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[Apr. 20th, 2009|12:38 pm] |
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| | Thursday- "Standing on the Edge of Summer" | ] |
Friends, today is a sad, if not historic day.
After many years of being a part of the LJ community, today I make a graceful departure.
Now, while this certainly marks the end of what was a once great institution (ha!), I can assure you it is also the start of something that will hopefully be even better.
I will be continuing my blogging exploits in a different place from here forth. I basically just thought it was time to try something a little different, and really...something a little more adult...ish. I also plan on promoting the new one a bit. And by promoting I mean pulluting people's facebook newsfeeds and myspace bulletin boards with links. Nonetheless, I expect a substantial increase in traffic, and thought a fresh start was for the best. Moreover, I also intend on taking it a little more seriously than I have this one for the better part of the last year.
So, for both of you that still look at this, (hell, maybe more, who knows...but I doubt it), thanks for sticking with it and giving a fuck what I had to say.
Check out the new blog. If you ever enjoyed this one, you have my personal guarantee the new one will not be any less enjoying/entertaining. Add that bitch to your favorites, or RSS feed, or whatever newfangled way it is you kids keep track of things these days.
http://charliehearne.wordpress.com
And thus, the end of a great era comes to a close.
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| 2009 |
[Jan. 21st, 2009|04:36 am] |
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| |  awake | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Bury Your Dead- "Tuesday Night Fever" | ] |
You know, I think last year I might have made a new years resolution to post more frequently and that just didn't really happen, so this year, none of that. I will post at my leisure.
I do feel, however, like I need to ring in the new LJ year with some quality material. Its always fun to look back at some highlights from the year that just came to a close. Mine include, in order of importance:
Going to two Western Conference final Stanley Cup playoff games
Graduating college
Starting grad school
Not dying
Finally seeing Taking Back Sunday
Moving into a kickass apartment with one of my best friends
Getting my PS3 online
You know, "Not dying" might seem an odd highlight, but I mean...isn't it important to be around for another year??
All in all, 2008 was mostly kind.
Some things I'm looking foward to in 2009, or things that are important that I will be doing:
Interning...somewhere
New A Day To Remember album
A trip to Austin (I swear to god, this is going to he happening!)
Starting a football season with somebody other than Jon Gruden calling the shots
Colt McCoy winning the Heisman
That's really all I've got for now. I don't think very far ahead, but most of you know that already.
As for recent excitement...there has been none. It's January 21 and I have been in class for 2 weeks now. Everybody else has been in class for one day. I don't dig that at all. This semester's slate of classes don't seem too bad. I have a marketing class, and the professor seems like a huge douche, but I'm sure I'll manage.
Am I leaving anything out?? What would you like to know??
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[Nov. 19th, 2008|02:44 am] |
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| | Norma Jean- "I Used To Hate Cell Phones, But Now I Hate Car Accidends" | ] |
As I turn into an old man, it is a sad reality that my LJ will increasingly become a shrine honoring my favorite Bucs as they step away from the game.
On Monday, John Lynch returned to Tampa to announce his retirement from the NFL. I could write a novel about his career and accomplishments, but I don't think that it's neccessary. Punctuality is a thing to admire. So I will just say this. If it wasn't for John Lynch, I doubt I would be a Bucs fan. I would have a different icon, I wouldn't have Warrick Dunn, Chris Simms, and Barrett Ruud jerseys hanging in my closet, or Buccaneer pennants hanging on the wall above this computer. I might even be a Cowboys fan. So, thank you John Lynch for saving me from that cruel fate, being the heartbeat of our Super Bowl team, and for being the best damn safety I ever had the honor to watch play.
Speaking of football, after week 9 when everybody had played 8 games, I wrote a very long, quite in-depth mid-season review, then decided I didn't like it, and consequently didn't post it. But here are just some brief thoughts. The Giants and Titans are clearly the two best teams, but after that it's a mess. That could be your Super Bowl matchup, or you could have anybody from Tampa, Atlanta, Arizona, Washington, NYJ, Pitt, or Baltimore in there. So, lets just see how it goes, eh?
I know some of you would really like some non-football related LJ substance, but here is the problem with that. For the past month my life has consisted of getting up at either noon or 1pm depending on the day of the week, making a 22 minute walk to class (which has been AMAZING b/c the weather has kicked ass), sitting in class for either an hour and 20 minutes or 3 hours, depending on the day, making the 22 minute walk back to my apartment, eating something, watching some tv, then working on stuff for class. Around 1 or 2am I usually start playing some video games until 3 or 4, then go to bed, and repeat. Hard to manage much excitement when that's your itenerary each day. I did stand in line for 11 hours to be able to attend one of the best regular season college football games ever, and all of a sudden I attend a school that controls its own fate as far as getting to the national championship game. Texas Tech University. Who'da thunk it? Not me, that's for damn sure. As soon as anything even a little interesting happens, you'll be the first to know, I promise.
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| Yeah, I'm still around |
[Oct. 8th, 2008|11:45 am] |
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| | cheerful | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Hatebreed- "I Will Be Heard" | ] |
So, I had to be on campus early today because my accounting professor has quite unreasonable office hours, and I've had, and still have a big chunk of time to kill before class (still more than two hours away, bleh).
So, since I have to entertain myself somehow, I figured I'd stop by and let all three of you still reading this know what's goin' down with my endlessly exciting life.
