Yeah, I'd known it all along, but I chose to put it in a dark, neglected corner of my mind. Now, brought out into the light, it pierces my senses in a most uncomfortable way, forming an immovable lump in my throat and a writhing pain in my gut.

Now it's time to embrace it and come to grips with it. Or something mature like that. Or not, and just wail and scream and throw my teddy bears against the wall.

Haha, yes, I still sleep with teddy bears. Multiple. And for the record, I'd never abuse my teddy bears, no matter what kind of emotional chaos I experience.

Getting scammed, part 2. Best read after reading how we got scammed the first time to really feel our pain.

Yesterday I was robbed of all my evening energy by the day's events. Basically, we got scammed ... TWICE!!! ARGHHHH!!!

"You are such a talented geek!"

Hahahaha.

My dad and I get along pretty well. I inherited his genes for the most part. This is good for the survival part; in the beauty department, I didn't inherit my mom's hair-styling make-up-applying abilities. Still working on those - I do believe that they can be learned. :)

Well, every once in a while, my dad will say something totally out of character. Two conversations in recent memory stick out for me.

Me: Dad, do you have an extra hairdryer? My new haircut requires a hairdryer to make it look good. [sulk]
My dad: Oh, good! (runs off to get a hairdryer for me)
[ this is contrary to his / our nature because we are both really low maintenance when it comes to our appearance ]

Me: You know Dad, I went to this party the other night, and I was trying to make new friends and talk to new people, and there were all these girls who refused to talk to me because they were only interested in hitting on guys! Sheesh.
My dad: Well maybe they have the right idea!
[ ?!?! ]

Speaking of which, Father's Day is coming up. Hmmm. What to get the dad who no longer really cares about material possessions ...

Last weekend I headed out to watch Nancy's black belt test as soon as I got done with my patients. Unfortunately I missed everything except the last kick! Luckily her brother Dave got it all on video, so I got to watch Nancy's entire test later. Still got to take a bunch o' pics though. :)

Man, what an inspiration. Sweet, skinny lil' Nancy kicks some major arse, man. Her four years of dedication and hard work all showed through at this test. I got to meet her sensei Rick, who sacrificed a lot to teach Nancy, and I'm sure he knew it was worth it. Nancy, you rock. You are truly a testament to reaching your goals if you just put your mind to it.

Yup. It's happening. My friends are starting to have kids.

Annie's sister Stella and I have been plotting Annie's baby shower for the last month and a half, and basically what happened was I did the slideshow and emcee duties, and Stella did everything else. Considering the work load, I got off way easy. :)


If you look carefully, you'll find me in this lil' snippet. :) (WMV, 47secs, 3MB)

Some Factoids

Total DVD Running Time: about 4.25 minutes; the shortest yet
Total Hours Spent: 2-3 wks, in my spare time
Number of Major Revisions: One, while trying to re-organize the story layout. And then millions of minor tweaks to get it juuuuuuuust right.
Number of Pics I Personally Took that Made it In: 5 (woohoo!)
Programs Used:

• Adobe Premiere 6.5 (I finally forced myself to learn how to use the native title tool)
  
• Sonic MyDVD (for authoring to DVD and making a pretty animated menu screen)

Song Used (linked to Amazon, where they have the song clip):

• Love Of My Life - Jim Brickman feat. Michael W. Smith