Yesterday's Journal Entries Online

So life overall has been pretty boring of late, I was looking for something to spice up the old life...

So a week and a half, I was bumbling around the IRC and found someone talking about going to an anime convention. The good news? This convention was literally right up the highway from here in sunny Nashua, NH, right over the border! So flash forward a week and a half to today, a planned day off for some much needed R&R, and I journeyed on up to the convention for the day. to be honest, I wasn't sure quite what to expect at first, but

Overall, I'd have to say the experience was pretty good. Sure, I didn't know half the cosplayers that were there, but I had a fun time nonetheless. Walked around a bit, did some stuff here and there and messed around in the video game room for a while. Among other things, I made a plushie-thingy which probably borders on the lines of FAIL, but I tried at least.

I bought some stuff to take home with me, some button pins, a chibi sketch which I'll probably get sometime this week and post online when I get it, as well as buying a cute plushie that was hard to pass up xP hehe. Overall, I made the day fit into a reasonably small budget of $80, including money spent on food. I also entered a Halo 3 tournament they had going, but I lost in the first round of the 2 vs. 2 competition. Oh well, at least I put up a decent fight.

If they have it again nearby next year, I'll definately consider going again if I have a few bucks to spare.

...Do I get home at 2:10 AM, and 20 minutes later an argument breaks out...

Resulting in some guy getting stabbed right in front of my apartment.

Definately the most drama my street has seen since Easter of last year when that out-of-control party going on directly behind my apartment.

Note to self: Buy local paper tomorrow.

*Blows dust off of an unupdated journal*

Yeah, I can't seem to sleep again, but this time, it might be from the goofy grin on my face.

Why is that, you may ask?

First off, this news is from the past week, but my stepmother has been approved for Social Security disability. This is a retroactive ruling to the date she originally put in to apply for the disability, so she will be receiving a significant sum of money from back payments. I should hope that this will help with some immediate things to take a little pressure off of my back, or at least set things up so that I can start working towards my next financial goal once Christmas passes.

Second, FuffyFox came up to visit today. We had a great time playing some Halo 3 for a while, and it was good to see him again. Hopefully I'll see him again soon, but we'll have to see. Retail is about to go into "Christmas Apocalypse Mode", meaning he'll probably be working pretty much every day between now and Jan. 1st.

That is all for now.

Hot off the Breaking News Desk, we interrupt your regularly-scheduled boredom for the following announcement...

My mother who lives in Texas is going to be getting married again!

I got the news as I was driving home about half an hour or so ago, and I must admit I was a bit surprised myself. This will be her third marriage, the first being my dad, and the second... Well that's best forgotten about.

So pray tell what does this have to do with me? I've already told her I would like to come down and see her again when she gets married. Which means I would at some point be travelling back down to South Texas, a place I haven't been since 2001 when I finished high school (That's another story for another time).

So yeah, I finally have another update to post.

To be honest though, not much of anything has happened in my life of late. The weather has sucked pretty much all month for the most part. Cold and/or rainy and/or dreary. Finally a break coming Thursday... I hope.

Business has been slower of late. Had a couple of good weeks back around the 1st, but hasn't been that great since, so I've just been hanging in there pretty much. Gotta pay the main bills this week, but I'm also going to sneak in the new Dream Theater album coming out tomorrow (coming out of the cash I have set aside from tips)

Fathers day was okay for me. Got my dad a card and made him some brownies. Would have done more, but I already contributed to dad's "save the mortgage from falling three months behind" fund this month as well, so that will have to suffice. Also on that note my dad is finally working again, for Pep Boys in management. Been out of work since October of last year or so.

In my own corner of the world, I have a few things planned for the week. First, Fuffyfox has invited me to lunch down at Quincy Market on Thursday, then I suspect we will head up my way for some Halo 3 and whatnot for the evening. Ought to be fun, I think I've improved on my game somewhat since the last time we met.

After that, a female friend coworker has invited me to her (college-aged) daughter's graduation party on Saturday out in Groton. I plan on making a whole bunch of chocolate brownies for the occasion as my way of saying congrats. Topped with more chocolate, with the intention of being murr-a-liscious. (like what I did with my dad, those brownies were really tasty!)

That's all for now. hopefully another update to come soon enough.

So yeah, I've noticed this hasn't been touched since my birthday.

