even if i'm saying nothing at all...

Polyphasic Sleeping

2012-02-08T23:23:00.005-07:00

I've decided to try polyphasic sleeping. The difference between polyphasic and monophasic sleeping, which is what most people do, is that polyphasic sleeping consists of multiple sleeping periods, where monophasic consists of only one.So for example if you are a monophasic sleeper you probably sleep 8 hours in a night, give or take a bit.Polyphasic sleeping, on the other hand, happens 4 times

The Memory Condition

2009-09-27T22:45:00.003-07:00

It's an interesting human ability to be able to live in the present and dream of the past. I think that word dream actually describes it quite well, the more i think about it. It seems like the more time that passes, the more dream-like a memory becomes. Not that it loses it's vividness or potency, but it starts to seem like something that happened to someone else, or something you saw in a

The Pretender

2009-08-17T19:30:00.002-07:00

There's something that always pulls me in about "The Pretender" by the Foo Fighters."What if I say I'm not like the others, what if I say I'm not just another one of your flames - you're the pretender. What if I say that I'll never surrender?"I suspect that my real attachment to the song lies in the reality that we're all pretenders, some more than others. "Keep you in the dark, you know they

here to change the world

2009-06-25T19:23:00.010-07:00

I'm writing this on the night that Michael Jackson died. It's weird even to write a sentence like that, but there it is.I won't dwell on his death, or even his life, but i thought it important to open with that.On the way home i heard a song i'd long since banished from my library, Man in the Mirror. It was being played as a kind of homage. As i listened to the song, i momentarily stopped hearing

Girl In the Sea

2009-04-23T18:54:00.006-07:00

I don't really tell this story. It's one of those things I sometimes doubt anyone will believe - but I guess this is one of those times I just don't care.The first time i met LuAnne was in a dream.It was the summer of 2004, while i was spending a trimester abroad in Guadalajara. I can't nail down the exact day or time, or anything like that. What i can tell you is that it was on the second floor

Global Believing and a Spoonful of Sugar

2009-04-17T22:53:00.004-07:00

My interest in world religions was sparked during a gen-ed class at Bradley that I took because a friend of mine signed up for it.I'm not sure, but i believe it was a class on the religions of the western world. Essentially it was an overview of the three biggies: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Maybe i'm wrong - maybe it talked about Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. It doesn't matter.What

Return of the Dirty Hippie

2009-04-04T09:28:00.007-07:00

It's not that I think I can change the world. I'm not that full of myself. What I think is that regardless of whether i can or not, I should damn well try.About a week ago i was drunk. Now let's be clear - if you qualify all states of sobriety as a kind of continuum, with sober on one end, tipsy in the middle, and drunk on the end, i was somewhere off the continuum in what i like to call "WTF was

Walden Two and the Rantings of a Self-Made Lunatic

2009-02-08T18:22:00.002-07:00

For a long time now you've all heard me mention my hippie commune occasionally and with varying degrees of enthusiasm. Those of you who've known me for a few years know that i didn't start talking about utopias and communal living only after LuAnne and I got married - it's been an idea i've had for a few years that crystallized into an actual dream (as opposed to an undefined fantasy) once I read

The Craziest Weekend You'll Never Have

2008-12-07T11:04:00.016-07:00

But wow - i totally did. It started off around 9am on Friday morning......wait. I just want to preface this with a promise of brevity. I don't know that i'll succeed in fulfilling this promise, but maybe having promised it i'll try harder to condense my ramblings.----Part 1------Twilit Pizza--So like i said: My weekend really started on Friday morning at 9am when i went to volunteer at a

The Trip Within a Trip

2008-11-30T21:48:00.002-07:00

So this weekend i went to Yekaterinburg to tool around and meet up with a new friend.That's pretty much the gist of it. If you think i'm long winded, you've now read pretty much all the important stuff. If you like to excercise your eyes, by all means continue reading :-D----Part 1------Trams and Trains--So this was my first major trip since i got here, and i was a teensy bit nervous about it on

Cute and Cuddly Kids

2008-11-28T03:24:00.003-07:00

I think that one of the nicest things about working with young kids is that you really feel like they listen to you as if you know what you're talking about. As we get older, maybe we get more cynical, maybe we get more self-conscious... maybe we just get more self-absorbed.Either way, i have to say that working with the young children of the 4th grade is one of my great delights here. They're

--insert w00talicious title here--

2008-11-23T02:52:00.005-07:00

So i haven't posted in a few days ... let me catch you up!It snowed for two days straight (Thursday and Friday) and then on Saturday it warmed back up to 0c (32f) and all the snow started melting again. In fact, as i look outside right now it's almost all gone :-( Ah well, this gives me a chance to take some pictures without snow so that y'all can get an idea of what Izhevsk might look like in

Listening to the piano do its thing...

