February 2004
2/29/04
I sort of had plans of Friday which never turned out. People were going to come out to my house then, but it turns out that no one did. Nicole was going to come out, but I guess her b/f figured he would tell her no. Tyler and Ben were maybe going to come out, but they decided not too, and I was going to invite Keith, but I didn't see any reason to make him come out to my house for no real reason. Besides, everyone was sick pretty much, including myself still, so I suppose it was prolly better that no one came out. I think I might have had a little bit of fever then too, so I prolly wouldn't have been much fun anyways. So I pretty much spent the night playing my game, which by the way I beat tonight since I had pretty much nothing to do. Although I beat it I started a new game at a harder difficulty level and there's a whole lot more items which are so much better. For example, I have a bow that does around 190 damage, although I can't use it till Lvl 33, so I have no use for it, but still, there's some good stuff. So there's lots of replay value in it. So anyways, on Saturday I went to clean my church then headed to Tyler's house after that. We started up a game of C.O.N. before we headed to the cinema to meet up with Keith. We watched Eurotrip which was very funny. So I was pleased with the choice. I recommend it to anyone who wants to have a good laugh. So after that we went and got gas where Nicol works and talked to her for a short while. Then it was back to Tyler's where we played my game for the rest of the night. It was a decent time. I wouldn't complain. And today I sat around. I pretty much finished my homework early in the day, so I was left with pretty much nothing to do. So everyone knows what I was doing the rest of the day. So tomorrow I'm sort of not looking forward to since we have to form our own groups in Software Engineering. I don't talk to anyone in the class, so it really sux in that aspect. Being that I care to talk to anyone, it makes it a little hard to have to pick someone to be in your group. Oh well, I'll sit there. He said if we aren't in a group he'll just put us in one. Group assignments suck, and this one will be even worse being that for the whole second half of the semester, we're doing this big group project. So a 7 week group project really isn't my thing. Oh well, what can I expect from school?? Not too much, not much at all. Well I'm spent...night
2/26/04
So it turns out that I woke up sick this morning. Boy that sucked. I didn't know if I should go to school or not, but I decided to being that I had an assignment to turn in, and I'm glad I went to my other class too because we learned a bunch of new stuff. Regardless though, it wasn't much to be there. I was supposed to work at 11, but once my second class was over I just came home. So I have a sore throat, my nose is stuffy, and I ache a little bit, not as much as before. So yeah, I haven't been actually sick for awhile, so I'm glad this doesn't happen very often. Back to Monday, it turned out that no one really showed up for soccer, so that was a waste of my time. It would have been fun to play, but that didn't happen. Tuesday and Wednesday weren't too productive. I've pretty much spent most of my down time playing my new game, which last night pissed me off because I got stuck at a part where I couldn't go any farther in the game, so I had to restart my game again. All that hard work gone, although it turns out you can start a new game and import your current character into that game and use him, so that's what I ended up doing, although it made the first bunch of levels completely easy since I was at a fairly high level. Oh well I suppose. So I've been putting off a homeowork assignment in my Architecture class, but I'll have to work on it some tonight. Well I don't really have to being that it's not due till Monday, but if I have problems with it I would like to know how to fix. Although I could ask money and just e-mail when I get home on Monday, so who knows. I prolly will work on it some though. You know what else isn't fun?? Not being able to see Ashley. I haven't seen her for a week and a half, and I won't get to see her for another week and a half. So yeah, I'm missing her a lot which doesn't help me much when it comes to school work, since when I do that I think about her instead. Go figure. Oh well, I'll get by till then. But when she does finally come home, I'll get to see her then, and the week after that is my spring break, so I'll prolly up to see her at Meadville since her spring break is one week after mine. So it won't be too bad here in a week or so. I guess I have nothing left to say, so I'll let it go at that...later
