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12:33 am
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I'm Back
YEP, we have an update! After a 4 month layoff from this thing, I feel like getting back into it, mostly because I like the set up of my lay out and am bored of looking at thefacebook and myspace stuff. Ok, so the last time I wrote stuff we went to WMU and went to the beach and was in the first week of the fall semester. Well we are now in the first week of the spring semester and things are going ok i guess. Im not playing lacrosse due to a rigorous fall ball schedual that frankly burned me out and I want to take a nice ong break from a sport that i have played non stop it seems since i started in 5th grade, so this will be something a little different that i will welcome into my life. Im taking a class in the theory of democracy as a government and so far tyhis might be the most interesting class I have taken in college as of yet. We haven't gotten into much yet, but i have a lot of books to read during this course. Right now I am reading The Second Treatise by John Locke. Locke wrote this book in the 1500's where he critisized another author who wrote about rule by "divine right" where the the belief is that the King gets reign to the thrown from his birth and God chose him, whereas he rules as a speaker of God. Locke basically tore this book a new one, just really ripped it apart in his book, The First Treatise, and the book I am reading now, The Second Treatise, is a solution to his earlier critisism. He created the theory of liberal democracy and in the first chapter he discusses what life would be like without government....yawn, i started this page 15 minutes earlier where i was energized, now im tired and want to go to bed, ill explain Locke's book later. Goodnight.
Current Mood:  tired
Current Music: Sportscenter Intro
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01:21 am
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Pretty Nice Little Weekend
Yeah, technically, it's Tuesday now but I'm gonna write about my weekend that was sweet.
Dave and I took the Jellybean down to MSU to pick up Adam and Meredith before we headed on our fun adventure to Western for the night. Once at Western, things got off to a good start. The quad that the guys have is a pretty nice set up and I'm pretty jealoous of them for it, but it gave us a nice place to sleep. Friday night, Mike, Dave, Meredith, Crotoe, and Myself took a drive to go visit Katie and Brandy at their apartment. No beers or vodka that night were consumed (well except for Katie where we hid her shoes while she went around the whole place looking for them (we put them in the fridge), so that ammused us for quite sometime. After that, it was just some very friendly conversations between the gang before we made plans for the next morning and headed back to sleep at the dorm while the rest of the guys were drinking and watching Family Guy.
Then, sweetness happened on Saturday morning! WE WENT TO THE BEACH! Mike Allie, you really have great ideas, this was one of them. So the group was Me, Beeler, Lewis, Southworth, Allie, Dave, Crotoe, Brandy, Meredith, and Katie on the shores of Lake Michigan. Oh, it might have been clouudy and about 60 some degrees when we were there, but did that stop us from all joining hands and diving into the freezing water together? Hells no! We're at a freekin' beach, we're gonna go into the water no matter what. So that was a blast for the 30 minutes or so we went in. After that we all had a rivetting game of sand football where Meredith caught a TD pass with her face! That girl can ball. Dave played some great free safety and Adam was himself, dominating the rest of us due to our lack of physicallity. When the fun times were over with, we went to Dave's Hot Dogs in Bangor where Crotoe, Dave, Meredith, Mike, and Myself ate some kickass Dogs, I might say they were some of the best I've ever had, and thats saying something.
Well, I'm off to either A) Curl some Bicep or B) Play a game of Madden before I hit the pillow. Night everyone who reads this....so goodnight Vanny, ha!
Current Mood:  cheerful
Current Music: Less Than Jake and NOFX
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01:35 pm
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4 Weeks In
After dominating Madden 2005 for the majority of the week, I just got back from getting dominated by my Accounting test. This sucks. The school part of this year has not been going all that well for me, except for my business law class which I'm finding out is pretty interesting. Going to Western this weekend to forget about these academic problems that are occuring early on in the school year, so that will be something to look forward to. Didn't really think about it, but this will be the first time I will be back to Western since I transfered from there last December, should be interesting I'm sure. So to recap the first 4 weeks of this school year:
Things going well: 1. Business Law Class
2. Social Work Class
3. I Have A Solid Social Life Going
4. Starting My Lacrosse Training Program Today (Nutrition, Weights, Run, Wall Ball)
5. Signed Up for Flag Football with my other roomates and the girls on the floor
Things Sucking: 1. Accounting, Hard Core
2. I'm totally slacking off in my computers class, grade currently reflecting that
3. History, I go, but I don't care about a damn thing that guy says + behind in reading
4. If I don't do good this fall, I can't play lacrosse in the spring, bummer
Current Mood:  nervous
Current Music: Fall Out Boy- The Calm Before The Storm
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01:27 pm
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WELCOME BACK
Killer Dorm Room Set Up: Awsome
Roomates That Aren't Drug Dealers: Sweet
Being On The 2nd Floor: Sexy
Friends That Have Apartments: Bonus
Matt Nathanson Performing On Opening Night: Fucking Amazing
Being Back At Central Michigan University: Priceless
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11:36 am
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The Day That Is
Awsome Fucking Weather we're having today in sunny Mount Pleasant. I'd say high 60's and gorgeous today baby! And it's only going to get better.