2008-11-19T06:37:00.005-07:00

Irina is practicing on the piano, and i have to tell you it sounds really amazing. I had forgotten how much i could enjoy the sound of the piano. I'm trying to figure out if i know how to say "Please keep playing." :-)Not a big post today. Things have been going well. I went to the theater yesterday with Tatiana, Irina, and a bunch of the students. We watched a musical about a group of people

First day on the job.

2008-11-17T05:18:00.008-07:00

So i just got back to the apartment from my first day "on the job" at the school. Irina and I walked over to the school, where I met Tatiana P. in the Svezhy Veter office. She is the young lady who set up this whole trip for me. Tatiana P. then took me to meet the other Tatiana (teacher) who will be working with me.We started with a class of 11th graders, who all spoke English fairly well.

First Post from Russia

2008-11-16T09:05:00.005-07:00

So I made it through 16 hours on a plane, 18 hours in a train, and finished it off with a few minutes in an automobile :-)I'm alive and well here in Izhevsk, and i've been chatting with and getting to know my host family. I should probably mention that my inability to really speak much (OK, *any*) Russian has obviously gotten in the way.I've managed to survive fairly well so far, but i'm feeling

Heading off to Russia

2008-11-14T06:01:00.004-07:00

Well, the time has finally come! I'll be heading out to the airport around 8 am, and off to Russia at 11:10.I decided that the best way to avoid jetlag was to beat it at its own game, so i've stayed up all night (got to watch Quantum of Solace as part of the bargain) and i figured i'd pop off a quick blog before i forget :-)I actually did a Google Map of where i'll be going. Click here to check

Wow - i totally didn't blog in 5 months ...

2008-10-14T22:02:00.003-07:00

So here's the big thing that's going on in my life: (figured i'd start with that!)I'm going to Russia for a month! I'm going to be teaching English and living with a host family in a city called Izhevsk - i can't wait! :-DThe program is through a company called Svezhy Veter and basically sets you up to teach English and maybe another subject at a local school. I had kinda wanted to work with

Wow - i totally wrote that.

2008-05-07T19:17:00.005-07:00

I was just talking to a fellow alum from T-Bird and the topic of Das Tor, the student newspaper came up. I hadn't thought about the articles i'd written in a while - some are arrogant, some ridiculous, but some still ring true today.Anyway, i thought i'd drag 'em back out into the light. If you're interested, here's the link:Das Tor OnlineYou might have to register to read some of the articles in

Value Chasm

2008-04-16T08:38:00.004-07:00

So i was browsing through my notebook yesterday and ran across an idea i'd written down a while ago. It's in kind of a shorthand, so forgive the grammar! :-D (btw, comments are in italics, the rest is from my original writing)-----------------------------------------------------Things I Value vs. Things I Value Doing i think i was going to make a list of things ...We feel upset about aspects of

Quickie

2008-04-08T08:15:00.003-07:00

So i can't type much 'cause i'm at work, but i had to get this on "paper." I've had two dreams over the last week where i felt like i was at some kind of reunion, and this morning when i got in the stairwell at work there was a moment where i was the only person in it. I got this feeling a lot like deja vu, but different ... it was different because it was like i knew that the situation wasn't

One small step for tiller, one giant leap for sustainability!

2008-03-30T17:27:00.002-07:00

So it may not be the most impressive thing, but i finally got started on our garden today. I've been plotting (hah hah ... like a plot of land? Get it? ... is this thing on?) a garden for a while now - one that we could use to grow lettuce, tomatoes, herbs, cabbage, maybe even potatoes or eggplant!It was an idea for about a half a year, and it's been made corporeal (almost) this weekend! Here's a

Just Random - Prepare for Excess Verbiage

2008-03-25T20:45:00.004-07:00

Now playing: Darling Nikki - Foo FightersI was originally going to make this post about the nostalgia that hit me while i was categorizing my friends on Facebook, but now that i've had a moment or three to cast my eye about and let it happen upon what it will, i find myself wanting to condense my original thoughts into one succinct phrase:"Holy shit. It's been almost 14 years since i graduated

Our Honeymoon in the Caribbean

2008-03-08T09:19:00.002-07:00

So here's the link for the pics:http://picasaweb.google.com/xerotoleranceWe haven't had a chance to fill in the captions yet, and we still have some waterproof camera pictures to develop and upload, but these are all the digital camera ones :-)We also have some great vids, but some of them are huge.I'm going to try to send out a CD of wedding pictures and videos as well as honeymoon ones. No

OMG Married

2008-03-03T10:36:00.004-07:00

OK, so i thought i'd post a few links real quick (also on the side of the page) for everyone of the wedding!!Feel free to go to:My Sister's PicsSierra Blanco's Pics of the WeddingSierra Blanco's Engagement PicsScrapbooth PicturesThank you to everyone who made it!! We had such a good time - i can't even believe how much we enjoyed our wedding. You hear a lot about how fast it goes and how you have

OMG Pictures!

