Starting a blog and coming up with a title for a blog is kind of awkward. I guess it is kind of like starting a snow ball, I think...
Out of all the snow you are standing in, what clump of snow do you feel is the best to start your project. It all looks the same, but after you get going, all you got to do is roll and push and things just start coming together. Ya feel me? I thought you might.
Tuesdays and Thursdays I have like a two hour gap between my first class and last few classes so this is when I write my blog. Tuesday gives me an opportunity to reflect on anything that happened Friday and after of the past week, and this past weekend was pretty eventful.
Thursday I slept over at Dean's dorm. We sat around, watched some NBA, got some food and then we watched The Quiet. A pretty shitty, slow paced, independent movie. It had its moments, like Elisha Cuthbert standing around in her bra with her boobies about to bust out and awkward sexual dialogue. We also had the tube on and in the middle of the we had to stop and watch the Kevin Garnett interview on TNT. They showed an old clip from a past interview that had KG crying because he was so frustrated with losing. They of course didn't cut strait to the video but built toward it and the frustration and heartbreak that KG showed got me a little choked up. I had a little knot in my throat for sure. I don't think a lot of people respect the way he goes about things and how hard he really plays and it makes me sad. I've officially declared that KG is the greatest basketball player I will ever see in my life. It doesn't matter what the future has to offer, I already know there will never be another KG. I know there are going to be a lot of critics to what I just stated and I don't really care. I try to be a reasonable person but this is something I'm going to be stubborn about. Think about what BASKETBALL really means, then get back to me. It sure doesn't mean crossovers, gansta ass headbands and sleeves and 360 dunks. I also feel like people won't understand me because people don't know KG's "makeup." Makeup is the word KG used and I never thought of expressing the attitude and the way someone goes about something as the "makeup" of someones personality. It was a cool way to put it. But I think I understand KG's makeup better then other people. I am not saying I am Kevin Garnett. That would just be stupid. I am not black and gifted haha. But what I'm trying to say is that I understand how he goes about things better then other people. The way he presents himself, the way he is a quiet leader and leads by example, the loyalty he he showed even when others haven't done the same for him, his fire and passion, how he is so humble, honorable, proud ("Kevin Garentt is a proudful man" -Reggie Miller). Its how I go about most things in life. I must sound like a cock giving myself all those great qualities, but sometimes I do feel like I go about things with more passion and loyalty then others do. And like KG I feel that being humble is one of the most important things, and therefore I would never put my self on a pedestal (Haha! "Pussy on a pedestal" but I bet even when he goes home, in his journal, he must jot down how other people are "weaker" than he is. And this is my fucking blog, its my way of expressing myself so fuck you haters haha. Its for me to read two years later and see if I feel the same way about myself and to see if I have grown as a person. As for now, thats how I feel. I mean I don't think anyone else can take a friendly backyard football game as seriously as I. When I lose those games I just want to burn myself alive. It makes me want to sharpen my skills to an NFL level. I remember when we played basketball religiously, I think I played off emotion even more then. I think I've learned to focus my emotions a little better. I also think my passion and my drive made the people around me better basketball and football players. I remember the first time I played basketball with Dean and Jon. Not only basketball, but with any sports. I would have rather eaten horse shit then played on their team. They were horrible. They played with no killer instinct, no knowledge and just unpolished potential. But now, they are respectable athletes and I pray that they are on my team. I know for sure Jon, but can't say for Dean, wouldn't be the athlete he is now without me. I love watching Jon play basketball because that has been my project. He played hockey and baseball before me, but I don't think he played much basketball. When he does well, I feel like I did something good. Last summer we would meet these strangers at the park once or twice a week and play them in a 3 on 3 game. Jon really came into his own towards the end of summer. He resembled a more physical Dirk Nowitski. But Jon still plays without a killers mentality and thats something you just can't teach someone. I'm not trying to say everyone should play sports the way KG does, but what if we applied his mentality to everything we do? We would get a lot farther I think. Sports is just a good way to explain how I feel. Who else could take a friendly teen rated Nintendo game in Super Smash Bros. Melee to such a competitive level. Even little friendly things like that I get fiery about. Oh well, enough making me sound like a fucking prick.
But while I mentioned Melee, I might as well talk about it. He he! It is a fucking good ass game and I think I talk about it each time I write a blog now. I think what appeals to me so much about it is that it feels like its an extension of your personality. How you go about things and think of strategy reflects in the game. Lets face it, I have some stupid ass friends, and some smarter friends and when you play, you can really feel who actually thinks out there moves and who doesn't. Jon is a really good player, but I don't think he thinks out his moves fully but plays of instincts and thats how he kind of is in life. Even on the basketball court and football field. Another thing I love about the game is that its a free for all. I don't mean its everyone for them selves royal rumble style, but I mean there aren't many restrictions to what you can do. It feels like a lot of games filter and handicap bad players so its fun for everyone. In this game, if you're good, you're good, and if you're band, that sucks for you. Go work at it and sharpen your skills. The growth from the first Super Smash to Melee was a huge jump and I'm almost scared to see what Brawl is going to bring us, but excited at the same time because then its a fresh start and I can build myself all over again.
Speaking of football so god damn much, we should all play soon. I know its a 100 below right now, but maybe when it hits about 30 degrees, we should get a game planned. I know I'll be aching to play and "express" (haha, I took a shot at myself) myself after the Super Bowl. Its tough to plan when Jon and Nick have hockey cause obviously their league games take priority over backyard football. Hopefully soon though.
Well, there were a few more things I wanted to touch on but I have to study a little before my Korean test. I wanted to write about our casino trip for Nickoli's birthday while its still fresh in my mind, but it'll have to wait. I can't fuck up another semester.
Late!
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
...Really Finishing
This computer in downstairs in the Wilson Library is so much better then those crappy ones in the MLK computer lab. These keys feel like heaven compared to the sticky-dirty keyboards they have at the MLK lab. I guess if your in the MLK program, you just don't get all the benefits, I wonder why? Haha, IT kids have it made down here.
I went to Coffman after my Korean class to waste a few minutes and to eat my penut butter and jelly sandwich. I go on these PB&J binges during the semester since they are so easy to make and considering the amount of effort that goes into them, they are rather delicious. Sometimes I'll throw in a Turkey sandwich when I feel brave. Lately I've been killing a lot of trail mix. Anywho, back to Coffman. I went downstairs to find a place to sit. I walked around to look for an empty table. Sitting next to someone when they are already there is a little to awkward for me and I wanted to have my own table so I could eat and do some reading. I find this nice little table that no one is using and about 20 seconds after I sit down this Asian dude sits at my table. Doesn't bother to ask me, just sits, busts out his laptop and takes up about half the fucking table. All that walking around looking for a vacant just to have my table sucked up by this stupid Asian dude. Probably Laos or something very third world, they tend to be very foreign. Thats not the end of the story though, some of his friends come to join him and invade the table next to mine. Anyone remeber those loud African girls back at highschool? Well this is the Laos version. I could feel the looks of the people around us as I ate my little sandwich and they probably assumed I was with them, I am Asian to ya know. I try my best not to get grouped into the "Really Fucking Asian" category. I failed.
When you're home, does anyone notice that they will start doing chores and other shit that they normally wouldn't do just to avoid homework? I catch my self doing that a lot. The other day I had this sweet ass dream! Think back to when you started thinking about girls in a sexual way. Every since you hit puberty, there was probably a fly little thang that you couldn't keep your eyes off of at school. Right? Think about what would happen if all those girls accumualted into your house and wanted to get on you? If you can imagine this, you can imagine my dream. Do I sound like a fucking horn-ball? Yes I do. Am I ashamed of it? Ya, a little haha. But god damnit, it was great. My sheets stayed clean. This is kind of personal and I don't think people want to hear about it, but I don't give a fuck. We brought it up one day at 3 AM Perkins conversation. We talked about wet dreams. I personally don't think I have ever had one. So we talked about our wet dream experiences over omelets. I'm still not on the board boys.
Lately I've been writing blogs just to keep like a diary going (Journal I guess, but Diary sounds so much cuter). I stated in a previous blog that reaching back and reading blogs I wrote 2 years ago blew me away. I want to keep that up and reading old documents in my history class makes me want to work even harder at writing good blogs. Powerful words never die even after you leave. Thats kind of crazy to think about. I just read a document today written by an Indian girl around 1880. Thats crazy. That bitch has been dead for over 100 years and we are still reading her shit. I've thought about it before, but I don't think I ever appreciated how powerful words can be. Probably more powerful then anything. If you know how to use powerful words, you can trick, persuade, and/or excite people and do many other things to them.
Nice, all done. Fridays always seem a little easier so its basically the weekend for me now. I have a lot of little notes and reminders on my phone for this weekend. Hopefully I don't get lazy and get them done. Ah, I am doing house/apartment searching around the U. If anyone knows how to go about doing this, please help. I am just looking for the most cheap and comfortable place.
I went to Coffman after my Korean class to waste a few minutes and to eat my penut butter and jelly sandwich. I go on these PB&J binges during the semester since they are so easy to make and considering the amount of effort that goes into them, they are rather delicious. Sometimes I'll throw in a Turkey sandwich when I feel brave. Lately I've been killing a lot of trail mix. Anywho, back to Coffman. I went downstairs to find a place to sit. I walked around to look for an empty table. Sitting next to someone when they are already there is a little to awkward for me and I wanted to have my own table so I could eat and do some reading. I find this nice little table that no one is using and about 20 seconds after I sit down this Asian dude sits at my table. Doesn't bother to ask me, just sits, busts out his laptop and takes up about half the fucking table. All that walking around looking for a vacant just to have my table sucked up by this stupid Asian dude. Probably Laos or something very third world, they tend to be very foreign. Thats not the end of the story though, some of his friends come to join him and invade the table next to mine. Anyone remeber those loud African girls back at highschool? Well this is the Laos version. I could feel the looks of the people around us as I ate my little sandwich and they probably assumed I was with them, I am Asian to ya know. I try my best not to get grouped into the "Really Fucking Asian" category. I failed.
When you're home, does anyone notice that they will start doing chores and other shit that they normally wouldn't do just to avoid homework? I catch my self doing that a lot. The other day I had this sweet ass dream! Think back to when you started thinking about girls in a sexual way. Every since you hit puberty, there was probably a fly little thang that you couldn't keep your eyes off of at school. Right? Think about what would happen if all those girls accumualted into your house and wanted to get on you? If you can imagine this, you can imagine my dream. Do I sound like a fucking horn-ball? Yes I do. Am I ashamed of it? Ya, a little haha. But god damnit, it was great. My sheets stayed clean. This is kind of personal and I don't think people want to hear about it, but I don't give a fuck. We brought it up one day at 3 AM Perkins conversation. We talked about wet dreams. I personally don't think I have ever had one. So we talked about our wet dream experiences over omelets. I'm still not on the board boys.
Lately I've been writing blogs just to keep like a diary going (Journal I guess, but Diary sounds so much cuter). I stated in a previous blog that reaching back and reading blogs I wrote 2 years ago blew me away. I want to keep that up and reading old documents in my history class makes me want to work even harder at writing good blogs. Powerful words never die even after you leave. Thats kind of crazy to think about. I just read a document today written by an Indian girl around 1880. Thats crazy. That bitch has been dead for over 100 years and we are still reading her shit. I've thought about it before, but I don't think I ever appreciated how powerful words can be. Probably more powerful then anything. If you know how to use powerful words, you can trick, persuade, and/or excite people and do many other things to them.
Nice, all done. Fridays always seem a little easier so its basically the weekend for me now. I have a lot of little notes and reminders on my phone for this weekend. Hopefully I don't get lazy and get them done. Ah, I am doing house/apartment searching around the U. If anyone knows how to go about doing this, please help. I am just looking for the most cheap and comfortable place.
...Finish Updates
I forgot where I left off on my last blog so I will try and make this more of independent blog.
However,I do need to touch on some things I forgot to mention about the last blog. I don't know if this is true or not, but I heard scientifically the female voice is more pleasing to the human ear. Anyone know if that is actually true?