First of all, this MBA business, I believe, is a success thus far. A graduate level accounting class for somebody who had never set foot in a business class has been a hell of a time, but as per the usual, I have totally dominated it...it just didn't come quite as easy as I'm accustomed to. That's cool though, just means it'll be that much more gratifying when I see that "A".
The other class has kinda been...a blowoff haha. It's this strategic management class, and to put it very simply, the professor doesn't really seem too interested in being there. I don't think we've had a day of class he didn't let us out at least an hour early, and he's cancelled class a couple times, which for a 7 week course that meets twice a week that's kinda a lot. No complaints from me.
Btw, I'm writing this from the BA computer lab (which I didn't even know existed until about half an hour ago). It's incredibly dreary in here.
Anywho, I think I've also figured out kinda sorta maybe what I want to do with my life. I've really had a tough time with this the last couple years. It seems like there isn't anything in particular that I enjoy doing. Kinda a problem when in a couple years I'm going to need to be doing SOMETHING. Then it dawned on me that, oh yeah, I obtain great enjoyment from sports. So, it only makes sense for me to work for a franchise, eh? Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees. There are hockey teams everywhere, all of which love picking up college kid interns to do some bitch work. It just so happens that the Stars are going to begin operations of their own AHL affiliate team in Austin for the '09-'10 season, which is just about the time I'm going to be needing to do an internship. I'm going to do everything in my power to try and swing that. I doubt it'll happen, but I'm going to try anyways. I have a feeling I'm going to end up doing it for a CHL team, but we'll see. I'll take anywhere that I can get my foot in the door. Some doors are just obviously bigger than others.
It's been a while since I've seen many of you, but as you know I have had a habit the last few years of looking a little hobo-ish. It's starting to get real bad, mostly due to the fact I practically refuse to get my hair cut in Lubbock. I haven't had a haircut since late July. Pair that with my propensity for not shaving, and I could just as easily be mistaken for a beggar on Q or 19th.
Taking Back Sunday announced some December tour dates yesterday, and it just so happens they'll be heading to Lubbock on the 6th, and I'm quite excited. I've always been bitter they dropped off of Warped the year I went. 5 years later I finally get to check them out.
My '08-'09 preview post picks have already almost all eaten shit (except for Arizona...figure that the fuck out). I'm looking foward to week 8 so I can to my midseason revision.
Finally, as I'm sure is unknown to 98% of you, the '08-'09 NHL season starts Thursday. I really encourage you to stop on a Stars game sometime for a bit, if you're flipping through channels some night and they're on FSN or Versus and you're not in too big a hurry to get to The Office, Project Runway, or whatever it is you kids watch these days. They're a legitimate threat to win the Stanley Cup, and it saddens me to say, but it's also probably the last season we'll all get to enjoy Mike Modano, the single greatest American born player to ever bless a sheet of ice with his presence play.
In lieu of haiku, I will now work on my accounting project...the deplorable reason behind me having to be on campus 3 hours and 45 minutes earlier than usual today.
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| Preview '08 |
[Sep. 3rd, 2008|05:03 pm] |
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| | excited | ] |
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| | Still Remains- "I Can Revive Him With My Own Hands" | ] |
Friends, it is that time. With the 2008 NFL season officially kicking off tomorrow night (with a game I know all you silly Cowboy fans are interested in), the time has come for my annual preview post. Let's get into it with the AFC.
AFC East: The Patriots are going to run away with this division again. Piss and moan all you want, everybody knows that's just the way it's going to be. The Jets and Bills will be much improved over last season, but neither will challenge for the division, and I don't expect either to be in the wild card race, either. The Dolphins are probably looking at another top 5 pick come April.
AFC West: What a shitshow this division has turned into. The Chiefs are starting a boatload of really young players on both sides of the ball and I don't like their QB situation at all. No chance at a winning season. The Raiders are awful as usual. Denver is interesting. J-Cut will be having a breakout season, I just don't know if it'll be enough. The Charges win this division running away, and might just be making appearance in Tampa come February.
AFC North: Another disaster of a division. Steelers take it yet again, and I can't see much pressure from anybody else. The Raven's QB situation is so awful they just signed Joey Harrington for christ's sake. We can all only hope that he gets some significant playing time lol. He'll be behind Joe Flacco, who I can't see being NFL ready yet, manning an offense that was already bad. The Bengals are back to being the Bengals. I don't know how so much talent can be put to so little use. I'd really enjoy seeing Cleveland make a push, but I don't know. Maybe they can get off to a big start with a week 1 upset...heh heh.
AFC South: I can't write Indy in with ink this year. This division is the real deal, and I'm going to reluctantly say that the Jags take it down this year. The Titans won't be making a return trip to the playoffs, and the Texans won't snag their first winning season, but this is clearly the toughest division in the league.
Now, on to the conference we all care much more about.
NFC East: Roughest division in the NFC (which isn't saying much). I'm sure Dallas will win it, but look for any of the other three to be right there coming down the stretch. One or two of these teams will really be disappointed come playoff time.
NFC North: Vikings win, everybody else is shit, the end. On an aside, though, to the extent it doesn't affect mah boys, I really hope Aaron Rodgers has a good season. Over/under: 3.5...number of QB's who start in Chicago by season's end.
NFC West: Dammit, the Cardinals are going to win this bitch eventually, and I'm not going to hop off their bandwagon until they do. The one year I don't pick them would inevitably be the season they do. The north might have surpassed the west as the most worthless division in football, but this one is still pretty bad. The 49ers are a mess, the Rams are a mess, and I've thought Seattle has always been overrated, and now they're definately on the decline. I could have just copy/pasted this from last year's.
