August 2006 Archives

   So the advice of the day given to me by a new friend is:
"Be sure to put the potato in the front of your pants. Putting it in the back will cause problems. It can fall out and make it look like you pooed yourself"
.... not that I had planned on it in the first place, but just good advice nonetheless.

   Wow! I just noticed that I made the Honor Roll and Dean's List for the Spring 2006 quarter. Go me!

   Tonight at a meeting, a group of people offered to save my butt. I am deeply grateful. Events are coming up quickly that I find myself lacking the time to give them the effort they deserve. My friends and chosen family are there to help without batting an eyelash.
   Just a moment when you truly know who your friends are - they're precious.

Vacation was wonderful!
Went to St. Louis with my mom. Saw relatives I haven't seen in over 10 years! Went to the Missouri Botanical Garden. Visited the mine where relatives 3 generations before me worked.
Went to Asheville with my partner. We visited the Biltmore Estate. Ate noodles at a swanky noodle house. Hiked in Chimney Rock Park. Kayaked 10 miles in the French Broad River. (The livery had stickers for sale that read "I paddled the French Broad.") Went to a cool outdoor sport store. We drove along the Blue Ridge Parkway, and went to the highest peak east of the Mississippi.
It was all like a blur. As it happened it went by so quickly. But I will look back at it as one of the best times of my life. I'm glad I got to share it with people I love.

"many "ex-gay" followers use thoroughly unscientific techniques to change from gay to straight, such as holding exorcisms or drinking Gatorade to supposedly make men more masculine."
   Damn, I wondered why I'm always so thirsty and dehydrated.
(source: Gays, "ex-gays" square off at psychology meeting)

   Apparently when I close the store on Thursday nights, inclement weather is bound to happen. A few weeks ago it was a tornado warning. Tonight some bad storms went through and knocked the power out. It was kinda fun because the generator kicked on - it sounded like a Chevy V8 running in the back room. As Tim the toolman would say.... "More power!"

   A customer called corporate on me the other day. She made up a bunch of crap - like that I called her a bitch. It's funny, I was as nice as pie to this woman. Whether she deserved respect or not, I was perfectly pleasant with her. Now had I known she was just going to make a bunch of crap up anyway, I could have had the opportunity of my retail career and just let loose on her! Wouldn't that have been a kick in the rubber parts?

   The heat index is 98 degrees...