December 2008 Archives

So alright, just an update to let you know how the holidays went. And a few other extras such as:

• Hope you had an awesome Christmas
• Presents
• Heading back to Australia, Nacho Party Part 2
• New Years Goal pre-planning
• Eating at Chili's was a nightmare
• Future Plan of my next podcast

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It's been a while and Christmas is over. It was great to see my family and friends during the holidays. Very great. So now things are beginning to wind down a bit. And now I'd the time to make plans for New Years Eve then it's time to head back to Australia.

I am busy conjuring up resolutions for next year. Just goals really. I am ready to lose some weight. Or to make sure I'm serious about my Heath I've been ignoring for years.

Anyway this is difficult typing on an iPod so yeah I'm out.

I know I've talked a lot recently about weddings and stuff like that but I'm going to go ahead and talk about it again because I know you want to hear about it.  You know, I might not be getting married anytime soon though I did catch the bouquet, but I can always look at rings and things.  One of my favorite rings are titanium rings.  The guys over at Titanium Style have a great selection of titanium wedding bands.  And honestly, taking a look at them they are some really nice rings.  They not only have rings but titanium necklaces too.

I guess it's going to be a while before I get married or will get a ring of my own that I know surely is mine.  There is one giant one in one of my desk drawers in Australia but I never knew if it was mine.  Gilbert told me years ago that he bought one for both of us but I'm not sure if that's it.  I guess if you're in a relationship and have been for what seems like forever, titanium is the way to go. 

So whatever kind of relationship you might be in, even if you're single, I wish you luck.  You know, even if I have to get a ring myself, I'd like one of those.  Hmmm... well I'm off to do some personal shopping now. :)

Christmas is only a few days away and between it feeling like it's almost summer (many of the days) and not being able to do much of anything, I don't know what to think.  I just honestly find myself being bored out of my mind but it's not like I wasn't expecting it.  I feel like I've been vegetating over the past month.  I still have 1 month to go.

Part 2 of idioPod 51 didn't get done. That is what's up with the title of this episode. It isn't full of lies or anything but I've realized that I talk before I think too much. It's sweet and to the point... if you think I can be to the point in 20 minutes.

I talk about this stuff in almost the correct order order like:

• Lack of quality sleep
• Snow (visit the gallery for the pictures)
• Brandi's wedding and wide-spread sickness
• Happy 1st Birthday to Felix (my dog in Australia)
• Deciding where to stay and an immigration update
• Quality time with the family
• Why part 2 of idioPod 51 didn't get done and an explanation of the title of this podcast.
• Ghost stories, ghosts, spirits and Ouija boards

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This usually wouldn't be something I blog about but I slept for the whole night without waking up 100 times. So I slept from about 10:30 pm until 9 am. That means I woke up before noon today which is good news for me. I feel like I've been in bed way too much lately and I guess for no reason really.

One of the things I hate when I'm sleepless is someone telling me to drink warm milk. I wouldn't be able to sleep after I drank that because I'd be throwing up lunch in the garbage. I'm not a fan of warm milk in any form.

I usually find working out before I sleep makes me sleep a bit better. I didn't do it last night but I should.

Oh and I'm watching Cartoon Network and The Mr. Men Show is on. Have I ever told you how much I love this cartoon? I watched the Australian version when I had time. I totally heart Little Miss Chatterbox. Especially the Australian Little Miss Chatterbox.

That's it from me for now.

Oh geez.  Here I am sitting here at 10:30 and I've done pretty damn good to stay awake this late.  Factor in that I've only been awake since around 12:30 pm too.  My sleep quantity and quality has really taken a nosedive since I've been here in the USA.  I'm not really sure why.  At night, I am having horrible dreams about ghosts, needles in my legs, having children and anything else that may or may not be "good night sleep material".  It's really bumming me out quite a lot.  

Right now, I feel tired but I'll go get into bed and be wide awake.  When I do that, I reach for the laptop and start surfing.  I think that's a lot of my problem. 

I know this is going to sound funny, weird, heartless or even stupid, but I had profiles set up with different sites.  All of them were upfront about my relationship status, as always, but some were a little bit naughty if you know what I mean.  I ditched them, actually.  When I would wake up or couldn't sleep, I'd do an infinite loop checking them to see if people responded.  I'd have to say about 90% of them were R-rated or worse in nature and I'll admit, I just did it for the attention.  Also, I don't ever meet the people that message me.  (I rarely respond too especially if the other person sends me a 2 or 3 word message.  I hate those.)

So here I am sleep deprived.  It's sad that we live in a world where people are so dependent on technology to help us sleep, amuse ourselves and just "live" productive lives.  It's hard to peel away from something that amuses me so much!  Oh, if Gilbert could hear me say that!  But I see what he means... he tells me this on a regular basis.