NFC South: This division will surprize people. I'm not just being a homer, either. I see very little separating the Bucs, Panthers, and Saints. If you distributed those teams evenly in the south, west, and north, they would all be division winners. No team has ever repeated as division champions since realignment, which is bad news for Tampa. We were able to cruise to that title last year, in what was supposed to be a really down year, and the sailing will not be as easy this season. New Orleans is better, and unfortunately Jake Delhomme looked good during the preseason coming off his injury. As close as I expect this division to be, I'll pick the defending champs using no other logic besides they're my team, it's a coin flip, and to be the champ you have to beat the champs.
Wild Card:
Saints beat Cardinals
Bucs beat Eagles
Jags beat Broncos
Steelers beat Colts
Divisional:
Saints beat Cowboys (Sorry friends, I've picked these assholes to make the super bowl the last 4 years and they manage to gag in horrific ways every time. They have garnered so much respect, yet haven't won a single playoff game since I was 10 years old. I'm over them, and I wish everybody else would get that way until they do ONE THING to deserve all their ridiculous hype. Win a playoff game, then we can talk).
Bucs beat Vikings (I swear I'm not being a homer. Minnesota will be a semi-fraudulent bye team, b/c they're going to sleepwalk to 11 or 12 wins in that shit division. Their two QB's are Tarvaris Jackson and Gus Frerotte. They're not getting out of this round regardless of who they play, unless they show some bigtime improvements under center).
Jags beat Patriots (Yeah, I said it).
Chargers beat Steelers
Conference Championships:
Saints beat Bucs (*sigh*)
Chargers beat Jags
And your 2008-2009 Super Bowl result:
Chargers 38 Saints 24
You heard it here first, folks. Now let's flip over to NBC tomorrow night, and enjoy the first game of the year, and hope my predictions are not representative at all of what actually happens between now and February.
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| Back for more |
[Aug. 16th, 2008|12:32 am] |
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| |  sleepy | ] |
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| | All That Remains- "Follow" | ] |
It has been brought to my attention that I need to make a post. The truth is, I've had every intention of doing so, I just simply haven't, and that's my bad.
Some interesting (sorta) things have happened since you heard from me last.
I got out of my apartment and into Matt's. I don't really know what I would have done had he not gone to Europe for a month. I mean, I guess I'd be here anyways, but living on his couch. All my non-essentials are just chillin' in storage until I can move into Fountains. I cried to them a little more about my situation and they finally relented and said I can move in as soon as my unit is ready, which will be either Monday or Tuesday at the latest. Ryan will be moving in on Saturday. I'm really excited about that, I think we will make great roommates. I did hear from the potluck roomie, and he's apparently backing out. He was super fratty, so god only knows who he'll find to sublease to.
Orientation started. I haven't decided what I think about it, exactly. Just to give a brief rundown, what they're doing are these really long workshops because they have so many people with no business class experience. For instance, on Tuesday I did an economics workshop for 8 hours. It's just stuff like that, basically. I like their intentions. Next week there are three days of accounting. While, that sounds awful, I recognize that that will be very beneficial to me. There are some of these things, though, that seem like nothing but a complete waste of people's time. It's all kinda a new program, though, and I'm sure they'll iron out the kinks. But for the time being, we get to be the lab rats. On the plus side, they're feeding us lunch everyday, and it's usually something pretty good. And, turns out we're getting that $500 refunded. It also seems like everybody I've taken the time to meet seems pretty cool...or at least decent enough for me to be ok with being around them for the next year and a half/two years.
There are a lot of good shows coming up soon here in Lubbock. I was kinda scared that when gas prices soared we'd fall off the live music map. Not only was I wrong, but there are even two new venues. Sunday GBH is going to be here, and I'm thrilled. I've been screaming for a punk show here for two years, and finally one of the new places delivers, and delivers with a band that helped make punk music what it is today.
Friends, it is almost that magical time of year again. That's right, it's about time for the 2008-2009 NFL Preview Post. I realize that this post is a couple of yalls annual life highlights, and this year I plan on beefing it up a little.
Long, emotionless,
Hark! The doldrums are over!
Football season nears!
A quick preview post teaser list:
5 teams that missed the playoffs in 2008 that will be in the hunt this year
1.) Arizona *sigh*
2.) Minnesota
3.) Baltimore
4.) New Orleans
5.) Cleveland
At least 3 of those teams will be around come wildcard weekend. Mark my words.
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| Nevermind all of that (maybe) |
[Jul. 23rd, 2008|05:21 am] |
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| |  curious | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Mike & Mike | ] |
Well, don't I feel just a little bit silly now? It appears now as if the most likely place Mr. Favre will end up is Tampa. All the teams in the AFC that want him are awful and he wouldn't go there. The teams in the NFC that want him the most are out of the question b/c they're in the NFC North. That leaves, IMO, two real contenders to obtain his services: Tampa and Carolina. Tampa has the cap space, Gruden was Favre's first QB coach, Tampa runs the west coast offense. Chris Mortenson and Peter King both seem to feel Tampa will be where he ends up, and somehow those two guys know just about everything. So, friends, don't be surprized if when our training camp starts, you see video clips of Brett Favre tossing bombs to Joey Galloway. "But Charlie, you have talked more shit about Brett Favre over the course of the last decade than everybody exept that huge douche Peyton Manning!!" That's true, and for good reason. I don't like him as football player and I like him even less as a human being. However, the point is to win, yes? Favre would give us a better chance to win than Jeff Garcia. I'll leave it at that.
