As pretty much everyone knows who reads this blog today is the last day Chief Illiniwek will be struting his stuff on the basketball court, or anywhere else for that matter. When this news first came out I could be quoted to be saying very cruel things about the chief, and well I am not sure if I take any of that back. I do find him quite annoying as his dance is just a little to much. It is also sorta wierd that it is a white dude prancing out there, but I suppose that really doesn't matter. Anyway, I have decided that while I am not a big fan (since I loath the University of Illinois), I still do not like to see a mascot go away for the assanine reasons. Being PC is so bullshit, I mean Tim Hardaway comes out and says he hates gays, oh well at least he is speaking the truth. I think it is far worse to cover things up. Anyways, sorry to those who are losing their chief hopefully I will never lose my Otto or Victor E. Bluejay.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Weekend Recap
Alright - So I didn't post all week, really nothing to interesting that deserved postage. This weekend was a slightly different story with few musings.
Friday- After work I headed to EJ's as we had tickets to go see All That Remains. My google maps told me it was 9 miles or 25 minutes. No highways were needed and I started off making really decent time, about 4 miles away is where things got a bit sticky, overall it ended up taking about an hour to get to the apartment. This is exactly why I would never live in the city. As for the concert it was very enjoyable. I got accused by Metro security of smoking and they asked me to stop. The problem was that i wasn't smoking, no idea what he saw. After ths who we met up with Jim and Jim at the daily. EJ and myself both stated how we really didn't feel like drinking, one at the daily that feeling must have gone away. Newcastle tasted like sweet nectar on my lips, and so I proceeded to have 3. I must say Newcastle on tap far, far superior to that in a bottle. We then decided to move on to what i believe is called the brauhaus, a nice German restaurant where the average age had to be 65. We decided to drink a boot, of their own beer. It was good stuff, but in the time that we drank it all I seemed to be slightly under the influence. Maxwell, EJ and myself decided to leave zervas and head towards the 7/11. Picked up lots of random food, and slapped Maxwell and EJ in the face with a slim Jim a couple times and then headed back home. Ate all the random food and passed out. The next day woke up with not to bad of a hangover which I can't say the same about Maxwell who proceeded to vomit a ton. EJ and I went and got lunch at this random hot dog joint and I ordered hot wings that were something I had never seen before. I wish i took a picture because it was basically just tons of hot junk tossed on wings and called hot wings, it looked rather nasty and there was a random hair on one of the wings which didn't seem to phase EJ. After that headed back to the apartment and ej headed out for a hair cut. Maxwell and i went to get him some lunch at Garcia's, where i stuck with a 4 dollar horchata. After all that fun we ended up at the dollar store to purchase a few necessities including a couple candles with Jesus, a Judas candle and a 54" inflatable sword. It was then time to head back to Elmhurst to attend the huge game vs Wheaton. This game was extremely strange from the start. The game was supposed to start around 8pm. When we arrived there still was some wrestling reigionals going on. I really don't get wrestling and I really didn't enjoy seeing this fat dude who was wrestlings boobie. Also the people who watched wrestling ate really healthy food, i saw tons of apples, bananas, even a can of pineapple was left in the risers. So the game ends up starting around 9pm instead. The first half was pretty good, although while it should have been really exciting something was just missing, perhaps it was because I was so nervous with the outcome. At halftime we got the treat of a fire alarm and everyone had to evacuate the premises. There was no fire so the game resumed, and after an almost fight midway through the 2nd half the game ended with an Elmhurst Victory. After the game we returned back to the city and headed back to the same place we were the night before. Andrew and his friend Andy joined us. They were already trashed so we decided just to start doing boots, we ended up drinking 3 of them, which isn't too bad in an hour and half. We then returned home and sleeping commenced. I woke up to the sound of Andy on all fours vomiting in the middle of the TV area, very nasty and something i rather not have to wake up to ever again. I woke up again a little while later to Andy snoring like i have never heard anyone snore before. It was so bad that i had to retreat from my comfortable couch to go sleep on the kitchen floor, where the snoring was still audible but manageable. I went home at around 10am, took a shower and headed out to have lunch with leighan at our usual spot Red Robin. After lunch it was time for some daytona 500 action, and a great nap commenced. I saw most the great action and in the end well there was a lot of chaos and a great race to the finish line. After all that I got hungry and so I ordered some papa johns for Dan and myself. I don't really want to go into the details, but papa johns is the worst pizza place ever, I would recommend no one ever order from there ever. It was the time to talk to leighan for a few minutes and then go to bed fairly early as the abuse I have been doing to my body is starting to catch up to me.
