Crap and the crappers that make your life crappy

NAC

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:58:43 GMT

So, I just got back from NAC... actually I got back last night between midnight and one o'clock. NAC was a great learning experiance. Our team got beat like a bunch of baby seals after bat day at a national pocher convention. I rode with Kevin, Jordan, and Mike. The three of them made the car ride more than bearable, it was actually pretty fun. We also discussed our poor performance at NAC and the fact that our team needs some real teamwork. If our team is going to improve at all we really need to work as a team. Everyone on the team needs to work on it, myself included, but we have three players who are far worse than the rest of us when it comes down to it. Our car full of people also decided that everyone on the team should play tournaments, but more than that we need to play on teams together at tourneys rather than jump on stacked teams or play on center-diverse teams. Playing on center-diverse teams is alot of fun but we need to work together so that maybe we can figure out how to work with each other. The four of us also decided that we would make a good Hoffman team, Right now I am checking out flight prices to see if I can afford it. Other than NAC there isn't much going on right now. I seem to have a student loan lined up for next semester, therefore I need to take my SATs and apply to VCU... specifically the L. Douglas Wilder school of government where I plan to get a BA of Political Science and a MA of public administration. I'll probably just do what most college students do and change my major an inordinate number of times anyway. Lord knows I have already thought of about 15 majors that I liked but haven't been able to go 3 months without changing my mind. Anyway thats all for now, I'm tired. BITCH

Back forgeting to update....

Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:02:49 GMT

Yeah.. summerslam was amazing. Kevin and Jordan did wonderfully. Kevin won the 1v1 and the team that he and Jordan were on (Westland) won the tourney. I got to play with the VB guys and Nemesis. Nem got first overall in prelims, he is an utterly amazing player. I can also thank Trunks and his shedule luck for alot of my points. There were always people I could tag. It was Ryan's birthday and he seemed to have a good time. Alot of people went and got drunk, looked like fun. One person was so drunk that he actually passed out on the toilet in the bathroom. Now thats entertainment. Since we got back, Kevin, Jordan and I got together and did some practice, that was fun. I have also been working around the farm alot. I got in touch with a friend of mine who does construction and it looks like I have a job... not that it is what I was looking for but it will do. I am just not a huge fan of constant physical labor.... hence the whole being fat thing. Other than that I am dirty, tired, bored, and most importantly having a bad day. Taking trips out of town two weeks in a row has been a really good thing to do. The only problem is that I am extremely broke right now. Beth isn't talking to me... thank Jordan for that one. I also have to put down one of my many animals. While I love all of my cats, all 8 of them, one of them tested positively for feline leukemia today. We are sending away for a second test that is more accurate and if it comes back positive (which it most likely will) then the animal must be put down. I just can't have an infected cat with all of the other animals/cats that are in my house. When it has to be done I will probably do it myself, it's really expensive to have it done in a vet office. I also feel that I should be the one to do it anyway... not sure why, I just kinda feel responsible for the cat so I think I should be the one to kill it... as to how I will, I really don't think anyone needs the details... it can get kind of graphic... well... I don't really feel like typing more, I'm kind of tired... BITCH

ahhh, yet another trip

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:58:43 GMT

v Well, the last few days have been pretty good, I fixed my car but it keeps wanting to break down on me again. Another few days of work, though, and it should be fine. Anyway, yesterday I got to hang out with Jordan, Ryan, and Bryan. That was really fun. After we played a few games of LQ (1 at R1 and 1 at R2) we were in need of places to go. Where to then, you ask, Alex's. There we talked about LQ, regionals next year, and upcoming events. We also talked about miss Virginia, and just for the record I am going to say it one more time. GO ALEX! After we left Alex’s, where I almost left my keys like a dumbass, we decided to crash Kevin's. We spent a minimal amount of time there, because Kevin had a fight to attend and then he planned on picking up his g/f for some quality time before she goes out of town. So then.... to Jordan's apartment. Once there we played a short game of Hold 'em and then went to subway because Ryan was hungry. From there the boredom really kicked in and we left about 4 or 5 messages on Tiff's phone. Moving on, we decided to walk the streets of the fan and the campus of VCU. While we were walking I am sure we pissed of Bryan a little bit. I only say this because the whole time we were looking for women to try and hook him up with, and he didn't seem to interested. Since he was the single person being embarrassed last night it has been decided that next time Bryan gets to harass and embarrass me in front of complete strangers. That’s cool though, I am all for it, and if it works out and I end up with some random hot chick, then all is good.
In other news, I am leaving in a few hours to go to Summerslam in Ontario... not sure if I have a team, but it is Ryan's b-day this weekend and at the least it should be a lot of fun to chill and party with some people. I do hope that I get to play, from what I understand Zeus and Trunks from VB might need a person for their team and I am willing to play with anyone, but however it works out I am sure I will have a great time.
Other than that, I am still looking for a woman that I can have some sort of relationship with. Sadly, all the women that I am in the least interested in have absolutely no interest in me... but what’s new there. I did talk to a friend of mine that I haven't seen in a while and we are going to do something on Monday, I can thank Bryan for that too, if he hadn’t dialed her number on my cell phone I probably wouldn’t have talked to her. I am really looking forward to that. Its not often I get to go somewhere with a beautiful woman who doesn't seem to mind listening to me bullshit for hours, and whom I don't mind listening to either. I have also decided that it would be in my best interest to CLEP a bunch of courses instead of attending college this semester. Financially and time wise it just seems that it will work out better. I can work and do some independent study until I get a decent knowledge of the subject then just take the test for 55 dollars. From what people tell me I should do well at something like that, and for once I am going to believe them and give it a try. This whole having faith in myself thing is a little hard to get used to but I’ll give it a try. Anyway, that’s all for now, BITCH!

