So, my HR manager called me into his office this morning, I didn't think much of it until I saw our new store manager and operations manager waiting for me, which was about the time I started freaking out and thinking I was in trouble. Turns out they're in desperate need of another full-timer in Paint and my name kept being brought up, so they were wondering whether or not I wanted the job. Don't get me wrong, I had no problems with my previous position of being a lowly stock boy, but I figure this would give me a chance to learn something new and I'd be in an actual department, not to mention I'd actually be able to sleep again. Always a good thing. So, I have the rest of the week to take a crash course in paint because I start Saturday. Joy.

It's a little less than three weeks before my first anime convention. I'm kind of excited about that. Disappointed that I wasn't able to put together a cosplay in time, but I guess that'll have to wait until Chels and I go to A-kon next year, or something.

Anyway, I'd write more, but I'm totally spent from work, and I'm still not over this heinous case of bronchitis, so I'm going to go crash for a couple hours.

Oh yeah, and I want a pet liger. Do you know how badassious that would be to ride to work? Do you!?

So, I've decided to take my GED next month. I've got a smidge of anxiety, but hopefully this next month of studying will knock that out. I'm fairly confident that I can pass, I've just got to work on geometry. The only other subjects I'm weary of are science and social studies, and that damn essay for language arts. I'm not nearly as eloquent as I try and kid myself. You're reading my journal, you should know. Maybe I need to work on more than I thought. Lol.

Hopefully I'll be able to afford a car not too long after that so I can start looking for a better paying job. I've been considering applying for Premise Technician at AT&T, if the field is available in the area. It's still too early to be thinking about leaving Lowe's; it'd probably be good to have at least a full year of employment to put on my resume. :p

I've become such the HTC fanboy as of late, it's disgusting. I find myself plotting a valid excuse to justify the future purchase of THIS, but I don't think any reason I come up with will make Chelsea too happy about it. =(

And zomg!11 Stephen Chow is now officially slated to direct and star opposite of Seth Rogen in The Green Hornet. That movie is guaranteed to be badassious now. JUST GOTTA WAIT TWO YEARS. Damn it.

Oh well, it's Friday, I'm off the weekend. I'll be kicking back and playing some Twilight Princess. I mean, uh... I'll be studying hard. Yeah.

I had a fucking amazing birthday last weekend. I'm still reeling from both the single most devastating thing to ever happen to me and the happiest I've ever been in all 22 years of my life, but I'll try and articulate everything.

I don't think anything could have prepared me for my cat of 14 years dying in my arms Thursday. I didn't just lose my first pet, but I lost a best friend; someone who has been there for me as long as I can remember. I adored her with all of my heart, and words can't describe how much I miss her. I don't know what I would've done if Chelsea wasn't there. Thank you, baby. Thank you for everything. And goodbye, my beautiful Angel...

Chelsea managed to get me to stop being an emo bastard long enough for us to bake my birthday cake. By the end of the night, my kitchen looked like a war zone and I was covered in chocolate, thanks to Chels smearing it all over my face. But the cake turned out so delicious~! I probably ate like, half the damn thing. Oh god, it was so worth the diabetes.

We drove out to Kissimmee the next day to spend the weekend with her mom, sister, and niece in a timeshare they rented. It was a pretty nice, despite us having to sleep on the couch-bed. I can't complain, we got to sleep curled up together. Most of what I remember was: eating Chelsea's awesome chocolate chip waffles, being giddy as a school girl from her getting me Twilight Princess, playing Apples to Apples with her family, and watching Amadeus a kajillion times, yet strangely never seeing the end of it.

Disney was a blast though, even if it decided to rain almost the whole day. I was too young to remember it much the last time I went, so it was cool, getting to experience the whole thing again. Going on Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad with Chels was great, because I've wanted to get her on a roller coaster for like, ever. Even though it was my birthday, I wanted the day to be special for her and her niece more than anything else, so I hope it was.

The whole thing ended with us gorging ourselves at Kobe's Japanese Steakhouse. Chelsea got them to sing and bang gongs obnoxiously, which would've probably been more embarassing than it was, had I not been a little buzzed from the sake.

I'm really bad at this whole summarizing thing, but I think I made the point of my birthday being super special awesome. I couldn't have asked for anything more. Thank you again. I love you, Chelsea. ♥

P.S. Tropic Thunder was fucking hilarious. Robert Downey Jr. stole the show, that was to be expected, but Tom Cruise's cameo was epic.

*blows the dust off*

It's amazing how time flies. I didn't think it's been that long since I last made an entry. I'm not sure where to begin.

