I wish I didn't worry all the time...

I turned 27 today.

It's not a special age, just a year closer to 30. It has absolutely shown me, though, that we have no clue what is going to happen to us. Could I have foreseen where my life is now a year ago? No. I doubt I could have even three or four months ago.

If anything, this is hope. Hope that we don't know the future, that things can change. That life will get better.

I have great hope for this next year.
-T

A good day, a great day.
Like iron freshly forged,
tempered in tears.

I love the way we burn.
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After cutting out the people and places in my life that give me pain, I am left with a cleaned wound. And then my real friends show back up. The ones that care enough to text, to call, to write. To ask if I'm okay, ask if we can hang out.
I find the people that truly are my friends. I am glad to have them.
-T

So, I've been back from Costa Rica for a few days now. Had a lot of e-mails, webcomics, facebook, livejournal, etc... to catch up on, but I'm finally done.

There's so much to say about the experience that I won't bother posting it here. Come find me in person and I'll tell you about it.

That said, the experience did change my life for the better, and I'll be making a few changes.
-T

I leave my house tomorrow morning at 9:00 to embark upon a fairly epic (at least for me) journey to Costa Rica.

I am terrified and nervous, but above all, excited. My first time out of the country (Canada doesn't count). The rainforest, the jungle, the beach, the ocean. New and awesome things. My journey is long and potentially dangerous, but I am confidant. My companion, the ever resourceful faery_007  will keep me in check, make sure disasters don't happen, and we get where we need to go. I am there to kill spiders and explore.

Not just explore the Jungle, nor San Jose, but to explore who I am. No one believed in me (not even myself) that I would go to Costa Rica. And now I get to get the fuck out of Eau Claire for a while, see the sights, and show the world that I can stand on my own and make a difference.

-Tim

p.s. On a side note, it's not that hard to believe that I'm the type of guy to go save baby turtles. I mean, I hate people, not animals.

So, the other day it was offhand mentioned that faery_007 was looking at going to Costa Rica to save baby turtles.
I thought it sounded amazing, so I starting looking into the viability of going with.

Now, that dream is starting to be a reality. Reservations have been booked for August 6-20th, plane tickets are soon going to be purchased (cheaply, too!), and I've started a list of things I need to buy.
Everything's starting to fall into place

I've been needing a vacation for a while now and what better way to get away than to truly get away. An hour from civilization, no electricity, no phone, just me and nature. Yes, I will somehow survive.
Thankfully, faery_007 is more than capable of handling travel in foreign countries, and I'm adventurous enough to risk big spiders, poisonous snakes, and (more deadly to me), the sun.

I will sadly be missing my friends, the internet, and at least one session of LARP. Still, this is a chance of a lifetime to do something that not only helps out cute little turtles, but will get me out of my shell and into the real world.

-T
www.latortugafeliz.com is the place!

One of my favorite authors of all time died today, Michael Crichton. 66, cancer.

It is a sad day for me. I think I'm going to watch Jurassic Park when I get home.

-T

Let us hope that revolution will not be forthcoming, now that a light is seen up ahead.
-T

If human beings weren't able to consciously control their diaphragms, Nintendo would've gone out of business ages ago.

If we all are actually living inside of a giant computer, it wouldn't actually have to be that powerful. Our concepts of time passing could easily be related to clock cyles, and if we're inside of the computer, we'd all see it passing at the same rate. So, it could be a 486 taking decades to 'render' one second of our time, and we'd never know.
Maybe The Matrix is some overweight kid at his Tandy?

If it were a killable offense to be stupid, what percentage of the entire world's population would be left? Which countries would be hit the hardest?

If we were all blind, would we hate people based upon the way they smelled? Their voices?

-More to come.

I have a friend that needs to find a home for two ferrets.
2 years old, both male, both have been neutered and have all their shots. Good health. Very friendly.
Willing to give them away + cage + food + related supplies.
Fairly ASAP, as he'll get evicted if he doesn't get rid of them.

Any takers?
-T