a reflective weekend...

Hi kids. It's your old friend, weatherboy. I want to say that the Metropolitan bar and grill kicks ass. As some of you already know, i went up to get woody from the airport on friday. It turned out that he didn't come in at 6:30, but 11:30. SO, i was rather stuck finding a place to go and hang out. Thank god shwee was there to back me up, she took time out of her schedule to keep me company, thanks shwee. We went and ate at a Palino, and then she had to go hit the bars with the people she made plans with. At this point I moved on downtown to meet up with HEW at the Met. (hew stands for heaon era whore, by the way. it came from a class on the history of japan that ryan and i took in college with our roommate at the time eric, we made up these little rhymes to remember the different years with the appropriate era names. eg. 1334-heaon era whole...get it?) At any rate, when i got there i couldn't get ahold of HEW. So, not wanting to waste the remarkably good mood i was in, i ordered a mac and jacks' and pulled up a stool and watched the sun go down on my city. i was already feeling really good and reflective earlier when i went on a walk around greenlake. i walked around the whole lake all by myself, it was really great. i thought about life and how good things were no matter how stressed i might be from class, i'm still a happy guy. every breath i took was so clear and wonderful. it was windy, which allowed all the smells of the trees and flower to perfume the air, i really hope that everyone who reads this understands what i'm talking about. it was just one of those times where you're so glad to be alive. wow. anyways, back to the Met. i sat there with my beer on these nice stools and hardwood bar along the wall, thinking how i wished i had brought a pen and a notebook to do some writing. i'm sure i would have come up with something brilliant. it was just one of those days where brilliance would be sure to flow. the Met has a great selection of beer, that goes without saying...their hard alcohol is quite good, however they don't carry old raj gin, which is amazing gin by the way. the Met also sells cigars, it's a cigar bar. how fucking cool can one place get!? I was already impressed by the atmosphere of the bar (i've been to the restaurant part, it's awesome too. but this is about the bar), but to have a specific selection of cigars? that's fucking great. i'll be going to the Met more often, i can tell you that. i could have hung out there all day, it was really that inspiring. to be fair though, i had a pretty inspiring walk earlier to put everything into perspective. god. i need to have more days like that, i think we all do.

Eventually, i got to get the dog and HEW came with me down to OlY, the next day we ventured up to seattle again. We met up with shwee who ditched us that morning to take care of a sick bobanna, and watched chapelles' show with her, bobanna, bobanna's BF, and a person shwee calls queen-b...i think, i'm not to sure, good guy though. Afte that HEW and i were hungery and we went to the lynnwood hooters to get some food. (it was late, they were open, and...hey...it's hooters! why not!?) As was the case with the first time i ever went to hooters, HEW and i were the only ones there under 30, besides the waitresses. They were really nice and it was a good meal, the fries there are quite good. All of them say goodbye when you leave, it really makes you feel special, i know it's all apart of the act, but it's an ego boost none the less. After food, we when home and hit the sack.

Sunday sucked. I didn't get much done. I cleaned a little bit, but i need to clean a lot more. I came home and didn't do homework, missed a call from Jen, cleaned, and got nothing accomplished.

Today i got a good deal of shit done. I went to my study group, and it helped me get ready for my first midterm tomorrow. the people in my program are really cool and very nice. i think i got lucky in that respect.

now here i sit, at the end of a long weekend that ran the gamut from boring, to insightful, to stressful, to where i'm at now...tired and not quite ready for the week ahead. I did get to talk to Jen today. that was a highlight of the weekend. she got to greece ok and talked to me on her cell phone while she sat out on her balcony that overlooks the Mediterranean and "the bluest water i've ever seen" according to Jen. I miss her and i'm jealous.

so, now it's time to say goodbye...to all our company...m-i-c...see you real soon...k-e-y...why? because we like you!...M-O-U-S-E.

no idea where that came from...sorry

"haters wanna hate...lovers wanna love...i don't even want, none of the above...i wanna p*** on you..." -gotta love that R-Kelly!

-ROCK STEADY

No muse for weatherboy...

I wish i was as creative as shwee with my writings from time to time. Every now and again a really awesome piece of original poetry comes up in shwee's journal...and to be honest i get jealous. nothing but love for shwee, but i just miss my creative days. I used write poems and songs non-stop, all the time. no more though. i suck.

wow, i'm down on myself today. it was such a good day though...

maybe i'm just tired.

