So when it turns midnight tonight I'll probably be asleep in my cozy bed. Hope you had a great one!
Went to a wedding in southeast missouri earlier today. Had a great time. Just worn out from the driving I guess. Thought I might be in St. Louis tonight for New Years but didn't...come to find out a roommate is in St. Louis with some friends now wondering why I'm not.
Much love...I'm out
Friday, December 31, 2004
Thursday, December 30, 2004
Finally!
got my cycling clothes! Sometime I'll take a picture of them and throw it up here...then you can see all the glory that is the MU cycling uniform
Went for a 30 mile ride yesterday with Andy and Aaron. They kicked my ass on single speed bikes which was expected considering how much faster they are than I. Felt great to ride again...its been a while.
My room is an extra complete mess right now. Got one computer finished and working on another. Only I've got problems with the 2nd one so its just sitting on my floor taking up space now. And all the other stuff that I was going to put in it and so on is taking up more space on the floor...so the path to the door and bathroom is a tiny one.
Time for breakfast and then a bike ride while jamming to my ipod
oh yeah..got some new (well mostly old) pictures up on my webpage...check them out at http://www.missouri.edu/~atradc/rebel.html
Went for a 30 mile ride yesterday with Andy and Aaron. They kicked my ass on single speed bikes which was expected considering how much faster they are than I. Felt great to ride again...its been a while.
My room is an extra complete mess right now. Got one computer finished and working on another. Only I've got problems with the 2nd one so its just sitting on my floor taking up space now. And all the other stuff that I was going to put in it and so on is taking up more space on the floor...so the path to the door and bathroom is a tiny one.
Time for breakfast and then a bike ride while jamming to my ipod
oh yeah..got some new (well mostly old) pictures up on my webpage...check them out at http://www.missouri.edu/~atradc/rebel.html
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Driving
I need to start carrying a pen and notebook in my car. I think of the best stuff when I'm driving around and always forget it when I sit down in front of the computer.
I also have found that I can never write anything about Scott any more because I will never live it down. But I will continue to call your (err...Tracy's) dog a shit.
I also have found that I can never write anything about Scott any more because I will never live it down. But I will continue to call your (err...Tracy's) dog a shit.
Monday, December 27, 2004
Happy Monday
Woke up to a small shitzhu (i can't spell..sorry..we'll just call it a "shit" cause i can definately spell that) licking my face over and over again. Got up and let said shit outside to frolick in the yard. While Snickers was dragging some basketball looking man (like a basketball with arms and legs) I decided eggs sounded good. So for breakfast scott and tracy got some eggs and cinnamon rolls (christmas present for scott and tracy from mom)....and boy were they good...I mean come on....I'm the greatest breakfast maker since breakfast was thought up.
On tab for the rest of the day:
1. haircut at great clips
2. help scott install a garage door opener on his second garage door
3. possibly go out with travis again
4. possibly go back to columbia for a few days (this depends on numbero three-o
Mom and dad are probably in Vegas by now....hope they have a great time!
On tab for the rest of the day:
1. haircut at great clips
2. help scott install a garage door opener on his second garage door
3. possibly go out with travis again
4. possibly go back to columbia for a few days (this depends on numbero three-o
Mom and dad are probably in Vegas by now....hope they have a great time!
Where were you at midnight?
Met Scott, Tracy and eventually and old friend (Travis) at Jimmy's (or something like that) in Overland Park for some drinks. We (Scott, Tracy, and I) got there around midnight and Travis didn't get out of Target until close to 1:30. Had a few drinks and was generally bored most the time. Man...where's Ronnell when you need him??
Note to self: don't go out with brother and his girlfriend again..well at least not to a place where there's dancing and lound hip-hop music playing.
Note to self: don't go out with brother and his girlfriend again..well at least not to a place where there's dancing and lound hip-hop music playing.
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Chistmas 2004
Happy Christmas to you.
Woke up at the crack of 9-something and shortly after had scott and tracy's dog Snickers pouncing over me. Left scott's and headed home soon after for a the day.
gifts received: 3 bottles of Vanilla Bean (something like that) hand soap from Bath & Body works (yes I did request this...it smells good enough to eat.)
some money from mom & dad and grandma. Looks like I just might have enough to get by not having a job for a month...maybe...
Also got a 160gig hard drive from scott...now I complete my plan of taking over the world with my immense hard drive space.
I'm bored now...my extended family just left and the Heat just beat the Lakers (yeah!) so i've got nothing to do but lay around the house some more. I wish we had a gym in this place so I could work out or something....way too much laying around the past few days!
Happy holidays!
Woke up at the crack of 9-something and shortly after had scott and tracy's dog Snickers pouncing over me. Left scott's and headed home soon after for a the day.
gifts received: 3 bottles of Vanilla Bean (something like that) hand soap from Bath & Body works (yes I did request this...it smells good enough to eat.)
some money from mom & dad and grandma. Looks like I just might have enough to get by not having a job for a month...maybe...
Also got a 160gig hard drive from scott...now I complete my plan of taking over the world with my immense hard drive space.
I'm bored now...my extended family just left and the Heat just beat the Lakers (yeah!) so i've got nothing to do but lay around the house some more. I wish we had a gym in this place so I could work out or something....way too much laying around the past few days!
Happy holidays!
Friday, December 24, 2004
Pissed and alone
Yep...pissed and alone.
Saw "Meet the Fockers" tonight with Ronnell...GREAT movie. Just feel extra alone now. I want so bad to have the type of love that (and yes..its a movie and its not real..but still) was shown between Gaylord and the chick (no...can't remember her name). Not my time for that now.
Cycling team fucked up the clothing order. It came in today and was picked up my our handy dandy little president. Guess he dropped it off about 10am at another guys house here in town. I call the younger dude an hour and a half later and never hear back from him. Guess what...he's already out of town. (says the post I just read) What kind of shit is that....I give them my $300+ and my clothing is a few miles away but they can't pull their heads out of their asses long enough to get the clothing to someone who's still in town....clothing that my parents helped me pay for as part of my Christmas present. (my other christmas present...hand soap from bath & body works...smells so good I almost want to eat it when i use it..thanks tracy and scott for your nice soap in your nice new house :)
Ok...feel a little bit better writing that. If Ronnell didn't have to be at work early I'd go bug him to make me feel better...but he's got to work at 7am and then Aviyon will be here in the afternoon...I'm gonna wait to see Aviyon and then head home for Christmas I guess.
So I guess I'll play a couple video games and drown my sorrows in some caffeine
Later y'all
Saw "Meet the Fockers" tonight with Ronnell...GREAT movie. Just feel extra alone now. I want so bad to have the type of love that (and yes..its a movie and its not real..but still) was shown between Gaylord and the chick (no...can't remember her name). Not my time for that now.
Cycling team fucked up the clothing order. It came in today and was picked up my our handy dandy little president. Guess he dropped it off about 10am at another guys house here in town. I call the younger dude an hour and a half later and never hear back from him. Guess what...he's already out of town. (says the post I just read) What kind of shit is that....I give them my $300+ and my clothing is a few miles away but they can't pull their heads out of their asses long enough to get the clothing to someone who's still in town....clothing that my parents helped me pay for as part of my Christmas present. (my other christmas present...hand soap from bath & body works...smells so good I almost want to eat it when i use it..thanks tracy and scott for your nice soap in your nice new house :)
Ok...feel a little bit better writing that. If Ronnell didn't have to be at work early I'd go bug him to make me feel better...but he's got to work at 7am and then Aviyon will be here in the afternoon...I'm gonna wait to see Aviyon and then head home for Christmas I guess.
So I guess I'll play a couple video games and drown my sorrows in some caffeine
Later y'all
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
December 22
It sure doesn't seem like Christmas is 3 days away.
Where's the snow? Can't have Christmas without snow...what kind of fun is drivin home if I can't swerve around people that can't snow drive?
Today was pretty good...woke up at the crack of 11am. Had some Krispy Kreme doughnuts that cousin Sarah gave me as a christmas present. Ran some errands, worked on rebuilding a computer and watched MU play a halfway decent basketball game against the number 1 team in the country (Illinois).
Thanks boog for the Michael W. Smith and Mercy Me cd's...they're great!
Where's the snow? Can't have Christmas without snow...what kind of fun is drivin home if I can't swerve around people that can't snow drive?
Today was pretty good...woke up at the crack of 11am. Had some Krispy Kreme doughnuts that cousin Sarah gave me as a christmas present. Ran some errands, worked on rebuilding a computer and watched MU play a halfway decent basketball game against the number 1 team in the country (Illinois).
Thanks boog for the Michael W. Smith and Mercy Me cd's...they're great!
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Home sweet home
Drug Ronnell home with me this afternoon for a little mini-christmas dinner with my cousins. Brought my road bike with me so I could go on a ride...yeah..that lasted about 5 miles when I decided it was important to be able to feel your thighs. I'm getting used to not being able to feel my fingers and toes....but i've gotta be able to feel my thighs!
Thats about it...I wish I could browse the web now but this dial-up connection has a way of ticking me off. Too used to the connection at my place.
So I'm just gonna go upstairs and do my best to annoy Ronnell and my mother :)
Have a great one!
Thats about it...I wish I could browse the web now but this dial-up connection has a way of ticking me off. Too used to the connection at my place.
So I'm just gonna go upstairs and do my best to annoy Ronnell and my mother :)
Have a great one!
Monday, December 20, 2004
To do...
Thank the lord this past semester is over. I don't know what half my grades are and don't really care to check any time soon. Anticipated GPA for this past semester: 2.0
Don't have anything life altering to write right now so I'm gonna rebuild a computer and see if I can think of anything to write.
Don't have anything life altering to write right now so I'm gonna rebuild a computer and see if I can think of anything to write.
Saturday, December 18, 2004
A Saturday in December
Graduated today...but didn't. Still have a couple more hours to take as an undergrad.
For some reason I'm totally out of energy now. Family just left to go home..it was wonderful having them here at my place!
Just hated one thing...after graduation and right after dinner I started to get upset for absolutly no reason. The kind of upset where you get angry at people for absolutely no reason and you just want everyone to leave. It went away after a little while but I hate not feeling like i have any control over that. Only the little Lexapro pills I have seem to have any control over it and I dislike that very much.
