Punch Your Lights Out, Hit The Pavement, That's What I Call Entertainment!

Soooooooooo... There's a lot of things you talk about, so let's jump right into this! Okay! Alright! Let's do this!................................................................................................................................ Rofl...
Okay, starting back Wed. night. Before I had art, I talked to Maddie (via Facebook chat) for a good 30-45 min. Basically, we both had our misconceptions, but at this point... all of the breakdowns of communication, the back and forth ect... I disregarded it all and put into the simplest way I knew how, "yes, or no?". So, we're done, and there's a large part of me that just wants to keep it that way. In my few relationships, there's always... complications... and instead of prolonging all of this and just making the drama worse, I'd rather it be over. But we'll just see how the future unfolds... Onto Thurs. My day broke down like this: went to Physics without my morning energy drink, and figured why fight it, I took a nap. Next I went to Physics disscusion, got my test back (which I should have done loads better on... A 'D'? A 'D'?!?!?!), and then left. I ate then tried studying for my math test. I've had a REALLY hard time studying as of late... I just can't seem to concentrate. It seems like I know all of the material (until the test that is). But I took the test (without the help of my super group companions... sad face) and I felt pretty good about it... so I left for my bus. It was pretty warm out. It surprised me... it was like... surprised happy face! The bus came, I got on, and I had to listen to the guys sitting next to me's conversation because I no longer have my music to help me forget about the outside world... I got home, ate two hotdogs, then walked to the library (I had to return two cds, and pick up another one), but when I got there, there were three cds to pick up! Korn's self-titled cd, The Untouchables, and M.S.I.'s If. Now if you don't know, M.S.I. stands for Mindless Self Indulgence, and they are a great techno, rock/ shock rock, punk, rap, electro group (I usually just sum it up by describing their genre is 'fucked up'). And If, their newest cd was AMAZERING!!! Each song was like a wholey new experience. So many sounds all interlaced so tight with such spot on precission. The lyrics were all over the cultural board, much like I'd expect from such a 'anti-popculture' sort of band. If you were wondering, my title is a quote from the song "Lights Out" (one of my favorite tracks on the cd). I can't begin to describe how well crafted this cd was. I suggest it to anyone, it's just that good (If you're sensative to profanity, hit up the 'clean' version... even though I never understood why M.S.I. would even allow their music to be tampered with like that). I've already listened through the whole thing twice, and I'll probably listen to it a few more times before Mon.. And this cd just makes my need for my ipod grow... Like in Honey I Blew Up The Baby... My need for my ipod is like that baby, but I don't have Rick Moranis chasing me down trying to help... So, onto my Archy assignment. This one (a bird house) didn't take as long as my last one did. I only stayed up till 2 this time, and I woke up around 8:30. I left my house a little after 9 (W00T for cold pizza for breakfast) and got on campus about quarter to 10. I had to hurry to finish an Archy quiz online, and print off my last bit of info for my bird house, then post mine on the wall. I took the quiz (4/5), printed my stuff off, then put it on the wall. Mine seemed to fair pretty well, but there were some real kick ass projects up there. I ended up finishing all of that really early, so I putzed around till class. A was a good job done. Class was really boring, so I gave up about half way through and kept closing my eyes. After that, I went to school library to watch Heroes (the union lab is closed... damn open house...). Now I'm watching Weezer's Troublemaker video, and are about to catch the bus and head home. Then I'm off to Kiwi's for a Amittyvile Horror movie marathon... so if I don't blog for some time... you'll know why... I'll be dead!!! (whoa... I totally heard the guy in the cantina from Star Wars in my head...)

In The Shadow of Death

So I have had a very interesting night/morning... First, I got out of work last night, and Holly texts me. So I reply, put my coat on, and walk out the door. I instinctually reach in my pocket, pull out my ipod (which I just charged on a computer at work), and hit play... but nothing happened... I checked to see if I had it locked, no... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
UUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
KKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Music was one of the few things that I had counted on everyday to make me happy face... I live off of music now, no no no no no! Then, as Holly an i are talking, I find out that her dog Miracle had just passed away. Apparently it practically had super cancer, and died on Sun. It was just awful. So I get home, cold and surrounded by death. I eat, I shower, I sleep. Then my mom wakes my brother up this morning (which inadvertently wakes me up... not for long, but long enough), and then she tells us that my Grandma had just passed away a little after midnight. Is this like a running theme in my life now? Do people/things just die?

So my mom took off work today to go be with family, meanwhile, I got ready for school. Surprisingly, I ate, got dressed, collected my stuff, and got to the bus stop on time. I completely broke my original time schedule, but it all worked out fine. So, as I got to the bus stop, and the bus picked me up, Maddie had actually text me... I'm now, without a shadow of a doubt, convinced that this is very... very... very silly. So now we're talking about it all... again. The bus ride was okay. I read, even though I had a hard time getting into it. My physics lab wasn't too bad today. We had a review for the quiz next week, and we did a lab. My partner and I didn't come anywhere close to the expected outcome, so we just made shit up until we came close. Basically, we made this lab up. And now I'm in the Union, finishing an Wiki essay, checking facebook/emails, and typing this to all of you internet maniacs!

Today's post is "Just Another Way to Die"!

So, my blog post today is twofold, half being my normal day to day, and the second half consisting of my full play-by-play of the newest Bond title track.

