This weekend I went with St Johns to Six Flags with my girlfriend, what an adventure. First off it was cold out, I dress appropriately for the weather and my girlfriend does not. So basically that means I lose a layer of warmth. So I was kind of cold. The entire trip was poorly organized, nobody knew anything of it and the students a part of Student Life running it were not even at the meeting spot at hte time they told everyone to show up. In fact the only person there was the bus driver and he was an asshole to us when we asked if he knew anything.
When we get there we put some of our stuff in the locker and continued into the park. We went to get the Flash Pass which cut out the hassle of waiting on line. That cost us $50 but it paid off since I fought her on every ride to get on and after each one she apologized and said she liked it. Now if we didnt have the pass it would involve 1/2 hour waits on line giving her far too many opportunities to attempt to get away.
Every ride was great except Batman the Ride and El Toro. To be honest, Batman the Ride beat the shit out of us and remembering it in the past it never did that, I believe they redid the ride but not for the better. El Toro crushed me and broke 3 of my girlfriend's nails. SHe didnt mind the ride but it still hurt a bit. It crushed me when I put my arms up and the hills came and the force behind me pushed me foward allowing me to kiss my knees and the bar crushed my stomach.
Now the food, everyone knows is a rip off but unfortunately we ate it. Not worth it at all but it kept us going a bit. When we got back on the bus I went right to sleep. Woke up to find my car battery dead. That was fun since I had to call my dad for help and well my parents were not too fond of my girlfriend since the end of last summer due to a whole bunch of events. Although now he cares much less and even said hi to her and asked her if she had a good time. As usual my girlfriend assumed he just wanted to get a look at her and I get pissed because that paranoi is what led to much of my family disliking her. But I digress.
Well I stayed up a few extra hours when I got home to play Grand Theft Auto IV and then slept like a baby until 4 on Sunday.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
And The Work Piles Up
So as of now I have an English Report around 8 pages long, a History Project 4-6 pages Long, a 10 page Philosophy Project and a 1 page single spaced Psychology paper all due next week. What have I started? Nothing, as usual. I cant handle all this work. By the time I finish one thing two more things are assigned. Everything is over done. Particulary English. History I can handle but just dont like. Philosphy is ok but I dont agree with 10 pages. English, we have done 2 long assignments already which is usually what professors do. One in the middle and one at the end. No instead we get 3, it is far too much.
I am getting unbelivably stressed and angered at all of it. Not to mention we need a break, no weekend is long enough and yeah tomorrow 1 day off. Not nearly enough. And our Spring Break is in February, cause that makes sense, thats when we need it, when nothing is going on.
I hate college.
I am getting unbelivably stressed and angered at all of it. Not to mention we need a break, no weekend is long enough and yeah tomorrow 1 day off. Not nearly enough. And our Spring Break is in February, cause that makes sense, thats when we need it, when nothing is going on.
I hate college.
Monday, April 28, 2008
To Pennsylvania Pt 4
So after the lake we relaxed. The next day we get up and normally would have breakfast and leave but since we had no reason to rush home we decided to leave late. We were relaxing when my dad comes in and says he needs our help with something. I roll my eyes and say "This should be good". We go into the garage and he tells us he wants to move these two wooden blocks down to the basement. Problem was they weighed like 300lbs each. So he needed all three of us for it. Problem was finding a way to lift the blocks and bring all the way around the house to the basement doors.
I tell him we should just use the trailer we brought stuff up with that was attachted to the car. So after lifting it on to there we brought it around the house and backed the car up to the basement door and brought it into the basement. We did it like twice so that took about 30 minutes. Problem was the dog wandered off again during all this and I saw a brown dot run by in the woods so I ran to go get her. After being exhausted and getting her back in the house and yelling at her we went back to relaxing.
Then my dad comes in and says he needs our help for just five minutes, he tells us he wants to move the blocks to the otherside of the basement and I rolled my eyes and said "My ass five minutes" so the last day we fun and exhausting and my body is aching a bit after all this. I am sure the tennis added to that.
Now back in Staten Island and the work has piled up since although I intended to do some homework up there, amazingly enough I did not.
I tell him we should just use the trailer we brought stuff up with that was attachted to the car. So after lifting it on to there we brought it around the house and backed the car up to the basement door and brought it into the basement. We did it like twice so that took about 30 minutes. Problem was the dog wandered off again during all this and I saw a brown dot run by in the woods so I ran to go get her. After being exhausted and getting her back in the house and yelling at her we went back to relaxing.
Then my dad comes in and says he needs our help for just five minutes, he tells us he wants to move the blocks to the otherside of the basement and I rolled my eyes and said "My ass five minutes" so the last day we fun and exhausting and my body is aching a bit after all this. I am sure the tennis added to that.
Now back in Staten Island and the work has piled up since although I intended to do some homework up there, amazingly enough I did not.
To Pennsylvania Pt 3
When we got to the lake we started backing the boat into the water and then set off. My dad was driving first, then he asked if I wanted to, I had a devious smile and said yes. My friend was scared since he knows how I am.
Once I had the wheel my dad asked to let him off. Then he started to scream that I was coming in too fast at the docks. So that was an argument there something like this....
-Dad: Your coming in too god damn fast!
-Me: No I am not, I know how to drive the fucking boat!
