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First, my apologies for not posting in a while. I haven’t been at a computer much in the past few days.

This past week was insanely busy for me. I’ve been working crazy long hours to get everything done that I had committed to. It was my fault for letting everything pile up for one week, but it’s behind me now, thank God. Now it’s Sunday afternoon, and I don’t plan on doing anything else today but blow stuff up (computer games) and relax before church tonight. I am about to go post something to the BoroLAN Forums. Everyone who has an account there should go read that fairly soon as it’s time sensitive information.

I’m off to relax now. Have a great week, and don’t forget to come to The Judgment. A lot of people, including myself, have put a great deal of time and effort into making it possible. It’s going to be a good show. I hope to see you there.

My attorney called me today. The appelate court denied our request for an appeal. I don’t know why, and I doubt that it really matters. Here’s what happens now. In the middle of December, I can’t remember the day he told me, I go to a hearing to sever some charges. What that means is I’ll face trial on those charges seperate from the other ones. My attorney doesn’t feel that I can get a fair trial with all of the charges lumped together. I think he is right. I go to trial in the middle of January, I can’t remember the day he told me, and I lose. At some point after that I go to a sentencing hearing, and they tell me when to report to jail. I should have some time to get my affairs in order, but I intend to start that process now.

All my attorney told me today was the appeal was denied and when the court dates are. The rest I put together myself. I know what they have against me. I know my chances to beat it are next to zero. I’m having a bad day.

Just about everybody is familiar with the acronym KISS, (Keep It Simple Stupid) and if you’re not it’s fairly self explanatory. I listened to a story today on the radio about a gentleman named Jim Bakker who visited with the Graham family after being released from prison. All Mr. Bakker had to use as a wallet was an envelope with some papers he needed to keep track of stuffed inside. The story is told because Ruth Graham gave Mr. Bakker one of Billy Grahams wallets they had laying in a drawer. At this point he had only been out of prison for a couple of days, so he had no money to purchase a wallet with or put in the wallet if he got one.

The discussion on the radio was about how complex our lives have become. There is so little that we truely need. Most everything in our lives here in the United Stated is just a want. For the most part I think I have a fairly simple life. I go to work, come home, go to work, come home. Mix in some church and an occasional activity like paintball and that’s about it.

The list of what I need is very short. I need clothing to wear, a bed to sleep in, and transportation to work and the grocery store. Everything else is extra.

I’m going to spend the next few weeks trimming down on certain areas of my life. I don’t really need all that Dr. Pepper I’ve been drinking. I don’t really need most of the junk I keep stored in my bedroom. I’ve lost track of what is truely important and I need to adjust my priorities.