http://www.habitualchaos.org/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:01:49 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss picturejournal tour of the house; I just have to add captions to the photos and upload them. Knowing me, Id check for them around 2012, but you may get lucky. I actually did update the picturejournals with a party themed after the 80's that we had at the house on June 7th. I suppose that will have to quench your journal fix till I get the house tour up, so enjoy it for a couple years and I will get back to you. In addition to the house, Im sure everyone knows Im getting married on September 13th. Planning is going well, with the usual hair pulling and stress, but Im pretty confident with Jenn at the helm, we got this thing going in the right direction. Better her than me anyway, cause I know Id have confused myself into a mess by now. Life is good, house is good, work is good, family is good, friends are good and so on and so forth. Pretty sure thats all I gotta say... I mean, type for now. If I follow my usual posting schedule, look for another post in January of 2009 and that house tour in early 2012 or so.]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2008/07/#000704 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2008/07/#000704 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:01:49 -0500 three years she has decided Im somehow worth it, and I love her for it, cause shes made so many pieces of my life better, even in ways I didnt see coming, which is never a bad thing. I mean, cmon now, she has to very important to me, to willingly drag me out of this wasteland that is my posting frequency. That alone should give you some idea of what this day means. Happy 3-Year Anniversary baby! Im still hoping someday I will figure out how I deserve you, but until then, I will enjoy this year and all those to follow.]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2008/04/#000676 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2008/04/#000676 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:21:29 -0500 my cat stole my house key. Thats right, that was it. Oddly enough thats not a lame excuse I would try and give my teacher or anything, Jenn and I's cat Dmitri (aka The Little Bastard) took it upon himself to go somewhere he shouldnt be, namely the dresser I keep my wallet and stuff on, and proceeded to steal the key to the house, I so dumbly left there. I had taken the key off my keyring, so I could go start my car and still lock up the house; since my car keys and the house key were on the same ring. Now dont get me wrong, Im not just blaming the cat for this; since I am the dumbass who left the key there. On top of that, Im the dumbass that, after just setting the key down on the dresser, thought to myself "I should probably go put this back on my ring, since the cat will probably do what he does with almost everything else I leave here." Add to that, "I should probably go do this now too, cause I will probably forget to do it later." Now do you think I listened to myself? If you answered no, you know me pretty well and made an educated guess. If you guessed no... you either dont know me, were trying to give me the benefit of the doubt, or are a dumbass the same as me. Anyway, I went through the rest of the night without even thinking about the key I left on the dresser. In fact, I didnt even think about it much the next morning either... until, of course, I went to leave the house, looked down at my keyring and said "Motherf..." So, I ran upstair, already dreading what I figured was already true... key was nowhere in sight. I looked on the floor, under and behind the dresser, in our office, down in the basement... all the places I could think of where our cat takes the shit he steals. I checked all those places and nothing. So I had to call Jenn, and tell her about it and see if she thought just locking the backdoor without the deadbolt was gonna be ok. Turns out, after closer examination, my key was actually under the bed. I looked under the bed, but not long enough to really see it, since I was already gonne be late for work. So, now my house key is safely back on my keyring; and on the detachable clip I have as well, so I can now safely go out (or send Jenn out) to start my car and still be able to lock up the house. Cats still a little bastard though, regardless.]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2008/02/#000675 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2008/02/#000675 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:07:50 -0500 house we bought a few weeks ago. The house is a little unfurnished in these photos, but I will hopefully have a new Picturejournal up with a tour of the house as it is now, pretty soon. In the meantime, I want to say Happy Holidays to everyone!]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/12/#000674 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/12/#000674 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:49:59 -0500 not technically cancer in my sisters thyroid. She is home, she is out of danger and doing just fine. What I mean by technically, is there were benign, or what you could call "pre-cancer," cells in her thyroid. If these cells had gone unchecked for a little while longer, chances are it would have developed into actual cancer; but they were caught early enough and in time to pose no further danger to her. I, again, want to thank everyone who passed along well wishes to my sister and my family. It speaks volumes to what good friends I have, and it is absolutely appreciated.]