Thanksgiving, Computers, and E. Coli

Sorry I haven't really been posting. My computer has been giving me difficulty. More on that later....
On Wednesday I slept a lot. I had off for Thanksgiving break. I ate some toast. It was good. I also listened to a lot of Pearl Jam. Nate and me hung out. We went to Lyndon Diner. I watched him eat soup and drink coffee. I had nothing because I'm trying to save my money. We then went driving for a really long time. It was pretty cool. He told me how it feels like to move back in w/ his Parents and his lack of success looking for a job. On Thursday it was Thanksgiving. I had Thanksgiving dinner (technically lunch) w/ my Mom, Dad, Seth, and Shane. We only ate for an hour ( the Eckman family Thanksgivings are always short), but it was fun. I ate a lot of Turkey. I hate Thanksgiving food though- I hate corn (except when it's in cob form), mashed potatoes, cranberries, stuffing, etc. I did have some good celery and some muffins though. I took a nap and I woke up after Lindsay texted me "happy thanksgiving". I got up and watched Life Aquatic With Steve Zsou. Nate had let me borrow it months ago and I never really got around watching it. I finally did and it was pretty good. As good as Rushmore? No. But still good. Then I watched On The Waterfront. I never get sick of that movie. In between trips to the fridge to get more turkey, I watched a George Bush interview on FoxNews. Every time George Bush says something it's like he waits afterwards for a reaction. I never really liked him. He seems nice. Maybe a bit misunderstood. I remember on The Daily Show they mentioned how he had "My Sharona" in his Ipod. I always thought that was funny. On Friday I slept in. I don't shop on Black Friday. That's bullshit. I worked 5:15 to close w/ Nikki, Tom, and Marianne. Nikki drew a smiley face on Tom's back using chocolate pudding. It was kind of cruel. It was pretty slow and  Lindsay was working so it was all good. When I got home, I started downloading some songs on my computer when all of a sudden a pop up came and it said we had 33 viruses. The pop up itself was a virus itself and it was looking for all our personal information. My Dad went downstairs to take a piss so I told him to help me ( he's a little more computer savvy than me, but only a little). He accidentally knocked out all of our files ( including a paper Seth had to write for a class) and then got everything back, but we couldn't go online. It kind of sucked. My Dad worked on it until he had to go to work at 4 AM, and he still couldn't fix it. I hate technology. On Saturday I worked 4 to 8:30 w/ Nikki, Dagen, and Alex. Pretty busy. I had to fill out a survey about the managers and such. I was brutally honest. Things have to change at that place. I came home. Lindsay was going to text me, but she didn't. So I sat in my room and listened to a lot of Pearl Jam. By myself. So lonely. On Sunday I worked 3 to close w/ Nikki. It wasn't too busy. I found an old piece of meat in the cooler. I picked it up and smelled it so I could identify it. It was chicken, but Nikki said I could get E. Coli because it was close to my mouth. And being the paranoid person I am I freaked out. I came home and watched a documentary on Rush on VH1 classic while freaking out about the possibility of bleeding out of my eyes and ears and staying up for Seth's call. He had work and he needed a ride. I stayed up until 1 and he came home. Someone else gave him a ride home. I got no sleep. On Monday I had classes. I brought Rush's Spirit Of Radio greatest hits CD. I guess the documentary the night before encouraged me. I like Rush. I also have Moving Pictures and Roll The Bones ( my very first Rush CD). It's nerd music and their lyrics kind of suck, but I love them. I went Christmas shopping. I went to Borders and got my Mom some books for the 2 year olds she works w/. (She works at a daycare). I got my dad Mystic River at CD Warehouse. CD Warehouse is closing and I'm upset about it. I love that place. I bought most of my albums there. So many memories... I then went  to FYE and got Shane Wayne's World. I just need to get something for Seth and I'm done Christmas shopping. I went back to school and sat at Osburn and waited for Seth to get done. I had lunch which consisted of Wild Berry Skittles, a Snickers bar and Strawberry Melon Tropicana (the regular Fruit Punch kind was all out). It was appetizing. After a brief nap when I got home, me and Seth went to band practice. We have another show at the Chameleon Club coming up so we practiced our set list. I love being in that band. I also made a very cool mix that night. On Tuesday I got to sleep in. Dad took Seth to school. It was some great sleep. I worked 4 to close by myself. I brought in my Led Zeppelin Mothership album so I wouldn't get lonely, but the stereo was giving me some problems. It wasn't too bad, but it was kind of BS that I had no help. And an old lady yelled at me. I wanted to cry. That night I only got 3 hours of sleep. When I got up this morning it was raining like crazy. My Dad told me that the battery symbol keeps coming up on my car. He takes it sometimes to do his paper route. We took it to Firestone before he had to drive me and my bro to school. I hate that car so much. I'm starting to believe that it's a piece of shit. Classes were good and I'm surprised that I didn't get tired at all during the day. My Dad picked us up and I found out that my car needs a lot of things fixed. Luckily, it's all covered under warranty. The guy came to repair the computer while I wasn't home. However, it's still fucked up. Every time I want to go online and want to go to a particular page it says that it needs to be shut down due to an error. I'm so mad. I took a nap, talked to Nate for a while and started to work on my Asian Philosophy paper. I'm listening to Led Zeppelin's Houses Of the Holy. Great album. "No Quarter" is my jam. Led Zeppelin II is good too. Oh and by the way, I don't have E. Coli. I think I'm going to be just fine. Seeya around, yo.

