nip and tuck

Tomorrow they're gonna take out my liver bone.

Bonus points to anyone who recognizes that reference. I've tried it on a couple groups of people that should have had at least one person who knew, but so far nothing.

Anyway, I get to stay home from work for 2 weeks or so. That will be soooo nice! You know, except for the pain and new holes in my abdomen and all.

a post that's suspiciously reminiscent of those chain e-mails that preach to you about how you shouldn't forget how good life really is. sorry.

Last week I was missing our old apartment and a life that was a little less complicated. But to be honest, I don't think it was the life I was missing. It was having a nice window behind my desk. Now, I just have a wall.

The truth is, I don't want my early twenties back. Sure, I was healthier and less committed then. But that also came with a lack of direction, career, confidence, and community that were less than groovy. It was important to experience those things once. But I don't want to do it again. Not even to get back that higher metabolism, lack of responsibility, or the supposed "potential" I left college with.

I slogged through those years, waiting for some of the things I have now. I was a little younger, but I was short-sighted. I was healthier, but unappreciative. I'm glad marriage was tough then, because it's even better now. I'm glad we've had to work for our house, because that work has made it a home. I'm glad I took a job that isn't all it could be, because I've made friends there who mean something to me.

Plus, I'm done waiting for so many things. I don't have to wait for Kara to finish school; she'll be done in May. I don't have to wait for my brother to come home from the Air Force anymore; he's here. And I don't have to wait for my sister to finish her global trekking; she's got a career and a fiancée.

So yeah, I get anxious about life, my health, my bills, and my job that isn't all it could be. But with those things has come so much more that's wonderful and fulfilling--and lasting. It's stuff that doesn't fall into your lap at 22. It's stuff you have to wait for, stuff you have to earn.

I put in my time and earned it once. Why would I want to earn it all over again? Plus, I'm not even 30 yet. I need to put in a few more years before I'm elligible to pine for days of yore.

recent coolness

Fresh Yarn

A friend of mine recently sent me a link to this site. Lots of personal essays here--some good, some not so good. But most of them are worth reading. New essays are posted every three weeks, and all of the old ones are archived. Almost as interesting are the bios that are available for every essayist. You may recognize some of them.

Have fun ...

thanks again msn search

i am now the #1 msn search result for "et seq." this took a surprisingly short amount of time to achieve. i know this because of my friend statcounter (thanks buddy) and it's taught me some interesting things. for example, i've learned that some parts of the federal government are woefully unaware of the meaning of a common legal phrase.

the EPA:

and the comptroller of the currency:

they are two recent entries on a growing list of federal agencies who come to the blog from msn search. only slightly less disturbing are searches that originate with law firms--real law firms--asking "what does et seq. mean?" i do not lie. employees at law firms need msn search to tell them what their law schools apparently forgot to mention.

but back to the goverment. i'm kind of relieved that they generally take one look at the blog and move on (see "0 returning visits"). because the thing is, this is not a good time to be on the fed's radar. it's bad enough wondering what my family thinks of the blog. now i've got big brother to worry about, too. it's a good thing i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm etc, etc, etc.

and at least i don't get readers like these.

sunday, april 9, 2006

quiet and sad. and grateful.

the language of love

-----Original Message-----
From: Kara
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:07 PM
To: Dave
Subject: :)

Hi!

Loves!

-----Reply-----
From: Dave
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:08 PM
To: Kara
Subject: Re: :)

Fklfckedkfvujjkrfuhjsedfgyhfdk

!!!

-----Reply-----
From: Kara
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:23 PM
To: Dave
Subject: Re: :)

Rough day?

-----Reply-----
From: Everson, Dave
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:25 PM
To: Kara
Subject: RE: :)

Not really.

gracias, etc.

many thanks to those who answered my call for comments. when my blog makes me rich and famous, you can be those people who say, "we used to read him way back before anyone else did. you don't believe me? check out the March 28, 2006 post. yeah, that's my comment. me and dave, we pretty much go way back. i saw him in the airport one time and i almost touched his suitcase. it was so great. i have a coffee cup he threw out. wanna see?"

oh, and props to new girl for the birdhouse song--no more flicking boogers at you. props also to jamie for nicely capturing the essence of my sarcasm. and props as well to chuckieeverdapper, for being brave enough to venture out of his dark corner of the interwebs. on the day you made that daring move, 5 other people were not as brave as you. statcounter told me so.

finally, i like to use trebuchet as the font for my posts. but every time i choose trebuchet, i hear the voice of strongbad saying, "trebuchet," with that last syllable stressed and spoken a little higher, like it's something he's momentarily interested in. anyway, congrats to strongbad on his sesquicentene-mail.

susie, last fall

i've fixed something in the world that was broken