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Well, as of 6:17 PM, I am no longer a Toys R Us kid. It was a great year and a half, and it sucked leaving, but I gots to do what I gots to do. On to Allstate in a week baby.
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[26 Jan 2006|10:29pm] |
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Life Phase change 2006 in progress. Sufi.
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[12 Jun 2005|05:12pm] |
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City of Evil is better than I ever could have imagined. If I could relate it to anything I would have to say it was a "religious experience" listening to it for the first time. I can't stop, I will never get tired of this album.
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[04 Jun 2005|01:29am] |
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I met the guitarist Patrick out at Ruby Tuesday and though the demo song has crap quality they sound interesting. They are playing a show not far from here to anyone who's interested.
In The Blood
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[03 Nov 2004|12:03pm] |
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I can't believe it. I'm totally and utterly speechless. I hardly knew the man, but it feels like I lost a best friend. Whenever I was around him I never saw something like that in him, he was always so upbeat around me, so funny and outgoing. I'm going to regret Sunday night for the rest of my life. I saw him at Wal-Mart with some of his friends. I made a face in the window at him and he sorta laughed. Michelle asked if I wanted to say hi and I said "Nah, I'll see him around". I will never forget that moment. How I wish I could just say hello to him one more time. I don't know why this has affected me so much, I hardly knew him. Why would he commit suicide? I'm dumbfounded right now. R.I.P. Fetus, you are sorely missed my friend.
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[16 Sep 2004|10:22pm] |
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Well, right now Michelle, my mom, and Sarah are making an animal cell (not a cage, the cell in the body) out of cake, twizzlers, cookies, icing, m&m's, chocolate covered raisins, and various other little candies. It has to be edible for her to get credit for it. It's pretty cool, and they all seem to be enjoying it. I love Michelle when she's like this, just something attractive about it. WEll, I also wanted to inform everyone I've changed my email address finally (in case you didn't get my email). My new email is BigSlowCAC@gmail.com Send me a note if you want. Well, I'll tty'all later. Bye
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[15 Sep 2004|11:37pm] |
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Michelle wrote an essay the other day on guitar and it blew me away. The feeling of passion when it jumps off the page at you is intense. here it is:
A Voice Without Words
"In order to live freely and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice."
- Richard Bach
```For as long as I can remember, I have searched far and wide trying to find something I would enjoy doing in my down time. I tried sports such as gymnastics and competitive cheerleading, but my heart was never fully in it. The endless hours of practices, the countless amounts of injuries, and the constant commands from coaches: It felt like a chore. I was longing for the feeling of release from the everyday world and express myself in a way that would be relaxing as well as challenging to me. Little did I know, hiding in a dark corner of my room, was what had been searching for all along. It was my guitar.
```At the end of another grueling day of work and school, I just need some down time. I guess you can also call it a release from the real world. Just holding that guitar - knowing no one is there to judge me – lets my mind go free. No criticizing. Just me and the finely cut wood with a small amp for me to play what ever I want. Whether it has been a tough day, or even a slow day; moving my fingers across the wooden neck and feeling the metal frets at my finger tips helps me concentrate on the moment. You’ll forget about that spilt coffee from this morning or maybe even the flat tire you got on the way to work. When I am holding the guitar in my hands, I feel like I am holding the power of that instrument to express what I truly feel inside of me at the time.
```When I let my fingers explore all the different frets and strings, I am expressing myself in a way that words can not describe. The sound that comes from the amp does all the talking for me. In recognition of a true guitarist, Steve Vai had once said, “Guitar is all the singing and expression I need”. I strongly agree. There is no boundary you can’t cross. Nothing there holding you back. No matter what kind of day I had, the guitar is there for me to just let my tension go. I just lie back in my bed and play whatever my heart desires. I let my mind go blank and concentrate only on the sound coming from the amplifier and being able to move my hands freely along the neck of the guitar to play the many different sounds that the string instrument can create.
```Being able to express your feelings on to an instrument is a task in its self. It can become rather hard and tedious at times trying to make my fingers move as quickly as possible just to hit the right chord. Whether I am trying to make a song up on my own, or if I am trying to play a solo from another artist; it takes both practice and patience. As I suspected when I first started, my finger tips did not have the callouses they needed to be able to play on the fine metal strings. My patience eventually paid off. After many long hours and months of playing, I was playing with the greatest of ease. I could play solos in no time flat as well as chord progressions smoothly and flawlessly. Each time I practice, I try and challenge myself to come up with a new sound so I never have to keep playing the same things over and over. That way it keeps things interesting.
