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April 2007 News Archives

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What I am listening to as I type this:  Stone Sour - Through Glass

April 30, 2007

I hate this day, too many bad memories.  Nine years today since Ryan died.  Love you, man.

Had a spectacular weekend.  Friday night I stayed home and finished my MSCC 630 class.  Saturday I went for a 35ish mile bike ride and went to the Stone Sour concert.  Yesterday I ran the Cherry Creek Sneak and went to the Rockies game.  I should discuss each of these things.

MSCC 630 was a ridiculously hard class. I probably averaged around 15-20 hours a week working on things for that class.  I am thrilled it was over.  I had a very negative attitude going into that class.  In fact, 5 out of the 15 people in the class dropped out due to the time constraints it was placing on them.  The final proposal I turned in was 32 pages long, just a ridiculously daunting paper.  But after toughing through it, I do feel like I came away with a ton of knowledge that will be helpful in my career.  Now I get a week off before I start my specialty courses.  The first one I'm registered for is MSCD 600: Database Architecture.  My instructor is from Switzerland (small world, eh?).  This class will capture my interest immediately and I am excited for it to begin.

Biking Saturday was a horrible idea.  I had to register for the Cherry Creek Sneak by noon, so I decided to ride my bike downtown.  I easily made it there in about an hour, then I met up with Val for awhile.  My ride home took forever, but it was awesome.  I rode on the Platte River Trail for awhile, which is very scenic.  Then I rode up to Regis University and rode around campus for awhile, then I took the ridiculous hills on Lowell the rest of the way home.  I was exhausted, and this was a horrible idea the afternoon before a competitive race where I had a goal to meet ...

Saturday night I went to the Stone Sour concert with Paul & Tami.  Lizardman was there again, he's getting fat and doesn't do the stunts he used to, he was more like a comedian. Lacuna Coil was the first opening band, they are a hard rock band from Italy with a chick singer (who dates Jim Root from Stone Sour and Slipknot). They started off strong and ended strong, but the middle wasn't so great.  Then Shadows Fall came on.  Holy shit, that guy's dreads are insane, they go down to his ankles, no kidding.  Stone Sour came out, and Corey has his damn head shaved!! I'm not even going to discuss the Stone Sour show because it'll just be me repeating myself over how insanely awesome they are.

Sunday I got up bright and early for the Cherry Creek Sneak, and my legs were hurting from the second I woke up.  I was able to run it in 41:24, which is 1:24 off of my "acceptable" goal. (My ultimate goal was 37:30, but I knew I wouldn't make that as I didn't train enough).  But my stats for the run were as follows:
I finished 650 out of 4472 (top 15%)
I finished 511 out of 1953 males (top 26%)
I finished 56/168 males aged 25-29 (top 33%)
I fished FIRST out of all runners named "Bryan"!!
So the way I look at it, I'm very happy.  Out of all my divisions I was classified within, the worst score I had still has me in the top third of all runners in the Denver area who choose to run 5 mile races.  Next weekend I'm going to do the Colorado Rockies run (5K) and then the Boulder Boulder (10K), as usual, on Memorial Day.

Yesterday I went to the Rockies/Braves game with Andy and Duane.  We saw all of the following:
1) Unassisted triple-play (only the 13th time this has ever happened in professional baseball, the 5th time since I've been alive)
2) 9th inning rally
3) 11th inning walk-off home run
Yeah, it's safe to say that's probably the best baseball game I'll ever get the chance to go to ... On the other hand, Josh got us 4th row seats by the Royals dugout at the Royals/Rockies game in a few weeks .... for free. 

Yeah, life is good.  11 more days until it's even better, and that is an enormous understatement.

What I am listening to as I type this:  Stone Sour - 30/30 150

April 27, 2007

I've done this on my own and I don't care what you do to me.  I won't hand over what is mine.  I've done this for too long to let you take it away from me.  It's too late to stop me because I refuse to die.  I haven't weakened just because I've shown myself.  I've taken everything except what's for granted; I'll leave hypocrisy for everybody else.  I will not be afraid ... if you don't want an enemy, don't fuck with my life.

All we ever do is talk.  We like to ride, but we never walk.  We make it so damn easy, we get bored.  Why can't anybody see what's good for you is bad for me?  I can't take your silly world no more.

