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[Sep. 4th, 2007|05:57 pm] |
School starts tomorrow: I have International Business with the same guy I had Macroeconomics with. This means that I (and so far the syllabus confirms this) can basically read any book on IB and get half the questions wrong on the four multi-choice tests we have and get an A-. So Wednesday can be a day off if I choose, as is Friday. The rest of my days weekdays are not so good. :'(
I have a old new hobby. Magic: The Gathering. Nerd central. I used to play in middle school and its fun. Rather than buying a ton of expensive powerful cards I try to maky my crappy ones work: I also played a game of POKEMON on Sunday night. I have all my cards that I collected in 7th grade.  Pokemon was awesome too. Playing Magic/Pokemon in Middle school and a bit in high school was better days man. Its good to relive some of it. I have a job and a car now too, so I don't have to wait for those magical days when my friend's grandma would give us a ride to the Willowbrook Mall to go to the (now a Journey's :( ) Wizard's of the Coast store. I'm free to roam and nerd it up all over. |
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[Jun. 21st, 2007|01:39 pm] |
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I woke up at 2 am today, after going to sleep at 12:30 pm yesterday. I started out the day by going to the Lyndhurst diner at 4:30 with Eric. I'm not big on Diners, but they're not bad if you just order water and split something to eat. After that we went to Newark to find a geocache that we had the coordinates for in Branch Brook park. We wanted to find another cache, so we stopped at Montclair state and went on a computer to find another one. It was in Verona in a forest. At one point we came to a field and saw a turkey, but had no luck catching it. We saw it, or another turkey, again but couldn't get close this time. This cache was my favorite so far, a lot of walking/hiking sorta. This was followed by Willowbrook mall for food. I think that's pretty good so far for a day. While I was in the woods I got a call from the boss, no work Saturday, and I might be getting some more overnight hours so I'm happy. |
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[Mar. 24th, 2007|04:21 am] |
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Nicole updated her livejournal so I'm going to make an entry.
School is okay. The weather is getting nice so I plan to walk to school on a nice Tuesday since I only have a class from 1-2:15. At the moment I'm googling things that might be on my Saturday Anthropology (Indians) class quiz.
I don't like work but its worth being able to fuel my car and me with tacos.
I got a flat tire on Monday, that's no fun. There's really nothing exciting going on, I am just looking forward to nice weather. I'm on autopilot. |
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[Jan. 27th, 2007|02:50 am] |
I got re-hired thanks to my boss being a cool dude. Sundays in Montvale, 8am-4pm, and other places during the week if they need me, they'll call. Less fixed hours, but $1.50 more per hour and that's enough for a bum like me + I'll do homework for those eight hours = nice.
School kinda sucks, I guess not horrible considering six classes. Public speaking sucks kinda. I want to sleep all day tomorrow but Saturday class and I'm driving my buddy Sean home to Brick from Penn Station, maybe hitting up OCC too. Saturday class sucks mainly due to group project nonsense, but its not that bad.
3 Inches Of Blood is an amazing band, but when I saw them this week they only played FIVE songs, and NO Crazy Nights. What the hell? The 69 Eyes played too and were borderline cockrock. I think my friend Marc now has a crush on Dani Filth.
That's all. |
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[Jan. 15th, 2007|01:00 pm] |
This is one of those depressing days. It's dank, kinda cold, and wet outside. School begins tomorrow. I have a class tomorrow that gets out at like 10:45 pm, and I have a Saturday class from 11-1:30pm. I'm going for 18 credits this semester. I think my earliest class is at 1 pm though during the week, which is nice. I have no classes on Fridays (or Sunadys). If one of my classes gets too intense though, I can drop it and still be at 15, but I don't want to. I added the sixth class because I want to get out of school as soon as I can. No trips to Scranton or Albany unless I just want to go for one day.
Need a new job. I can actually work from like 7 am to 11 or 12 on weekdays, which wouldn't be bad. A more true part time job is what I need. Hello malls.
I need to get back to cleaning. I'm just throwing a bunch of crap in a bag. Not my stuff, but stuff that's just lying around. I can bury the bag, and we can dig it up if an item needs to be retrieved.
I had a good break though. Met a few cool people, hung out with some people I haven't seen much. Prank calls are the best.
Progression is tough when you want to go back to bed for another two years or so! |
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[Jan. 3rd, 2007|06:28 pm] |
I'm 21, and stupider than ever. Fuck.
