Vincent The Dragon

Had a local Fur over for a bit...There is not many around here, so it's a rare find ^_^
Dragon likes company to poke around the internet, chat face to face, play music and games with, watch movies - It was very enjoyable, i should hope it continues from time to time.

Went out partying with some people, Most i did not know - But it was Kat's birthday and she is a friend.
I seem to remember someone managing to drag me out onto the dance floor..yup...i suck at that...most of the place was pretty well snookered (as was I ... ) <_< >_> so i hope nobody noticed - topped off with breakfast at Denny's

2 nights in a row that ended at like 4am...it's 9pm now and I'm feeling it...tail dragging (-_-)___,

I had fun at the club...I dont like the smoke and the drag i find funny but it's totally not my thing...and the music is too damn loud...Thats ok though 'cause i got to watch cute half dressed men dancing *purr*

It's also Nemmie's hatching day - happy hatching day Mr. big cuddely dragon *^^*

People..beings...come and go in your life.
Pets you grow fond of, you can see the spark of intelligence in their eye, feel that they had emotion. They love you back, their awareness of their own emotions are not important...They leave their mark upon you, and you will remember them when they are gone.

Rest in Peace Francis

yes, i can get a nice 65k to 70K house, and i can afford it. But. That leaves little to no extra money for some other expenses i will have. My truck has 282,000 miles on it and i need something more fuel savvy, my teeth are going to still be problems (i broke my upper temporary partial) and i plan on still taking trips from time to time to see Scott.

Everybody has different ideas about what i should do.

right now i am thinking about a nice but fairly in-expensive manufactured house. There are a few nice looking prospects in the listing for under 60K. The payments on those would be low. Yes, they don't acquire equity as much as a house...but i would be able to pay for a few things, have a few things i want and still have a nice place to live.

A certain amount of debt is a normal function of modern life. But i still need to be able to save up some money for certain things; like eventual moving. I have no desire to grow roots in a place i can't find happyness; i want to leave my options open and still be able to save.

...more thinking is needed and i don't have the money right now for the down payment anyway.

I need the advise of a dis-interested 3rd party that has knowledge of house buying

Lets see...updates...
looking at buying a house.
Been approved for a $75K mortgage, still need to shop around when the time comes.
Did some web searching and found a few prospects in the area.
Hopefully i can get something in the 50K range.

What I want is a 3 bedroom or a 2 bedroom with a good basement, preferably with a garage.
Joe may housemate with me a while, he is welcome to stay as long as he wishes; but upon his leaving i will be looking for a housemate to replace him. Works out better that way i think, so I'm not so lonely and living is expensive. It's needed in order to live comfortably. I'd prefer a gay housemate, i think it would help me be a bit more social.

How soon this will happen; i don't know. Still a lot of work to do in the house here, i want to get it done but i don't want it to consume my time. And i need to come up with $5K to be safe.

But at least i know I qualify for FHA and of a good amount so i can figure out the budget and make sure i don't 'go under'. I don't see this as a long term thing. I still have aspirations of leaving this place but i need to gain some equity. Housing is pretty easy to get right now due to the mortgage fallout, perhaps in a handful of years i will be able to sell for a profit...What i truly want Scott, just is not in my abilities to reach for now...to be closer to you.

brought the truck to the shop to have injectors cleaned and fuel changed - normal stuff its been due for. Wow did the price on that go up..$215..oh and oops the air tube hose (the thing that goes from the air filter to the intake manafold) yeah, it broke off..um yeah it's all brittle and must have been broken before we took it off to clean the injectors..yeah yeah..sure...

anyway, it's on order ($70) and the single layer of duct tape they put on the hose lasted all of 20 miles...so i taped it up real good with like a entire roll of tape -_- sigh..it should be in on Wed.

ok..the CentOS machine is running, apache is configured for php and MySql. with Nemmies assistance i found a GUI to administer the MySql databases so thats working. B2evolution is installed and functioning...now..i need to export/import the websites database and move a but load of php into the local website copy

PandaParty made me do this

1.) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
Ummm...it's pictures of screenshots for installing MySQL on a MAC

2.) Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What can you reach?
Nothing.

