Bill

Break

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:40:02 GMT

Wow it's been a whirlwind of a summer so far...and I'm loving it!!

Work is still insane, and there was my grandmother's hospitalization (she's doing better out of the hospital and currently staying with my aunt)...but the plus has been travel.

Chicago twice staying with the incredibly awesome meatybear and murphy who definitely know how to host. Getting to hangout with and meet some new Chicago boys.. so cool.

Camping up at the Woods for the 4th and last weekend for Bears II-- hosted by the sweet bearcircle and his partner Ken. Got to spend more time with my Cocoa labelsdc and even got to see the sexy pupcubtx2k, osobaboso, Brian, Rick and Joe.

My ComicCon circuit is nearly complete. NY with texasbearcub , my friend Pat and the slowly converting osobaboso then there was Philly with osobaboso and rugbybearpa which totally rocked!! And next week will be San Diego hosted by the amazing sluggobearmaverick1303 and kingfuraday ...man I can't wait to see the 619 crew again as well as mattycub and zombietruckstop more than just our yearly visit in Chicago...YAY!! Can't wait to see all the others as well. Just wish the hubby could have come along on this trip....but we have plenty of trips coming up

Starting my trip tomorrow - I will be joining the ever humble rugbybearpa and staying with the superb duo of bearseattle and thedeaner.,,,,man my mind has been on vacation all week. After This Seattle/ San Diego trip....Charles and I get to go to Columbus for bearcamp and see the Columbus boys again!! Can't wait.

Iron Man- must see movie of the Summer ....so far.

Fri, 02 May 2008 15:02:51 GMT

Ok so in typical geek fashion - Jody and I (we dragged Charles along) went to see the 1130pm show of Ironman last night.

IT ROCKED!! I believe it's one of the best made superhero movies out there. Robert Downey Jr was amazing as Tony Stark...totally believable and fit the role like a glove.

His interactions with the rest of the stellar cast - Gwenyth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, and Terrance Howard along with Jon Favreau himself (playing Happy Hogan) were so well done.

I loved it and would recommend you go see it this weekend!!

Oh and for those of you comic geeks out there you will want to stay until the end of the credits to see the best teaser scene EVER!!

Bears on the Run!!

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:40:59 GMT

Ok gang the Bears on the Run boys are finally coming to our area.

Tuesday night they will be at the Baltimore Chop Bookstore starting at 8pm and on Thursday they will be at Remington's in DC at 8pm also. The suggested Donation price of $12 will help cover their costs to bring us a fun show. It has all kinds of fun from the hip comedy of Bobaloo to the music styling of Shannon Grady and Matthew Temple, including the Hard core Rock vibe with the amazing Elijah Black and the Electric performances from the sexy Kendall. All in all it's a great show. Hope to see you boys there!!

check out www.bearsontherun.com for more information!!

or their commercial on Logo.

Finally feeling almost normal....well for me anyway

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:54:53 GMT

so I'm operating at almost 80% capacity today...which is a huge step up from last week with the TBRFLU as many have dubbed it.

TBRU was such an amazing weekend for me. I can't begin to describe how much fun I had catching up with old friends and finally meeting so many LJ'ers who I've chatted with over the years. I'm thinking it may need to be added to my yearly event travel planning :) Pauly thanks for being so awesome and such a gracious host!!

It was so awesome to hangout with my friends from all over including Minneapolis and San Diego, who thankfully were my partners in crime for much of the weekend and didn't mind me tagging along. I'm not even going to begin to try and name all the peeps I'm happy to have spent time with, there are just too many. Needless to say I want to THANK YOU for being such great friends.

Needless to say I can't wait to see many of them in May in Chicago....and some even this month at the NY Comiccon. It's gonna be a blast!!

Back to work since yesterday and my director comes back tomorrow. So many issues uncovered with the SAP configuration and I see don't see the light at the end of this tunnel. Should be interesting over the coming months if we can't dig ourselves out....very interesting.

I'm glad travel season is back...I've missed so many people and it seems the only time I have lately is when I go out of town...hopefully that will change as summer approaches... YAY it's shorts weather again!!

NYC and hotels

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:14:58 GMT

ok so I'm trying to coordinate a trip for the NYC ComicCon next month and have been looking at hotels... before I book anything I figured I would throw out a shout to the LJ peeps to see if anyone has any suggestions on a cheap deal.

It looks like there are definitely 2 of us for now, and probably 1-2 more joining for part of the weekend. I'm thinking the times square area or the Village rather than closer to the Javitz center but am open to other suggestions.....

Thanks!!

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Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:46:35 GMT

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Final piece of the puzzle... TBRU flight is complete!

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:38:42 GMT

I booked my flight for TBRU so now it's a definite.

I am arriving early Thursday morning 930am at DFW. So if the wonderful bearpawly's offer is still good. I will gladly accept a pcikup.

Staying at the host hotel thanks to the amazing labelsdc

flying back to DC Sunday evening leaving Dallas at 735pm.

All in all a good weekend in the works.. YAY!!

Oh and I'm dying for Friday to get here... I love surprises...hehehehe.

Fun!!

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:45:36 GMT

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Cape?

Identitiy

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Why are you a Superhero?

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The sexist and crass but annoyingly effective one

malorso

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jbj_bear

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tonka_cub

The sinister Arch-Villain and team's greatest foe

cuddlcub

The perky civilian that keeps getting kidnapped

njbearcub1

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55%

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Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:50:11 GMT

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on another note...had such a blast on the cruise last week, in FTL, and Dallas...looking forward to keeping in touch with my new friends and can't wait for Santa Saturday this weekend. Beyond that work has consumed me again and it's only day 1 back...ahhhhh.

Hopefully will find the strength to post more in depth soon.

Happy Birthday Seth!

