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Location: olympia, washington, United States

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

 girls kick ass...  
 
ain't that the truth? i've had quite the time these last few days. i've been all over the sound seeing all sorts of people and seeing all sorts of things... where to start?   OK, so i went to seattle and that was fucking awesome, wait let me explain why girls kick ass... Jen rules. so that makes me feel that way obviously. ALSO, the bands that i have been listening to this weekend and beyond have all been female fronted bands. SO, for all of you i recommend: the gossip, pretty girls make graves, and the yeah, yeah, yeah's. they all fucking rock, and they all are female fronted bands.  i was at apollo's pizza and pasta the other day and i tried fish tale amber ale for the first time, it was awesome! after one pint while i waited for my food i was already getting very hyper! i had a GREAT time driving home listening to the yeah yeah yeah's! i even bought some more fish tale at the gas station by my place on steamboat island; i drank a few more today before class...goodtimes! So, it's a local beer, made right here in olympia and i think i might make it my official beer for a while. i love staying local! anyways, i've been so happy lately with music! has anyone else been listening to the end lately? they are concentrating on new music and it is making my heart very happy.  I think that my doubts as far as music today is concerned have all been put to rest with some of the new stuff out there. pretty girls make graves and the gossip help me in the feeling. you guys...i think we are living in a great time. i think that seattle will lift itself out of the ashes again soon, it will come more as a subtle roar, as opposed to a loud shout like it did with nirvana. i'm really happy about it though. oh, and as i sit here i'd like to share with you that the yeah yeah yeah's have a hidden track on their new cd, i just figured that out. get a hold of me or HEW if you want a copy of any of the music that i've mentioned.  
 
So, this last weekend was filled with: dripping wetness due to heat, pool, karaoke, Elvis, beer, gin and jazz, random band at the bad ju ju lounge with a good female lead singer, sir mix a lot with the 14 year old girls shaking their asses on stage, a sad sight with a dog with piercings, sand, sun, kelp, and the beauty of a washington beach full of pale people, good music copied and bought by HEW and i (thanks again for the copied cd's HEW), heartbreakers (actually a cute movie that sChwee, Scout, HEW and i watched at the house on 50th.), more beer, random phone calls late at night, 36oz. drinks at the sloop (must go back there), pool, jukeboxes, hales ales, the NON-existence of a 3rd redhook somewhere in freemont, steakhouses, thai, gasworks, picking scout up from work, seeing sChwee on a study break, my time at UW genetics clinic, time spent in u-village, music fun and people that are good. it was a great weekend and i'm glad it went so well. i'm sorry i won't be up next weekend, but i need to get some shit done for school...
 
speaking of school...i went on a field trip today to a middle school and had a middle school science teacher lecture for us for four hours. it was a long time to sit in a warm classroom on a beautiful day. after that was over i went with about 8 of my fellow co-hortians over to one of the co-hort members' houses. he just recently got married over the weekend and he invited us over to see his house and meet his wife and drink beer and bar-b-que. goodtimes. i now think i have a place where i can watch football this fall! me along with like 4 other guys in my program! i'm pretty stoked! that and there was good beer and chips and hummus, just a good time at a cute little house that brian (the now married guy) made into quite the little haven for he and his wife. SO, i had a pretty good day. I don't have class tomorrow, so i'm gonna help my sister paint her house and then i'll come home and get a bunch of work done on my language arts class project...and THEN, if i have enough energy, i might head out to a bar in olympia called Hanna's, for their karaoke night. a guy in my co-hort named jeremy has a brother who actually runs the night and he can hook us up, it'll be a good time! SO, i have a lot to look forward to in these next few days! I'll be missin' seattle, but i do like OLY quite a lot, and i might have to head over to the fish tale brewery/pub to check out my new brand that i'll be supporting from now on! they sell levenworth beers there too! the alcohol percentage on these beers must be pretty high cause the people in my cohort that have tried them have ALL commented on the potency of the beer! I'm lovin' life right about now!
 
SO, with that i end this little update, i know i've been pretty bad about it, but i haven’t been in a very good mood until just recently, SO i'm happy to be back behind the screen again and i look forward to keeping you all posted as to what's going on in the wonderful life of Weatherboy! as usual, you're all invited to come and participate in the festivities in oly whenever you feel like it! i love company!
 
ok, so, till next time...
 
-ROCKSTEADY  
 

p.s.-scout...you left your water bottle in my car!

