brief, rivetted update

i'm now 24.

i thoroughly enjoy mcewans ale.

there's nothing much tastier than using the last few chips (as in the limey fatass french fries) of the pile to sop up the layer of vinegar and salt left on the plate.

john, one of my best friends and Most Fabulous People In The World, showed up accidentally/surprisingly to the pub on saturday night. since he lives in virginia, it wasn't really accidental. but i was tickled pink none-the-less. he's a boy, and has an engagement ring. i love it!

my parents have successfully mastered their sole vegetarian dish, eggplant parmesan, for when erik and i come up for dinner. mmm.

my dad is as uninterested in the wedding father-daughter dance as i am. of course, we'll do it anyway, but i was definitely very touched to know we're kindred spirits.

erik: "what sucks about techno music is if you recognize a song, you can't exactly sing along," five seconds after i hear him humming/"singing along": "bmm bmm bmm bmm."

baby gracie is the sweetest little girl EVER.

to his mother's dismay, i am officially hell bent on making sure baby lucas walks before his 9 month birthday. he's 8 months and 3 days old now. he's so close, and totally excited about anything that involves using his legs.

i'm getting bored with the internet. but not bored as in i'm going to stop using it. hell no! i'm just realizing that the spark is over for me. i didn't really "discover" the internet in it's GUI/gooey format until 1994 or so, and up until the last year or so, there always seems to be something New And Fabulous to occupy me/rekindle my interest. 2003 hasn't yielded anything yet.

i'm currently enjoying a training course at work, which means i'm not really working. hell yes!

one of the most talented and spiritual people i'd ever met -- and i hardly even knew him -- was killed on friday in a car accident. he moved to san diego from wyoming to pursue musical and vagabondish goals, living out of a car with another musician for many months. he was just married two weeks ago. something inside me is wounded because we have lost this person i barely knew.

that's all.