so anyway, i just ended my winter break and i'm back at school. now before break i'd gone to student health cuz i'd been feeling really down and unmotivated. i thought going home might make me feel better, but it didn't. i was feeling down there and since i've come back i've spent a lot of time just sitting in my room being more antisocial than usual. i feel like crying all the time, it really sucks. i've set up weekly therapy sessions at shs, but they can only do short term so if i go for more than like 2 months i have to find someone else. i'm kinda hoping for antidepressants.

I am back in France now, as of last week, after like 7 weeks of absence. During that time I did the Thanksgiving and Xmas stuff with my family, and worked at the zoo taking calls for this thing called Zoolights they do at the Phoenix Zoo (basically xmas lights over a part of the zoo that is open at night heh).

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Originally posted by William for Squilliam:
You're only young once, right?

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Yes, that and... you're only alive once

Having been myself an extreme drinker and partier, I can tell you that if I'm alive now it's because I've been many times lucky enough (who said unlucky ???).
So don't try your luck too much buddy...

Mike: I remember going to SHS myself. It's quite a bitch trying to schedule meetings since my school had a lot of restrictions with counseling. I don't think school psychologists dispense drugs. You'd have to go to a psychiatrist off campus for that. But props to you for going. It's hard taking the initiative yourself, and I'm glad you did.

I'm doing ok myself. I'm 21 now. I've been to a few bars, but nothing beats $2 pint night. I wake up at 6:45am three times a week for my 8am Violence and US Society class. I loooove it. I have the raddest professors in the world, even my programming professor rules. He makes UNIX seem not so scary.

I've been listening to the new Get Up Kids song over and over again. It's so damn good.

dad: so how long do you want to be gone?

me: five weeks total. i'd leave the weekend of feb. 14th w/ stephie and stay with her in florida for a month. the last week of march break, i'd go with leah (my horse) up to southern pines (NC) and meet up with people from my school there, and i'd come back up with them at the end of the week. i'd only miss 2 1/2 weeks of school and i would keep up with my work.

dad: or how about leah goes down w/ stephie and you go down during march break, do a week with stephie and a week in southern pines.

me: or not.

i might be fighting a losing battle but it would be sooo good for us (us as in me/leah) to be able to have 5 weeks of intensive training in a good climate. then maybe my dad will stop talking about selling her.

I haven't seen my horse in a month. He stayed at a friends farm over break and she keeps promising to drive him up here but hasn't yet. I miss him horribly. This is the first time I've ever gone more than 2 days without seeing him Sad, huh?

There is a boy on my floor that has a crush on me. I can't say I am interested but its really endearing.

Anyway...Jody, not to worry about that "jiffy-pop" feeling...it'll pass soon enough...my wife did the whole pregnant waddle for the last two months of her pregnancy but she was back to normal a couple of days after Caitlyn was born ...it's way cool that you're staying home with the baby!...we'd have loved to have one of us do that, but unfortunately, it made more sense economically and from an insurance benefits standpoint for both of us to continue working ...independent wealth sure would be cool right about now...

What to say. Well, here today I spent my day moving my entire bedroom down a flight of stairs, and my office up a flight of stairs. With no bathroom upstairs and a pregnant bladder being the size of a pea, it became completely and totally necessary for the bedroom and bathroom to be on the same floor. I never realized I had so much shit. But Lisa and I are about 80% moved into our "new" room. It seems strange, but it will work. Not to mention we will now be closer to the baby room.

As for life. Wow, women are amazing and strong creatures. Never would I have ever thought that pregnancy and things associated with it were so incredibly hard on a woman. It is amazing. I have so much respect for you Jody. I have seen what is going on with Lisa, and I just cannot put into words how incredibly difficult pregnancy is. I feel so bad for her, and really do try to do anything I can to help. Most of the time, I fail, as it seems I can do very little right, but I persist. Lisa is doing OK, she is still fighting through the morning sickness, and because of that, I have quit smoking. I have not smoked since Thanksgiving. Officially, I am no longer, nor will I ever be again, a smoker. To her it is meaningless, but to me it is huge. I don't blame her though. Afterall, she is carrying my baby. I know that is more important, and my little bean is getting bigger (it starts sucking its thumb this week, according to the book) and in July my whole life becomes something much, much more. I admit it, I am fucking freaked... (We find out boy or girl in a few weeks, I KNOW it will be a girl...)

My work is at its slowest point of the year, and that has allowed me to concentrate on other things. I am going to learn Flash animations, and also Dreamweaver for web design. I also hope to show some new art in a gallery next month. (Something I haven't done in 8 years)

Finally, I know I mentioned before my significant deals on mac products. I can now include dig ital cam eras, and dig ital cam corders to that list. Anyone in the market for anything new in any of those fields, e-mail me with what you want first, you will not be sorry. Everything is new, in the box, with full warranty. IT IS ALSO CHEAP. An example, I can get this item for $1,250.