I am a fucking machine fueled by the past.  Memory's a memory until it's a fact.  I can bury the hatchet and let some shit go, but I've got too many grudges to hold.  Saw a lot of people die in the end, I never want to walk that road again.  Now I will never give up.  I don't want to have it all, I just want to have enough.

Can't begin to explain the feelings I have restrained.  Don't ask me how I am because you're too busy planning your epitaph.  Let me tell you, don't try to be the one person who would stay just to say they never left me.  Aggravated, complicated, someone tell me, God, I never learn.

Is this wrong of me?  I've come so far so fast.  I'm in the dark about a lot of things, feels so real to me.  I've consecrated, I wish that I could hate it.  I saw my bloody hands come clean before my eyes.  And I hear my wants and needs again, can you help me?  And I feel a different kind again, someone stop me.  And I feel a strain inside my mind, am I crazy?  And I need to shed my skin and reveal this monolith within.

Can you tell that I cannot wait for the Stone Sour concert tomorrow?  That, my friends, is a band that speaks my thoughts with their lyrics.  And yes, those are all Stone Sour lyrics above this paragraph.

What I am listening to as I type this:  Rammstein - Los

April 26, 2007

Today will be a long day.  I have a full load of things to do at work.  I have about 2 hours worth of stuff to get done at the gym tonight.  I need to get groceries as I'm almost out of food at home.  I have about 4 hours of homework left as I plan on finishing this class tonight.  Yes, it'll be a busy one this fine evening.

I think I'd better skip the beach on Saturday and do a bunch of things around the house and around town.  Don't really have any money right now (bank account is at $0, literally, until Monday) and I am going to the Stone Sour show and the Rockies game on Sunday ... I'm good at floating my money :)  Here's what I realized about money last night ... it doesn't matter.  It is always on my mind because I don't have any, but I get to do everything I want in exchange.  I think that's a very fair trade-off, don't you?  Sure, there's a few things I want that I cannot afford right now ... golfing more, a Toyota FJ Cruiser, a home gym, a new home sound system ... but I don't need any of these things to be happy.  I'd much rather have my snowboarding equipment and days, my multitude of vacations, my biking, and my climbing.  Yup Yup.

Home gym is a no-go.  I'm a little pissed about that, but at the same time it doesn't matter because I didn't have the room for it.  They sold out of the adjustable benches (which was the centerpiece I needed).  I could have gotten the Olympic weights, bars, clamps, racks, dumbbells, and such ... but with no bench or power rack, what good does it do me?  I was looking forward to having all that stuff and setting up a home gym, but what can a guy do?

What I am listening to as I type this:  The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Workin' Man

April 24, 2007

Ahhh, back to my pre-January self last night, felt good to completely ignore school.  I ran 5K yesterday, rode the bike (exercise, not real) for 20 minutes, lifted weights for about 1.5 hours, did a full abs workout, came home and made this delicious Cod recipe they had in Men's Health:
1 diced onion
2 cloves minced garlic
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup sliced/pitted green olives
1 tsp crushed red pepper
1/2 cup white cooking wine
16oz cod
1tbsp olive oil
Garlic salt & pepper to season

Whoa, how f'n delicious was that?!  I subscribe to both Men's Health and Men's Fitness magazine.  Each month each magazine has anywhere between 1-3 recipes for very healthy, delicious, and quick meals you can make.  For the past two years, I've torn these pages from the magazine and stored them in a cookbook.  I'm eventually going to buy a binder with clear-plastic pages and I will sort them by the type of meat/fish used in the recipe.  It will be the best cookbook ever.  I honestly make meals from this faux cook book about 3 or 4 times a week, minimum.

After dinner I stayed with the standard and watched the Royals blow another save (the bullpen is now 1-6 with a 6.05 ERA while our starters are pitching spectacularly).  Did some cleaning up in my room, and called it a night.  It's dumping some serious rain on us right now, very cold rain, did all night last night as well.

I'm waiting to get last week's proposal submission graded before I can do this week's homework, but I'd like to get it done tonight hopefully.  I fully plan on working out equally as much as I did yesterday, will eat leftovers of last night's goods, and watch the Royals blow another save tonight.  I'm trying to decide what to do this weekend, a big group is partying at "the beach" at A-Basin all day on Saturday, but I have to be good as I have the Stone Sour concert that night, and I won't miss one of those for the world!  Sunday I think we're going to the Rockies game again, not sure who they play, but after only going to one game all year last year it'll be cool to have gone to 3 games before April is over!  The Royals come to town in May, so that'll be a sure thing as well.  Good baseball season!