Thursday, July 22, 2004

Here we go...
 
Light pink...nice huh? 
 
nah...green.
 
Update time...
 
Jen's in Rome.
 
I'm still here.
 
i'm gonna be coming up to seattle on saturday, after i stop off at the senior olympics to watch my grandpa kick ass at the discus and shot-put. he wins the gold every fucking year! and my grandma takes the gold in EVERY swimming event there is! i really hope to be doing as well as they are at that age!
 
SO, that's the plan. i'm gonna be in seattle for the cap. hill block party, and i plan on making it to ballard all night bowling for some bowling and karaoke (not in that order!) so this weekend is looking like it'll be a lot of fun. i have a doctor's appointment with UW genetics clinic on monday afternoon so i'll be around all weekend and some on monday, so give the old weatherboy a call and we can all connect at some point...i'm talking to you too bobanna! it's been WAY too long!!!
 
Talk to ya'll later...
 
-ROCKSTEADY

Tuesday, July 20, 2004

clairification...
 
OK, this needs to be put out there cause i realize that some of the posts done by HEW and myslef might seem like we feel ditched by our friends. OK, this is not the case. these posts are centered more on a "friend" who HEW refers to as KT. this "friend" has flaked on us more times than we can even count. and this weekend HEW and i really felt like we didn't matter to this friend, a case of too little too late. she just doesn't act like a real friend. i just wanted to put that out there so others that read this will know that if we seem bitter, it's not about you. in fact we'll get over it. like i said before in a past post, i'm trying to be done with complaining about people and hanging out, it's stupid and selfish. anyways, i'll talk to you all later...
 
-OUT

Upon further review i noticed that HEW's journal clearly states that he's talking about other people and i was just being a dumbass and you should all ignore this particular post...

-out



Monday, July 19, 2004

so, this is what life is supposed to be like...
 
you get through a week, and you enjoy the weekend. i wish life could be more like that nofx song about how he loves weekdays, cause the weekends are when he works. come to think of it, i really loved going out on sunday. showed up at the sunset bowling bar and instead of doing ANY bowling at all, HEW and I celebrated his birthday by drinking Mac & Jacks' and me doing karaoke. HEW said i blew people away, not the case.  i had a good time though, i sang 'two princes' by the spin doctor's  (anyone else remember that song?), and to end the night they let me sing 'good riddance' by greenday. it was mellow and cool to be sitting in this little bar with like 8 other people. goodtimes.
 
to expand on saturday...
ok, so my dumb-ass thought that the showbox was where the graceland was. oops. well, thanks to the resourcfulness that i can honestly say i pick up from jen, i just grabbed a stranger (the paper, not a person)  and looked up the place in the club listings, found the address and booked it down there with plenty of time to spare as the these things never start on time.  so yeah, the gossip and pretty girls were fucking awesome just like HEW said. the new mexicans were very technical and good as well. the first band...SUCKED.  no other way to put it. i hate bands that try to make up for having no vocal ability by screaming and dumbing down the music so they can call it punk. no, it's not punk, it's shit. i'm sorry. get over it.
 
anyways, another weird sidenote of the whole night was that i ran into duncan forbes, a guy who grew up across the street from me in kenai, and who i went to college with up at the university of alaska anchorage. so, he and his girlfriend (who i met when we were in anchorage way back) kinda hung out with HEW and i the whole night. it was very cool. we ended up giving them a ride home, before we headed out to beth's. we alaskans have to stick together. i hadn't seen duncan or kate (gf) since 1999. LAST MILLENIUM! damn.
 
So, yeah, i would have to say that last weekend was a great weekend. Good music, food, beer and, of course, people.  i wish that every day could be like this last weekend. i'd like jen to be present for obvious reasons. other than that it was just goodtimes all around. i'm not gonna complain about who could make it and who could not, it's been done already and i know we don't really solve anything by doing it.  it IS nice to vent about people that piss us off and i don't want to stop doing it altogether, but i'm just concentrating on all the good shit that went on this weekend.
 
so, next weekend is the capital hill block party. bands playing for two strait days, well maybe not strait, but nonstop! :) sounds like a shitload of fun to me. i'm supposed to meet up with my alaskan friends again there and i hope that i can talk some of the rest of you to come with me! i'm gonna approach it like i did this last weekend...I'M going, if ya wanna come,  i'd love you to be there with me! other than that, i'll see ya later.
 
so, to drive the point home...happy birthday HEW. Hope everyone's work/school week goes well and make sure to keep in touch!  Scout, you and shwee should get ahold of me and see what's going on this coming weekend!
 
till next time...
 
