friend of the built environment

I know, I’ve gone missing for quite a while… To tell the truth, it’s been a combination of apathy for the blog and a hectic personal/professional life. In the news has been my more-serious-than-ever job hunt, which has taken a definite turn for the better. I was interviewed yesterday for a very promising position. I’m [...]

A weekend with the parents in Cambria. It wasn’t entirely unbearable. The three notable facts were that David wasn’t there, the fog was pleasant and plentiful, and I was given a preemptive counter-offer on my employment prospects of late. 
I am, to tell the truth, rather tempted by the counter-offer. Let’s just say that even if [...]

Feeling slightly more centered today. Didn’t sleep much last night. See, I’ve never really had the expectations of so many people hanging on my decision; I’ve never lived away from Fresno fo more than 2 weeks; I’ve never really “set out on my own”… And, well, I’ve never shacked up with anyone…
So a lot of [...]

Thanks are due to David, Steve, KC, Andrea, Sister Betty Does, Becky, and the numerous others that have sent in advice and thoughts over the past couple days. I didn’t originally think I’d reach my decision so quickly, but a sincere critical scruitinizing of the whole situation last night gave me my answer. I’m glad David supports my [...]

Someone reminded me today that I have been quite often subject to manipulation by those who have provided for me over the years… It’s true. From the time I was very very young, I’ve relied upon provision, rather than ambition, to find me my ways and means in life. I realized this even more this [...]

Not that I’ve done all that much travelling, and my opinions here could change drastically after a prolonged stay in any of them… But I was doodling today and came up with my own cities hit-list…
Cities I could see myself spending a large chunk of my life in:

Seattle 
Portland 
Chicago 
New Orleans 
Baltimore 
Boston 
Philadelphia 
Fresno 
Charlotte
Atlanta
San Jose
Denver
Sydney
Auckland
Vancouver
Toronto
London

Cities I could see myself spending [...]

I joined Lauren for Me-N-Eds this evening. Much pizza was eaten, and I feel fat and happy (as if there’s any other accompanying way to feel when you feel fat :) 
Lauren and I tend to discuss things from very similar perspectives, and I always like that. Lauren knows a lot about adversity, from a psychological [...]

The weekend: happy birthday David. Dinner with the whole gang at Tad’s. Job interview which went very well. Plans for the move pretty much finalized.
Distress at having to return to the grinding heat of Fresno at all…
As much as I still love my family and my history in Fresno, the malevolence of both over the last [...]

Why no, there isn’t all that much going on right now. My last days in Fresno and I’ve hit that wall where going about the everyday stuff just makes me even draggier. I am having that realization that I may be moving without necessarily having a job right away. Luckily, David and I have discussed [...]

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I have an idea for the next series of [anti-smoking] ads. They should buy ad time at the Superbowl.
Black television screen. White lettering. No music, just words. 
“This ad cost {insert millions of dollars figure here} to air” 
“It was paid for with taxes on cigarette sales.” 
“We have 9 billion dollars left over.” 
“When you smoke, you’re sending [...]

Dad’s on a rampage again. I will not miss this crap at all. Two fucking days left. Thank gawd.

A week of lasts, coming up on a week of firsts. It’s odd that, as the day of my move approaches, it totally hasn’t hit me - all these lasts and firsts. I look back on my family, friends, acquaintances, people seen, places been. Everything I’ve experienced for the first quarter-century of my life (with [...]

Finally I find someone who put two and two together on the whole Pledge of Allegiance issue: the problem isn’t the forcing of children to Pledge in public schools, but the public schools themselves…

Tomorrow, MurderingMouth moves to San Francisco. I would like to wish the whole Fresno crew a wonderful life. I’ll be back when the weekend is past with all the trials and tales of the move.