.:reflections of twilight:.

So my 20th high school reunion is coming up this summer, and, if nothing happens, I'm going to try to go. I'm kind of two minds about the whole thing, really.

I mean, the people I knew well back then I stay in contact with over Facebook, but I have a feeling if I don't I might regret it later on. Besides, it might be nice to see some of the people that aren't on Facebook.

I did go to my 10th reunion, and it wasn't bad... despite the fact that the Red Tide came ashore and I felt like utter shit the whole time. Luckily that won't be an issue this time around... unless I get a major Crohn's attack or something. I've always had impeccable for this sort of thing.

I was never Ms. Popularity or anything. I was pretty shy and got along better with the loners and the kids who were a little bit different that everyone else rather than the popular kids. Now, I embrace my differentness, which I kinda wish I did more of when in high school. But, you know how it is. You don't really embrace who you are when you're a teenager as opposed to adulthood.

At least I can say that I have a definite career path, rather than say I have a soul sucking job as an office drone (which I didn't even have at my last reunion). I may not mention the fact that I still live at home, not for over attachment reason, but for economical. But, they might be a bit understanding about it nowadays. Who knows.

There are two 'events'. One is a picnic during the day which is more casual and stuff (which I can swing no prob). In the evening there is a cocktail party, which I can swing much less so. I mean, when have I ever been in a situation where I've been to a cocktail party before? I don't know the dress code, or if there will be finger foods or not served. I guess I'll just have to play it by ear or something.

Then comes the issue of cost. Since I no longer live in Florida, I need to save money for a plane ticket (no way am I driving) and then find a way to get a car since I'd have to drive to the venues and such. I think my aunt will let us stay with her (because mom said she wanted to go down as well, not for the reunion obvi, but to visit people), but I don't want to just assume. Especially since my aunt looks after her great-grandkids quite a bit. It's still about five months away yet, so there's still time to figure things out.

And, since this month is the start of my 10th year having this LiveJournal, I think I'll try to post snippets from my journals over the years. Here's from my very first one:

Well, it's my first day on LiveJournal and the weather is kind of crappy. I was reading RK online, but my cable connection went all wonky and I had to reboot. *grr* I'll have to try again tomorrow and finish the rest before he changes it again. I might have to do a Cleansweep or something to make sure I don't have anything messing up my system. That's the wonderful thing about technology, when it works, you love it. When it doesn't, it becomes your biggest enemy. Well, I'm going to go see if I can fancy up my page some.

Feb. 24th 2004.

That's... pretty much it. I didn't really have a lot to say in the beginning. But, I am extremely grateful for all of the friends I've made on here over the past 10 years! I treasure them so very much! Love you guys!!

Looks like I'll be staying home from work tomorrow.

The air handler in our A/C unit froze over again, so someone has to stay home and wait for the maintenance people to come and fix it. Again. It was 'supposedly' fixed last time, but obviously it didn't work. It's a shame because the guy that worked on it seemed really nice and wanted to be helpful.

What really needs to happen is our apartment complex needs to buy a new air conditioning unit for our building. We've had so many problems with it ever since we moved into this new apartment. In our previous apartment (which is in a different part of the same building) we didn't have any issues mostly because it had a newer unit. With all of the complaints and 'repairs' that have had to be made in the years we've been here, you'd think they'd actually get around to replacing the damn thing instead of always having to come and repair it. I have to be the one to stay home since where mom is at, they are extremely short handed personnel wise and she'd be dead meat if she called out. I can make up the majority of my hours during the week.

Normally this time of year it wouldn't be a major issue, but we've been having an unseasonably warm winter, so we've been running the A/C more often than usual. I'm still wearing my summer pajamas in December. It kinda sucks, but what do I expect from Florida. It'd be nice to be able to sleep at night without having to run the A/C any. Meh...

So, I have to wait around tomorrow until the repair guy shows up. I have no idea what I'll be doing. I suppose I could start cleaning out my closet, but it tends to get super warm in there and with the A/C being on the fritz, I don't want to be holed up in there doing sweaty work. So, I'll most likely watch movies or read. Or nap. Maybe I'll finally get around to putting up my Christmas lights.

I ordered my Christmas cards and according to the tracker on the FedEx website they were delivered... to the Post Office. Why they delivered them there as opposed to my door is baffling. I mean, FedEx usually delivers to the residence. So, I guess I'll be getting them in hand tomorrow. Now I just need to get stamps.

Here's the cover picture, btw:



It was one I took while on vacation a few months ago that I fancied up using a cool photo editing program called Be Funky. I've been having waaaaaay too much fun with it. I used to use a program called Picnik, but they don't exist anymore, so I had to look elsewhere. All of my contact pictures on my phone I ran through filters and stuff just for fun. I am easily amused by the smallest things...

Met up today with cosmic_reverie at a charming local coffee shop. I hadn't realized we talked for almost two hours! It was fun! I enjoy making new friends! Especially ones who live locally! We talked about a wide variety of subjects, like Star Trek, NASA, the future of the space program, places we want to go in Florida, cameras and the like.

Mom and I bought the Blu Ray combo pack of the Nolan Batman trilogy, so we made a day of watching all three movies yesterday. It was pretty fun! Today we watched the Blu Ray of the Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert, which is always excellent. Makes me hyped even more for the movie coming out in a couple of weeks. I just know it's gonna shred me emotionally, so I need to make sure I bring tons of Kleenex. I tried to buy the soundtrack to the movie, but apparently it's not available yet. At least not on iTunes. *rawr*

Well, I'm gonna close out and try not to go into heat stroke over night. Sweet dreams!!

First of all, I want to thank everyone who left comments and condolences on my last post on the loss of my cat, Ori. It was greatly appreciated. A lot of people wouldn't have a great deal of sympathy for the loss of a pet, but they fail to realize that they're more than just an animal. They're a devoted companion and loyal friend. So thanks to all of you.


Secondly, Ernesto is coming our way, but he's been downgraded to a tropical depression, so it'll probably be the strength of a thunderstorm by the time it gets to us. Mom's work is closed today because they feared the worst. I think it was a little presumptuous of them, but I guess they figured better safe than sorry. So mom is home now going through some things in her bedroom.

I'll contact the Human Resources Department tomorrow and see where I stand employment-wise. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Of course, if I do get hired, I'll have to cut out my night owl activities...

I joined a new community called mp3_share where I can look for some music. I found some already. There are some songs I'm looking for, but I don't know if I want to place a request just yet or not...

Hopefully Ernesto won't knock out any power or anything. If so, well then I wont be online tomorrow probably. I doubt it, though.


Yesterday I've been burning some stuff from my computer onto CD-ROM's so that I can free up some space on my hard drive. There's some torrents I want to open up, but I need the space first. I'll finish more of it today.

Trivia of the day: Because microwave ovens cook so fast, microbes can survive on the surface of the food. To counteract this problem, cover the cooking dish with another dish of glass or ceramic, not plastic. The steam that accumulates will heat the surface, thus killing any surviving microscopic critters.