So, my day started off without my alarm ringing. My mom had to wake me up (which she wasn't too happy about). But I got up, ate breakfast (left over pancake from yesterday... rewarmed pancakes never as good as new). I got dressed, packed my backpack, and headed out the door (wow that sounds like Zabumafoo(sp?)...). I walked to the bus stop, which I saw Steve and Steph at. They sat in the van and waited for the bus... pussies... Anyways, the bus took me to school, I got on a computer, made sure I didn't have any homework to do, then went to Physics and kept up my tradition of using energy drinks to stay alive. This weeks was a No Fear Motherload. I didn't say what flavor it was, they just called it Motherload. It tasted kinda like kiwi grapefruit (neither of which were ingredients). I liked it. It tasted pretty good, and because it tasted like a caffinated grapefruit, so it was a real kick in the face. So, I did stay awake today. Then I sat around reading, or surfing the internet, until my math class started. My math class was really boring. I should have paid attention because it was a review for my thurs. test. I did however get a sketch to a drawing I'm really looking forward to finishing. I also got myself excited about scanning a lot more of my art and posting them in a few sites across the lollernet. Then I went home. At home I listened to music ate (Chinese food -,-), and got ready for work. Work was actually pretty busy tonight, it was crazy. I've only got about another hour left to work, so I expect it to be pretty slow, and I can get a chance to finish everything I have to get done. Then I'm gonna walk home, eat (again, I get it, I'm a fat man... actually I've lost a lot of weight since school started... crazy), take a shower, then go to sleep.

Now, I had listened to this song once a few weeks ago, but it was while I was hanging out with friends, so I didn't get to pay much attention to it. Then one day in between classes, I watched the video on Youtube. I watched again today and I figured I should put in my two cents about it. First off, the song is titled "Another Way to Die", it'll be the intro to the newest Bond movie Quantum of Solace, and is sung by Jack White of the White Stripes, and Alicia Keys. I've been told that Jack actually wrote the song, but I've never confirmed it, it sounds believable enough to me. Anyways, my initial reaction to this pair up was like 'cool, I love it when two polar opposites from the music industry make a song together. It melds genres cultures and lives. Korn does a lot of stuff with rappers, and it always turns out amazing'. Well, it turns out these two talents are not as different as I had once assumed. True, they're listed under different genres, and they go about two different ways to produce their own style, but they way their voices moved together really showed a close relation. Apparently both of them wanted to work together before because of a mutual musical respect. I liked to hear that because I find it awesome when musicians of this stature enjoy each others work, even though after every collaboration, the artists will say how much they love the other. I'm willing to suspend my logic and just believe this one... Hearing these two people singing together was like hearing two of the same tone at one time, one being the smooth and polished version while the other is raw and gritty (I'm sure you can tell which is which). I enjoyed this contrast even more because it could be taken further to represent Bond himself. He is the raw gritty action hero, but can pull it all off with impeccably smooth style. Plus, the instruments were spot one. Jack with his guitar, Alicia and her piano. Now, I'm a sucker for the piano, so this just set the bar far above average. The lyrics were great. The chorus alone just made it seem like on of those kind of spy tag lines. And if the lyrics aren't quite enough to get in your head, I guarantee you, that melody will start bouncing around up there for awhile. One last not about the actual song: the duel towards the end. Jack screeching his guitar while Alicia harmonizes and almost fights back. It's like a musical argument and it just keeps rising and rising until it can't hold it's own weight, and as soon as it breaks, you get kicked back right into the song. As for the video, I liked it... but it didn't seem like anything special. People singing and playing instruments with a digital background with quirky (and increasingly overused) graphic design elements fly around. Don't get me wrong, it was a nice, well made video, but it was nothing new (but I did really enjoy the desert backdrop... it just seemed badass that they'd be singing at night in a desert). Although both of them have said they wanted to work together for a while now, they really didn't seem to acknowledge the other in the video... I mean there were times, but for the most part, their chemistry just seemed bland. I did however like how the two of them started playing with their instruments and such at the end, before Daniel Craig comes over that dune looking like a well dressed bat out of Hell... with a gun... A really big gun... Here's the video if you haven't seen it. If I've got more than one reader here (Hi Kiwi), tell me what you think.

Today Was The First Day I've Ever Voted. Don't I feel American...

Today, I woke up around 8:30ish because my mom had made me pancakes for breakfast ( ^.^ happy face!!!). She also told me that she was planning on leaving at 9, because we had to run some errands. 9? Really? I need longer than a half an hour to wake up, eat, get ready to leave, wake up, and be in any sort of functioning order... Well, despite my doubts, I was ready and awake at 9... but we didn't leave till about 9:30. Anyways, we left, first stop: City Hall. It's a pretty sweet building in a nice park, but it's filled with pigs and old people, so I don't like to stay long. I voted (Barrack the Vote!). After that we stopped at Walmart, Aldis, and Walgreens. Then we went back home. I was happy because that didn't take long at all. So we got back home, and Maddie texted me... that went nowhere fast, but I did start watching HIMYM season 3 commentary. That supplied with some good hearted wholesome lols, which is something I really needed. So after that, I made myself a hotdog and got ready to leave for class. I also got one of those pimp as Hell things from Half Price Books, where it's all like, 'I'm a bunch of coupons that makes cheap books cheaper!'... so that's really awesome. I haven't been in that place for too long. As I was getting ready, my mom was freaking out because my brother wasn't home yet and he had work. Admittingly, it was strange, because he'd gotten out of class at like 10, but whatever, he can take care of his own life, he is 20... Well, either way, I left and started towards the bus stop. I didn't make it far before realising I had forgotten my bus pass (which is a big no-no, and something I thought I had lost over the weekend). So, I walked back, picked that up, and left again. It took the bus awhile to get there. I'm not sure why (did I miss the last one? Was it just a long layover? Was it late? I don't know...). Either way, the bus picked me up, and swept me away to school. I was the only one riding the bus... this isn't the first time, but it's still alittle weird... So I got to school and went to Wikination. My attention dipped in and out, but I'm pretty sure I got everything I needed done in at least a half way decent manner. So after that was over I went back to the union. I didn't bring a book to read today, so I ate and just kinda sat there for awhile... Then I listened to music... I was still quiet bored, so I said 'fuck it', I'm taking a nap. I ended up turning my music off because it was making my nap weird... songs would change, scare me, change again, I'd forget which song just finished... I don't know, it was odd... So I turned the music off. I kept trying to stay awake, but I'd wake up, check the time, then put my head back down. I did that until about 6 when I came and got a computer. Then I checked my emails, facebook, ect. then started typing this. I'm about to go to my art class now, but first i'm gonna finish watching this video:

Any Number of Titles Could Fit Here, But I'll Just Settle With This...