Its nap time now....later...
For some reason I'm totally out of energy now. Family just left to go home..it was wonderful having them here at my place!
Just hated one thing...after graduation and right after dinner I started to get upset for absolutly no reason. The kind of upset where you get angry at people for absolutely no reason and you just want everyone to leave. It went away after a little while but I hate not feeling like i have any control over that. Only the little Lexapro pills I have seem to have any control over it and I dislike that very much.
Its nap time now....later...
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Finals...but not final
Finals are over for me for now. Feels good...would feel even better if I could say I'm a college graduate. Now's not that time though.
What am I going to do to celebrate? being done with finals? Finish my 7 hours here at the Reflector. Go home, change and drag Ronnell to the rec center. Might actually make a nice dinner...then play video games and clean up my room to make it almost halfway respectable for my parents who will be staying in it tomorrow night.
If I could think of some cool quote or something that even nearly resembles the way I'm feeling today, or have been feeling, I'd put it on here. But I can't. So goodbye for now.
What am I going to do to celebrate? being done with finals? Finish my 7 hours here at the Reflector. Go home, change and drag Ronnell to the rec center. Might actually make a nice dinner...then play video games and clean up my room to make it almost halfway respectable for my parents who will be staying in it tomorrow night.
If I could think of some cool quote or something that even nearly resembles the way I'm feeling today, or have been feeling, I'd put it on here. But I can't. So goodbye for now.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
teachers
He says the problem with teachers is, "What's a kid going to learn
from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?"
He reminds the other dinner guests that it's true what they say about
teachers:
Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.
I decide to bite my tongue instead of his
and resist the temptation to remind the dinner guests
that it's also true what they say about lawyers.
Because we're eating, after all, and this is polite company.
"I mean, you¹re a teacher, Taylor," he says.
"Be honest. What do you make?"
And I wish he hadn't done that
(asked me to be honest)
because, you see, I have a policy
about honesty and ass-kicking:
if you ask for it, I have to let you have it.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional medal of honor
and an A- feel like a slap in the face.
How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best.
I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall
in absolute silence. No, you may not work in groups.
No, you may not ask a question.
Why won't I let you get a drink of water?
Because you're not thirsty, you're bored, that's why.
I make parents tremble in fear when I call home:
I hope I haven't called at a bad time,
I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today.
Billy said, "Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, don't you?"
And it was the noblest act of courage I have ever seen.
I make parents see their children for who they are
and what they can be.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids wonder,
I make them question.
I make them criticize.
I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write.
I make them read, read, read.
I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely
beautiful
over and over and over again until they will never misspell
either one of those words again.
I make them show all their work in math.
And hide it on their final drafts in English.
I make them understand that if you got this (brains)
then you follow this (heart) and if someone ever tries to judge you
by what you make, you give them this (the finger).
Let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true:
I make a goddamn difference! What about you?
Check it out..Taylor Mali
from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?"
He reminds the other dinner guests that it's true what they say about
teachers:
Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.
I decide to bite my tongue instead of his
and resist the temptation to remind the dinner guests
that it's also true what they say about lawyers.
Because we're eating, after all, and this is polite company.
"I mean, you¹re a teacher, Taylor," he says.
"Be honest. What do you make?"
And I wish he hadn't done that
(asked me to be honest)
because, you see, I have a policy
about honesty and ass-kicking:
if you ask for it, I have to let you have it.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional medal of honor
and an A- feel like a slap in the face.
How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best.
I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall
in absolute silence. No, you may not work in groups.
No, you may not ask a question.
Why won't I let you get a drink of water?
Because you're not thirsty, you're bored, that's why.
I make parents tremble in fear when I call home:
I hope I haven't called at a bad time,
I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today.
Billy said, "Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, don't you?"
And it was the noblest act of courage I have ever seen.
I make parents see their children for who they are
and what they can be.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids wonder,
I make them question.
I make them criticize.
I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write.
I make them read, read, read.
I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely
beautiful
over and over and over again until they will never misspell
either one of those words again.
I make them show all their work in math.
And hide it on their final drafts in English.
I make them understand that if you got this (brains)
then you follow this (heart) and if someone ever tries to judge you
by what you make, you give them this (the finger).
Let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true:
I make a goddamn difference! What about you?
Check it out..Taylor Mali
WHAT i WANT
-- snow. Lots of it. Really soon
-- enough money in my bank account to be able to pay the bills I need to be paying right now
-- world peace (had to throw it in for good measure...actually if world peace happened unemployment would skyrocket)
-- energy, patience, and strength to get done the things I need to get done this week
-- a clean room. Well...doesn't have to be all the way clean, just clean enough so that I don't look at it and say to myself, "mom would be so disappointed"
-- a copy of every Def Jam Poetry episode ever created or almost created
-- a copy of every Reno 911 episode
-- a copy of everything Will Ferrell has ever been in
but most of all...happiness more often
Happiness is way underrated. People measure others lives by their material possessions usually...not by how happy they are. Maybe we should change that. I mean, how happy can Donald Trump be? He's got money and stuff like that...but he's got to be unhappy with the show he always has to put on for everyone (I don't believe that what comes out of him can be the way he actually is..its GOT TO be a show)
Kanye
-- enough money in my bank account to be able to pay the bills I need to be paying right now
-- world peace (had to throw it in for good measure...actually if world peace happened unemployment would skyrocket)
-- energy, patience, and strength to get done the things I need to get done this week
-- a clean room. Well...doesn't have to be all the way clean, just clean enough so that I don't look at it and say to myself, "mom would be so disappointed"
-- a copy of every Def Jam Poetry episode ever created or almost created
-- a copy of every Reno 911 episode
-- a copy of everything Will Ferrell has ever been in
but most of all...happiness more often
Happiness is way underrated. People measure others lives by their material possessions usually...not by how happy they are. Maybe we should change that. I mean, how happy can Donald Trump be? He's got money and stuff like that...but he's got to be unhappy with the show he always has to put on for everyone (I don't believe that what comes out of him can be the way he actually is..its GOT TO be a show)
Kanye
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
I wonder III....the final wonder
what effect this terrible semester will have on the rest of my life
and since I just feel like it...here's a pic of my brother, sister and I
This picture makes me happy. Maybe its because it looks like I could be slugging scott in the jaw, or maybe it's at grandma's house which by definition means happy feelings, or maybe its because the picture was taken at a time when booger and I were both un-depressed.
Well...might as well put one more up.
This picture definately makes me happy also. Why? Because its me with my campers at Heartland Presbyterian Center in beautiful Parkville,MO. Spiritually, this place has done more for me than any church building probably ever will. I've got a terrible memory but I can still remember these kids names...Sam, Octavia, and (alright..I can't remember her name, but I remember her parents didn't go to church so she would walk there herself and she was able to afford camp through a scholarship from the church she attended)
and since I just feel like it...here's a pic of my brother, sister and I
This picture makes me happy. Maybe its because it looks like I could be slugging scott in the jaw, or maybe it's at grandma's house which by definition means happy feelings, or maybe its because the picture was taken at a time when booger and I were both un-depressed.
Well...might as well put one more up.
This picture definately makes me happy also. Why? Because its me with my campers at Heartland Presbyterian Center in beautiful Parkville,MO. Spiritually, this place has done more for me than any church building probably ever will. I've got a terrible memory but I can still remember these kids names...Sam, Octavia, and (alright..I can't remember her name, but I remember her parents didn't go to church so she would walk there herself and she was able to afford camp through a scholarship from the church she attended)
Monday, December 13, 2004
Not feeling so
hot
Sick yesterday, rolled out of bed last night wondering when one of my finals was to discover it was this morning at 8am. Said "shit" and went back to bed. Definately not feeling well enough to get out the notes and study for it.
So the final sucked this morning. Definately feeling better than yesterday but I kind of feel like I'm walking around in a daze. Didn't eat a single thing yesterday....maybe thats why.
Maybe I can blame it on my bike ride Saturday. 45 miles, 40 of it wishing I had warmer gloves and socks on. Took a good 15 minutes for my feet to warm up after I got home.
Alright...back to work I go. Have a good one.
Sick yesterday, rolled out of bed last night wondering when one of my finals was to discover it was this morning at 8am. Said "shit" and went back to bed. Definately not feeling well enough to get out the notes and study for it.
So the final sucked this morning. Definately feeling better than yesterday but I kind of feel like I'm walking around in a daze. Didn't eat a single thing yesterday....maybe thats why.
Maybe I can blame it on my bike ride Saturday. 45 miles, 40 of it wishing I had warmer gloves and socks on. Took a good 15 minutes for my feet to warm up after I got home.
Alright...back to work I go. Have a good one.
Friday, December 10, 2004
Smile...this is funny stuff damn it
Ways to annoy a professor:
Bring a small cactus to class with you. Raise your hand, and when you're called on, say that the cactus has a question. Turn and look at the cactus, as if you're waiting for it to say something. After a few moments, shrug, and wait for your professor to move on. Do this once a day, and become increasingly irritated with the cactus every time, sighing heavily and giving it evil looks when it fails to "speak." When you leave the room after class, start yelling at the cactus, "I can't believe you embarrassed me AGAIN...."
Show up to class about ten minutes late. Ride into the room on a bicycle, yell, "Look out!" and crash into the blackboard. Get up, take a seat, and act like nothing happened. Do this every day.
While he/she is lecturing, shout out things like, "What!?" and "Speak up! You're mumbling!" If your professor advises you to sit closer to the front, tell him/her you can't because you're scouting the room for "assassins."
Instead of taking notes, do an abstract painting during every class. Call the paintings things like, "Professor Acting Like Mr. Know-It-All" or "Idiot Who Doesn't Know What The Hell He's Talking About." Give the paintings to your professor as gifts.
Bring a small cactus to class with you. Raise your hand, and when you're called on, say that the cactus has a question. Turn and look at the cactus, as if you're waiting for it to say something. After a few moments, shrug, and wait for your professor to move on. Do this once a day, and become increasingly irritated with the cactus every time, sighing heavily and giving it evil looks when it fails to "speak." When you leave the room after class, start yelling at the cactus, "I can't believe you embarrassed me AGAIN...."
Show up to class about ten minutes late. Ride into the room on a bicycle, yell, "Look out!" and crash into the blackboard. Get up, take a seat, and act like nothing happened. Do this every day.
