Previous Updates for January 2003

Today's Update: "I've Been A Bitch All My Life" - Deedle(1/31/2003)

Good ole Deedle, never fails to give me a quote for when I have to update this page of mine, something of which I kept telling myself I would do some time this week, but was so tired and out of it by the time I went to update it that I just said fuck it. Now that ready, willing and able, I've decided to update this page. (Notice the new Bitching Warning. Don't want to read me bitch? Then fuckin skip it.)

Bitching Warning

I honestly think this page has turned into a huge joke over the past month. Anything before then I never had to deal with any repercussions from anyone. But yet, I go overboard on one thing and then everyone attacks me for it. How often do I get picked on? Can you answer that question? You think I fuckin like to walk slowly with this huge fuckin thing on my leg? Or that I really liked to be called "Gimpy" or "Hop along" or whatever the fuckin name is at the moment. And for the record, I am not a cheap Jew. I do not pick on my friends constantly. End of story.

Go ahead. Bring on the fuckin repercussions for this update. I don't fuckin care anymore. Most everything I do has become numb to myself anyway. Nothing shocks me anymore. Nothing phases me anymore. I don't sleep.

End Bitching

That's my venting for this update. Now for more info on my shitty life.

My car is shot. The whole fuckin engine is a piece of shit. So what to do now? Hopefully I can coerce my parents into getting me a new car. Something that will last. It doesn't have to be an '03, but I'll do fine with an '02 or an '01. I'm looking into getting a PT Cruiser, even though everyone else tells me that they hate the car. And I won't go any further into that...

I started physical therapy today. Fuckin hurts like hell, as well it should. Basically consists of me trying to regain flexibility in my knee first, by doing simple, but painful exercises. I'm starting from the wayyyyyyy beginning here. Sounds like 5 months of fun!

Saw The Recruit tonite. Good money, albeit a bit predictable. O NO! I'VE GONE OVERLY CRITICAL! Come on, you cannot tell me you did not see that coming. Just from watching the trailers you can pick up on some of that. That's why in terms of movie trailers, less is more. Like the trailer that we saw for a movie called The Life of David Gale. It basically gives the entire plot away. What fun is that? I just want to know some basic details about the plot, not the whole fuckin story. And yes, I'm going overly critical again.

Top Five Soft Drinks

1) Mountain Dew Code Red

2) Coke

3) Mountain Dew

4) Sprite

5) Citra

No random thoughts in this update. I'm tired and well... I'm having 2nd thoughts about my page here. I want you to HONESTLY, and not hold anything back, email me at usa13@aol.com and tell me if you think I should keep this page going, change the format and what not.

Today's Update: I'm Gay and He's Pregnant (1/25/2003)

Ahh.... the good ole days of a nice night in the Fickenmobile... how I have missed it these past two weeks. Nothing beats a good nite in the Fickenmobile... tonite was a rather good nite, if I may say so. But before I start delving into tonight's adventure, here's a full explanation:

One day last week, it was just Ficken and Dan in the Fickenmobile, and Ficken turns to Dan and says to him, real serious... "I'm Gay". And Dan just gave him a very weird look, and then Ficken burst out laughing. So when Ficken told me this story, I added the "I'm Pregnant" part... hence the "I'm gay and he's Pregnant". Not too much to it. And no... Ficken isn't gay and I'm not pregnant.

Tonight... we hit the hills way out in Suffolk County... again. This time Ficken was unrelentless, and I swear the wheels left the ground man... there's this one strip of road where there's all these big hills all in row, and Ficken was doin like 45 and boom, we flew over this one hill and definitely left the ground. GOOD SHIT. Just for that made it a good night, and we ended up being WAYYY out East, and well I was kinda fuzzed out because I had downed some Percoset only a few hours before... well you get the idea.

So... last nite was no movie nite, mainly cuz I wasn't feeling exactly up to it, and we ran into another thing... of which I can not talk about, the rules of the Fickenmobile have been invoked in this case.

