Manifesto

damn you dan

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:21:00 GMT

1. Go into your archives.
2. Find your 23rd post.
3. Find the 5th sentence (or closest to it) and repost it here.
4. Tag 5 friends to do it.

"i assume 1 of 4 options:"

Tagged:
1. CJ
2. Schram
3. Pat
4. Duffy
5. Stina

(sorry...i hate this stuff...)

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 06:00:24 GMT

its been a while
im watching Bone Collector right now, about to go to bed, and i felt compelled to write in here
its been a weird semester thus far...work is better this year than last, but mainly cause i seem to be more productive and stuff seemes to be getting done.
classes though arent as good as they could be, but they are getting better now that i am starting to try. i guess a few lousy grades is all i need to realize i actually need to do the work assigned. We'll see how it goes second exam around in those classes.
things seem to be so confusing...i know what i want and i essentially have it, but some days it feels like whatever progress made is lost...but i chalk that up to overanalyzing and thinking too much. I really have no real reason not to be happy for what i got. again...its what i want.
terry was just up for a night last weekend and my bro will be up this weekend....hopefully our football team can get out of whtever rut they are in now and pull through with another adition to the W column.
ive had some interesting conversations with random people...im realizing ive probably missed out on some opportunities for some good things in my life. and yet, without missing those, i wouldnt be here now. am i better off this way than another? who knows. it just tells me that there will always be choices and sacrifices. you cant have one thing without giving up another. so every oportunity i take limits other opportunities in the future...then again, anything i miss paves the way for new ones later on.
i guess i figure too many people dwell on mistakes and things that they have made. people focus on what they missed, and in fact, that causes them to miss out on so much more. eff that. im not gonna bother dwelling. would i change things given a second chance? maybe. but whos to say that that down the road wont lead to more missed opportunities. like i said....eff it. not worth it.
goodnight all

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:07:17 GMT

heres one of the pics from last update, sent in to collegehumor.com, who was nice enough to post it for us!
enjoy, (at least until the link dies)
http://www.collegehumor.com/pictures/1604382/

awesome events of last night

Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:00:22 GMT

so...who has sex, at midnight, in a courtyard of a dorm, where the parking lot is...you would think the heckling and the flashes from cameras would make one stop, but no...and no, they werent playful exhibitionists...they were piss drunk. SURPRISE! a thursday night on MSU campus and there are drunk people! well, heres the good news! i have pictures, and it was, needless to say, amazingly amusing. the kid did go about 30 minutes, but he needed a few pauses to make sure the pipes were workin...in the end, they got a standing ovation...and yet, none of us would open the locked door for them...screwed, i hope they had to go in through the front, reaking of alcohol and sex after a night well spent outide of Mason hall!

pics will go up when i learn how to post pics on this...

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:42:31 GMT

hi all, what a boring summer lately
my friends and i all quit our job cause the manager was way too shady for our tastes, and since then i havent been able to find one cause its so late in the summer. "so what have you been doing?" you might ask. good question, id like an answer to that myself. long story short, ive been bored as hell, and actually wanting to be back at college. weird, ive never wanted the summer to go by fast before.
i have been playing a lot of halo with some friends here and lately some soul cali 2 with johntime. also playing with the most expensive thing ive bought, if not ever, in a long time. see here for the info.
my friend kasia has conveniently chosen the WORST possible time to go the the Dominican Republic, as recent weather has pointed out to us.
i wonder if G8 is going to finally do something this year...to be unfortunately honest, i really doubt it. they havent been real productive lately.

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 06:13:36 GMT

happy birthday liz

now that thats outta the way, i went and saw a show tonight...streetlight manifesto was the headlining band, but in no way, in my opinion, were they the best one there. i enjoied whole wheat bread, they were amusing, but Gym Class Heroes stole my heart. i thought they were awesome and their funk-o-meter was registering off the charts. i got some of their merch and in the process i ran into the lead singer and the drummer (henceforth refered to as animal, like from muppet babies, cause he was like him)...anyway, i talked with animal and the singer for a while, and they seemed very down to earth. it was enjoyable to say the least. it was cool cause on my way out, after i talked with them (like...i talked with them at the beginning of streetlight's set), on my way out of the metro, i saw the singer again and he was cool and put his fist out for a pound...(i feel so wrong saying that...it sounds...stupid)...but i enjoied that he remembered me instead of just another face in the crowd.

anyway, i shoudl be in bed, i got work tomorrow.

been here long, or did you just come in?

