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3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 09,July,2004 | urlLink We're cute right? urlLink |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 09,July,2004 | urlLink Mississippi River (hope it's spelled correctly) urlLink |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 09,July,2004 | urlLink Lunch in Bourbon St. urlLink |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 09,July,2004 | urlLink What about now? urlLink |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 09,July,2004 | urlLink Lake urlLink |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 09,July,2004 | urlLink Hilton Riverside Garage urlLink |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 09,July,2004 | urlLink Antoine urlLink |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 09,July,2004 | Inspiration: Calendar Girls 'Lawrence, I think we might need a bigger bone' . I thought that's what they said, you duurrrty old women...hahaha, but after a couple more lines I realized they were saying buns instead of bone. Hahaha. y'all go girls!! urlLink Louisiana urlLink |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 09,July,2004 | Procrastinatus , meaning pro: forward, crastinus: tomorrow (or some other time in my case) I've been meaining to use the BET machine since last two weeks, however it was always used and a week ago it broke down, so I keep putting the experiment off for quite a while now. So now I'm waiting for Shane to come back from Germany to take a look at the machine. Until then, I can procrastinate on my experiment with a valid reason, huahuahuahua. Today I felt like a dependable master student, hahaha, the feeling that I haven't felt lately, right after I defended my thesis. I had a good doze of X-Ray Diffraction discussion with John. I think I helped a bit and gave some comments from my research experience. Now that's what I called a good learning experience. Anyway, I think I'll head to rec center for a couple of laps in the pool and the running track, now that Dan is off to somewhere, weeeeeeee!! |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 08,July,2004 | The Art of Photo(shop)graphy Just playind aroung with a photo. urlLink The Devils Went to Na'wlin urlLink |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 07,July,2004 | Low-Carb Madness Has anybody noticed that almost all restaurant now have a special menu for the low-carb dieters, which for some of them it means taking the buns off the burger and keep the price unchanged. I guess it's like a fashion trend, this year it's the carbohydrate, next year it's fat, depends on any dietrician who comes up with a bestselling book on how to lost your weight. Anywayyyy, I tried the C2 coke today, or as I like to call it a- diluted-coke-with-an-equal-molar-of-water-added-into-the-regular-cola kinda drink. I guess now people won't fell guilty if they drink two can of C2 cokes at a time since that will be equal to one can of regular soda. What a great tactic to sell more sodas, I admire those marketing people,huahuhuahuahua. Songs stuck in head: Heaven by Los Lonely Boys and Love's Divine by Seal. I've been trying to look for the CDs everywhere, well mainly in half price book store (being a poor graduate student :) ), and still I can't find it. Right now I'll just wait until one of the radio stations play the songs. Yesterday the song started playing as I parked my car. I just sit in the car until the song ended right in the parking lot. I do that a lot, hahahaha. Sometimes I wonder if that count as craziness. Off to the lab... again!! |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 07,July,2004 | I took this picture from a plantation house located right in the middle of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. This is the free standing stairs of the house. I didn't use any flash to get the picture and it was around 3 o'clock in the afternoon. As the lady in the tour said the stair can be a good background for a wedding picture. urlLink Stair urlLink Now that the colour of template background is black, I thought I should put some of the black and white photography I developed from back then, here's one of them. |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 07,July,2004 | New Orleans Trip, WOW great weekend getaway. A view of the Mississippi river, a long island ice tea in the bourbon street and a nice plate (O.K. two plates) of beignet in Cafe du Monde. Happy 4th of July!! More on the story later. |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 04,August,2004 | I Had a Dream After coming home from Houston last night, I was starving. I didn't have a chance to take my dinner before we went off to Houston. During the game I didn't buy any food in the stadium. Jamie brought a plastic bag full of candies that keeps all of us happy during the game (it's kinda slow for me and there only was one homerun by the Astros and they switch the pitcher, Clemens, in the middle of the game, but still it's interesting)So yesterday I just ate four candies, drank a bottle of milk and a bagel for lunch and one plate of egg salad after I got home. So I was pretty much starvig when I went to bed. Whenever I feel hungry while I'm sleeping, I always dream about eating some foods and wake up feeling even hungrier. Last night was kinda a different dream. I dream of eating my home country food with my family and I started eating the food with silverwear but after a while I use my hand to eat the food instead of the silverwear, and it felt really good. I guess I was hungry and homesick at the same time. The good thing is I'll get to visit my home country this fall, yeeee...great foods. |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 02,August,2004 | Astro Vs. Braves Just got back from Minute Maid stadium in Downtown Houston to watch the baseball game with the whole office group minus Henry and John. T'was really fun. Luke Wilson was there...hahahaha. Plane trip tomorrow, can't wait! |
3,168,577 | male | 23 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 02,August,2004 | Ultimate Frisbee Just got back from a three hours game of ultimate frisbee. Me, James, Shane, Sam and Prasad against Jamie and Melody's undergrad. research program pals. We won, twice, hahahahah. Too tired, can't move a lot...rghhh.. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 31,May,2004 | Within the next month, I plan on registering two different domains and creating websites for each. One website will be for the Computer Science Club that I'll be co-president of next year (Current site: urlLink http://hpcompsciclub.tripod.com/ ); the other site will be for the Final Fantasy XI clan that I've become a co-leader of (Current site: urlLink http://foxknights.tripod.com/ ). I designed both of the current sites, but I want to be able to do things that free hosts won't allow (PHP scripting, custom email addresses, etc.). Maybe I'll even migrate this blog to a subdomain to one of them to make image hosting easier. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do a bunch of the things that I want to do with the websites. That's the stuff I'll be learning in Indeoendent Study this next year, but until then, neither are going to be all that different from what they look like right now. Maybe I'll start learning a few things before school starts; it'd at least give me something to do when I get bored. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 30,May,2004 | Yeah, I went to go see that movie on Friday, and ironcially I'm making this blog entry 'the day after tomorrow' from the POV of it being Friday. I know it sounds stupid, shut up. It was a good movie, and one that I'll probably be adding to my DVD collection (along with the 3 others I've seen so far this summer). The day after tomorrow is also when I start summer school. That goes until the 18th from 7:30 to 12:45 every day, but I get credit for an entire semester course (Speech), so I'm not complaining. At least I don't have baseball to worry about this week in addition to summer school. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 27,May,2004 | Apparently our series with Kilgore was only a one game series instead of a best of 3. We lost last night 4-3, so that ends our season for this year. And if that wasn't bad enough, our bus broke down while we were there. Luckily it didn't take that long for a replacement one to arrive, and I was home a little after midnight. Time to go to sleep now. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 26,May,2004 | Yep, that's what MapQuest says for the time to get from Dallas to Sulphur Springs. Now, if we lay out the rest of the day on a timeline, I can't quite figure out why we're leaving so early: 3:00 - Bus leaves HP 4:30 - Bus arrives in Sulphur Springs 7:30 - Game Starts 9:30 - Game ends/Bus leaves Sulphur Springs 11:00-11:30 - Bus arrives at HP I do have to question the three hour gap in between us arriving there and the start of the game. We need 1 hour to warm up, so I could understand 90 minutes to 2 hours. But 3?? Hope I can find a way to entertain myself; I'll be needing one. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 25,May,2004 | Coach Gibbins called my house today while I was out seeing Shrek 2 (which is just as good, if not better, than the first). We play tomorrow in Sulphur Springs @ 7:30 PM, but the but leaves at 3:00. That means I have to be up at the school between 2:15 and 2:30 to get everything ready. This sounds like I might be the only student trainer at the game tomorrow... If Wes is no longer going to be the Varsity trainer (and I'm therefore the only one), it'll be interesting to see how games after this week are handled. If we win this series, we'll have games on days that I'm in summer school. Games that are after 1:10 (or that I have to leave for after that time) won't be a problem, but I don't know how State will work if we go that far since I doubt I can miss (at least) 2 days of summer school to go to wherever those games will be played. Oh well, I guess we'll just see how it works out. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 24,May,2004 | I know everyone loves to be out of school, but it can get extremely boring sometimes when there's nothing for you to do. Wait, let me rephrase that -- when there's nothing that you want to do. I have tons of games downstairs that I could (and probably need to) play, but I just don't really want to right now. I know that I didn't post yesterday, mainly because nothing all that eventful ever happens on a Sunday. My day pretty much consisted of going to church, eating lunch, and playing FFXI. Not all that interesting to talk about. Granted, today hasn't been much more interesting. Wake up, go eat lunch, and then come home and post this. Yeah, that's been about it. Now it's time to go try and find something to entertain myself... |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 22,May,2004 | We won the series against McKinney (10-0 on Thursday at the game I missed, and 8-1 today), so this next week we'll play Kilgore. No clue where that is (except that it's somewhere in Texas), but apparently it takes a while to get there. From what I've heard, the games will either be here, Kilgore, Tyler, or some combination of those places. Coach Gibbins said that he'd call me this next week and let me know the times and places of the games (hopefully the times for the bus, also). If we keep advancing, the State Finals are the 10th and 11th of June. Apparently putting eye black on me is now good luck for the team. Before the game, someone pointed out that they won the last game they put it on me, and now they're 2/2. It doesn't really bother me -- I just have to remember not to wipe my face. This might be the last week that I'm able to work the playoff games since I start summer school 1 week from Tuesday. I didn't want to have to take Speech next year, so my only other option was to take it during the summer. 3 weeks vs. 18 weeks?? I think I'll take the 3... |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 21,May,2004 | And for the record, yes , I did miss the bus yesterday. I got there at 5:00, and they decided that it would be a good idea to leave between 4:45 and 5:00. Oh well, at least I didn't get in trouble for it (or haven't to this point anyway). From what I heard, we apparently won last night so there will only be the 4:00 game tomorrow unless we lose. Went and saw Troy today after school -- pretty good movie, even though it did border on being a bit too long for me. Next up: Shrek 2 sometime near the beginning of next week. Angela claims that she's having a night swim party at her house on Saturday or Sunday (although it's most likely Sunday) for 'all of us' -- I assume this means our U.S. History class. She said that she would call me with the time, so I guess I'll see if she actually meant it or not sometime tomorrow. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 20,May,2004 | Yeah, I know...Well, I meant to update this daily. Guess (at least over the past few days) it hasn't been as daily as the title says... 2 exams down, none to go :) -- All I have to do from today (actually yesterday) until tomorrow is just show up at school for any periods that I have a class. No exams, but we have to be there for attendance purposes. Today I have my Computer Science AP class; I think we're watching Harry Potter and CoS for the two hour exam period. At least I'm taking my Xbox and that DVD up to the school with that intent. My guess is that 5 kids out of our class will show up. Granted, that's an extremely high percentage when we only have a little over 10 anyway, but we'll see. Another baseball game tonight, and no one thinks it is important enough to tell the trainer when it's time for the bus to leave. 5:00? 5:30? 4:00? I've been told all those times, all by different people. My guess is somewhere between 5:00-5:30, so that's when I'm showing up. If the bus is gone and I get in trouble for it, it's not like there was ever a consensus on when I was supposed to show up. If I do end up going, it will be close to 11:00 before I get home (game ends ~9:30, 1 hour drive home, then cleaning up the stuff and actually driving to my house). Well, I guess that's about it. Time to entertain myself for about an hour and a half and then leave to go up to the school. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 17,May,2004 | Really, tomorrow is my only hard day of exams. Here's our school's schedule: Tuesday: 1st Period Exam - U.S. History Periods 3-6 2nd Period Exam - PreCal PAP TAG Wednesday: 7th Period Exam - English AP (no exam in any AP class, but we still have to show up) Periods 3-6 3rd Period Exam - Physics AP (except I have to do Computer Science AP late testing at this time) Thursday: 5th Period Exam - Spanish AP 6th Period Exam - Computer Science AP Friday: 4th Period Exam - Theater Arts (long term project turned in today) 8th Period Exam - Lunch Varsity Baseball plays this week on Thursday @ 7:30 and Saturday @ 4:00. I'll be working both those games (and the third, if necessary). Apparently no one thinks I'm going to be a trainer for Varsity Football next year (which I am ), so a bunch of people got happy about that when I told them. We also have a picture for that during the 8th Period Exam on Friday -- good thing I rearranged my schedule to have lunch then. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 16,May,2004 | For anyone that read my blog before this post, it used to be at urlLink http://dailygoob.blogspot.com/ -- Now, in order to be able to post images, the address is urlLink http://dailygoob.tripod.com/ Only the Tripod site will be updated from now on, so don't bother visiting the BlogSpot one. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 15,May,2004 | Starting Tuesday we have exams, so I've been having to do exam reviews all weekend. I did do more than just that over the past 2 days though. Friday: Right after school, we had to finish filming our Theater Arts movie over at Highlander Stadium. There was a slight miscommunication between the athletic director and myself, so I almost had to sign a 1 million dollar liability waiver. Good thing Mr. Martin and Ms. Boyer help me take care of that issue. While I'm not going to name anyone specifically, there's one person that in my group that I honestly hope I never have to see again after this school year. Enough on that. We also had our 2nd playoff game against Hillcrest on Friday. J.T. had a little bit of fun with me right before the game started, so I took a picture when I got home, and I'll put it up here. We won something like 12 or 13 to 1, so we play against someone else this next week. Not sure who, where, or if I'll even do it since it will be in the middle of exams. Edit: Here's the picture of what J.T. did to me at the baseball game on Friday. I got quite a few comments about it... Saturday: Started working on my U.S. History exam review (since I'm not in AP). Mid-morning I left to go help someone get their DSL hooked up, but I couldn't do any more than just get all the hardware set up since DSL won't be activated until the 19th. Guess I know where I'll be going after exams one day... I was gone the majority of the afternoon because I went to go see Van Helsing with my grandmother. I thought it was a pretty good movie; I liked it about as much as I did the first X-Men. Here's the list of the other movies that we're going to see this summer: -Troy -Shrek 2 -The Day after Tomorrow -Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -The Chronicles of Riddick -I, Robot -The Bourne Supremacy -King Arthur -The Village Nothing big happened last night, I just played a little FFXI and created this blog. Then went to sleep as my away message normally says. Sunday: Hmmmm....To-Do list for today: -Finish U.S. History Exam Review -Change script for Theater Arts movie -Finish reading Grapes of Wrath -Upload picture from baseball and add it to this post -Get movie clip to Andrew And, yeah...that's about it. I need to read the Blogger help file this afternoon for uploading/linking pictures. Pretty sure it's the same as normal HTML (the rest of this markup is), but I just want to make sure. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 15,May,2004 | Why did I remember that I had a Blogger account from 2 or 3 years ago all of a sudden? Not really sure...but might as well use it since I'm bored right now. For anyone that's reading this and doesn't know who I am, I'm not entirely sure why you're here, but feel free to keep reading. My name is Jeff Guebert (my last name is where the title of my blog comes from, courtesy of one of my friends about 10 years ago), I'm 17, and I live in Dallas. There, you know me now. I'll probably get around to writing a more interesting (and longer) post tomorrow. For now, though, it's time to go to sleep... |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 29,June,2004 | For quite a while the internet has been available wirelessly at locations known as 'hotspots' which can be found in places like Starbucks, McDonalds, and airports. GPRS and EDGE have allowed people to get on the internet anywhere that they can get a digital cellphone connection. Take the availability of cellphone networks, replace the necessity for a cellphone with a wireless card (much like 802.11a/b/g), and up the speed to almost twice that of a T3 connection: that's 802.16 . This isn't the only new technology that's competing to be the next thing home users will use for their internet connection, but with speeds and convenience on this level, whatever technology end up becoming widely adopted will take the internet to a whole new level. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 28,June,2004 | I go through these phases of researching different areas in technology in depth so that a) I can explain it to people if they ever ask me about it, and b) I can make a stronger argument for getting that technology in our house. :) Anyway, the latest of these research sprees I've gone on has been Bluetooth. I remember about 1-2 years ago when this technology was first starting to be advertised by manufacturers, but one of the major problems then was that products made by two different companies were not guaranteed to (and often didn't) work with each other. Just another example of why I think standards are one of the best things that can happen in the tech industry. The uses for Bluetooth are very impressive even though it is only considered a 'wire replacement'. Have a laptop and cell phone both enabled with Bluetooth? Instant wireless modem via either GPRS or EDGE. Bluetooth headset? Acts as a speaker on pretty much anything that makes sound. More and more products on the market are staring to incorporate Bluetooth, and I wouldn't be surprised if eventually every single peripheral is completely wireless via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or some other wireless standard. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 26,June,2004 | Aka, How to Make my Life Miserable . So, want to know the secret? Subway. No, I'm not kidding. I had Subway for lunch on Monday, and Thursday was the first time I could manage to even look at my computer monitor since then. I'm still not completely better (although I can eat pretty much whatever I want to now), and every once in a while I'll have issues walking straight or standing up since I'm still a little dizzy. Oh well, at least it's better than spending over 2 full days doing nothing but lying in my bed. Summer and I really need to have a talk about what I'm supposed to be able to do and how I'm supposed to feel (Hint: This isn't one of them). |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 18,June,2004 | Yep, I'm done with all 14 days of summer school now and (hopefully) have credit for Communication Applications (Speech) now. Nothing left for me to do this summer except sleep, play video games, and go watch movies. Oh yeah, and hopefully be able to update this more often than once per week. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 13,June,2004 | 3 speeches in a week should not be allowed. But unfortunately it is, so that took up the majority of my time this past week. Friday I saw The Chronicles of Riddick (which surprised me by being a pretty good movie, more on that tomorrow) and worked on my grandparents' computer. Then I had to take the ACT yesterday, go work on 2 different people's computers, and then today I went back to my grandparents to show them how to use the computer after I made the changes to it on Friday. Tomorrow I begin my last week of summer school (which hopefully won't involve a lot of speeches). Life? Lighten up a little.....please. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 08,June,2004 | Yeah, been a few days since I updated. Lots of stuff going on, though. Anyway, let me think about what's happened... Yesterday I had to give my speech over HDTV. I think it went pretty will; everyone seemed to enjoy it, and someone in my class even told another one of my friends how good it was. I get to give another one tomorrow over King Tut which has to make use of a visual aid. Hopefully that one will go just as well. Tonight I tried to log into Star Wars Galaxies to play (even though I don't particularly like the game and enjoy playing FFXI much more), but I ran into an interesting problem. Somehow my account has been cancelled, and I know that I'm not the one that did it. My only guess is that Sony cancelled it after an inactivity period (of what, 3 weeks??), so they got an email from me tonight asking them to 'un-cancel' it. There's probably not a great chance that I'd be renewing my account anyway once my current subscription expires, but if I have to jump through hoops to get my account activated again, there's no way that I'm going to be playing this game that much longer. Oh yeah, and there's been way too much rain here recently. Make it stop!! |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 05,June,2004 | Yep, this is been a '1,2,3' weekend for me (as indicated by the topic title). Now for some more in depth discussion of each of these things: 1 Week of Summer School Down: Friday marked the end of my first week of summer school (and the equivalent of the end of the 1st 6 Weeks). My first real speech is on Monday, so I have to finish preparing for it over the weekend. It has to be an informative speech with no visual aid, so I decided to do it over HDTVs. My second one will be on Wednesday which is an informative speeck with a visual aid, and I think I'll do that one on either the Egyptian Pyramids or the Sphinx. 2 SAT II Tests: Today I took my first two SAT II tests, Writing and Mat IIC. I could have done a third, but I didn't feel like doing Spanish and there was no way I was going to do Physics. I'll probably do 1 or 2 more at the start of next school year. 3 for 3 on HP Movies: Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban definitely gets two thumbs up from me. It left out quite a bit that was in the book, but since most everyone that is going to see the movies has already read the book, the stuff they left out was fine. I don't know if I would say it was better than the second one (Chamber of Secrets), but there's no way it was worse. That about covers my weekend so far. Nothing big planned for tomorrow except for working on my speeches, but who knows what could pop up at the last moment. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 03,June,2004 | So, I get out of summer school today to go eat lunch. Wendy's, long line; Whataburger, long line; Chick-Fil-A, extremely long line; McDonald's, 4 cars? Maybe they're having problems due to the massive power outages we've been having, but I went over there since I figured I could get my food faster. Yeah, it went faster, but I was very impressed by the system they have set up. Instead of using the normal speaker, there were 2 women standing outside with PDAs in their hands. 2 cars at a time would give their order, and it would be transmitted wirelessly into the kitchen. Then, they had a manager with a money belt standing near the first window so that both cars could pay at the same time. Then, each of the cars head to the second window to get their food right as the next set of cars is coming around. No wonder there's no line, even Chick-Fil-A's dual lane system doesn't work as well (or else they're about 100x as popular). Still, the point remains that I think this is an awesome use of technology and that more restaurants should make use of features like this. Not just fast food, but also places like Chili's and other sit-down restaurants. Waiter is ready to take your order? He sends it back to the kitchen to speed up the process. Need a refill on that drink? Give something to the customers so that they can signal when they need one. If restaurants started to embrace technology with ideas like this, I'd gladly pay a few extra dollars each time I went there to help support the costs. 10 years from now, no telling how we'll be getting our food, but I can assure you that it will rely on technology much more than it does now. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 02,June,2004 | Yeah, so 18 hours with electricity is the best way to spend the first part of summer in Texas, right? RIGHT?? Actually, that would be a 'no'. We had a huge thunderstorm cell come straight through the Dallas area last night (while I was out seeing Miss Saigon ) which knocked out our power until 4:00 this afternoon. 2 days of summer school down, and the class is turing out to be fairly entertaining. Our teacher makes lots of jokes and tells us stories, so it doesn't seem like we're really there for 5 hours and 15 minutes. We start giving our first speeches tomorrow, though, but hopefully this trend will hold... |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 31,July,2004 | Wow..........strange (and bad) movie. I won't spoil it for any of you who actually think you want to go see it, but trust me, it's not worth the $6 or $7 dollars to get a ticket. Actually, it's the only movie this summer that I've seen which I won't be getting on DVD when it comes out as a result of me hating the movie (see my note next to The Terminal ): Van Helsing Troy Shrek 2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban The Day After Tomorrow The Terminal (Won't be getting on DVD since it's not a movie I'd watch all that often, but it was still good) Spiderman 2 King Arthur I, Robot The Bourne Supremacy Catwoman About time to eat lunch and then I'm going back to CPL for a few hours. They better not be showing The Village there.... |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 29,July,2004 | That's kinda how yesterday felt :) After my friend and I got to the hotel 30 minutes later than I originally planned, we figured that registration would already be going on. It was a good guess if they had actually bothered to follow their schedule. The registration tables didn't even open up for another hour and 30 minutes, then we stood in Line #1 for about 40 minutes, got our nametage, then stood in Line #2 for about 30 minutes more. Note to CPL staff: A schedule is something you're supposed to follow, not just create and then conveniently forget. I'm probably going back again on Saturday for at least part of the day (maybe not all, there's only so much I can actually do). Tommorow, I have The Village to go see, and I'll post my thoughts on that when I get home. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 28,July,2004 | I've had this DVD for over a year, but never got around to watching it until last night (well, technically early this morning). While it's probably not going to be a movie that I watch as often as some of my others ( Galaxyquest , The Mummy (Returns) , etc.), this has to have been one of the best non-action and saddest movies that I've seen in a very long time. If you haven't seen it (and you can manage to sit through something where stuff doesn't blow up every 5 seconds) definitely go out and rent it. CPL starts today, so expect my post tomorrow to deal with my experiences that I have there. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 23,July,2004 | The numbers don't stand for quite the same things that they did the first time though. This time, it's 1 DDR Party, 2 FFXI Websites, and 3 Extremely Good Movies. 1 DDR Party: Tuesday night Sam had a DDR party over at his house. While only a few of us actually had prior experience playing, it was fun, and a bunch of people made the comment that they wanted to go out and buy it. It did strike me as being a little humorous when people aske me if this was just a normal DVD. Not sure how you would connect the pads then... 2 FFXI Websites: The site I am designing for my FFXI clan finally went online on its new paid hosting, and I have also been recruited as the lead person for the FFXI division of another website. Not exactly what I would call the best timing to have both of these come up together, but it'll at least keep me busy for a while. 3 Extremely Good Movies: I saw 3 movies this week: I, Robot , The Bourne Supremacy , and Catwoman . I liked all of these movies a whole lot, and definitely recommend that anyone reading this should go see them. I, Robot was a very entertaining cdi-fi/mystery movie, The Bourne Supremacy was an extremely good sequel (although I suggest seeing The Bourne Identity first), and Catwoman rivals Spiderman 2 as being one of the best superhero(ine) movies I've ever seen. Going along with the number 3, that's how many people called my house within 45 minutes wanting an answer to the exact same question. Not a whole lot of cross-communication going on there... |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 17,July,2004 | Yesterday marked the one month point until we have to go back to school (August 16th). Every summer I always say that I'm going to do a whole lot of stuff, but (as expected) I maybe get about 1/10 of it done. Still in the middle of reading my two books for summer reading which hopefully I can get finished up by the week prior to school starting so I have a few days to review each of them. Anyone that knows me knows that reading comprehension isn't exactly an area where I excel in. Plot summary? Yes. Characters? Kinda. Style analysis and what the deeper meaning of lines 5-23 are? No. For the past 4 nights (Tuesday-Friday), we've had Vacation Bible School at our church. Since my grandparents are the ministers, I of course get to help with everything that we do (food, singing, crafts, etc.). At least that's over with and I hold the unofficial veto power for any and all future years. Ratchet and Clank (the first one, not Going Commando ) is my new favorite game. I'm about 2/3 to 3/4 done with it already, and next up on my list is the sequel. I'm trying to play and beat games that have sequels (or simply more games coming out in the series) coming out this fall ( R&C: Up Your Arsenal , Sly 2: Band of Thieves , Jak 3 , etc.) before the sequels come out. Then not to mention great games such as Beyond Good and Evil , Metal Arms: Glitch in the System , and Prince of Persia that I still need to play. I wonder if 1 month if even enough... |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 15,July,2004 | Sam wanted me to make sure that I mentioned that he and Stephaine Holford were over at my house on Tuesday. Sam and I were supposed to be working on the Computer Science Club website, but all we really did was play DDR for about 1-2 hours. So Sam (and Stephanie), here's your 'shout out' that you wanted on my blog :). |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 06,July,2004 | Hope that anyone who bothers to read this had a great 4th of July weekend and did lots of fun stuff. We didn't go anywhere like we normally do since tonight we are going to see the second musical that we have tickets to, The King and I . Since Saturday evening, I have been downloading episodes from two of my favorite comedies on Fox. The first one, urlLink Quintuplets , just premiered a few weeks ago, but has already become one of the shows that I try to watch every week. The other show, urlLink Arrested Development , has completed its first season and is going to start its second in the fall. Both of these shows are part of Fox's LOL Sunday lineup, so it makes them easy to watch along with Malcolm . |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 01,July,2004 | The past two days have been pretty boring for me. Next week is a completely different story, though. If you're going to read this post, however, you get a run down of the boring past two days, not the exciting future week. Yesterday I played FFXI....lots. Almost gained an entire level (really 2, but I had so little XP left to go for the first one that I'm not counting it) by fighting in Batallia Downs. Kazham needs to go die and take all of its evil Gobs with it. Also started the first Splinter Cell on Xbox (again, I have this habit of restarting games that I'm not all that far in if I haven't played them in ages) last night, but I'm still on the first level. So much for trying to diminish my backlog of games this summer. Today was a little more active, but not by much. I went out to lunch at Cici's Pizza and then came home and started playing SWG. Not really sure how I've done comparatively in SWG today to FFXI yesterday, but I've still made progress. I also explained to my parents about upgrading their cellphones to GSM (I'm the only one with that right now), but I still need to get them to go to Cingular and actually do the upgrade. Yeah, that's it. Sad, huh?? |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 06,August,2004 | Since there were no big movies that came out today that I wanted to see (although I probably will rent Collateral when it comes out on DVD), the movie that made today's cut was The Manchurian Candidate. Well, the reviews were definitely right on this one; it was an extremely good movie and a welcome change from last week. If you've seen the original (I haven't), it supposedly changes quite a bit of stuff up (such as who is running for office, etc.). No complaints from me though, and it's definitely one of my recommended movies of the summer. |
