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a new year is upon us. what's in store? hopefully more paychecks, because i am broke.
with all the riffraff in the last few weeks of 2008, i won't be able to get back on track financially til about the last week of january. that is quite a problem. i broke some rules of mine and became lax on discipline. unforgivable. but some of my capital went to good causes. that is slightly acceptable.

christmas (the entire holiday season in general) got me fat. i need to get back to my regular eating habits and exercise regimen. otherwise, i won't be able to catch the jeepney when i'm running for my life in tuguegarao, cagayan.

one more ridiculously busy day of work tomorrow, followed by a new year's party and a day long break. what am i going to do on the first day of the new year? probably sleep all the way through it. i haven't had a solid 8 hours in 2 weeks.

i remember when i tried to write a few letters back then. it was good while it lasted, but the fundamental flaw in america's postal system is the idea that it costs time and money to send a physical letter, while emails are free and faster. however, on an international scale, text messaging and email are slightly more expensive, while letters are decidedly cheaper. therefore, in that circumstance, a letter will do just fine. this makes me wonder about my pen pal from africa when the dominican sisters made us write letters to them in 3rd grade. hopefully she is doing well. if anything, i may have met her in college and didn't know it.

happy new year to everyone. goodbye to the fastest year that i can remember. so many things happened in 2008, it felt like a lifetime, yet the months flew by so fast. so, it feels like i lived a lifetime compacted into a few months. that sounds kind of sad - in a movie kind of way. this further supports my idea that i should die before my wife.

Female Cashier at Fun Factory: "So what are these bracelets for?"

Me: "To celebrate the best day ever. And to celebrate our friendship."

Cashier: "Oh my god..."

F: "See, J***. You wouldn't have gotten free shit by acting like a thug with your friends. We got free shit by being openly gay..."

currently: wanting a massage and some buko juice