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:53:03 GMT

hi world, its been a while, huh? ive been busy this summer, found a job, thoght it was awesome, lately its been shitty as fuck, am seriously planning on quitting soon...its not worth it, its a scam prolly...
lately: went to see longest yard with the bartlet kids, some i enjoied far less than the regulars, but all the same...played video games with johntime and then my night kinda went downhill, but alright in the end. next day i dont remember compltely what i did, that was a sunday...prolly hung out with john again, but am not entirely sure. monday (memorial day) went into the city to see the lovely liz and genevieve and justin (who kicked my ass at swordfighting, but im getting better)...that was an AMAZING day, i enjoied it muchly. tuesday john and i met liz and gen and some of gen's friends up at the Pinback show. I found Pit Er Pat and Pinback quite amusing, good, and overall a great show. came home about 3 in the morning after the show and had to be up by 630 for work...that was not so fun of a week...a few dennys visits in there, a shitty job, and a week later, and this past weekend arrives. prom weekend, which i do not attend, meant that friday night there was nothing to do. instead john and i stayed in, watched in good company (better thani expected), went to ihop (its been a while since there too)...nothing special overall...saturday hung out with arjun and some kids i skydived with, christy and tony showed up briefly, "watched" (meaning i fell asleep, i was tired, but i had seen it before, so its ok) Hotel Rwanda...if you havent seen that, you must do so...its soooo amazing. sunday i went to play tennis with erik and swordfought with paul and alex before attending a grad party for lauren briefly, all in time to come back, go to bed, and get to work again. there has been much more in this summer thus far, but its been somewhat of a blur cause its gone fast mostly...but nothing incredebly important i guess...
check with you back with hopefully not a regular blog like this and more of a rant ro something more exciting...well see when i update next...

Mon, 02 May 2005 03:15:21 GMT

dont really have much to say, this is just distracting me from my homework...
plan for the week: study tonight, sleep, study, sleep, take 2 tests, fly home, hang out, drive up, hang out, sleep, tgers game, dinner out with liz, sleep, hang out, drive home, sleep, hang out, improv show...
i like that list of things!

wave break-ers, anyone?

Sun, 01 May 2005 14:11:40 GMT

ooooooh...im so excited. when i think about it long and hard enough, i can already feel the wind in my hair, feel it in my bones, smell it. i cant wait to hit Keawakapu beach, and throw some effers into the waves. or walk along its stretch all the way to the tourist trap at the southern most tip, and laugh at the suckers at the grand wailea. hit the surf and maybe run into some of the people we met previously. coconut football on the beach? i have tons of pictures to post on here, but i dont really feel like it right now, so heres a link to my favotite.
http://www.mauimanakai.com/webcam/blog/hello/3/995/640/sunset_by_gary.jpg
http://www.manakaimaui.com
http://www.mauimanakai.com/webcam.htm
can you feel it erik?