1,550,279 | male | 17 | Student | Sagittarius | 02,August,2004 | Two words, or rather a word and a number: Doom. 3. Wow....yeah, that's probably the best word to describe it. Even though I don't have the most powerful computer in the world (P4 2.0, 768 RAM, GeForce 4 Ti 4600 128 MB video card), this game still looks incredible. And even though it's not going to scare the living daylights out of you every 3 seconds (well, it might at harder difficulty levels; I'm playing on the easiest setting and only at the very beginning of the 4th 'mission'), this is a much better source for being scared than that pathetic excuse for a movie in general called The Village. |
1,916,038 | female | 14 | indUnk | Cancer | 29,July,2004 | “Mummy, Daddy, wake up! We’re going to the beach today, remember?!” Jonah shook his parents by their shoulders. Daddy stirred from his sleep and leaned over to the side table to reach for the clock. “Jonah, it’s only 5.30 a.m, son. It’s too early,” Daddy replied groggily. “But Daddy, I want to see the sunrise,” Jonah whined. He continued to shake his Mummy. “Jonah? What’s wrong darling?” Mummy asked him sleepily with one eye opened. “I want to go to the beach now Mummy. I want to catch the sunrise.” Jonah urged Mummy to wake up. “Oh, alright then. Wait downstairs and let Mummy and Daddy change before we stroll through the beach,” Mummy replied as she pushed Daddy off the bed and signaled him to bathe. Jonah excitedly got off the bed and ran downstairs. He had always loved the sunrise and today he had wanted to catch the sun rising across the waters. Though the drive from his house to the beach was short, he still wanted them to arrive slightly earlier. He waited as patiently as he could and got out the cereal box to eat his breakfast calmly. Just as he was about to finish, he heard his parents coming down the stairs. Like a bolt of lightning, he went to his parents and pulled them to the front door. “Let’s go Mummy, Daddy.” He urged them. “Jonah, we haven’t even have our breakfast,” Mummy scolded him gently. “Nevermind Julia. We’ll have our breakfast later,” Daddy replied laughingly. So the trio went out of the door and went to their driveway. It was still dark but Jonah was used to the darkness – so were his parents. Jonah climbed on the seat quickly and rushed his parents to move faster. Seconds later, they were driving through the lane which led to the beach. When they reached, Jonah left his parents’ side and straightaway climbed on a large rock facing the sea. He huddled himself together and felt the morning breeze blowing gently across his face. He checked his watch and realized that after all the commotion, it was only 5.45am. He turned his head when Daddy called him. “Jonah, your mum and I will be getting our breakfast. You wait here alright? We’ll get you your breakfast too.” Nodding his head, he turned back to watch the sea. He was used to being left alone on the beach to catch sunrise while his parents went away. They had taught him to be independent though he was only eleven. He smelled the crisp air of Oklahoma and felt free. He loved the beach so much that his parents actually bought the house so that he could frequent the beach. When a tinge of orange crept into the darkness, Jonah kept his eyes on it. Slowly, as if playing hide-and-seek, the glowing sun peeped from behind the sea. The warmth of the sun spread through the beach and pierced through the cold morning breeze, engulfing Jonah with its warmth. Jonah breathed in a fresh of fresh air and pampered himself with the feeling of being engulfed. He saw a few other people strolling together, mostly couples, hand in hand. Laying his head on his arm, he waited for his parents to come with his breakfast and they will be able to stroll the beach together. But they never came back. Jonah waited and waited but there was no sign of them. It was his uncle who came to pick him up. “Jonah? Come here, son,” his uncle’s voice rang out and he felt two hands taking his shoulder. He was then embraced by his uncle. He was puzzled as to why his uncle came instead of his parents and why there were tears in his uncle’s eyes. He was also bewildered as to why his uncle was hugging him tightly. What happened? Jonah still remembered how curious he felt to see his relatives crying. Never have he seen his uncles cry though he had seen his aunties cry. His uncle Johnny led him into a room and he saw two beds occupied but the person on each bed were covered with blanket all the way over their heads. Jonah became puzzled as to why Uncle Johnny showed them to him. He was not afraid of ghost or anything. Was this another prank? But when Uncle Johnny brought him closer to the beds, he felt his hair stand and his heart felt heavy. “What is going on Uncle John?” Jonah asked curiously as he looked up to look at Uncle John. Uncle John only stifled a cry before lifting the covers. He felt the ground swayed when he saw his Daddy and Mummy, pale-face, lying on each bed. “Mummy? Daddy? Wake up. Why are you sleeping?” Jonah asked furiously. He refused to believe or even think that his parents were… not coming back. “Wake up! You promised to buy me breakfast remember?' Jonah all but shouted. “Wake up please Mummy, Daddy. Please don’t leave me all alone,” Jonah finally cried as he hugged his parents’ lifeless body. “Please don’t leave me all alone here. I don’t want to be alone.” |
1,916,038 | female | 14 | indUnk | Cancer | 28,July,2004 | 15 years had passed since his parents died but at 26 now, he could still remember the tragedy like as if it was yesterday. His parents’ were killed at a car crashed. They crashed with a drunkard who was driving in a drunken stupor. Life had been hard after that. He still remembered asking for his parents sometimes when he had nightmares at night. But it was always his Uncle John who stood by him. It was also thanks to him that he received proper education and lifestyle. He really owned that old man a lot. Now that he was a successful shop owner,selling books, he moved out of Uncle John’s apartment and bought one of his own. Occasionally he would visit Uncle John, like today. He needed company sometimes. He's an old bachelor. “Uncle John? Where are you?” Jonah called out when he was at the porch. “Jonah? Here! Backyard young man!” Uncle John shouted. Knowingly, Jonah went to the backyard and saw the dear old man standing under the redbud tree where mistletoes grew from. His Uncle John loves to plant plants. 'Atleast that will keep his mind off about getting me married,' Jonah thought to himself. Jonah hurried to Uncle John and pecked his cheek. 'Glad that oyu could come Jonah. I was getting bored being here alone. Though there is company, just next door. A new neighbour, sexy as hell, Jonah.' Uncle john smirked. Shaking his head, Jonah sat down under the tree with Uncle John. 'So how have you been ,Jonah?' Uncle John asked, getting serious. Jonah could only shrug his shoulders. He couldn't tell Uncle John that he still had nightmares. He decided that it was best to keep quiet. The two kept quiet as they gaze across the lawn. Due to the weekly companion by Jonah, he was also able to help mow the lawn. The silence was shattered by the slam of the door. It came from the new neighbour and seconds later, a figure hurried towards them. 'John? You ok? I called your home but no one picked it up. What are ..' her words trailed off. So this is the sexy neighbour Unce John was talking about. Jonah gazed at her up and down. She was wearing long pants and long sleeve shirt but still he could imagine that she has got a great body underneathe. He was instantly attracted to her. The thought of it got him worked up. No wonder old Uncle John gets worked up easily. Poor him. 'Dana, meet Jonah, my nephew. Jonah, meet Dana.' Uncle John introduced. Jonah only offered a quick smile before dropping his gaze. In that brief moment, he could see that her eyes were a light shade of green. Her bronze hair cascaded past her shoulders and her body was petite but it curved at the right places. In short, she was beautiful. He looked up at the mistletoes before looking down at his feet again. The man called Jonah was what she thought as rude. Not even a handshake. But she did not take it into consideration much as she has a soft spot for the man's uncle. He's so sweet. 'Well, since you're okay, I'd better go then. See you around John,' Dana said before retreating back to her home. 'What da hell was that for, Jonah? Couldn't you be more friendly?' Uncle John repriminded him. He didn't know what was wrong with him. Normally he would have be friendly with any lady that chatted up with him or he encountered but with that lady, Dana, beautiful name, his social entiquette just fail him. That lady sure has got some sort of magnetic pull in her. 'Damn Jonah. What if she never comes back after that encounter? I'll be bored to death when you're not here,' Uncle John complained exaggeratedly as he got up to go back to his house, it was getting dark. Don't worry Uncle John. I'll make sure she comes back.' Jonah thought. Casting another look at Dana's house, he slowly trudged back into the house. |
1,916,038 | female | 14 | indUnk | Cancer | 03,August,2004 | i come home from work ... a little tired but very anxious to see my baby nura ... i open the front door and silently walk in ... i find the house very clean ... all except for a lone sock lying in the living room floor ... i (confused) walk over and pick it up and find that there is another at the foot of the hall ... i go pick it up and find a pair of your jeans and a dark red lacy shirt lying in front of our bedroom door ... i slowly and quietly open our door ... i find you wearing nothing but a black pair of panties and matching bra ... you look slowly and sultry up at me as you slide your hand out of your panties ... you bring your wet fingers up to your mouth and lick them clean before looking deeply into my eyes and saying 'I was just getting warmed up for you, baby.' ... you smile at me and i smile back ... as i walk towards you your back arches slightly and you spread your legs for me to slide between ... i crawl slowly onto the bed and up between your legs ... and i feel your warmth on my body as you wrap your legs around me ... i lower myself to kiss you softly on the lips ... kissing again feeling your tongue passionately mingle with mine ... i feel my (ahem) getting harder through my pants and on your panties ... you squirm excitedely under me as you feel it too ... we kiss deeper and harder as you we slowly and softly grind together ... i fumble with your bra as we kiss ever more passionately ... finally your bra slides off of you ... i softly kiss your nipples and lick all around your breasts ... feeling them getting harder in my mouth ... your hands are at my waist unbuttoning my pants and slide them down slightly ... you take my pants down some and i slide them completely off ... i also take my shirt off so that i can feel your soft skin against mine ... we kiss passionately and i run my fingers down your sexy body ... i love the feel of my hands on you ... i love u ... i ask you if i can take your panties off ... and without a word you take my hands and slide them to the elastic of your panties and help me slide them off ... 'are you sure bout this ...' but before i can get the words out you have already pulled me towards you ... i feel so .. so warm inside as i slide slowly into your hot wet pussy (hope word is okay) ... your so tight and as i get deeper and deeper inside of you you gasp and your eyes close slowly ... 'are u okay baby?' .... 'Yes Brian, don't stop!' ... i pull out of you slowly and slide in gently loving the feeling as i slide deeper and deeper into you ... feeling your tight pussy sliding around my um ... um ... dick ... dripping wet and so very warm ... you begin to rock with me and i hear you moaning my name softly as i slide in and out of you ... i lean down and kiss and lick your nipples as i slide in and out of you ... feeling so good ... i begin to kiss you deeply, catching the moans before they leave your mouth ... the room is getting hotter and hotter and as it does a little sweat drips off of our bodies ... the sweat runs all over our whole bodies as we are one ... making it easier to slide deeper and deeper inside of you ... as i get a little harder you moan with slight pain but intense joy ... i ask if you want me to stop but you say loudly 'NO, Deeper BRIIIIAAAANNN!' ... i slide deeper and deeper inside of you ... your moans get louder ... soft moans of 'Nurrrraaaaa....' leave my lips almost involuntarily ... you arch your back as you moan even louder as your sweet juices run down onto our white sheets ... you pull yourself harder against me as i grow larger inside of you and slide even deeper into your hot pussy ... your moans turn into screams of joy 'mmmmm Brian more Brian ... Harder ... Deeper ... mmmm Brrrriiiaaannnnnnn!!!' at this time i feel you release me ... and i feel your hot juices explode inside of you ... as you cum i feel a strange surge of energy and sensitivity slide through my body as i cum deeply inside of you ... we both collapse ... our hot bodies lying side by side ... i hold you tight 'I love you Nura Radford/Harrison!' ... with a gasp you say 'I love you too.' ... and we pull each other close ... I lay your head on my chest as you fall asleep in my arms ... this is when i know that i'm the luckiest guy in the world ... so happy to have you by my side !!! -- |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | as you probably know, i am in virginia beach at my grandparents' house. anyway, we are driving back to ohio tomorrow, and we're leaving at 8 in the morning. as it is about 10-11 hrs, i wont be able to post the hitter update in time for all of the games, so you will have to do without me. this probably means you now have no chance whatsoever, but thats life i guess. i might talk about the 7:05 and later games if i get home in time, probably not. have a good one regardless. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | happy friday! there were a lot of pretty good performances last night by pitchers, only one that i would call a great one, so we will lead off w/ that one. here it goes: yesterdays best: z. day Mtl: 9 IP, W, 0 ER, 6 H, 0 BB, 4 K against the royals. day has been doing well this year, despite a 5-6 record, he has an ERA of 3.12. if he gets some more run support, either through offense or a trade, he could win 15+ a season. he is a very good young pitcher. c. zambrano ChC: 8 IP, W, 2 ER, 5 H, 4 BB, 7 K. he is a top 5 pitcher so far this season IMO (schmidt, r johnson, a. benitez, clemens). 7-2 with a 2.27 ERA. his curveball has a lot more on it this year than what i have seen before. he is able to depend on that pitch as well, and i think that he has potential to maintain this all season. c. fossum Ari: 6 IP, W, 0 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 5 K over Bal. his counterpart, bautista for Baltimore had a perfect game thru 5 or 6 i think, but gave up a 3 run shot the next inning. this was definitely an aberration (he got his ERA below 6), so i wouldnt look for another similar performance any time soon. c. pavano Fla: 8.2 IP, W, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 7 K. another pitcher quietly having a good season. while beckett and burnett are struggling, pavano has been the marlins' rock in the rotation. 