Damn. I just realized when I changed my layout, I didn't put my counter back in. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get the code for that damn counter? But, oh well. I can't resist the urge to see how many people have come to visit me, even if it is generally very few.

So there is a great uproar in my house right now. Well, perhaps "great" is the wrong word, as the members of my household (with the exception of me) are kinda sedate. Anyways, my mother is spreading this rumor that she's getting "married". Now normally, this would be something that you sit up and take notice of, right? Well, not in my house. This is not the firt (or even the second) time she has announced a trip down the aisle. See, the thing about my mother is that she's a bit of a commitment-phobe, she likes the idea of marrying, but she also likes the idea of continuing to pimp the ump-teen guys calling all obsessed with her in any given week. But, she's got my brothers convinced. Personally, I'm not buying in til I see an invitation. But the question of living arrangements has now popped up, and that's our issue.

See, my mother wants to take off and live with her hypothetical new husband, in the unlikely event that there is an actual wedding. This would leave me living with my younger brothers. I was contemplating moving out towards the beginning of the year, but if she takes off and I take off, then my brothers are living by themselves. Now granted, they are 20 years old, but they have the emotional maturity of a chocoalate chip cookie. So, letting them live alone, while it is an option, isn't one anybody is terribly comfortable with. So here's my problem, I could move out and let them live alone (this is, provided my mother learn to follow through), or, I could stay, and live in the house with them where my mother will be footing half the rent for them. That seems like the best option, but I don't want to fall into the default mommy position. I don't have any kids. I don't want to have my mothers overgrown babies depending on me. Eh. I suppose this is all very premature, and I should really just burn that bridge when I get there. But fuck it, this is what I do. You need someone to obsess over something, I'm your man. You want logical and grounded? Well, that's what we keep Shana around for.

I need to make plans for the 4th. Last year I went to watch fireworks with Tricia, The Boyfriend and her kid. I don't think I'll be doing that again. Not that I have anything against them, but I don't feel like spending yet another perfectly good fourth of July following them around and watching them be all domestic. Fuck that. I really don't need that quick reminder that I'm still single. They're good people and everything, and it's great that they're all kissy and shit, but really, I don't need to spend my evening alone with that. Again.

Anyways, I'm outtie (does anyone ever say "I'm innie?" Eh. Just a thought). Time to go convince my family they want Chinese food. And I'm probably going to see Spidarman tonight, about which I am very excited, causing me to question my level of geekdom. Later days!
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