2006

1/01/06 Sunday

I set up my new keyboard stand. Sometimes it is so soothing to ecape into the basement and blast industrial music. There aren’t enough bands like Bile. Its such simple yet powerful music.

1/02/06 Monday

Had a nice day to myself. So may things I should have been doing but instead I fucked around.

Later in the night some friends came over and we played board games all night.

1/03/06 Tuesday

Back to work. Not happy.

1/04/06 Wednesday

Getting a bad headache, must be work related. Maybe its too much stress of driving so much for the job.

1/05/06 Thursday

Picked up Melanie from the airport. Is it wrong for being so jealous of her trip to London? Maybe next time I’ll hitch a ride.

Back to work on Magick Theatre.

1/06/06 Friday

Took a pain pill and passed out on the living room floor. I cant shake this damn headache.

1/07/06 Saturday

I had to start gathering 2005’s receipts for taxes. I want to be ready early this year since I will definitely ned to have someone do my taxes for the first time in my life. Ive made money shooting weddings, retouching, and also a full time job with bonuses. The exception this year is I have allot of equipment to deduct.

I also have to get my Canon 20D repaired. I am not happy about that!!!

1/08/06 Sunday

Worked on dail images for new piece of my collections. Just strange things I see in life. SO whatever audience I have can see through my eyes. How I see the world.

Met with Melanie about our online store. I ran some test prints of my work and they look beautiful. I am excited about this new collaboration. It will be hard work, but I am proud.

1/10/06 Tuesday

Been really slacking on my journal. I just haven’t had time.

1/11/06 Wednesday

I don’t know what Ive been doing lately but I have chewed or broken all of my nails. Normally I don’t have this problem. It sure ruins nose picking when I don’t have any nails.

I sure have perfected the art of nose picking. Its all in how you use the finger. For example I like to use my ring finger, I extend it perfectly straight, shove it up my nose, but the trick is in how you twist the finger around with your wrist. Its all in how you move your wrist.

Of corpse my favorite move is the classic pinky. That way you can shove it far up there and wiggle it around to get the exact itch.

Don’t for one second think I am embarrassed. With a septum piercing, picking my nose has become a contact sport.

1/12/06 Thursday

So much work to do, but Im so tired from a long day at work…. I so desperately need a new job. After my current project is done, I gotta get my act together.

1/13/06 Friday

Wow I have been so busy lately I have been slacking on my journal here. I wish I had more time in the day…

Went out to dinner with friends, came home, watched the piece of shit called Anchorman.

1/14/06 Saturday

Finally worked with Melanie on purchasing the shopping cart for our online store. Now theres even more work to do adding it to the site. What the hell did I get myself into?

Went to Ground Zero with Mel. We got all dressed up to go dancing, but the club was boring. The crowd was unbelievably full of people in jeans, white shirts, even saw a cowboy hat. What a disappointment. I remember ManRay in Boston had very strict dress codes. It said on the door “No white sneakers, no jeans, no baseball hats”.

1/15/06 Sunday

Time Bandits frightened and enchanted me as a kid. Watching it as an adult is so different.

Supreme Being says at the end:

“I want every bit of evil placed in here right away.”
“They’ll think I lost all control again and blame it on evolution.”

1/16/05 Monday

Worked on my professional website. I really need a new job. Some days it’s hard to deal with it. I remember in 2000 when I was looking for work I was deciding between 3 jobs. Now in 2006, I can’t find one. The want ad section has dwindled, and the news is littered with layoffs… There is something wrong. And it’s not getting better.

1/20/06 Monday

A hockey game, Savoy’s pizza and relaxing at home… I see a pattern.

1/21/06 Saturday

Damn I’ve been super slacking this last week. Too much Grand Theft Auto I guess. I seem to be in my winter hibernation mode.

1/22/06 Sunday

Ended up hanging a smoking buddy and met cool people. Sometimes I like meeting strangers. Is that bad? Maybe I just like talking shit. Maybe it was the company. I don’t know, I had fun.

1/25/06

Quote of the day:

“The difference between science and religion is the difference between a genuine openness to fruits of human inquiry in the 21st century, and a premature closure to such inquiry as a matter of principle. I believe that the antagonism between reason and faith will only grow more pervasive and intractable in the coming years. Iron Age beliefs — about God, the soul, sin, free will, etc. — continue to impede medical research and distort public policy.” – Sam Harris

Why do people need a faithful crutch. Aren’t we evolved enough that we do not need to have faith in fantasies. Once it was Ra, then it was Zeus, now it’s just plain God. How can one be more ridiculous that the other?

1/26/06 Thursday

Two middle fingers up to Charlie at the Car Mod Shop. No he didn’t work there. The brother was seriously trying to pick me up. His lewd comments were not appreciated and I am angry that all I could do was smile and say that I was married. NO I’m not married, but I don’t like being called thick. Yes I have it going on, but I like metal heads. A black brother smelling of rum does not. Never has.

I got his number, now I have a new prank call buddy. And he doesn’t even know it yet.

1/27/06 Friday

I’m too stressed over my job. Now my manager is asking me about working in Chicago for a month. I’m not sure I would be too happy.

When I find I am stressing I seem to clench my jaw real bad. I do it when I’m driving, or involved in a conversation that I do not want to be in. I just realize that my jaw is locked shut and I am pushing down almost grinding my teeth….. These are not good signs.

I feel like I need a change.

1/28/06 Saturday

Hung with a Teri, which is always fun, even if we just sit around and watch movies and bullshit. I needed the scenery and company change, and there always is cool people coming and going. Thanks.

1/31/06 Tuesday

The end of the first month of 2006 already? It has come too soon.