To be honest not a lot has really happened in the past month and change, aside from the fact that FuffyFox visited me and I showed him the Halo 3 Campaign. Which was a pretty good time, hopefully we'll be able to do that again pretty soon. Though, I really need more friends, ones that live a lot closer to me than Weymouth (no offense, Fuffy!).

In other news, work has been slugging along at its crappy slow-ish pace -- the economy hasn't shown us much life yet. When the fucking greedy corporations finally do away with their non-essential travel crap, we should start seeing more business. Except for a certain local medical company which did some pretty good business with us a two weeks back. There was some issues with pay from my last check as well; apparently it was an office error, not anything I did.

Then I finally had to give in and go buy a new suit, which I actually did just today. Was not real thrilled about spending money I don't really have, but at least I was able to use the corportate AMEX, so I don't have to worry about the whole bill up front. I've obviously already talked with my boss who okayed the use of the Amex (The card is technically under my name, but it has the company's name on it too, so anything I put on there my boss will see), and I've worked out something to help pay back the cost of the suits. Though $240 for two suits and and a new shirt was a pretty good deal from K&G.

On other fronts, my dad is just kind of barely hanging in there. Been unemployed since October I think... He's been making some of the ends meet through Craigslist -- finding free stuff, fixing it up and selling it off for money, specifically boats. He's... Not doing nearly as well financially as he would like. Lost out on a potential job offer... But when the odds are stacked against you 5 to 1 (or in this case 15 to 3), there were just three guys who fit their needs better.

On the romance front: Well, I've had a potential lead since... Early March. A female teacher I came across by random chance on a free dating site known as OKCupid. At first we fired several letters back and forth, but I finally got her number a while back, and we've kept in touch. Go figure though I find the one person whose social calendar is packed to the brim between work and friends and other stuff, and no time to go meet a nice guy like me... Egh, I'm confident that we can get together in the next month, even if I have to wait for the school year to be over.

Miles: "I've waited this long for a girlfriend, why should a potential lead be any different?"

Yeah, so I calculated how many days old I am today. The result should also factor in 7 leap years and a number divisible my 365.

Also, I've been fighting the flu since Monday. Coughing up some icky stuff, sneezing, fever, headaches, and difficulty controlling body temperature.

I can only hope that I get over this by next weekend, I don't want to have to push back meeting up with fuffyfox on April 2 if I can help it.

On the flipside, it'll give me a chance to clean things up... After I get better of course.

Mega Ignis Vulpes Sapiens

This is a compilation of poems that I've written in the past year or so and never published, mostly due or misplacing of the poems in question and recently finding them after a search through my personal archives and whatnot.

The original titles were, respectively, IVS 17, 17 1/2, and 18.

( This poem is somewhat long, so you can give it a look under the cut. )

(C) 2009 Miles E. Traysandor. All rights reserved.

So yeah, last night I stopped in at the Nashua, NH Circuit City, in The Land of No Sales Tax.

Finally they went to 20% off on the games, which is what I was looking at considering my situation...

And I sprang and got me a shiny, brand new XBox360 Elite, only $320 for a $400 system *Grins and tailswishes*. Oh, and I got Battlefield: Bad Company as well; I was looking for Halo 3 or Left 4 Dead but they didn't have any at that location.

I spent most of last night browsing through the manuals and such, and getting the 360 up to date with everything. I've also tested the 360 with my current router, and I was able to get in and connect just fine.

So for anyone who might know me out there with a 360, you can send a friend request to gamertag Traysandor, and perhaps I'll see you online there sometime. The only downside is my router only has one Ethernet port, so I have to get offline on my computer to use it.

"Welcome to the current generation of console gaming, Miles E. Traysandor. We've been expecting you now for quite some time."

Yeah, I'm still waiting for that price drop. I've been frequently checking Circuit City at least once every other day or so.

Games are still 10% off, and it shows, there's still a big selection of games available there. No Wiis though, they're all gone but I don't care much anyway. Gogo XBox 360 get $40 cheaper so I can go get one already. I was eyeing some of the used games over at Gamestop, and there's some good games I can get pretty cheap.

Updates to be posted on this as it comes.



Also we stop the presses to bring you this unbeatable hand I just got dealt in Omaha. This is the third time now I've gotten this hand while playing PokerStars.

Yeah, the title is somewhat sarcastic to an extent. First of all, I'd like to post that Christmas 2008 was better to this three-tailed fox than recent past Christmases have been. My head is still above water, having just crunched the numbers for this months bills, and already having enough to cover everything there is with still money in the bank. And my saved up cash is still un-touched, as well as some money that I loaned my dad to collect if I really need it.

