A Slice of My Life

So Spring Break came and went. What did I do?

*I had an interview in Valley, AL. It's a town about 30 miles away that our entire class is doing a presentation on.

*Worked, though not very much. I think I worked a total of 10 hours this week? But that's what happens when everybody in the town is college students and they all go away.

*Hung out with this guy

And a few of his friends. We were chillin on an island, though I'm not sure if we're ever getting off considering I only got to the end of season one. But I've heard that Lost gets better with each season so I am looking forward to it.

That's pretty much what I did. Today, I went back to school and everything hit me. I have some stuff coming up, mostly school stuff but there are some fun things sandwiched in there.

Here is my upcoming schedule:

Thursday, March 25 - Sociology Test, Nutrition Quiz
Sunday, March 28 - Wrestlemania
Tuesday, March 30 - Envy On The Coast new cd (legally) comes out
Tuesday, March 30 - Speech in the afternoon (question of values -- that we got assigned today)
Tuesday, March 30 - (a few hours after the speech) PENDULUM in Atlanta!
Thursday, April 1 - Nutrition Quiz
Friday, April 9 - Paper on Valley is due
Tuesday, April 13 - Self-Evaluation paper in Public Speaking

While all this is going on, I need to be doing interviews for that major paper due on the 9th, working on a photoessay for sociology and trying to secure an internship for the summer.

Now, this is going to sound like I'm complaining but honestly I'm not. Two reasons. 1) I know some students have it way worse than this. 2) As hectic as it is, it means I'm still a student. Sure, I have all these crazy tests and papers coming up, but I still have concerts and events.

I guess I've just been thinking about the future a lot. And as excited as I am, it's starting to scare me just a little bit. Only because just the other day a friend of mine was talking about what he was going to be doing in October. I realized that I have no idea where I will be. Guess it's all part of the adventure, right?

Random Lyric of the Day:

I'm the bloodstain
On your shirt sleeve
Coming down and more are coming to believe
Now we know it all for sure

Make the hair stand
Up on your arm
Teach you how to dance
Inside the funny farm
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go

Picture Post

So I was going to update on my life and speak about random things, but then I just decided not to. If you still want to read some words though, check out what I thought of Monster over at my movie blog.

But for now, I would just like to share some recent pictures. Enjoy.

The test shot. The first picture ever taken with my new camera.

Random trip to Jme's. This is her cooking an awesome chicken/spaghetti hybrid (I know what it's called, but that just sounded cooler)

Her new dog Kami

Rockin out (I was on guitar)

What my last class of the day looks like. Notice how cramped the seats are. Worst idea ever.

Wrestling in Atlanta

Felt like I was watching it in HD

My visual aid for my Patriot speech (Stephen Colbert)

My awesomely delicious Superbowl meal (we like to call it Taco Extravaganza)

Kind of ironic to find a heart when throwing away boxes during Valentine's Day

A behind the scenes look at VDay

And this final picture proves that my best friend is cooler than yours

I'm Caught Somewhere In Between Alive And living A Dream

So yesterday had some terrible/great weather. Terrible for the same reason it was great -- the rain was pouring down and it was the kind that when it hits your window, it just makes you want to stay asleep. Unfortunately, I did and missed the first class of the day, but it's the end of the year so oh well. But I made it to my second class only to be chewed out (not me specifically, but the entire class) by my teacher, and it felt awful. You know how when you are little, at times the guilt trip lectures from your parents sucked more than if they actually did something? That's what yesterday felt like. He was basically getting onto us for still making the same mistakes and not learning from them. This was a Reporting class, the major for 98% of us in there, and he flat out said that he has told people that have asked that he would not recommend some of the people in the class. That we would be a waste of time. Of course he makes you think to yourself "surely he isn't talking about me" and not to be big headed, but I don't think he was. However, I have some made some mistakes, so I still took the speech to heart. I really wish we had more time in there to turn the whole thing around...