Etc. Part 2: Dreamwarrior

Before work on Sunday I studied for my Problem Solving W/ Computers exam. Or at least I tried. I couldn't focus. A lot of the material on this exam was more harder to get your head around than the last exam. I worked a busy 4 to close shift w/ Nikki. I brought in Pearl Jam's amazing 2002 album Riot Act in to rock out to. I replayed it many times over the course of the night. When I got home I studied and picked up Seth from work. On Monday while I was taking my shower I noticed that a lot of my hair was falling out. I think I'm losing my hair. Now I have thought this before and it was just my imagination, but I think it's really happening. I can't go bald. I would totally kill myself if I ever did. I think I may be losing my hair due to stress, but I don't know. It's probably all in my head, but I don't know. I'm scured. I took my exam. I think I failed it. It was really hard. How the questions were worded just confused the shit out of me. And almost every list of answers had "all of the above" or "none of the above" as choices. Those really throw me off. I can't say how I did, but I know it's got to be bad. We're about the start WW1 in my Modern Britain class. I'm pretty excited about that. I like learning about war and stuff. After class I came home and the repairman was working on the dryer. It is finally fixed. Hallelujah. Rejoice. I had to go back to school a few hours later and pick up Seth. In the parking lot in front of his building I always park in the spaces w/ the yellow lines. I don't know if I'm supposed to park in those, but oh well. Traffic sucked on the way home. I ate pizza and then took a nap. Around 7 me and Seth drove to band practice. I didn't drive pass the turn this time. I'm proud of myself. We couldn't practice because there were dance classes upstairs so we just talked. I 'm still bummed out about the show, but everyone seems to have calmed down about it a bit. I wanted to bring up the flaws of the show, but I kept my mouth shut. Kirby, a friend of the band, joined us and after Red left, me, Seth. Dale and Kirby just shot the shit. It was cool just hanging out. Javan ran out of gas and Dale had to go "save" him so we all had to exit. I didn't make the wrong turn going home. Thank God. I'm proud of myself. Seth hung out w/ Jamie. While I was gone I looked up Holocaust and Hitler related articles on Wikipedia. I got really depressed after wards. I knew I would, but I looked it up anyways because I'm interested in war and stuff. The world is a  really fucked up place. Seth was telling me earlier about the atomic bomb that was dropped on Japan during WWII and that really depressed me too. Give a peace a chance, you know? At least that nuclear attack that was supposed to happen last week didn't happen. But I'm still kind of thinking about it...Today I drove Seth to class. I hung out in the library. I had nothing to do. It was pretty boring. I'm glad I have the next few days off for Thanksgiving. I took a nap after wards. Lindsay texted me and it woke me up. I decided to get up. I listened to music before work- mostly Depeche Mode, Guns N' Roses, Skid Row, and some Madonna. On the way to work I listened to Sinead O' Connor's amazing I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. I love that album. I also have Lion And The Cobra which is very good too. Her music is really good Winter music, probably because I got the album during the Christmas of 2003. I think she's underrated. Who cares if she's some bald, anti-Catholic, Pope-hating crazy woman? Listen to her music. It's awesome. I particularly like "Three Babies" (off of I Do Not Want...) and "Troy"( off of Lion And The Cobra). I worked 5:30 to close w/ Hannah. I brought in 2 other Pearl Jam albums- Ten and No Code. I listened to the ladder more, but I love both. When I was 11 Ten changed my life. Below you'll find a picture of Pearl Jam. I love them and always will. Sadly, while the music was great, the shift wasn't. It was extremely busy. I need to get a new job. I feel like I never have help and I can't do everything all by myself. But I'm home now. It feels good. It feels good. Seeya around. 

 

Pearl Jam- No Code/Merkinball/Yield lineup 

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Sweet Lady Rock N' Roll Came Over Last Night And Well.....

On Wednesday I called Lindsay and gave her directions to get to Mulberry Art Studio. On Thursday I was supposed to register for classes, but I couldn't because I still had a hold on my registration. It kind of sucks. I hope I can go next semester. But on a good note, my band had a very good band practice. It went really well. All week I was very excited for the show. The show was on Friday. I went to my Modern Britain class. We learned about the creation of pubs and about football (soccer) and rugby. Interesting. After wards I took a nap. When I woke up I listened to some Skid Row and Guns N' Roses. I'm really digging them right now. I also called Nate because he was going to go to the show w/ me, but he had some important family stuff to attend to so he couldn't go. So me and Seth drove downtown. I accidentally passed the turn I was supposed to make and suddenly me and Seth were lost downtown. I started to panic. The night before I followed Red to the art studio and I thought I knew where I was going. I hate being lost, but w/out any assistance-that is calling a friend for help-me and Seth put our brains together and we got back to the road we were supposed to be on and we got to the art studio. When we got there Red and A.J. ( our roadie of sorts) were setting up. Paul of the band The Grim Wilderness and a friend Of KBR's, was doing the sound. Dale was handing out fliers downtown. Paul was playing some weird German David Bowie songs. And A-ron (our KBR artwork guy) had completed the t-shirts. Rock N' Roll was in the air. One by one the bands started coming in. Me and Seth hung out in our band room for a while. Dale's sister and her boyfriend hung out w/ us for a while and we met some of the bands. The show started kind of late because the 101 Mcdouble cheeseburgers didn't show up on time. They finally showed and I had 2 of them. So good, but they were getting slightly more cold as the night went on. By the end of the show they were all gone so I guess nobody minded. The first band to play was Social Oddities. They were some kind of funk/jam/rock band. Strange, but pretty good, too. The bass player was really good. As a bass player myself it made me very self-conscience. During their set, Seth's girlfriend Jamie came. So did Dale's brother Chris. My friend Drew also showed up and I was very happy to see him because I haven't seen him in a while. It was really fun hanging out w/ them. After Social Oddities played, Bread for Ducks played. Their some folk band. I thought they were good, but they didn't have a lot of songs. I heard later they played an acoustic set in our band room for some of the people who showed up. While the next band Tigerbomb started setting up, my friend Nikki and her boyfriend Justin came by. I was glad she showed up to support Rock n' Roll. Tigerbomb went on and they sort of reminded me of Primus. After them was Sickpritty, Javen's band. He wanted people to sit closer to the stage. Most of the crowd was sitting in chairs. I hated the chair idea. What's Rock n' Roll about that? So me, Nikki, her boyfriend and Dale sat near the stage. Dale hugged me and kissed my neck a bit. I stroked his chest. It's only natural. Sickpritty sounded really good. Better than when I first heard them. While they were playing, Mike (my old manager) called. He was in the area and wanted to check out the show. It was his and Kristen's anniversary (they got married in the same building we were playing in). I called him back in the bathroom ( I took so many piss breaks that night it wasn't even funny) and when I was done I opened the door and I saw Mike and Kristen there. We talked a while w/ Nikki and her boyfriend. The Grim Wilderness started playing. They reminded me of like a classic rock jam band. They were pretty good. Right before we went on Lindsay showed up and my old manager Andy was w/ her. Out of everyone I invited I wanted her to show up the most. It was our time to go up. I was pretty nervous. I took my shoes off. I feel more comfortable playing w/out my shoes on. I also had my Street Shark toy on my amp ( Dale had the StagePuff MarshMellow Man from Ghostbusters on his). I feel like it's my good luck charm. Sadly, it didn't help. We started playing, but it didn't go very well in my opinion. The Chameleon Club show in September went much better. Red was drunk and he was offbeat a lot and I messed up so many times. It was really dark and I missed a lot of  the frets because I couldn't see them. Also I think my bass was slightly out of tune. Dale said after wards that he messed up a lot, but I didn't hear him mess up at all. I felt embarrassed up there. I felt like I failed in front of everyone. We practiced so hard, but it never sounded like what it sounded like during practice. Me and Dale were really upset after it was over. We thought the show went badly. Red seemed indifferent and Seth thought it sounded good. Everyone said it went really well. Could they really tell where I messed up? Of course not. But I knew we messed up. I guess I kind of acted like a baby after the show. I tried to hide it, but I couldn't. Dale was visibly pissed off.   I was so bummed that I didn't even go out w/ Seth, Drew and Jamie after wards. I went home. Again I took a wrong turn, but I found my way home. Lindsay called me to cheer me up. She said I did really good. She bought a KBR t-shirt at the show and I signed it for her. But still I was unconvinced. I woke up Saturday still pretty depressed about the show. I worked 2-8:30 w/ Nikki, Dagen and Alex. By far the worst shift I ever worked. So busy and w/out a lot of help. I'm definitely thinking about quitting. After my shift I talked to Lindsay for a while and she cheered me up. Usually when I'm down she can make me at least a little bit happier. I came home and I tried to study for my exam, but I couldn't focus. UFC 123 was on tonight. Some of my picks were right- Paul Kelly beat T.J. O' Brien, B.J Penn beat Matt Hughes, Rampage Jackson beat Machida (controversially), Falcao beat Gerald Harris and Phil Davis beat Tim Boetsch. But Karo Parysian, Matt Brown, Aaron Simpson, Joe Lauzon, and Tyson Griffin all lost. Tyson Griffin lost controversially however. I was undecided on the Barboza-Luilo fight because I never heard of either of them. I don't know though. Maybe Sweet Lady Rock N' Roll hates me. Seeya around.