2/23/04
So it's Monday afternoon. I suppose you could say I'm still recovering from Saturday night. It was a pretty good time. After I cleaned my church Tyler and I headed up to Cranberry where I got my video game. I have to say it's pretty good so far. I played it a lot yesterday, so that kept me busy most of Sunday. We met up with Andy at Cranberry for a little bit. Then Tyler and I just headed back to his house were we ate spaghetti which was pretty good. We watched MadTV which was pretty funny till people started to show up. I guess there were a fair number of people at the party. Me, Tyler, Keith, Abby, Jimmy, Andy, Ben, Jaimie, Dusty, and Gail. So yeah, anyways, I ended up getting pretty messed up, puked, locked myself in the bathroom and passed out. So they had to break into the bathroom to get me out. Then I passed out in the living room. Surprisingly in the morning I didn't feel too terrible. So that was good. The only thing wrong with me is that my neck is really sore. I'm not sure why though. Oh well, pain killers will do the trick for the time being. So I had my french test today which wasn't too bad, but it wasn't great either. There was too much writing on it instead of just multiple choice and fill in the blank stuff like there is a lot of the time. I also got my Software Engineering test back and was one point away from an A. I received an 89%. Oh well, I'm not worried. My Architecture class was cancelled so that gave me time to study and do homework for french. So now all I have left to do today is work from 2 to 3:30, then I'm waiting around till 5 today to play soccer at the rec center which should be a good time, as long as my neck feels alright. I'm sure it will. I'll just use my extra strength prescription pills and I'll get through. So the day hasn't been too bad for a Monday, hopefully it keeps going that way...later
2/21/04
So last night was a bust so I'm hoping for much better things today and tonight. I sat around doing nothing last night. The only semi productive thing I did was finish about the last 60 pages of my book Perlandra. So if I had so much time on my hands that all I could find to do was read for that long, that tells you my night was quite boring. I'm not sure what time I eventually went to bed... maybe 1:30. Not that it matters. So it seems I can't sleep in anymore now that I get up at 6:30 every morning. So that was none too pleasing this morning, waking up at 9. I wanted to sleep in but I couldn't. So I got up and ate and showered for heading out sometime here in the near future. I still have to call Tyler to see if he wants to go to Cranberry. I think I'll give Keith a call too to see if he wants to come along. I have yet to clean my church as well which isn't too much fun, but I get paid for it so it's not bad. I think I might leave about a quarter to 12. So I wanted to go to Cranberry to get this game I've been wanting for awhile, Champions of Norrath, Realms of Everquest. So I'm pretty sure they'll have it up there. If not then I'll be pretty pissed off if I drove up there for nothing. So then the plan is to head back to Tyler's for a small party, 8-player Halo, and I don't know what else. I'm not sure if there will be alcohol or not. It doesn't really matter. I just want to get away from my house and away from the computer and just hang out with my friends. It'll be good for me because things suck right now sitting here in this damn room. So I will have a good time, regardless. I'll have to make sure...later
2/20/04
I'm the new king of Mac Pipes. I've been trying to beat my mom's high scores for the past week and I couldn't do it, but today, I completely destroyed all her high scores. Her highest was around 21,000 and I got around 35,000. Oh yes. "I rule baby."