-sigh

Xi love...

It must be special, in fact i'm probably breaking all of the rules by using it in my journal. Sorry, Shwee, i'm a terrible pledge! But, a lot of love goes out to that house. I'm so proud of all the hard work that has gone into it, all of the awards are just icing on the cake i'm sure. The girls on the edge are by far and away the best in the system...but i've known that for a long time. so congrats Xi's, from a major supporter.

Other than that, I just wanted to jump on here and leave a quick message about...nothing. It was a great day. I did my regular jog this morning. In the rain of course, the first time since i've been home, jogging in the rain i mean. It was cold at first, but then it got really refreshing and i ran the 3+ miles faster than ever, it was great. THen school was fun in the morning when i taught, and fun later when i went to learn. I wish all of my teachers could be as cool as the one i had today. it really makes a big difference.

Jen leaves tomorrow. So, for all of you who'll miss her, give her a call now so you can get in touch one more time before she's off to europe! It's gonna be a lonely summer for weatherboy, but she's send me the woodster, so at least i'll have him!

Things are fine here, oly is good. I love being home in washington, i can't wait until i can call seattle my home again too. i love this state.

I'm all over the place tonight. Well my quote last night didn't stump shwee, so here's a little more...what about the line "have a coke and a smile and shut the fuck up" ? that's a quote too. what's it from? that one's a little harder...i'll be REALLY impressed if anyone gets that one.

(fill in inspirational, humorous line right here)

-ROCK STEADY

short, blonde, and trash-talking...

I must apologize for the infrequency of my postings. It's been a pretty high stress week for little old weatherboy. Nothing that I can't handle, hey, i'm still here ain't i? No real great stories come to mind at the moment. All i can say is that i'm tired. i'm sure many of you who read this are tired all of the time, shwee with her work on school and the house, bobanna with her BF and the time she spends on the quizzes and tests she keeps posting the results of on her journal, ryan with work, jen with her writing competition (sorry everyone, but she wins). with everybody having lots of shit on their plate i know i sound like a little sniveling bitch, so you'll get nothing else out of me.

I have nothing of value to impart to you all tonight, my brain is packing up to leave. So, i hope that things are going well with all of you! Take care, remember: bill cosby rules for so many reasons, so eat the jello and the pudding and have a coke and a smile and shut the fuck up.

ha! i kill me.(anyone? where's that from?)

-ROCK STEADY

Good people, good times...

My review of this last weekend? Well, it was...great. Lots of bad things happened. Bug got hurt, and I hate seeing her get hurt. The M's lost, it's not new that they lost, but they still did anyway. Shwee got ditched, and that pisses me off. Bobanna's sad, and that sucks. I miss Jen...it's not bad to miss her, but it sucks not having her around.

However, with all of these bad things, i can honestly say that this weekend was great. I spent great time with great people. My life is now more rich due to the times that I had this weekend. The dance, bowling, drinking, re-uniting with old friends, staying out till 4am...just cause...well, why not? "I'm down." I introduced the Chapelle Show to Shwee and, just like i did with 'the family guy', i think i might have got her hooked. I went out to a baseball game, only my second ever! They were great seats and, even though the M's lost, i had great company, so it was nothing but fun. (shwee next time i'm just running over those pedestrian mother-fuckers!) So, like i said before, it was a good time, and the more important part was it was a good time with people who matter. I know i wax nostalgic all too much, but thanks again you guys...you help make seattle what it is to me. Jen already gave me the needle, with you guys i have the complete package.

So, I guess i'm just saying...thanks for an incredible weekend. I hope many more are still to come for all of us, and for those who aren't here now, but are still in our hearts. I hope we can all concentrate on all of the good things that went on this weekend and know that times like that can keep coming and we have good friends to fall back on if the roads between the good times get bumpy. Even those roads could be good times in disguise. I'm always looking for those moments that I can take with me, and as i've said before...thanks for supplying the memories that I'll keep with me forever, it means the world to me.

god, i'm lame. sorry for the cheezy, touchy-feely post...i'll be better next time!

-Till then,
-ROCK STEADY,
-weatherboy

You'll always have a home...