So, as of Sunday, January 18th, 2009, 2:16 PM Eastern Time, I officially declare Christmas 2008 FINANCIALLY SURVIVED.

(Insert semi-sarcastic applause here)

So, having recently learned about Circuit City's shortcomings, and having a few extra dollars thatI still have laying around, one three-tailed fox might just budge from a semi-tight budget and consider springing for a current-generation system if the price was right. And to be perfectly honest, as much as I really don't care for Microsoft-based products, I would like to spring for an XBox 360. I'm starting to get too old for most of the Nintendo stuff (And besides, if I need an avenue for that, I already have the DS). And the Playstation 3, while it's nice, is also the most expensive and the game selection is rather limited. That and I see quite often through magazines and feedback from other people I know through the internet that the 360 had the best and most mature-themed games of the three systems.

So I was browsing through the Circuit City up by the mall in snowy tax-free Nashua, NH, and to this point, everything in the store for the most part was 10-20% off (Games were in the 10% category). I think I'm gonna wait for the discounts to get a little deeper before I make a move. Optimally at least 25-30%; more would be better. I would be looking into either the Pro or the Elite version, especially if I can get the Pro for close to or under $200, or perhaps the Elite for under $300.

So my question to any one of my friends or people I know out there who's had an XBox 360 for a while: Any real difference between the two higher end models, any advice, experiences, insight, whatever? Also, in case you're curious about me getting XBox online with it, currently I run Verizon DSL. Can't remember what the speed is, but it's not cable or FIOS, so probably 1.5 MBPS tops. Not sure if that would be enough to be considered reasonably decent for me to be running around blasting people with, or if I should just stick to mostly personal gaming and maybe some downloadable content.

Another year, another dollar, as they say I suppose. 2008 didn't start out too particularly well, ending a longtime run at a forum I used to frequent, but I'm over and past that one now. It was also not a great year overall for the limo business. Last year at this time we were roughly 12,000 reservations. This year we did about 9800; that's roughly an 18.5% drop from last year. That's actually not too bad considering that many other places did much worse. Though income wise I probably dropped more than that, as we've taken a slight pay cut (mostly on van and stretch jobs)... so I was probably down about 25% overall. But, I still have my job, so I'll take that considering the way things have been in the world.

2008 was also another no-show in the romance department, although anybody who really knows me probably shouldn't be too particularly surprised by that one. It also brought about many worldwide changes; most of which didn't affect me too much. I wasn't bothered too badly by the economic meltdown/credit crisis, the fighting and the wars... but one change I'm glad to be a part of is the change in the Oval Office; I voted to put Barack Obama into the White House, and I'm glad to know he got voted in.

Overall, 2008 wasn't quite as good as 2007 was, but I've managed to survive through another year in decent enough shape to keep me going through at least the first month of the next year.

Final Results:

Total Number of YJE Entries made this year: 22 (Including this one)


Work Life: Below Average
Financial Status: Slightly Below Average
Social Life: Below Average
Romantic Life: Nonexistent
Stress Factor: Average
Internet Life: Average

Overall Rating for 2008: Below Average

Miles E. Traysandor's Official List

Yeah... all the stuff I wouldn't mind getting for that one day the 25th of December. I can't think of what the name of it is though. [/sarcasm]

In case you're wondering about the Sarcasm, some of you may remember the opinions I had about this time of the year last year. (Warning - NSFW for uncensored language and Dec. 25-bashing, hide the kids.)

So yeah, I'll just list stuff here according to how likely I'd really be to get the desired gift in question.

By the way, the Points don't mean anything in particular. Judging by the difficulties posted you can get a pretty good idea of how happy one might be if one were to receive a gift in that category.

I'm well aware that many of the things listed in the higher difficulties are pretty unrealistic by most standards. Depending on your point of view though.

( You can see my list here, under the cut. )

Thanks for listening, and enjoy your Dec. 25ths, people.

-- Miles E. Traysandor

So, apparently, I thought it was a good idea at the time to go with chili dogs for lunch, then make my special home-made hamburger helper for dinner.

My stomach did not agree with this.

Without going into too much detail, let's just say most of it wound up getting flushed down the toilet, resulting in a horrible night's sleep.

That is all.

