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There's a cat in The Man Cave.

I've actually toyed with the idea of getting a newborn kitten to raise. But alas it is not a new cat. Actually it's my girlfriend's cat. It didn't become mine now that it lives with my (and roomie) he's still her baby, she's had him for many years.
It was just a lot cheaper for him to live here rather than her apartment, and this way I get a cuddly cat to live with and she gets to see him more often, because she's over here a whole lot more that at her parents house.

It's odd though. After he moved in I had a day or so where I felt a little freaked out. For those of you who know about my girlfriend and I's relationship....well lets just say I don't like to go so far into anything as to make it look like a committed relationship, I just don't want to make it seem permanent. don't get me wrong I love her to death, but lets just say I'm not ready to commit.

Anyway, her cat living here is kind of a commitment. not a let's get married, or a let's move in together. But still, if things go sour, the cat's living arrangement has to be moved around and settled upon (she's get the cat BTW, no argument) but it makes things a bit more complicated.

I'm pretty much over it and fine now. But it's been an odd week.

On the opposite side of that, I loves him and he rocks as a pet. except he peed on the bathroom mat just to prove to me it's time to REALLY clean the litter box, not just hide the cat shits with more litter.
I'ma go do that now.

This Just in....

I'm spending a lot of time playing video games.
Not that I regret this, cause I don't, but it's different.

growing up I would play an hour or so and be done. I had two days off work in a row...I did nothing but play Ocarina of Time on my Nintendo 64. Sometimes I would take small breaks to play a level or two of Lego Harry Potter on the Wii, or Lego Star Wars :D

I didn't sleep at all for 38ish hours, and I ate only Tostino's Party Pizza's and drank Mountain Dew.
It was one of the most amazing times of my life.
Also it was cool because I played through OOT using a walkthrough so I managed to get every little thing possible.

And of course as I had to get a couple hours of sleep and go to work the next day I went through my normal I-feel-like-shit-because-my-life-is-pointless-and-I've-never-contributed-to-anything-important mood. But overall I feel good about it. Because as much as people are expecting me to grow up, get married, stop making "That's what she said" jokes...stop groping my girlfriend in public... you know, things like that, I figure I'm single and have few enough responsibilities I'm allowed these moments.

This is a test post from my phone.

Geeked Out

I bought my first comic book yesterday. I simultaneously made me feel super awesome and geeky along with feeling like my life needs more meaning so that I don't get sucked into a super pointless expensive hobby.
It was great.

Anyways I picked up a copy of Serenity: Float Out which is naturally about characters from Joss Whedon's Firefly/Serenity Universe. It's a pretty cool comic, not super amazing but a great One Shot.
Naturally this means I need all of the Serenity Comics. There are already two groups of three comic collections I need to get, Serenity: Those Left Behind and Serenity: Better Days. Then another One Shot called The Other Half. I need to get these and read the hell out of them because (supposedly) in November they'releasing a new story arc revolving around Shepherd Book before the TV show took place...and that's the single most storyline Firefly Fans want more than any other.

wow....super geek now.

Joss Whedon is my god : )
(also it's nice to know for sure [even though it was already announced, just not officially] that Joss Whedon is directing the upcoming Avengers movie)

This comic thing might explode in a bad way...my bigest problem is that if I ever actually purchase a comic book I will want every single issue in the collection...why would I just want part of it.
And while I don't suspect there will be a whole lot of comics I will need...there sure are a lot I'd like to read.
Also I'm pretty sure I need to check out Mike Mignola's Hellboy line (due to the recomendation of a friend [that's right Stephen...you] ).

Also I'm really tired right now and I'm in a very odd/hyperactive kind of mood.
Also I'm at work and I just saved sombody'd life
*ting* +1

Failbook

Happy Birthday to me!

I love Facebook, it's great, for the same reason I had a Myspace account ...I have a Facebook account. It's a great way to keep in touch with old friends I'd otherwise never see or hear from again. I'm sure it will make High School Reunions that much easier to ignore : )

I've since deleted my Myspace account.....because it's lame. And for a while I got really engrossed in Facebook, I was tops in Farmville, Mafia Wars, I had hundreds of weird applications....anyway I pretty much cleared all that out once I realized I was obsessed with a few games (I litterally set an alarm at 5 am so I could wake up and harvest my carrots before they wilted :P).
After a few months of basically doing nothing with Facebook, I've become bored with it again... So I decided to mess with people. Nothing very new mind you, I've been in a relationship with my best friend on Facebook for over a year and a half and convinced many people we were gay.
But the best idea came to me a few weeks ago. All of the information regarding myself on Facebook was provided by me... So I had a birthday last week...and I think I'll have another next month.
My favorite part is that friends who grew up with me (whose birthdays I remember) all wished me a Happy Birthday 6 months in advance, and while one might figure this is a little cruel because noone really pays that much attention...I'm sure they'll figure it out when I have a birthday every month for the rest of time, if they don't catch on soon....then kudos to me.