A Dead Skunk And The Working Class

On Monday as I drove into the parking lot at school I accidentally parked near a dead skunk. I shivered. I hate dead animals so much. Someone ran over his head. Gross. After classes were over I went back home and did a variety of things- checked out classes I can take next semester, looked up Pearl Jam tabs, found directions to get to Malburry Art Studio where our show is at so I can give them to Lindsay, etc. I'm a sophomore still and sophomores always have to pick classes last. It sucks. I also can't afford school right now so me and my parents have been looking at financial aid. My parents have been helping me so far, but it's getting too expensive. They jump the price up every semester. I hope I can find financial aid because I don't want to sit out again. I did that last semester and it was depressing. I need to start taking more classes because I want to graduate at least before I turn 25. I doubt that will happen, however, but I can dream. I wish I was rich. I drove back to school then and picked up Seth. I listened to the Strokes Is This It album on the way over there. I got the CD last year. I wasn't really into them when they first came out, but over the years I started liking them a lot. I love that CD. It's one of my favorites of all time. Their 2nd album Room On Fire is great too. I don't have their 3rd album. I heard it wasn't very good, but that's not the reason I didn't get it. I usually don't listen to critics. I just don't want it right now. I've also been listening to a lot of Pearl Jam. Mostly ladder day Pearl Jam- Yield, Binaural, Pearl Jam, and Backspacer. They're my favorite band of all time and they always will be. I tried to learn "Do The Evolution" on guitar, but it's pretty tricky. Anyways, I picked up Seth. He rented out movies from the school library for a class. He had to return them in 3 hours, but how is he going to watch 2 2 hour movies in 3 hours? So he just kept them all night. We had band practice and it went really well. I'm very excited for the show. It's only a few days away. When Dale was driving me and Seth home the car in front of us was driving on the wrong side of the road. It was funny. Today I took Seth to class. I saw the dead skunk again. It got even more destroyed. You would think someone would move it or get rid of it. I guess that's Mother Nature's job. I studied for an exam in the library. It was raining out. Seth had a library fine of 9 dollars for not returning the movies. He went to get change and when he came back 2 different librarians told him that because it was his first fine he didn't have to pay it. He was sort of pissed. We went to FYE after school so he could pick up a Bruce Springsteen B sides album. He wanted to get the new Darkness On The Edge Of Town box set, but it was 100 bucks. How can someone who speaks for the working class make their albums so expensive? How can the working class afford it? I have no idea. All I know is John Mellencamp would never do that to his fans. I slept when I got home and then I went to work. I worked 5:30 to close w/ Connor and it was very very very busy. It was terrible. I helped the dishwasher Brandon catch up. He had so many dishes. I felt like I did a good deed. After work it was raining hard. I took out some money at the ATM and went to get gas for the second time this week 45 bucks in 3 days. Too much for gas. Oh well. I really hope I don't see/smell that skunk tomorrow. Maybe Mother Nature will do her damn job for once. I shouldn't be mean. She tries her best. It's hard being in the working class these days, let me tell you.

It's The Bomb ( 7 Times) That Will Keep Us Together

On Thursday we had band practice and it went extremely well. I am very excited for the show. On Friday I had class. As I was leaving campus I almost hit some girl w/ my car at the crosswalk. My bad. She seemed upset that I almost hit her. I wonder why? In my defense, she walked right in front of me. I got home and took a nap. I don't know about my gray hoodie. I think it may be too big. I'm really weird w/ clothes. It has to look just right. People are telling me I look good in it though. I should believe them. Our dryer hasn't been working in a while and to save money we've been air drying the clothes after we wash them, but the clothes are always stiff and the jeans are always wrinkled because my house is freezing. Hopefully it gets fixed soon. I worked 5:30 to close w/ Nikki and Hannah. Nikki told us that a nuclear bomb is going to hit the USA between November 14 and the 18th. A computer that predicted the cost of Hurricane Katrina's damages ( and it predicted it right) predicted that this would happen. It freaked me and Hannah out very very much. I have so much coming up- the show, have to pay my phone bill, etc.-that it can't happen. Since 9/11 I've been freaked out about stuff like that. Of course there is a good chance it won't drop exactly on Lancaster (and that it won't happen at all). But it could. What would happen to the survivors? Would we be all mutated and have to become cannibals to survive? That would be crazy. I shouldn't keep panicking about this, but that's just the way I am. But computers can be wrong. Can they? Let's see what happens and in the meantime I will stock up on batteries and Powerade. I hung out w/ Nikki after work that day and thank God she kept the nuclear threat talk at a minimum. When I got to her house I parked in the middle of the street. I can't park on curbs well. I can't judge the distance right. I felt pretty embarrassed. We watched Finding Nemo. I had never seen it and had been criticized by everyone who found out. "What?! You haven't seen Finding Nemo?!" Needless to say I felt judged. But I liked it a lot. I was surprised. I thought I wouldn't like it because it's a kids movie and I'm not a kid anymore, but I liked it. I brought over turkey sandwiches that my dad made. I like turkey sandwiches too. Work this weekend wasn't too bad. I worked 4 to 8:30 on Saturday w/ Braden, Alex and Dagen. It was pretty busy. I also worked 4 to close on Sunday w/ Hannah. It was busy in the morning, but it wasn't that bad in the evening. I saw Randy, a regular who comes in that I talk to. Haven't seen him in a while. I also saw Lindsay everyday this weekend. I'm glad because I missed her. MMA news- I watched WEC 52 on Thursday and a lot of my picks were wrong- Swanson, Assuncao, Jabouin, and Njokuani all won, but the rest lost. Kind of bummed, but it's cool. Urijah Faber choked Mizagaki unconscious and Mizagaki looked dead. He was stiff as a board and all pale. It was scary because I really though he was dead, but he's okay. Thank God. I was sort of pulling for him to beat Faber, but I'm happy Faber got the win. he needed it badly. The Swanson-Semerizer fight was great. It was my favorite fight that night. And then on Saturday after work I watched UFC 122 and it was a great card. Siver, Sadollah, Krauss, Ludwig, and Matyushenko all won, but the rest of my picks lost. I'm not very good at picking fights. Okami beat Marquardt in a close fight. I was sort of pulling for Okami anyways. He will now get the winner of the Middleweight Championship fight between Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort. The Ludwig-Osipczak fight was somewhat controversial, but Osipczak didn't really do anything w/ his take downs so I guess he really did lose the fight. Every fight they showed was really good- Dennis Siver's submission of Andre Winner was crazy. A lot of people were saying that this was a weak card, but who cares? Just because the fighters aren't as popular as other fighters, does that mean it's going to suck? No. It was pretty awesome. The only suck thing was that Alessio Sakara had to pull out of his fight because he had the flu and was throwing up backstage before the event started. I really wanted to see his fight w/ Rivera. Rivera is now fighting Michael Bisping on UFC 127. I hope Rivera can pull it out.