While he/she is lecturing, shout out things like, "What!?" and "Speak up! You're mumbling!" If your professor advises you to sit closer to the front, tell him/her you can't because you're scouting the room for "assassins."
Instead of taking notes, do an abstract painting during every class. Call the paintings things like, "Professor Acting Like Mr. Know-It-All" or "Idiot Who Doesn't Know What The Hell He's Talking About." Give the paintings to your professor as gifts.
I am
felicitous
Andrew's got Need for Speed Underground 2 for the PC . What does this mean? He was up a bit too late playing it last night.
Also since MU doesn't know how to properly play basketball Andrew's Wake Forest team is playing well. Won the ACC Tournament "last year" and advanced a couple rounds into the NCAA Tournament, only to be beaten when I simulated a game against Duke instead of playing it (revenge for me beating them in the ACC tournament final). Had a good recruiting class and next up is Michigan State in game 2 of season 2.
Yes...I realize you may think I have no life now. Maybe I don't....but thats just the way it is.
Andrew's got Need for Speed Underground 2 for the PC . What does this mean? He was up a bit too late playing it last night.
Also since MU doesn't know how to properly play basketball Andrew's Wake Forest team is playing well. Won the ACC Tournament "last year" and advanced a couple rounds into the NCAA Tournament, only to be beaten when I simulated a game against Duke instead of playing it (revenge for me beating them in the ACC tournament final). Had a good recruiting class and next up is Michigan State in game 2 of season 2.
Yes...I realize you may think I have no life now. Maybe I don't....but thats just the way it is.
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Andrew's got
a new brother.
Mom sent this to me earlier today.
"Yesterday, I came to school as usual…..but by 5th hour, a mother of a former student (who entered herself into a hospital) sent me a message to call her about her son, Wesley Gregg. By 6th hour, she was in the process of faxing over her power of attorney to me. She was hotlined the evening before for abusing Wesley. He spent yesterday in K.C. with relatives…..I went and picked him up….took him to his apartment for some stuff……went to Indep. Center after 8pm for pants to wear for concert tonight…..ate at Fazoli’s (no, he’d never been there!) and made it home before 10. I made an instant bond with Wesley last year…..yes, he is the boy that I would take home after all the concerts…..they had no vehicle at that time……only has mom and she is very unstable…….so I know a little history………am anxious for you all to meet him….you will love him as we do! mom"
Kinda exciting. Mom loves children and had talked about possibly adopting one before...so while the title of the e-mail said "you might want to sit down" this doesn't really suprise me. Just got some questions now....like how old he is and if we ever play ball how much he's cry after his defeat (well...I guess if he even plays ball....I don't really know anything about him). :)
Mom sent this to me earlier today.
"Yesterday, I came to school as usual…..but by 5th hour, a mother of a former student (who entered herself into a hospital) sent me a message to call her about her son, Wesley Gregg. By 6th hour, she was in the process of faxing over her power of attorney to me. She was hotlined the evening before for abusing Wesley. He spent yesterday in K.C. with relatives…..I went and picked him up….took him to his apartment for some stuff……went to Indep. Center after 8pm for pants to wear for concert tonight…..ate at Fazoli’s (no, he’d never been there!) and made it home before 10. I made an instant bond with Wesley last year…..yes, he is the boy that I would take home after all the concerts…..they had no vehicle at that time……only has mom and she is very unstable…….so I know a little history………am anxious for you all to meet him….you will love him as we do! mom"
Kinda exciting. Mom loves children and had talked about possibly adopting one before...so while the title of the e-mail said "you might want to sit down" this doesn't really suprise me. Just got some questions now....like how old he is and if we ever play ball how much he's cry after his defeat (well...I guess if he even plays ball....I don't really know anything about him). :)
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
It is
official
I'm going to fail Class, Status, and Power. How do I know this? Because I'm not going to complete the largest paper of the class. Well, I might complete it over break just for myself, but the teacher won't get to see the final masterpiece.
What bothers me the most about this failure: mom/my student loans paid for me to take this class.
Besides the money aspect I really don't care about not officially graduating in a couple weeks or getting an F. I can handle taking a couple undergrad classes next semester..hopefully I'll get to try out a cooking course. I don't think mom should have to pay any more of my college expenses (ok, well not more than absolutely neccesary) so I'll take out a buttload of loans next semester. I've never been a straight a student, so worrying about grades has never been my thing. I don't need a letter grade (i.e. answering lets say 150 multiple choice questions) to tell me I'm smart, or not. I already know I'm smart. So screw you mister letter grade.
In fact, this won't be my first F in college. I got one in Accounting I here, got a B when I retook it. I've got issues with grades actually....way to many to type them all in here right now. Maybe that can be another post sometime.
Why is this all that bothers me about this failure? Because I tried my best. I basically made myself sick plenty of times worrying about and trying to work on this paper. Just didn't happen.
So there you have it.
With the paper off my mind I can get to studying so I can do my best on my 2 finals next week....Rural Sociolgy & Drugs and Behavior. Oh yeah...and make up a 4-8 page paper in the next 2 hours for Rural Soc. over "Legacy and Social Identity".
I'm going to fail Class, Status, and Power. How do I know this? Because I'm not going to complete the largest paper of the class. Well, I might complete it over break just for myself, but the teacher won't get to see the final masterpiece.
What bothers me the most about this failure: mom/my student loans paid for me to take this class.
Besides the money aspect I really don't care about not officially graduating in a couple weeks or getting an F. I can handle taking a couple undergrad classes next semester..hopefully I'll get to try out a cooking course. I don't think mom should have to pay any more of my college expenses (ok, well not more than absolutely neccesary) so I'll take out a buttload of loans next semester. I've never been a straight a student, so worrying about grades has never been my thing. I don't need a letter grade (i.e. answering lets say 150 multiple choice questions) to tell me I'm smart, or not. I already know I'm smart. So screw you mister letter grade.
In fact, this won't be my first F in college. I got one in Accounting I here, got a B when I retook it. I've got issues with grades actually....way to many to type them all in here right now. Maybe that can be another post sometime.
Why is this all that bothers me about this failure? Because I tried my best. I basically made myself sick plenty of times worrying about and trying to work on this paper. Just didn't happen.
So there you have it.
With the paper off my mind I can get to studying so I can do my best on my 2 finals next week....Rural Sociolgy & Drugs and Behavior. Oh yeah...and make up a 4-8 page paper in the next 2 hours for Rural Soc. over "Legacy and Social Identity".
serenity
(noun) : 1 The quality or state of being serene; clearness and calmness; quietness; stillness; peace. 2 Calmness of mind; eveness of temper; undisturbed state; coolness; composure.
(andrew): 1 Campus at night. 2 When no one else is around at said time
(andrew): 1 Campus at night. 2 When no one else is around at said time
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Mom
Mom: "Were you like Scott and not order any graduation annoucemens?"
Me: "Nope"
Mom: "That's my boy!"
Me: "I did have to spend $30 on a cap and gown though" "I though I just might borrow someone else's, take scott's old one, or use my high school one"
Mom: (laughs)
Mom: "You know I didn't go to my Masters' ceremony right?"
Me: "You know I wouldn't go to my graduation right?"
Mom: "Yeah, but you should........"
Mom: "I didn't even know what my colors were until Knob Noster when we got to wear them for graduation" (Knob Noster, MO, one of school's mom has taught at. Very close to Whiteman Air Force Base...home of few Stealth Fighters :)
And them we got to eat some of dad's Dairy Queen birthday cake. Dad's officially 50...or "Over the Hill" as mom likes to say (she's a couple years behind him). There were about 20 balloons and this big hanging streamer thing that I put up real quick that all said something about "happy 50" or "over the hill"
Of course then dad said something about already being over the hill. With the averge lifespan of a male being 70-something then 30-something would be over the hill.......
Me: "Nope"
Mom: "That's my boy!"
Me: "I did have to spend $30 on a cap and gown though" "I though I just might borrow someone else's, take scott's old one, or use my high school one"
Mom: (laughs)
Mom: "You know I didn't go to my Masters' ceremony right?"
Me: "You know I wouldn't go to my graduation right?"
Mom: "Yeah, but you should........"
Mom: "I didn't even know what my colors were until Knob Noster when we got to wear them for graduation" (Knob Noster, MO, one of school's mom has taught at. Very close to Whiteman Air Force Base...home of few Stealth Fighters :)
And them we got to eat some of dad's Dairy Queen birthday cake. Dad's officially 50...or "Over the Hill" as mom likes to say (she's a couple years behind him). There were about 20 balloons and this big hanging streamer thing that I put up real quick that all said something about "happy 50" or "over the hill"
Of course then dad said something about already being over the hill. With the averge lifespan of a male being 70-something then 30-something would be over the hill.......
I wonder II....return of the wonder
if others feel like they can do anything with their life? On the way back to my columbia home from home I was thinking how I really think I could do anything in life that I wanted. The only question was whether I could make it as a doctor or not...and I think I could. I'd have to devote everything in my life (kinda like I almost do now with technology stuff) towards it, but I think I could learn what I needed to learn to succeed as a doctor.
if my parents really know what I think of them? It almost seems wierd to me that I can say so many things to friends about how great my parents are and then at times be a butthead when I go home sometimes. For the record...I believe I've got the greatest parents ever.
if others hope their kids will be like them (I do)? I have a feeling that there's plenty of people out there that would like their children to be like them....but maybe even more who wouldn't.
how different I would be if I grew up in a large city?
why this library has to close at 8pm on Saturdays (cause that means I have to leave in 45 minutes), when I think its such a great place to study and don't want to have to go somewhere else?
how much different my life would be if I didn't like to do so many different things (and be at least decent at all of them)? Like if I didn't race bikes in high school and just played basketball how much better I would have been, or if I didn't play basketball in high school how much better of a cyclist I'd be. (I know for sure of one thing...I would have cost my parents and myself much less money!!)
how some songs can hold you? Listened to "Changes" by 2Pac today, brought back lots of memories. Used to listen to this song on the bus ride to every basketball game in high school. That brought back memories of how others guys on the team used to tease me about how big my headphones were (but they sounded really good I swear..). I guess I wasn't really in with most the other guys on the team...why?...I'm not really sure. Just haven't been a social person the majority of my life. It got bad enough (well plus a lot of abuse I would take in practice from a huge senior football player that pretended to play basketball) my junior year of h.s. I told my parents and the coach I was done. I QUIT. I vividly remember a conversation I had with mom and dad in the middle of our downstairs livingroom about if quitting was really what I wanted to do after I had talked alot about trying to go to college playing the sport and so on. I did play the next year...became the first team captain of Odessa basketball to also be awarded "Mr. Hustle". Yes...that was a long time ago. Yes...I am still very proud of that fact, and imagine I always will be.
