I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire!

Since it has to be done...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:33:23 GMT

Hey everyone! Happy New Year! I know I said I'd write more, but I tried this time, but every time I did, it just fell flat. However, enough time and things have passed that I'm up for writing.
First, life is going OK, normal stresses such as finances, stupid people, work, etc. still going on, but nothing out of the ordinary. I hope to turn a few of those around this coming year, but more on that. Me and Tiff are doing great, enjoy living together, and both of us hate her job.
Well, my Christmas went by super fast since I had SO much to do. I love every moment of it though. I always love Christmas, it makes me feel like I'm 10 years old again and just the anticipation of it is great. This year was my 2nd away from my family on Christmas, however, it was much better than last year since me and Tiff put up a tree and decorated the house a bit. Plus I knew that I was going home the day after Christmas, which made it much better too. I got a lot of great stuff from everyone, thank you to all! I didn't have the funds I had in years past, so I had to cut down my spending, but even with that, almost everyone got two gifts or one gift card, which makes me feel good. I do feel a bit bad not spending like I did, but with everything that's going on in the world, it's much better. Plus I found super awesome deals on almost everything I bought. I only bought one or two things at it's normal price. So yay for me!
Christmas Eve we had a small gathering at my place, only SarahMonster and Jason showed up. It was still good though since we had good food and watching the Christmas South Parks. After they left, me and Tiff opened our gifts to each other. We both loved the gifts we got. Christmas Day was a bit relaxing to start since her family was doing stuff at 4, so I just played my new games and she was watching TV and stuff. At her parents house, it was fun too. The time went by so fast, but both the food and the gifts were awesome. We left around 8:30-ish since I had to pack for my El Paso trip.
The day after Christmas I worked, but honestly, no one was really into it. Most of the place was gone and I just kept busy. They let us go at 4 (I get off at 5), but I was thinking about staying till 5 since my flight wasn't until 9 and I had nothing to do. I couldn't go home because it would have been a waste of gas and Tiff was at work till 6, so I decided to check out early and just go. Parking was a bit on the difficult side, but it turned out well overall. After eating and playing my DS, I got on the plane, turned on my iPod and read my new book, Tales of Beetle the Bard, through most of the flight. It's not a long book, just a collection of stories, but they were very good. After that, I just put on my DS and made it to El Paso. When I landed it was snowing!!!!!!! Yes, snowing. nothing was sticking though, but still...
Brandy texted me thanking me for bringing the snow (sarcastically) and was wondering if I was going to Dedo. Since it was 11 pm and I had been up since 5:30 am, I decided to pass since I knew I was going tomorrow. So my parents picked me up and we got home. I said hi to everyone and stayed up talking till 2:30. I wasn't tired though, but decided it was time for sleep. The next day was breakfast and hanging out with my family. I got some games at Hollywood Video since they are selling their old games for $4, and on the way back I got Chico's for everyone. Oh My God....still so good. I miss it up here.
After that, I meet John and Gabe at some place to watch the last of the UFC fight. I didn't care for it, but it was the celebration of John's birthday and they were going somewhere else soon, so I didn't mind. Plus spending time with them is more important that what we are doing, because we can make anything fun. I didn't get into it, but enjoyed the atmosphere. After the fights were over, we headed to Dedo and John got super drunk. Not enough to pass out, but enough to carry him out. Mission Accomplished.
Afterwards Mo showed up and we chatted for a bit. It was fun just hanging, but the music choices were questionable. I mostly ignored it though. After Mo left, me and Gabe just hung out till about 3, dancing a little at the end since we decided to request things to make the night better. I went home and fell asleep around 4.
The next day was my family Christmas. We spend about 3 hours opening gifts and I loved it. It went a bit faster than usual, but since we had 8 instead of 5, it was going better than years pasted. I got a bunch of cool stuff. Afterwards was dinner and hanging out playing some Halo 3. I'm not a fan of that game at all, but the multiplayer was fun. Afterwards I meet up with John and Gabe at John's place and gave my gifts them. Vince loved his gifts. Afterwards, John and I went to Sunday Mass, and it was a good nice hang out place. Not a lot of dancing room, but other than that, a good small place. We stayed until closing, then hung out at John's a bit, then I headed home.
Monday I got my license renewed since it expired on my birthday, after that I stayed at home until about 7 when I headed over to Erich and Cyndy's place. We hung out, I watched Daemon play with his gifts, and talked to them. At 11 I took off since we all started to get tired and I had to get up the next day for my flight. I got up, had some breakfast, said my goodbyes, and headed back to Denver. The trip back was fine. I just listened to music and read Twilight. After I got home, I was going to do running around for New Years, but decided against it. I was tired of running around. So I just didn't do much until Tiff came home. We then did some running around, got some gifts exchanged since I got some doubles, and got some more Christmas stuff on sale. We got home, eat, and started to watch Lost Season 4, then fell asleep.
New Years Eve I got up, cleaned up a bit, and did some running around to get ready. I was hoping people would show up because New Years is always one of my favorite holidays. I usually spend it in El Paso and party it up with the Arkham crew, but this year, Tiff wanted me home. So I decided to try to bring Arkham to Denver for New Years. I sent out invitations about a month in advance and kept bugging people about it. Some people said they would come, some might, but some didn't say anything. As the night progressed, some people cancelled for reasons, some didn't even bother to tell me they weren't going to show. So in the end, it was me, Tiff, Sarah Rose, and Michael. We counted down, had some champenge, and played Rock Band most of the night.
I was happy they came and enjoyed the night, but at the same time, I was sad and mad that my ideas for this party fell through again. I'm really thinking about changing the basement since one of the reasons I got our place is because of that. Since not many people come and want to do stuff like dancing, I might just turn it into our living room/den/workout room. Yes, I won't be able to throw dance parties, but honestly, no one has come to them to begin with, so why bother in the future. Unless anyone from El Paso stops by and nothing is going on, it's probably going to happen.
So, now that 2008 is over and 2009 is upon us, here is my year in review and plans for the new year.
2008 was a very interesting year, some good, some bad. The main highlights were:
- Tiff and I moved in together
- I got my new job
- The economy bottomed out
- The Dark Knight was released and blew EVERYONE away
- Obama was elected

2008 overall was a bad year. Not that the good parts weren't great, but overall, just a very bad, dark, and depressing time. Mainly due to the economy. I'm hoping by the end of next year things will be on the rise and money issues are lowered to a normal level instead of worrying about it so much.
Now, plans for 2009. Here they are:
- Start working out since I'm getting a bit big
- Help Tiff find a new job
- Hang out with my friends more since they will be less busy
- Not be as lazy as I've been
- Save money for the end of next year
- Redo my finances and begin cutting some fat
- Keeping an eye out for awesome deals and getting stuff I want if I can afford it
- Pay off some bills where the financing is ending this year
- Continue to improve myself and do better at my job

I hope to keep most of these since most are business as normal and some are new. Today we are probably going to put down the tree and begin going back to business as usual. The holidays are over. I'm sad they are. I loved the feeling of anticiatpion, the feeling of being a kid, the excitment in the air. I know it will be back around October and stay for the most part, but I wish that everyday was like Christmas.
Well, it's time to end this. I hope everyone had fun last night and was safe. Take care, and Happy New Year!!!

