Diary of a Half-Madman

skippye @ 2007-08-31T23:50:00

2007-09-01T04:04:04Z

Well,. I haven't posted in a Dogs age, I haven't had allot to say and the original reason for this journal has kind of come and gone.

If you need to find me try:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=229265950

Or email me at heckboy1(at)gmail(dot)com

Quick Update

2007-03-05T22:01:41Z

Things have been rough. I wasn't just sick but I had whooping cough. Yeah friggin whooping cough. Apparently it takes 3 months to get rid of and there's nothing you can do about it. I was sick from Thanksgiving to well into January.

But I'm feeling much better now.

Jan has been sick two. We just keep passing the lesser sicknesses back and forth. Jan finally has enough antibiotics in her to kill just about anything and is seeming to mend. We should be back to full strength really soon.

I got a job and start around the 12th of this month. I haven't really worked since just before Christmas. This is good as our money situation sucks. The basdd thing is I have been spending allot of time working on my new armor and I have to rush it to get it done before the weekend.

Ugh.

I'll try to update on a more regular basis.

Sick as a dawg,.

2007-01-03T23:59:09Z

Were all under the weather again, We have been cooped up here int he apartment for 2-3 weeks,. just passing the disease back and forth. Now Janet has it. I'm mostly recovered. My right ear is plugged with mucus and it's rendering me mostly deaf in that ear. Life sux right now.

no job, no life. sick,.. cant's see my hand in front of my face.

Christmas was O.K. Jess got lots of great presents. we spent it with my family and everything was kosher.

NYE we spent at home. Drunk gallons of good stuff. This is the first year we let Jess stay up and watch the ball drop. which was cool.

More later.

skippye @ 2006-10-31T23:34:00

2006-11-01T03:34:20Z

I havent updated in a while I have been too busy to write,

Last Sunday I went paintballin with the guys from Betheir,. We had a blast and swore to do it again!!

Haloween was tongith and Jess got a tremendous haul,. she was the "bamboo princess" a japanese character, but she didnt want to wear makeup or a wig,. so she was a blonde haired medieval japanese princess,..::sigh:; still she was mondo cute.

My cell phone fried two weeks ago,. I got a replacement from my dad,. sbut I lost my phonebook,. so If you outthere could call me I would be happy to put you back in my phonebook agains (sheesh)

Summer Recap

2006-09-21T11:56:14Z

I haven't updated in forever,.

Lets see.

Had a great weekend of paintball at Skirmish "D-Day" what a riot. The game was great, the camping wa s like an unorganized pennsic, with hooligans. It was CRAZY. Morons shooting off fireworks,. smoke bombs in the port-a-johns,. people firing markers in camp. Me, I just got drunk and watched it all. I'm such a tourist. The game was fun, my new marker rips. I got to hold off an advance all by my self. Got to be "Audie Murphy" for a few minutes,.

Did Pennsic, Had great fun,. spent a boatload of money, bought lots of stuff, Got the Misproununski bible. Got some weapon heads for SCA fighting and finally got around to announcing my persona change, from the 14th century man at arms to a late-late 12th century Hospitillar monk in the holy land. Didn't get to fight as much fighting as I would have liked.

The local SCA practice in trenton,. the one 4 minutes from my house, got canceled. Bummer.

Took Jess to Adventure Aquarium in Camden almost got flooded in and barely got out before dark. (Murder capital of the world!)

Quest was a great time as always, still my favorite event. NEXT year if i can afford it I'm going to set up a separate "tent" for myself and put in a kiddie pool!! I'm not kidding,. I'll have a working bath in camp.

Sold out old tent at pennsic and have a 16' regent waiting for me at Cet's going tonight to set it up!!

Jan and I are doing great and the "secret hobby" thing is going strong!! (wink wink)

We went to Seaside a couple of times.

There's a pool in our complex and we went swimming alot.

Went to the little mini-zoo in Columbus NJ

Started in a new D&D game at Jeff's

I'll do more updates in the coming weeks.

I love MAD SCIENCE ! ! !