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/11/#000673 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/11/#000673 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:49:34 -0500 First of all, before anything else I want to thank all those friends who have passed along their well wishes to my sister, my family and I through these last few days. It is wonderful to see, wonderful to know and I know my sister would thank you for all for your positive energy. As an update to my news about my sisters condition, I will tell you she underwent surgery, technically, yesterday at about 11am and it was technically a success. What I mean by success is that, first, they only had to remove half of her thyroid as the other half was not affected by her illness; and, second, that section removed did not, at a glance, show signs of malignancy. That means there is a slight possibility this wasnt actually cancer; but we wont know for sure until tests are done on the piece of thyroid they removed. The overall prognosis, however, is good for the time being. Shes was, obviously, in a lot of pain when I went to visit her after work, after only being out of surgery for about four hours, but she was doing good otherwise. Its really sad to me, that it has to take times like these to make people really appreciate what they have. I am just as guilty as anyone... looking at my fiencee Jenn in just a little different way when this all came around. I try to look at her and completely appreciate everything shes done for me more than just times like this, but thats not always the case; and that is sad. There is a better side to this too, and I guess the good part of this though, is how overpowering your sense of family shadows the petty or stupid shit. I admit, there have been times, even very recently, I havent exactly liked my sister (long story) and there are still pieces of the puzzle I still dont like, understand or agree with. That all doesnt matter right now though. Right now, my little sister needs me, she needs Jenn, she needs my parents, she needs her kids, she needs all of us... right down to the friends of mine sending their well wishes. Thats all that matters right now. All the other stuff can wait, because theres still things that need to be resolved, things that need taken care of... but right now they pale in comparison to the support my sister has gotten, and even still needs. http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/10/#000672 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/10/#000672 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:19:27 -0500 important; or pale in comparison to the news I got today. You see, today, Wednesday October 24th, I was told my little sister, my 29 year old little sister... has thyroid cancer. Id been prepared in advance for the possibility of this news by some problems she was having and some check-ups she was going to. Before today, though, it was just a possibility, a "could-be," a chance... not a fact, not the truth. Today, it became fact, it became something very real. I dont know how to feel just yet, I just dont know. Im a little worried, flustered, angry and confused, simply because this could be one of four type of thyroid cancer. Three of those types dont spread and treatable with surgery, the fourth being the "bad" type, the one that could migrate more places than just her thyroid. Not that theres a good type of cancer obviously, but I will gladly take the other three, than fathom what my sister would face otherwise. Its a frustrating waiting game at the moment. She will go under the knife this upcoming Monday to remove the cancerous part of her thyroid, to eventually have that tested to determine what type of cancer it is. I cant even imagine whats going through her head right now, and I dont need to. All I need to do right now is be there for her, to drop whatever I am doing to comfort and support her whenever she needs it. Id like to ask whomever still reads this, to please keep her in your thoughts, to please send her as much positive energy as possible to help all of us, but especially her, through this. I will keep everyone posted.]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/10/#000671 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/10/#000671 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:42:40 -0500 was just a year and nine months ago that I was telling you about my convertible. Wow, how time flies when you buy, or have a bank let you pay them for, 3 cars in 3 years. So, you can probably tell by that first paragraph, that I am about to tell you of yet another car I am purchasing for my driving pleasure; and you would be absolutely correct in thinking that I am about to tell you of yet another car I am purchasing for my driving pleasure. Damn, it makes me so happy that we have this bond, where you know what Im gonna type about before I actually type it. Hopefully that wont last, since if you knew what I was gonna type about before I did, thered be no need for the half dozen of you that are left, to actually visit this site anymore; and then what would you do once every couple of months or so? Hmmm? So anyway, back to the car. Yes, I am purchasing a new car, and this time the word new actually means new; because, sometime soon hopefully, I will be the proud owne... I mean, person who is paying a bank to let me have, a brand new 2008 Scion TC. Id always been interested in getting one of these, but considering some of the issues Jenn and I have had with my Eclipse, we decided now was as good a time as any. That photo above does also represent the color Im getting as well, Black Cherry; as well as going back to a manual-shift car. Ever since I got that Eclipse, I have just itched to go back to manual-shift, and Im getting my chance with my first-ever