As long as you have people to love you. There will always be a home for you. Wow, bobanna. That post from early this morning...it raised the bar. I won't even try to equal it. It needs to stand on its own. All i can say is, shit, do i understand all that you were talking about. I remember feeling all of those things and being very contemplative during the time around my graduation. I get really nostalgic, as i've mentioned in my past posts, but i like your reflections on relationships, or lack thereof. just excellent...

So, things are good. Life ticks on. Sunrise, sunset and all that shit. Thirty is the new twenty, so we've got a long haul before we even have to get too serious about ourselves right? I like that reasoning. Does that make our generation more selfish than others? The generations before us had kids and were already immersed in their careers at this point. They were trying to get their family life off to a running start at our age...yet divorce rates in that age group scare the shit out of many of us. Mostly due to the fact that we're the kids that had parents split. Who's to say which group is better? I'm not sure there is an answer. Whatever works right? Yeah, i don't know either.

I think the important thing to remember is to hold on to all of these good times as they happen, keep them in a good place in you mind for reminiscing, and always try to look for the next new adventure. Jen has always been a great example of that for me. She's always trying to experience as much as she can, while she can. It's a great way to do things. I'm not all that good at doing all the things i suggest, but I try. And it's what YOU take with you that's counts, and i know a lot of us have a lot of good stories we can tell from the last few years...I'm glad that i can take that with me as i continue on. So, here's to the past memories, the one's we're making right now, and all the good shit to come. I hope that i have the privledge to keep making memories with all of you guys out there.

So, once again, i leave feeling all warm and fuzzy...or at least uplifted.
So how about an update...
WEATHERBOY'S CURRENT MOOD:OPTIMISTIC
CURRENT ATTITUDE:BRING IT!
CURRENT MUSIC:GREENDAY-BRAINSTEW(107.7 THE END)
CURRENT QUOTE THAT I CAN'T GET OUT OF MY HEAD: "I'M RRICH BEEATCH!! 'HONK, HONK!'"

Rear-ending my way to the top...

Yes, i rear-ended someone today. it sucked, my car is kinda fucked, and i'm short on luck. that was for you literary types out there.
Despite pissed off that i realize i'm a bad driver, i'm ok. things could be worse. i could have not walked away from the accident, that would suck. So, i guess things are ok as of right now. I can't complain too much, that's why we have insurance right?
finals will be over tomorrow, i've turned in my paper and i think i did okay on it, and everyone seems to be in better spirits today. So, things can't be going all that badly really. I'm alive and that's good, i've got lots to be happy about.
Today, i started my internship through city u. I'm working at an elementary school, with 1st graders. I can already tell that it's going to be a great experience! I love working with the younger kids. They're so happy to see you and glad that you're there. It's so rewarding. I've already learned about half of the kids' names in my class and it won't be long before i've got them all down. It was so cute when they started fighting over who was going to sit by me during their lunch! I might have to give a little more thought to wanting to do Jr. High. Who knows?
Well, shit. Not much else to say today. I could go one way or another at this point, but i don't think i like any of them.
Keep updating your shit, you guys out there who are all doing the journal thing. It's great hearing from you all day to day. Shwee and bobanna we need to organize our asses. ryan, keep writing. jen, write soon.
I'll talk to you all later...
take care of yourselves,
and each other...
ROCK STEADY

Ain't life fun...?

Ok, due to recent criticism, this post will be sans-profanity, and sans humor. One does not rely on the other.
So, i just got back from Troy. Ok, good movie. I don't care if it's too "mainstream" for most people, all i know is that I liked it a lot. It sucks knowing how it all will end though. oh, well.
Anyways, today i'm in a suprisingly good mood. I worked, slowly but surely, on my homework and got it done, with time to spare. there's always more to do, but at least i afforded myslef a break.
Once again, it seems like things are falling apart though. I have sad, and frustrated, friends out there and it sucks. I wish things were going well for everyone right now, and it sucks not being able to do anything to help. All i can say is there's a light at the end, ya know? Finals will be over, ONE MORE BABY! And all the crap that's going on with everyone will eventually fade away and become a memory. A good or bad memory, i don't know and i don't want to pry, so i won't, it'll all be water under the bridge in a week, month, or whatever. Look to the good things, cause there's a lot of them. We lose sight of them every now and again, i'm bad about not seeing them too. But, the good things in life WAY outnumber the bad and it really is good focusing on them. I know, it's easy to point out the obvious, i'm just talking. Listen, or ignore at your digression.
Well, i've spouted off enough for one night. Take care, all of you guys. I'm always here if ya need anything. So, feel better, and take some time out to enjoy...anything, life if nothing else.
Till next time,
-ROCK STEADY

Rock you like a hurricane...