Friday- After work I headed to EJ's as we had tickets to go see All That Remains. My google maps told me it was 9 miles or 25 minutes. No highways were needed and I started off making really decent time, about 4 miles away is where things got a bit sticky, overall it ended up taking about an hour to get to the apartment. This is exactly why I would never live in the city. As for the concert it was very enjoyable. I got accused by Metro security of smoking and they asked me to stop. The problem was that i wasn't smoking, no idea what he saw. After ths who we met up with Jim and Jim at the daily. EJ and myself both stated how we really didn't feel like drinking, one at the daily that feeling must have gone away. Newcastle tasted like sweet nectar on my lips, and so I proceeded to have 3. I must say Newcastle on tap far, far superior to that in a bottle. We then decided to move on to what i believe is called the brauhaus, a nice German restaurant where the average age had to be 65. We decided to drink a boot, of their own beer. It was good stuff, but in the time that we drank it all I seemed to be slightly under the influence. Maxwell, EJ and myself decided to leave zervas and head towards the 7/11. Picked up lots of random food, and slapped Maxwell and EJ in the face with a slim Jim a couple times and then headed back home. Ate all the random food and passed out. The next day woke up with not to bad of a hangover which I can't say the same about Maxwell who proceeded to vomit a ton. EJ and I went and got lunch at this random hot dog joint and I ordered hot wings that were something I had never seen before. I wish i took a picture because it was basically just tons of hot junk tossed on wings and called hot wings, it looked rather nasty and there was a random hair on one of the wings which didn't seem to phase EJ. After that headed back to the apartment and ej headed out for a hair cut. Maxwell and i went to get him some lunch at Garcia's, where i stuck with a 4 dollar horchata. After all that fun we ended up at the dollar store to purchase a few necessities including a couple candles with Jesus, a Judas candle and a 54" inflatable sword. It was then time to head back to Elmhurst to attend the huge game vs Wheaton. This game was extremely strange from the start. The game was supposed to start around 8pm. When we arrived there still was some wrestling reigionals going on. I really don't get wrestling and I really didn't enjoy seeing this fat dude who was wrestlings boobie. Also the people who watched wrestling ate really healthy food, i saw tons of apples, bananas, even a can of pineapple was left in the risers. So the game ends up starting around 9pm instead. The first half was pretty good, although while it should have been really exciting something was just missing, perhaps it was because I was so nervous with the outcome. At halftime we got the treat of a fire alarm and everyone had to evacuate the premises. There was no fire so the game resumed, and after an almost fight midway through the 2nd half the game ended with an Elmhurst Victory. After the game we returned back to the city and headed back to the same place we were the night before. Andrew and his friend Andy joined us. They were already trashed so we decided just to start doing boots, we ended up drinking 3 of them, which isn't too bad in an hour and half. We then returned home and sleeping commenced. I woke up to the sound of Andy on all fours vomiting in the middle of the TV area, very nasty and something i rather not have to wake up to ever again. I woke up again a little while later to Andy snoring like i have never heard anyone snore before. It was so bad that i had to retreat from my comfortable couch to go sleep on the kitchen floor, where the snoring was still audible but manageable. I went home at around 10am, took a shower and headed out to have lunch with leighan at our usual spot Red Robin. After lunch it was time for some daytona 500 action, and a great nap commenced. I saw most the great action and in the end well there was a lot of chaos and a great race to the finish line. After all that I got hungry and so I ordered some papa johns for Dan and myself. I don't really want to go into the details, but papa johns is the worst pizza place ever, I would recommend no one ever order from there ever. It was the time to talk to leighan for a few minutes and then go to bed fairly early as the abuse I have been doing to my body is starting to catch up to me.
Friday, February 09, 2007
Alter Egos
As most of you know when people get drunk they end up transforming into a whole different beast ala anyways in the spirit of this Dan and I have decided to apply names that fit our drunken characters.