My aunt is coming, hopefully we're getting sushi. |
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[Dec. 31st, 2006|07:33 am] |
So this week went by in the blink of an eye thanks to no school. I managed to get down to Ocean/Monmouth counties to meet up with Sean this Wednesday. Him, his girlfriend Dana, his friend Ryan and I all went to the abandoned CECOM building in Tinton Falls. My second time there, I believe it was some sort of military headquarters. The place is huge, six floors and a basement. There is a bunch of random crap inside, nothing spectacular (Sean has been there over 20 times, though he found an old handicap parking sign this time) but it was fun. I miss Weird NJ-style trippin' (though I don't think cecom was ever in WNJ much, if at all). Some pics:
There are a few more: http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d96/NJlostandfound/CECOM/
I actually got a new/improved camera for Christmas (my mom got one for my sister, but my sis didn't like it) but I took my old one with me. I'm thinking of using the old one on any trips like this.
Work has been very nice the last two weekends. From the residents I made an extra 300 bucks in cash, and I got a bunch of food, gift cards, and random items as gifts.
I saw something that humored me greatly at work last night actually. I was walking around in the parking garage and I heard some music. I was diggin' the beat, but it was pretty odd to hear this in there at 2:10 AM. I get close to the car that this is coming from and two heads pop up out of the back seat. A girl wearing a tanktop and a guy. I got the picture, so I let them be and carried on. About thirty minutes later I decided that a....security check...was in order to assure the safety of the area, so I walked back to the garage to see what was going on. I hid behind a wall for security reasons, and observed the mysterious car. I didn't see anything explicit, but the actions observed were futher deemed typical for a car with such music and such occupants.
What kinda made me raise an eyebrow though is, as I was leaving, I decided to drive up and see if the car was still there. It was and I could see a leg through the window of the back seat. The windows were open and it's pretty chilly out, so I wonder why anyone would lay back there like that in such cold weather after being parked there for at least four hours. hmm
I'll be at work when the ball drops. My last night there too (unless my boss wants to triple my pay). Last year I tried to clean my basement then went to Dunkin Donuts with Eric at 11:45 because Taco Bell was closed. As you can see, I'm quite the NYE enthusiast.
2006? Horrible, lots of ups and downs. Best album of 2006? I can't recall many albums since I spend a lot of time listening to music that came out in the 80's and 90's since there is so much stuff I still haven't heard, but Rise Against's "The Sufferer and the Witness" wins anyway because it is so good.
2007? Hope for the best and do what I must. I'm 21 in three days. One year closer to death, and I still look about 14. I actually embrace this whole looking young thing with a thumbs up now. I still have my provisional license too (I've been driving for almost three years, never got it updated). This all means I will not be hitting bars to drink, I will be hitting bars to baffle bartenders. |
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[Dec. 10th, 2006|08:09 am] |
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Though 2006 was the worst of my 20 years, negativity will be left out of this entry. Positivity, a change for the better, and progression are all things I've been focusing on lately. For me lyrics are the least important part of a song %90 of the time, but one song that has really nice lyrics in addition to great music is "Nova Era" by Angra.
Somehow I know
The things are gonna change
New boundaries on the way
Like never before
Find a meaning to your life
Healing whispers of the angels
Bring the sunrise again
New day shines, fallen angels will arise
Nova Era brings the ashes back to life
All over now, sores in pain and awful lies
Angels will arise
Back to life!
Fresh winds of hope
Has taken us ahead
Forever is a place
You have to keep in mind
No way to limit our goals
You'll find a reason to believe
Facing Nova Era
Oh! Come on! Arise!
Find a meaning to your life
No way to limit our goals
Healing whispers of the angels
Bring the sunrise again!
New day shines, fallen angels will arise
Nova Era brings the ashes back to life
All over now, sores in pain and awful lies
Angels lead you through paradise
Nova Era is a passage to your mind
And forever you may find a better time
Nova Era bring the angels back to life... Life
One step in the right direction I'm taking is quitting this job. I will always be fond of overnight hours, but my current schedule is a bit rough. Saturday and Sunday basically disappeared and my sleeping habits were more out of whack than ever this semester. I told my boss I could give him until the end of December, but it seems like this weekend might be my last. That's unfortunate, because I wanted to take this month out for the extra cash. The only thing I will really miss is the opportunity to study while "working" but any little part-time job for the new year/semester plus better time management would be fine if not better.
School has been decent. I expect good grades in all my classes, even general humanities. I expected dread and fear since from the getgo it seemed like a history class where the grade was based soley on papers along with the midterm and final. As the class progressed, the professor got into some things that I felt applied greatly to some current events/thought I was having at the time. Its all in the name I guess "human." Probably the most meaningful class I've had.
