1.24.2005
not sick anymore. shot most of my troy documentary on saturday. it went pretty well, and i'm glad that major part of it is over. now ijust have to escape for home on some tuesday night in order to get shots during the school day.
im anxiously waiting to play soccer. it killed me missing all three chances to play this past week. i got some exercise last night playing floor hockey and basketball, which went well except for the cough, but that matters less and less everyday.
it seems i need long naps in the afternoon. im going to pretend that this is me still recovering and start worrying about it if im still doing it by thursday. andys movie is this weekend and next... it will probably be a headache. i don't like devoting my weekends to shoots anymore, especially potentially disasterous ones. i guess its my job to help prevent disasters, but im pretty sure most of them will be out of my control. regardless, it's better to get paid to do things.
i worked 9-noon at blockbuster this morning and just put all the movies away. they have someone else come in in the afternoon to replace me, but i guess im quick enough at checking in/running that im called in special for the biggest return of the week. im like the wolf - i clean up the mess - just in three hours instead of 45 minutes or whatever he did.
i wrote a paper last night, i even started before midnight, but still went to sleep and finished it in the morning. i expect tonight to be much the same story, although if i really get into it, i could just write forever probably. i should start taking this idea seriously, cause its actually a pretty good idea, and if i do it right, i could get a script out of it. time to flip the record.
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im anxiously waiting to play soccer. it killed me missing all three chances to play this past week. i got some exercise last night playing floor hockey and basketball, which went well except for the cough, but that matters less and less everyday.
it seems i need long naps in the afternoon. im going to pretend that this is me still recovering and start worrying about it if im still doing it by thursday. andys movie is this weekend and next... it will probably be a headache. i don't like devoting my weekends to shoots anymore, especially potentially disasterous ones. i guess its my job to help prevent disasters, but im pretty sure most of them will be out of my control. regardless, it's better to get paid to do things.
i worked 9-noon at blockbuster this morning and just put all the movies away. they have someone else come in in the afternoon to replace me, but i guess im quick enough at checking in/running that im called in special for the biggest return of the week. im like the wolf - i clean up the mess - just in three hours instead of 45 minutes or whatever he did.
i wrote a paper last night, i even started before midnight, but still went to sleep and finished it in the morning. i expect tonight to be much the same story, although if i really get into it, i could just write forever probably. i should start taking this idea seriously, cause its actually a pretty good idea, and if i do it right, i could get a script out of it. time to flip the record.
1.18.2005
yeah, i'm sick. watched fargo, some pool trick shots, lonesome dove, and the history channel. oh yeah, homework...
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i refuse to get sick. 2q of oj a day, plus sleep. the cold will not beat me.
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1.13.2005
im sitting at work. meant to update my blog but just ended up looking at really old entries - two summers ago. some funny stuff happened, like that guy falling off his motorcycle.
im still trying to catch up to the present in this thing. heres a quick end of break/new years recap.
i dont really remember what happened at the end of break. i was going back and forth from school and home for work. one night, harrel, frank, and i saw life aquatic at m8. then we had a total swingers moment pulling in/out of steak and shake. the all american melt is the new original double. we went to drews and chilled for a bit before heading out to a bar that i cant remember the name of. it was a jca bar, but jake was therefor some reason. the place was way too bright, and a bunch of kids were playing flip cup. needless to say, we didnt stay long. good night though.
i came back to work new years eve and new years day and to have a party in between those two shifts. on the way home, i met up with erika, sonia, and by chance my sister and her friends, at woodfield. on the wayhome, erika and i stopped at the liquor barn, which lived up to its name. we bought around 7 bottlesof champagne and a few other things, including a 3 liter bottle of heineken.
i wasnt too sure how the night was gonna go, but i wasnt very concerned about it either. pretty much everyone who was supposed to come came. plus seedro, who previously said he wouldnt be back in town. that was a pleasant surprise. we played beer pong till the heineken was gone. i gotta work on finishing. the night went well, i'd say most, if not all, had a good time. and it all cost 96% less than any hotel party. we drank pretty much everything, and we also got to listen to some good music that at least 5 of us were really into. a respectable start of the year for team big things. plus, i got to kiss a girl!
big ups to drew and frank for cleaning up while i was at work. i just had one thing to take care of when i got home... then i washed all the floors and the bathroom just cause it needed it. that was that, and now its 05, and my shift just ended.
