Korean and some French

Book of Mormon; The Denial of Death by Earnest Becker; The Cat from Hue by John Lawrence; Earthclan by David Brin; City of God by E.L. Doctorow

Top Ten Songs (ah . . . or so . . . ish):

1. Come Dancing -- The Kinks
2. We're Going to be Friends -- The White Stripes
3. Georgia on My Mind -- Ray Charles
4. American Pie -- Don McLean
5. Taking Casey Jones -- Mississippi John Hurt
6. Humble Me -- Norah Jones
7. All I Wanna Do -- Sheryl Crow
8. Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay -- Otis Redding
9. One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer -- George Thurogood & The Destroyers
10. Last Dance with Mary Jane -- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
11. Lovestruck Romeo -- Dire Straits
12. Cheeseburger in Paradise -- Jimmy Buffet
13. Come Sail Away -- Styx

I stopped watching R rated movies, so I am still searching for interesting movies.

Writing, reading, being a geek, relearning the violin, eating

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My name is Aaron the Ogre.

Updates:
1. I am still fat.
2. I am still single.
3. I don't date or even know how anymore, so I quit trying.
4. My oldest had to come home from his mission early because of some parasite the doctors are still treating (he spent quite a while in the hospital).
5. My daughter is hanging out with such a cool crowd that she tells me she is now agnostic.
6. My youngest is graduating this month and finally came up with a life-plan that does not involve World of Warcraft.
7. I cussed out the Relief Society president in the church parking lot last month because she spends more time publicly snipping at the many poor people in our ward (me included) for not dressing to the standards required for church (I wear Marvin the Martian neckties and the EQ President's wife dresses her seven little kids [2 sets of twins] for church in "DI only clothing").
8. I'm still going to church.
9. I end all my private prayers asking the L-rd to help me still be a good servant even if I live alone (and am a cantankerous fool).
10. I index for the church.

The last 12 months have been some of the hardest of my life. I don't remember living through anything quite so stressful. There has been a lot going on and a lot that has proved to be untrue in my life. I have questioned my political beliefs more than in any period. My daughter is so mad at me right now (I'm not exactly sure about what, but it seems related to my support of Prop 8 when in the past I have always assumed a very moderate stance on everything -- a type of betrayal in her mind) she won't call or pick when I call her.

Other parts of my life that have been core to who I am have disintegrated. My work ethic and loyalty have proved to be a liability at work with my new boss (new as per 10months ago). I have not been able to sit down a write for months. The doctor referred me to a psychiatrist who wants me to take welbutrine (it makes me loose focus to such a degree that I could not even remember anything more than 5minutes old--I stopped 6weeks ago). I had a fight with my dad, he doesn't want me to go over on Fast Sundays for a while. Yeah, just too much of me going out to the world to be greeted with dissatisfaction and not enough coming back to me.

Whine whine wimper wimper. Oh well, it doesn't matter to such a degree that typing it all out doesn't even help.

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