-Dad: Give me the god damn wheel!
-Me: Fine!
::Now we are going in at like 1mph and rocking back and forth::
-Me: See now we are going as slow as shit!
-Dad: This is why I dont want you to drive, I cant trust you out there alone!
-Me: No, you just realized you were wrong and that this is too fucking slow and dont want to admit it.
-Dad: Fine you want me to go?
-Me: Yeah
After some joy riding my dad waves us in. I go full speed to the docks and then cut the gas and turn and now rocking parallel to the dock right infront of him.
-Dad: Hey that was pretty cool.
-Me: Yeah no shit, Amazingly enough I drive pretty well, better then you in fact. All those video games payed off as you can see.
Through all this my friend was laughing.
Once I had the wheel my dad asked to let him off. Then he started to scream that I was coming in too fast at the docks. So that was an argument there something like this....
-Dad: Your coming in too god damn fast!
-Me: No I am not, I know how to drive the fucking boat!
-Dad: Give me the god damn wheel!
-Me: Fine!
::Now we are going in at like 1mph and rocking back and forth::
-Me: See now we are going as slow as shit!
-Dad: This is why I dont want you to drive, I cant trust you out there alone!
-Me: No, you just realized you were wrong and that this is too fucking slow and dont want to admit it.
-Dad: Fine you want me to go?
-Me: Yeah
After some joy riding my dad waves us in. I go full speed to the docks and then cut the gas and turn and now rocking parallel to the dock right infront of him.
-Dad: Hey that was pretty cool.
-Me: Yeah no shit, Amazingly enough I drive pretty well, better then you in fact. All those video games payed off as you can see.
Through all this my friend was laughing.
To Pennsylvania Pt 2
The next day after we get up and have breakfast we go down to the main building in the community and play Tennis since my friend is trying to get me into it. I dont see it happening any time soon. To be honest I suck at it, and my friend isnt that great but much better than myself. I have a tendancy to get angry and that is not good in Tennis since you end up sending the ball flying out of the court and over the fence which I did several times, as did my friend.
Then my dad showed up and I left to get drinks and my friend played by dad and my dad kicked his ass and had him exhausted by the end. My dad hasnt played in ten years but he use to play with his brother since his brother loves tennis.
By the way during all this we were swatting bugs that were flying all around us, although I didnt get bit but my friend did, so I was a bit lucky. Later we went to the lake to go on my boat.
Then my dad showed up and I left to get drinks and my friend played by dad and my dad kicked his ass and had him exhausted by the end. My dad hasnt played in ten years but he use to play with his brother since his brother loves tennis.
By the way during all this we were swatting bugs that were flying all around us, although I didnt get bit but my friend did, so I was a bit lucky. Later we went to the lake to go on my boat.
To Pennsylvania Pt 1
So this past weekend me and my friend went to Pennsylvania to get away from the stresses of school. We left Staten Island at around 5 in the afternoon and got up there at around 8 at night. We hit traffic but glad I wasnt driving, my dad drove us up since he considers it a get away as well. Not to mention we usually bring my dog since she loves it up there.
When we first get up there, as we are unpacking my dog wanders off in the woods and the sun is about to go down. In Pennsylvania since there are no lights anywhere it is pitch black once the sun goes down. So me and my friend were going to go look for her once we finished unpacking. When we finished unpacking we decided to get changed so that we can go into the woods and not worry too much about bugs and the cold since we were wearing shorts.
Just as we finished getting changed she wanders back into the garage where we were unpacking, so of course we all yelled at her.
Once that was all delt with we ate and relaxed the rest of the night.
When we first get up there, as we are unpacking my dog wanders off in the woods and the sun is about to go down. In Pennsylvania since there are no lights anywhere it is pitch black once the sun goes down. So me and my friend were going to go look for her once we finished unpacking. When we finished unpacking we decided to get changed so that we can go into the woods and not worry too much about bugs and the cold since we were wearing shorts.
Just as we finished getting changed she wanders back into the garage where we were unpacking, so of course we all yelled at her.
Once that was all delt with we ate and relaxed the rest of the night.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Museum of Natural History
Saturday me and my girlfriend went to the Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium Space Theatre. The Museum was ok, a little boring in my opinion, glad its free, but the video "Collisions" that we saw in the planetarium was worth the trip.
The museum was the same old thing, statues of animals, 150 million year old bones, African civilizations and a bunch of Indians. Nothing of which grabs my attention much. The only thing that did was the small corner dedicated to the Egyptians, a very small corner.
Finally the time came for us to head to the theatre in the planetarium and watch the show. It was worth the neck pains to watch. The video was narrated by Robert Redford and the first segment was on the formation of the moon which I already knew from my astronomy class back in high school.
It is said that another planet collided with Earth back when it was first created. This collision caused chunks of the planet to be thrown int o space and being caught in Earth's gravitational pull and over the course of a month all those chunks were brought together and rounded out into our moon. It then talked of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Finally it talked of how our galaxy is going to collide with our nearest neighboring galaxy the Andromeda galaxy forming one giant galaxy.
All of it was very interesting and unfortunately was only about 1/2 hour long.
The museum was the same old thing, statues of animals, 150 million year old bones, African civilizations and a bunch of Indians. Nothing of which grabs my attention much. The only thing that did was the small corner dedicated to the Egyptians, a very small corner.