"it's something unpredicable, but in the end is right...i hope you had the time of your life..." 
 
take care everyone...
 
-ROCKSTEADY 
  
  
  


Friday, July 16, 2004

pretty girls, good beer, and bowling...
 
that's what's on tap this weekend! again, i send out an open invitation to everyone! come to the Pretty Girls Make Graves concert and have a kick ass time with some great people! Scout, i'm sad i missed your availability, you'll be missed. that's okay, like i said in a recent post...i was going to go solo if no one else wanted to go. it's time to just GO and DO. no more sitting on my ass.
 
SO, there's the plan all. EVERYONE who's in town on sunday should come and hang with us and wish HEW a happy birthday! Bowling is in the idea bin, and i KNOW how much some of you like to bowl! friends of HEW are encouraged to come! you know who you are!
 
RIGHT! i'm excited! i'm coming back to MY city! WOOOO!!!!
 
I'll talk to ya'll this weekend!!! (in some way or another!)
 
-ROCKSTEADY

Thursday, July 15, 2004

 

i can't stop the blood...
 
i cut myself today. about a half an hour ago. it's still bleeding. i don't mind getting cuts anymore. i didn't even notice i had a cut on my finger until i saw the blood on something i grabbed, weird. it's all wrapped up now, kinda hard to type right now. i remember when i cut myslef in bellingham when i was breaking into my room. the door to our apartment was usually unlocked, well on this day it was. damn. i was in a bad mood. i had just done really badly on a final. so i pushed on the window to my room a LOT harder than i should have. Smash! my hand flies through the window and CHOP! bloody weatherboy. i eventually had to go and get stiches after about an hour with my hand under the sink without the blood stopping. HEW took my ass to the health center and i got my hand stiched up. i DID get an extention on a paper that i didn't want to do thanks to the cut, so it wasn't all that bad...i guess. so, yeah, i'm used to getting semi-minor cuts. sorry, i'll stop talking about blood and stuff now...
 
hey. did anyone notice that my font is bigger now? this website has finally upgraded and now i can use all sorts of cool shit! I can change the color of my font, I can write in italics, bold, i can add pictures and all sorts of cool shit! i'm so excited! anyways.
 
i went to see 'anchorman' today. it wasn't as bad as bobanna led me to believe. you just have to be familiar with the 70's genre, it was a SPOOF, THAT's why it was funny! you either get it or you don't. to those who didn't, ya missed out.
 
i'll be heading north on saturday, back to my city. i hope that everyone has a great weekend and keeps in touch so we can all get together if it's possible on sunday! i'm listening to the end to see if i can win tickets to the pretty girls make graves show, probably won't happen, but it'd be nice. OH, HEW, keep listening to BJ SHEA and see if you can win some tickets to their mariners thing on monday!
 
well, i'm pretty tired and i have class in the morning!i'm gonna head on out for tonight. I'll talk to ya'll later...
 
-ROCKSTEADY

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

where did everybody go...?

it seems like everyone is taking off this weekend! bobanna is off to her long planned trip to the coasts of oregon, shwee is off to visit the fam again (for important reasons), and jen is never around as she is in europe. a select few remain. crazy...

well, yesterday i went fishing out at offet lake in tenino. my dad, my nephew and i. it was great i didn't do any fishing, i just brought my cobain murder book and some beer and i did the rowing...alcohol and boats...it doesn't get much better than that! a little buzz and some good reading in the middle of a lake on a sunny day...goodtimes...

TODAY, i went to Enchanted Village with my nephew. it was a good time. my dumb ass forgot to put my shorts on before i got there or i would have done the whole wild waves thing too. but alas, i don't think i'm at my peak physical form at the moment and i was fine without getting half naked anyways...maybe soon...

only three days of school this week, that's cool. i'm happy about that. i've been taking care of my nephew pretty much the whole time, so all this time i've had off hasn't been just random free time. i've been babysitting basically. i've been staying up SO late these last few days, just so i can enjoy time by myself and play my guitar.

i've been wanting to put some of the few songs i've written down on my 4-track, but everytime i start getting around to it, my nephew comes in. and i can't really do it at night cause it'll get pretty loud when i start in. i need to get them down though or i'll lose interest and never get anything done. i still want to get a band started. if anyone knows a drummer and a bassist who'd like to be in a band...let me know...a drummer would be nice, i can handle the bass and guitar for recording...

well, i think that's about it for me...for now. I'll talk to ya'll bitches later...

