Just Off Center

10 years ago- I was nineteen years old, on my first summer break from Indiana University. I’d had a rough year. I was a music student, and decided that I no longer wanted to study music. I was an emotional wreck and involved myself in numerous bad relationships. The last girlfriend I’d had (and unceremoniously dumped) had gotten into a terrible car wreck about this time that year, killing her long-time boyfriend, and landing her in a brain damage rehab ward for the better part of a year. She lost all memory of me. It’s better that way, I think. Otherwise, I was young, dumb, full of cum, and I relished in every moment of it.

5 years ago- In July, 2000 I was an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. I was stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson Arizona, where I spent my days calibrating test equipment, and my nights drinking myself into oblivion on delicious Nimbus Brewery ales. I had been married to Nina for over two years, was living in base housing, and growing steadily more disenfranchised with government life. Fortunately, it wouldn’t be something I’d have to deal with for too much longer. Thank you , Taco Bell.

1 year ago- Life was then very much as it is now. I try not to make too many changes in my life at the moment. In these tumultuous twenties, one can make it through by buckling down, working your ass off, and trying to keep your nose clean until the answers come. I mean it was damn near identical: same job, home, wife, car, kitty cats, blog, flat-screen television and shitty HP Pavilion PC. It’s a good life.

Yesterday- I slept in (9:30 AM), had a quickie, drank coffee, burned CDs, watched movies, had company, yelled at Sam, ate leftovers, drank Pete’s Wicked Rally Cap Ale, trudged my way through a 5K trying not to cry like a baby from th ebeer-induced stitch in my side, and crashed out while watching The Peacemaker.

Tomorrow- Will be very similar to today. My alarm will go off at 5:20 AM. I’ll shower, shave, dress and leave for work by six. I’ll get to work around seven. I’ll work all day, eat Subway for lunch and dinner, go to my second job, work there too, and leave at about 9:30 PM. I’ll get home around 10:30, go for a run, and go to sleep. In case you were wondering, that’s the plan for basically every weekday as far as the eye can see.

5 snacks I enjoy- Beer, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Pretzels, Cottage Cheese, Cherry Tomatoes

5 songs I know all the words to- Cliffs of Dover (Eric Johnson), Adagio in D minor (Samuel Barber), Shephard Moon (Enya), Air in G (Bach), and Summer Song (Joe Satriani)

5 reality television shows I watch- There is that Geico commercial where they put the newly married couple in the little house. Apart from that, nothing.

5 television shows I watch daily- Family Guy, Chappelle’s Show, whatever forensic evidence/new detective/ true crime show Nina happens to be watching.

5 things I would do with $100,000,000- Become a cyborg, buy Liechtenstein, train to be a ninja, make throw rugs out of poor people, and hire Kool and the Gang to play my birthday party

5 locations I would love to run away to- I don’t care…everywhere.

5 things I like doing- Watching movies (that don’t suck), listening to my Ipod, exercising, fucking, pooping

5 things I would never wear- A bodice, stilettos, a cowboy hat, ear barrels, and oral herpes

5 recently seen movies I like- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, I ♥ Huckabees, Fletch… that’s about it recently.

5 famous people I'd like to meet- The five richest men in the world…and I’d like to meet them as I’m pushing them out of the way of a speeding truck

5 biggest joys of the moment- Subway Turkey Breast and Ham, music, running, travel for work, and reading emails

5 people to tag- Everyone on my sidebar who hasn’t done this yet.

ne this yet.

# posted by Mike @ 8:16 AM