Age is a number

It's 2010.  Whoopee.  So, how should I say 2010?  Should it be 0-10? Or 20-10? Or just 2 thousand 10?

This year marks the 10th year I've been out of high school.  Does this mean I'm old now?  What is the definition of old?  Heck, I'm still in my roaring 20s.  I guess it's all relative.  Age is a number... old is a feeling... right?

2010 is the end of a some journey's and the begining of others.  Some good, some bad.  I've made mistakes (just like everybody else).  I'm trying to learn from it.  Hopefully 2010 will end with me being a better christian.  It's a difficult journey.

So, pray for me that I stay on that path.  Pray that I have people there guiding me in the right direction. 

Until next time, vaya con Dios.

iPee

Wow... I'm bored.  I must be bored because I came up to the school (during Christmas break, mind you) to get on the internet.  That spells boredom... Well, actually, B-O-R-E-D-O-M spells boredom, but you get the........ ok... moving on....

One bad thing about living outside of any city limits is the inconvienience of internet access.  Sure, I could get the internet at my house, but it would cost WAY too much to get anything remotely resembling fast and reliable internet access.  So, the iPhone is the best choice.  And the iPhone is a poor choice a lot of times too because of AT&T.  They suck.  One second I'll have full 3G coverage, and then a second later, I'll have no 3G with barely any service at all.  Sometimes I have to move in certain ways like they did with old rabbit ears on tv's to get reception.  "OK... if I keep my arm held this way and my head tilted this way....AWESOME!  I got two bars!"

So, what have I done during the break so far?  Um... well, the highlight of a couple of days ago was putting on pants.  That tells you what I've been up to.  OK... that might be a little too much info....

OK... I have to pee... so I'm leaving.... Dang it... too much info again.

Until next time, vaya con Dios. 

A Blessed Life

I actually have free time to blog at the moment, so I am taking advantage. Right now, we are taking semester tests and I only have a few students here taking it. I look forward to this time so much. I have no prep period, so any mini-break I get is a gift.

Christmas shopping. I hate Christmas shopping. There is so much pressure to get the right gift. Well, at least I think there is pressure. I'm not so good at knowing what others want. I hate knowing that I got someone the wrong gift and seeing the disappointment in their eyes. Plus, dealing with all the people at the stores. It's crazy. At least Amazon.com has helped a lot in that regard. Online shopping: A Godsend for lazy people.

What do I want for Christmas? I really don't "need" anything. I have everything. Of course, I wouldn't complain if I received a new vehicle or if someone decided to pay off the rest of my house. There's always something that I wouldn't mind having. It's just that I'm so blessed that I don't need anything. I have loving family and friends. I have a job and a nice home. How many people don't have basic things? Too many. So, why should I ask for anything? I have everything. Just not the "Donald Trump" has everything.


If only gift cards were good to give for everyone... all the time. Then I would be good to go.

Until next time, vaya con Dios.

I don't think you called glass

Not having the internet at home makes updating this thing somewhat difficult. I'd do it at school but I hardly ever have the time (or the motivation) to post something. So, here goes my monthly checkup...

Basketball season is fully underway now... in other words, I have no free time. Our junior high season has already had 5 games. There have been some really good games. And get this, our boys team had a TIE. Yes, you heard me (or "read" me, in this case). We tied. You see, this particular junior high game was played before a high school game. The girls game ran long and so the boys game got started behind schedule. It was a back and forth game. My team was down 6 with under a minute left to go in the game. One of my guards hits a 3-pointer to make us only down 3. I told my guys to try to go for a steal, and if they fouled in the process, then so be it. We would try to make them either make free throws or make them turn it over. Now, I'm a little fuzzy on the details but whatever happened made us get the ball back still only down 3 points. Time is running out. So, one of my post players shoots a desperation 3 off the backboard and ties the game with 1 second left. The game is going to overtime. But not so fast my friend. The high school games are to start in about 15 minutes. So, our administration says that the game is over. In. A. Tie.

Regardless of how to game could have turned out if there was an overtime, I was proud of my team. And our guys have had a lot of close calls so far this season. But we are getting better, which is what I want. The girls are getting better as well. I'm very proud of both of my teams.

In other news, I have a girlfriend. Woohoo! She's awesome.

Until next time, vaya con Dios.

Seriously, over a month for that?

So, what... did we skip right past fall and straight into winter?

I like Reese's Cups.

Leaves of 3, @#$% me...

I'll just say this... poison ivy sucks.

I think I've discovered "super" poison ivy.... or "ultra" whichever is worse. I decided to mow my fence line by my house and I guess this is where the super/extreme poison ivy latched on. It affected both of my legs and arms. It was by far the worst case I've ever had. My legs looked like I got into a fight with a cheese grater... and lost.