Saw my sister and brother in law for the last time before they officially make the trip to South Dakota. If the situation was different, I would be a friggin mess right now, probably ballin my eyes out (don't judge me) at the thought of not seeing them again for a while. But the situation is different -- I will be flying out there in roughly two weeks. However, check in with me when I fly back. That's when you might see a (at that time) 23 year old male cry like a 14 year old girl if she ever found at that sparkling vampires don't exist.

We had dinner, just the three of us, and it was great. Everything we usually do: Gossip, crack jokes, eat, laugh, get serious if we need to. At one point I confessed to them that I would be joining Twitter soon and that made for great conversation (it was the three of us that had bashed the site calling it "stupid" among other things). It's always fun to eat your words. At the end of the meal, they took my bill and put it with thiers. Now, this may happen a lot, but not usually with us. It was just kind of a cool moment. I think we are all getting caught up in emotions and usually my pride would get in the way, but I just let it happen this time. She called me a few hours later and said she said goodbye to our neice and nephew and she broke down. So I guess I better watch out for her when I leave as well...

And how about a random story to end on? So we are getting specific shoes for jme's wedding and the site I ordered them from said (after I placed the order) that they didn't have any in the size I requested. I freaked out and googled some other sites and came across Zappos.com and snatched up some from them. I had tried to get expedited shipping, but went too fast. I noticed that they had a 24/7 helpline so at 8:30 at night I called them and asked to get the faster shipping. She said since I called, she put me as VIP and it automatically upgraded me to one day shipping, so I expected the shoes to get here on Friday (three days later). Imagine my surprise when I woke up the next morning to Frisco handing me a box that the mailman had just dropped off. It contained my shoes. Did I mention it was 8 in the morning, making it a 12 hour shipment?

Hope you guys have a good weekend. I will be watching the SEC championship, hopefully seeing Florida crush Bama for the second week in a row.

Random lyric of the day:

You gotta swim
For nights that wont end
Swim for your families
Your lovers your sisters
And brothers your friends

Recaps and What's to Come

Let's do this PPF style...

Past:

Last week was crazy. Monday before Thanksgiving I became pretty sick. Kinda sucked. I had a different symptom each day too haha. On Monday though it was a complete body ache. That sucked the worst. The next day or two I got the sniffles and sore throat, but at least the body ache went away. Through sickness and other people in the house at different places, Wednesday was a pretty chill day for me. Then, the next day was the chaos. I left for my hometown in the morning and made it to one of my family's house around noon. I was kinda curious as to how it would feel with this being the first time I was around all of them after the divorce, but it didn't feel different at all. Kinda cliche seeing as what day it was, but I am pretty thankful for that. A little bit of drama (wouldn't be complete without it) but its not worth the details. After family time, saw some friends including some I haven't seen in a while (Kelly, Ivan, the Baisas) and some I mention here quite a bit (jme) then got in the car and drove home and passed out knowing what was ahead of me the next day. From reading people's blogs, it seems that Black Friday is a pretty regular thing for you guys, and I got sucked in as well. My dad always sends me to find random stuff but this year I actually lucked out when they had some cheap prices on blu rays. After the shopping, I got in a little sleep and woke up just in time for the Iron Bowl. We lost. I sobbed. End of story. That night, Frisco went to a show in Atlanta so I was chillin by myself and watched the blu ray editions of Blades of Glory and The Patriot. The Patriot was an experience. I have seen it before, but it had been a while. I thought I would fall asleep fast, but I ended up watching all 2 hours and 47 minutes. Such a great movie, still gets me emotional at certain scenes and it looks GREAT in 1080p. The next day was sort of a recovery day, but Frisco was a dj at a party and that was so much fun. He had rappers that were freestyling over his stuff and it was just a really cool experience. Considering he didn't start until 1 in the morning, I pretty much slept all day Sunday.

Present:

My world is currently revolving around school, because it is coming to a close. But this has to be the greatest ending to a semester I have had the whole time I've been in a school. I'm done with my bowling class; after a quick paper, I will done with my visual communication class; i just did my final interview for my reporting class; which leaves me with only worrying about ONE final. That is such a stress relief (my apologies to those of you are stressing much more than this). That final is in psychology of addictive behaviors and could be pretty hard, but now that I only have to put all my time into one final, it should be good.

