Asshair Waxing? What?

I hope no one finds the above title too offensive! Some friends were ranting about this at the table tonight, and, after I gave them all a funny look (not quite sure why or how it came up), they dared me to make it the title of tonight's blog entry. I emphatically said, "No way!" But, later, I couldn't think of anything better for the title of this blog entry, and, since one of them claimed he'd give me a dollar for using it, I did. I guess, if he gives me said dollar, it might be the first and only time in which I will have literally "sold out" that I can think of. I apologize if anyone is bothered by it! lol.

My birthday was a lot of fun. It was pretty much a good day through and through. I was on the phone for almost 6 hours at its inception with my very special someone. She gave me some cool presents that I really like. There was a really cool card, a book with a translation, a cd of music that she likes, and a really pretty spiral notebook that we can use as a kind of prayer journal together. I need to figure out how to go about making entries in the last of these... (I hope, Musankisha, that you do not mind me bragging about these gifts in front of the world...hehehe)

Anyways, after that and after a few hours of sleep, I got up to face the world. First off, my brother came by. That was interesting and fun. Then, I went to work. Work was mostly boring and ordinary. I did, however, get an email birthday card from one of our clients, and I had the opportunity to listen to a certain cd I had opened in the weeeee hours of the morning. :-) Rob is probably glad he has noise cancelling headphones because it is not his kind of music (his kind of music is normally pretty bad), but I liked it. The most inteesting part of work came near the end of it, when, a few friends of mine established a connection with me via Skype (still at work), and sung Happy Birthday to me over it in both English and German. They may not realize it, but I felt very special having people sing to me like that. (Ich bin total nicht schleimen!)

On the way home, I went to Fry's to buy an ultra cheap webcam. While I was there, I stopped in the laptop section and examined the model lineup of the new laptop I had ordered through Best Buy the day before. I am stunned by realizing how cool this new laptop I ordered (A Hewlett-Packerd Pavilion dv8210) is. They had several of the dv8000 Pavilion series there, and every one of them blew me away!!! I should be getting it tomorrow (today depending on how one looks at it), and I am stoked! It has freakin' 17" widescreen, and the whole thing is so wide that they actually put a numberpad on it!!! That is awesome!!! (I am such a dork, ja?) I managed to make it out of Fry's with only the web camera, and that is pretty cool. Upon getting home, I had a few difficulties trying to install that web camera on my main computer. I want to be able to use it with Skype. Unfortunatly, the stupid install program refuses to work properly. It was having a problem with the "Install Script" Rather than return it though, I tried it on my old laptop (where I am more likely to use Skype anyways), and that worked just fine. :-D

After talking to meine Musankisha (again), some friends picked me up, and we went out to ye ole' Shuck 'n Jive. Wow, that was crazy. Heather was working up there tonight, and she imediately started asking me questions about where I've been the last few months. She also started buying me drinks (I honestly don't remember quite how many, but I'm glad I wasn't driving anywhere!!!). I had some good Jambalaya with my drinks, and some fun company in the form of several of my friends. We were only there for a couple of hours, but I must of had three or four big ole' glasses of Crown on the Rocks along with a couple of shots of Crown as well. I enjoyed every second of it, and it was a task to keep from spilling my guts about all the exciting things God has been doing in my life recently. Not all of it should be talked about now, and, hence, I just focused on trying to keep my mouth shut. The whole night was so much fun though. I wish that I could of had some of my friends from church there, but, alas, there were none. When I got home, I passed out for awhile. (Alcohol has a tendancy to cause that in a person) When I woke up again, my 28th birthday was in the past, and I realized that I am not in midst of my 29th year on this planet. I am so thankful to the Lord, God Almighty, for creating me and putting me hear all of these past 28 years!! I hope there are more to come, and I find myself joyfully thinking about the ways I might be able to spend my birthdays in the future now that I know meine Musankisha. (Das ist krass, ja?)

Ok, so, I'm still a little tipsy and giddy after all the events of today, but it was such a good day. I think this is the first time a birthday has ended with me looking so forward to next year! To all of my friends who celebrated it with me and all of those who were unable to come, but wished me Happy Birthday anyways: Danke!! The story of my life and what God is doing with it is all His, and I am so glad He is allowing me to participate in it. lol.

~ guten Nacht!

Kick Out the Jams

well i've been elected to rock your asses 'till midnight
well this is my term and i've shaved off my perm but it's alright
i solemnly swear to uphold the constitution
got a rock 'n' roll problem well we got the solution
just let me be who i am and let me kick out the jams yeah
let me kick out the jams i done kicked 'em out

well i've been selected to orbit the planet in a rocket (in a rocket)
i'm goin' to mars i got a message for the poodle in your pocket (in your pocket)
well mission control callin' supernova the hotline's rockin'
you can come on over and let us be who we am
and let us kick out the jams yeah
kick out the jams we done kicked'em out

- The Presidents of the United States of America