12-27-01
Welcome to the final Diary of 2001! I'm not going to lie -- 2001 sucked! However, I feel like I made some changes in my life for the better. I've learned how to let go of hate and accept things for what they are. I learned how to accept other people's short comings. I learned how precious life is and how I've taken it for granted. I've finally put myself out there in terms of meeting new people -- granted, with mixed results but I'm still trying. This year can be summed up in two days for me. The day I lost my Dad and the day when those cowards attacked us. Like America, all I can do is keep moving forward but I'll never forget the past. I'm looking forward to 2002 and the unknown challenges that will come with the new year. I want to say thanks to everybody for reading my site and for telling your friends. I enjoy spilling my guts for your enjoyment, it keeps me sane. Anyway, thank you. I hope the New Year brings you good health and good friends. OK, time for my annual BobBorden.com Year End 2001 List: (Not in order of importance)

1. A new found fondness for chocolate ice cream
2. Mike Watt (Saw his show and it gave me a new love for music and musicians)
3. New friends
4. Old Friends
5. My Mom (She had super human courage this year and she showed me what it really means to love someone.)
6. BobBorden.com webmaster, Walter Kim
7. My cats
8. My "new" car
9. Me and Iggy Pop!
10. (Tie) TV and our former intern Rick (TV because it's cool and Rick because he taught me you're never too old)

That's it! As usual, people of the press, please feel free to print my year end list.
Program note: Tune in on January 7, 2002 for the first diary of the New Year.

Be safe and I'll talk to you soon. God Bless America.

12-26-01
Hello! I'm back at work after a short break. I had a good Christmas Eve with the family. It was weird without my Dad but we got through it OK. I took my mind off of it by living through the kids. I teased my nephews that I was getting them Barbie dolls for Christmas. The first two gifts I gave them were girl dolls. Man, did they get mad at me! It was great! I love those kids! Christmas Eve my friend got into an accident and that really scared the crap out of me! As of right now, he's OK, thank God. That really put things into perspective for me. McDonald's was closed yesterday, don't get me wrong, it was Christmas and it's good that they had it off but Bobby likes to start off a long trip with a sausage, egg and cheese McMuffin! I had to go to a Sheetz instead! The lady behind the counter said, "Do you want this on a muffin?" I said, "What are my options?" With a little bit of attitude, she said, "Bagel or muffin." It was Christmas so I let the attitude slide but here's what I would have said, "Sweets, I don't need the attitude, I've never ordered a meal in a Sheetz before." I should have said that, it would have been a nice little gift to myself. Sheetz! I was washing dishes last night and I stabbed my thumb with a fork! I don't mind telling you that I felt betrayed by myself and my fork, ha ha. OK, I think that will about do it for today. I'm sure no one is checking this out anyway. You're probably out shopping, enjoy! Tune in tomorrow for my last diary of 2001 and for my famous year end list! God Bless America!

12-20-01
Hello. Not a whole heck of a lot going on. Last night I went home, talked on the phone and chilled out with my cats. Hoboken seemed a little empty last night. I guess people are leaving for Christmas break already. Good for them. My clock is winding down and soon, I hope to join them. I'm looking forward to hanging with everybody, even though it's going to be hard this year. I'd like to take this moment and wish all the readers of BobBorden.com a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Thanks for coming back! We have an intern at work, Rick. He's a good kid and today's his last day. Thanks for everything Rick, you did an excellent job! His photo is in my 10/15/01 diary. I'm going to make this a short one today. If you don't have anything to say, it's better to get out while you can. Program Note: I'll be back on the 26th. I'll probably have a lot to say, so have your family and friends tune in. Have a great one. God Bless America.