2006-06-21T03:53:19Z

Yesterday was weird,

Truly a day of weirdness. I felt weird going into work, I was running really late. And I hate, HATE having to do the "walk of shame" to my desk with EVERYONE knowing that your late. It really bugs me. So rather than face the indignity of having to do that again I called out. Feigned stomach illness. (Fat guy, go figure!) And went out and bought a phone. Long story, we are paying for internet phone service thru the cable TV, but didn't have an actual phone to use.

AAAAANY-WAY

I got home beat to death and couldn't manage to muster the energy to do ANYTHING, we drove to DMV to get some paperwork straightened out and didn't have enough ID to process our paperwork (UGGH DAMN YOU 9-11 HIJACKERS!!) So I went home and took an enor-moose nap, Like a 3 hour nuclear power nap.

(there is a point to ALL of this so hang in there, I know your all reading saying to yourself "Yeah he played hooky, bought a telephone and took a nap? This is worthy of a journal entry?")

So I get a call at 5PM from my friend brotherbill. Who has the night off and wants to come down and hang. I tell him it's fighter practice and he's psyched,. But a few minutes later I call back and practice is canceled. But that's O.K. another friend of his called and sd that the "peartree academy" was having a get together, and wanted to know if he wanted to come by. He said yes and I tagged along. So what is the peartree academy?

PEAR is the "Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research" lab. It's basically Princeton U's "parapsychology" (to use the vulgar term) department. They research the effect the conscious mind has on machines and basically the physical world. It's involved and I don't think I'm explaining it adequately here, So check out the website,.

http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/

The basic principal is that human consciousness has a marked and measurable influence on complicated mechanical systems. They found that a human operator could "influence" the results of a computer driven random number generator. Changing the outcome (not always mind you) but enough to show that the conscious mind has a marked impact ont he physical. They have been doing this research since 1979!

Basically I got to hang out with super-bright people who research extremely cool science. One girl was an artist type who threw artistic/creative "rave" type parties in Europe, and did something with the random number generator. Another guy was studying dolphins and something to do with communication and intelligence. People cam in from all over the world. It beyond cool!

Of course in that setting all one wants to be is a "fly on the wall" and soak in the coolness. And all brotherbill did was extol my virtues and talk me up like a used car salesman. I appreciate what he was trying to do but because I became the topic of conversation for the most part I learned very little. I HAVE to get some time next year and get over there with him and really see/learn what is going on.

skippye @ 2006-06-08T21:22:00

2006-06-09T02:13:54Z

I really don't want to update,. I've tried 4 times to go over all the cool stuff that happened at the Quest SCA event. But I just cant seem to write it all down. I've been waiting for some sort of inspiration to write but it's just not coming. So in the name of at least getting something down.

I DRANK, House Bheithir always has the best booze. I love those guys. It's like I said a year ago in my first (or second) entry, they are like family. Twisted, drunken-bizarre family. but family none the less.

I FOUGHT, I really stunk up the fighting field, I really REALLY need more practice. I was barely a speed bump. That's something I REALLY really need to improve. It's going ot be my focus for the foreseeable future. How can I continue to coach people when I can barely fight my way out of a wet paper bag.

I FROLICKED, more on that in the locked down entry section. :)~

I FEASTED, Brother Bill had is "turk-dar" on and we found a Turkish diner to eat at as we couldnt't get on board (Probably a good thing as it was a Hawaiian theme, salt and poi ugh!)
Needless to say, no one believed Bill was Turkish (He looks Hispanic) until he started speaking the lingo, then of course we got Turkish hospitality! One word Shish ke bob's! (Or is that three)

I ran into a girl who used to date Torkwrench. She still looks incredible, She's married now with kids and complained to me that her hubby was boring in the sack. We had a great long talk and I got an AWESOME kiss goodnight. I still smile when I think of her. She'll be a the Lakewood Renn faire. I was going ot blow it off this year, but now, I'm certain I'm going!!

Not goin' anywhere for a while?

2006-05-13T20:10:01Z

Screw snickers bars!

watch comic book fan films instead,..