So... it's a rather short update, so here's a Top 5 and a Random Thoughts to conclude this:

Top 5 Most Anticipated Movies of 2003:

1) The Matrix Reloaded - May 2003

2) The Matrix Revolutions - December 2003

3) Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - December 2003

4) Jersey Girl - Summer 2003

5) X2 - May 2003

Random Thoughts Time!:

- Deedle.... never fails to stop with great quotes... on Tuesday we are coming back from Post ( he came with Ficken and Demott to pick me up from Post, and we were hungry and looking for a place to eat) so I'm looking around for a place to eat, and I'm naming names of places and I see a store that's called "Bra's and Panties" and Deedle says "Can't we eat there? I don't care! I'm starving!" Ahhh... where would we be without him.

- New Dictionary Word!: Fickenmobiling - The Act of riding in the Fickenmobile

- Remind me never to eat Black and White cookies again...

- And not to buy lotto tickets

- I SHALL PART THE TRAFFIC I SAY!

- Enough for tonite... until tomorrow (or the next day)

Today's Update: He's BAAAAAAAAACK (1/23/03)

Well, well  ladies and gentlemen, today's update marks two weeks exactly since I did my last update, so naturally I have a lot to talk about! Well, the surgery went well, and my recovery is going well, I've started walking recently in the past few days, with the use of a cane (yeah... I'm an old man). So.... what's happened in my life? Well I can tell my story of my surgery and the days after.... here goes:

Ahh... so I wake up at 545 AM because they told me to be there at 615 AM. So we got dresses and rushed over to the hospital, and I waited for not even that long before they took me in, told me to put on this ugly ass hospital gown an they wheeled me into the pre-surgery room. They took my blood pressure and started my on an IV (felt weird, I never had had one before) with antibiotics. After a little while of waiting my doctor came in and talked to me, about the surgery and whatnot. So... a while had gone by, and at like 745 they changed the antibiotics in the IV to a sedative... kinda putting me in a light sleep. Then they wheeled me into the OR... and I got on the table. The anesthesiologist then told me he was going to give me a shot for my leg, like right near my nether regions, and I'm like whatever. Then he tells me "Don't worry about the twitching... that's normal" And like 10 seconds later my leg started twitching... really weird, but I was so out of it by that point. Then they gave me the good ole general anesthesia through the oxygen mask, two deep breaths and I was a goner.  So I wake up like 4 hours later, at 12:15, totally out of it. I had such a hard time getting out of the anesthesia, going in and out. I felt nauseous a couple of times, but the IV was still in and they had some goood anti-nausea stuff, and it went away. I went home at like 150, felt nauseous again after the car ride, but felt better after waiting a little while, then went inside and passed out from 200-700. Woke up, had to go to the bathroom (for those who don't know, in my house the bathroom is on the 2nd floor, not good) and by the time I got up there, I felt nauseous again, it passed thank god, and I passed out on my brothers bed. That was surgery day. For the first few days, I only stayed in my brothers room, not coming downstairs, then I finally made the trip. All the while I was using this machine that bends my knee for me and it hurt. I was taking a lot of painkillers, but was doing rather alright. Other than school starting and me going to the doctor yesterday... there really is nothing else for me to talk about. Although... getting my stitches out was REAL weird, I never had them before, and there was this one HUGE one in my leg, like burned as the doctor pulled it out... weird. So I thought I'd entertain you with some... pictures!

This is a pic of the highest incision they made... there is a huge bruise near it.

Here's a pic of two incisions on the right side of my knee.

Ahh... the big picture. Two more incisions.... and the crown jewel. The big spot with the bandages over it is where they took the tendon out of my knee that they used to graft my ACL back together... it will; be numb for the rest of my life...

Boring pic of my leg in the huge ass brace... but oh well.

As for that... that's the update for today! I will be back tomorrow FOR MORE!