What I am listening to as I type this:  The Dust Brothers - Medula Oblongata

April 23, 2007

Excellent weekend.  Saturday I went to Breckenridge and basically worked on my indy and mute grabs, but the landing pads were basically solid ice so I was riding conservatively.  It's always depressing to go to the resorts at the end of the season; everything is shut down and nobody is there.  It was nice having 100% of Breck's terrain open, however.  So everything is closed for me now besides Arapahoe Basin.  I might go up Saturday again, but we'll have to see.  I was jumping spectacularly Saturday, so I really don't want to wait until November to get the chance to do that again.

Yesterday I met up with Adrian and  his buddies from the Springs and we hit up the Rockies/Padres game.  Headed to LoDo's aftewards for awhile, good times, my friends, good times!

Friday I broke my 5K running record but am still a bit shy of my goal.  I ran 5K in 21:42, which is almost exactly a 7 minute mile pace.  I'd like to be able to break 21:30 eventually.  I will run the Cherry Creek Sneak (5 miles) on Sunday, not sure if I can meet my goal or not.  I will try to run 4 miles each of the next 4 days at a 8 minute/mile pace then I'm shooting for 5 miles at 7:30 on Sunday ... I have no idea if I can do that or not ... it'll be especially tricky the night after the Stone Sour concert!!!

Only about 4 more pages to write on my proposal and then I'm all done with MSCC 630 ... then I get about 10 days off from school.  Holy shit am I excited for that!!  This class is just a ridiculous amount of work ... my final proposal project is already something like 32 pages long; I've never written anything that long in my life.  Anyway, it'll feel good to have time after work to go running and biking outside again.

One question for you - how fucking awesome does this look?!

What I am listening to as I type this:  Danny Ray - Come When I Call

April 20, 2007

First and foremost - if anyone has suggestions of a cheap and nice place to stay in NYC, let me know.  Details on that later, a few people know ... shit, for all I know I've posted it on here already, I never remember what I put on this damn site.

I got a text message from Keith at 6:20 this morning which woke me up.  I want a text message from you, regardless who you are, at 6:20am about as much as I want to do any of the following:

-- eat anything labeled "organic"
-- fix a printer
-- take my "MSCC 630 - System Architecture Design" class again
-- cheer for the Hawkeyes

Ok, maybe not that last one, I'll gladly accept at text message before I would cheer for Iowa.  Nothing could ever be that bad.  Point being, please don't send me a text message at 6:20 in the morning, especially if it has anything to do with it being "4/20" as:
A) That "holiday" the dumbest thing I've ever heard
B) I don't smoke weed
C) It's 6:20 in the f'n morning!!!

Let me tell you a funny story that only The Brad has heard so far, I thoroughly enjoy this story....

It was Monday after work and, The Brad wanted me to drive down to Littleton to look at a shuffleboard table for him after work.  I go to mapquest and print off directions to this place.  Last time I printed off mapquest directions it was for directions to Z's place in the Springs and they were inaccurate; the directions to the place in Littleton were no different.  The Brad tells me this guy sounds like he is on meth when he talks to him on the phone.  I get lost and decide to call this guy for directions.  He asks where I am and I tell him "I'm at Coal Mine and Pierce", he says, "I don't know where Coal Mine is."  HUH?!  Now I realize none of you live in Denver, but this is a very main road in Littleton ... it's a 4-lane 60mph side-street highway/road.  On top of that, it was less than a mile from his house as the crow flies.  I know he's north of there so I turn north on Pierce and he still doesn't know where I am so I tell him I'm right by Columbine as it was literally 20 feet from me (which was strange as this was the day of the Virginia Tech shootings, quite a bizarre setting to be in on that day).  So he gives me directions to his place and tells me I need to get buzzed in.  I have neglected to tell you that The Brad was right, he does sound like he's on meth.  I turn into his neighborhood and there isn't a house worth less than $1 million.  I come to the end of the road and there is a gate to get buzzed into with like 7 names on it.  I get buzzed in to this exclusive neighborhood.  I find his house, nicely nestled between two lakes with a private beach in sight.  This house is worth at least $2 million but is the most cluttered and trashy looking dump on Earth.  The guy comes out, some overweight graying-haired guy with his hair sticking straight up, looks like he just woke up.  We walk into his house, I'm basically mauled by 2 dogs and a fucking parrot swoops by my head.  Dude basically has a farm in his house.  We walk through the kitchen, all appliances are worth at least 3G's (not to be confused with the character from Snakes on a Plane).  We head to his dining room ... dude has like 4 pinball machines, a foosball machine, jukebox, 22' shuffleboard table, 3 full-sized video games, etc. etc.  There are boxes everywhere, as if he's just moved in.  Dude says, "Sorry, we live a cluttered lifestyle!".  Ya think?  (The dogs are still jumping on me and he's doing nothing about it, and his bird is flying all over the fucking place).  Anyways, that was the whole story.

