urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl 2 kings 2:23-24 put THAT in your pipe and smoke it! 2009-12-09T17:41:11Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:517720 2009-12-09T17:41:11Z 2009-12-09T17:41:11Z just checking in! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:517425 2009-08-06T00:18:30Z 2009-08-06T00:18:30Z i missed my 7th livejournal birthday by two days!<br /><br />oh well. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:517281 2009-07-07T01:38:45Z 2009-07-07T01:38:45Z hey livejournal!<br /><br />just checking in!<br /><br />okay, see ya later! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:516897 2009-06-01T11:09:32Z 2009-06-01T11:09:32Z wow i haven't posted on here in two months. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:516781 2009-05-01T02:11:56Z 2009-05-01T02:11:56Z <img src="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20080328.gif"> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:516518 2009-03-25T02:08:59Z 2009-03-25T02:08:59Z <img src="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20090324.gif"> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:516243 2009-03-19T01:44:46Z 2009-03-19T01:44:46Z <img src="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20090317.gif"> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:515840 2009-03-05T02:37:13Z 2009-03-05T02:37:13Z <img src="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20060909.gif"> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:515819 2009-02-25T02:16:09Z 2009-02-25T02:16:09Z i'll post in you tonight, livejournal!<br /><br />i think the internet will eventually destroy us all, but could also be our salvation. where else will i learn skills like how to skin a deer or can home-grown tomatoes? the general populace no longer knows these skills! what would become of society if all of a sudden, all electronics ceased functioning? i bet the population of the earth would drastically reduce within one year. DRASTICALLY reduce.<br /><br />ideas like this make me want to learn how to make a bow and some arrows. they make me want to live among the amish for a time, just to learn.<br /><br />how can i help my friends if i can't help myself?<br /><br />and maybe it's just the nyquil talking. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:515583 2009-02-10T14:08:31Z 2009-02-10T14:10:11Z <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=53.531758,-1.356699&amp;spn=0.002175,0.004828&amp;z=18">yeah this is totally on google maps.</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:515305 2009-02-09T13:00:18Z 2009-02-09T13:00:18Z <a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&amp;id=1424"><br /><img src="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20090209.gif"></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:514951 2009-02-07T16:20:04Z 2009-02-07T16:20:04Z A - Age: 29<br />B - Boyfriend: what??!<br />C - Chore you hate: cleaning the kitchen<br />D - Dad’s name & occupation: noel, chiropractor (and a darn fine one!)<br />E - Essential everyday item(s): water, music<br />F - Favorite actor/actress: robert duvall<br />G - Gold or silver: cash only please<br />H - Hometown: indianapolis<br />I - Instruments you play: guitar<br />J - Job: instructor at adult day service program<br />K - Kids: i have three cats<br />L - Living arrangements: apartment with wife and cats<br />M - Mother’s name and occupation: barbara, umm.... geez, what does she do?<br />N - Name and who are you named after: david -- i think my parents just like the name.<br />O - Overnight hospital stays: none i know of, unless my mom and i stayed overnight after i was born. anything's possible almost 30 years ago.<br />P - Phobia: needles<br />Q - Quote Scripture you like: "From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. 'Go on up, you baldhead!' they said. 'Go on up, you baldhead!' He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths." -2 Kings 2:23-24<br />R - Ride you have: 2000 neon<br />S - Shows/Soaps you like: good eats, family guy, across indiana, rick steves' europe, mexico one plate at a time<br />T - Time you wake up: 6:00am<br />U - Unique habit: i make this weird mouth squish-pop noise when i'm concentrating on doing something with my hands<br />V - Vegetable(s)/Fruit(s) you refuse to eat: lima beans, peas (except in soups and indian food)<br />W - Worst habit: letting others walk on me<br />X - X-rays you’ve had: mouth<br />Y - Yummy food you make: i make all sorts of yummy food! i made a barbecue chicken pizza from scratch last week.<br />Z - Zodiac Sign: cancer urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:514610 2009-01-28T12:21:09Z 2009-01-28T12:21:09Z <a name="cutid1"></a><br /><br /><img src="http://www.tallcomics.com/istrip_files/strips/20080418.jpg"> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:514514 2009-01-27T02:29:33Z 2009-01-27T02:29:33Z blarg hrargh warghhhh<br /><br />that video game made me dizzy and sick feeling.... hralph! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:514269 2009-01-23T22:07:00Z 2009-01-23T22:07:00Z What was the first thing you had to drink today ?<br />water<br /><br />Will tomorrow be better than today?<br />i hope so<br /><br />Is your shirt yellow?<br />nope<br /><br />Would you date your number one?<br />i can't answer that, i'm married!!!<br /><br />Kissed someone who' s name started with a H, J, W?<br />not in years<br /><br />Do you want to see somebody right now?<br />i'd like to see my wife<br /><br />How many piercings do you have?<br />not one<br /><br />What was the last thing that made you laugh?<br />one of my clients got really mad at me today and told me not to touch a certain private part of his, even though all i did was grab his wrist and pull his hand off someone whose neck he was grabbing. you'd have to have been there. hilarious!<br /><br />Do you like coffee?<br />hellz yeah!<br /><br />Do you prefer the ocean or pool?