Finally the time came for us to head to the theatre in the planetarium and watch the show. It was worth the neck pains to watch. The video was narrated by Robert Redford and the first segment was on the formation of the moon which I already knew from my astronomy class back in high school.
It is said that another planet collided with Earth back when it was first created. This collision caused chunks of the planet to be thrown int o space and being caught in Earth's gravitational pull and over the course of a month all those chunks were brought together and rounded out into our moon. It then talked of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Finally it talked of how our galaxy is going to collide with our nearest neighboring galaxy the Andromeda galaxy forming one giant galaxy.
All of it was very interesting and unfortunately was only about 1/2 hour long.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Listening To My Dad
The day before we left for the city I was getting directions from my dad. "Straight out of the Ferry head left" so we do. We keep walking left and following the water. We had a map by the way but I figured if we head left and follow the water we would eventually hit the place since it was on the water.
Eventually I got fed up and called when he said "No I said Right" I hung up on him walked away from my girlfriend and friend had my hands in a fist and tried calming down. When my girlfriend was about to walk over I said "No, stay there!" then when I finally calmed down I said "ok lets go" they asked what happened and I told them and my girlfriend said "ok why dont we just backtrack" and still a little pissed I said "I'm not backtracking, we just need to walk across. IF we backtrack we're walking even more and I dont have the patience for it" And through all this my friend is saying "We're dead"
We finally get there two hours later then I had planned with all the delays.
Eventually I got fed up and called when he said "No I said Right" I hung up on him walked away from my girlfriend and friend had my hands in a fist and tried calming down. When my girlfriend was about to walk over I said "No, stay there!" then when I finally calmed down I said "ok lets go" they asked what happened and I told them and my girlfriend said "ok why dont we just backtrack" and still a little pissed I said "I'm not backtracking, we just need to walk across. IF we backtrack we're walking even more and I dont have the patience for it" And through all this my friend is saying "We're dead"
We finally get there two hours later then I had planned with all the delays.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
BODIES!!
So yeah this past Saturday My girlfriend, my best friend and I went to The Bodies Exhibit in the city. That was a fun adventure.
First last weekend we were complaining how there was nothing to do so I suggested the city and when she agreed my response in my head was "F*** me what did I do?!?" so like Thursday I was asking my friends to see who actually goes to the city. When I found one I asked her what she did there. With shows out since I didnt feel like spending $300 this weekend and a few other suggestions that didnt quite hit it off, then she mentioned "The Bodies Exhibit" which definitly hit it off.
My answer was "My girlfriend is weird she would like that stuff" so I decided to surprise her with it and at first she seemed down. Then when I said the bodies are real she ran towards the building. Of course the whole time my friend was saying how much he hates the city and he is afriad of it and then back in Staten Island he said he hates this island. So he is just a complainer.
First last weekend we were complaining how there was nothing to do so I suggested the city and when she agreed my response in my head was "F*** me what did I do?!?" so like Thursday I was asking my friends to see who actually goes to the city. When I found one I asked her what she did there. With shows out since I didnt feel like spending $300 this weekend and a few other suggestions that didnt quite hit it off, then she mentioned "The Bodies Exhibit" which definitly hit it off.
My answer was "My girlfriend is weird she would like that stuff" so I decided to surprise her with it and at first she seemed down. Then when I said the bodies are real she ran towards the building. Of course the whole time my friend was saying how much he hates the city and he is afriad of it and then back in Staten Island he said he hates this island. So he is just a complainer.
Work Work Work
I feel I just cannot keep up with English, I mean we are focused on this book that was extremely boring and seemed repetititve in what it talked about. Yet we wrote 3-6 page paper on it, 2 2-3 page papers on it and now a another 2 page paper on it. Which is all building up to a 6-8 page paper. I think I can safely say that its a bit much.
I mean come on cut it down a bit. Its a bit much to handle, especially for one class. Put all the classes together its far too hectic.
To add to it, I feel like there are not enough days off to catch up and check some things off the list. Two days a week is not enough to catch up on whats due the next week when it builds up way too much before we get to those two days. Not to mention time to sleep and get a little entertainment in those two days.
I mean come on cut it down a bit. Its a bit much to handle, especially for one class. Put all the classes together its far too hectic.
To add to it, I feel like there are not enough days off to catch up and check some things off the list. Two days a week is not enough to catch up on whats due the next week when it builds up way too much before we get to those two days. Not to mention time to sleep and get a little entertainment in those two days.
Too Much Work
I cant handle all this work, At first I thouht it was just me putting it all off until the end but I realized no its just alot. I dont get it, first semester was fine and I didnt have a problem, this semster is extremely hectic. Mainly english and pshycology. Not to mention Math since I have a natural hard time with that anyway.
Psychology is just hard because what goes on in the class is pointless since my teacher just has conversations with the students and everything seems in the book but the book protrays it horribly.
As for English it is jsut alot of writing. Mainly 2-3 page papers and a few 6-8 which are starting to get on my nerves.
Psychology is just hard because what goes on in the class is pointless since my teacher just has conversations with the students and everything seems in the book but the book protrays it horribly.
As for English it is jsut alot of writing. Mainly 2-3 page papers and a few 6-8 which are starting to get on my nerves.