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im still trying to catch up to the present in this thing. heres a quick end of break/new years recap.
i dont really remember what happened at the end of break. i was going back and forth from school and home for work. one night, harrel, frank, and i saw life aquatic at m8. then we had a total swingers moment pulling in/out of steak and shake. the all american melt is the new original double. we went to drews and chilled for a bit before heading out to a bar that i cant remember the name of. it was a jca bar, but jake was therefor some reason. the place was way too bright, and a bunch of kids were playing flip cup. needless to say, we didnt stay long. good night though.
i came back to work new years eve and new years day and to have a party in between those two shifts. on the way home, i met up with erika, sonia, and by chance my sister and her friends, at woodfield. on the wayhome, erika and i stopped at the liquor barn, which lived up to its name. we bought around 7 bottlesof champagne and a few other things, including a 3 liter bottle of heineken.
i wasnt too sure how the night was gonna go, but i wasnt very concerned about it either. pretty much everyone who was supposed to come came. plus seedro, who previously said he wouldnt be back in town. that was a pleasant surprise. we played beer pong till the heineken was gone. i gotta work on finishing. the night went well, i'd say most, if not all, had a good time. and it all cost 96% less than any hotel party. we drank pretty much everything, and we also got to listen to some good music that at least 5 of us were really into. a respectable start of the year for team big things. plus, i got to kiss a girl!
big ups to drew and frank for cleaning up while i was at work. i just had one thing to take care of when i got home... then i washed all the floors and the bathroom just cause it needed it. that was that, and now its 05, and my shift just ended.
1.08.2005
i've been spending my time doing shit. thats the truth.
bird left this in the comments box of my previous entry, so i want to put it out there for everyone to read, followed by my ski trip summary.
Comments:
This is Bird (So matt can start on his skii trip entry):
My top 10 for skii trip
10) Listening to snoop on the bus on loop, and seeing the egyptian girl's ass
9) Sully jamming my pinki at the biggest trucker stop with his laser throwing football skills
8) Matt tying our knees togethor on the bus with my hoodie because he didnt like his knee moving
7) My fall where i flipped on my head
6) My fall where the skii's stayed on top of the hill and I slid down
5) Something about a Bulldozer
4) All of us eating a 451 sq inch pizza (Matt calculated this), and matt only ate one piece
3) Me finding a stuffed animal that looks like Nancy's dead dog
2) Matt and Mine Honeymoon with vivian as the photographer
1) Sully leaving the opportunity to get with three girls to drink water with leroy at our sink in the condo, and then stating how he always goes for "bros before hoes" but then realizing that none of the bros wanted his hoes.
ski trip was pretty much the perfect vacation. im going to cover it in list form a la my notes i
took on the bus ride home:
- on the bus ride there, this extremely lame indian kid, lets just call him tool, was macking on this white chick in the seat in front of me. keep in mind this is a 22 hour bus ride, and the kid only shut up when he was trying to sleep on her shoulder.
- we played football at every rest stop. the tool mentioned above often wanted to play, but we would just stop playing. he threw the ball into a truck and woke up a sleeping trucker. also, he threw like a girl.
- we probably watched about 4 hours of sportscenter a day, just cause there were certain times when there wasnt much else to do. drinking took less time, cause you were drunk in 10 seconds, so you could start later.
- the first night we did the 40oz at 10,000 feet thing. people thought it was tacky that we brought our own drinks, i thought it was polite.
- i caught on to snowboarding quick. i was goin down blues on the first day. i also fell bad once, but that didnt even hurt till a day later.
- while going down one of those blues, erika and i got a little off the beaten path and ended up involuntarily jumping a stream. we both got stuck in the bank of snow on the other side. we should have went down that run again.
- in an ongoing battle with a certain roommate for control of the tv, bird took a vote to watch the nu/depaul game instead of the discovery channel. after the vote, the kid still claimed 'he was watching something,' but bird changed it anyway which sent the kid into the other room where he belonged.
- we are good at being loyal to certain bars.. the pub crawl night was the best for sure, the others were good in their own ways. after recently watching the color of money, i have concluded that i should have played more pool.
- we heard 'drop it like its hot' more than any other song, despite sully trying to always play 'tricky.'
- i did two crossword puzzles all by myself!
- breckenridge has cheap wings too. cept they are on mondays, and are sold by the pound for a dollar. they were good, but my chest/neck were starting to hurt from my fall, so i couldnt fully enjoy them.
- i got to sleep with bird for the second half of the week. one morning i woke up and told him my dream i had about debating the provost in front of the whole school about diversity. bird told me he had a dream where 'someone saw my penis on accident and made fun of me.'
- vail was a total 'snowgasm' according to a random kid we overheard on his phone. but it was the truth. and the back bowls deserve to be legendary, i'd say.
- at vail, we went down a blue called avanti, or something like that. there was one steep part that was rated as a black. bird fell at the very top of the steep part and proceeded to slide down the entire hill until he was on a flat part where the blue began again. a nice, skilled skier picked up birds skis and poles and brought them down to him.
- viv, nilli, bird, erika, and i ate a giant pizza - 24" i think. it was bigger than i expected. bird at the most, but viv out-ate me. i couldnt keep up, there was too much cheese. we finished it though, after an hour or so of trying. then we all didn't eat for a day.