There is one thing in my mind separates an artist and someone with artistic abilities. That one thing is the capability of admitting something is not turning out the way you wanted it to, and instead of trying to fix it for ages, you can wipe the slate clean and start anew. This characteristic shows not only courage and integrity, but it shows something genuine about yourself and your work. I feel as though I need to do this with my blog. So many of my posts have been done in mere minutes, leaving out all emotion, and at times notable events throughout the day. So, here comes my post to return to glory.

My weekend was not what I had expected it to be. I thought I knew what I was doing, and that I had a grip on the things closest to me. Instead, I'm quite sure I just mucked things up (no, I'm not trying to censor myself by saying 'muck' instead of 'fuck'). It all started when I was on the bus heading home. I knew Maddie was coming home this weekend, and that gave me more than enough to be excited about. However, Eau Claire is a good four hours away, so I figured she wouldn't be pulling in at around 3:30 when I got home. So I called up Holly (or rather I texted her, but I hate texting and would rather not think about it... which thus makes my statement useless because I mentioned texting in this statement which makes me think about it anyways... I'm almost tempted to say that this is a fail of epic proportions, but then I'd be dragging this thing on even longer...sorry). So I got home, ate, walked to the library, walked to the new Walgreens, walked to Factory Card Outlet, then went to work to make sure someone could cover my shift on Sun. Becca was there and she said she could (sweet, Becca, you rock). Then I went home... I made good time for a walk like that, but it was getting pretty late. Jake showed up at my house, we all had some mac n' cheese. Then Holly showed up at the door. Jake hid in my kitchen because he didn't want to see Holly (umm... grow up...plz?). So, eventually we all left in search of Steve. Long story short, he wasn't home so we went to the new Walgreens (Yes, this was my second time here today). I think Holly picked up some candy, then we left. We headed over to Toys R Us and putzed around in there (I don't care how old I get... toys ownzr). We knew Steve had gotten home, so we went back to his house. We all chilled outside talking for awhile, then Steve's mom came home and said that they should come inside, which was fine because Holly had to go pick John (Pat) up from work, which meant she was ditching all of us for her boo... She dropped me off at home so I could hopefully catch Maddie tonight. Also, I knew Steve wouldn't be around, so I didn't want to get caught up anywhere late with no way but walking home... I started watching Shaun of the Dead (Great movie, I recommend it to anyone). I didn't get too far before Ding Dong! The door bell rang. Could it be Maddie showing up at my door to surprise me? Nope. It was Smerz. I explained to him that Jake and Andrew were out and about and were going to meet up with Kiwi later. He and I ended up on my front porch talking about movies, music, and video games for a good hour and a half (yes, I did write this in my blog Smerz). It was about 10:30, so he departed to go to Kiwi's. I went upstairs and continued watching Shaun of the Dead. I got a text from Holly saying that Maddie was in town, and had been for some time now, she had gone to the BD volleyball game. What?!?!? This was news to me... So I texted Maddie (did I mention how much I hate texting? The things I won't do for friends...). Then Holly and I got into somewhat of an argument. It was hard to tell what it was because texting is the most impersonal way of communicating... But Maddie replied to me saying that she was in town, and that she thought that we were getting together on Sun. because she knew I had taken off work. I thought that was a piss poor, assumption, but whatever. I told her the few hours I had to work over the weekend, and shortly after I fell asleep.

That... was just Fri. night guys, stick with me. So Sat. rolls around and I finish Shaun of the Dead. I talked with Maddie early in the morning and made sure we had some sort of plans for the day. She'd be busy with taking her car in for some sort of maintenance, getting a flu shot, and blood drawn (sad face), and I would go to work. Work was boring as usual... Even more so because of how bad I wanted to leave. 5 on the dot, I left work, and headed home. I quick ate and got ready. Maddie picked me up around 6:20 (btw, I did give her a mucho big hug when I stepped outside, and we left. In the car with us were Maddie's mom and little brother, both of which I haven't seen for about as long as I haven't seen Maddie. Evan of course was all over me. Ever since Maddie and I started dating, he's been all over me. I'm pretty sure I'm one of his best friends (kids love me... I don't know, they just do... Don't you dare even try making that into some sort of pedophile joke... you're sick). So we dropped Maddie's mom and brother off at Maddie's Aunt and Uncles house, because Maddie's mom was to be babysitting. So, after that Maddie and I drove to Grafton High school to watch the BD volleyball team (We weren't even playing Grafton... it made no sense). However, while we were driving, Maddie asked me,"Are we dating right now?", and I replied "no", because to my knowledge that had been made clear. Was I missing something? Then she replied,"Okay, then I won't kiss you"... this completely took me by surprise... where the Hell did that come from? At this point my mind was sort of just floating there... We got to the High School, and on the way in... we kissed... I kinda figured I'd misjudged this whole situation, maybe we'd made it over the initial hump of adjusting to college, and that we could in a way be ready to date again. I wasn't really sure at this point, and the way I express myself takes complete seclusion, and a lot of time, so I knew we weren't going to talk about it now. We watched the game, which Karleisa and her sister Kaitlyn also attended. It was nice to see them again, even though I'd just ran into Karleisa not too long ago. So, Brown Deer lost, and we all said our goodbyes. After we left, Maddie and I went back to the Aunt and Uncle's house. Before we went in, my mind went all topsy turvey again, but lets not get into that. So we spent the next few hours with her relatives... The kids were nuts, and the parents were a bit tipsy, but it was a fun time. We left around 10:30, and went back to Maddie's. I helped her hollow some pumpkins, then she asked if I just wanted to spend the night. I called my house, she passed it by her parents, and I was going to sleep at her house. It wasn't too big a deal, I've done it before, I just sleep on the sofa on the completely opposite side of the house from her... So, we ended up all falling asleep while watching Scooby-Doo and the Lochness Monster (A travesty to two good names...). Maddie's mom woke us all up and we all went to our respective beds, not before Maddie and I had a kiss goodnight.