3-man pwnage

Tue, 10 Aug 2004 03:05:57 GMT

So... I spent the weekend doing something entirely different than I had expected. On Friday I went around seeing people because I had the day off. I was driving around and saw Britto outside a house, which so happens to be hers. We talked, she wrote her phone number on my arm. Then I went to see Beth, we talked, I left, I went and did other things. After that I spent some time with Cheryl because she hadn't seen me all summer. It was good to talk to her, she seems really exited about college and I think she is really going to enjoy herself there. After that I went to LQ, as can be expected. From there I was going to crash Kevin's house but he wasn't there, so when I called to bitch at him for not being at home he was like, "Dude, I am just down the road, me and Kyle are on our way to LQ, oh and by the way, YOU ARE GOING TO MICHIGAN!" Now this caught me by surprise, because I am poor and I didn't have a team for the 3-man. Kevin on the other hand has had about 3 different teams for but all of them fell apart. Anyway, after a short conversation with my pops I decided I was going... a free car ride, a free place to sleep, and a trip in the car with Kyle and Kevin, how could I refuse. Kevin followed me out to my house in his car so that I could drop off my mom’s car and grab some clothes and cash. After that, we drove back to his house, talked to Tiff and Kyle, decided to go get doughnuts and leave so that we would get back in time for me to go out of town today; I was supposed to leave with my father at 4:00 am to go on a business trip. We left Kevin's house to start our journey at about 3:00 am. Kyle was the fucking man and drove all the way to Rochester, telling jokes, making me laugh and being an all around cool guy... but what’s new there, right. The only bit he didn't drive was about a 20 minute power nap he took, then he woke up was like, "I have to piss" and then came out and was ready to drive again, that guy is amazing. Once we got to Rochester I slept for 3 hours on the most GOD couch in the world at Kyle's house. That couch owns all. After the nap, we went to P-hots, home of the rubbish plates, amazing stuff. After picking up that amazing food, we left for Michigan, and the fastest way to Michigan... through Canada of course. The border crossing took forever, and Spacho, whom I believe was supposed to be following Kyle, was nowhere in sight because he took a different way. After crossing the border Kyle let me drive his awesome car, with acceleration like nothing I have ever driven before. I have to say now that I love Canada for one reason. The speed limit is fucking optional. While the posted limit was 100 km/h (about 60 mph) there were no cars going under 75. I was a little nervous about speeding but Kyle said he would pay for any ticket I got in Canada because its not like it would ever happen, and boy was he right. The speeding was fun. I only drove a little bit of the way though. Once we got off of the QEW onto 403 Kyle took over again, after another amazing 1-hour power nap, and drove like a bat out of hell the rest of the way. A little while after we passed London Kyle got a call from Spacho, who was lost as hell, or so it sounded. That made me laugh. Once we got to the center in Michigan I got to meet Exodus, Force, and some other great people, as well as see some people I haven't seen since the Michigan 5-man last November. The tourney itself was pretty fun, especially the game in the two team tower with Kyle, Force and Exodus against the team I was on, which consisted of Kevin, Soaked (who did amazingly by the way) and myself, of course. That was one of the funniest games of LQ i have ever played. After the tourney we went to Exodus' house where I learned, not only is that guy a great LQ player but one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life. We slept for about 5 hours there and then woke up, had some great conversation about LQ (Exodus can talk some LQ like none other), ate some pizza and then made our way back to Richmond. Kyle drove the first leg, like you couldn't see that one coming; he made it to some rest stop on the Ohio turnpike before he needed to sleep again. Then it was my turn to drive because Kevin will no longer drive in the state of Ohio, which is probably a good idea because he needs no tickets. After Ohio Kevin drove. At one point while Kyle was driving, not sure when this was, the weekend starts becoming a blur here, Kevin wanted to listen to the Volta... which we were happy to do, and then got naked in the back seat of the car... funny and disturbing GO KEVIN! Also at about 3:00 am this morning since we were all hungry as hell so we started looking for someplace to eat. At this point we happened upon a wonderful 24-hour Kroger. We walked in, ate food right in the middle of the store and left... 24-hour Kroger, can't eat free without them. After this memory the blur continues. Then I remember being at Kevin’s house again... we pulled in I called my mother, who came and picked me up, took me home, put me to work, let me sleep a little. Then I got to talk to my father, who is more mad at me than he has been in a while. That’s what happens when I miss a business trip for LQ, but at least I had fun. Now I am sitting here updating the livejournal and all is good in the world.
quick recap :
Kyle is the man
Kevin is the man
Exodus is the man
The Mars Volta Rules
Alot of people were "the man" this weekend