As many of you know here is the list of alter egos that already exist:
Jim B: Hank
Andy H: The Mayor
Jim Z: Demetri (i am not sure if this is official or if this is the exact name)
Alex: (I know they gave him one does anyone know what it is?)
Dan: Sal
Dave: Lance
John: Lamar (I am still trying to figure out why Lamar, and if anyone else has any other suggestions please feel free to suggest them in the comments)
As many of you know here is the list of alter egos that already exist:
Jim B: Hank
Andy H: The Mayor
Jim Z: Demetri (i am not sure if this is official or if this is the exact name)
Alex: (I know they gave him one does anyone know what it is?)
Dan: Sal
Dave: Lance
John: Lamar (I am still trying to figure out why Lamar, and if anyone else has any other suggestions please feel free to suggest them in the comments)
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Well I started reading more of my old blog entries and noticed what I really love about it is that I can look back and know exactly what was happening on that particular day. I think perhaps these new entries while perhaps a tiny bit more thought provoking are just something I should do on the side, and I should go back to listing out the events of my days. So here we go.
Monday- Super Bowl hangover @ work, ended up going home eating some dinner, watching Prison Break and 24.
Tuesday - Work, then traveled through the dangerous snow to leighans for a night of dinner and a movie. Chainsaw Massacre: The Beggining is an alright movie, but nothing to write home about.
Today - The plan is to work, then go home make some dinnr for leighan and myself. At 7:30 we will be attending a huge game of D3 Hoops between Elmhurst college and Carthage college. If Elmhurst loses and Augie loses to Wheaton tonight, tied for first!
I guess this is a good reason of why I don't write everything I do. work really takes up a lot of time, and unlike school nothing that interesting happens at work. I am getting old, it is depressing.
Monday- Super Bowl hangover @ work, ended up going home eating some dinner, watching Prison Break and 24.
Tuesday - Work, then traveled through the dangerous snow to leighans for a night of dinner and a movie. Chainsaw Massacre: The Beggining is an alright movie, but nothing to write home about.
Today - The plan is to work, then go home make some dinnr for leighan and myself. At 7:30 we will be attending a huge game of D3 Hoops between Elmhurst college and Carthage college. If Elmhurst loses and Augie loses to Wheaton tonight, tied for first!
I guess this is a good reason of why I don't write everything I do. work really takes up a lot of time, and unlike school nothing that interesting happens at work. I am getting old, it is depressing.
How can it take that long?
The title is actually in reference to an old roommate of mine is said he would work out for 2.5 - 3 hours when he went and worked out. To me this just doesn't seem possible, and if it is possible you should look a whole let better then said roommate ended up looking. Based upon a new roommates regimen which only takes an hour or so, sure he may just be maintaining is sleek figure, but seriously I think an hour is all you need. Now that I have admitted to checking out other guys figures I will continue on to what this post is supposed to be about.
My job is really boring. While, I think the end product is cool and some of the steps along the way are neat as well, I just get real bored real quickly. The problem is I have something like 33 projects this is more then most have, granted mine are a little easier, but still having to manage 33 clients is quite the task. You have to email, call, create the project plan, and check up on all the details that go into building a site. I know I will probably regret saying this as it will probably be found by someone who works with me, but it seems like there is a lot of downtime. Maybe it is me not having enough work, or maybe I am just doing a thorough enough job, I really don't know, but I honestly just don't see how doing what I need to do takes the whole day everyday. During that downtime I often journey to many other websites, and while for most of you slackers out there that would be considered well for lack of a better work slacking off. I consider it research to find what I enjoy looking at in a website, I have noticed I have a much more critical eye when I look at websites now, and it is rather annoying. I notice the navigation and the title tags and just everything that gets pounded into my head on a daily basis. So, I guess the question I ask is, is everyone really working 100% of the time like they appear to be, am I the only one who has this downtime, or is everyone able to do what they will for the majority of their day? I mean honestly I would prefer a lot less downtime as it makes the clock tick a lot slower, this morning flew by as I wrote a project plan for a new client of mine, now this afternoon is just taking forever. It seems as though I am dragging this blog on because honestly I think I have lost my train of thought as well as just trying to make it longer for something to do.