Feel better, man.

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Yushin Okami

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That's Why They Call Me "The Rock". I'm Unmovable.

On Tuesday I didn't have to take my brother to school so I got to sleep in. Me and Nikki hung out before I went to work. We went to the mall. I bought a really cool gray hoodie. She tried to find clothes for me, but I'm very picky w/ clothes. She thought I was being difficult. That's why they call me "the rock". I'm unmovable. Even though I liked nothing she picked out I had a lot of fun. After I dropped her home I went to work. 5:30 to close. Not too bad, but it took me forever to get out of there. Today I had class. I couldn't take my math placement test because I got out of class late and the building it is in is very far away from the building I was at and I didn't know if they would let me in if I was late. So I didn't go. But it's cool. There's always next semester. I was really hungry when I got home so I ate a lot. Nate came over later. He moved back in w/ his parents. He's going to stay there until he gets a job. I'm glad his parents are giving him a place to stay. We went to Park City Diner. I had a bacon cheeseburger ( my usual. Again, I'm "the rock"). Very good, but it came with crispy fires. I don't like my fries crispy. Never have. Nate had a lot of cups of coffee. It was fun. But he smoked a few cigarettes for no real reason because he doesn't like cigarettes ( he does it just for show) and now my new gray hoodie ( which I really like) smells like smoke. It kind of sucks. Oh well....

UFC 122 Picks ( underlined fighter is the one I think/want to win)
Prelims-
Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexandre Ferreira
Rob Kimmons vs. Kyle Noke
Karlos Vemola vs. Seth Petruzelli
Duane Ludwig vs. Nick Osipczak
Kris McCray vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Pascal Krauss vs. Mark Scanlon

Main Card-
Nate Marquardt vs. Yushin Okami- I like both and I have no idea who I want to win. I'm going to be happy for the winner and depressed for the loser. I'm leaning a little towards Okami to win, but I'm really undecided.
Alessio Sakara vs. Jorge Rivera- Again these are 2 of my favorite fighters and I don't want to have to choose. Sakara's chin is pretty suspect so that makes me think Rivera will probably win, but I don't even know.
Kryzstof Soszynski vs. Goran Reljic
Amir Sadollah vs. Peter Sobotta
Dennis Siver vs. Andre Winner

WEC 52 picks
Urijah Faber vs. Takeya Mizugaki- I can't decide. I like both fighters a lot.
Joseph Benavidez vs. Wagnney Fabiano
Chad Mendes vs. Javier Vasquez
Damacio Page vs. Demetrious Johnson
Zachary Micklewright vs. Dustin Poirier- Don't know anything about both fighters so I'm not sure
Anthony Njokuani vs.Edward Faaloloto
Yves Jabouin vs. Brandon Visher
Michael McDonald vs. Clint Godfrey- Don't know anything about both fighters so I'm not sure
Cub Swanson vs. Mackens Semerizer
L.C. Davis vs. Raphael Assuncao

What's Your Major?

I worked on Sunday and it was pretty terrible. Very very busy. Me and Nikki want to quit. It was my manager Mike's last day and I was very bummed out. I didn't even want to say goodbye. The Hoss's that he is going to will probably close because it gets no business so he'll probably come back, but it's going to suck w/out him. He is one of the funniest guys I ever met. I hope he comes back. At least his wife will still work at the store I work at and I can keep in touch w/ him through her, but things are going to be very different. After work I found out that Ben Saunders, a fighter who fought in the UFC, won his first post-UFC fight. He got cut after losing to Jon Fitch and Dennis Hallman. I was surprised that he got cut. There is no shame losing to those two guys, though. Hopefully he'll get back to the UFC. His stand up is crazy good. Today I had classes. Before my Modern Britain class started, people in my class were watching YouTube videos on the projector or whatever the hell it's called. They were watching Pulp Fiction and Full Metal Jacket. One student was mouthing all these lines from the ladder. It was kind of creepy. I love Pulp Fiction. I think Full Metal Jacket is a little overrated, but it was still pretty good. Not the best Vietnam movie. I've seen better- Platoon, Born On The Fourth Of July, Apocalypse Now, etc., but it is better than Hamburger Hill and Bat 21. Heaven And Earth was pretty good too. Tommy Lee Jones kills himself while naked in a truck. It was kind of messed up. I've only seen it once. I probably should rent it again. Anyways, after my classes I met w/ my advisor Rita Miller at the Lyle building. We talked about classes I should take for next semester. I've decided to major in English and I picked History as my minor. She gave me 2 papers that I needed to get signed by the department chairs for each subject I picked. But first I walked over to the Wickersham building to see when the next math placement test was. It's on Wednesday. I'm probably going to fail it. I suck at math. Seth only got one question right when he took it. Then I walked over to the Hash building to get my major paper signed. I tried to find the woman who was supposed to sign it, but I couldn't find her. I looked everywhere in Hash and she wasn't there. Frustrated, I walked out of the building and passed the Chryst building. It's a creative writing building and that is my focus for my major so I put two and two together and walked in. I found her secretary and I got it signed. Then I walked all the way over to the Mccomsey building. Again I had a lot of trouble finding the guy who was supposed to sign my minor paper. I walked past the same group of students many times and they probably thought I was some lost Freshman. It was kind of awkward passing the same people many many times, but I found the dude and he signed it. Then I walked all the way back to the Lyle building to hand it off to Academic Assistance office (or whatever). Again I had trouble finding it, but I found it. Then I walked to my car. I was exhausted. It was good exercise, but I don't need to lose weight. If anything I'm trying to gain weight. I'm pretty thin. I walked for so long and I was sweaty (even though it was freezing out) and very hungry. When I got to my car I ate some Scooby Doo fruit snacks. They're amazing. I then drove to the Pucillo building and left my car there. Seth had class there and was getting done at 3. To pass the time I walked to Mccomsy again and got Gatorade, M&M's and a Snickers bar out of the vending machine. I then proceeded to walk to Osburn where I sat, ate, and finished this book called No Longer At Ease. I'm reading it for my Modern Britain class and it's really good. I was surprised because I usually hate reading. I picked up Seth. We hit a lot of traffic, but it wasn't too bad. I came home, ate, and went to bed. We had band practice. We had to wait due to dance classes, but we got to go through our set. It was very fractured- after 2 songs we had to wait for classes to end, and Red and Dale took a couple of piss breaks- but it went very well, if a little raw and sometimes sloppy. But Rock n' Roll isn't always pretty and I sort of like it that way. I felt like I accomplished a lot today. Now when people ask what my major is I don't have to be embarrassed to say I'm undeclared. Every time I would say that they would give me a weird look like "why are you even in school then?" Not anymore. Sean's movin' on up! Or whatever. Seeya around, yo.