Now on to Sun. Basically, Sun. morning doesn't matter. I woke up, played a game with Evan, Maddie and her mom left for Church, I played another game with Evan, walked home, ate, took a shower. Then I started working on my architecture project until Maddie called me. She came to pick me up and we went to her uncle's house (different uncle). Maddie, Maddie's mom, dad, brother,uncle, and I were all there. Shortly after arriving, everyone left to take Evan trick or treating... everyone except for Maddie and I. This was perfect, finally we got some alone time to talk. We talked for awhile, my doing most of the talking, she just had responses. And... that's how it ended... Somehow we came to the conclusion that we were 'just friends'... well then what the Hell was this whole weekend about?!?!?!?!?! After we talked, her family members slowly started to stream back in, until they were all there. This was at about 4:15, and I had to work at 4:30... so her uncle took me home, then dropped me off at work. When I stopped by my house to get my stuff, Jake and Kiwi were there. I felt kinda bad that I just blew them off because I was in such a hurry, but I had to get to work. I wasn't too happy to be at work, but at that time, it was better than hanging out with Maddie's family eating Chinese food until she left for Eau Claire. Sitting here typing this, I can't honestly tell you how I feel. It's a mixture of a lot of things, which all don't make much sense. I'm trying not to hang on any of it, and not let it all affect me, but I'm not that kind of person. I've often thought to myself that I am far too emotional to justify my having a penis, but this is ridiculous. However, I'm a firm believer in the concept of 'everything will work out'. I can't say that I am the most religious man, but I can say that I believe everything happens for a reason. This is why I'm just going to keep going. Life is like a giant treadmill, you can adjust yourself and slow down if you are tired, but if you stop, you will let yourself get thrown away and sucked under. There's not much more I can say about that... So, i'm just going to go home, eat something, and partake in one of my favorite most relaxing hobbies: sleeping.

I Didn't Blog Yesterday...

High five turtle.

But, anyways, I didn't blog yesterday. The reason for this is because I didn't get home till late, and at that point, I really didn't feel like going online. I know what you're thinking, 'But why did you get home so late? Class for you ends at 2 and you didn't hang out with any of your friends"... The answer, my grandma has been in and out of the hospital for some time now. She's old, and has been losing her vision for quite awhile now. In her words, she's tired and sick of fighting. She's pretty well ready for the end, which I can respect. So my family paid her a visit (I haven't seen her for over a year...).

"If we don't make it alive, It's a Hell of a good day to die" -The Offspring

You would not believe how happy I am it's Fri.. I am more than ready for the weekend. One of the many reasons being Maddie is coming into town!!!!!!!!!!!! You would not believe how happy I am to see her. I haven't seen since she left for school (Damn you UW Eua Claire!). I am really looking forward to giving her a really big hug. I mean REALLY big. Like, innocent passers-by will think I'm assaulting her big... Other than that, my weekend doesn't have many big plans. I've got chicken waiting for me at home, which I'm looking forward to... Ummm... I'm about to finish my fifth book of this semester. I'm watching the latest episode of Heroes right now (see the first line of this post). Well, I'm gonna stop pretending I have anything more of substance to say. Until next time.

The Day That Just Dragged...

Today was silly. I woke up around 9, which gave me plenty of time to get ready to leave around 11. I wanted to get onto campus early, because I've been late to my lab the past few classes (not that it matters all that much... it's a 3 1/2 hour class...). So I got all my stuff ready, listened to some music and read until about 10:30. I wanted to leave earlier than 11, because I was going to stop at Wendy's to pick something up to eat. I wasn't in the mood for anything big, I'd just been craving Wendy's for some time. So I walk there. It's open. I go inside. I place my order. I get my food. I leave. I got a Double Stack with Cheese, and a Crispy Chicken Sandwich (I less than three the dollar menu!!!). I left and started walking to the bus stop. On the way over, I ate my chicken sandwich. It was tasty. I finished that and unwrapped my next sandwich. I got to the bus stop around now. I opened up my sandwich to see if there were any pickles inside. Much to my dislike there were. So I took them out, it wasn't too big a deal, I do it for all of my hamburgers... I hate pickles... But here is when things went terribly wrong... My art portfolio, which weighs about 20 some odd pounds, started to slip off of my shoulder. I could feel it slowly slipping. For the next few moments, my world slowed down. My mind was racing, scrambling for the strap, but it was too late. It fell to my elbow causing my upper arm to jerk back. Noooooooooooooo! That's my sandwich hand! My Sandwich hand!!! I could see the delicious beef and cheese flying out of my hand, but at that moment, time caught up with itself (see Big Fish for thoughts of time slowing down). SPLAT! My breakfast! On the ground! Ruined! It's all ruined!!! You would not believe how much that pissed me off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now almost 7 hours later, it still fills my heart with rage! the rest of my day seems so two dimensional when compared to that... AAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!

My Body is a Temple

This morning went like any other. I woke up around 6:30, ate, then slept till 7. Got dressed left and went to the bus stop. My bus was on time today, but the weird thing was that I was the only one on the bus *Twilight Zone music ascends from my bones*. But I got to school, putzed around on the internet until it was time for class. I brought another energy drink with me, but this week, it was an orange Amp. It was okay, I'm not too fond of orange drinks though. However... it didn't really work... I mean, I know people say "energy drinks don't work, I'm a jackass", but that's because they're already awake! Nice going morons... But yeah, so my head still bobbed. So, it's nice to know my body is immune to over 80mg of caffeine. Yeah... I like sleep, shut up! So my next class was math, which was fun because of 'super group'... we couldn't be stopped. But enough of that, I'm gonna just let you guys wallow in your curiosity and conspiracy theories until you all start talking about them with each other like it was some in depth plot like that of Heroes or Lost. And then I'll laugh as all of your guesses are dumb as shit, and so implausible that if another writers strike happens, I know there is no future in creative writing of any fashion... So, I'm done with work, and I'm going to go home now. See, unlike you, I have a life. I don't sit around and read peoples blog posts. I actually just talk to them. I contribute to society! Jesus loves me!... wow... it's really hard to portray sarcasm in text... Goodnight!