Le sigh

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:49:00 GMT

Yes, I know...but I'm not going to say it.

Anyways, I've been enjoying work. Well enjoying it more than my old job. This last week was pretty hectic for me between testing, audits, and building things, I barely got them done with some help. I hate asking for help, but if it's needed, I ask. I still don't like getting up so early, I wish I could go in a bit later, but they are throwing around maybe doing 4 x 10 (work 10 hours 4 days a week) and I wouldn't say no to that. If I had my choice, I'd choose Saturday/Sunday/Monday off. That way I'm off on at least one day for most of my friends and Tiff and planning things such as dinners, hanging out, parties and such are easier to plan. But I dunno if that will ever happen.

I also had some problems with teeth for a while and had to finally break down and go to the dentist. It turned out that my wisdom teeth were pretty much gone and some surrounding teeth needed fillings. I don't have insurance so, it's gonna cost a lot. Luckily they have a program to pay over time, which will suck but it had to be done. The next few days I was recovering and really quickly too. I had the operation done on Thursday night and by Sunday I was pretty much back to normal. I still took it slow for the next few days, but I am doing well. Even the dentist said I'm doing great, so yay!

It's almost Halloween and this year has flown by. I really haven't been in the Halloween mood, so I have decided that I'm just dressing up as Anakin from last year. It's an awesome costume and I need to wear it more. At least it's on a Friday too, so I'll be able to party it up. In addition to that, my birthday is coming up and I'm REALLY looking forward to it. I really really hope that people come to celebrate it with me. It's going to be at my place so we don't have to worry about spending a whole lot of money, what music is played, or how long we party until. I hope it goes for a long time, so here is to hoping. Plus I want to do something for Thanksgiving since I have a 4 day weekend, so everyone let me know when you want to do something, like a small Thanksgiving dinner pot luck kinda thing or some other idea.

Of course with the end of the year comes my other favorite holidays...Christmas and New Years. Currently my plan is that me and Tiff (If she can get the days off) will fly out late on the 26th/early 27th and fly back the 30th so she can go back to work. And yes, it appears I will be in Denver for New Years, and as such, I want to have another party for that. As everyone knows, I love celebrating New Years and I normally do it with the Arkham family, but since I will be up here, I want to bring the Arkham spirit up here. I hope everyone else thinks this is a good idea...

As everyone is aware, the economy really really sucks and even I'm scared. However, I know it will eventually get better and when it does, I'm more than likely going to purchase a house. I think it's time for it. I'm almost 30 and me and Tiff are trying to start a family, so it seems that if everything goes well, I will be a home owner in about 2 years. But in the meantime, desperate times are ahead and the time will come where we must choose what is right and what is easy. I hope right superseeds easy...

Last night I decided to read some of my old blogs from MySpace, LiveJournel, and Diaryland. There were tons of stuff that came flooding back. Of course a lot of my entries were about not having a girl and it got me thinking that being with Tiff has in fact made me happier and a better person. There were also stuff about going out which I miss, but everything has changed since then. Not only me, my friends, but the world itself. But in all honesty, it's not become a better place, but a worse one. I hope that the coming years will get better and that all the things I want to happen will happen.

I've also decided to restart posting in my LiveJournal, so I can let everyone who isn't on MySpace or checks it that often to know what I'm up to.

Well it's almost time to eat, so I'm going to end this. Till then...

Daniel

Interesting, but semi-true

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:01:16 GMT

Your Score: Sylar

You scored 33 Idealism, 62 Nonconformity, 75 Nerdiness

How can you stop what's coming... when you don't know anything about power?
Congratulation, you're Sylar, the artist formerly known as Gabriel Gray! You are a seriously nerdy person with an enormous desire to be different, and to be recognized for it. As long as you don't go eating brains, this doesn't have to be a bad thing at all. You're ambitious, intelligent, tenacious, and unique.

Your best quality: Panache
Your worst quality: An obsessive desire for recognition and power

Link: The Heroes Personality Test written by freedomdegrees on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Entirely too much time has passed...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:33:05 GMT

Well, it's been about 3 months since I've posted something. Sorry...

Well my trip to El Paso rocked. Sorry I didn't write all the details, but overall it was a lot of fun. Plus it was great to see my family, friends, and see Rubina again after 5 years. It has been entirely too long.
Christmas rocked and I got a lot of cool stuff. New Years also rocked. I had a lot of fun. Plus I got me a new car (2002 Firebird), a new phone (Razr), and lots of pictures.
Well when I came back, I arrived after one of the many storms Denver had. Luckily I arrived after the really big ones, but Janurary was really bad. I didn't go out much, but I did go out a bit. Plus I saw Tiffy after for not seeing her for 2 1/2 weeks. It was great. We have been spending more time together, she even stays over at my place. So it's been fun.
Work has been good, though sometimes I feel my feedback is very lacking. I'll be getting it though. One day...but other than that, work is going good. No big issues, just normal stuff.
Also, I recently got a laptop. I love it so far! One problem I had, but after a quick reformt, I'm back up and running. Though I am getting some of the program compatability issues with Vista. Overall Vista is just better looking and a better search feature for files. That's about it. Nothing else...I'm sure there is more, but I don't see a reason to use any of those. I guess I'm just weird. But with it I can finally make my own ringtones for my phone. So yay!
Anyway, becaue of all the stuff I have to do some saving. So I won't be going out much like I did last year. But I will treat myself every once in a while. So wish me luck as I regain my finances to what they once were. But until then, feel free to contact me or such. Well, that's all I can think of saying, so I will talk to you all soon. And I promise I will update this thing more often. Till then...