12-19-01
Man do I feel great today! I was on the bus this morning thinking of all the little things I had to do before I got to work. Bank, card shop and I had to get Subway tokens. I worry about crap like that -- "How will I do it all?" Blah Blah Blah. Anyway, I did everything I wanted to do. I worry for the sake of worrying sometimes. I have to watch that. I was going to get a haircut today but I took care of that last night. That's right I cut my own hair again. It's short, maybe not the most fancy haircut on the block but I like it. Its become a hassle to go to the barber or Super Cuts. I want to live in a world where I don't have to talk to anybody and if that means I have to cut my own hair, so be it. I almost forgot, this is the Internet -- Here's my new haircut! Pretty suave. Last night, I went over to my new friend Sandi's house. We watched TV. Anyway, I'd like to make this equation -- Sandi is to Football what Bob is to Home and Garden shows, ha ha! It's funny because it's true. We bet on the Antique's Roadshow -- you know, "I'm going to say that basket is $350" and she'd say something like, "I'm going to say $550." That was fun! Then we watched 24. I'd never seen it before because I'm not one for the gimmick TV show. However, I was really surprised, it's good! "This just in: Borden likes 24." "Hey did you hear about Borden?" "Yeah, he says 24 is good." -- OK, I'm not sure what that was? Maybe people around a water cooler or a reaction to a news-flash. Either way, I'll never do that again, ha ha. So -- I had a fun night! Went home, cut my hair and cried myself to sleep. KIDDING! That reminds me of a story -- When I was in acting class a few years back -- We had to do this exercise where we all sat in a circle and said how we were feeling. Here's an example -- "I'm happy, scared, optimistic ---" You get the idea. So, everyone did this including the teacher. He was this really great/funny guy, I learned a lot but when he did this exercise, it went something like this -- "I'm happy, optimistic, thankful, lonely, depressed, sad [Long pause] OK, LET'S GO EVERYBODY!" The juxtaposition was very, very funny. OK, I'm going to go find my hat. Have a great day. God Bless America.

12-18-01
Hello. I'd like to start today's diary by saying Happy Birthday to my Mom. Happy Birthday Mom! I don't think she'd mind me saying that she just turned 60. 60 years young -- that's what I say. Since her birthday is so close to Christmas, in the past, I always got away with telling her I'm going to save her birthday present for Christmas but that never really worked out in her favor. This year I got her a real present for her birthday. I bought it last time I was home and it's there right now! Mom, go to George's old room and open the closet. At the very top, in a brown grocery bag -- that's my birthday gift to you. Use it in good health sweets, I love you!!!! Happy Birthday!!!! You can never have too many can openers, HA HA!!!! "Booooooooooo!" I passed out about 45 of my Christmas CD's yesterday. I enjoyed that project. You can really do anything nowdays with a computer. Edit a movie, print up a photo, record a song in a studio -- download porn -- I was just kidding, I don't know anything about printing up photos. "Booooooooooo!" I'm enjoying heckling myself. Let me try something -- "Hey, Borden, your website sucks!" Oh yeah, well you suck more. My comebacks to myself need work. I think i'm losing my mind, I think I'm going crazy -- AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! Internet Acting, thank you, thank you very much. I came up with something new to do on the internet yesterday. I was having an Instant Message conversation with my friend Jay. Then, it just hit me -- what would we be talking about in the future? I came up with "future conversation." That's a conversation that that takes place in the future, except it's now -- you have to suspend reality to make this work. It was fun. I'm not a geek! I'm cool, I swear. Want to play Dungeons and Dragons later? That was a joke, I was never into D & D. I was into Heavy Metal and video games -- you know, like the cool kids. I just had another idea -- "Past Conversation." Here's something I've said in the past, "Hey Mom, can I have some more chips?" Ha ha, that's not a joke. OK, I have to go. Have a great Tuesday! Mom, you did want a Salad Shooter, right? "You suck Borden!" Shut up!!! God Bless America!

