Jun. 29th, 2004

jackofallgeeks: (Seriously Though)
So I figure I should do a quick update...

Uhm, let's see... Josh came home this weekend, so I ran out to get Gene, cause the three of us haven't all been home in a long while. This meant driving out very late to Christendom; I had my Changeling game that evening, which was in Silver Spring and didn't end until after 1:00am. I crashed on the spare bed at Gene's place, and then slept most of the way home while he drove -- which is probably a good thing, as I've inherited my mother's rider-anxiety nervousness; I don't like being not-the-driver. Having the three of us all there was cool; we chatted and watched movies and had pizza and stuff -- Gene and I played TimeSplitters Co-Op, and that was cool.

Sunday, randomly, my aunt Susan had everyone over to her place for dinner, which was great; I don't think we've had a family dinner in quite a while, and I know we haven't been to Susan's in a long time. We had shrimp cocktails, and then burgers and pork on the grill, beans and potatoe salad included. I love potatoe salad. Also gotta see Christina, and it's always good to see her. -grins- And pick on here, but you know how it goes...

Taking Gene back to school, as always, presented a nice excuse to see Suzannah, and I did.  ^_^;;  I hope I don't seem too foolish to the ladies out there; it's been about a month straight now that I've shown up looking for Suzannah, roughly the same time every sunday. It was really nice to see her, though. I returned the CD she let me borrow, and then we went out for a walk up and down campus, and finally to the tree-swing, just chatting about stuff. She's really enjoying her time out there, and really likes the ladies she's staying with; they all have a lot in common, and have nice conversations. She feels it's something of a turning point in her life. We later got to talking about Serious Things in my life, starting with me telling her about The Letter as a way of explaining my reservations toward snail-mail. (Odd looking back and seeing that I had a gut-instinct that it was a bad move...) We got to talking about other tangently related things, and it was generally all good. She suggested I try to find a one Father Morrow from her home parish to chat about Religious Stuff, which would be good, 'cause it's been years since I had a priest I really trusted. And just as a note, she was born here in Maryland, and her parents have been in the area for nearly 25years, so they very well might have known Uncle Jim... Sometimes I rather miss him.

I like talking with her, and we've decided we should get together sometime to have tea together. We talked until about 11:30 or so, I think, then we walked back to her place and I headed home. It was 2am before I got to bed, and I got roughly three hours of sleep before I needed to be up for work.

Work yesterday sucked. In a nutshell, a security installation which should have taken 90minutes became an all-day affair which kept me late and cost me my lunch break. Luckily, the afterward was better -- I called up my friend Jenny to see if she wanted to hang out, then Kate called me up to see if I wanted to go to a local pub, then... Well, long story short, Me, Jenny, Kate, GP, Jason, Chris, and Dog all ended up in a pub in DC, and had a grand time. I had a Guinness to start with Kate, and then we all kinda shared a reuben sandwich, nachos, and some potatoes. Kate had an odd obsession with people defiling Guinness with OtherStuff, Jason wouldn't stand for a straw in his beer, and I nearly died laughing, as per my usual. We outlasted four other tables, and even had a moment of *really* geeking out, talking about LARPing, DnD, and the standards of Obfuscate in Live-Action V:tM. Yeah, we're all dorks -- even Jenny, if just by association.

It was really great, but unfortunately we were out a lot later than we'd originally planned, and after driving Jenny home (the metro was definitely closed), I didn't get up to my uncle's until nearly 2am.

On that note, I'm staying with my Uncle George this week, as opposed to Peggy and Kenny -- they have an extra room in their house for guests, and a driveway which is easier to turn around in, and I won't be in a 6year-old girl's bed. I plan on visiting Peggy et al (they're only across the street), but this might work nicely... Though, this morning, George was rather mothering me -- I think he called me three times, and I haven't been called out of bed in years. -laughs- Cluck-cluck, ne? But I needed it this morning, or I may never have gotten up...

Roughly six more hours left, and one of those will be spent eating... Then, when I get home, maybe I'll take a nap...
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That they title (or subtitle, at least) their article "Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Meant to Shield Children From Internet Pornography" smacks of spin to me, but there's not yet enough information Here for me to decide if they're being deceptive or not.

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