Last Saturday we hit up the mall and then went home since Jon had a hockey game to play. When we got there one of the parents kindly handed me a laminated sheet with all the players names, their numbers and the name of their parents. With that information I thought it would be cool if I did the starting lineups for a Junior Gold B game haha. I also used the information to congratulate the player and their parents after every goal. I got to congratulate 8 different players that night haha. Thats not even the cool part though, the best part of the night was the angry Mom from the opposing team. Sometime towards the end of the first or beginning the second she leaves her seat to yell at us for "disrespecting" her team and child. Bitch please, I, myself never said anything bad about your team. I can't speak for the rest of my cheering crew. I run a clean campaign at Junior Gold B games after I got choked by a parent 2 years ago. I only get dirty if players on the ice point me out and start fights with Jon's team. OR if parents start yelling at me. I understand Junior Gold B parents are to fucking dumb to know their kid sucks and therefore couldn't make the high school team. I only wish they could feel a varsity high school game so they could understand the "teasing" that goes on at one of those events. She drops the "F" bomb in her first sentence. Real fucking mature lady. Don't come here to disrespect me and my friends, ask us nicely first and there won't be any hate between us. I think we are all reasonable and polite kids, ask is nicely and I don't see there being a problem. The fact that she yelled at us first kind of got me heated. Jon's Mom, Connie, tried to calm her but the lady wasn't having it. After Connie left I could hear the lady swearing about us and Connie under her breath. Look, if you want to bad talk us for making fun of your shitty son and team, cool, but leave Connie out. A few moments later her son got kicked out of the game. Real cool fucking family. I wish there was a mini-holocaust for her family. During the intermission we talked to the parents since they were curious about what happened. One of Jon's coaches told us that this games already over and that we shouldn't start anything in the 3rd perioud (He said it much nicer then I have written). The funny part is that the coach from the other team went up to the angry Mom and explained to her that the ass beating their kids are getting was not the be blamed on the fans. Jon's coaches told them not to score intentionally in the third period. Jon also had the hardest hit of the night and writing about it wouldn't do justice. During the third period we we louder then the first two cause we wanted to drill it to her in a clean campaign kind of way. They parents also had our back and they cheered loud to rub it in her face. Stupid bitch.
Saturday I was lucky to meet two new dudes, Vince and Red. Vince hit up the mall with us and helped make cheering much for interesting. After the game, Jon's teammate Red joined us back at Jon's place. Two very cool dudes. Sunday of course was a day for football. I did some homework early and then enjoyed football for the rest of the day. Later that night we played some Melee since I need to train for the mystery champ. Melee is very frustrating. I don't feel like I am playing my very best and I want to be sharp when I play this guy. I don't think I am playing as patiently as I used to. I've noticed my kill count is very high lately, but I've been paying the price for being so aggressive. I think I may need to take a step back to take two steps forward. My reflexes still don't seem sharp and I don't know how to work on those except play with a clearer mind. Sometimes I think I get frustrated because the people I play with like to make a big deal of "big plays" they create. The frustrating thing about that is, "under the radar" Jon and I consistently create those plays. I tend to play more quietly. Jon tends to voice his feelings more. I will keep my K.G composure and still play the game in a humble manner. Oh, my SuperBowl prediction! Colts over the Bears. I love both the coaches, but not the teams so much. I like Urlacher though. I just feel as though Tony Dungy right now is more deserving of some public awards. So next Sunday I will be rooting for Tony Dungy. The Colts have a very strong chance I think as long as they can stop the Bears run. I've always been a believer in "Defense wins championships" but I think the Colts still have enough fire power on offense to at least balance out the injured Bears defense. Who knows what Rex will show up in such a pressure packed game, but I dont think he matters. If the Colts can stop the run, they can adjust to Rex as the game goes along.
Well I had a few more things I wanted to touch on, but its time for Beginning Korean2 again. Have a good weekend everyone!
However,I do need to touch on some things I forgot to mention about the last blog. I don't know if this is true or not, but I heard scientifically the female voice is more pleasing to the human ear. Anyone know if that is actually true?
Last Saturday we hit up the mall and then went home since Jon had a hockey game to play. When we got there one of the parents kindly handed me a laminated sheet with all the players names, their numbers and the name of their parents. With that information I thought it would be cool if I did the starting lineups for a Junior Gold B game haha. I also used the information to congratulate the player and their parents after every goal. I got to congratulate 8 different players that night haha. Thats not even the cool part though, the best part of the night was the angry Mom from the opposing team. Sometime towards the end of the first or beginning the second she leaves her seat to yell at us for "disrespecting" her team and child. Bitch please, I, myself never said anything bad about your team. I can't speak for the rest of my cheering crew. I run a clean campaign at Junior Gold B games after I got choked by a parent 2 years ago. I only get dirty if players on the ice point me out and start fights with Jon's team. OR if parents start yelling at me. I understand Junior Gold B parents are to fucking dumb to know their kid sucks and therefore couldn't make the high school team. I only wish they could feel a varsity high school game so they could understand the "teasing" that goes on at one of those events. She drops the "F" bomb in her first sentence. Real fucking mature lady. Don't come here to disrespect me and my friends, ask us nicely first and there won't be any hate between us. I think we are all reasonable and polite kids, ask is nicely and I don't see there being a problem. The fact that she yelled at us first kind of got me heated. Jon's Mom, Connie, tried to calm her but the lady wasn't having it. After Connie left I could hear the lady swearing about us and Connie under her breath. Look, if you want to bad talk us for making fun of your shitty son and team, cool, but leave Connie out. A few moments later her son got kicked out of the game. Real cool fucking family. I wish there was a mini-holocaust for her family. During the intermission we talked to the parents since they were curious about what happened. One of Jon's coaches told us that this games already over and that we shouldn't start anything in the 3rd perioud (He said it much nicer then I have written). The funny part is that the coach from the other team went up to the angry Mom and explained to her that the ass beating their kids are getting was not the be blamed on the fans. Jon's coaches told them not to score intentionally in the third period. Jon also had the hardest hit of the night and writing about it wouldn't do justice. During the third period we we louder then the first two cause we wanted to drill it to her in a clean campaign kind of way. They parents also had our back and they cheered loud to rub it in her face. Stupid bitch.
Saturday I was lucky to meet two new dudes, Vince and Red. Vince hit up the mall with us and helped make cheering much for interesting. After the game, Jon's teammate Red joined us back at Jon's place. Two very cool dudes. Sunday of course was a day for football. I did some homework early and then enjoyed football for the rest of the day. Later that night we played some Melee since I need to train for the mystery champ. Melee is very frustrating. I don't feel like I am playing my very best and I want to be sharp when I play this guy. I don't think I am playing as patiently as I used to. I've noticed my kill count is very high lately, but I've been paying the price for being so aggressive. I think I may need to take a step back to take two steps forward. My reflexes still don't seem sharp and I don't know how to work on those except play with a clearer mind. Sometimes I think I get frustrated because the people I play with like to make a big deal of "big plays" they create. The frustrating thing about that is, "under the radar" Jon and I consistently create those plays. I tend to play more quietly. Jon tends to voice his feelings more. I will keep my K.G composure and still play the game in a humble manner. Oh, my SuperBowl prediction! Colts over the Bears. I love both the coaches, but not the teams so much. I like Urlacher though. I just feel as though Tony Dungy right now is more deserving of some public awards. So next Sunday I will be rooting for Tony Dungy. The Colts have a very strong chance I think as long as they can stop the Bears run. I've always been a believer in "Defense wins championships" but I think the Colts still have enough fire power on offense to at least balance out the injured Bears defense. Who knows what Rex will show up in such a pressure packed game, but I dont think he matters. If the Colts can stop the run, they can adjust to Rex as the game goes along.
Well I had a few more things I wanted to touch on, but its time for Beginning Korean2 again. Have a good weekend everyone!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Updates
Still trying to figure out my school schedule and how I'm going to get to school and back has left me little time to keep up with my blogging. I figure I can make little notes of what I had on my mind as the week goes by and maybe blog about twice a week during these big gaps between classes. I think I have the whole getting home part figured out but I still need draw up a plan for getting to school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There probably is going to be some major sleeping over, but I feel like I'm using people when I do so.
Now to update my blog about things that have happened to me recently. Thursday to Friday I crashed at Dean's dorm since I had no way of getting to school on Friday. It was okay except for their futon has a bar going across my back and some of his roommates wanted to play "fortress" so I was left with nothing to keep me warm during the night. I figured I can't really complain since they are giving me a place to stay, but I thought keeping someone warm is a little more important then the pleasure of playing fort. I did a lot of HUB "shopping" Thursday night. I was lucky and came across the Meg and Dia CD. I've been killing that CD so much lately. I was skeptical and somewhat critical about it at first but come to realize that its actually a really good CD and they have some really cool ideas. I posted a video of Meg performing my favorite song (Rebecca) off the CD on my MySpace that you should all check out (Its the very last video). The studio version and the live version have their own qualities. Lately I have found the female voice and their music to be of interest. Sparked by my discovery of Meg and Dia and Celine Dion occasionally making it into the lineup when I put my iPod on shuffle makes me want to explore the area of female tunes more. Meg&Dia, Celine, I've recently checked out a Tegan and Sara song which wasn't my style, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake have all fueled my interest of the female voice. I plan on checking out Bjork, Tori Amos, and Jewel when I get the chance. And add Sarah McLachlan back onto my iPod.
Now for the hopeless romantic column of Min's blog. Friday when Dean and I were trying to figure out how we were going to bus home I met this gal who was also waiting for her bus. I asked her couple of questions about the busing system. Really I picked her only because she was really really attractive and plus, she was right next to me. It would'a been more stalkerish if I would have trucked across the bus station to ask someone, trust me. It was a win, win situation. We got the talking and it just happened they she had one of the brightest and most kind personalities. I figured, hot chick is going equal bitch. This was not that case, well, at least first impressions cause I don't really know her. And well, of course I don't ask for her name or anything and her bus arrives and she has to leave. This is the funny part. As she leaves she turns around and gives me this shy "bye" and I thank her for her help never to see her again (hopefully I'm wrong). It just reminded to much of one of those corny World War 2 train scenes where a loved one is going off to war on a train and you have the person run along the train until they run out of real estate. Ya, I'm real smooth. Not really...oh well.
So Dean and I managed to find our way to Ridgedale where surprisingly Nick and Jon were already waiting for us. I didn't give him a heads up. Meant a lot to me that they were thinking of helping a brother out when I needed to be helped. Kind hearts they have. We mingled in Ridgedale for a little while and mostly in the Apple store. We pretty much rape the laptops "Photo Booth" feature and create music on Garage Band. That Garage Band really sparked my interest. If anyone knows a lot about MIDI connections you should teach me a thing or two. I am really interested in picking up a keyboard and a Garage Band type program. I also want to know how to hook up a guitar to a computer. And if anyone has Garage Band or other sweet ass programs, please, hooks a brother up. After Ridgedale we hit up Rainbow quick and then just sat around for a little while. We had to make an Applebees run that night since it had been about a week. Damn I miss that place. Saturday after church we all went over to the Mall of America. We spent most of our time at the M.O.A in a store called The Vaase. They sold swords, knives and other oriental influenced items. Jon couldn't resist and had to buy a dagger thingy which his parents did not approve of haha. Nick short on funds couldn't purchase anything at the time but wanted to. The two little boys eyes lit up as they walked up and down the small aisles. They did have some really sweet items. Everything to cure your itch to become a samurai or ninja. We also bought some ingredients to build a Nagasaki bomb at the dollar store. Friggin $3 bomb! haha. "For Allah!" We had some Taco Bell and then we dipped home since Jon had a hockey game that night.
Well I'm all out of time and I need to get to my Korean class so I will finish blogging about my weekend at a later time.
Now to update my blog about things that have happened to me recently. Thursday to Friday I crashed at Dean's dorm since I had no way of getting to school on Friday. It was okay except for their futon has a bar going across my back and some of his roommates wanted to play "fortress" so I was left with nothing to keep me warm during the night. I figured I can't really complain since they are giving me a place to stay, but I thought keeping someone warm is a little more important then the pleasure of playing fort. I did a lot of HUB "shopping" Thursday night. I was lucky and came across the Meg and Dia CD. I've been killing that CD so much lately. I was skeptical and somewhat critical about it at first but come to realize that its actually a really good CD and they have some really cool ideas. I posted a video of Meg performing my favorite song (Rebecca) off the CD on my MySpace that you should all check out (Its the very last video). The studio version and the live version have their own qualities. Lately I have found the female voice and their music to be of interest. Sparked by my discovery of Meg and Dia and Celine Dion occasionally making it into the lineup when I put my iPod on shuffle makes me want to explore the area of female tunes more. Meg&Dia, Celine, I've recently checked out a Tegan and Sara song which wasn't my style, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake have all fueled my interest of the female voice. I plan on checking out Bjork, Tori Amos, and Jewel when I get the chance. And add Sarah McLachlan back onto my iPod.
Now for the hopeless romantic column of Min's blog. Friday when Dean and I were trying to figure out how we were going to bus home I met this gal who was also waiting for her bus. I asked her couple of questions about the busing system. Really I picked her only because she was really really attractive and plus, she was right next to me. It would'a been more stalkerish if I would have trucked across the bus station to ask someone, trust me. It was a win, win situation. We got the talking and it just happened they she had one of the brightest and most kind personalities. I figured, hot chick is going equal bitch. This was not that case, well, at least first impressions cause I don't really know her. And well, of course I don't ask for her name or anything and her bus arrives and she has to leave. This is the funny part. As she leaves she turns around and gives me this shy "bye" and I thank her for her help never to see her again (hopefully I'm wrong). It just reminded to much of one of those corny World War 2 train scenes where a loved one is going off to war on a train and you have the person run along the train until they run out of real estate. Ya, I'm real smooth. Not really...oh well.