2/18/04
It hasn't been the best start to the week, but it hasn't been the worst either. About the only good thing that happened was that I got an A on my Architecture test. I didn't back my Software Engineering test yet, or my stats, or Functional Programming tests. So that really sux, although in my functional programming class, he told us that the questions that I think I did bad on aren't worth as much as the other questions on the test. So that works out in the end for me. Well I hope it will. I haven't seen what I got yet, so I guess I can't know for sure. So I found out Ashley won't be coming home for 3 weeks now since she has things to do up on campus the next three weekends. So that's a real let down I suppose, but there's nothing I can really do about it. I guess I'll just have to find fun things to do on the weekends to keep me occupied. It should be a decent weekend this upcoming one with the party at Tyler's house. It should be a pretty good time. I usually have a good time there. So I'm looking forward to it. Hmmm, not much other news to tell. I'm doing a bunch of scholarship apps although I hate writing essays for them. Oh well, it may be well worth it in the end if I win. I'll have to wait and see. I talked to Mole yesterday and he said about hanging out and playing soccer on Mondays. So that sounds good. I haven't played soccer for a good while. I'm sure I'm out of practice. But it will be fun regardless. I'll have to find out about it. Hmmm, so today was boring, although a small part of work was decent. Me, Eric, and Kelsi sat around talking about sororites and what you have to do in them and how you get into one. It was pretty interesting although it seemed pretty ridiculous to me with all the stupid things you have to go by. It makes me glad that I didn't want to join a frat. I didn't realize you had to pay to be in one either. Oh well, not that I have to worry about it. Being at work for 3 hours isn't much fun, especially when I'm there by myself for about 2 hours of that time. I played text twist to keep me occupied. So hopefully the end of the weekend doesn't bring anything worse on my shoulders. I wouldn't want to deal with it. Well I'll call it a...night
2/15/04
So hey, the weekend is over, which really puts a damper on things being that I have to go back to school although I don't want to whatsoever. And plus this weekend, I was just able to relax, well minus a few setbacks like a little boy named Michael and a nosebleed, but mostly it was relaxing. My test on Friday wasn't too bad, but now that I look back on it, I'm not so sure I did that well. Maybe it was just because it was Mr. Wyatt's class and I like him, so it didn't seem so bad. Who knows. I'll find out eventually. The rest of the day was plain at school. Work was very boring, and I didn't do anything. I actually was there by myself for some time because Nancy left to go out to see her mother in Michigan. So I called Ashley when I got off work to find that she and her mother were grocery shopping at Comet. So I patiently waited in my car in Becker parking lot till they were finished. Then I spent the rest of the evening there and Saturday as well. We played some board game Friday night, something like "At the Head of the Class". I don't know, but it lasted forever and it got old quick. I'm not even sure when we finally finished. It was late enough. Then we just layed around the rest of the night. I think that it was around 3:30 when we finally did go to bed. We got up around 9:30 which is when my nosebleeding occured. Although it really wasn't too much of one. It lasted like 30 seconds. So then Cheerios for breakfast and Lion King 1 1/2 at the same time. It wasn't too bad of a movie. There was more lounging around, which was actually me taking a nap. Then I showered there. Oh yes, conditioner is good for my hair. So then we had a little picnic in the living room with cheese and crackers, chipped ham, bologna, mayo, mustard, hot sauce, dill pickles, and pop. It was nice, a good look to hoping for spring to get here quicker. So I got my Valentine's Day gift which was really good. It was a small crate like box that was filled with Hershey Kisses, and then some of them had quotes in them instead of the little kisses tissue paper. It must have taken a good while to do it, so it was good to have a really thoughtful gift. It's good to know that she cares enough to take the time to do something like that. It's a really comforting thought. She enjoyed her gift as well, Hallmark Blushing Bears and Chocolate Covered pretzels from Dan Smith's. So it was nice all around. We really didn't do anything special for V-Day. We had Bob's Sub's for dinner and sort of watched Once Upon A Time In Mexico. I picked a bad movie. I wasn't too pleased with the story line. I don't think they connected things too well. So I eventually left a little after midnight. Today wasn't so great. Although I got things done, well for the most part. Dr. Child's homework still needs to be completed, but it's not due till Wednesday so I still have time. I have to ask him for help on it. It's always his homework I need help on, and that's because he doesn't teach us what we need to know to do it. He just assumes we have read the entire book and know everything about what we're learning. Which isn't what the case is. Oh well, I'll live. Well this is long enough...night