2008-02-11T21:23:00.001-07:00

We got some ridiculously great shots this weekend for our engagement shoot. Go check them out!!http://sierrablancophotography.blogspot.com/2008/02/luanne-and-christian-engagement-shoot.html

The Slow Pace of Technology

2008-02-07T09:35:00.000-07:00

You know what I don't get? And i'll tell ya, i've been thinking this for a while:What the hell is with technology? I mean, here we are, the year 2008. And you know what? Something is DEFINITELY missing.No. I'm not wondering where the flying cars are.I was gonna fluff this up a bit, maybe dance around the issue before i got right down to the meat of it, but screw it:Do you know how we get power

Hello? Is this thing on?

2008-01-18T23:47:00.000-07:00

You know what i haven't done in a long time? Blogged. So i figured i'd sit down and tell y'all a little of what's going on lately.WEDDINGAs you may or may not know, i'm getting married - w00t to that! Wedding plans are complete and all that's left is the little things, so we're essentially gtg! It's pretty dang exciting to have the big day coming up ... more so to know that our "new life"

Tripping down memory lane...

2007-06-27T20:42:00.000-07:00

I decided that i wanted to take a look back at where it all started. There's a lot of time between my first blog and now, and it felt really good to remind myself of some of the things i was thinking back then. This was probably one of the first things that i did when i moved to Arizona ... crazy. In a way, i miss those days - the way we miss any memory. It seems like all the bad things pale in

Mostly Mundane

2007-06-17T16:13:00.000-07:00

That's what this blog is mostly going to be. See the thing is that I have to work the 3rd shift tomorrow night ... 8pm to 6am. Yech. Well the way i figure it, if i want to be able to stay up all tomorrow night, i should stay up all tonight, too - then go to sleep when i'll have to normally. (maybe a little earlier)So here i am, the guy that rarely goes to sleep after 10:30pm in Phoenix, going to

Uncle Christian Skips His 10-Year

2007-06-13T18:49:00.000-07:00

A quote from Death Cab comes to mind:"So this is my ten year ..."ok ok ok, so those aren't the words, but the sentiment is pretty much the same. More on that in a bit, though - more importantly, i've just become (practically) an uncle. Brian and Sydni have had little Erik Michael Abrahamsen and by end-of-day February 22nd of next year, i'll officially be his uncle. (in-law)While it's certainly

The Hero Myth

2007-05-27T18:31:00.000-07:00

I think we're all waiting for someone to show up and tell us that we're destined for greater things. According to Joseph Campbell, the basic hero myth starts off with the hero longing to do or be something else. But doesn't everyone reach an age or a point in their lives where they wish there were more? Or that they were living an almost entirely different life? Or maybe feel that there is

Zero Impact Living and other Flights of Fancy

2007-04-30T19:53:00.000-07:00

I've recently taken to walking or riding my bike at least once a day, Monday through Thursday. I take Friday off to be able to do whatever pops into my mind, then for the weekend I work outside in the yard. I've gotten quite a bit done - it's almost unnerving how much of the landscaper I joke to myself that I've become.When I was out for my walk today, i started thinking about a lot of different

Get it out

2006-10-21T22:51:00.000-07:00

Sometimes it just makes more sense if i can type it all out. All is a relative term here - i don't even know if there will be more than one thing to "get out". Probably not ... the mind is fickle if anything.I remember when - I remember, I remember when i lost my mind ... there was something so special about that day.Gnarly Barcles. Hah hah. What does it matter what i call "him" if it's just a

Back into the light

2006-08-21T22:54:00.000-07:00

The world almost seems too immense - engulfing you body and soul in what seems almost a sea of unknowns and shadowy posibilities.It almost feels sometimes like if you look in the mirror long enough, your form will melt away and reveal who or what you really are. Fire burning away within a hollow cask that eventually rots and whithers into nothingness, or dirt.The question of who i am and what i'm

So here's the deal

2005-01-18T23:36:00.000-07:00

I'm done. Done with school. Holy shit. Yes, i graduated in december, but the stipulation was that i must complete yet one more class to receive my diploma... of course. Well, it's all done! I actually ended up really enjoying it because it gave me a chance to come up with a few really interesting ideas. Anyways - things here are a little crazy, but that's ok, because life is good... right?

Good news!