Oh what a world...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:43:32 GMT

Well I haven't poured my heart out recently, so for that I'm sorry. Work has been ever changing and I've been tired. But I'm loving every minute of my new position. It's just so great after 5 years to be FINALLY off the phones about 95% of the time. Plus I've been catching up on my music too. Instead of listening to my club mix, I've put on bands and listened to them all day. I've found some songs I knew that I didn't know I had! So I'll be redoing my music soon and also downloading some new stuff, so yay!
Other than work, I've just been hanging out, going out, and having a good time. Well try to. Sometimes it's been crap. Last Sunday for instance. It was full of cool people, but the music was seriously lacking. Highly disappointed. I know it happens though. I've been disappointed with other club nights too, it just sucks overall. But I did win $100 the night before at the Wave, so that's gonna help out.
A few weeks ago my friends Meridith and Tom got married. It was so great to have another friend get married. That night was fun too. Kinda out of my element, but still fun. Plus last week was Lily's birthday. I called Gaberial and it sounded like they were having a blast. The pictures Mo took confirmed it. I really wished I was down there. I could just imagine if I just walked into Erich and Cyndy's house what would happen. Well maybe I can surprise them one day. You never know...
The last week though I've been going through a really depressive state. Not completely depressive, however definately an alone state. I've said it before, I'll say it now, and I'll say it again...I'm tired of being single. People always say it will happen when you least expect it, the problem is I always am. And I can't stop myself. I try, but it doesn't work. It's just getting really annoying. I think I'm just going to be by myself forever. Maybe I should get me a kitten. Probably after the new year since I'll decide what's going to happen living-wise and also so I don't have to leave it with someone for 2 weeks when I go home for Christmas. Plus I want to take pictures soon. I bring my camera and nothing gets shot really. I want to take some outside of a club setting too. Maybe one of these days I will...
I think on Friday I'm going to do a Star Wars marathon. Episode I-Episode VI with the Clone Wars cartoon in the middle. That should be geeky fun.
Well, after nearly two months of internet silence except for the surveys on MySpace and occational comments, this is all I have. A lot, yet not. Till then...

† Daniel †

Diary of Dream and the past week

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:56:40 GMT

So, where did I leave off...oh yeah, we arrived in Denver and got to the show

We meet up with Suzie, Sarah, Jason, Shawn, and a few other people. And here are some random pictures from there (thanks to Mo and Suzie as well for the awesome pictures):

Me, Mo, and Brandy:

Me and Suzie:

Suzie, Sarah, and Brandy:

Sarah and Jason:

Mo and Suzie:

Me, Mo, Suzie, and Brandy:

Mo and Tiffany:

Mo and Brandy:

And of course there was the show. All I have to say it...FUCKING ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They put on SUCH a great show. We all had fun. Yes, drunken fun but fun none the less. Words can not describe how awesome it was. But the pictures will help:

(there are more, but I'll give the links a bit later)
And of course us being us, we had to dance to the super awesome music:

So yeah, the show rocked! Later on we went to the Church and caught up with the other Sarah. We had some fun:

The stuff happened I really don't want to get into. Anyone who knows knows what happened and what happened afterwards. Let's just say it was stuff that upset me quite a bit, but was resolved the next day.

For more Diary/Church pictures, go to Mo's Pictures or my pictures.

I came back to work with quite a bit to do, and still no word on my interview. So I mainly stayed off the phones since there was a lack of people to answer questions and such. I got most of my work caught up on the 4th and drove Mo to the bus station to go home earlier on the 4th. She got home OK, so I was glad. On Wednesday I found out what happened with the interviews which I'll go into in a bit. Later on that night me, Brandy, Suzie, and Krystal hung out at the Shelter. There were other people there I said hi to, so it was great being back. Here are some candid shots of the night:

So that night was a lot of fun as well. It was good to just hang out again. Brandy left on Thursday and got home OK.

On Friday I went to see the new Pirates movie. The movie kicked sooooooo much fucking ass, it's the best movie of the summer. Screw X-Men 3, screw Superman, screw Snakes on a Plane (I know it hasn't come out yet, but I'm interested in seeing that), that movie fucking rocked! I'm probably gonna see it again eventually. Last night I went to the Wave and had a fairly good time. Though no drunken fun though...

So anyway, that's the second half of my story. But now to the big news. I got the promotion at work! Yay!!!!! I'm soo fucking happy that happened. I was getting way too bored. So now I have something new to look forward to. Yay!!! You know I'm gonna have to plan something big, but I'm gonna hold off on it for about a week or two so I can get my schedule in place. This week should be interesting though, training till midnight and Ronan from VNV Nation DJing at the Shelter. I was planning on not going this week, but when I heard that, I think I just might. Be it I'll arrive at 12:30, it still might be good. Sarah might go, so I'll see how it is when I get out. So until then, I will you all farewell for now. Hope to see some of you at the Church and talk to you all soon. Till then...

† Daniel †

The El Paso Trip

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 03:47:20 GMT

Well everyone, here is my trip and the show and afterwards. But lots and lots of pictures...so be warned.

The weeks before have been alright. Just working and such. But I got almost everything done and ready to go before I left. So that was good. Plus I had my interview for the CSS position, which went really well.
I left on Friday to El Paso and the drive went really well. No problems what so ever. I got a call from my manager as well that they wanted to do a second interview. So yay! I arrived home around 9:30, said hi to the family and caught up a bit. Then it was off to Dedo, where it was fairly fun. Me, Mo, Brandy, Gabriel, Hektor, Lily, Shane, and everyone else had fun. Plus I danced a little. Here are the pictures:

Mo and Brandy:

Me and Mo:

Mo and Brandy again:

Me and Gabriel:

The night was fun, though me and Mo missed out on Chico's, so that sucked.

The next day was the BBQ. Saying it was FUCKING AWESOME would be an understatement. I saw just about everyone, had some good food, good drinks, good talks, good games, and everyone was excited to see me as me them. Oh my god, it was a blast. Here are the pictures.