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[...] it became completely and totally necessary for the bedroom and bathroom to be on the same floor. I never realized I had so much shit.

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Yeah, sometimes your intestinal life is just like hell

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i just laughed so loudly at that... i think i traumatized the cat.
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I've been gone quite a while...
Paul has a child, Norm has a child, Jody is expecting, William is nursing his beer bottles... what about David and Kim?

Much has changed in my reality tunnel. In fact, I'm a bit surprised that there are so many people still here (after the initial shock of finding the board still alive a little while back). I don't think I'll necessarily be here all the time, but I'll be popping by every once in a while.

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what about David and Kim?

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I can officially say that we're planning to get married sometimes this year. We're currently working out the wedding plans.

I think it's gonna be the first official marriage of two of this boardies' community.

On friday, I've got a job interview. If everything goes right, I'll be teaching Englsih. In Japan.

I'm a college grad, living at home. I have an allright job, temping for an insurance company.

My band of 7 years just ended. We also just recorded an EP that is really really good.

I own an LLC and its totally wasted..

Congrats to everyone...

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Kenny!...good to hear from you after such a long hiatus...so what prey tell has been keeping you so busy as of late?...and is she hot ?

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No. That is, it hasn't been a girl, as the intimate variety are very few and very far between in these chapters of my life. Which allows for quite a bit of time spent on life.

Let's see... I think the best way to describe the time would be to describe it by the subjects my attention has been directed toward...
A girl accounts for a 7 month period in the time of my absence, but that was over... 2 years ago?
Most notably, I've spent my time expanding my horizons in education, music, art, and life in general. I've distanced my self entirely from the scene shows of punk and its offshoots. The most frequent I tend to go to are some blues and jazz shows, the occasional big show when someone of interest comes around (tool, radiohead, king crimson, looking forward to APC with the Mars Volta... very much).

When not at work (IT guy) or school (focusing on art and music, spent time in journalism, psychology, anthropology, and still at it) I have usually spent my time either at home with my guitar or some trusty dvds (the zep dvds, the king crimson dvds, family guy, frank zappa, maybe logic, noam chomsky, etc) or with my dear friends, endlessly chasing philosophy, humor, and politics. My life has been shaped much by things such as religions (studying them, not subscribing to them), conspiracy theories, yoga, writings on magick, physics (mainly of the quantum and m-theory variety, and applying them to philosophy), and other things scientific, mathematic, literiffic, and plain ol' funny.

As far as personalities go, I've absorbed much of good-hearted fellas like Tim Leary, Robert Anton Wilson, Frank Zappa, Aleister Crowley, Robert Fripp, Jello Biafra, Bill Hicks, Terence McKenna and musickies like Tool, Primus, Rage, Rush, Zeppelin, Peter Gabriel, and, of course, more.

Right now, I'm very excited about learning to read for jazz guitar and to play piano, read Austin Osman Spare and James Joyce, and meeting some new friends that live at a regenerative cooperative focusing on things such as eco-villages, sustainability, positive activism, and other fun things.

There, I'm off my self-centered soapbox. I didn't say it was going to be entertaining, but now that that's out of the way, we can ... talk about other things...?

Heh but seriously good for you, its good to see people grow up and.. outward I suppose.

And I still have some stardom stuff hehe

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looking forward to APC with the Mars Volta... very much).

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Are you sure this is Kenny talking? I have a sinking suspicion that they've replaced normal Kenny with a pod-people Kenny..

Heh but seriously good for you, its good to see people grow up and.. outward I suppose.

And I still have some stardom stuff hehe

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Hahaha, I might say the same about you and your parental situation. Once again, congratulations on the little critter. Still Republican, Paul? Even after Haliburton "won" the Iraqi re-construction contract?
Eyyy, and here's the big question: do you still wear the Stardom stuff? Relax, there's no wrong answer to that, I still have some buried in the depths of my closet, only seeing the light of my room when I forget I have them before going back to the pile.

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And to Julie: yes, I bought my tickets with much haste. Perhaps I'll spot you there.

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I've recently been getting more into photography and photo manipulation...both digital and traditional...nothing too artsy...portraiture, candids, the occasional landscape...that stuff...rudimentary but fun nonetheless...

I've also been reacquainting myself with an old interest of mine...audio...well, more specifially, speaker-building theory and design as well as car audio and installation...

RJ, if you're interested in photo manipulation and what not, I would suggest checking out an artist named Doug Hall. This is a small sampling: http://www.renabranstengallery.com/hall.html / http://universityartgallery.ucsd.edu His pictures are more amazing in person than they are on the computer. But each photo is slightly enhanced and modified. I spend a lot of time at work (the second link above) checking out his work and how he modified each one.

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If you want, I can send you a free gallery invitation of "In Finite Spaces" if you provide me a name and address to send it to. (The invitation opens up to a poster of that indoor beach place in Japan).

P.S. Sent you a PM with an address for that invite...thanks again!

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