Mar 26

apparently my grandmother is doing really bad. I don’t know what’s gonna happen or what I’m gonna do.

on a lighter note, I made a pretty cool new page that’s accessible under the Download Multimedia link. if you have an account check it out.

Mar 24

so this weekend wasn’t great. my grandmother is in the hospital and doing pretty badly apparently. mom saw my tattoos while we were in the hospital and got pretty upset. and was on the phone with dad at the time, so yeah whatever.

on a little better note I discovered the best song ever in the jukebox at waffle house. you better recognize www.memories

Mar 20

ok so I guess I have to post my own opinions on “the war”. honestly I’m not all that worried about it since it probably doesn’t affect me directly, and even if it did, what does worrying do?

as I’ve said to many people, the only thing that scares me about iraq and friends is biological warfare. I guess I’ve read too many books with the premise. I guess I could be scared of china, but I think they’re too dependent on the US to do anything to us. all of the other countries that hate us don’t bother me all that much regarding, say, nukes. basically because any nation that sent a missle our way wouldn’t exist anymore in an hour.

bio weapons, or “doomsday” viruses, however, scare me.

pull up an image from jurassic park, if you can. when dennis nedry, the big computer guy, got the frozen embryos or dna or whatever in a modified can of shaving cream, that still worked as a can of shaving cream. hmm, I don’t remember if that’s in the movie or not….

anyway, yeah, I think something like that is totally possible and probably exists, and how easy would it be for somebody to bring a virus to the US in something like that?

so anyway iraq working on bio-weapons scares me a bit. and other countries for that matter.

there’s the possibility that we might provoke an attack by engaging in this war, and that’s pretty much the only misgiving I have. I mean, I don’t doubt that Bush is trying to boost ratings and the economy, also. why else would this happen so suddenly?

in actuality it’s not really so sudden, hussein has had this coming for a long time. the UN has passed multiple resolutions against iraq that they’ve mostly just laughed at. the clinton administration should have done more than they did about the situation….but, you know….typical libs.

anyway, I should be in bed. gotta get packed and get to work early and whatnot, going to rango again for the weekend.

I had to jump-start thomas today.

today I wrote a report generator that was really ghetto.

I’ve got 6847 mp3s in random play. right now is some five iron song I don’t know called Eulogy.

today somebody randomly called me sexy. it was weird….more than likely it was a keyboard hijacking.

tell me Mobius String II isn’t an awesome picture.

crap I forgot my second set of whitestrips. gotta stay up for 30 more minutes. my teeth hurt.

Mar 18

yeah I should really be in bed

it’s really cold in here

this is pretty friggin’ funny.

Mar 18

hey except not really.

I feel sick…..I left some cheeseburgers sitting around for about….um….9 hours. then I ate them. actually I did feel sick, but I saw that as a perfect opportunity for pepto….mmmmmmmmm. we were talking about that today, I finally found another person who actually enjoys the stuff. thomas is so indie it hurts.

so I went to the Bible study tonight. actually I didn’t. but yeah. I did. well john kept me like 45 minutes late because we were having an issue that needed to be taken care of, unfortunately we couldn’t. which was just as well, really, cause I showed up at brian’s at 6:45 or 7 or so, and it was just brian and ANNA (I actually remembered her name when I woke up this morning) and martha, jason’s girlfriend. and nobody else decided to show up, so we didn’t do it. we hung out until about 11:30 though, I actually really like these people. I feel like a huge dork though….prolly because I am, but they’re nice to me anyway. of course everybody but me has an s/o, but it really doesn’t bother me that much.

last night coming home I came about a foot away from hitting an opossum. that was alive. on the side of the road.

tonight coming home I noticed trees are blooming already. our weather is weird.

ok I need to get in bed. I don’t know why I post this stuff, nobody really cares what I do with my evenings.

hmm I thought that my complexion would go back to its pre-stress not-too-badness when I got unstressed….it’s not happening yet, I’m starting to get irritated and worried and annoyed. oh well.

brian works at hot topic at town center, it’s funny I never saw him there. anyway, whatever, I’m tired. and I want to read tonight since I left my books in the car yesterday.

Mar 17

so it’s good to be back home.

actually, hmm, it’s not really all that great. just means I gotta get up early and go to work.

but I had an awesome weekend. left work around 2:15, took me about 2 hours to get to athens cause somebody felt like they had to have a wreck on 85. so I was going too slow to enjoy spaghetti junction.

got there and talked with holly for a bit then with emily for a bit. then we went out to eat at outback. we had to wait over an hour, which was funny, except not really, because emily had called ahead and they said they wouldn’t take reservations cause there was no wait.

emily went to study, me and holly went and played pool and foosball. holly tore me up pretty bad the first game of pool, she was about to tear me up again but couldn’t get the 8 ball. so I finally got my last 3, and then sunk the 8 ball like it was nothing. it was so funny cause I was like so nonchalant about it. and I’m awful at pool. foosball we played 4 games and she won the last 3. then we played again and I won and we quit.

