BJR Newsletter
Three Kidneys Are A Crowd
March 28, 2005

Internal Monologue

While the BJR newsletter has recently begun to resemble A Surgeon's Guide to Renal Transplantation rather than the usual Some Egotistical Nut-Case And His Malformed Sense of Humor, we'll try and keep the medical details to a minimum and limit the gory descriptions of the digestive system limited to stick figure drawings and haiku***.  For those people who enjoy watching The 3-D Surgery Channel and What's Up Henry This Week? you might enjoy BJR's blog of the medical events, at http://www.livejournal.com/users/bryanjrollins.

Cousin can you spare a kidney?

Yes, BJR has a new kidney, thanks to his super-cool cousin Diane. Once again, it's difficult to bring humor to the subject of living-related organ donation, but somehow we'll manage to avoid being tasteful or humane.  Suffice it to say that BJR has a very cool scar and welcomes the new kidney on the block.  BJR is still a little ticked that the surgeons refused to give him pec impants or an extra tattoo while they were at it.  Diane is doing great and hasn't sent any repo men after BJR yet.

Christmas in Wing 4East

Despite the lack of fat men (in red) in the Methodist Hospital, BJR managed to find some Christmas spirit over the holidays, thanks to visits from Kiyon, Mom, Donna, Bekah, the Rollins, the Wharffs, the Colverts, the Stilleys, Andy, Andrew & Alison, the Sarkars, John, Kathy, Paul, Jill, Mak, Lisa, Lisa, and the Cult Jam.  Contrary to the name, few Methodists could be found, or even less cornered and prodded.

Back in Austin

BJR returned to Austin in mid-January to find that his loft's motto ("Leave for a month and nothing dies") remained true.  Bear, the Fake Plants, and the Sammy Sosa bobble-head celebrated his triumphant return.  BJR could hardly wait to see his friends until he actually saw them.  BJR won the "what did you get for Christmas" contest hands down.

Farewell again, Reactivity

Along with a change of organs, BJR bid farewell to his comrades-in-appliances at Reactivity on February 28, 2005.  While a difficult decision, BJR needed to find an occupation where his interactions with women did not revolve around asking for an extra bag of pretzels.  For those of you re-reading the last sentence, there is no double entendre to "extra bag of pretzels."  Sometimes a pretzel is just a pretzel, if you know what I mean.

Pac-10 tourney in Los Angeles

Dan and BJR hit LA for the Pac-10 tournament, crashing with local commercial star, Vic Chao.  Despite a valiant effort by the Cardinal, our under-talented heroes fell in the second game to UW. Dan and BJR were also witnesses to the "tech run through" of the new play that Vic is producing, with an entirely Asian cast.  Turns out that's a lot easier to find a large quantity of acting Asians in Los Angeles than Lubbock or San Antonio, thus the location of the theater.  The plot of the play revealed that Asians face many of the same problems that the rest of us face every day, like marrying an older millionaire and then falling in love with his soon-to-be-millionaire son.

MessageOne

On March 14, 2005, BJR leaped on board MessageOne as the VP of Product Management.  BJR is incredibly excited to join a team which seems to be all drinking the same kool-aid, and the flavor is to his liking.  Several members of the management team have known BJR for years, and have even read his newsletters on a regular basis, and were somehow willing to give him a key to the building.  BJR is feeling great, excited about his second chance at life, and continues to marvel at the wonder of himself.

BJR

***Kidney Haiku
Chop Chop Open Up
New Kidney So Pink and Bright
Girl Parts In Bryan