Happy Birthday, Brian

You would have been a quarter of a century old today...

=,(

We miss you little Brian.

We love you.

Currently listening to: "See You Space Cowboys" by Yoko Kanno, from the Cowboy Bebop Original Soundtrack.

The Things We've Missed For The Past 4 Weeks

It's been a rough few weeks and the HoChies have been quite busy. Life keeps moving though but sometimes it's hard to move along with it. There have been days when all we wanted to do was resist the flow, and just be stagnant. There have been many days where trudging to the daily routine was more than a task but life keeps throwing itself in our faces. There's work to be done (and extra busy H1 has been), hours to be made and things to do.

I had no intention of writing a post like this but here it is. I really should use this extra time to go take a "nap" before I head off.

In any event, in the last four weeks we've seen the return of Beetchie! Fun times have already been had but not nearly enough. It's never enough but when is it ever?
We had dim sum together, watched Iron Man together (which was not a bad movie, actually), gained and lost fans, a PR Firm and bodyguards for the Oxtails.

Congratulations to the B. on her first semester at Vet. School. We are proud.

Chrissy Lee is here! Unfortunately he has gotten a cold passed along by yours truly. Heh, I may be a bitch but this was unintentional, honest! He brought me presents of various kinds - food, and lots of good jokes but also tortured me by dragging me to the 5Th Ave. Apple Store. Ugh. Thanks. Thanks for torturing me Chrissy Lee.

He's here and we're enjoying our time with - last night we played Wario Ware: Smooth Moves. He cheated in scrabble and has been leaving a trail of smug all over. It's been a while since we've lounged on the couch together, so this time is most welcome.

H1 and I have still been walking arm in arm to work, yesterday I had to hold her by a string or else she would wander into the street. We've missed opportunities at free stuff: t-shirts, plastic frisbees, umbrellas, bags and plastic blow up balls all in support of a green Eco campaign. Ironic much? Yeah. But we saved the environment some and saved our mental health by not crossing the street to get swag near the Faux News Building.

Evening addition/edit:

Sadness descended on to us today not that it has really left us since that day but on cue, Brian still found a way to mess with me this day. But I do what I always do when he does that and did that - I laugh.

We did not miss the opportunity to get swag off the street today. It was not as "cool" as yesterday's but we got Chrissy Lee a brand new Egrip for his brand new Samsung powered by Sprint phone when he gets it.

What else happened today? Hmmm... well, we did go to Burger King and got an Iron Man toy for Chrissy Lee to assemble. Go ahead Chrissy Lee, I didn't see you use the Internet to snap that together. Tch. I guess that's why it took you so long though. Har har.

And finally, today I was supposed to find out if I won free tickets for Coldplay but it seems like I will not be seeing toilet on the 23rd. My luck is poor because even for things I don't want to win, I still lose.

Ah well.

Currently listening to: "Mistaken for Strangers" by The National. I'm not quite sure how I feel about this band yet but it's growing on me.

Rest in Peace, our little Brian.

Currently listening to: "Highwayman" by Johnny Cash featuring Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson.

Hidden

I've found things from over a decade ago stashed in my room...

Pictures of friends from Trinidad that I don't talk to anymore.

Toy aliens from my obsession years ago in Binghamton.

Resident Evil figures that are all 'action' and shoot arrows from crossbows, I forgot I had, and all manners of monsters.

I finally found my trusty Phillips and flat head screwdrivers that took apart my computer and came in handy often in my life.

There's a letter from Gentian with pictures of Trent she sent to me ages ago when I was still in love with the man...1994 to be exact.

Two Dilbert comics collections I vaguely remember we had, copies of Calvin and Hobbes' books and a giant Word Seek we bought sometime...why? I don't even know. Were we traveling? Or was it just for fun? We love that sort of thing and I don't remember why we have it.

Drawings of my characters I'd forgotten I'd made and safely tucked away. I wonder how long I've been drawing the same 9 or so characters I've loved? I've loved them for a long time apparently, much longer than I can recall.

I even found a drawing that H1 did of Thomas the cat and Heebie-Jeebie the mouse (I tucked it back into hiding H1, so I won't be digging it up again anytime soon).

But of all this shit in my room, I can't find the one thing I set out to find.

I tore the damned room apart and I still don't know where it is...

I want my picture of my Brian that I took.

=,(

Currently listening to: "The Burdened" by Takeharu Ishimoto, from the Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core soundtrack

The one c.d. I will never part with is In Stone We Trust.

I'll treasure it forever because he gave it to me for one of my birthdays and I remember how excited he was.

H1 remembers her 'Little School' and the little cooking note pad he gave to her because, "that's where you should be, Patty - in the kitchen cooking for me! Love, Your Little School."

We love you and miss you Brian.