The Groovy Blog of Adam Willis

Hey there, kiddos! It is time, once more (even though this is the first time), for my annual State of the Adam address! Yes… now you will know all about me and what I am upto. This may appear to be a normal blog post that just states my current endeavors and thoughts on my own life like any other blog post, but you’d be wrong! DEAD wrong. But you’d actually be right. I suppose you could call this a blog post that has been super sized. Are you ready? Come on, everybody! Here we go!

• Weekends! Now that Heather is working at CPS, we have weekends off! This may not seem like a huge deal to most, but we have had the shittiest schedule for a while now. I’ve had my Monday-Friday 9-5 type schedule for a while now, but Heather had been working overnights at the child nursery she worked at. And she would work different days each week. Our sleep schedules were fucked. But now… we can get back to normal and do normal things at normal hours. Big relief. One thing this lets us do is actually start going on day trips again! Heck… I fell in love with Heather on a day trip. Many new and fantastical adventures await us.
• Memory. Mine sucks. I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before, but I have terribly bad memory. Now that I have insurance, I plan on going to some kind of doctor for this. I really don’t know if anything can be done, but it’s worth a try. I mean… I forget things within seconds. I have to write every fucking thing I want to do down on paper and even then I forget about that paper. It’s like I can’t win. It’s like I’m sabotaging myself. Hopefully I don’t have to resort to Memento style tattooing. Bah.
• Heather. Wow. What can I say? I still feel like the luckiest guy on Earth. To go from she-who-must-not-be-named to my beautiful, intelligent, child-protectin’ wife was a change for the better that is roughly equivalent to the difference between the state fair (at times fun, but mostly frightening and horrible) and Disneyland (always perfect). Night and fucking day. Jesus. So yeah… Heather is amazing. We may not be where we want to be (Arizona) in life at the moment, but we will be soon and it will be glorious… and I know we can do it. There’s never a day when I don’t feel a rush of excitement as Heather greets me after I get home from work. I feel at home with her. There’s nothing about being with her that feels unnatural or forced. I’m not very good with accurate descriptions of my feelings, but I guess you could say that being with her has made my life feel like it’s complete. Like a puzzle that finally got finished after many years. I just don’t know of anything else I really need out of life now. Sure, there are things that I want (vacations, Disneyland, toys, gadgets, gizmos, etc.), but they really don’t seem too important. When I was with… her… I was always thinking of things I could get or do that would make me happier… that would make me feel like my life was getting better or more fulfilling. I guess I thought that was okay at the time, but I was wrong. It’s kind of like I just don’t give a fuck about what the fuck I do or have as long as Heather is with me. Yep. Ha… wow. Corny as shit, huh? It’s all true though. All you need is love.
• Job. Still not diggin’ my job too much, but I’ll live. I make good money and it’s worth it to me right now. Can’t wait to move and have to find a new one, though.
• Pets. Monte sucks. I do not like owning a snake as he is boring as fuck and scares the shit out of me. Hmm… what to do? Oh… I know… RATS!!! As I’ve mentioned before… I am getting two rats: Tegan and Sara. I actually built their cage myself out of hardware cloth and linoleum. It’s amazing and beautiful and can easily be modded and added to. I still don’t have them as I’m getting them from a rat breeder and have to wait until they are 5 weeks old to get them. It’s worth the wait. They’ll be much more used to humans than Petco rats because the breeder plays with and takes great care of them.
• Team Willis. Katy just got back from France a few weeks ago and is just as awesome as ever. I’m so glad that Heather and the rest of my family get along so well. I mean… she is family now, after all. Heather motherfucking Willis. In my opinion… the BEST Willis. We’re all gonna go to Posh together in a few weeks. Fuck yeah. It’s going to be a night to rival all other nights.
• Health. I’m trying to stay focused on my weight but it’s hard. I’m not at all happy with where I am at right now. I weigh 190 at the moment. I’d like to get down to about 165. I was down at that weight when I first started dating Heather, but I got too comfortable and complacent and stopped working out. I know I can get to where I want to be, but it’s not going to be easy.
• Harry Potter. I know I’m like a hundred years late on this, but I am finally reading through all seven Harry Potter books. As of right now I am in the middle of the Half Blood Prince and loving it! Heather and I have been watching the movies as I finish the books. I will definitely be done with Deathly Hallows before the movie comes out so that should be exciting. My hair is getting pretty shaggy so maybe I’ll sharpie a scar on my forehead, buy some robes and circle glasses, and head on out to a midnight showing! Huzzah!
• Soda. I drink too much soda. Diet Mountain Dew and Coke Zero mainly. I know this is a problem, but I don’t feel like tackling it yet. I will eventually, but right now is just not the right time.
• The Netherlands. Okay. This is epic. Me and m’lady are going to The Netherlands for at least three weeks in June 2011. Yeah. I am stoked. This is our scouting trip to help us determine if we want to move there or not. I really don’t know if it’s going to entice us or not. This is very exciting as it has the potential to be a life changing event. Oh yeah… and we might (if we can come up with the money) go visit Zermatt, Switzerland!!! Why is this awesome? Oh… I don’t know… maybe because that is where the MOTHERFUCKING MATTERHORN is!
• Disneyland. Speaking of the Matterhorn… yeah… Disneyland. Not sure I’ve mentioned it before… but I’m kind of in love with the place. Just a little. That’s why it’s so sad that I haven’t been in like a million years! That’s what happens when you become responsible and try to pay off your debt while simultaneously saving up for a grand European vacation. Don’t get me wrong… I am glad we are doing these things… but I still miss the place. I feel at home in Disneyland. Oh well. I’ll go back eventually. Sometime after Holland. And hey… even if we do move to Europe I’ll still have Disneyland Paris which is, in my opinion, just as good as the original Disneyland.
• Politics. Blah. I’m a far left liberal who hates Republicans. Conservative ideals and free market stuff is fine and dandy, but Republicans are ASSHOLES. The party is full of stupid, piece of shit, mean spirited, ignorant, racist, bigoted, sexist, pathetic, worthless, assholes. Democrats are weak and not actually liberal, but they are no where near as bad as their counterparts. Anyway. Yeah. I belong in Europe. In a country where healthcare is not considered a privilege but a right and gay people can actually marry each other. American politics suck.

Well… there you go. That’s, obviously, not everything there is to know about me, but I think it’s a pretty good representation of who I am and what I am upto at the moment. Bye Bye.

I love you.