Grayson:(What if Batman was murdered and the truth was covered up, who would avenge the dark knight? Visually stunning! )
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2645516?htv=12&htv=12

Batman-Dead End (Batman vs. the Joker vs. the Predator vs. Aliens)

http://www.collorastudios.com/projects/bde/bdemain.htm

Lobo's Paramilitary Christmas Special (the Easter Bunny hires the "main man" to rub out Santa Clause)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sya181OQSnc&search=lobo

The Secret Wars Reenactment Society (you thought the S.C.A. was dorky?)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YveSHqhOkdo

The Punisher vs. Wolverine First round!!

http://www.coreysosner.com/

Loosing Lois Lane (Superman gets dumped, becomes a bum and then gets his groove back!)

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2658724

Fast Times at Hero High:

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2483385?htv=12

Power Girl: The Classifieds (Power Girl gets a dayjob,. now with Blue and Gold goodness!!)

http://www.vmix.com/viewVideo.php?ID=8571

Robins' big date! (We all knew Bats was an ass,. Now we get to see just how big of an ass!)

http://www.redheadedleague.com/films/robin/robin.html

Still waiting to go

2006-03-17T19:50:06Z

The move IS coming,. I have been a bit preoccupied with other crap, but we are moving into Pointe Breeze on or around or between April 13 - 16th,
somewhere in there. Until then we will STILL be in roselle Park. Things are looking up, I have an interview in Ewing on Monday,. if I get it then I won't have to worry about the hellish commute to North Jersey.

I havent been writing much due to the fact that I have no internet connection at home and I have been to busy getting ready. I'll update more once I get out of here!!

It's been a while

2006-02-27T13:56:12Z

I'm afraid it's going to be a month or more till I get time to update again. We have found an apartment in Bordentown on 206 near Mastoris diner. We are moving in on April 15th. YAY Easter weekend,. I'm sure I can find people to help me then? (NOT!)

The apartment is nice and in a good location. Jan and I are extremely happy with it.

I had the interned shut off in preperation for the move (Because i thought it would be this week) So I can only update at work. So There won't be very much here till i get moved. Other than that things ahve bee rough. Not completely horrible but bad enough.

It'll be nice to start playing SCA,gaming, Paintball and Art and get to do all the things that I have to set aside so I cna get this friggin move done.

Anyway, wish me luck!!

WE ARE OUTTTTA HERE !!!

2006-01-21T01:05:32Z

Well It's official,. we have a contract on our house. We will be making allot of money, (Most will be invested for a while till we are ready to buy a NEW house.)

What does this mean?>

MERCER COUNTY HERE WE COME!!

Home again,. Near my parents and most of our friends!! It means monday fighter practice's with Duke Ron, getting to pummel Gwalthmai on a weekly basis!! Means working in Cet's shop when the feeling takes me, It means not having this Gy-Normus mortgage hanging over my head like a sword every month. It means being in a weekly D&D game once again! It means seeing my parents more than once in a blue moon.

I can't wait.

It also means we have a TON of work to do before closing, we need to find a storage unit, rent a truck and find an apartment to live in. It means finding new jobs down there. But Damnit I'M COMING HOME !!

February 28th people,. you have been warned!!

MOMMA,. I'm coming hoooooooooome!!

2005-12-17T23:39:38Z

Well it's finally happened. The bottom has dropped out of my life. Although it sounds horrible after all I've been through it's been kind of a relief.

I'll explain.

Unknowingly, I bounced last months mortgage payment. And I don't have enough for this month. So basically I'm fucked. With a big capital "F"

But its not as bad as all that. I'm going to have to quickly sell my house. That's a good thing, at this point I can no longer afford it and the stress of having to worry about everything has really taken it's toll. I've been a real wreck the past two + years, I've lost all my "cool" and have been feeling like a real "square". (for lack of a better term)Like an uptight jerk.

So the plan is to sell the house quickly, The real estate agent came through today and gave me a listing price well above what I was thinking (That's good) I'm going to have to make some concessions due to the damage in the house. but that's O.K. I'm still going to walk away with a nice "nest egg"

So the plan is to sell,. get the FUCK out of dodge. Put mostly everything in storage and get a SMALL apartment in South Jersey (Somewhere between Hamilton and Mount Holly) Commute until I can find a job down there. Then it's back to my home . The area I grew up in. I'm actually pretty relieved. All I have to do is convince the Mortgage company NOT to try to Foreclose on my while i get the house sold! And I think I can do that.

I'll keep you updated!!

