Things that happened

Rock Climbing

2011-07-05T22:55:00.007-04:00

boots

2011-04-03T18:12:00.005-04:00

2010-10-31T22:38:00.000-04:00

pics

2010-09-07T12:43:00.003-04:00

bike rack

2010-05-16T22:13:00.002-04:00

Trails

2010-05-06T21:10:00.002-04:00

logo

2010-03-08T22:42:00.003-05:00

bittersweet

2009-12-16T20:27:00.002-05:00

Picture

2009-11-07T11:20:00.001-05:00

MRT

2009-05-27T21:12:00.002-04:00

Some pictures from our trip to the Manistee River Trail. It was a good trip!

ummm

2008-09-23T23:29:00.002-04:00

Montreal falls

2007-10-16T16:04:00.000-04:00

Mike came over from the soo this weekend. Heather, Mike, and I went up to Montreal Falls. It was way sweet. We had a great time. Here are some photos.

Hiking to the falls we see and awesome rock wit a tree on it.

Mike and I are kicking it.

Mike and I walking the path to the way to the falls.

Heather and I looking around. Me pointing at something who knows what!

We arrive to the camp site. I at like a fool for the camera!

The lower falls as the sun is setting. They look awesome.

A beautiful sunset is the reward of our hiking adventure.

The fire keeping us a little bit warm on a chilly might that got down to about 30 degrees.

Lower falls in the morning.

After a 45 minute hike we get to the upper falls. They are pretty cool.

Another shot of the upper falls.

Looking down on the campsite. Nice tents!

A close up of our tents looking very good.

A random waterfall that we saw on the way home. It is a nice little one.

Riding the chair lift to check out the fall colors.

Man does it feel good to be on the lift. Now we just need some snow!

Michigan Tech!

Houghton Bridge.

Awesome landscape.

Dog tied to a meter. He looks happy.

New year, New place

2007-09-21T17:34:00.000-04:00

It is a new year at school. I am kinda having some mixed feelings so far about the semester. I have two econ classes which are just a burden of time. My soils class is cool but the lab has no direction. I have a contracts/law class and the guy is way boring and I just don't like it at all. Lastly is a class that should be cool, Reinforced concrete design, but so far she hasn't taught very much/well and we have a huge semester long project. The project is good, designing a 5 story student/faculty lounge on the portage but with the lack of teaching it is proving difficult and I am not a huge fan of my group so far. I feel like the school cheated us by not teaching us AutoCad. People expect you to know it but it is only offered one time a year in the spring and it is always during other classes labs. I am going to try to find a book or something I think. I guess we will see how things are going in a couple weeks.

I am living in a new place with Malus, Mix, and Penguin. We are getting along well. Our place is pretty sweet as well. All of our utilities are paid for and we have heat and A/C, washer and dryer, and a dish washer. How cool is that? It is mad awesome. All of our rooms are a little small but I am making everything fit pretty good. We have a nice living room and storage area for our other stuff. I think this year will go pretty well from a living stand point.

Here are some pictures of our new place from a little while ago.

My room.

Dinning room/living room.

Entertaining area.

Kitchen.

As you can see it is pretty big and nice looking. I have also been getting back into camping a lot. So we will go there next time.

DJ Fury in Toledo!

2007-07-30T22:49:00.000-04:00

Well Saturday was freaking awesome. We saw a sweet show down at Diva in Toledo, Oh. 'The Art of Line and Sound' DJs and Artists came together for a cool night of expression. Good art and even better music. I was up dancing till 4 am. Here are some pictures that I took. Bummer if you missed it.

Show Starts

Guy Eats Fire

Night Progresses

Drawing Takes Shape

My Favorite Shot

Open Shutter Alien

Heat of the Set

Ted Takes a Minute

Piece Comes Together Pt 1

Pt 2

DJ Silhouette Pt 1

Pt 2

Pt 3

Table Dancing Fool

Casey and I End The Night

Mt Bohemia

2007-04-09T02:30:00.000-04:00

Kevin and I headed up to the land of powder glory on Sunday. It is sweet because they were closed down but got 5 feet of snow and opened back up. It was radical too. Knee to waist deep powder was the story all day. I was trying to get some great videos and pictures but I got a bunch of snow in my camera and it stopped working. It is fine now though after it dried out for a few hours. I seriously can't explain how amazing the riding was. It was probably the best conditions I have ever rode in. Best pow day of my life. I wish I could have shared more then pictures with all of you. Enjoy!
Kevin rips around the corner.

A shot up the best run all day in the bear den.

Down the extreme back country we go, so much pow!

Get to the bottom for a friendly ride back to the lift.

Not the best video here as I stated what happened to my camera but it is fun. I threw it together in about ten minutes so don't expect greatness. I wish I could have got some better videos of riping down some lines in the pow or off some cliffs. Hopefully I can get better videos next season. Ya so you-tube has made the video from decent quality to worse... It may be unbearable to watch sorry guys.

