I recently met this great woman. She was attractive, funny, and we had a lot in common. Then she flipped out on me. Since then I've gotten some really good advice from some unexpected friends. I don't think I've valued my friends as much as I should.

To those who helped me out, thank you. You know who you are.

In other bad news, I was unsuccessful in my second bid to acquire World Cup tickets. FIFA has a most complicated process in place for ordering tickets and I have applied twice and been denied. Today I applied for what they call the third phase lottery, and there is still a fourth phase after that. What a fukkin mess.