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With so much drama in the SBT
It can kind of be hard being the L-U-K-E

So I'm no Snoop Dogg, but what the hell. There is some drama going on right now, but I've decided to not let it affect me one bit.
For the first time in a while I can actually say I've moved on from past things. That through a moment of realization that I can't worry and can't affect what others do or don't do. THe only real thing I can take care of is me. When I finally realized this late Monday night, it was a big burden off my chest. Plus I probably obsessed a little.
I think I've finally understood something about a person. They've hurt me several times — maybe the last one hurting the most. While I still care for this person and wish her the best, I can't let her affect me. She still remains one of the most unique people I've ever met no doubt with a ton of qualities and traits I totally dig. But she's hurt me constantly and I'm sick of wasting energy thinking about her all the time. She's living her life the way she wants to and I'm living starting to live mine the way I want to. I guess I know it's over and I'm OK with that.
I guess it's all part of growing up for me.

Onto a lighter subject.
Started reading a really interesting book called Everyday Survival. Despite the title sounding much like a don't kill yourself book, it's actually pretty interesting. It looks at why seemingly smart people make dumb decisions. It goes off real life accounts and then looks back to our ancestors to see just why we might make the decisions we do and if we can try to change our mental makeup to make more sound decisions. Interesting stuff.
What else. Just got my ski pass for the winter and found out my brother and dad did an art project with my skis. I guess they painted them and did all kinds of artsy stuff with them. As my dad said "it was exactly like Orange County Choppers." Nice.

The week seems to be dragging along. Maybe it's cause I'm reaching for a bunch of stories that aren't really stories. I also think it's that weird time of year where things are dark real early. I'm thinking that this will take a couple more weeks of getting used to.

Ooooo. In the process of signing up for a Country Western Dance class through CMC. Sounds like I've got a girl who will do it with me so I'm not the weird guy that shows up by himself and expects you to give away your date so I do not look like an ass. Plus it sounds like we might have a fairly big group doing it. That will at least keep me busy.

So i won a turkey at work and then traded it to this nice lady for an hour massage she had gotten as a gift from one of her clients (she's in advertising). So I have an hour massage coming in my future. This is very nice.

My birthday is on Sunday and I have no idea what I'm doing. Hopefully it turns out to be something totally sweet. Let's be honest though, it probably will involve me and Gee sitting on the couch drinking. But I'm thinking that I'll do something totally sweet that involves a lot of sweet things and sweet outcomes or something. On a side note check this out. It's pretty interesting to realize how many seconds you've actually been alive.

Other news to note of:
Solidly moving onto future plans. Like I've said before I don't want to mention too much because I don't want to jinx it. Like I jinxed the Bills when I bought my Paul Posluszny jersey. Since the purchase the Bills are 0-4.

Holidays are coming up so that's good I guess. Probably won't make it back home anytime soon so the holidays will mostly be spent here.

25 new things in 25 days.
1. Travel to San Diego
2. Deep sea fishing
3. Nap on the beach
4. Went to Red Lobster
5. Art Museum and Aquarium
6. Metallica (seen them before, but not from where I sat. It's cheating but whatever).
7. Did a philosophical experiment on myself designed for you to differentiate your self from your body. It was a book I found in geenis' room. Pretty interesting stuff.
8. Wrote actual letters to varying people. (Still haven't sent them — my bad).
9. Went to a play by the Ski Town Productions (was pretty good, except the second half dropped off). First time I'd been to one since I lived here.
10. Tried to meditate = HEF. Tried again a couple hours later to varying success.
11. Tried crack — just kidding. Went to breakfast by myself and read and wrote.
12. Watched a new movie (The Grand). It's a poker movie and it was actually pretty funny
13. Went to Village Inn and had a delicious slice of pie. Plus I read for a couple of hours and had a wicked good conversation with some old guy. I even wrote some things that were pretty wild.
14. Poetry Slam in Steamboat — it was actually really cool. Certainly not the crowd I'd associate with. But I loved the passion. The guy that won, his final poem gave me chills.
15. Got tipsy and shut down a chick.
16. This is today. But I already watched a Georgia game in a bar with the boys from the south and rooted hard for Georgia while mocking Auburn fan. Looked at the moon through a telescope. Invented a dance called the November (Rock kick, to pelvic thrust to power punch to five star point to spin to smoking guns to nipple rub to dice roll to Gilly slapper to call me. Yeah it's pretty sweet.)
17. Got a martini at this coffee shop called Amante and saw the new Angelina Jolie flick directed by Clint Eastwood. It was OK.
18. Got a ski pass to Steamboat. Drove to Clark (north of Steamboat) for fun.
19. Started reading a new book.
20. Tin Cup and dinner (actually not with the fellas either. There was actually a live chick there, which was a first)
21. ???????

HEF of the WEEK
Hey it's been a good couple of days. But on Sunday I was with my friend Jill and her dog Ollie. Ollie gets real excited when he sees me. So on Sunday we were walking out of Slopeside and Ollie ran up to me and pissed all over my shoes. I mean not a tinkle, more like a fire hose. So that was nice.