-ROCKSTEADY


Monday, July 12, 2004

emerald city dreams...

it's been way too long since i've been to seattle. and to make matters even worse, the end is playing "drown" by the smashing pumpkins which is on the 'singles' soundtrack. such a great song, such a great movie, such a great city...i'm getting really depressed here! i've been stuck down here for a long time! i'm feelin' like a social outcast! i've been here in oly spending time with my nephew, which i love doing and all, but he's ALWAYS around me! the story of my life goes that whenever i'm in family situations, i'm ALWAYS the one who is closest in age to the youngest person. therefore, they cling to me and never leave me alone! it drives me a little nuts, i just want a LITTLE time to myself! i stayed up till around 4am this morning just because i had time to sit there and play guitar and watch some really cool movies. SLC punk always seems to be on when i stay up late, either that or i stay up late whenever it's on. i'm not sure!

a chance for redemption...

i've found out that pretty girls make graves will be playing at the showbox in an all ages show, booze if your 21, on the 17th. THIS SATURDAY! if ever there was a place for all of us to gather...this would be it! a great local band, great local spot, and it's only $8. sound good to anybody else? i think i'm going...regardless, so if anybody wants to tag along, by all means, feel free. i've decided that i haven't gone to NEARLY enough shows since i've been in washington, i'm gonna remedy this. life is TOO SHORT, i want experience as much as i can!

well, not a whole lot else is going on with me. i miss jen. but, i'm at least fortunate enough to be able to talk to her a lot, so that's good.

i'm gonna go and get myself started with my day. i'll post more later, i'm just not inspired right now.

-out

Thursday, July 08, 2004

wait...

they don't love you like i love you...

i LOVE this song. what can i say? MAPS by the yeah, yeah, yeah’s. it's just really good. i've talked about this song before, but i must stress that it's songwriting genius. very simple, instrumentally, and the words are almost spacey but have a great meaning if you look for it. i love it. if any of you haven't heard it, honestly, find a way to. i think you'll like it.

so, instead of running for my three miles today, i decided to rollerblade for about 5 miles. i've been getting really bored with the running. it's fine, but it really gets old. so, i strapped on the old k2's and skated my ass down the road. it was good. now i'm all sore in all sorts of weird places. that's probably a good thing though. other than the fact that my lower back isn't too happy with me right now, oh well. so yeah...

i'm tired. and it's only 8:47. what is happening to me? sore in weird places, tired early all the time. well, i did get quite the sunburn from this weekend. that can explain the tiredness, so maybe i'm just worrying too much. who knows? i AM working the quarter century mark though...(shiver)

ok, holy crap. i bought my books for this quarter today...DAMN! i can easily say that i've got all you other summer schoolers beat by a long shot on book costs. i'm gonna be in SO much debt at the end of all of this. shit. yikes. vegas, baby, vegas.

i saw spiderman II last night. HOLY SHIT, it was awesome! ok, i know it's sappy and cheesy and all that good stuff, but wow. they did a really good job on this one. the story KICKS ASS and the love story doesn't weigh it down at all, in fact it only makes it better. it's one of the best summer movies i've ever seen and i think it's by far the best superhero movie i've ever seen...and i've seen them all. sam raimis kicks ass, and bruce campbell too, of course.

that's another good point. if ANY of you haven't seen all of the evil dead movies, we should all get together and watch them! it's SO worth it! they're great! indie movie classics, all of them. i pretty sure jen hasn't seen any of them and i really think that she would like them. maybe i'll get her to someday! if she'll ever trust my taste in movies! not too likely though... :)

k, so i've talked about all sorts of random shit. i think i'm done now. i'm just babbling.

talk to y'all later...

till then,

"...we have to get these guys!...now, watch this drive..."