If I can think of a catchy subtitle for the next post there might be a part III or more of "wonderings"
if my parents really know what I think of them? It almost seems wierd to me that I can say so many things to friends about how great my parents are and then at times be a butthead when I go home sometimes. For the record...I believe I've got the greatest parents ever.
if others hope their kids will be like them (I do)? I have a feeling that there's plenty of people out there that would like their children to be like them....but maybe even more who wouldn't.
how different I would be if I grew up in a large city?
why this library has to close at 8pm on Saturdays (cause that means I have to leave in 45 minutes), when I think its such a great place to study and don't want to have to go somewhere else?
how much different my life would be if I didn't like to do so many different things (and be at least decent at all of them)? Like if I didn't race bikes in high school and just played basketball how much better I would have been, or if I didn't play basketball in high school how much better of a cyclist I'd be. (I know for sure of one thing...I would have cost my parents and myself much less money!!)
how some songs can hold you? Listened to "Changes" by 2Pac today, brought back lots of memories. Used to listen to this song on the bus ride to every basketball game in high school. That brought back memories of how others guys on the team used to tease me about how big my headphones were (but they sounded really good I swear..). I guess I wasn't really in with most the other guys on the team...why?...I'm not really sure. Just haven't been a social person the majority of my life. It got bad enough (well plus a lot of abuse I would take in practice from a huge senior football player that pretended to play basketball) my junior year of h.s. I told my parents and the coach I was done. I QUIT. I vividly remember a conversation I had with mom and dad in the middle of our downstairs livingroom about if quitting was really what I wanted to do after I had talked alot about trying to go to college playing the sport and so on. I did play the next year...became the first team captain of Odessa basketball to also be awarded "Mr. Hustle". Yes...that was a long time ago. Yes...I am still very proud of that fact, and imagine I always will be.
If I can think of a catchy subtitle for the next post there might be a part III or more of "wonderings"
Sunday, November 28, 2004
I wonder...
Do others feel like there's something extra special planned for them in this thing we call life...
How others see me...
How things can seem so tough at times even while I feel that I'm meant to do some special stuff in my lifetime...
Why I worry so much about others feelings...why I feel like I need to be the one to be there for them and help them with whatever they're going through, even if I don't really know them very well...(maybe I'll blame this one on being related to my mom)...
Why some jackass (or jackass-ett) had to steal my front bike tire (road bike) from atop my car...maybe its a blessing in disguise, it means more time playing basketball and less time riding until I can scrounge up some more money...
How I can not care so much about money. I mean, money is essential to survival. I don't seem to care though. I usually know when I have some but couldn't tell you how much (and its not unusual for me to be overdrawn even though I make a good amount of money for a college student). I use a program on my computer to help keep track, but its almost never up to date. Damn these bills I'm supposed to have paid...
More to come in the next days....until then...stay classy (insert your city name here)
How others see me...
How things can seem so tough at times even while I feel that I'm meant to do some special stuff in my lifetime...
Why I worry so much about others feelings...why I feel like I need to be the one to be there for them and help them with whatever they're going through, even if I don't really know them very well...(maybe I'll blame this one on being related to my mom)...
Why some jackass (or jackass-ett) had to steal my front bike tire (road bike) from atop my car...maybe its a blessing in disguise, it means more time playing basketball and less time riding until I can scrounge up some more money...
How I can not care so much about money. I mean, money is essential to survival. I don't seem to care though. I usually know when I have some but couldn't tell you how much (and its not unusual for me to be overdrawn even though I make a good amount of money for a college student). I use a program on my computer to help keep track, but its almost never up to date. Damn these bills I'm supposed to have paid...
More to come in the next days....until then...stay classy (insert your city name here)
Friday, November 26, 2004
Happy Turkey Day...a bit late
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope yours was half as great as mine.
Here's what went down in the Reynolds household in Odessa, MO. Lots o' food....I'm sure there was more and much tastier food than you had. Sorry, that's just the way it is at our house.
So grandma, grandma and grandpa, Sarah, Scott, Tracy, Booger, mom, dad and myself had a wonderful meal. The kind of meal you dream about when you're at mcdonalds taking a short break from work during the week.
Scott brought over "Elf" starring my man, Will Ferrell. Watched some of it and slept through part of it on the couch. Then booger and I went to see the Plaza Lights get turned on. Good stuff! If you've never seen the plaza lights you must go see them. Yes...that was an order...GO SEE THEM! You can even pay me and I'll be your escort :)
Then I took boog to see Scotts new house, and mom, dad, grandma and sarah had just gotten there (which I kinda thought might happen). So she got to see her big brothers new house and we chatted for a few minutes. Then boog and I went to see The Incredibles. Awesome movie...as I've said before...Pixar is going places...watch out Continental United States.
Its now 1:26AM and i'm not tired....way too much caffeine today. Kinda funny, booger made a comment on the way to the Plaza when I stopped at a gas station and got a cappucino and 2 candy bars. She says a little somethin like, "you're lucky to be able to eat like that and still look that way". My reply of course was..."you tell me that when i'm on the bike making my legs hate me". Well..that was after something like, "I look this way because I ride around 150 miles a week".
When we were leaving home we got in the car and she said, "this reminds me of how we used to go to the movies and you'd be smelling all good".
The moral of the story....Andrew smells good and eats too much chocolate. :) (And drinks too much caffeine which is why he's still writing and not in bed yet)
What I ate at the movie theatre: 3/4 bag of medium popcorn, 1 hotdog, 1 order of nachos and cheese, 3/4 cup of medium Mr. Pibb, 1 large Mr. Pibb (yes...2 seperate drinks..boog stold some of my first drink so I got another :)
How I was this hungry after all that we had earlier I will never know...and I was gonna have 2 more hotdogs when they went on sale for $1...but I got there too late..they were already out.
Enough for now...not gonna go to bed now but I'll catch up on some internet reading...its rough not having DSL here at the house....always makes going back to my place that much nicer.
Here's what went down in the Reynolds household in Odessa, MO. Lots o' food....I'm sure there was more and much tastier food than you had. Sorry, that's just the way it is at our house.
So grandma, grandma and grandpa, Sarah, Scott, Tracy, Booger, mom, dad and myself had a wonderful meal. The kind of meal you dream about when you're at mcdonalds taking a short break from work during the week.
Scott brought over "Elf" starring my man, Will Ferrell. Watched some of it and slept through part of it on the couch. Then booger and I went to see the Plaza Lights get turned on. Good stuff! If you've never seen the plaza lights you must go see them. Yes...that was an order...GO SEE THEM! You can even pay me and I'll be your escort :)
Then I took boog to see Scotts new house, and mom, dad, grandma and sarah had just gotten there (which I kinda thought might happen). So she got to see her big brothers new house and we chatted for a few minutes. Then boog and I went to see The Incredibles. Awesome movie...as I've said before...Pixar is going places...watch out Continental United States.
Its now 1:26AM and i'm not tired....way too much caffeine today. Kinda funny, booger made a comment on the way to the Plaza when I stopped at a gas station and got a cappucino and 2 candy bars. She says a little somethin like, "you're lucky to be able to eat like that and still look that way". My reply of course was..."you tell me that when i'm on the bike making my legs hate me". Well..that was after something like, "I look this way because I ride around 150 miles a week".
When we were leaving home we got in the car and she said, "this reminds me of how we used to go to the movies and you'd be smelling all good".
The moral of the story....Andrew smells good and eats too much chocolate. :) (And drinks too much caffeine which is why he's still writing and not in bed yet)
What I ate at the movie theatre: 3/4 bag of medium popcorn, 1 hotdog, 1 order of nachos and cheese, 3/4 cup of medium Mr. Pibb, 1 large Mr. Pibb (yes...2 seperate drinks..boog stold some of my first drink so I got another :)
How I was this hungry after all that we had earlier I will never know...and I was gonna have 2 more hotdogs when they went on sale for $1...but I got there too late..they were already out.
Enough for now...not gonna go to bed now but I'll catch up on some internet reading...its rough not having DSL here at the house....always makes going back to my place that much nicer.
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Moving
So yesterday I helped my brother move into his new house. That's right....the boy bought a house. One of his very own. HIS HOUSE!
I can't imagine what it would feel like to go into a house now and be able to think that I own (well...not paid for totally..but you get the point) this place. I can rip down whatever walls and paint anything else. Needless to say..I'm really proud of him.
(A little background info: he's a couple years older than me, so he's 24,...graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with something like a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Business..and I think he had another major also..something to do with computers....maybe multimedia stuff. He works at Cerner's World Headquarters (http://www.cerner.com/aboutcerner/default.asp) in KC helping hospitals troubleshoot their systems. At the campus, yes..Cerner is big and rich enough to have a campus, they've got a pretty sweet rec center and when I come home Scott is prone to allowing me in the place to beat him down in some basketball. He makes lots of money, or at least much more than I will make in my first 10 years of teaching.)
Congrats Scott....you da man
Well I'm gonna get to working on this paper of mine now....my way of enjoying a break from school :)
I can't imagine what it would feel like to go into a house now and be able to think that I own (well...not paid for totally..but you get the point) this place. I can rip down whatever walls and paint anything else. Needless to say..I'm really proud of him.
(A little background info: he's a couple years older than me, so he's 24,...graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with something like a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Business..and I think he had another major also..something to do with computers....maybe multimedia stuff. He works at Cerner's World Headquarters (http://www.cerner.com/aboutcerner/default.asp) in KC helping hospitals troubleshoot their systems. At the campus, yes..Cerner is big and rich enough to have a campus, they've got a pretty sweet rec center and when I come home Scott is prone to allowing me in the place to beat him down in some basketball. He makes lots of money, or at least much more than I will make in my first 10 years of teaching.)
