December 22nd, 2008

So the days are winding down for the year and here I am sick. I realized my last post was WAY back in July. I have so much that needs to be said since then. Time is just getting away from me and I'm glad I finally have a chance, although not as welcome as I would have liked, to sit down and put some thoughts to blog.

The most important thing that has happened to me since July was the brief chance I had to date Clarissa. The story is the same, boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl decides she's going to stop dating me to date her missionary that might come back in two weeks. Her missionary never came home and that leaves us where we are now, still broken up with little/no contact. It was the closest thing to a relationship since COATO (yes, that is code) and even though it's been over for months I still find it noteworthy. Since then, we've both moved on and life is dandy.
Brandy is still gone. BRANDY!!! BUT, she's come back to visit once and is going to be here this week too. :) It's been rough not having your best chick friend around all the time especially when my schedule is so fubar and backwards from hers. I can't wait to see her. :)

I got laid off at the Rose Pedal because business was just way too slow. So that's 2 jobs that I've been laid off due to the economy in 6 months. But, I'm a supervisor now at Sorenson with 10 people under me and it looks like this job will be more steady for me. My biggest goal right now is to get rid of all my debt and that's kinda been difficult without a steady income so now it looks like I will be in the clear by next year still. :) 2nd goal is to get myself a condo... Although, I don't know how feasible that will be in case plans move forward with the band that's looking at me.

My mind is like one cohesive train ride that circles and circles without really ending up anywhere. ;) A band is looking into me to get me to help them record their album because they're looking for a new voice. It's my type of stuff so I don't know how well it will take off... ANYONE that knows me knows my music isn't really mainstream. WAS mainstream. Guess a few decades will do that to your music if it doesn't keep changing. Except you Metallica. You were always better before you started down your "path of perdition". We're talking about POST Black Album. Don't give me any lip Hettfield, you know what I'm talking about! Anyway, these guys have all the connections and have done a few tours in Japan already. They just want to get some more things together, record and then see where we can go from there. No guarentees but I'm singe, w/o children and have a love for music; if this goes anywhere, sign me up.

Dan got married. Best girl he could have chosen. I love Laura and she is a good balance for him. He was kinda pissing me off with the girls he was dating because they all weren't very smart or didn't mesh well with our family... My family is diverse. People say that but then again, most people don't have a family put together from 12 different adults. You know, sometimes I wonder how the hell I made it this far because I should be a lot more fucked up. 12 different adults make my immediate family complete. That's not including the parents of those 2 people (soon to be 3) that have married into the family. It takes a certain kind of person to be able to marry into this. A person that is not judgmental, a person that is smart (gotta keep the family tree straight), a person that gets along with everyone, has a keen sense of humor... List goes on. Point is, nobody Dan dated before cut it. Laura did.

Other than that, I don't do a whole lot with my friends anymore. It's a very small group I choose to spend time with. I work opposite hours of almost everyone I know so it's ostricized me from a lot of people I've been close to before but I'm not stretched as thin. And my bar tab is a LOT smaller. ;) I wish I could see all my friends for the holiday but I'm working overtime hours at work. "The deaf and hard of hearing don't take holidays from being deaf."

All in all, this year has been a big one. Not as much drama as years before, praise Allah, and I feel like I'm continuing forward. It's slow progress and a lot of hard work but I'm already better for it. If I died tomorrow I'd be please with what I've accomplished. I'm not going away anytime soon though because I still have lots ahead of me. I'm only 24 and the world is ahead of me.