John and Vincent (who LOVED me by the way):

Community Drink during Wheel of Death:

Christie and Vincent:

Mo and Gabriel:

Me and Mo:

John, Christie, and Vincent:

Me on my Cell Phone:

Me and Cyndy:

Cyndy and Mo:

Hektor, Cyndy, Erich, John, and Me:

Cyndy, Erich, John, and Me:

Erich and Hektor:

Me and Erich:

Me and Yvonne:

Me and Lily (with everyone else posing the background):

Me and Sal:

The Four Horseman:

The Girls (with Gabriel's hand in the back):

Me and Hektor:

Cyndy and Sal:

Erich, Sal, and Gabriel:

The Boys:

Me and Vincent:

Me, Mo, and Gabriel near the end dancing:

For more pictures, go to Mo's Pictures or My Pictures.

Sunday was recovery day and family day. It was fun overall. Monday I hung out with Gabriel, John, Christie, and Vincent (when he was awake). It was great just hanging out. I also had my 2nd interview on Monday, which went fairly well. Tuesday was just a relax day too.

Wednesday me, Mo, and Gabriel went to a show, which the most part was us just drinking, smoking, and Mo studying:

But we got some fairly good pictures too!

The main band was Mankind Is Obsolete. Great fucking band and they had a great show. It also helps to have a hot lead singer. Here are some pictures of the show:

The after show pictures:

Yeah, they were fucking great and really cool. I hope they come in August to Denver. I'll hopefully get to see them. Thursday I hung out with Cyndy and Erich and just caught up. It was great to just drink, hang out, talk, and of course eat Chico's! Yay!!!

Friday was a busy day. Me, Mo, Izzy, Cyndy, and Daemon went to eat sushi (my first time). It was great. The kids are getting SO big! I can't believe it. Later on me, Gaberial, and John went to go see Superman Returns. It was an interesting movie. I recommend it. Though I thought there could have been something with Batman. But in due time...

Then Gabriel showed me something fucking awesome...a Kadaj sword! It rocked!

Friday night was Dedo and that was fun. We then went to Club 101 for free drinks and making fun of the other people. That was a blast.

Saturday was packing and getting ready to go back home. Though I was worried about my car. The fucking fuel pump went out. Yeah, it was a mess. And RIGHT BEFORE I was about to leave, I get a nail stuck in my tire. Luckily my dad found a place to fix it. So me and Mo went to Alamagordo to drop off her car, then down to Las Cruces to go pick up Brandy. Then the all night trip back home. We got back around 8 in the morning and after a nap, we went to eat and drop off Brandy. We were going to go shopping, but we had no time. Then off to the Diary of Dreams show!

Since that's the end of the trip, I'm gonna post a 2nd blog soon about that. I will try for tomorrow. But this one is long so far, so till then...

† Daniel †

Trip And Afterwards...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:25:40 GMT

Hey everyone! I know you are all waiting to see pictures and hear stories from my trip back to El Paso, but for now it will have to wait. Trust me, it will be worth it. Why...just cause. Some know already, but you will see. I'll probably write it tomorrow or Saturday. See you soon.

Let see what happens...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 20:15:02 GMT

Leave your name, and...

1. I'll respond with something random about you
2. I'll challenge you to try something
3. I'll pick a colour that I associate with you
4. I'll tell you something I like about you
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours

Good to see you again...Cloud

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:24:31 GMT

Yes yes yes yes yes. I know...I suck. I haven't updated this thing with anything new forever. I'm sorry though...
Well since it's been two months since I've updated, some stuff has gone on, but nothing too fantastic. Work has been alright. They FINALLY opened up supervisor up here, but they won't let me go for it because "I don't have enough supervisor experience." Bullshit. I was running teams and training classes all the time in El Paso. Sure it wasn't a permanent thing and yes I didn't know some of the things (like the proper why to write someone up), but those things can be taught and such. I also don't think many people are going to go for it, so I have no idea what they are gonna do. I've heard they are going to open another position soon which is like a lead, but it's only going to be one position, which sucks because most of the people I talk to would also be good and picking only one for the whole department sucks. Hopefully it will work and they will get more. If not, I have no idea what I'm going to do.
I picked up Kingdom Hearts II and still completely in love with it. I've already beat it once and going through it again on expert mode. That game is so so so SO bad ass. I love it. I love the soundtrack, I love the gameplay, the story...everything. Pick it up...NOW! if you haven't.

Speaking of games, I was going to put this as a seperate entry, but I decided against it. My thoughts on this years E3...
Nintendo - Wow...the Wii looks awesome even if the name is kinda weird. The controller is going to be interesting but very good I believe. The game line-ups looks great too...Mario Galaxies, Twilight Princess, Smash Bros. Brawl, Metriod Prime 3. I seriously can't wait. I think out of the three, I'm gonna get that one first. One is mainly because of cost, but also that will have some good games when it comes out. I can't wait!
Sony - $600 for a PS3?!?!?! Well for what I'm gonna get, that's a fantastic deal. But I believe I will hold off on that (mainly because of funds) until GTA 4 and Final Fantasy XIII comes out. Speaking of FFXIII, the trailer looks fucking awesome. And a new gunblade too! Yay! So I'm gonna start saving my money for that one, so next year I can pick up one and be in love with it.
X-Box - I've never been a X-Box fan and after seeing what they were offing, I can see why. Gears of War, while looks nice, is not for me and there "big" announcement was Halo 3. Yawn! The trailer was stupid too! FFXIII and Smash Bros. trailer had more excitement and more stuff in it! But being that it's the only next-gen system out, it will probably do well. But unless something happens where all the Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts games go over to X-Box, I'm sticking with my PS3 and Wii. Sorry Microsoft...the X-Box, while a good machine, didn't have the games I like and I haven't turned my on in about a year.
But overall it looks like a strong year and next year for games. I can't wait!

On the club scene, I have been going out most of the time. I have missed a few Saturdays and maybe on Wednesday, but no Sundays yet. And I think my body is feeling it. So I think besides Sundays, I won't be going out till next month. I might catch a few Wednesdays if my friends go, but if not, I'm staying home. Though I did promise Tina I will go on Saturday, so this will start this week, but I'll go on Saturday. So if you do not see me for a while, you all know why.
Other than that, I've been up to nothing else. Yes...two months and that's all? Sorry for being so not update-ive. But I guess I'll end this now. I've got stuff to do before work. Talk to you all soon and keep an eye out for my MySpace/Photobucket stuff for updates on there.

Till then...