So Dean and I managed to find our way to Ridgedale where surprisingly Nick and Jon were already waiting for us. I didn't give him a heads up. Meant a lot to me that they were thinking of helping a brother out when I needed to be helped. Kind hearts they have. We mingled in Ridgedale for a little while and mostly in the Apple store. We pretty much rape the laptops "Photo Booth" feature and create music on Garage Band. That Garage Band really sparked my interest. If anyone knows a lot about MIDI connections you should teach me a thing or two. I am really interested in picking up a keyboard and a Garage Band type program. I also want to know how to hook up a guitar to a computer. And if anyone has Garage Band or other sweet ass programs, please, hooks a brother up. After Ridgedale we hit up Rainbow quick and then just sat around for a little while. We had to make an Applebees run that night since it had been about a week. Damn I miss that place. Saturday after church we all went over to the Mall of America. We spent most of our time at the M.O.A in a store called The Vaase. They sold swords, knives and other oriental influenced items. Jon couldn't resist and had to buy a dagger thingy which his parents did not approve of haha. Nick short on funds couldn't purchase anything at the time but wanted to. The two little boys eyes lit up as they walked up and down the small aisles. They did have some really sweet items. Everything to cure your itch to become a samurai or ninja. We also bought some ingredients to build a Nagasaki bomb at the dollar store. Friggin $3 bomb! haha. "For Allah!" We had some Taco Bell and then we dipped home since Jon had a hockey game that night.
Well I'm all out of time and I need to get to my Korean class so I will finish blogging about my weekend at a later time.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Burning Time Again
It is about 3:18 and I'm at the MLK computer lab again burning time until Dean gets done with his classes. I was actually going to do some reading for my rock and roll class but all the reading, except for the novel we need to read, is done online and I couldn't find the articles. At least Busta Rhymes and DMX is playing on my iPod right now (Where my doggs at?). I got some Korean homework and a couple of career surveys I need to fill out. I am saving those for when the computer lab closes. (Jay-Z is also featured on this song. What a star filled song!) I still need to go buy my US History books. The syllabus for that class says we are required to have 4 books but when you search online it lists 3. One of the books is called "Negros With Guns." Surprise! I feel like I am wasting so much time right now. I don't have enough homework to keep me busy, and I'm stuck on campus with nothing to do. I have been reading ahead in our Rock History novel but I don't want to get to far ahead because I heard that we are suppose to start reading during week 4 because we will discuss and write a paper about it later. Also the book is on the final and if I finish it soon, I'll just have to read it again because I'll forget everything come week 8 and during finals. Its a pretty good book so far though. The book is called Less Than Zero and is set in L.A and the suburbs around it. The run-down on the back of the book says that its about the after-dark L.A life. So far the main character (Clay, a 20 year oldish male) has had sex with a guy and done multiple lines of cocaine. I believe I'm 40 pages in haha. The other day while my iPod was on shuffle, this Britney Spears song I never heard came on. Its called "Outrageous" and its awesome.
When I am walking from class to class, I just walk around listening to music and think to myself. What else is there really to do?! Last semester I forgot my iPod at home. The only time during my soon to be 2 year career at the U that I spent a day without my iPod. (Celine Dion is playing right now and she just held this crazy note for like a minute. Crazy Canadian bitch.) Anywho, the day I didn't have my iPod was the worse day of my life (Not really, but you actually says it was kind of a bad day). I couldn't think while walking from class to class. The city noises seemed to force their way into my ears and into my head. The honking of horns and the sound of tires slurping through the snow. The constant chatter of people on their cell phones. The drilling and dumping of the construction workers. Kind of drove me mad for a little while. I felt like Xavier (I think thats the dudes name) from X-men (Isn't that what happens to him when he doesn't have that metal helmet?). It sucked. I don't plan I forgetting my iPod ever again. And hopefully I can finish pimping my iPod here soon.
One more thing to note before I sign off and go to the library as I wait for Dean to finish. Over break we filmed what is tentatively named Saw1.5. It was the first movie where we used a bunch of special effects. Blood and gore was the main focus of our special effects. I've edited about 2.5 minutes of the 7 minutes we filmed and so far, everything is looking splendid. The movie is probably going to end up being 3 minutes. The end gets a little choppy cause we couldn't sit around and plan out the next move since Dean was freezing his little Chinese ass off. But Dawson's garage really was cold that day. We all had behind the camera jackets on but Dean only had the clothes he had on and corn syrup was being poured all over him. I hope to finish the short little video soon. Hopefully I can show it over the weekend.
My wrists had knuckles hurt really bad since these MLK keyboards suck big balls.
When I am walking from class to class, I just walk around listening to music and think to myself. What else is there really to do?! Last semester I forgot my iPod at home. The only time during my soon to be 2 year career at the U that I spent a day without my iPod. (Celine Dion is playing right now and she just held this crazy note for like a minute. Crazy Canadian bitch.) Anywho, the day I didn't have my iPod was the worse day of my life (Not really, but you actually says it was kind of a bad day). I couldn't think while walking from class to class. The city noises seemed to force their way into my ears and into my head. The honking of horns and the sound of tires slurping through the snow. The constant chatter of people on their cell phones. The drilling and dumping of the construction workers. Kind of drove me mad for a little while. I felt like Xavier (I think thats the dudes name) from X-men (Isn't that what happens to him when he doesn't have that metal helmet?). It sucked. I don't plan I forgetting my iPod ever again. And hopefully I can finish pimping my iPod here soon.
One more thing to note before I sign off and go to the library as I wait for Dean to finish. Over break we filmed what is tentatively named Saw1.5. It was the first movie where we used a bunch of special effects. Blood and gore was the main focus of our special effects. I've edited about 2.5 minutes of the 7 minutes we filmed and so far, everything is looking splendid. The movie is probably going to end up being 3 minutes. The end gets a little choppy cause we couldn't sit around and plan out the next move since Dean was freezing his little Chinese ass off. But Dawson's garage really was cold that day. We all had behind the camera jackets on but Dean only had the clothes he had on and corn syrup was being poured all over him. I hope to finish the short little video soon. Hopefully I can show it over the weekend.
My wrists had knuckles hurt really bad since these MLK keyboards suck big balls.
Bored and Random
The first few days of school have been painless as far as school work goes. Just got a little reading and some surveys I need to fill out. The only hard part has been finding ways to get to school and back. I am in a very tough situation this semester. I feel like I am going to have to live like a nomad, or a bum, just finding and making up transportation and spots to live as it the semester comes at me. I am sleeping over at Dean's dorm tonight since I have no means of getting to school on Friday. I'm lucky to have a friend like him giving me a place to stay. I talked to Dan since he has a room at Melrose and he told me I could crash there when ever I wanted. I just would feel bad if I stayed their so often it seemed like I was living there. And for free! I think I will spending a lot of nights at Dean's and Dan's this semester and I plan on buying some food for their rooms to make up for having me. Only way I can think of paying them back. I'm not exactly filthy rich. Yesterday I had tough time getting home but I was lucky enough to run into Sat. I thought he was still living at Middlebrook but he informed me that he was commuting this year. I asked him how he plans to get to school and back home. It seems like he has a very nice plan laid out. I thought I would try his route out and see where it takes me. Maybe it would work out for me to. When we got off, I had no idea where we were. Sat dropped me off. I was and still am very very thankful because it made such a difference in my life. When you feel stranded, a friendly and familiar face who reaches out to help just seems like he/she is giving you the world. So I got tonight and tomorrow all planned out but I still have no way of getting to school on Monday. And with all this sleeping over, it makes it very tough to find food. Sure there are tons of eateries on the campus, but I can't afford to buy food everyday. I'm convinced that I will need to find an apartment next year. That means I might need to work during school which I really don't want to do. I worry that I won't have time to study, work and make time for friends and family. I think of it as, if I'm not sharing time with friends and family, then I'm not really living. But I guess school and work to take priority. If I can find an cheap apartment soon here, I think I will work during this semester and do nothing but work over the summer so I can have enough money saved up for next year. I plan on doing some apartment searching this weekend. I also need to try and figure out something for this semester. Although this life style is very stressful, its kind of exciting at the same time. Its a challenge and I really enjoy being challenged. Its just going to suck if it decays my grades.
I am looking forward to the weekend. There is some major chilling that needs to be done. Recently, I have received news that there is mystery Super Smash Bros. Melee player who claims to be undefeated. Although I am nervous to play him since I haven't played many people outside my network, I am still confident at the same time. I'm sure he hasn't played anyone with the skills that Jon and I posses. We played a person who claimed to have won a Melee tournament once. To say the least, it felt like I was playing a crash test dummy. I think he managed to land a few punches on me and thats about it. Of course excuses were made after the ass whooping. I need to keep my skills sharp for this self-proclaimed god of Melee.
I'm at the computer center in the MLK office again hoping to burn some time before my next class. I have a two and a half hour gap between my first and last class today. I think I am going to go do some studying quick. That is why I am going to Col...
Ah ha! Writing that last sentence reminded me of something I really wanted to write about. I don't know if I blogged about it before or if I just discussed it, but last semester I asked a lot of people around the U about the pressures of needing to pick a major and a career soon. A couple of times, the response I got was, "This point in your college life you are learning how to learn." Isn't that the same bullshit I heard when people asked, "Why do we need to learn this!" in high school?? Made me a little heated when I would hear that shitty excuse. I am paying $10,000 a year to earn the same education I learned during high school eh? Thank you fucking University of Minnesota. Self-proclaimed one of the finest research institutes in the world. Research deez nuts. Can I please learn how to live and make a living please?
Alrighty, study time.
I am looking forward to the weekend. There is some major chilling that needs to be done. Recently, I have received news that there is mystery Super Smash Bros. Melee player who claims to be undefeated. Although I am nervous to play him since I haven't played many people outside my network, I am still confident at the same time. I'm sure he hasn't played anyone with the skills that Jon and I posses. We played a person who claimed to have won a Melee tournament once. To say the least, it felt like I was playing a crash test dummy. I think he managed to land a few punches on me and thats about it. Of course excuses were made after the ass whooping. I need to keep my skills sharp for this self-proclaimed god of Melee.
I'm at the computer center in the MLK office again hoping to burn some time before my next class. I have a two and a half hour gap between my first and last class today. I think I am going to go do some studying quick. That is why I am going to Col...
Ah ha! Writing that last sentence reminded me of something I really wanted to write about. I don't know if I blogged about it before or if I just discussed it, but last semester I asked a lot of people around the U about the pressures of needing to pick a major and a career soon. A couple of times, the response I got was, "This point in your college life you are learning how to learn." Isn't that the same bullshit I heard when people asked, "Why do we need to learn this!" in high school?? Made me a little heated when I would hear that shitty excuse. I am paying $10,000 a year to earn the same education I learned during high school eh? Thank you fucking University of Minnesota. Self-proclaimed one of the finest research institutes in the world. Research deez nuts. Can I please learn how to live and make a living please?
Alrighty, study time.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Begins Agian
First day of second semester is today. Not looking forward to it, but I don't think this semester should be that bad. Taking some what seems to be easy history and writing classes. But for me, compared to Science and Math, history and writing is always easy. Waking up was pretty easy. I set my alarm 15 minutes early so I could snooze for a little while. My body woke up by it self 14 minutes into the snooze so there was no struggle to get out of bed. I went to my history discussion at 10:10 only to find out that class didn't meet since it was a discussion and there hasn't been any lectures yet. They couldn't give us any notice because our e-mails hadn't been entered into their data base yet. So we all showed up for nothing. I don't give a shit though, I was going to be on campus at that time no matter what so it gave me a place to be. There was a pretty decent looking chick in that class to so thats cool. We will see though. I've noticed after long break at home chilling with a bunch of guys for long periods of time you start forgetting what a female is and anything looks attractive. Then when you get back to school it all comes back to you at once. As the semester drags along, you see that the girls you once thought were hot slowly start to decay in hotness. So now I'm in the Martin Luther King community computer lab burning 3 hours worth of time since my next class (Korean2) is at 1:25. How fitting that I am in the MLK lab being that it was his day yesterday. I hope everyone had a splendid MLK day.