2nd straight very good start (6/4 7.2 IP, W, 1 ER), and 6-2, 3.10 on season. he might be peaking right now, so i dont know if i would hold on to him for the rest of the season. k. ishii LA: 8 IP, W, 1 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 4 K. also having a good season (8-3, 3.36). he is getting a bit more run support than last year, not by much, but more nonetheless. he has shown improvement each of the last 3 yrs, especially w/ his control. c. schilling Bos: 7 IP, W, 2 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 8 K. always good for a solid performance, schilling has had a consistent season. for his price, you could probably get a marginally better pitcher, but he is not going to let you down very often. if you have the money, he is a smart pickup. those were the best performances of last night. some pitchers to look for good things from tonight are: livan hernandez Mtl: plays at seattle tonight, who has been a struggling offensive team. hernandez is known as an inning-eater, so i will predict 7.2 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, and a win (why not go for it all w/ my predictions?) tim hudson Oak: a safe enough pick, playing at home v. Pit, whose offense had been struggling, although they scored 7 yesterday. i will say 7 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, and a win for tim. i think the A's can match however many runs the pirates throw up there. al leiter NYM: has an ERA this season below 2 (1.78 i think). playing against KC only enhances my confidence in him. i kind of want to say CG shutout, but leiter probably doesnt have that much endurance in him. 7 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, win. brett myers Phi: plays at Min, home of the 'evil ventilation system'. he will overcome this hardship and get a win in 6.1 innings. he will give up 3 ER and 6 H. i know this to be a fact (not really...had you fooled there) scott schoeneweis Chisox: my 'out on a limb' pick for the night, he had a great rookie year 3ish yrs ago (along w/ rick ankiel), and has done well this season as well. performance of the night v. Atl-CG 3-hitter, 1 unearned run, 2 BB, 9 K, win. there you have it, who says i dont have the balls to predict stuff? hope this is helpful and accurate. if you find any errors, you will get mentioned in my next post, and maybe you will win a new car! any comments regarding format and or content are always welcome. good luck, and have a good one! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | here is my 1st hitter update, for yesterdays games. just one correction from yesterdays pitcher update: the mil/ana game went 17 not 15 innings. ty to captainfurby for bringing that to my attention. on w/ the hitter update. enjoy! e. renteria StL: 1-4 GS HR, 2 R, 4 BI, 1 BB. Decent numbers on the yr, only 4 HR. 9 consecutive 1-hit games, .261 avg. this seems to have been an anomaly. He is probably the best SS in the NL, but the AL has much better options c. guillen Det: 3-4 HR, 2 R, 1 BI, SB. Quietly having a very good year for the relatively speaking, rejuvenated tigers. Batting .326 on the yr w/ 5 3B, 9 HR, 15 2B. OBP is hovering around .400. he strikes out a bit too much, but that has always been his case. Easily his best yr as a pro m. tejada Bal: 2-4 HR, 3 BI, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K. broke out of a bit of a slump (2-14, 2 BI since 6/3) in a big way. Has had a consistent yr for the o’s, batting .312 on the season. He has established himself as one of the top SS in the league. b. abreu Phi: 2-4, 2 HR, 3 R, 3 BI, 1 BB, 1 K. has had incredible last 5 games (8-18, 9 R, 7 BI, 6 BB, 3 K, 2 SB, 3 HR, 2 2B). batting .299 w/ 14 HR on season, he has been very solid for the majority of the season. I would pick him up now if you still can. Aaron rowand Chisox: 3-5 HR, 2B, 2 R, 3 BI, 1 K. he has been the team’s 4th OF all season, but w/ maggs out for an expected 4-7 weeks, it is his chance to shine. He got off to a great start yesterday. If you are looking for a cheap player who will start, look no further. d. miller Oak: 2-4 GS HR, 4 BI, 2 R, 1 K. on a 3-game tear (6-13, 2 HR, 12 BI-yes 12, 4 R, 4 2B). batting .291 for the season. He has not been especially good all year, and IMO is somewhat overpriced. However, if he can keep this up, that will no longer be the case. This recent tear may have some correlation to reds’ pitching however. Wait a game or 2, this could be a fluke. Other players that had notable games last night include: k. greene SD, t. hafner Cle, j. cruz TB, j. dye Oak (another very hot player), and a. dunn Cin (see last parenthetical statement). There are some obscure players I have adopted as my favorites that I will update you on periodically. Here are 2: k. youkilis Bos: mentioned profusely in Moneyball by Michael lewis (a fascinating book if youre into these things), his nickname is “the greek god of walks”. He has had a productive rookie season, and last night was 1-3 with a walk. Batting .286 w/ OBP of .400, look for great things next year and maybe even late this season from him so taguchi StL: 1-4 3B, 1 BB, 2 R last night. He is also a rookie this yr, and is used primarily as a PH or PR. Batting .258 on the season, he also has a 1.000 base stealing % (1-1). He has shown improvement lately, and I think that he could start in a year or 2. I follow him b/c I like his name. Its going to be the new phrase in StL soon. People will be like “that was so taguchi”, meaning “that was so clutch”. Mark these words, he will be big, baby! That’s it for the hitter wrapup today. Some games that should have good hitting numbers today are: Col (j. Jennings) @ NYY (j. Contreras), Mil (w. obermuller) @ Ana (a. sele), and Phi (b. myers) @ ChW (s. schoeneweis). The last one is just b/c the last 2 games in the series have been 13-11 and 14-10, not b/c of poor pitching. Any comments you have are welcome. Hope this is helpful. Have a good one! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | last night saw quite a few outstanding performances by pitchers. i will go over a few of them as well as give my thoughts on some pitching matchups today. my family drove to my grandparents' house in virginia beach last night and today, so i will be there for the week. the 11-hour drive wears on you a bit, but i am recovering now. so here you are: last night: ben sheets Mil: he turned in the performance of the night and left w/ a ND. 9 innings of 1-hit scoreless ball, but the game went to 15 i believe. no walks and 5 K as well. he seems to have fully recovered from the dizziness that made him miss his last start pedro martinez Bos: a great outing in an inconsistent year, he got a W for 8 innings of scoreless 2-hit pitching. walked 2 and 8 Ks as well. this is in stark contrast to last outing where he gave up 7 ER and 11 hits in 5 IP. i am of the opinion that his ship has been righted for this season (yes i am reversing field from yesterday, i can do that) zack greinke KC: got the win after 7 innings of scoreless 3-hit ball w/ 5 K and no walks. although pitching v. the expos didnt hurt his stats, he has quietly put together a solid year. he is 1-1 in 4 starts, w/ an ERA of 1.73 over 26 innings (6.5 per start). a good option for AL only leagues or if youre low on $. 3-1 K-BB ratio looks pretty good also. kelvim escobar Tor: if you want to talk about hot, heres your man. last 2 outings, he has been 1-0 with 1 ER over 16 innings. last night he got a ND after 8 innings of scoreless 4-hit ball, including 11 K. 4-2 on the season, 3.34 ERA, and 54-20 K-BB, another good AL-only pickup. he seems to be settling in as a starter after being a reliever 2 yrs ago. randy johnson Ari: big unit rebounded from an average performance last outing, notching a W on 1 run, 3 hits in 7 IP. only 4 K, but he has been 5-0 beginning w/ the perfect game. 8-4, 2.75 on the season, and is averaging nearly 7 IP per start. other notable performances came from Roger Clemens (0 ER, 3 H, 6.2 IP, 6 BB, 7 K, W), Javier Vazquez (1 ER, 5 H, 7 IP, 0 BB, 6 K, W), Matt Clement (3 ER, 5 H, 8 IP, 1 BB, 9 K, W), as well as Jerome Williams and Ted Lilly. today's games: since i just now have gotten access to a computer, i already know what happened to mark prior today. after a solid 1st outing, he struggled against st louis. he went 3.2 innings and gave up 5 ER on 5 hits and 5 BB. he struck out 1. he threw 83 pitches, 49 for strikes. edgar renteria hit a GS in the 4th to knock him out. as i said yesterday, i would give him another start or 2 to make sure he has recovered (i have to emphasize it when i get something right). other pitchers to look for today would be: b. lawrence SD: although he is pitching against a solid boston lineup, the padres have given him plenty of run support. last start was solid (1 ER, 5 H, 7.1 IP), and i would look for a performance slightly below that today (this is definitely a limb i am going out on, but he doesnt usually walk many) k. brown NYY: he has been concerned w/ hes control lately, but his walk numbers are very low (17 BB in 78.2 IP). his last start was mediocre, but he is 7-1 on the season. i would look for another 7 IP, 3 ER and a win from him. j. schmidt SF: after 2 opening losses, 7-0 with a 1-hitter. last 2 starts have been 2-0 with 14 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 20 K, and 5 BB. pitching at TB shouldnt bring him any problems. this is as close to a lock as you can get, i would think. e. milton Phi: another relative unknown i am fond of. 7-1, 3.78 season. last 2 starts, he is 2-0 w/ 14 IP, 2 ER, 8 H, 8 K, and 5 BB. the white sox offense has been solid this yr, but maggs is out, so milton should have a good start and i believe he should get a W. that is your wednesday pitcher update. tomorrow we will cover hitters. feel free to post any feedback whatsoever. i hope you can find this helpful and enjoyable. have a good one! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | this post is my take on who is 'hot' and who is 'cooling off', based on performance over the last week or so. in the fantasy game i play, players' prices fluctuate pretty closely with their performance, however, some do not (eg Roger Clemens' plummeting (sp?) price). this is therefore not a barometer of who will make more $, just who has been playing above or below what they have done this season. that said, here are my picks and their stats last week: HOT: hitters: J. Estrada C Atlanta: 8/17, 4 runs, 4 RBI, 4 2B, 1 HR, 4 BB, 2K injured lineup not hurting Estrada, he has had a career season S. Casey 1B Cincinnati: 6/22, 4 runs, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 2 HR, 3K NL avg. leader on a roll along with his team JD Drew OF Atlanta: 7/17, 8 runs, 5 RBI, 2 HR, 6 BB, 2 K, 1 SB injury-free season shows how good he can really be K. Griffey OF Cincinnati: 8/19, 8 runs, 5 RBI, 4 HR, 6 BB, 3 K see JD Drew J. Dye OF Oakland: 7/25, 6 runs, 6 RBI 3 HR, 3 BB, 7 K, 1 SB trying to prove that hot hot start was no fluke pitchers: C. Carpenter SP StL: 6/2 7 IP, W, 9 K, 7 H, 3 ER 6/7 8.1 IP, W, 6 K, 9 H, 3ER 7-1, 3.42 on the season, next start 6/12 at Texas. Cards have had good run support all season. low ERA and walk ratios; too many hits may come back to haunt him though. Danny Graves RP Cin: blown save 6/5 can't discount 26 saves already. the 3.27 ERA for a closer is a bit frightening. he has 3 games v. Cle this week, and should be good for a save or 2 in that series E. Milton SP Phi: 5/30 7 IP, W, 8 K, 3 BB, 1 ER, 3 H 6/4 7 IP, W, 5 K, 2 BB, 1 ER, 5 H 7-1, 3.78 season, next start 6/9 at ChiSox. only drawback is that he only averages about 5.2 IP per start. good control. M. Prior SP ChC: 6/4 6 IP, ND, 8 K, 2 H, 0 ER 1st game back from rehab was stellar, wait until 6/9 start v. StL to see if hes back for good. F. Cordero RP Tex: 2-0, 18 S, 1.90 on season. has 2 games v. Pit coming up, then 3 v. StL. he is ready for a breakthrough IMO. A. Benitez RP Fla: 1-0, 22 S, .56 season. has been the best RP in baseball this season. very consistent, gives up very few walks and ER. should be good for 50+ saves this year. COOLING OFF: hitters: Pittsburgh in general- 2-8 last 10 games, Mackowiak, Ward, and Jack Wilson went a combined 15/81 last week, and 3 games v. Oak this week don't look promising either. P. Burrell Phi: 43 RBI on the season, only 1 in the last week as he went 3/20 with 1 run and 5 K. L. Overbay 1B Mil: avg is OK (6/16) but earlier power numbers are way down (1 RBI, 0 HR last week). 3 games each v. Ana and Hou w/ their pitching is not promising. V. Guerrero OF Ana: 3 games does not make a slump, but beware. after his 9 RBI game, he has gone 0-12 w/ 3 K in last 3 games. i would still hold on to him for now, but keep an eye out. 3 games v. Mil should help. J. Pierre OF Fla: now has 10 CS on the yr, 3 last wk. avg. has also dipped about 15 pts last wk. moved to 2nd in order has not helped him produce so far. pitchers: J. Kennedy SP Col: 4-3 3.64 season, last game only 3 IP before knocked out. the hot start is over. dump him while you can. next start is 6/9 v. NYY at Coors. P. Martinez SP Bos: 6/2 ND, 5 IP, 4 K, 2 BB, 11 H, 7 ER lucky not to get a loss last game. has been very inconsistent all year. maybe if he got a deal signed... injured pitchers: J. Beckett Fla: 15 day, 5/31, blister R. Halladay Tor: 15 day 6/4 (retroactive 5/28) shoulder J. Peavy SD: 15 day 5/27 (r.a. 5/20) forearm sleeper: Kevin Youkilis 3B Bos: the star of Moneyball by Michael Lewis is having a consistent rookie season. over the last week, he is 4/20 w/ 2 runs, 4 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 BB, 4 K. i wouldn't take him now unless i was nearly out of money, but i will update you on him periodically. this ends the first weekly wrap-up. please comment on anything you disagree with or feel i omitted. also feel free to comment on the general feedback. as few people are reading this right now, you have a chance to shape this site significantly for the future. also, since few people read this, i have no choice but to listen to you, so send whatever you want and tell everybody you know about this. hope you enjoy and find this helpful. p.s. i took the joke thing off, so you can no longer be offended. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | for all of you millions of people who are already fastidiously reading everything i write and have waited all night for a new post, here you go. i have decided to dedicate the bulk of this site to analyzing fantasy baseball. when the season is over, i will probably shift the focus to something else, maybe politics or something. regardless, i hope to dedicate sundays, wednesdays, and fridays to pitchers, thursdays, saturdays, and mondays to hitters, and tuesday to a weekly wrap-up (it fits my schedule). today is tuesday, so you get a weekly wrap-up, i guess. that will be my next post. p.s. this is a disclaimer on the jokes on the bottom right. i just signed up for the service. i realize some are kind of tasteless, but the majority are good enough. sorry if you are offended. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | sorry about that last link, it definitely does not work. even if you are logged in to smallworld.com (where this link will take you) it will only tell you your team center not mine. so i will encourage you to make your own fantasy baseball team anyway (it is free). if you read this and want to join a league, there is a league you can join. the league is called 'Mrowo' and the password is 'facejr' (I did not make this up). register at smallworld.com and join basic fantasy baseball season 1. the season is over halfway over, so you probably cant catch up, but it is still fun, and you can do season 2 after all-star game. my team is tickle me hinrich. if you have trouble email me at [email protected]. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | here is a link to see my fantasy baseball scores every day. im not sure if these will work or not, and i think you have to be a member of smallworld.com (sporting news fantasy games) for it to work. that probably narrows down the field quite a bit actually now that i think about it. regardless, i will post this anyway and hope it works. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | whats up? my name is matthew, and i live in columbus, oh. i am going to be a senior in high school next year. i play golf and soccer, and i work as a caddy at scioto country club. i love all sports and follow them pretty closely. i also love fantasy sports, especially baseball. i will try to get some links up so you can check out other stuff about me, once i figure this out. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | sorry that i have not been updating this site very faithfully lately. if i do this, i have to do it in the morning, and i am either golfing, caddying, or sleeping pretty much every morning. so i am afraid this is not going to be a daily update thing unless somebody can think of a more effective format (eg not talking about the results from last nights games). if anybody has any good ideas regarding the future of this page, they are more than welcome (actually they dont even have to be good). i can figure something out, but your input helps. thank you. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 26,July,2004 | sorry im a day late i know. i was out late last night, if i posted when i got home it would have been monday anyway. this weeks top 5 is: vegetables (for inspiration read my other blog). actually it is 'vegitables'. anyway, here we go: 5. rudabega- as mentioned before, i do these in reverse order, so this is the last one and i am out of ideas. i have never had this, the word just sounds cool. its my list, i can do what i want with it... 4. peas- cooked only, the pods taste weird. like corn, you can mix them with a lot of foods and they taste good. 3. carrots- only in carrot stick form though. i dip them in butter when no one is looking. cooked carrots lose the texture which is the main attraction for me. 20 million bunny rabbits cant be wrong :) 2. broccoli- i developed an attachment to this at a young age when everyone else hated it and i didnt. only good cooked however, as i was traumatized when i saw wormy type things in uncooked broccoli once (still makes me 'ick', right now i am paranoid-ically scratching my head). very good with melted cheese 1. corn-off the cob, i can mix this 'vegitable' with the rest of the food on my plate and it will taste good. on the cob it is just soooo fun to eat...i dont know why i ever leave the house except to buy it...it is good with butter and a slight peppering so there are my top 5 'vegitables'. if you think this is a dumb topic, IM headoflettuce43 and give him a piece of your mind. otherwise, feel free to chime in with your sentimental 'vegitable' stories. until next sundayish time period, this has been your top 5. actually it will be after that period too... |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 18,July,2004 | wow i almost forgot about this...but dont fear. hmm this list will be spontaneous...thinking. here we go. this kind of sucks, but its all i can come up with at this time. this weeks top 5 category is: places i would most like to live post-college: 5. hmm...i do these in reverse order, so this is tough...ha, heres an interesting one. london. i think it would be interesting to see how different life is over there. that is the one foreign country i would most like to visit, and my friend said the ladies enjoy american accents :) . i would definitely have to visit there before i decided to live there though. its intriguing nonetheless. 