What is that?
Ok since I kind of glanced over it at the end of the last post I figured I might as well go into it. More then a year ago the former friend of mine was in the woods with me and as we were heading in the direction back to my house the trees were becoming less dense and I found a pile of hair in the snow. 
My immediate response was "What the f*** is this?" I had originally thought maybe something shed it's winter coat until my former friend called me over and there was something else.
My friend asks me what it is and I say "Thats a jaw buddy, look around" and we find some more things.
Then we found the last thing...
And just for a laugh, we went back for the camera.
My immediate response was "What the f*** is this?" I had originally thought maybe something shed it's winter coat until my former friend called me over and there was something else.
My friend asks me what it is and I say "Thats a jaw buddy, look around" and we find some more things.
Then we found the last thing...
And just for a laugh, we went back for the camera.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Alone in the Woods
I dont know, but sometimes I just like to be alone. Near my house in Pennsylvania there is an area inside the woodsthat seems calm and nice to just sit and relax.
Maybe a footballs field length into the woods after a steep drop there is a pathway cutout from ATV use but its rare to see them. There is a stream that follows the path and a tree next to the stream hanging over it that seems nice just sit and think. Then if you follow the path of ATVs it stops or at leasy you should since its takes a very steep drop and off to the left going down is fallen trees and jagged rocks and the stream entering out over some of it and then on the otherside there is a wall of rocks with water coming down it.
Now if you head in the complete opposite maybe about 5 football fields away the forest gets extremely thick all of a sudden maybe because they are different trees. Off to the right before the forest is a giant sink hole which I through my former friend into when there was snow in it. Off to the far left before the forest gets thick is a hill to go up that leads deeper into the forest and there is a flat meadow at the top of the mountain in the woods. And then you start to see signs telling you to go back and leave because we are on a gun range. Oh well.
I dont know, sometimes I just wish I was there, and I wish my dog didnt run into every direction so that I can sit and relax with her and not have to chase her. Oh yeah there are bears, deer and cougers in there but I never saw one. I did see something else though.
Maybe a footballs field length into the woods after a steep drop there is a pathway cutout from ATV use but its rare to see them. There is a stream that follows the path and a tree next to the stream hanging over it that seems nice just sit and think. Then if you follow the path of ATVs it stops or at leasy you should since its takes a very steep drop and off to the left going down is fallen trees and jagged rocks and the stream entering out over some of it and then on the otherside there is a wall of rocks with water coming down it.
Now if you head in the complete opposite maybe about 5 football fields away the forest gets extremely thick all of a sudden maybe because they are different trees. Off to the right before the forest is a giant sink hole which I through my former friend into when there was snow in it. Off to the far left before the forest gets thick is a hill to go up that leads deeper into the forest and there is a flat meadow at the top of the mountain in the woods. And then you start to see signs telling you to go back and leave because we are on a gun range. Oh well.
I dont know, sometimes I just wish I was there, and I wish my dog didnt run into every direction so that I can sit and relax with her and not have to chase her. Oh yeah there are bears, deer and cougers in there but I never saw one. I did see something else though.
What a funny night
Ok so one of the people who I stopped talking to from high school attempted to get the one I still talk to from high school to play the middle man and get us to be friends again. Problem is this guy sucks as a middle man and wouldnt tell him what I really said which was along the lines of "What the fuck is the point? He is still friends with all the people I hate. We wouldnt hang out together because he hangs out with them. So what? A title of friendship without a friendship. That sounds fun." Instead he said "I will tell him your busy with school".
Instead I just IMed him telling him that. He gave me some bullshit story but we are talking again but I have him at arms length because I am not an idiot. But funny thing was he was suppose to hang out with my friend and go to the mall and he told me to come but this was at 5 in the morning so we would both be getting up late. I woke up at 2 in the after noon. He woke up at 3 then fell back to sleep after eating and woke up at like 6. At around 3 in the afternoon
I texted my friend asking if he was at the mall and he said no and if he heard from the other guy and he said no so I asked him if he wanted to hang out. We are hanging out in my room and when I go online this kid is on and Ims me at like 8:30 saying "Yeah I think the mall is out" I asked why and he said because its too late and I told him "You do know the mall is open till 10 right?" and he goes "yeah but there is no way Matt will come out now. Its too late for him (Since this kid usually has a stick up his ass)" so I looked at him and laughed and said "yeah your probably right" and we both laughed since he didnt even want to go to the mall anyway.
I dont know just had me laughing for a while.
Instead I just IMed him telling him that. He gave me some bullshit story but we are talking again but I have him at arms length because I am not an idiot. But funny thing was he was suppose to hang out with my friend and go to the mall and he told me to come but this was at 5 in the morning so we would both be getting up late. I woke up at 2 in the after noon. He woke up at 3 then fell back to sleep after eating and woke up at like 6. At around 3 in the afternoon
I texted my friend asking if he was at the mall and he said no and if he heard from the other guy and he said no so I asked him if he wanted to hang out. We are hanging out in my room and when I go online this kid is on and Ims me at like 8:30 saying "Yeah I think the mall is out" I asked why and he said because its too late and I told him "You do know the mall is open till 10 right?" and he goes "yeah but there is no way Matt will come out now. Its too late for him (Since this kid usually has a stick up his ass)" so I looked at him and laughed and said "yeah your probably right" and we both laughed since he didnt even want to go to the mall anyway.
