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.

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!

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!