I Had To Leave My Ipod At Home Because I Didn't Charge It Over The Weekend

So, Sunday night was pretty standard. Get off work around 8 (which I got out closer to 8:30 because I actually stayed later to write my blog). I walked Home with Kiwi and Jake who had met me at the Y around 7-ish. I found that amusing because Kiwi doesn't have a Y membership (what a loser!). Once I got home, Kiwi and Jake left, I ate, took a shower, finished my art homework then passed out. I like sleep, what can I say... My mom woke me up this morning around 8. I ate, got dressed and generally tried to keep myself from going back upstairs and falling back asleep (which is much more tempting than you think. I'm a working college student with his first class starting at 3:30... C'mon... c'mon). So at about 9:30 (which is later than I wanted) I left my house to walk to the Brown Deer Public Library, which in my eyes is an awesome place to chill (Yes, Brown Deer is just that damn gangsta! Be afraid white suburbs!!!). I got there a little after 10, which was pretty good time on foot. I dropped some stuff off, then headed back home. I didn't make it quite home exactly, I just walked to the 49U park and ride, so I could catch the bus to take it to campus because I had a meeting for my wiki capstone project. That 20 min. meeting went well (despite the half an hour for me to get there and the half an hour back). So, once I got back I got in the house, took off my shoes and socks (they were both pretty wet), and in comes my brother. We make some food and then watch a few episodes of HIMYM. This almost made me late, but you can always depend on the 49u to be even later than you are! So I make it back to campus. Wiki-Nation today wasn't all that exciting, we should each other our blogs (I'm loved by millions!), and then we just sat around and talked briefly about future classes. Anywho, I'm back in the Union. I already ate, read, and checked all of my emails, facebook, and read other peoples blog. That was my signal that I should probably update my own blog. I'm about to go to class pretty early today. I'm tired so I'm just going to try and take a nap. I figure, I can't be late if I try and dose off before class... in the classroom... right?

Ah The Weekend...

So... where to begin... I didn't post last night because I forgot to at work, and I didn't get home till after 12. Let's start at the begining: Fri. night. I got home from school (late because I missed the damn bus). I ate, and sat around for a bit until Holly picked me up to go to Ben's (late again I might add). So we stopped at Pick N' Save so I could pick up Ben's birthday gift (btw, his gift was a bottle of ketchup... a single wrapped bottle of ketchup). The whole point of his party, as they all are, is to game. Game a lot. Most of them are overnighters, so there is a lot of gaming. I mostly putzed around legendary on the original Halo. I also played a few rounds of "Are You a Werewolf?", which was a fun game because it was probably the only board/card game he had set out that didn't take 7 hours to play... The food was great, which is a major staple at his parties (thanks Ben's mom!!!). So, that was fun. Got home around 1:00, went to bed. Sat. was dull and boring and work filled until 6:45-ish when Emily picked me and Jake up from my house to head down to the Rave. So, because we had 2 more tickets, we decided to see who we could kidnap to take with (C'mon, do we really need to kidnap people for a FREE concert???). So that was great. The concert itself was great, but i had a few problems with it. 1. I had a group of little kids infron of me, who I'm pretty sure don't even know what puberty is, let alone hit it yet... 2. The Flobots portion of the show was too short, and Matisyahu's was far too long... but other than that it was good. I left with sore legs and deaf ears, so I knew it was a good show in the end. And today (Sun.) I worked all day, so nothing was all that important to even mention. Wow... I've got school tomorrow...

This Is Why I'm Hot!

Please, do not worry. The answer is yes. My title has nothing to do with this post. Do not be alarmed.

So, last night played out in an unexpected way. I got home around 3:30, and called Holly, because we were supposed to hang out. She stopped at McDonalds, then came to my house (before she got there, I ate some tasty chicken). So, we sat around my house talking for a few minutes while I ranted and raved about the various things she suggested we do (she suggested we play video games at her house and used Soul Calibur 4 as an example. What was I supposed to say? Yes!?!). So we left to go to the library to for me and see if Steve wasn't working (Steve's a friend who works at the library. He works for the man... what a little bitch...). He was there, and before we even went inside, Catherine, Steve's little sister, was walking to the library. So we got out of the car, hugged her (haven't seen her in a while... She's still going to high school... what a loser!). We went inside and talked with Steve for awhile, he helped me win a bet, then I picked up my cd on reserve, and we walked back out to the car. BTW, the cd I rented was Zeitgeist, the newest Smashing Pumpkins cd. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but I'm hoping it's what you'd expect from them. So, we sat around outside for awhile and who should show up, but Jake on his bike. A few seconds later, I see Kiwi come up the other driveway to the library on his scooter (yeah, that's right, a scooter. You gotta problem with that?!?!) We all talked for a bit until Steve got off work. Then we all talked until we realised we should probably get going. so I walked back to Holly's car (note everyone else was going to Steve's van). I knew that there would be some internal politics, so Holly and I talked, and I ended up going with everyone else (I realise that makes me sound like a dick, but you have to know the people involved. And... see title). So Kiwi, Jake, Steve and I dropped Catherine off at their house (what a loser!), and the rest of us went to Pick N' Save. That was pretty awesome cuz we did some filming for a YouTube series (stay tuned for that... it should be fun). Then we went back to Kiwi's and hung out until around 10:45-ish, when a few of us got hungry, so we went back to Pick N' Save (I know what this sounds like, and we have made note of this, but no. None of us were doing any drugs or partaking in illegal activities...). When we got back to Kiwi's, we watched John McCain on Letterman... that was entertaining... We talked and all left about 1 in the morning (oops!).

