidlet on my leg and say I found this in the toy aisle. I explain what happened. They call security over, we go over what happened. Manager gets on the store speakers and says we have a lost little girl describing what she was wearing and that we couldn't get her to say her name. About 10 minutes after THAT, a parent shows up to claim her. I'm talking to the security guard and the woman points to me and asks the manager "is that the pervert that took my baby?" The security guard/off duty cop went over and told her I'm the one who brought her up to be found since no one seemed to be looking for her. She then said I was probably a pedophile. Does this shit happen to anyone else or is it just me?
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01:49 pm
[Link] | Nancy and Katie were supposed to leave today to move to Texas. I've been trying for a while to convince her to stay. Including saying things I never thought I'd say again. The last few weeks have been a lot of arguing and making up. The closer it got, the more we argued. Thursday night she told me she was leaving last night, to give her more time to drive and get settled in once she got there. I made plans to be there to see them off and give them a proper goodbye. I found an email in my in box yesterday morning telling me they were leaving that morning. I tried calling her, but her phone was already disconnected. I drove over as soon as I got off work, but they were long gone. Never figured I'd miss them this much.
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08:23 pm
[Link] | Nancy and Katie are moving Saturday. The closer it gets, the more we've been fighting lately. Still, I'll miss them a lot more than I figured I would. I'm glad Nancy is happy about moving, but a bit down that they are actually leaving.
I had some Pad Thai from a genuine Thai restaurant on the advice of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mrbubba, it was pretty good.
Current Music: Not Meant To Be Theory of a Deadman
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07:44 pm
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I came in third
in the Halloween costume contest next door. Good thing there were no cameras, so no evidence.
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09:00 am
[Link] | Went over to a friends for dinner and game night recently. It was fun. we played Apples to Apples, Outburst, and two other games whose names escape me at the moment. Then the games led to discussion. We had a great discussion on all kinds of topics. Then, as we were discussing really bad movies,a friend cringes as his wife says 'So Paul, in all the time I've known you, I've never seen you in a relationship. Are you afraid of commitment, or just haven't met the right woman, or what?" As hard as I tried to steer the conversation back to Grease 2, Bimbos from outer space, and the like, she kept digging. This led to me trying to navigate this minefield. I was doing okay until she asked me to define what I think love is. Ka-BOOM!!!!!! I think I not only hit the mine, but the resulting explosion set off about six others in the area. Suddenly all the women in the room were in the discussion, while every other guy was busy looking for toe jamb or other ways to not get involved as they were laughing at my stupidity. They were getting upset because I'm so cynical. I told them my cynicism was based on previous experience. I explained that right now is a time when I'm very happy being single. I told them what I like about it, and that perhaps in the future I may feel differently. This, naturally got twisted into me being afraid to love, treating women as objects, and not wanting them to have the right to vote. I sat there trying to find the leap in logic that had to be used to get that out of what I said, the delay only cemented their idea. I tried to get the other guys involved, but they told me I was on my own. So I did the only thing I could think of, switched the topic to the other guys and various screw ups they've made, which snowballed for them and took some heat off me, at least from the women.
Then I took a friend out for her birthday. We went bowling and I gave her a mix cd that I made for her, and some craft supplies she had been wanting. She seemed surprised I remembered her mentioning them. I drove her back to her place and asked if I could see her craft room. When she opened the door about 23 people tossed streamers and yelled 'Surprise!' The look on her face was priceless. Much fun and food lots and lots of AWESOME food. (Note to self, some of her friends are amazing cooks, hang out with them more)
She stopped over the next day to ask how I knew she always wanted a surprise party. I told her she mentioned it a couple years ago. She didn't remember it, so I reminded her of our conversation. She said she never figured I paid much attention to what she said. I told her she DID have a nice body, but I can multitask from time to time. I got hit for that.
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09:23 pm
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because it's time...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY nycteris_a Hope you had a blast!
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10:05 am
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seems strange
I went to katies first birthday the other day. We had a good time, I practiced our pro wrestling catchphrases with her. Nancy wasn't thrilled, but we were having fun. I gave Nancy her scrapbook, and she started crying. We hung out a bit, Katie kept telling me to lift her up. nancy informed me she is strongly considering moving to be closer to a lot of family. She needs a little bigger support group than she has currently. I can totally understand that, but I don't have to like it. Maybe I can convince all her relatives to move here, yeah.
in other news, I like the new Volcano tacos at Taco Bell. My cousin is getting married this weekend, so it'll be another family gathering. Should be a good time, and I think I'm prepared for the onslaught of well meaning family members pushing for me to get married and start spawning.
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07:19 pm
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Crazy
Katie's first birthday is coming up. I've been racking my brain over what to get her. Finally decided on a gift card for clothes/necessities. I figure she's a bit too young to appreciate the cool stuff yet. I also made Nancy a scrapbook of her first year as a mom. Not really much as far as scrapbooks go. I've seen some amazing things done by people I know, and this is nothing close. It was an interesting project. Got a few photos printed, reminders of dates/details of various 'firsts', small hand print and poem from Katie, and a few other trinkets.
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