Awesome spring break trip

2007-04-07T20:03:00.000-04:00

We went down to the home land for spring break and had a blast. So much fun that we stayed longer then expected. The best part was the trip over to bittersweet to go snowboarding. Unfortunately most people wussed out on us and didn't make the trip. It was warm and slushy but all kinds of fun. By the end of the day we ad so many runs in that we could hardly stand up. Oh ya fun times.
Mike tears down the slopes.

I catch the ladies riping from the lift.

Nose to tumble for the G man.

The crew ready to get steazy.

Heather on the heelside.

Mike rips around the corner.

Sara was chasing right behind him.

Snow in April

2007-04-06T18:52:00.000-04:00

So it is ridiculous out, we are in a huge blizzard. The Tuesday-Thursday storm totaled 36 inches officially. Now they are calling for more snow this weekend we got 3 inches or so today and supposedly 10+ tomorrow. What sucks is that all the ski hills were already closed. In true crazy Bohemia fashion they will be opening back up this weekend. It has just been a wild end to the year. I did some snowshoeing up Ripley Thursday night and then Heather and I went Friday morning. It was pretty awesome. Here are some pictures. More to come perhaps from this weekend.

Up we go!

Heather tears up the pow.

And she is down!

Swim man swim!

I am the champion!

Semester half over

2007-03-09T02:54:00.000-05:00

Spring Break. WOO. Semester is going really good. I am destroying up my classes. Structures II is mad domination by me. So much so that I have 100% in the class so far. It has been a lot of work this semester and it is really cutting into some of the fun I usually can and do have. Snowboarding and chilling and video games have been cut down a bunch this year. Which is to bad.

Last Friday, March 2nd, we had a snow day. It was pretty crazy. First time in ten years or something to that effect. I went up to Bohemia with Kevin and it was off the hook. A foot of new snow, 4 inches fell while we were there. We had a couple completely untouched runs, just absolutely amazing, the kind of stuff in your dreams at night. We dropped a few cliffs which was also way sweet. It was a great time up there on the best day of the year.

This last week sucked so completely bad. I have not been able to get any sleep due to early classes and not being able to sleep (like right now). I had four exams and I had been studying like crazy. I got to relax Wednesday night when it was over with some Guitar Hero and SXX Blur. Thursday was way awesome. Did some snowboarding and then went on an awesome snowshoe adventure with Heather that ended by watching the sun set over the lake. Here are some pictures of the day.

I am not amused!

But I am the King of the Mountain!

What a view!

Hiking up the mountain.

Deep in the woods!

Look there! It is me on waves made of ice.

Sun going down behind Heather.

Us being awesome.

Enjoying the awesome view.

Heather in the distance inspecting the cold water.

Just a great view down the coast with the sun going down.

Erics reason to come to tech for carnival

2007-02-20T19:52:00.000-05:00

Boom Boom!

Two of these to make the surround sound boom boom.

They kept blowing the power it was sweet. blew 4 subs, pretty crazy.

Concentrated Effort

2007-01-18T03:00:00.000-05:00

Ok I will try my best to keep this up to date from now on.

First off life is great. I had a great finish to last semester and ended up with a 3.89 (woot) and now my overall is a 3.31 (double woot). This semester is now two days old and I already have homework and a bunch more fun class related stuff to do... 5 classes this semester and it seems like I will enjoy 3 and one will be meh and easy and one is going to suck and be uninteresting. Let us hope for the best here on out.

Broom ball gets going tomorrow and we hope to have a bunch of fun and still tear it up. Thursdays are also great because I have no class. I will mostly use it for homework and study time and then sometimes tearing up the mountain. This week will be homework and finishing my broom.

My girlfriend, Heather, has transfered to Tech and we are both loving it. I am really getting a bunch of joy out of having her here. I have been showing her the rounds and getting her acclimated with the campus. From what she has experience so far she is loving being up here, which is great. We have been making dinner together this past week which is sweet. She is one awesome cook. She happened to cut herself tonight making chili so I took over (kinda) and helped out a bunch. She is also now tearing up the slopes. We have been out there snowboarding a few days now and she is picking it up pretty quick. Basically everything is awesome. Here is a picture of heather tearing it up on her first day.

Until next time folks...

Snow

2006-12-06T16:50:00.000-05:00

The snow has hit and it is coming down in buckets. We have gotten over a foot this week and a bunch more is predicted. The snow guns have been on and rolling all week. Opening day is only two days away. I have gotten new pants and a new coat this year. Boots have not come in yet and it is upsetting... I will be getting bindings once my boots show up. I got some great snowboard Dvds this year also. Last night was the season kickoff movie and product give away. Ironically I won a pair of ski poles. They are nothing spectacular but I am giving them to my dad. Having ski poles in the house really makes me miss skiing, might have to get back into it. I also had a cool water bottle land in my lap and got that :) It has been chilly all week and the snow should keep pouring off the lake. Snow is great.