So, that was last night. Today, I woke up ate caught the bus and came to school. I watched the first episode of season 4 of HIMYM (which CBS took off of their site, so I had to watch some crappy version where the audio didn't sink up). After that I went to Archy, which was just like any other Archy class. Now I'm watching the latest episode of Heroes, and when it's over, I'm gonna hope on the good 'ol 49U, and go home. Then I'm gonna eat and go to Ben's Birthday party. I'm only gonna stay for a few hours before I leave to hang out with another friend I haven't seen in a while (Which is odd because she goes to Concordia, which is not far from my house, but whatever...). Then... Saturday... will... be... Legend- wait for it - dary! Flobots & Matisyahu in concert together!!! W00T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!1!!!

I Was Awake!!!

So, this happens to me every night. I try with good intent to get to sleep early if I know I've got a morning class the next day... that never ends up happening though. I mean, I mean well. So, on my way to the bus stop, I stopped at Pick N Save to buy myself an energy drink to keep me awake. I got myself a Monsoon cuz it was all like "hey, buy me, I'm on sale!" So I was all like, "Okay, I'll buy you and consume your insides!". That's when we had a really long awkward silence. But I bought it anyways. I got to school early and talked with my slightly handy-capped yet more than capable friend Beau (Aliases include: Beau-regard, Beau Nurr, Beauseph, Bo, Bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo). He was doing his math and I was waisting on the computer next to him. I left and went to Physics. The Monsoon was pretty good, and it kept me awake. After tha I went to my Physics Lab, which is really easy and the TA is cool (cool, cool). After that I went to the Union and ran into Nate. I ate with him and we talked about nonsense (main topic of conversation between us). I ended up sitting at the SDS table with him for awhile. Then I left and went to my match class. Big suprise... I zoned out for most of the review... But then we took a quiz which I'm pretty sure I did well on, but I'm prone to making stupid mistakes. Anyways, I left and went back to the union computer lab to take an Archy quiz. After I finished the quiz I once again started waisted time lolling. Now I'm about to leave and go back home. Chickens at home!!! Mmmmmmmmmm... Chicken. After I eat I'm gonna see if I can't hang out with a friend I don't see much anymore (not that I'm too concerned, it's usually her fault. Yes even losers have drama from time to time...). So, I'm gonna leave now and look forward to the weekend!

The Day's Almost Over

First, let me start by saying: I'm obsessed with this song! It's practically been stuck in my head since it hit the radio. I can't get enough of it. It's like crack in my veins!!!

Anyways, hi! Here's what's up: I woke up today at 9:30-ish, ate, finished some stuffs, then got ready to leave. I made myself a grilled cheese with a slice of tomato in it (don't mock it until you try it). I left my house around 11:35-ish to drop a few things in the mail, then catch my bus at 11:44. The bus was late and came a little after 12, which compared to most U buses is pretty significant amount of time. So, I was 5 or 10 min. late to my first class (Physics lab, yhuck!) Well, after that was done, I had a good hour and a half to waist before my next class. I waisted a lot of time on the lollernet in the Union. At about 3:15, I left the union to go to class. Today's wiki class was... interesting. We had a review in a game of sorts format. The game itself wasn't all that fun or complex (or much of a game). But my team 'won' and we got to play a lot of youtube videos (You need that wooo wooo!). Now I'm waiting till my art class, which I'm not looking forward to, and am probably going to not do much and leave a little early. You gotta do what you gotta do... Tomorrow will be nice because my day is down by 2, and I don't have work or anything, but my classes tomorrow actually involve me paying attention.

*Slowly Contemplates What a Good Title Would Be...*

So, let me start off by saying this morning was UNBEARIBLE! I had a hard time falling to sleep, and staying asleep. From the time I laid down to the time I woke up, I probably got a good 3 or 4 hours... and those hours weren't all that great either. So Physics this mornig really sucked. I hope I wrote down all the stuffs I was suppossed to because I've got a test coming up soon. After I got out. I tried to catch a few z's in the union. It didn't work too well... Math a few hours later was easy enough. As soon as I got out of there you best believe I ran to the bus stop. Get Me Outta' Here!!! So I went home. When I got home, I picked up the mail and let myself in. Not too much of importance, except I did get my new phone. I'm still having grief, but at least this one works. I also got a call from a friend with connections, who is getting me into the Matisyahu/ Flobots concertI had Mac N' Cheese for supper. It was delicious. Then I went to work which was same old, same old. There was a lot of hollabaloo around me, but it didn't concern me. So I ignored it for the most part. Work's almost over, and Jake is now talking to me. So, I plan on racing home after I get out of here. I need a shower, and to die on my bed.

How To Plug My Own Video In Class...

Yes, that's me. I just can't seem to get over the 'new' facebook. It's just so drastically different. I can't understand how to post to anyone anymore, and how will I see my bumper stickers. I can't adapt. My heads gonna' esplode!!!

Take that you whinny little facebook addicts. Improvise, adapt and overcome. If the Marines can do it, so can you. Anyways, classes started for me today at 3:30, and I woke up around 9:30. So, I had a lot of free time. I ended up half riding the bus and half walking to the library (won best library of Wi. in 2004, W00T!!!). I picked up a Cake cd (Pressure Chief, it's awesome, look it up!). After that I walked home and made a pizza. My brother got home from school, we ate. He left for work, I left for school. Now I'm in class blogging...

All Night Dance Party!!!

My day has been very dull... I woke up around 11, so by the time I actually got up and ate, I would have to start walking to work (I started work at 12:30, which means I leave at about 12:15). I knew work would be boring, 8 hours of sitting, but I didn't expect it to be this bad... I always bring a book with me to read, but it's just one of those days where, I don't want to read. Well, actually I just don't want to read my book, because I really don't have much of a problem ready stuffs off wikipedia. During my wikipedia binge fueled by bordem, I discovered that Timesplitters 4 has new concept art as well as a new character released, and that there's gonna be a new Halo game called Halo 3: Recon. The new Halo game actually looks good! (If you've got a problem with that statement, eat me!). You don't play as some Master Chief so you'll need skill and strategy to survive! This is gonna blow Halo fan boys' minds! Anywho, the monotony of my day was also broken up by the visit of one of my friends, Jake (see Half an Hour Before Third Quiz post) who stayed and talked to me for awhile. So... Now I just have to waste the next two hours until I can leave and go home. Once I get home I've got to charge my ipod, finish my art homework, and take a shower. It would probably be best if I ate something too, but we'll see how lazy I get. I've got Wiki-nation, the class I created this blog for tomorrow, so that means our homework assignment will be due. So, if you haven't finished 'interacting' with anyone elses blog, spam the Hell out of this post!!!

