vacation is over. i'm now at work for the first time in nine (9) days and i'm already going nuts. i've only been here for a fucking hour and i want to dig my eyes out with an ink pen.

nevermind the fact that i'm incredibly tired. it feels like i haven't slept in days. shit…i barely have slept in days.

the girl is back out of town for a few days. she'll be back tuesday in time to go see the midnight screening of spider-man 2. so, for now, it's just work and band practice in between me and precious sleep. what's gonna really suck is when i climb into bed tonight and then i won't be able to sleep. i hate when that happens. hate it, hate it, hate it.

we're playing a show in tyler park, here in louisville, on july 17th. we got stuck on a stage full of hippie jambands and poets. it's pretty ludicrous. since we're stuck on that stage, we've decided to turn those lemons into lemonade and just rock everybody out. completely. our friend danny will be playing third guitar. expect mayhem.

the braid shows were really good. it was awesome to see them play the old songs and it was nice to hang out with everyone. oh yeah…and i really like minus the bear. great band.

time to go back to gouging out my eyeballs…

working on sunday sucks the big one. sunday is supposed to be a day of rest. the one day of the week where all you should have to do is sit on your ass in front of the television or computer or whatever, doing nothing. sunday is not a day to be at work, feeling your soul drain out through your fingertips.

this may all change soon, as they've decided to throw all the schedules out the window and make everyone re-bid on schedules. this is cool, as they have finally added some mon-fri shifts. this sucks because my current shift no longer exists. so i have to slug it out with a bunch of other jackasses to get the schedule i actually want, otherwise i'm screwed. the joys of working for "the man."

so i just got back from columbus. well…not "just." i got back last night, but you get the point. i saw a great movie called saved!, which i highly recommend. who knew i'd be able to watch a movie with macaulay culkin in it and not be annoyed?

i'm on vacation, next week. this will work out great, if i get a mon-fri shift in "the great shift bid debacle of 2004," as it kicks in the sunday i'm supposed to come back from vacation. if i get that mon-fri schedule, i'll get an extra day off. sweet.

we were supposed to go to new york on my time off, but that fell through, so i guess i'll just go to a bunch of braid shows. that's a pretty good trade-off, i guess.

time to go back to the mind-numbing, soul-sucking experience that is "work."