OK, Fuck thespark.com's quizes. 38% sexy my COCK!!! They're fun and all, but NOT ACCURATE!! I hope i'm sexier than that in real life!! damn.
Thanks for calming me down after that little experiment, Shwee.
Ok, so the numbers are growing...there are more and more of us here on this live journal thing. Ryan is now at, livejoural.com his name is heian_era_whore. It's an inside joke from one of the history classes that ryan and i took together at western, you'd have to have been there.
Not a whole lot is going on at the moment. The parents are still out of the house, i'm still sober (unfortunatly), I guess i could still change that, all the happenings are up in seattle and i'm stuck here. I just feel guilty leaving the dog here, lame i know, but i can't help it.
I'm glad that people are heeding my complaints and updating more frequently! Ryan updates every day, bobanna has gone nuts with the updates for today at least and shwee said she'd get on it soon. Jen is still doing finals, but she only has one left, so she'll be getting better i'm sure...unless she's already bored with this, which she might be. You all know her. She keeps evolving so fast it's hard to keep tabs on her. As for the rest of you keep writing, it's nice when people have left you new stuff to read isn't it. Lesson learned.
Shit, the muse is not upon me tonight. I want to thrill you all with some humor, but it's just not in the cards.
hmmm...let me tell you all about the craziest new years i've ever had:
Ok, the only real crazy part was when the clock struck midnight my friends and i decided to go out streaking. NOW, i was the ONLY one who actually took off all of his clothes and ran through the neiborhood, when i finally stoped to put my underwear back on, it was in front of my friend Danielle's house...Well, her mom and two younger sisters were there in the window and I think they saw me putting my boxers back on. I made sure to do it very slowly, there was no need to rush right? Well, to throw a little insight for you guys into the mix, keep in mind that Jen and I lived in Alaska during this time, so it was about 15 degrees outside...yeah
The next year all three of us went streaking again (keeping our boxers on this time) but it was warmer and slightly snowing, so we decided to moon the video cameras that the girls brought with them several times. The camera's caught more than we expected them too...
ANyways, on that note I'll be off...sleep well, my little white ass will be running through your dreams tonight...i know it!
WEATHERBOY'S CURRENT MOOD: PROUD OF HIS STORY
CURRENT MUSIC: 7 NATION ARMY

float on...

It's amazing how a song can get you through a day. Anyways, here I am again, in front of this little screen attempting to make that post that people talk about the next day... :"...have you checked weatherboy's journal lately? He said the funniest thing today." Yet, I have a feeling that that won't be happening today, as I have very little to report.
My school week is technically over, I have a mandatory informational seminar that I have to attend tomorrow for school, but that won't be all that bad. I have a decent load of work to do over the weekend that I could be doing now, but have opted-out on for tonight. I'll get a start on it tomorrow, and hopefully get most of it done. So, that leaves me here listening to the darkness (again), I can't get enough of that single of theirs. It's just too funny and perfect for today's musical climate.
Well, this weekend has a strange intro for me. I'm home baby-sitting my parents dog, Teddy. He's a Airedale Terrier...who weighs about 100 pounds, I shit you not. This dog tackled me in the back yard the other day, AND I MEAN TACKLED, full run. He hit me right in the chest and knocked me down, it was the funniest damn thing I've ever seen a dog do. Anyways, I'm home house/dog-sitting and therefore can't be making the trip up to the emerald city this weekend. That's okay though, too much of a good thing and all right? I never did understand that, as I move on through life I'm becoming more and more attuned to the idea of, go with what makes you happy. It just sounds like that is a better way to get through life...don't you think? I'd rather have no regrets and have a million stories to tell, than be dull and say, "I wish I'd have done that when I was that age..." or whatever. Funny how I started to think more and more like that after I graduated from undergrad.
So, like I used to say on the radio my final quarter at Western,"Get out there and do it all! Have fun, leave no stone unturned. When adults used to tell you 'There's a time and place for everything' they were talking about college!" I'm not saying go do all the bad things, but don't be afraid to try everything! Shit, now I'ms starting to sound like a motivational speaker...I'm going to stop.
So, party time at Weatherboy's! If you've got nothing to do, give me a buzz, I'll be around. Other than that, have fun and update your posts! Some of you, (Shwee) have been pretty bad about it lately. (Shwee is excused though, cause she has a lot of shit on her plate, so is Jen cause she's doing finals) Nobody else though...which pretty much means you bobanna, however you posted just the other day...sooooo...I guess i'm just an asshole. Sorry.
Take care all. Have a good weekend if I don't hear from you, but I better! And always remember:
Citizen Dick Rules!!!
-OUT
(i'm gonna be really fucking funny one day...you just wait)

