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May 31, 2005

What?!? No Penguins!?!

This weekend's Zoo Trip was excellent, minus the penguin exhibit, which is currently under reconstruction. Got to meet a few college friends of Brandy and Barb. I was almost jealous of how grown up everyone else was. Sure, everyone is still relatively young, but somedays I just wish I had a family of my own.

Went to see Madagascar. The penguins were not the saving grace, but they did make up for the plot, which was slapdash at best. They had the best lines, and were the smartest characters.

Also got to finally finish off Barb's "Freaks and Geeks" DVDs. Nothing quite like watching the cool kid play DnD (Carlos the Dwarf).

Posted by sgowell at 09:25 AM

May 27, 2005

The Amazing Rando!

So, the Sinekar appears to be in desperate need of an 02 sensor.

However, this weekend I hope will rescue me from the funk I have been in. The Toledo Zoo trip is a go (just found out for sure), and we will leave this evening.

Posted by sgowell at 11:04 AM

May 25, 2005

The guy on TV said 50% chance of something...

How is it possible that I am filled with the desire to help and provide for someone, but still feel so helpless and wanting?

Posted by sgowell at 09:46 AM

May 24, 2005

So...'Big Things' this year?

  1. Move out - I will turn 24 this year, and as much as I love my parents, I need to get out of here.
  2. Find someone - I will turn 24 this year, and I will be damned if I am going to spend any more of it alone than I have to.
  3. Take a Vacation - I am scheduled to have from July 2nd to July 12th off. I think it is time for me to take *the trip*
  4. Stop Wasting Time - I have a fair amount of free time that I can do something much more important during that simply sitting around and doing nothing.
  5. Save Money - Everything else on this list will be at least partly conditional on having disposable income.
Just to let everyone know, everything with my work situation is fine. We are all in the process of working on some things in order to make everyone happy, and that was really all that I could ask for.

Posted by sgowell at 01:14 PM

May 10, 2005

...as a House.

Well, I haven't posted in a while, so here we go.

The weekend of April 30th I spent the weekend in Ann Arbor with my brother and his family. It was really nice to spend time with all of them, and especially nice to see Rachel, I have only seen her once or twice since she was born.

May 6th, 2005 was 2 years to the day since I had last been in Marquette, I went up there to be best man for Nate and Trish's wedding, an honor I will cherish for the rest of my life. I had become a driving wuss, and the drive almost killed me. A nice coincidence though happened regarding the weather. I was driving on 28 towards 41 and crested the hill in the City, and the skies parted and the sun seemed to devour all the rain clouds and then my iPod switched to "Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now".

The wedding was absolutely spectacular. Nerves from all parties were on edge, but it went off without a hitch. Dr. Poe officiated magnificently and should be proud of the job he had done. Trish was quite the sight to see in a very modest Wedding dress, and she never looked so happy and relieved in all of her life. I managed not to trip Mary on the walk up to the stage, and also got the rings untied from the pillow with little difficulty. Nate managed to hide his nerves well, but it was apparent that everyone was on edge. I am very honored to have been a part of this new beginning in their lives.

I tried to be on my best behavior this weekend, and tried to hit all of the best man duties that were required of me. I think I managed ok.

I also got to spend some time with Todd, and talked about old times and new. General consenus says that I will be better off now than before, and the prospect of not being treated like a piece of shit is definately nice.

Saw H2G2 and Sin City and was pleasantly surprised with both. H2G2 has been commercialized to meet the masses requirements of movies, but the inherent storyline is held and the feel was strong. After a poor review I was ready to be disappointed by Sin City, but I found that I enjoyed it a great deal. I think that Miller's vision was kept intact, and the comic relief was not so heavy as to kill the experience.

What is on the horizon for your faithful narrator? Work this week, fun this weekend. Barb's grandfather has a box at Tiger Stadium so we (Barb, Brandy, Andy and myself) are going to go see a game in the lap of luxury this weekend.

Posted by sgowell at 01:07 PM

May 03, 2005

If I just had the time...

What I wouldn't give for just a few extra usable hours in the day.

Posted by sgowell at 09:56 AM