I foresee one more entry to wrap up 2006, but right now I have to go saw my bed in half. |
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[Nov. 7th, 2006|01:02 am] |
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Another livejournal entry? Wow.
I hung out with a friend who I haven't seen in a year. Its crazy. We used to walk...a lot.
We actually walked from NA to Newark to go to the White Castle there once. I include this specific walk because of someone I know who wants to hit up the drug White Castle, and this would be it. ;)
He lives like two blocks away, I dont' know what happened. We went from regular hour or two walks one or two times a week to nothing at all. He rents the basement of his house now, and has his own little apartment set up down there. He's now a manager at the drug store he works at, after being the guy who made the least hourly wage. It was just like our high school days, him and two other guys blazed while I...did not, ha. We watched a movie, then some Seinfeld though I'm not the biggest fan. A good bit of catching up was done, and I obtained his new cell phone number. Tomorrow I'm hoping to go to BCC to get a shirt, and there is a possibility of a Hooters Lunch. |
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[Nov. 5th, 2006|07:58 am] |
Tonight exemplified the very good things about this job. I...
-ate Wendy's
-did some studying
-slept
-tried on glasses and made funny faces
-was given brownies by a girl who lives there
All while getting paid. I was going to add that I did all this in place of probably doing nothing/wasting money alone, but I don't think that would have been the case.
On Friday night I decided to send out some text messages in pursuit of hanging out. Person one didn't respond (which I thought was odd for her. She's a regular texter, but it turned out her phone got shut off), person two made an offer to drink, but since drinking really isn't my thing, I passed (he's one of my closer friends, but I don't think I've texted him on a Friday night in forever, as he's usually drinking), and person three is a friend who I don't see much, I usually run into him around the NA area (he was meeting up with someone, and he said he'd hit me up if they were doing something around here, but that wasn't the case). I was going to send out another batch of texts when Marc calls. We ended up bowling in Boonton (I didn't want to bowl, but since I've never bowled there, it was fine).
Overall I think this will be the new norm for Friday night where I have no plans (which is often). Pick a few names from my phone and go. Of course there are others I'd rather text first, but I had the assumption they were preoccupied that night (and hopefully that doesn't turn out to be a fatal assumption). I had more numbers in my old phone, and only transferred so many over to this phone, and now I can't find my old phone but I think I'll be good for a month or so.
I love parentheses, and here's a long survey.
Birthday: January 3rd
Birthplace: Belleville
Eye Color: Grey (?)
Hair Color: Brownish
Height: 5'10" or 5'11"
Weight: 172 lbs.
Right handed or Left handed? Right.
Your Heritage: American (Irish/Italian then some German and Dutch)
My Worst Habit:
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn.
Shoe Size: 10.5
Pants Size: 32W and I forget the L
Innie or Outie? Innie.
Parents Still Together? I guess not.
The Shoes You Wore Today: Generic black New Balance.
Your Weakness: Nachos, gunshots.
Your Fears: Eventlessness remains my whole life, and my lack of doing things haunts me after I die.
Your Perfect Pizza: Anything not too greasy.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: I'd like to get a better job.
Your Most Overused Phrase On An Instant Messenger: "ah"
Thoughts First Waking Up: "I'll be back"
Your Best Physical Feature: Left shoulder
Your Bedtime: Whenever I am tired, which is often
Your Most Missed Memory: Truly having the summer off.
MY FAVORITES
Favorite color? Neon green if black doesn't count
Food? Sushi, Tacos
Sport? Basketball, bowling
Animal? Sloth
Ice Cream? plain vanilla
Candy? Sour Patch Kids
Store? Shoprite
Salad Dressing? Italian
Song? It's hard to pick one, an old fav is Nightwish - Stargazers.
Letter? B
Number? 11
Gum? Bubble
Holiday? Good Friday
Season? Summer
Perfume? One that doesn't make me choke
Scent besides perfume? Sweet and sour sauce smells nice
LIFE
When Have You Cried The Most? Birth/infancy
What Is The Best Feeling In The World? Making the 7-10 split (sad, I know)
Worst Feeling? being ignored is pretty crappy
Where Do You Want To Live When You Grow Up? Jersey, preferably north/west of here.
If You Could Change One Thing About You What Would It Be? I'd have a hairy chest.
How Long Do You Think You'll Live? 50 sounds good
DO YOU
Swear? I try not to, but yeah.
