I changed the site template for the-journals.com to a different default template supplied by UserLand. I don’t have my own original theme completed yet, but I’m just damn tired of the old one. This will just have to do until I can finish. It’s actually pretty nice and simple. That’ll do pig. That’ll do.

My friend, Amanda, just put up her new blog, Amandica, powered by LiveJournal. I kept telling her about Radio, but I think that she still made a pretty good choice considering what she’s planning to do with it. Asked her to give me a shameless plug since I’m doing the same for her, but instead she just keeps mentioning my name. She says it’s funny. I think she’s obsessive. (jk) I can understand though. How can you not be obsessed about me? Yeah right.

I don’t know how I did it. I really don’t. Sometimes (in a great while) I’ll forget my phone and leave it at home. Very rarely do I forget my wallet. Somehow, I forgot both my wallet and phone today. What the hell? I feel so damn naked. Looks like I’m not eating today and it’s a damn good thing I have a full tank of gas.

I know it’s been about a week since I last posted, but I haven’t been around too much. So what has happened in that time? Not too much, but the little that has happened was quite interesting (to me at least).

Was in Arizona all last weekend to visit a friend. Pretty fun. Too bad it didn’t ever get below 100 degrees at ANY part of the day or night. Let me tell you, anything that I thought was cool about Arizona before went straight out the window on this trip. I don’t care if they do have gorgeous girls all over there. The heat just makes the place not worth going outside EVER. On one of the few trips we did decided to leave, I got a piercing. That’s right! Got the labret done. I’ll try and get some pics of it up soon. I like it a lot, but it’s damn hard to chew solid foods because I keep catching the back of it with my teeth. It’s going to be like this for the next couple of weeks before I can switch out what I have now for something a little more comfortable. Works been a b*tch these last couple of days for some strange reason. I need to find new ways to give the illusion of working without actually doing any labor. I also went out with this girl last night for the first time. Cute red head and (unlike other girls I’ve dated) actually interesting and fun to be around. I’ll probably be spending more time with her in the future.

Anything else happen? Well, it’s my birthday today and boy, let me tell you how much I love my birthday. ::sigh:: I’ve been getting calls all day from people wishing me the best and yada yada yada. It’s cool the first couple of times, but after a while, it just starts to wear on ya. I appriciate people actually remember and the last thing I was to be is rude (hehe), but enough already. Yeah, and I’m sure writing about it here is going to make people stop too. Good thinking Richie.

Anyway, I’m sure I’ll have more to talk about very soon. Gonna post my Arizona and labret pics tonight sometime so check the photo album later.

Why is it that a guy and girl can’t get along after a relationship has ended between them? A conversation a friend and I had last weekend about his own situation sparked me to write about this. He’s caught between wanting to be in some way involved with his ex and not wanting to deal with the bullsh*t baggage that goes with it. There’s a whole back story to the thing and it’s way more complicated than it might seem, but I don’t think he’d appreciate me talking about it here for everyone to read. I’ve probably said enough already to piss him off, but oh well. The point I’m trying to make is that I don’t think I’ve seen one relationship that ended where the two parties remained good friends afterwards. I’ve seen this through tons of examples with my friends.

I know I’ve even dealt with the same thing myself. Basically, I’ve tried to be friends as much as possible with my ex. A couple of problems though. I feel stupid every time I talk to her because I know she still thinks I see her the same old way and that’s not even close to being the case anymore. I can’t blame her for it though because I did think that way for a while. More so, though, I think we’re just at that point where she doesn’t care if we continue to remain friends or not. Like I’ve lost all value to her. Well, what are ya going to do? It’s sad in a way considering the investment (and yes, it is an investment) people put into a relationship.

Oh well. You learn with more passing time that relationships come and go. Some are there to fill miscellaneous voids in time and are completely pointless (like current ones). Some are down right evil and unhealthy. Some are huge key frames in your life that you’ll never forget and learn a lot from. What you also learn is that most (not all) are best left concluded.

Check me out. I’ve just become an ordained minister. You don’t believe me? Check out this e-mail of confirmation I got from the Universal Life Church. Recognize!

I can perform weddings, funerals, baptisms, and blessings. Unfortunately, I can’t perform circumcisions… legally. I think my first act as a minister is going to be a blessing during the company wide morning meeting tomorrow. I’ll let ya know how that goes over with everyone.

I bought niewiroski.com the other day and it seems like it’s up and running now. Niewiroski is my last name just in case you can’t figure that out on your own. I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do with it, but until then, it’s just going to point here. Just in case you were wondering (and I’m sure you weren’t), that’s a Polish name. This being the case here’s a bunch of Polish jokes.

Someone said I didn’t post enough, so here’s a damn post for you.

Here’s a quote from my friend showcasing all of his brilliance:

“Why don’t planes look like a spoon?” – Robert Johnston

Good job Rob…

I just got back from hanging with someone I met on HotOrNot.com. A friend at work recommended me to try the “Meet Me” feature on that site because he’s met a lot of people through it. I’ve always used the “Rate Me” section just because it’s fun, but never the “Meet Me”. I’ll tell ya what, it’s a nice feature. Cuts out all of the initial chatting and other bullsh*t because everyone is there specifically to go out and meet other people. You should try it if you’re looking for something interesting. The following is my current rating and a link to my hotornot page:

I’m guessing I’ll move down in points since the majority of people who visit this site are people I know and will probably vote a 1 on me for the hell of it. Maybe this wasn’t such a hot idea.

So what’s happened this week? Nothing much really. A lot of work and that’s about it. Next week is going to get much better because we’ve hired back 2 people that I’m friends with and have worked with in the past. Maybe I’ll have more interesting lunch stories now. I hope the weekend wont be as bad as the week. I wanted to get to Arizona to see some friends, but it looks like I can’t do that. And then back here, a lot of my local friends wont be around so that means I’ll have to hang with more people from HotOrNot. I’m not sure if that’s a bad or good thing yet.

It’s kind of strange actually. For about the last 4-5 months, I’ve totally not been interested in hanging with anyone of the opposite sex. I much rather would have gone out with the guys instead of dealing with all the bullsh*t that comes along with a girl. I’m telling ya, I must have been turning gay. Well, it seems to be changing up again. I’m starting to get… the feeling. haha Christ, I’m only human. I just don’t want to go about handling things the way I did before because in the end, it made me feel like crap. If you know me then you know what I’m talking about so I’m not going to explain it. Anyway, wish me luck and pray I don’t do anything stupid. I’ll be back when I have something good to talk about. I’m trying my best to post as much as I can.