WINGS GAME 4: 7:30 at Nashville on ESPN (Wings Lead Series 2-1)
PISTONS GAME: 7:30 at Toronto on UPN 50 (Pistons season record 54-27)
TIGERS GAME: 7:05 at Toronto on Fox Sports Net (Tigers 5-1, best since 1985!)
GO DETROIT!
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10:04 pm
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Happy Easter!
I'm back at school now. Solid weekend. Started off with a good time at Lindsey's. Then, I turned 230 years old on Saturday. Then today I went to my Grandparent's house for Easter and to celebrate B-Days where I had perogies and Kelbassa, soooo goooood! Now after a car ride that seemed like eternity, I'm going to bed, goodnight!
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03:50 pm
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Reflect On What Was A Great Month of Basketball
Today is newly created "March Madness Reflection Day." Today is meant to reflect back on this years NCAA Basketball Tournament. Remembering all the amzing times you had during this time. The emotions, the ups and downs that come with such an event. The day is culminated by watching watching the Final Highlights on the 11:00 Sportscenter, afterwards proceeding to the Bracket Ceramony where you blast the song "One Shining Moment" to either the burning or framing of your pool's bracket sheet. This was one hell of a tourney and I'm sad to see it go, so long friend, till we meet again.
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01:18 am
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Damn I'm Good!
Post from March 16th, 2004:
"For my Final Four picks, I'm gonna go with Georgia Tech, Pitt, Duke, and UConn. As for my National Championship pick is UConn, with Okafur being MVP. Too much experience, too much power to get booted this year... Michigan will dominate the NIT and be the only Michigan school coming back with a National Tournament Trophy."
This insight just won me $68! This is the first time I ever won a bracket pool, so I am super excited at this moment. I'm going to use the money to help pay for the sports pictures for Dave and my dorm next year. This day started off pretty shitty, but ended up being sweet!
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: "One Shining Moment"
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09:17 am
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The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out
So, I turn 20 on Saturday. Yep, 20 years old. Here are some Less Than Jake lyrics to summerize these times for me, they do a good job at fitting a lot of songs to go with many of my moods, just for the record. The song is called, "The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out" Download the song and sing along if you wish...
You told me that your 20 years have gone by much too fast
And you've been hoping this year will be better than the last
You said you've been waging a war against the loneliest of nights
With the strongest drinks and longest lines
It's not that big of a surprise
That you're feeling more dead than alive
You're feeling more dead than alive
So I'll let you know
If you need, somewhere to go
I'll be listening when you call
And I'll be there if you fall off
If you need someone to believe in you,
I'll let you know I will
You said the hole in your head has gotten bigger than the hole that's in your chest
And you're stuck between the past and the present tense
You said you've been waging a war against so many years of lies
With stronger drinks and stronger lines
It's not that big a surprise
That you're feeling more dead than alive
You're feeling more dead than alive
So I'll let you know
If you need, somewhere to go
I'll be listening when you call
And I'll be there if you fall off
If you need someone to believe in,
I'll let you know I will
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04:11 am
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Fuck This Life
I don't know what it was about this weekend, but I'm really in a bad mood. I don't feel like getting out of bed, I don't feel like going to class, I don't feel like talking to anyone. I can't seem to go to sleep and I really don't want to go to Eastern tomorrow to play lacrosse. I just want this year to be over so I can relax over the summer and get things started off fresh next year in the dorms.
