Author: Brian Kirwan
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I’m Working on It – Thoughts from May 11 and 19, 2004
May 11, 2004 We had my mom over for Mother’s Day on, strangely enough, Mother’s Day this weekend. Our newly finished kitchen can be used to make shrimp, etc. We also had a Mother’s Day celebration at Patti’s mom’s house. I nerded it up with “the boys” most of the time. We were looking at…
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Longing to Create Something in the World – Thoughts from April 12, 2004
Far from being happy about life, I sit. This sentiment has worn me down to a fine point. I hate the world and want it to bleed. I want to bleed. It’s only in typing these words that I realize I have not expressed the last sentence except to myself. Don’t worry. You can kill…
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Valentine’s Day – Thoughts from February 17, 2004
I have a thought. Well, that’s good, Brian, because this is the place for such things, being as this is the Thoughts 2/17/04 paper. Let’s go! Okay! Oh yeah, this is 2004. This is my first Thoughts paper for 2004. This is not to be confused with my first thought of 2004. 2003, I hardly…
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Eye Twitching Holidays – Thoughts from November 17 to December 18, 2003
November 17, 2003 My system had a minor crash again. I had worked on a song (a sad song), and it suddenly wouldn’t let me logon to Windows. After much ado, it’s back, but I’ve been saving all my songs in multiple locations – which I should have done before, but at least I’m doing…
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My 2003 was the Worst – Thoughts from September 10 to November 5, 2003
September 10, 2003 Help … HELP! … HELP, God Damn it!!! (Future note: This is all I had to say on this day in big, bold letters and I meant it. It’s fairly obvious, but I will let you know these words pretty much sum up my 2003.) September 23, 2003 I CANNOT STAY AWAKE!!!…
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Large Tree Roots Under the Driveway – Thoughts from September 9, 2003
Tuesday seems to be the day to write my thoughts (all right, type them). Since last Tuesday, we found out from our Insurance company that we needed to fix our driveway before we could continue our insurance on the house. We investigated and found this asphalt patching material that could repair the asphalt. We knew,…
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Wires to Nowhere – Thoughts from September 2, 2003
Good morning and welcome to life in the doldrums. I can barely keep myself awake. I’m working at the Assessor’s office. Working here is so dull (how dull is it?), (it’s so dull) I’m using my “boredom sucks” protest signs to hold open my eyelids. Even that last sentence shows how bored and tired I…
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Owning a House – Thoughts from July 23 to 25, 2003
July 23, 2003 After much drama and change, I am working at the Assessor’s office now. I should learn a great deal about owning property, etc., which will help in my NEW HOME! Yes, last last Saturday, we closed our loan. It should have been earlier, but there were several delays. It’s a good feeling,…
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Losing My Job and Movie Theaters – Thoughts from May 27 and June 16, 2003
May 27, 2003 Well, it’s not officially official (because we could still back out), but Patti and I are close to officially owning my parents’ house. The house I grew up in from the time I was 5 years old; the house where I experienced the joys and oddness of puberty; and the house where…
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My Dad Doesn’t Live Anymore – Thoughts from May, 6, 2003
As of 3:00 pm on Tuesday, April 29th, 2003, my dad existed in memory only. My mom and I were in his room at Redlands Community Hospital the moment his body functions stopped working. It sounds very clinical to say, “his body functions stopped working” (and it is), but that’s what happened. There were several…
