10 months is all it took. I counted up movie/disc titles and it came to 599. And then naturally I had things not counted that I was planning to sell and I have since bought new things. But how could I have accumulated 100 titles in such a short time. It doesn't even make sense really because it averages out to 10 a month and I know that isn't true.

Life is okay. Student loan sharks have started chomping at me again. I'm getting back all the money my friend owes me which is great. Work is okay. Car still needs fixed but I'm hoping I can get rid of it through Cash for CLunkers or whatever it is called.

The most exciting news for me is my upcoming 10 year reunion. Most of these people I haven't seen graduation, and even during high school I never had a ton to say. One person has died from the war and another has suffered a major head injury. I am glad to see that several are now married with families and some couples from HS are STILL together.

My biggest complaint: merging with my facebook account made me lose my Teen Titans Robin pic I've had for ages. If you have facebook friend me all right!

Went to family gathering last week for Father's Day and my niece's birthday. She is so cute!!!! The rest of the weekend was kind of blah. I spent the last couple hours before leaving doing a 16x16 sudoku. I have yet to finish one completely but am still trying.

Bills continue to increase as money continues to dwindle. I got my phone bill from my trip. I knew it would be higher than normal but didn't think anything of it. Luckily, all my calls were covered since I called my area. All the calls my friend made all across the country aren't. It is over $300, about 5 times the normal. Which brings the money she owes me to a total of about $600.

I have to pay rent, the phone bill and now my state taxes with my next check which they will barely cover. My student loan sharks finally tracked me down and called me at work no less. If I don't send a payment of $25 a month within the next 20 days they will start garnishing my wages. If I could afford to just throw away $300 a year I would have started paying ages ago. I still haven't payed any of my other bills in the last month and a half and now I have to pay an out of state tax since I don't work where I live.

But yay! I will be getting a $125 company bonus next month. It will help a little but I doubt after I get those big 3 paid I will have nothing left over for 4th of July. And my siblings want to throw a suprise party for mother's birthday (July 14th). My car brakes still haven't been fixed and they have needed it for over a month and have noticeably started to sound worse. I'm broke as he77, I can't afford to do any of that. And as an even bigger tease, TVDVD are on sale every where!

My vacation could have gone better. I spent five days in Florida. Most people in their lives can't say that and this was my second trip there. But anyway, those five days were dominated by this girl (and I say that because at 27 she was most definately NOT mature) who thought everything was about her. No job, money or prospects. Slept with guys to pay her phone that she was NEVER off. Had to go to the bar every night. Bummed cigarettes from the world at large. Our mutual friend (who was moving and needed to pack) had to spend every free second worried about what ms. thang wanted. Over five days I saw a movie (can do that at home), swam in a pool (ditto), saw the LOST finale (tritto), and swam in the ocean (YAY! that was my big thing I had to do). Everything else was focused on packing and getting ms. thang gone because she was not going cross country with me. But I made some new friends in Travis and Caleb and was reintroduced to someone I had briefly met before in Lulu.

New Orleans is AWESOME. I went to Bourbon st. on a Thursday and it was nuts. My friend and I met this guy named MJ. His first day he got mugged and then, the 2nd was his birthday. We adopted him fot the rest of the night. And the hotel bed's were so COMFORTABLE. It is just off Charles St. and I HIGHLY recomend it.

In Texas we started to get a little cabin fever. The money she was supposed to have for the trip ran out and I had to pay for her moving (why not, I already had to put the truck in my name. Don't ask.) The second hotel was disgusting. My only joy was the pit stop in Odessa. I had 'Heroes' running all through my head for ... disappointment. No offense to any natives but from what little I saw there wasn't much going on.

Not until San Diego was I beginning to feel like I was on vacation. But my friend never mentioned that they (or more specifically, her husband) was paying for my ticket home. I had to tell him about the rest of the finances. Still no word on wether they're gonna pay me the $400 I spent trafficing their belongings cross country. But in the end, I did end up getting a Blue Lantern shirt and got a total of 5 of the DC figures I wanted.

It has been over a week and it still feels weird being home. It feels just wrong, especially in little things like wearing long pants instead of shorts. But my dvd collection continues to bulge. I am currently watching Wonder Woman Season 3, Star Trek the animated Series, Law & Order SVU season 5, My Name is Earl season 3 and Thundercats Season 1 Volume 1. I am waiting to rewatch Mile High Season 1 again because when I start it I become obsessed and cannot be disturbed for anything else. I also have Big Love Season 1 and That 70's Show Season 4 ready for whenever. And I picked up the special edition of Galaxy Quest. For bluray I upgraded Justice League Season 1, got the remastered Star Trek Season 1, and Quantum of Solace (got for $20, the double disc dvd with the exact same special features was 25. which would you have chosen?)