Santa Pic

This is the cutest pic ever - taken last weekend at the Beverly Center:

UGH x 2

So, the day started rushed, then got a little bit better - then spun completely out of control - in a BAD way.

The one time I get in a wreck - and it's someone else's car. Trying to avoid a side collision with this asshole in a huge ford truck that wasn't paying attention when he was changing lanes - I swerved and bumped, no, slammed into the median - tearing up both tires on the right side of Kristine and Jack's red Chevy Colorado pick up. I was horrified - not because I was hurt - but because I had done this to my friend's/bosses' car. These two people trust me with their most precious (their kids), and this is how I pay them back. Oh, they both said that they're glad I wasn't hurt - saying it could have been so much worse - and they're probably right (just thinking about getting hit by a much bigger vehicle makes me shudder) - but I still feel guilty because it will cost them money to fix both tires. Believe me, it's going to take awhile to feel better about the situation.

I have to say on a side note - that Jack took it much better than I thought he would - I seriously sweated nervously for about six and a half hours before I could even tell him about it. Once I got the story out though, he was cool. Saying it was just tires. Not a big deal. So yeah, not feeling great about it - but not as scared.

That was my day - pretty horrible - but finally over.

Meh

So we didn't get REAL rain today - not for long anyways - and it was spitting up tonight... dayum the wind was blowin' and there was cool lightning out there, but I am seriously parched from this drought we seem to be in... sucks.

More work tomorrow - but I won't be going out to the ranch. I'll just stay here until it's time to pick up the kids from school - and then get them to their activities. Friday is the same - but I hope K comes home on time that day so I don't have to drag the kids over to the airport to pick up Karen... I will if I have to though...

I'm not feeling that hot right now - I've got some seriously bad cramps - I'm thinking about going to bed - but I have a feeling that I'm going to get a phone call soon... I hope so, cause I've got to know what's going on, lol. I'll just lay down and talk. ;)

Two More Days

Not counting today, or the day she gets here, it's only two more days before Karen arrives for our week together. What's really cool is that it looks like I'm going to get paid around the same time, so I will definitely have money - yay! Though I would have liked to recieve my check earlier - at least I'll have it at the time I will certainly need it. :)

I didn't go outside at ALL yesterday - it's amazing, but true - why? Because it's too damned hot!! I have to go out today though cause I have to send something out in the mail - and also work...

Rent is due today.

Sacramento

So Kristine calls me last night, while she was still in Sacramento - talking about how it's there that she now wants to move. And she wants to take me with her... hmmm, I think it's cooler there... I'm up for anywhere but here that's for sure, so if it has to be Sacramento, then so be it...

Been watching the kids crazy this weekend cause Jack had a golf tournament, and as I already mentioned, K was in California - but everyone is home now, so I am as well... and it's nice to be home - could be taking tomorrow completely off - we'll see. It's not that I don't enjoy being with the kids - we always have a great time together - but it will be nice to have a little break.

Still looking forward to the visit from my friend on Friday - I won't have a lot of moola, but I'm sure we'll find something to do to keep us busy while she's here.

Okay, I'm craving a little ice cream... gonna go have some now... ;)

Last Day of August

Well, today is the last day of August - and I'm seriously hoping that it will start cooling off soon... Fall is just around the corner after all - and these triple degree digit temperatures are getting a little old... oh don't worry, I won't be spending another summer here - though I think I'm actually going to move back to Oregon - where it's cooler, and I have good friends waiting... Portland or Salem? Not sure about that - but definitely one of them.

I've got some work to do for KW today, watching the kids and such - so starting at 2pm, I'm going to be major busy - but it's cool - makes the time go faster.

Yesterday I had lunch with my brother - it went really well. It was SO nice to see him! And I plan on driving out to his house to visit with him and his wife and baby soon. Obviously I have to take care of that while I still have transportation. :)

Tomorrow is payday - which is good. I've been waiting for that - and today I should get a check as well - hopefully.