2/12/04
So wow, I was really pissed earlier in the entry below here. Oh well, I think I had good reason to be. But I guess it turns out that we're getting this apartment now. I would hope so being that I gave her my down payment this afternoon. But yeah, she was really stupid saying she was going to give it to that girl. It should have never happened. Alright, I'm gone...night
Yes, everything fucking sux today. It's been a horrible day at it's not even 11 in the morning yet. I fucking pissed off and I hate people. My Stats test sucked. I wasn't too pleased with it, so I have no clue how I did. It had shit on it that we really didn't cover so I'm pissed about that. I hate that fucking class. 2.) I stopped by my mom's office where she called the lady who we "WERE" going to rent from. It turns out she had to be a fucking whore and gave the place away to someone else. The fucking bitch tells us that if anyone else calls that she would say it was taken, and if people who called before said they wanted it, she would say it was taken. What a fucking lying bitch. I hope she rots in hell for being a fucking liar. How can you tell someone that have the place and give it away. What the fuck is that. You can see why the world is fucking shit because everyone in it has to be a fucking asshole. That's not fucking right so I'm very very pissed about this whole situation. I want to go up to this fucking lady and punch her in her mother fucking face. 3.) I just came from my funtional programming test, and yes it sucked dick too. I fucking hate life and I fucking hate college. Yes, everything fucking sux always...FUCK
2/09/04
I had a journal written in here then something happened and I lost this entry, which I'm not pleased about, but I guess I'll start over now. So the weekend was good, and bad, and good. Keith, Tyler, and I went to see The Butterfly Effect Friday night, and I must say it was an excellent movie. It was just a really good concept, and it kept you guessing at certain parts. It was entertaining too. I wasn't sure if Aston Kutcher(sp??) good play a serious role, but I think he pulled it off nicely. So after the movies, we headed out to Ben's apartment. It was a good time there. We met Ben's dad who turned out to be pretty cool. You would think being a parent that he would stand out, but he turned out to be just like one of the guys, so it was a good time. Saturday wasn't so great. I stayed home all day. Sometime in the afternoon I talked to Ashley on the phone which was bad at first, but in the end everything turned out well. I think so ... yeah. So I pretty much spent the rest of the day doing homework and spending time online playing Warcraft. Sunday wasn't much better, but it wasn't worse. I sat around mostly and watched Gladiator. I also worked on an assignment due this Friday as well as study for my test that I had today. Today was a pretty decent day when it comes to days for me. I took my test this morning which wasn't bad. I think I did decent on it although I'm not a fan of Dr. Childs tests. He tells us what to study, although he's really picky about answers. So I personally don't like it. Architecture was bland, but French was actually decent. We played with Barbies. Fun stuff. Then right after I went to look at this apartment with my mom. Right now the apartment is all torn up because they're redoing it all, they're painting all the walls and puting in all new carpet. So it should be nice. The only drawback I feel is that the one bedroom is rather small, but I'll deal with it I think. I guess it all depends on what Keith thinks about it. I think he might be going to look at it this Friday. So I guess I'll see then. The rest of the day was mostly boring. Sitting around and working. Oh well, not much I can do. Oh yes, I almost forgot. I finally figured out how to fix my computer so I could install the msblast patch on my computer. Finally, it started to get really annoying when I had to constantly start my computer because of some Windows32 process failing because of the RPC not working. Oh well, it's fixed now as far as I know. I haven't had any problems since. So I'm pleased about that. My prediction for this week. I think mostly crappy because I have 3 more tests this week, but that's good because it means less things to learn, and nothing to learn on the days I take the tests in those classes. So maybe an alright week. The weekend should be a lot better. It's Valentine's Day Saturday. Yeah, Valentine's Day sux. Ahhh, it can't be too bad though...night
2/05/04
The waking moments at morning's light,
brings thoughts I cannot hide.
For each passing second strengthens
the want for you, by my side.
Lingering on throughout the day,
wishing only to have you near,
wondering when I'll see the smile,
and hear her voice upon my ear.
Too long it's been since I've seen her face,
and held her far into the night.
Receiving now only her words,
in the letters that she writes.