Today's Update: Ahh... surgery...(1/9/2003)

Man... I love this new theme. Really kicks ass. But anyway. Some people may think that the title of today's update is a contradiction. But truth be told, I'm not really nervous about the surgery. The way I figure it, the sooner I get it done and rehab it the better. That way I can go back to playing basketball and hurting myself... again. But anyway... before I go under the knife... there some shit I want to get cleared out. I know last week... I caused some major strife amongst some people, and well, I've been doing some serious thinking about it. Well... I think it's safe to say I went to far. SHOCKING... right? I guess.... but I have been known to be a total asshole from time to time, and well, I lived up to my billing here. I just want to apologize for any trouble I've caused (yeah, and I realize it was a lot of trouble) and hope that a resolution can be worked out. Yes... I'm apologizing to all the people involved, not just one person. I'm not that much of an asshole, geez, have SOME faith in me here. Yes... I'm truly sorry. While I have been known to speak the truth, my temper often enough gets the best of me (just ask Ficken. He'll tell you a million stories of how quickly I've lost my temper while driving).

I'm Sorry y'all

Now... for my regularly scheduled update....

Rules of the Fickenmobile:
-You do not talk about the Fickenmobile
-You DO NOT talk about the Fickenmobile
-If someone says "stop" or bails out the drive IS over
-Only ten people a night
-One night at a time
-For guys: No shirts, no shoes, no ride
-Drives will go on AS FAST AS they have to
-If this is your first night in the Fickenmobile, you HAVE to do one stupid act

Yes... there it is ladies and gentlemen. The rules of the Fickenmobile (although I'm exempt from the first to for obvious reasons. If I couldn't write about my misadventures in the Fickenmobile, what could I write about [aside from causing more fuckin controversy]).

What did we do tonight? Nothing... it's 11:52 PM and I have to be up at 5:45 for my surgery, for which I'm schedule to be in at 6:15 AM! I mean... I wanted to get it done early but HOT DIGGITY DAMN. Oh well... I will take you all on an adventure of knee surgery... probably not tomorrow, but eventually I will have pictures of my knee brace up (fucking huge), and this thing I have to put my knee in to bend it for me. That's fucking huge to. The guy who fitted me for all this stuff is the same guy that does it for the Islanders and the Jets.... so I trust him. Anyway... has anyone ever seen the Simpsons episode where Moe goes in for plastic surgery, and as he goes under the anesthesia he starts singing "Silver bells... silver bells", I want to do that... but it would be no fun unless it was on tape. Oh darn.

So... anyway... until I am not drugged up so damn much... enjoy!

Today's Update: Shopping Cart Bandits! (1/8/2003)

Well... the title says it all folks. Nothing like stealing a shopping cart, putting it in the back of the Fickenmobile, and then decided what the hell to do with it. Oh yeah... there is a new member of the Fickenmobile, Dave, who I don't have a picture of... yet. MWAH HA HA. So anyway, as we  were deciding what to do with it, we passed by the movie theatre (Multiplex) and Dave saw a friend's pick up truck there and he knows that he leaves his bed unlocked. So we pulled it, grabbed the cart, threw it in the back of his truck and sped off....we don't even know if he noticed yet either.. oh well. (For the record, Ficken and Dave did all that, me and Dan sat in the car). Tonight was fun as well, as we drove to like the fuckin boondocks and it was hilly and hell and it was all gooooooooood fun. Then on the way back Ficken got the Fickenmobile up to like 100, it was going so fast it went past the end of the fuckin dial till it couldn't move no more, WE WERE FUCKIN FLYIN.

All is well. I interned the past 2 days over at this radio group, where 4 stations are housed. It's pretty cool. I mean, I'm doing intern work, but I get to see how everything goes down and all. The past 2 days I was in production, so i Got to see how they make commercials and shit and do cool editing stuff. Great learning experience. So my surgery is almost here, and to tell you the truth, I've been doing a lot of thinking about it. I don't think I'm worried, to tell you the truth, it just has been occupying my thoughts most of the time. I think the surgery will go easy, I just don't know what it's like. I've never had to get surgery or be knocked out before. But from what I hear... the anesthesia puts you in one kickass sleep.... something I definitely need.