My good friend Karen is coming down to visit me for a week - I can't wait to see her because I miss her - and we're pretty friendly, lol... we'll have a good time together I'm sure.

C is in New York and I miss her already - but good, no GREAT, things are happening with her and I couldn't be happier FOR her. She's such an awesome person, she deserves the best.

Just a note - since I've made my MySpace private to anyone I don't have some sort of personal relationship - I will try to update this journal more often. So others will know what's going on with me - the ones that are interested anyway, lol.

I guess that's about it - I should start getting ready for the day with the kids.

The Good Life

My friends are so awesome - I just don't know what I would do without them... and they have no problems telling me how they really feel - and this is so important.

Christy and Adom both wrote me sweet letters in my journal while they were with me last Sunday - and every time I read them, I get teary eyed... the messages will be cherished by me forever...

I can't wait to get to California so I can spend more time with my friends... this once in awhile shit is killing me, lol... not that I'll be with them ALL THE TIME - but we will def spend more time together when I get closer - of that I am sure...

It's Sunday - and a slow day... guess I should clean up around here - I've just been so dis-illusioned by the whole "living in Las Vegas" idea that I've let things go a little bit - time to take care of it... cause this mess just isn't me...

October 1st

The move date is October 1st - and Heather is all psyched to go too! She'll probably be moving in with me near the end of this month - so we can get all our stuff together... a lot easier than trying to pack up two places... it worked when I moved with Loni to Oregon - so I'm sure it will work for the move to California. We're heading down there in a couple of weeks to apartment hunt - already have quite a few places printed out from the internet to check... it's going to happen, and I can NOT wait. I should have NEVER come back here... biggest mistake of my life. But I am going to fix it. I can handle two more months here - but that's my limit...

Other than that, just been working my butt off today on a couple of MySpace accounts - tomorrow I have to head over to Kinko's to get some work done... I'm going to try and keep busy, make the time go faster... though I don't think it's going to go fast enough for me, lol...

Still Awake

I've been up since 8am yesterday morning - needless to say, I'm damn tired, lol... but it's okay, I know I'll sleep tonight.

The weekend was awesome - I had a great time hanging out with everyone... yesterday was the best cause C & A did come down, and the three of us spent the entire day together - and we had a BLAST... it was hard to say goodbye, let me tell you...

The plan is for me to move down to L.A. by the first of next year... I hate coming back to Vegas after spending time in California... I have to get back to the ocean... so yeah, that's what I'm doing...

Anyway...





Almost exactly twenty-four hours ago - and damn, I had NO idea I had gotten a little sun burn until I saw this picture, lol... but it's still a good shot of the two of us - at least in my opinion... :)

TOMORROW!!!

Heading out of this HELL HOLE tomorrow for a fun in the sun, five day vacation in San Diego - with my closest friends... and I can NOT wait!! Oh, I hope I can sleep tonight - cause I'm so excited, I'm just shaking... it's going to be a BLAST!! I have so much crap on my mind that this tripis going to help me clear up too - I really need this - in more ways than one. My main objective is to have as much fun as I possibly can - with the people I love most in this world... perhaps drink and/or dance the bad shit away, lol... I will be taking pictures like crazy... three cameras and they're all loaded and ready to go... I'm not even going to THINK about what has to be done when I return - cause from now until then, it's PARTY TIME BABY!!! WHOOOOOT!!!!!

Is It Just Me?

Or are there total jerks out there, randomly posting comments on journals that just make them look like bigger jerks? I posted on my GJ a few minutes ago, and someone calling themselves "annonymous" (original) posted a comment saying that I was lame cause no one commented on my entries - like I give a shit. Now, who has so much time on their hands that they feel they have to express themselves to a complete stranger in this manner? Sometimes I just hate the internet. Anyway, so now I have it set so only my "friends" can post comments - cause there are just TOO many bored losers out there that can't find something better to do than to go around and randomly comment about how big of a loser they really are.

