"Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck." -- George Carlin

“Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.” -- George Carlin

You'll be missed, George.

So, through a bit of birthday luck, I finally found a Wii at Fry's yesterday! I am still figuring it out and setting it up, but I think it's going to be a lot of fun!

I have seen others post special secret hookup numbers, but I do not know how to generate one or add others to mine.... anyone want to clue me in?

I indulged myself and bought one of these little things. It's like someone shrank a Thinkpad! So far, it seems very fun! Objects nearby are provided for an idea of scale.

I am going to go vote this morning, for local offices and for the Democratic Primary. I started out as a Hillary Clinton supporter, and while I would still be happy to have her for President, Barack Obama has really won me over with his positive message and Presidential bearing. He seems to be what we need right now, a uniter, not a divider.

I'm Chris Garrison, and I approve this message.

EDIT: I got in to vote by 8:15 and I was voter #128. Looks like a big turnout today... in the past I've been like #30.

On this day back in 2004, Amy and I were married!

Yay us!

Well, looks like everyone local (within 200 miles) on my friends list beat me to it, but I thought it was worth posting to mention that I was woken up this morning, not too long before our alarm was due to go off.

RUMMMBLEE

"What was that?"

"I think it was the cats."

"No, really, the house just shook! Was it wind or thunder?"

"Hmm?"

(pause)

"No, it's not raining or windy... I think it was an earthquake!"

"An earthquake? Are you sure?"

"I think it was! I'll have to check when I get up."

Our alarm goes off after a bit. A snooze later I found a single article online about the 5.4 earthquake in SE Illinois. I should have checked here on LJ because sexywitch and sirvalence were on top of it only a couple of minutes after it happened! kushinada felt it all the way in Cincinnati.

Of course, I feel almost lame posting about it because the morning news has wall to wall coverage of it...

I got out and walked around yesterday, despite the slight chill in the air. It just looked too pretty out to stay inside, and I wanted a break.

I took this picture while I was out. I was happier than I look, but I don't pose well for self-portraits. :)

I haven't posted much in LJ for awhile, I want to get back to it, but I've been kind of stressed out and don't have a lot to say at the moment. I'm still reading all my friends' blogs though.

I'm walking with Amy in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure again this year in support of research to find a cure for breast cancer. I just thought I'd post the link to donate if you'd like to help out:

http://race.komenindy.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=1050&px=1005727

Thanks!

Chris

So I haven't posted here much in a long while. I've been dealing with anxiety and depression and have been busy a lot.

Over the weekend, Karl and I celebrated St. Patrick's Day together, in part to remember Chuck, since the last time either of us had seen him healthy was when the three of us got together for St. Pat's last year. I associate the day with Chuck a lot as well, since he was always about all things Irish and we used to celebrate the day together a lot.

Anyway, I have a friend who is a part of the "Find A Grave" website... volunteers who go out and catalog graves and put photos online. I joked that "it reminds me of Myspace for dead people," but it is much more than that. It's a place for genealogists and for looking up dead celebs and finding obituary listings archived. But it's also a place like an online cemetery, a place to remember people who have passed on.

Anyway, I found that there's a page for Chuck up already, probably taken from the obituary. When I found it, I added a better picture of him and sponsored the page to banish ads there forever. Heather (my friend who's a volunteer for the site) let her find-a-grave friends know in a posting and many many notes were posted, leaving virtual flowers, motorcycle icons, and so on. It was very thoughtful.

I've been hesitant to mail the link out, because I am not sure how others might react, so I thought I'd post it here. If you are a friend of Chuck's, please feel free to repost or circulate it if you like:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22508633

Back to the anxiety... seeing this page let out a lot of pent up stuff and I realized that it is likely that the excessive anxiety might be due to not dealing well with Chuck's death. It was just too big, too hard to take in, and I think I'll be working through it for a long time to come.

Meanwhile, I think I'll drink a toast of Irish whiskey tonight in his name. I miss you, Chuck.