So... I finally took my car to the mechanic, and found out that I needed $745 of repairs done to my car. Then I get home today and found out that my car still doesn't work right... I need to spend like another $1500 because the head gaskets are fuckin blown. That a shitload of money! I could just buy another fuckin car that works (and has fuckin air conditioning!). What my parents have come up with is that we are going to sell the car... and then get me something NEW. Like something real new, I'm talking 2003. Something with no down payments and no interest for like a year... that way I can have some time to get a job and get some payments started, and still deal with my knee and shit.

Oh yeah... enjoy the new background and such... It's a much welcome addition. WHOO HAH.

Tomorrow there will DEFINITELY be an update.... so check that out.

Peace. 

Today's Update: J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS! (1/5/2003)

Nothing like watching your team absolutely destroy a rival in the playoffs, by 41 points no less! Positively amazing!

So... it appears that my last update is causing a bit of controversy. As well it should. I meant every word of it. People are confusing what I said with what they think I meant. Yes... I may have been talking behind people's backs when I vented my anger, and some people find my claim that I don't talk behind peoples back infallible, because I just did it there.

I said this "I'm not a stupid pussy who will tell other people shit behind their back. I will tell it to their face as well." I think that's the quote that's being misunderstood the most. Yes, I am guilty of talking behind people's backs, we all are. You KNOW you can not say otherwise. But most people will not say it to their face as well, and that's where I differ. What I say behind people's back I will also say to their face. How many people do you know will do that. And yes... I say a lot of shit on this webpage about people, and you know, if you are afraid of the truth, then stay the fuck away from my page. I'm tired of people who can't deal with the truth and people who think I'm too "harsh" with my comments. Too "harsh"? Fuck that. If you can't handle the fuckin truth, then you can't handle my fuckin page.

Yes... I realize I'm a bit rough. All I'm really saying is that if you want the truth, just come and ask me. I'll give you all the truth you want. Don't go asking other people, go right for the source, me.

But other than that... my life has been rather boring. It's amazing what one update can do to cause such controversy. Almost everyone thinks I came down a little hard, and looking back in retrospect, I may have. Most of my friends know about my odd mood swings that I have, you should know about them if you consider yourself as a friend of mine.

Nothing else is to update... mainly because I stayed in all weekend. If all goes well, I might have an update for later tonite.

Today's Update: It's BAAAAAAAAACK (1/3/02)

That's right, faithful readers. You heard me. It's fuckin back and I have pictures to prove it.

Yes.... that's correct. The blonde is back. And yes, I do like it better this way. You don't like it? Like I give a fuck. FUCK YOU. I don't give a shit what other people think of me... I think I've made that pretty abundantly clear. So.... it's been a few interesting days since my last update, which was on New Years. One interesting note... a good friend of mine recently told other friends of mine (while I wasn't around of course, or else he wouldn't have said it most likely) that his girlfriend didn't like me because she thinks that I make fun of her. Let me just say this right now, if you haven't heard the words come out of my mouth, or on your computer screen coming from me, chances are (99.9%) that I haven't made fun of you. If I'm going to make fun of someone I will do it to their faces. I'm not a stupid pussy who will tell other people shit behind their back. I will tell it to their face as well. Now... don't go thinking, but you were just talking about so and so the other day? Wasn't that behind his back? Yeah... you could say that, but I will also say it to that person's face. So... the next time you hear that I may have been talking shit behind your back... come ask me before you make any judgments. If I say yeah, I did call you a (for example) "a stupid motherfuckin asshole who wouldnt know his dick from his ass unless your mother told you" than yeah, I made fun of you, but I also did straight to your face. Don't make any judgments until you hear the full fuckin truth. I'm tired of dealing with all that shit.

For that matter... this same "friend" has also been taken by the balls by his "girlfriend". Last time I checked he had been posting those stupid lost things on the side of milk cartons, asking if anyone has seen his dignity. HAHAHA. Ok... maybe that's going a bit far, but hey, it's fuckin true. Is it possible that a girl can have you so whipped that you don't even notice. Yeah, it was even evident in that TOTALLY SHITTY MOVIE Saving Silverman.

