I have no witty title for you...

Seriously. I sat here for minutes attempting to come up with a super wordarific title for this entry and I came up empty. I suppose after the past few days (dare I even say month), I'm allowed to be brain dead on occasion. And today, my friends, is such a day!

Okay enough with the dramatics. Hrm, what the heck was I going to talk about? I'm sure there was some updates, since it's been a while but I recall there being a specific reason why today was the perfect day to blog. i guess I should say tonight or even tomorrow since it's a few minutes shy of midnight. (We won't mention I've been up since 5 am and my schedule the past couple days has been very similar.) Now I remember! See, give me a few minutes to mentally ramble and it all comes back. I know you all appreciate being a part of my thought process. Just think, I could have halted writing until I remembered what it was and you would have saved a minute or two of your life. But what fun would that be? Don't worry, you can thank me later. I'm guessing right now you're thinking "get on with it" before I forget again...

Some of you may recall one of my blog entries from just a little over a year ago: It's a sign! Well, guess who bought a new pair of fortune cookie variety jeans?!?! I did! I think this little, sewn in your fly nugget of wisdom speaks volumes... on many levels.

Today's Lesson: "Find Adventure. Find Yourself."

Yeah... I'm guessing I'm not the only one marveling about the whole "Finding Yourself" in your pants thing. As always, feel free to discuss or leave your own little nuggets. It's been a while since we've had sharing time. It's like show & tell and I brought in my wacky ass jeans today. Yay! Anyhoooo, moving along...

Time for Franzy Updates and Reflections! 2008 has been quite the year. However, I really feel that so much of it has gone down in the past few months. Not that I'm really into sports but this totally would call for the curve ball analogy. The only difference is, in my life, I seem to be the pitcher and the batter. A lot of the craziness going on is of my own doing. Fortunately, it's not bad craziness. Here are some of the recaps I can think of right now.

Kitties - Stuart and Rufus are buds. You can check out some of their goofy pics on my Facebook "Furkids" photo album. Stuart is still a food freak. He's always hungry. It will be interesting to see how he holds over the week I'm in STL for Christmas. Right now, I'm planning to get a timed portion control feeder so I don't have to take him to a Kennel or have someone constantly watch them. I'm sure Rufus will figure out he needs to shove his face in the food bowl before Stuart eats it all.

School - School is going well. We got our midterm grades a week or so ago. I'm doing rather well in all my classes which is cool. On occasion it can be a lot. Projects, speeches, midterms, tests and show prep all on top of the hours spent in class and don't forget the full-time job after class. It was a tad overwhelming at first. I think it took probably 3-4 weeks before I mentally and physically got into a rhythm. I pretty much gave up my social life. I mentioned that in my last post, so I'll spare you the details.

The Unexpected - As always, when you decide to let things go and aren't paying attention, life throws stuff in your lap. Well not always literally... I went on a date last Saturday. I know, I know. I gave up dating to manage my time between school & work better. To focus on my "investment in myself" blahbity blah blah. I guess life had another plan. This time it was totally different. He's a friend of friends. He's nice, cute, intelligent and we have a similar sarcastic snarky sense of humor. We met and chatted at a few social gatherings and well at the last one he asked if I'd like to have dinner with him sometime. Okay... I haven't been asked out like that in AGES. That whole Ex, Married, then internet dating thing just doesn't allow for the old fashioned "Hey would you like to do something with me" request. Anyhow, to make a long story short, I said yes. I had a great time and laughed so hard; I had to say yes to another date. So perhaps there will be more to tell you soon.

Music - A couple weeks ago, Stacia and I went to the Buckcherry & Avenged Sevenfold Concert. I was hoarse for a day or two after. As you can guess I loved it. Saving Abel opened - they were okay. Buckcherry gave an awesome show. Josh Todd is still one of the ugliest mother... I've ever seen but he's got that catchy voice and insane lyrics. I mean, who else writes a song about being too drunk to... haha you know it. Lastly, the headliner, A7X. Simply amazing live... I don't know if amazing covers it - borderline epic? Okay, I may be a tad biased but even with the screwy crappy sound of the venue, I couldn't stop moving, singing and screaming. I've been a tad obsessed ever since. This may not surprise those of you who know how I feel and connect with music. I became even more amazed when I watched the video on the making of their last album. Oh to be that young, successful, talented and overall good looking. Anyway, I digress... Next Up! Trans-Siberian for the 3rd year in a row. I'm still excited. (Have I mentioned I'm a dork yet?)

Last but not least...
Holiday Hell - I'm going to try to make this abbreviated as possible. My Grandmother isn't able to get around as well as she used to. She officially decided she can't travel anymore. This completely screws up holidays because the folks don't want her to be alone on them. So not so abnormally, they're coming up tomorrow for Turkey Day, but this will be the first year we don't have a home cooked full Thanksgiving spread. We're going out... To a casino buffet. Skippy. I'll admit the special menu is intriguing. I'll report back on everything I tried. More importantly Christmas. The folks don't want her to be alone on Christmas. So here's the skinny for my folks in STL. I'm flying in the night of the 18th (I have a one-way ticket but it's not what you're hoping for.) I'm driving back up with the folks on the 25th. We're doing Christmas with my brother's family the weekend before since he's working on Christmas Eve. So this is officially the first year where I have no normal holidays. FUN. Oh yeah, we won't mention that turning 30 thing that happens in there too. Anyhow, you STL folks be on the look out for updates or shoot me a message if you want to do something. I'm thinking there may be some bowling event or something. I'm not entirely sure.

I need to get to bed! I should stop doing multiple things while I blog... It takes me much longer to write.

Turkey Day Cheers to you and your family,

Franz