Etc.

It rained on Thursday. I hate rain sometimes and other times I like it. I didn't mind it that day. I heard that Gabriel Gonzaga may retire from MMA and just do BJJ competitions. He said he won't get paid as much as the UFC paid him if he goes to smaller organizations. I really hope he changes his mind and doesn't retire. I have a feeling he won't retire, but if he does it would suck. He's got so much talent. I will always believe in Gabriel Gonzaga. Always. I called my advisor Rita Miller and I'm going to meet w/ her on Monday to talk about next semester. I think I'm definitely going to major in English and have my minor in History. I think that sounds pretty good. I had band practice. We went through the set we're playing at our Nov. 19 show. We're having it at our rehearsal space and we're going to get 101 Mcdouble cheeseburgers. How we're going to get 101 cheeseburgers is any body's guess, but it's going to be a fun show. It'll probably be one huge party. I messed up a lot during practice, but I wasn't the only one. I start to fade during the 4th song, but I think I'll be okay for the show. On Friday I had my Modern Britain class. I got my test back. I got an 88%. I could have got an A though if I just read through the test slower. I'm kind of pissed off about that, but a B is nothing to scoff at. I went home, took a nap, drove Seth to work, and then went to work myself. 5:30 to close w/ Nikki and Justin. Pretty busy. I got really tired during work too and I went to bed that night earlier than I usually do. Today my mom got me this patch to put on my blue hoodie. Slowly a hole is going to form on it and I have to start saving it somehow. I don't want to retire my blue hoodie. It's already pretty frayed at the bottom of the sleeves. It's my favorite hoodie and I can't find one like it anywhere. I must save it. We're going to put the patch inside the sleeve. Hopefully it works. I worked an obnoxiously busy 4-9:30 shift w/ Nikki, Dagen and his brother Alex. It was busy all day and I had to stay later than I should have due to a 100 person party that came in at 8. We ran out of so much stuff and a lot of dishes weren't cleaned and it was kind of a disaster. I was in a pretty bad mood. What made it worse was that time went so slow. It was ridiculous. Thank God I'm home now. I've been taking a break from Prince ( "And God Created Woman" is my new jam replacing "Graffiti Bridge") and I've been listening to some dance music. I listen to dance music sometimes. Sometimes. When the mood strikes me I guess. I like to listen to different types of music. The only dance/techno artist I can say I'm fan of is Moby, but there are certain dance songs by certain dance bands that I like. I have some links to videos by Stardust, Daft Punk, Modjo and others. They bring me back to the early 2000s where I would stay up and watch MTV2 Dance. Remember when MTV2 used to play music videos?  Doesn't it sound weird to say that? Anyways I hope you enjoy them and feel free to take out your glow sticks and Oxycontin and other various club drugs while you're listening to them. No. I'm just joking. Drugs are stupid. Seeya around.

Stardust- "Music Sounds Better With You"
Modjo- "Lady"
Daft Punk- "One More Time"
Groove Armada- "My Friend"
Avalanches- "Since I Left You"
Chemical Brothers- "Star Guitar" (One Of The Best Music Videos Ever Made)

And God Created Green Bibles

As I was walking to class this morning, a well dressed elderly gentleman handed me a green bible. I already got a green bible 2 years ago at MV, but for fear of him yelling at me and telling me I'm going to Hell, I accepted. I crossed the crosswalk and as I got closer to Roddy, another man tried to hand me a bible. I told him, "No. I already got one" and I continued on my way. I got to the Roddy building. Another man tried to give me a bible. He actually asked me if I wanted one instead of forcing it on me like the other two. It was nice of him. After I was done w/ class I walked outside and the same man who asked me if I wanted one earlier asked me if I wanted a bible again. He didn't remember me. I was devastated. No I wasn't. I'm just kidding. As I walked to the Mccomsey building, a fourth man tried to give me a bible and I told him, "No. I already got one." I wondered why they were giving out bibles? Is it a religious holiday? The Apocalypse? I'm not really religious ( but I'm not an atheist). My Mom was Catholic and my Dad was Lutheran, but they never tried to force religion on us. I've been yelled at because I've actually never even been to church. I'm not anti-religion at all. I can't say there is a God for sure, but I want there to be. Maybe I should start reading the bible. Maybe I could be saved... I had an exam today in my Modern Britain class. I studied yesterday. I studied in my car as I waited for my brother to get done w/ class ( I fell asleep though) and I studied some at work. It was slow that night. I think I did good on it. Maybe a low A or a high B. Maybe? I had my Asian philosophy class. It's a 2 hour and 50 minute class. It's quite long, but it is very interesting. We watched this movie called Harold And Maude. It was pretty good. We watch movies occasionally in that class. We watched Gandhi and Little Buddha earlier in the year. I liked Gandhi. I saw it in my Asian History class in 10th grade. I don't know about Little Buddha. It was directed by the guy who did Last Tango In Paris (one of my all time favorite movies), but it was just okay. Keanu Reeves played Siddhartha/Buddha and they tried to make him look Asian, but he ended up looking very feminine. I don't think he's that bad of an actor. He was in My Own Private Idaho and I thought he was very good in it, but I didn't really buy his accent in this one. Also Chris Issak plays the father in it. It's a really big role. I don't know why they gave it to him. He's not very good. The kids in the movie were kind of annoying too. Anyways, I liked Harold And Maude. I came home and talked to Hannah for a little bit. I'm still going through a huge Prince phase. I downloaded a bunch of his songs that sounded interesting and they're really good. "Graffiti Bridge" is my new jam. Seeya around, yo.

Total Hate 2010

I'm just going to recap the past few days. On Saturday I worked 5:30 to close. I worked w/ Nikki, Dagen and Alex. We only talked to each other in song lyrics. It was pretty stupid, but funny. Lindsay was also working and we talked a lot. I found out that my favorite manager Mike is leaving. He got a promotion at another store.

I hate that he's leaving. I hate it.

It's going to suck without him. He's so cool and he's so funny, too When I got to work it was really busy. It started to slow down, but all of a sudden it got busy again.

I hate that.

It happens all the time. Every time I think I got everything caught up on the salad bar, people come in and destroy everything.

Again, I hate it.

My co-worker Dagen was closing and he needed a ride home. He lives in East Petersburg which is only 7 minutes away from work. He lives sort of near Nate's parents house. I took him home, but then after dropping him off I got lost in his development. I finally found my way out, but took another wrong turn and drove the wrong way for about 5 minutes until I realized I wanted to go the other way. I turned around and everything was fine. I got home. Surprisingly I stayed calm and I didn't freak out and get a bad panic/asthma attack like I usually do when I get lost. Still, I don't like getting lost.

I hate it.

