"I write, therefore I am."

Heh. I totally have a DISCLAIMER . Even better? It still applies. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So my summer of traveling began to wind down *tear.* And I was once again faced with the reality that I was a) jobless, b) still hadn't done anything about that "Grad School Thing" somewhere on the horizon, and c) I felt relatively directionless when it came to my life at large. But I blame that partly on someone trying to kill me and the subsequent lawsuit keeping me tied to this glorious (heh) State. One weekend Turtle and I did take another trip, (this one not nearly so far or extravagant as the previous) to Rexburg. Prior to this trip, I had been their only once with some co-workers for a spur-of-the-moment weekend trip because one of my co-workers was trying to hook up with at girl at the I. 1) It was so cold my nose hairs froze and made me never want to return. 2) Genius broke his car key in half trying to turn it in the frozen ...

Ugh. I need to blog. I want to blog. I just can't find the energy or the strength. Yes, I realize it's pretty much February, but I still need to end 2009 officially on here, and start into 2010 (which has been pretty great so far! :D) Having a full-time job just really puts a crimp in my motivation "after-hours." Okay, I won't lie, it pretty much obliterates it. Especially when on top of doing your regularly-scheduled job you have to try and figure out how to crawl yourself (read: your company) out a pit 40 ft deep because the last 4 people who worked your position didn't do ANYTHING (though they adamantly stamped and recorded and said that they did). Ugh.

See? This is what happens when you get an addiction, take an internet break, and "unplug." When you return to your senses and come back your Google Reader has 260 new items in it. Ughhhhh... I should have taken a picture as proof. But I just started reading instead. *Shrug*

"Forgive me Father..." "...for I have sinned." And gravely so. True Confession of my soul: 9. I'm Addicted. 100% Pretty much every free second since New Years' (when I first opened it), has gone to this . I would feel badly about this, except for the part where it pretty much won every award possible. Therefore I feel justified and refuse to repent. So that's why I haven't returned your call, or texted you, or been on Facebook of late, and also why I haven't touched any of my email, reader, or... oh yeah, my blog. I was all set to do my Year-end posts and be gung ho about the New Year... then I got sucked in. I'm totally already level 50. Heh. PS. They may or may not be coming out with a 2nd one...

Dang, I was doing so good! Got caught up on my summer and was ready to dive into fall... and then I didn't get to it. I think alot about my blog and the lack of time I have to write meaningful things anymore. I've sort of settled into a routine, which is fast-paced, but not without time to relax (so it's not like I'm back in college), but it doesn't leave much time for substantial things such as my blog (we're not even going to talk about my neglected journal). I'm hoping that will get shaken up soon... so I can get back to this. I *FINALLY* got the pictures I was waiting for! So expect an edit to Summer T-log 1 for the addition of those... Other than that, know that I am alive, and, for the most part, pretty happy. :)

DISCLAIMER: Ditto . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ August 20th, 2009 - Thursday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scout-camp and two kid-dominated days were behind me. That meant it was time to be on the road again for another summer road trip and adventure. This particular adventure introduced us to a new friend, J (hereafter NFJ). We were initially going up for BillyBob's wedding in Boise, but NFJ was going on to Seattle after, and I couldn't turn that down. We got hooked up with him because he was BillyBob's MTC companion; he loved having me and Turtle along for the adventure. We promptly scandalized him I'm pretty sure in the first two minutes by grilling him on kissing, techniques, attributes, and yeah, pretty much everything we could think of about kissing. Quite the lip-locking conversation. Bwahahaha We made it to Boise in the early evening, and the goal was to meet up with some old friends. But nothing ever goes as planned, does it? Erynn a...

Terie Garrison's WinterMaejic (DragonSpawn Cycle: Book 2, sequel to AutumnQuest ) - Grade: B+. As previously stated , I'm nervous about these because all 3 came out at the same time. In Terie's defense, this book wasn't bad. It didn't have quite the appeal as the first, and the plot dragged in places, but it held my interest. I read it in one sitting without putting it down (except to eat breakfast, and I was annoyed to do so). The main character, Donavah is bound by a spell and finds herself unable to speak or use her hands early on. Any of you who are familiar with my less-than-advertised writings will know I have a character I'm wrestling with in similar fashion, though my idea takes this one a bit farther. Still a good read, not a waste of time, and I'm excited to read the others. Philip Pullman's The Subtle Knife (Dark Materials: Book 2, sequel to The Golden Compass ) - Grade: A-. If it's possible, I enjoyed this book more than the first. I ...