My job is really boring. While, I think the end product is cool and some of the steps along the way are neat as well, I just get real bored real quickly. The problem is I have something like 33 projects this is more then most have, granted mine are a little easier, but still having to manage 33 clients is quite the task. You have to email, call, create the project plan, and check up on all the details that go into building a site. I know I will probably regret saying this as it will probably be found by someone who works with me, but it seems like there is a lot of downtime. Maybe it is me not having enough work, or maybe I am just doing a thorough enough job, I really don't know, but I honestly just don't see how doing what I need to do takes the whole day everyday. During that downtime I often journey to many other websites, and while for most of you slackers out there that would be considered well for lack of a better work slacking off. I consider it research to find what I enjoy looking at in a website, I have noticed I have a much more critical eye when I look at websites now, and it is rather annoying. I notice the navigation and the title tags and just everything that gets pounded into my head on a daily basis. So, I guess the question I ask is, is everyone really working 100% of the time like they appear to be, am I the only one who has this downtime, or is everyone able to do what they will for the majority of their day? I mean honestly I would prefer a lot less downtime as it makes the clock tick a lot slower, this morning flew by as I wrote a project plan for a new client of mine, now this afternoon is just taking forever. It seems as though I am dragging this blog on because honestly I think I have lost my train of thought as well as just trying to make it longer for something to do.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Super Bowl Could Have Been Gayer
I am very suprised since the theme of the Super Bowl was who can make the fruitiest commercial, bud decided not to show this one.
No One Will Ever Care About the Utah Jazz
The Bulls lost to the Jazz last night, and while other more important things happened last night such as Jack Bauer losing his brother, I hate losing to the Jazz. I can't really explain my hatred for the Jazz, but I think it has to deal with the man pictured, while not on the team anymore, that bald head, goatee and HUGE glasses gave me nightmares for two NBA finals in a row. Looking at his glasses again gave me a great idea though. Similar to how football players wear the shields on their helmets that are opaque so other players can't see their eyes, how come this has not started in basketball. I know they teach you to look at the player you are guarding hips, but I would think players also look at the eyes and what an advantage if you were not able to see them. Another useful tool would be colored contacts for instance if you wore the same contacts Marilyn Manson wore.I think this post shows why I am not a sports writer. Writing about frivileous bullshit of my life is far easier then writing about anything with any substance, perhaps I should stick to that. The honest truth is this post was a lame excuse to post a picture of Antoine Carr.
Monday, February 05, 2007
#1 Super Bowl Fan
Really this jacket puzzles me. I was gazing through all the sweet gear the Bears would have had if they had won the Super Bowl and then this hits me in the face. Since the Bears didn't win and I usually have a really great time at Super Bowl parties perhaps this is a good idea for my jacket purchase. Also, my birthday is coming up *hint *hint
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY!
I got one question for you? Who was fucked up in 2002? Oh yes that would be John Dewey. Since I implemented this new template I lost comments which I will once again say, son of a bitch about. But I also have gained access to a much easier way of navigation, and with now working in web company I should know websites are all about navigation. With this added navigation I decided to start reading my old archives, which I do from time to time. This time I pretty much read all close to 1000 posts in 2002, sure this took some time, but while eating my panera Brocoli and Cheddar soup what the fuck else did I have to do.
So I am guessing there are only a few people who have read almost every single post on this blog. I will start off with Jim Z, the reason I believe he has is because he has never seemed to have much to do, plus he is always intersted in other peoples business. The other reason being, him and Maxwell once got extremely drunk and decided to go through all my old blog entries and laugh at them if I remember correctly. I am not sure who really likes to get drunk then read blogs, but hey I guess whatever gets you going. I also believe Dan has read a majority of them, as he has reminded me a few times that I pretty much have nothing to say. Lastly, I would say that Leighan has read all of them, since I started dating her at the end of '02 it would only make sense that should would want to background check the wierd fucker with long hair that she fell in love with at first sight (or so I can make myself believe).