Sing Well? No, but I do it anyway!
Shower Daily? Usually ;x
Want To Go To College? Sure.
Want To Get Married? Blarg.
Believe In Yourself? When I'm doing something easy
Get Motion Sickness? Nah.
Think You Are Attractive? I'm average
Get Along With Your Parents? Yeah.
Like Thunderstorms? Once in a while.
Play An Instrument? Not very well.
Own An IPOD? No, a similar mp3 player though.
Pray? Sometimes
Go To Church? Not often.
Sleep With Stuffed Animals? No.
Keep A Journal/Diary? Hello.
Dance In The Rain? A little
Sing In The Shower? Yes!
THIS OR THAT
Pepsi or Coke? Pepsi.
McDonald's or Burger King? BK
Single or Group Dates? Single at first I guess.
Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla.
Strawberries or Blueberries? Strawberries.
Meat or Veggies? MEAT
TV or Movie? Movies.
Guitar or Drums? Guitar.
Adidas or Nike? Nike.
Chinese or Mexican? Mexican.
Cheerios or Corn Flakes? Corn Flakes.
Cake or Pie? cake
MTV or VH1? MTV
Blind or Deaf? Blind [Guardian]
CAN YOU
Do a split? No.
Write With Both Hands? Not too well.
Whistle? Yes
Blow A Bubble? Yis
Roll Your Tongue In A Circle? Ja
Cross Your Eyes? Oui
Walk With Your Toes Curled? Si
Touch Your Tongue to Your Nose? With some help from my hand.
Dance? If you want to call it that.
Eat Whatever You Want And Not Worry? To a degree. I wouldn't eat sticks of butter.
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON
You Touched: Sal [handshake]
You Talked To On The Phone: The operator guy.
You Instant Messaged: Kristin.
You Hugged: Bonnie
You Yelled At: I don't really yell, I probably raised my voice at my mom when she got on my nerves and I was lacking sleep.
You Played A Sport With: Marc.
RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT
Where Are You? NJ
What Can You See Out Your Window? The street.
Are You Listening To Music? No.
What Are You Wearing? Haggard uniform.
What's On Your Mousepad? Gateway logo/cowprint.
RANDOM
What Country Would You Most Like To Visit? Italy.
Number Of CD's I Own: Only like 20.
Your Good Luck Charm: I could use one.
How many pillows do you sleep with? Uno.
Do you drink milk? Only of the chocolate variety.
Person You Hate Most: I don't really have anyone, just moments of irrational thought.
Most Outdated Phrase: "ah"
How many rings until you answer the phone? At least one.
Are you a health freak? Sometimes.
Are you a virgin? Yeah, one of few my age.
If you could travel into space, where would you go? The Sun.
What is the worst weather? Cold and rainy.
Did you play with Barbies as a child? No sir.
How many grades have you failed? None. |
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[Nov. 2nd, 2006|02:10 am] |
Tonight was both "run of the mill" and something different in a way.
Went bowling with Marc, and after the lovely crew at the NA Bowlodrome told us it was 4 bucks a game after telling Marc 1.50 on the phone, we went to Belleville to play pool instead. There's actually a bowling alley in Belleville too, so we stopped there first just to see if they had open lanes. Well, they didn't at 9:20, but it was only 50 cents a game after 10:30. We went to McDonald's, waited around, and came back. We ended up bowling with a guy named Matt who Marc knew from high school (he also bowls in the same league as Marc and I). He gave me a bowling ball (he had a whole bunch) for free, after discovering it fit my hand better than my own ball, and having an immediate improvement in my scores and accuracy. The more meaningful thing he did was at one point say:
"You know, you didn't talk much at first and I thought you were mean, so I was going to do something mean."
This was after I had started to be a little more talkative. It was like a ray of light shined down from heaven when he said that. Does being a quiet/shy person come off as being mean? I can be unsure of things about myself, but mean is something I am not. Marc knew him, and we all bowl in the same league on Thursday night, but still I just didn't really say anything before we started bowling. I don't know, that's just the way it goes. I'm just bad at talking, even around people I know sometimes. There have times where I thought I was getting better at this sort of thing, but I fall back into social ineptitude easily.
Like last week. Some people came up to me and just started talking to me (me being dressed as a mailman at the time probably had something to do with it) and I felt like instead of having the possibility of making new friends, I probably made them think I was retarded because I just don't have my way with words.
Sometimes when I'm lacking sleep or my mind is feeling altered by other thoughts, I'm Mr. Smooth.
