We all have a weakness
But some of ours are easier to identify.
Look me in the eye
And ask for forgiveness;
We'll make a pact to never speak that word again
Yes you are my friend.

We all have something that digs at us,
At least we dig each other
So when weakness turns my ego up
I know you'll count on the me from yesterday
If I turn into another
Dig me up from under what is covering
The better part of me
Sing this song
Remind me that we'll always have each other
When everything else is gone.

We all have a sickness
That cleverly attaches and multiplies
No matter how hard we try.
We all have someone that digs at us,
At least we dig each other
So when sickness turns my ego up
I know you'll act as a clever medicine.

If I turn into another
Dig me up from under what is covering
The better part of me.
Sing this song!
Remind me that we'll always have each other
When everything else is gone.
Oh each other....
When everything else is gone.

[incubus - dig]

so my biggest complaint about San Francisco was not the 60+ degree weather all week which was fantastic, or even the rain or the fact that I was at a conference and working all week or that my flight back was delayed an hour and a half. It's the fact that while I am in Pacific time, everyone on the east coast expects me to still function in eastern time. I mean that's fantastic in the afternoon/night for eastern time people, but 9-10am EST meetings are awful when that is 6-7am PST. Having my watch and blackberry on eastern time and my cell phone on pacific is confusing as hell but a quick way to know what time it is in multiple time zones....

at least my body and head are now all re-aligned on eastern time now even if I am currently adjusted to Pacific...

so i switched jobs within the Fed as of monday. Mind you i just got back from alaska on july 2, the 17th i had a new job, next week I'll be in San Francisco for training and the week after i'll be in Richmond for installing stuff.
oh and then i might have to go to Minneapolis for a presentation too.

i love the new job. much more exciting than the old one AND i get to travel. the bank in San Fran is 2 blocks from the bay, how awesome is that?

i'm currently visiting my grandparents in upstate NY, i drove through a storm and a half of blinding rain on the way up, that was fun. I just hope it's all gone by monday so my flight is not delayed.

i'm so busy, but i love it. i think i'm one of the lucky ones that got a job that fits exactly what i want to do so well.
yes it's only been a week so far, but i'm very hopeful things will continue to improve.
The new apt, the new job, the travel, having a dog in the house, no drama... i love it.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=19rb88nj.10ejx0xb&x=0&y=-fg4jsh

that is all.

In the 8th grade my English class had to read Romeo & Juliet. Then for extra credit, Mrs. Snyder made us act out all the parts. Sal Scalperillo was Romeo. As fate would have it, I was Juliet. All the other girls were jealous but I had a slightly different take. I told Mrs. Snyder that Juliet was an idiot. For starters she falls for the one guy she knows she can’t have. Then she blames fate for her own bad decision.

Mrs. Snyder explained to me that when fate comes into play, choice sometimes goes out the window. At the ripe old age of 13, I was very clear. That love like life is about making choices. And fate has nothing to do with it. Everything it’s so romantic. Romeo & Juliet. True love. How sad. If Juliet was stupid enough to fall for the enemy, drink a bottle of poison and go to sleep in a mausoleum… she deserved whatever she got.

Maybe Romeo & Juliet were fated to be together but just for a while. And then their time passed. If they could’ve known that beforehand maybe it would’ve all been okay. I told Mrs. Snyder that when I was growing up I’d take fate into my own hands. I wouldn’t let some guy drag me down. Mrs. Snyder said that I’d be lucky if I found that kind of passion with someone. And that if I did, we’d be together forever.

Even now I believe for the most part love is about choices. It’s about putting down the poison and the dagger and making your own happy ending … most of the time. And that sometimes despite all your best choices and all your best intentions, fate wins anyway.

[season 2 - let it be]

boys lie.



its 8:45
the weather's getting better by the hour
I hope it rains there all the time
and if you've ever said you miss me
then don't say you've never lied.


[Brand New -Jude Law and a Semester Abroad]

i am allowed to celebrate. I am almost 100% positive i have a 4.0 this semester. I am waiting on 3 grades, 2 of which i know are A's. the last one is a web class which i have not seen a grade from all semester and if it is NOT an A, i will be arguing that one.
i'm excited. that really helped my GPA and i reached the target GPA i wanted for graduation.

so the MTA transit strike today has half my office out of work today. Basically anyone who lives in NY, said F that and did not come to work or is working from home. I don't blame them, if i had to work in NYC and the closest i could get to my office was still over a mile away, i'd say the same thing. All the subways are closed and the majority of the bus services are not running either. Basically if you live in NYC, you're screwed. Getting from brooklyn or Queens to manhattan is just about impossible unless you are driving yourself.

good thing i live and work in NJ.

from NY1.com


Millions of commuters are facing their worst nightmare this morning as a massive transit strike brings New York City's transit system to a halt, threatening businesses and stifling movement across the five boroughs.

Transit workers began walking off the job at 3 a.m. following a vote of the union's executive board, hours after union leaders rejected the MTA's final contract offer at the end of a contentious bargaining session.

City officials say the work stoppage, the city's first transit strike since 1980, will have a massive and debilitating effect on the city, thwarting millions of commuters and countless tourists on the cusp of the holiday season.

"Our contract expired on Thursday at midnight, but we postponed a strike in deference to our riders," said TWU Local 100 President Roger Toussaint in announcing the strike shortly before 3 a.m. "All local TWU members are now directed to report to the picket lines."

To the city's seven million commuters, Toussaint said: "For the riders, we ask for your understanding. Our fight is their fight."

The TWU allowed all subway trains and buses that were running at the time of the strike announcement to complete their runs before returning to the depots and shutting down.

All subway entrances have now been locked and station agents and token booth attendants are now off the job.

The city has deployed its strike contingency plan to help smooth the bumps for the region's seven million commuters.

Until 11 a.m. on each day of the strike, vehicles with fewer than four passengers are prohibited from entering Manhattan at all bridges and tunnels south of 96th Street, and barricades at 96th Street prohibit cars with fewer than four people from passing southbound through that point. However, vehicles traveling within Manhattan need not have four passengers.

Even with the restrictions, traffic on the West Side Highway and FDR Drive was backed up for miles by 5:30 a.m. North of 96th Street, drivers were spotted picking up strangers to make it past police checkpoints with the required four passengers.

In a show of solidarity with displaced straphangers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined thousands of commuters crossing the Brooklyn Bridge on foot as he made his way to his City Hall office shortly after 7 a.m.

On a lighter note, two dozen Santas from Brookstone's department store took up positions on the bridge to greet commuters as they streamed across the famous span.

Meanwhile, the city's public schools are opening two hours later than normal to allow extra travel time for students.
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