brand new car. Now I just have to actually get the car. Allow me to elaborate. Our nearest local dealership sold both their models the day we were going to look, so Jenn found a dealer in Kent that said they had two manuals, an '07 and an '08. When we got to the dealership, however, the salesman wasnt really paying attention and the '08 was an automatic. We decided to, at least, test-drive the '07; and with Scions no-haggle policy, we thought wed be in and out in time to try a dealer that actually had an manual '08. That didnt exactly work to leave in time, but with ther assurances of the salesman, we stuck with Kent to buy the car. Problem is now, with what im losing on my Eclipse, which Jenn and I agreed is better than keeping it and putting that much more money into it, my payment will be more than the Eclipse at about 6 years. We're still going through with it, but now we have to wait till our financings approved before the dealer will even begin trying to locate what will be my new car. Saying Im a little ansy, is putting it mildly, especially after I could have potentially walked out of a dealer in Akron with the car on Monday; and now to possibly not even get until next weekend is a tad upsetting. Course, thats what you get believing a car salesman, I guess.]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/09/#000670 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/09/#000670 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:02:33 -0500 Note: This post should have been done Saturday, August 18th; the actual date of my lovely fiancee Jenns birthday, but I was lazy and am doing it now. Shh, dont tell her, Im hoping she wont notice. So, a couple days ago, my before mentioned lovely fiancee Jenn celebrated her 26th birthday. Even though Id love to tell you all about it right now, I might as well get to the part youre all wondering about, before getting to that... what I got her?! There were essentially two parts to "what she got?" I will go in the order of their presentations, so up first is, as you see below, a new pair of Nike Shox; which she had expressed a need for since her current pair were dwindling. The second part, although you can actually see it at the top right, will come after a short description of the first part of the nights festivities. You see, Jenn took the opportunity to make a stop at her favorite Margarita establishment, which also just happens to be a Mexican restaurant called Jalisco's (in Salem); which was in danger of not happening because of a tornado that hit Salem a few days before. Jaliscos opened in time, so Jenn enjoyed the company of friends and family, while downing Margaritas and eating food wed probably regret later. After the Margarita celebration, we made our way back to Jenns parents house, where I presented the second part of "what she got." That second part being, a birthday cake modeled after a Coach purse she currently owns. Made by Clarencedale Cakes, whod Id been introduced to through my good bud Miller; as Clarencedale did his, and his lovely wife Jens wedding cake. I been to Clarencedales website, looking around and saw a cake that looked like a bottle of Captain Morgans. After initially ordering that cake for Jenn, I noticed a cake that looked like a Coach purse, and thought thatd be a better fit. After changing my order, and talking with the lady at Clarencedale, she suggested I take some photos of Jenns current Coach purse, and they would model their cake after that. Above is the result... which Jenn actually, for a brief second or two, mistakenly though I simply bought her another purse; and was slightly confused as to why Id buy her a purse she already had. After that brief confusion, she caught on and a big smile came over her face, telling me she loved the gift; which did everyone else, after we peeled off all the fondant that made up the outside and got to the cake inside. After the cake, and visiting with more with family and friends, we made our way to our good friends house for some drinking and bullshitting. All in all, I think it was a good day, and Im pretty sure Jenn felt the same way. Now all I gotta do is find some way to outdo myself next year... and the year after that... and the year after that... Damn, I got start getting some creative ideas going.]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/08/#000669 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/08/#000669 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:54:51 -0500 Been a while hasnt it? Nothing I can really say either as to why I havent posted in a long time. It, quite honestly, always slips my mind. Its not like theres nothing going on in my life, and its not also a lack of desire to want to post... I just dont think about it as much as I used to, and subsequently the site, and you, suffer for it. Really though, as Ive said many many times before; its not like I actually have that many visitors, so it is usually the same three people hounding me to update. Im not downplaying the importance of those selected people either, cause I know they mean well... but its never enough that I remember to write anything. I think what Im gonna try doing, is something that was suggested to me a long time ago. That "something" is various people can give me subjects, that I will add my own little spin to. Will this actually happen? Chances are just as good they will, as they are it wont... but it might "light a fire under my butt" enough to at least post a little more often. Even if it doesnt, its not like its gonna hurt my already, lengthy absence from updating this place. Hell, Ive had a 90% finished new design for Habitualchaos for more than a couple months now, and it, like the site