I'm always on people for never updating their lj, and I'm no goddamned
better. I think about stuff and I think god, who gives a shit about that.

Well, it's not honestly about whether you people give a shit about it, is
it. It's about whether I think it needs to go on record.

Recently:

Trev and I went to see a movie on opening night, and I can't remember the
last time we did that. We saw Wanted, which was fun. I'm not terribly
difficult to please when it comes to movies, though. The trailer for it
suggested that "not since the Matrix have you seen a movie that made you
wonder "how did they do that?" but they lied. I didn't wonder, but I did get
to see the naked backside of Angelina, which was worth the price of
admission.

I found out on fathers day that the guy who raped me after high school now
lives right next door to my parents new house in Rochester. This lead to a
nervous breakdown, and I stayed home from work for like 2 days. I got lucky,
though. Molly just happened to wake up sick the first day, so I thankfully
had a real excuse not to go in.

We welcomed a new baby into our extended family. Chelle's Nephew Treyten is
not only possibly the handsomest little fellow ever, but such a happy,
hungry little boy. Also, Chelle continues to look good with a baby in her
arms.

Chelle, her family and Molly and I went to the July 4 parade in LaPorte.
Molly cared more about an inflatable Spongebob toy than she did about the
parade. It ended up being a bit of a nerve-wracking morning for me (because
Molly likes to just take off running and taking her out like that, where I'm
always on the edge of my seat waiting for her to bolt), but the afternoon
held a bbq with family and ended up being a lot better. Oh, and Chelle can
channel Katy Perry like nobody's business. Seriously, my wife, so hot. Have
you seen her?

Trev and I had a big honest conversation last week about behavior patterns
in our relationship. We were both really honest and didn't really gloss over
anything. I felt a lot better after tellin him how I feel about things, but
I think both of us heard the other say things we weren't crazy about
hearing. It was long overdue, I know I let things build up, and it needed to
come out. We're working on it.

I went to Chicago this past Friday to catch another Empires show, which was
a lot of fun. I will say that I've never seen a crowd quite like that. I'd
rant that it's no more acceptable to sexually harrassment male performers on
stage than female performers, but I'm pretty sure you can fill in the
blanks. Also inappropriate was the one-man mosh pit next to me (but I think
he wasn't even trying to mosh, I think he was just too drunk to jump
straight). The crowd was possibly one of the most enthusiastic I've seen for
Empires, but this is not to say I wasn't also a bit ashamed to be in the
middle of it.

In a continued effort to work on it all, I went with Trev to Ohio to meet
some of his friends from WoW. They were all really nice folks and Molly had
a blast playing with their kids. Was nice to get out of town and look at
someone else's house. Had I stayed home, i'd have just done laundry and
watched Yo Gabba Gabba all day anyway.

And here we are. I kind of want to get my creative juices flowing, but most
of all, I want to sing.