God damn, I already miss winter break. I could be at home editing my Saw1.5 video which is turning out great by the way. I've edited about 2 minutes of the video and the beginning credits are awesome haha. Then around 2 or 3 some Mo Fos would call me up and we would struggle the rest of the day trying to find something to do. Melee would be played of course. That reminds me! On the car ride here today Joey informed me that the launch date for Mario Party 8 is set for sometime in March. Fantastic! Even though it may have been a dull winter break it was much needed and I enjoyed it. Anytime you can just sit around and spend time with people you love and respect is time well spent. Isn't that why we go to work and school? To make the time we spend with people more pleasant? Money isn't the most important thing, but with it, it gives you a lot more choices. I've been really critical about my friends as of late and I think I learned over break, that I really do have some of the best friends anyone would ask for. I think what happened is at some point, I've been around these guys and their "Greatness" lets call it for so long that I get used to it. Like anything else you get used to and take for granted. I lost my bar of standards. I don't know what happened but somehow I took a step back and I saw again how lucky I really am. I don't know if all that makes sense, but simply, I can't keep raising the "bar" and expect people to reach to impossible. I've also learned that my friends are far more understanding then I've given them credit to be. I've noticed I can bring up a topic with other people and they kind of are lost but with my friends I can bring something up and the conversation will click right away. Its a great feeling.
Lately everything I see just seems so much brighter. Maybe its because today is a very fucking bright day. I seem to value things again, music sounds louder, makes sense again and I can listen to a lot more genres again, and I feel determined to do well at school again. The 10 minutes I was in my history class I met two classmates and talked to my T.A. I participated in class to, which is not like me cause I tend to sit back in the corner of class and soak things in. People who participate in class are gay haha.
I need to look into a living situation for next year. If everything pans out, the best case would be Joe, Dean, Mitch and I at Melrose. Jon was suppose to be in the mix but unfortunately he didn't get accepted into the U. Which really sucks cause distance is a bitch for maintaining strong relationships. They turn into "relationshits" quick. Ha, thanks Dane. I just had to use it cause I've been force fed a lot Dane Cook the past week. I also need to look for a job. I need a car or I need to pay for the apartment next year. Either way, income is needed. Sucks cause I do not want to work during school. There was some other things I planned on listing that I needed to do but I forgot. Oh well.
For now, everyone go look at Dean Kong's MySpace profile and look at the picture comments Nick left him. The concoction Jon made for him at Applebees over the weekend was fucked up. I am looking froward to the weekend already. How sad.
God damn, I already miss winter break. I could be at home editing my Saw1.5 video which is turning out great by the way. I've edited about 2 minutes of the video and the beginning credits are awesome haha. Then around 2 or 3 some Mo Fos would call me up and we would struggle the rest of the day trying to find something to do. Melee would be played of course. That reminds me! On the car ride here today Joey informed me that the launch date for Mario Party 8 is set for sometime in March. Fantastic! Even though it may have been a dull winter break it was much needed and I enjoyed it. Anytime you can just sit around and spend time with people you love and respect is time well spent. Isn't that why we go to work and school? To make the time we spend with people more pleasant? Money isn't the most important thing, but with it, it gives you a lot more choices. I've been really critical about my friends as of late and I think I learned over break, that I really do have some of the best friends anyone would ask for. I think what happened is at some point, I've been around these guys and their "Greatness" lets call it for so long that I get used to it. Like anything else you get used to and take for granted. I lost my bar of standards. I don't know what happened but somehow I took a step back and I saw again how lucky I really am. I don't know if all that makes sense, but simply, I can't keep raising the "bar" and expect people to reach to impossible. I've also learned that my friends are far more understanding then I've given them credit to be. I've noticed I can bring up a topic with other people and they kind of are lost but with my friends I can bring something up and the conversation will click right away. Its a great feeling.
Lately everything I see just seems so much brighter. Maybe its because today is a very fucking bright day. I seem to value things again, music sounds louder, makes sense again and I can listen to a lot more genres again, and I feel determined to do well at school again. The 10 minutes I was in my history class I met two classmates and talked to my T.A. I participated in class to, which is not like me cause I tend to sit back in the corner of class and soak things in. People who participate in class are gay haha.
I need to look into a living situation for next year. If everything pans out, the best case would be Joe, Dean, Mitch and I at Melrose. Jon was suppose to be in the mix but unfortunately he didn't get accepted into the U. Which really sucks cause distance is a bitch for maintaining strong relationships. They turn into "relationshits" quick. Ha, thanks Dane. I just had to use it cause I've been force fed a lot Dane Cook the past week. I also need to look for a job. I need a car or I need to pay for the apartment next year. Either way, income is needed. Sucks cause I do not want to work during school. There was some other things I planned on listing that I needed to do but I forgot. Oh well.
For now, everyone go look at Dean Kong's MySpace profile and look at the picture comments Nick left him. The concoction Jon made for him at Applebees over the weekend was fucked up. I am looking froward to the weekend already. How sad.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Living the Life
What a finish to our winter break. I wish I could write more when there is a bunch of stuff going on, but when there is a bunch of things going on, there is no time to write. This weekend, I think I had a streak where I didnt go to bed for about 32-34 hours. Then I went strait to Jons and Nicks hockey games. I haven't been home much either cause before the weekend we slept over at Dawsons. I was home Friday to night to sleep and then went to church. School starts tommorrow and that sucks. Sucks bad. I dont have a car and Joey is planning on only going down there Tuesdays and Thursdays so that leaves me in an awful bind. I have no means of getting down there Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I'm pretty much fucked.
I'm going to jot down a couple of things that we did over these last few days. We slept over at Dawsons one of the nights cause we wanted to film something in his garage the day after. That night the gnomes showed me mercy and returned my iTrip. Thank you gnomes. We also watched Sleepover Camp2 before we went to bed. If you like shitty horror flicks, please check this one out. I've heard that 3 is alot better. And if anyone has 1, hook a brother up. I also watched House of Wax agian making that 2 times in a week. That is 1.5 to many times watching that movie. It was pretty bad, but agian, shitty horror movies are so fantastic. After all that jazz, we filmed Saw 1.5. I am looking foward to editing the footage and posting it on YouTube. It didnt turn out 100% the way I wanted it to, but it still should be pretty good. There is a few ideas I missed out on cause we wanted to film it fast since Dean was freezing his ass off. This will the first movie I made where there is a special effect for blood. Corn syrup and food coloring works wonders. I dont even remember what else we did. Its only been like 3-4 days but when you awake for most of the time it seems like a week went by. We went to applebees a couple of times, went to some hockey games, played a shit load of melee. Whats really cool is that when you play Melee, you dont get tired. Andy, Dean and I played Melee from maybe 12:00 a.m to about 5:30 a.m and during that span I was not tired. Ben and I wrote our Aurthur the Ant Eater song which needs to be finished still. We went to the thrift store alot. Dean picked up some sweet shit when we went. I managed to pick up two D.A.R.E shirts on two different occasions.
Pretty messy blog, but I wanted to jot down some things we did. Sorry if I missed you call or text over that period, I was all "meshuganucked."
If the people I spent this amazing period of time read this...please fill in some blanks! I cant remember anything and if you comment and I read this blog 2 years later, I can still read your comments.
I hope everyone everyone is excited that school is about to start up agian...cause I'm not.
I'm going to jot down a couple of things that we did over these last few days. We slept over at Dawsons one of the nights cause we wanted to film something in his garage the day after. That night the gnomes showed me mercy and returned my iTrip. Thank you gnomes. We also watched Sleepover Camp2 before we went to bed. If you like shitty horror flicks, please check this one out. I've heard that 3 is alot better. And if anyone has 1, hook a brother up. I also watched House of Wax agian making that 2 times in a week. That is 1.5 to many times watching that movie. It was pretty bad, but agian, shitty horror movies are so fantastic. After all that jazz, we filmed Saw 1.5. I am looking foward to editing the footage and posting it on YouTube. It didnt turn out 100% the way I wanted it to, but it still should be pretty good. There is a few ideas I missed out on cause we wanted to film it fast since Dean was freezing his ass off. This will the first movie I made where there is a special effect for blood. Corn syrup and food coloring works wonders. I dont even remember what else we did. Its only been like 3-4 days but when you awake for most of the time it seems like a week went by. We went to applebees a couple of times, went to some hockey games, played a shit load of melee. Whats really cool is that when you play Melee, you dont get tired. Andy, Dean and I played Melee from maybe 12:00 a.m to about 5:30 a.m and during that span I was not tired. Ben and I wrote our Aurthur the Ant Eater song which needs to be finished still. We went to the thrift store alot. Dean picked up some sweet shit when we went. I managed to pick up two D.A.R.E shirts on two different occasions.
Pretty messy blog, but I wanted to jot down some things we did. Sorry if I missed you call or text over that period, I was all "meshuganucked."
If the people I spent this amazing period of time read this...please fill in some blanks! I cant remember anything and if you comment and I read this blog 2 years later, I can still read your comments.
I hope everyone everyone is excited that school is about to start up agian...cause I'm not.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
2006-2007
I made a little video with the footage I recorded on New Years Eve then on New Years Day. Its nothing special and it actually really poorly made but its kind of cute so I thought I'd share. This is what you make when you are bored.
A Well Spent Night
I had another blog all written out before this one introducing a little video I put together but YouTube is down right now for maintenance so I can't get the code for my video. Stupid Google. So for now I will just write my blog about what I did today, what I'm looking foward to and what I am thinking.
I woke up today and did my usual morning rutine. Then I continued my iPod project. I just got to where I was hoping I would get to by the end of the day. I reached Fall Out Boy which means I just hit the F's. Speaking of Fall Out Boy, anyone hear about Peter Wentz? How he beat up a secutiry gaurd because the gaurd "threatened" his friend I guess would be the best way to put it. It was all caught on tape and its pretty funny/sweet. Anyways, I got all cleaned up and went out to lunch with my Mommy agian today since after the break is over we won't be able to go out to get a bite and chit-chat anymore. After, I went home and sat around for a little while then Jon came over after school. Peter joined us soon after and we all played some melee. It appears I am shaking some of the rust off and getting back to my old dominant self. Lately my reactions have been really slow and it seems like my execution can't keep up with my strategy. I always have an escape/attack or whatever planned out, but when I press the buttons nothing registers or is late. I can still see all the movements and I know what to do since its pretty much second nature now but the response it slow. It is quite frustrating. We played Melee for a good chunk of time and then Jon dipped home. I thought we might go out after Jon left and I suggested a couple of spots we could hit up to Mitch and Peter but I kind of got ignored so we sat around for a little while. I can suggest something but the choice is ultimately theirs to make since they are the ones with cars. I just figure going out and running around is alot more fun then sitting around watching Richard play Gears of War or Phantasy Star Universe. Right now, sitting around doesn't sound appealing to me since I've been doing it the whole break and when school starts up I know thats what I'm going desire. Right now is the best time to be out and active cause when school starts, I'll be doing something all the time and just sitting around with pals watching the tube is going to be very sexy. We can sit around on our asses then! So I sat on my laptop for a while then Mitch and Peter finally got bored so we went out to a couple of spots I needed to hit up. We went to Platos Closet in search for my plain black layering t-shirt. We found something that would work, but it wasn't perfect. Tonight I finally said fuck it and I wont search for that layering long sleeve anymore, but I will still buy it if it falls on my lap. After Platos Closet we went to Blockbuster so I could drop off a movie then we went to Ridgedale so I could return the "Double True" shirt Jon for my for my birthday. Its a sweet shirt but Jon got it for me in a 2XL. I know I'm fat but god damn! Jon gave me the receipt for it so that I could return it. The problem was that he used his Mastercard so they gave me store credit and I had to buy something right away. Got me a sweet ass Underoath poster that will look loverly in between my Armor for Sleep poster and Kevin Garnett poster haha! We picked up some Taco Bell then went home and enjoyed some more Melee. I dropped off a copy of the old "The Hood: Preview of Things to Come" video at Brians house since he has been requesting it. Then Benny and I went to the cheap theater to watch Deja Vu with Seeman and group. It was the first time in about two years I saw Graff, Knapp, Swan, Wes, Chrissy, Domaas and Seeman. Stella was there too but we go to the same school so I see her like once or twice if a semester haha. I go to the fucking U of M, give me a break. I saw Mo Fo to and that was the first time probably since junior high. I'm sure I ran into him at Nelsons or something prior to tonight and after junior high but I cant remember. To my surprise Deja Vu was very good. I'm just sick of Denzel Washington flicks since its the same thing each time but this was a nice little change up. Everyone there also suggested watching the Prestige which I also have my doubts about but I may have to check it out since I only hear good things about it. Cheap theater also put in Apacolypto so I may end up checking that out as well. It was really nice seeing those guys agian and I almost forgot how much fun it was hanging out with them when they are sober. For a while there I didn't really care if I never saw them agian but it was really nice joking around with them. Its a shame it had to happen so late into the break since they are all going up to Duluth this weekend to snowboard and then school starts. Sometimes you just cant save every relationship. I've come to learn that recently. Its better to let go and try to make the close bonds you have with people in your life now stronger. Tommorrow Ben is coming over his eye appointment and we are going to create some tunes. I hope we can fit in about two more songs. At this phase in my immature life, writing music with Ben is so relaxing and it excellent therapy to me. I can't explain it but it feels like I am actually doing something important. I dont think we are good, but as long as the end product is something I'm proud of and something I can listen to, I am happy with it. I dont really give a fuck if other people like it, but it would be that much cooler if people did like it. Only a few people have listened to our latest song and it seems like the cringe when they listen to it but are to nice to tell us that it sucks haha. I understand its not good but I am actually really proud of the song. After that, I am planning on going to Applebees with everyone. I have to remember to give A-Chirst and Chrissy a heads up on my plans. Chrissy leaves for England pretty soon and I want to talk to her about that. Recently I thought it would be an amazing experience to study in a different culture. Last semester I started heard people talk about other culutres and I started thinking to my self, "Damn, what if the American culture isn't you?" The fast paced American life almost seems like to much. I think it would me awesome to soak in a different life style. Unfortunately, I'm to much of a pussy to do it all on my own and I get home sick way to easily. I want to ask her what motivated her to do this, and what her plans are. How long are you planning to stay there? What will you be looking for? So many things. I think its crazy that she has the courage to do something like this. That came out kind of wrong, I dont mean I think Chrissy is a wuss and I cant believe she is doing something like this, rather I mean that I can't believe anyone would do something like this cause I just cant picture myself leaving everything I love here to do something like that. Way to fucking scary. Today was a real steady day and I hope tommorrow also turns out this way. On Friday Peter and I plan on hitting up the thrift store. Which is fucking awesome since I am like the only one on our little group that loves the fucking thrift store. I hope my "Navy" coat motivates everyone to fall in love with the thrift store. Sounded like Peter is pretty interested and the other day Jon expressed some interest. I still want to make a "movie" video while we still have time. I might not have alot of time to edit it but as long as we record it, I will have it on tape. Lately all I do is splice documentary style footage and put some music over it and smoothen the transitions. Ya, thats fun and cool, but I like to mix it up. I even bought my corn startch so I could try and make fake blood. I like to challenge myself a little more each time I make a more focused video. This time I'll try some special effects and I really want to work on lighting. Hopefully we still have some time. Dean comes back "home" tommorrow night so that gives me another really good actor to use. But I havent meade a video with Dean for a long time and Deans personality isn't as bright as it used to be when we were younger so it should be interesting. I notified Ross Petterson I might need some help for him since I've enjoyed working with him in the past. I think my favorite "actors" to work with are Paul Graff, Josh Miller and Jake Pernula. They always keep a strait face, think quick and always understand what I'm asking for.
