9:10AM - OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG TBH
HALLEY'S COMING DOWN TODAY!
EEEEEE
Should be here around 5ish, 6ish.
TOO LONG TO WAIT.
EEEEEE
Current mood: 
excited
excitedCurrent music: Joe Strummer - Get Down Moses
When will Kellen Winslow Jr. learn to just shut up?
Cleveland's Tight End, the self-proclaimed best in the league, has opened his mouth again and will probably insert foot by the end of the Browns' matchup with their state rivals, the Cincinnatti Bengals.
Speaking to reporters, Winslow claimed that Browns cornerback Lee Bodden will "shut down 85" a reference to the outspoken Bengals receiver Chad Johnson. Winslow cites the Dec. 11 game where Bodden held Johnson to 2 catches and 22 yards, both season lows for the star wide receiver who caught 90 passes for 1400 yards.
Johnson blamed windy conditions on the mishaps, but still credited Bodden for his solid defensive play.
The issue here really isn't between Johnson and Bodden, but with Winslow, who, in his third year in the NFL, hasn't really done anything yet. He broke his leg in his first season and missed his second season after attempting wheelies on a motorcycle, subsequently injuring himself.
To open this season, Winslow told reporters that he at 90% was better than any other tight end in the league. Oh really? Winslow, you aren't even the best tight end in your own division. Sure, you have atheletic talent, but you need to be on the field. Learn to shut your mouth. Don't scream "I'm a warrior!" in the locker room after Miami wins a game. Don't proclaim yourself the best tight end when Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, Alge Crumpler, Todd Heap, Heath Miller and Dwight Clark are in the league. There are many proven tight ends at this suddenly talent-laden position.
Second, why are you even talking? People chided Roy Williams for guaranteeing a win despite the Lions opening loss. Well, you lost to the Saints. Despite the additions of Drew Brees and Reggie Bush, I will be surprised if the Saints have a winning season, especially with the departure of Dante Stallworth. The Browns offense was terrible. The defense wasn't much better. Cleveland has no shot against Cinncinatti, so just shut up.
I've decided that after all this time I want to keep some sort of blog. I don't really like myspace all that much, but I do know there are still people from the old days who use this. I coupled that with the fact that Facebook (ugh, why am I on these sites?) allows the importation of blogs. My goal was always to try and be better about keeping old friends informed about what happens in my life now that I have moved to Ohio.
That being said, I was reading BBCNews online and came across possibly the DUMBEST quote I have read in a long time, attributed to Condoleezza Rice, our Secretary of State:
'"If you allow that kind of vacuum, if you allow a failed state in that strategic location, you're going to pay for it," she said.'
Rice made this comment referring to the crisis in Afghanistan. Too little troops, bad international support basis, conflicting rules of engagement and a relatively ineffective government have created a rather chaotic situation.
Who would have thought that if the United States invaded a country where an oppressive regime existed and where terrorists hid, that a failure to follow through on our commitments would cause chaos?
With the United States focused on creating new opportunities for terrorists in Iraq, effectively establishing an ex post facto link to terrorism and Saddam's regime, we cannot smother existing beds of terrorists in Afghanistan.
Fight the right war. You know, the one the public supported from the beginning.
HALLEY'S COMING DOWN TODAY!
EEEEEE
Should be here around 5ish, 6ish.
TOO LONG TO WAIT.
EEEEEE
excitedDid you know that you got charged $1.35 for every call to Sprint's directory assistance? I sure as hell didn't.
Did you know that you got charged 30 cents when someone texts YOU? I did not.
Somehow I went over my anytime minutes (I have 300 of them) by 47 minutes which cost me another $18. Overall, my bill was $60 bucks. I can't afford to be paying that shit.
This month is horrendous money wise. I've got the conference. I'm trying to save some money for trips and Christmas presents and I've got Sprint sitting here fucking me in the ass.
What's worse is that there phone service itself told me my balance was 60 bucks. So what the hell?
Meh . . . they don't care.
angryFor some that harass me for me lack of updating, this deadjournal entry is meant for you:
School kinda sucks. I mean, I still love it, but I am so apathetic to this year. I've devoted so much of my time to Whim that I just don't really feel like putting in all the extra time for classes. I've skipped for in this fall semester than I ever dreamed I would. The sad thing is that it has hardly affected my grade. I guess I'm good like that. Taking 37 credits this year is going to be horrendous. Well, actually, next semester, though I'm taking more credits, should be easier. It will be filled with mostly 100-level classes just so I can graduate on time.
