"I WAS ROBBED"
Note: This entry was started on Feb. 7, but finished on Feb. 20)

Yeah, I know, it's been a while since I last updated. And my loyal fan (yes, you Marcus) has finally complained that I never update this thing any more. I don't know why. I guess I'm getting lazy in my old age.

Anyways, if you haven't heard by now, I did have an event happen to me here. Maybe small-town life has gotten to me. I've become too trusting of people.

But yes, I was robbed a couple of weeks ago, and it was my fault because I let the robber into my apartment. To make the long story short. A man calling himself "Jason" pretending to be a neighbor and an employee of the local cable company came by the apartment on Wednesday night saying he had been working in my complex on Wednesday and noticed that our reception was bad. He offered to fix my cable and would for $30 disconnect my cable and reconnect it and destroy the bill. I declined his offer, but let him check the cable.

He came back early the following morning, saying he could fix my cable before he went to work. I was half-awake, since I had only gone to sleep a few hours before, and let him in. He distracted me a couple of times and proceeded to take both my car CD player and all my CDs that I had been carrying and the discman I used at home. Object Lesson: Don't open the door for people, especially at 6:30 a.m.

Other than that, nothing is really going on. I basically have my schedule set for the next few months. I'm heading to Columbia for the SCPA Awards Dinner tomorrow with some of my friends from work who were lucky enough to be winners. And next month I'll be going to NASCAR races at Darlington and Texas. In May, there's my second trip to the Indianapolis 500. Between then, I'll be working and spending all my free time trying to replace all the CDs I lost on my MP3 player.