BITCH!

mud and tow trucks

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 01:53:41 GMT

Since I am not sure where to start, I think I am going to start from the beginning. My father and I got into a fight yesterday. He got pissed off at some people and, as usual, took it out on me. After our fight, actually it was more of right in the middle of it; I stormed out of the house and decided I wasn't going back home until today. After leaving the house I went to LQ because I really didn't have anywhere else to go. I hung out there, probably got on Anne's nerves pretty bad, and right before they closed a few people I knew from school showed up to play a game. I figured since I hadn't played all day that I should hop into their game. After that, with LQ closing, I was out of places to go. I decided to try and get a hold of Kevin, with no luck. Since I needed a place to stay, though, I went and parked in front of Kevin’s house to see if he was going to show up any time soon; While I was there I talked to Beth until she had to go to bed, probably got on her nerves too, but I was bored and needed someone to talk to. I was there till 11:00 and Kevin didn't show up. From there I wound up going to a parking lot at a school where I wouldn't be harassed for parking, and slept. I may not have slept well, but it was good nonetheless. In the morning I went home, said hello to my parents and took a shower. After that I put on some decent clothes and hopped back in my car so I could go to beg for some kind of student loan... but I never quite got that far because about halfway into chesterfield my car stopped running. It literally stopped running. I was driving down the road and then all of a sudden my gas pedal stopped working, so I turned down the radio and realized my engine had cut off. When it wouldn't start I called Amelia Towing, who has towed every car my family owns at least once. I spent an hour on the side of the road... how wonderful. After he got me and my car back to the house, it was pouring rain btw; I tried to figure out what was wrong with it. The fuel injectors work, the engine tries to turn over, my distributor is good, it just has no spark. So, I'll get it fixed sometime soon. As of right now, I have no car and will try and borrow my dad's truck.
Anyway, after that, my morning was shot. I decided to do some work around the house and wound up falling face first in the mud... again. I tend to do that a lot, maybe I should work on my balance, or maybe I should just stop trying to work outside in the mud. After working around the house I was kind of bored, which is not a good thing around here. Since I was bored, I was promptly given more chores. Those were fun.... yeah... fun.. woo hoo. With all that done I find myself with time to update my livejournal.
I am also very glad to report that I received some great news today... my father has a job, my brother has a job, my brother's girlfriend might have a job, and my mother had her second interview at MRI or Richmond today... Money won't be nearly as tight in the coming weeks, and that makes me smile. The situation with our house doesn't seem as overwhelming right now, and the whole legal situation should turn out for the best... go us. With all this happening I am a much happier person and am feeling much less stress. I do, however, feel the need to apologize to a lot of people for being such an ass recently; I don't really have a good excuse. I've just been stressed out and really nervous about a lot of things. But I'm not much for apologizing; I can never seem to find a good way to do it. I am horrible with timing. I just seem to know 1 million ways to always pick the wrong thing to say. That’s still a talent though... Anyway... that is what the last two days have held for me. Peace. BITCH!