Anywho (I've noticed I say that alot when my blogs sidetrack and I need to re-focus. How come no one else uses that word? haha), I need to go check if my iPod project has gotten any further. Such a fucking pain converting the files and then putting the songs on my iPod using USB1 software. I hope to get my edited footage (not even worthy of being called video) online soon.
I woke up today and did my usual morning rutine. Then I continued my iPod project. I just got to where I was hoping I would get to by the end of the day. I reached Fall Out Boy which means I just hit the F's. Speaking of Fall Out Boy, anyone hear about Peter Wentz? How he beat up a secutiry gaurd because the gaurd "threatened" his friend I guess would be the best way to put it. It was all caught on tape and its pretty funny/sweet. Anyways, I got all cleaned up and went out to lunch with my Mommy agian today since after the break is over we won't be able to go out to get a bite and chit-chat anymore. After, I went home and sat around for a little while then Jon came over after school. Peter joined us soon after and we all played some melee. It appears I am shaking some of the rust off and getting back to my old dominant self. Lately my reactions have been really slow and it seems like my execution can't keep up with my strategy. I always have an escape/attack or whatever planned out, but when I press the buttons nothing registers or is late. I can still see all the movements and I know what to do since its pretty much second nature now but the response it slow. It is quite frustrating. We played Melee for a good chunk of time and then Jon dipped home. I thought we might go out after Jon left and I suggested a couple of spots we could hit up to Mitch and Peter but I kind of got ignored so we sat around for a little while. I can suggest something but the choice is ultimately theirs to make since they are the ones with cars. I just figure going out and running around is alot more fun then sitting around watching Richard play Gears of War or Phantasy Star Universe. Right now, sitting around doesn't sound appealing to me since I've been doing it the whole break and when school starts up I know thats what I'm going desire. Right now is the best time to be out and active cause when school starts, I'll be doing something all the time and just sitting around with pals watching the tube is going to be very sexy. We can sit around on our asses then! So I sat on my laptop for a while then Mitch and Peter finally got bored so we went out to a couple of spots I needed to hit up. We went to Platos Closet in search for my plain black layering t-shirt. We found something that would work, but it wasn't perfect. Tonight I finally said fuck it and I wont search for that layering long sleeve anymore, but I will still buy it if it falls on my lap. After Platos Closet we went to Blockbuster so I could drop off a movie then we went to Ridgedale so I could return the "Double True" shirt Jon for my for my birthday. Its a sweet shirt but Jon got it for me in a 2XL. I know I'm fat but god damn! Jon gave me the receipt for it so that I could return it. The problem was that he used his Mastercard so they gave me store credit and I had to buy something right away. Got me a sweet ass Underoath poster that will look loverly in between my Armor for Sleep poster and Kevin Garnett poster haha! We picked up some Taco Bell then went home and enjoyed some more Melee. I dropped off a copy of the old "The Hood: Preview of Things to Come" video at Brians house since he has been requesting it. Then Benny and I went to the cheap theater to watch Deja Vu with Seeman and group. It was the first time in about two years I saw Graff, Knapp, Swan, Wes, Chrissy, Domaas and Seeman. Stella was there too but we go to the same school so I see her like once or twice if a semester haha. I go to the fucking U of M, give me a break. I saw Mo Fo to and that was the first time probably since junior high. I'm sure I ran into him at Nelsons or something prior to tonight and after junior high but I cant remember. To my surprise Deja Vu was very good. I'm just sick of Denzel Washington flicks since its the same thing each time but this was a nice little change up. Everyone there also suggested watching the Prestige which I also have my doubts about but I may have to check it out since I only hear good things about it. Cheap theater also put in Apacolypto so I may end up checking that out as well. It was really nice seeing those guys agian and I almost forgot how much fun it was hanging out with them when they are sober. For a while there I didn't really care if I never saw them agian but it was really nice joking around with them. Its a shame it had to happen so late into the break since they are all going up to Duluth this weekend to snowboard and then school starts. Sometimes you just cant save every relationship. I've come to learn that recently. Its better to let go and try to make the close bonds you have with people in your life now stronger. Tommorrow Ben is coming over his eye appointment and we are going to create some tunes. I hope we can fit in about two more songs. At this phase in my immature life, writing music with Ben is so relaxing and it excellent therapy to me. I can't explain it but it feels like I am actually doing something important. I dont think we are good, but as long as the end product is something I'm proud of and something I can listen to, I am happy with it. I dont really give a fuck if other people like it, but it would be that much cooler if people did like it. Only a few people have listened to our latest song and it seems like the cringe when they listen to it but are to nice to tell us that it sucks haha. I understand its not good but I am actually really proud of the song. After that, I am planning on going to Applebees with everyone. I have to remember to give A-Chirst and Chrissy a heads up on my plans. Chrissy leaves for England pretty soon and I want to talk to her about that. Recently I thought it would be an amazing experience to study in a different culture. Last semester I started heard people talk about other culutres and I started thinking to my self, "Damn, what if the American culture isn't you?" The fast paced American life almost seems like to much. I think it would me awesome to soak in a different life style. Unfortunately, I'm to much of a pussy to do it all on my own and I get home sick way to easily. I want to ask her what motivated her to do this, and what her plans are. How long are you planning to stay there? What will you be looking for? So many things. I think its crazy that she has the courage to do something like this. That came out kind of wrong, I dont mean I think Chrissy is a wuss and I cant believe she is doing something like this, rather I mean that I can't believe anyone would do something like this cause I just cant picture myself leaving everything I love here to do something like that. Way to fucking scary. Today was a real steady day and I hope tommorrow also turns out this way. On Friday Peter and I plan on hitting up the thrift store. Which is fucking awesome since I am like the only one on our little group that loves the fucking thrift store. I hope my "Navy" coat motivates everyone to fall in love with the thrift store. Sounded like Peter is pretty interested and the other day Jon expressed some interest. I still want to make a "movie" video while we still have time. I might not have alot of time to edit it but as long as we record it, I will have it on tape. Lately all I do is splice documentary style footage and put some music over it and smoothen the transitions. Ya, thats fun and cool, but I like to mix it up. I even bought my corn startch so I could try and make fake blood. I like to challenge myself a little more each time I make a more focused video. This time I'll try some special effects and I really want to work on lighting. Hopefully we still have some time. Dean comes back "home" tommorrow night so that gives me another really good actor to use. But I havent meade a video with Dean for a long time and Deans personality isn't as bright as it used to be when we were younger so it should be interesting. I notified Ross Petterson I might need some help for him since I've enjoyed working with him in the past. I think my favorite "actors" to work with are Paul Graff, Josh Miller and Jake Pernula. They always keep a strait face, think quick and always understand what I'm asking for.
Anywho (I've noticed I say that alot when my blogs sidetrack and I need to re-focus. How come no one else uses that word? haha), I need to go check if my iPod project has gotten any further. Such a fucking pain converting the files and then putting the songs on my iPod using USB1 software. I hope to get my edited footage (not even worthy of being called video) online soon.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Chin-Chillin
Today was full of nothing. I woke up, did my usual morning rutine. My Mom asked me if I wanted to go out and get some lunch with her and of course I agreed. We went to Applebees for lunch (the baddest mother fucking restaurant ever). I had this brand spanking new BLT melt or something. It was shitty as fuck. Never ever get it unless you want toast with lettace with this weak has peice of bacon in it. I dont even like bacon, I dont know why I got it. Actually I do. Because I was going to try something new and the hostess suggested it. Our server was shitty too. But dont let my anger fool you, Applebees is still the BMFRE. I think I want to go there tommorrow night for some wings. I'll suggest it. After we finished our food we hiked our asses over to the Unique Thrift Store. I picked up some new shoes ($5) a D.A.R.E shirt ($2) and a fucking sweet ass Navy like coat ($3). Some major scorage. I cant wait to bust out the coat. After I got home from hanging out with my Moms, I just sat around for a while. Continued my iPod project and edited some random ass videos. I'll be posting those random, half-assed videos online soon. Later Jon and I went to Nicks hockey game at the Osseo arena. It was a good but dissapointing game. Nicks team fell behind 3-0 early but climbed back in and eventually took the lead. The last period was closing with the score 4-3 in Nicks advantage but Edina scored with about 40 secs left and the game ended in a tie. A fucking waste of a win. It was a really good game though. Nick had some mean hits and he managed to score a goal. The drive there and back Jon and I tried to find some Cannibal Corpse songs that we might recognize on my iPod. Non yet. I managed to get all the way to Dane Cook today. Hopefully I can get F tommorrow. I plan to wake up earlier tommorrow. Otherwise no plans yet agian. I need to go to Hot Topic and return a shirt Jon got me for my birthday. I need to go to Blockbuster and return Monster House which we watched over the weekend during our Youth Group party. I need to go to Platos Closet and try and find me a plain black long sleeve layering t-shirt. I want to go to the movie theater before breaks end. I havent gone for a while. I also want to get one more football game in before break ends. Ben is coming over Thursday and we are planning to write some sweet ass songs, hopefully haha. Dean comes "Home" that night as well. Might be a good night for another Applebees run...maybe I shouldnt go to Bees tommorrow, but we could just go twice. Its just that sweet. We hung out with Brian May over the weekend and he requested a copy of the old The Hood video. I got that running upstairs. I will get that to him tommorrow and if he has time I want to sit down and watch that him. Look back at what we found funny 4 years ago. God damn its going to be weird. I am so glad I find video editing so fun. When you get to look back on old videos, it sends so many feelings and emotions through your body. Its pretty amazing.
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Random Blurbs
God damn my last week of break feels unorthodox. It also seems liek it is going so fast and is actually very stressful. It feels like I am having to remember stuff to do and just a shit load of little things. I cant explain the feeling. It feels like there is always something hovering over my head and I cant get rid of it. Its the feeling you get when you have something on the tip of your tongue but cant get it fully out. I dont know, I'm just living my final week to fast.