Sat, 30 Apr 2005 09:09:36 GMT

[ ] I am bisexual or homosexual.
[x] I've consumed alcohol. (but never drunk)
[ ]I've run away from home.
[x] I have lied to my parents about where I am.
[ ] I don't like Bush because from what I hear, he is dumb.
[x] I don't like Bush with my own reasons to back it up.
[ ] I am for Bush.
[X] I listen to political music. (and lots of it)
[X] I collect comic books.
[X] I shut others out when I'm depressed. (I don't talk to people about my problems)
[X] I open up to others easily. (all they have to do is ask)
[ ] I am keeping a secret from the world.
[X] I watch the news. (not often, but i read the news a lot)
[x] I own over 5 rap CDs. (do rips and underground count?)
[ ] I own an iPod or MP3 player.
[ ] I own something from Hot Topic.
[x] I love Disney Movies.
[x] I am a sucker for hair/eyes
[X] I don't kill bugs. (for the most part)
[x] I curse regularly. (IM TRYING TO QUIT)
[X] I paid for that cell phone ring. (Muse Bitches!)
[x] I am a sports fanatic.
[ ] I have "x"s in my screen name.
[ ] I've slipped out an "lol" in a real conversation.
[ ] I love Spam.
[x] I bake well. (try my cheesecake (which i rarely make).)
[x] I would wear pajamas to school. (I would but i dont, pajamas arent my thing)
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie.
[ ] I have a job.
[ ] I love Martha Stewart
[ ] I am in love with love.
[ ] I am guilty oF tYpInG lIkE tHiS
[x] I am self conscious. (I may not show it though)
[x] I like to laugh.
[ ] I smoke a pack a day.
[ ] I loved Perks of Being a Wallflower.
[ ] I loved Go Ask Alice.
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[ ] I can't swallow pills.
[x] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem.
[x] I eat fast food weekly. (not good for the belly)
[x] I have many scars. (all over the place)
[x] I've been out of this country. (Mexico, London, France, Greece, Australia, New Zealand (canada doesnt count, but there too))
[ ] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room.
[ ] I am really ticklish. (but i am kinda)
[ ] I see a therapist.
[ ] I love chocolate.
[ ] I bite my nails.
[x] I am comfortable with being me.
[x] I play video games. (DO i?)
[ ] I'm single.
[X] I'm in a relationship. (takin it slow, but steady)
[ ] Gotten lost in your city.
[x] Saw a shooting star.
[ ] I Had a serious Surgery.
[x] Gone out in public in your pajamas. (and in my boxers a lot...:-/)
[ ] I have Kissed a Stranger.
[x] Hugged a stranger.
[X] Been in a fist fight. (and kicked some ass)
[ ] Been arrested.
[X] Pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
[ ] Made out in an elevator.
[x] Swore at your parents.
[X] Kicked a guy where it hurts. (but not intentionally, one of those freak accidents where you dont even realize it til afterwards)
[x] Been to a casino. (never played...:-()
[X] Been skydiving. (RECOMENDED im definately going again)
[/] Broken a bone. (do dislocations count?)
[X] Skipped school.
[x] Flashed someone.
[ ] Saw a therapist.
[ ] Done the splits. (almost all the way too)
[ ] Played spin the bottle.
[X] Gotten stitches (tons of them)

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:19:58 GMT

im so excited about the rest of the term...
i think its moreso just excited cause i only have 2 more obligations, but an entire week of freedom before home...
tonight will be sweet...seeing Harvey (i think), seeing LOGAN! at the show, maybe some of the other kids (JT, what you up to? gimmie a call)...plus, tonight, ill get my long awaited Servant album, and that makes me more excited than the rest of it all.
I guess thats really it...

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:32:58 GMT

Your brain: 140% interpersonal, 60% visual, 40% verbal, and 160% mathematical!

Congratulations on being 400% smart! Actually, on my test, everyone is. The above score breaks down what kind of thinking you most enjoy
doing. A score above 100% means you use that kind of thinking more than
average, and a score below 100% means you use it less. It says nothing
about how good you are at any one, just how interested you are in each, relatively. A substantial difference in scores between two people means, conclusively, that they are different kinds of thinkers.

Matching Summary: Each of us has different tastes. Still, I offer the following advice, which I think is obvious:

Don't date someone if your interpersonal percentages differ by more than 80%.
Don't be friends with someone if your verbal percentages differ by more than 100%.
Don't have sex with someone if their math percentage is over 200%.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 93% on interpersonal
You scored higher than 68% on visual
You scored higher than 64% on verbal
You scored higher than 87% on mathematical

Link: The 4-Variable IQ Test written by chriscoyne on Ok Cupid

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:19:55 GMT

I cant find that damn servant album anywhere...apparently, they arent sold in the US...i cant blame them, nobody really knows them, but they are really good and in my head and i want the album but the independent record shop by me hasn't even heard of them, much less carry their good. anyway, whatever..ill get it eventually