Why?... Why?

It seems hardly worth noting anymore, but I'm sitting at work again. I follow a set routine when I waste time on the internet at work. Minimize, maximize, minimize, maximize... It's strenuous, my job is never ending (<---- insert sarcasm here). So, back to buisness. The title. I'm sure you're all wondering "why what? Tell us! Tell us now! For Gods sake why what man!!!". And here's your answer. I bought my very first cell phone about a week ago. It took 4 days to get to my house. It took me another day after getting it to activate it. The very next day after activation... The sceen... goes completely white! I didn't use it for more than a full day before the damn thing broke!!! I couldn't believe it. My brand new phone. My very first phone. Less than a day... thanks God. And I know, it's a pay as you go phone, so they're not meant to be the greatest of the great, but still... two days. Really? So, I called the big bad phone company and had a Hell of a time understanding the person. There was so much going on in the background. There must have been a whole warehouse full of people answering phones and acting cheery... and I could hear them all... But the good news out of all of this... they're sending me a brand new phone free of charge. *sigh* I'll get my new phone in about another 4 days. It works out, but it's a hassle. In other news, I have finished watching season 3 of HIMYM. I made short work of it. (I'm a monster!) I think season 3 did not opperate as well as its predeccesors in individual episodes, but overall it worked very well. There were some nice 'oh snap!' kinda moments. After today, I probably won't see it again for at least four months (people love borrowing my season dvds, rather than buying, or even pirating their own...)

Today R Friday

Hi! Classes today were pretty easy, I only had Architecture. The best part of it is I was actually awake, so I didn't keep nodding off, thus making class go by a little easier. Right now I'm typing this and watching Heroes (Heroes is like crack in my veins!!!). In other news I just bought myself my very first cell phone. And yesterday, I picked up How I Met Your Mother season 3. (Oh My God Sylar is in an apron makin' waffles!!!) Anyways, yeah season 3 of HIMYM, I already finished the first of three discs. Yep. So, I'm gonna finish this episode of Heroes, hop on the bus, go back home, eat, and then try to go see Righteous Kill. I'm not all that interested in seeing the movie, well, at least not in theater, but I got free tickets, so I figured why the Hell not right?

I'm really hungry right now...

Half An Hour Before My Third Quiz

It should come as no big surprise that I'm sitting around in the UWM union. My next class, math, will start in about half an hour, where I will take my third quiz of the day (see title). So, I felt I need to comment on an event going on here at the union. The LGBT (lesbian gay bisexual trans gender) organization is hosting "coming out week". Now, let me start by saying, I personally have no real problems with homosexuality. I think that if that's what will make them happy, that's fine, everyone deserves that right. I people who are gay, I've got friends who are gay. Hell, I even have a friend who likes goats (Sorry Jake, I kid because I care). But a whole week? Why can't people come out whenever they damn well feel like it? I think naming a week for a relatively simple action is ridiculous. I mean, if I were, which I'm not, not that there's anything wrong with that, gay, I wouldn't think to myself on Tues., maybe I should come out... no... I'll wait till later in the week, because I've got this whole week set aside for me, and if I miss it, I'll just have to wait till next year... Personally, I find coming out week to be stupid.

How Epic Can One Man Be?

Ahlalalalalalalalala!

Okay, back to business. Today, I woke up at approx. 9 o'clock. From there I was greeted by a mysterious biscuit with scrambled eggs inside of it accompanied by a always delicious glass of apple juice. I ate it. It was good. I then flew down my stairs and went into the bathroom. Like a flash of lightening I was groomed. Clothes changed, teeth brushed, and deodorant applied. This is where things got tricky. I flew up my stairs, much in the same way I had flew down them, but this time going against one of my biggest foes: gravity! He has plagued my people for years, always tryin' ta' bring us down. But I got up the stairs nonetheless. I laid back down because I was hell-a early approx. 9:30, then I got back up in one quick fluent motion like a compressed spring! I went over to my backpack and pondered what tools were necessary for this days line of classes. I thought. I came to conclusions. I concurred. Backpack now set, I picked up my art portfolio, my wallet, and ipod. Now I'm ready for anything. I flew back down the stairs and slid out of my front door, tail end of my coat fluttering in the wind as I walk in badass slow motion with Nine Inch Nails "Just Like You Imagined" joining me for awesome walking themes. Current time is approx. 10:15. I notice almost immediately that it is not cold out today. Good, the weather knew who was boss. I walked to the buss stop, thus began my contemplating of which bus stop to wait at. I do enjoy a good walk in the morning, so the further, yet more reliable stop seemed best. But no, I opted out to go to the closer one. I can't miss this bus. Or rather, this bus can't miss me. The time: approx. 10:30, the bus pulls up. Bus driver lets me on. Good. I see a good friend standing by my normal bus stop. He's staring off into space. He must be waiting for his ride home. Shame, talking is important. Vitally important. The bus continues, all cars move out of our way because they know... they know. I step off the bus. approx. 11:00. Damn, people are getting free pizza right now. I stand there for a moment squinting, exhaling a puff of smoke in the worlds face without having smoked anything, just to inform the common folk of how badass I am. I teleport myself to the room I had prior never known to exist in the dark recesses of the Union. I had found my prize. Pizza. Free pizza. I consumed two pieces. One pepperoni, one mushroom and olives. I wrote two postcards to incoming freshman. Both Architecture majors. Good kids. I believe in Gotham City. I left, approx. 12:15. I took an extra two slices for the road. I needed to send them a message. I walked to the Physics Building across the street. Shit. I knew what was coming. I stood outside the building for a moment. Waiting. Watching. I went in and took my time up the single flight of stairs. There I was. My dreaded Physics Lab. An Enemy. I go in and sit down. The instructor isn't there. Good, she won't ask for any of my pizza. The minute hand on the clock ticks...ticks...ticks... Five more times I heard it click. The time is approx. 12:30, my stomach full of free pizza, my mind set on owning todays lab. The lab is received. The lab is completed. I hate that class. I leave class and converse with selected co members of the aforementioned class. We converse. We separate. I return to the union, my unofficial home away from home. I discover an open computer. I sit. I type. The time is approx. 2:30. All work is done for my next class, time for play. I utilize tools such as Wikipedia, Youtube, and my library card to buy myself some time. The time is approx. 3:15, I stand up from my seated position and allow my coat tail to sway much in the manner it did this morning. I make it to my next class. Others begin to show up. At approx. 3:30, we start class. Wiki-Nation.We think. We feel. We talk. I learn. The time now is approx. 4:45. I exit class. I had a successful experience. But that is over now. I keep myself moving forward. I once again return to my sanctum of the UWM Union. I eat. It isn't free pizza, but my stomach is at bay. I read. I finish the chapter. I return to an open computer. I fight off other potential users as I do often to ward off other internet-craved students. I am successful at claiming my computer. I check my e-mails. I check my Facebook. I check other blogs I'm subscribed to. I'm momentarily saddened by the sheer lack of communications people have sent to me. I am no longer sad. I'm... Blogging! The time is apporx. 6:30. I must attend my art class in less than half an hour. The time is coming. I can feel it. Like a shadow in the dark. I start thinking to myself, have I missed anything? No. I couldn't. I can't. Good night, and good luck...