Aside from that:
exhaustedAfter a long, rough week of me being sick, I just want to make a small notation designed to be nothing more than personal to myself:
I love Halley. I don't want another.
exhaustedIf I had a Ninja-Pirate themed wedding, who would go?
I'd want to keep it well-stocked with lush Radford students, kind of like a Sidney redux.
I'm thinking of passing out dollar store ninja and pirate swords to the guests. Of course, the groom shall be the ninja and the bride will be the pirate. All corresponding guests will have to dress properly.
No storm troopers.
I could accept a robot . . . or a ninja with a robot arm.
Lenny Kravitz is also banned.
There will be two bars. One serving sake and the other serving rum. I strongly encourage inter-bar drinking . . . it is the only way to fully appreciate the culture.
We figure there can be some traditional food - sushi, rice, seafood and chicken.
Maybe we can throw some Mongols and French privateer's into the mix.
Who knows?!
Ideas are welcome!!
Who's down?
giddyI've had a lot to bitch about.
My German teacher annoys the fuck out of me. He goes off on tangents and makes more inapporpriate jokes. He's smart. He knows his German. But it takes the guy twenty-minutes to take role and start class . . . normally this wouldn't be an issue, but he has kept class going for an average of five-minutes per day after the class has ended. I would just get up and walk out, but we have been in the middle of dictations that are being GRADED.
I also hate people. In my German class there are a large number of Freshmen. Not only are they language incompetant, but they also are adjusting to what expectations college professors have on them. They make stupid remarks, think they are funny, suck up to the professors and are basically leaking adulation for this Marine guy in class. They. Won't. Shut. Up.
Something's missing from this semester (so far) and I think it is called enjoyment. For the first time in my college career I actually feel slightly miserable. I don't have time for shit. I'm reading excessive amounts of material for classes, I have to basically teach myself German, I'm paranoid about the math in Astronomy and it just doesn't have the feel of getting better. I come home and need to either read, go work out, or do some other work.
Hopefully it will die down once Whim is published . . . but even then I am worried about it getting busier. With my schedule, can I afford to have an entire night where I am isolated in the student media lab? Do I have enough time to devote to Whim to achieve all my goals? Will I make it out of this semester without losing my insanity?
To compoud the issues I miss my fucking girlfriend. A lot. This is that double-edged sword with being in a long distance relationship. I love her a lot and I miss her and it makes things seem harder and better all at the same time. That is the paradox.
I just pray that things will settle down. I'll get into a grove of what I actually need to read for classes and what I don't need to read for classes and how intensive I need to hit this German and what shape I'll be in for astronomy. Perhaps, in the end, I just need to accept something that won't be an A . . . but that's just tough to swallow.
annoyedMeeting tomorrow at 8:30am.
Hard to believe that 18 hours ago I was waking up in Ohio. A six hour drive isn't all that taxing, though the hills of West Virginia do make me feel a little claustrophobic.
The hardest part of saying goodbye is the tears that stream down her cheeks. It just makes me want to stay.
Still, the pictures are cute. I'll spend tonight in a bed with no one to steal the covers in the middle of the night for the first time in 13 days. No extra drool, no jockeying for space, no frigid toes or sore backs. No restless sleep.
I'll hate every second of it.
thirstyGoing to Ohio tomorrow morning.
Actually, scary thing, I'll get there before Halley gets off work. So I'll be alone with her father for a minimum of an hour. That scares me. I know the guy likes me, but I haven't reached that comfort zone with him to where we can just shoot the shit and have enough common interests to talk about and bond over.
Hence the apprehension.
However, I will be debuting the computer system I managed to get together for them at the cost of $52.00. I am damn proud of myself for this one, even though fortune kind of fell into my lap.
I'm returning on Monday, but the plan is for anyone who is interested in going (for the company or for the movie) we'll be seeing The Island on the 9th at 6:20pm. The we so far is: Phil, Gina, Halley and myself. Anyone who wants to come, feel free (I'm still trying to see if I can get in touch with or get confirmation of Aaron's possible presence at this).
Until my return!!!
cheerfulI used to lament alot. This is probably why I haven't been writing lately. I've actually been happy and do happy people write? No. Well, not unless you have the literary genius of painting the perfect picture with words like Gina. God I envy her way to turn the routine, mundane events of a day into the funniest literary-art-deco one could read. <3.