2004-12-20T18:25:00.000-07:00

Not only did i recently graduate from my masters program (which, btw, is officially called a "Masters in Business Administration of International Management with a focus on Supply Chain Management") but i managed to do so with a 3.213! that's 3 plus .213. Oh yeah. Do you know what my final grades were? Well here's a hint. My last 8 out of 10 classes were all As, with the other two being a B and

Still alive

2004-10-28T10:17:00.000-07:00

Just an update on life: Muse is a cool band I'm officially back up to 2 pitchers before inebriation I graduate on the 10th of December My cat is awesome I'm going to DC and NY from the 3rd to the 6th or so (of November) Supply Chain Management is the coolest thing in the world My cat's pissed because i haven't fed him yet Fable is a cool game Um. I think that about does it. I've decided not to

Weirdo

2004-09-09T01:42:00.000-07:00

That's me. I just had this brilliant idea of telling Zach Braff (the writer/director/actor) of Garden State how grateful i was for his movie and how wonderful it was and how it really left a mark on me. Know what i friggin wrote instead? "Thanks for the breadcrumbs." I guess maybe that sums it up though... Garden State made me feel like where i want to be is real, or at least reminded me that the

Breadcrumbs here, breadcrumbs there, breadcrumbs breadcrumbs everywhere.

2004-09-09T01:03:00.000-07:00

What do you say about a movie that changes your life again for the first time? I don't know, because I just saw "Hero," and lemme tell you, it didn't. It's not that it's a bad movie mind you ... it is, in fact, a fairly decent, interesting, admirable film, with incredible cinematography and interesting plot development and progression. But it's no Garden State. Let's shift focus shall we? Garden

Breadcrumbs

2004-08-29T23:34:00.000-07:00

Just a thought. .Christian

Guess where i am?

2004-08-23T20:28:00.000-07:00

It´s a city called Creel, somewhere outside of the Barranca de Cobre. (copper canyon for those not in the know ... btw, just ask dr know, there´s nothing he doesn´t!) Anyways, we´ve been driving for a while now and we´ve seen a lot of cool things that i hadn´t really thought i would see during my mexico trip. I´ll try to post a link to pictures, etc. :-) NEways, just wanted to give y´all a heads

Do you think?

2004-08-19T01:00:00.000-07:00

Is it dreams that sometimes visit upon life? Or life that sometimes visits upon dreams? .Christian

Random

2004-08-18T18:33:00.000-07:00

I guess this is getting really freaky with the 3 days in a row thing, but i was thinking about some random stuff today and it set those good ole wheels rolling. Between then and now i have played Tony Hawk (to beat the extra stuff and get all the fun toys) and taken a take-home test. Which was actually harder than the test i took today. ... 3 pages. 35 questions. i can't believe that class cost

So

2004-08-17T23:40:00.001-07:00

Two in a row. Wow... i guess that's pretty impressive ;-) I was actually just kinda killing time because i'm not really tired and i just beat tony hawk underground... i suppose i might try studying for the test that i have tomorrow, but we are allowed to bring in whatever notes we want, and so i am bringing a very convenient sheet with some very convenient definitions. Man, what a blowoff class.

BTW

2004-08-17T06:45:00.000-07:00

If ya wanna check out summa the stuff i've written for the T-Bird newspaper, go to http://www.dastoronline.com .Christian

The Bees Sneeze

2004-08-16T12:57:00.000-07:00

I was checking out the infamous Penny Arcade tonight when i found a link that struck me for some reason. I can't explain why i thought it should be linked here, but hey, there it is, right up in your upper right corner. ... wow. Finance test today. That sucked. It wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be - i'm even convinced that i probably pulled away with a solid B, but i'm always

Futures and Forwards

2004-08-03T23:45:00.000-07:00

Aren't just for economics anymore. Happy Blog Birthday/Anniversary Thing. Crazy how time passes. .Christian PS: the official day is the 13th, thus the futures/forwards joke... yeah, i know...

Funny

2004-08-03T23:33:00.000-07:00

It seems like it's so easy to get really passionate about something so trivial and obscure as a feeling deep in the pit of your stomach, and then it's so easy to just let it go and start tugging again at the bear trap you stepped in as a child. This morning i was still hungover from watching "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", but now it seems like weeks since I saw it, and all the feelings

The Exchange Rate of Asparagus

2004-08-02T08:34:00.000-07:00

You know, there is something that i'd never really noticed before which seems to be an almost inescapable truth: People never actually leave highschool - they just live the rest of their lives in a virtual classroom huddling together in their "cliques" with their "cool" friends and talking about people that they don't know, don't like, or don't care about behind their backs. Oh wait, i'm sorry,

You're too down on yourself.

2004-07-13T23:13:00.000-07:00

That's what someone told me not to long ago regarding this blog page. Since said person will likely never happen upon this page again, i feel it safe to say the following in response: If i wasn't down on myself, and wishing to express it, why the hell would i be writing this blog?? I mean really folks, who writes blogs or journals or whatever the fuck else because they want to keep people

So.