4. boston- i am running out of ideas, but i liked the city. this would probably mean that i ended up going to mit or harvard, which is fine (although im not too big on harvard). i enjoy snow and cold, so i would be at home there. the negatives are that the natives dont seem particularly friendly, and nobody cares about college football there (ooh, boston college...ha!) i guess #1 has a similar dilemma though...boston is a nice enough city 3. columbus oh- although its kind of boring, there are much worse. i am quite used to it, and its a pretty affordable place to live. then you have the buckeyes and the central location of the vaunted buckeye nation (it seems like every other car has a bumper sticker or vanity plate or flag for osu...its awesome!). i would like to have some space from my family though. 2. chicago- i almost liked this as much as #1 (see that shortly), but i didnt get to see much of it, so im not positive. the area on lake shore drive was gorgeous though. plus a great sports town (always a plus :) ) 1. nyc (manhattan preferably)- i went there this spring break, and my visit only made me more enamored of the city than what i had been before. in addition to being the 'financial capital of the world' which is kind of my desired career area right now (yes its not terribly exciting, but i find it interesting) its like the citys generators could cut out and the city would still run bc there is so much energy there, if that makes sense. it was awesome, and i would love to live there (although not cheap i would guess). sidenote: i was there the day before the NIT final which michigan was in. when i was walking around times sq i saw 3 tall guys in michigan warmups, so im guessing they were on the basketball team. i wanted to get a pic of the 4 of us holding up our arms like 'O-H-I-O', but i kind of wussed out. but i did see them (i think one was courtney sims, very good soph center/forward/not sure). so you can see famousish people there too :) as you can probably see, i would like to live in a big city. i just find small towns kind of depressing bc there seems to be no variety in the life there. it strikes me as a lack of progress, which is something that scares me, in any form. i know that every place has its own advantages, and i have nothing against small towns, they just dont seem to be for me (watch as i end up living in one for the rest of my life). to each his (or her for those that are politically correctly? inclined) own, right? |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 13,July,2004 | (actually from 7.11.04) yes this is edition 2 of the weekly top 5. this is a big step towards consistency, as i have not yet forgotten about this. about 2 more of these and i would think that this will have been solidified as a definite 'department' of the blog. without much further ado, this weeks top 5 is: 'things i heard the most at camp' 5) 'hows it going, hoppy?' according to camp lore, hoppy is some guy from 100 years ago who was made fun of bc he had a curved spine and a short leg. to make a long story short, he was found dead in a cave, frozen to death while clutching a fawn to keep it warm. since i was kind of hopping around (w/ crutches) this nickname was bestowed upon me, and it spread quite quickly. it could be worse i guess. 4) 'hows the ankle?' pretty self-explanatory...as you hear this question more and more, you kind of get a default answer without many details once you realize that they dont want to know that badly. 3) 'i have to pee' to be expected w/ 3rd grade guys. we had a buddy system, which grew much more relaxed as the week progressed. my response went from 'get your buddy' to 'just go in the woods or something'. peeing in the woods is part of the camp experience, right? 2) 'my (insert authority figure, usually male, such as dad/grandpa) can (insert impressive feat that is usually doubled in exaggeration)' as covered yesterday, these kids still idolize their parents/whoever else. some of these stories were obviously fabricated, some were probably true. another fun thing that came up a lot about parents was personal information such as diets/weight/age of parents. these parents might want to rethink telling the kids this stuff... 1) 'what did you do to your ankle?/how did you manage THAT?' imagine telling about 100 people (literally) that your injury was from something as dumb as jumping off of a slide from 1 foot off the ground. i would have liked my injury to have been from something a bit more respectable, maybe i dived into the pool to save a kid from drowning or something like that. humility is a good thing... there you have it. i am off to watch some us olympic trials for track & field now, then a 2-hour special on trading spaces! (yes i am quite serious, i happen to enjoy that show, and no, this does not mean i am gay) some of the designers on the other hand... |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 13,July,2004 | (actually from 7.4.04) i have just had a revolutionary concept...every sunday i will give you my opinion on my personal top 5 somethings. this is very tentative, and it is more than possible that this will be the only one. with that in mind, the first category is...music albums! these are all from the last 7 or so years, so there was never really consideration for any classic albums. as you can see, most of these albums are from my favorite bands, which is no coincidence. without further ado, here are my top 5... 5. a rush of blood to the head- coldplay i got this cd last year, and i listened to it on my way to every golf match...its very calming, and i love every track from 1-7. 4. just be- tiesto this is that new (to me at least) trance album i have been raving about. the best song on it is by far the 1st track (forever today), which is probably in the top 5 songs (hint hint) for me. who says the london club scene is weak? i think he is the #1 dj in the world...heady stuff. 3. e-majn- cloud2ground another incredible techno/trance album. this is what got me addicted to the trance/indie thing. the best 2 tracks are #1 (raindown) and #6 (face2face)- which is the most beautiful song i have heard (other than amazing grace on bagpipes and possibly lee greenwoods 'God bless the usa') anyway, its an awesome album, except i dont really like the last 2 tracks. the 1st 7 are incredible 2. the anatomy of the tongue in cheek- relient k this is the most diverse album up here. they always have a couple of goofy songs on their album, the difference here is that those songs are really sweet (im lion-o, may the horse be with you). i also love the raw emotion in these words are not enough and for moments when i feel faint, and down in flames and failure to excommunicate are awesome as well. the fact that this is not their most recent album yet it makes up about half their concert set says something about the strength of this album. 1. ok computer- radiohead how do i love thee...let me count the ways...about 9, as in 9 of the best songs ever (actually track 7 doesnt really count, but its funny anyway). 3-5 kind of suck, but it seems that every compilation cd i make has at least 3 songs from this album. the guitar solo in paranoid android is one of the best of the post-hendrix era imo, and electioneering is still my favorite songs even though it is about 7 years old. karma police, airbag, and climb up the walls (the song that made me get...actually burn...this cd in the 1st place). kid a and their newest one arent as good as this, but radiohead is still a remarkable band. there you have it...edition 1 of my top 5. if anyone has differing opinions (there should be no differing with this list) feel more than free to post a comment, i would love to hear from you (yes, you). |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | this weeks edition (on time might i add) is inspired by last weeks espn/usa today coaches poll for college football. it is: top 5 most overrated teams not named ohio state in the top 25. 5. clemson (16)-a 'hot pick' bc of a qb and a win over fsu last yr...and a coachs last name (bowden). very difficult schedule, and i dont think they are very good on d either way. projection: 7-5, outside top 25 (on record projections, im not sure exactly how many games each team will play, which could make some records impossible. im just lazy i guess). 4. k state (13)-without roberson, teams can stack the box easily and at least slow sproles down. not a very tough schedule, they might end up top 10, but i still wont think theyre that good. projection: 10-3, #13 3. miami (5)-sorry to knock on them so much here...not really. they lost a lot of talent, and they play a real schedule this yr. projection: 10-3, #11 2. virginia (19)-overrated last yr, only difference is that they lost a qb (schaub) hmm...sounds like a top 25 team...only thing they have is solid lb play. projection: 7-5, outside top 25 1. auburn (18)-remember last years 'sleeper' team? the one that slept pretty soundly offensively vs. usc in opener (23-0 i believe)? they came on in the middle of the season, but i dont think theyre anything special. projection: 8-5, outside top 25 i could obviously be completely wrong on all of these, its mainly just my gut...at least i had the balls to pick them. we shall see what happens. i cannot wait for college football season!!!!! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | just got back from driving my neighbor back from the airport (i run a taxi company in my spare time...). there was a bad accident on 270 east just west of 71. there was a semi overturned on the side, and there was a pickup w/ a boat on back in the road w/ its front end completely smashed. they had to block off 2 or 3 lanes of 270 which just left 3 open. it was pretty congested. i think i cut about 5 or 6 people off to get through all of the traffic, but i had to get to the airport in time (i ended up having about 15 minutes to spare). so im kind of wondering if everybody involved is ok or not. there were a bunch of cops plus a crane there, but i didnt see an ambulance, which either means it had already come or nobody was hurt. i can probably update you on this tomorrow. it was kind of sobering to see after i was getting very frustrated with traffic before i knew what happened. i guess tomorrow is never guaranteed. now im getting philosophical here...there now im over it :) . im going to go watch last comic standing now. that show is kind of dumb, but i am somewhat addicted (what else are you going to do on a tuesday night other than sit at home and watch tv?...rhetorical question alert). peace out my children |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i just got finished cleaning my bathroom! it was the first time i ever did the whole thing by myself. i scrubbed the toilet and bathtub, and the counter, and then i mopped the floor. now i am kind of sticky. nonetheless i am quite proud of myself. today i decided to stay home to do stuff around the house. i am being forced to make a filing system for the whole college application thing, so i spent a couple of hours this morning setting that up. after that i cut the grass, which is when i found out that it is really quite a nice day out. this afternoon i will probably go play with my neighbors cat (as a job, not just because i have nothing better to do) then go hit balls at the range. another exciting thing today...i got my sat II subject test scores back in the mail. i got 800 on math IIC, 740 chemistry and 740 writing. i was quite shocked, especially about the chemistry which i thought i got about 550 on, and especially since i was almost dead the day i took it (sick, i slept the entire day after i got back. very very sick, not to mention miserable. my theory is that in every test room there is a sick kid who is sniffling and coughing constantly. i just happened to be that person that day.) the thing that surprised me is that the 800 (perfect score) is only the 90 percentile, which means 10% of the people get a perfect. i guess its not that incredibly hard or something. anyway, i am just excited about that whole thing. :)))))) (not sure how to make excited smiley, he is smiling a lot though, as you can see. hopefully its good enough) |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | yes, this means that i am back home again. actually we got back saturday night, but i have been pretty busy. the trip was awesome. the only other times i have been to chicago (twice) were just connector flights through o'hare, so this was the first time i had seen the city. we stayed downtown, so we walked around the lake shore park area, which was beautiful. unfortunately, the traffic was terrible (worse than nyc, imo, i have heard that la traffic is worse...i really pity them if it is), so everything like the museums and shedd aquarium was closed. the next day (friday) we went to visit campus. i loved u chicago. it just felt like they had the same sort of priorities that i would want (they also seemed proud that theyre the only school undefeated vs. notre dame in football...yeah, 1-0 or something). the campus was beautiful too. i think it is probably in my top 3 schools now (yale, william and mary), plus its a little easier to get into. i was surprised at how seriously chicago took its baseball. the city series (cubs/sox) was starting up the day we left, so that probably contributed, but the obsession was nearing the ohio state football level in columbus (an inascertainable level, the benchmark of all irrational obsessions i would say...although not a bad one by any means). i think i could live in a city like that. after the visit, we drove to st louis friday night. our hotel room was upgraded to a vip suite...we were the 'customer of the day'...not sure what that is all about, but the room was cool. we ate at j bucks in clayton (suburb), where i realized that st louis was probably as into sports as chicago. i guess that there isnt much else in the midwest that we are so narrow-minded. anyway, saturday morning we visited wustl, which i liked, not as much as uc, but it seemed to be a place i wouldnt mind going to. i think i will apply there too. we got back saturday night so i would have time to go to a meeting sunday morning for camp counselors for a camp i am helping with at my church. i get to be with 3rd grade boys for a week (july 6-10 i think). it will be interesting to say the least. i am looking forward to it. this morning i had my first tournament of the yr. i was gang-raped by mosquitoes early on, so i am trying to move as little as possible now. i overcame them to an extent, and i ended up shooting 89. while that sounds terrible, i actually played very well, i just had 3 bad holes (2 triple-bogeys and a quad). if you take those away it was a decent round, plus the course was tough and i hadnt played it before. i tied for 2nd in the tournament (that should give you an idea of how 'strong' the league is-86 won it). the group i played in was pretty bad. on one whole we lost 8 balls (as a foursome). the other kids kept having to go back and re-hit from the tee. i just sat on the ground and waited, then i started cracking up...kind of like the judges on american idol during auditions. i felt mean, but i couldnt help it. the kids behind us were getting pretty mad, which was probably the funniest part. they hit into us a couple of times...you have to find humor in these things i guess. there were scores of 12 and 10 on that hole (and they both kind of cheated, but i felt bad for them). in case youre wondering, i lost a ball but still made bogey-6 (it would have been a birdie if i hadnt lost a ball) so ha. i believe i am going to go see spiderman 2 wednesday night. brad picked up a bunch of tickets, so hopefully everyone will be early so i dont have to sit in the aisle again (see dodgeball post). i should probably rent the 1st spiderman since i still havent seen it. i think thats all i have to say...this is a pretty long post, congrats if you made it all the way here:) the end. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i am not going to be posting on this for a couple of days, as i am going on a couple of college visits with the parents. we are driving (grr) to chicago tomorrow and visiting u chicago, then to st louis to visit washington u in stl. i am looking forward to both, even though i have been bombarded with mail from wustl (i dont care about a postcard with alumni giving rates or percentage of graduates getting into medical school 4 times a week). somebody needs to tell them this. it actually decreases my interest. i caddied for the first time this year. got a double bag at 12:40, just in time for the sun to be baking on me the entire day (who would want to caddy when its not 90 degrees with no clouds or wind). this would have been a perfect day to golf. complaining aside, i made 130, so it was more than worth it. my shoulder might differ with me on that. i couldnt hold the steering wheel driving back home after the loop bc my shoulder was so weak (unlike the rest of my body...) on a side note, i saw the 'soup nazi' episode on tbs tonight. all of my friends have told me about it and quoted it, so i was expecting a lot. it was nothing special though. i guess my hopes were too high. i thought the gay thugs that stole elaines armoire from kramer were funnier. that has to be the most brilliant show EVER. yes, EVER. anyway, i have an early departure time tomorrow, so i should get to bed soon. i should be back by sunday. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i am sick of getting up at 5:44 every morning! even if i can get to bed by 11:30 or 12 i still only get 6 hours of sleep...i cant live like this! i 'accidentally' broke my 8-iron shaft on saturday, so i took it in yesterday to get a new one. i didnt throw it hard or anything, so im guessing it was pretty weak already. thats $25 down the drain. i went to a party last night at chales'. we played crap (a billiards game, not the casino thing), and i kept getting stuck behind cody who is really gay and kept giving me letters, so i only won once. it was embarassing since i am incredible at that game...maybe ;) |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | another quiz i found on a blog that i coveted and therefore stole from a certain someone (if you are reading this, sorry, its being put to good use, i love your blog). this may seem like im obsessed with golf. im not, but its a big part of my life, esp in the summer, so i mention it a lot. anyway, here we go: 1. what is the geekiest part of your music collection? is techno geeky? if so, then all of that, esp eiffel 65 (da ba dee...aaah!) 2. what do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night? granola bars (technically pantry), maybe a coke 3. what is your secret guaranteed weeping movie? *with machismo* cant think of any off the top of my head, maybe with little kids whose dog dies or something 4. if you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done? raise my left eyelid 5. do you have a completely irrational fear? yes...i have been afraid of wolves ever since i saw beauty and the beast when i was little. the russian ship thing in day after tomorrow didnt help AT ALL. grr why did it have to be wolves? 6. what is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moment? i smile awkwardly 7. are you a pyromaniac? to an extent 8. do you have too many interests? not really, most of my interests can be clumped into the category of sport 9. do you know anyone famous? my uncle is president of ducks unlimited, hes met bush 3 times, but hes not that famous, so i guess not really (i have talked to tiger woods a couple of times :) 10. describe your bed: a double or twin sized, it is too small, oak headboard, comfortable enough 11. spontaneous or plan? depends on how much pressure/stress i am feeling 12. who should play you in a movie about your life? me 13. do you know how to play poker? oh yes, and i know how to win money at it too 14. what do you carry with you at all times? cell, wallet, keys, contact case, a hat, rubber band/something around my wrist 15. what do you miss most about being little? my best friend who moved to florida 16. are you happy with your given name? more or less, too many people have my name though 17. how much money would it take to get you to give up the Internet for one year? hmm...a couple Gs or so, its not that essential i guess 18. what color is your bedroom? the walls are taupe (i think that is lightish brown) and white paint in a marble pattern 19. what was the last song you were listening to? forever today-tiesto (ive been listening to it constantly the last week or so, its incredible :) 20. have you ever been in a play? do christmas pageants count? 21. have you ever been in love? yes 22. do you talk a lot? if i feel comfortable 23. do you like yourself and believe in yourself? usually, no 24. do transient, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you? if they arent trying to make a better life for themselves, yes, otherwise in no way 25. do you consider yourself to be a nice person? im a bit cynical, but yes 26. do you spend more time with your girlfriend/boyfriend or your friends? unfortunately that is not applicable 27. what is your ideal marriage location? it would be cool to do it in the snow, but it would probably be too cold. i would let my wife have her way i guess 28. which musical instrument do you wish you could play? i wish i could play drums better 29. favorite fabric? i couldnt care less, lets say silk i guess 30. something you love and hate? golf 31. what kind of bedding do you use? sheet, blanket, quilt, and a throw over my feet 32. do you tell your friends about your sex life? i tell them every part of my sex life 33. what's the one language you want to learn? im pretty happy knowing english. spanish will probably be helpful soon. 34. how do you eat an apple? with my mouth...i bite a circle around the middle part, then i work up to the core 35. what do you order at a bar? not 21 yet, but i love a three olive martini 36. have you ever pierced your body parts? not on purpose 37. do you have tattoos? no 38. would you ever admit to having done plastic surgery (any kind) if confronted? i guess 39. what's one of the 'funniest' things you've ever done? in 1st grade, i was trying to pull out the chair for my 'girlfriend', but she didnt know it, so she fell on her butt. she was laughing thankfully 40. do you drive stick? i can, but my car is automatic 41. what's one trait you hate in a person? closed-mindedness/cant take criticism 42. what kind of watch(es) do you wear? none, i have a little plastic clock in my golf bag 43. most frivolous purchase? $70 sea green slacks at j crew w/ a $45 belt and $15 argyle socks (those socks are pimp though) 44. do you consider yourself materialistic? somewhat, not as much as i used to be 45. what do you cook the best? i grill a mean bratwurst, i can do a lot with chicken too 46. favorite writing instrument. my lucky pen (i only use it on finals) 47. do you prefer to stand out or blend in? unless im only w/ close friends, blend in 48. would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex? depends how blatantly transvestite it is. to an extent, i do sometimes 49. what's one car you will never buy? ford probe (sry cody ;) 50. what kind of books do you like to read? i love most books, my favorite author is john grisham 51. if you won the lottery, what would you do? i would love to have a couple mil to invest just to see what i could do with it. i would tithe some, give some away, maybe bribe some recruits to ohio state for football ;) 52. burial or cremation? cremation w/o a doubt 53. how many online journals do you read regularly? about 5-10 54. what's one thing you're a sore loser at? most things. ping-pong is the worst. i dont know why, i dont play that often. i get really mad though 55. if you don't like a person, how do you show it? i dont really, unless i cant stand them, then i beat them into the ground (actually i just talk bad about them-like a real man) 56. do you cry in front of friends? rarely 57. what kind of first impression do you think you give to people? shy/quiet 58. what's one thing you like to do alone? golf-i usu play 18 in 2 hrs less when im alone than when im in a 4some. (record time for 18 is 2:06 in case youre wondering-im very proud of that) 59. are you a giver or a taker? i take whenever i can, but i give quite a bit as well. i guess that makes me a taker 60. when's the last time you cried? about 2 weeks ago i think 61. favorite communication method? talking 62. how many drinks before you're tipsy? depends what it is. i dont drink very much at all anyway 63. do you think you're cute? depends what my hair is doing at the time 64. do you have problems changing clothes in front of friends? usually 65. what's the most painful experience you've ever had? getting hit in the anklebone by a golf ball on the fly (physically at least) that hurt like...*cringes at the memory*. emotionally, not sure, probably an event that led to the revelation that i needed to change what i conveyed as well as percieved as my identity, if that makes sense at all |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | its been a while (2 whole days) since the last post, so this might be a bit long, we shall see. yesterday, i played 27 holes of golf. i sucked up the first 9, but then i came back w/ a 39 on the back, so i went an extra 9 holes to try to break 80 (an elusive goal that has consumed my golfing life since i broke 90). i started off fine, but i had 2 straight 3-putts and a lost ball, which killed me, so i ended up with 39-44 83, which is my best for this season as of yet. i was happy enough, but i know i blew it. that just gives me something to push for this summer i guess. last night i saw dodgeball with a bunch of friends. i got there late, so we had to sit in the aisle. then some usher kicked us out bc it was a 'fire hazard'. we got back in, but we had to split up. i ended up next to some guy in the 2nd row. there were some interesting parts, i will say that (the pizza thing, ick), but it was funny for the most part. it could have been better, but it fulfilled its purpose of mindless entertainment imo. we went out for sushi after that. i dont really like sushi, but it was fun. this morning i played golf w/ my dad, my pastor, and another guy from church. they wouldnt play for money (6-6-6 $5 nassau), which is unfortunate bc i won every 6 w/ my partner (we played for 'bragging rights', which last time i checked wont help pay for tuition). nobody, including myself, played particularly well, but we had a good time. after that, i went to gregs grad party at 'the barn' in westerville. its a pretty cool place, i wouldnt mind having mine there. so there is my activity list of the last couple days. after the party i sat at home and watched the us open. did anybody else see the 7 green? i have only played 1 green like that, and it is completely unfair (i 5-putted it in a tournament, it kept rolling backwards 20+ feet). that shouldnt happen in a professional tournament. however, everyone played the same unfair green, so in a roundabout way it was fairish. i am pulling for phil, but i dont have anything against anybody near the top. it should be fun to watch. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | hmm, i think todays theme would be rain, which causes things to become wet when exposed to it, including people such as myself. i played golf today, but i had to call it a round after 16 holes bc of this natural phenomenon. not too much of a loss, as it was not a particularly good round. i think i was rushing things out there today. i went to the range around noon, and the only part that was open were the mats (no chipping/putting or grass tees). i hate hitting off mats, but its better than not hitting. also contributing to todays theme is the us open, which is currently delayed bc of rain. not like i would be able to watch it since we dont get espn anymore...grr. the course doesnt seem to be playing that difficile. on a side note, i do believe that detroit won the nba title, and for that they are offerred (sp?) my most sincere congrats. as for the lakers, there is always next yr (oh wait, no there isnt). hahaha they are going to get disbanded i hope. they were the closest thing this age in sports will get to a dynasty imo. its the circle of life applied to sport. if you think about it, you can apply most of lifes themes to sport... its growing on you isnt it? |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i hate it when i prove myself wrong. the class today was so awesome. it had nothing to do with going the speed limit or not cutting people off. we did a skid car, drag racing, and cone maneuverability. we also did this thing where you floor it through water then slam on the brakes and control your skid so you dont run over 'kenny' (aka a bunch of cones). needless to say i killed kenny quite a few times (where have i seen this before?). it was still fun, and i met a lot of new people (john, richard, erica, amanda, feel free to comment now). it rained a lot too, which made the skid car even skiddier. i guess that this was in fact not a wasted day. another bonus, i drove through amish country to get there, and i got to pass a real horse and buggy thing on the road! i figured it was an urban legend (or rural legend is more like it...boo, not funny), but its not. so all in all a good day. im probably going to the class party at dans tonight, that might go a bit late. wow, it just kind of hit me that im a senior now. how empowering... |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | another day, another 85 on the links. this one i was not happy with. i was +2 thru 7 holes then i fell apart. i only hit 4 greens, so i guess it could have been much worse. the heat got to me again, i couldnt make 36 holes. ill probably go hit at the driving range this afternoon or something. i just remembered, tomorrow my mom is making me take an all-day 'defensive driving' class. grr. i dont need help driving, since i havent had any accidents or tickets in over a year. i am viewing tomorrow as a wasted day. maybe i will end up enjoying it (smirks knowingly). |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i slept in some this morning, so i only got 18 holes in today. i think the weather could best be described as sweltering...i was dying. anyway, i played so much better than yesterday, i shot 85 on a much harder course. i could have done better, but my irons apparently all decided to go about 15 yards farther than normal today. that took me about 8 holes to figure out...i flew the green of a 155 yard par 3 with a 7-iron by about 20 yards. that is a complete anomaly, quite frustrating. however, it was encouraging. i finally got to see day after tomorrow w/ cody and chad. it was pretty good. some of the effects were a bit weak, but they would be hard to do. we got our popcorn ($5.50!) from seth gemperline. i hadnt realized he worked there. if it doesnt rain too hard tonight im going to go play another 18 or 36 tomorrow, depending on how early i feel like getting up. i ran out of water for about 6 holes today, and i am still feeling a bit sick (hence the post name). i should be able to overcome this however. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | personal quiz (taken from a friend, feel free to copy and post on your own site) A is for age: 17 and almost 1/2 B is for boyfriend: um... C is for career: investment banker/wall st. something (tentative) D is for dad's name: Paul E is for essential item to bring to a party: yellow floppy titleist hat! F is for favorite song at the moment: forever today- tiesto G is for girlfriends: none at this point in time H is for hometown: columbus ohio I is for instruments you play: i used to play the trombone, now i play my friends drum set sometimes, does that count? J is for jam or jelly you like: strawberry K is for kids: id rather not talk about my kids... L is for living arrangements: i live with my mommy and daddy M is for mom's name: Peggy N is for name of your best friend: chales/cody O is for overnight hospital stays: 2-tonsils out, and one i would rather not say why, we will just leave it at that. some things are too personal for this lol P is for phobia[s]: getting lost Q is for quote you like: eric neel calling this year's lakers 'devean and the hall of famers' R is for relationship that lasted the longest: since kindergarten, at least friendship. love is prolly 3 monthsish S is for sexual position: im not gay... T is for time you wake up: 6:42 on school days, around 5:45 during summer U is for unique trait(s): i retain undesirable amounts of information V is for vegetable you love: lets go with broccoli W is for worst habit: overanalyzing stuff, if thats a bad thing, also i spit too much X is for xxrays you've had: braces stuff, when i broke my arm in kindergarten, when i dislocated my pinky in middle school playing basketball (i had to wear a cast on my pinky, 2 whole people got to sign it :)) Y is for yummy food you make: i did a presentation in speech class on how to make a grilled cheese sandwich w/ aluminum foil and an iron. other than that i usually stick with canned soup Z is for zodiac sign: capricorn, im not a big astrology person though |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i really hope the pistons can make this lead stand up. shaq is killing us this game. at least its interesting this time around. i added a different counter. guess what, it doesnt work either. ack this is easily the worst thing that has ever happened to me. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | after church today, i played 9 holes with my dad. this is only my 3rd time out this yr since i have been so busy w/ school and stuff. i hit the ball like complete trash. seriously, i was so mad. i shot a 46, and thats only b/c i made 4 15+ foot putts. i have a lot of work to do this summer if i want to be worth anything on the team this fall. i just got a membership at a local club for the summer, so im going to go play 36 holes tomorrow if i can. talked to dan, he just got back from mexico. we might go play tomorrow if he doesnt have to work all day. im getting excited for the pistons tonight...i still hope they kill LA. speaking of that urlLink i read this great article on espn.com. they even make fun of devean george. there is a link on here, but if you dont want to read the whole thing, heres the best part... Six days ago, most people outside of Detroit thought there was no way they could contain Devean and the Hall of Famers. Now it seems impossible that the Lakers will be able to stand up to the soul tide rolling through this series. ha. what do you have to say now, devean? nothing? thats what i thought. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | freaking hit counter, work! maybe its overloaded with all this traffic i am getting... grr i hate those white boxes with red x's. what are you going to do, eh? |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | after getting up around 7 (ack) the drive to ohio was only about 9 1/2 hrs, not bad. then i got to go mow the lawn before it rains again, bad. i made it though. i just downloaded this awesome song by some scandinavian techno guy (tiesto or something like that). i think all techno should be illegal unless its scandinavian. this is incredible stuff. -- i spent a lot of time this week watching the reagan funeral. i dont think there is any more touching song than amazing grace. when they get to the last stanza, i get chills. then during the burial ceremony, they had a guy play it on bagpipes. that is even better than scandinavian techno-my favorite song on my favorite instrument! i guess the bagpipe is a love/hate thing, i find it eerily beautiful. i find european music better than american for the most part i guess. i want bagpipes at my funeral! this whole funeral thing has put me in somewhat of a reflective mood. its kind of like 'what will i do that people will talk about at my funeral'. its a motivating thought to me. anybody with me on that? -- during the drive i read a book called the chosen by chaim potok. it starts out like any enjoyable fiction story, then it gets really deep into things like hardcore friendship and philosophy and that kind of stuff. it reminded me of another book, a separate peace by john knowles. it was quite engrossing. i would recommend it to anyone who considers themself introspective. so that in conjunction with the whole funeral bit has put me in a bit of a reflective, morbid, and rambling mood. -- i think i will go update my other blog and go catch some SNL or something. take the care! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i was at my grandparents' house this week in virginia beach. it has been scorching lately, but its raining right now. not a thunderstorm or anything, just rain. honestly, my favorite weather is a summer thunderstorm at dusk. it is so awesome to listen to. i always sleep with my window open those days. anyway, we are driving back to ohio tomorrow, and we are supposed to leave at 8. this is not what i had in mind for summer vacation. such is life i guess. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | this is my second blog. i started doing a blog of fantasy baseball update type stuff (i will make a link soon in case you care), so this is a more personal blog. feel free to comment or share your thoughts (a form of commenting if you think about it) whereever you want to. i was watching the nba finals game 3. i am sooo incredibly glad the pistons won. i hate the lakers, seriously hate them. especially devean george annoys me. he is like a leech that just hangs onto kobe and shaq, and then when he needs to contribute, he cant step it up. when detroit went on a run in the 3rd, rip was running a break after a board, and george was trying to guard him, but he is too slow, so he just flopped. thankfully he didnt get the call, but i cant stand players like that (see vlade divac). anyway, the only laker i really respect is kobe. at least he tries all the time, unlike his team for the most part. he really is a great player. now that i think about it, i dont have much against shaq. i just hope the pistons can pull this off. on a side note, has anyone seen that viagra commercial with the fat and old guys jumping around with queen 'we are the champions' playing in the background? if you think about it, there are some disgusting implications there. i get so sick whenever i think about it. therefore, i will try to make you sick as well. sorry, its too late to change anything. i believe i will go get some sleep now. have a great friday, now that it is officially friday. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | it has been awhile since i got up as early as 5:19. it wasnt that bad actually. i got to the course before it was open, so i ended up teeing off around 6:35. i ran into this guy from the grounds crew that absolutely hates me 4 times this round. i hit into him once while he was mowing the green, and i thought he had seen me. now he interrogates me every time, like 'did you check in with the starter', then 'who was there', and 'you shouldnt be starting this early, give us a chance to mow these'. its very frustrating, especially when i see him yukking it up (yes i just said that. its a cool phrase...) w/ other golfers. of course, he might just hate me bc i am young or something. who knows...the round went ok. i have a lot to work on, so i struggled at least in the scoring category, but i hit the ball pretty well. i only had 1 birdie though. need to work on that... when i went to the parking lot to leave, i found that there was a beer delivery truck right in front of my car with no possible escape, so i was stuck there for about 10 minutes. i just thought i would share that, since it was a minor annoyance. i made it throught that though. in other news, the saturn is working again. the battery was indeed dead, so my mom took it to the shop for me, and its all better (hopefully). now i dont have to give my dad a ride to work again which means getting up 20 minutes earlier. (yay) |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i was driving to my golf lesson today, and i saw a hitchiker on the entrance ramp from 23 north onto 270 east. for those not acquainted with i-270, it is basically a circle around columbus (i guess there is one in st louis as well, and then i-70 runs through both cities too...creepy). anyway, i found this a humorous spot to try to catch a ride. she wasnt going to get any farther than 25 miles from where she started (yes i know people can take exit ramps onto other highways, it was just funny). i am considering starting a new blog for stuff i see on the road. i probably wont, but its a consideration. now if i was a trucker or something i would definitely do this, and i would love to read something like that. many interesting sights out there... the dispute thingy from AIM has been cleared up thank goodness. now i can sleep, which is great since i am leaving at 5:40 tomorrow (leaving, not waking up). this is bc the saturn wouldnt start. i think it is the battery, so its getting towed tomorrow. meanwhile, i will drive my dad to work then go play golf after that. i think im going to bed within a half-hour. i started reading jane eyre tonight, and i fell asleep about 30 pages into it. i think it was me being tired as opposed to it being boring, which was the case with 'texas' by james michener which put me to sleep 4 times. that book took me so long, probably twice as long as any other book i have ever read. literally (maybe not the Bible, but thats it). jane eyre is actually fairly interesting, even in the beginning. i have high expectations for it now... one other thing: i was on urlLink espn.com today and i was reading about bad athlete-turned-musicians, and they had audio clips. one was pro wrestlers or something. urlLink here is a link to some 30 second clips , the worst one in my opinion is track 10. its like elmer fudd meets a 3-year old banging on a pot or something. definitely a must hear. if that doesnt keep you up all night, nothing will :) |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | well, yesterday i was talking to various people on AIM and i think i managed to get 5 or 6 people mad in some way or another. all bc of a misstatement. this is why i dont like talking on AIM, bc you cant clarify things and they can get out of hand. grr...hopefully things will work out, i think they will. like i said earlier, i hate having people mad at me. i cant sleep and i get all stressed out. i think thats bc of my analytical mind which makes me constantly thinking about the whole situation. i did talk to ryan (my friend from florida, now kentucky) yesterday, and he is probably coming up this weekend. if he does, i think he might stay with me. i havent seen him in so long, i am kind of worried that he has changed. people tend to do that... i golfed this morning. i was just teeing off on #1 w/ nobody in sight when a guy came up behind me and asked if i wanted to play alone or not, of course i said 'you can join, sure, blah blah blah' even though i didnt really want to. it was and older guy named john, hes been a member there for about 20 years. he was nice enough, but he kept complaining about how bad he was playing. that gets kind of annoying. then on #10 we were joined by another older guy named joe from alabama. the good thing about those 2 is that they were pretty fast, but we ended up being stuck behind a group the entire time, so my round took about 3 1/2 hrs. i almost holed out for eagle on #12, a par 5. i laid up to about 100 yards, then i took a half-pitching wedge, and stuck it about 4 inches from the hole. that was easily the highlight of my day as i did not play very well (yes i am a hypocrite for complaining about golf, but this is why i have this blog, to complain and so forth). at the beginning of the round, every time i stepped over the ball, i KNEW i was going to hit a bad shot. it has been a few years since that happened. i did par all 4 par 3s though, kind of. they kept giving me putts whenever i hit it within 3 feet or so and hitting them back to me. oh well, its probably for the better that i didnt have an 'official score'. such is life |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | my senior picture photo shoot went well as far as i could tell. i felt a little awkward with some of the poses, like when i was lying on the floor and he was like 'roll towards me a little bit'. i felt like a bikini model or something (since i obviously know exactly what that feels like). that withstanding, i think everything should turn out well. when i first talked to him today, he said 'if i remember correctly, you tend to blink a lot.' grr...this was bc he took the golf team pictures outside last fall and i was staring into the sun...all bc i wanted to have the girls soccer team in the background :) i think it was worth it. i only blinked during one picture today though. i have no idea when i will get the pictures back or at least see them. hopefully soon. i finished the hunchback of notre dame today (finally!). i honestly have no idea how they made a wishbone episode out of that book. 75% of it is not suitable for little kids. that is on the conservative end, too. it was quite a depressing ending, and the entire book was kind of scattered as well as morbid. i have mixed feelings on it...next up is jane eyre, which i think is the ultimate chick book. my mom reads it pretty much every year. i am looking forward to this less than i was rebecca. i think its the longest book i have to read, too. i guess i will have to suck it up at get it over with, right? (yes) |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | last night i was at a party at chads, and brad told me he knew a kid named john corkendorfer in michigan. i found this quite enlightening. this has got to be one of the coolest names ever. seriously, say it out loud, and you instantly feel cool. when you get mad, say 'john corkendorfer' and you will have no choice but to be happy. i got to see some people i hadnt seen all summer last night, which was nice. now i kind of want school to start so i can see some of my friends again. kind of. we just hung out all night really. we played catchphrase too. one word i got was 'chain', so i said ___ of fools, which nobody got, so then i started singing __, ___, ___, ___ of fools. i think everybody on the other team knew it, but nobody on my team did. heather seemed to enjoy my performance at least. if im going to make a fool of myself, somebody should at least get it right. another phrase i got was 'jake and the fat man'. i was like what the heck is this? i still have no idea. anyway, i got home late and still forced myself up early today to go golf. i got to the course around 7:30 and found that there was a tournament, so i had to go back home. i slept for a few hours after that. i woke up and my mom told me to go scrub the trash barrel. not sure when this became my job, but it smelled terrible. it was not a pleasant experience. such is life. after this i went with some people to see i robot (i had been delaying this movie for awhile since i thought it looked dumb). it actually wasnt bad at all. i was pleasantly surprised once again. then we went to chipotle. when we were outside eating we witnessed some road rage: 2 kids in a beat up crown vic were following some lady, and when she parked, they pulled up next to her. when she got out, they got out and started yelling and swearing at her. she was like 50 years old. i can understand yelling at a peer or something, but if you want to act tough, dont yell at an old lady. kids these days, they have no respect :) after this we went to codys and hung out. i played him in pingpong and i lost 21-10, 20-22 (1), 22-20 (1). it was a good match once i warmed up. he is the only person who ever beats me with any frequency, probably bc he plays tennis all the time and also bc he knows to hit to my backhand. so close. and thats my little update on my life over the past 2ish days. pictures are tomorrow at 10 am, so no golf in the morning. all the outfits are ready to go! i will let you know how it all turns out, and maybe post them if i can figure out how, at least once i get them back. until then... |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i am sorry for the redundancy (ironic given the title...ha!) of writing about the 'cant live a day' remix of avalon by dj tiesto. i forgot i wrote about it the 1st time. anyway, i guess this means i like it a lot. i probably didnt even need to post this as nobody else would have noticed. oh well, i have satisfied myself and my oc (if you dont know what oc means, read this months archives). good night this time, for real! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | there is so much good music out there that nobody knows about. today i stumbled upon andy hunter (actually i had heard of him, but i hadnt listened to him), who i guess is considered the #1 Christian dj, at least in the trance realm. good stuff...another song i found is a remix by none other than dj tiesto on the song 'cant live a day' by avalon. this is all on radiou's (Christian rock station in columbus) electrik cirkus (i think thats the spelling) playlist. theres a link to the radiou homepage in the sidebar (my favorite radio station), urlLink here is one right here to the electrik thingy page . apparently they spell it electric circus...i could have sworn they did something weird w/ it...oh well. i was thinking about what to do tomorrows top 5 on, so i turned to chad for help. since the topic will suck, you have him to blame. this is the 'eye' of the brainstorm...i just thought of that...that was pretty good, huh? Rogerclam73: whats a good topic to do a top 5 type thing on? headoflettuce43: movies? Rogerclam73: i dont really like movies that much, remember? headoflettuce43: oh yeha headoflettuce43: um bands Rogerclam73: something more interesting, w/ some oomph. as in oomph headoflettuce43: k headoflettuce43: strippers Rogerclam73: shut up headoflettuce43: lol i'm thinking. that was just to get the juices flowing Rogerclam73: not very well headoflettuce43: lol oh ty Rogerclam73: something random other than strippers headoflettuce43: lol headoflettuce43: vegitable Rogerclam73: k so there you have it, i am doing my top 5 on 'vegitable(s)' tomorrow. goodnight! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | this title has no significance to the post that i know of, i just wrote it. i feel obligated to title these things. anyway...yesterday we did not end up seeing the bourne supremacy bc they were out of tickets. so we went to codys and rented the bourne identity instead. i had forgotten how much i liked that movie. i heard the new one isnt quite as good, but its still pretty good. they went to see it today, but i couldnt bc i was golfing with my dad. i didnt play very well, but we had fun even though it took about 5 hours. i hate golfing weekends and afternoons bc it takes forever. a 5-hour round takes up the entire afternoon, but if you can sacrifice some sleep and tee off at 6:30, it takes 3 hours max, and nobody else is even awake, so you have the rest of the day free. i guess that in europe everybody plays 3 hour rounds, even foursomes. if i ever go to england, i will have to go play some golf there. it seems too good to be true. i went shopping yesterday for senior picture outfits as well as general wardrobe maintainance. i got a polo at j crew, its kind of cobalt blue with narrow white horizontal stripes, then a kelly green polo at gap, and a navy long sleeve button up shirt from ralph lauren. i think the last one is the only one im wearing for pictures, the other ones are just for some variety on the course. next up is a red or pink polo shirt, hopefully in time for tryouts. also i need a new hat to go with the kelly green shirt. i am thinking maybe a white visor w/ green accent, if i can find one. if you want to think of what you should do in this situation, i would be wearing very light khaki shorts with a brown leather belt, and black/brown alligator skin golf shoes w/ short black socks. in case you were wondering. actually i would greatly appreciate input on this. if i cant play well i should at least look good :) another great song i found really quick: cant live a day remix feat. dj tiesto- avalon. great great beat, get the song or album (o2: avalon remixed). later! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | yesterday, i wasted about 6 hours of my day working on tech stuff at church. i was helping with a vbs followup service, and my responsibilities amounted to hitting play and stop on a dvd player. they could have had a kindergartner do it. then i helped 'tear down' aka winding up some cords. i did get to see some of my kids from camp though. one kid kept jumping off the stage onto me at the end, then he pretended that he hurt his ankle. little monster...i said if you keep doing that, your ankle is really going to hurt. all in good fun of course. i played 9 holes again today, and i feel fine, anklewise at least. i played so well, but i putted like...(trying to think of something that is bad at putting)...something bad at putting. have you ever had 4 3-putt bogeys in 9 holes? i did. another interesting fact: (follow closely, a bit confusing) i was as many over par on the holes where i hit the green in regulation as i was on the holes where i didnt hit the green in regulation (all you nongolfer types ignore that). anyway, i hit 6 out of 9 greens, had 20 putts (yes 20) and shot 42. very frustrating, but encouraging as far as ball striking was concerned. i think i am going to go see the bourne supremacy tonight, not sure when. i dont really like seeing non-comedy movies that much, but this looks pretty good. i will rate it tomorrow probably for you, since you respect my opinion so much. i got the u chicago 'uncommon' application (they are quite proud of this title) yesterday. i looked at the essays, and they are much better than the common app. not sure which one i am going to do. i can post them here, if you have any suggestions as far as which one i should do, feel free to drop a comment. here you go: i just looked at them again, they are too long to type, i will summarize. here we go again: 1) write an essay somehow inspired by super-huge mustard (like at sams club) 2) talk about how language sets people apart, covering peculiarities of your own personal language, how does it make you unique, etc. 3) 'any law that uplifts human personality in just, any law that degrades human personality is unjust' wrote mlk jr in 'letter from birm. jail'. give your thoughts on justice as it relates to 'human personality'. 4) i have already decided this is too confusing and not that interesting, so im not doing it. plus its about twice as long as any other essay, so i will not write it. apply to u chicago yourself if youre that desperate to see it 5) write your own essay question, like applicants did for # 1 and #2. thats it. i am leaning towards 1 or 2. i think they can learn a lot more about an applicant this way than by saying 'how did you respond to an ethical dilemma' or 'who has had an impact on your life', so this application might actually be enjoyable. i downloaded a new song last night, called 'amazing' by george michael. its good, but nothing special. the preview only lets you hear the first 30 sec of the song, which were good, but the rest was kind of repetitive. i guess its a dance/pop mix, with very few vocals. its not a 'listen to on repeat' song for me though. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | yes, this is my secret identity, i have been hiding it from you this whole time...just kidding! ha. not even tiger would have teed off when i did this morning. it was raining so hard. when i got there at 7:30 this morning (yes i cheated and set my alarm an hour later last night, i need to ease into this 5:44 stuff) everybody was hiding in the clubhouse from the rain or something. i was like to the manager 'can i go out?' and he was like 'i think its unplayable, but you can try if you want' and i was like 'whoa' and he was like 'woot'. after this dialog, i teed off in the rain, and since i didnt warm up and my hands were already wet, i kind of duffed the tee shot and the rest of the shots on that hole and i got an 8. it didnt help that there was a creek where there wasnt supposed to be 100 yards out with more tributaries than the nile river delta (i thought of that one when i was on the course. not bad, eh?) then the green was kind of flooded too. i got used to the rain after that, and i ended up shooting 45, which would have been decent to poor before injury, so i was quite encouraged. i didnt play that well, but i didnt play poorly either, so it was a successful round. i didnt get hurt at all, except on 9 i jumped up to see if i was on the green and i kind of forgot about my ankle. then i remembered it. its fine now though. so a good experience all in all. apparently i have to go do some technical stuff at church tonight for some kids service. i didnt learn about this until today, so i am a bit irritated, but its ok. later! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | actually you would be better off reading one of the other post, not a whole lot to say. i am not relishing the thought of getting up at 5:44 tomorrow morning after about 3 weeks of sleeping in every morning. plus there are supposed to be thunderstorms, which according to my dad are incredibly deadly. if i get struck by lightning i would rather it be on a golf course. anyway, i like playing in the rain. i guess it makes me feel tougher than most other golfers (shut up, golfers are among the toughest people out there...sometimes we go 5 or 6 holes w/out a cart girl :) . seriously, though, i get a sense of pride and dedication when i play in a downpour, plus it is a change from the usual scorchiness.) urlLink i have a link to a website i found today that i guess is sweeping the nation here. its jibjab.com or something. its basically making fun of kerry and bush, which gives it a wider appeal. quite funny imo, although its already gotten a little old. i would limit viewings to 5 or fewer personally. it has a little profanity, but that never killed anyone (i hope not at least). one other thing: is it even debatable that seinfeld is the best show ever on tv? it is the only show where i can still crack up even if ive seen it 3 or 4 times before (yes i just watched it on tbs: bless you ted turner...wow i never thought i would say that...please keep the reruns on forever!) i have to go to bed so early tonight its not funny. goodnight! |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | i dont have much time for this post (dinner) but since i might not be able to get back on tonight, here is my post in a nutshell...hit a jumbo bucket at the range today, and my ankle held up ok, so i am going to play at least 9 holes tomorrow (trembling w/ excitement) this means that you will once again be subject to me describing my rounds, but im sure you missed reading that as much as i missed writing it :) (sidenote: ironically when i was typing 'writing' i accidentally wrote 'writhing'...maybe its a subconcious impulse or something). so i am excited about that. i got my yale application in the mail today. i looked over it, i guess theyre part of the common app, which i kind of hate. the essay questions are so ridiculously stupid and broad that i have no idea what to write. these essays are everywhere, and i hate them. for my sat II writing test, i ended up writing about my friend sliding across my car hood in the rain like 'dukes of hazard' and denting it...come on, who wants to read this. then in 9th grade proficiency testing, i wrote about arthur (yes the tv show on pbs...whats wrong with that?). to summarize this, i hate non-specific essays. something should be done, like say 'write about an animal the same color as your favorite color and starts w/ the same letter as your first name and their experience at the fair' or something like that (shut up, you try and think of something specific and relevant)...this parenthetical statement kind of justifies the broad essay...ack. one more thing, it has been an incredible last 2 days being a fantasy baseball owner w/ travis hafner on the squad...5 hr and 11 rbi last 2 games means i am moving up in my division w/out having my pitchers play (2 starters pitch tomorrow)...this last section is not b/c anybody cares about my fantasy baseball (trust me...i have never found anybody that cares about this other than my 10th grade english teacher...), i am just excited that a 1B is outproducing most pitchers. so yes, thats about it, and im going to go eat. until the next post... |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | today was much more relaxing than yesterday, except not being able to get to sleep until 4:30 (i think i talked about that last post). i hit a large bucket today at the range, and i felt fine. i think thursday is still a realistic target for playing at least 9 holes. i got home and got on AIM, and i guess chee is staying at her sisters boss house, so i got to talk to the boss' daughter, naomi. we talked for about 3 hrs straight, she is one of the most fascinating people i have ever talked to...plus she is a huge college football fan (i am in heaven!). after dinner i decided to rearrange my room according to the plan i drew up in my mind last night while trying to get to sleep. moving the stuff is kind of hard by yourself, but i managed. it didnt turn out quite like i was hoping, but it looks pretty good imo. i just needed a change. that took about 2 hrs, so now i am at the computadora again. i just discovered paul van dyk, another trance artist kind of like dj tiesto. this genre is pretty new to me, but if all trance is like this, wow is all i can say. incredible stuff. where would music be w/out scandinavians? (i am swedish-ish so i can say this w/out being racist) i need to go out and continue our tradition or something. i actually talked to chad about bringing back our band (retalliation of the lamp...i guess its more or less trance now that i think about it), so im going to call lucarse when he gets back from soccer camp. yes, and then we can tour the world while were at it :) 'thank you, goodnight' -all star united, as well as probably a lot of other people |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | last night i went to bed around midnight but didnt end up sleeping until 4:20. so i got some thinking done. i was looking around my room for paper, and i came across a notebook that i wrote in last time this happened. i enjoyed reading it, so i decided to post them. keep in mind that i had just finished reading a 1000 page book about the last 500 years of society and civilization and how we are at the end of an age (called 'from dawn to decadence' by jacques barzun, very slow read, but fascinating), so these might reflect on that. its basically just observations. machiavelli's 'might makes right' (this might have actually been nietzche, not sure) makes truth arbitrary. as long as God is the standard of truth, i see no problem with this. although truth is within God, i see no problem with saying God defines truth by defining Himself. tradition is undervalued in society. people want only to preserve themselves, not themselves in relationship to others, which is what tradition is. spending a half-hour a day smiling when you dont feel like it will do you more good than all the money in the world. (not sure about that one) if people say that shorthand caused the death of penmanship, i would argue that it creates a written language all its own. neatness is not necessarily having an appearance of utter cleanliness, but more a knowledge as to the whereabouts of any involved object at any given time. randomness is never really random at all, at least pertaining to humans. rather it is spawned from a desire to be separate from the expected, and, more importantly, an all-encompassing view of the expected. an understanding of the entire self is impossible. when you search for a cretain facet of yourself, you rarely find it, but instead learn many unexpected things. there are more, but they arent that interesting to me. im not sure how i feel about all of these now, but i thought that they were at least worth posting. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | I CAN HIT A GOLF BALL AGAIN! yes!!! according to the calendar it has only been 13 days since i could last do this, but it seems like months. i cant tell you how ecstatic i was. i was in the backyard working on my backswing with my dad and he said, 'why dont you try a slow weight shift and see how it feels', so i did, and it felt fine. i then worked up to a full hard swing, and that didnt hurt either, so i went to the range immediately and hit a bucket of balls. i was a little rusty, but that was to be expected. my goal is to hit every day this week and hopefully i can play a full round by thursday. this feels like my whole summer has been reborn. plus i found out tryouts are a week later than i thought they were, so optimism is permeating my being (not usually the case). that was in the evening. the rest of my day sucked. i slept in and when i got up, i read some more hunchback of ND. then i went to the library to see if some cds i wanted to burn were in yet. however, when i got there, i felt extremely nauseous. i left and flew home just in time to throw up in my own toilet. i went through 3 series of this, which was accompanied by a throbbing headache. it was one of those situations where, although you know you will get better pretty soon, you are so miserable that you wish you were dead. at chads yesterday, we ordered out some indian food, which looked nasty, but i figured it was ok to eat. i am blaming this for my illness. after being sick, i took a nap for a couple of hours, and i feel pretty good now, but i am taking it easy, and im going to go to bed early tonight. another good thing about today (this was actually like 2 AM this morning, which i guess counts as today) is that i downloaded a couple more sweet songs. my new 'repeat for a week until i get sick of it' song is 'last train home' by lostprophets. i heard this on the radio like a month ago, so i decided to get it, and it is sweet. the other song i got is 'ocean avenue' by yellowcard. my friends are obsessed with the band, so i checked them out. not a particularly original sound, but i like the sound anyway, so it was another good find/whatever you call it. |
3,568,056 | male | 17 | Sports-Recreation | Capricorn | 01,August,2004 | heres another quiz type thing that i stole from the person i stole all of these from :) i cant help it, i love these things. w/out further ado: 1. Pierce your nose or tongue? neither, nose i guess 2. Be serious or be funny? funny if im w/ more than 1 person 3. Boxers or briefs? boxers 4. Whole or skim milk? 1%, but whole over skim 5. Single or Taken? single 6. Simple or complicated? complicated 7. Law or anarchy? law (& order...sorry) 8. Flowers or angels? angels (how are those opposites?) 9. Grey or gray? gray 10. Read or write? read 11. Color or blackxandxwhite photos? color 12. Sunrise or sunset? sunrise 13. M&M's or Skittles? m&m 14. Rap or rock? rock 15. Stay up late or wake up late? wake up late (this is rare) 16. TV or Radio? TV 17. Is it POP or SODA? personally its soda, but this is a losing cause in ohio 18. X or O in Ticxtac-toe? X 20. Eat an apple or an orange? i hate oranges 21. What came first the chicken or the egg? God 22. Hot or Cold? hot or cold what? i would rather be cold 24. Tall members of the opposite sex or short? tallish 25. Sun or moon? sunmoon 26. Emerald or ruby? ruby 28. Left or right? left (i am left handed) 29. 10 acquaintances or 1 best friend? 1 best friend 30. Vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream? vanilla (breyers) 31. High or Drunk? drunk (neither) 32. Green beans or carrots? green beans 33. Low fat or fat free? fat free b/c they taste the same, so why not go all the way 34. What is your biggest fear in the world? getting lost 36. Kids or no kids? kids, no question 37. Cat or dog? dog 38. Half empty or half full? Half empty 39. Mustard or ketchup? ketchup (my favorite food) 40. Hard cover books or soft cover books? hard i guess 41. Newspaper or magazine? magazines 42. Sandals or sneakers? sneakers 43. Wonder or amazement? amazement 44. Red car or white car? white (cheaper insurance) 45. Happy and poor or sad and rich? happy and poor 46. Singing or dancing? sing 47. Hugging or Kissing? either one is fine by me 48. Corduroy or plaid? plaid 49. Happy or sad? happy...who would say sad? 50. Purple or green? green 51. A year of hot sex or a lifetime of friendship? lifetime of friendship |
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