For your enjoyment...

Stanley Tucci's forearms.

...I know.

A toast...

I've been thinking a lot about my dad today. It's been a while since I've taken a minute to just...miss him. Sometimes it feels like a pointless and futile thing to sit and pine for the dead. Where does it get us, after all? It doesn't make them less dead. However, grief is like the ghost in Super Mario World.  It only goes away when you stare it in the face. If you try to run from it, it chases you and gets bigger and meaner. ...Yup. Yes. Solid analogy. I feel really good about that reference.

So tonight, I face the ghost. I miss you, Dad. I hope that if you can see me, you're proud of your Princess Morningstar.  I'm endeavoring to persevere, just like you taught me. And tonight I'm drinking a beer for you.

So, a toast to my dad.  The biggest Eddie of them all.

Good Things That Have Happened

Since I haven't written a blog entry in roughly a month, here is a list of good things that have happened in that time.

1. Got a job!
2. Started job!
3. Love job!
4. Sang and danced with family to Ukrainian-American gypsy punk rock music.

5. Moved back to Grand Rapids. <3
6. Did a hot dog tour of Grand Rapids.  Hated self.  ...Loved self.
7. Spent New Year's with Bests Molly and Kyle, watching Austin Powers and Jurassic Park. Happy 1997.

8. Drank Dan Aykroyd chardonnay and smoked expensive stogies with Molly.
9. Saw a UFO.
10. Discovered that NewsRadio reruns are available on Netflix.
11. Watched endless amounts of NewsRadio reruns on Netflix with Best Sean.
12. Watched Fellowship of the Ring with MST3000-esque audience commentary.
13. Ate at Bartertown for the first time.  Life changing.
14. Regained some semblance of a social life.  Mostly didn't have to leave The Speeler living room.

 15. Figured some stuff out.  Not everything, but enough to start putting my life back together a bit.

Happy New Year.  2012 simply HAS to be better than last year.  ...You heard me, Mayan Calendar.