[Miles' Homemade hamburger helper recipe]

- Enough noodles (any kind) to cover the bottom of a medium-sized 2 quart pan
- Approx. 1 pound thawed hamburger, any % lean
- Spaghetti Sauce (Any flavor, optional)
- Jack Daniels Barbecue Sauce (Optional)
- 1 tablespoon butter from a tub of butter (optional, can be used in place of spaghetti/BBQ sauce)
- Salt, pepper, red peppers, spice to flavor as you choose.

Directions:

- Fill the two quart pan approximately 2/3 full with water.
- Seperately, brown the pound of hamburger in a medium-sized frying pan.
- By the time the hamburger is brown the water should be boiling.
- Add the noodles and drain the hamburger grease, then put the hamburger in with the noodles. - Boil rapidly until the noodles are done ("Al Dente")
- Drain water from pan and add spaghetti sauce, BBQ sauce, Butter, and/or spices to taste.
- (Optional) Heat spaghetti sauce in a small saucepan until boiling, stirring frequently.

Yes, the time has finally come to be rid of this whole election thing... For another 2 years when they start campaigning again... *Shudder*

Anyway...

For President I voted for Barack Obama.

While there are some policies which I don't fully agree on with Obama, I found some McCain's policies I could not tolerate hearing during the debates and in the news/commercials. When you're reaching for the mute button to silence one candidate, it should be pretty obvious who you should be voting for.

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Ballot Question One: Should Massachusetts eliminate the State Income Tax?

I voted NO on Question One.

While there is some wasteful government spending, there are way too many other things that the government correctly spends our taxpayers money on that would be seriously hurt if this question were to pass.

Passing Question One would be the equivalent of taking a chainsaw to cut down a 100-year old tree when all you really need to do is cut off a few branches and maybe a tree limb or two.

Plus, when it comes to how they'd make up for the Highway Budget cuts? I would put my money on tolls -- in that you would see tolls on every major highway between Provincetown and the New York state line. And do you REALLY want the hated Massachusetts Turnpike Authority having almost complete control over all of the Massachusetts highways? I didn't think so, either.

Overall, I think the Massachusetts Taxpayer stands to lose more than they would get back by passing Question 1. Sure you might save $3600 (This number used for example purposes only and not based on any data), but you would wind up paying out $5000 or more in increased property taxes, fees, tolls, and other things.

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Ballot Question Two: Should Massachusetts Change punishment for possession of one ounce or less of marijuana?

(It would make it a misdemeanor for possession of one ounce or less, which would result in confiscation of said marijuana, a fine, and drug rehab if ordered by a judge. Whereas the current laws make this a felony and anyone caught with any amount immediately gets arrested and go to jail, and would have a permanent record.)

I voted YES to Question Two.

After reading the question, I think I can live with people having a very small amount of marijuana, as long as they're not doing it behind the wheel or in some other situation that could pose a hazard to the public. The cops have bigger fish to fry than these guys, more resources can be put where it belongs -- hunting down the drug dealers, rapists, murderers, etc.

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Ballot Question Three: Should Massachusetts Ban Greyhound Racing?

I voted YES to Question Three.

Sure, it might put places like Suffolk Downs out of business, but there's really no need to raise one specific species of dog for just one purpose. There are other ways for Massachusetts to get that revenue. For one, I support the casino plan as long as it's done right and well regulated, and it would draw back some of the revenue lost to Connecticut and their casinos.

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If you haven't done so, vote already!

Even if you're too young to vote, or if you live in another country and can't vote, you can reply here with whom you wanted to vote for and why.

1. Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey?
I don't see why not.

2. Would you do meth if it was legal?
Absolutely not.

3. Abortion: for or against it?
For, to an extent. In cases of rape, incest, or if the mother's life was in danger due to a medical condition it should be okay to abort the baby. In all other cases if a woman wants an abortion then they would have to be rendered permanently sterile and no longer able to reproduce naturally.

4. Do you think the world would fail with a female president?
I don't think it would. I'm not against the idea of having a female POTUS, but I don't like Hilary Clinton.

5. Do you believe in the death penalty?
Yes. It should be used liberally for people who have screwed their lives up and deserve to die (such as serial murderers, child/serial rapists, and anyone who's had more than three drunk driving convictions, major drug dealers, etc.), and they should not be entitled to this ridiculous set of appeals. Once they are convicted and they are sentenced to death it should be executed immediately.

6. Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already?
Only if it helps to eliminate the addicts. AKA, anyone caught smoking pot illegally, give them unlimited pot and make them smoke it until they die. Problem solved.