Ok, enough of that shit.

Today I went in for some pre-surgical testing. Blood, urine, usual shit. Surgery is next Friday, I'll be in and out on the same day, which isn't too bad. Am I worried? Probably not as much as I should be. I haven't really given it a great deal of though. Should I? It's not a life-threatening surgery, and from what I'm being told it's a relatively simple procedure, it's the rehab that's a bitch. Well, more updates as the day gets closer.

It's come to my attention that I have been overly critical. Maybe I fuckin am. But mostly I contribute it to the fact that I am overly intellectual. You can NOT honestly say that I do not like to talk. I talk... a lot, and when I'm watching a movie, and I hear dialog that sounds so totally ridiculous and out of place, of course I'm going to have something to fuckin say about it. Paying 9 bucks to go see a movie in the theatre gives me the fuckin right to bitch all I want when it's fuckin over. And contrary to what others may believe, I do not go into a movie thinking it's going to suck. I've liked movies that other people have thought were some of the worst movies (Mr. Deeds, 8 Crazy Nights, Star Wars Episode II, Zoolander), and I've also hated movies which were so called "critically acclaimed" (Gangs of New York, Moulin Rouge). Jeez. You can not say I'm overly critical when my top 15 movies of all time includes Hackers, a movie which was critically reviled. But now I'm ranting. Sure... I won't see movies that I hear SUCK (The Adventures of Pluto Nash)... but that's only because I don't want to waste 9 bucks on them. Chances are sooner or later, if the movie interests me in the slightest, I'll watch it on DVD or video.

But, enough ranting in this update. I think I've vented enough. Now I'm off to bed and watch the JETS fuckin win tomorrow!

Today's Update: Would you like a Shmoke and a Pancake? (1/1/02)

Ah... gold ole Austin Powers 3: Goldmember. "I'm Dutch! Isn't that vierd?" It sure is... Well, anyway, welcome to the year end edition of my webpage! Well I've gone three months now with updating this webpage and such... after all I did start it in October (17th to be exact), and well, I feel the year should go out with a bang, since there were SO MANY ups and downs! So... with out any further adieu, here is the 2002 edition of the Maddness Zone Yearly Awards!

Quote Of The Year: "Every shot was perfect." - said by none other than myself. Yeah, I know I shouldn't be giving myself the award, but no other quote has had such an impact as that one does.

Other Nominees :

"Man... Jersey is really depressing." - Deedle
"No... U Turn!" - Dan
"Can I grab your ass?" - Deedle
"This girl and guy I knew once got totally baked and started playing GTA III together. Then she put down the controller and started giving him head. He said it was the most surreal experience he ever had" - Dan (from Syracuse)

Syracuse Moment of the Year: Apjohn in a box. And we have it on tape.

Other Nominees:

Brew 3 destroying Bo 7 in Halo.
Interrupting a drunken orgy.
Syracuse rugby team induction

Farmingdale Moment of the Year: As bad as it sounds... my going away party. For some odd reason a lot of shit comes back to this party. Don't ask, it just does.

Other Nominees:

- Demott finally finishing writing Monkeys From Republica and us trying to film it. Unsuccessfully of course.
- Almost every nite driving with Ficken.
- The Infamous 4th of July Party...

TV Show of the Year: Oz. Damn straight. Too bad it's only coming back for one more season, but oh well.

Other Nominees:
The Simpsons
Futurama
Seinfeld Reruns      (if you can't tell I don't watch much TV)

Movie of the Year: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Easily the best movie I've seen this year, and as hard as it may be to believe, better than Fellowship of the Ring. I'm waiting for the 4-disc set of this one.

Other Nominees:
Catch Me If You Can
Road To Perdition
Minority Report
Signs

Shitty Movie of the Year: xXx. Although... from what I've been told feardotcom was the worst movie but I wasn't around to see it. Stupid Syracuse got in the way (that's a good thing for once).