2004-07-06T23:41:00.000-07:00

This blog will be erased in favor of a more interesting one soon - i went to mexico city, climbed pyramids, saw neat stuff, and updated The Hollander. Life is good.

Wow.

2004-05-24T22:49:00.000-07:00

I hadn't talked to the Shelmeister in a long time. Not like this anyways, just rambling on in a quasi-philosophical manner which would normally imply some higher intelligence, but in my case is just a good faker ;-) I think... anyways I doubt that many that attend class with me would really agree - i sometimes think they look at me as though i was some freeloader who just got here by chance and

It's official.

2004-05-22T00:22:00.000-07:00

If you've been wanting some Hollander to fill your dreams, click on the link to the right. It's not much, but right now, it's all he's got. Give him a break, he's an old man! .Christian PS: just don't tell him i said so. PPS: oh, and don't bother taking this story seriously, i'm positive there's lots of problems with it and i'm sure it's a complete failing grammatically and literar .. uh,

Blah de blog.

2004-05-21T22:05:00.000-07:00

Blah blah blah, bee blah blah bloo. Blogablooga bloo? So anyways, now that THAT's out of my system. I'm in Mexico! ... Still! YAY!(ish) Seriously, i love this place, but it is still kind of hard to keep going through the everyday without being able to come home and see kim and the animals... i really miss home, yknow? Still, i think that this is probably the best thing for all of us - it gives

Amexicana

2004-05-16T22:03:00.000-07:00

Well that's what we like to call a big-ole-sonofabitchola. I just wrote this whole big blog talkin all about my experiences here in mexico, and here we are, writing all over again, because of my damn "shortcutkey trigger-fingers". See the problem is that mac is so easy, you can quit a program by simply hitting 'open-apple' and 'q'. Well, i forgot that this blog was a WEB PAGE and closed the

Holy moly you crazy canoli!

2004-04-22T14:09:00.000-07:00

So I have about a half hour before i have to go to class, but i think that's just plenty to catch y'all up a little bit on the goings on in my life... well, at least to try ;-) School has been kinda crazy/busy, with homework and tests and projects coming from every angle imaginable and with one task in mind - to kick our asses long and hard in ways we will have nightmares about for the rest of

HOLY McCRAP!

2004-04-21T11:17:00.000-07:00

shit, gotta go to class. sorry, thought i had time to post... tty tonight, i swear! .Christian

Wow

2004-03-15T21:54:00.000-07:00

you should all feel very special... i am typing this with only one hand! that's right, one hand. I have somehow managed to injure myself more OFF the rugby pitch (btw, i'm playing rugby) than on it! ::sigh:: NEways, this is taking too damn long to type... i'll come back when both hands are working properly. .Christian

So yeah.

2004-03-03T20:10:00.000-07:00

Thought i'd give you all an update ... George passed on Monday morning. The only thought that grants me some modicum of solace is the idea that he is suffering less now. .Christian PS: It came sudden, it came quick - God, you're a fucking prick.

Sooooo...

2004-02-23T14:35:00.000-07:00

I realize that recently i have been especially vocal - please take the time to read the disclaimer at the bottom which speaks to any situations which may arise from my blogging. In other words - don't get mad, read the disclaimer! .Christian

Apparently i really am an idiot.

2004-02-23T13:11:00.000-07:00

We (me and 4 others) recently turned in a group paper on an analysis of a case study that was done on dell. I had one frickin job - to write a four page analysis of the information that we had accumulated. The first time i wrote the paper one of my group members pointed out that it was probably too "business journalism" - i had listed a lot of facts and not really said anything that novel or

QBB4C

2004-02-23T11:09:00.000-07:00

QuickBlogB4Class - how inventive ;-) NEways, i don't really have time to do my accounting homework right now, so i wanted to write a quick note for all y'all instead. I don't know that i can really type anything too happy right now, cause there's some fucked up shit going on right now, but here's my attempt: yay life. Hmm, needs work. So i read a little from my Poe book last night - the

'ello.

2004-02-17T14:06:00.000-07:00

There's nothing quite like listening to Poe while you type a blog in the library. Ahhh. So i wanted to drop y'all a note and let you know that while i have been deluged ... Deluged i say! With work work work work work, i have yet managed to have a fun and interesting life! Kim and i have been having a great time together, everything is fun and great again! I think we just really spent WAY too

Take everything i said yesterday

2004-02-11T10:32:00.000-07:00

Flip it, reverse it, dunk it in the blackest, murkiest oil spill you can find and throw it in Poe's Pit. That's my day today. I don't think i've felt this down in a while, and the world around me isn't making things any better. It's not like it started off bad - in fact it was fine until i went to IPE. Once i was there i realized how stupid i was gonna look when i got up to give my presentation

Quick post.

