Year in review.

     With 2012 8 hours away, I'd like to talk about how well my life has progressed over this past year. I'm no longer one of those types that think that a year has been good to someone, or if time is lucky for someone, but I like to look back on the years to see how my life has been going, and see what I can do to build on those parts of my life.

     Professionally, I was promoted, and I'm doing well in my new position. No longer in day-programming, I'm working in a home. I just hope to keep it. I should, since I get along well with my boss. I'd like to further build on my professional life, becoming more valuable and able to take on responsibilities. I also look forward to losing that feeling that I'm new, and know the place in and out.

     I upgraded my home to a bigger place. I got tired of feeling packed in so tightly at the north end. Now, I'm back downtown, in a less methy neighborhood, paying everything in one bundle, except for internet and phone.
     In addition to the upgrade to a new home, I have also upgraded the comforts of that home. My internet's faster, and I've discovered online gaming. My television viewing is now on demand, and in high definition, and it's all on a shoestring budget. All my luxuries cost $60 per month. I'd like to learn more on how to live comfortably, yet smart.

     My music collection has gotten more refined and in-depth. I've learned to appreciate the various moods and styles, and have delved deeply in classical eras, such as medieval, baroque, and romantic.
     My enjoyment of language has been further enhanced with music, also. That actually started with German years ago. But this year, I've been soaking in more Russian with the discovery of Eastern European rap and pop. I can't wait to hear what more I will discover.

     I got back in touch with family, and I got to learn more about my past. I got to learn even more that things that happened weren't my fault. I'm eager to see them again sometime. I haven't seen my cousin in decades.

     Romantically, I developed three flirtationships; not quite lovers, but a little more than friends. I got back in touch with the one I call my Doll. She was fun to hang around, and I got to explore a more gently dominant, caretaker side. I got re-acquainted with Bekah (AKA my Kitten) and Stephanie (AKA my Amazon).
     I've fallen in love and gotten deeply involved with two women, Dawn and Stacy. They strongly reciprocate my feelings, and they even like my flirtationships. Dawn, my mistress, even says that when she's not around, my Amazon can lay down the law in her stead.
     I guess I have broadened my horizons in that department. I never understood polyamory before this year, but I am in the middle of it now. I've also come to appreciate the touch of smaller women. I'm eager to share more of my life with them.

     I'm headed to bed, so I can work tonight, and I will be watching the ball drop.

Getting it together.

     I finally whittled down the list of things I need to do to catch up on schoolwork. I didn't actually do those things; I just found a bunch of redundancies and erased them from the list. Now, the list doesn't look so big. I just did a couple of phone interviews. I'm also getting one last story into the paper at the last minute. Even if I just get half-credit, I will still have a 75% in as far as stories go. Being in my horrible health condition, and working full-time, it's hard to expect perfection. I just have to keep thinking to myself that this is all towards a better end. Maybe someday, people will be buying books written by me, and they will be inspired by something I wrote. I have this semi-serious mantra that I say: "I want to be the next Noam Chomsky."

     I just talked to my boss, and she said that I shouldn't be worried about anything. "Just keep doing what you're supposed to be doing." is what she said. I got tonight switched for Thursday. That makes me happy. Time to rest and get shit DONE!

     Wow... I just got in the mood for Russian folk music. It'd be cool if it started snowing again. I took pictures of the first snowfall. I posted one. The rest are in my private photo album on my computer. I love how this music goes from ultra-slow to ultra-fast... gradually.

     Dawn loves what I wrote about her and Stacy. She said it was sweet. I'm just feeling sentimental and missing two people that I'm madly in love with. I'm the type of person that feels emotions deeply--positive or negative. I think I should call Stacy soon, since I don't hear from her as often as I hear from Dawn. I remember when we really started to get to know, and fall in love with, each other on my birthday. We were both wide awake, but Dawn was tired, so we curled up with each other on the floor, and we talked and really shared a good heart-to-heart, intimate few hours.