Happy Turkey Day (Just friggin SHOOT me already!)

2005-11-26T05:05:06Z

Well Thanksgiving dinner was fantastic, Mom mom can cook! I ate like a pee, eigh, gee, pig. (Don't say it) I mean the dinner was fantastic. Everything you could want in a Thanksgiving dinner was there It was like a friggin Norman Rockwell painting. I even picked up my Bro in New Brumfis and took him down. (My folks love him !)

So what's with the shooting? Well driving back I get pulled over by quite possibly the biggest assh*le cop in all of New Jersey. Well if that wasn't bad enough, The registration on Jan's car had expired (Or been revoked, I couldn't tell if the previous post's problems with DMV have been solved yet.) so the car had to be towed and my Bro and my family were left stranded by the side of the road. (Notice I didn't mention that I was stranded?)

No instead I get asked to exit the vehicle, cuffed and stuffed in the back of the squad car and taken away. It seems that I had an outstanding warrant in My hometown that they neglected to tell me about. A freaking 89 dollar parking ticket.

HAPPY FUCKING THANKSGIVING.

Now I had been to my local police station a month ago, I had 2 or 3 parking tickets i had to pay for, I ASKED them to run my license # and tell me if I had any outstanding tickets? Let me know if I had to pay any more?
THEY SAID NO!!

WTF?

Anyway My Dad bailed me out and my Mom picked up my family and made sure everyone got home in one piece. You would think the the misery ended there? NO way Jose' because that would be TOO FUCKING EASY!! No Fortune wasn't done FUCKING ME IN THE ASS! It seems that my neurotic wife didn't want to let my Mom in the house BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEAN ENOUGH! The woman picks her up stranded at the side of the road and DRIVES HER HOME and she can't even let her into the house for 10 minutes to wait for me and my Dad.

That was the straw that broke the camels back. I flipped the fuck out. I was RAGING at Jan. (I didn't hit her) and I broke down sobbing and apologized to my Mom for my wifes downright shitty behavior. I basically just lost it. I just had a complete emotional breakdown. So here's all 400lbs of me sobbing uncontrollably to my mom in the middle of the street because my wife was a total cunt. I'll say it again.

HAPPY FUCKING THANKSGIVING!!

When I get back inside Jan says something like "I'm a screw up, your a screw up, two screw ups shouldn't be together. I want a divorce."

She isn't the type to throw around the "D" word but at this point I'm way to tired and thoroughly beat down to care. I went to bed and got about an hours sleep because of all thais then it was this morning and I'm off to work,. yipee!

I don't know how much more of this my system will take.

I AM FORTUNES WHIPPING BOY

2005-11-16T01:36:44Z

Well,. I haven’t updated in a while,. it seems that lately I am a swirling evil black vortex of bad luck. I have had almost every thing around me fail catastrophically. It's getting to the point that I don't even seem to notice, or be surprised by it. I feel like the guy in the Monty Python skit where everything he touches falls apart, to the point that after he walks out of the house it falls down around him. I don't even know where to start.

My wallet was stolen about a month ago, (I think this is what started it all!) I lost $60 (not a huge deal) and all of my ID. License,. SS card, everything. It seems that I don't have enough ID to get new ID,. Social Security wants to see my drivers license and DMV wants my social security card. I have been back and forth between the two at LEAST ten times.

The refrigerator went bad and all the food spoiled.

DMV sent me a notice that my registration had been suspended because they no longer knew that I had insurance. (Having switched to Geico) It's costing me $100 to get it fixed. (Remember all that money i saved by switching?) Would have been nice if DMV sent me notice first?

DMV also SUSPENDED my license because they haven’t gotten my check fast enough and wanted me to send ANOTHER $100 to get that back. This prevented me from getting a new copy of my license this morning. I got on the phone to DMV and got them to un-revoke my license. (But not my reg) "Sigh"

My car The wonder van’s tranny is going/gone. I took it to my local shop and he replaced the tranny sensors. but it's still fucked up. He said he doesn’t do tranny work and to take it to a tranny shop (Goodbye money!!)

Oh yeah the little bar fridge i bought from Best-Buy to hold us over for the WEEK that i was going to take the repair man to get there seized after a week and I'm going to have to take it back.