As far as making friends goes, my mom wants me to join the Christian frat at MSU. I guess I'm a lazy American Christian, ya know, not much church going, not getting into it much (which is not a very good Christian, but talking about this sort of thing is one of many things I just am not good at). I'm scared, but I think I'm going to give the head guy a call one day, see what's up.
My Halloween sucked. I should have made plans for something, anything, and skipped my class even though the professor is a nut. I did manage to sit through the entire class wearing a ski mask. After that I trick or treated at two houses (not in NA) and then just said "where is my life going" and just kind of walked around and observed parents with their kids. Arggg. It's supposed to be a great day, but its been lacking severely the past few years. I hope all of yours were better than mine. |
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[Oct. 29th, 2006|07:14 am] |
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WSOU is such a nice radio station. I wish they would play more traditional 80's style heavy metal in their regular rotation, but they're still great. They played the new Manowar song on Vintage 80's this Thursday. They also give away great things all the time. |
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[Oct. 22nd, 2006|06:56 am] |
Last weekend I made a little calender of with small abbreviations written on every day representing things I want to do routinely. I made one for November and the remainder of October. This week I've done maybe 2/5th of it, and never even bothered to cross them off on the calender. I don't think it was a silly idea (it was the result of bored-at-work), but crossing off things adds to the list of things to do! I then thought I could make one for my whole life. I would only need so many pages. I feel my days are numbered. lol
I hate the cold. Besides causing extreme discomfort, it turns my face red in minutes. I want to be a burnt red from sunburn, not this chapped scarlet business. It's not even November yet, arg.
Sleep has gone from the best thing to do to a scarce resource! There have been two periods this past week where I have been up for 24+ hours straight. It's a combination of a little bit of procrastination with homework and sitting on the computer even when the good one(s) have went to bed. Coffee is evil. I don't mind the taste, it can be good with the right mixture of fake cream and fake sugar, but it causes massive stomach pain. If the caffeine doesn't keep me up, the stomach pains do! I drank two cups at work tonight and managed to fall asleep again anyway, even with stomach discomfort. I should keep a stock pile of Jolt Gum, or use sleeping as a means to get fired.
School is going well (it better be, since I'm taking 4/5 100 level courses), provided points don't get taken off for falling asleep in class. During a stretch of being awake from 7pm on Wednesday to 1:15 am on Friday, I fell asleep for like 40 minutes total in my history class. The prof is pretty down to earth, so if she caught me snoozing (she should understand what a g goes through! My humanities class is going much better than I anticipated it would be.
I have to write another six page paper, but I think I got it ready to go in my head. So onward to the last full week October. |
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[Oct. 15th, 2006|07:47 am] |
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This should be my angriest entry. Due to work I missed a costume party, and will be missing GWAR. Arg. Oh well though. I'm angry before work, but subdued when I get there. Halfway through another weekend. Minimum wage went up to 7.15 an hour. I should get a job that would have payed $6.15 an hour a month ago, which allows flexible hours with short shifts. I'd sacrafice $1.35 an hour for not having to work two 12 hour overnight shifts every weekend. It's not as simple as getting my hours changed to keep with this job. I don't know if I'm just being a loser or reasonable. I don't even have much of a social life anyway, but this is a rare weekend where there are two good things happening.
This week was pretty good. Wednesday I saw The Human Abstract. One of the best "metalcore" bands to me. The lead guitarist is sharp. They're worth $12 though I wish they got to play longer. They played with another band I like. I hope THA makes regular stops in Jersey.
Thursday was the almighty Testament. I'll admit I only know/knew a handful of their songs (and they played my favorite of those, Alone In The Dark 8) ), but it was free thanks to WSOU (which is where I first was exposed to a lot of 80's metal). They played for over an hour, which was nice. The openers were some death metal/grindcore band that I only heard the last minute of a song due to getting there late, a generic hardcore band (most generic hardcore puts me to sleep), an awesome 80's sounding classic heavy metal band (the guitarist kept playing a little bit of the intro from Manowar's Metal Daze between songs, then the singer said the weren't going to do a Manowar song, though that would have been fun), and some numetal/hardcore band (I like to give bands I've never heard before a chance, but ugh. I think half the crowd woke up because their last song was a Slayer cover I'm pretty sure). Testament, awesome. Despite the thrashing nature, I did not jump "into the pit."
I got a 97 on that history test (89 + 8 point curve). I was shocked. I still didn't get that humanities paper back yet, and anotherone is due in a little over a week, arg.
So I'm back in eligibility territory for winning things off WSOU which is nice.