Anyways - reading through old posts I have quite a few thoughts. The first was why the hell was I always so depressed? I mean, I guess this was a period in time where I didn't have a girlfriend, so I must not have felt loved or I don't know and I really don't know if I want to get into it on a blog, but I will say while Leighan and I have had our fights and squables she really has bettered my life qutie a bit. I seem much more happy, and I don't hate nearly as many people (probably >1,000) so thats an imporvement and who knows what another couple years could do to me, I may start respecting everyone. The other question is what happened to all these people who were my friends there are so many that are not just gone, and even some that I may have some contact with they really could care less. It is kinda crazy how much life changes in just half a decade, I have gone from a punkass kid to a noble man of business (do not debate me on this). I do still have most the same core friends Jim and Jim are as gay and retarded as ever. Andy other then getting ready for the marriage part of life is still one of the hardest guys ever to argue with, and perhaps that is what dictated his choice of profession. Dan is well, still Dan and a very hard guy to describe. Marie is still my brother who is good for a laugh every 4-6 months. And with the subtraction of many friends also comes some additions including EJ, who I don't know how I could move on in life witout letting everyone know he doesn't have an arm (which I really don't think he enjoys me telling everyone, but he will humor me for the sake that he believe he is smarter then me and he wants ignorant John to be able to get some enjoyment out of life) and I have become better friends with Dave J, but that wasn't his choice he decided to live with me.
ok I would go on with this sentimental babble, but the super bowl yesterday was gay enough. I would ask Jim Z to please help me out with something since he doesn't have anything better to do. Please find the first time I started drinking again. my guess is it will be in 2003, notice in 2002 I rip all people who drink, let it also be known I wrote a 10 page case study about how binge drinking was retarded and I wanted all those people to die. From now ony you can call me Mr. Hypocrite if you like.
Thanks and enjoy your day.
So I am guessing there are only a few people who have read almost every single post on this blog. I will start off with Jim Z, the reason I believe he has is because he has never seemed to have much to do, plus he is always intersted in other peoples business. The other reason being, him and Maxwell once got extremely drunk and decided to go through all my old blog entries and laugh at them if I remember correctly. I am not sure who really likes to get drunk then read blogs, but hey I guess whatever gets you going. I also believe Dan has read a majority of them, as he has reminded me a few times that I pretty much have nothing to say. Lastly, I would say that Leighan has read all of them, since I started dating her at the end of '02 it would only make sense that should would want to background check the wierd fucker with long hair that she fell in love with at first sight (or so I can make myself believe).
Anyways - reading through old posts I have quite a few thoughts. The first was why the hell was I always so depressed? I mean, I guess this was a period in time where I didn't have a girlfriend, so I must not have felt loved or I don't know and I really don't know if I want to get into it on a blog, but I will say while Leighan and I have had our fights and squables she really has bettered my life qutie a bit. I seem much more happy, and I don't hate nearly as many people (probably >1,000) so thats an imporvement and who knows what another couple years could do to me, I may start respecting everyone. The other question is what happened to all these people who were my friends there are so many that are not just gone, and even some that I may have some contact with they really could care less. It is kinda crazy how much life changes in just half a decade, I have gone from a punkass kid to a noble man of business (do not debate me on this). I do still have most the same core friends Jim and Jim are as gay and retarded as ever. Andy other then getting ready for the marriage part of life is still one of the hardest guys ever to argue with, and perhaps that is what dictated his choice of profession. Dan is well, still Dan and a very hard guy to describe. Marie is still my brother who is good for a laugh every 4-6 months. And with the subtraction of many friends also comes some additions including EJ, who I don't know how I could move on in life witout letting everyone know he doesn't have an arm (which I really don't think he enjoys me telling everyone, but he will humor me for the sake that he believe he is smarter then me and he wants ignorant John to be able to get some enjoyment out of life) and I have become better friends with Dave J, but that wasn't his choice he decided to live with me.
ok I would go on with this sentimental babble, but the super bowl yesterday was gay enough. I would ask Jim Z to please help me out with something since he doesn't have anything better to do. Please find the first time I started drinking again. my guess is it will be in 2003, notice in 2002 I rip all people who drink, let it also be known I wrote a 10 page case study about how binge drinking was retarded and I wanted all those people to die. From now ony you can call me Mr. Hypocrite if you like.
Thanks and enjoy your day.
When Anti-Freeze freezes
So a couple things about today. First I am sick of global warming, it is just keeping this world too hot. You know how many of those jokes are going to be made this week? The answer is too many. While I don't believe in global warming and I do like to bring that up. I hate when people make those type of sarcastic comments.