Future:

A lot of things are coming up. My birthday is in two weeks and I am such a media junkie I am getting excited because The Hangover, Inglorious Basterds and a re-release of Anberlin's cd all come out on my birthday. There are plenty of other birthdays in December, from cousins to best friends to grandmothers to fiances of best friends to sisters -- this month is stacked. But overshadowing birthdays is jme's wedding, which is getting here faster than what seems possible. After watching her say "I do" we will all hopefully hang out, then the very next weekend I will be traveling to South Dakota to spend Christmas/New Year's with my sister. We will be sending 2009 out with smiles on our faces.

Random thoughts:

*It is colder in my room that in the living room. Like, dramatically different temperatures.

*My mom is on facebook now. My aunts and stuff I am cool with. But for some reason, my mom being on there is kind of... annoying.

*Is anyone else interested in seeing Sherlock Holmes?

*I am thinking about crossing over to the dark side. Ya know, the one with the blue birds.

Random lyric of the day:

If we live our life in fear I'll wait a thousand years
Just to see you smile again
Quell your prayers for love and peace
You'll wake the thought police
We can hide the truth inside

Peeking in from the shadows

I feel like I haven't had a real post in weeks. And this kind of isn't one either. It's a declaration -- and an apology.

There are those who have left comments and I haven't really returned the favor. That changes this weekend. If your blog doesn't let you know there are new comments, then on Monday you just may want to check. For the first time this summer, I have no plans this weekend. Well, I would like to go the movies (Inglorious Basterds), sleep in on Sunday, and watch Summerslam Sunday night. Other than that, I will be checking in on you guys and being better than what I have been the past week or so, just reading the opening paragraph and going on. I say this because your awesome comments keep me going and there are a couple in particular that I HAVE to return the favor to.

But real quick, here is what I have been up to:

*school started Monday. Hence the busy-ness and the need for sleep on Sunday. Classes seem like they will be ok. One of them is a bowling class :)

*with school starting again, that meant my ex-girlfriend came back. In late breaking news -- we talked. It wasn't pleasant at first, but it could be later on in a "we can be civil" kind of way. We shall see, but expect a post about that later.

*but actually the major thing is the roommate situation. Let's just say that the situation I was worried about is already starting to come true -- and school just started. It got pretty bad at one point where I sort of ran away from my own house. But I got clear headed the next day and we talked. I feel like things are resolved -- for now.

Other than that, I have been listening to some new music, specifically Matt & Kim, but also thanks to a comment I checked out Scouting for Girls (thanks Lola). Hopefully this life gets a lil more interesting so I will have more to talk about.

Random lyric of the day:

I'm gonna break your little heart
Watch you take the fall laughing all the way to the hospital
'cause there's nothing surgery can do

I'm gonna break your little heart
Show you to the door sew yourself shut and now you're begging for more
'cause there's nothing surgery can do
When i break your little heart in two

These words pour out when I open my mouth

I feel like all my posts in recent weeks have either been Wordless Wednesdays or links to songs and all that stuff and I KNOW you guys are going "But Mr O, what's been going on with your life?" Even though I just made that up (I don't know what you guys think) here is an actual "post" that the description of my blog talks about.

The other day, I had all these events and thoughts that I was going to put into this but I have forgotten them. So this post is going to be freestyled. Not even I know how it's going to end.