Here's something to think about, I TURN 20 IN ONLY 11 DAYS! When I was growing up, 20 used to seem so old. I thought I'd have some things all set by now and I'd be ready to take on some new challenges at this age. If I lived to be 80, I'm allready 25% done with my life. I don't know, maybe I just didn't use my teenage years to their fullest extent. I was too busy doing the "right" thing all the time and not trying to dissapoint people, that I think I "stunned" myself from growing up. I never tried to get into a little trouble in fear of dissapointing friends and family. Wait...I think I just hit a nerve with that one...yeah, I definately just did. This may seem pretty basic to you reading, but I think this can solve a lot of issues for me...
When you try not to make any mistakes, all you leave yourself with is regret.
Hear me out, I think this makes a lot of sense now. When you don't make any mistakes, you don't improve on anything. When you make a mistake, you learn from that mistake, and you move on. When you risk nothing, you get no reward. When you don't mess up, you don't learn anything. All you're left with is the question, "What if...?"
There needs to be mistakes, faults, consequences. Concequences are lessons learned; lessons that need to be learned for any growth to occur. So all this leaves me with is the notion that in trying to be, characterwise, that "model citezen", all I have in return is regret. "What if I said this to him?" Or "what if I asked her that?" How would they respond? In saving myself from the possibly, in my mind at least, of insulting that person or denial from that person, I never know how one will react to the question. I might be rambling now, but the bottom line is I haven't tried that other route, the one you're always told to stay away from because its bad or unsafe. I've been living with too much regret and not enough answers in my life. Yeah, I was in a way proud that I didn't try things, but I have nothing to show for it, I don't have experiences or knowledge that I thought I should have by now in life. Things growing up I figured would be common sense to me now, just isn't so, and it's getting to me. I'm done wondering "what if?" I'm getting answers and if it means making mistakes and doing the "wrong" thing, then so be it.
Current Mood: Regretful
Current Music: Green Day- Nice Guys Finish Last
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10:22 am
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Take Off You Hoser!
I am going to Canada tonight! Where I get to play with Canadian money and drink Canadian beer. Steele's 19th was on Wednesday so Coles, Vanny, Brad, their roommate, John, and myself. We'll be staying at the HoJo cause we're cheap like that and shall return on Saturday afternoon, hopefully with more money than I left with. I haven't gotten much sleep lately, so I'm gonna crash for as long as I can before we get outta dodge. Peace.
Current Mood: Anxous but Exhausted
Current Music: Rancid- Fall Back Down
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01:17 am
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HAPPY MARCH MADNESS!
What awesome displays of basketball all day long! This is such an amazing tournament, every game today was sweet. I even took myself out of my lacrosse game for the whole 4th quarter (we were up by 20) so I could watch the MSU vs. Nevada game on my mini TV that I brought to the game with me! I'm off to bed, sweet dreams.
NCAA Bracket Record: 13-3
Current Mood: jubilant
Current Music: The Ramones
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03:36 am
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Happy St. Patrick's Day Biatch!
Types of beer that I have drank tonight include: Welsh ESP "Extra Special Bitter," Salvator "Double Bock," and Pilsner Urquell from the Czech. All in all it was a good night, hope everyone else had a blast, as this was not your ordinary Wednesday.
Current Mood: On the downside of Drunkeness
Current Music: Only what's in my head
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01:10 am
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Good Beer to Drink
Rolling Rock: DAMN ARE THEY EXQUISITE!
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09:26 am
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The Big Dance
It's Bracket Time! This year is looking to be one of the most unpredictable NCAA Tournaments of all time, and that makes the pools even more exciting then in years past I believe.
For my Final Four picks, I'm probably gonna go with Georgia Tech, Pitt, Duke, and UConn. Duke is the only number 1 seed that I feel has the talent to stay on top through the Atlanta region. St. Joe's is super overrated, and might not get past the second round. And while Stanford is also a very good number 1 seed, and I like Childress, I think UConn has too much power up front and at shooting guard to lose in the Phoenix section. And eventhough I'm going a bit risky with GT making it with a 3 seed, they are way more athletic than the Zags and I just flat out don't like Kentucky to make it all the way through St. Louis as Mohammad and GA Tech will dunk their way to the Final Four.
