well... yeah. the new job is not too bad. been doin' some low-tech web stuff which is always kinda fun. one second it works fine in ie, the next it works fine in netscape, but never both at once. the agonizing little web-production dance. oh bother.

walter the barrista is getting a job in the Data Entry Industry. poor walter. i will feel successful in my life when i can get along simply by pulling coffee. to quote larry, "it's all about minimizing the level of responsibility in your life." uh... yeah, thanks dude. but larry is, undeniably, the happiest camper i know. sometimes it grosses me out. walter the barrista, henceforth known as walter the data-entry boy, will probably end up more like me; looking back with nostalgia at the simple days when the most stressful thing was a cappuccino order, and the free coffee was *good* coffee.

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the best thing you've ever done for me is to help me take my life less seriously. it's only life after all.

larry... you and your happiness and your little stories. i've always envied you your stories. you haven't crafted any new, fantastic tales in a very long while. i think you are beyond stories, now; life, for you, is no longer a fashion statement or a passport-book full of stamps or a custom motorcycle or a stack of pennies to add to the poker pile of a conversation. it's downright boring and it's beautiful and you love it. when they said, last night, that all boys suck -- you caught me looking over at you, protectively. we traded a telepathic laugh; we know better. but we'll keep the myth alive. no one really knows how pure your heart really is.