- 2002-05-16 16:45:40 EK: Not bad. It sounds very familiar to me for some reason. Not in a "I've heard that before" kind of way, but more in the general sound and emotion of it. For some reason, when I hear it I see drug-adled adolescents roller-blading through an empty, cold, yet somehow colorfully lit parking garage in the future. But the point of view is from one of the kids themselves, so everything is blurry and in motion.
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put me out of my misery...all your suicide kings and your drama queens...
2002-05-16 11:11:14
So....life goes on, and things are okay, I suppose. As okay as they can be, really. And there's even a chance I might have inadvertantly helped a friend with HIS love life. Just maybe. But it still hurts like nothing else.
Thanks to all those on my forum for their support through my incoherent rantings.
Anyway, on a whim yesterday, while I sat in front of my computer unshaven and still wearing my work clothes from the day before, I bought Star Wars tickets for tonight. I did originally have other plans for seeing Star Wars, but I was pissed off...so basically out of spite I'll be seeing it alone tonight instead. Unlike most people, I don't mind seeing movies alone in the theater. In fact, sometimes I quite enjoy it. Sometimes I like nothing more than waking up on a lazy Saturday afternoon and trekking out to Arundel Mills, where I can buy tickets at a machine and not have to interact with anyone at all. And all this without all the bullshit hassle that comes with planning and coordinating that seems to ALWAYS happen when getting a bunch of friends together. But then, sometimes it's fun to see movies with friends too.
I was looking forward to Star Wars, but not frothing at the mouth or anything. But now that I have tickets in hand, I'm getting pretty jazzed about it. Just 8 more hours, and I'll be surrounded by obnoxious hoodlums (EVERY time I see a movie in this town I seem to be surrounded by obnoxious hoodlums) and watching half an hour of previews!
For some reason last night, I got to thinking about my friend Greg. My freshman year in college, I came back from class at 9 am (I only had one 8 am class on Fridays) on Halloween morning and saw the red light flashing on my answering machine. It was Greg's roommate. Greg had been riding in the back middle seat of a convertible without his seat belt, and the car had been struck head-on by a drunk driver. His head smashed through the front windshield, and he was in a coma for months. I made an online get-well card for him to see when he finally woke up...in fact, I think it's still online!
(few minutes later) Wow, it is:
http://members.aol.com/SrvrSpace/greg.html
Looking back, I'm amazed that people were still signing it over 2 years later.
Anyway...he did finally wake up, but he'll be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He can't really talk or see very well, and has only minimal control in his left side. It's been a while since I've been to visit him...next time I'm in South Carolina, I plan to scare up the old high school gang and pay old Greg a visit. His zealous enthusiasm for some bizarre "Evangelion" cartoon was what first got me into anime way back in August of '97. That was before the whole AMV scene really picked up, which is a shame -- he would have absolutely loved AMVs. But now he can't really see well enough to appreciate them.
I'm not sure why I suddenly thought of him yesterday. Guess I was doing a lot of reflecting.
I temporarily changed my user name on the More than Toast forum to the handle he used before his accident. It's a lame, tribute, but...>_<
I've come to the conclusion that I know shit about absolutely nothing.
Oh, and I just got more work to do. Damnit. -
2002-05-15 14:27:49
Geez. I didn't even need to take a mental health day. I ended up ACTUALLY being too fucking ill to go into work today.
I hope I don't get fired. -
2002-05-15 07:05:28
Okay, so I lied about the hangover.
But there's always drinking through it! Whoopee. -
2002-05-15 06:42:54
Surprisingly little hangover for guzzling Jack Daniels straight from the bottle.
And don't anyone give me shit for listening to "Kim" by Eminem. Sometimes it's necessary.
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