I'm a rocker, I rock out

What an amazing summer its been. I mean like overwhelmingly unbelievably amazing. Time to play a little catch up with the LJ tho'...

THE DETAILS STUFF:

I work for the Aetna Human Resources National Staffing Center. All day long I send rejection correspondence. Almost every time someone applies for a job with the Aetna and doesn't get it, they get an e-mail or a letter from me. Hundreds of e-mails a day, thousands of them a week. For $12 an hour, air-conditioned, less than a half hour drive from home. Thank you so much, Jon!

I have not done much this summer. A few weekend trips to the Cape. A lot of time spent with Sara and various friends. Revisiting old friends, shedding some like so much dry scurf (yay Amelie vocab word!) And thankfully exploring new ones. Oh, and I drove out to New Haven and chilled with Mary Goodman, of www.amazonbitch.org fame.

I started a Mage game with Will and Jon but we only got through one session. Blame me, I wanted to do something bigger... so now I run a Vampire game with Will, Jon, Ezra and Liz. Only one game so far, but we should play another this weekend. Just like I should see Blue Guy this weekend. At least one of those things will happen.

Its been so unpleasantly hot in Connecticut... especially the last few days... please gods let the rain come...

THE RAMBLING STUFF:

Umm...

Last weekend I visited the Cape and brought Sara. Aside from the anxiety of time spent with family (compounded by the fact that it was also time spent with my girlfriend interacting with my family) I had a really good time. Sara burnt her pale self to a crisp in a single day and commenced being in pain and eventually blistering shortly thereafter. But that night we went and sat on the beach and watched the stars, including a nice taste of the Perseid meteor shower. Sooo good.

I'm really crazy about this girl.

She has really cool friends, too. Dan our waiter at Chili's, who keeps us pleasantly liquored up at a fraction of reasonable costs (and all we do in return is tip him like %100, gee...) Jacqui, who I haven't seen now in weeks 'cos she works at the Blockbuster in Longmeadow where my cousins live. She's still awesome, tho' - and somehow must be responsible for the Angelina / BillyBob breakup. And then there's Liz Ferrari, who I ought to spend more time with, not least of which because I get free food (just kidding!) She's unassailably cool and fun and I'm glad she's in my Vamp game.

Looks like it might rain. Thank gods.

I really have just been having an amazing summer. Been doing the cohabitation thing with Sara while my parents are away (Mom at the Cape with Allie and Dad away on business). I dunno if they'd kill me if they ever found out, but its just been so nice. Waking up to have her there and kissing her goodbye before work... Have I mentioned how crazy I am about this girl.

Went to a couple house parties. Will Baldwin and Nicole Guanco respectively. I think Salome is pissed at me, and you know what? She did it to herself. I give up, I really do, I love that girl but if she wants to be friends with me she's got to start forgiving me my human foibles. Its weird... I have fun at these things, but I gravitate towards Sara and Jon. And Horowitz and Will, and some other people. But some of the people I used to really care about... its so different.

I'm not sorry Kate ignores me anymore. I got over it, and its not so bad. And I already mentioned Salome. And its like Lauren and I don't hear each other when we speak anymore, or like we don't speak the same language anymore. And all of this makes me miss Stephie. I should e-mail her or call her or something.

Overall, though, I emerge from this summer indomitable. I feel really good about myself. Credit where credit is due, that's largely Sara. But I know enough to admit that its part me, too. When I get back to school, its gonna be no more apologizing for who I am. As best I can manage, anyway. I'm in the tribe, I am a dork, here me roar.

School. Dude, school. I wanna see everyone so bad, and classes and apartments and Evanston goodness. I look forward to it. But then I go 24 hours without seeing Sara and I freak out and miss her like my right lung has been amputated... this is gonna be so frightening and rough. I'll survive, but the future is hazy and uncertain...

But I feel so good right now, none of it matters. Nothing can stop me, I can change the world... I haven't felt this way in ages, and its nice to be back.

THE RANDOM LIST-Y STUFF:

I read a lot of webcomics at work. Aside from my classics (Sluggy Freelance, PVP, 8-bit Theater) I've discovered some new great ones. In no particular order...

Bobbins -- www.bobbins.org -- and now the comic is over now, but while it was around it was so very British and funny. The artist has a new strip now called Scary Go Round, www.scarygoround.com

Demonology 101 -- faith.rydia.net -- Its like Buffy the Vampire Slayer only not, and its all kinds of warm and fuzzy and good. Demons in High School.

Diesel Sweeties -- www.dieselsweeties.com -- There are other comics, but none so low-brow or low-res. "Jesus helps me trick people..."

Small Stories -- www.smallstoriesonline.com -- *sigh* Its so beautifully... ironically... tragically... and occasionally hillariously TRUE. Shorts and unfinished longer works.

Life of Riley -- www.clanbob.net -- What do you get when you combine a secret society of people who play paintball, a starseed, a vampire, several godesses and a half succubus? Mayhem, obviously. Funny funny mayhem.

Warp 9 to Hell -- www.doadesigns.com/warp9 -- Usagi and Mofo are just two guys who bought a baby in Mexico and can't get rid of it. And that's just the first story-arc.

Return to Sender -- tourniquet.rydia.net/sender -- Its Jhonen Vasquez-y without all that glorious misanthropy. Its unfinished and rarely updated and it doesn't make sense... but its good anyway.