<br />depends<br /><br />What' s your favorite color skittle?<br />i prefer to judge them on the contents of their minds<br /><br />Do you drink water daily?<br />absolutely! how can you not drink water daily?<br /><br />Where are you?<br />north america<br /><br />Is the opposite sex confusing?<br />hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha<br /><br />What is wrong with you right now?<br />my back hurts<br /><br />Do you miss anyone?<br />my aim is improving<br /><br />Where were you at 2:02 this morning?<br />north america<br /><br />Did you go to sleep last night smiling?<br />no. shut up.<br /><br />What do the majority of people in your life call you?<br />dave<br /><br />Do you have trust issues?<br />no. shut up.<br /><br />If your parents didn' t like the person you were dating, would you lose them?<br />i married her! my parents HATE HER!! no not really. melissa is seriously accepted as an equal part of the family.<br /><br />What' s the most interesting thing that happened to you today?<br />a client threatened to hit me with his belt, and i told him to go ahead. i knew he was full of crap.<br /><br />What are you listening to?<br />hahahaha richard marx!! tell EVERYONE<br /><br />What was the last thing you ate?<br />a banana<br /><br />Are you happy right now?<br />sure, why not?<br /><br />What color is your hair?<br />brown<br /><br />What do you dislike at the moment?<br />the pain in my back<br /><br />If you could have one thing right now what would it be?<br />a seven-layer burrito --- i mean --- ah crap, i just blew my one wish, didn't i?<br /><br />Who makes you happiest right now?<br />your mom OH SNAP<br /><br />How long is your hair?<br />on the longish end of buzz cut<br /><br />Are you tan?<br />are you calling me an m&m? dude they don't make the tan m&ms anymore, didn't you get the memo?<br /><br />Do you think you can last in a relationship for 6 months without cheating?<br />oh geez i dunno<br /><br />What color are your eyes?<br />the color of poo<br /><br />Is there anyone who doesn' t like you?<br />your mom OH SNAP<br /><br />Did any of your friends date any of your ex' s?<br />a friend of mine took an ex-girlfriend of mine to prom one year, but they didn't date. actually they might not have gone. i was a little immature about the whole thing, but i was pretty young too.<br /><br />Ever broke a bone?<br />yeah, a kid's collarbone with my car. actually he broke my mirror with his collarbone. so no, he broke his bone, not me.<br /><br />are your parents still together?<br />at this moment? who knows? probably not but my dad usually gets home in the evening for dinner urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:514018 2009-01-21T02:39:11Z 2009-01-21T02:39:11Z <img src="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20090120.gif"> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:513609 2009-01-16T11:56:40Z 2009-01-16T11:56:40Z <img src="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20090114.gif"> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:513427 2009-01-16T00:00:54Z 2009-01-16T00:00:54Z maybe i'm weird, but <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enJbXlb4zqo">this commercial</a> really irritates me.<br /><br />of course, most things irritate me.<br /><br />have a nice day! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:513196 2009-01-15T23:30:00Z 2009-01-15T23:30:00Z my feet are cold.<br /><br />this is not optimal. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:512946 2009-01-13T01:33:39Z 2009-01-13T01:33:39Z i want ice cream. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:512734 2009-01-10T19:12:26Z 2009-01-10T19:12:26Z so i've decided to go back to school.<br /><br />wait, did i already post that? going back to check.... okay, it looks like i didn't.<br /><br />so here's the deal. i went to a career counselor, who told me that i should be a counselor. not a career counselor, though, which is okay, even though his job seemed awesome and he seemed to love it. and there would definitely be things to love about it. i mean, seriously, giving people direction? telling them what they're good at that they may not have realized?<br /><br />anyway i digress. so the counselor told me to be a counselor. which is awesome because i've wanted to do counseling, and have considered for a long time how to become one, focusing probably in marriage/family therapy and addictions. his advice was to get a masters in social work and get licensed, because i could hang out a shingle with an MSW. <br /><br />i'm looking into a program at IUPUI right now, since that's here in the city. hopefully i'll get in! if not, then.... i'll do something else to get me there. but i have to find something. i knew i wanted to be a counselor, but now that i've had outside confirmation that it's something i'd be good at and it's something i should be doing, i'm raring to get to it. i'm excited about being my own boss, setting my own schedule, and all that. and if i hire the right administrative office assistant, i won't have to worry <i>too</i> much about the business end of things, which doesn't really interest me anyway. taxes and blah. whatever. of course, melissa suggested i take a business course along with the program so i have that stuff under my belt. she also suggested i try to get a practice with someone else who's already established and has similar goals/views. i have a good wife. if she were interested in keeping a business organized, i'd totally hire her as my administrative assistant. <br /><br />to end, let me lend my endorsement to Dr. Jack Fadely of <a href="http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_8gcxhk">Fadely and Debrota</a>. he reminds me of a more laid-back version of Law and Order's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Waterston">Jack McCoy</a>. