It's Bugging Me, Grating Me, and Twisting Me Around

Yeah I'm endlessly caving in

And turning inside out.

Cause I want it now.

'Hysteria' - Muse

So here we are, well into 2010 and only now have I decided to finally begin writing again. I intended to when I first relocated my writings from the graveyard that is MySpace to here but I found myself not terribly motivated to do so. Hopefully a bit more of this to follow, as I'd finally like to start writing on various topics other than my life and the vague nature with which I tend to share it. However to start please indulge a rambling and very topic-jumping rant, mostly meant to catch everything up to the present day, while ignoring nearly the last half of 2009, because there really are no words for it at this point.

I find myself thinking about the immediate future and what changes it has in store. Much like the point at which I stopped writing last year, it seems that everything is in a state of flux. Relationships have ebbed and flowed, people have come and gone and may even now come back, and everything you see today could be nothing you see tomorrow. Rambling and vague you say? Well bear with me. From a personal standpoint, I am throwing most of my time at work into getting promoted, and partaking in activities there that will facilitate that. And my time outside of work? I think that the best way to describe it is that the next few months, which to many will be an attempt to outshine last year, to me will be an attempt to finish what last year started. I found that I understood myself and what I want a lot more after last year, but there is still just a bit more to figure out. What I can say is that I want three things right now. One of them will improve my financial situation. One is what I want to use that improved financial situation to finish. And third, well that gets to remain vague for now, but probably not for much longer. What matters though is that I'm close to happy, and for me that is saying quite a lot.

As for the general going's on in my life I would like to touch on a few key points:

April 2nd - Muse at Key Arena. Best damn concert I've ever seen. They are easily my favorite band at this point, and favorites aren't something I tend to pick easily. Normally I just have a group of things that I like a lot. Was made even better having gone with Sabrina and Gayle (her first concert!!)

April 10th - Leota and Joe's Birthdays. Leota turned two. Holy crap. All I'm gonna say on that for now is that one of the things that brings me the most joy is being able to live with her now and watch her grow every single day. As for the Joe half, I will not comment much for fear of the wrath of Steve who will walk in and stab me for even mentioning it (he was forced to leave so that Leo could come home and sleep). What I will say is that we experienced a veritable smörgåsbord of meats. And that the buffalo was best described as 'majestic.'

April 12th - The Return of Kevin Price. One might almost forget just how great conversations with him, sober or drunk, tend to be. Almost. This night couldn't have been more filled with more epicness. From food at Moon Temple (and yes, one drink, but only one as we wanted to be able to not die that early in the night), then the usual Karaoke at Dante's. This also gave me a taste of what we may have in store for adventures in the coming months. Could be entertaining. And by could I mean oh god everybody should go by themselves a helmet right now. Side-note, got one of the strangest complements I've ever received while there.

April 13th - A Very Intense Hour. So I'm attempting to become and in-home Geek Squad Agent. Better pay, new work environment, no downside in my mind. However the biggest road block based on prior experience is the test you have to take to qualify. I took it last year and didn't do so hot. This time not only did I pass, I only missed one question, and I completed it in eight minutes. Let's just say it was deemed to be 'impressive' by all those in attendance. Moments after finishing that I checked my phone and noticed a call from a New York phone number. This could only be DKMS, the organization that runs the marrow registry I've been dealing with since I was first a match last fall. The message was very concise and had amazing news. For this 2nd person that I tentatively matched in January, I was confirmed to be the most compatible and the doctors have chosen me to be the donor. So basically my day started with me helping people fix their stuff, which was going well and kept me in a good mood (combined with my still fresh memories of the night before, which made me kinda giggly). Then it escalated to be an amazing day when I crushingly demonstrated my competence. Then I decided I needed to top that, and what a better way to do so than saving a life. Go big or go home my friends. Trust me, you'll be reading much more on this topic as the process continues (including tomorrow when the details of the donation are revealed).

So I think I'm gonna close it with that for now. Just a dip back into the pool of writing for now. Hope you come back for more as I intend to have plenty of it to go around. Plus it will give me time to figure this site out...hmmm, what kind of labels to add to these posts? do these colors make it easy to read? what do these symbols mean? oooh...a monetize button (yeah, cause this is gonna be a big moneymaker, my life of intrigue)....okay, goodnight.

P.S. OH GOD, ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THE STORY. Merely for sake of notation for now, it is important to mention that April 5th provided another crazy night at Dante's, but all you need to know is that the power went out, probably because we rocked Queen so hard, and Scott tells the best stories (though my retellings add a certain je ne se quoi). I will touch back on that another day.