† Daniel †

Today and it's significance to me...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:43:32 GMT

An explaination for today...
I'm lazy and feel the same way, so I'm going to copy what I wrote last year about it and just change a few things:
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It's been seven years since it happened. The thing that pretty much changed my life and had me stop pretending who I am and just be me. It was the death of my grandmother. I have to say besides my parents, she was the best, coolest, and sweetest person I have ever known. Yes, she was a grandmother and had her moments, but that doesn't make it a bad thing. I remember driving to her house every day during summer to hang out with my cousin, play games, play outside (before video games came around), have birthday parties, and just to be there. It also gave time to my mom and her to hang out. We eventually moved the next street over and we went over just as often since it was so close. We would even just go for a walk, stop by, say hi, do some stuff, and leave. It was so much like a second home to me. Plus holidays were the BEST. She made sure that as many people could come as possible, even inviting my dad's family as well. Growing up, the adults used to play the board games and have fun and the kids would be in the game room either playing pool (until they got rid of the pool table) or playing our new video games and comparing presents. Oh yeah, and of course eating. She was such a great cook. And the memories are so great, never a horrible time. I'm very lucky that she saw me graduate from high school, the first to do so in my family with my cousin Justin (we are 6 months apart to the day).
The day she died it was a total shock, very unexpected. She did have some problems, but it wasn't like a slow and degrading, it was very sudden. I remember it well. My mom was taking my brothers to school and looked down the street and saw the ambulance there. Since I didn't have school that day, I was sleeping in. They woke me up and asked to work at the grocery store we just opened. I asked why and they said something happened and they didn't know what. So I waited, just watching TV and hoping for the best and hoping whoever was in trouble would get out of it soon. My parents came back and we sat in the van when they told me. I completely broke down. It had been a while before that since I cried like that and it was 5 and half years after that when I did again, when I moved out of El Paso. I couldn't speak, just cry. After some time, because my parents had to plan stuff, I dragged myself back to work and tried my best to survive the day. Of course people coming in were talking about Colombine (which I didn't know about at the time), and just survived. The next few days were very sad. I actually saw my grandfather also break down, and he's never cried like that, at least I never saw. It was weird. Plus it was the time I got really into Buffy and decided to not hide my true feeling and start to wear more black than normal (I've always loved that color), plus get more into vampires and stuff. So some of the reason I wear black is because of her.
Seeing her in her coffin was very sad...I went to the viewing, but not the funeral. I know it was very sad though. And things really haven't been the same since. Sure, my family still gets together for the holidays, but it's not the same. It's not as much fun and not as great family-wise since we have kinda split into different parts since then. I guess that's why I really love the holidays and love to be around my family and 2nd family (the Arkham crew), because it reminds me of those times. As we all grow up just a little more and have more kids, I know one day we will be like that once again. I think my mom secretly wants a grandchild so she can start traditions and do things she did. But that will have to wait I guess, at least in my case. I just can't believe it's been seven years...
She was a wonderful person and I learned so much from her. I know she still lives in me and my cousins and one day things will become like they were and come full circle. Until then, I will do my best to try to make things like they were and have fun doing it. I miss you and I love you and I will never forget you, my grandmother.
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So yeah, this year wasn't as bad, but it still sucks. I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I've been weird. I might update about that, or I might not. Oh well...
I hope all is going well for everyone. Talk to you all soon and see you out and about.

† Daniel †

Click!

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:39:04 GMT

Hey everyone, just stopping by to give some links to some pictures since the last posting...

March

April (so far)

Take Care everyone! I will updating one day...

Rock Star Weekend!

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:24:44 GMT

Hey everyone! How's it going? Well, I'm sure you are wondering how my weekend was...well, in short IT KICKED FUCKING ASS!!!! So here is how it was:

First off, as most of you will now see, I cut my hair. Yep, Angelus has returned. Everyone loves it, so yay!
Wednesday night I headed over to the Shelter were I hung out with Barry for a while, had some drinks, some good times. Then on Thursday I caught up with Hektor, Lily, and Yvonne and headed over to the Sisters show. Suzie and Omar caught up with us, but overall it was a great show. Here are some pictures from it:

Hektor, Lily, and Yvonne

Me and Hektor

I only got one photo of the show, but a pretty good one:

The show itself was great as well. I heard about the bad experiences people had with the Pheonix and Albequeque shows, so I was hoping it was good and overall it was. Plus hanging with my friends certainly helped.

Afterwards we headed to the Wave for the 80s night and we had so much fun.

Yvonne and Lily

The two girls on the dance floor

Plus I saw my Stephanie there and had a friendly hello (and a kiss, yay!). It was so much fun and much alcohol consummed. Overall a great time.
Friday was pretty much a recovery for us, but we went out to Lion's Lair to see a few bands play. Not bad overall. Plus some more pictures (of course):

Me and Yvonne

Hektor and myself

Overall a great night as well.
Saturday we headed over to Colorado Springs to go see some sites. We tried to go into the Caves, but it didn't turn out so well (about an hour and a half wait just to have a tour), so we headed over to Seven Falls, which was really nice. Too bad most of it was frozen, but it was still cool.

Then it was over to the Wave for Distentigration. Yvonne could go because of her cold, plus they were gonna get up at 8 to go back home (tear...) so it was me, Sarah, Hektor, and Lily. We had a great time, full of fun, dancing, drinks, and old stories and plans for the next trip.

(OK, next time, I'm gonna have colored contacts. Probably Sith ones...)

It's still weird seeing me in short hair again

Tina and myself

Tina and Lily

Sunday was sad because they had to go back home, but we are planning trips back and forth. I'll probably visit in June/July and they will probably be back up in October for football season. I'll probably also join them in the game since I've never been and though I don't like most sports anymore, I'm sure it's an awesome experience. Me and Sarah were going to go to Rock Island, but because of a show (and an $8 cover) we went back to the Church. While there, Shawn and Tiffany showed up and the night went from awesome to more super awesome!