Wow, that was a terrible story.  That is arguably the worst story I've ever told, but I assure you it was funny.  Maybe if it had a point or an ending ... whatever.

Weekend plans = snowboarding tomorrow, baseball game Sunday.  Homework is done, working out has been stellar all week, as has running and eating (for the mostpart).  Feeling very good about myself right now, yup yup, sure am.

What I am listening to as I type this:  Sublime - Date Rape

April 18, 2007

Last night I went balls-out and basically finished this week's homework, just a couple more hours and that's it, probably do that tonight.  I was just very motivated; yesterday at work sucked ass, I got nothing accomplished (even while working through lunch) as if I'm not far enough behind already.  I might just haul ass the rest of this week and try to get at least 1/3 of the shit I have on my desk done ... let me just tell you that'd be a next to impossible feat ... especially since I'm in a meeting from 9am-3pm tomorrow (including through lunch).  Fuck me, I need to stop complaining so much, I'm turning into everything I despise in others.

So yeah, had major frustration upon leaving work yesterday, so I went home, ran hard at a steep incline on the treadmill for 30 minutes, then did a full weight workout.  Ate some leftovers while watching the Royals lose (again), then did homework.  Today I will work my ass off here, work my ass off at the gym, then finish my homework while watching the Royals lose again.  Tomorrow I will be in a 6 hour meeting ... needless to say, there is no chance in hell I am not going to get a beer someplace tomorrow night after the gym.  Holy shit will it feel good to be done with this class.  My grade slipped to a 99.1% ... I'm starting to feel like the losers in high school & college who cared about grades, what the hell gives?!  My priorities are severely crooked.

What I am listening to as I type this:  Sublime - Get Ready

April 16, 2007

Monday, Monday ... feels like Sunday.  It was 70 degrees out yesterday so I did homework all day and went grocery shopping; that's how I like spending nice days. It's quite bizarre when you wake up in the morning, write a paper, email it, take a nap, wake up, check your email, and the graded paper is there waiting for you already.  Anyways, we don't have our class outline yet for this week, so I'm not sure what I all have to do.  Did get about 14 runs in at Keystone on Saturday before noon, solid!! One more weekend of snowboarding left (Assuming I don't go to A-Basin, which is open until July hopefully) ... next weekend will have to be Breck or Vail as BC and Keystone closed for the season yesterday.

This week I get to go look at a shuffleboard table in Littleton for The Brad, do homework, go to ATHF Colon with Josh, and that should about wrap it up.  I will likely snowboard next Saturday and hit up the Rockies game with Adrian and his buddies on Sunday, the following weekend is the Stone Sour concert, which will be followed up by Boulder Kinetics, which will be followed up by the best weekend of them all ...

What I am listening to as I type this:  Rammstein - Alter Mann

April 13, 2007

Forecast said 6-12" of snow; we got zero.  I have homework to do tonight then (3 page research paper, no biggie, I can do those in 2 hours now) will likely go to bed early so I can go snowboarding tomorrow.  Saturday night I will likely play trivia at Old Chicago, and Sunday I will work on my proposal for school.