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:512468 2009-01-02T22:13:47Z 2009-01-02T22:13:47Z <a name="cutid1"></a>1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?<br />started attending a support group<br /><br />2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?<br />haha, resolve this!<br /><br />3. Did anyone close to you give birth or get pregnant?<br />my friends scott and cynthia had a baby! i don't remember anyone else at this moment. probably someone really close to me is reading this and pissed now.<br /><br />4. Did anyone close to you get married?<br />my friend cindy got married!<br /><br />5. Did anyone close to you die?<br />my grandma<br /><br />6. Travel?<br />not really anything special<br /><br />7. Did you move anywhere?<br />no<br /><br />8. What was the best month?<br />i've been fairly ambivalent and apathetic about 2008.<br /><br />9. what would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?<br />focus and determination<br /><br />10. What date(s) from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?<br />see answer to #8<br /><br />11. What was your biggest achievement of the year?<br />1 full year away from porn<br /><br />12. What was your biggest failure?<br />failure exists only when the problem isn't used as an opportunity to grow and overcome obstacles.<br /><br />13. Did you suffer illness or injury?<br />rhinovirus!<br /><br />14. What was the best thing you bought?<br />your mom OH SNAP!! but seriously i got a new (new to me anyway) car and an electric/acoustic guitar<br /><br />15. Whose behavior merited celebration?<br />your mom<br /><br />16. Whose behavior made you appalled and/or depressed?<br />your mom (and seriously, what if i answered this seriously? that's called GOSSIP, friends!)<br /><br />17. Where did most of your money go?<br />bills and groceries<br /><br />18. What did you get really, really, really excited about?<br />i can't honestly remember! maybe it's because i'm tired as i write this.<br /><br />19. What song will always remind you of 2008?<br />"scrubs" by TLC<br /><br />20. Compared to this time last year, are you:<br />i. happier or sadder? a little bit of this, a little bit of that... i've realized i'm not going to stay at my job forever, which has both relieved and frustrated me.<br />ii. thinner or fatter? i think a little fatter<br />iii. richer or poorer? not so much money as last year, even with my 2% raise (ha!), but i'm growing spiritually and such.<br /><br />21. What do you wish you'd done more of?<br />being assertive and not so damned codependent<br /><br />22. What do you wish you'd done less of?<br />being passive and so damned codependent<br /><br />23. How will you be spending New Year's Eve/Day?<br />next year? who knows? this passed one i spent with my lovely wife melissa. we were playing "Lego Star Wars II" when the ball dropped. about 12:10 she looks at the clock and says "Oh we missed it! Happy new year!"<br /><br />24. What was an unexpected surprise?<br />finding out that a support group is a wonderful freeing thing<br /><br />25. Did you fall in love in 2008?<br />i fall in love every day!<br /><br />26. What was the best concert you've been to this year?<br />i went to one concert -- it was a local college jazz ensemble. i also went to a musical (the producers) which was hysterical and amazing.<br /><br />27. What was your favorite TV program?<br />x-files<br /><br />28. Do you dislike anyone now that you didn't dislike this time last year?<br />YES AND LET ME GIVE YOU ALL THEIR NAMES gossip destroys!<br /><br />29. What was the best book you read?<br />the only one i can remember was "last light" by terri blackstock. it was pretty awesome.<br /><br />30. What was your greatest musical discovery?<br />michael mulvaney is an amazing guitarist! he plays worship at my support group.<br /><br />31. What did you want and get?<br />stuff, i'm sure<br /><br />32. What did you want and not get?<br />stuff, i'm sure, and a new job<br /><br />33. What was your favorite film of this year?<br />your mom<br /><br />34. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?<br />i went to my parents' house, where they grilled burgers! i also went shooting with melissa, my mom, and my buddy ian.<br /><br />35. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?<br />getting closer to God than i have<br /><br />36. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?<br />grunge utilitarian, same as many of the years before<br /><br />37. What kept you sane?<br />my support group<br /><br />38. What political issue stirred you the most?<br />geez, what a loaded question! the election was pretty stirring. i have to say, regardless of who i voted for, that i got really tired of seeing obama/biden stuff all over the place as though it were a fashion thing, like how everyone and their brother here in indianapolis wears a peyton manning jersey.<br /><br />39. Who did you miss?<br />your mom urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:512192 2009-01-01T16:39:51Z 2009-01-01T16:39:51Z happy new year, everybody!<br /><br />i had a dream last night that i got blackout drunk, and woke up with a handlebar mustache and a mullet. also, i had a few little clumps of dirt under my eyes. how very strange! <br /><br />it might come from the fact that i was contemplating my 2009 halloween costume. melissa suggested i go as a chef, and i thought it might be fun to have a twirly italian chef mustache to go with. ey! i'm a gonna make a big a pizza pie! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:511894 2008-12-25T11:25:19Z 2008-12-25T11:25:19Z merry christmas, everyone!<br /><br />see what <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKk9rv2hUfA">linus</a> has to say! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:davrtayl:511665 2008-12-20T23:38:15Z 2008-12-20T23:38:15Z <a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&amp;id=1378"><br /><img src="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20081217.gif"></a>