An open letter to Calculus Courses

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:15:10 GMT

Dear Calculus,
Its been a long run, huh? We've had our memories and times together, both good and bad (mainly bad, I guess). However, I think it's time that we go our seperate ways. It's not you, it's me. I never did the work, I never paid attention...I rarely even tried up until this year...and it's not fair to you to keep this charade up any longer. You deserve better (well...lets not get too ahead of ourselves...you don't really deserve anything). But I can't hide it any longer, and I think you already know that I have plans with algebra and geometry next year. So lets just leave it at that. Don't call me again, cause if I have any involvement with you from now on, it'll only be to use you to get ahead in Physics.
Bill

FUCK YOU CALCULUS, I DONT HAVE TO GO TO ANYMORE CALC COURSES, EVER!

ah...relief

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 05:57:16 GMT

so i feel pretty good right now...first time in a while ive felt like this.
first though, some things i dont want to forget in the last few conversations with liz:
apparently, all the guys will be killed off becasue of too much testosterone and science has made it possible to allow 2 females to reproduce. when I suggested that there would be far less...shall we say...pleasure in the world, liz responded that "that's what dildos and vibrators are for"...sweet...
and today, in order to win an arguement, she felt it was necessary to say she was right, and here's her reasoning:
"cause im the superior race!"
me: "um....white?"
liz: "shit, no...i meant gender, gender"...
suuuuuure...

anyway, so i studied for 3.5-4 hours today and ended up, in all honesty, only doing 2 problems because i couldnt stop talking...and it was really worth it. ill study my ass of tomorrow, but i stopped sitting on my ass, and despite a wave of nervousness, did what i had to do weeks ago...and although my timing is shitty, maybe this will be good after all...you cant really move too fast when you see each other periodically over the summer...
anyone who listened to me the last week or 2, thanks a lot...you mean a lot to me, you know it...nows where you say "about fucking time"

anyway, goodnight all...ill be around...

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:01:52 GMT

So here I am again, at work, without anything to do. Now there is honestly not a whole lot I can do, when you consider that I only have another 4.5 hours working here. I cant exactly start a new project, and anyone that would be around to help me on my current work aren’t here either. SO it comes down to this, me posting while at work. I think I’m going to leave early today…there is no way I will be able to continue to stare at a screen for another 1.5 hours. There is something I can start doing, which I will after this post, but that is such a tedious process that I am not looking forward to it at all. Anyway, heres to a mighty boring day at work!
Cheers

best, youve got to be the best...

Sun, 24 Apr 2005 03:25:35 GMT

man...i just saw a great concert featuring muse (opening razorlight)...it was sooooooo good. it was really loud, almost too loud, but it was sooo amazing that it didnt even matter. they played so many great songs except they (tragically) didnt play sunburn. they did play muscle museam, so i guess i still won on that one.
heres what was garbage: ASMSU was handing out free tickets, so i didnt have to buy them if i knew they were going to...so the lesser fans got to go for free, while good fans had to pay...oh well...HERES THE KICKER! i was in sixth row...but i heard (an hour after doors opened) that the first 5 rows were reserved...all else was general admission...so my seats werent great..but the show was, so who cares now...
i should post so much more, but muse is all i can think about, so ill worry about that later...

"are you afraid to die? cause it scares the hell outta me when the end is all i can see"
Thoughts of a Dying Atheist

what the hell

Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:12:27 GMT

so, again, im at work,and everything that could go wrong with this project is. not like anyone cares, but some of the files im working with clash...files that are supposed to go to the same thing, in this case, individual runs, dont match. some files say the run lasted 428 seconds, other files say that same run lasted well over 1000 seconds.

i guess whats eating me more right now is this: has anyone been listening to music on headphones, put them down to get up, came back, and they no longer work? cause thats definately the case. looks like i got another best buy run in my near future...val, if they really are broken and not me being a dumbass, ill get you new ones...no worries...:-(

