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I don't even feel like writing in this blog, but I will. I started writing this post a long time ago and never got around to publishing it. I've written a few things in Word at work but never got around to publishing anything either. So...here's me going into a blog entry. I've not updated the version of Wordpress I have, nor have I updated any links, pictures, plugins, etc. As shocking as this may sound; I have other things to do! (Finally!) So here I am, normal, typical Saturday afternoon. 82 degrees outside, warm, humid air blowing into the living room via the patio. The cat is happy. He sits just so his body is inside with the air conditioner, but his head pokes outside to get some fresh air. He's a smart cat; too bad he's just full of misbehavior. But anyway... I'm doing my same old routine as I use to when I first started getting heavy into my blog. Sitting here without anything else to do but get into my head and pile it out on paper. I also had to look for a job. I'm doing... - Delor.es.Defacto

HOUSTON -- Flight controllers were revamping plans Wednesday for the remaining spacewalks planned during space shuttle Endeavour's visit to the international space station, after a crucial tool bag floated out to space during a repair trip. - Delor.es.Defacto

But many people who lost their jobs this year, or whose incomes fell for some other reason, will get a second chance next year, thanks to a little-noticed tax-law twist. - Delor.es.Defacto

My next option is to take myself overseas and forget all of this. :-) - Delor.es.Defacto

Federal bank regulators have rejected a request by banks and consumer advocates for a program to let lenders forgive huge portions of credit card debt. - Delor.es.Defacto

This morning I was flipping through channels and I saw a Q topic up on the screen from the (stupid) Mike and Juliet show. It was for a guest (whose name is still unavailable online or in the show's information) finance adviser. These people amaze me. I mean, aside from the obvious "you don't understand my situation" aspect of "you have a job, and a nice paying job that requires you to be on television and I have none", they don't really have any good advice. The question today was, "I am $10,000 in debt with credit cards and I've lost my job, what do I do?" Well, that was me. That was me for over a year. The financial adviser said, "Call the creditors and tell them your situation. They'll understand. They want you to be able to pay them off. They don't want you to go into debt. They'll give you a temporary grace period to help you through this." {snicker} Yeah, right! When I lost my job, even before I stopped getting paychecks, I called every creditor I had and told them I was... - Delor.es.Defacto

11/6/2008 07:16 So typing in a journal. I forgot I had that capability. I've just not written much of anything lately for and about myself. I kept thinking to, kept thinking I should start a new blog, get onto a new project but, alas, I have too many reasons to not. Old things tie you. You become so attached for so many reasons that it's easier to go along with what was then ditch it all for something new. Maybe I can have duel diaries; one for random, "this is what's going on" as D.D. is, and one for "this is really what's going on." I'd like that. I'd like it to be without hype and without promotion too. Just sitting there, waiting to be read by the random passer by. But anyway, so what's going on? Okay, I'll write it down. I'll list it even since that's making things easier for me these days. I have to first mention that I'm quite down today too. I have this nagging feeling about the election; what the world wants generally isn't a good thing, as most people can agree. So it's... - Delor.es.Defacto

November 11th, go to music.myspace.com at 12 pm PST to see the world premiere of the new video for "Old Enough" - Delor.es.Defacto

When I first started this blog, years ago in an after party of my own, late one night at my parents' house, setting up my LiveJournal account, I entitled my new world of internet wonder: "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning" (or was it the other way around? I forget.) Anyway, in all dramatic Billy Corgan fashion, I had started on a little endeavor that was without a real direction or purpose. Here, today, with the rain and sleepy gray feeling out town, I have past across an actual finish line. I finished the work for my degree (insert fanfare here) and officially applied for graduation at my school. Seems the degree part won't be awarded until October 19th or something, but nonetheless, the workload is completed. After finishing those three, final, English literature classes back to back, one month at a time, I set my mind to finishing my thesis work (I had some piddly things that I had put off for months and I wrote each day in some sort of list or notebook; finish this, would... - Delor.es.Defacto

When I first started this blog, years ago in an after party of my own, late one night at my parents' house, setting up my LiveJournal account, I entitled my new world of internet wonder: "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning" (or was it the other way around? I forget.) Anyway, in all dramatic Billy Corgan fashion, I had started on a little endeavor that was without a real direction or purpose. Here, today, with the rain and sleepy gray feeling out town, I have past across an actual finish line. I finished the work for my degree (insert fanfare here) and officially applied for graduation at my school. Seems the degree part won't be awarded until October 19th or something, but nonetheless, the workload is completed. After finishing those three, final, English literature classes back to back, one month at a time, I set my mind to finishing my thesis work (I had some piddly things that I had put off for months and I wrote each day in some sort of list or notebook; finish this, would... - Delor.es.Defacto