DAMN YOU EARL'S...

I WOKE UP STILL FEELING A LITTLE DRUNK. WHOA. I HAVEN'T BEEN LIKE THAT IN A LONG TIME. BUT, I'LL HAVE YOU ALL KNOW THAT I STILL DRUG MY HAPPY-ASS (YES, HAPPY-ASS) TO SCHOOL. IT'S AMAZING WHAT A LITTLE LOUD MUSIC WILL DO TO MAKE YOU WAKE UP SOMETIMES. I WASN'T REALLY DRUNK AS JUST NOT FEELING TOO HOT. HUNG OVER? NO. I DON'T GET HUNG OVER. HOWEVER A NIGHT OF EUKING WILL MAKE ANYONE FEEL NOT-SO-GREAT THE NEXT DAY. TO ALL OF YOU WHO COULDN'T COME FOR VARIOUS REASONS...I'LL GET OVER IT...EVENTUALLY!
SO, HERE I AM, HOME FINALLY, AFTER 8 1/2 HOURS OF SCHOOL. NO SCHOOL FOR ME TOMORROW THOUGH SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. SHIT, I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO SAY IN THESE JOURNALS. WELL, A RUNDOWN OF MY BIRTHDAY NIGHT MIGHT BE GOOD. RYAN, BUG AND I, EVENTUALLY, WENT OUT AND ATE AT RED ROBIN (STILL ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE PLACES TO GO, I LIKE THE FRIES...WHAT CAN I SAY?) AND THANKS NEEDS TO GO OUT BO-BANNA FOR KEEPING RYAN AND I COMPANY BEFORE WE LEFT. AFTER EATING AND HAVING A RATHER LARGE STEIN OF FAT TIRE, WE, THE AFOREMENTIONED TRIO, HEADED BACK TO THE "HOWMOW", WHERE WE PARKED, RE-GROUPED, AND HEADED ON DOWN TO THE AVE. EARL'S + $4 LONG ISLAND MONDAY + BOBAY SAPPHIRE GIN= A REALLY DRUNK WEATHERBOY. IT WASN'T FUN AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, BUT THE TRIP THERE WAS REALLY FUN. BUG INTRODUCED US TO A FEW NEW PEOPLE AND WE RAN INTO SOME REALLY NICE DRUNKS THERE THAT WERE FUNNY IN THE WAY THAT ONLY DRUNKS CAN BE, AND ONLY DRUNK PEOPLE CAN APPRECIATE.
OH, YEAH. WHEN RYAN WAS DRIVING MY WASTED ASS HOME, I HAD HIM PULL OVER SOMEWHERE ON THE FIVE HEADING NORTH SO I COULD LOSE IT...NO BIG DEAL WE'VE ALL BEEN IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT BEFORE...BUT A COP PULLED UP BEHIND US AND CAME TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HE WALKED OVER TO MY SIDE AND SAW WHAT I HAD BEEN DOING. COP:"HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING TONIGHT?", JOSH(IN PERFECT, NON-DRUNK SOUNDING ENGLISH I MIGHT ADD): "NOT TOO WELL OFFICER." I DON'T KNOW, RYAN AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNY THAT I SAID THAT. ANYWAYS, HE MADE SURE RYAN HADN'T BEEN DRINKING AND HE LEFT. HE NEVER EVEN TURNED ON HIS LIGHTS SO THERE WAS NO NEED FOR PANIC OR ANYTHING. ONLY ME THOUGH, RIGHT? WELL, MAYBE BUG FROM TIME TO TIME!
SO, THAT WAS MY NIGHT, AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. I'LL BE BACK, I'M STARTING REALLY GET INTO THIS. IT'S ALMOST LIKE PERFORMANCE WRITING. I TRY TO AMUSE YOU ENOUGH TO WANT TO COME BACK AND SEE ME AGAIN. HERE'S TO HOPING THAT I ENTERTAIN SOMEONE OUT THERE...
OK, I'M OFF. I JUST WANT TO SAY: I MISS JEN, FEEL BETTER SHWEE, I HOPE YOU HAD A NICE REST BO-BANNA, AND TO EVERYONE ELSE...
YYyyEEAeeAHH!
-OUT