I got home and I couldn't get my Prince Hits 1 CD out of my car. It had been stuck in my stereo since Friday.

I hate my stereo. I hate it.

Lindsay wanted me to text her later and I did. She told me her car broke down at a gas station. It sucks. I feel so bad for her. Cars.

I really hate cars.

Seth was at a Halloween party that night so it was cool to have the room to myself. We share a room. We're twins so I guess we're expected to share things. I had to work Sunday. It was slow. Again I closed w/ Dagen. Hannah came in to visit. We had to clean the bread oven. We use grease cutter and every time you get it on your skin it burns. It got on my arms and my hands and on my face. I also breathed a lot of it in. This has been going on for months. I'm probably going to get lung cancer or something.

I really really really hate grease cutter. More than I hate cars.

After work I came home. I finally got my Prince CD out of my car. I texted Hannah a bit and picked Seth up from work. Today I had class. I have an exam for my Modern Britain on Wednesday. I have to study for it.

I hate studying.

Before I studied, I had to go shopping. I need clothes. I went to Old Navy and I bought a shirt. I wanted to buy a pair of jeans, but to my surprise I didn't find any that I liked. I like Old Navy jeans. Or I like them when they fit. I have bad luck there sometimes. I also went to the mall, but I couldn't find a gray hoodie. I want a tight and fitted hoodie, but I just couldn't find one. I'm really picky w/ clothes. I look like a bum. I don't really look good in anything. I was kind of depressed that I couldn't find anything. I am glad I got that shirt though.

I hate clothes/shopping. I wish we could all walk around naked.

I went back to school to pick up Seth. I studied more when I got home.

Again, I hate studying.

I ate dinner and then I decided to take a nap. I felt like I deserved it. Nate called me. He wanted me to help him move some more stuff out of his apartment, but I had band practice that night. My Dad told me in the morning that he was going to take Seth to school on Tuesday. I don't have class on Tuesdays, but I still drive him there and read or study until he's done w/ his class. I was happy when my Dad offered. I thought I could sleep in tomorrow morning. Well, my Dad forgot that it was election day tomorrow and now he changed his mind because he has to vote.

I hate that.

Later Me, Seth and Red drove to the band space, but once again there were dance classes going on so we couldn't practice. We just hung out for an hour until Dale got there to tell him we couldn't practice. Sweet Lady Rock N' Roll was denied once again.

Now I really really hate that.

And do you know what else I hate?

You.

Yeah. That's right. You.

I hate you and everything you stand for.

No. I'm just kidding. You're cool. Seeya around.

Alien Vs. Velociraptor And Other Scary Things

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If a Velociraptor from Jurassic Park and an alien from the movie Aliens would fight who would win? I like Jurassic Park better than Aliens. I was obsessed w/ that movie and it's sequel back in the day. So I would love if the Velociraptor would win, but it would lose. Even if the raptor would get some good bites out of the alien, the alien oozes acid as a self defense mechanism and the raptor would be burned and probably die from the injuries. The alien also has regular arms while the raptor has those teeny tiny arms. The alien has a significant reach advantage and they also have several mouths too. And even if the raptor would somehow kill the alien, the alien would put a host in his body and it would burst out of the raptor's chest and he would die. The raptor could win the battle, but always lose the war. The alien has more ways to win and the raptor basically has no chance. And if the raptor would fight against the Queen Alien? They would be murdered. That thing was huge. But if they were on a spaceship fighting the raptor could always try to kick it out into space. You may be wondering why I'm talking about this. I have two action figures- one of the Velociraptor and one of the alien-on a table in my room and sometimes when I'm really really bored I make them fight each other. I also have a toy of Homer Simpson on the table, but he doesn't fight. I'm also talking about this because it's Halloween (well, technically it's not. It's tomorrow, but I don't think I'll have time to write a blog that day). The first 3 Alien movies and Jurassic Park and Lost World: Jurassic Park still scare me. I only saw parts of Alien Resurrection, but I saw it in Spanish and it was really funny. Sometimes I think about those movies in the shower and I get freaked out and I'm afraid to open the shower curtain because I'm afraid I'm going to be attacked by a Velociraptor. Those movies maybe more sci-fi than horror, but I don't really like horror that much. Some of it is pretty stupid. Like Child's Play 3. It's stupid, but at least it's funny. The Fly II is really funny/bad too. Me, Seth and a bunch of my friends watched it on Halloween 4 years ago because we wanted to watch a really bad movie. I had seen it before on AMC over the summer and I thought it would be a good choice. We just made fun of it the whole time, kind of like the show Mystery Science Theater 3000 did when they would make fun of bad movies. I saw the remake of Halloween with Lindsay 3 years ago and that was kind of messed up- like the scene where the kid is beaten to death w/ a big ass stick. And any movie with Kiss "God Of Thunder" in it can't be that bad. Right? I liked Bram Stoker's Dracula. I remember seeing it when I was like 5 or 6 and every time the weird sex scenes would come on my parents would tell me to turn around. It was pretty funny, but I saw it a few years ago again and I liked it, but it wasn't scary. Same thing w/ Silence Of The Lambs, etc. I like this one movie called Naked Lunch. I guess it's not really a horror movie, but there are typewriters that turn into talking bugs and a guy turns into a giant centipede and tears this one dude's skin off. That was kind of messed up. I think the Friday the 13th movies are  funny, but then again I've only seen a few parts form several different ones (which i guess is kind of like seeing one whole film of the series). I also liked Twilight Zone: The Movie a lot back in the day. Some of it was creepy, but I guess it really wasn't horror. Ecspecially that one segment about these old guys playing kick the can. What's scary about that?  I think the T Rex gets a bad wrap in the Jurassic Park movies. They're all afraid of him in the first one and want to avoid him, but they're too thankful for him to be there to eat those 2 raptors at the end so they can be saved. And in the 2nd one where he goes to NYC ( I think that was the city). In real life would he really start destroying the place and eating that one dude and that dog? I think he would be more confused than anything. Maybe he would try to scratch his head in confusion with those little arms. And it's not his fault he keeps stepping on all those cars. He's a T Rex. Give him some slack. I have no idea what I'm talking about. So that is my ode of sorts to Halloween. Here's some pics/a video of some scary things and I hope you enjoy. Seeya around.

This Next Beatles?

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Herman Munster















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Clark Nova of Naked Lunch Fame. Clark Nova's My Friend.








