Archive for January, 2007
Sunday, January 21st, 2007
This Weekend I …
-Went grocery shopping -Unclogged the shower drain -Cleaned the bathroom -vacuumed -Cooked an actual meal (without microwaving anything!) -Played ultimate frisbee for three solid hours -Found a new sandwich shoppe -Bought tickets to see Silverchair at the El Rey next month -Napped -Got in an argument with housemate over a milk cap left on the [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in angst,bachelor life,slightly pointless by Aaron Humphrey
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
The Soft Bulletin
I spent the evening eatting bratwursts with some good friends and an awesome old German man, and then losing badly at billiards to the old German man (“GerMAN MAN” appears reduntant, but it is not! … MerMAN MAN would be, however) who had never onced played the game in his life. What a wonderful world [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in comics,friends,nice things by Aaron Humphrey
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Aught-Six to Aught-Seven, part 2
So far, I have been sick for all of 2007. It’s only been a week, so there is plenty of time for wellness to descend upon me, but it is getting a little annoying at this point. My dad is a doctor and my mom is a medical technologist and either of them could probably [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in family,holidays,Oregon by Aaron Humphrey
Sunday, January 7th, 2007
Aught-Six to Aught-Seven, part 1
It’s the last day of 2006 and I’m asleep in the passenger seat of my mom’s battered mini-van. We are driving through Northwest Oregon, on the way home after our annual year-end weekend family reunion. I’m starting to get a cold. The roads and the scenery are familiar — single lane highways that dip, curve [...]
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Saturday, January 6th, 2007
Epiphany
Today is my birthday. I’m 24. Everyone says “oh, 24 is no big deal,” like now that I’ve over 21 I don’t really have anything to look forward to, but I don’t buy any of that. It’s not like the purpose of my life is to purchase or drink alcohol or pass any sort of [...]