Starting a Collection

I bought the sword to start my collection the other day. Behold Anathros, Sword of Earth. Part of the KitRae collection, which is a rather beautiful, yet realistic collection of blades. To see the rest of the KitRae collection, check out his site 

Sometimes the simplest of things can seem to turn your world upside down, or just put things back into perspective. And sometimes... sometimes the simplest act of meeting somebody and then seeing them a second time gives you hope that you will get to see them much much more.

Old Friends, New Beginnings

The new year has come and gone once more. This New Year's Eve was one of the best in recent memory--spent with some good friends, many of which I haven't seen in almost three years. It was a great reunion, and seeing my old friend happily married reminded me of what I wish for in a mate: someone that will accept me for what I am and as I am; someone that I can grow old with. Normally I don't do New Years resolutions. Simply from the fact that for the vast majority of people, they are things that they will do for about two weeks and then just say, "The hell with it." I won't do that. But because of something that happened in 2005, I am going to re-instate a promise I made to myself after I graduated from high school. No Regrets. Since I graduated from LHS, I lived my life with no regrets. I promised myself that whatever I did, I would have no regrets about it. I wouldn't regret where my money was spent, how I spent my time, or the choices I made. I broke that promise to myself this last September; it will be a regret I will carry with me the rest of my life. But it is a principle which has shaped me into the individual I have become since high school, and so it is one worth keeping. The other resolution I am putting forth is to update this blog more regularly. I know that I have some people that read this blog, and it is unfair to you when I will update 3 times in a week and then not update again for a month. So I will try my best to have a more regular schedule of updating these Memoirs, even if that is only once a week.

Sometimes I wonder if my view of friends is slightly skewed and/or distorted. Do I value my friends that much more highly than most? Maybe I'm just not as close to someone as I thought. I thought we were very close--we hung out a lot, we've even got a picture or two of us together. Yet upon checking out this person's photo album on Facebook, I see plenty of pictures of herself and other people, yet not a one of myself. Yes, I know it's only a little thing. But it's one of many little things, and little things add up.

08 Nov 2005 Update

Well I think it's pretty safe to say that yes, I will be single for a while. At least as far as I can tell, I don't think there are any ladies out there with any romantic interest in me, and I'm not feeling a strong pull towards anyone right now. Okay, I am feeling a strong pull, but one of those ladies isn't interested in me romantically, and I have agreed with the other not to do the long distance relationship thing again. So barring those two people, I'm not feeling a strong romantic pull towards anyone. But hey, I am no seer so that could change. In other news I've been looking into a single apartment for next year. Just a place that I can call my own, but big enough that I could possibly share it with another person if need be. The one that I really have my eyes on right now is about $430/month plus electricity. It doesn't have cable, but right now I don't see that as a big problem since I don't watch much television anyways. I'm going to follow up with the landlord on this one later this week and see if he would be willing to come down a little bit on the rent, and also to see if the range and furnace are electric or gas. Speaking of money, I'm also looking at getting another part-time job. Because let's face it, right now I'm getting paid $6.50/hour at Wilson's, which will probably increase after Christmas--and I plan at staying at Wilson's for a while. In comparison, right now I only get paid $5.75/hour and $5.80/hour for working the front desk and security in Towers, respectively. Now the front desk I can keep doing because those are 3 hour shifts that I can likely work into my class schedule; however, the security shifts are really just not worth my time when I live off-campus. So... I'm looking for another part-time job. With any luck, I'll be able to pick up a job at a movie theater to fuel my need to see movies. The other main reason for another part-time job/replacement job is because I'm having trouble keeping up with my bills right now, and I hate having to sponge off of my parents for money. Granted, they take care of my rent for me, but I still have to cover the utilities not in escrow, a car payment, a cell phone bill, gas, food, basically everything else. I mean, payday was this last Friday, and we'll say that I made about $200 (rounding down for simplicity). I had a car payment ($100), the utilities ($50), and food to buy so I can eat ($50). Entire paycheck--gone. So I had to call Mom today and ask her to put like $20 in my checking account so I can put gas in my car. ~*Sigh*~ And speaking of my checking account, I need to call my bank tomorrow because they billed me the $10 fee for a new debit card (mine got eaten). Well I got a slip in the mail with my new PIN... but no debit card. So they need to send me another one---and if they charge me another $10 I'm going to kick some ass. But I think this post is long enough already, so we'll end it on that ass-kicking note.