KEEPING IT REAL...
I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THAT NOBODY READS THIS MONSTROSITY. I JUST KINDA GET THE FEELING THAT I'M PUTTING ALL OF THIS OUT THERE INTO SPACE AND IT'S JUST FLOATING AND COLLECTING E-DUST. I GUESS IT STILL GIVES ME AN OUTLET THOUGH, SO THAT'S GOOD.
ANYWAYS, TODAY IS MOTHER'S DAY. WOO HOO! THE FAM CAME OVER TODAY AND I DID THE GOOD DOMESTIC THING WITH LOTS OF WINE AND STUFF. GOODTIMES. OTHER THAN THAT THIS WEEKEND HAS SHAPED UP TO BE RATHER DULL, BUT THAT'S OKAY. OOOKAAAAY! YEEEEAHHH! WHHHATT? THE CHAPELLE'S SHOW MARATHON WAS ON LAST NIGHT AND I MANAGED TO RECORD THE ENTIRE SECOND SEASON, VHS THOUGH AND THAT SUCKS, BUT AT LEAST I HAVE IT! A LOT OF MY FRIENDS NEED TO SEE IT STILL WHICH IS GOOD, AT LEAST THEN I DON'T FEEL TOO IN THE DARK.
SO, TOMORROW IS THE BIG 24. I MIGHT TRAVEL NORTH TO BE WITH MY FRIENDS IN THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD, BUT I HAVE TO GET HOME EARLY CAUSE I HAVE CLASS AT 8:00AM THE NEXT MORNING! DAMN, THIS BEING BACK IN SCHOOL THING IS REALLY GONNA KICK MY ASS. I GOTTA STOP MY BITCHIN' THOUGH AT LEAST I'M DOIN' IT. THAT'S GOOD. GOTTA KEEP THE SPIRITS HIGH IF I'M GOING TO GET OUT ALIVE.
I WAS HOPING THAT MY POSTS WOULD BE MORE HUMOROUS AND COOL, BUT ALAS, I HAVE FAILED TO MEET MY OWN GOALS. NO WORRIES THOUGH, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT UP SOON, I CAN FEEL IT. MY LIFE JUST HASN'T BEEN TO FUNNY LATELY. SORRY. I'LL WORK ON THAT.
RIGHT, SO I'M OUT OF HERE. UNTIL NEXT TIME...
DON'T LET THE MAN GET YOU DOWN, FIGHT THE POWER, YELLOW MEANS HIT THE GAS, YIELD DOES NOT MEAN STOP, HAVE LOTS OF FUN, KICK SOMEONE IN THE NUTS, MAKE SURE YOU LAUGH AT THEM WHEN THEY START CRYING, DON'T TAKE NO SHIT FROM NOBODY, DON'T FORGET ABOUT WEATHERBOY, CALL JEN SHE MISSES YOU, ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US, "GENERIC, OVERUSED FRAT GUY SAYING", VICTORY IS MINE, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY:
BE DOWN WITH O.P.P.
(SORRY ABOUT THE LAME POST)
WEATHERBOY'S CURRENT MUSIC: (THE NEW MODEST MOUSE IS AWESOME) BUT, RIGHT NOW: THE BREEDERS-CANNONBALL (THE END)
CURRENT MOOD: BORED, BUT SUPRIZINGLY UPBEAT.
-OUT

