You know, it genuinely upset me when I heard Steve Irwin died. He did so many good things as far as conservation goes, and for Australia -- hell, even the world -- to lose someone so dedicated to animals and wildlife as he was... It's just really sad. I feel much more dedicated to my goal of becoming a veterinarian and hopefully being able to do work like he did some day.

And, damn, if it wasn't his time to go -- death by a sting ray, one of the least aggressive animals ever -- then I don't know what the hell crawled up God's ass and died.

For those of you who knew my old phone number or if you want to know my new one, leave a comment.

cingular sux verizon ftw kthxbai!1one

Blizzard, why are you so mean? Why do you dislike your customers so very much? ;-(

I've become what I always hated; an indie music-loving fag. FUCK.

Why it took me so long to realize how awesome Radiohead is, I'll never know. BUT MAN ARE THEY AWESOME!

You know when you say something that YOU KNOW you shouldn't have said, but you went ahead and said it anyway? Yeah, totally just did that with my mother and I'm never going to hear the end of it.

She took yesterday off to run errands and shit, and since my car is (once again) unable to move she offered to cash some checks of mine. I endorsed them and gave her a deposit slip, didn't think anything of it. So... I went and checked my balance today and I saw that the checks hadn't cleared yet. I went and asked her when she got home and she said something like my account is inactive (bull shit) and she couldn't deposit them, so she deposited them into one of my old savings accounts that I haven't used in months and which I no longer have a debit card or account information for.

So... I was pissed and said something like, "I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm never going to see that money."

Bad idea, lol.

MMMMM WORD VOMIT!

So, Becky's wedding was today and it was long, boring, and dotted with bouts of people crying hysterically. I tried really hard not to laugh when my mother started crying, and later when I asked her why she was I got this long, prepared mother speech, "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH one day that'll be you and I'll lose my baby forever and WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH you'll look so beautiful, I hope I'm still alive to see you in a dress WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH oh honey you've grown up so fast!" lol w/e~

Didn't really stay for the reception, watching a bunch of old people get drunk isn't my idea of a good time, so... I stole some of Susan's homemade cookies (mmmm) and left. Becky looked absolutely gorgeous. And she looked so happy with her husband. I mean, they waited eight years to get married (she wanted to finish college and he was in the Navy or something)... I suppose I'd be happy, too.

Think I'm going out of town at the end of this month.

... Hm.

[insert another month or two absence from this stupid journal here]

I lol'd: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8014808211220282746&q=blood+elf

I think five months is long enough in-between updates, but I'm pretty sure this journal will be deleted soon... Oh well. One last hurrah, I guess.

Where to start... Well, I played the part of counselor last week when a family friend dropped by looking for my grandfather (who doesn't even live in the same city as me, but whatever). He seemed shaken up over something so I offered to listen if he needed to talk, and that was my first mistake because I wasn't really prepared to hear about his stay overseas and all of the horrible things he saw. I never have followed the news, nor will I ever, and I was never a history buff in school... But the shiite men hide behind their women, and apparently our troops are ordered to take them down regardless of who they're using as a meat shield at the time. Didn't get much sleep that night. Jeramy (my brother) asked me how I'd feel if he went and joined the army not too long ago and I about kicked him in the nuts for suggesting it... lol, God knows what my mother would have said. At least George Bush can't be elected president again, right?

Work suck(s)(ed). I quit my job a little while ago. There's enough money in my savings account to last me quite a long while, but I miss having a constructive distraction during the day. World of Warcraft is definitely not constructive, but it's been taking up 75% of my time... Hurrah for jumping from one addiction to another! -- Well, at least there's only one addiction in my life now. I quit smoking a few months ago and I feel better. My taste buds actually work as intended and my hair doesn't smell like an ash tray anymore... And since there's rampant alcoholism in my family I don't think I'll ever "get wasted" again. It's all empty calories, anyway.

Boy, do I miss writing. Besides what I'm typing right now, I haven't written anything in months. Perpetual writer's block, and something tells me it's probably not going to go away. All of the inspiration is gone. I guess going back to school and learnin' some science will just have to do.

My personal life: boring and/or nonexistent. Sorry if you actually expected something interesting.

One last thing, Living In Question is a pretty cool band. Check them out if you have iTunes... or if you live in Hawaii. Either or.