itself, is something that I simply forget about most of the time. Lets hope something happens soon, I have an adoring (well maybe not so much now) audience to satisfy. http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/08/#000668 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/08/#000668 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:55:33 -0500 I cant believe its been [insert timeframe here] since I posted last. What a lazy 'tard I am. http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/07/#000667 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/07/#000667 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:18:12 -0500 September 13th of 2008. Ah, the trials of peer pressure. The way I figure it, not that it would happen; since we put a little more pressure on ourselves, moving the date up a year, everyone who showed any discomfort with our original date should pony up a little "accomodation fee" to help us pay for the renewed smiles on everyones faces.]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/05/#000666 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/05/#000666 Tue, 01 May 2007 15:02:48 -0500 and a slightly busy weekend after arriving home, I am finally here, ready to tell everyone about it. Actually, there isnt a lot I could say that my brand-new (yes, much sooner than you expected) Punta Cana Picturejournal wouldnt tell you better visually; so go there, so I dont have to tell you everything. The biggest news out of our trip last week is, as a lot of you know already, when I asked Ms. Jennifer Hart, my lovely girlfriend of two years, to officially put up with my crap for a long, long time; or to those who need it spelled out... I asked her to spend the rest of her life with me, as my wife. She, of course, relunctantly accepted and now I am officially off the market ladies. Not that proclaiming it here would matter, considering my female audience or that it really mattered when I was still on the market; but its just the principle of the thing, so just go along with it. I did a very good job of hiding the fact I was going to ask; a fact she didnt think I could pull off without her knowing or me ruining it, but I did and completely surprised her. The happiness in her face, as she teared up a little made all of the waiting worthwhile, as she accepted to someday become Mrs. Jennifer Fellows. I dont think it has completely sunk in for me yet, but I am happy. Its taken a long time to get to this point, and I admit somedays I wasnt even sure I would get here; but I am here and it feels damn good. A lot of things have fallen into place in the last couple years, and I can really say that in all the aspects of my life that matter, I am finally happy. Theres no dark cloud, theres no walking with my face down, theres no being professionally miserable, theres no emptiness, theres no a lot of things; and its all wonderful. Oh yeah, and the trip was great too!]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/04/#000543 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/04/#000543 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:37:06 -0500 two year anniversary. No, that is not a joke, its the honest to God truth... she has, in fact, put up with my shit for 2 years; or 730 days for those of you who arent so freaking technical; or 17,520 hours for those of you who wanna be a pain in the ass. How does she do it? I have no idea! What am I, a mind reader? Youd have to ask her that. Now back to what I was talking about, before you interupted me again with a dumb question: our two year anniversary. It has been a wonderful two years and I am looking forward to all those to come. Ive experienced many things, have grown up a little (just a little), have learned the finer points of discreet gas release and been loved by a wonderful person who I dont deserve sometimes. Congratulations baby, youve beaten all the others there have been (those two) by a year and 11 months. I probably should have congratulated you when you lasted twice as long as any others, which would have been the two month, not two year mark; but hey, better late than never, huh? I love you baby! Happy Anniversary!]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/04/#000542 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/04/#000542 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:46:48 -0500 As you can see, as the police report I filed stated, "persons unknown, with the aid of a potted plant attempted to gain entry." Yep, someone or a couple of someones used a potted plant, and not a normal potted plant; an obvious "two persons unknown needed" potted plant to "gain entry" to my car over the night. The best part was, they didnt "gain entry." They had the opportunity, as you can plainly see, but it doesnt even seem they even got into my car. Nothing was stolen or disturbed, there were a couple rented movies, not touched; nothing was missing from my glove compartment; theres still glass on the center console (something Jenn noticed), saying to me they didnt get into that either... nothing?! So they broke the window just to break the window? Unless something or someone spooked them, it appears that way. In the regard of stolen or damaged stuff, I am very lucky it was just a window, but its no less irritating. So now, $160 later, I have to go pick up my car, in hopes whoever did this doesnt figure Id obviously get they window fixed; just to stop by and do it again, thinking it might be just as fun a second time. Only time will tell I guess.]]> http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/03/#000541 http://www.habitualchaos.org/2007/03/#000541 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:46:35 -0500