More somewhat bad news - C isn't going to make into San Diego until Sunday morning - I say somewhat because at least she's going to be there... so I'll still see her... which is good, cause I've missed her... we talked quite a bit today - I swear she made me, yes MADE me, buy some Nacho Cheese Doritos cause she was eating them while I was talking to her, and she made me crave them, lol... so on the way home I stopped by Walgreens and bought myself a bag... I'm happy now, lol.

Work tomorrow - and it's late - so I'd better hit it.

Pain in the Ass

MySpace is down right now - what a pain in the ass... I can't update mine or KW's - and I know there are more people waiting to be added - or maybe not - I mean, it IS down... meaning it's down for everyone...

Just a few more days until I leave for my SD trip - I can't believe I agreed to go on the float, lol... but it should be fun - all of us on there including the kids... what a great way to celebrate Pride... it will definitely be the first time I've ever been IN a Pride parade, lol.

Something funny I just noticed tonight - the kids in the movie "Hot Chick" go to the same school as Ren and Louis Stevens went to, lol - at least they're using the same outside shot...

I'm sitty on some pretty excitine news right now - speaking of "Ren" - can't WAIT till it gets out - everyone is going to FREAK!! :)

SAN DIEGO - LESS THAN ONE WEEK!!!

Got confirmation yesterday that C and Adam are DEFINITELY driving down to meet up with us in San Diego next weekend - YAY!!! I cannot WAIT for this trip! I am SO ready to get out of this freakin' town it's not even funny - and OMG there is so much we're going to be doing! Thursday we leave - Friday is the kick-off party with inthepix.com magazine - Saturday is the parade - and Sunday is the show at the zoo... all of these things are FEATURING KW!! I guess I won't be coming back until Monday the 31st - so yeah, five relaxing days - staying at the Hotel La Jolla (incredibly nice by the way) - hanging out with my favorite friends... tons of pictures that will ROCK... it's funny, we haven't all gotten together since May - when K was in L.A. recording her new album... and we had an incredible time - and that was only ONE DAY... I could just imagine the damage we're gonna cause this time, lol... needless to say - I'm ready to go - I wish we were leaving today... :)

Pirates & Overnight Guests

If you've seen my profile here - you've seen the coolest thing ever!! I found it on MySpace, and have posted it not only here, but of course on my MySpace profile - and my profile over at GreatestJournal. I have my own Pirate ship!! I think it's so COOL! To save you the trouble of clicking on the "info" link on this journal - let me just show it to you here;




















Is that the coolest thing ever? And all of the pictures are linked to the MySpace journals of those people - which is also really cool - at least in MY opinion, lol...

Something else real quick - aren't kids just the best? K's daughter Elizabeth stayed over at my house last night - and we had the BEST time! She's so funny! Right now she's still asleep, but if I would have let her, she would have stayed up all night playing this Fairy game of mine... I had to force her off of it around 12:30am, lol. She was definitely hooked. I guess I should talk to K about getting it for her... it's not violent at all... anyway, I think I'll wake Elizabeth around nine - because K requested that I get her home early today... and I promised I would.

House-Sitting

So I've been house-sitting for the last week over at K's - it's kinda cool... I mean, I have access to a pool, and a jacuzzi, etc... plus the house is pretty damned nice - but it's weird to be there alone... it's big, and empty when no one else is there but me... I get over it while watching the big screen TV, lol...

HEAT - HOT - SCORCHING!!!
What the hell???? It's times like this that I seriously wonder why the hell I came back to Vegas... I mean, my GOD it's only JUNE and we're already hitting temps averaging 115 degrees - is that sick or what? I am SO looking forward to getting out of town at the end of next month - the San Diego trip should be a blast - and I KNOW it will be a LOT cooler... in the meantime, I stay in as much as possible... just picking up K at the airport today wiped me out...

This is the only night I'll be sleeping in my own bed - so what the hell am I doing at the computer? Oh, it may have something to do with the four hour nap I had earlier, lol... why is it that heat makes you tired? My poor air conditioner is working overtime... thank goodness I have a studio - I could just imagine my electric bill if I had a bigger place... yikes...