These simple markings don't compare,
to the wonders of her touch.
I am always wanting this,
wanting this, far to much.
But to have such feelings,
is worth all this strife,
and what I gain from this,
is the meaning of life.
Realizing you feel like the one,
for the first time that I know.
My mind and heart finally together.
Forever I'll want this to be so.
2/04/04
So the past two days have been making things somewhat better. Not too much happened yesterday. I finished up homework that I had been puting off for some time. So that was good at least. I was glad to get it done. I also updated my pictures yesterday at Becker lab since I had lots of time to kill between my one class and work. I enjoy seeing pictures. The memories are always good to keep fresh in your mind by looking at them. I realize I need more pictures of my friends and stuff we've done. It's just good to look back on stuff that has happened in the past. I think so at least. So now we come today which started off pretty crappy, but eventually turned around, and hopefully it keeps that way. Friday will tell the tale of that I believe. So it'll be some waiting. Anyways though, I got up late because I fell back asleep after my alarm went off. I need to remember to hit my snooze button instead of turning it off. So I neglected to do my french homework, so I did that when I got to my mom's office. Then I told my mom she should get ahold of the one lady she called before to tell her that we wanted to see the apartment even though it wasn't too cheap. I was getting impatient and wanted a place. So I told her that and headed to my classes from 9-12. They were all boring. I've also realized my Architecture class is just really boring. I'm not a real fan of the actual components of the computer. I realize it is important, but I'm just not interested in that at all. I guess I'll have to deal with it through the rest of the semester. Hopefully we start to get slightly more on a higher level than we are now. So anyways, the day started to get better after this. I got back to my mom's office to find that she called some lady who had nice apartments w/ 2 bedrooms, and were fairly cheap. So I was pleased about that. Also, she took me to the Loomis for lunch where I got Parmesan chicken which was very good. So once we finished there, we headed back and I went to work. Around 3 my mom called down and said she found a place that would be even better, for only $25 more a semester which is good. It's directly across from campus, and from what I can tell, it's the whole bottom floor of a house. The outside isn't too nice, but I guess they're puting new carpet in everywhere and they're also redoing the entire kitchen. So it sounds good to me. I'm just thinking it's prolly too good to be true. I'm hoping not, but that's what I'll see on Friday. I'm going to look at it on my lunch break. So everyone keep their fingers crossed for Keith and I. I also got my gifts for Valentine's Day, although Valentine's Day is one of my least favorite holidays. Oh well, what can a guy do?? So tonight I pretty much lounged around. I didn't feel like doing much homework or anything. So hopefully tomorrow goes smooth. Classes shouldn't be too tough or too boring. I guess I'm cleaning my church after work tomorrow as well. So it'll keep me busy. So things are decent for now. Let's keep it that way, or make it better...night
2/02/04
So I suppose it's February already, but I guess it hasn't really gone that fast. It's been pretty slow. I'm none too pleased with that either, but when you want time to speed up it slows down; and when you want time to slow down, it speeds up. Such is life, forever and always. So school has gotten slightly hectic. I've started to get homework almost everyday and I continue to slack with it. That's what you get with no motivation to do anything. If only it were easier, eh?? So I figured out my problem I had had with my Microsoft Visual Studio. I guess it didn't install a library file when I installed it on my computer, so hopefully I don't have to mess around with it anymore. I'm sure I will though. I also got my other homework done for my other 2 computer classes. I've done nothing for stats or french. So that's about it. I got my film from New Year's and other random times developed today. Well I can't say I'm destined to be a photographer whatsoever, not that I wanted to be one anyways. Oh well, some good pictures game from it. I'll be adding them to my site soon. They're all there, but not. If I feel like it, I'll do it tomorrow. If not then I won't. I may also stop by the mall tomorrow to check something out although I don't think I really feel like doing that. I'll see what tomorrow brings. Prolly cold and snow and sad times for me. Damn weather. Get better so something is good...night