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:34:23 GMT

this week has been so shitty with very few things keeping my head above the water...one of those things also indirectly related so some of the weight pulling me down, oh well...fuck it

anyway want to go to the muse show, 6th row, on saturday? 17 bucks...good deal, no?

what am i supposed to do

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:42:26 GMT

so im sitting here at work, and i dont have anything to do. my boss i havent seen despite going to his office at least 4 times already (in 2 hours), the other people in my group are apparently MIA (their office is shut, lights off, etc...)...and what im supposed to be working on is at a point that i need someone elses help to get past this point. the problem is, nobody is here. so what the hell am i supposed to do for the next hour? waste it like i did the last 2 hours?

anywway, in other news, i desperately need to study, but i have ABSOLUTELY no motivation at all to get it done...when i try to work, i stare blankly and get tired, but when i put it away, i work in overdrive...this needs to stop...8 days of classes left

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 03:49:50 GMT

wow, i just went on a mad friend updating frenzy...anyway, the only reason im posting again today is for this:

Happy birthday johntime!

see you on saturday, no?

not productive

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 02:14:54 GMT

i just got back from "studying" for the last 3 hours, and it did me no good...i got nothing done...it sucked in terms of productivity, but it was really fun at the same time. liz ended up writing a paper while i ended up reading for fun cause my actual work did not seem like a fun time...we talked and "argued" a lot, and i learned some new things.
apparently, i should be cautious of blowdarts and blow guns, cause apparently im going to be tranquilized.
men of the world, beware...apparently, we're on the chopping block now that men are no longer needed for reproduction...either that, or we lose one testicle...i vote for neither...
liz said the word cooter...it was rediculous and unexpected
bloody knuckles doesnt work when its a guy and a girl playing, cause the guy doesnt want to hit too hard...

anyway, im gonna eat my easy mac (which is in all acutality, not that easy) and then go play frisbee or something

Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:25:31 GMT

today went well for the first half...
lunch, hanging out, dinner at cullens (which was amazingly fantastic...)
when i got back i got some news that kinda hit me like a ton of bricks...made the rest of the night much more pensive and stuff, which is weird, cause what i found out didnt actually directly relate to me, but...whatever...
so now i got far too much on my mind again...luckily boondock saints with caleb and erin and val as well as laundry kept me busy enough to stop thinking too hard.
i feel like lately, the few things i really want seem too selfish right now to ask for...and moreso because i end up feeling sorry for myself and my situation when theres too much other things and people to worry about...sorry for that

Sun, 17 Apr 2005 07:16:29 GMT

man, i feel like shit for bitching about nothing again...in hindsight, nothing really mattered, the day went along as any other...so sorry for bitching, it was a more of a spontaneous rant, and its nothing...

blah, i hate when i do that

another post

Sun, 17 Apr 2005 04:38:16 GMT

so, after walking with dan for the last 15 minutes, i feel compelled to post again. today seemed to be the day of ditching/flakyness. everyone seemed to ditch or flake out on everyone. everyones initial groups going to the show ended up not being who they were with. the people i was supposed to go with initially ended up not being with me and dan throughout almost all of the show, and a lot of the night we seemed to be ignored. i imagine (and hope) that wasnt intentional, but it was definately how it was interpreted. a lot of the friends i ran into were not part of the initial groups they came in...individuals either left theirs to wander or got ditched by the rest of the groups. good thing there was music and some random people i ran into to keep anything from being noticed there...it kinda hit me and dan together while walking down grand river. and now im kinda in a mood to not really do anything...chat, movie, sleep...i dunno, another mind fuck i guess. oh well.

however, i did run into frankis and woj at the show. i havent seen or talked to woj very much since the motion city soundtrack show, which was sweet as well. met one of their friends ross, someone i need to "borrow" a lot of cds from. so not all is bad.

i guess im just overal dissappointed. i have high expectations for a lot of days and plans, and they always end up not happening as i planned/hoped. i guess i just shouldnt hope for things to turn out a certain way and go with the flow more. i mean, that makes so much sense, i just cant help but get my hopes up...the last several times ive gotten them up though, ive ended up dissapointed in the end...

sorry for being emo...just to much on my mind right now i guess...