I dont know just had me laughing for a while.
Prostitution
Alright why not....it should just be legalized. Everybody knows that it is out there and happening yet people seem intent on believing that, mainly in this country, people are incapable of doing such things out of morals and are better then that. Everybody knows it is out there yet we stay a country intent on living in disbelief and denial.
I mean technically diseases do spread from it but your not going to stop people from doing it. It is two people who give consent on having sex but one is recieving money and the other possibly guilt. If the government would just accept it then you could have the prostitutes register, the government demand weekly examinations and threaten to take away their license and arest them if they dont, and also put a tax on it so that the government can get a piece of the action metaphorically speaking.
Your never going to stop it from happening so why live in denial of its existence and always act surprised when you find out someone is capable of doing such a thing. Instead we turn our backs on them and wave our fingers at them saying "Your an evil person, that was horrible, your a bad person, have you no respect?, have you no morals?"
If we stopped being the country who thinks our shit dont stink and that our people are better then well EVERYBODY, because there are some people we are better then, and we can accept not our countries faults but the faults in humans in general then maybe we would be looked at in such a horrible light.
I mean technically diseases do spread from it but your not going to stop people from doing it. It is two people who give consent on having sex but one is recieving money and the other possibly guilt. If the government would just accept it then you could have the prostitutes register, the government demand weekly examinations and threaten to take away their license and arest them if they dont, and also put a tax on it so that the government can get a piece of the action metaphorically speaking.
Your never going to stop it from happening so why live in denial of its existence and always act surprised when you find out someone is capable of doing such a thing. Instead we turn our backs on them and wave our fingers at them saying "Your an evil person, that was horrible, your a bad person, have you no respect?, have you no morals?"
If we stopped being the country who thinks our shit dont stink and that our people are better then well EVERYBODY, because there are some people we are better then, and we can accept not our countries faults but the faults in humans in general then maybe we would be looked at in such a horrible light.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Empathy
I love Empathy yet it seems nobody is empathetic anymore. Nobody takes other's feelings into consideration nor do they consider what they are doing if they would like the same to them. I had such a great night yesterday, I got my ex to feel empathetic to the crap she use to pull on me when we were going out. I am not going to go into the details since well I just dont want to but it led to her crying and apologizing. I am not ashamed to say I felt great. I cant describe how big the smile on my face was and how I wanted to scream because I was so happy. I am also going to make sure that this is not the last time. I enjoyed that feeling too much to let it just go once, not to mention she has a long way to go before we are even.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Swamped
I cant take all this crap. I mean first semester was a breeze and now I am regretting it. I cant believe all the assignments each class is giving. I am falling so far behind that everyone is lapping me already. I'm so tired, I cant wait for this week long break so I can catch up on everything from work to sleep.
I cant take Math, I loath it with a passion. I cant wait for it to be over since I only have to take one. I mean there is q uiz Tuesday and I havent the slightest idea how to figure out the work.
Philosophy is a joke, every Monday 3 hours, since we dont meet today and next week he assigns like an 8 page paper. 8 pages of pure bullshit, should be interesting. Aside from the fact you cant really teach Philosophy I would go insane reading the garbage students write for the class.
Psychology, god my teacher acts all nice and happy but Jesus Christ his tests are insane. 58 GO ME! History which is normally my favorite and easiest subject feels quite hard all of a sudden and I cant explain it.
Amazingly English is my favorite subject and not because my English etacher will be reading this. It just feels easier and calmer then the rest. Whatever.
I cant take Math, I loath it with a passion. I cant wait for it to be over since I only have to take one. I mean there is q uiz Tuesday and I havent the slightest idea how to figure out the work.
Philosophy is a joke, every Monday 3 hours, since we dont meet today and next week he assigns like an 8 page paper. 8 pages of pure bullshit, should be interesting. Aside from the fact you cant really teach Philosophy I would go insane reading the garbage students write for the class.
Psychology, god my teacher acts all nice and happy but Jesus Christ his tests are insane. 58 GO ME! History which is normally my favorite and easiest subject feels quite hard all of a sudden and I cant explain it.
Amazingly English is my favorite subject and not because my English etacher will be reading this. It just feels easier and calmer then the rest. Whatever.
Nothing Special
I didnt do anything special this weekend, just my little nephew's birthday. Just turned four yet he looks like he is double that. Up to my waist and definitly future football player, just by his size. Although I will warn him not to be a dick when he is.
Had to be there by three so my parents wake me up at 2:30 giving me now time to get ready or even wake up, so I look like a bum. And no matter what we are always the last to arrive, I think my brother expects that.
When we get there we do the usual "hellos" and then everyone continues bullshitting. I head downstairs to see my nephew playing with his toys and just plop on the couch and watch tv.
Now I head upstairs and bullshit a little, a few laughs and then I just stroll around the house. Finally time for the cake which my sister-in-law made herself, very interesting design. Spider-man themed. Cant even describe it so maybe I will upload a picture of it.
Then its time for the good-byes at around 9. We get home then I head over to my cousins at 10:30 to go watch some tv and hang out and now I'm home. Long day.