Congrats Scott....you da man
Well I'm gonna get to working on this paper of mine now....my way of enjoying a break from school :)
Late update - Sunday
Check your Guiness Book of World Records...I believe I should hold the new record for number of snot rockets blown out a nose. Sunday I let one go about every minute....who knew that I could have so much snot in my body while pedaling myself down a road?
That's it...just wanted to let you know I had lots of snot that I projected out of my nose on my bike ride Sunday.
That's it...just wanted to let you know I had lots of snot that I projected out of my nose on my bike ride Sunday.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Hump Day
Last night I went to see Josh's (one of my roommates) 7th grade girls basketball team play in a tournament in Ashland. They got stomped....but it was a good time. Never though I would almost enjoy watching girls play basketball. It was fun watching Josh coach though...guess it almost makes me realize that I could be up there pretty soon coaching some boys.
Of course..had to play some ball at the rec center after watching the game.
Got to work at 9:20am...supposed to be here at 8am....NOT GOOD...I suck....
Of course..had to play some ball at the rec center after watching the game.
Got to work at 9:20am...supposed to be here at 8am....NOT GOOD...I suck....
Monday, November 15, 2004
Why not
At work from 11am-10pm again. If I can sneak home sometime I'm gonna grab my ball playin stuff and go straight from work later to the rec center to beat down some youngins.....after working this many hours I'm gonna need to raise my dopamine levels (hmm..if I was doing better in Drugs and Behavior I'd know for sure if this was the right thing to say...but I'm not so I don't...)
Otherwise:
Paper- not done....
Andrew - wondering what would happen if he fails the class....guess it wouldn't be so bad if I had to take one class next semester as an undergrad..definately less stress than right now....and I could add a cooking class so I can learn more about herbs and crap that I never use right now...
TA - gonna be bitchy to andrew when she hears that he has exactly ZERO words written of the 7 pages that were due almost 2 weeks ago
Weekend was decent, went on a great slowish ride (about 50 miles) with about 20 other Columbia peoples (3 other mizzou cyclists and the rest from columbia or close bye) on Saturday. Woke up too late for church on Sunday..felt bad. Decided not to go on the Sunday noon ride or the Mizzou 1pm ride because I needed to work on my paper. Obviously I didn't get far with that...I did put my cooking skills to work though.
Breakfast - biscuits and gravy
Lunch - well...the biscuits and gravy was around 1pm
Dinner - grilled BBQ pork steaks, 3 cheese hamburger helper, corn, scalloped potatoes, leftover biscuits from brunch (no...I didn't eat all of it....gots to have something to eat the rest of the week...don't have the funds to eat as much fast food as I have been)
Congrats to Amy and Shannon...both will have rugrats running around this coming year
Otherwise:
Paper- not done....
Andrew - wondering what would happen if he fails the class....guess it wouldn't be so bad if I had to take one class next semester as an undergrad..definately less stress than right now....and I could add a cooking class so I can learn more about herbs and crap that I never use right now...
TA - gonna be bitchy to andrew when she hears that he has exactly ZERO words written of the 7 pages that were due almost 2 weeks ago
Weekend was decent, went on a great slowish ride (about 50 miles) with about 20 other Columbia peoples (3 other mizzou cyclists and the rest from columbia or close bye) on Saturday. Woke up too late for church on Sunday..felt bad. Decided not to go on the Sunday noon ride or the Mizzou 1pm ride because I needed to work on my paper. Obviously I didn't get far with that...I did put my cooking skills to work though.
Breakfast - biscuits and gravy
Lunch - well...the biscuits and gravy was around 1pm
Dinner - grilled BBQ pork steaks, 3 cheese hamburger helper, corn, scalloped potatoes, leftover biscuits from brunch (no...I didn't eat all of it....gots to have something to eat the rest of the week...don't have the funds to eat as much fast food as I have been)
Congrats to Amy and Shannon...both will have rugrats running around this coming year
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Me
Came home from running a couple errands and started crying. Just not feeling good about stuff right now I guess.
I've been through a lot of stuff in the past 3-4 months. Its not stuff I write about on here for basically one reason. Even with how terrible I've felt at times the past few months I ultimately know that I have things so much better than many many other people in this world. I've got the best family possible, a few good friends, charming good looks (yeah...even when I'm being serious and have tears leaking from my eyes I still feel the need to try and make a joke...made you smile though didn't I??), and many of the things one really needs in life. No, I don't have much money, a fancy car, and other stuff like that....but thats stuff that only gets you so far in some peoples eyes...and I suppose those peoples eyes shouldn't matter anyway.
Guess thats about it.....if you need anything I will be here for you. I know a lot of people say that and some probably mean it and some probably don't. I mean it
New song: "Let Me Love You" by Mario....check it out...legally of course. :)
I've been through a lot of stuff in the past 3-4 months. Its not stuff I write about on here for basically one reason. Even with how terrible I've felt at times the past few months I ultimately know that I have things so much better than many many other people in this world. I've got the best family possible, a few good friends, charming good looks (yeah...even when I'm being serious and have tears leaking from my eyes I still feel the need to try and make a joke...made you smile though didn't I??), and many of the things one really needs in life. No, I don't have much money, a fancy car, and other stuff like that....but thats stuff that only gets you so far in some peoples eyes...and I suppose those peoples eyes shouldn't matter anyway.
Guess thats about it.....if you need anything I will be here for you. I know a lot of people say that and some probably mean it and some probably don't. I mean it
New song: "Let Me Love You" by Mario....check it out...legally of course. :)
Happy Wednesday World
"You're so wise. You're like a miniature Buddha, covered with hair. "
[Ron Burgundy and Champ Kind making prank phone calls to Veronica Corningstone] "This is your doctor... you're knocked up."
[to Veronica Corningstone as the news has just gone off the air] "You're a real hooker. I'm gonna slap you in public."
"Now it's time for the Channel 4 news team, with 5 time Emmy-winning anchorman Ron Burgundy and Tits McGee!
Veronica Corningstone : Good evening, I'm Veronica Corningstone; Tits McGee is on vacation.
Ron Burgundy : And I'm Tits... I'm Ron Burgundy."
"Oop... I almost forgot. I won't be able to make it fellas. Veronica and I trying this new fad called uh, "jogging". I believe it's "jogging" or "yogging". it might be a soft "j". I'm not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It'"s supposed to be wild."
Couldn't find the quote I wanted the most...have to wait 'till its out on video to write it down.
Also..decided I don't want to allow comments anymore...or maybe just for a little while. For now this is just gonna be a place I can say whatever I want without thinking about what others will say about it.
If you do want to comment send me an e-mail.
[Ron Burgundy and Champ Kind making prank phone calls to Veronica Corningstone] "This is your doctor... you're knocked up."
[to Veronica Corningstone as the news has just gone off the air] "You're a real hooker. I'm gonna slap you in public."
"Now it's time for the Channel 4 news team, with 5 time Emmy-winning anchorman Ron Burgundy and Tits McGee!
Veronica Corningstone : Good evening, I'm Veronica Corningstone; Tits McGee is on vacation.
Ron Burgundy : And I'm Tits... I'm Ron Burgundy."
"Oop... I almost forgot. I won't be able to make it fellas. Veronica and I trying this new fad called uh, "jogging". I believe it's "jogging" or "yogging". it might be a soft "j". I'm not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It'"s supposed to be wild."
Couldn't find the quote I wanted the most...have to wait 'till its out on video to write it down.
Also..decided I don't want to allow comments anymore...or maybe just for a little while. For now this is just gonna be a place I can say whatever I want without thinking about what others will say about it.
If you do want to comment send me an e-mail.
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Ummm...yeah
So last night I was supposed to be writing a paper...didn't work out so well....
Was really hungry after playing ball at the rec center so I tried to convince Ronnell that we should get some Wing Zone (which I'm pretty sure now doesn't even exist in Columbia any more). After about 15 minutes of unsuccessful negotiating I mention (it was 15 past midnight at this point) something about Halo 2 being out now (it was released at the bookstore at midnight). So we go to campus to get it....actually I go to watch him get it. Of course, when I'm there I decide that I need to get it too. So we drive around trying to find WingZone and end up going to Gerbes and using a phonebook to look up the address of WingZone. While I'm looking in the phonebook he grabs some quarters and gets this huge ass bubble gum (we're talking like racquetball size) and sticks it in his pocket....later as I give him shit about paying 50 cents for it and not even eating it he puts the thing in his mouth.
Anyway...the address for Wingzone is where I thought it used to be..which we drove by and it was changed to something else. So we decide that Dominos chicken kickers would work.
So we order some of those and head home to try out Halo 2. Played it for a little while, the whole time saying I was going to study after. However, I decided I was tired and sleep was the way to go..so thats what I did.
And now I'm gonna try to ignore people asking me questions here at work and get some of this paper done. I'll be here from now (about noon) until 10pm. Got a conference the next few days so I had to trade some hours with others.....of course the only hours I'm not already working or in class are right behind the current hours I work...so I get the extreme pleasure of working all day.
Was really hungry after playing ball at the rec center so I tried to convince Ronnell that we should get some Wing Zone (which I'm pretty sure now doesn't even exist in Columbia any more). After about 15 minutes of unsuccessful negotiating I mention (it was 15 past midnight at this point) something about Halo 2 being out now (it was released at the bookstore at midnight). So we go to campus to get it....actually I go to watch him get it. Of course, when I'm there I decide that I need to get it too. So we drive around trying to find WingZone and end up going to Gerbes and using a phonebook to look up the address of WingZone. While I'm looking in the phonebook he grabs some quarters and gets this huge ass bubble gum (we're talking like racquetball size) and sticks it in his pocket....later as I give him shit about paying 50 cents for it and not even eating it he puts the thing in his mouth.
Anyway...the address for Wingzone is where I thought it used to be..which we drove by and it was changed to something else. So we decide that Dominos chicken kickers would work.
So we order some of those and head home to try out Halo 2. Played it for a little while, the whole time saying I was going to study after. However, I decided I was tired and sleep was the way to go..so thats what I did.
And now I'm gonna try to ignore people asking me questions here at work and get some of this paper done. I'll be here from now (about noon) until 10pm. Got a conference the next few days so I had to trade some hours with others.....of course the only hours I'm not already working or in class are right behind the current hours I work...so I get the extreme pleasure of working all day.
