Reinventing Joy

8/13/11 Got to Brisbane, went to The Valley for Girl's Night Out: Cloudland, The Bowery, and Kaliber(for dancing where I danced with a Sayid and Charlie look a likes from "Lost") 8/14/11 Went to cousin Zara's Christening at Catholic Church and after party at Kelli and Dean's(sister of Liam, parents of Zara and Kai) 8/15/11 Went to Ekka. Its like the Brisbane state fair. It was very big and crowded. Same types of folks at the grounds. Trashy folk, over dressed old folk, tons of kids, and lots of food! We saw all of the animal exibits. I even was forced to cross through an open petting zoo which freaked me out to no end. But ultimately I relaxed and got a pic with a baby cow. I almost was duped by a fake UGG stand luckily because the shoe didn't fit my feet well enough, I opted not to purchase. We saw a show "the league of sideshow superstars" very entertaining and fitting since it was a fair. It was amazing how much influence America has

Two Tuesdays ago Harvey had an Epiphany.  He realized after 5.5 months, he no longer believed he was ready for a long term relationship. This was of course after he agreed that he would try and prove to me that he cared about me and that he was very much into the relationship. This was also well after he introduced me to his closest friends and one family member.  After I shared some very close moments and my time with him. What was worse about this hijacking of my emotions, he called me that Tuesday night insisting that he "needed and wanted" to speak to me.  Me being a good friend and what I thought was a good partner, thought he needed some company because he was going through some tough times at work.  I rushed to his house to be there for him and was blindsided.  His words were a like a MAC truck t boning me against a tree that I had inscribed our initials in. He assured me that it wasn't me and it was all him and I wholeheartedly agree.  I gave him a little piece of