     I can't wait to have some free time to where I can run a D&D game. Amanda, from across the border, wants me to run a Vampire game. I'm thinking of it, but I want to make sure that I have the combat system down first, as well as decide on a campaign setting.

     I'm hungry, and I have to head to campus. I hope the food at the dining center doesn't work on me too badly.

Missing my mistresses.

     With finals and work on my mind, the one thing that's plaguing me is the fact that I miss Dawn and Stacy so much. Right now, I'm talking to Dawn, and we're wishing one of us were in the other's town. And we both worry about Stacy and wish she could take another vacation soon. I can't wait until I can come home from work one morning and again see Stacy sitting on the porch while she has a smoke, walk up to her, gaze into her beautiful steel-blue eyes, and kiss her passionately, tasting tobacco and getting a light buzz, taking brief pauses, but still letting our faces touch. Then I want to walk into the apartment and curl up with Dawn, feeling her soft skin pressed against mine. And I want to stroke her face while she just lays there, and I listen to her softly breathing. We'll hold each other until Stacy came inside, curled up between us, and I can look at her content, pretty smile. A year ago, I didn't think I would be as in love as I am now. And now I am with two wonderful women. But I miss them so much. I can't wait until we all see each other again.
     Right now, I'm just looking forward for a couple of weeks from now, when I can get home from work and just relax with nothing else to do until the next shift. I want to have breakfast, play a game, have a drink (maybe), play a game, have lunch, have a drink (maybe), play a game, go to sleep, then go to work. I need to take a break from school, though. At least live school. Speaking of which, I have to get some things done while I have some downtime tonight.

Crunch time.

     This is going to be my first blog entry since getting a Tumblr account (it was suggested by this classmate in the Journalism Lab, who uses it to post her creative photography, which is good). I will be simul-blogging on Blogger and Tumblr, unless I'm posting a pic.
     It's almost the end of the semester, and I'm also getting in extra time at work. It's to the point where the only time I have to study is when I get the chores done at work, and I have a couple of hours of downtime. I was recently informed that another department has seven full-time workers and they still are getting around 60 hours a week. At least I can have a decent paycheck. Four more checks, and my wages will no longer be garnished.
     Things are O.K. at work, but people down at my level are noticing a few problems. One, management doesn't make sure there's clear communication among the managed. Two, most upper management hasn't done our job, so they make rules which reflect their out-of-touch view of what we should do.
     I think I did well on my paper. I talked about both sides of the Crusades, as well as the motivations of the holy wars. I don't think that anyone is squeaky clean on either sides of a holy war. That includes the present day. I even stated that if this land were settled by Muslims, they would have become the superpower, and left European Christians behind. In this alternate reality, those Christians would have felt oppressed, and would have been today's fundamentalist terrorists.
     I need to make some time so I can get the things done that I need to for the end of the semester. Ever since this semester started, unless I'm too sick or injured to do anything, I've been hitting the ground running every day. I actually miss the days when I had two 12-hour shifts on the weekends, and two 8-hour shifts during the weekdays.
     People have recommended that, since I want to write non-fiction, I should also get a degree in what I want to write about also. In my case, it would most likely be political science. If I go into doing that, I would want to do self-paced/distance ed classes.

     My WoW account's been compromised. I've downloaded anti-mal/spyware and I'm currently running it. I'm tired of assholes fucking with good things. Dawn and I are level 37 and 36, respectively. I'm excited about getting to 42, because then I will be able to teleport my entire party to different cities.
     Some friends and I are thinking of doing our weekly D&D game after the semester's end. A friend of mine from across the border wants to play in a Vampire game. I want to make sure I have all the combat/interaction rules understood before I run one of those.

     Healthwise, I think we found out why I've been getting headaches. I've been diagnosed with high blood pressure. I think my sugar's crashed tonight. I feel overheated. I just can't wait to get home because I'm exhausted.