Sarah and Barry

Me and SarahMonster

Shawn and me

Me and Tiffany

Tiffany attacking Sarah

Then making up

Me and SarahMoster

Um...no comment

As Sarah would say, the hot boys:

Afterwards we headed over to their hotel and hung out for a bit, but had to go. So overall a fan-fucking-tastic weekend. I hope all weekends are like this (which I know it's not), but still, it was a great time and I wish it never ended. I know all things must, but still, it sucked that they couldn't stay longer or forever. And everyone else...but one day they will all come up here. One day...
And the city will bleed.
But it was back to work and it was still craptastic and I'm just waiting for the promotion to open up. Soon...
Well that's all for now. I must rest, for this weekend will kick some ass! Hope to see you all there. Thanks again to everyone who went out and of course to Hektor, Lily, Yvonne, Shawn, and Tiffany for making my weekend even more bad ass. I love you guys! Till then...

† Daniel †

Wow...what a night

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:09:57 GMT

The show last night was fan-fucking-tastic. I had such a good time. It was so great hanging out with Yvonne, Lily, and Hektor again. I did get a wee bit trashed, but it was so worth it. We were to do stuff today, but the girls are hung over, so I guess for the day I'm just gonna relax and rest up a bit...not that I actually need it, but I'm gonna get me some food and watch a movie or two.
Plus some interesting developments in the whole me and Stephanie thing. But more on that later. I'll post more with pictures (I can't believe I only took 5 last night!) probably on Sunday...if I'm not dead yet. Till then...

† Daniel †

The tangled web they weave...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:52:30 GMT

After all that happened and didn't happen this weekend, this and the Imperial March are the songs I'm thinking about. And it's about her...
If you know who I'm talking about, then you will get this. And yes, I changed the words just a bit.

You look so fine
I want to break your heart
And give you mine
You're taking me over

It's so insane
You've got me tethered and chained
I hear your name
And I'm falling over

I'm not like all the other boys
I can't take it like the other boys
I won't share it like the other boys
That you used to know

You look so fine

Knocked down
Cried out
Been down just to find out
I'm through living for you

I'm open wide
I want to take you home
We're wasting time
You're the only one for me

You look so fine
I'm like the desert tonight
Leave him behind
If you want to show me

I'm not like all the other boys
I won't take it like the other boys
I won't fake it like the other boys
That you used to know

You're taking me over
Over and over
I'm falling over
Over and over

Loving me one more time
Hide inside me tonight
Do what you want to do
Just pretend happy end
Let me know let it show

Ending with letting go
Ending with letting go
Ending with letting go

Let's pretend happy end
Let's pretend happy end
Let's pretend happy end
Let's pretend happy end

The Dark Side of the Force is strong

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:32:14 GMT

Yet why can't I wield it...

Yeah yeah yeah...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:51:42 GMT

Hey everyone, sorry for not posting anything in about a month. Things have been...interesting I guess you can say.
Work has gone for alright and normal to fucking busy at times and so fucking ridiculous. Things are changing, and not for the better. It's basically more little work that really does NOTHING to help us, and rules so vague yet so particular, it seems like we are all walking on thin ice. I think it's time to look for a new job and honestly...I'm not the only one. And not just waiting for supervisor or something, and new fucking JOB! Well I guess I'll see what happens.
On the plus side I found a new girl named Stephanie (which is a name I LOVE). Anyone who knows me knows how much I love that name. Anyway, nothing HUGE is going on, but it's moving slowly. I hope soon things will get to a good state and who knows...a real relationship finally!!! That will be nice change. Plus it will be cool to take a trip to El Paso with her and introduce her to my families.
Speaking of families, next week is the Sisters concert. But the big news is my friends Hektor, Lily, and Yvonne are coming!!! Yay!!! We are SO gonna party like rock stars. More people were going to come, but because of funds and/or scheduling they were unable to. But hopefully another time more will come. I know they will LOVE it up here, with all the clubs and such. Plus I know I'm gonna visit down there in June or July. It just depends on what is going on.
Besides work, just going out to clubs and watching movies every once in a while. I went to see Ultraviolet last weekend...fucking sucked my ass. DO NOT go see that movie. It's a total piece of crap. I knew it was gonna be bad, but Jesus, not THAT bad. I'm gonna check out the Libertine with the Sarahs in a few hours. It might be good, it might now, but who knows. At least they will be the first to see something cool. But it's a secret...for now. Just to give a hint...
Angelus has returned
I'll have more next week sometime after the concert and such. Plus LOTS of pictures...I hope. Well, gotta finish eating, talk to you soon.

† Daniel †

Why do I feel like crying but I can't?

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:16:14 GMT

I'm so lonely and sad right now. I don't know why, but I do. I hate being alone. I hate this constant state of being me and only me. I just can't take this much more. I know I'm such a great guy, everyone tells me that. So why it is so hard to just meet someone who would be interested in me? Maybe because I'm picky? Shy? Looking elsewhere? Maybe, maybe not. I don't know...
Work has been going slow but nice. I like it like that, though I'm still bored. I don't want to wait anymore, I want my promotion now. But I must wait. In the meantime, I'll continue with what I do and how I do it.
I can't write anymore, I'm done. I'm off to bed, alone...
Till then...
† Daniel †

Something before work...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:18:35 GMT

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Sexually stunning

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<td align="center"> NeoGothDaniel --
[adjective]:

Banshee-like

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[noun]:

A hermit living in the big city

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Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:29:23 GMT

Attention everyone, I have a huge announcement.

On March 28th

Kingdom Hearts II

Is Released...

Oh yes!

That is all...

While I was right, I'm still wrong...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:55:57 GMT