3.) What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Something in PBS about animals invading human living spaces

4.) Without looking guess what time it is?
5:00

5.) Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
4:36

6.) With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
Duster on the bed licking herself

7.) When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
hour ago, putting away some tools

8.) Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
umm...a er..toy..i got in the mail

9.) What are you wearing?
shorts, T shirt, my anklet

10.) What did you dream about last night?
Scott

11.) When did you last laugh?
oh my, I don't remember

12.) What are on the walls of the room you are in?
motherboards, shelves, my sword, a dragon poster, a pic of Scott, peg board, calender and my electronics degree.

13) Did you see anything weird lately?
nothing that i can remember

14.) What do you think of this quiz?
I say it on Rogerandum's page and thought it was neat

15.) What was the last film you saw?
300

16.) If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
new car, teeth, a house in Canada

17.) Tell me something about you that I don't know?
my brothers name in David

18.) If you could change one thing about the world...
Dragon's would not have to hide

19.) Do you like to dance?
no..um..NO

20.) George Bush...
Moron doesn't have a clue that he is being used by others to make their war

21.) Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Marie

22.) Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Herman

23.) Would you ever consider living abroad?
sometimes...

24.) What do you want God to say when you reach the Pearly Gates?
“You never stopped trying to understand”

25.) Tag 4 people who must also do this in THEIR journal.
-_- I don't know 4 people that have journals...

yeah well I've been lazy and not done anything lately
My Mate is making a new house for us in Second Life - it's looking really goot!
^_^

within ten minuets of crossing the border into the USA, I notice one major thing...Filth...Trash everywhere, it's not like that in Canada, it's clean, people care. Here, there is trash everywhere, its disgusting.

Today was most certainly a day I'll never forget and forever treasure.

Ketchup potato chips...yup...i ate them today. They are are not totally hideous ^_^

Sighs....i suck..plain and simple. I thought I had gotten over my inability to take control and be more forceful..i though wrong...un-familiar surroundings, I turn in. Un-familiar people, I turn in. Un-familiar situations, even ones I want and dream about, I turn in or run away...Which is the true me then, the one I feel I am or the one I keep showing others?

i felt it coming on during the week..i should have know better...When i have periods of lucid creativity is a good sign that i am getting sick...With all the windy mush/slush/rain we had during the week...It started to hit me Friday, got worse in the trip up and Sunday i felt really really bad. High fever, i am sure, my upper back and neck are still hurting and I'm not feeling the best..but..Scott had a chest cold too, we joked that we seem to always do things together..I must have given him my sickness too...He went to the hospital last nigh...
...
I am sorry Love, i wish i was by your side...at least i could keep your water glass filled or give you tissues or something.

You ill, it's prolly un-intentionally my fault and i can't do nothing about it

;_;

What to say...hrmmm...
Been really busy at work and home – getting ready for to see my Scott ^_^
We are going to spend most of a week in closer proximity, i've been giddy with anticipation..I wish i could jump in the truck right now, drive like 400miles/hr to give him a kiss as he heads out for work.

It feels more, for lack of a better word, Right this time..I mean the relationship. I learned and loved and still do Qat and Ty. They will forever have a place in my heart, not matter where i am. I do wish they were near..I will see them again some day, i promise.

Long distance relationships are hard...i know, “no Shit” right?...Well i think we do pretty good with what we have. We have known each other for little over a year..my how it seems longer. Perhaps its the feeling of familiarity or oneness that makes the time seem longer for me...The fates are a damn silly bunch, placing us on this Earth so far apart...Well some day that will change, Dragons have wings after all...

There is a picture of you Scott, on my tack board of you in front of that neat building..your wide smile ^_^ It makes me smile when i see it too, on the outside and in...makes me warm, happy, longing.

Far to long had they been
Those secrets of my mind
Far to long were there
things I should have said
The darkness of all, I was lost in fall
searching for reason
searching for time

I waited for that winter sun and that cold light of day
emerged in ghosts of childhood fears
the pressure built until stand it more, I could not

I threw myself in the sea of feelings.
I let those waves wash over me.
The fear of Love I did face
Dragon's tears of sad, turned then to glad
The wings I had now could fly
and I shed those tears I could not cry
My self that was behind the ice
I feel him now as your warmth made to break the ice
I have little power of this, and you know I am still afraid
those walls they have crumbled
the water is moved away, the me I was has slipped away
and as I slowly stand on the beach, all cold remains of the me I was before
are burned away by the warmth of you

Nice weather this weekend - Mmmm..It was a great feeling having the warm air on the skin, sun shining.. *purr*..Got a good deal of work done on the house.

I can't wait to see you Scott...I'd love to stand in the sun with you in my arms