-ROCKSTEADY

do i seem too intense?

cause i can be intensely laid back too...

ok, ok, ok. i'm done. i've been enlightened. i'm not gonna give you guys shit for hanging out anymore. it's none of my business anyways. i'm done and i just sound lame when i do it. so, my apologies now let’s move on.

i'm reading a book on the murder of kurt cobain right now. yes, i said MURDER. he didn't kill himself. anyways, it's really good. if you ever watched 'kurt and courtney' then you'd probably like this book, it continues in that vein. it kinda pisses me off when i read it; i just wanna kick courtney love in her stupid head and tell her to admit that she had kurt killed. bitch. fuck her.

so, yeah, reading and hanging out with my nephew. that's all i'm up to right now.

i love life.

oh, i talked to bug online just a second ago and she's loving rome and doing fine.

-out

Wednesday, July 07, 2004

if you wait around long enough...

i guess SOMETHING fun might eventually happen... :)

as was the case for many of us this weekend. HEW and i decided to take the mellow route, drinking, games and pyrotechnics. shwee and scout did the family thing, but managed to come and hang. while some people just wished they could have played monopoly with us, and even asked if they could play over the phone! yeah, fun, sure, but a LOT of waiting around happened this weekend, and people were missed. i'm still not sure why an ex-girlfriend keeps hangin' with you and your bf bobanna...hmmm, odd.

well i'm glad that we all got some really good things out of this weekend. and here we are, wednesday, i have no class tomorrow so all of you suckers who have to go to school and/or work can have a good time! i'll be thinkin' of ya!

no, i'm gonna be hanging out with my nephew who is in town for a while and i think we'll try to do the golf thing. hit the old steamboat driving range again, goodtimes.

yeah, so this weekend looks promising, and i know HEW won't say anything, but the weekend of the 18th is his birthday. he hasn't really planned much, but i'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the GROUP is invited. let's just say that bowling was discussed, but we're gonna keep things down to just good friends. no "awkward vibes". anyways, you guys should mark the 18th and come out! I don't have school the next day, i know some of you will, but you're young! and it's summer quarter!

anyways, i'm gonna go watch my nephew play the x-box for a while, then head off to bed. i'm amazed at how into playing video games this kid is. he's not even that good. i only know one other person who plays video games that much, and he made it a part time job kinda. hmm, well i guess i might not have been too much different. i DO know that i spent a lot more time outside than this kid though! damn!

so, i'll talk to ya'll bitches later...

-WORD

Monday, July 05, 2004

BOO!!!

I'm very disappointed. i did an entire long post and stuff and the whole thing was lost!! my internet has been actin' really funny. i hope that everything smoothes out before i get back into the thick of school again. Speaking of school, two of my grades are in and i have a good gpa at the moment, it's above a 3.5 i know that! and that's really good for me at this point in the program!

Anyways, the overall gist of the last post was:

this weekend was awesome! We drank, played monopoly, blew stuff up, we had a great time with the drinking and the beer...it was great! up until i got hit with a rouge fiery ball! I gotta watch out for those fiery balls! anyways, i have a welt and bunch of good memories and we need to plan something like that again, hopefully before the summer is over!

k, well other than that i miss jen and i wish she was here...:(

i get tomorrow off and that's good, so i'll be checking the posts! Get on it everyone!

-out

p.s.-i'm think that blogspot is having some problems, i KNOW that my last post went through, it's just not showing...so this might go through and seem a little redundant...

a little sun burnt...

but, it was just what i needed. thanks to everyone who made this weekend possible, Jen, HEW, shwee, scout and a call from bobanna while we played monopoly. it know, monopoly, are we really getting that old? or, are we just regressing that much? i'd like to think that we are just getting back into touch with the games of our youth. i didn't turn on the tv until last night, after the fireworks. and, it was just to educate scout on chappelles' show. the end supplied a great weekend of music and we did the drinking and the beer and it was just a good time. mellow. well, except for the blowing up of stuff that was kinda violent, but awesome! however, i did get hit in the leg with a rouge flaming ball, yeah that sucked. i got to talk to Jen a lot this weekend, it was really great. i miss her. yeah.

Anyway, now i'm in the process of cleaning and it's already mostly done thanks to the help of my great guests!

oh, after we woke up, we procrastinated for a while and cleaned a little and then we went to steamboat annies' for some food and the driving range to knock some golf balls around, good times. shwee is a fucking AWESOME golfer, holy shit! so, yeah after that we all headed out our separate ways. I wish more weekends could be like this one, really mellow, and not over yet!

Yeah, i get tomorrow off too, but come wednesday i have class again and it's back the grindstone.

well, i hope all of your weekends kicked ass! go greece, they won the European world cup! i'm glad that things went so well, and it would awesome to plan something like that again!

Take care all; don't get too stressed out this week!