```I would not give up my guitar for the anything in this world. There is no greater feeling than having the power of the guitar at my finger tips. It is the greatest feeling of release I have ever felt. No one is there to criticize me or tell me what to do. I become my own boss. I let my fingers walk along the frets and allow them to speak what feelings I have inside. Some people use painting as their own escape. The colors that they use, such as warm and cool, express the mood and feeling that they are trying to create. But there is only so much you can do with a paintbrush and a canvas. That’s why I prefer guitar. There is endless opportunities to explore and create on an instrument such as guitar. I strongly recommend that everyone finds something that they can do to help them forget about their everyday lives. I know I’ve found mine. And it is the greatest discovery I have ever made.
Let me know what you think of it and I'll pass the message to her.
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[12 Sep 2004|05:41pm] |
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Well, today we went and marveled at all the halloween stuff at Michael's *squeals like a fanboy*. Halloween is almost here so get ready, we may go all out this year. Other than that, parentals are coming back in about an hour with the new car so that will be cool. And Sarah, remember, if you touch my revolver mags or any of my stuff again you will regret it.
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Well, talked to dad today and everything is fine. She must have just been hurting due to walking so much so no worries, thank god. As for everything else, it's going great. I love Michelle with all my heart, just thought I'd let you ya'll know again. Well, I'll tty'all later. bye.
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This has not been a good month for me. I mean, life in general has been great but the situations haven't. First the 3 hurricanes, then the job situation, now my mom is in New Orleans and she's having pains in her side like the ones she had before. I'm worried sick. Dad says she's resting peacefully right now but if it gets worse he's taking her to the hospital. Keep her in your prayers guys, we're gonna need all we can get.
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These are hilarious!!!
Here are the top twelve comments made by NBC sports commentators during the [2004] Summer Olympics that they would like to take back
1. Weightlifting commentator: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."
2. Dressage commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."
3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."
4. Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries,and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious."
5. Softball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."
6. Basketball analyst: "He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces."
7. At the rowing medal ceremony: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew."
8. Soccer commentator: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
9. Tennis commentator: "One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them . . . Oh my God, what have I just said?"
10. Winston Bennet: "I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body."
11. F1 Motor racing Commentator: "The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical"
12. David Acfield: "Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer."
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Well, I went country line dancing *insert lame hick accent* for a friend's b-day party on Friday. It actually was pretty fun. It didn't feel too awkward going out on the dance floor 'cause your not trying to impress someone or get a girl to notice you like most hip hop clubs. They have a dance for EVERYTHING there. "I got friend's in low places" had one, "Save a horse, ride a cowboy" had one, hell, even "Cotton eye joe" had a long dance that sped up (Michelle toughed out that one). I danced a couple of songs (or at least tried to) and the atmosphere was quite cool. It was a lot of fun and we found out where lazer extreme was by accident so we're gonna head out there sometime. We went and saw the new "exorcist" movie last night, it was pretty darned cool. It wasn't necessarily scary, more creepy. A LOT of cool special effects though, still rivals the original however, even this day in age. Go see "without a paddle", it was badass too. Well, I'll tty'all later then. Bye
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Well, the waterbed is gone. I loved it but it sprung another leak and I kinda got tired of it so I got my sis's old futon and she got the antique that we bought from a yard sale. It looks good in my room and it's somewhat comfy, I just have to get used to it again. I also got my new dresser so I can actually put clothes up. My room is a mess but it will be clean soon. May go see the new 'exorcist' movie today but I'm not sure yet. Michelle starts college today so good luck to her. 2 new Dane Cook videos on his website for anyone who's interested. Tty'all later. Bye.
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Well,I forgot to mention that FINALLY we bought a new dryer. Our old one,if you didn't know, made this horrid screeching sound everytime it ran, making it impossible to be in my room without wanting to bash it with a baseball bat. It got to the point that I couldn't hear the T.V.. I tried kicking it, punching it, moving it, setting it up on books, folding an old shoe up and wedging it between the wall and the dryer. All helped for a couple of minutes but it came back. It eventually went from a screech screech screech to just going for minutes straight screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech.
I hated that thing, as did Michelle. When we got the call saying we got a new one I was ecstatic to say the least. After we got the new one in and the old one out to the curb, Michelle and I did what we'd planned to do for soooo long and wished I had a video camera for...baseball bat time!!! We completely annihilated that mother fucker. Even my dad got in on the action. In one swift swing I took the door off and then beat the hell out of the controls. I hit one so hard the plastic piece for the knob flew from my curb to almost my side door. It was therapeutic to say the least. Anyhow, if anyone knows how to put pics in here I would love to know how. I don't know if you have to host them somewhere or if you can pull them right off the comp.. Other than that nothing really new yet. Pics coming soon I promise!!! 4 updates in 2 weeks, look at me go. Tty'all later. Bye.
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