Oh, and for you C-Boy fans, here's one for ya'll, too. Don't be surprized when we give you guys Chris Simms and a mid draft pick for Terry Glenn within a few weeks.
On to other things, I finally got my acceptance letter from Rawls. It's...uh...good, I guess. Along with this letter was a sidenote wanting $500 for an eleven day orientation. The ridiculous university cash grab never ends. Apparently it gets worse.
San Angelo just got a mention on Mike & Mike. That's kinda cool. The sun is coming up, so perhaps I should get some sleep.
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Wow, guess Dallas was more excited about dumping Glenn than anybody thought. Little bit of a head scratcher for me, there are several teams that would have been more than happy to deal for him. Whatever though, I guess. |
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| Just when you thought you were safe... |
[Jul. 3rd, 2008|11:23 pm] |
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| | curious | ] |
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| | One Republic- "Stop and Stare" | ] |
...from hearing endless commentary about Brett Favre, all of a sudden he has the "itch" to play.
Thank god. I really wanted the rest of the offseason to revolve around hearing 20 conflicting reports each day about whether Favre will come back or not.
The reality of the situation is that nobody outside of Wisconsin gives a rat's ass whether he is playing football, mowing the yard, or popping pills come October.
And half of the people in Wisconsin who DO care only care because the team they love is being held hostage by one man's selfishness and refusal to allow the franchise that made him a household name to begin moving on.
So, Brett Favre, I speak on behalf of myself, millions of football enthusiasts across the nation, as well as half of your own fan base when I say...please go away, and STAY AWAY!
In lieu of haiku, I will end this post with a joke.
Osama bin-Laden, Kim Jong-Il, and Brett Farve are in a room together. You have a gun but only two bullets. Who do you shoot????
Brett Favre...twice.
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| *crickets* |
[Jul. 2nd, 2008|02:31 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | lazy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Warriors- "Awakened" | ] |
I'm deeply saddened by the decline of LJ. Of my 40 something friends, 6ish update on regular basis, where as in the olden days missing a couple days of updates on the friends page could make for an entire weekend of great reading. I suppose with myspace now ruling the world my old friend LJ is just slowly falling by the wayside. And...Twitter? What the shit is this nonsense? I mean, I'd heard of it before, but apparently all the cool kids are doing it. I refuse. I will persist with LJ. I am loyal to the products and services I use, and this is no different. I intend on increasing my volume of posts to a more persistent level (10 since the start of February is just sad). And, I encourage you to do the same. For old time's sake.
So, I'm currently in San Angelo (again). I have no idea when I'll be heading back to Lubbock. Hopefully sooner rather than later. It's been nice though. I did have to spend a shit load of time removing some really malicious software from this hard drive. I got it done though, and now it works as good as the day it came out of the box.
Jared, if you're still around these parts I think you might find this interesting. I've decided I'm going to contact the online editor of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal about doing a sports blog for their web site. They have a few sports related blogs but they cater to a very niche audience. One is for MMA, another is for Tech baseball, one for high school sports...etc. Most troubling, there is NOTHING for NFL, NBA, or NHL. I figure average joe sportsfan who reads the Lubbock paper online would enjoy a more generalized sports blog. Hell, the reason I came across the lack thereof was b/c I wanted to read one from a local source. In a town of 200,000 people whose paper circulates to almost half a million, I'm sure I can't be the only person who has had that thought. So, I'm rounding up all the stuff I've written in here about sports to have an adequate number of writing samples just in case. I hope the guy goes for it, I think it'd be a lot of fun.
It would also be advantageous for you folks who just don't do sports, b/c all sports related issues would be kept there. Anywho, I'll keep you updated on that.
I was looking back through old old entries a few weeks back, and came across my list of best bands. Now, I don't know if I remember exactly what I meant by "best." It could have been "favorite" or "influential" or any number of things. Whatever I meant...this is what I listed:
1.) Incubus
2.) Thrice
3.) Deftones
4.) Thursday
5.) Greenday
6.) Bad Religion
7.) Taking Back Sunday
8.) A.F.I.
9.) Agnostic Front
10.) Dream Theater
That post was made 3 and a half years ago. It's time to update that list...with a more thorough explanation of "best." By best I mean, bands I like who exhibit a sound and/or convey a message that is meaningful and unique. So, it's a little combination of personal preference and creative capability. And without further delay...the new "Best Bands" list:
1.) August Burns Red
2.) As I Lay Dying
3.) Deftones
4.) Hatebreed (Wtf, how were they not on the first one?!?)
5.) Incubus
6.) Chevelle
7.) Jimmy Eat World
8.) The Warriors
9.) It Dies Today
10.) Thrice
Interesting how preferences can change so drastically.
Look in the mirror!!
For now I think I will pass;
Time to hit the gym.
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[May. 24th, 2008|03:41 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | complacent | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 311- "Beautiful Disaster" | ] |
It seems to be about that time again. Luckily, I actually have things of moderate importance to discuss.
First and foremost, I graduated. It was a long, tedious, unnecessary affair, but it's done with. Now I have an ornamental piece of paper in a frame to announce to the world I spent 4 years and several thousand dollars learning stuff I never plan on using again.
Secondly, my summer is already on the downhill slide. I got to do something I've wanted to do for the better part of a decade...attend a Stanley Cup playoff game. And, I got to do it twice. And not just any ol' playoff game, either, but western conference finals games.