I think I just made a mistake. I made a Coldplay B-side playlist to listen to right now and one of the tracks is piano heavy. So I guess I will start with the deep stuff first. Right now, there are two things dominating my mind. One is a family issue that may or may not happen so therefore won't get talked about right now and the other is next month. It's so crazy to me to think that August will be one year since my girlfriend of three years officially, after three or four semi-breakups, ended our relationship. We were actually still complicated for a while and I guess we didn't officially stop whatever the hell it is we were doing until late January early February. But still, a year since the final break up and my craziness that came afterward. I hate that I was “that guy.” Calling her every day and pleading for a chance to make things right. I hate it not only because of how stalkerish it felt but now I just feel embarrassed for myself. I tried to do everything and for what? It got me nowhere and in man terms just made me look (and feel) like a little bitch. Everytime that I pleaded for her to come and she did everything on her own time. Even now. Since last August, after a weak week attempt at trying school, she has been home ever since, missing what could have been her last year in undergraduate school. Next month, she comes back. Did I mention we started dating a few days before high school graduation and were steady the first three years of college? So I feel like this past year that she left me. Not only on a relationship level, but just being there – in my life. And now she is coming back. I don't know how to react because I have recently finally started to have a life without her. A life where I don't see a sappy movie and think of her. I just know my own emotions and I don't know how they are going to handle her living in the same town again. A few months ago she got into a new relationship so that may explain why there has been no contact. As far as I know, they are still together. For my sanity's sake, I hope they stay together so no temptations will creep in. I've warned all my friends that I may need them in the next month or two now more than ever.

Speaking of friends, I am getting to the point where I am starting to consider some of my blogger followers and people I follow “friends” as well. We may never actually see each other, but I have connected with some of you more than some people that call themselves my friend. With that said, I'm warning all you guys as well – I may need to come to you guys in the next month or two, haha. Even if it's just you clicking on a blog title.

And let's try to lighten this up a little. I am really appreciating all the nice comments whenever I do a music post like Under My Covers. Especially the ones who say they are hearing it for the first time, it just makes me smile because that is my mission. But I feel music is like Christmas – it's great to give and receive. I will never walk around like I know all music because that's impossible. So as much as I love to put music out there, I love to receive it even more. In the past week I have listened to cd's that I got by winning jeanette's blog contest and have found a few new gems, youtubed this nice acoustic version of "Let Go" after a couple of comments from the Garden State version of Under My Covers and stayed on Melissa's post for an hour clicking play repeatedly listening to jazz. And that's another thing. I am mostly an alternative rock kind of guy, but I really do listen to everything. “Make Her Say” by Kid Cudi, Kanye West and Common is one of my favorite tracks right now. And just planned – in October I will be going to my second drum and bass show. That combined with the Incubus show in August and a *possible* Blink-182 show in September and these next few months are looking nice.

Speaking of shows, I finally got confirmation and on Tuesday I will be sweating my ass off in Atlanta while attending Warped Tour. Last year, there were two bands I HAD to see – Pierce the Veil and Gym Class Heroes. I saw GCH twice, a regular set and then an acoustic set in the afternoon, and PTV stole the show. This year, I don't have that one single band I want to see but I will definitely be looking out for a few. And since I will probably be stoked coming from the show, I will talk more about the bands in a later post.

Movie wise the past two few days have been interesting. On Friday, I was hanging out with J Beezy when a friend of hers asked her to go see The Ugly Truth. She pretty much told me I was coming along to make the thing better and Hedman ended up coming with us. What was really crazy was that the point of going was to go with the friend of hers, but we didn't even sit with them. Hedman and I were complaining at the beginning (let me stop right there – I don't want to make it seem like I hate romantic comedies. They are actually a guilty pleasure. But this movie just did not look good to me) and we laughed pretty hard at the idea of walking out in the first 30 seconds. But we stayed – and laughed. Jeannette doesn't feel the same way, haha, but it was much better than I expected. I am still waiting for Katherine Heigl to come out and bash the movie now.

But then last night we FINALLY saw Ice Age 3 in 3D and it was pretty much awesome. Those little squirrels – they get me everytime. And I think after this and Up, I am starting to dig these 3D movies. But the best 3D movie of all hasn't even come out yet. But it will be here March 5, 2010. I think I have watched the trailer like five times already. If you haven't yet, it's in my very important date to the upper left of this post.

If you have read this far, you are awesome. But the other small thing that has been stressing me out is taking over and I feel like this is coming to a close because of it. I have class in the morning and we only have a week left. It's a photojournalism class, so it's not that hard but all the assignments finally got dates and they are all due in the next week. In the past few days I have gotten most of them done, but I tried to do one today that didn't come out so well. I am hoping the teacher has got some advice for me or else i'm screwed. But off to sleep to be prepared for that.

