Start of 2005

So it has been awhile

Bluecoats (Xmen) Buddies:
This weekend I had a fantastic time with Matt Fite. He showed up Saturday and Kathy and I showed him around my plaza. We talked and it turns out that we had a great time. He has changed much since last time I saw him in August 2003. He has lost a significant amount of weight, apparently by running 10 miles 4x/week. Sweet. He has also become more confident and funny once again. We pretty much like all of the same internet things and mostly all of the same movies (except Napoleon Dynomite).

So he also got in touch with Mark Lersky (Matt Lusky) and Baby Adam (Adam Gabriel). Lansky is the bass tech at Xmen now and of course Baby Adam is the sectionleader. So that is fun. We all got together and had too many G+T's and Rum and Pepsi/GenericCoke's and we drummed a bit on saturday night. I was impressed that my chops were not as 0 as I expected them to be. I was by no means a key player in the session but it was still a good time. We stayed up till like 5am just shootin the shit and sobering up.

Xmas gifts:
So I got a nice Down Comforter with a Duvet which is nice. My sister MADE me a freaking fleece blanket which rules. Dave and Christie got me MX Unleashed. Kathy's parents got me Warrior Within. Kathy's sister got me an ill hand drawn picture of the broom from Fantasia.


There were other things too but that was some of the highlights.


High School Buddies:
I ended up seeing a whole bunch of people that I really wanted to see when I went home for New Years/Xmas. To name a few: Mark Hubbard, Chris Campanella, Jaimie Soper, Adam Krauzer. It was a great time. Everyone is doing well and we were all happy to see eachother. I even got a call from Campanella last night. He wanted to give me free steaks. I can't argue with that.

I had a party at my place on New Years. There was more than enough food and it seemed that everyone had a good time. It was laid back.

24/Alias/Housewives/Tivo:
Kathy has a Tivo. It has pretty much revolutionized the way I look at time. Its a pretty impressive machine.

Mario and Social stuff:
I got together with Kourtney Kanaley the other day. She was cool. Her and her friends are very nice and are each very pretty. I would like to hang out with them again. Her one friend got me into 94.7FM. Its a classic rock station.

I have been hanging out with Mario a bit lately. Its pretty cool. We went to Bugaboo the other day with his girlfriend Nikki (Lindika or something [Hawaiian]). He is a pretty laid back guy. I think he used to have pretty heavy party days down at University of Miami (or Florida). But now he is trying to pull back and settle in. He wants to buy a House...

Buying a house:
...me too. I have been going back and forth with people about what will happen when my lease ends. I want to buy a place but I really will not have any downpayment by then. Well at least, not much of one. My financial situation is looking pretty bleak right now. I can have a few G's but not enough to get 10% on pretty much anything. The other thing is that it is going to be a pretty bad drop in quality of housing. (See current residence). Kathy and I also discussed moving in with eachother because it will save several thousand dollars.

Finally work:
I am the point of contact for a large piece of code here. I got the assignment last week and this thing will be my baby. I am pretty excited about that. Not really much else to say about it. Jamie Kunz is my POC till he leaves. He is nice.

talked about moving to DC. I will keep the ole eyes open. I know where to get his Resume. I hope he has it up to date.