12-17-01
Friday night I just kicked it. Saturday, I went over to my friend Walter's at 12 to work on my Christmas CD. I dream up these projects, like short films, websites and Christmas CD's and Walter makes my vision, my dreams -- reality. I told him that he enjoys helping me because it's easier for me to look like a fool that it is for him. I was supposed to go to a party in Hoboken on Saturday night. I thought I'd be leaving Walter's by 4:00 at the latest. I didn't get home until 11:15! Too tired to get my party on. I met these nice people almost a year ago, David and Deirdre. The first time I met them, I threw up on myself from too much drinky drink. And they keep inviting me back! You got to love people like that. I'm going to send them a CD this week to make up for it. Anyway, I'm sorry I couldn't make it but I only had Saturday to work on the CD. You only get one chance with Walter. Sunday, I got up early, 7am. I went into work, that's right, to finish the labels for the CD. It was crazy hot in the office. I felt like I was working in my own sweat shop. Manufacturing my own bad CDs - ha ha. After that, I went back to Hoboken to do my laundry. I didn't go to Nutley because it was getting to be late afternoon and I didn't want to get stuck in holiday traffic. Man, did I miss the Nutley laundromat. The Hoboken one was crowded and you have to keep putting the quarters in -- over and over again! I'm never going back there. Do you hear me -- NEVER!!!!!! I was glad to get home and just relax, hang with my cats and just be. I forgot to mention that on Friday night I caught a little of Ghost Dog The Way of the Samurai on the tube. I own it on DVD but you forget about these things sometimes. Well, damn, I forgot what a great film that is! And the soundtrack by The RZA is off the hook! That's a little Bobby Street talking to you. OK, That's it. I'm going to hand out my CD now. Have a good one. God Bless America.

12-14-01
I finished my Christmas CD last night. Now comes the "fun" part, making the copies. The sun never did come out yesterday. And they finally released that Bin Laden tape, I'm looking forward to seeing his head on a stick. He's a new kind of evil and that's an understatement! What else is going on? I may go home for Christmas after all. I'm still on the fence as to how it's going to play out. I also got another Christmas Card yesterday. That's really all I got. It's starting to seem like a lot of people are already on Christmas break. My e-mails have dwindled down to nothing the last few days. God bless em, that's what I say. OK, I'm going to cut this short today. See you on Monday. God Bless America.

12-13-01
Kind of a gloomy/grey day today on the East Coast. It's hard for me to get going. I got three Christmas cards in the mail yesterday, that's pretty good for a single guy, I'm hoping it is anyway. I don't think I'm going to get mine out this year. I have the cards and Lord knows I have the time but I'm missing the will. I am working on my annual Christmas CD that I give to my friends. Last year I recorded a CD of me singing Karaoke songs. This year's is going to be a lot more easy on the ears. As they say in the business, it's going to be off the hook! So, that's what I did last night. I like doing little projects like that, it's fun. I've pushed back exchanging gifts with my family this year. I can't make it home for Christmas because of work. I'm used to it and will get to go back the end of the month, which is better, believe it or not. I'm holding off because I don't want my gifts to arrive in a plain Amazon.com box, no love that way. It hasn't hit me until very recently that this is my first Christmas without my Dad. It's so weird not buying him something. I don't mean to disrespect Christmas and the true meaning of Christmas but I can't wait until the 26th. Good Lord, I just brought myself down. The sun better come out today or I'm doomed, ha ha. OK, That's it. Have a great day. God Bless America.

12-12-01
Last night, I didn't go home right away. I don't say that too often, do I? I met up with my friend Tiffany and her friends for dinner/drink. They had the dinner, I had a drink. I was tired and just wanted to get in, meet some new people and get out. Which is what I did. I guess this is the one week out of the year where I meet new people. I'm so looking forward to next week -- I'm just kidding! I'm starting to think, what with the temp hovering around 50 degrees these days, that we're not going to have a white Christmas. Good Lord, I just had a sad thought. All of the families and friends from 9/11. Man, I wish I wouldn't have thought of that. Now I feel like an idiot for the white Christmas line. I'm going to change the subject. I watched Match Game and a little Press Your Luck on the Game Show Network last night. I haven't hit that channel in a long time. I watched so much Match Game that I got burnt out on it. That's a great story, excuse me, "YAWN!" OK, I'm back. I'm going to cut this one short today. I got off track and I'm not sure how to get back on. Have a good day. God Bless America.