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Blacula

















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Video of La Parka vs. Goldberg from WCW back in the day. I used to love WCW wrestling and isn't La Parka pretty scary looking? No. But his dancing is pretty funny. 
La Parka Vs. Goldberg 

A Very Purple Trick -Or -Treat

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I didn't get a lot of sleep last night. But it was my fault I guess. It seems easier to blame others so I guess I'll start doing that in the future. After class I took a nap, but I had to take Seth to school. I had work at 5:30. I closed w/ Nikki. It was slow due to the fact that it was Trick-Or-Treat. I brought in The Misfits and a mix of Prince songs because I promised Nikki that I would many months ago, but never did. The Misfits are a good band to listen to during late October. Me and Seth were rocking out to their Static Age album while we were driving to school. All their songs are about monsters and horror movies so it makes sense to listen to them on Trick- or -Treat/Halloween, but I'm really in a Prince phase right now. I love his Gold Experience album that he released under the symbol he changed his name to. Every computer should have the symbol as one of the keys. Last Sunday me and Nikki tried to draw it on our dry erase board in the salad bar area, but it didn't look right. We had it backwards. I couldn't put all my favorite songs on the mix. No "Sexy M.F." or "7" or "Endorphinmachine" or "Shy" or "Pink Cashmere", but it did have "When Doves Cry", "When You Were Mine", "Sign O' The Times", "Strange Attraction", etc. I also put some of my favorite Prince guitar solos on there- the solos on "Shhh", "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man", "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?", "I Hate U", and "Dolphin" are seriousally amazing. In high school there was a friend of mine who said Prince wasn't a very good guitar player. I got personally offended. Prince is amazing. His solos are really melodic. I like when guitarists just shred, but Prince makes his solos very catchy sounding. Weezer does that too and I love their guitar solos, but this blog isn't about Weezer. It's about Prince. I'm listening to his Chaos And Disorder album right now ( another album under his symbol moniker) and it's really good. Underrated in my opinion. So yeah work was fun today. Fake fighting w/ Nikki, checking out her new sound system in her car which is crazy loud ( some people like a lot of bass), rocking out to Prince and The Misfits, etc. Lindsay worked today too and she told me she got another job. She was going to school for medical billing and coding and now she has a job in that field. I'm really proud of her and she seems like she really likes it which is really cool. Now I got to think about what I'm going to do w/ my future..........That can wait. I'm just going to rock out to Prince for now (or beat up treat-or-treaters for candy. I haven't decided it yet.). I included some pics and videos of the man himself. Hope you enjoy. Seeya around.







I really really really want that suit








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Prince Videos:
Prince ( technically the Artist)- I Hate U 
Prince- Thieves In The Temple 
Prince- Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
Madonna f/ Prince- Love Song 

I'm A Little Sad These Days...

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I'm a little sad these days. Gabriel Gonzaga was cut from the UFC. Kind of sucks. I know that he could never beat the top guys in the heavyweight division and yeah he may always be remembered for his head kick KO victory over Mirko Cro-Cop ( which I saw when the event was airing live and it was crazy) But I've seen many of the fights that he won and they may have been against lesser competition, but he was always exciting. I like his submission wins against Justin Mccully and Carmelo Marrero in particular. I know that he should have used his BJJ more in his fights, but his hands are good. He rocked Shane Carwin before getting knocked out himself. I don't know. I just hope that he gets picked up by Strikeforce or some other promotion and show off his skills there because I know that he has them. Maybe he'll be able to get back in the UFC someday and win the championship. I will always believe in Gabriel Gonzaga. Always.

One of Gonzaga's Early Fights:
Gabriel Gonzaga Vs. Branden Lee Hinkle

Also the UFC and the WEC are merging. I'm kind of upset about that too. WEC events are always free and now that it won't be around anymore I would have to buy the pay per view. The WEC always puts on great cards and it sucks I won't see them anymore. Plus many UFC fighters will be cut to make room for the WEC fighters and vice versa. They should have just kept them seperate. Oh well.

Just Like Giving Birth (The Couch Story)

The past few days have been the usual- Monday band practice ( with an adventure to Wal Mart after wards) and Tuesday work. I also got my hair cut on Tuesday. I go to the Sheer Shack. They do good work. Yesterday after class I helped Nate move some of his things out of his apartment. He's moving out because he can't afford the rent anymore. I drove over to his place. There was so much traffic. I'm usaully not impatient while I'm on the road, but I was on that day. I listened to a Jimi Hendrix CD. I kind of had to because it got stuck in my car stereo. My stereo has been doing that a lot lately. I hate it. I got to his place. We went upstairs to his attic. He wanted to get this couch downstairs so he could take it back to Salvation Army. He compared getting the couch down the steps to giving birth. I guess the attic would be the womb and well I guess I don't have to go any further. I think you get the drift. We got the couch down most of the way until it got stuck. Half of the couch was hanging out of the doorway. We just couldn't get the rest down. A lot of the couch was stuck behind the railing. We tried to get it out, but we couldn't. In trying to get this huge couch down, we accidentally knocked the door down, chipped up the walls and hit the powerbox which is on one of the side of the walls of the attic. It created a spark of electrictiy and scared the crap out of both of us. We smelled something burning after wards, but everything was okay. The couch just wouldn't get down. We tried pulling at it, kicking it, etc. He knew that the couch could fold in, but the levers were not working. After many times trying and many breaks in between, we decided to take the railings off. That would give us enough space to get the couch the rest of the way down. Nate got a screwdriver and took all the nails out. After we did that, the couch became looser and we easily took it down the rest of the steps. My body was very soar, but I felt like I got a real workout in. We decided to leave the couch in his dining room instead of trying to get it out to his dad's van. I don't want to see that couch ever again. I hate that thing. It was such a pain in the ass. We took a few more things ( chairs, lamps, etc.) and loaded them up into Nate's dad's van. We took all of these things to Salvation Army. We dropped his van off at his parents house and he drove me back to his place in his car. Again there was no gas in it, but we got home. I'm going to miss Nate's apartment. It's a really nice place. In other news: Patrick Cote was cut from the UFC. I expected it, but I was still kind of bummed. Seth told me not to worry because Cote's been cut many times before and then brought back. He'll be alright.

Funday

There was this one episode of the 1990s Nickelodeon cartoon series Doug where Doug's alter ego Quailman invents a new day called Funday. It was a good episode, but I don't remember where he put Funday in the week. Seth is 100% sure that Funday was after Sunday. But here is my question: why? If Funday was after Sunday, all day Funday you would be thinking about having to go to bed early to wake up for school or work the next morning. On Funday you want to have fun and stay out late. Or at least that's what I think Quailman's intention was. Now I could go online and find out where exactly he put Funday, but I'm a busy and important man and I don't have time for things of that nature. But you may be wondering what the point of all this is. The point is I wish we would have an extra day on the weekend. It seems like Monday comes by too fast. I feel like I need another day to sleep in because I already barley get any sleep. I got only about 5 hours last night and I had to wake up early for school. I had my problem solving w/ computers class and my Modern Britain class. I like my Modern Britain class. It's really interesting. At first I thought the class wasn't going to be interesting. I thought with a class called Modern Britain we would learn about England from the 1900s on. We started in the 1600s and I was quite upset. I felt like I was misled. That era never seemed interesting to me. But I was wrong. I really like the class a lot. I usaully like History classes. I took a Russian History class a couple of semesters ago and I loved it. I'm thinking about having History as my minor and English as my major. I don't want to write about History, but I want to learn more about it so I think having it as my minor is a good idea. So yeah my class is pretty cool. It's pretty much the teacher lectures and the student writes down everything she says and you are tested on it. I like those type of classes where you just take notes the whole time. It's pretty much like my Russian History class.What else is going on in my life? It's unseasonably warm out today. I've been listening to Danzig's first album a lot. I'm probably going to be listening to a lot of  the Misfits this weekend. Being that Halloween is this weekend it only seems appropriate. I have to go back to school to pick up Seth and I'm probably going to have band practice later. I want to try to mention something else about Funday, you know, to try to tie up everything, but I can't think of anything so here's a picture of Quailman. Seeya around. 