Till next time,

"i'm gonna go lisSSHHten to my brittney SSHHpearSH RecordSSHH!"

-ROCKSTEADY

Sunday, July 04, 2004

WOO!! DON'T MISS OUT!!!

Today is the day! come one, come all! the beer is cold and plentiful, there's tons of food, and HEW and i got enough fireworks to launch our own attack on iraq for no reason! why should bush have all the fun!? "...now watch this drive..."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!

-COME DOWN BOBANNA!!!

-"HAIL!!"(HEW)

-ROCKSTEADY

Friday, July 02, 2004

early to bed...

and all that good stuff. i think that i might make it a early night. i'm kinda tired. i don't know why. still kinda down. but, looking forward to tomorrow, there's another day coming and i really think i need to make this one end now. don't worry guys i'm not too depressed, i'm not in a funk or anything. i just need to get into the holiday, that's all. i need to blow up some shit. sounds good.

k, well i'll give a few of you guys calls before i finally turn in. can't wait to get started tomorrow, help me drown my sorrows guys. could use the help of some short blond chick who likes to dance, but you know i need to get over it, i guess.

till next time,

Current mood: melancholy
Current music: blank page, the smashing pumpkins final live show in seattle, may 31st 2000.

-out

first quarter, in the books...

yep, i'm done. the final final is in and i'm here picking up my house getting things ready for the weekend festivities! Not a whole lot is going on right now, like i said, cleaning. heavy heart due to recent developments with jen. yeah, for more info contact the real me via some other means of correspondence. i'm just wanting to know how i did last quarter and i'm trying to concentrate on the weekend...

well, people are getting sad all around me. we all have control of it, we dictate whether or not we're sad and we definitely reap what we sow. so, just always know that wounds can heal, bridges can be burnt, but they can be rebuilt. you just gotta make a choice. it's easy to forgive those who you care about, and you never really stop caring. so...there's no time like the present...

right, so i'm off! more cleaning!

-OUT

therapy...

this journal is a form of therapy for me, i guess. of course i do censor myself, as i would probably piss people off if i said what i was thinking all of the time. my friends get to see a uncensored version of me when we all hang out and i might push the line a little bit, but...fuck it. who cares? people get too comfortable with how things are supposed to always go, it's good to stretch ourselves. open you minds and if you have hate in your heart let it out! :) (that last part had nothing to do with what i was talking about, i just love clayton bigsby)

from time to time shwee comes on and leaves a couple of quick posts that catches us all while we're still sleeping! i think it's great when someone gets up and already wants to start sharing what's going on with them! that's the great thing about this live journal thing. you are all going to know that at 9:51, i was up working on my take home final and getting shit done to make room for a great weekend! i'm gonna beat this weekend thing to death before it even happens! i need to stop. anyways, i love knowing what's going on. so, i'm actually happy that i get to be the first today.

yeah, i'm all over the place this morning, sorry. i'm gonna get busy on my final. when i'm done with it i need to drive up to city u and turn it in so it's out of my life and i can really put this first quarter to bed.

K, so everybody post today! i think that's a great goal! let's unite! i'll most likely be posting from time to time all day.

i know i'll see you all SOON! I'm like a little kid! i can't wait!

ok,ok...i'm really done now!

-ROCKSTEADY

Thursday, July 01, 2004

to err is human...

and god knows I err a lot. the question that i have is how much rejection can one person take? it's like that song by the offspring "self-esteem", 'that's okay because i like the abuse.' huh, another song comes to mind..."don't go breakin' my heart" by elton john. OH, and then there's that song "buttercup" i don't remember who it's by. "WHY DO YOU BUILD ME UP, BUTTERCUP BABY JUST TO LET ME DOWN...AND MESS ME AROUND AND THEN WORST OF ALL...YOU NEVER CALL BABY WHEN YOU SAY YOU WILL, BUT I LOVE YA STILL..." see where i'm goin' with this? i keep coming back for more, but when is it enough? HEW knows exactly how i feel, we have a lot of experience in this field...it's getting old. i'm a patient person, however...

