complete and utter heartbreak, as well as much anticipated contest results

fucking NBPL [that's the newport beach public library] and my lack of motor skills!
after spending the better part of a half an hour writing a lovely post regarding the photo contest, my gum chewing antics as a young teen, and the month better known as rocktober, my page starts bogging down. i realize that i have upwards of six or seven windows open. in my attempt to close the un-needed ones, my entire application was closed, losing me the entire post, and all my hope for humanity for about ten seconds. i don't know if it was me, or nbpl's faulty computers, but i'll now do my best to reconstruct my 'masterpiece.'

the photo contest:
i had no idea that anyone read my blog. so naturally i was surprised by the huge response to my photo query. thankyou thankyou thankyou, everyone who took the time to send me a response. there is no way that i could decide, but thanks to all you shutterbugs, i now have an awesome [and seemingly narcissistic] cache of photos. i can now change my profile picture according to my moods, the weather, celestial positioning, etc. so, everyone wins!! yay! thankyou all.

my gum chewing antics as a young teen:

suddenly the formatting on this page is screwy and i don't have time to fix it... damn, not my day!

i usually drink quite a bit of coffee before coming to the library to write. it must be the north westerner in me. as you all know copious amounts of coffee leads to a wonderful oral sensation known as 'coffee breath.' this condition can be easily remedied by a stick of gum. as i sit here and chew said gum, it dawns on me that i was given detention exactly twice as a middle school student. [thats sixth through eighth grade for all of you from 'junior high' land] the first time it was for swearing, and the second time was for chewing gum in the library. yes, i know i was a rebel. obviously my punishment helped me become a well-balanced, socially adjusted member of society. thankyou mt. tabor middleschool for giving me fucking detention.

regrettably i must cut this short having squandered my time on the post that never was. luckily the library is open late monday-thursday. i'll have to check my terribly busy schedule, but chances are i'll be able to finish my musings sooner rather than later. i know you're all dyeing to hear my thoughts on rocktober.