Monday, November 08, 2004
Simple
Earlier in my workday today I came up with this big idea of how I was gonna write nothing on here. Yep..was gonna write something and say something about how it was nothing and yadda yadda yadda. Basically the point was going to be that all I feel like writing about is bad stuff so I was gonna write nothing. Sounded like a cool idea in my head....but I didn't do it.
Instead I'm gonna write this.
During my ride yesterday I saw a cat playing in a yard....it made me happy.
Go watch/do something that makes you happy...the world will be a better place.
Peace,
Andrew
Instead I'm gonna write this.
During my ride yesterday I saw a cat playing in a yard....it made me happy.
Go watch/do something that makes you happy...the world will be a better place.
Peace,
Andrew
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Damn damn damn
#&@*
When I'm teaching I will never make my students write research papers. In fact, if someone else does I will give them time in my class to work on them. Who ever invented research papers should be shot...twice...in the eye...with a really big gun.
K...I feel better now..back to trying to write this paper.
Update:
on a brighter note..did go on a ride today with 6 other mizzou riders...good stuff. Did around 35 miles i think (damn computer magnet gets knocked outta place when I sprint to the sprint points)
When I'm teaching I will never make my students write research papers. In fact, if someone else does I will give them time in my class to work on them. Who ever invented research papers should be shot...twice...in the eye...with a really big gun.
K...I feel better now..back to trying to write this paper.
Update:
on a brighter note..did go on a ride today with 6 other mizzou riders...good stuff. Did around 35 miles i think (damn computer magnet gets knocked outta place when I sprint to the sprint points)
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
mmmm..good
Lunch today:
4 pieces of toast with pb&j
1 glass of orange juice
1 bowl of chocolate ice cream
What's this mean? Andrew has no groceries and is teaching himself how to not eat fast food so much.
Paper - not done
Andrew - working on it
4 pieces of toast with pb&j
1 glass of orange juice
1 bowl of chocolate ice cream
What's this mean? Andrew has no groceries and is teaching himself how to not eat fast food so much.
Paper - not done
Andrew - working on it
Monday, November 01, 2004
A little more than a month away
Feeling sucky...paper is giving me trouble, have no idea what will happen with next semester, and I feel like I've never got the time to deal with any of it.
What I feel like having right now: a huge boost of energy, a Red Bull, a large French Vanilla cappucinno from a gas station, a large cherry coke/dr. pepper from Sonic, a cake with chocolate icing, a big steak, some BBQ, just about anything made by mom, a week at home, a sense that this semester could actually be beneficial to me in life.
Maybe that's my problem. When I was taking education classes I loved what I was doing. I don't really love the stuff I'm doing now..I like some of my Rural Sociology class but other than that i almost hate the other stuff.
Ehh..thats enough pessimism for one day....
What I feel like having right now: a huge boost of energy, a Red Bull, a large French Vanilla cappucinno from a gas station, a large cherry coke/dr. pepper from Sonic, a cake with chocolate icing, a big steak, some BBQ, just about anything made by mom, a week at home, a sense that this semester could actually be beneficial to me in life.
Maybe that's my problem. When I was taking education classes I loved what I was doing. I don't really love the stuff I'm doing now..I like some of my Rural Sociology class but other than that i almost hate the other stuff.
Ehh..thats enough pessimism for one day....
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Machine Head, Glycerine, Tonight Tonight, and more
Lots to do today...work consists of ignoring people with questions and doing as much research as humanly possible for my paper thats coming up.
On the iPod now (Good Stuff playlist):
Lloyd Banks - Karma
DJ danger Mouse (Grey Album)w/ Jay-Z - Threat
Ben Folds - The Ascent of Stan
Sparta - La Cerca
Young Bloodz - 85 South
Usher, Joe budden - Confessions pt. 2(remix)
Nelly - Over and Over
Tim McGraw - Walk Like A Man
Kanye West - Family Business
Yellowcard - Only Once
Fuel - Falls on Me
Akon - Locked Up (Remix)
Got Winamp? the stream I listen to while at work- Hitzradio.com #1 for all the Hits! (compliments of shoutcast.com)or ambient psyc chill stuff if I really get tired of contemporary crap...
Have a great day!
~Andrew
What are you listening to???
On the iPod now (Good Stuff playlist):
Lloyd Banks - Karma
DJ danger Mouse (Grey Album)w/ Jay-Z - Threat
Ben Folds - The Ascent of Stan
Sparta - La Cerca
Young Bloodz - 85 South
Usher, Joe budden - Confessions pt. 2(remix)
Nelly - Over and Over
Tim McGraw - Walk Like A Man
Kanye West - Family Business
Yellowcard - Only Once
Fuel - Falls on Me
Akon - Locked Up (Remix)
Got Winamp? the stream I listen to while at work- Hitzradio.com #1 for all the Hits! (compliments of shoutcast.com)or ambient psyc chill stuff if I really get tired of contemporary crap...
Have a great day!
~Andrew
What are you listening to???
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Funny pickup line
Hmm...anyone think this would work as a pickup line?
"Hey baby, you've got something on your butt: my eyes"
I can definately see The Ladies Man saying this and then mentioning something about a fish sandwhich. For more pickup lines you can check out http://www.pickuphelp.com/ or http://www.bored.com where i got the link from.
So glad its almost 5....work has been way too slow and I haven't gotten anything done...gots to go home and get this research taken care of!!!
Edit:
Just saw this one at pickuphelp.com...had to post if for those of you who won't follow the link....
"Baby did you fart, 'cause you blow me away!"
How can you not love that...there should be a huge smile on your face....if really wierd humor is a way to a woman's heart...than I can see this one working....otherwise all I see is the woman wondering what the hell is wrong with the guy who said it.
"Hey baby, you've got something on your butt: my eyes"
I can definately see The Ladies Man saying this and then mentioning something about a fish sandwhich. For more pickup lines you can check out http://www.pickuphelp.com/ or http://www.bored.com where i got the link from.
So glad its almost 5....work has been way too slow and I haven't gotten anything done...gots to go home and get this research taken care of!!!
Edit:
Just saw this one at pickuphelp.com...had to post if for those of you who won't follow the link....
"Baby did you fart, 'cause you blow me away!"
How can you not love that...there should be a huge smile on your face....if really wierd humor is a way to a woman's heart...than I can see this one working....otherwise all I see is the woman wondering what the hell is wrong with the guy who said it.
Monday, October 25, 2004
Get 'er done
My weekend:
Saturday - did some mountainbiking around Cosmo Park by myself (damn lazy..or hung over... cycling team members...who really need to go to a homecoming game anyway, even if we did invent homecoming...), perfect day for it..and the new glasses are sweet. Relaxed for a little while at home then went on campus and read a book for 6 hours! Its not that I'm a slow reader...its just that if I'm gonna have to write a paper about this book then I've gotta slow it down, otherwise I'll end up having to basically re-read the book when I trying to write the paper.
Sunday - church, hurried home and changed and met a couple team members for a road ride. Perfect day for riding...its just that my body apparantly didn't realize that 'cause I was hurting...guess its been too long since I went on a lengthy ride. After recovering I went on campus again to write my paper. After a good 4 hours the paper was basically done (didn't have an intro or conclusion...threw those on after i got home). Feels great to finally be done with that paper!....but now I've got another longer one due next week. I know I can do great on this paper if I'm able to get all the research done...and I know I can get all the research done if I have enough time....so the question is....will I have enough time? Its a question I don't know the answer to right now....
My fun for today - getting a haircut. Yes...I am that exciting of a person...sitting in a chair and having my hair chopped off really does bring me enjoyment.
So how was your weekend?
Saturday - did some mountainbiking around Cosmo Park by myself (damn lazy..or hung over... cycling team members...who really need to go to a homecoming game anyway, even if we did invent homecoming...), perfect day for it..and the new glasses are sweet. Relaxed for a little while at home then went on campus and read a book for 6 hours! Its not that I'm a slow reader...its just that if I'm gonna have to write a paper about this book then I've gotta slow it down, otherwise I'll end up having to basically re-read the book when I trying to write the paper.
Sunday - church, hurried home and changed and met a couple team members for a road ride. Perfect day for riding...its just that my body apparantly didn't realize that 'cause I was hurting...guess its been too long since I went on a lengthy ride. After recovering I went on campus again to write my paper. After a good 4 hours the paper was basically done (didn't have an intro or conclusion...threw those on after i got home). Feels great to finally be done with that paper!....but now I've got another longer one due next week. I know I can do great on this paper if I'm able to get all the research done...and I know I can get all the research done if I have enough time....so the question is....will I have enough time? Its a question I don't know the answer to right now....
My fun for today - getting a haircut. Yes...I am that exciting of a person...sitting in a chair and having my hair chopped off really does bring me enjoyment.
So how was your weekend?
Friday, October 22, 2004
Blessings
I've got a whole lot going for me. I've got the best family possible and friends that are there for me. I even got a sweet new pair of shades from the UPS man today...and because the MU team is sponsored by Rudy Project they were discounted big time. :) Its also a perfect day to go mountainbiking...and therefore try out those new shades.
So why is it then that all I can think about is how far behind I am in class? ( I don't really want an answer to this...just sympathy...or maybe a slap in the face) And even though I'm constantly thinking about how far behind in class I am I can't seem to do the things I need to do. Man.....I wish I could zoom ahead about 5 years when I should have a steady job and less to worry about (yeah...I'll probably have plenty more to worry about...but I don't want to think about that now because what I've got to worry about now seems almost overwhelming).
So why is it then that all I can think about is how far behind I am in class? ( I don't really want an answer to this...just sympathy...or maybe a slap in the face) And even though I'm constantly thinking about how far behind in class I am I can't seem to do the things I need to do. Man.....I wish I could zoom ahead about 5 years when I should have a steady job and less to worry about (yeah...I'll probably have plenty more to worry about...but I don't want to think about that now because what I've got to worry about now seems almost overwhelming).
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Hi
Haven't posted in a while...so I thought I'd say "hi". Things have been pretty crazy around me. I'm constantly feeling overwhelmed by class, but never seem to want to work on the stuff that needs to get done for them. I try to force myself to but then my body rejects it in the form of falling asleep.