I am in such a wonderful mood today; in fact, I can't remember being in this good of a mood before.  Is it because I am wearing jeans, an ISU shirt, and an ISU hat today at work?  (You'll have to excuse the phone cam pic)  Is it because my office tree is looking so bright and lovely?  Oh, wait. Is it because I only have 2 more weeks left of the hardest and most time-consuming class I've ever taken while maintaining (hopefully) above a 99.5% score?  Is it because the ATHF movie comes out today?  Is it because summer is fast approaching because global warming has kept the temperature at 31 degrees today in mid-April? (note: sarcasm).  Is it because instead of busting my ass last night I went to BW3's with Josh, BJ, and Sarah then ate chips and salsa for dinner?  Is it because I might be getting an entire home gym (squat power rack, bench, olympic bar & weight set, dumbbells, floor mats, mirrors, etc.) for $450?  Is it because I got the absolute most wonderful package in the mail today?  Is it because it's payday?  Is it because it's Friday?  Is it because I'll still log 15 miles on the treadmill this week even though I've been insanely busy?  The Answer (and I don't mean Allen Iverson):  It's all of these.  It is very rare when everything in my life seems to be going this well.  I should just take the afternoon off and go watch Growing Pains reruns all day while sipping on some Newcastle or 90 Shilling, because that's the only way I could be happier right now.  Add "Friday the 13th" to the list of "myths".

What I am listening to as I type this:  Rammstein - Amour

April 12, 2007

Profound statements that I truly believe:
--Dane Cook has reached "Robin Williams" status (aka, the top) of the "I flat-out don't understand how anyone could possibly like him" scale.
--Ultimate Frisbee is the most ridiculous sport of all time.
--Gay and straight marriage should be legal, but neither should get a tax break of any sort.
--I could finally easily give up all non-sports TV with no regrets but probably won't.
--Golf and NASCAR are not sports, they are competitions which both take incredible talent.
--Global Warming is a myth, however, ozone layer holes are abundant over smoggy cities such as L.A.
--A child is not a child until he/she is born, that's why it's called a fetus until then.
--Gas prices aren't as bad as we think, look at how expensive it is in Europe ($6-7/gallon).
--The disallowing of my MP3 player usage on an airplane during takeoff has no merit whatsoever if the TV's are running in the same plane at the same time.
--Time Spent Doing Homework = Grade Earned.
--If you run more miles, you will get faster.  Likewise, the only way to keep weight off consistently is by running ... fast ... and long.

What I am listening to as I type this:  Nirvana - On A Plain

April 11, 2007

I went home last night and wrote a research paper for the second consecutive night.  It was due at midnight and at 9:00 I was only half done, so I decided to watch TV for an hour and a half.  I was stressing hardcore, so stopping to watch The Daily Show, Family Guy, and 2 episodes of Aqua Teen did the trick and got my mind destressified yes, that's a word, I'm surprised you didn't know that).  Back to my room at 10:30, and at 11:59, exactly 1 minute before it was due, I got my paper submitted.  Nothing like waiting until the last minute, eh?  One more research paper, an 8 page proposal, 2 power point lecture analysis's, and one case study to go this week.  And yes, I plan on fitting a day of snowboarding in there as well before Sunday.  I am going to be so F'n happy when this class is over.  Then, and only then, I promise I'll check my voicemail (haven't for 2 weeks) and call back anyone who has left me a message (I've been avoiding my phone due to extreme homework overkill the past week+).  I'm not avoiding anyone, just don't have time right now, and if I spend the time I need to relax and clear my mind talking on the phone, I'm probably going to go Columbine on somebody.  Oh wait, that's an inappropriate comment if you live in Colorado isn't it?  Sorry.

SLOTHS!  SLOTHS!  SLOTHS!  SLOTHS!  Thanks Klaver, I owe you for that one, I've watched it about 30 times since yesterday.  Amazing how we find time for the important things when all we do is complain about being busy, right?

Potential most awesome purchase of all time is in the works ... details later today after I check it out.  I don't have any physical space for this or a way to haul it back to my apartment, but if the price is right, it will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine.  You know how my mind works when I find something I want:  Just do it and figure out the complicated details later ;-)  Here's a very bizarre clue ...

What I am listening to as I type this:  Nirvana - Come As You Are (Unplugged)

April 10, 2007

Ok, pictures are finally up for opening day, you know where they are.

Shit, 500 characters, I keep forgetting I actually have to type something in the news to keep from the index.php page from getting all  kookie on me.  Anyone else besides Andy, Klaver and I an enormous fan of MacGruber?  He makes lifesaving things out of household materials.  The guy's a frickin' genius.  That is worth the watch, almost as much as this video of an amazing bowling shot.  But if we want to stick to my favorite baseball team, check out Joey Gathright jumping over a car.  Youtube will likely get me fired some day. 

Ok, I finally changed the counter, it's wrong though.