Back on topic.
When I lamented, I would usually lament about my lack of relationships or the bazillion teenage-girl-style crushes I had on every female around me and then my inability to get what I wanted: someone to love. I would catelog all my thoughts on the perfect girl for me--taking philosophical lines from movies, introspective musings of music, or just my own personal dogma on relationships and what I knew I wanted because I never had it.
What did I find, exactly?
I found out that Halley is the summation of everything I desired.
How much fucking better can that get?
gratefulAnd I was compelled, at 5:01am (est of course) to wake up and write out a deadjournal entry.
Actually, I'm just fucking sick. My ribs ache, legs ache, shoulders ache; I am burping like it is my job and my stomach is screaming to eat something, but my body can't manage to move past my door.
I do the same thing everyday. This is why I hate summer. When I'm in school, I love me a good break, especially when I'm being worn down by end-of-the-semester papers and other projects. The apathy grows and grows until suddenly I am no longer waking up at 7:00am to stumble down Clement street into Dr. Pappas' classroom and struggle to stay awake for the next 30-odd-minutes or so.
I just work. Come home. Talk with Halley.
It isn't a horrible life, minus the working part. If you thought it was bad that everday was repetitive, then try going to work for 30 hours a week and do the same old bullshit. The worst part is the customers . . . which is a bad point-of-view if you are working in retail. It is back to school season and I literally hide when the center aisles are full of children screaming "Mommy, mommy, look at this! Moooooommy . . ." and then those bitchy mothers who snap at their kids because they can't locate the wide-ruled paper amongst the piles of jumbled Office Supplies. I'm still waiting for some soccer moms to duke it out for those 5 cent folders (assorted colors no less).
I'll probably call out of work today (1-10pm). I just need to wait another hour/hour-and-a-half before I can reach someone there. Heh . . . they are going to be without a tech person from 5-close; that store will implode.
I can't believe a week from Thursday I'll be done with work. That is most excellent. Better than that is on friday I'll go to Ohio and see Halley again. On the 10th we should be heading down to Radford and I have every intention of showing her off to those who may be prospectively interested. I think around the 15th when Walt gets down there we are going to organize a drinking game using some child's game "Apples & Oranges." Don't know much about it, but it sounds like good drunken debating over some meaningless nouns and adjective.
blahEver feel loved and just wonder why?
happy22 days until this lackluster summer ends and I get the ball rolling on a rather busy school year.
I need to get my student loan application in. Of course, to do this, I need to wait for my mother to return from Minnesota (next tuesday).
I also need to get my passport handled for the cruise I'm taking in December. The cruise will be fun (leaving South Florida, going around Cuba, hitting the Yucatan and then coming back) but I have to rendezvous with Bo's family in Northern Virginia on the same day that I have an 8:00am exam. I am hoping to organize something with the professor to take the exam early so that it does not put such a huge burden on me come that last friday of exam week.
I think I have about 16 days left of work at Office Depot. That place is going to be so screwed in August . . . well the Tech department that is. I am leaving, Scott is getting another job and may significantly cut down on his hours, Rodrigo is transferring (most likely) and Ryan is bitching about being unappreciated and talking of moving on. That leaves Dominique, a part-timer with no sales experience, as the only projected person to be working in Technology. Good luck, Office Depot!!! God, 16 days . . . I just want it all to end.
It's going to be a very busy school year, but it is going to absolutely kickass as well :-D
excitedWell after Bo discovered his orders to fly to Seattle on June 29th were fucked up (he is actually supposed to fly on the 30th) we decided to make the best of a long, tiring day and go hit up War of the Worlds. We kept nodding off at the previews (Bo didn't sleep at all the night before and I only got a few hours before I spent 4 hours driving to Dulles and back, Dulles and back) but I must say I enjoyed the movie overall. I kept waiting for the CGI insert of Katie Holmes to be somewhere in the film (after all, Spielberg IS friends with Lucas).
If you know the story to War of the Worlds than the movie won't come to be that big of a surprise, although from what I've heard (I only know a general outline) it doesn't really follow the novel in more than the general theme.
Bo and I basically questioned a few bits of logic involved with the plot of the movie as follows:
War of the Worlds is essentially the story of aliens burying their war machines on Earth millions of years before humanity dominated so that they could essentially take over the planet. We imagined the following conversation taking place at the burial of the machines:
Alien #1: So, what are we doing?