You can stop here, I have to write an economics paper. Below is an emo moment.
I can't help but feel like crap when I start texting, messaging, etc. a friend who I haven't seen or talked to much in a while, we finally hang out again and have fun doing a few random things, then I'm soon forgotten about! It's like we're both excited to hang out, then afterwards I'm pushed back into the background. As if I'm a disappointment to hang out with (though I know we both had fun!) I really hope this isn't the case, but it sure seems like it. This person's pretty popular, so I'm grateful she made time for me anyway, but still. Arg. |
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[Oct. 8th, 2006|07:12 am] |
I probably shouldn't be updating this, since I'm covering for my pal in five hours. I'm going back in at 12:30 or so, so he can go home while a friend of his evalutaes his house's plumbing. He'll be coming back in a few hours in which case I will go back home for that many hours and return and stay until 6 am, leaving us both with our regular 24 hours for the weekend.
I sat and stared into the abyss for a good...6 hours last night. Says something about the job huh? The only thing I had to do was make a few phone calls because:
and it made me laugh. Seriously, who does that? haha. That was on the first floor, so you could go down, but not up. There's actually another elevetor down the hall, but I called the superintendant and the elevator company anyway because a lady was like "you gonna call someone?" when I was looking at it. Apparently its been missing all week. The elevator guy never came, but who the hell is going to take a call on a Saturday night to fix a button on an elevator when there's another one in use? My Boston Market meal fit in the microwave, highlight of my night.
I really wanted to some reading/re-reading for my humanities class last night, but I was stuck staring into the void most of the night, just thinking a few thoughts about something. I get that paper I wrote back on Tuesday. I'm hoping for mercy. The topic of each of these papers is to relate something we've been reading (Babylonian myths, Greek myths, and such) to a modern day example in film, television, sports, the news etc. I've always groaned through this sort of thing, but the real killer is the papers have to be six pages long, which is a lot to me on such a topic. Otherwise I think I'm doing well in my other classes. I took a history test and I'm pissed that I felt so uncertain on as many questions as I did. I went pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey on one of my essays. The professor just tells us the important things in the chapters during class, no other homework other than to read (which I've done most of), so if attendance was optional I could never go to class and still know everything needed for the test. There's extra credit and three more test just like this one, so I think even if I got as low as a 70 I'll be able to pick it way up.
This sunday morning thing might become my livejournal norm.
-I get to see Testament for free this Thursday 8)
-I'm actually not going to waste away one of my free days, as I'm probably going to see a band called The Human Abstract on the 11th, a Wednesday, but I might sleep from the the time I get home from class till 5 pm anyway.
-I need new shoes, a toe is coming out of my right shoe. I wanted another pair just like them from Marshall's, but all they have are boots and loafers now.
-I need to buy a cd this week.
-Since by some act of God there has been a reduction of my love-handleness, I am thinking of trying to tone up my stomach and get a six pack. I'm never shirtless ever anyway except for one trip to the beach this summer, but maybe I'll try it since this is the closest I've ever been. Who knows, if I work at it maybe the results could give me some credibility for releasing a high impact aerobics/dance video.
-I've had Manowar as my background for 10 months or so, but today it changes. Welcome, 3 Inches Of Blood. When I'm reading recent updates with the view friends page option you all have 3IOB as your backgrounds too! Though you can hardly make out my background. Can anyone tell me how to start my journal at the bottom of the page, so prior to scrolling down 3IOB is visible in all its glory?
That was a lot. Now for a 3 hour or so nap. ;( |
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[Oct. 1st, 2006|06:50 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | NA, NJ | ] |
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| |  Twelve is a crappy number. | ] |
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| | All That Remains - This Calling | ] |
At work when I'm alone in the dark I have a lot of time to think. I replay certain moments over and over again in my head, and just let my mind wander since there is pretty much nothing to think about related to the job. It's time to myself, and I get paid for it. I usually think about throwing together an entry based on the thoughts, but once I get home I find something to eat and drink and retreat to my bedroom. This time I'm actually posting, but now I either can't remember what I wanted to say or just don't want to now. Maybe I'll carry a laptop to work one day.
Friday I saw Dragonforce. Amazing. Horse the band and All That Remains were the openers. Horse was fun and they had an awesome triangle player. All That Remains was surprisingly good. I heard one of their songs on WSOU (This Calling) and thought to myself "if they play this one and the rest of their set sucks I'll still be satisfied" and they played it and I was happy and the other songs they played were pretty good too. Dragonforce. They filled me with energy I haven't felt ever. I don't care if they start giving out Dragonforce toys in McDonald's happy meals and I'm considered a trendy fanboy who only enjoys the super speed, they are one of my favorites.
