category archive: personal

well, DAMN

Didn’t make it. Maybe I’ll toss these cigarettes tonight and start fresh tomorrow. Maybe.

still craving, maybe picking

As I recall (from countless other attempts to quit smoking), the second day is always harder than the first. Much harder. I’ve been up for about an hour and my recollection is definitely true. Dunno if I’ll make it through today. Here we go again… In better news, just got a call from Rich, who […]

paging mr. o’tine… nick o’tine…

Trying to quit smoking again, as of this morning. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Urge to kill… rising… It really could’ve been worse; I kept real busy at work today and made a (somewhat) triumphant return to the health club this evening. The distraction and the exercise definitely help.

blah blah blah

Paging my motivation… paging my motivation… I’ve got a nice long list of chores to do, and I’ve made some headway, but every now and then the webobsession just creeps in. I spent the last hour or two setting up greasyelbow.com and zzanginc.com just the way I like ’em. The Lazy Fingers pages and mp3s […]

nothing to see here, move along

Finally finished a freelance project that had been keeping me real busy – about a week’s worth of ten-hour days. I suppose I did a pretty good job. Tonight, I’ve got another gig with Ty Hager, the first in what will be a weekly engagement at the Hideout on Congress Ave. This weekend? Working on […]