Had to be there by three so my parents wake me up at 2:30 giving me now time to get ready or even wake up, so I look like a bum. And no matter what we are always the last to arrive, I think my brother expects that.
When we get there we do the usual "hellos" and then everyone continues bullshitting. I head downstairs to see my nephew playing with his toys and just plop on the couch and watch tv.
Now I head upstairs and bullshit a little, a few laughs and then I just stroll around the house. Finally time for the cake which my sister-in-law made herself, very interesting design. Spider-man themed. Cant even describe it so maybe I will upload a picture of it.
Then its time for the good-byes at around 9. We get home then I head over to my cousins at 10:30 to go watch some tv and hang out and now I'm home. Long day.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
I Hate this Island
I really hate this island, there is absolutely nothing to do worth doing here. Everything about this island is horrible. The people, the stores, even the air.
The majority of the people on this island are just plain assholes. And it seems more and more are popping up. Everytime I run into someone nice I usually say "They werent born/raised here" and usually they are not. But really its not just Staten Island, Jersey and Brooklyn can take some blame too since we are all so closely knit.
As for things to do one word "mall" and its a horrible mall. Never anything you want in stock, never your size, never where you are looking for it. Its always too big, too small, out of stock, or in the wrong section. And dont bother asking for help. "Excuse me do you happen to have..." and before you can finish "Whatevers out there is what we have" makes me want to say "Wow drop dead" and knock over a shelf.
Usually when I am in my room for too long my dad would come and say "Why dont you go out and get some fresh air" and my answer is "Nah smells like dead fish out there" and it does. In particular more towards south shore. North Shore just gets waves of smells from the dump but they have gotten better since they are apparently cleaning the dump. Makes me laugh, they are cleaning garbage. Actually when I drive passed it the hills look multi-color. I think they are just burying the garbage.
I want to move since I really have no ties here. Except I dont know where to move worth moving. Jersey is out, Florida...nah. California, uh NO! No thanks to some hick town either. I think I am just better off in isolation, my own house away from everyone and everything.
The majority of the people on this island are just plain assholes. And it seems more and more are popping up. Everytime I run into someone nice I usually say "They werent born/raised here" and usually they are not. But really its not just Staten Island, Jersey and Brooklyn can take some blame too since we are all so closely knit.
As for things to do one word "mall" and its a horrible mall. Never anything you want in stock, never your size, never where you are looking for it. Its always too big, too small, out of stock, or in the wrong section. And dont bother asking for help. "Excuse me do you happen to have..." and before you can finish "Whatevers out there is what we have" makes me want to say "Wow drop dead" and knock over a shelf.
Usually when I am in my room for too long my dad would come and say "Why dont you go out and get some fresh air" and my answer is "Nah smells like dead fish out there" and it does. In particular more towards south shore. North Shore just gets waves of smells from the dump but they have gotten better since they are apparently cleaning the dump. Makes me laugh, they are cleaning garbage. Actually when I drive passed it the hills look multi-color. I think they are just burying the garbage.
I want to move since I really have no ties here. Except I dont know where to move worth moving. Jersey is out, Florida...nah. California, uh NO! No thanks to some hick town either. I think I am just better off in isolation, my own house away from everyone and everything.
Blue Harvest
This week I watched Family Guy Blue Harvest a Star Wars spoof. I was hysterical laughing, unfortunately not throughout the whole thing but at bits and peaces which is good enough for me. I noticed unfortunately that it is only really funny to those who have seen Episode IV enough times to recall what should happen and what Family Guy is making fun of. I didnt mind but I can understand why my dad fell asleep when he watched it.It also helps to watch Family Guy enough times to know all the characters to understand how they blended the Family Guy characters into Star Wars.
I noticed while watching many Family Guy episodes that it is almost like a clip show due to all the references they make and then cutting from the main story to show that reference. Throughout the seasons Family Guy has made many references to Star Wars and mini clips which is how Blue Harvest came about. Basically it was "Why dont we just do a whole Episode on it?" and thats what happened. of course they did get George Lucas' approval for it but he approves everything if it could bring in money. I mean everybody thinks he is rich only because of Star Wars but it is because of asll the companies he created to make the Star Wars movies that now nearly every director uses on their own movies. So he gets to sit back and rake in the money. "but I digest"-Peter Griffin
Something tells me they may even make more Family Guy episodes based on the Star Wars Episodes due to how well just this one did. Alhough they may have to start thinking of other names since I found out they used "Blue Harvest" due to it being the fake name while filming one of the Star Wars movies.
I noticed while watching many Family Guy episodes that it is almost like a clip show due to all the references they make and then cutting from the main story to show that reference. Throughout the seasons Family Guy has made many references to Star Wars and mini clips which is how Blue Harvest came about. Basically it was "Why dont we just do a whole Episode on it?" and thats what happened. of course they did get George Lucas' approval for it but he approves everything if it could bring in money. I mean everybody thinks he is rich only because of Star Wars but it is because of asll the companies he created to make the Star Wars movies that now nearly every director uses on their own movies. So he gets to sit back and rake in the money. "but I digest"-Peter Griffin
Something tells me they may even make more Family Guy episodes based on the Star Wars Episodes due to how well just this one did. Alhough they may have to start thinking of other names since I found out they used "Blue Harvest" due to it being the fake name while filming one of the Star Wars movies.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
"The Enemy"
Alright I will start off by saying I had this friend once he stabbed me in the back, I will not go into how so because it just makes me angry. Due to him it also caused me to tell all my old friends from high school to drop dead basically and I have not spoken to them since the end of September. I mean none of them sided with him but the fact that they basically stopped hanging out with me made my decision clear.