What to say about today? Well, I know that I haven't kept up on this whole live journal thing, I guess I'm just a slacker. But, that's okay. I'm doing my thing.
School's going well. I don't really want to go into too much detail, cause I have to think about it enough when I'm not here trying to post what's going on in my life.
TODAY, I went to school in the morning and played 18 holes of golf for the first time in years. It was really good, I played really bad. But, that wasn't the point. At least I was out there doing it! It really is good to be back home in the Pacific Northwest, the golf course was beautiful and Mt. Rainier was in the background on many of the holes. This really is a great place to be.
So, this is my longest weekend for a long time and it just so happens that my birthday is at the end of this weekend, Monday to be exact. Do I really care though? Not really. My birthday has never been that big of a deal to me. It's usually a day that I play down a lot.
Anyways, life south of Seattle is good though. I hope everyone is going to go out and have a great weekend. Bobanna! Don't get lost out there in the woods and Shwee, I have no idea what you're up to, but I think you'll be gone. Anyways, I'll be sure to drink a few bottles of wine for each of my absent friends this mother's day weekend! I have absolutely no plans and I intend to keep it that way...
at least for now...
Take care all!
WEATHERBOY'S CURRENT MOOD: SLIGHTLY MELANCHOLY
CURRENT MUSIC: THE DARKNESS
(GOD I'M SUCH A POSER!)
-OUT

Is the world falling down around me?
Everyone seems to be having a bad day. It make me sad to see any of my friends in pain or "pissed off." So, in order to combat this I'm going to leave a positve post, i think i'll only post when i'm in a good mood.
SO, today I had my second day of grad school. Not too bad, I guess. The teacher is funny and it looks like things are pretty laid-back, as laid-back as things can be in a grad program. Needless to say i'm in for the long haul, but i'm getting more and more confident all the time. Is that a good thing for me? More confidence? Some of you might think my confidence is fine, but i'm probably one of the most insecure people you all know. It's easy for me to say that now, as i sit here in my little office. But, i make up for it by trying my best to make my friends laugh. The nice part about my friends, all of you guys, is that I really act like myself when i'm around you. i'm confortable and then i can joke around and be fun, etc... but, that is certainly not me all the time and i really count myself as lucky that i have friends that bring that out in me.
SO, I guess this post goes out to you guys, the ones that have made so many good memories for me. And for those new to the Josh, i'm the most nostalgic person i know, so memories are the best thing you could ever give. So cheer up, all of you! Know that some little blond out there cares about all of you and has your back no matter what goes down. Give weatherboy98 a holler if your ever on AIM, i always have time for friends. You guys help make my life what it is, and anything i can do to return the favor...just let me know...
So, on that happy, sentamental note, I'll end this post.
Everybody keep your journals up to date, it's nice knowing what ya'll are up to.
Jen is home, call her! (hopefully she's working on my blog so it looks cool like shwee's and bobanna's!)
Take care all!
-this web journal was brought to you by the word "SO" and the number 3-
~cause it's the magic number!~
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Ok.
Well. As this is my first blog, I should start by saying...I don't know much about this. Any of this. I'm just here to post my updates on a semi-daily basis. As you read this from day to day you should know that my spelling is horrible, but I really make few apologies for it. My grammar lacks, from time to time, so don't be suprised by it. Know that I write like I talk when I write for the general public, doing this keeps things simple for both respective parties. And finally. I tend to speak my mind too much when i don't have my better half here to censor me, the only acceptable form of censorship that exists, by the way.
So, in the words of Julianne, "Let's get this shitshow started."
Today/Night-I'm sitting here in front of this laptop nervous about my first day of grad-school that happens tomorrow. I just got back from Seattle where I reunited with some old friends and spent time getting emersed back into a shadow of a life that I used to live. I've got everything all ready for my stint into the realm of grad school, just not sure if I'm mentally prepaired. This is going to be a tough year, but I have a good base of people here to back me up. Basically everyone who ends up reading this...most likely. Just so I cover all of my bases, thank you all-in advance-for just being there, it helps me keep the faith...whatever that means.
Other than that update. I miss Jen. Glad to be home. Keep in touch all of you who read this, in fact, write my ass NOW! Because now comes Josh's one year sprint to the world of teaching!
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