Oh, and sorry that no house party happened this weekend. But hopefully your night is free tomorrow. I'm making waffles :)

Random lyric of the day:

Mmmm whatcha say,
Mmm that you only meant well?
well of course you did
Mmmm whatcha say,
Mmmm that it's all for the best?
of course it is
Mmmm whatcha say?
Mmmm that it's just what we need
you decided this
whatcha say?

I'm in a glass case of emotion!

So it's currently near 2 in the morning. I have a class at 8. And I am still awake. Enough to write down my thoughts. Let's do this.

All the emotions I felt today...

bored: Started a new mini semester today, and my first class was... wow. The dude talked for the entire hour and a half. I thought I was the only one suffering until I heard the sighs coming from almost everyone else. It would have been funny if he wasn't so old.

proud: After class, I went on and spoke with my journalism adviser to talk about what classes to take, how many hours I still had left, etc. Anyway, we got to talking about my electives and I told her I thought I had about one or two classes left in my psychology minor. She told me I may need to check again. After talking to a psych adviser, turns out I have completed my minor for psychology. Officially, and I didn't even know. But I was pretty pumped.

crunk: As I have stated, there is a new roommate in the house. Well, I came home from class and I heard him blaring his music. You would think this is a bad thing, but with myself and the roommate big music guys, it actually made me happy. But what made me really happy was that he was playing "Everything Must Go" by Taking Back Sunday. I banged on his door till he opened it and we rocked out, haha. Good times.

blah: Last week, I tried texting my ex to see how she was doing. I would call, but she has a new boyfriend and I don't know, if she were to be with him, it would just feel weird. But after getting no response, she hit me up today. We chatted about Stephen Colbert's new haircut for a while, before it turned to the "how are you's" and then finally her boyfriend came up. A BIG part of me was about to pull the "I can't talk about this" card, but I sucked it up and at least answered the text. I feel I am getting better in that department and I will continue to be ok, until I see the first pic of them together or Heaven forbid, actually physically see them together. I think I might lose it, but then I will pull it together. I hope. August is going to be an interesting month, let's just say that.

concerned (with myself): speaking of the girl front, I feel my mind is making a mistake. It's starting to like someone I really shouldn't start liking. It's like when I watched Nick and Norah, I said to my friend, "I think I could fall for someone based on their playlist." Well, that's happening. And just so i'm not a complete weirdo, she is extremely cute. "Adorable" is the word my friend who I would not have known the girl in question about (for blog purposes, we will call her Norah, haha) without has described her. But there are SO many complications with this. Let's start with the major one: she has a boyfriend. Now, let's just keep going. She is starting her second year of college in the fall while I am starting my fifth and regardless of what anyone says, that just seems weird to me, she is VERY religous and while I don't have a problem with that I fear it may clash one day, and did I mention she has a boyfriend? Oh, and the fact that she has no idea I even think she is attractive. That damn self esteem thing is kicking in because she is also really skinny and i'm... not. And just in case I haven't said it, the whole boyfriend thing is a problem. Except that I hear he is a douche and she said in the car today that she was thinking of breaking up with him (not to me, just sort of out loud). But she has an AWESOME taste in music -- lil triva, she was actually at the Taking Back Sunday that I still have not posted about. I doubt anything is going to come of this, but I will still put her in the tags, just in case, haha.

Oh self, what do you do to yourself?

Random lyric of the day:

Where are you now?
As I'm swimming through the stereo
I'm writing you a symphony of sound
Where are you now?
As I rearrange the songs again
This mix could burn a hole in anyone
But it was you I was thinking of

We now return to our regularly scheduled blogging...

What a week. I feel like I have been tired for all of it. I have put a lot of time in the studio though - my "job" involves listening to the cds that different companies send us and see if they are good or not - and I have been taking care of that after slacking last week. But even last night, I went to bed sorta early and still felt really tired all week. Oh well.