7. Are you for or against premarital sex?
For. People do it all the time, nobody really gives a fuck (Because they're too busy getting fucked themselves.)

8. Do you believe in God?
Yes, I believe there is a God. But when it comes to Religion... it's all Garbage, lame excuse for hate, intolerance and war.

9. Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized?
I'm fine with it as long as I don't see it in public.

10. Do you think it's wrong that so many Hispanics are illegally moving to the USA?
They need to make legally immigrating to the USA easier than the current system. That way anyone who is caught entering this country illegally, they will be sent back to their home country in an unmarked wooden box, dead -- the only way to absolutely ensure the illegals will never come back.

11. A twelve year old girl has a baby, should she keep it?
Yes, but only if the family of the mother is helping the 12-year old raise the baby.

12. Should the alcohol age be lowered to eighteen?
Absolutely, positively no. Anyone caught serving alcohol to minors, that should be a crime punishable by death. Minors caught drinking should be forced to go through boot camp and conscripted into mandatory military service for at least 4 years. If that doesn't straighten them out, nothing will (in which case they should be put to death).

13. Should the war in Iraq be called off?
We should have already been out of Iraq. Last Year. 'Nuff said.

14. Assisted suicide is illegal: do you agree?
I think it should be legal to have a doctor help you end your life (under medical advice of course) if you're in a lot of pain and would be suffering for the rest of your life.

15. Do you believe in spanking your children?
Don’t have kids, but as long as you do it as discipline and not as a vent for your temper.

16. Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars?
No, I would not. You'd have to force me.

17. Who do you think would make a better president? McCain or Obama?
Obama all the way.

18. Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers?
They can think what they want, these are just my opinions. If you disagree that's fine, but don't start a war over it. I'm not here to create drama that breaks friendships apart.

September the 19th, 1994.

This was the day that what was later to become Yesterday's Journal Entries was officially born with its first entry, way back when I was in 6th Grade.

A lot has changed in 14 years. From 6th grader to limo driver. With plenty of twists, turns, and bumps in the road along the way.

YJE was once something I used to keep to myself, something I would still look back upon every once in a while. I still do to this day on a rare occasion. Nowadays YJE is online (and has been for several years now), and at least a small portion of the world can have a peek into my own life as it happens.

Happy 14th birthday, YJE! I know it's a day late.

I know it's been quiet of late, though yesterday had plenty of eventfulness within it. I got up and showered, then had to run out for an errand. During which, I got detoured by a cellphone call from my stepmom, whom at the last minute managed to get a doctor's appointment in town and was ailing thanks to some neck disc problems.

About an hour and a half later after the appointment and getting her a soft neck brace, I head back home for a brief session online before heading off to work. Three runs, 3 going in, 5 coming out, and an 850 international. coming out. I get the 3 in no problem, the 5's flight was about 20 minutes early, so the client hops in the car about quarter after 5 on a Friday afternoon.

I make good time and avoid the worst of the Route 2 traffic, dropping the client off in Littleton about an hour and 10 minutes later. I swing by the office and pick up my check, the nslide by Drum Hill to deposit it and get some stuff from the store (Including a small cake for the occasion). By the time I get back it's almost 730, so I log in as invisible just to check on the international flight.

Meanwhile I make some microwave baked potatoes and throw it together with a couple no-mayo McChickens for a quick makeshift dinner, then go down for the international, and a long-bomb drive to Lancaster. Oh, by the way, we're doing construction on Route 2, please don't mind that you have to go 2 exits out of your way to get to where you live. Anyway, I finally get back around 1130ish and relax for the night.

So now it's the weekend, and jammed full of work. Good for money, bad for doing anything else.

It's been a while since I've updated this journal, but a recent event (read: happened last night) has urged me to post this here.

I'm almost certain now that my stepmother has become the victim of an internet scam, from one "Clearing and Forwarding Center" with an address listed as "510 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2P9". (RKNiner would know more about this address than I ever would, as he lives up in that neck of the woods)

You know you have a red flag on your hands when the third result listed in a Google search on the address leads to http://www.ripoffreport.com.

Also the fact that someone sends you a check for $5000 and asks you to send $3900 of it to pay off "Taxes" before you recieve the full winnings payment of $125,000.

First off, the taxes on winning that sum of money would be a lot greater than $3900, and secondly, any legitimate lottery would pay you the full amount up front unless you specifically requested annuity payments ( typically over 20 years.)