'ello everyone. Yet another week or so has gone by, and still nothing really new going on. Plus that whole paranoia attack for what it was wasn't worth it, however I should have held onto it because the past week at work has been FUCKING BUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so tired of people (more so) that I really really don't care anymore. I've gotten better at talking most people into submission as my buddy Martin would say, but it has just been so horrible. Plus today, oh my god, I didn't get othe work done. And I am NOT staying late like I did on Friday. Well I might if it just piles up, but I won't like it. But that's good that nothing really good happens on Friday, so it's cool. But still, I'm so bored and tired of it, I'm ready for something new, something fresh, something cool. Oh well...at least there is a possible schedule change. I'm looking for either 1-9:30 or 12-8:30 (both with weekends off) so I can have more time at night in case I want to go out to a club, movie, or whereever. I think that would work better.
Other than that, I have been pretty much up to nothing. I've been playing Resident Evil 4 (I have yet to beat it and I'm pissed at myself I haven't). I wanted to go through all of them, but I gave up after part 2 in October and I haven't picked it up since. I'll come back to it soon...but I want to beat it before Kingdom Hearts II comes out. I fucking can't wait for that game!
Other than games, I have been going out to my three places: The Wave/2101 on Saturday, The Church on Sunday, and The Shelter on Wednesday. I fucking love all three places for different reasons. Plus if I had my old schedule (which I probably never will), my days off would be those days.
Of course next week is the dreaded Valentine's Day. I shouldn't say dreaded, but honestly I hate this holiday. It always reminds me of how alone I am and my lack of a relationship. I'm seriously tired of it. I can't believe I'm almost 27 and I have nothing to show for it. No real long term girlfriend, no nothing. Yes, I am a bit scared, but also interested. I'm just tired of it. All the girls I also find attractive end up being my friend. Though I have made some awesome friends, it gets tiring. I think I'll either be in a broody or evil state that day.
I also found out that Mo, Shawn, and Rudy aren't coming (as of this writing) to the Sisters show here, they are going to Phoenix instead. I'm sure there is a good reason why, but I'm sad about it. But at least Hektor, Lily, Phillip, and Yvonne are still coming, so yay! Plus I have a few friends here that might go too, that weekend will kick SO much ass, I can't wait. Plus I have a great surprise when they come up. Hehehehe...
Anyway, time for bed. Till then...

† Daniel †

Update...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:02:35 GMT

Sorry about that paranoid fit earlier. I couldn't log into my work e-mail from home and assumed the worst. But what happened was the system decided I needed to change my password 5 days early and didn't tell me. So I'm fine now. Thanks to everyone who hoped my day turned out well. It did, so everything is cool. But I'm going to the Shelter tonight to drink and dance and have fun and be super bad ass and cool. See you all soon!

Daniel

I have a bad feeling...

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:02:27 GMT

I don't know why, I just do...
Hopefully it's just my super paranoia and it's nothing.
Wish me luck today.

It's been a while

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:30:17 GMT

Yeah, I know. I promised to update this thing, but I haven't in a while. Sorry...
Well getting back to work didn't take too long. I was back up and running in a few days, so now it's back to the grind. Plus some changes happened that I'm not happy about at all. I'm seriously ready to either go up or go out. I hope something opens soon though, but I'm seriously getting tired of the shit I have to go through.
I also returned to the club scene and been having fun. I did miss most of last week though because I got sick and my eyes even got sick. I though it was pink eye, but it turned out it wasn't since it went away after two days and pink eye lasts a lot longer and also continues to get worse rather than just happen when I wake up. But other than that, I've just been having fun. Plus I've found a new place on Wednesday (well, not new, but I couldn't go when it first opened because I was in El Paso.) It's called the Shelter on Broadway between 10th and 11th and that place rocks. So definitely go on Wednesdays. I will get there around 11:30 because of work, but it's fun fun fun.
Also, I got one more Christmas gift from my friend Sarah and she got me something that FUCKING ROCKS!!!!!!!! She got me two autographed photos. One is Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanez and the other is James Marsters (aka Buffy, Angel, and Spike). I LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!!!! Here are pictures of them:

So I'm happy for now. Though some drama did happen last night at the Wave too...it's over and done with and I'm not gonna look back on it. Anyway, talk to you all soon. Till then...

† Daniel †

My Trip Home, Christmas, and New Years 2005

neogothdaniel@comcast.net — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:05:14 GMT

Hello everyone. Well...I'm back. Let me just say though, that I had a lot of fun in El Paso. I have seriously missed my family and friends SO much that it's almost like a cleansing hanging out with them again. Plus the 2 1/2 week break from work is always a good thing. I had good times. So, let's get to the trip...

Also, some of these pictures are from Mo. Hope you don't mind!

Well Friday I drove down worrying about my car. But it held up and the drive when fine. No problems whatsoever. I got in around 11 pm, unpacked and Mo called me to go and hang out at Dedo. She picked me up (as I was tired of driving) and we went and meet up with just about everyone: John, Christie, Gabriel, Sal, Shane, and I believe that's all from the people I knew (If I forgot you, I'm sorry). It was fun hanging out again and the Four Horsemen were together again!

I danced a little but was complaining about how bad the choice of music was. Nothing like the clubs in Denver or the old Arkham days. I would have been on the dance floor most of the night if I were. But got some great photos other than those as well:

Me and John

Me, John, and Gabriel

Me and Mo

Mo and Sal

Mo and Christie

Gabriel

Afterwards, me, Mo, Gabriel, and Shane went to a hooka place and had some awesome flavored tobacco (no, no illegal stuff, I wouldn't do it if it was). There I got one of my three new sayings. As Gabriel finishes his turn, he gave it to me and said "Smoke..." which make me think of the Family Guy, so I responded "Smoke..." So we were doing that for a while and Mo was just talking and talking with it, so I said "Are you smoking yet?" and me and Gabriel were cracking up!

Smoke...

Are you smoking yet?

Well I guess so...

So we left around 4:30, me and Mo picked up something to eat and caught up with things. Got home around 5:30 and had the next day just hanging around the house. I ate some of my mom's cooking (which I did miss) and all the Mexican food like menudo and such. It was so good. Brandon wasn't feeling too well, so that kinda sucked. Later on the night I headed over to Erich and Cyndy's house and we just had another night of fun!

Me and Cyndy

I have no idea what we were doing

Cyndy

Me, Hektor, and Shawn

Another one of Hektor's stories

Erich, a great guy

Lily punching out Shawn

Later on in the night, Erich's band Cat As Trophy had recently covered Thrill Kill Kult's "Days of Swine and Roses" but had no female background vocals yet. So Mo, Cyndy, and Lily did it. It was great and awesome!

A new female group, better than the rest!

I was playing bartender at that time, then because of something that I didn't do, I got kicked out! ::Gasp:: Oh well, it was for a greater good. The song turned out fucking AWESOME! Let me know if you want a copy and I'll get it to you! That night was just fun!

