Thursday I had the opportunity to spend 11 hours in planes and airports to go to a meeting and come right back home.  I left the house at 5:25am and was back around 9pm.  This is pretty standard when work sends me on a trip via airplane.  I can’t complain.  I would have spent 14 hours driving myself to the meeting and back.  Instead I read two books and had nap time.

Anyways, I was a little jealous when I hit DFW.  The last time I went on vacation was in 2005.   I had planned to go on a 2 week drive to Seattle in August.  Due to extreme scheduling complications, the trip cannot happen until September at the earliest. In the meantime I have a week of vacation that has entered use-it-or-lose-it status.

I have a mini vacay scheduled with M to go to the Free Press Summer Fest in Houston.  But that is only a weekend event.  I have a crap ton of work to accomplish along with getting my PMP certification (my class has been rescheduled 3 times now and I have the privilege of taking the class in Frisco, TX now).

If anyone can think of a good place to escape to between August 26 (after my test ends at 5) and September 1, let me know.  So far the only offer is to drive 13 hours to help friends unpack the boxes that I packed a week ago.

Sit visitors since January 2009

Periodically I check what you have been reading on the blog (thanks to Stat Traq).  Will I change the content based on what you like? Nope.  Because it appears to be totally random and some subject lines are more likely to be googled than others.

Looking back at 2009 so far, here are the top hit recipients:

Jan - It’s been awhile 373

Feb - I want this 476

March - Persepolis 139

April - Who needs tv 312

May - PC to TV converter 241

June - Manners 780

July - Little Joy - Fabrizio + Coldplay = FUN! 497 (this post is also on the top of the list for the year)

From looking though search terms and referrers, it seems like most of you know us by name.  Either that or there is a porn site that people are looking for about climbing in skirts (our #1 search term).

Thanks Readers.

Now i will get back to my usual informative/angst filled posting.

Austin, Texas July 4th 08' Fireworks by Motleypixel

I bought tickets for the show at Stubb’s ages ago.  I purchased two because you never know when a show is going to sell out  (which it did) and who knows,  I may have actually met someone that would be interested in going.

Well, I have yet to meet someone and I am torn as to  what I should do.  I could sell the ticket and be M and 10hdg’s third wheel (aka, the usual). Option 2, would be to pimp myself out and find myself a date for the show. Option 3, sell the pair of tickets and find new plans for the 4th.  The issue will not be related to offloading the ticket (the show sold out, CL will be full of people wanting those tickets in the next few weeks), the issue is whether or not I will have an enjoyable evening.

Last year’s 4th was pretty awesome.  Maybe not for M, but it was for me.  I went on a date.  We had a late lunch and saw Wall-e.  Then we went out for drinks and then watched fireworks from his window.   Maybe I should make an attempt to top that one.

Here is the hitch with option 2 (which M is in favor of). (more…)

Remember that scene in Bambi when it’s spring and all the little woodland creatures are in heat twitterpated?  That’s all I have seen lately.  Maybe it’s the cold weather?  Maybe it’s the holiday season that makes people not want to be alone?  Maybe it is the holiday xmas party open bar.  I don’t know.

The other day on facebook a friend posted this, “XXX is covered head to toe in smitten.”  I promptly replied, “You should see a doctor about that.  They can probably perscribe some sort of topical ointment to clear that up.”

Since it is so cold, why don’t all of you smitten people bunker down for winter and just get with the baby-making.   That way I will get a nice parking space downtown when I go out drinking.

Yep.  I don’t really think this is the best medium to describe the exact situation, but suffice it to say that I had a very awkward moment this afternoon.  I ran into some people that are no longer part of my life but did affect me in the past.

I was out with someone else, and didn’t expect to run into them, but you know, it’s OK.  I think I felt a little awkward in the moment, alright a lot awkward.  But then next thing I know, I’m laughing. If you can’t find any humor in the situation then it’s all over.  And to be totally honest, this wasn’t a spiteful humor, I don’t feel that I need or do have any ill will.  It’s just the reliving of the shenanigans that are my life.

There’s a part of me that now thinks that I should be grateful even for those people.  If things hadn’t transpired the way they did then I would not be where I am.  I have no regrets, I look back on the choices I’ve made, and I do have the courage of my convictions.  Every day just keeps getting better.

Just wanted to let you guys know, that if you ever feel awkward, angry, or just plain uncomfortable it may be a good time to take a step back and have a laugh.

I’ve written about baggage in the past.  This song says it all.

I listen to it every time I fear that I am about to end up with the 23 peice luggage set from Darjeeling Limited.  Or like the Trash Lady in Labyrinth.

Pack light, pack smart little ones.

So Keely went Speed Dating without me.  She was nice enough to send me a 50% off coupon for the service though (and hopefully she is writing up the details of her adventure). The discount made it affordable so I am signed up for Speed Dating in December (and yes it counts towards the challenge ).

That’s right my little readers.  You will get 2 tales of speed dating.

Dear Readers,

Should you run into one of the dudes that we write about on the blog, feel free to let them know that you know everything (well almost everything).  You don’t need to go into the details about what they did.  Just say, “Oh, you’re that guy. I know all about that.”  Then walk away (you don’t really have to walk away unless you want to).

Someone did that for me recently and it felt so good.  Good enough that I may have done a little dance (ok, I did do the little dance).

If you tell me a dude-done-you-wrong story (and I like you), just know that I’ve got your back.

Stay classy and don’t be that guy.

I’m working on getting my pictures up from this weekend. I have a lot to go through and I have class today. I promise I’ll get to some of them this evening though. Stay tuned…..

-M

As your webmaster, I feel that I have let you down. This site should get with the times and move into Web 2.0. You should know what music we are listening to, what we are reading on the internet, and maybe even things that we are twittering. My other sites have gone through many redesigns while this one sits stagnant. So, my promise to you readers is to overhaul the site before the next SXSW.

Stay tuned.
-Jen