2004-02-10T19:51:00.000-07:00

That's what this is. I'm sitting in the IBIC (thunder-speak for "library" ... yay marketing) worrying about my Accounting mid-term. I'm wondering if i can get a good grade on this thing no matter how hard i study. I'm wondering if Erika, who has ever-so-kindly acquiesced to my pleas for help, can really help me at this point. I'm really thinking that i should stop typing my blog and study. One

So guess what?

2004-02-09T10:24:00.000-07:00

I'm alive! Yeah i know it seems like i just dropped off the face of the planet - but if you could hear the conversations around me right now, the "No no, put the positive number into the Debit column of the Cash T-Account and balance it with a positive Credit to the Notes Payable" would give you a pretty good idea of what i've been doing. So the inevitable discussion topic arises: how's

Blog on Request

2004-01-24T11:20:00.000-07:00

Request Date: 1/15 Response Date: 1/24 Efficiency Margin: 9 Days Procedural Effectiveness: POOR So yeah - i've been a little swamped. We just finished what's called "Foundation's Week" for Thunderbird - and it was all work and all play. (yes it's possible) By the time that i got done with one thing it was time for another. We had meetings on everything from Statistical Review to Financial Aid.

So what up?

2003-12-30T15:51:00.000-07:00

So i've been cleaning my office and trying to get ready for school - and lemme tell ya, i'm findin stuff in here that i really had no idea even existed. Like, pens and pencils and stuff... oh, and thumbtacks... yeah those hurt a little in the discovering. So now Oberon's sittin on my desk with his head in front of the monitor. What did i just type? i dunno, lemme ask the back of the friggin

Time and cookies.

2003-12-20T23:54:00.000-07:00

Today's Hollander is a huge deviation from the original direction of the blog - though that's what i was kind of hoping for. I wanted a diverse set of stories from one immense life... i guess I should say it's coming together nicely. BTW, i have not lost my mind. Yet. Or again, depending on who you talk to. I'm going to go to sleep, wake up, and do myriad useful chores and duties. And sing.

Yo, yo.

2003-12-19T10:45:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to drop y'all (heh heh, there's that illinois comin through) a quick note just in case i forget before the holidays... HAPPY HOLIDAYS! HAPPY NEW YEAR! WHO'S YER DADDY! ... wait ... i think that last may have been misplaced. Ah well, you get the gist. Just a brief summary of events and general sentiment for this week: Monday: Applied to T-Bird, stressed. Tuesday: Got into T-Bird and

Just thought i'd let y'all know

2003-12-16T23:34:00.000-07:00

that as of January 18th, i will officially be a student at Thunderbird. American Graduate School of International Management. Just so you know. .Christian PS: YEEEEEE FRIGGIN HAAAAAAW!!

What's done is done.

2003-12-15T00:57:00.000-07:00

And it's all done. I have officially turned in my application to Thunderbird, complete with two essays and a resume. Let's see what happens.... yeah i'm nervous, but not really - after all, what's done is done. .Christian PS: flip side, bed bugs, you know the drill.

I WIN!

2003-12-13T15:31:00.000-07:00

98TH PERCENTILE IN VERBAL!! Do you know what that means? I WIN! Sure my math score could have been better, but WHO CARES?! I never said i was going to be an accountant! I don't think that today could have been any better - I got a 590 (20 higher than the T-Bird avg.) on my GMAT, then my mom told me that George might just be sick from some hottub bacteria thing, then i saw a sign for DQ and

The time has come...

2003-12-12T19:49:00.000-07:00

to steal someone else's opening line - to travel to Tucson - to take the GMAT. As Yoda once said: "You will be." (btw, he means 'afraid') Well, i'm not gonna take a huge amount of time telling you guys this: I'm leaving tonight to go to Tucson to find a shitty motel to bunk up in for the night so that tomorrow morning i can take the GMAT at eight-thirty in the morning and hopefully get a score

GMAT sucks a rat.

2003-12-11T23:57:00.000-07:00

So how in the hell is it possible that i can manage to START at a 560 - go through the whole Kaplan review course - AND END UP AT A 500?!!?!?!?! FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!! I just don't get it. I think maybe i just rushed everything - cause when you're doing the kaplan thing, they give you like, 25 minutes to do 16 questions. When you do the GMAT, it's 75 minutes to do 37. let's do a little quick math

Been a long, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.

2003-12-08T19:03:00.000-07:00

I apologize in advance for the anger contained within the words, letters, indeed mere keypresses which make up this blog. FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckinfuckfuckittyduckittyfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck ur. That feels mildly better. Sorry bout the fuckin' "fuck"s. Let me start with a non-sore topic: I went to blog about

Hey Y'all

2003-11-03T21:30:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to drop you a quick note and say that "yes, i'm alive".Things have been kinda crazy these last few days and i haven't gotten a lot of sleep - but i really like the way life's goin, so it's all good in the hood. Anyways - gots ta get goin, catch ya on the flip side, baby. KTBB. .Christian

This is ... wow ... i'm touched ...