My house is falling down, The plaster has fallen off the wall under the window going up stairs and there is a decent section of bare lathe showing,. I’m going to have to stay home from 100 minutes war to fix it,.

Three weeks ago I got sick,. Really sick. I think I even posted about it. I was awake for three whole days in a row,. I was hallucinating and everything (Who needs drugs?)

This much bad luck seems almost supernatural. I hope I’m building up HUGE dividends in my Karmic bank. Like enough to win the lottery or something. I think I have EARNED it at this point.

skippye @ 2005-10-27T18:45:00

2005-10-27T22:46:26Z

Quick update,

the Spectre of death seems to be leaving me. I'm still caughing but not as bad and my head is clearing up.

More later

skippye @ 2005-10-26T00:25:00

2005-10-26T04:30:53Z

Still sick,. didn't sleep last night, Didn't sleep today. Soo tired,. every time I lay down I feel like I'm going to hack up a lung. My back muscles are so abused from hacking and coughing thgat I think they can be used to make a suspension bridge.

I wish I could just expire right now. Save me the trouble later on.

seriously I'm not going to kill myself or anything, I just feel like you do when you wish you were dead.

That's me, I feel like a crackhead looks.

I feel lie the stuff on the bottom of your shoe. Not the healthy stuff you scrape off but the green putrid stuff thaat clings between the grooves and festers,.

That's me.

I didn't go to work today and I'm prolly not going tomorrow.

AAAgh

If I don't find a way to sleep soon I'm going to start halucinatin, Hellicuinam,. Seeing stuff that's not there. I am way beyond the limits of my endurance. I feel like someone poured lighterfluid on my b-rain and lit a match.

No spell Checkker today,. to crunchy

Yup

2005-10-05T12:02:55Z

Was sick for the weekend,. sort of.
Went to see "Serenity" on Saturday afternoon with a bunch of friends, It was great. The ending left me cold but that is another story. Went out to dinner with Friends, Dee's birthday and all that. A great time was had by all! We waent back to Jay and Dee's house and everyone sat around a firepot and we told tall tales from our gaming days. It was good. I didn't get home till 3 am or thereabouts.

That's about all. Went to my woirkout on Sunday and my bro hooked me up with some acupuncture and herb. I am feeling better.

UUgh I feel lousy

2005-09-29T02:57:38Z

Sinus headache,. pressure. I hope I'm not coming down with something!!

LAKEWOOOOOOOOOOO

2005-09-18T03:11:09Z

Just got back from Lakewood Renn faire. Its a low key low rent renn faire the SCA does in conjunction with the Lake Wood Lions club. (Lions are like The Elks or the Shriners) It's all done for charity and all. It's generally a good time. it's not my favorite event anymore (I think I'll hold Quest as my favorite for now) but it is my "Anniversary" for the SCA. Over 10 years ago Julie and I ventured to lakewood in our poorly made bedsheet cotton white tunics and saw what it was all about. I guess I'll always love Lakewood for that. Lakewood WAS my favorite when it was a massive camping event. the Lakewood parties were the best bar none. I always got Knee walking drunk and had to be carried home and poured into my tent.

Since i t WAS lakewood I guess I'll tell my two lakewood "sex" stories, neither one involves me having sex with anyone. (I bet that's a relief)

I was drunk at lakewood! (There's a surprise) and I woke up with the most wicked hangover headache. Julie my sweetie at the time went up to Majik Badger to buy the ingredients of there wonderful hangover tea. (Which really works I might add) and I was stumbling around camp trying to prevent any sunlight of any kind to get anywhere near my eyes as doing so caused me tremendous pain. When the tent across from where I was camped unzipped and out came my friend Malek, and TWO very cute very young girls (Of age though,) I looked at him with surprise and wonderment and he put his finger to his lips and said "Shhhhhhhhhhh" very slowly. And the three of them walked away.