I wish there were words worthy of describing what it was like to be at the AAC for games 4 and 6 of that series against Detroit. For game 4 I was on the third tier, just inside the defending blue line. Great seats. I've seen a lot of cool things live at sporting events. I've seen Vince Young toss a TD at Kyle Field, A-Rod homer, a 24 point UT comeback at Tech...but nothing rivals, and I can't imagine anything coming close anytime soon, seeing Mike Modano score the game winning goal in a win or go home for the offseason game. That moment might actually be my #1 2008 highlight. I guess we'll see.
For game 6 I sat directly on the attacking blue line in the bottom bowl, 17 rows behind the Detroit bench. Omg, it was amazing. it's unreal how much faster the game is from there than up top. The energy at the beginning of the game was indescribable. 18,500 waving towels, everybody hoping to see their team become only the 5th team ever to force a 7th game after being down 0-3. It wasn't to be, in fact Detroit would score the game winner just 10 minutes in. The entire third period ended up being a 40 minute standing ovation in appreciation of one of the most exciting seasons since they moved to Dallas from Minnesota. If you like sports, check out this little video...even if you might not neccessarily be into hockey. It's just a fun little montage of the best moments from the playoffs.
As for now I'm back in San Angelo, but not for too much longer. I'll be heading back to Lubbock to take the GMAT and look for a job...and mostly play golf and lounge around the pool. I've been hitting the course kinda a lot lately. I really hope I can improve my game alot the next couple of months.
Congratulations to all you folks that also graduated this semester. I honestly have no clue who really reads anymore to know who it might apply to...but nonetheless.
College graduate,
Starting lots of summer fun;
The real world awaits...
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| Coming down the home stretch |
[May. 2nd, 2008|03:45 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | complacent | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Mayday Parade- "Miserable at Best" | ] |
Well on Monday I completed the last assignment of my undergraduate life.
On Tuesday I finished my last undergraduate class.
Tomorrow I take my last two undergraduate tests.
Then I kick back and wait for Texas Tech give me the little piece of paper telling me I have a degree in psychology.
It's too bad, really. This college thing was easy, I could go for some more of it.
I have a recommendation for you good folks. Alexia seasoned waffle fries. I am typically not a fan at all of frozen potato products, but these are definately an exception. Imagine chik-fil-a's fries, cheaper, bathed in the tastiest seasoning salt ever. The next time you're in the frozen foods section of your local grocery store, check that shit out.
The 10 worst places on earth:
10) Any metropolotan northeastern area (NYC, DC, Boston, etc)
9) Tajikistan. Never been there, but c'mon...Tajikistan. It must be shitty.
8) North Korea: the country where the monkeys in the Wizard of Oz came from.
7) The Middle East: this would be higher, but they're rich. Greedy oil bastards.
6) El Paso, TX
5) Detroit, MI. There was an entire documentary on the History Channel about how bad Detroit sucks.
4) Hobbs, NM. I visited this place last weekend. Wow.
3) College Station, TX
2) The entire state of Oklahoma
1) Odessa, TX
This is day number 3 in a row the sky in Lubbock has turned brown. Why isn't Lubbock on the list? I'm here, so Lubbock automatically kicks ass, duh.
This whole Roger Clemmens thing is hilarious, is it not? The dude went from being one of the most decorated good guys in baseball to being a juiced, adulterous pedophile in like, 6 months. Great times.
Please stop blowing, wind.
I want to hit up the pool;
Erasing tan lines.
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| Been a while...again |
[Apr. 20th, 2008|07:08 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  anxious | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Calgary-San Jose game 6 | ] |
And again, I have little of interest to report.
I bought my cap and gown last week. That was a depressing day.
I'm 2 blowoff presentations and 2 blowoff finals from having a degree in psychology that will be completely worthless, and will never be used. Cool.
I was accidentally watching the ABC Nightly News earlier. I hadn't bothered to change the channel after the NBA playoff game that was on, and naturally the lead story was a correspondant reporting live from the parking lot of the San Angelo Coliseum. It's wild that just a month ago, nobody outside about a 275 mile radius of San Angelo knew what San Angelo was. Now, San Angelo is the daily focus of CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Headline News, and all the others, was on the front page of the New York Times...and let's face it, we all know there'll be a movie about this shit before too long. Nothing like some crazy polygamists to generate an avalanche of pub for a sleepy West Texas town. Just another sparkling example of all the great things that come of "religion."
Since we last spoke the 2007-2008 NHL regular season came to an end, and the Stars have jumped all over Anaheim and have their second of three chances to escape from the first round for the first time since 2003 tonight. I've grown fonder of this team than any team I've followed since probably the 2003 Bucs Super Bowl team. They've got the goods to make a real run at the Cup.
The emergence of warm weather has rekindled my love affair with golf, which has actually been dormant for a couple years. Maybe the hiatus was good, because I'm magically striking my irons with consistency and generating great distance and ball flights. I can already tell this summer will be loaded with many rounds of golf.
A couple days ago I was dicking around online and came across one of the funniest headlines I've ever seen. "In dramatic move, Pope Benedict comforts victims of sexual abuse." I bet he did! Thanks, Yahoo!News.
Mormons credited
For San Angelo's new fame;
Diddling little girls.
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[Mar. 28th, 2008|03:43 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  giggly | ] |
| [ | music |
| | It Dies Today- "Black Bile, White Lies" | ] |
I walked out my apartment this morning to 40 degree weather. That's what my dumbass gets for saying the warm is here to stay.