I'll try to post something worthwhile later tonight before I fall asleep.
Happy point for the weekend: Rode 80 miles with some team members on Sunday. I'm pretty sure none of us would have made it on our own (mostly because of lack of food...and who would have thought beef jerky would taste decent on a bike...you're the man Brady..) but working together we got it done.
Also did some mountainbike action Saturday....had a great time. Man I missed that feeling. Its one that can't really be put into words....so I'm not gonna try.
Unhappy point of the weekend: about none of the homework i was planning on doing during the weekend got done...so where does that leave me? With more to worry about during my already busy weekdays.
Took the GRE: did bad. Very unsure about my future right now. I feel like I should be teaching...but I also hate to think about the debt I'm racking up. Which bring up another point...how extremely lucky I am to have had mom and dad support (i.e. pay f0r) at least part of college up to this point.
I'll try to post something worthwhile later tonight before I fall asleep.
Happy point for the weekend: Rode 80 miles with some team members on Sunday. I'm pretty sure none of us would have made it on our own (mostly because of lack of food...and who would have thought beef jerky would taste decent on a bike...you're the man Brady..) but working together we got it done.
Also did some mountainbike action Saturday....had a great time. Man I missed that feeling. Its one that can't really be put into words....so I'm not gonna try.
Unhappy point of the weekend: about none of the homework i was planning on doing during the weekend got done...so where does that leave me? With more to worry about during my already busy weekdays.
Took the GRE: did bad. Very unsure about my future right now. I feel like I should be teaching...but I also hate to think about the debt I'm racking up. Which bring up another point...how extremely lucky I am to have had mom and dad support (i.e. pay f0r) at least part of college up to this point.
Friday, October 15, 2004
Smile...I'm gonna try to
20 WAYS TO CONFUSE TRICK-OR-TREATERS
1. Give away something other than candy. (Toothpicks, golf balls, bags of sand, etc.)
2. Wait behind the door until some people come. When they get near the door, jump out, wearing a costume, and holding a bag, and yell, "Trick or Treat!" Look at them, scratch your head, and act confused.
3. Fill a briefcase with marbles and crackers. Write on it, "Top Secret" in big letters. When trick-or-treaters come, look around suspiciously, say, "It's about time you got here," give them the briefcase, and quickly shut the door.
4. Get about 30 people to wait in your living room. When trick-or-treaters come to the door, say, "Come in." When they do, have everyone yell, "Surprise!" Act like it's a surprise party.
5. Get everyone who comes to the door to come in and see if they can figure out what's wrong with your dishwasher. Insist that it makes an unnatural "whirring" sound.
6. After you give them candy, hand the trick-or-treaters a bill.
7. Open the door dressed as a giant fish. Immediately collapse, and don't move or say anything until the trick-or-treaters go away.
8. When you answer the door, hold up one candy bar, throw it out into the street, and yell, "Crawl for it!"
9. When you answer the door, look at the trick-or-treaters, act shocked and scared, and start screaming your head off. Slam the door and run around the house, screaming until they go away.
10. Insist that the trick-or-treaters each do ten push-ups before you give them any candy.
11. Hand out menus to the trick-or-treaters and let them order their candy. Keep asking if anyone wants to see the wine list.
12. Get a catapult. Sit on your porch and catapult pumpkins at anyone who comes within 50 yards of your house.
13. When people come to the door, jump out a nearby window, crashing through the glass, and run as far away from your house as you can.
14. Answer the door dressed as a pilgrim. Stare at the trick-or-treaters for a moment, pretend to be confused, and start flipping through a calendar.
15. Instead of candy, give away coloured eggs. If anyone protests, explain that the eggs are the only thing you had left over from Easter.
16. Answer the door dressed as a dentist. Angrily give the trick-or-treaters a two-hour lecture on tooth decay.
17. Answer the door with a mouthful of M & M's and several half-eaten candy bars in your hands. Act surprised, and close the door. Open it again in a few seconds, and insist that you don't have any candy.
18. Hand out cigarettes and bottles of aspirin.
19. Put a crown on a pumpkin and put the pumpkin on a throne on your porch. Insist that all of the trick-or-treaters bow before the pumpkin.
20. Dress up like a bunny rabbit. Yell and curse from the moment you open the door, and angrily throw the candy at the trick-or-treaters. Slam the door when you're finished.
Monday, October 11, 2004
Indiana
Weekend was really good....
Saturday: 8am Raced C's cross country. Took the lead at the top of the first climb and never got passed. Unfortunately the course wasn't well marked and I added a couple extra miles at some point and ended up in 3rd.
Around 2pm Raced C's downhill. Was the first rider to go. Took out one small tree and got thrown off one other time. Place: 4 out of 4...wish we could have had 2 runs down the course like we were supposed to but we were running late.
Sunday: Left our cabin at 7am to head to the race site for the Dual Slalom and STXC (short track cross country) which was about an hour away. Stopped on the way to have a healthy breakfast of McDonalds of course. (As Chris said, I figured with all the riders here everyone would be eating healthy and stuff, but everyone's like.."yea, McDonalds...")
I think the Dual Slalom qualifying run started around 11 (give or take a couple hours)...supposed to start at 9 but a few things threw us off schedule. I decided it wasn't worth paying an extra $10 to race it since the STXC course actually went down the DS course.
I decided to race B's in the STXC. Around Noon we started. Lapped plenty of C's and ended up in 6th place. Sprinted past 2 guys in the last stretch which felt really good...until I was pretty sure I was going to throw up. Didn't do it...but it took a while for the feeling to go away.
Mizzou took 2nd, 4th, and 6th in the Men's B's STXC
Cooled down...watched the DS finals and headed home.
Saturday: 8am Raced C's cross country. Took the lead at the top of the first climb and never got passed. Unfortunately the course wasn't well marked and I added a couple extra miles at some point and ended up in 3rd.
Around 2pm Raced C's downhill. Was the first rider to go. Took out one small tree and got thrown off one other time. Place: 4 out of 4...wish we could have had 2 runs down the course like we were supposed to but we were running late.
Sunday: Left our cabin at 7am to head to the race site for the Dual Slalom and STXC (short track cross country) which was about an hour away. Stopped on the way to have a healthy breakfast of McDonalds of course. (As Chris said, I figured with all the riders here everyone would be eating healthy and stuff, but everyone's like.."yea, McDonalds...")
I think the Dual Slalom qualifying run started around 11 (give or take a couple hours)...supposed to start at 9 but a few things threw us off schedule. I decided it wasn't worth paying an extra $10 to race it since the STXC course actually went down the DS course.
I decided to race B's in the STXC. Around Noon we started. Lapped plenty of C's and ended up in 6th place. Sprinted past 2 guys in the last stretch which felt really good...until I was pretty sure I was going to throw up. Didn't do it...but it took a while for the feeling to go away.
Mizzou took 2nd, 4th, and 6th in the Men's B's STXC
Cooled down...watched the DS finals and headed home.
Friday, October 08, 2004
My weekend
What my weekend looks like:
Friday: take off from Columbia at 4pm....headed to the University of Indiana...or more like some kind of campground place near it. Then the MU team shall attempt to cram about 20 people into a cabin made for 10 I believe.
Saturday: My cross-country mouintainbike race starts at 8am...yeppie skeppie. Andrew was assigned to race "C's" so we'll see what happens (fyi: A's are the best/fastest, B's second fastests, C's are basically just expected to stay upright on the bike and eventually cross the finish line)
Later in the day is the Downhill race I think.
Sunday: Short Track Cross Country Race (STXC) sometime as well as Dual Slalom race.
I'll probably be doing all of these races depending on how much money I feel like spending and whether or not I'm motivated being in the "C's" races.
Oh yeah...and while all of this is going on I need to get two books read in order to write a paper thats due this coming Wednesday. Right.....thats gonna happen. Also have a project due Sunday (I sure hope its due at midnight like I think it is) that I'll be getting done as soon as i get back to Columbia....which ironically might be much closer to midnight than I expect.
Thanks to everyone that reads this.....sometimes just typing something out makes you feel better....don't believe me...start a blog (or a diary if you don't like others reading what you write) and see for yourself
Friday: take off from Columbia at 4pm....headed to the University of Indiana...or more like some kind of campground place near it. Then the MU team shall attempt to cram about 20 people into a cabin made for 10 I believe.
Saturday: My cross-country mouintainbike race starts at 8am...yeppie skeppie. Andrew was assigned to race "C's" so we'll see what happens (fyi: A's are the best/fastest, B's second fastests, C's are basically just expected to stay upright on the bike and eventually cross the finish line)
Later in the day is the Downhill race I think.
Sunday: Short Track Cross Country Race (STXC) sometime as well as Dual Slalom race.
I'll probably be doing all of these races depending on how much money I feel like spending and whether or not I'm motivated being in the "C's" races.
Oh yeah...and while all of this is going on I need to get two books read in order to write a paper thats due this coming Wednesday. Right.....thats gonna happen. Also have a project due Sunday (I sure hope its due at midnight like I think it is) that I'll be getting done as soon as i get back to Columbia....which ironically might be much closer to midnight than I expect.
Thanks to everyone that reads this.....sometimes just typing something out makes you feel better....don't believe me...start a blog (or a diary if you don't like others reading what you write) and see for yourself
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Love
| "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." ~ 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
So is it true? Does love never fail? What about if you're not sure about what exactly you love? |
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Life, the little that I know about it
Life is a gift.
I pray that you will get everything out of it you ever wanted. I pray that the people you choose to keep in your life are the kind of people that will help you grasp those things.
If I can be one of those people for you I will. If not then please go find them
The strongest woman I know showed me this poem:
LETTING GO TAKES LOVE
To let go does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,
it's the realization I can't control another.
To let go is not to enable,
but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means
the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another, The time to love is short
it's to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for,
but to care about.
To let go is not to fix,
but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,
but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold or argue,
but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more
Remember: The time to love is short
------ author unknown
Favorite song right now: Nelly ft. Tim McGraw - "Over and Over"
I pray that you will get everything out of it you ever wanted. I pray that the people you choose to keep in your life are the kind of people that will help you grasp those things.
If I can be one of those people for you I will. If not then please go find them
The strongest woman I know showed me this poem:
LETTING GO TAKES LOVE
To let go does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,
it's the realization I can't control another.
