"my kitty's gone, gone for ever
he will be gone and come back never
my kitty is dying
while i sit here crying
my kitty has gone away
but i'll get another one in a few days
my new cat will not be the same
as i sit here trying to think of a name
i love my kitty and miss him such
and i think i'll love my new kitty just as much"

written by me at the age of 10 - thanks for keeping it, mom :)

My mom's photography taken in Wister, Oklahoma:  

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=181vqr2r.7lapvl4j&x=0&h=1&y=u26wb4&localeid=en_US 

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 Speaking of neighbors....

I have a new one.  My upstairs neighbor, Angela, got married and moved out.  Now, there's a BOY living above me! :):):)  I haven't had a chance to get a good look at him, only in quick passing.  But he drives a red Honda Magna bike.  rawr!  Should I bake some cookies and put them in tupperware w/ a note saying "welcome to the 'hood! for more sweetness, come downstairs...."  :p

lol.

Life is always a polarity. If there were no darkness there would be no light. If there were no trouble there could never be any peace. If the sun always shone you would not appreciate it. You have to learn sometimes through conditions that seem a nuisance. One day you will look back and say, "We learned our best lessons not when the sun was shining, but when the storm was at its greatest, when the thunder roared, the lightning flashed, the clouds obscured the sun and all seemed dark and hopeless". It is only when the soul is in adversity that some of its greatest possibilities can be realised. 

My friends, Wonderfool, are headlining a show at The Door/Prophet Bar Saturday, June 14th.  It’s sure to be a fun night, so come out and support great local music!





See you there!  Julie, if you & Kit aren't busy - come out :)

*  Oi. I'm gonna be so tired and cranky this summer!  I gotta start getting to work @ 7am now, leave at 4, drive to the train station to get to school 5 nights a week, and not get home until after 9pm.  And use my weekends to do homework...FUN!  I'm going to be exhausted!!!  Yet I still need to find the time to be active since I can’t exercise after work.  And I must buy a laptop!  I won't be able to afford the time it takes to go to the library, write everything down in a notebook, then go home and type it.  Plus it'd save me from having to make copies of all the statutes and cases. 

* Saturday, Jennifer and I are going to HoB to see Who’s Bad – the #1 Michael Jackson tribute band in honor of the King of Pop’s 50th birthday this August. http://www.whosbadmusic.com/  I’ve always been an MJJ fan but after Dangerous came out in 1991, I became obsessed.  Soon thereafter, Jenn adopted my obsession and we would watch his concerts, record everything we could (you should’ve heard the squee-fest when Oprah interviewed him in ’92), clip magazine articles, scratch out faces of his dates, write him letters and poems, write down lyrics over and over in order to memorize them etc.  Ya know just silly teenage fangirl stuff.  In high school (my sophomore year), I would wear my MJJ pin on my shirt everyday to support him in this child molestation charges, which I got much slack for.  I will always have a special place in my heart for Michael, but the love of his music died for me after the release of “blood on the dance floor.”  It was all down hill after that.  And I haven’t seen my cousin in 6 months!!!  I don’t know if that’s an AJ record, but pretty damn close.

*I got my converter box from Radioshack (don’t even bother going to Wal-Mart, they have dust on the shelf where the converter boxes used to be).  Silly Govt, ppl use analog!  With my $40 govt. coupon and free shipping, (they can’t keep them in stock, no room, ship from warehouse) it was dirt cheap.  I get 6 more Spanish channels now, oh yay!  And if I ever want to watch the traffic and hear the air traffic controllers at DFW Int’l Airport, I turn it to Channel 8-2.  ;-)

* After work yesterday I went to Kroger on Marsh & Beltline.  I was putting grocery bags into my trunk when a middle-aged man approached me.  [Rule number one: Never under any circumstances approach a woman alone in a parking lot!]  He got into my “comfort zone” and started telling me his name and where he was from.  I backed away as he continued to talk about his broken down car, “which is right over there” …. *pointing to the end of the parking lot*.  I didn’t turn to look and walked to get in my car while telling him I was sorry but couldn’t help him.  As I got in and drove away, the male shoppers in the parking lot were staring him down.  His intentions were obviously not good, so I went home and notified the Addison Police Dept.  Which reminds me, I need to get a stun gun.  I’ve never been harassed on my daily trek to downtown Dallas where there are plenty of shady characters, but it’s when I’m in my North Dallas suburb I get harassed and almost burglarized (remember a few Halloween’s ago?).  Go figure.

*long, loud sigh*  I’m bored and lonely.  I need to start class again.  At least it keeps my mind busy.  Idle Angela is no bueno!  All work and no play make Angela a dull girl. 

And when I say “play” I mean socializing.  I didn’t see or talk to one person over the 3 day holiday weekend and I need company.  I need to go out and be in the company of others.  There is too much time spent with myself in the apartment where I’ve been living since May 2004.  (sheesh)  My good friends live too far away and gas is too expensive.  I’m really getting sick of myself.  There is only so much solitude one can allow before wanting the companionship of another human being.  I haven’t given up on the affection/sex part of companionship, but it doesn’t consume me or control my actions.  I just want people to keep me in their lives.  I do still exist…I think?

Oh and in other news…I don’t actually hate 8am-5pm.  I’m learning about Export Law and Contracts/T&C’s so it’s new and something to look forward to, instead of same old mechanical design day in day out. 

Sooooo...is anyone reading this?  Besides you, Jimi?  You always read and comment. :)  Thank you.

Reason for lack of entries:  livejournal is blocked at work.