One of his nicknames was "socially inept retard" because he could not hold his on in a conversation with even a 3 year old who just learned to talk. I am being completely honest because the thing my 3 year old nephew was saying sounded more intelligent then he did. The usual things he said were one liners from movies he managed to memorize.
Well in any event I digress, something I wanted to mention since it always gets me laughing and due to something that happened recently (Friday night in particular) made me decide to write this. Well a few weeks ago while driving one night a blue Sebring convertible pulls infront of me and I am saying to myself "Maybe its him" as a joke. All of a sudden the car starts to drive erratically and finally pulls over and I am saying to myself "What the f*** is this ***hole doing?" and as I am passing him I see as silhouette of a guy with glasses, a baseball cap and leaning foward to look out the window. My immediate response is "Son of a *****!!!" and I slam on the breaks and make an extremely sharp U-Turn while he slams on the gas and turns to go through 2 stop signs to get away. I was laughing more then being angry. So I continued on my way.
Well the other night on my way home I pass one of my old friend's houses on occassion depending on the direction I am heading. As I am passing what do you know a blue Sebring is just leaving. I was laughing and decided to pull up next to him. I tried to get his attention my beeping the horn but he only gave a glance in which I waved to him. I had an urge to follow him, actually I had an urge to beat him home since I know where he lives but my ex who I was on the phone with convinced me not to.
One of his nicknames was "socially inept retard" because he could not hold his on in a conversation with even a 3 year old who just learned to talk. I am being completely honest because the thing my 3 year old nephew was saying sounded more intelligent then he did. The usual things he said were one liners from movies he managed to memorize.
Well in any event I digress, something I wanted to mention since it always gets me laughing and due to something that happened recently (Friday night in particular) made me decide to write this. Well a few weeks ago while driving one night a blue Sebring convertible pulls infront of me and I am saying to myself "Maybe its him" as a joke. All of a sudden the car starts to drive erratically and finally pulls over and I am saying to myself "What the f*** is this ***hole doing?" and as I am passing him I see as silhouette of a guy with glasses, a baseball cap and leaning foward to look out the window. My immediate response is "Son of a *****!!!" and I slam on the breaks and make an extremely sharp U-Turn while he slams on the gas and turns to go through 2 stop signs to get away. I was laughing more then being angry. So I continued on my way.
Well the other night on my way home I pass one of my old friend's houses on occassion depending on the direction I am heading. As I am passing what do you know a blue Sebring is just leaving. I was laughing and decided to pull up next to him. I tried to get his attention my beeping the horn but he only gave a glance in which I waved to him. I had an urge to follow him, actually I had an urge to beat him home since I know where he lives but my ex who I was on the phone with convinced me not to.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
What is his Philosophy?
I took my first Philosophy class last semester and my response, "What the hell?" I mean right from the start the teacher made the class purchase two books totaling around $100 and we didnt use one and the other was barely touched. He was barely understandable, created his own words and had no idea what he was doing. He spent the majority of the class staring into space thinking of something that sounded mystical enough to say. Unfortunately not to be mean nothing sounded mystcal or enlightening coming from him.
When mid-terms came everybody thought they did good since nearly everyone studied from the textbook and I mean come on its Philosophy, basically is is a class to teach how to "bs". So to write "bs" should get you a good grade but to write someone else's "bs" should get you a better grade. Well it didnt, the majority of the class failed and the grades were thrown out.
When the end of the term was approaching he told us he would be assigning an 8 page paper in place of a final. This all shocked us since he barely gave any work so this was just a shock and we managed to talk him down to six. Oh I forgot to mention he didnt give a syllabus until two weeks into the class which did not include any information on a final paper. And to add to it he changed every date on the paper for the tests.
Now here is what had me hysterical laughing, the topic for the paper, "What is mind?" Immediatly my eye-brow raised and I am saying to myself "How the hell do you write that?" and nearly everyone else was doing the same. So I am just assuming to "bs" six pages on what mind is. Well I do it and hand it in and here nothing until the class beforethe final, yes thats right he still gave a final. For the class before the final he asks to see me agt the end of class. He tells me that I was suppose to use the text book as a guideline for the question "What is mind?" and my excuse was that he did not say nor list the textbook to be used on the board or have anything in the syllabus for the term paper. He asks me if I can re-write it and I in turn looked at him like he had ten heads and told him "How do to expect me to do it when this is our last class, especiall 6 pages worth?" and his response is "Oh ok, you will be showing up for the final correct?" I gave him the same look and told him "Yes" and asking myself "Who the hell wouldnt?"
Now with the final I quoted answers right from the text book, did not get a grade for the final but I can assume it was low for my final grade was but I will come back to that. All my friends quoted from the textbook as well. I also want to mention that I attended every class and handed in every piece of work and also worked with my friends in the class on everything. Also I did not partcipate anymore then my friends which was not at all. Also I want to mention that in several classes he claims that he does not use the text book for his work. Which is why my mid-term and my final seems to have been marked all wrong and I guess I got the question "What is mind?" horribly wrong since my final grade was a C- which I know for a fact was wrong. By the way all my friends recieved Bs.