To let go is not to enable,
but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means
the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another, The time to love is short
it's to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for,
but to care about.
To let go is not to fix,
but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,
but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold or argue,
but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more
Remember: The time to love is short
------ author unknown
Favorite song right now: Nelly ft. Tim McGraw - "Over and Over"
Sunday, September 26, 2004
Racin'
Today was without a doubt my best race so far. Not that my finish was all that super duper great (I think it was just plain old great) but my body felt great afterwards (the first race that I actually thought I would do great if they added a lap).
Anyway....3rd place out of 8 riders in the Beginner 19-29 category. 4th place out of around 30-40 riders in all beginner and junior categories (there was a mass start so we all took off together).
A shout out has to go to Craig who took 2nd in Beginner 19-29 and 2nd out of the whole group. He also took home a Missouri State Champions jersey. (Thanks for the ride there and back also...)
me: http://www.pbase.com/stlbiking/image/34293884
Craig: http://www.pbase.com/stlbiking/image/34293880
Anyway....3rd place out of 8 riders in the Beginner 19-29 category. 4th place out of around 30-40 riders in all beginner and junior categories (there was a mass start so we all took off together).
A shout out has to go to Craig who took 2nd in Beginner 19-29 and 2nd out of the whole group. He also took home a Missouri State Champions jersey. (Thanks for the ride there and back also...)
me: http://www.pbase.com/stlbiking/image/34293884
Craig: http://www.pbase.com/stlbiking/image/34293880
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Friday, September 24, 2004
FRIDAY..finally
Thank you God for making Fridays.
You know what I'm talkin' 'bout
What I'm up to this weekend:
1.Some road riding today, Saturday and maybe Sunday
2.Possibly a mountainbike race close to Rolla on Sunday
3.Catching up on homework
4.Relaxation!
What are you up to?
You know what I'm talkin' 'bout
What I'm up to this weekend:
1.Some road riding today, Saturday and maybe Sunday
2.Possibly a mountainbike race close to Rolla on Sunday
3.Catching up on homework
4.Relaxation!
What are you up to?
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Monday, September 20, 2004
Lucky
I don't get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
What if I'd been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?
And in a white sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you
Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away
I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
I've been very lucky/blessed in this life of mine. My man Ben knows what's up.
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
What if I'd been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?
And in a white sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you
Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away
I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
I've been very lucky/blessed in this life of mine. My man Ben knows what's up.
Life
Andrew's thought for the week (yes..he only has one for the whole week):
So much to do...........so little time
So much to do...........so little time
Friday, September 17, 2004
Why I dislike (basically hate) politics
I am going to teach. Ok, in some sorts or another we all teach...but I'm going to make it my profession.
What does this have to do with politics? I consider these teaching and politics to be almost exact opposites.
I think of teaching as a sort of "pure" thing. You've got a subject to tell student about and that's what you do. You've got facts and you try to get those facts crammed into your students heads. There shouldn't be any room for BS in there.
I think of politics as a very very very "unpure" thing. You(assuming "you" are a politician) have certain things you want to do. I'll assume the things you've got in mind are good as I'm normally an optimistic person. So here's where my problems with politics start.
1. They have to rely way too much on other people. For example, politicians don't know the first thing about education. Some might have been involved in education at some point in their lives (and I'm not talking about being a student) but that was most likely many years ago when things were much different. So they've got to be told what to do about education. I supposed if they chose to listen to actual teachers (hmm..what a brillian idea..you want to learn more about what's going on in the educational system you should talk to teachers) then we wouldn't have some BS out there like NO CHILD LEFT UNTESTED (thank you Scott for renaming No Child Left Behind...I shall use it many times and never give you credit again :).
2. Number two goes with number one...many times they're talking to the wrong people.
3. Way too much evil stuff going on....and all of it probably has to do with money. (NOTE: realize I am going to teach. So I must not think that much of money because I'm pretty much setting myself up to not make much) Corporations giving politicians money and basically buying a vote and whatnot....this pisses me off so I shall stop here with number 3.
4. I can't think of a number 4 right now because number 3's still got me pissed off.
What does this have to do with politics? I consider these teaching and politics to be almost exact opposites.
I think of teaching as a sort of "pure" thing. You've got a subject to tell student about and that's what you do. You've got facts and you try to get those facts crammed into your students heads. There shouldn't be any room for BS in there.
I think of politics as a very very very "unpure" thing. You(assuming "you" are a politician) have certain things you want to do. I'll assume the things you've got in mind are good as I'm normally an optimistic person. So here's where my problems with politics start.
1. They have to rely way too much on other people. For example, politicians don't know the first thing about education. Some might have been involved in education at some point in their lives (and I'm not talking about being a student) but that was most likely many years ago when things were much different. So they've got to be told what to do about education. I supposed if they chose to listen to actual teachers (hmm..what a brillian idea..you want to learn more about what's going on in the educational system you should talk to teachers) then we wouldn't have some BS out there like NO CHILD LEFT UNTESTED (thank you Scott for renaming No Child Left Behind...I shall use it many times and never give you credit again :).
2. Number two goes with number one...many times they're talking to the wrong people.
3. Way too much evil stuff going on....and all of it probably has to do with money. (NOTE: realize I am going to teach. So I must not think that much of money because I'm pretty much setting myself up to not make much) Corporations giving politicians money and basically buying a vote and whatnot....this pisses me off so I shall stop here with number 3.
4. I can't think of a number 4 right now because number 3's still got me pissed off.
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Digital Communication - unit 3
My thoughts on the articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/magazine/11BLOG.html (requires account setup)
I never would have guessed the degree that youth today (wow that makes me sound old) interact online. I can understand how posting something online, whether you think someone is going to read it or not, can relieve some stress. Definately an interesting article worth reading!
http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/3344/levy.htm
Hmmm..never heard of an "A list" blog...actually the sound of that bothers me.
Presidential Candidates blogs:
http://www.georgewbush.com/blog/
http://blog.johnkerry.com/
I hate politics. Enough said. I would read these (as opposed to skimming them) if I thought there were actually thoughts of either one of these men in them...but I'm pretty sure its a bunch of BS so skimming works or me.
However, I like layout of Kerry's site much better so I will vote for him.....oh yeah...and because "No Child Left Untested" is the one of the worst creations ever. Leave the education to the educators.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040615-032535-1189r
All I'm getting right now is "Internal Server Error". If the page is ever back up I'll let you know what I think of it. Based on the fact that the title is "The Web: Blogs Reshaping Political News" and my dislike for politics, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna dislike reading the article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/magazine/11BLOG.html (requires account setup)
I never would have guessed the degree that youth today (wow that makes me sound old) interact online. I can understand how posting something online, whether you think someone is going to read it or not, can relieve some stress. Definately an interesting article worth reading!
http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/3344/levy.htm
Hmmm..never heard of an "A list" blog...actually the sound of that bothers me.
Presidential Candidates blogs:
http://www.georgewbush.com/blog/
http://blog.johnkerry.com/
I hate politics. Enough said. I would read these (as opposed to skimming them) if I thought there were actually thoughts of either one of these men in them...but I'm pretty sure its a bunch of BS so skimming works or me.
However, I like layout of Kerry's site much better so I will vote for him.....oh yeah...and because "No Child Left Untested" is the one of the worst creations ever. Leave the education to the educators.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040615-032535-1189r
All I'm getting right now is "Internal Server Error". If the page is ever back up I'll let you know what I think of it. Based on the fact that the title is "The Web: Blogs Reshaping Political News" and my dislike for politics, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna dislike reading the article.
Today
"Today" - the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow); "Today is beautiful"; "did you see today's newspaper?"
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
Andrew's Defintion of "Today" - a day full of studying for his Drugs & Behavior test tomorrow.
Class, work, studying at work, riding the bike (while thinking about how he should be studying), then studying until its bedtime.
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
Andrew's Defintion of "Today" - a day full of studying for his Drugs & Behavior test tomorrow.
Class, work, studying at work, riding the bike (while thinking about how he should be studying), then studying until its bedtime.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Sleep?!?!?!?
Why must I need sleep so bad?
Oh yeah, that's right..I only got a few hours last night between my legs cramping up from not drinking enough water after playing ball last night and trying to get some studying done for my "Drugs and Behavior" psychology class. So now I'm not only sleepy but my legs still hurt....and its frickin' raining outside.
Time for class now...maybe it'll cheer me up....oh wait, I've got a test on Friday I'm not ready for...guess I won't be cheering up any.
January...hope you get here soon so I can start this madness over again as a Graduate student.
Oh yeah, that's right..I only got a few hours last night between my legs cramping up from not drinking enough water after playing ball last night and trying to get some studying done for my "Drugs and Behavior" psychology class. So now I'm not only sleepy but my legs still hurt....and its frickin' raining outside.
Time for class now...maybe it'll cheer me up....oh wait, I've got a test on Friday I'm not ready for...guess I won't be cheering up any.
January...hope you get here soon so I can start this madness over again as a Graduate student.
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Where's the love?
Alright....we're gonna play a little game. We'll call it "Andrew wants you to comment."
Its played like this...Andrew posts this message on his blog and you respond with a comment. Not too difficult of a game. Just follow the rules
You can comment however you want. An example of a decent comment might be, "Hey Andrew...you suck!" or possibly "Andrew you're my frickin hero...keep on keepin' on bro."
As you can see I'm not gonna be too picky about your content...hell, you can even misspell every word you type. JUST TYPE SOMETHIN FOR ME
Its played like this...Andrew posts this message on his blog and you respond with a comment. Not too difficult of a game. Just follow the rules
You can comment however you want. An example of a decent comment might be, "Hey Andrew...you suck!" or possibly "Andrew you're my frickin hero...keep on keepin' on bro."
As you can see I'm not gonna be too picky about your content...hell, you can even misspell every word you type. JUST TYPE SOMETHIN FOR ME
Monday, September 13, 2004
How cyclists do it..Mizzou style
check this out....http://www.livejournal.com/~kungfugreg/
Unfortunately I wasn't able to be a part of this.....definately next year...probably later this year if any other schools step up with a race of this sorts...
Unfortunately I wasn't able to be a part of this.....definately next year...probably later this year if any other schools step up with a race of this sorts...
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