OMG where's my ROFL VLOG!??

I've felt considerably more artistic lately.
I need to paint. My doodles at work are insufficient (although pretty cool).

I find it interesting to that I love using pen. Just a standard ballpoint. My art teachers would kill me, But I find most of my favorite work amongst the permanent scribbles of ink.

maybe I'll post a few, but I'm so behind on things. I still need to try and salvage my website, it's been down a couple months now, I still want to review movies. Still want to keep video blogging.

Also I wrote a poem...we'll see how good it is in a few weeks when I look at it again : P

The Man Cave

Well, I moved out of my parents basement.
Of course I didn't really have a choice.

I opted out of following my parents to the center of the state. Where I would have to commute 2 hours to work.

I good friend of mine and I found an apartment together. And to be more specific...it's not an apartment. It's a basement. In fact we've pretty much deemed it "The Man Cave."
600 bucks a month gets us 1000 square feet, two bedrooms, one bathroom, and a living area, with a stove and a fridge. No kitchen sink...that's the big thing. but we survive with the bathroom sink and occasionally going upstairs and borrowing the kitchen.
We're renting out the basement of the condo owned by a really nice middle aged couple.
Also our carpet is a super terrible 80's red and green plaid design.
It's pretty hardcore.
All in all I like it. Not the perfect Man Cave. We don't have a separate entrance so having company come over is sometimes awkward walking through the upstairs living room. But it's a nice place. Somewhere I can hang my posters and display my movie collections (even the rated R ones).
It's been a month and things are going pretty good.

And I'm liking my job pretty well too. been there almost six months now. Nothing permanent, but it's stable and not too hard. It can get a little intense sometimes, but it's rewarding and I seem to be getting the hang of it more and more. I hate being on the phones, but it's not a traditional phone job. We speak over a custom made Emergency Medical Alarm box and speak with Emergency Services all day.

I also discovered that my eyesight isn't as awesome as I always thought. after a few weeks starting the job I got bad migraines that took days to go away. Found out it was eye strain and I got some glasses. it's a pretty week subscription (in fact I often forget to wear them) but aparently starring at dual computer screens 8+ hours a day will teach you somethings about your eyes.

on the plus side I've started reading more again.
My eyes don't get as tired the more I read anymore.....huh.

I went out a picked up a copy of The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis, it's a book I've always figured I should give a chance but never figured I'd get around to. But why not, I was feeling particularly rich and it didn't cost that much. But then, once I started reading it I found it hard to put down...and it's not a hard read, or very big even. read about half of it in an hour or so, then a couple days later took a couple more hours and finished it off.
I don't personally know much about C. S. Lewis, but the topic of Christianity and Temptation were obviously subjects he studied quite a bit. Definately something he knew a lot about abd out a lot of thought behind. I'm not a very religious person, but I'd probably consider myself Christian. and reading The Screwtape Letters was probably the closest thing to a religious experience I've had in a couple years.
The ideas and he brings forth about the function of the Devil and his Demons is very entertaining as well. The book definitely makes you think, Which is exactly what I was looking for.

2009 movies

If for some reason you haven't noticed the list on the right hand side of this page, I've been keping track of all the new movies I've seen.
New as in: I haven't seen it before
not new as in: it just barely came out.

Totally tally from 2009 was 165 movies

In truth I thought it was going to be more, even though I estimate that I forgot to write down up to 5 of them.

I'm glad...

...glad that I have a few damn good friends.
In particular the one I would probably off hand call my "best friend" (even though I consider a few of my closest friends my best friends).
I am currently sitting in his room using his computer as he sleeps. It may only be 8:30 pm. but he had been awake since 3am after sleeping the day before. He has probably the worst sleep schedule I've ever known about.
Anyways I'm ridiculously thankful for him. He's a great guy. He's nice to everyone (to their face) and sometimes even too nice to the people he cares about. He's always been there for me.
More and more recently I spend the evening in his house simply because I don't want to go home. I feel so uncomfortable and often unaccepted at my parents house... and because he's awake at all hours of the night it's easy to just pop over for a few hours before going home.
He pretty much drops everything to hang out with me sometimes...even if I know there's something else he'd rather be doing.
And of course he's pretty awesome because for some reason he still likes me...even though I've broken more than a couple of his toys or pieces of furniture.

Holy Crap! It's December!

Got a phone call yesterday morning!
I was offered a role in the upcoming play The Odd Couple!
Not the role I was hoping for, but the only roles I was expecting were minor parts anyway, so I'm really excited to be involved.

And on a totally different note, I have a reoccurring nightmare wherein the brakes in my car fail as I'm driving down the road. I find it interesting that these dreams are popping up because I just got my brakes replaced, so that worry is at the back of my mind.

I guess just having to recently think about brakes at all is bringing the dreams back :P