Moving onward and upward, Shwee!! I forgot! You should bring your golf clubs, there's a driving range just a couple of miles from the house! This weekend will be so good, HEW has confirmed that he will be coming down to help organize on saturday. how's alaskan amber sound as for the official beer of the weekend? that was on the table, if there are any other ideas let us know! i'll head to toys r us on saturday and get that slip n' slide! I was SO happy when Scout sang the 'crocodile mile' song! that was AWESOME! i keep having better and better feelings about this weekend! OH, i'll pick up some fresh corn for the grill at the farmers market too, anyone have any other fresh produce requests? the olyimpa farmers market kicks ass. we're gonna do this weekend right ya'll no "awkward vibes" (dutchess anyone?) just good people, beer, music, games (any suggestions about games too by the way?) etc. oh, so 107.7 is doing an a-z weekend where they'll be playing like ALL of their music ever or something...does that sound good to you guys? i'm really old school, so i listen to that all of the time that and college radio and kexp. i have outdoor speakers and just need to know what you guys are gonna be into for music this weekend so i can plan appropriately! I'm getting almost obsessed with this weekend! WOO!

K, so lets keep the corrispondence going about the weekend so we can make it awesome! HEW, we're probably gonna want some digital documentation of the weekend, oly is good for camera's! ...and peeing off the docks!

Weatherboy's current mood: reflective on the issue of forgiveness
Current (and rather apropos) Music: scare tissue, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst.

So, anyways, I'm all sorts of excited about this weekend! After an interesting night with my cohort, Shwee, Scout, and HEW i've decided that i need to calm down a lot about things i plan. I think from now on i'm gonna do a "go with the flow" approach to things... I expect too much from time to time i think. so i'm gonna just back off and mellow out and expect less of people.

Anyways, as for what actually happened yesterday...

i got to my final at 8:30am and i was pretty much ready for it, but then people start handing in this paper... OH SHIT! i thought i had already turned it in, but i didn't! I just got confused! FUCK! so, a little stress there. but, not to worry, it was only a one page paper so i'm like, "i'll just do it when i'm done with my test." So, i take the final...and it wasn't too bad, just long. then i haul ass over to the computer lab to do the paper, i do it in like 15 minutes (so you know it was quality) and then turn it in while the majority of the class was still sweating the small stuff.

After everyone from my cohort was done we went to a bar and immediately started drinking. I didn't, just yet. We moved the Chevy's in tacoma and i started drinking then. I got a disposable camera and took pictures of all of us, it was great. I was so happy that everyone in my cohort is so supportive of everyone else. We actually get along really, really well. and we're from all walks of life. There were even two mormons there and they totally hung out with us while ALL of us were drinking around them, but they were totally cool.

The crowd started to thin out a little bit, but of course I was not done with my day yet. SO, we move over to the RAM in tacoma, on the waterfront there. it was beautiful! we were out on their deck, right next to the sound. I loved it. I drank even more and ate and 7 of us were there and talked and drank and we drank and yeah it was good. Anyways, eventually we needed to just get moving on our day, we all knew that it was time to just go and do other things...so, who was the one who wasn't done yet...?

Yeah, so i head north and make b line for HEW's house, a great point of departure for all of our adventures. I call bobanna at work and she answers...AGAIN! HA! anyways, we plan on getting together later. I call Shwee and couldn't reach her until i finally get to HEW's house and then she calls there! She and Scout invite us over for dinner and we headed that direction.

I love Scouts' place, other than the heat, it was really cute and in an area i totally love! Scout played the best little hostess ever, she made us food, she cleaned the dishes, she even refilled my water! it was great! the night had one disappointment that bothered me some, but i was glad to hang out with such awesome people with such awesome food and beer...which i did drink...eventually, I'M NOT FEELING MY OLD AGE DAMMIT!!! After a lot of good conversation, i took HEW back home and headed back to Olympia. a good night without a doubt.

SO, here i am and the fam wants me to spend the day making the house pretty again. Little do they know that that's exactly what i want to do before my company comes this weekend! I'm planning a lot. I'm gonna go and get fresh stuff from the farmers' market on saturday. and sunday and monday are just gonna kick ass! goodtimes with good people. everyone's invited, but i'm pretty sure i know who'll show up, and i really appreciate it!

Now, i go off to work on beautifying my house! Can't wait to see everyone on sunday! HEW, it might be a good idea if you come down on saturday so i can get your help with the organizing of my house! my dad has been stripping the floors so we'll need to do some moving around! NO KITCHEN USE!!! but, i'll have a grill and kiddie pool!

WORD, i'll talk to you all later!

OH! And welcome to the fold blackmamba! good to have you!

-ROCKSTEADY

p.s. PPprrrrrrr