after years of waiting
nothing came
as your life flashed before your eyes
you realize...

i'm a reasonable man, get off my case.
from amnesiac, radiohead...a freakin' awesome cd. get it already.
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i read a wonderful news article about a man who got rich on his real estate hunches. he acquired millions. he is married with children. his wife is a doctor. i forgot what he did for a living. but they managed to live on about 50 grand a year.

he gave his millions away after setting up trust funds for his children's education.
charities, special needs schools, old alma maters. he gave it away.

and when he didn't have more $$$ to give away, he decided to donate one kidney to a stranger. a young woman who plans on setting up a shelter for abused women and children.

it's difficult to comprehend that this man pissed his family off for being too giving. his marriage became rocky for the same reason.

in fact, a few hospitals turned him down for the donation, probably because they thought he was nuts or something. it's a sad day when you can't trust that someone wants to do something good/nice/awesome for a stranger. one hospital finally gave him the okay and this man saved a young lady's life. if this man were my father, or brother, husband...i'd be proud.
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it was a beautiful saturday. gorgeous weather. practically no humidity. what a change from yesterday. friday was the most humid and disgusting day we've had this entire summer. i meant to take my digital camera around the neighborhood and shoot pics of my favorite trees. but i was somewhat of a slacker today. the constructive thing i did today was go food shopping. my sneaky-ass landlady, i found, is NOT recycling any plastic products. when i asked one of the tenants she has in charge of the building if we were recycling plastic, she looked at me as if i'd asked her to drop her pants... i swear. this landlady is completely lazy and incompetant. 2 more tenants left. one of them had been here since before i moved in...that was about 4 years ago. everytime i come in, i check the mailboxes to see whose name is gone. (she's doing a fine job chasing away tenants that have been here for years).

anyhow, i basically napped and read a book. ate ice cream because i deserve it. read the sunday paper with felines lounging about. and listened to music. watched a little of mens gymnastics on the tube. lordy, such beautiful bodies.
basically it's been a slacker day but never boring. only the boring get bored...