2003-10-30T23:45:00.000-07:00

Three! I actually don't really have time to blog cause i'm reading a book that i haven't read since around when i moved (the count awaits) - but i DID want to give you all this food for thought: (the origins of which, perhaps i shall relate later on) Is there a light at the end of the tunnel, yet? I also have sad news. Elise and i have been looking at (OK, actually just elise) prices for the

Two in a row?

2003-10-29T23:33:00.000-07:00

And why the hell not?! I told you i'd blog, and that's what i damn meant! (besides, i figure all those who were missin out on the blog lovin can get a nice little sensory overload) It was kinda fun beatin the crap outta this "Dynasty Warriors" game tonight - but i think it's really a lot more fun when both people playing have spent some time building up their characters and then competing

Long time no blog!

2003-10-28T21:09:00.000-07:00

So what's up homies? ::grin:: You know what i did yesterday? on MONDAY? I saw monday night football. Live. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!!! it was so cool. I've never really watched a football game live before, and for it to be the Dolphins vs the Chargers was pretty damn awesome! i guess i should apologize to mary at this point for the whole "happy about the fires" thing - but hey,

Just so you know

2003-10-13T08:11:00.000-07:00

i wrote a pretty long blog last night talking about what was going on with my life, and the next thing i know it was deleted by some server error. Bastards. You want an update? Kim and I broke up. How's that for an update? I guess i was kinda expecting her to change her mind, or for us to talk it out, but i don't know that that would have been better... i just don't know what's the right road

I hope i'm not getting into a habit

2003-10-12T00:08:00.000-07:00

of never posting in a timely manner. It's been kinda crazy around here with kimproblems and other stuff.... i think the first thing that i have to say is this: HAPPY BIRTHDAY (belated) KENNY!! Kenny's birthday was on thursday, and though i promised a Blog, this is the closest i've gotten... I'm sorry Kenny! Hope you guys had an awesome time out! I think i remember hearing something about the

PS

2003-10-02T00:38:00.000-07:00

To all my dear friends in P-Tayown - You are all sorely, terribly, constantly missed. I think it's wierd that of all the memories i have of Peoria, the ones after i graduated grab me the most. I am reminded constantly by my own mind and heart how great it was to have met such wonderful friends who took me in, let me be a part of their circle, and made me feel like i'd always been there. To the

My dear goodness gracious -

2003-10-02T00:19:00.000-07:00

It has been an extremely long friggin time since i last blogged. wow. I want you all to know that YES i am alive, and NO that doesn't mean that those of you who hate me can take a crack at my life. Just thought i'd let you know. So wow - you guys have missed a lot because of my failure to blog! I guess the real fun info is the big things: I hate inventory - Lilly's learning - The fish are

Enough

2003-09-23T22:33:00.000-07:00

Is Enough. I'm tired of writing about things that upset me or make me sad or angry - which is all i have to write about tonight - so until i have something good to talk about, consider this blog on "hold". KTBB .Christian

A quick blog about LA smog.

2003-09-23T00:34:00.000-07:00

Just in case you were wondering how yesterday and today have been going, the answer is a surprising "Fine". On the car ride back, Kim and i discussed a couple of different issues that seem to have the most effect on our relationship - and all in all i think things will be good if we can keep everything that was said in mind... easier said than done, right? well, i guess we'll see how everything

"Here i am again"

2003-09-21T09:47:00.000-07:00

Guess who's back? Back again? Christian's back! Tell a friend! So yeah, Underworld was a pretty cool movie - I knew my sister really wanted to see it, so i figured since we only get to hang out once in a while we should just watch that, y'know? I can't wait to see it with Elise and B though, 'cause i know we'll have a good time watching it together. So yeah - what can i catch you up on? Hmm..

I guess i have a lot of explaining/catchingup to do...

2003-09-20T20:26:00.000-07:00

But right now is not the time that it's gonna happen! :-) I'm sorry that it's been so long since i last wrote to you all to tell you what's been going on - but i feel secure in suppositioning that HAD i been blogging, the real meat of the conversations would have sounded like this: Kim and I are probably gonna break up... Kim and I are gonna work out our differences! ... i think. Kim and i are

There are times...