Other Nominees:

Gangs of New York

Song of the Year: "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age. Yes. Although since the fuckin radio plays the HELL out of it now, it's losing it's touch.

Other Nominees:
"By the Way" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Hero" - Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott
"Sweetness" - Jimmy Eat World
"Cochise" - Audioslave

Album of the Year: "Audioslave" by Audioslave. The most complete album I've heard this year, and by far the best. It may not be great the first time you listen to it, but give it a couple of listens, it gets better.

Other Nominees:
"Start Static" - Sugarcult
"Songs for the Deaf" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Ok Go" - Ok Go
"The Eminem Show" - Eminem

Sporting Event of the Year: (tie) Syracuse defeating Virginia Tech 50-42 in 3 overtimes AND The Angels defeating the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs. Nobody expected either....

Other Nominees:
- The Jets coming back from 2-5 to make the playoffs at 9-7.
- Lakers 3-Peat.
-The Islanders/Maple Leaf playoff series.
- The Mets Magical August.
 

The Dumbest Thing of the Year: Me going to Syracuse. Easily.

Other Nominees:
- Deedle. Too many to list.
- When I went to see a movie in Syracuse, and they told me I couldn't bring in a plastic bag that was holding something I had just bought, yet, I could take the bag and put it in my pocket...
 

Purchase of the Year: Wireless speakers/headphones set. It's pretty fuckin cool if you ask me.

Other Nominees:
DVD Burner. If I had used it more it probably would be #1.
A 4th X-Box controller....
 

Store of the Year: Best Buy. I bought SO MUCH shit from there it's ridiculous. Every Tuesday I went during the summer and bought movies. And still tried to do that up in Syracuse as well.

Other Nominees:
The Syracuse Bookstore...so much Hawaiian Punch
Bob's. Ahh... so many clothes from there
The video store... NOT

Asshole of the Year: Joe Ricca. I hope he fuckin reads this page too. Fuck you Joe.

Other Nominees:
The guys on my floor who never shut the fuck up. You know who you are.
My uncle.

Video Game of the Year:   Halo. Yeah, I know it came out last year... but when you play it as much as I did, well then you get the point.

Other Nominees:
Nothing. Nothing came close.

Thus ends the awards... now for a retrospective on the year.

What an up and down year it was. I finally stop being depressed, only to fall deeper into one. Now that I'm home I can pretty much say I've beaten it, for now. I don't even count the first 3 months of the year, because they were shit. April I stopped being so damn depressed all the time. All was going well until the Summer. Summer hit, went all the way downhill, things got a little better at the end, but then I had to go up to Syracuse, which by far was one of the dumbest decisions I've ever made. But, I would have never known if I hadn't have done it, so I'm glad that I got it out of the way. Syracuse hit and I was pretty much heavily depressed for the first three weeks, then things got better, much better, until Thanksgiving at least, when a bomb was dropped on me. Then came MORE depression, what a surprise, and then I finally got to come home. I'm as happy as I can be right now, although that really could go up, but I'm not complaining at this point.

So now 2003 starts! Whoop de fucking do! Yeah, for me New Year's is pretty much a meaningless holiday, just another day for me. Just a point to start and end things.
 

So.... I want to end the year by saying thank you to everyone who's dealt with me over the past year. Whether it be the late nite chats, or driving around, or just fuckin around, you guys are awesome. More than others of course. I want to thank everyone who's read my webpage, and just helped me get through whatever trouble I was having. I want to thank the guys up in Syracuse who helped me when I was at my worst, and could barely walk (Tim, Dan B., Justin, Rich, Apjohn, Jay, Alex). I also want to thank my Farmingdale crew for putting up with me (Ficken, Deedle, Demott, Little Demott, Conroy). I also want to thank the people that helped me most, especially online, when I was going through the worst shit (Ryan, Tiffany, Michelle)

Thanks to all. It's all much appreciated.

Hopefully, 2003 will be a much better year than 2002. After all, it can't be that hard.. can it?

Until the next update ladies and gentlemen!