Needless to say there's a new year starting and it's time to make some goals.  Last year's didn't go very well.  Where is my drive?  I'm hoping to find it this year.

Less than one week to Brandi's wedding. Last night we went to her Bachelorette Party which was a bit strange because I've never been to one. I did know that there was going to be a stripper there (who never showed up or called to cancel so if you're in Houston, the most unreliable strippers you can get are at http://houstonhotbodies.com/). It would have been nice though.

I wasn't feeling very well anyway. Since I've been here in Texas, I have had constant stomach problems. It's like they won't go away. So I sorta did a half-assed job getting myself drunk that night. Drinking's hard to do when even mouthwash makes me want to barf.

Part of it was a FUN Party and if you don't know what it is, it's just a sales pitch to buy overly priced sex toys and junk. Of course, I was a bit reserved at what I would buy because I have to fly back with the stuff in my luggage. I wanted a "Pocket Pussy" which I've always been... um... intrigued with. But I didn't want to have to explain that to the guys who search my luggage. So I bought some lubricant that I thought wasn't going to be sticky. Well it was sticky so I was pretty upset about that. Especially since it was grossly overpriced. In fact, I'm still sticky from it. One of the feelings I hate is "sticky".

Brandi got a 10% cut out of whatever was bought so it's basically why I got it. Plus I didn't see the $30 worth of the pocket pussy. I was thinking it would be like $10 or so. I so would have gotten one. I guess I can find them in Australia.

During that party I was actually told to put some stuff on my dick that didn't work. And also some junk to put on my nipples (because everybody else was so shy) and that didn't work either. Before I had my nipples pierced (which I did about 4 years ago and took them out in 2006 before I flew to Australia one time), I had no sensitivity in them. Now it downright sucks. There has to be some serious suction going on but hey, I get off to that.

After that, we headed to a local diner, ate and went to Brandi's house where I argued with my significant other for about 20 minutes about my dog's living situation then watched the 2nd half of Silence of the Lambs which I've never seen.

So that was last night. I was only about 20% from drinking Midori. Drinking just isn't too amusing anymore. Especially when I feel like throwing up hours later.

One thing I've learned about these experiences is sometimes I wish I was straight enough to get married and have kids. In fact, I had a dream that I had one. But yeah, I don't know when or if that will ever happen.

So that's it. You guys have fun. I hope you learned something here. And now I must go visit my family. :) Bye.

Yeah, running behind again. Like that surprises anybody. It doesn't me. Podcast? Not here. Tomorrow? Maybe.

OK, I could keep talking in 2-5 word sentences but I won't torture you like that. I'd like to torture you but that's just not going to happen. I ended up sleeping from about 9:30 pm last night until 1 am today and here it is almost 10 am. I'm a bit tired.

So what kept me up all night? Hey, it snowed here. Awesome. Apparently it started while I was sleeping. I woke up and looked outside in the little light I had and saw snow. Not like a few flakes like what I remember but a blanket of snow. So I got up and built snowmen on my mom and dad's cars. You see, it's not often when it snows here. Sure, a few flakes here and there at the most so people go absolutely crazy when it does happen.

Alright so as I was saying. I woke up and saw Brandi was online. I told her a few hours earlier (before I slept) that there wouldn't be any "real" snow and I was going to sleep anyway. Around 1:30 after I was awake for a while, she asked me if I wanted to go driving around. Yeah, usually, people who aren't used to ice/snow really shouldn't be driving in it. I went anyway to a 24 hour restaurant and ate breakfast which I'm still burping up. We hung out there and I looked like absolute garbage. Like an orphan. I saw some people I went to high school with. It was great. I got back home and went on a snowman making craze again and my hands are still hurting from it. I did get a tiny bit of frostbite.

Like any weirdo with a camera does, I made sure to take pictures. Somehow I only got about 20 of them. A few of those were bad and a few were WTF pictures. But I took some and I posted them up on my picture gallery for the world to see. So if you're interested, the photos are here with a teaser to get you started:

So there you are. I probably should attempt to sleep a bit I guess. Hopefully after all the mushy mess has soaked into the ground.

I just woke up about 30 minutes ago and it's about 4:15 am. I went to sleep around 10 last night and kept having dreams about my old job for some reason. I kind of miss that easy job.

Over the past week I guess I've had a bit on my mind. A lot of it has to do with my immigration situation which right now, if you didn't know, doesn't look very good. That problem right there is going to cut my "vacation" into half so that I will need to return to Australia sometime shortly after the new year starts. I'm not happy with that.