saturday I got up when other people did and maybe had pop-tarts and then read more of across 5 aprils then took a nap. about noon holly drove me around downtown, and then she went to work. I sat around, finished my book, played with the computer, and finally took a shower and headed out around 4. wandered around lost, bought a used book, and a new cd sold as used for $8 cause it was cracked. got back to holly’s and read lord of the flies for a bit and then we went downtown, ate at the grill, and hung out downtown. got back fairly late, I was beat. holly talked to her boyfriend for a while and I chatted with allison. she’s one of jessie’s dalton friends, she’s pretty cool.

sunday woke up at 11. sat around and talked and ate pop-tarts. then I got ready real quick and holly and I saw harry potter for $1 each at the cheap theater. which was good since the only cash I had was in quarters. it was 2 and a half hours long, and kids were driving us crazy. but yeah.

we pulled up back at their apartment and holly got out and went in. I was searching for a cd for holly to copy, when my phone rang. it was a 404 number that I didn’t know, I almost didn’t answer it. but I did, and it was a voice I didn’t know, then he asked for steven.

turns out it was jason kelly. how weird is that?? he asked me if I wanted to go to centennial park with him and his girlfriend and a friend? some friends? I don’t remember exactly. I told him I was in athens hanging out. I figured I was a charity case, because he felt sorry for me or something cause I said I didn’t really hang out with anybody. so I told him I was actually being social this weekend, expecting him to say ok, cool, bye. so instead he asked me when I was getting back to atlanta. he invited me to church and then to eat. so I went. I actually missed 316 cause I wasn’t paying attention, and then got on 75 going the wrong way. but I made it just in time to the church. actually I was plenty early, but I made it right when he said to be there.

so inside I saw brian. I don’t know his last name. some people who read this will know him, some people won’t, maybe somebody out there has dated him. oh wait, there’s no maybe about it, I do believe we shared a girlfriend; why yes, yes we did. both got dumped pretty quickly:-P ANYway I went up and asked him his name cause I knew I recognized him. I haven’t seen him though for years when he was playing a show as part of atonement. anyway I didn’t think he liked me very much.

so the church service started or whatever. there were a lot of cool people there. I’m really a big dork so I felt a bit dumb. but during a like, break in the service brian leaned back and started talking to me, so that was cool. everybody was pretty nice there to me, even though I’m pretty shy and antisocial.

afterwards we were going to los reyes, and we waited around FOREVER for jason to finish talking to somebody or something. I was following jason & martha and brian & ….abby?…. and apparently jason and martha his gf were fighting. so we got inside the restaurant and they didn’t come in cause they were discussing. but I sat with brian and his girlfriend, I guess her name was abby but I can’t remember, and anyway we talked a lot about stuff. so it was really cool, cause they were extremely nice. I got invited to a Bible study and brian & jason’s house tomorrow, so I’ll go.

after we were like, next to done eating, jason and martha finally came in and announced they were gonna go eat at waffle house or something since the restaurant was closed. brian said they’d have to wait until they were done eating since they rode with them, and I said I could take them home . so j&m left and we finished up. it took like 30 minutes for the woman to bring us our check, it was kinda funny.

so I took them home (brian lives across the street from his gf) and I got invited in, it was 10:30 or so, so I figured why not. one of brian’s roommates was playing mario 3 with one of the guys from norma jean all night, it was pretty funny. me and brian sat around and talked about stuff for a couple of hours. it was cool, he was a cool guy. his roommate and the NJ guy were cool too, all in all I had a fun time. brian lent me a 238 cd, it was pretty different than the stuff I’ve heard. but so now I finally got to hear “Chase What Makes Your Heart Flutter”. larissa mentioned it once in relation to us, as a good thing….but reading the lyrics, it’s more applicable now. I think I’ll close these pointless ramblings with those lyrics:

I filled a need in you, (I) expect a sense of truth and respect. You’ll always chase what makes your heart flutter. I’ll learn to live without your love. I’ll learn to stand and breathe alone. I’ll learn to walk on looking up. I’ll learn to live without your love. Chase what makes your heart flutter. Sorting through lies just makes me sick. I am so glad I’m through with it. Chase what makes your heart flutter.

hmmm, actually, I’m really not that bitter. at least, well, I don’t feel lied to, or sick of anything. hmm anyway whatever, I’m tired. I have to get up on time because I gotta get off work at a decent time to drive all the way over to marietta. wait, wasn’t I supposed to close with those lyrics?

crap, just got an email that says I have to get academic advisement before I can register, but the times are only while I’m at work. typical. blah. anyway, I hope nobody read this, because it bores even me.