What I am listening to as I type this:  Rammstein - Ohne Dich

April 9, 2007

Happy belated Easter! Mine was a day filled with Spring Cleaning ... threw about 2 boxes worth of shit away yesterday (well, technically I set it by the curb this morning).  I mean really, is there any reason for me to need my old white-out taillights on Laetitia?  Will I need my factory 6.5" blown speakers?  The box and instructions for my old Olympus camera that I no longer have?  I basically emptied over 1/2 of one of my closets.  If I could bring myself to toss out my Playboys, which I probably will soon, I'd have more space than you can imagine.  Having 10 years worth of a magazine takes up space, and I don't think I'll ever look at them again, but I know I'll regret it some day if/when I own a house as I'll have the space.  We'll see.

I also (finally) began development on the Team Blonde website last night.  I was able to get three databases set up and implement software on the web server for phpbb, a guestbook, and gallery 2.  I put a few mods on each of them, but I still need to pick a universal color-scheme throughout.  I have much work to do on the gallery as well.  From here, I will tie in bits and pieces here and there (none of which will have public links) and when it's all ready, launch the index page, and boo-yah, a full-blown website just in time for Spring!

Let me say this one more time in case you haven't gotten the jist of it yet -- THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS GLOBAL WARMING!!!!!  Get it through your heads.

Went to Grindhouse last night.  Let's just say this ... after the first set of fake movie previews, it was already obvious it'd be a top-notch movie.  Then came Planet Terror, and it couldn't have been better - fucking AWESOME movie that I can't say enough awesome things about.  The second set of fake previews came on and thoughts of, "Oh my God, a movie might finally top Pulp Fiction as 'best movie ever created' ".  That is a feat which I didn't think ever could be accomplished.  The second set of fake previews were beyond awesome.  The only thing left to put a stamp on this was Tarantino's movie, Death Proof.  Holy shit, what a piece of garbage Death Proof was.  How could Tarantino ruin the first 2 hours of this double-feature movie by putting out such a piece of shit movie?!  It was dumb.  So here is my advice to you -- go see Grindhouse, go see it 20 times, just leave right after the second set of fake previews.  I hope they really make the movies Machette and Thanksgiving .... holy shit would those be awesome movies!!!!

I promise I'll put up opening day pix by tomorrow at the latest, goodbye.

What I am listening to as I type this:  Rammstein - Kuss Mich

April 6, 2007

There once was a boy named Bryan.  In March and April of the year 2007, in his mind he fell grossly behind in the following areas:

Social interaction near his home
Emails/requests at work
Emails/requests in personal inbox
Homework
Running
Biking
Lifting Weights
Keeping in touch with people who don't read his website

He then realized one night, that he just spent an entire weekend hanging with friends.  He has gotten quite a bit done at work, more than normal even, but that the amount of requests was just much higher than normal.  His personal email account had no time to be given much attention to due to business at work and homework at home.  He ran 12 miles last week and 7 so far this week, so wasn't as far behind as possible.  He discovered yesterday he can still bench press 275lbs, so while this is 40 below his record high, he is still in quite good shape.  Likewise, while he was far behind in school, his current course standing has him at a 99.36% in the course.

These realizations came to him one night when he had a night planned on doing homework until 2am; to reward himself, he decided to do nothing and watch the Avs beat the Canucks last night, and go to bed without touching homework.  Now his only woe is his $280 cell phone bill for this month  (which didn't count the $80 he spent on additional calling cards).

Have a lovely weekend, mine will be filled with homework, going to see Grindhouse, and possibly snowboarding on Sunday if I can get my 20 page paper and 3 page paper written over the course of today and tomorrow. (they are due this weekend, I haven't started either).

What I am listening to as I type this:  Rammstein - Ohne Dich

April 5, 2007

When I developed FM2, I made it so the format of the index page would get majorly fucked up if the substring of the news.php page didn't meet at least 500 characters long.  This was to encourage myself to type at least 500 characters every day so you would get something worthwhile.  Today I'm just too busy, but I don't want the formatting to get fucked up ... with that in mind ... kljdfkl; dkljfkl; djfio eur89peuq90r ie7r832u4iosj klfjdiofyud89 lkfjkldjf kl;adjklf jkldj fkldjafkld; jlk;f kdjklfajdiou k kljkjfkl; kfjkl;dj fu8yu8943up5qj jflkdjklf;ja uf89pu3jrke;jf adifopjif has it been 500 yet? kfjdkl;jfioe qui9prue98qjd afjkl jkl;fjiepj91839-7850e fjdkfd12489456a4 645f06d4894f89 0890 8489fd4a84 89f0498 894

There, that should do the trick!

