For some reason I've had this image in my head for some time, along with "Situations" by Jack Johnson - which is one of the few songs I skip over when playing the In Between Dreams CD. So, the voice of his master... situations... I'm not quite sure what these have in common - probably nothing - except for providing an escape of sorts for the medley ...

The pain in the pit of my stomache is getting impossible to handle. Everytime the phone rings, it gets worse. Twelve days ago my grandpa had another heart attack - he'll be 96 years old in August. The funny thing is, he had it on Thursday afternoon - but had a scheduled doctor's appointment on Friday at 2:00 that he thought he'd wait for. ...

Yesterday in Las Vegas, the same city where he passed away almost 10 years ago, a clay sculpture of Tupac Shakur was unveiled at the famous wax museum chain Madame Tussauds. The $200,000 sculpture stands not far from where the rapper was gunned down in 1996. His murder remains unsolved. An interview with the artist, Jeni Fairey, appears here. The details are flawless down to the recreation of every ...

I feel like it's been a year since I've posted. I realized that I feel like I need to have some long story to post about... when in reality, it'd be better to post something short every day or two so that you people stay interested and coming back... So, I'm going to try that this week and see how it goes! A couple things on the internet front: 1.) ...

I recently got a message through MySpace from an old friend. It was nice. Amy and I were pretty close when we were younger, 6th-9th grade maybe? It just brought me back to a time in life when things weren't so complicated... Not that things are real complicated right now I suppose, but looking back 15 years ago... haha... its ridiculous the things that were important. ...

Well relaxation and taxes don't quite go together... especially this year when it looks like I'll be out $600. But today I seemed to take several pauses to think about things... life... where I've been and where I'm going. After redesigning this site, I'll be able to release much focus from it - besides writing posts... and hopefully be able to get up to the 5 per week ...

As fast as this year has flown by, it makes sense that the one weekend I was really looking forward to was done seemingly as soon as it started. Family, friends, food, and fun... we should do this every month. The anticipation of this Christmas was big - I think because of the amount of Bing Crosby I've ingested lately. Friday I got out of work around ...

All the presents have been bought and wrapped up tight. My apartment glows red with warm Christmas lights. The nativity scene is positioned just so... With Joseph shunning Jesus because Mary's a ho (-Chunk Indian?) My mom will be stressed from doing everything last second, All us kids only hope she won't be screaming and manic. (just kidding Mom - just had to rhyme) We'll all exchange gifts and smile politely, While the double-trunked Christmas ...

Talk about childhood memories... I just did some searching to see if I could find the story of Nicki Nicki Tembo No So Rembo OO Ma Moochi Gumma Gumma Guchi. [Add: I've also been told that it may be spelled Nikki Nikki Tembo instead of Nicki... I'm not sure....] I had this on 8-track as a kid and used to listen to it with my brother all the time. ...

After 88 cat years, "Kitty" moved on to a better life at 4:45pm today, Friday September 23, 2005. Kitty was found by my late step-grandfather, Vernon Olson, in 1987. She was then given to my step-mother for her two children to enjoy. After years of dealing with the wrath of youngens playing rough, Kitty took to being defensive. A myth built that Kitty was a monster ...