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:47:21 GMT

Super birthday wishes go out to the amazingly tactile and uber cool slothel

Hope you had a wonderful and amazing birthday!

We must have lunch soon!

Total shock

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:53:35 GMT

I just found out that njdevilinaz passed away yesterday. I'm in total shock. He is such an amazing person and is deeply missed already. I just talked with him last week about how we need to nail down a weekend to visit since it'd been too long since we last saw each other.

I've only known him for what seems like such a short time. 3 years ago I met him through Bo and Sean. Since then we've mostly only chatted online except when we've run into each other at some events over the years. Always seems like you have enough time to see your friends but sometimes life takes another turn.

You are missed my friend. Shake your Love for me up there big guy!

RIP

Let's get Physical...

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:10:54 GMT

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Venting...definitely helps clear the mind.

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:11:16 GMT

So my doctor says I've been internalizing my stress lately and it's coming out in all sorts of ways...from grinding my teeth as night, to potentially causing some light sensitivity in my eye recently.

Last night was me just venting and getting some of this swirl of thoughts and self doubt out of my head. Been doing a lot of soul searching this summer on a number of things and it's getting me mired deeper and deeper into my psyche....digging up some real old issues I need to work through....some of which are eye opening realizations about me and who I am.

Some are just reopening up some old scars that have been covered for a long time. Shaking off the dust and hopefully coming out of this feeling a bit renewed and with purpose again....some of my soul searching seems to have taken a pretty deep personal inward turn as I look as my life and the people closest to it, my friends, family and Charles. I know some of the changes that need to be made both within myself and without.... I just am not sure if all of my relationships will survive unscathed....but I'm hopeful that regardless it will be for the better.... and that's not even delving into work insanity right now...that's a whole other post!

Let me be the first to say it...

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:13:38 GMT

Welcome to your 40's Charles!!

HAPPY 40th Birthday largemilk!!!

Back to the grind.

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:09:45 GMT

Had such a rockin' weekend in Columbus this past weekend. Was a nice break from work and all of the thinking I've been doing. Was nice to just let go for a few days and not worry about anything.

So much fun, and soooo many people to thank for making my weekend so enjoyable. I'll try to post a bit more about it if I get a chance.

Work is really ramping up...and I'm just counting down the days until my next vacation in 17 days...... I can't wait!!

Sad news

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:46:14 GMT

So I haven't posted in ages, which I hope to rectify soon, although this definitely wasn't the way I wanted to come back to LJ posting.

For those of you who haven't heard yet. Charles largemilk's mother passed away this afternoon.

She had been back in the hospital since last month when her cancer came back and emphysema kicked into overdrive as well. Charles had gone up there for 2 weeks last month when she was going through the worst of it. She had been stable up until about midnight last night when we got the call. She coded once last night but was brought back and stabilized long enough for Charles Stepdad and Brother to make it to her bedside.

He is on his way to newfoundland now to be with his family, please keep him and them in your thoughts and prayers during this rough time.

For those of you who have already expressed your love and support for Charles, he thanks you sincerely, and I cannot thank you enough for helping him get through this by knowing he isn't alone.

Happy Birthday to the Big Man on Campus!

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:19:38 GMT

bigfundrew

Hope all of your birthday wishes come true!!

insomnia strikes again....

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:34:55 GMT

work has definitely taken over my life and unfortunately the pressure is now causing me to lose sleep. I went to bed almost an hour ago and after lying there with my mind racing figured getting some things out may help....

I love the people I work with, and the job itself is mostly fun and exciting. Lately however as we close in on launching a new billing system, the work load has really tripled. Definitely not enough hours in the day....so what happens I lie awake at night now thinking of all the things that came up during the day that I didn't finish....ugh.

This week has been the most chaotic and hectic week so far. Between the new system training, month end processes, new temps to train, personnel issue, old temps to get rid of....and then there are all the fires that come about because people in other departments don't do their job properly.

Only good news at work today is that I got another raise....at least something good comes of it. Charles and my life has recently been reduced to coming home at night soo exhausted we crash hard...which definitely is no fun.

Unbeknownst to Charles I have even looked online to see what the job market is like in other cities doing the same type of work. I wonder if a change like that would make a difference....not sure if a city like Toronto or Chicago would be different...but maybe... or if moving to a smaller city like Harrisburg would be the way to go. I just love the job too much to leave at the moment but wonder how long before the pressure builds to a point where that changes.....

While I really love my job...maybe this is why I can't sleep well at nights?

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:24:22 GMT

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What an odd day....

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:48:55 GMT

I took the morning off and had an AMAZING Professional massage...my first one and it TOTALLY ROCKED! Thanks slothel!!

Was running late all morning and after the massage rushed off to my haircut...late again...ugh but only got into work about 330pm...had to deal with some of the repercussions of the personnel issues that came about yesterday...so my day flew by at work :)

Hour of Happy tomorrow should be fun.. Hope to see some of you LJ'ers there.

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Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:59:10 GMT

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4 days until NYC comicon!!

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:40:26 GMT

Man I can't wait. Charles and I haven't had a weekend away in a while. Plus our pals bearcircle and his partner Ken are joining us..

So many people and things to do at the con..... the number one thing on my list...

SAVE THE CHEERLEADER.....SAVE THE WORLD!!!

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Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:32:34 GMT

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Because I'm in that mood...

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:12:28 GMT

Stolen from the Meaty one... let him figure out my post on his..hehehehe

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEAN!!

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:18:01 GMT

I know I haven't been journaling much, and have been even worse at keeping up on peoples birthdays...but I can think of anyone better to get back into wishing them well than Sean soo....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
fedex_cub

Hope you have an amazing weekend big guy....nice to see you joining us in this decade....trust me while your twenties were great...your thirties are even better!

HUGS and hope to see you soon.