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I want to make it 3 in a row...














Hopefully I can make it this year. It's too much fun for one nerd/geek to pass up. Here's to hoping!

What Dreams May Come

Have you ever had a dream that was, I don't know, a little too real? I had one of those last night. It took me waking up to my radio for me to actually believe it was over. Even then, I still had to convince myself that it was still just a figment of my imagination. It sure seemed like more, though. It's also one of those dreams that I remember VERY well. I'm not going to go into the details here, but it was about my past and, more specifically, something I thought I'd moved past. Apparently, I haven't. I kept telling myself I was past it. Over it. Not letting it bother me anymore. Clearly, I was mistaken. The more I think about it, the more I think it's being used by God to turn me around here. I'll be praying about this. I'd appreciate it if you could too.

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I'm thinking of joining Twitter. However, I don't think I know enough people using Twitter to use it successfully. Maybe that will come with time. Facebook is enough for me, but maybe I'll catch the Twitter bug here before too long. I don't know. We'll see.

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Sorry for the "focusing" issues on this one. I think it has to do with the lighting. I'm using my digital camera, so work with me. I'll try to have it working better next time.

Post DTV.

I'll try to have a new video blog up this afternoon/evening. After work today I'll get in my Wednesday swim down at the Y and probably try to get one up then. I've been fiddling around with different things to try as I don't know how interesting it is to watch me talk in front of a camera for 5 or so minutes. YouTube only allows 10 minute videos so if I ever have one that exceeds that time limit, I'll just post it directly to my blog here. I don't really have a format as to what I want to talk about or do or show, but I guess that's the beauty of a video blog. Sometimes it's just thoughts or musings or cool stuff that I've seen or heard. I don't want to end up turning it into something it's not. I just want to, as the kids say, keep it real.

And I just found out the Academy Awards are this Sunday. Heath Ledger for Best Supporting Actor!

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There's so much going through my head right now, I don't even know where to begin. I'm feeling so many different emotions. My mind is racing. Some of it good, most of it not. And by 'not', I mean just depressing stuff. Stuff that puts me in a sour mood. Top it all off with not getting much sleep last night and not feeling 100% physically and it makes me just want to go back and crawl into bed and sleep. Not have to worry about anything. Disconnect from it all. I think I just need a day off of work. That's part of the sourness. It's the kind of day when even the smallest little things people do or say annoy you to no end. Frustration builds and it just leads to a crappy day getting even worse. I could go into all the details, but I won't. You don't want those. Plus, it's a ton of personal junk that's been stewing for a while now. I need to just make a list of it all. Trust me, it'd be quite lengthy. There's only One who can take it all from me. I just need to quit being a moron and just give it over to Him.

That's all. I'll try to get another video blog up today/tonight.

Just Coffee...

"So can I get you gentlemen something more to drink? Or maybe something to nibble on? Some Pizza Shooters, Shrimp Poppers, or Extreme Fajitas?"

"Just coffee."

"Okay. Sounds like a case of the Mondays."

Yeah - that's a good way to describe today. I didn't have a bad weekend. Pretty nice actually, I just didn't do anything. My Xbox 360 and I spend a LOT of time together - and I'm ok with that. I like to escape into video games. It's kind of a release for me. Lately, it's been drumming in Rock Band 2. I'm really getting into it and, surprisingly to me, I'm getting better. I can play with regularity on Expert without missing too much. However, the harder songs have to stay on the Hard difficulty. Not too bad considering I'd never done any kind of drumming prior to playing Rock Band. Gears of War 2 & Left 4 Dead are the other two games I play with regularity. Whether it's killing the Locust Horde or your infected zombies, it's all good.

Saturday started simple enough. Attended a storm spotter training session from 9 until about 10:30 or so. I was the only was representing KFDX there despite the fact I was told that all three of us needed to show up to "have a presence" there. I guess it wasn't that important after all. I'm glad I did make it there, though, as I was able to make a few more contacts and meet some new people in the spotter circle here in Texoma. Laundry followed after that. It was during my laundry time that the weather decided to buck the forecast I gave 24 hours prior and literally dump rainfall all afternoon across Wichita Falls. My forecast? Mostly sunny with highs in the mid 50s. The actual weather? Cloudy, rainy, some sleet/hail, thunder and lightning, highs in the mid 30s. Yep. Ordinarily, I enjoy days like that. It was just that I said it'd be a beautiful day and I couldn't have been more wrong. I spent the rest of the day inside. Same was true for Sunday. Just a lazy weekend. I enjoyed it and for good reason because I have to work this Saturday. Not looking forward to that.

Yeah, I know, I'm basically just complaining over and over, but there are days like that. I'll make it through. Oh and Valentine's Day? Psh. Nope. But that's nothing new for me, so it's not such a bad thing. Today, it just seems, that every little thing gets on my nerves. I want to go back to bed.

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The second installment for your viewing pleasure (or not). Sorry it's so dark. It was late and I wanted to see how it looked. Note to self, more light next time.

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