A Jay Update

Jay:

-needs to have a "come to Jesus" with his realtor about just what I'm expecting for this percentage he'll get should the house ever sell. Per Brad's suggestion I'm going to create my own Zillow and Craigslist ads for the house. I'm not quite ready to take up Seth's suggestion to "can his ass," but that's mostly as I haven't yet dug up the contract to see what the penalties might be.

-needs more time in the day as his blog and Facebook and poor, neglected Flickr page- and, mostly, getting back in touch with his friends- is giving him more pleasure than work is.

-needs either discipline or a housekeeper. Keeping this joint "show-ready" is exhausting.

-could use "fixing up" as he's completely "cocking it up" on a regular basis and wouldn't mind a dinner date...

-needs to go out shopping for clothes this weekend.

-is going to get off of here and go watch "The Office" Season 3, Disc 1 - which he got out of the library today - and looks forward to finding out what the rest of America learned about Jim and Pam two years ago...

(I don't want to feel like I'm not showing a personal side here on a heavy-linkies day)

The most joyful experience in the history of the world!

Really, we're happy to be here..., originally uploaded by JayKulpa.

What, can't you tell? *

Seriously though, this weekend I went up to Cowtown for a bit of a reunion with some dear old friends from College. In my head I still call us the "Grungebabies" as that's what Mickey Hart referred to me, Dan, Daneille, and Elizabeth as when we all first descended on OD all at the same time. We went through a lot in the course of three years at school. Those were especially formative years for me, and I think for each of them as well. We all learned a lot, got our hearts broke a few times, and learned how to drink like fish.

Thankfully we all made it out the other side okay (although the looks of me in some of the other pictures has me beating a hasty path to my treadmill). But time passes and people move and stuff happens and it's only recently that we all got back in touch - thanks to Facebook- and reached a consensus to get together and break some bread.

I joined Nikki, Elizabeth; her friend David; Dan and his boyfriend Justin; Daneille, her husband Frank, their children Hana, Abrehem, and Danika the firefly hunter; Jake (my old roommate who I much missed) and the late-arriving Spenser for a day of tears and recriminations... no, kidding, a day of laughter and reminiscence and easy, comfortable, interaction as old times were remembered and new shared.

(Wow, that was schmaltzy). Anyhow, the pictures are available here!

*This photo cracks me up as we were all having a great time, their faces just happened to look "fallen" when I clicked the picture. As we were a bunch known for being just a tad morose, it fits.

Rough Draft

Okay, this is my "rough draft" blog starting-up here. I've been itching to vent for a while now. About this, about that, about the seltzer down the pants.

I may complain. I may praise. I'll probably be very rude either way... which is how people generally like me. After all, "if you don't have anything nice to say, I'll probably say something worse."

Just giving it a spin. Stay tuned.