My sleep/wake pattern is now officially more fucked than it's ever been. On Wednesday I couldn't get to sleep until after 6. When my alarm went off at 9:45 for class I hit snooze, and apparently turned it off the next time. I eventually woke up and thought, "It's probably time to get out of bed and go to class." So, I grab my phone to check the time. 4:10pm. Damn.
Sure hope everybody's brackets are doing better than mine.
I like lists. I used to do lists in here, and stopped for no real good reason. So, in addition to haiku, I will now be resurrecting the list tradition. It will not be an every entry thing, but it will definately be regular.
10 things embedded in pop culture I don't get and/or think are really dumb, in no particular order:
1. Seinfeld
2. U2
3. Rap
4. Celebrity intrigue
5. Energy drinks
6. Designer bags/purses
7. Halo
8. Yanks-Sox
9. Vineyard Vines
10. Sushi
For those of you watching the tournament, I'd like to point out something about Stanford, who is going to get beat down by Texas tonight, btw. Their two stars, the Lopez twins, have unnerving androgynous names. One of my favorite sports writer pointed this out. Seriously, Brook and Robin Lopez. Do those sound like unstoppable college ballers, or the co-stars of "Making Mamacita Moan"?
After a hot day,
Mother Nature throws a curve;
Please take some Midol.
Erica, you are now obligated to make a REAL post.
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[Mar. 25th, 2008|01:12 pm] |
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| | awake | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Chevelle- "The Red" | ] |
I feel obliged to make an exciting post about all the numerous trips I took and cool shit I did over spring break. So, here goes:
-I went to San Angelo.
-I played golf one day.
-I slept a lot.
-NCAA tournament
Aren't you jealous that your spring break wasn't as kickass as mine?
Unfortunately I think warm/hot weather has invaded for a permanent stay until fall.
Geez, two weeks and that's all I've got?
Thinking up haiku
Is harder than I assumed;
But I will persist...
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| And...back |
[Mar. 11th, 2008|04:20 pm] |
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| | sleepy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Paramore- "Misery Business" | ] |
I thought I was going to have to threaten multiple people with death, but I finally have a computer again. I don't really want to talk about it beyond that.
Welcome back, friend. Let's just put the last 6 stupid seasons behind us.
I would like to infuse a bit of culture and art into this thing. So, for a while all entries will include original haiku.
Girls in skimpy skirts,
indicates good times are near;
Fill out your brackets!
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| 8 days |
[Mar. 4th, 2008|05:05 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | calm | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Warriors- "Holding Sand" | ] |
So it's not been over a week without a computer. I've developed a slight twitch in my left eye, my blood pressure is through the roof, and I can't sleep at night. The bit of time I spend in here in the computer room at my apartments is never pleasant. There are always creepy people in here, particularly last night. Right now there is some bitch behind me doing TABC training and has the goddamn volume turned up entirely too loud. On top of that, she thought it'd be a real hot idea to bring her lunch (fried chicken from Golden Chick) in here. Thank god it smells like grease in here, and will for probably 3 days. There is also a girl in here on the phone with her b/f. They are discussing the grades he needs on the two remaining tests in his psychology class in order to pass. This makes my head hurt. If you have to strategize how to PASS a psychology class...oy.
At least a couple of you might enjoy this gem. Yesterday morning we had a pretty heavy snow. I woke up about 9:30 to take a peek outside to see if I would be going to class. Any smart person would have either put on some clothes, or just peeked through the blinds to do this. Not me!! I flung open the patio door to see the serene sight of large snowflakes fluttering to earth. I stood there like a slack-jawwed idiot enjoying this sight like somebody who's never seen snow before for probably a little less than a minute...all the while wearing nothing but my boxers. Of course I was so entertained by the snow I didn't notice at all the super cute girl taking her dog out who was standing about 20 feet away from me, trying really hard not to laugh. By the time I realized she was there she had a little smirk on her face that pretty much said, "Psh, look at this guy! Standing at his door in his boxers when it's 20 degrees. And really...if you're gonna do this, at least work on those abs..." I went back to bed until 2:30 yesterday afternoon.
I've debated a great deal the last couple of days whether or not I would make mention of Marco in here. I've found that many times doing so in such a public forum seems either insincere or for self-promotional purposes, and I think that is in the worst of taste...so as long as I can steer clear of that, I think it is appropriate. Besides, when I'm like, 85 and mostly senile, maybe I'll come across this and have a fond memory or two of my friend who passed far before his time. I've also accumulated several thoughts the last few days and have no real outlet for them, so maybe if I spew them all into this little text box, I'll feel better. That's my rationale, here are my thoughts.