I have a list of shit to do. I need to finish my "Pimp My iPod" project and I'm just getting through the C's. I need to clean my laptop out. I want to make a movie while I can. The other day while we were at Cub Foods I bought some corn startch so that I could try and make some fake blood. I needed to buy some red food coloring but those son bitches are expensive. I figured I dont even know if this is going to work so I would test the corn stratch and see if I can make the formula and then add some sort of coloring. I still need to find me a plain black long sleeve layering t-shirt. On top of all that I need to just chill, have fun and relax. I also want to write my song before breaks end and for that to happen I need Ben to have time. On top of all this, I just lost my fucking brand new iTrip that Ben bought me for my birthday. I didnt even have that thing for a week. The last time I remember seeing it is at Dawsons house when I took it off to put more songs on my iPod since the new iTrip goes into the bottom USB port. I remember taking it off, but I cant seem to find in anywhere, hence it is lost. I need to search Dawsons house a little more and my house. It would sure be nice to have a fucking iTrip agian. And I am to broke right now to drop $25 dollars for a new employee bought iTrip. FUCK!
Otherwise I've been sitting around doing the same old shit. We put it the Dane Cook Tourgasm documentary DVD for a little while at Dawsons this morning and I've come to realize I am fascinated by the tour life. I think it would be the ultimate experience. I love road trips, and when I'm chilling with friends I am sitting on my ass doing nothing but video games and dvds anywho. Then I lead myself to think, if I did it 4 months like many entertainers do, would I go crazy and just be sick of it? Still, it sounds like an amazing experience.
Lately, some of my friends have been so annoying. They aren't doing extremely gay shit or anything, but some of the hypocritical, ignorant and just stupid ass shit they say eats away at me. Probably about 3 of my friends just fall into the same group. The three of them have to exact same "focky" (Thats fucking cocky) personality. They always have to be right and they always have to be better then the next person when they are actually some of the least talented people I have ever come across. And they are so ignorant that they just yell shit all the time to put people down. I just wish they could take a step back and see them selves. I highly doubt this would ever happen because they are some of the most self centered people you will ever come across. Maybe self centered isn't the right word, but fuck it. Half my brain is trying to find my iTrip still. I wish I could list specific examples that occurred recently but I cant/wont in fear that it will offend some people. Maybe I will do it tommorrow morning or something. I fear that I am actually blind as they are and cant see myself doing the same thing. That would be the worst to find that out. I pride myself on being able to see the whole picture and make rational and reasonable judgements. The weirdest thing, and I feel horrible that I participate, is that the three rip on each other all the time. And they rest of the group joins in on the bashing cause everything they say of each other is true. But what they dont understand is what they are saying applies to them as well. No one has the heart to tell them because of the way they are. They would just reject the fact that they could maybe be wrong and reverse the criticism to the teller. They need to understand that the world might not revolve around them and god hasnt blessed them with the talent to do everything. Actually, god probably hasnt blessed them with any talent except for be blind. This sounds like the most D-Bag thing I can say, and it makes me sound like a huge hypocrit, but know that I am saying this knowing I come off that way and know that I dont mean it like that, but I probably am better at pretty much every single thing. There has to be a few exceptions, but still. Forgive me if my last statement is unforgivable, I dont mean it in a bashing manner but rather in an informative manner. But dont get me wrong, they are still pretty good people at heart. Actually one of the dudes probably has one of the kindest, yet tempered, hearts you will ever come across. They are good people and for the most part I am very greatful that I have crossed paths with them in life, but sometimes it just burns to be around them and their "Frocky," ignorant, and blind personalities. God damn I am a mean person haha. But my blogs are here for me to vent.
Let me ask you this. Do you think it is better to lead someone to think they are right to make them feel good or tell them the truth and ruin their whole world? Do you think it is okay to talk trash behind someones back because you cant confront someone of their wrongs? You need to vent when something is bothering you. I always believed in doing the "right" thing. Always tell the truth because in the end its much better. Well I still believe in that, but it is fucking hard. How can you just take down the support beams to what someone has believed in for so long? Its tough.
I have a list of shit to do. I need to finish my "Pimp My iPod" project and I'm just getting through the C's. I need to clean my laptop out. I want to make a movie while I can. The other day while we were at Cub Foods I bought some corn startch so that I could try and make some fake blood. I needed to buy some red food coloring but those son bitches are expensive. I figured I dont even know if this is going to work so I would test the corn stratch and see if I can make the formula and then add some sort of coloring. I still need to find me a plain black long sleeve layering t-shirt. On top of all that I need to just chill, have fun and relax. I also want to write my song before breaks end and for that to happen I need Ben to have time. On top of all this, I just lost my fucking brand new iTrip that Ben bought me for my birthday. I didnt even have that thing for a week. The last time I remember seeing it is at Dawsons house when I took it off to put more songs on my iPod since the new iTrip goes into the bottom USB port. I remember taking it off, but I cant seem to find in anywhere, hence it is lost. I need to search Dawsons house a little more and my house. It would sure be nice to have a fucking iTrip agian. And I am to broke right now to drop $25 dollars for a new employee bought iTrip. FUCK!
Otherwise I've been sitting around doing the same old shit. We put it the Dane Cook Tourgasm documentary DVD for a little while at Dawsons this morning and I've come to realize I am fascinated by the tour life. I think it would be the ultimate experience. I love road trips, and when I'm chilling with friends I am sitting on my ass doing nothing but video games and dvds anywho. Then I lead myself to think, if I did it 4 months like many entertainers do, would I go crazy and just be sick of it? Still, it sounds like an amazing experience.
Lately, some of my friends have been so annoying. They aren't doing extremely gay shit or anything, but some of the hypocritical, ignorant and just stupid ass shit they say eats away at me. Probably about 3 of my friends just fall into the same group. The three of them have to exact same "focky" (Thats fucking cocky) personality. They always have to be right and they always have to be better then the next person when they are actually some of the least talented people I have ever come across. And they are so ignorant that they just yell shit all the time to put people down. I just wish they could take a step back and see them selves. I highly doubt this would ever happen because they are some of the most self centered people you will ever come across. Maybe self centered isn't the right word, but fuck it. Half my brain is trying to find my iTrip still. I wish I could list specific examples that occurred recently but I cant/wont in fear that it will offend some people. Maybe I will do it tommorrow morning or something. I fear that I am actually blind as they are and cant see myself doing the same thing. That would be the worst to find that out. I pride myself on being able to see the whole picture and make rational and reasonable judgements. The weirdest thing, and I feel horrible that I participate, is that the three rip on each other all the time. And they rest of the group joins in on the bashing cause everything they say of each other is true. But what they dont understand is what they are saying applies to them as well. No one has the heart to tell them because of the way they are. They would just reject the fact that they could maybe be wrong and reverse the criticism to the teller. They need to understand that the world might not revolve around them and god hasnt blessed them with the talent to do everything. Actually, god probably hasnt blessed them with any talent except for be blind. This sounds like the most D-Bag thing I can say, and it makes me sound like a huge hypocrit, but know that I am saying this knowing I come off that way and know that I dont mean it like that, but I probably am better at pretty much every single thing. There has to be a few exceptions, but still. Forgive me if my last statement is unforgivable, I dont mean it in a bashing manner but rather in an informative manner. But dont get me wrong, they are still pretty good people at heart. Actually one of the dudes probably has one of the kindest, yet tempered, hearts you will ever come across. They are good people and for the most part I am very greatful that I have crossed paths with them in life, but sometimes it just burns to be around them and their "Frocky," ignorant, and blind personalities. God damn I am a mean person haha. But my blogs are here for me to vent.
Let me ask you this. Do you think it is better to lead someone to think they are right to make them feel good or tell them the truth and ruin their whole world? Do you think it is okay to talk trash behind someones back because you cant confront someone of their wrongs? You need to vent when something is bothering you. I always believed in doing the "right" thing. Always tell the truth because in the end its much better. Well I still believe in that, but it is fucking hard. How can you just take down the support beams to what someone has believed in for so long? Its tough.
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Been Busy
I havent been able to blog cause my daily schedule has been out of rhythem and alot of cool stuff has happened over that time that I should note. But I really dont remember alot of the things in detail anymore and there were some topics I was going to touch on that didnt involve experince and rather just stuff I thought about. I cant really write about them now and that sucks. So I am going to copy and paste Peters MySpace blog so I can atleast have the memories of some of the events that went down. Its the next best thing. I'll post it after a little blurb of my own.
Last night Andy and I watched the Dallas vs. Seattle game and it was a fucking sweet game! Tony Romo fumbled the feild goal and Dallas couldnt go up. They got the ball back for one more hail mary but wasnt able to convert it. The rest of the day prior to playoff watching was dedicated to the church Youth Group. We have pizza and movie night. It actually turned out to be alot of fun.
Peters Blog:
We went to Spin last Thursday and did the whole "club" scene but it felt like a concert with how much pushing there was and the total lack of space to dance in. I felt like elbowing people (Bow-nessa) just to get a little space. Wasn't one of the better nights, but the people were great (as always) and Perkins after was amazing (random assortment of people but all good). My ears are still ringing slightly from the bass.
Today was very random to say the least. I woke up much too late to enjoy a proper lunch (or any lunch at all) since Nick and I were meeting up at 3 to go and buy Min's birthday present plus I needed to pay for part of my tuition at NHCC and it was payday at work and I was very broke. So I got tuition out of the way first then I met up with Nick and we drove up to Warner's Stellian (We Work Harder To Earn Your Business!) and I picked up my check and then Nick and I went to my bank to cash it in. After all that we finally made it Ridgedale and worked our way to Spencer's Gifts where we proceeded to TRY and buy this four player game where you hold onto this handle thing and then you have to push the button attached to it before the others do when the music stops or it shocks the last 3. Pretty sweet game. Regardless, we get there and we don't see any left so we ask the guy if there's anymore and he said that he literally just sold the last one and we're like "Fuck!" since we had another idea but that was our best one. After a few minutes of standing there pissed off, we decide to look around Ridgedale since I bought a new belt buckle at Spencer's and I wanted a tacky, white belt to go with it. While we were walking around, Nick said, "Wouldn't it be weird if Jon bought that last game?" to which I replied, "That wouldn't happen. Jon wouldn't spend that much money on a present." We both agreed and I bought a belt at Zumiez and then we rolled back to Grove/Plymouth.
We picked up Nick's hot ride and then went to Min's house and met up with Min, Dick, Leah, Ben and Ben's g/f Shar. We walked inside and on the bar counter in Min's basement sat, lo and behold, the stupid shocking game! Nick and I had nothing to say but, "Did Jon buy that?..." to which Min responded, "Yeah! It's fuggin' sweet!" After that, Nick and I lost it! How sweet was it that Nick called that shit back at RD, but how fucking lame is it that we were out of a gift idea. While it was a win/ lose situation, we were both pretty pissed since we figured Jon was going to get Min something different. The lucky bastard has a hockey tourny this weekend so we can't kill him 'til he gets back. Regardless, we played the game (I can still feel the shock...) and Catchphrase with everyone. Ben and Shar went back to B-Town which left Min, Nick, Dick, and I without anything to do before or tri-weekly run to Applebees. We went to World Market to buy some cool snacks, but everything is way too expensive so we said F that noise and went to Plato's Closet to find Min a long sleeve black shirt. When we barely made it in the store the employees told us they were closing so we promptly left in an even worse mood and walked over to D in The V. Nick bought some stink bombs and I almost bought a poster, but I was burning through my paycheck much too fast so I stopped myself. We went to Cub next and Nick and I bought some Munchies to hold us over until Applebees. We went back to Min's house and watched Dick play GAW until A-Christ got off work.
Finally, we made it to Applebees and it was real busy, but since we had a smaller group, we got in pretty quick. We sat down and the plan was to:
A) Scope out a hot server.
B) Ask for her to be our server.
C) Request her weekly to build a "relationship" so that...
D) We could get stuff for "On The House."
A, B, and C didn't happen, but strangely enough, D did. They took forever to get Andy his fries so me, Nick, and Andy got ours for "On The House" which is always a good thing thanks to Andy's quick wit. Most nights we sit and bitch about something or talk sports, but tonight we actually had a solid convo. Min was complaining about "religion" and how he felt is was organized robbery of the mass populous of the world. And while religion is supposed to be the source of peace, it seems to be the greatest instigator for war. Andy is a history major so he had a lot of the history down and he covered that end while I spat out knowledge of the Lutheran faith and The Bible and all that jive. It was a great convo that lasted for at least an hour and it was nothing but un-interrupted talk which was nice for a change. I like going to A-Bees with Jon and the other guys, but it was nice to have a deep convo with guys that were genuinely into the topic. I don't know where Jon, Dean, or Mitch stand with their faith, but I have a much better understanding of where Min, Nick and Andy are. And I found some stuff out about myself too. Which brings me to my next topic...
