hello again

So.  Basically.  Ever since the "25 things about me" hit facebook, I've been claiming I invented it back in 2005... it just never took.  I even went as far as to write 32 things.  You see?  I'm 7 things better than the plagiarist who put it on facebook.

Today, after digging up my list from 2005 (which is still probably 95% true), I read over the million posts on this blog site that I so faithfully posted to from March 14, 2005-September 19, 2006.  I had a great time.  I loved it.  That time period was apparently a crazy year and a half.  Since more time has past since I last posted than the entire duration of my blog, I'm thinking a lot has probably happened in the almost 2.5 years since my blog abandonment.

I can tell you why I tossed you aside, blog.

First, my computer died in May of 2006, and I spent the next year borrowing my dad's 'puter (his name, not mine) until he stole it back in May 2007.  I didn't buy a new computer of my own until May 2008, so basically, I claim that I became more and more computer and technologically retarded from May 2006-May 2008.   I honestly believe this though.  My new computer is really just a glorified web browsing tool.

Also, Mr. Blog, I abandoned you because I didn't have Daniel Fain yet (well I had him but not like I do now).  Once I got Daniel Fain, I told him all the silly things I posted to you.  I literally call Daniel Fain for everything.  "Hey, I just bought a chicken biscuit at work because I only had a $20 bill, and I wanted change for the vending machines." "Hey, I left my thermos at home." (yes I carry a thermos to work) "Hey, I just spilled soup on my pants." Poor Daniel Fain...

And I guess really, Blog, I left you because life settled down.  When we last discussed, I had just turned 21, I was single, and I was finishing up my college career at the #1 party school in the nation (according to the Princeton Review, circa 2002).  To catch you up, this is what has happened since September 19, 2006:

*I finished my master's degree in industrial engineering from Clemson University in May 2007.  It was easy peasy.

*I started my first big girl job on June 4, 2007 as an industrial engineer (go figure) at Michelin.  We are struggling at Michelin right now.  Please buy luxury tires!  Oh no, they're too expensive?  Eh, I don't own any either.

*I bought a townhouse near work in October 2007.

*Daniel Fain and I adopted a rat terrier named Tuesday in February 2008.

*Daniel Fain and I got engaged June 7, 2008.

And that is it, really.  I'm going to try to update this every once in a while.  It's kind of nice to have something to look back on, no?