Lovely

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:01:29 GMT

Ah, yesterday was great, after a normal dull morning I received a call from a friend of mine who invited me to lunch. I ordered my usual ice water. At lunch I got to see two people I haven't seen much of since high school. I was defiantly enjoying myself, but I still had a hard time talking much, not sure why, I just kinda felt like being quiet. That and... not sure if it happens to anyone else but, sometimes there are people who you just want to be around so you can hear them talk, just hear the sound of their voice, or see the smile they get when they talk about something they really enjoy. When you're with them you feel a little happier for no other reason than that they are happy people. Those are the kind of people I was with. After lunch I drove home, did a little bit of work and ended up going to Kevin's house before practice. Just kinda chilled there for a while; then went to practice and got my ass kicked. During practice it decided to rain like a sonofabitch, so I, ofcourse, stood in the rain for a few minutes, the water was cooling and it felt nice to be in the rain. I'm not sure why, but it did. After practice, went back to Kevin's house... decided to go home... got a call from Kevin... went back to Kevin's. There we waited around for a little bit, shooting the bull as normal. Kevin was playing FF VII, the best game in the fucking world by the way, and was working on breeding chocobos. His luck was pretty good the first time, he got a black chocobo in one breeding, but then he accidentally released it. He spent the rest of the night trying to get one again. That was funny. Anyway, about the time that Kevin released his black chocobo, Kyle, Tiff and Phoenix showed up. Then, the game of hold 'em commenced. Tiff was defiantly kicking ass till she just kicked in the chips for the hell of it. I was the only one who didn't have any money to put in so I really didn't care much about winning and just started betting pretty wildly after a while. Kevin was suprisingly the first person out, followed by Tiff, then me. Phoenix soon won the game and then had more money than anyone except Kyle, because everyone else was broke and it looked like Kyle had cashed out his bank account. The rest of the night consisted of bored people trying desperately to be amused. After some funny video files off of the Internet, they loose their hilarity after a while, The watching of bad movies/bad porn/anything that we might be able to make fun of started. Kevin got tired and went to sleep a little early but Phoenix and I stayed up till about 6:00.. at least that's when I fell asleep the first time. We watched a few more bad movies... D3: the Mighty Ducks hit puberty! and Men in Black II: an excuse to have Laura Flynn Boyle half naked and over pay Will Smith. W00t! Then after a brief nap, I probably only got about 45 minutes of sleep the entire night, I got a call from my dad, coincidentally right after Kevin woke up, and I had to go home. I got here about 1:00 and have been doing things around here since. It started raining again a little while ago... lovely weather... just like life... fucking lovely. BITCH!

life... full of wonder and shit

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:31:09 GMT

It has been a while since I've updated this thing. I've been doing a lot of work and haven't really had much downtime. That's probably a good thing though. The little bit of downtime I have had has been spent doing stupid things to help forget things that I feel need to be forgotten at the time. Those things that need to be drowned with alcohol seem to be a lot more common these days. While I have never really been a fan of drunks or drinking it seems that I have adopted that old family tradition of drinking when I'm lonely, and I spend a lot of time by myself. I really haven't been drinking to excess, though. Not like its a daily thing, only about once every few weeks, but even when I'm sober, I feel like shit. In brighter news, my family has been sued, so we might loose our house. My mother lost her job, so we might loose our house. My father might be loosing his job, so we might loose our house. I just received the medical bills from my broken hand.. which my insurance decided not to cover... so I am even more poor than I thought. We have to sell the horses because we can no longer afford them, I am probably going to sell my musical instruments if I need the money. Other than that, everyone in my family is poor, not just me. So, my usually bright and cheery self is not so bright and sure as hell isn't cheery.
There are some good things, though. I have been keeping in touch with a few people from high-school. One in particular seems to be a distraction from the rest of the bullshit, not sure why. It so happens that when I speak to her I feel a little happier than normal. The feeling is always fleeting but the break from the monotony of mild depression is welcome. I can defiantly not afford college this coming semester... there goes that plan. Laser quest is always fun and is a very helpful outlet. I truly wish that I could afford to play more often. But that's the way it goes. All in all, life is pretty good, things could be a lot worse. Atleast I have things to bitch about, I much prefer that to being bored off my ass... and now I am tired of typing this emo bullshit. Peace.

SPRING BREAK!!

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:46:16 GMT

Thats right, its finnaly that one week a year when kids can be adults and adults can be kids. The one week when debachery on a grandoise scale is not only tolerated but promoted, and for me it starts tonight!
Tommarrow, even though I am supposed to be in school, I am going to stay at home so that I can fix my car, which isn't running. I worked on it a little this afternoon and decided that its either the starter or the battery, hopefully the battery.

Bleh

Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:09:51 GMT

I spent last night in the woods watching the sky; after a while, I found a nice little clearing where I could see the stars very clearly. The stars are always awe-inspiring after an evening of rain. They always seem to glimmer just a little more on those days. At about midnight I wondered my way back to the trail and marched back to the house, there I played guitar for a little while and slowly drifed off into a deep sleep that don't feel often enough.