Picked up two new web site design contracts this week... pretty cool - now I'll have some "play" money - yay!!

Okay, I think that's it for now... I really should try to get some sleep seeing as I have to take K BACK to the airport tomorrow afternoon...

KW - Some Lovin'

I love this video - and it's cool that she got to shoot with the main cast of "Queer as Folk"... :)

Bummed

So I'm not going to Georgia with C - guess it's not worth it because they don't want to do the merchandise, even though we sold over half the stuff the last time... plus, who's going to take the pictures??? I'm hoping this isn't a permanent decision - I really enjoy going with her to the shows... but I guess we'll just have to wait and see...

Possible trip to San Diego next month though - K has a gig at the SD Zoo, and she's already invited me - have to remind her though so she doesn't forget... that should be fun, as I don't remember ever going to the SD Zoo - though I've heard a lot about it...

I'm not feeling so hot today... still sick - and yes, that's EIGHT DAYS!!! - and I don't feel like talking to anyone... so the phones will be on voice-mail... I hope I get out of this funk soon...

More Bullshit

Just got told a couple of things that makes this trip to California even more awful... one, C isn't even going to be there - which totally sucks cause she's one of the MAIN reasons I wanted to go in the first place... TWO, we were supposed to leave tomorrow, hang out at the beach and stuff, but we don't have a room, so we're not leaving until Friday - which means that we're only going to be there long enough to do the party thing Friday night, and we MIGHT go to Knotts Berry Farm on Saturday - MIGHT... then we're coming home on Sunday - quick trip... and I FEEL LIKE TOTAL CRAP!! I don't even want to go now... but because I promised, and I don't like to go back on my word, I'm going to go... though I'm honestly not looking forward to it...

UGH!!

Would you just LOOK at the time? And I've been gone since nine am!! It's crazy - been at the ranch for the most part, then went over to K's to watch the kids while she packed up for the trip... she leaves tomorrow, then Aleshia, myself, E.T., and Darian will be following on Thursday morning... I just can't wait to get out of here - and I can't wait to see C - I've really missed her...

I've got a disgusting head cold - hopefully it will start going away soon - I've decided to perhaps buy stock in the Kleenex corp - cause I alone would make myself money, lol... or does it work that way? Who knows - all I know is that I used a LOT of snot rags today, lol...

Here's something stupid - so K is leaving tomorrow - and the car she's using has a flat tire... did the person that was DRIVING the car say anything to anyone about it? Of COURSE not - that would be too easy... instead, they just drove it up into the driveway, and left it there... we get in and start to back up - and we're like "What the hell???" - getting out we noticed the flat... so that's TWO cars that have to be taken in tomorrow to get new tires... I am NOT looking forward to tomorrow... however, since I know it's going to be an early (hella early) morning, I'd better get to bed... niterz all!!

The Abbey

I LOVE West Hollywood!! I swear to GOD! I've never had so much fun in my life ANYWHERE - and yes, even NY doesn't stack up... at least in my opinion... so I guess I'm moving to WH... I'm sorry Chrissy... :( - but you will have to visit and hang out with us in Cali dammit!! I still might be visiting NY sometime this summer, and I promise to let you know when - CCR is staying in Cali - and a bunch of us are moving down there... actually found an apartment right around the corner from CCR's - so that's just about perfect...

Let me just say that Adom and Christy can shake it, lol... LOVED the contest - couldn't stop laughing - and Adom humping my leg almost made me pee - he's gay by the way, but great guy... me, Christy and Kristine belting out "I'll Be Your Light" was fun too... shit, what a crazy fucking night... good thing I found my glasses the next day, or I would have been majorly screwed...

Going back for a party on June 10th - Adom and Christy will be hanging with us - I see another fabulous night ahead, and I SWEAR I will take more pictures, lol... I seriously need a GOOD new one (other than the too light, too dark pics we took in Chicago) of me and Christy...

I LOVE MY GIRLIES!!!!