What I am listening to as I type this:  Nirvana - Molly's Lips

April 4, 2007

12 years, it's been 12 years already since Mr. Cobain left this world ... his music has aged like wine.

Told ya she was hot ...  Oh  yeah, here's a picture I took of me on TV ... yes, I took a picture of a television set, that's perfectly normal.

Homework, yeah, I'm way behind right now, shouldn't have let it come to this.  Last night I was simply too tired and wanted to watch the Avs/Flames game, then I fell asleep.  I have so much shit to get done before Sunday, yikes.

Very busy at work, I have a ton of pictures but don't have time to put them up right now.

Royals are looking to start off 2-0 tonight, I would grossly approve of this.  I will post my reigning championship fantasy baseball team's roster sometime soon, it's average I guess, but it'll be tough to repeat with this group of guys.

Ja ja, that's about all I have for you today ... sorry, not too exciting this moment.

What I am listening to as I type this:  Nirvana - Aneurysm

April 3, 2007

Opening day broke records yesterday on the coolness scale, it was leaps & bounds beyond the amount of fun I've ever had at opening day.  Pictures will tell the tale, but I don't have my card reader here, expect good things tomorrow.  I think Alicia had a blast, as I think she did when we went snowboarding at Beaver Creek on Sunday.  Highlights of yesterday included:

-Winning concert tickets from Stout (KBPI DJ)
-Getting interviewed twice on Fox Sports Net
-Free beer for the duration of the game
-No drama in any way, shape, or form

About six months ago I was watching Fox Sports Net and this woman, Charissa Thompson, was conducting an interview for something or another.  While not normally attracted to blondes, it would be fair to say Charissa appears to be one of the most attractive women I've ever laid eyes upon.  You will see this for yourself once I post my pictures from yesterday.  So yesterday when I saw her in person, wow.  She interviewed Andy and I twice on Fox Sports Net.  Andy's sister Tivo'd it so I'll try to somehow get it posted to the site.  That ups my tally to two nationally broadcasted events on television, one nationally-published magazine article about me, and one XM radio interview.  Yup, I think my 15 minutes is almost up.  But back to Charissa ...  My confidence has reached record highs lately, and I would have been confident asking her out yesterday, and I'm positive she would have accepted (assuming she's single).  I chose not to for the same reason I've chosen not to use my recently-obtained contact information for Library Jennifer, who I swore I'd get in touch with and ask out if ever given the chance to find her.  That's right my friends, I only have eyes for the girl who lives far, far away from me.  TANGENT ALERT: She had an MRI done yesterday and she doesn't need surgery on her knee, she only tore halfway through her MCL.  She's already had both knees basically replaced and she's still teaching skiing with this MCL issue and a broken back.  This is one tough woman. TANGENT ALERT #2:  Seriously, how could I not just adore this woman?!  The little things make me smile, looking at pictures of what she does at work, teaching the smallest of children how to ski.  Teaching disabled (legless and paralyzed) children how to ski to a level where they compete internationally.  Competing in the gigathlon the past two years.  Ok, I'm going to stop now before I talk about her all day long ...

My only worries about yesterday were the text messages Karen (aka, FrogGirl) kept sending me; I hadn't seen or spoken to her since a few days before I left for Switzerland; I realized on that trip how wrong that relationship was.  I told her last night we need to have a face-to-face talk.  I care for her and respect her enough that she deserves this as opposed to me simply dumping her off the side of the road the way I have.

I have a detailed story (half completed) about Froggy that will likely not be published on fleetmack.com, but you will have a chance to read sometime ... keep reading.  I have Karen to thank for something; an idea.  Although my time is being swallowed with school and learning German these days (and I am desperately trying to find time to develop the Team Blonde website), I am preparing to undertake possibly the largest project of my life.  I am going to write a book.  The topic of the book sounds bland as I'm sure there are a million books like it, it will be about my dating career.  However, the writing style which I will employ to write my book is a modern and innovative writing style that I've developed and could easily see getting deployed into the mainstream.  It uses new technology coupled with story telling to make the reading fun and easy to relate to.  I am very excited about this.

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