August 25

Now that the Olympics are over, we can go back to watching regular mindless programming. I'm looking forward to the return of my shows this fall, and I'm going to pledge to watch less garbage, like cable reality shows on Vh1 and the like. In fact, if it were possible to get decent reception without cable, I could get along just fine without it, I could watch the UFC in a sports bar or something, all my favorite shows come on the regular networks, like CSI & Reaper.

My weight's up 4 pounds, yikes. I think being depressed has caused me to eat a lot of garbage over the past couple of weeks. It can't be a coincidence. It's low carb for me for the next two weeks!

August 12

I've been taken by a con artist of sorts. The person I thought was my friend for the past two years wasn't really a friend at all, in fact, I don't even know this person, at least not like I thought. Everything she has told me has been a lie, and apparently I'm not the only one taken in by her. Her family is at their wit's end because of the lies and drama. I probably got off easy, I can walk away and cut her off, her family can't. Guess I need some new friends.

Weird dream

I had the strangest dream last night. It started out pretty cool, I was taking a road trip with my uncle Kenny, we stopped by the ocean and ran barefoot along the beach. Then I came home and there were patrol cars with blue lights in front of my studio apartment, (not all that unusual) and I try to go in and can't get the door open all the way, turns out someone is inside moving his stuff in, tons of clothes and furniture. I asked him who he was, and he says he's my new assistant. He was going to be paid $8 an hour, but instead my friend talked him into free rent instead. In my studio. I was on the phone with my friend and asked her why I needed an assistant in the first place, and why is he moving so much stuff into my apartment, and she said something about trying to get my new business off the ground. Not really sure what that means, unless I'm still worried about the phone bill.

Summer Olympics

I'm looking forward to watching the Olympics this year. I never cared anything about them growing up, because I just got so tired of hearing about them back in '84 and again in '88. You couldn't buy junk food that didn't have "proud sponsor" written on it. Do Olympic athletes really sit around eating Snickers bars? Seems counter-productive. I'm in a situation with a friend of mine who may not want to talk to me anymore, I had to turn off her cell phone. It was on my account and up until now she has paid for her usage, but then she got laid off and racked up a huge bill in overage charges. Was I wrong to turn the phone off? She can't pay for the bill and it's in my name. I'm not sure how I'm going to pay for it.

High school reunion

My 20th reunion was held recently, I didn't go. High School wasn't a pleasant experience for me, not really something I want to revisit. However, I was extremely surprised to look at pictures of the event and see how different some of my former tormenters looked, and not in a good way. It actually made me feel better about myself. That's mean, I shouldn't even be thinking that, all of these people got married and had children, of course they're going to look worse for wear. Sometimes I wonder if I missed out on something by never having children, then I see a little monster running around unsupervised at the supermarket because his mother has given up on trying to get him to behave in public and I put those thoughts right out of my head.