slow-dog.september2000

29 September 2000
Not to belabor an obvious point, but if you're a small guy, about 5'3", and some guy about 6'3" says something that you disagree with.......just let it go.

27 September 2000
Weirdest thing I've heard in a while.......Kleenex Girl Wonder does a cover of The Thong Song. Yes, THAT Thong Song.

24 September 2000
Ho hum. It looks like the doldrum-y fall weather is upon us. It's a great reinforcement for the part of me that believes that Sunday afternoons should be used primarily for naps. Unsurprisingly, I haven't accomplished much this weekend, except for unpacking more of my stuff. Tonight, if I don't fall asleep first, it's off to Southgate House to see Macha.

19 September 2000
Two things I have forgotten to mention:

1. On the way to see S-K on Friday, I won tickets to see Jurassic 5 in a couple of weeks!

2. While changing the tire with my housemate, we were approached by some guy who had the nerve to ask, "Hey, you guys got a light?"

19 September 2000
Sean wakes up, showers, and sleepily crawls into his car to drive to work. Time passes, all of a sudden, he hears a strange noise from under his car. "That's strange," he thinks, as he checks to see if he's crossed over the noisy line marking the side of the road. Nope. And although he has never heard the sound, he instinctively knows that this is the sound of a flat tire. He tries to pull over, and after one failed attempt, manages to get off the highway without getting slammed by someone who doesn't have a flat and can still go fast.

Sean's car limps to the closest parking lot, where Sean discovers that he does not have all the necessary pieces to his jack, and must call his new housemate, who graciously stops and helps him change the tire.

Sean shows up for work late and angry.

It's now 8:27 PM, and Sean has let go of this anger, but still wishes he had not needed to buy a pair of tires today.

18 September 2000
When I left my apartment late late last night, I had this feeling I was forgetting something, and that it was going to be important. It turns out, that I left behind about 3 lbs. of Peet's coffee, which is only the best in the world. I guess there are worse things I could've left, but now I have to place my order and wait for delivery, and I want my Arabian-Mocha-Java NOW!

18 September 2000
Moving is hard! I can't believe I voluntarily moved across town. Oh well, I'm kind of set up in my new place and back in the world of the connected. Of course, by the looks of my inbox it seems I didn't miss much while I I was in transit this weekend.

Saw Sleater-Kinney this weekend. It was a decent show, but I've decided that Corin Tucker doesn't seem like someone I'd want to hang out with.

14 September 2000
I've been kind of down on the concept of email lately. I'm very good at epistolary friendships, but sometimes they seem kind of thin. The draw of email is its convenience. I write when it's convenient for me. You write when it's convenient for you. That's all fine and dandy, but friendships aren't about convenience. Now it's not that I'm equating emails from dear friends to trips to the Quik-E-Mart, but I feel like we should expect more from each other. This is not about YOU.

12 September 2000
From the "That Figures" file:
Old Man Boy Band 98 Degrees is from Cincinnati.

12 September 2000
I'm moving this weekend, and am not quite ready for it. I've still got way too much garbage around here to pack up. Unfortunately, this and other uninteresting preoccupations have filled my time, which leaves you, the reader, yawning. I'm afraid I don't see this changing much until at least November or so, but there's always time to procrastinate. I fell bad, because lately lots of people have been coming to experience the "full slow-dog", and all they have found is mentions of application essays and such. I assure you it's all very interesting to me, but that doesn't help you much. Note to self: work on this.

5 September 2000
Today was nice. There was a slight chill in the air in the morning and again tonight. I'm a big fan of changing weather, far more than any specific weather in particular, so it's nice to feel autumn coming on. Of course, it's supposed to warm up in a couple of days, and then we probably won't see fall until October. If anybody asks me, though, I'm voting for a crisp fall and an early winter that lasts until April. I've been living in the Midwest for three years, and not one winter has come in and beat me up one side and down the other. Come on! Let 'er rip!

For those of you who are waiting for an update on my application progress--it's slow. I didn't get nearly as much done this weekend as I wanted. I filled up a fair amount of time with long afternoon naps and football. All in all, not a bad way to spend a weekend. I guess I'm still in that soul-searching part where you try to draw out into concrete logic what you just kind of know deep down in the gut. I've got most of the pieces figured out, but there's a couple still eluding me.

1 September 2000
The three day weekend approaches, and I prepare to toil away writing essays explaining my goals, desires, and intentions. Somehow, I have to synthesize everything important about me into small brilliant bits of text which will make folks realize that they are obliglated to accept me to their fine institution. Not the most exciting way to spend the time, but nobody is holding a gun to my head--it's my choice.

I don't start with nothing though. Fortuitously, I found this personality test (enter happy@slow-dog.com in the "people I know" section to add my results to your list) today which informed me, after many scientifically determined questions, that my personality is "Mastermind"--as in Brain, or Dr. Evil, I guess. I don't think I have global domination in mind, but perhaps I'm just not being honest with myself. Maybe my master plan is far bigger than I'd imagined. That could make one hell of an essay..........