First mini class is over. Well, it will be when I hand this project in tomorrow. The class was newspaper editing and design. We had to put together an entire front page and I was pretty happy to get a 93 on it. Then she handed us our average in the class and mine was an 89. I was like C'MON!!! So basically this thing I am turning in tomorrow is make or break. Let's hope to make it...

We were sposed to go see the midnight showing of Transformers on Tuesday. Apparently, everybody else wanted to also as when we got there it was sold out. Made another attempt the next night, but after spending three hours in the studio, I was kind of tired. When the person I was sposed to go with changed plans, I just chilled. Now the date is set for Saturday matinee (times are hard out here, haha).

Speaking of money, apparently I have less than what I thought. That's never a good thing. Looks like July is going to be a struggle month. But at less two trips to Crestview are in the works. Independence Day weekend and then UFC 100 featuring the Brock Lesnar fight. Can't wait for both of those.

And now, for my two cents:

Say what you want about Micheal Jackson, the man made some damn good music back in the day. I still jam out to him every now and then and I remember loving his song in Free Willy, haha. But the man, not the entertainer, was a dirty guy. Is this going to be about how he should be remembered? No, that is up to you. Everybody has an opinion and they are entitled to it. I just hope I don't offend anybody with mine, which is this: Nobody knew him, so why are there people saying they are sad and are going to cry? My friend said she turned on BET 106th and Park and people were balling in the audience. I just don't get it. I loved Heath Ledger as an actor, still do, but I didn't want to cry when he died. I didn't know him. The only time I came close to feeling sad when a celebrity died is when Eddie Guerrero passed away. Yes, I realize I am giving away that I am a wrestling fan, but his was actually sad. He was a man who was down on his luck at one point but he pulled himself together and got out of it. And that night, it showed all his friends on there balling, and tribute videos that yea it did get to me. But the man who brought us Thriller and stand up comedians an endless supply of jokes? While sad, it's not that emotional. Like I said, everybody is entitled to thier opinion, this is just mine. Maybe I should have put this more elegantly, or just plain better, but it's late, and like I said... tired all week.
Random lyric of the day:

So you stand on the corner
Where the angels sit
And you think to yourself,
"This is it, this is it
This is all that I have
All I can stand
Is this air in my lungs
And this coin in my hand"
That you tossed in the air
And I fell, and I fell
All the way to the bottom
Of the well, of the well
Like those soft little secrets
That you tell, that you tell
To yourself, when you think
No one's listening to, well

Blame It On The...

Pretty fun weekend. Went to Crestview, to visit the sister and brother-in-law. That place is basically my getaway, but this was the first time I didn't really need to get away from anything. I just wanted to be there. There is something about when the three of us get together, it is just an amazing time. Also, it was the start of a four weekend run. This past weekend, Crestview. Next weekend, Dad's day. Weekend after, trip to Tuscaloosa (University of Alabama) to visit friends. Weekend after that, 4th of July and either I will be in Atlanta dancing my ass off or in Crestview barbecuing and having a lil "sippy sippy".

Speaking of which, let me explain. I am not what you would call a "drinker" by any means. However, the only time I really do is with my family (the Crestview peeps). And I will admit it -- it's the girly drinks. We went to Outback last night and I got a captain something. Tasted really good actually. And then we got our "dranky drank" on with the best of em -- Mike's Hard Lemonade, haha. Ok ok, I will admit this also -- and green apple smirnoff. There, I admitted it. No beer or hard liqour for this man. Give me my fruity drinks!

What else did I do this weekend? Well, let's start with Friday. Got there around 9 or 10 (its like a four hour drive from my house) and just chilled that night. Next day, watched some movies and then went and played miniature golf (known in that area as "Goofy Golf"). Woke up this morning and basically chilled all day playing wii and xbox for a while. Now I am home and have to work on a newspaper layout for the summer class I am taking. Better get to it, but before I do, enjoy the following pictures.