2003-09-08T00:25:00.000-07:00

when opposites attract. There are times when they repel. There are times when you know it's not an act and you're caught in a kind of spell. It's hard at times to know the difference. It's hard to know cold from hot, or to distinguish damnation from deliverance. But one thing it's not - and i can tell you this from experience - is worth the living hell. I don't know what's worse. Knowing that

Psychoses Part II

2003-09-07T10:23:00.000-07:00

Well the beginning of the conversation was amicable enough - but pretty much immediately after i said who i was going to be going out with today, the mood of the conversation altered drastically. "More girls?" ::Sigh:: It was all downhill from there - incredible what insecurity can do to a person. Even when i was being jealous about her doing stuff in Europe (over a year ago and at the beginning

What's with girls?

2003-09-06T10:32:00.000-07:00

Ah yes, the age old question. One can't help but wonder sometimes if every single (numbers, not marital status) woman out there is just a tad bit psychotic. Seriously. So yesterday, Kim calls me because she wanted to get a chance to talk to me before i went to work... this would normally be all well and good if it weren't for the fact that it was 7 o'clock in the morning, and i didn't even have

The Grass is Dead, Long Live the Grass.

2003-09-05T00:40:00.000-07:00

Damn aquarium grass... i'm gonna have to clean my filter all over again because this shit grass (considering it's current color, the name is more apt than you might think) all got uprooted and twisted around the little spinning thing. ... ur. So anyways, just to drop you all a quick line and let you know that i had a fun day, and B and Elise are the coolest people in the world :-) ... Oh, and

Non-Depressing Blog

2003-09-04T01:38:00.000-07:00

That's the truth, i swear! no deep thoughts (by jack handy) or reminisensces (whoooooa there ... SP??) for tonight - i will simply tell you that Knights of the Old Republic and I are getting along fairly well, and now that i have my lightsaber i can help everyone in the game a be a shining example of the light side of the force! ... of course that would be before my Dark Jedi kills all those same

All good in the hood,

2003-09-03T01:16:00.000-07:00

Yo. Just thought i'd comment briefly on the main context of my previous blog. ... That was it: the title. So anyways, i have a great line-up of songs to listen to while i'm writing this - and i'm very excited. Ah yes, "Creep" - A Capella. Mmmm. Anyways, i think - Dammit!! OK, I KNOW that this whole "grass in the aquarium" thing was a stupid idea. YEESH. I swear to god, there's more grass

"Paranoia strikes deep..."

2003-09-01T09:20:00.000-07:00

Damn Shibby. You know what? Damn fuckin-a Shibby. Just so you all know, it's 850am, i've been awake for all of 20 minutes, and i'm superfuckin pissed. You remember i mentioned that last night i went to see SWAT? (told you about those periods) Well guess what? I WENT WITH B! OH NO!!! HORROR! SHAME! LAMENT! fuck that. Seriously, B has become not only my best friend here, but she's well one her

"lookie lookie, i got a hookie"

2003-09-01T01:36:00.000-07:00

Yay Rufio. So we just saw S.W.A.T. (i'm not spending my time with those periods again, just so you know) and i must say - it was decent. Not "Great!!" or "Stupendous!" but not "Shameful..." or "Terrible!" either. I actually rather liked the end - before the cheese that came pre-credits. I just got a new game called Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Can i just say wow? That's really all

MY DEAR GOD. Has it really been that long?

2003-08-29T22:49:00.000-07:00

Well i made it a week or so without missing a day, and now 2 in a row!! yeesh! well, i'm sure you'll all forgive me somehow - or not, but i'm hoping yes. What's up with you?? It's been so long since we chatted that i think the world must be completely different since then... no? really? you mean i haven't missed much? funny that. There hasn't been much going on here either. Well, let's see if i

Repose, repose, my kindom for a - wait a minute...

2003-08-27T00:03:00.000-07:00

I lament to inform you of this, but i have officially drained all my desire to blog with tonight's "The Hollander" Blog. PLEASE feel free to check it out. OH!! and i have my e-mail address all set up!! just click on the link to your right and it will open a window in your default mail program, otherwise, just send something to XeroBlog@cox.net! YAY :-) And btw, you don't have to include the word

Have you ever wondered: "What's with Today, today?"

2003-08-25T23:35:00.000-07:00

I know it's not been too long since we last met, but i HAD to see you again! Oh sigh, oh blush! Oh lordy lordy lordy, what is all this ucky mush? Did you like my poem? I thought so. Talent. T-A-L-E-N-T. Oh yeah. Hey LOOK!!! I can make links and stuff now! There's a BUTTON!! oh.... it's just a script to insert a tag. ... ::sigh:: i bet if i wrote something in between a "<" and a ">" it wouldn't

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING VIETNAM!

2003-08-25T10:36:00.000-07:00

For the first time since i began this blogging craziness - i missed my blog last night. I do SO apologize to everyone about that... you must all be very disappointed :-( Wheat thins will not stand! I will make you all happy again my telling you that today is a new day! It is in fact, not yesterday, or saturday, but TOday! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaay (in preacher voice, not exclamatory voice) though