the veronica episode, the midget brigade, and the return of the spice girls

hi there.

my name is george and this is the little spot where i spout away about all the self-indulgent "feeeeelings" and stuff like that which rule my life. no no no... that's not right. this is the place where i post photos of me with my new hair and you shout "ooh la la isn't she pretty?" in amazement and delight. wait, that isn't it either, is it? hmph. this could be the spot where i give an update about stoopid shit in my life and make a few witty observations here and there so that my peeps who live far away can say hi from time to time without having to actually commit to much more than a comment box, since you're probably reading it when i'm asleep anyway, but i know that you really did want to say hello.

yes, that one sounds good. it's hard to remember after such a long absence. really, i'm here and you're there and i'm not dangling off a bridge or anything drastic like that, but you'll probably once again browse this while i'm asleep. or perhaps while i'm at work. in any case, i am still here. so hi there back.

major events of the last month:

• veronica and travis were here - yayayayayayayayay!!! we were cheesiness personified on our foray into touristy stuff. the gum wall inspires awe in all who see it. the ducks were divine. we looked for cheese-on-a-stick to no avail, but did manage to stuff them with lots of good F-U-D anyway. like mary, they were unimpressed with the space needle. thank goodness no one who comes here to see us wants to go up in that stupid thing.
  
• people decided to blow up fireworks across the street from our house. this would have been fine for a while, but TWO HOURS? it scared the cats, and the police were no fucking help since they took over an hour to get here and rolled up about ten minutes after the jerkoffs finally went away. fuckers... all of them.
  
• i had my life threatened at work. a crazy lady wanted to shank me in the eyeball with a ballpoint pen. other than the obvious shock value of it all, the whole situation was strangely uneventful. i'm considering asking for combat pay one of these days. oh, and did i mention that i still hate junkies? the potential shanker wasn't a junkie - merely totally insane - but i thought i should just reiterate that point since there are so many of them lurking in the area.
  
• the little peoples' association had their national conference in the area, so there was some good midget spotting going on that week. one of my coworkers thought i was going to bust a gut with excitement at the banker-type-looking scottish midget who came in one day. midget invasion! eee!
• there is an opportunity for me to possibly get a promotion at work. it's still undecided as to whether i'm really going to try for it or not, but it's under consideration. on the one hand, i could get paid more. on the other hand, i might have to act like a responsible person at work. like, on purpose. not just because i have good work ethic and shit. blech, quelle dilemma.
• alice and milana and me (or is it i? for fuck's sake, i can never remember the me vs. i rules anymore. someone help me out here please.) went to see "harry and the potters" in concert this weekend. if you've never experienced this phenomenon, check and see if they're coming to a library near you. while i am not personally a harry potter person, it's a real sight to see that's worth the time and effort.
• rumour has it the spice girls are getting back together. wheee!
  

as far as the rest of life, it's a blur of the everyday. did YOU see scott baio is 45... and single on vh1 yet? oh you must simply must see it. more "so bad it's good - no wait, it's fucking awesome!" programming from the channel that knows our inner demons even better than we do. life around the apartment is ho-hum and okey dokey. i think that derek's world of warcraft addiction has subsided a bit. at least he looks at me and speaks to me in full sentences again. he works, i work, the cats sleep. you know, normal stuff.

surely something will happen this week. it tends to fall that way for me. i'll give you the update if i have to do any takedowns or mow people down on the road.