Mar 13
why do i waste my time, why do i make the effort?
nobody’s perfect…
except maybe you.
so how can i meet your standards?
it hurts too much to fail, takes too much to try
every ounce of my heart wants to love you
but the closer i come, the further you push me away…
you allowed me once to look into your eyes…
you let my lips touch yours.
but now we’re back to playing your games…
back to you saying all that you think…
back to me hiding all that i feel…
i want to hold you once again
i dream of hearing you say
“i love you”
but i dream of things that just aren’t real;
things your games keep from happening…
things your heart just won’t allow…
here i sit, pouring out my feelings on this torn sheet of paper
paper staind with tear drops and mistakes
similar to our friendship,
torn apart,
staind with kisses and mistakes…
your deep blue eyes haunt my thoughts as i try to carry on…
try to live without you…
try to live without love…
try to breathe without air…
Mar 05

man driving home was so scary. there was next to no visibility….at one point my car would not go above 55 it was raining so hard….I was driving and noticing this and all of a sudden I saw my rpms shoot up, and realized I was hydroplaning sideways.

so I was at a-one tonight, and had to wait for like an hour and a half for jason. he asked how larissa and I were doing, so we talked a bit about that. then after the other guy left we talked quite a bit more, about all sorts of stuff. the good life, the circus (he went the day after I), relationships… the thing that sticks out the most was something like…. you prolly just gotta be patient. if you believe in God…which I know you do….you know He has a plan. I mean, some people he’s picked to be single…but that was like….people like the Apostle Paul. He knows your needs, and He’ll work them out.

I just sat there for a second, and thought about it. I’m definitely the kind of person who needs a close companion. not all the time, don’t get me wrong. but despite my doubts that I’ll ever find “that special girl”, I know my life won’t be complete without somebody to share it with. and I’m not too different from most other people in that regard. but I need to stop worrying about it and let God handle things for once…something I’m not good at. but of all the people I’ve talked to…of all the people that could have given me useful insight….it’s so odd that it came from jason kelly. so yeah, I just need to stop worrying about things, it’s doing terrible things to my already bad skin:) I still think larissa is amazing, but I think I’m gonna stop worrying about having her back so much now. not only out of choice, but because my mind has been laid to rest. God will make happen what’s supposed to happen, and me worrying won’t change anything. so I’ll keep on talking to and hanging out with new friends, hopefully keep talking to and hanging out with old friends (and flames:) ), and let things unfold.

granted, I’m still gonna get sad sometimes, but I have a peace of mind I’ve not felt in many weeks. and that’s a good thing.

Mar 02

so yeah, mad props to mitch for the new logo. “I was reading your site and I got bored.” hahaha. people who have artistic and/or musical talent amaze me, I guess cause it’s something I can appreciate, but something I’ll never know. I think I have the technical knowhow to make a logo like that….the most confusing part is the weird outline action, but I guess with them being two separate layers you could control shift click them to I think select the layers and add the selections together, and then maybe expand/feather it and lay black down in a layer behind…ok anyway I’m rambling. where I was going with that is that despite the technical know-how, I could never create something like it. and that’s the part that mystifies me…

went to vanessa’s church today, it was pretty cool. but I really really stood out. we went to a single’s class and I was the only guy with hair longer than 2 inches, literally, (out of like 15-20), and we won’t even start on the piercings. he was talking about qualities to look for in a spouse, or something…the first two were honesty and responsibility, and yeah. eh, I don’t know where I’m going with this. Oh yeah, one of the things was a piercing, because he knows how to pick out jewelry, and knows about pain.

hongry

Mar 01

and i have another friend. what’s up with this?? :) beth said i should get my mind off stuff, so I’m gonna go hang out with her and david tonight and watch a movie apparently, that’ll be fun. haha the last time I saw either of them was december. it was during my infamous finals week of death. it was like 40 degrees out all week. I think my finals were monday through wednesday, or thursday. the whole time I wore the same tshirt, no jacket/hoodie/whatever, the same pair of pants, and sandals. I slept like….none….I was basically in a daze. anyway, it was a bad time. where was I going with that? oh yeah, so I had finished my last final, and I was gonna recover for a bit before walking home. so I was sitting in a computer lab, eyes glazed over, staring at the monitor. all of a sudden I saw beth walking beside me and I like practically screamed “BETH!” and grabbed her and hugged her and wouldn’t let go. hahaha. she was pretty understanding though, she didn’t freak out or hit me or anything (beth and I have never really had a very “huggy” friendship). anyway, that’s a pointless story. it’s just a bit significant to me because all of last semester was a haze, my grades were awful, I wasn’t happy. finals week was like the epitomy of nastiness, and one of the only things I clearly remember is that short few seconds when I was so happy to see a good friend.

on a related note, I’ve been sitting on my foot for like…an hour….and now there’s all these weird blood vessels sticking out everywhere. and it’s tingling. and not a good tingling:) “tingling.” what a weird word… ok that wasn’t related at all.

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