Last night was real hard to sleep. There was many factors which could have influenced that. The first that comes to mind is the Bears loss, but hopefully that didn't cause me to not sleep well. The second was all the hooters wings that were inside me, while my stomach didn't end up exploding as usual, it still could have made me feel uncomfortable. The last is the fact that ever since my alarm didn't go off one day for work, I am paranoid it is going to happen again. Today however I got to go to the ortho to get a new bracket, a thicker wire on top and a bracket on the bottom. The top braces are no kicking my ass, not only because they got tightened, but there is a little wire that keeps catching my tongue.
By the way if you were unaware of the fact that it is cold out. Let me tell you it is cold out, I washed my window at a gas station and before I could wipe it off, it was frozen solid. My suggestion is to not wash your car for a least another month.
It is lunch time here at work, and I forgot my lunch this morning so I am off to panera for the only thing that I can eat today. I hope everyone enjoys there day and I also hope that Spills Lane comes over to clean up his brown mess he left all over our carpet.
Last night was real hard to sleep. There was many factors which could have influenced that. The first that comes to mind is the Bears loss, but hopefully that didn't cause me to not sleep well. The second was all the hooters wings that were inside me, while my stomach didn't end up exploding as usual, it still could have made me feel uncomfortable. The last is the fact that ever since my alarm didn't go off one day for work, I am paranoid it is going to happen again. Today however I got to go to the ortho to get a new bracket, a thicker wire on top and a bracket on the bottom. The top braces are no kicking my ass, not only because they got tightened, but there is a little wire that keeps catching my tongue.
By the way if you were unaware of the fact that it is cold out. Let me tell you it is cold out, I washed my window at a gas station and before I could wipe it off, it was frozen solid. My suggestion is to not wash your car for a least another month.
It is lunch time here at work, and I forgot my lunch this morning so I am off to panera for the only thing that I can eat today. I hope everyone enjoys there day and I also hope that Spills Lane comes over to clean up his brown mess he left all over our carpet.
Losing the Gayest Super Bowl Ever
While I found this years super bowl to be extremely gay; with one really gay pre-game show, gay commercials, and prince who isn't gay, but acts extremely gay. I still had my team, the Chicago Bears in this game and I was really looking forward to a nice night of celebration. The game which everyone in the world knows started off with the exact same play that started off the college championship game, felt really good until it dawned on most "this is what happened with Ohio State" after that, I really felt the bears had no chance. I really thought the defense would have played a little bit better than they did, but they were on the field the entire game and they just got worked. I guess I don't have much to say, but losing with a team you really follow hurts bad. While I have had my teams lose before, it has never been in as big of a game as this. Cuse lost in the national championship when i was in high school, but that didn't hurt to bad as I was just getting really into them. The bears, sox, bulls and fire have all lost other huge playoff games that have been rough, but once again none that measure up to the greatness of the super bowl. Well, thanks Bears for a pretty awesome season. Even though it is hard to get over making it but not finishing, I was still a fun ride. Now it is time to just have my sundays free for the most part, and watch some basketball for a while. Baseball won't be here in too long and hopefully the sox can get back to their winning ways, though I still would like to have a super bowl team to say I routed on during my life.
Friday, February 02, 2007
Two major things going on this week:
First
Second
I can't believe Crocop and Rampage will be fighting in the UFC, it would be shame if both end up like Mr. Herring did a week or so ago.
While the UFC should be awesome, I don't think anything could compete with the Bears being in the Super Bowl - although I did think about things and come to the conclusion that the White Sox championship might have meant more to me. I think the fact that the possibility of '85 Bears talk going on the back burner is very exciting, while that team was amazing (not that I would remember) but at the same time it is getting old FAST.
First
Second
I can't believe Crocop and Rampage will be fighting in the UFC, it would be shame if both end up like Mr. Herring did a week or so ago.
While the UFC should be awesome, I don't think anything could compete with the Bears being in the Super Bowl - although I did think about things and come to the conclusion that the White Sox championship might have meant more to me. I think the fact that the possibility of '85 Bears talk going on the back burner is very exciting, while that team was amazing (not that I would remember) but at the same time it is getting old FAST.
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