After a lot of talking between me, my dad, and my stepmom, we all know not to do anything sudden or stupid like sending this money off, because that would (in all likelihood) just lead to immediate financial ruin within a matter of days, as the $3900 would be long gone, plus when the $5000 check bounces you are left with almost 9 grand missing from your bank account.

In fact, I would just as soon contact the FBI and turn the check over to them for investigation into this matter.


I think right now the only thing we'll be out of is the cost of having dinner at Chili's. All things considered, a very minor price to pay. Not to mention, the food was pretty good too.

Yes, this probably comes as surprising and shocking to a great many besides FuffyFox, but I can now say I've been to a furmeet.

Yesterday I took off from work a week in advance for this event. Despite the fact they tried to give me a 2:30 PM yesterday [undoubtedly along with a couple other jobs], I quickly told them where to shove it. [Down somebody else's throat =p]

So I woke up at 730 AM or so and took a shower... I set an alarm for 8, but for whatever reason, didn't really need it. After the shower, I threw on some eggs to be hard-boiled and quickly realized another minor problem: My body was sneezing and I didn't have any allergy medicine left. A quick trip down to Walgreens fixes that problem. By the time I get back, the eggs are done, so I down the medicine and eat the eggs. After that, I got everything in order. Keys and cellphone, and wallet too. I took my iPod nano and an extra dose of allergy medicine, in case the allergy symptoms came back later.

Obviously, since I was heading down to Boston on personal business, and that I was likely to be doing a lot of walking around the city, a few extra precautionary measures were taken. I removed my ATM card, Corporate AMEX card [Fuel only for work], as well as anything else that had my name or other specifically important information on it (aside from my Driver's License of course) from my wallet and left them at home, in the event that -- god forbid -- someone stole my wallet while I was down there. I had about $80 on me and would be conducting any transactions cash-only. I also bought my return ticket home at the station up here before I left, and parking was already paid for, so I could still get back home even if that disaster had occured.

Anyway, background stuff aside, I caught the 9 AM train into Boston. There was an 11 AM train as well, but since this was my first time doing this, I would have rather been early than late. I got to Fire & Ice way too early (a few minutes after 10), so I walked over toward the Pru by Copley place, grabbed a paper and some water. It was a nice day, not too hot, and not too windy either, a nice breeze if you're sitting in the shade. I browsed through the paper and just kind of mulled around for a bit.

I eventually went into the restaurant, and after a bit of awkward searching for a fair few minutes, we found the other furs who showed up a little late. The food was pretty good, not to mention a unique way of cooking it. The price was very reasonable too: lunch special until 4pm, all you can eat for 10 bucks, and you basically pick and choose what kind of meat, veggies, pasta, etc. you want, and it's cooked right in front of you!

On the other furs, the ones I were around seemed nice enough in person. There were a few artists, and I must say the art I saw was extremely good! I was kinda silent during most of the food portion, but I opened up a bit while we were walking around. We eventually wound up at the Fenway theaters and saw Kung Fu Panda, which was a pretty good movie, some nice moments and funny scenes. After that, I had to get going, I was trying to make the 6 PM train home, but had no luck trying to get back on the Green Line. I watched the end of the Sox game at the Garden while waiting for the 8 PM train home, Pap blows a save but a pair of HR's in the 10th makes the Sox a winner ^.^

The bottom line: I had a pretty good time overall, it was fun to get out of the same-shit-different-day routine and do something different for a change.

Would I do it again? Sure, I would definitely consider it as long as the financial resources are available.

Also of note: The fact that our meeting place was right near the start of Boston's annual Gay Pride parade had absolutely nothing to do with any of us. We were all upstairs doing our own thing, mostly eating. We left the restaurant after the parade had passed, they were cleaning up.

The title speaks for itself, really. Last night I got a night out in the van, taking a bunch of people from Bedford to a house in Southboro, and back later that night. They all work for one of the companies that have an account with us. I have absolutely no idea what they were doing inside said house, but if there's any indication from the way a bunch of adults were acting on the way back to the hotel, I'm guessing there were large quantities of alcohol involved.

Who'd have thought that a 25 year old would be the most responsible person in a van full of adults? Trust me when I say this, everyone else in the van was older than I was, you didn't need an ID check to tell that. =p It was a very long and windy ride up 495 and down Rte. 3, but at least the pouring rain held off until after I had dropped them off.

Just another reason on the list of why I refuse to drink alcohol: You act the way you did when you were a hyperactive teenager.