OMG

IT'S THE BUT CRACK OF DAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What to Do

I have two people that I care very much about - and they both care a lot about me - and each of them are wanting me to be in a certain place... two COMPLETELY different places... how do I make them both happy??? It's so confusing... I told them to fight it out amongst themselves, and I would go where the winner wants me to go, lol... so I don't have to make the decision - it's the best answer I have right now... or, we'll just see where life takes us in the next couple of weeks - it's possible that something will happen that will make them BOTH happy... until then - I'm out of it, lol... ;)

Heading Out

Going out to work with Kristine today - it was SO good to see her last night... she came out of the airport and I just GRABBED her, lol... I missed her so much... she doesn't have another show until the 26th of this month - so I'll be seeing a lot of her... which is good - I love hanging with her - she's definitely my best friend here...

Next week we're heading back to California - did I say that already? lol - I must be looking forward to that... three days in L.A. - hopefully I'll see Christy, might stay with HER a couple of those days if she's there... we'll see...

I have to go and get ready -- brush my teeth and all that jazz...

Waiting

Sitting here waiting for KW to call me so I can go and pick her up from the airport... I'm SO glad she's coming home - I've really missed her... you know when you get used to someone, or something, and suddenly it's gone - it's a weird feeling...

I talked to her this afternoon - after her audition - and she said she thinks it went well... but we won't hear anything until next week probably... OH I HATE WAITING!! LOL Though I'm pretty positive that she's going to get the part... and then it's goodbye Vegas - HELLO NEW YORK!!! YEE HAW!!!

I'm so excited my stomach hurts... seriously...

Next week I go back to L.A. - hopefully I'll see C while I'm there... hopefully... I miss her too... :(

Bored

Sitting here trying to figure out what to do until Kristine comes home... god I hope she gets the part - it's time for me to make another DRASTIC change in my life - regarding where I live - I am SO ready to head East with K - by the time her run is over, we'll have found a place for me (and probably Chrissy too)... and then I'll settle in a place that I have been wanting to go back to since my first visit in February 2004. Not to sound cliche' but - I LOVE NYC!!!!! We'll see what happens though... and if C ends up back there - it will all be perfect... yay. :)

OMG

I TOTALLY forgot about this place, lol... sorry to those (2-3) people on my friend's list... and sorry to those (2) people on the CCRFans LJ list... I swear I'll start updating more here AND there from now on...

Lot's of graphic work to take care of this week - tons actually - but it's cool because it keeps me busy... makes the time go faster - and I'm missing some people...

Still considering the move - but still up in the air as to where I'm moving - I should know more by the end of next month... maybe by the end of this month... guess we'll just have to wait and see...

TOMORROW we find out if K gets the part... oh I HOPE she does! I'm rooting for her!!!

Weird

Leaving one person - and another seems to want to come back into my life - someone I haven't heard from in over two years, who lives in Oregon - someone that I cared very deeply for... I don't know what's going to happen... I'm afraid to imagine, cause I could be wrong - and if I'm right, I don't know what to do either... guess I'll just have to wait and see...

The chat with Christy went pretty good last night - it could have been better, but this WAS the first one so hopefully the more we do, the more organized it will be... I can only hope, lol... the fans were polite - but at first they didn't want to say anything, and near the end she (Christy) was getting a little overwhelmed because they wouldn't STOP talking... she (CCR) and I were talking to each other on the phone at the same time the chat was going on, and she was like "D - they're getting a little crazy, I think I'd better get out." ... and then she left the room a few minutes later... so I think she would have stayed a little longer if things hadn't been so kookoo... I don't know - guess we'll have to wait to see what happens with the next one...

The group was polite for the most part - this one guy asked Christy to marry him - which I thought was a little stupid considering Christy's engaged already... and this other girl said it was a boring chat - which I thought was stupid considering she just sat there saying nothing the whole time... but everyone else was really great - behaving, not being rude or cussing... I was pretty proud of them...

Anywho - I've got to run - gotta try and get Kristine's truck up on ebay for a charity auction...