12-11-01
I'm almost positive I was out on a date last night. I say almost because we both agreed to meet up without the stress of it being a date, just a friendly meeting. However, I'm 32 and I live alone with two cats -- I'm at the point in my life that if a girl smiles at me on the bus, I consider that a date, ha ha. I say that as a joke but I'm not too far off the mark. Anyway, I had a great time talking with her. Then, Monday Night Football came on and I lost her. She's a big football fan, even has season tickets, that's pretty cool. I'm not a sports guy. My friend, "Chad" is from Indianapolis and he's a huge sports fan -- especially the Indy teams. Every now and then when I see a sports blurb or part of a game I'll bring it up to him to make myself feel more manly. I say my fact and run away like a dog that just took a piss on the rug -- because a follow up question would put me in a bad spot. So, I saw a news blurb on the Heisman trophy winner and mentioned it to him. "Hey man, great news on your Hoosiers, they finally brought it back to Indy!" I was so proud of myself for remembering these facts. "Chad" was silent and just said to me, "It was the Huskers." I couldn't have been more confused and wrong. I was in the band in high school! Football aside, I did enjoy my night and we did have a lot of other things in common, TV comes to mind. So, it looks like I'm friends with another woman, that's cool, right? Right? AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Internet acting, thank you thank you very much. OK, that was my day yesterday. I did some work stuff too, ha ha. Check out the new pictures on my main page. That's me on a tricycle when I was a kid and me a few weeks ago. Pretty scary. That's all I got. Go Huskers! God Bless America!

12-10-01
Welcome back! I didn't write everyday I was away. So, instead, here's something I like to call...

Highlights of Bob Borden's Vacation
by Bob Borden (Not in order of importance) :

My Nephew Jacob sitting on my lap while we watch The Grinch that Stole Christmas (The Cartoon - not the movie) -- I had to sit through the movie version earlier in the week. Man, Howard really dropped the ball on that one. That reminds me, back in Ohio on someone's lawn was a 6 foot inflatable figure of The Grinch. I couldn't believe it -- The Grinch isn't a symbol of Christmas!!!!!! People man, people.

Walking with my Mom

Helping my friend Tim with his Picture in Picture feature on his TV (I was unsuccessful)

Rediscovering Orange Julius, Mmmmmmmmmm.

Rediscovering Ovaltine, "Tastes Great & Great For You" -- If I drank one glass, I drank 100 but I used 2% milk so I think that's OK.

Hanging out with my nephews and niece, playing games and just having fun.

I drove up to Cleveland to make up with an old friend (I can't give any more details than that because it makes me look really, really bad.)

Buying and wrapping gifts for my nephews and niece

And that was pretty much it.

A nephews and niece heavy week but I like it like that. I drove back to Hoboken on Saturday. Bad day to drive -- Rain/snow the whole way. You really had to pay attention. I had to get some new snow tires when I was in Ohio, so, I've never felt safer. My cats really pissed me off. Billy was "talking" for the first hour and a half. So, I let him out at a rest stop so he could do his business -- while I went inside to do my business, ha ha. Anyway, when I came back I saw my other cat Evelyn walk into the trunk. I had to open the trunk to get her but when I did that she went back into the car! She was freaked -- when I finally got a hold of her she scratched my hand and arm and hid under the dash. I was so angry! I finally got her, put her in the cage, put a blanket over their cage so I wouldn't have to see them and I took off, arm bleeding and swearing at myself. I may just have to leave them with a lot of food and water because I can't go through that again. For the first time on this vacation I was able to sleep in yesterday. Sweet, sweet sleep. My Mom gave me a whole bunch of loose change and I took it to the old Coinstar machine yesterday. Only $41.52 -- I thought there'd be more than that! Damn machines, AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! Internet acting, thank you, thank you very much. Seriously, those machines are great! OK, that's it! Back to normal tomorrow. God Bless America!