Alien #2: We're burying our war machines so that in a million years we can destroy any sentient life on the planet and seize it for our own use.
Alien #1: Why don't we just use it now?
Alien #2: Because we're burying the machines . . .
Then we rationalized that flaw in logic by the simple notion that the alien military gurus thought a timeline for a one million year invasion would be suffcient to keep their budget at optimal levels.
We also were a bit marvelled at how the aliens, with their advanced technology and survelliance, didn't realize that there were disease bearing pathogens in on Earth that would kill them.
This is similar to the incredible stupidity of the aliens in signs, who were mortally allergic to water, but decided to conquer a planet that was 75% covered by said deadly liquid.
This proves that while humanity has its problems, we're not the dumbest lifeform on the block.
Very possibly so . . . though it is equally possible that is utter crap (at 1:24am with a stream of consciousness it might be a stretch to even call it utter crap . . .)
Here goes:
Untitled
by A. D. Lent
There is no echo in this room
No garbled static voices,
No free-falling giggles
cascading through a nine-millimeter cable
haphazardly plugged into the back of the computer --
jerking my head this way and that
when I stray too far.
Cleveland comes calling,
but it is long distance
and the line only obliges for a few minutes
or so.
1:17am ticks digitally
behind a green backlight,
scuffed from years of abuse --
it was a Christmas present in
Deerwood, Minnesota.
It's obsolete now.
Deerwood came once a year,
much like Christmas,
but much like Christmas I feel like
celebrating it less frequently
around December.
There is no Deerwood this year.
Much like the last and the three before it.
In eight days Powell, Ohio
will replace
Deerwood, Minnesota.
I wonder if I'll see Deerwood again before my grandma dies?
P.S.
Upon rereading it, utter crap IS a stretch . . . a generous stretch.
http://homepage.mac.com/nikkienikks/ibl
Apparently swallowing reduces the risk of breast cancer.
I found a monitor I want for my computer. It's outrageous and will cost more than the actual components for the computer themselves. However, I can recoup some of my cost, so that is nice.
It is the Samsung 910MP, 19" LCD monitor with a built in TV tuner, picture in picture (that will display one as the PC and the other as the TV) RCA, S-Video, DVI and analog, coaxial and a headphone hookup. It has its own built-in speakers. This thing is the mother of all freakin monitors for $499.
That sounds egregious, BUT, it really doesn't cost more than most 19" monitors. I get 10% off for working at Office Depot (which gives me basically $50) and I can sell my old 15" to Halley's sister (sorry, Joe, I offered it first to her, but if she decides not to buy it, I'll sell it to you).
With the money I recoup from that, plus my discount, I should be able to shave a good deal of the price of the monitor off, making it that much more affordable and I won't feel so bad about spending the money.
Too bad it is curly and hard to tell.
I'm repressing the urge to cut it. It is almost a desparate urge, but I'm so interested in seeing how bad it will look after a few more months.
So Halley told her parents about me last night. I shall quote her in the sense:
"well, he was like "so tell me about this guy"... and i told him your major/minors... that you're in charge of whim... that you were devistatingly handsome (haha, actually, i kept that part to myself)... that you like star trek... that your parents are scary republicans but you're cooler than them in that sense :-P... and some other stuff i cant remember"
Apparently her father was supportive. Big shocker to us both. He even seemed more receptive about her transferring to Radford (well, looking into it). To be fair, it DOES have a better metals program than the school she currently goes to in Ohio.
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Work makes me excessively tired. I can't figure this out. I only worked for four hours today and I am beat. I didn't even really do much beyond freight. I think I just put my heart and soul into that place.
But I got paid 262 bucks for last week. It's insane. I make more in a week at Office Depot then I did in a month at Whim. Heh. I felt rich then, too.
I ordered my computer case, it is some Xion II with Neon lights and all.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat
After I get back from Ohio in July, I planned on ordering the motherboard and processor. If I keep getting fat paychecks like this last one, though, I may nix that plan and order them BEFORE I go to Ohio. After all, that is at least three or four more paychecks of around 250 bucks. *rawr* Goddamn, I love having money.
That might even mean I could start shopping for a new and bigger (hey, I'm a guy) LCD monitor. I love my 15 inch, but there are some crazy deals out there for 17 and 19 inch LCD monitors. The price has come down DRAMATICALLY. I also need to get one of those thumb drives. I might end up purchasing the gigabyte one, because then I could move virtually anything around with fantastic ease.
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