you are watch what you eat

Make sure it's decidedly christmas-light-free.

okay now, that's enough talk about serious things

We'll have no more of that serious nonsense 'round these here parts. Not just plain having fun with it will henceforth be punishable by an offense worse than death-- and that will probably involve cooking. Well, no more seriousness today anyway. Here's a slice of funny to make up for pretending to be serious (did I fool ya?). Public apology = sorry, public. I shan't do it again. Well, again today, at least.

getting some things settled

Alright, so let's get back to using this blog to keep you informed of major Jeff-Knox-life-changes.

1. I've finally decided what kind of career path interests me, dawg. I can't believe this didn't occur to me when I was a little puppy-- instead, I spent so much time barking up wrong trees and just chasing my tail. VETERINARY SCIENCE. I've also learned that any chance to get into a career and see if you like it is an important first step before continuing education. So the career path looks like you start out as a veterinary assistant, next rung is veterinary technician, final rung is veterinarian. So I started school to become the first rung, veterinarian assistant, today. Who can say now if I'll like it or if I'll go further later. But this is gonna be cool-- one of my 2 classes is online, but the labs for that class are in person... at the Greenville Humane Society. The same G.H.S. that I was a weekly dog-walking volunteer for the two pre-wreck years. It's taken me OH SO LONG to find a career path that fits. Of course, I can't say that I know this path will fit, but that's the point of getting my hands dirty as early as possible.
2. And where will I be taking classes? Greenville Tech. But, Jeff, why attend a school an hour away? Because I'll be moving to Greenville! ("Gvegas" to the natives) And I'll be moving back to an apartment complex that I've lived in for two years previously, on Main Street, Greenville. (Is it a good sign or bad sign if the landlord remembers you?) We just today got some oddities with the lease straightened out (they want money, imagine that weirdness), so I'll be signing a lease this week.

So I'll be living in the town I'll be going to school in, but... since the closest the city bus comes to that campus is a mile and a half away from campus, and someone isn't driving (right now), someone had to find a way to get there. So two nights a week, I'll get the 'rents as roommates. (Should I charge 3.75% of the monthly rent, since they'll be occupying part of my living space 8 out of 30 days?)

And, this is totally random, but I think it's cool. I just had my first computer chat with someone who doesn't have any special-tricky software installed, but just clicked where it says "chat with Jeff Knox" on the right side of this blog. So, it worked. Cool, my geekiness still works. Nerdiness intact? Check. Delta oscar romeo kilo!

just for chuckles

Dad often says that mom snores like a drunk horse. I seriously wonder how he knows what a drunk horse sounds like. Makes me worry. But we got proof recently that someone from a neighboring county ALSO knows about drunk horses.

And ever heard of stop-motion film? Ever heard of post-it notes? Ever thought to spend a long time combining the two?

I'm the example "head injury"

Huh, so I'm about to be used as an example. We learned today from a doc at the Accelerated Sports Institute that I'm the guinea pig being used to gather data to see if the soldiers returning with head injuries would benefit from treatment at that center. And dad saw some guys walking around in black suits, we learned they were from the department of defense.

And the few times I've been there before around 11:00 or 1:00, the Center has been sorta empty (but they've been doing classes since 6am). But I walked in today to a crowd. We asked who these folks were-- "SWAT team".