When I first heard what happened it didn't really register with me, I think. It's not like I ever doubted it was for real, I certainly knew it was, but it didn't really sink in. It didn't really sink in until I got to thinking about the people I know he was closest with, particularly his family. If you look at his facebook wall there is an endless stream of heartfelt posts, and you can begin scratching the surface of how many people he positively impacted by just simply existing. One time I ran into Dago, and after we exchanged some pleasantries I asked how Marco was doing because I hadn't seen him in forever, and he gave me a quick rundown of what he'd been up to, and all the while you could tell he was proud to be talking about his little brother. Their entire family is like that, very close-knit and supportive, and for that reason I'm particularly bothered. It certainly seems cruel for something like this to happen to a family that exemplifies the very meaning of that word. Anybody who happened to have Mrs. Flores for espanol knows what I'm talking about. On the same note, though, I'm fully confident that for that very reason they are well-equipped to deal with what has happened, which makes me feel at least a little better. Marco was one hell of a guy, and it's an honor to have been friends, even if it was for just a few years, and more often than not in the promotion of our mutual lust for gambling (and god knows, he was an absolutely terrible card player). I'll be seeing you again, man, and when I do I can assure you we're gonna shuffle up and I'm playing you heads up for $84.75. That's how much you jewed me out of that day at Jose's. Yeah, it was 3 years ago. Yeah, I hold a grudge. Until then I'll keep more mutually happy times in mind. I encourage anybody who stumbles across this to keep the entire Flores family in your thoughts and (if you're into that sort of thing) prayers.
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| Worst week maybe ever. |
[Feb. 27th, 2008|06:30 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  sad | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Maylene and the Sons of Disaster- "Plenty Strong and Plenty Wrong" | ] |
Well friends, settle in, and get ready for some good old fashioned pissing and moaning.
I made a pleasant, short trip to the homeland this last weekend. Upon my return to Lubbock, I turn on my computer. I did in theory, anyways. In practice...not so much. See, we had this awesome power outage at my apartments a week and a half ago. Ever since, my computer has been acting suspicious at best, non-funtional at worst, and after my weekend of being gone, it completely ate shit, apparently. I took it to Best Buy and there is nothing wrong with any hardware. Thank god. That means I get to pay $220 for them to reformat everything. And, I get to not have a computer for a week. This week has been a nightmare, just b/c of my lack of access to a computer. I'm sitting in the sweltering hot media center at my apartments right now b/c I have to type up a review for a test tomorrow. I'll also be in here tomorrow writing a paper that is due Friday.
There was a guy in here for about an hour on myspace listening to rap. Whatever, listen to what you want. But for fucks sake, you're in a public room, and I do not want to hear "Fuck all deez niggaz dat be talkin' dat mad shit!" every 2 minutes. Spend $20 on some shitty headphones, or at the very very least, turn the goddamn speakers down. Better yet, just kill yourself.
Last night I went to Walmart. Going to Walmart is always a bad idea, but last night it turned out to be a particularly bad one. All I wanted was some damn Julio's. So, I get in there and they're out of mild. Whatever, hot is fine, I guess. It's not actually any hotter than the mild, but it doesn't taste nearly as good, but no way am I going to Walmart and leaving empty handed. I went ahead and grabbed some milk while I was at it. As I'm walking towards the checkout, my flip flop breaks. Not a fixable break, no no. A "you get to walk through disgusting Walmart, and the disgusting Walmart parking lot barefoot" break. I doubt I've ever looked cooler than I did, standing 1/2 barefoot at the checkout line holding a half gallon of milk, a container of Julio's, and a broken flip flop. I'm also positive I now have about 30 foot diseases, despite scrubbing the top layer of my skin off after I got home.
I'm certainly the last person to particularly care about any player transactions the Dallas Cowboys make, but I'm glad to see Zach Thomas returning to the motherland. The greatest Tech footballer needs to be getting his game on in Texas.
I hate to be so negative about life, so I'll end with a couple things that are pleasing.
Jimmy Eat World is coming here in April. You San Angelo kiddies don't even pretend like you didn't get all excited way way back in the day when Air Raid Summer would bust out with Bleed American. It'll be cool getting to see the real deal.
The UT basketball game is Saturday, and I can't wait. D.J. Augustin and J.J. Abrams will keep me thoroughly entertained.
Send me a text or something. I'm a lonely bastard without my computer.
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| My life as of now |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|05:24 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  surprised | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Calico System- "Soft Lips and Headstones" | ] |
Ok kids, this one might be sorta long.
After much introspection, I've decided to quit (at least for now) psychology. That's right, I will graduate in May with a degree in psychology, just to give it the finger. This decision has come due to a combination of a lot of factors. First of all, grad school is an issue. The thought of spending the next 5 years of my life doing research makes me want to shoot myself. I'm also kinda married to Lubbock/West Texas at the moment, and IF I were to do a psych grad program, I would want a Psy.D., which is not offered here. I've also had a lot of revelations about my future in psychology, and it basically comes down to the fact that uhhh, there's not much of one as far as what I want to do. I'd always had this nice idea of sitting in plush office and getting paid some fat cash to talk to folks, and with our shitty healthcare system, that just doesn't really happen so much anymore. I don't want to have to deal some some seriously fucked up/maladjusted people in order to make decent money. There is also the fact that I've become a bit disillusioned by the field itself. I think a lot of medicine is a complete fraud, and I'm starting to feel more and more like about 95% of psychology is complete bullshit. I think a lot of this has to do with my transition to Tech. I loaded up on psych classes at ASU, and didn't really need to take them here last year. I didn't sit down in a lecture psych class at Tech until last semester, which amounted to a 1 1/2 year break from it. Well, when I got back into it, it just all wasn't clicking for me like it had before. It seems like everything I hear in my classes I just think sounds completely common sensical, or fucking stupid. I refuse to renounce the last 4 years of my life as a waste of time, though. A lot of stuff I learned will certainly be useful, particular the physiological stuff and motivational stuff. But, this is me waving goodbye to mental health.
