Another weekend comes to an abrupt and upsetting close. My sister and I had a grand old time together during her visit. She and I were able to enjoy the desert-like heat by the pool, we saw the Exorcism of Emily Rose; holy shit. If anyone is looking for a scare, go see that movie in the theater, if you're into that loud satanic/demonic howl of a young girl who's been possessed, you're in for an intense mind blower.

I've exhausted a lot of time the past few days trying to catch up with people whom I care about the most. I regretfully do not keep in touch with the people are the most important, at least as often as I prefer/should. By no means will I place fault on anyone else, but I'd be accepting too much of the responsibility to take absolute ownership of the necessary burden. I'm not going to dive too deep into this, because as pre described, I've spent a lot of time catching up, and I don't intend to fall behind the curve again, since close friends are very difficult to come by.

On friends: Good news for Jayme, he's moving in with the USM "guys house" as we've come to call it. A shout to all the guys who live there, Joey, Matt, Slay, Dustin, Rob, and now Jayme. Great group of guys, truly. Glad to see things on the much deserved upswing for this man. Everyone smashes into some bad times, I'm just glad he was able to come back, take the wheel and charge full steam ahead.

Saying I'm a photogenic person is a stretch, saying I belong in a photo at all is tugging some fine strings as well, so naturally, I love to see pictures of my friends who are actually capable of looking as they are though someone crafted them perfectly in the picture. That's how I feel about the above picture of Emily. I quote what I said to her when she first showed me, "That is the kind of picture that makes you stop moving, just to say 'wow'". On Emily, things are looking up for her as well, and not a moment too soon, for us both. Sometimes all a person needs is a nudge in the right direction, from luck or other wise. I'm just glad she received her emotional shove sooner then later. Being so close, her stress naturally becomes mine, and there was nothing I could do about it. I hate feeling helpless when people need me the most, however, all this is about to change. I'm not going to be held back by this place I loathe so much, I'll be able to be more selfless, literally "be there" when someone needs me.

Alaina: Right now this girl resides somewhere I've always had fantasies about, San Francisco. I used to try to get Dave to go with me during high school, haha, so obviously our feeble incomes would never support such an adventure. Back to Alaina, let's just say she's had a rough start to transition phase, she was smack in the of the most horrible natural disaster our generation has ever been plagued with. After being forced from her college in downtown NO, she briefly resided in Texas, and then was shuffled over to SF (no loss in my opinion) to catch up on her first week of school. It's difficult to fathom that kind of a start to one's freshmen year of college, but she's handled it exceptionally well, and she seems to be enjoying her experience all the same.

As for the rest of my friends, please understand I'm not leaving anyone out intentionally from this post, you're all here with me, believe me.


here's to catching up.Goodnight.