Nick said that he was going to read The Bible and figure more out about what it says and where his faith lies, to which Andy and Min responded in kind that they would do it too. And when I got home tonight, I decided I was going to get deeper into my faith and really dig around and see what it's about. I've been a pretty un-Godly person as of late, and I'm sure it shows. But it's a new year and I'd like to try my best to be a better all around person and the one way I can truly achieve that is by being a better person in Christ. And while I'll slip up and falter, I will try my very best at this because it will only better my life. God has a strange way of sneaking back into your life, but I'm glad he chose tonight. My iTunes was on shuffle and the song that came up when I started writing this was "Best of You" by the Foo Fighters. It made me think about who was getting the best of me, and sadly, I can say that no one is truly getting the best of me. And this is another reason why I need to change my life around. I've been a terrible friend, a terrible son, a terrible student, and a terrible person for far too long. Now is the time to make a change. I have a new year, a new age (20) and a new outlook on life. I'm armed with the right tool and the right drive, and I know that I can do it. Any help that you guys can give me would be greatly appreciated since it's not going to be easy for me.
But back to the night. We got home around 12ish and we went over to B-May's house since he was having people over. It was nice to see him again and some of the guys from high school too. Me, Andy, and Min don't drink so we just kinda sat around and talked nerd for an hour and a half, taking small breaks to talk to Brian and the various random drunks there. It was a nice way to end the night, just chill and mull things over. I would call today a big success and I'm glad that I got to share it with some of my really good friends. If you're still around, I'd love to see you before you leave for school. I hope everyone is having a great semester/ break/ or whatever you're on right now. Right now I'm going to bed so I can catch some football before I start my day. I hope everyone is good, and I'll see you when fate decides to throw us together again.
-Pete
I'll try a little harder to keep back on track. I had some really good things to say about this past weekend. What a waste!
Last night Andy and I watched the Dallas vs. Seattle game and it was a fucking sweet game! Tony Romo fumbled the feild goal and Dallas couldnt go up. They got the ball back for one more hail mary but wasnt able to convert it. The rest of the day prior to playoff watching was dedicated to the church Youth Group. We have pizza and movie night. It actually turned out to be alot of fun.
Peters Blog:
We went to Spin last Thursday and did the whole "club" scene but it felt like a concert with how much pushing there was and the total lack of space to dance in. I felt like elbowing people (Bow-nessa) just to get a little space. Wasn't one of the better nights, but the people were great (as always) and Perkins after was amazing (random assortment of people but all good). My ears are still ringing slightly from the bass.
Today was very random to say the least. I woke up much too late to enjoy a proper lunch (or any lunch at all) since Nick and I were meeting up at 3 to go and buy Min's birthday present plus I needed to pay for part of my tuition at NHCC and it was payday at work and I was very broke. So I got tuition out of the way first then I met up with Nick and we drove up to Warner's Stellian (We Work Harder To Earn Your Business!) and I picked up my check and then Nick and I went to my bank to cash it in. After all that we finally made it Ridgedale and worked our way to Spencer's Gifts where we proceeded to TRY and buy this four player game where you hold onto this handle thing and then you have to push the button attached to it before the others do when the music stops or it shocks the last 3. Pretty sweet game. Regardless, we get there and we don't see any left so we ask the guy if there's anymore and he said that he literally just sold the last one and we're like "Fuck!" since we had another idea but that was our best one. After a few minutes of standing there pissed off, we decide to look around Ridgedale since I bought a new belt buckle at Spencer's and I wanted a tacky, white belt to go with it. While we were walking around, Nick said, "Wouldn't it be weird if Jon bought that last game?" to which I replied, "That wouldn't happen. Jon wouldn't spend that much money on a present." We both agreed and I bought a belt at Zumiez and then we rolled back to Grove/Plymouth.
We picked up Nick's hot ride and then went to Min's house and met up with Min, Dick, Leah, Ben and Ben's g/f Shar. We walked inside and on the bar counter in Min's basement sat, lo and behold, the stupid shocking game! Nick and I had nothing to say but, "Did Jon buy that?..." to which Min responded, "Yeah! It's fuggin' sweet!" After that, Nick and I lost it! How sweet was it that Nick called that shit back at RD, but how fucking lame is it that we were out of a gift idea. While it was a win/ lose situation, we were both pretty pissed since we figured Jon was going to get Min something different. The lucky bastard has a hockey tourny this weekend so we can't kill him 'til he gets back. Regardless, we played the game (I can still feel the shock...) and Catchphrase with everyone. Ben and Shar went back to B-Town which left Min, Nick, Dick, and I without anything to do before or tri-weekly run to Applebees. We went to World Market to buy some cool snacks, but everything is way too expensive so we said F that noise and went to Plato's Closet to find Min a long sleeve black shirt. When we barely made it in the store the employees told us they were closing so we promptly left in an even worse mood and walked over to D in The V. Nick bought some stink bombs and I almost bought a poster, but I was burning through my paycheck much too fast so I stopped myself. We went to Cub next and Nick and I bought some Munchies to hold us over until Applebees. We went back to Min's house and watched Dick play GAW until A-Christ got off work.
Finally, we made it to Applebees and it was real busy, but since we had a smaller group, we got in pretty quick. We sat down and the plan was to:
A) Scope out a hot server.
B) Ask for her to be our server.
C) Request her weekly to build a "relationship" so that...
D) We could get stuff for "On The House."
A, B, and C didn't happen, but strangely enough, D did. They took forever to get Andy his fries so me, Nick, and Andy got ours for "On The House" which is always a good thing thanks to Andy's quick wit. Most nights we sit and bitch about something or talk sports, but tonight we actually had a solid convo. Min was complaining about "religion" and how he felt is was organized robbery of the mass populous of the world. And while religion is supposed to be the source of peace, it seems to be the greatest instigator for war. Andy is a history major so he had a lot of the history down and he covered that end while I spat out knowledge of the Lutheran faith and The Bible and all that jive. It was a great convo that lasted for at least an hour and it was nothing but un-interrupted talk which was nice for a change. I like going to A-Bees with Jon and the other guys, but it was nice to have a deep convo with guys that were genuinely into the topic. I don't know where Jon, Dean, or Mitch stand with their faith, but I have a much better understanding of where Min, Nick and Andy are. And I found some stuff out about myself too. Which brings me to my next topic...
Nick said that he was going to read The Bible and figure more out about what it says and where his faith lies, to which Andy and Min responded in kind that they would do it too. And when I got home tonight, I decided I was going to get deeper into my faith and really dig around and see what it's about. I've been a pretty un-Godly person as of late, and I'm sure it shows. But it's a new year and I'd like to try my best to be a better all around person and the one way I can truly achieve that is by being a better person in Christ. And while I'll slip up and falter, I will try my very best at this because it will only better my life. God has a strange way of sneaking back into your life, but I'm glad he chose tonight. My iTunes was on shuffle and the song that came up when I started writing this was "Best of You" by the Foo Fighters. It made me think about who was getting the best of me, and sadly, I can say that no one is truly getting the best of me. And this is another reason why I need to change my life around. I've been a terrible friend, a terrible son, a terrible student, and a terrible person for far too long. Now is the time to make a change. I have a new year, a new age (20) and a new outlook on life. I'm armed with the right tool and the right drive, and I know that I can do it. Any help that you guys can give me would be greatly appreciated since it's not going to be easy for me.
But back to the night. We got home around 12ish and we went over to B-May's house since he was having people over. It was nice to see him again and some of the guys from high school too. Me, Andy, and Min don't drink so we just kinda sat around and talked nerd for an hour and a half, taking small breaks to talk to Brian and the various random drunks there. It was a nice way to end the night, just chill and mull things over. I would call today a big success and I'm glad that I got to share it with some of my really good friends. If you're still around, I'd love to see you before you leave for school. I hope everyone is having a great semester/ break/ or whatever you're on right now. Right now I'm going to bed so I can catch some football before I start my day. I hope everyone is good, and I'll see you when fate decides to throw us together again.
-Pete
I'll try a little harder to keep back on track. I had some really good things to say about this past weekend. What a waste!
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Offically Mature
In about a half hour (I think) from when finish this sentence I will be 20 and no longer a teenager and that sucks. Peter Leisen was the first one first one to wish me a happy 20th birthday so thank you Peter. He knew it was technically my birthday before I did. Shortly after my sister sent me a text which was really nice of her since it was really late and she has school the next (or this) morning. Dawson wished me a happy birthday when I left and Andy hollered at me when he dropped me off. Skye texted me a happy birthday wish while on the way home from Dawsons. When I got home I had a MySpace birthday wish from McKenna and an early facebook wish from Dar. Barnett wished me a happy birthday via AIM the other day as well. I kinda dont like talking about my birthday cause it makes me feel like an attention seeking prick. But there is no denying that it is indeed my Birfday. I have nothing big planned. Really I've had nothing to do at all for these last few days. Ben is coming over tommorrow which makes me happy because with him I can atleast play Halo with him and listen to and write music. Honestly, at this point in my musical life, I could write music with Ben all day. But I think that would be extremely broing for him. Something about being creative and doing what ever the hell you want is so me. Working toward an end purpose that represents you is very appealing. Peter is going to the dance club tommorrow so if a few other people I know want to go, I might be going to that. It would be a nice change up and it would be something to do. Back to music though. I've noticed and people pointed out today that I've been dressing different lately. More "emo" I guess you could call it. Before I thought it would just be weird to dress like that. I thought those people were doing that just to get into the "scene." But it doesnt matter to me anymore. During this past tough time in my life, music has helped me in so many ways. I always read articles from young music listeners about how music "Saved My Life" blah blah blah. Although I never had suicidal thoughts, I can say music has kept my life together long enough for me to make it through my troubles while staying sane. Music helped me vent alone. Music listined to me and I listined to it. Music helped me release my emotions. So if the way I dress can express my debt to music so be it. I dont think I look "Emo" and I dont want to with the tight pants and shirt, but lets say "Indie." An alternative way to express my personalized style and thanks to music. I know there are alot of "Emo" haters out there and thats fine. Fuck them. They just dont understand. This all still sounds gay to me, but it worth it. And hey, its a challenge I put on myself to be more honest in 2007. Even if that means I put myself out there for embarrassment. Fuck everyone haha. But ya, if they way I dress can express what type of music I listen to and how deeply I feel for it, perfect. Mission complete.
Today was another slugglish day. Woke up, ran around and did chores with my Mom and had lunch with her. I started my "Re-Pimp Your iPod" project today and it should take me a while to finish. I am converting all my songs into 128bit MP3s then putting them onto my iPod one artist at a time. I want my iPod to be perfect. Agian, music is worth it. I am also going to use the new iTunes tool and paste all the album artwork into all my songs. Right now I got through all the numbers and through Acceptance. I have to convert the over sized MP3s into AAC to save room on my iPod and then convert them into 128bit MP3s to save room on my harddrive. Then I have to organize everything on my harddrive so I know where everything is. It makes it tough when I have singles from artists cause its gay making a whole folder for one song. "Its all worth reaching for."
Later Dawson came over and we ran around the Shoppes for a little while then went to his place. We did some sweet 2 player Guiatr Heroing and then I helped him on a video project for a little while. I really dont think I am good at video editing but seeing a beginners work and my work kind of opens my eyes. It feels like I've been doing to same thing for years now but after today I see that I really have improved over the years. What seemed to basic to me, doesnt come easy to everyone. Videos have a certian rhythm to them and maybe music helps me there agian. Haha, fucking music. Makes me wonder if I still work at it, if I can still get better. Its pretty amazing that I taught myself how to do all this and the natural talent that I was blessed with (Haha, that sounds REALLY REALLY cocky but I didnt know how else to state that. Forgive me, I dont mean to sound like a prick. I mean everything I saw humbly and modestly). After I helped with that we went for a quick Wendys run then we watched House of Wax. I love me my shitty horror and sci-fi movies. This one didnt dissapoint. I really like the wonderful quotes you get from the stupid protagonists as they buckle under pressure. People could turn stupid from watching all the stupid moves and choices in horror movies. Later Andy came over and we went to Applebees which was kind of a waste since I wasnt that hungry and we didnt go to our usual Applebees. I shouldnt have eaten anything cause I wasnt hungry and now its just going to turn into fat. Oh well. After we just sat around and watched Dawson's tube. House of the Dead 2 was on for a little while so we watched it for a little while.
Happy 4th of Jan everyone! Its a magical day! haha.
Today was another slugglish day. Woke up, ran around and did chores with my Mom and had lunch with her. I started my "Re-Pimp Your iPod" project today and it should take me a while to finish. I am converting all my songs into 128bit MP3s then putting them onto my iPod one artist at a time. I want my iPod to be perfect. Agian, music is worth it. I am also going to use the new iTunes tool and paste all the album artwork into all my songs. Right now I got through all the numbers and through Acceptance. I have to convert the over sized MP3s into AAC to save room on my iPod and then convert them into 128bit MP3s to save room on my harddrive. Then I have to organize everything on my harddrive so I know where everything is. It makes it tough when I have singles from artists cause its gay making a whole folder for one song. "Its all worth reaching for."