Sooooo wtf am I going to do? I've looked extensively into the Rawls College of Business, and I feel like it's right for me. I haven't gone and actually talked to anybody yet, but I will be this week. I mean, I have no clue what direction I want to go with it, this is all really sudden and such, but it seems like a good fit for me, my mentality, and what I want in life.
As far as living, I refused to get fucked in every oriface like I did last year. Today me and Ryan went to Fountains and signed a lease for a 3/3 townhome. There are certainly some drawbacks to Fountains, but aside from their front office staff being a bunch of assholes, I really loved living there, the location could not be any better, and it's by far the nicest student living apartment complex in Lubbock, and I'm spoiled and a little stuck up so...ya know. The townhome is way better than the flat I had last year. We're gonna be livin' large.
I had a tremendous self-esteem boost, this morning. In walking, we had a little extra credit opportunity. That's right, extra credit is offered in WALKING. Anyways, all we had to do was go to the personal wellness center and have them measure our percent body fat, and I'd always been curious about that so I did it. The verdict? 13%. Here I've been thinking for kinda a while that I'm tremendously out of shape, and generally a big fat fatty, and turns out that for my weight with that body fat, on their little scale that had like 7 tiers of fitness according to you %BF, I fell right into the 2nd to top one, with the top one being like, elite athletes. I had no clue about what kind of % you should be shooting for, so when the dude told me what mine was I asked and he said 13% is "really good, you can't really be in any better shape than you are without doing some pretty hardcore training." Guess it's time to finally stop being self-conscious about my body. He also said that most of the guys that get measured have something like 18%-25%. All of this news made me feel like my penis grew about 3 inches. Seriously. I don't mention it often but I've never been real pleased with my body. That stops now.
Yesterday it was 76 degrees. This morning it snowed.
Tests this week. Reviews are on my horizon.
But in the meantime I'm going to take off my shirt and admire my lean, fit body for a few minutes.
I'm not joking.
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| Chew on some dirt |
[Jan. 29th, 2008|01:06 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | awake | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Stick To Your Guns- "For What it's Worth" | ] |
So to all my non Lubbock readers, lemme tell you about today.
This morning was nice. It was mild, a little overcast, light breeze. By about 11am, the wind started blowing. Heavily. There were sustained winds of 35mph+ all afternoon. The gust of the day according to my trusty weatherbug was 57mph. It was also the first brown sky of the year. First one in quite some time, actually. Let me elaborate on this. I had golf today, and we were just out on the putting green. I was outside for about 45 minutes, and after a bit I started to wonder why my gum had gotten crunchy. Then I realized I was chewing on dirt. None of my other exposed orafices fared much better. Thank god we're a culture that wears pants. I had also left my hockey gear outside overnight after my game last night, and didn't have time to bring it in this morning. You know how if you have a little dust in your shoe and you shake it out it's just like a little puff? I turned my skates upside down, and there was no puff. Dirt poured. You should really come visit sometime.
The news gets better. Every single day this week is going to be like today...with one difference. Today the high was 73. By Wednesday night the temperatures will have plummeted to the mid 20's, with a slight chance of snow. Don't worry though, the 50mph winds will be sticking around.
On an unrelated note, as I was leaving my early class today, I passed two guys talking about the Super Bowl. One of them said, "So, you think Eli'll pull it out?" The other guy looked at him like he was talking to a semi-retarded chimp. "Are you out of your fucking mind? If you think that, you should probably just quit college."
Here's the thing though. I have championed the Patriots all season. I said in August they would be winning the Super Bowl. So, to prove me right they won 18 games in a row. So...it wouldn't make much sense for me to stop now. But, I think I'm going to back off a LITTLE. I think the Giants have a very legitimate chance of winning. I would give them a 40% chance. Maybe I should quit college.
Speaking of college, and continuing education...I've decided I have absolutely no idea what I want to to after I graduate. I have completely been turned off of grad school, at least for now. If you held a gun to my head right now and said to make a choice one way or another...I wouldn't start grad school in August, I would apply for spring '09. But honestly, I don't know that I want to even continue doing psychology. I don't know if that's what I want to spend the rest of my life doing. Hell, I've even been thinking about business schoo. The MBA program here has been sending me letters for over a year saying they'll give me a ride if I want it. Thing is, I haven't had a SINGLE business class. They're willing to work with me on that, though. It's something to think about, at the very least. Law school is also an option, but not really. I think I would rather end my life than go to law school. Somebody just tell me what to do. Your suggestions are just as valid as mine. Probably better.
Exploitation Day...er, Valentine's Day is right around the corner. I encourage all of my readers to not participate. I don't just mean to not do the stupid cliche stuff like flowers and candy and cards and dinner and shit, either. I mean that it's about time everybody wised up and just stopped acknowledging anything about the day. If you care about somebody enough to want to celebrate this ficticious holiday with them, you should be doing special meaningful things for them all the time, not just that day. There should be no pressure to come up with something spectacular for this one, otherwise completely meaningless day. February 14 should be no different than any other calander day. So, unless you are involved in a very prolonged, intense relationship...I beg you, please don't be chump when this day rolls around. The only reason I make that one exception is b/c if you ARE in a prolonged relationship that you know is going somewhere, not doing SOMETHING will get you in a lot a lot a lot of trouble. Which, that's bullshit by the way, but I'm not here trying to bust people up. I mean...hell, if you have something nice planned for Valentine's Day, you should just wait and do it a couple weeks later, just out of principle. Hm, I'd never thought of that before. I like that idea.
Strike my earlier probability statement. 42.5% chance the Giants win the Super Bowl.
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