For the most part, things here have been OK. I'm neither disappointed or upset how things are going. Not good and not too bad. I did make a few plans yesterday that I kind of ignored. My cousin, his wife and child were in town for a bit and I went to see them on Sat. I told them that I'd be by yesterday but didn't do it. I also told my sister that I would be by but didn't do that either. I stayed at home all day (but put up the Christmas tree) and basically just took it easy.

Also what's been bothering me in a way is that I look through my friend's pictures on Facebook and MySpace and see that they have parties on their birthday. I mean, yeah, this year my family was with me on my birthday but I have never had a party with just my friends and me. I still cringe thinking that my going away party had a whopping 3 people at it.

Sad. This time around I won't be having a going away party to save myself the embarrassment. I doubt I'll have the time, but I still want nachos.

idioPod is up for being renewed in about a month so I need to figure out whether I'm going to renew it or not. If not, I'll go ahead and move everything around and redo links and junk.

With this all being said I hope you're all doing OK. I'm tired and lazy and need to sleep.

Alright things have been a tad bit quiet but a lot has been happening. And of course I'm going to tell you about them because I know that you care! Right? Wrong!

So anyway, I got the news today that I need to leave the USA about a month earlier than planned. So I guess it's time to make the most out of my time here. Right after I arrived, I got a letter from immigration telling me that I need to give them a few more forms, my police check from the FBI and some more evidence of my relationship with Gilbert. So I am a bit worried now that I might not be able to get to stay in Australia. I can get more done if I go back.

So that's what I know for now. I didn't do a new podcast tonight as expected. Oh well. I didn't drink either. Look for one on Tuesday. :)

That's all I want to say now! Bye.

Did you know that I have quite a sense of adventure?  I do!  I know, a shock to everybody.  I pretty much love to go do outdoorsy things mostly to the beach.  But when I do have the time and patience (and it's not freezing), I like to go camping.  I'd go a lot more if I could.  There are several great opportunities to purchase adventure gear from Sierra Adventure Gear.  You can get the essentials to camping at great, low prices and get free shipping for orders over $75.  They can bring you the best stuff at the greatest prices as well as reputable brands. 

Thinking about that, I need to find the time to take a trip somewhere into the forests where I don't have to listen to the sounds of people, cars and such.  A chance to relax would be absolutely great but I, like several other people, am not prepared in the least bit.  I miss the essentials such as sleeping bags, tents and a GPS device (because you KNOW I'll get myself lost).  And of course, I'm like a lot of people who don't want to pay too much for the gear.  I should take a good look at what Sierra has to offer and honestly, I'm flipping through their site now to see what exactly I can buy from them!

Happy adventuring! 

So I'm back in the USA and it's taken me a bit to get a new podcast done. You won't be too impressed with this though, honestly. I wasn't going to post this, but I thought that it would be nice to get at least something done. I am seriously jet lagged and I might sound drunk but I'm not.

Brandi and her husband-to-be are in this one.

I talk about a few things in no particular order like:

• I'm in jet lag hell
• Kinda sorta introducing Adam, Brandi's fiance
• Unhappiness and boredom with Animal Crossing for the Wii (Brandi's playing it in this one, so my attention diverts to it a lot)
• Drunken weekend planned with podcasting
• Steers and Queers (and horny ones)
• Crappy service at a Mexican restaurant
• This is part 1 of the whole podcast. I'll post the new one next Tuesday (hopefully). I wasn't going to post this one, but I'll do it for you.

To put it straight to the point, this podcast episode is just to let you know that I'm alive. This one is 11 min 20 seconds and weighs in at 5.2 MB. Download it here or listen below.

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Part two never got posted, so really this wasn't a two-part podcast.

I didn't make too much of a big deal about it this year, but for those who don't know, today's my birthday.

That means, that I was born 29 years ago. Almost 30. I guess today's a good time to reflect on the things that I have done over my lifespan. It's so weird how I am getting this old. I still remember things 10 years ago and feel like it happened just yesterday. It's so weird.

I guess things up to now could have gone a bit smoother. I was hoping for that at least. I'm still not in the position I imagined myself to be at this stage in my life. But I don't think anybody's "too old" to do anything.

But really my family and some of my friends are with me this year so I'm okay. I just can't imagine that I'm getting so much older!

Today my family is coming over to eat gumbo and my sister is making me a black forest cheesecake which is what the picture above is. My sister is the cheesecake queen.

I am still so jet lagged and screwed up that I totally forgot it was my birthday. My mom told me "happy birthday" and I said, "Oh yeah I forgot." I slept from 9:30 pm last night until 2:30 am. I've been up since. It's 7 am here now, so I think I will try to sneak in about 2 or 3 hours. :) Bye for now.