On Sunday and Monday I mainly stayed home and watched some movies I needed to watch. I saw Batman Begins (fucking awesome), Fantastic Four (better than I thought it was gonna be), Wedding Crashers (which was really good actually), and also started to play Atelier Iris, which is an awesome old school kinda game, and watch some older movies my dad has. It was good to relax as much as to go out and party!
On Wednesday, me, Mo, and Izzy (her little girl) went to see The Corpse Bride, which was Izzy's first movie in a theature. She behaved herself very well as opposed to other kids I see at the movies. She also seemed to enjoy it. Mo liked it, only not as much as Nightmare of course. I also finished up my shopping and hung around the house some more. Thursday me and Mo went to Shawn's place where he cooked some delicious food and just hung around listening to music. It was fun!
On Friday, me and Gabriel went to see King Kong, which was also good. I've never seen either of the originals (I know, I suck), but I enjoyed it. Plus when they presented Kong to New York, I told Gabriel "Wow, look at the size of that platform!" He started to laugh at that. I was kinda hoping for someone to go "Hey monkey, you want a peanut? I SAID ONE!" but it didn't happen. It would have been funny as hell if it did though. We then went to Sal's place and hung out and played Heroscape, a strategy board game kinda and it was fun. I didn't win as it was my first time playing, but had fun. Brandy (Sal's fiancee) came home and we just sat and talked for a while, plus I was reading my new Star Wars book Gabriel got me. Not much else happened except leaving late.
Christmas Eve sucked a bit since there was nothing going on and me, Mo, and Gabriel were pissed at that. So we just stayed home and I watched some more TV, waiting for tomorrow. Christmas morning I woke up and opened gifts with my family. Here is my haul including gifts I got before and after from my friends:

Star Wars Ultimate Visual Guide book
Han Solo in Carbonate...keychain
Darth Vader Helmet keychain
A bad ass Cooler for trips. It's big and awesome
Shotglass Chess Set
Electric Blanket
Tombstone Neon light
Star Wars shirt
Cartman "Respect My Authorita!" shirt
Car Cleaning stuff
Star Wars Clone Wars Vol. One (which I have to trade for Vol. 2)
Lord of the Rings Trivia Pursuit
Lord of the Ring Jigsaw Book
Star Wars Essential Guide book
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory DVD
Star Wars: Episode III DVD
Final Fantasy IV Advance
The Exorsist of Emily Rose
The Family Guy Vol. 2 (which I traded for Vol. 3 and totally ripped off Best Buy in the process)
The Simpsons Season 6
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Lighter
New Cat As Trophy CD

Overall a good haul. Christmas night we went to Erich and Cyndy's house and just partied there. Plus I got some more pictures as I left my camera there the week before:

Mo, Cyndy, Daemon, and Lily

Mo, Cyndy, and Daemon

Cyndy and Daemon

Me taking a picture

Mo and Lily

Mo and Erich

Hektor and Rudy

Rudy and Gabrial Smoke...ing

The gifts (mine are all the ones in Star Wars wrapping!)

We had a Secret Santa thing going, but I still got everyone something. Everyone loved their gifts too! I was happy. Later on, me, Mo, and Rudy (her brother) went to Dedo again and were bored off our asses there. Good thing we didn't pay a cover or I would have been pissed. So we took pictures of us in our torment:

We ate afterwards and left shortly after. The next week was really boring. I just watched my new movies, played Final Fantasy IV Advance way too much, and pretty much did nothing else till Friday. I picked up Hektor and headed over to Sal's place where me, him, Gabriel, Sal, Brandy and John just hung out and had a few drinks. Just the thing everyone needed, especially John after some stuff went down with Christie. Not going to go into it, but it was bad regardless. Plus we learned Sal is moving to Midland for work, then promoted to Seattle after three months, so it was a congrats kinda party for him too. Only got a few pictures:

Gabriel with his sword

Ninja Positions!

Then New Years came around. But it was weird because Mo wanted to have the party and so did Cyndy. So it was kinda weird. Cyndy even got upset with me, but we made up afterwards (which is good because I would have lost it if I lost her as a friend, just like everyone else). But New Years came around and it was a BLAST!!! I had so much fun celebrating it with everyone, though Mo was doing her party. Plus we got some REALLY awesome pictures:

John riding Sal

The Four Horsemen - The Magizine Cover

Cyndy with Bela

Lily, Cyndy, and Lori

Me and Erich

Erich and Cyndy

Me and Cyndy

Sal and Brandy

This is TOO funny!

Another funny moment

No Pictures, please!

Me, Lily, and Hektor

Another Horsemen pose

And another

Plus we got some up to date Horsemen pictures:

Death

War (awesome pose too)

Pestilence

Famine

Plus, my favorite, the picture of the whole family, or as Erich called it, the Gofia picture:

It was a great great time!
Around 2-ish, me, Gabriel, Hektor, and Lily headed off to Mo's party, which was still going on. We continued the party there, drinking, dancing, and having fun.

A future Death Star?

Izzy in her Siouxsie outfit which I bought (She's so cute!)

Mo and Izzy

She's so vain (hahahahaha)

Mo and Lily

Shawn and Lily

The family again

Lily and Izzy

Getting ready for a German Chocolate Cake shot

The boys

Another candid shot

Also, Mo found a free mixing program, so me and her made some mixed CDs to dance to. Both of course were awesome:

After the dancing, we just hung out outside, talking about different things and when Star Wars came up, Mo yelled at us to stop talking about it. It was classic! We crashed out around 5 and woke up the next day and went to breakfast. Afterwards, I said my goodbye to my friends and hung out with my family for a bit at their store. Around 4, I came home and started to pack, feeling really down. I put on some Family Guy to cheer me up and finished. I woke up Monday and drove home...I even cried a bit when I left. I arrived back in Denver at 11 pm and was busy unpacking today.

My trip overall was a blast. I had so much fucking fun, it's unbelievable. I was sorry to see it end. Out of it, I got good memories, good gifts, and three new sayings:
"Smoke...smoke...are you smoking yet?"
"Goooood....gooood" As Sidious does
"E Chu Ta. How Rude!"

And in thinking about the upcoming year, here is what I want to do as kinda resolutions:

Keep more in touch with my friends in El Paso
Take more pictures
Cut my hair and get some new clothes (new year, new style)
Get promoted and/or get a different schedule, maybe mid-day
Get a shit load more music and start to do mix CDs and see if that will open up some DJ opprotunities and go by DJ DS
Get a girl
Have more fun in Denver...been here a year and haven't done much, which is sad.
Use my Jedi Mind Trick to convince more people from El Paso to take a trip to Denver
Try to think less with my head and more with my emotions

Well, I know it's a long one, but it was a lot of fun. I have to get back into the swing of things and back to work (fuck!), but I'll live. Happy 2006 everyone and talk to you all soon. Till then...

E Chu Ta!

† Daniel †