I finally went to the doctor about it. At that time I probably would have been ok if he would have suggested to amputate. But when he looked at the area for the first time he said, "Hmm... that's unusual." Now, this guy is a doctor... and I'm sure he's seen some things that I'll never want to even think about. But he looks at my leg like he's trying to figure out The Sixth Sense. It wasn't too comforting.

Anyway, he gave me some meds and now it's clearing up quite well. It now only looks like I got into a fight with a frying pan full of hot grease.

Sometimes I feel like, somebody's 'sploding me

Happy two days after the 4th of July. I hope your Independence Day festivities were enjoyable.

I'm not much of a firework fan. OK,... let me rephrase that.... I'm not much of a spending money on fireworks guy. I don't like the idea of spending a months check on sparklers and black cats. Obviously, I don't mind if others do and I get to sneak in on the action, but I can think of much better ways to spend my "hard earned" cash. Such as:

• Video Games


• Stuff


• Food


• More Stuff

Granted, some of these items aren't quite as explosive as fireworks, but they last longer... well, maybe not some foods in my house.

I came up with an idea for a firework design that demonstrates realistically what happens during a firework show. The firework is simple... it has all the basic firework parts. The fuse and the 'splosion innards. It looks just like a stack of money... and it blows up. So, it's like your money is going up in smoke. Isn't that what happens when you buy fireworks? Well, besides the blown-off fingers.

The firework may look like this:

And speaking of fireworks, I found out that throwing bottle rockets in the air before they take off is a bad idea. To make a short story shorter, my hearing hasn't come all the way back yet.

I've got nothing more to say, except...... until next time, vaya con Dios.

Global Swarming

OK... it's hot. Summer just started. Dang global warming never helps when it's cold.

When it's hot outside, it makes other things suck. It makes everything outside untouchable. Want to go for a drive in the middle of a summer day? Alright... just prepare to have 3rd degree burns on your hands. Of course, you should always wear your seatbelt... just don't touch the metal part. Do you have a leather interior? Well, your life is about to change. All these things turn to searing hot magma. Driving under these conditions reminds me of trying to tune a radio station and the only way to get it is to morph your body and antenae making it look like you are doing yoga. You can't touch the stearing wheel so you use your elbows or somehow put your feet up there to steer. You can't touch the door because your arm will melt off. In other words... your vehicle hates you.

Is it just me, or is the US about to become nuked by several different countries? North Korea threatens us.... Iran may be doing "axis of evil" type activities. What else? Are the people of Egypt going to throw rocks at us? What if Canada hates us? An international snowball fight?

Have we really became the most hated country in the world? Is it our meddling in everyone's business? Is it our freedom they want for themselves? Our arrogance?

There is too much to think about. It's summer! I'm not supposed to think during my vacation! Quit bothering me, world. You're bugging me. Scat! Scat!

Until next time, vaya con Dios.

No bean bag chair?

28. That's the number. It's not that big of a deal. The only big birthday's are usually 16 and 21 (for the younger ones). Then the only big birthdays you have to endure,... uh, eh.... look forward to is the ones that have a zero at the end of it. So, 28 isn't much. It's another year of sitting at home wishing you could be doing something cool on your birthday for a change. I guess I should ready the Cheetos and root bear.... It's party time!

Other than that I'm busy (really? busy?) settling in to my new house. It's great to have a place to call your own. It comes at a price, however. And that price will haunt me for the next 15 years. But I do like it and hope it serves me well for many years to come.

Am I the only one resisting the phenomenon that is Twitter? I'm already on Facebook and Myspace. Do I need Twitter? I heard that Twitter, Facebook, and Myspace are joining forces to create one big social networking site: YouTwitFace.

School is out. Summer is here. It's good. I simplified that to spare you the time.

Until next time, vaya con Dios.

A pirates life for me...

The house is in!

Great news, right? Yes, for the most part. The downside (right now) is that I can't move in for another few days. I have to wait for the plumbers, electrician's, wizards, and whoever-they-are's to come and get everything ready for me to move in. I haven't bought a refrigerator yet, but it'll be one of the last things for me to do. Yay... I get to spend more money I don't have.

One month left of school. Awesome. Right now we are in the middle of prepping for the EOI (End of Instruction) tests. The whole year comes down to these tests. No pressure.

Tomorrow I'll be doing something that I thought I would never do. I don't really want to say exactly what that is just yet, but if it goes a certain way, then I'll share. Don't you just love these vague stories?

Pirates are in the news. Since when did pirates become "in" again? The media seems to indicate that they are everywhere. Now, on top of economic disaster and global warming, we get to deal with contemporary Peg-legs. Every time I hear anyone talk about the "new" pirates, I always imagine them with an eye patch and a parrot. Sometimes they would say, "Why is the rum gone?"

Alrighty then... I guess I'll talk to ya again in a month.... ha....

Until next time, vaya con Dios.