So I mentioned I watched some movies, right? Well I watched two, and I now have two new crushes. Let me explain my crush past. For the LONGEST time it was Jessica Alba. After Pirates, it was Keira Knightley. More recently, it was Mila Kunis after Forgetting Sarah Marshall followed by Jordana Brewster in F&F4. Let me introduce you to my two new ladies:

First movie we watched was Yes Man, which was better than I thought it would be. And now I would like to welcome Zooey Deschanel to the club.

And then we saw "He's Just Not That Into You." Not as good as I thought it would be (random fact about myself: I am actually kind of a chic flick fan). Just kinda average. But after everybody I know has the hots for her, I am adding myself to the Scarlett Johansson fan club.


And after that, what an awesome segway to family photos, eh?


Any ways, these guys are pretty much the ultimate combination of best friends and family members, this is my sister and brother-in-law:



And this was my sister and I in the ridiculously hot heat of goofy golf:



And finally, just us posing in the hot sun, with our golf clubs:



So that's about it. Taking Back Sunday concert on Wednesday that I cannot wait for. Oh and expect a major music blog coming soon...

Random lyric of the day:

Girl i know you feel good
Just like you look, couple more shots
You open up like a book
I ain't trippin
(cause imma read ya)
Shawty i ain't trippin
(i just wanna please ya)
Imma take a shot of nuvo
Shawty didn't you know
It's going down we can go n kick it like judo (you know)
You know what i mean
Shawty got drunk, thought it all was a dream
So i made her say i, i i
Now she got her hand on my legs, got my seats all wet in my ride (all wet in my ride)
All over my ride (all over my ride)

Maybe. Maybe Not.

Today was my last official day of class. Turned in my second ten page paper of the semester and then went to class to get my paper back (made a B+ on, so that's good). Said goodbye to a friend I will probably never see again, considering we will not have to show up for that final and she is interning in the summer and done. It was cool having her in this class though.

And then, that was it. Final on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. Then I am finished. For two whole weeks. In which Frisco and I will be driving cross country. Looked at rental cars today though, so now we at least have some kind of idea.

So in my last blog, I mentioned that I saw the trailer to Slumdog Millionaire and became interested. Well, the next day I rented it. My verdict: I liked it. I actually said out lout at one point "this is deep."

Hung out with Amy, the girl I "met" on myspace. It has been two good visits, but I don't really know where to go with her. It's fun hanging out with her, but we are two single people. I almost don't know how to act. Should we be doing more than being friends? Or should we be happy that we have friends? That second one sounded kinda lame. I'm just not used to this situation. Usually, I don't mind meeting new girls because I had a girlfriend, so there was never any of that "is he just trying to get with me" tension, because I never was.

Oh well, maybe a trip to Montgomery on Friday to see Wolverine. Maybe not. Maybe deal with this Matt Walker situation on Thursday. Maybe not.

Random lyric of the day:

You’re a mountain that I’d like to climb
Not to conquer, but to share in the view

Updates

Family: My sister called me today and I couldn't be more happy. Maybe this will only compare to the feeling of finally seeing jme after like 5 thousand years. Seriously, I can't remember the last time we just hung out, not a stop by on my way home or anything like that. I think the last time was in daleville/dothan (yeesh). But back to my sister, it was awesome having her call. We both talked of how we felt out of schedule and said it won't be like that again. Sidenote: she has gone 8 days without smoking and I am so stoked about it. 8 days may not be a long time, but compare it to the near decade of smoking and it's a start.

School: Finished what I had to do for one class and I feel somewhat prepared for my test tomorrow. This weekend was supposed to be a break, but I will have to do some work before, study sometime during, and meet up with my group at the end. I know I at least will get a break when the semester is over.

Sports: UNC won the NCAA tournament. I haven't kept up with it since my bracket was shot in the first round. But it was nice to finally see them win as I have sort of been a fan of them for a while. I say sort of cuz i'm not a hardcore fan (I only like them because of my uncle) but I do cheer them on at times. Also, I don't know if you would categorize this as sports, but I sold my wrestling tickets and while money makes me happy, handing those over made me sad

Video Games: My Xbox froze twice today. This is not good news.