While waiting on line I talked with a fellow brother of true metal! He wasn't happy about the openers though, so in my mind I was feeling awkward at that point (since brothers of true metal aren't supposed to like any nintendocore(?)/metalcore I think. Okay, time to ease up on the Manowar), but otherwise I thought that was cool to just talk to someone I never met for fifty minutes (though its not hard to do that when you're both on line to see Dragonforce and both wearing a Dragonforce shirt).
I wrote a long thing about hating my humanities class, but then deleted it. Pretty much the papers necessary for the class are very difficult for me to write. I've written some really fucking whack papers, but I don't even think this is doable because there are four. 6-8 pages long. If I make it through the first two then victory is on the horizon. College, I've always hated school despite doing pretty well, but I gotta keep moving forward even if at times it feels like I'm walking through mud.
There's always more, but I'm running out of gas. Sleep now. |
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[Sep. 19th, 2006|08:31 pm] |
Instead of butchering my last entry, a quick update (two posts in such a short time, insantiy).
I guess a lot of people seem to have defeated the parking demon, since there seems to be parking closer to the school (though I would guess a battle must be fought for these spaces). My little street is all mine though and when its nice out provides a nice Montclair half-nature walk.
As I suspected would happen, I'm working 6pm-6am now on Saturday and Sunday. The guy who's there before me is my buddy, so when he asked if we could split since 16 hours to days in a row drained him, I said yes. Perhaps it was a hasty yes, and I was being a little too nice, because it is going to suck being there for four more waking hours (most likely). There is some good to come from it, its adding an extra shift without cutting into the week/school time. Friday off is still golden, although I'll probably waste most, if not all of them minus the 29th. :(
I'm not going to quit anytime soon, but I'd love to have a more true part-time job with odd (though I suppose overnight isn't common), shorter shifts.
Blarg. |
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[Sep. 13th, 2006|11:27 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  Automobile hairdryer. | ] |
| [ | music |
| | RAGE - Insanity | ] |
So I've been at Montclair State for a week. I know my way around campus well enough now, and it wasn't hard to find where my classes were since they're only in two different buildings. My schedule is okay, one class on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Tuesday and Thursday I have 3 and 4 classes with (large) breaks between them. I don't mind, because I can sit and read while I wait for my next class.
My professors: if you're bored here are some ratemyprofessor.com links along with my initial thoughts. These are pretty much what I used to pick my classes.
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=106851
-nice guy, class seems easy with low workload.
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=606854
-This class will be the biggest challenge since the grade in the class is all based on four 6-8 page papers and a mid-term and final which both consist of all essay writing. Professor is a nice guy.
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=183978
-Nice guy, but boring boring boring. I don't mind though, I like to sit idly in class.
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=389869
-She seems cool. There are 120 kids in the class, so I should be able to slip into anonymity and just study for the tests and do well on them hopefully. I think the class is going to vote on whether to write a term paper or not, and if I end up having to write one I'll swallow my notebook.
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=335045
-As the ratings suggest, I have mixed feelings. She came off as pleasant the first day, but then this kid came in a little late and said hello to her. She was kinda went off on him for saying hello "we come in and sit down, not say hello, blah blah." She calls on people for things, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only person she hasn't called on yet. I sit like right near the front where she keeps her stuff but I'm afaid to move incase she decides to ask me why I'm backing off. Maybe she senses fear and will knock points off my grade for not participating in class. She definately could use some tact. I'm just waiting for some kind of slip up and for it to be my turn for belittlement. Hopefully the whole easy grader thing holds true, and niceness overtakes the rudeness.
One more thing about MSU:
I DEFEATED THE PARKING DEMON!
That's right. Basically sophomores can only get permits (which cost $110) to park in the garage near the train station, and you're not even guaranteed there will be an open space. Without a permit its either 3 dollars a day to park there, even more money to park in the other parking deck, or find something else. Well I found a nice little street with no parking restrictions. It's about a 25 minute walk to the classroom, or 16 minutes on a razor scooter, but its a nice walk. My only slight concern is that the residents will see my poor '91 Nissan Sentra and know it doesn't belong on their beautiful street. It's a long shot that some psycho with some political pull lives there, nothing can be done to me...