The finals I'm thinking will be Pitt for sure if they play GT, and I'm gonna go with UConn because I don't think Duke has been as consistant a team this year up front to warrant a Finals pick, but they are close, and if Duke can get some balance up front and from behind the arc with Reddick and Ewing firing 3's, they can make an apperance with Pitt.
As for my National Championship pick is UConn, with Okafur being MVP. Too much experience, too much power to get booted this year.
But, as history tells us, there are always upsets waiting to take place, maybe all four of these teams will be in, maybe none of them will, what do the basketball gods have in store for us this March? Can't wait to find out!
- Oh yeah, Michigan will dominate the NIT and be the only Michigan school coming back with a National Tournament Trophy. And Western folk, the MAC Championship does not count as a real trophy, so I don't want to hear it...the conference is pathetic.
Current Mood: MADNESS
Current Music: Paradise City- Guns N Roses
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01:09 am
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Dream Job/ Noble
What the F! Did anyone else see Nick Stevens get totally screwed tonight on ESPN's Dream Job? He was clearly better than the chick with ADD, America knew it, Kornheiser knew it, Maggie sucked this whole time...I'm all for having a chick on Sportscenter if she can do the job, but it was obvious that the judges had it in for Nick since day one. They says he gives off a "smug factor" in the last two nights, but when he changes it up because they said so, he gets bitched at for being too plain now, what the fuck!
Noble, you say I have character flaws. Tell me, what don't you like about my character?
Since Adam's quote is there for everyone to see, anyone who reads this is in on it as well. What do you perceive to be my character, be it good or bad things. And Adam, try to respond to this using words other than your usual Fucker/Pussy/Cock/Bitch-face...you know, something other than insults.
Current Music: Counting Crows
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01:28 am
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Abooya
What an awesome fucking day! First, I got an A on my Sport Sociology test (ranked 8 out of 59 people who took the test), and a 100% on the research paper about the economic impact of professional sport facilities. Then, my professor canceled class on Thursday, which gives me my first full day of having zero classes to worry about this whole semester (I have all Mon-Fri classes). No midterms this week, no papers due..I can just relax until Friday hits when I get to go back home.
Then tonight, sweet lacrosse game between Central and Calvin College. We won 12-9, and I had 2 goals of my own including my first ever game produced behind the back goal! It was described by my teammates,and even Calvin's coach, as "the best shot I had ever seen in my entire life."
This was one of the best personal days that I can ever remember having, period. And tomorrow, I'm going to see "Passions" with Dave, Jon, and Katie. I'll give you all my critique on the movie probably on Thursday. Till then, good luck on any midterms you guys might have, and I'll be back in Novi on Friday.
Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: OAR- That was a Crazy Game of Poker
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02:49 am
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Being Present
"The present is what is happening when you strip away all of the resentments of your past and all the worries you have about your future. To live in the present is to live as if the past never existed and as if the future were irrelevant. Living in the present is a vision for life that is achievable in any moment. Keep doing the best you can."
Current Mood: Enlightened
Current Music: OASIS
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01:28 pm
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40 Days and 40 Nights Starts Now
Wow, this is my first day of not being able to use AIM, as I decided to give up Instant Messenger for Lent. 40 days without IM! The common response to this has been "You're Crazy!" or "You're not gonna make it." Right and wrong. This is a bit crazy cause I have to resort back to old school ways of communication such as email and cell phone (good old fashion talking). But for those of you who think I won't be able to make it, I will bet you anything that I can do it. Once I get used to emails I'll pretty much forget about Instant Messenger. We are way too dependant on it anyway, it will be good not to have to check out away messages or profiles every waking moment on the computer.
Why did I take on this task some may ask? Well quite simply, I was bored of giving up pop and junk food like I have done every other year. This year I wanted to be a better Catholic, I haven't gone to church in about 3 or 4 years now, but I'm trying to get back to doing things with a meaning and purpose. Instant Messenger was very meaningful to me, and this will be the first time that I think I will really have to challenge myself not to log in. I thought of this as something creative that would benefit me also. It would let me take my mind off of what everybody else is doing, and allow me to concentrate more on improving myself.
Every journey begins with a single step. This was my first step, and I have 39 more waiting for me!
Current Mood: optimistic
Current Music: Foo Fighters- Times Like These
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01:21 am
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WORDS TO LIVE BY
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you. Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough. Give the world the best you've got anyway.
- Mo T
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