Movies: Fast and Furious just sort of came and went, didn't it? Now what do we have to look forward to? I still am I little excited for Wolverine, and kind of Star Trek???? It looks entertaining. Terminator i'm still a little iffy on

Music: I had a good show tonight. Randomly got extended to three hours. Did an artist spotlight on The Academy Is... and had someone call in asking who they were, so that was cool. She also asked who I was and my usual time and all that so there was definitely a smile on my face. (is it weird that I thought she sounded cute on the phone?) Already started planning for next week's show: An all female show. Any ideas? Eminem is back. And when I say back, I mean back to his first couple of cd's. His newest video has him making fun of celebrities. Some of it is funny, but most of it just seems.... stale and unoriginal. The song still needs to grow on me.

TV Shows: Ok, I admit it, I am a sucker for "reality" shows. More specifically, ones that involve elimination. I have yet to watch a season of The Real World and I probably never will. But Duel or Island or Gauntlet? Sign me up. I will catch up on the first episode tomorrow. Oh, and I LOVED the ending to I Love Money this week. I was laughing and cheering and then felt very weird for doing so. I have also been on a Nitro Circus marathon. That show is very addicting. Lastly, this season of Rock of Love has been the worst. It has been really hard to keep watching. But will I watch Daisy of Love? Probably.

I've rambled too long. I think I have some ideas for this blog. Let me think about it.

Random lyric of the day:

I tried to do handstands for you
But everytime I fell for you
I'm permanently black and blue,
permanently blue for you

Hold on to that feeling

What a crazy, crazy day...

*Feel I did ok on my test. First time I answered all the short answer questions, so that's a good thing. Still, I went to talk to her before this test to try and get help and if I don't do good I feel like I will disappoint her. We'll see

*Got in to my other psych class and realized that we had an article review done that I was completely oblivious to. Nice. Just got it done a few minutes ago. And I just had a hard time trying to spell minutes.

*Originally had a quiz scheduled for next Monday in my press, law and ethics class. Got moved to April 13th. I also have a "case briefing" that day where I have to present a court case to the class. In my recent style of forgetting things, that just so happens to be the day I have tickets to go see wrestling in Atlanta. I figured before I took the blow and sold them I would at least ask him and see if there was anything I could do. He said I could come to his office the Friday before or Monday of and take the quiz and VIDEO TAPE MY PRESENTATION. As if that embarrassment is not enough, his office is located in Montgomery.

*Got my paper back in feature writing today. I made a B, a grade that normally I would be upset about, but considering I literally did it the night before, I can't complain one bit. I feel I am starting to take pride in my work because when he wrote comments on my paper, he talked about things I should have added and I totally agreed with him. So much that I almost got disappointed in myself that I didn't think to add them in on my own. Same thing happened the other night in the studio. I made a couple mistakes that when I first started out last summer were no big deal, but that's just it - i'm not just starting anymore. I shouldn't be making stupid mistakes like playing a song while another song is already playing.

*Speaking of music, and wrapping up my day, a friend came over to play Rock Band because she wasn't happy at the moment and needed to get out. Everytime she comes over we are guaranteed to play two songs -- "Bounce" by The Cab and "Down With The Sickness" by Disturbed. We actually failed the Sickness because her friend wasn't good. Haha, that sounds mean but it's always funny when people are like "i'm not very good" and then Frisco picks up the guitar and puts it on expert.

Also, good times -- when Frisco left tonite and I had the house to myself, I decided I would get on the mic. I belted a setlist that included "The Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring, "Sweetness" by Jimmy Eat World, "Black" by Pearl Jam and the newly downloaded "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey. It is fun putting on a concert when no one is around.

On sad news, it looks like it is confirmed. I will never see the following picture on a football field again:

Just like the picture looks, dude is unhappy. So goodbye. It's sort of sad news because I did like the guy. But really sad news because I have no idea who our quarterback will be now

Random lyric of the day:

If you run away now,
Will you come back around?
And if you ran away,
I'd still wave goodbye
Watching you shine bright.