Then this morning I awoke feeling rested and began the day by making breakfast and eating with my family. After eating it was time to start the farm work. The vehicles still needed some work after yesterday, so we spent the remainder of the morning changing oil and working on coolant leaks. Soon after that was done it was brought to my attention that the horses needed groomed, so I spent some time doing that. Later on, tractor maintenence made its way to the top of the chore list, that took about an hour. When I thought I was done I went in-doors and showered to wash all the grease and everything off of myself. When I finished I was greeted with a broom, mop, and vaccume. Cleaning the inside of the house then started. All the floors, the bathrooms, and dusting the flat surfaces encompased that chore.

On a different note, tonight is the second night of tryouts at laser quest which should be fun.. and actually I really have to get ready to leave for those now, so peace. BITCH

AHHHHH

Sat, 27 Mar 2004 17:28:58 GMT

So, last night I went to Laser Quest as usual and wound up watching "Dawn of the Dead" which was surprisingly well done, at least compared to the original (Thank you Puppy for buying the ticket). While at the theater I ran into a friend of mine I haven't seen in about 4-5 years, its a damn small world. After that, the obligatory trip to IHOP, which marked the second time that I went to a restaurant and ate nothing last night. Later on, Jordan, George and myself sat in my car just bullshitting until about 3:30 this morning. Once I got home, about 4:15, I got an amazing 1 hour and 45 minutes of sleep until my day of forced labor on the farm began. WONDERFUL! Working on cars, dealing with horses, and cleaning the garage... that so far has been my morning. All in all it has been a pretty good day. The highlight of this week, though, is the incredible thing known only as the Jujitsu Swing. If you want the story ask me in person, because thats not getting written down. I have also come to the conclusion that I need to do more things that can be considered embarrassing; I just don't have any good stories. Maybe the reason I have no really embarrassing stories is because I have no shame, or I'm just lucky.

Serious!!

Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:43:23 GMT

It occurs to me that most of these "live journals" are just places for people to whine and cry about their lives. Places for sad little angst-ridden teens to be "emo" by saying how much they hate their fathers and make it sound like the entire world is conspiring against them and all they can do is cry about it. So, since I have discovered this, I am going to write something "serious".

My life sucks... blah blah blah... I'm a big baby... bitch bitch bitch... everyone hates me... cry cry cry... I can't believe they did that to me... wah wah wah... they all suck... (continue demeaning other people to raise my self asteem)... (talk about myself so that I seem superior to everyone else)... (end by sounding depressed and crying)

So thats my "serious" entry, anyone of you angsty people who read this and feel insulted, good. Anyone who reads this and thinks its funny, good for you. If you have read this, all I can say is, "fuck you for peering into my journal." I just felt that I needed to say that, seeing as journals are supposed to be private things it makes no sense that people would write their private thoughts on a journal that is sitting on the internet, thats like doing a nude web-cam show on the internet and expecting no one to see it, idiots.

Thats all for today.
Bitch.

AN END TO TERRORISM

Sun, 21 Mar 2004 21:16:22 GMT

Have you ever wondered what makes people kill themselves and countless others? Have you ever wondered what the motivation behind terrorism is? Well, if your a man, it should be an easy question to answer. These sad arabic men grow up in a culture where women can't even show their faces in public, let alone walk around wearing size extra too small pink booty shorts with words like "spoiled" or "Angel" written on the back. Though they don't get to see it on their streets, they hear about it and start to feel jealous. Thats right, terrorism spurs from jealousy. Its the same reason why prize fighters don't have sex the week before a fight. The same reason prisons are known for such violent behavior; and, conversely, the reason why Clinton never started a war. Sex-less men are angry, maladjusted and fairly short tempered. What we need is a special force of hoes and sluts. A battalion of booty, that can move into the middle east and release the tension that engulfs the region. So, women, we need you. There is a cure for terror and you're sitting on it!!

people are like doughnuts

Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:57:59 GMT

So... thats right, I said it, doughnuts. Some of us are frosted but most of us are just full of shit. That is all.

teh

Tue, 09 Mar 2004 00:39:26 GMT

umm.. so yeah, this was a pretty uneventful day. So how about some random thoughts~
More people should fall down stairs that way I could laugh more often.
Lesbians amuse me and straight women are mostly lying whores.
Cisco is about communication.
AP classes are for assorted persons.
Can a broken escalator be called stairs?
If white supremacists met up with black separatists, would they argue?
Should any christian really be surprised by "The Passion of Christ"?
If your name was Merriam would you write a dictionary before or after you changed your name?