Nice people are happy people who enjoy their jobs. The End. - Delor.es.Defacto

Having never reached hurricane strength, Tropical Storm Fay will long be remembered as an epic storm that continued to devastate Brevard County on Wednesday with nonstop torrential rains that backed up sewers and flooded streets, ponds, pools and homes. Advertisement And there appears to be no end in sight. Forecasts predict downpours from the slow-moving storm will fall in Brevard through Friday. - Delor.es.Defacto

Fay remains on its track to hit the Florida mainland by Tuesday. By the time the storm hits, it could be a Category 1 hurricane. - Delor.es.Defacto

Woo hoo! - Delor.es.Defacto

Smashing Pumpkins in Orlando. Yayyayyay! - Delor.es.Defacto

Team USA looked dapper in their navy Ralph Lauren sportcoats and white berets. - Delor.es.Defacto

Just in time for their kickoff performance tonight at the Adler in Davenport, IA, Smashingpumpkins.com brings you a behind-the-scenes look at the band's rehearsals. Enjoy, and see you at the show! - Delor.es.Defacto

I'm writing this month long awaited blog post here at almost 3AM. I care not to really get into any linkage or media savvy discussion because, as my picture indicates, I'm more apt to writing about, well, writing. So let's get to it, shall we? I am almost done with my M.F.A. program. I'm happy and, at the same time, sort of meh...unfulfilled. I know that I took on this program for my own personal desire to work towards my heart's desire. I wanted to have deadlines and discussion and work done on my writing. When I took this program on last April, I was in the midst of my crappy workplace. So having something to glue me back to my sanity was necessary. And the program was taken on. Yay for me. However, now I am wondering where I want to go from here. I'm at the much awaited cross roads in my life. (Huh, I wasn't intending on getting to this in my post this evening. But I guess it all is related.) The way I see it; I can write anywhere, by any means about anything. I can carry my legal... - Delor.es.Defacto

I'm writing this month long awaited blog post here at almost 3AM. I care not to really get into any linkage or media savvy discussion because, as my picture indicates, I'm more apt to writing about, well, writing. So let's get to it, shall we? I am almost done with my M.F.A. program. I'm happy and, at the same time, sort of meh...unfulfilled. I know that I took on this program for my own personal desire to work towards my heart's desire. I wanted to have deadlines and discussion and work done on my writing. When I took this program on last April, I was in the midst of my crappy workplace. So having something to glue me back to my sanity was necessary. And the program was taken on. Yay for me. However, now I am wondering where I want to go from here. I'm at the much awaited cross roads in my life. (Huh, I wasn't intending on getting to this in my post this evening. But I guess it all is related.) The way I see it; I can write anywhere, by any means about anything. I can carry my legal... - Delor.es.Defacto

Were you a fan of The Smashing Pumpkins since the beginning? I mean WAY back, back before anyone can even remember a thing called grunge, digital cameras, or the internet. - Delor.es.Defacto

As some of you may have heard, we have officially decided to stop making music together as The Hourly Radio. Oh nos! - Delor.es.Defacto

As some of you may have heard, we have officially decided to stop making music together as The Hourly Radio. Oh nos! - Delor.es.Defacto

Were you a fan of The Smashing Pumpkins since the beginning? I mean WAY back, back before anyone can even remember a thing called grunge, digital cameras, or the internet. - Delor.es.Defacto

Turns out, it is a small world. The "small world theory," embodied in the old saw that there are just "six degrees of separation" between any two strangers on Earth, has been largely corroborated by a massive study of electronic communication. - Delor.es.Defacto

Turns out, it is a small world. The "small world theory," embodied in the old saw that there are just "six degrees of separation" between any two strangers on Earth, has been largely corroborated by a massive study of electronic communication. - Delor.es.Defacto

Most people know a nerd when they see one but can't define just what a nerd is. American Nerd: The Story of My People gives us the history of the concept of nerdiness and of the subcultures we consider nerdy. - Delor.es.Defacto

Most people know a nerd when they see one but can't define just what a nerd is. American Nerd: The Story of My People gives us the history of the concept of nerdiness and of the subcultures we consider nerdy. - Delor.es.Defacto

TITUSVILLE -- For Sen. Barack Obama, today's talk is all about the economy. - Delor.es.Defacto

1. He will not cut NASA's budget and will rely on Sen. Bill Nelson and former Sen. John Glenn to set the agency's budget. 2. He will support another shuttle flight added beyond 2010. - Delor.es.Defacto

J.M. Coetzee cuts a surprisingly dashing figure in person. - Delor.es.Defacto