Month: January 2004

I’m sure most people have, at some point or another, felt the pain of loving someone who didn’t love them back.

Worse than that, I think, is the pain of loving someone who also loves you, and realizing that in spite of that, it still won’t work.

I’m only posting this because I promised myself I’d post something every day.

I’ve added a link to Home Star Runner on my Links page. It’s nestled in there amongst the other “Fun and Games” links. The guys who create that stuff are very very warped and very very funny. Check it out. Especially Strong Bad’s emails. Especially those. Whoo.

I’ve discovered a secret cure for chronic insomnia. It consists of the following ingredients:

• A marathon hours-long phone conversation lasting into the wee hours of the morning with your ex-girlfriend the previous night, detailing exactly what went wrong and how it all fell apart, and what you’ve both been doing in the intervening months.

• Add in a strenuous, 5+ mile run the following morning.

• Stir in a job that requires no mental stimulation whatsoever, and next to no physical activity for 9+ hours.

• Don’t forget to include (exclude?) very little caloric intake during the day. Best if it’s just one medium-sized meal.

• Top it all off with a longer-than-normal commute home (bonus points if it’s public transportation; the rocking movement and noisy acoustics of a bus help greatly).

…so… good night.

They moved Heaven!

Heaven is a coffee shop with a lot of memories for me (good and bad). It used to be located on SW 10th, between Stark and Washington streets. They’re moving into a new location at SW 12th and Jefferson — right across the street from the Jefferson Theater (a porno house). The owner says it’s a better location for them, closer to their customer base (near PSU). It’s about three times as big.

They’re still setting up, in fact. I’m sitting in chaos; people are painting, building, eating pizza (important part of setting up a business). They’re going to have a stage area, and a lounge with a pool table, and more of a deli to serve food… it’s going to be great. Michael, the owner, told me he almost shut down because of the old location. They were breaking even, mostly, and not bringing in new customers. He hopes they’ll get more walk-in traffic here.

I wish them luck. Maybe they’ll leave behind my bad memories and I’ll only have the good ones left.