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!