We last left our hero overwhelmed in anticipation of The Dark Knight. It'd be redundant to sing its praises; there's nothing that hasn't already been said. Simply put: It was fucking AMAZING! It was also the weekend that Chelsea forced me to buy a Wii. True story. I wasn't at all willing, nope. No siree was I frothing at the mouth like a rabid Nintendo fanboy. More importantly though, we welcomed our bouncing baby boy, Nathan, to our world. <3

♪ Let's do the time warp again! ♪

I started my new position at work last week. It's been going relatively well, though I would love to not have to wake up at 3 AM. But I got another raise, so I can't complain.

I'm hoping that I can find time to study again, so I can finally get my GED. It's really disappointing that I didn't get it before my birthday, but I'm not going to get bent out of shape about it. It's definitely a priority in my life right now, not just so I can secure a better job, but so I don't have the fact I never graduated weighing down on my conscience.

I digress, yours truly is turning 22 on the 31st. That's in 5 days, for those of you who aren't calendar inclined. I'll be spending the rest of the week doting on my wonderful Chelsea and eating the amazing devil's food cake she's gonna bake. Lots of fun to be had, hopefully I'll write all about it when I recover from my diabetic coma.

Raaawrr! I fucking can't believe Chelsea and I are going to see The Dark Knight three days before it's wide release, for FREE, in IMAX no less. I'm far too drugged (toothache) and tired to make an elaborate entry, but I felt compelled to post.

But before I go pass out (work in six and a half hours), I leave you with DragonForce's new music video. The new album is going to be fucking amazing. Enjoy!

I feel bad neglecting my journal so. I keep telling myself that I'm going to keep it updated, but I always get sidetracked. Sporadic entries are better than none, m i rite?

I really hate math. I figured that I'd get some studying done, in light of not having much else to do on my day off, so I've been tackling the necessary evil that is algebra. I've determined it's not that I don't like it because of its difficulty, or lack thereof, but that I'm generally turned off by the whole subject. I find it kind of ironic that a person who deals in absolutes (I believe that would make me a Sith, in a galaxy far, far away) can't come to terms with a body of knowledge that never lies.

I'm also aggravated with my phone because it didn't so much as ring, vibrate, or alert me with another noun that could easily be found in porn, when Chelsea (yogurt) called earlier. Not only that, but I didn't get her voice mail until well over an hour after the fact. If you read this, I'm really sorry for not answering; I wasn't ignoring you! I really wanted to talk, especially after our disheartening chat earlier.

*peers down at the post before last* It's funny how things change over the course of a month. We were really intent on living together, but she decided after returning from A-kon (And while I'm on the subject, let it be known to the handful of people who read this, I couldn't be happier that she was able to go and have fun with her friends, regardless of how much they don't like me. I know all too well how much they mean to her) that we should hold off on moving, for me to first get a car, which would give her time to save so that I wouldn't be footing the whole thing. I'm still reeling from that one, but I'll get over it. Things could be worse, I've just got to keep my head up and cherish every day, knowing that she loves and wants to be with me.

And to not end this on an emo note, only three weeks until Chelsea and I go see Dethklok. It's going to be brutal. I'm thinking about asking Ben and his brother if they want to go see The Black Dahlia Murder on the 2nd, seeing as Chelsea and I only took off two days, and then we've got to request even more time to see The Dark Knight later that month. We'll see what happpens.

Omfg, the new Dark Knight trailer is finally online. Just 75 more days until I have a Batgasm all over the place.

I almost forgot about this thing, then I felt a twinge of guilt for neglecting it so. It's amusing how you can write something and look back it, only to realize how much of a fucking idiot you were (See: Last post).

Honestly, things have been super awesome. It's been almost two months now since I got hired and I can't complain much. I don't recommend pursuing a job in retail if you can avoid it, especially if you end up with an anal retentive front end manager who bears a striking resemblance to Timothy Spall, despite being a woman, and assigns you to customer service. The only things that make the job bearable are a handful of co-workers who are just as miserable as you. Okay, so I can complain, but it's really not that bad. I'm grateful for even having a job. Really.

I think the most exciting thing to happen as of late was finding an apartment with Chelsea. We were both surprised by how easy it was. I think it was the second place we looked at? We browsed a couple of others after, but none of them were anything we wanted. Nothing made her as happy as that one, and that's what matters most to me. So, we're hoping to move sometime after July, which should give me enough time to get transferred. Hopefully.

Oh, and Dethklok. I'm definitely stoked about going to see Brendon Small kill at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando on June 30th. It'll make up for not being able to go to Gigantour this year. Jonathan, if you read this, you're a cocksucker. That is all.

And on another note, I've had this insatiable urge to watch anime lately. I'm making Chelsea download Gankutsuou, since I wanted to check it out a long time ago and never got around to it. If anybody wants to suggest something I haven't already seen, you're more than welcomed to because this is fucking redonkulous. It's almost bad as my recent addiction to coffee, and I'm just a single-engine Cessna away from smuggling that shit from Columbia.