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Blog # 2 Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Nature

Another blog about my day. On Friday I woke up. Felt sick. I think I'm getting a cold. I went to my Modern Britain class. I then came back home, sat around for a couple hours and took Seth back to school for his class. I pretty much just sat in my car for an hour and tried to finish Hard Times. I didn't, but I'm close. It was Shane's (my older brother) birthday. He turned 27, but he still looks very youthful. I personally look like I'm 13 years old. Later that day I went to work. 5:30 to close. Pretty busy, but I closed with my friend Nikki. She likes Saves The Day and anyone who likes Saves The Day is cool by me. Well, I guess not everyone. If a serial killer liked Saves The Day I probably wouldn't like him. Anyways, Nikki is really cool. Lindsay was also there at work. I've known her for  5 years and she is one of my best friends so that also made my shift not-so-terrible. I came home and I was really tired. I fell asleep while I was brushing my teeth. I don't know how it happened, but it did and it was pretty freaky. Today I woke up and shaved. I had sort of a beard going on, but I know it would never look as good as Shane's so I shaved it all off and I have a lot of ugly looking cuts on my face to prove it. I ate a strawberry pop tart ( microwaved for 15 seconds. Forget the toaster) and 2 bowls of Fruity Pebbles. Breakfast Of Champions. Tonight I was going to go to my friend Hannah's Halloween party. She lives in Newmanstown which is 45 minutes away from my house. I didn't want to drive by myself because I have a history of getting lost when I try to go to places I've never been to. I was supposed to go with Lindsay, but she had things to do in Philly and was just going to meet me at Hannah's later. I was freaking out and worrying because I had no one to go with. I called Nate and asked him to go with me, but he said he couldn't and that he would rather hike. He told me to come over and maybe he could help me find the place beforehand. I drove over to his apartment in Lititz and before we were about to leave, Hannah texted me and said she canceled the party. It was kind of a bummer because I wanted to go, but what do you do when your plans are canceled? You hike. We took my car. First we decided to stop at Sheetz so he could hand in a lottery ticket and buy gum. You always need gum while you're hiking. We ran into Lindsay there and I told her the party was canceled. It was very nice seeing Lindsay and kind of strange that we ran into her. Me and Nate drove to the camping ground. I forget the name of the place. Millcreek? Maybe? Anyways the hike was really fun. It wasn't too cold out today and there were barley any clouds in the sky and the trees and the scenery looked very beautiful. I like hiking. Me and Nate went hiking before a few weeks back and it was fun, too. I'm surprised  because I'm pretty much against all types of physical activity. Me and Nate pretty much just waxed philisophical about life ( which is usaully what we do no matter what the surrounding is), etc. Nate does Nelly's "Air Force Ones" better than Nelly does it. Just saying. We also chewed gum. I like gum, but I don't know. It never lasts as long as the commercials says it does. Maybe my expectations are too high. An hour or 2 later we drove back to his place. We saw so much roadkill on the way there. It had to have been a record. I hate dead animals. It's a fear of mine. Every time I see one I shiver. We hung out a little bit longer. We hung out at his place for a while and at his parents house. We listened to a 2pac tape while he was driving with his gas tank on empty. It was tense, but we got to a gas station. I went home around 7:30-ish. UFC 121 was on and like usual a lot of my picks were wrong. I was happy that Matt Hamil and Cain Velasquez won. Velasquez is the new heavyweight champion after beating Brock Lesnar. I like him even if he did beat Cheick Kongo ( another one of my favorite fighters) about a year ago. I don't like Brock Lesnar. I remember when he wrestled for the WWE and he beat up this wrestler with 1 leg. It was funny. But, sadly, Patrick Cote, Gabriel Gonzaga, Martin Kampmann, and Paulo Thiago all lost. They all lost decisions so I should be happy that none of them were KO'd or submitted. But I'm ecspecially upset that Cote and Gonzaga lost. They're 2 of my favorite fighters. Cote will probably be cut which sucks, but he can always go to Strikeforce. I always dream that Gonzaga will one day be heavyweight champion, but I don't know if it will ever happen. He should use his ji-jitsu more, but it can be hard to take people down. Oh well. I'm depressed, but I'll get over it. I will always believe in Gonzaga. Always. Seeya around.

My Very First Blog: School, Sleep, and Rock N' Roll (Sort Of)

I'm doing this blog for a class so I don't really know what I should write about. I've never blogged before, but I guess I will describe what happened to me today. I woke up. I didn't eat breakfast. Me and my brother Seth drove to Millersville. It was the first time I had driven to school in a while. My car had around 2,000 dollars worth of problems and it stayed in the shop for a while. Thank God a lot of it was covered under warranty. My dad had been driving me, my 2 brothers and my mom around for quite a few weeks. I'm glad I got my car back and his stress level can go back to normal. I went to the library and tried to finish this book called Hard Times for one of my classes. I barley read though. Too tired. Couldn't focus. I then went to my problem solving with computers class where I created this blog you are reading right now. I thought it would be hard, but it was pretty easy. I came home and I took a nap. It was a really good nap, too. I woke up and I drove my brother to Barnes And Noble where he dropped off an application. My friend Nate texted me. He wanted to hang out. I said sure, but first I had to go to band practice. Sweet lady rock n' roll was calling. Me, my drummer Red and Seth ( who plays guitar and sings) drove to band practice. We have a place downtown where we practice. Red blared Obsession from his car. They're some metal band I never heard of, but they sounded pretty good. The place that we rent has dance classes on weekdays. They're usaully practicing on days we're not there. Sadly, they were practicing on this particular day so we couldn't practice at all because our music would bleed through to the upstairs floor where the dancers were. Me, Red, Seth and Dale ( our other singer/guitarist) just stayed in our room and hung out. We were pissed. We wanted to rock out. We couldn't. We were going to plug in anyways, but we didn't want to be a bunch of jackasses so we stayed quiet. Russian folk dance (or whatever it was) defeating Rock n' Roll? What? Anyways, Red left and Javen and the drummer from his band Sickpritty then came over and hung out with us. Javen lives across the hall from us. We talked about music, etc. I came home and called Nate a few times, but he didn't pick up. It sucked, but it's alright. I then went on the internet and worked on this blog that you are reading now while listening to Sunny Day Real Estate and Jimmy Eat World. They are 2 very respectable bands. It was a pretty good day. The whole Russian folk dancing ( or whatever it was) defeating Rock n' Roll thing was kind of a downer, but it's cool. Hope you enjoyed reading about my day as I enjoyed writing about it. Seeya around.