Later Dawson came over and we ran around the Shoppes for a little while then went to his place. We did some sweet 2 player Guiatr Heroing and then I helped him on a video project for a little while. I really dont think I am good at video editing but seeing a beginners work and my work kind of opens my eyes. It feels like I've been doing to same thing for years now but after today I see that I really have improved over the years. What seemed to basic to me, doesnt come easy to everyone. Videos have a certian rhythm to them and maybe music helps me there agian. Haha, fucking music. Makes me wonder if I still work at it, if I can still get better. Its pretty amazing that I taught myself how to do all this and the natural talent that I was blessed with (Haha, that sounds REALLY REALLY cocky but I didnt know how else to state that. Forgive me, I dont mean to sound like a prick. I mean everything I saw humbly and modestly). After I helped with that we went for a quick Wendys run then we watched House of Wax. I love me my shitty horror and sci-fi movies. This one didnt dissapoint. I really like the wonderful quotes you get from the stupid protagonists as they buckle under pressure. People could turn stupid from watching all the stupid moves and choices in horror movies. Later Andy came over and we went to Applebees which was kind of a waste since I wasnt that hungry and we didnt go to our usual Applebees. I shouldnt have eaten anything cause I wasnt hungry and now its just going to turn into fat. Oh well. After we just sat around and watched Dawson's tube. House of the Dead 2 was on for a little while so we watched it for a little while.
Happy 4th of Jan everyone! Its a magical day! haha.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
3 Blogs in one Day?!
Yes, indeed. Its just been done! Haha...real special Min...
I just got back from a Applebees lunch with the family. I got the cowboy burger. I was going to say the usual cowboy burger but now'a days I only go with the crew after 9 and get half priced boneless wings. And frankly I'm quite sick of the cowboy burger. The greese factor on that son bitch is to intense. Andy has become a vegetarian and I think that has slightly motivated me to eat a little healthier. The whole winter break I've monitered my diet but being around Andy helps me be more conscience of it. The whole winter break I've been wanting to visit the thrift store more frequently but being that I am carless has made it very tough. And honestly, if I dont force my friends and yell at them a little, they would rather just sit in the basement and sit around. But I feel horrible making my friends get up and drive me to a place I want to go. So I just scrape the thrift store idea unless they want to. My friends cant decide for them selves and I could be more of a leader figure, but I dont want to be rude either. I've come realize that my friends dont like to be challanged or challenege them selves. I think Dean, Andy, Ben and I are the only ones with enough "sight" and heart to challenge ourselves to help us become better people. Sometimes not Dean, but he is better then the others.
Not much to update on since this is my third blog in less then 12 hours and its only 2 hours past noon. I was thinking the next few days of my break might be lame since Jon has to go to school tommorrow and Mitch managed to break his car agian, but Peter and I planned some things our and Ben and I have some plans in line. So it might turn out that these next few days might be more eventful then the prior two weeks of my break. We will see and of course I will jot down my thoughts on my life here. I pretty much do this knowing that in two years I am going to read all my old blogs and laugh at myself. Its amazing how much someone changes. You cant tell when you are changing slightly over time, but when you can look at life in intervals, you see dramatic chnages. This is my way of leaving little memos of me.
I just had a great talk with two people we might not expect I'd be having great talks with. It was the first time I talked to more then 5 people on AIM for a LONG LONG time. I talked to Skye and Mack about life, school and stress. Its special that I can just say hi to people and talk about the deeper things in life with people that I am not all that close to. I mean I caring person and I care about them with all my heart. I am not an evil person at all so its just how I feel about people. But I wouldnt say I am as close to Skye and Mack when I compare them to Jon or Dean. It sounds like they are going through the same things as me. I really feel for them and I wish we were closer so that I could talk to them and help them.
I am listening to Brand New right now. They are amazing. Their lyrics are so dark and perfect.
I just got back from a Applebees lunch with the family. I got the cowboy burger. I was going to say the usual cowboy burger but now'a days I only go with the crew after 9 and get half priced boneless wings. And frankly I'm quite sick of the cowboy burger. The greese factor on that son bitch is to intense. Andy has become a vegetarian and I think that has slightly motivated me to eat a little healthier. The whole winter break I've monitered my diet but being around Andy helps me be more conscience of it. The whole winter break I've been wanting to visit the thrift store more frequently but being that I am carless has made it very tough. And honestly, if I dont force my friends and yell at them a little, they would rather just sit in the basement and sit around. But I feel horrible making my friends get up and drive me to a place I want to go. So I just scrape the thrift store idea unless they want to. My friends cant decide for them selves and I could be more of a leader figure, but I dont want to be rude either. I've come realize that my friends dont like to be challanged or challenege them selves. I think Dean, Andy, Ben and I are the only ones with enough "sight" and heart to challenge ourselves to help us become better people. Sometimes not Dean, but he is better then the others.
Not much to update on since this is my third blog in less then 12 hours and its only 2 hours past noon. I was thinking the next few days of my break might be lame since Jon has to go to school tommorrow and Mitch managed to break his car agian, but Peter and I planned some things our and Ben and I have some plans in line. So it might turn out that these next few days might be more eventful then the prior two weeks of my break. We will see and of course I will jot down my thoughts on my life here. I pretty much do this knowing that in two years I am going to read all my old blogs and laugh at myself. Its amazing how much someone changes. You cant tell when you are changing slightly over time, but when you can look at life in intervals, you see dramatic chnages. This is my way of leaving little memos of me.
I just had a great talk with two people we might not expect I'd be having great talks with. It was the first time I talked to more then 5 people on AIM for a LONG LONG time. I talked to Skye and Mack about life, school and stress. Its special that I can just say hi to people and talk about the deeper things in life with people that I am not all that close to. I mean I caring person and I care about them with all my heart. I am not an evil person at all so its just how I feel about people. But I wouldnt say I am as close to Skye and Mack when I compare them to Jon or Dean. It sounds like they are going through the same things as me. I really feel for them and I wish we were closer so that I could talk to them and help them.
I am listening to Brand New right now. They are amazing. Their lyrics are so dark and perfect.
2007 Madness
Jesus 2007 has been moving quickly so far! I rang 2007 in with my family and friends. After the ball dropped, The Hood and I pranced around the neighborhood in our boxers, screaming like little pansies while digging around in the fresh snow. The new years party at Jon's was suppose to be a one day thing, but because of the snow, Connie (Jon's mother and my second mother for those who don't know) told everyone to spend the night and avoid the dangerous road conditions. I could write a whole blog, or novel! about how much the Franklin family has helped me and the kindness and generosity they have showed my over the years, but that would take forever so I will only touch on it. They are fucking amazing and some greater force has blessed me by putting them in my life. Anywho, back to 2006 to 2007. The last day of 2006 started out with a football game. Good, cause I love football. Its a shame that I didnt get to watch any football, but it was worth it. The snow fell very hard the whole day and it make for very slipper and interesting football conditions. The feild was very soggy and had spots of mud and slush but it was extremely fun to play in. Andy and I pretty much dominated the whole game, and therefore we won. Everyone else played like pansies and it was quite dissapointing. I dont see how a little snow effects your game that much. Personally, all sounds like a bunch of bull shit to me. Thats what separates the soliders (Andy, Dean and I) from the rest. No excuses, just hard work and effort. Oh, I regret to inform you that we missed out on collecting footage because we had no camera person. But I doubt you could see anything even if we tried since it was snowing so hard. Maybe next time eh? I love watching our football footage. Anywho, after football we all got cleaned up and had a little din din at Jons. Sat around, played some VG's (Mostly Melee) and then Leah and Natalie came over and we played Catch Phrase. Probably one of the most amazing games ever. What is really sad is how bad people are at the game. The first teams were Leah, Natalie, Andy and I vs. Jon, Peter, Mitch and Nick. Teams dont look bad on paper. I figured Andy and I haven't hung out for an extended period of time for a while and Leah and Natalie are...well...Leah and Natalie haha. But they are close friends so I thought it would even things out a little. On the other end, I figured Jon and Nick would click and Peter is pretty good at English. What I didnt consider is that everyone on their team is pretty narrow sighted and dont really see things from other peoples point of views. One of the worst Catch Phrase ass whoopings in history. Let me explain how bad it was. I dont remember if it was a skunk or not (I believe it was) but when the match ended, we hadn't finished one card. We beat them without usuing 75% of one card. After we had to switch teams. We moved Me and Andy to the team. We had to go into a tie breaker but in the end Andy and I were to much for the little girls. After we rang in the new year in our boxers (as mentioned before) we watched Jackass2. Damn that movie is good. Those guys are friggin crazy. I remember when I looked up to them haha. I went to bed pretty early. I woke up first but waking up first at sleep overs suck. Everyone else is sleeping and you have nothing to do. So I layed there on the couch for 2 hours until people started waking up. Nick left early because he had family chores he needed to tackle and Mitch left because he got called into work. OH! Side story! You do not want to sleep in the same room as PETER. He is the worst snorer EVER!! My Dad snores and Dick snores a little, but I've never been so bothered by someone snoring! It sounds like a bear playing with a jackhammer. It is the worst!! Anywho, I layed there on the couch and I could hear my phone going off because of texts but I was to lazy to read them. Jon woke up first and we killed some Sega together. When Peter and Andy woke up we played a shit load of Melee. After, we went out to Arbor Lakes but as we got there all the stores were packing up. We wanted to eat Chipotle but they were closed so I suggested that we go to Cub Foods and limit ourselves to a $20 budget and make our dinner. And thats what we did. It was fantastic. We made our selves some really intense subs. Andy had a eggplant sub since he is a fag/veggie eater. I had a turkey. Jon and Peter had a ham sub. This doesnt sound that special but you have to see the subs. They were pretty amazing. I will post the video on here one soon. We recorded most of the creatin of the subs. Jon goes back to school on Wed so I will have alot of time on my hands here. I will spending alot of time online haha. After we ate, we played more melee. Its pretty much been out lives these last 4 days. Peter left shortly. Andy, Jon and I continued to play more melee. I think more then 50% of our day was dedicated to Melee. Sad? I think not. After we spent some time watching the tube and we called it a night since Jon needs to get his sleeping pattern on track for school. And that put a wrap on the first day of 2007. I hope the remainder of my winter break can bing me such happiness.
Agian, Happy New Year everyone!
Agian, Happy New Year everyone!
2007!
Another year has come and left us. I hate having to think about the year that was. Knowing that all the good memories and all the fun times are all in the past. I hate knowing that I made alot of mistakes during 2006 and there is nothing I can do to fix them. I hate thinking about how unsure 2007 is going to be. But with risk comes reward and I hope I can look back when 2008 rolls around and tell myself you lived 2007 to the fullest. I think 2006 was the year I grew up. It could be that I feel that way only because its the year I remember most since it was the most recent. But it really could be the year that I learned alot about myself and the people around me. I am starting to feel the real life adult stresses (and it sucks haha) and I experienced my first heartbreak. It may seem like my 2006 sucked a little, but I am glad those growing pains chose 2006 to strike. 2006 also brought a new taste of music into my life. I am a devoted music listener. I mostly listen to Emo, Screamo, Post-Hardcore, indie rock. I try to explore more mainstream music so I'm not completely out of the loop, but its hard to listen to that crap since it is so horrible. In the past, I used to explore for more up and coming "rock" bands. But recently there whole "scene" has gotten very messy. There all these little "emo" bands out there and it makes it very difficult to find the really good bands since you have to dig through so many layers of shit bands. Like there is this one band Quality Under Pressure...and they rock! haha. Anywho, I dont really explore music that much anymore. I just wait for other people to sieve through the garbage for me and when a band rises I'll check them out and see if they are the real deal or if they are just a fling. I would advise everyone to check out the brand new Brand New cd if you haven't yet. It really is something else. If you are into darker more "emo" music. Agian, it could be that it is one of the most recent cds to come out and freshest in my mind, but I really feel like this cd will live for a long long time. Of course the Senses Fail cd came out in 2006 along with the lastest Underoath cd. Check those out as well!
It is only two days into 2007 and it already feels like time is moving to quick. I think overall 2006 was a very good year. I went to alot of concerts, spent time with people I really love, experienced life, and just lived to the fullest. But I hope 2007 brings even greater things. Greater people, experiences, music, and memories. Who knows, maybe I'll actually grow up, foregt about koodies and hook up with a girl haha. Maybe she will be the love of my life and my future wife. Probably not eh? haha. I hope you all had a wonderful 2006 and my best wishes for 2007!
It is only two days into 2007 and it already feels like time is moving to quick. I think overall 2006 was a very good year. I went to alot of concerts, spent time with people I really love, experienced life, and just lived to the fullest. But I hope 2007 brings even greater things. Greater people, experiences, music, and memories. Who knows, maybe I'll actually grow up, foregt about koodies and hook up with a girl haha. Maybe she will be the love of my life and my future wife. Probably not eh? haha. I hope you all had a wonderful 2006 and my best wishes for 2007!
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