- bird and i got to dance a lot. he wooed me with his white man's overbite. viv took pictures and requested some songs for me. erika tried to dance with us, but i only wanted bird.
- some dumb fuck bought the way of the gun on vhs on the way home and put it on in the bus at 1 in the fucking morning. for the next two hours that shitty movie played, gunfight after gunfight. those fucks. plus, it was way too loud. it almost ruined my vacation.
ski trip taught me how to snowboard, and that i have good friends, and that the majority of the rest of nu kids suck. the trip was great though, wish i went on more.
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bird left this in the comments box of my previous entry, so i want to put it out there for everyone to read, followed by my ski trip summary.
Comments:
This is Bird (So matt can start on his skii trip entry):
My top 10 for skii trip
10) Listening to snoop on the bus on loop, and seeing the egyptian girl's ass
9) Sully jamming my pinki at the biggest trucker stop with his laser throwing football skills
8) Matt tying our knees togethor on the bus with my hoodie because he didnt like his knee moving
7) My fall where i flipped on my head
6) My fall where the skii's stayed on top of the hill and I slid down
5) Something about a Bulldozer
4) All of us eating a 451 sq inch pizza (Matt calculated this), and matt only ate one piece
3) Me finding a stuffed animal that looks like Nancy's dead dog
2) Matt and Mine Honeymoon with vivian as the photographer
1) Sully leaving the opportunity to get with three girls to drink water with leroy at our sink in the condo, and then stating how he always goes for "bros before hoes" but then realizing that none of the bros wanted his hoes.
ski trip was pretty much the perfect vacation. im going to cover it in list form a la my notes i
took on the bus ride home:
- on the bus ride there, this extremely lame indian kid, lets just call him tool, was macking on this white chick in the seat in front of me. keep in mind this is a 22 hour bus ride, and the kid only shut up when he was trying to sleep on her shoulder.
- we played football at every rest stop. the tool mentioned above often wanted to play, but we would just stop playing. he threw the ball into a truck and woke up a sleeping trucker. also, he threw like a girl.
- we probably watched about 4 hours of sportscenter a day, just cause there were certain times when there wasnt much else to do. drinking took less time, cause you were drunk in 10 seconds, so you could start later.
- the first night we did the 40oz at 10,000 feet thing. people thought it was tacky that we brought our own drinks, i thought it was polite.
- i caught on to snowboarding quick. i was goin down blues on the first day. i also fell bad once, but that didnt even hurt till a day later.
- while going down one of those blues, erika and i got a little off the beaten path and ended up involuntarily jumping a stream. we both got stuck in the bank of snow on the other side. we should have went down that run again.
- in an ongoing battle with a certain roommate for control of the tv, bird took a vote to watch the nu/depaul game instead of the discovery channel. after the vote, the kid still claimed 'he was watching something,' but bird changed it anyway which sent the kid into the other room where he belonged.
- we are good at being loyal to certain bars.. the pub crawl night was the best for sure, the others were good in their own ways. after recently watching the color of money, i have concluded that i should have played more pool.
- we heard 'drop it like its hot' more than any other song, despite sully trying to always play 'tricky.'
- i did two crossword puzzles all by myself!
- breckenridge has cheap wings too. cept they are on mondays, and are sold by the pound for a dollar. they were good, but my chest/neck were starting to hurt from my fall, so i couldnt fully enjoy them.
- i got to sleep with bird for the second half of the week. one morning i woke up and told him my dream i had about debating the provost in front of the whole school about diversity. bird told me he had a dream where 'someone saw my penis on accident and made fun of me.'
- vail was a total 'snowgasm' according to a random kid we overheard on his phone. but it was the truth. and the back bowls deserve to be legendary, i'd say.
- at vail, we went down a blue called avanti, or something like that. there was one steep part that was rated as a black. bird fell at the very top of the steep part and proceeded to slide down the entire hill until he was on a flat part where the blue began again. a nice, skilled skier picked up birds skis and poles and brought them down to him.
- viv, nilli, bird, erika, and i ate a giant pizza - 24" i think. it was bigger than i expected. bird at the most, but viv out-ate me. i couldnt keep up, there was too much cheese. we finished it though, after an hour or so of trying. then we all didn't eat for a day.
- bird and i got to dance a lot. he wooed me with his white man's overbite. viv took pictures and requested some songs for me. erika tried to dance with us, but i only wanted bird.
- some dumb fuck bought the way of the gun on vhs on the way home and put it on in the bus at 1 in the fucking morning. for the next two hours that shitty movie played, gunfight after gunfight. those fucks. plus, it was way too loud. it almost ruined my vacation.
ski trip taught me how to snowboard, and that i have good friends, and that the majority of the rest of nu kids suck. the trip was great though, wish i went on more.
1.02.2005
wow, its seriously been that long? i kept putting off my ski trip entry cause i wanted it to be big. look what happens when i make this into something more than it is, i end up putting it off like a chore.
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