So that's school. My boss is pretty much awesome, and I now only work Saturday and Sunday night. Friday night off is excellent. I could see me ending up working 6pm-6am Saturday and Sunday since the guy before me is working 6am-10pm both days, which is rather crazy. 16 hours a week may be weak, but it works for me.
On Thursday nights I'm bowling in a league with my buddy Marc. It should be nice and relaxing.
Sleep hasn't been too bad. I haven't been getting enough of it (though there is no such thing as enough sleep to me) but I'll manage. It takes me back to my pre-11th grade days when I regularly got five hours of sleep per night. I especially hate sleep deprivation because after a certain point my mind goes from trying to keep it simple to a mess of irrational thought, and I wonder if these are things I really think but just eliminate from my thought process when I am well-rested. While I could have been sleeping, I wrote this, so now I will make my way to bed after attempting to fix my mp3 player. I did take a nap today though! This entry should set up how things will go from now to December, hopefully with good things happening too (like DRAGONFORCE on 9/29!). |
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| Textual harassment. |
[Jun. 28th, 2006|01:01 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Overkill - Nice Day...For A Funeral | ] |
This happened last Thursday, but I got bored out of my mind reading an accounting text book last night, so I copied this into my notebook and I now will lay it out here for your reading pleasure.
I was in my room pretending to clean before going out to get food with a friend, when I get a text message. It reads "A Yahoo! Messenger user is trying to send you a txt message. When it arrives, select 'reply' to continue the conversation. For more into, visit, mobile.yahoo.com"
I've never gotten a text message from Yahoo Messenger, so I'm intrigued by this. The next text message I get reads:
From: 92466591
deviousone201:
fucking ewww
9:41 pm 6/22/06
An odd message, I have a bunch of guesses but no real idea of who this person could be yet. I do live in the 201 area code. My response: "Hey Now" 9:43 pm
Then from this person I get: "die rat bastard" 9:43 pm
That pretty much eliminated all but one of my guesses, a friend who's prank called me in the past, though I thought that was a bit steep. My response to that was "Thats not nice." 9:44 pm
Next I get: "oh yes it is" 9:44 pm
I'm a bit annoyed but also amused, so I just ask: "Ha. Who is this?" 9:45 pm
"GUESS BABY" 9:45 pm
Now I didn't want to drop any names so I just responded with "Ah" 9:47 pm
To which this person responds "ah what? cant guess? you must be a stud then. Too many girls" 9:48 pm
Okay, after getting that I now know this person doesn't know me and has messaged me mistakenly "I think you have the wrong person could you tell me my name?" 10:05 pm
"your name is sexy.. am I right" 10:05pm
I get an idea. I run downstairs, get on myspace and search for deviousone201@yahoo.com and I get a match. Some girl named Marissa (I have no idea who she is) from North Bergen who hasn't logged in since March. I let her know. "I looked up your nane and I don't know you sorry" 10:08 (yes, nane, a typo)
"how did u look my name up? i texted you from my home" 10:08 pm
I let her know. "Deviousone201" 10:09 pm
Then I get a volley of apologies
"im sorry" 10:09 pm
"have a good night" 10:09 pm
"did u get a text message before?"
"nevermind goodnite"
Being a nice guy, and amused more than angered by this mistake I just let her know: "Lol just check your digits nexttime" 10:12 pm
and one last message from this Marissa character "sorry!!! :o)" 10:12 pm
Just to be sure, I later asked my friend (he had just been hanging out with the guy who has prank called me in the past) if the guy was texting me from Yahoo before, which he wasn't. Looking back, I could have had some fun with this. I could have told her I was a cop and I was looking at her file on my computer (read off a few stats off myspace) and I was going to charge her with harassment. I could have started cursing back or just ignored her. What can I say, I'm a nice guy. I've never gotten any wrong numbers or wrong texts before this.
I was going to leave this entry at a pointless little story but here are a few more things:
Ultimate frisbee is...okay, I enjoy the game but so far the league is questionable. I'm right handed, but I've always thrown a frisbee lefty. I'm learning to throw overhand and sidearm now which I can do much better with my right hand, but I have to teach my body to not instinctively go to my left and I must also learn to throw backhand righty. According to Eric who plays for college, the captain of our team doesn't know what he's doing. Basically, the captain and a bunch of the team members played on some high school team and they're kinda cliquish. Eric and another guy on the team that plays for Eric school agree that the kids on our team think they're good, but don't know how to set up an offense or anything correctly. My gross lack of experience is masked by the level of massacre the team is at.
I can't complain about work really, but I want to. Oh well, at least I have more money to save/waste now. |
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