Man my job is boring...

If you couldn't guess from the title, I'm typing this entry at work.

Not much happened to me today. I went to school, I fought to stay awake during my morning physics class. (For a majority of that class I look like a bobble-head. Head goes down, wake up, head goes down, wake up ect. ect.) I hope tomorrow will be a better school day for me. Despite the fact that I have *shiver runs through spin* my physics lab, there's gonna be free pizza for English Seminar students (W00T for free food!). I also have art which we're having these five minute little interviews with the instructor to see 'where we're at'... I'm praying this is just code-word for: We're actually going to do something in this class, we can't possible spend anymore time on pointless excersizes, I'm sorry, and I repent for my sins... Well, maybe not that last part, but as an art student for the past few years, a pretty good one if I do say so myself, I really want to do something productive.

So, enough about school. School is gay. On to Culvers! Culvers totally had $1 hamburgers for customer appreciation. I never eat at Culvers, but they appreciate me still!!! Win!

Now, on to details of work. Me and the other Chris made fun of a few of the members (see title). and I ate a bunch of the candy set out for members to take. I also read about a chapter of the book I'm assigned to read for the same class I created this blog in.

Just one more note before I call it quit and get back to 'working': How I Met Your Mother Season 3 came out today!!! It's even titled "The Legendary Season 3"! Win. Nuff said...

Still Moving After the Weekend

First, let me update you with what I was alluding to last Fri.. My girlfriend of the past year and a half and I decided it best if we put our relationship on hold. There was just somehitn about the now four hour distance between us. (I'm attending UWM, and she's now attending UW Eau Claire) True to form people have lived through much worse, and done whatever they could to make it survive, this complete change took us by complete suprise. (both the distance and this whiole 'college life') We'll of course still keep in touch and will talk more in depth about us when she comes back for the holidays. I'll just have to wait and see how this whole thing plays out. I know it will all work out in the end. I at least have faith in that...

Besides that, my life is pretty slow. I had to work a majority of this weekend, which is the main reason I was unable to catch up with friends. Work was dull as always, weekends can be quiet slow. Nevertheles, I got paid for it, so I can't complain too much. I don't think I even did anything when I got home on Sat., but Sun. I got home, watched Clerks 2 and finished my art homework (due in about... half an hour. Yes! I'm actually ahead of my schoolwork!!!)

That's about all for now, until next time... (Who am I kidding? I'll get bored inbetween classes tomorrow and write another damn post...)

Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

...So... about that architecture project... I worked on it from about 6-ish to 4 in the morning. So, I effectively got three hours of sleep. Whoo-hoo. Worse than that, I've actually taken the first step in a dramatic change to my... well lets just say my social life. Can't say yet what exactly what it is or if anything will really come out of it... but it scares me a little. Change can be a frightening thing, especially in matters of the heart. Anyways, I'm gonna get going because Heroes is more important than talking to myself...

So, here I am... yet again sitting in the UWM Union computer lab (this is probably where I'll do most of my posting). I spend FAR too much time in the Union (picture the feeding trough in a barn, now imagine that, three stories high and a couple hundred college students). Since school started, I've finished three books, working on the fourth. And no, I don't read often... Last year I think I read about six books total, not including any of those assigned for me to read. Right now, I'm finishing up a good... three or four assignments before I go home to work relentlessly on an architecture project of mine due at 11 tomorrow morning... That makes me bring out my sad face. However, there are some beacons of hope moving me forward through the next few days: 1. Being the old annoying guy in my physics class burst out of disscussion today after finding out that he had accidentally skipped the whole last page of a test we had taken last week (effectively lowering his maximum potential grade to a 'B') and 2. The repetative chalkings around campus. They teach you sooooo much! More than most lectures even! It's true, today I learned voting is sexy!

It's hard to believe I'm getting college credit for this...

Hi! How are you?...Wait... I don't care, this is my blog! This is my opportunity to tell my life's ongoing story (no matter how dull). Anywho, this blog was brought into the world due to the all consuming monster that is college (Wiki-Nation, W00T!!!), however I will try my best to update and not forget about its existence. Either way, spam this blog as much as you want, you know you want to...