Sunday, May 14, 2006

Mother's Day. I should call my mom today, because I won't have the car to visit her, but when I try to do that she's usually asleep. We'll see how that goes this year. But so far, I'm having a really good day. ;-0)

I'm reading "A Density of Souls" by Christopher Rice for the 6th time; I've read the book once a year since I first bought it. I had seen him in person once, in 1995, at a book signing for his mother's latest ("Memnoch The Devil") in Chicago 1995. I was with Paul, and I recognized Chris right away from photos that were in Anne's biography, except he was older and he was really cute. I wanted to approach him and tell him that he looked amazing, but I felt like I'd be breaking some kind of rule, and I didn't want to scare him, or piss off his mom. Years later, I heard that he'd come out, and that he was writing a book. I couldn't afford it when it was hardcover, but I scooped it up in trade paperback, and was amazed at how much I loved the story. I've read his other books since, but I've never connected with them the way I did with this one. And reading it again is like looking at an old photograph, and letting the picture stir up emotions and memories. I wish I'd said hello to him now, so that if I ever do see him again I could tell him that I met him years before, at the book signing.

I wonder if Jennifer has read this book. Maybe I could send her a copy? I've been thinking about sending her a 'care package' with cds, books, and stuff. ;-0)

My dentist appointment on Thursday was really fast; man, that guy flossed my teeth in like 10 seconds! The dentist is really funny, and he seems kind, and he wears cool shoes. The head dentist guy came in and said he's really excited about making me a bite splint, and then I got a call later saying that my insurance approved the bite splint, so I'll probably go to their office on Monday to talk about that.

I slept Thursday night, and woke up around 1am, Friday morning. I didn't sleep again until after work. Mark took the bus to work, and got caught in the rain, which sucked. He tried to contact me on my computer, to tell me that I should answer my phone - something he could have just told me when picked him up later - and screwed up the recording I was making for Carrie. I was right next to my phone anyways, but it often doesn't ring while it's recharging. Mark & I are getting along, but we've both been kind of touchy lately (not in a good way); it's like we're almost always bitchy about one thing or another, but we always apologise shortly afterwards. It's probably just stress on his part, and for me, my acid reflux has been pretty bad, and my migrains seem to be getting worse - which I'm not thrilled about.

Friday, work was mostly fun. DJ finished Angel, Thursday night. He said he cried, and that he watched it again, and that he wanted to rewatch the final Buffy episode. He started watching Firefly on his break, which I let him borrow a few months ago. He's already seen Serenity, so he's familiar with some of the story, but I think that while he found some of the pilot episode confusing, that he will soon cherish the series as a whole.

I got a message from Mollie late Thursday night, asking if I was up for some Laser Tag on Saturday, or possibly Sunday. I called her back and her brother Kenny ansered her cell phone, which I thought was odd, because if she doesn't answer I can leave her a message on her voicemail. I told him that I was up for the game if it was on Saturday but not on Sunday. I didn't hear back from her though.

I stayed in Friday night, and slept, and read. Reading a good book. Nothing beats it. Nothing. I'm very grateful for good books.

Saturday morning I woke up around 1am again. I watched some ALIAS episodes; I'm nearly halfway done with the 2nd season. Jennifer called me around 3:30am (12:30 am in Seattle) from a bar that featured several drag queens, as she bemoaned the horrors of hetero men, and got drunk with Tracy and their friend Jean. She said there were 17 empty alcohol glasses on their table divided amongst the 3 of them. Jennifer let me talk to Tracy for awhile. We talked about my recent communication with Catherine, and then somehow got on the topic of abortion protesters and how annoying they are. They were about the leave the bar so Jennifer got back on the phone; she said that Tracy had told her if she didn't stop talking to Chris that Tracy wouldn't be able to talk to her or be her friend. Jennifer told Chris she never wanted to talk to him again, and she's seeking counciling, which I suggested weeks ago. She sounded so broken. She was crying and telling me how much she wanted to hug me. On one hand I know why Tracy said this to Jennifer - I don't think Chris is a good idea right now either, but I would never give Jennifer up as a friend, no matter what she decides. erg. I'm worried about her.

Later this morning, around noon; maybe a bit after, 1pm at the latest, there was a lot of noise from the neighbors bathroom. Water and yelling and hammering. They apparently didn't know how to shut the water off, and tried to work on their pipes and stuff without switching it off - causing a flood of water. Mark went to their front door and he could see water pouring down their stairwell! Idiots. Mark is super freaked about water damage. There was some water on our Kitchen floor, and a bit of the carpet, but I don't think it hurt anything there. It's possible that inside the walls there are problems, but I'm not sure how or when we will know. So that was plenty stressful.

I later talked with Mollie, and our LTG was cancelled because she hurt her back at work (in a very painful, but extremely funny way). We talked for an hour about books, and Jennifer and Bradlee, Captain Jack Sparrow, Mark, DJ (who she really enjoyed spending time with), movies, and all sorts of other random things that made my life seem blessed. I love you Mollie. Oh, and Mollie will soon have the internet again, and she'll be able to read these things. ;-0)

Carrie said she might visit me at work tonight. I close with Heidi and Pat, which should be fun. Mark will be gone most of the day, at his Mom's house. Carrie is borrowing Justice League, Hercules & Xena dvds from me. I'll try to get the new ALIAS episodes for her as well, but everytime I try to record soemthing lately it gets fucked up. We'll see. It will still be nice to see her, regardless of all that.

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