It was much funnier than the way I wrote it,.. To this day when I see him all I do is put my finger to my lips and say "Shhhhh"

The other story starts about the same. I was snockered, and It was about 3am and I had to PEEEE like a racehorce. The portajohn was on the other side of the camp so I got out of bed and started across camp. After relieving myself I headed back to bed. when I got about halfway back I was met with the most unusual sight/sounds. In the middle of camp there was a large "pimple" tent (The ones shaped like a dome) and it was visibly shaking and twitching. The most god awful sex noises were coming out of it. It sounded like they were slaughtering a pig, slowly. This tent was surrounded by dozen's of smaller pimple tents. (I later learned that thy were populated by house bloodguard folks) and they were twitching too,. with laughter. Every time the girl in the "sex tent" would let out a particularly animistic moan all the other smaller tents would start sniggering and trying not to laugh loud enough to disturb them. I guess all this commotion was to much for Baron Steven Falworth, who lacking the basic interaction filters between the brain and the mouth. (And the couth god gave the common turnip) bellowed out

"FOR GODS-SAKES MAN, STUFF A SOCK IN HER MOUTH! I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!"

From which the giggles turned into belly laughter and the sex sounds ceased. I later found out that the guy in the "sex tent" was my friend Dean and the girl was a veritable Wildebeeste. We called Dean "the god of love" after that because he proudly declared "I made her scream for three hours that night!"

Other stuff happened at Lakewood of years past. I made out with my friends wife with his permission. (They were planning on getting a divorce but were still friends) I slept through an incident where the cops and some Scadians almost came to blows over the noise levels. Lots of people became wildly Inebriated and had tons of fun. Shamus the Shameless ORielly made the BEST Irish stew I EVER tasted. The feast that year ceased to exist for me As I followed the server back in the kitchen and kidnapped the rest of the stew and ate only that till I about burst. That bastard never gave me the recipe

But those days are long gone. I see the Lions getting more and more strict. It just seemed to have lost some of the magic for me,.. I really can't put my finger on it. I guess that's just the way things go.

Back from vacation!!

2005-09-13T00:09:45Z

Well, we are all back from vacation. The OBX was incredible. Other than one day where my mother felt it was necessary to drop the drama-bomb a great time was had by all. We went to Ocracoke Island the lair of the famous Blackbeard the pirate. We visited historic sites and took lots of pictures. The sunsets were amazing. I always enjoy drinking my morning coffey sitting on the deck of my parents beach house and watching Osprey dive into the sound to catch there morning meal. Pelicans look like Pterodactyls in just the right light. No matter how windy it was I couldn't seem to get my kite (shaped like the RedBaron's triplane) to stay aloft.

Janet really likes to spend money, but conversely looks cute in "surfer girl" spandex "board shirts."

There's only so much of us Grandmom can take at once. Keep this in mind.

Sunburn hurts, always wear your hat and sunglasses. (That way the hot surfer chicks can't be sure your staring at them!!!)

Asian chicks in bikinni's rock,. (Even when you only get to see them in pictures.) An out of shape 400lb acrophobic CAN climb the tallest brick lighthouse in the USA, all he needs is a little courage, determination and a 4 year old daughter saying "come on daddy, hurry up!!" :)

OBX beaches are the best in the world, if only for the fact that they are devoid of other people.

Pirates,. AArg!

On the previous post, Needles and oh yeah,. I'm outta here!!

2005-09-03T21:16:37Z

I have decided to let my brother help me. And boy is it working. He's studying acupuncture and needled me last week. It was amazing all the "fog" in my head is gone. I feel sooo great !! I really feel like a new man. Hopefully I'll feel like a new "thinner" man really soon! Between that and the skeletal re-alignment and muscular stuff (and the kung fu training) I am really beginning to feel the shift in me. And boy does that feel good. YEAH!!

I want to give Jools a big shout out. From what I hear your "weekend" was allot of fun and hopefully will help you progress and get on with your life. (And I won't even hold you to your promise either !! ::wink-wink::) I wish the best for you and hope things are well with you.

And lastly,. I AM OUTTA HERE!! SO LONG SEE YA LATER SUKKAS!!

I'm going with the family to NC for a week !! Sand, surf sun,. nekkid wemmen,. I'll tell you all about it when I get back!! But I'll be unreachable for a week. if you need me (Really need me) buzz my cell but realize that I'm 8-10 hours away and It'll take a nuclear blast to get me back up here before my week is out !!

CU all in a week,.

My Brother and exploding applesauce.