Now I sent him a letter asking how he calcualted such a grade since I did all my work, attended every class, participated no more then my friends and they all recieved Bs while I recived a C-. Two weeks after I sent him the letter my grade was changed to a C+ and he claimed it was a typo. Now I know for a fact that is "bs" since I know I deserved a B. He just saw it easier to change it to a C+ and blame it on a typo since to change it to a B would seem strange and hard to blame on a typo. He figured this little treat would shut me up. Well I ward everyone away from his class, I have complained about him to the school and have told people dont waste their money on the book for his class either.
Now with the second term I ended up in his class again so I had to drop it messing up my entire schedule giving me a single three hour class on Monday at night which as I said really messed everything up. Now that three hour class, the teacher was listed as "TBA" so I had no idea until I walked in if I had this guy or not in which case once again I would need to drop/transfer. I told myself "If he walks in, I'm walking out." I would go the the freshman center the next day and deman a transfer and if they deny then I want my grade for his last class re-examined. I was even tempted to walk up to him in the middle of the class and say "Ok here is how its going to go, I did all my work, attended every class and did no more or less then my fellow classmates and recieved a C- while they recived Bs. This semester I intend to not show up to class, not do a damn thing in your class and I should get a pretty good grade. Your a Philosophy teacher, isnt that how it works. When you do what your suppose to and asked and recieve garbage for it, do the opposite and see what that gets you?" I was even hoping he would walk in because I now loathe this teacher with a passion.
Either fortunately or unfortunately he was not my teacher and I decided to stick with my three hour class.
When mid-terms came everybody thought they did good since nearly everyone studied from the textbook and I mean come on its Philosophy, basically is is a class to teach how to "bs". So to write "bs" should get you a good grade but to write someone else's "bs" should get you a better grade. Well it didnt, the majority of the class failed and the grades were thrown out.
When the end of the term was approaching he told us he would be assigning an 8 page paper in place of a final. This all shocked us since he barely gave any work so this was just a shock and we managed to talk him down to six. Oh I forgot to mention he didnt give a syllabus until two weeks into the class which did not include any information on a final paper. And to add to it he changed every date on the paper for the tests.
Now here is what had me hysterical laughing, the topic for the paper, "What is mind?" Immediatly my eye-brow raised and I am saying to myself "How the hell do you write that?" and nearly everyone else was doing the same. So I am just assuming to "bs" six pages on what mind is. Well I do it and hand it in and here nothing until the class beforethe final, yes thats right he still gave a final. For the class before the final he asks to see me agt the end of class. He tells me that I was suppose to use the text book as a guideline for the question "What is mind?" and my excuse was that he did not say nor list the textbook to be used on the board or have anything in the syllabus for the term paper. He asks me if I can re-write it and I in turn looked at him like he had ten heads and told him "How do to expect me to do it when this is our last class, especiall 6 pages worth?" and his response is "Oh ok, you will be showing up for the final correct?" I gave him the same look and told him "Yes" and asking myself "Who the hell wouldnt?"
Now with the final I quoted answers right from the text book, did not get a grade for the final but I can assume it was low for my final grade was but I will come back to that. All my friends quoted from the textbook as well. I also want to mention that I attended every class and handed in every piece of work and also worked with my friends in the class on everything. Also I did not partcipate anymore then my friends which was not at all. Also I want to mention that in several classes he claims that he does not use the text book for his work. Which is why my mid-term and my final seems to have been marked all wrong and I guess I got the question "What is mind?" horribly wrong since my final grade was a C- which I know for a fact was wrong. By the way all my friends recieved Bs.
Now I sent him a letter asking how he calcualted such a grade since I did all my work, attended every class, participated no more then my friends and they all recieved Bs while I recived a C-. Two weeks after I sent him the letter my grade was changed to a C+ and he claimed it was a typo. Now I know for a fact that is "bs" since I know I deserved a B. He just saw it easier to change it to a C+ and blame it on a typo since to change it to a B would seem strange and hard to blame on a typo. He figured this little treat would shut me up. Well I ward everyone away from his class, I have complained about him to the school and have told people dont waste their money on the book for his class either.
Now with the second term I ended up in his class again so I had to drop it messing up my entire schedule giving me a single three hour class on Monday at night which as I said really messed everything up. Now that three hour class, the teacher was listed as "TBA" so I had no idea until I walked in if I had this guy or not in which case once again I would need to drop/transfer. I told myself "If he walks in, I'm walking out." I would go the the freshman center the next day and deman a transfer and if they deny then I want my grade for his last class re-examined. I was even tempted to walk up to him in the middle of the class and say "Ok here is how its going to go, I did all my work, attended every class and did no more or less then my fellow classmates and recieved a C- while they recived Bs. This semester I intend to not show up to class, not do a damn thing in your class and I should get a pretty good grade. Your a Philosophy teacher, isnt that how it works. When you do what your suppose to and asked and recieve garbage for it, do the opposite and see what that gets you?" I was even hoping he would walk in because I now loathe this teacher with a passion.
Either fortunately or unfortunately he was not my teacher and I decided to stick with my three hour class.
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