the gateway to change

a flash lights the bluish-grey mist-filled sky as another speedily follows it, causing the people in the room to stop their banter and simultaneously turn toward the window.

everyone knows each other's thoughts, but none speak until the understood alotted time.

an enormous cluster-fuck of sound fills the sky as many of the people in the room hear the season's first clap of resounding midwestern thunder pierce and rumble everything in sight.

"huh, that one was close," one of them says.

thus the cycle continues while accomodating evolution itself.

gone are the days of "looks like the drive home'll be slow," and "ya, i heard duluth's gettin', ya know, like 21 inches... geeze."

ushered-in are the days of "yeah, dat thunder woke up the dogs last night... had to take them out to go... ya know," and "wow, shure looks nice out there, wish i was bladin' around the lakes."

green replaces white.

sunblock replaces scarves and gloves.

the trails replace the gym.

and beers on the porch replace wine in front of the fireplace.

life as we know it, once again, moves outdoors, where we become one family enjoying the beauty of earth's majesty.

then the fucking mosquitos come out and make us all wish it was winter again.

*sigh*

the circle of life continues...

son of a...

BITCH!

this stupid blogger sight hasn't let me post to my stupid blog for 2 days now... those stupid stupid-holes.

let's see if this one goes through...

you heard it from me

yeah, my latest prediction/conspiracy theory:

on good friday (today) both the pope and terri schiavo are going to die. well, if not today, this weekend.

how dramatic would that be!?!?!

i mean, you could say, "i remember where i was when the world lost an ailing pope who hated gays and when the united states lost their heart-breaking battle to stick their noses in the business of dying citizens."

it would be like when reagan died and a large chunk of the country was like "oh my god... how will life EVER go on... quick, we need to name something after him." and the world was like "huh, another dead leader... lucky fucking americans, their leaders die of natural causes or old age... we have one die every fort-night because of radical political ass-holes, poor, poor bitches those americans."

*sigh*

god bless the united states of we-have-no-idea-how-nice-we-have-it-and-still-we-have-to-complain-until-every-person-believes-the-same-way-as-we-radicals-do-and-all-faggots-are-condmned-to-a-life-of-second-class-citizenry.

and contrary to the way this posting looks, i'm actually in a fanTASTIC mood today!!! it's GORgeous outside and its friday, how could it get any better than this???

don't answer that please = )

HAPPY SUPER-JESUS WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!

four non-blogs

[i assume] unlike most of my blogger friends, i don't have a huge list of blogs that i read on a daily basis nor display on my personal blog - i get off quite fine with the 10 or so that wander into and out of my life.

but lately i've noticed that there are about four blogs that just don't get updated often (or at all) and it makes me sad.

these four non-blogs get me all excited every morning (for that's when i read all my blogs) and then slowly let me down when i see distinguishable characteristics of postings i've previously read, i say a cuss under my breath and then move on to the next blog that's listed in my favorites... its sad.

"what SHALL i do?" i ask myself, and then i realize that i'm at work and the answer is obvious. shite... time to actually put company resources to work for them.

*shrug*

consider the source.

ugh

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*sigh*

blog changes!

hey followers of nakachunkoff = )

i'm making a change to my blog today... from now on, only registerred users of "blogger.com" can post comments to my blog.

clarification: you don't have to have a blog w/ blogger, just be registerred with them. it's quick and it's easy.

i don't care if the comment is positive or negative, building me up or tearing me down... i just think it's a courteous adult principle to tell people their opinions directly to someone rather than thru and "anonymous face".

thanx! and happy spring!

tom's chicago ramblings (from chicago)

things i've done so far in chicago:

spertus museum of judacia

navy pier

chicago institute of arts

habatat gallery

a whole slew of other galleries that were around habatat (10 to be exact)

chicago museum of contemporary arts (permanent collection was in, the entire museum was the "universal experience"

smith museum of stained glass windows

shopped the magnificient mile (michigan avenue), bought a FABU new zipper hoodie at h&m

had martinis at gentry while listening to the beautiful piano

yes, and i went to steamworks (as a matter of fact, i'm there now, so ***pbthhhh***)

eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat

smoke

watch cartoon network and the food network (GOD how i miss them)

things i can't WAIT for when i get home

see my cats

sleep in my bed

my pillow... my pillow

believe it or not, i'm excited to get back to work... yeah, i must be coming down with something

my own shampoo, my own shower, my own water, my own food... me me me

see my friends

HOLY WEEK!!!

check my email = ) oh, wait, i'm online now... i can check it now!!!

well folks, that about sums it up! i'm less than 24 hours from being home and i can already say that this was beyond a sucessful vacation... SO relaxing and nice to be alone to do what i want when i want for however long i want and with the person i want to to it with the most, myself. maybe being single isn't that bad afterall (for a tad bit o' time at least).

see ya'll soon!!!

*smooch*

random ramblings

closing weekend is a strange juxtoposition of thoughts and feelings. any sadness gets wiped away when you strike the set.

the longer you do shows the less you're sad to see shows end, that is, unless it pays = )

sushi kicks ass, but it really sucks that we live live in the middle of the country.

jen isn't bitter, she's just horny... really horny.

random gorgeous days in the middle of winter are so cool.

joke: where can it be 56 one day and blizzard-ish the next? oh wait... that's not a joke, that's normalicy in minnesota.

drunk karoke... need i say more?

be wary of co-workers who love it when you rave about how hot their husbands are.

stay away from pot holes, they'll fuck up your car in .3 seconds flat.

the week before vacation is kinda rough... so much anticipation.

meeting strangers and having a drunkenly-awesome time is SOOO cool!!!

hope everyone had a super weekend!

isn't it...

well, the chicago trip has finally been finalized. thank GOD, i'm sick and tired to hell of thinking about it obsessively.

march 13 - 16 i'll be in the windy city letting my hair down, shopping with a sudden influx of money, sleeping with whatever i want to, smoking whatever i want, and drinking martinis from strangers.

and check out my digs while i'm there... fuckin' awesome!!!

humbling moment

i just read an incredible posting at joe. my. god. (katie, if you think i write well, read a little by joe... my postings look like shit compared to his).

but anyway - when i finished reading this amazing blog (which most of his are) i had just the most sad and depressing feeling (perhaps it was the fact that i was also listening to the new air supply cd at the time). i mean, it just seemed to reemphasize that every single fucking person on this planet has his/her own battles that they are fighting. i'm sorry - even the most confident and put-together person has something deep down inside that just eats at them, some are just better at hiding it than others.

it also challenged me to rethink my reactions towards others. we're in this together, we're all floating on the same planet in the same universe, we're all hurting, and we all need to live together. just like when i got my second cat... they didn't like each other very much, but there was absolutly nothing they could do unless i made an executive decision to get rid of one of them (like hell...). we're in the same boat, we're all on this ball together unless the heavens choose to separate us, and i don't think that'll be happening any time soon.

man, its at moments like this that i am reminded of my absolute devotion to air supply.