2005-08-25T04:24:26Z

(Quick disclaimer, the next two paragraphs are "for me" and pretty personal, not that I don't want you reading it, It's just I'm asking my self a bunch of questions and "wondering aloud" on my journal. If you don't know the people involved you might be a little bored, it's typical LJ "EN" type stuff! Scroll down to "THE FUNNY" for your regularly scheduled programming!!)

Well it's official, my long lost brother is back in my life. I sense more than karma in this happening but more on that later. I know what your saying "But Skippy, you don't really have a brother?" Well, no I don't not in the truest legal sense. No. But if you separate the fact that he wasn't spawned by my Mom and Dad, If you can put that fact aside then he is indeed my brother. We went through HELL in high school together. His parents were less than nice and my best friend had just died. I wouldn't have made it out of those years with what little sanity i now have if it wasn’t for my brother.

Now for the "other" part, my suspicions. I'm putting them down here to get them "out of the way" exorcism by confession as it were. He "ran into my parents" and they passed on my info. My parents are less than pleased with my current situation. (body weight, life, money, state of my household) and know that if anyone can help me "find the path" (or in there words "Straighten me out") then it's my brother. I listen to him. He makes sense. My brother is a black sash in several martial arts disciplines. Something that I have long aspired to but have not achieved. Something that "got lost" and diluted like the rest of me. I have a feeling that my folks set him to help me along and get me back to where I was. Now this isn't necessarily a bad thing. (I think) I know my parents love me and are concerned,. they propped me up financially last year while I was going through my unemployment. And I know that my brother is probably concerned about me as well. I trust them all. But feel that I have been accepting too much help lately. I feel weakened by all of the help I have needed to survive this past year. The question is,. Am I strong enough to find the path on my own or should I accept some help again until I have the strength? I have been Obese and depressed and in a fog for so long, I think it's clear that i can't beat this on my own. Does this mean I've lost? I really don't know. I know I'm not going to waste this opportunity if it presents itself. We shall see.

(THE FUNNY)

So I was making dinner tonight, Messsician chicken as my Puerto Rican buddy from work calls it. (Basically chicken chunks rinsed off and rubbed with "old El Paso taco seasonings" baked in the oven and served with rice.) and of course it's too spicy for my 4 year old daughter. No problem I put a chicken breast in the foreman grill and serve it with ketchup and viola! 4 year old gourmet food. Well I know she wasn't going to eat the rice either so i went scrounging around for something to go with it,> (Cant just fee the kid Chicken and ketchup!) And the cupboard is looking pretty bare, (It's payday on Friday and I'm holding my breath!!) What do I spy in the back of the fridge? A jar of applesauce. So I pull it out, but something doesn’t look right,. it's doesn’t have the texture it should have. So I shake up the bottle trying t spot any mold on it,. something to indicate that it has gone bad. After not finding anything I decided to "sniff" the applesauce to determine it's freshness. so I give the lid a twist,.............(I know you can all see this coming)

KA-BAM !!

The freaking jar explodes in my hand, the concussion deafens me for a second. THANK GOD it was a plastic bottle. I blink twice and am COVERED in what I can only assume is fermented applesauce. Janet runs into the room and I am frozen in place like a Warner brothers cartoon character.

After I get out of the shower and clean applesauce out of my hair I jokingly ask Jan if I should try the applesauce. her reply will be an email quote of mine or some time now.

"If it explodes it can't possibly be good!"

words to live by. remember APPLESAUCE KILLS!!!

Like living in a blister

2005-08-15T15:56:43Z

The past few days have been excrucating,.

The heat the pressure. And finally last night the rain came and so did relief. I don't know how much more I could have taken it running form air conditioned room to air conditioned car to air conditioned office.

Whatever happened to my tolerence. I use to strap on armor and go fight in the Pennsic heat, Where has my tolerence gone???

Anyway,.

Hope everyone out there is doing well.

AAAAGHG

2005-08-11T19:51:14Z

Down again till SATURDAY

Frell!

I'm BAAAACK!!

2005-08-08T00:37:05Z

No update in a while,. I lost my internet connection for a week or so,.

(They tend to do that when U don't pay the bill!!!)

anyway I'm to busy to REALLY update,. This is more like a "Hey I'm still alive" kind of thing !!