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About Me (pics)
Everything you never wanted to know about me.

My Car
I'm a little nuts about my car!

My Family

Mom
The lady who went through to trouble of my gestation. She calls me George for no particular reason.

Dad
The guy who had the fun part of my being in the world.

Carrie
My oldest sister.

Katelyn
My 'lil sister.

Alex
personal blog
Not blood-related, but just as close.

Annie
The lil sister I never had. I actually have one, but still.

Kenna
Surrogate mother.

Bob
Quasi-dad and maker of the greatest ribs in history.

My Friends

Rachel
personal blog
My fiance.

Johnny 5000
My best friend since the sixth grade.

Gortho
My friend and roommate for the past few years.

Niccole
Friend originally through Katelyn.

Fun Kristan
Her name is Fun Kristan, 'nuf said.

Bish
personal website
The Great Bish. The best programmer I know.

Kurt
personal website
The Intern.

Dan
personal website
Co-worker.

Tall Kristen
personal website
Friend through Katelyn.

My Favorite Sites

Slashdot
News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters.

The New York Times
All the News Worth Wrapping in Markup.

Google
I hope no explanation is necessary.

The Jargon File
Dictionary of techy slang.

Fark
A daily collection of all the truly odd news on the net. Very funny stuff.

HowStuffWorks
The most fascinating collection of articles about how things work.

Wikipedia
The best encyclopedia ever written. And it's all free!

My Journal - January 2007

2007-01-17       Not Smoking: Day 14
I'm just finishing up my 14th day without cigarettes. So far, it's been, well, freaking hard! I'm in a perpetual state of jonesing and it's killing me. Still, I've been through too much over the past few weeks to give up now. And besides, I kinda like being a non-smoker. You don't have to find a time and place to have a smoke. You don't smell bad. Even my teeth look about ten shades more white. Honestly, the Chantix does help. The cravings are constant, but manageable. Anyway, good results, terrible process. I'm really hoping my cravings go away soon.

After almost five months of not even really talking, Rachel and I have been seeing each other again. I'm not sure if you'd say we're back together, but we're not not together. We're even going out on a proper date on Friday. We'll see. :)

Last week I was in Dallas for a training course. Dan and I decided to live up the whole Texas thing so we listened to country music and went to a honky tonk bar and even a rodeo. Anyway, some pics...

The Texas School Book Depository from the spot of the fatal shot.

The Grassy Knoll.

The lobby of the hotel from my floor.

It rained like crazy the last two days.

My legs. :)

Well, I'm crazy busy this week, so...

2007-01-03       Not Smoking: Day 0
I just smoked the last cigarette of my life. Feels good. Honestly, I think this medication is working as advertised because I could barely choke that last one down. Anyway, I'm not at all excited about this, but I'm freaking ready! Let's see how this plays out. ;)

2007-01-02       Not Smoking: Day -1
Happy New Year! Wow, 2007. Hard to believe, huh?

I welcomed the new year at Susan and Ryan's place. Just seven of us were there, which was really perfect. We drank and played President and Beer Pong. Good times had by all.

So, I've been on a new smoking cessation drug called Chantix for the past week. It's the kind of drug where you have to build up a bunch in your body before it's effective and you have to ramp up the dosage. Anyway, tomorrow will be my last day smoking. I'm looking forward to it. I wouldn't say I'm excited or anything, but I'm ready. According to the documentation on this Chantix it basically blocks the receptor in your brain that makes you happy from nicotine. So you go through withdrawal sort of slowly as it takes effect and then smoking just doesn't do anything for you. We'll see how it goes.

Anyway, I've had food poisoning all day (not pretty) and I'm exhausted...

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