Massive mini update

2006-10-29T01:41:00.000-05:00

I really don't have to much to say right now. School is going great. I am doing really well and it is a tough semester. I register for classes in two days, hope I get them all. Firefox 2.0 is out and it is great, inline spell checker is very nice. I was in a magazine, the November issue of Snowboarder Pg 52, the open shutter section. That was pretty cool. It should snow soon and I will be back on the hill. I should have some more frequent updates here pretty soon. Peace.

Tigers

2006-10-11T19:29:00.000-04:00

So yes, we rock. We are past the yankees and onto the A's. GO tigers go.

Tigers are bums

2006-10-01T21:38:00.000-04:00

We go into the playoffs being swept by KC and losing 5 in a row. We will be lucky to win a game against the Yankees. Blah this is so depressing.

Wooo

2006-09-24T19:21:00.000-04:00

The Detroit Tigers are in the Playoffs! The first time in 19 years! Horray! Keep winning and get that home field baby! Woooooo! That is what I am talking about!

OH no!....OH YES!

2006-09-21T18:00:00.000-04:00

Look what I did! OH no oh no. I like it, I needed a hair cut and it will grow back. It is hard to shave your head though. I do not know how my dad does it.

Last week of Baseball

2006-09-21T11:32:00.000-04:00

The season is winding down and it is a nail biter in the central for the division crown. Last night I made a few predictions for the rest of the season.

Tigers:

They will end the season 9-2 or 8-3. Lose to Soxs, Win vs O's, take 3 for KC, go 2-1 vs Jays, and go 3-0 or 2-1 vs KC. They have KC's number this year and toronto is at home. They will end up at 99-63 or 98-64 and in first place.

Twins:

They will end the season 8-4 or 7-5. Go 2-0 or 1-1 at Boston, 2-1 vs O's, 2-2 or 3-1 vs KC, 1-2 or 2-1 vs Soxs. They have had Boston all year. They have almost split so far with KC and Soxs so that is up in the air. They will end the season at 97-65 or 96-66 and in second place, winning the wildcard.

Soxs:

End it 8-3 or 7-4. Win vs Tigers, 3-1 or 2-2 Seattle, 2-1 vs cleveland, 2-1 or 1-2 vs twins. End up at 93-69 or 92-70 out of the playoffs.

Well So far I was a bit wrong, Twins won but the Tigers beat the Soxs. That is a good thing though just not what I predicted. We will see how the rest of it goes.

New keyboard

2006-09-12T23:07:00.000-04:00

Ok fine... I have moved on from my classic white KeyTronic keyboard. I am pretty sad right now actually. I loved that thing. The loud keys, the lack of lights or any style at all, the oversized enter key and to small backspace, it was a beauty! It now resides over with sarge. I think I might smell a new painting project...

Now though I bring you into the world of keyboard bliss, THE Saitek Eclipse II. She is a beautiful black color with silver trim around the outside. It comes with nice stable feet and a great dual proping feature. It has on keyboard sound features as well. But wait there is more. It is backlit. Now it does not come with just a standard white backlight or a dull light blue. It comes with not only one color but three. Blue, Red and Purple all liven up this keyboard. You can change the color with a touch of a button and it can also be turned off for the middle of the day. It has a dimmer switch for those times when you wake up and it is dark and bright lights hurt your eyes. Finally I got it for only 40 bucks shipped and it is usually around 60 bucks shipped, go woot! Most of my friends welcomed me into the world of cool keyboards but I still miss ole KeyTronic. He need not worry though, I will visit...I will visit...

YES!

2006-09-07T17:32:00.000-04:00

After way to much anticipation and waiting I got something awesome in the mail. As many of you know I am a huge Pirate fan and consider myself to be a Pirate indeed. Heather decided that she would get me the freaking awesome cool badbutt painting. It is so freaking cool is it not? I thought so. I know you are all jealous and want one but to bad! haha! Also school has started finally. No real homework yet, classes have been blah. I did get a childrens book read to my class by Dr. Matilla though...

Thanks Heather :)

Sunset photos

2006-08-31T22:43:00.000-04:00

Went and took some pics of the sunset tonight.

Tarred!

2006-08-31T14:12:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was rather crappy for my truck. I was out driving and had to go through a horrible and ridiculous construction zone. In the end I had tar all over my truck. I then spent 2 hours cleaning it. Luckily kevin offered to help making things a bit easier. We went to the do it yourself car wash and washed it down real good but it did almost nothing to get the tar off. Went to walmart and got bug and tar remover, went through a whole bottle and it got about half off. Got another bottle and got the rest off. Then ran it through the car wash again to get her clean. All and all it cost me 20 bucks to get the tar off and clean the truck. At least she is happy now though.

Hiking

2006-08-29T00:02:00.000-04:00

Sunday I went on an awesome hike. I went over to Mont Ripley and tore it to pieces. It was a beautiful sunny day with a few big puffy clouds and about 80 degrees for a tempurature. I climbed up on one of the steepest parts and then took some awesome pictures and walked over to the huskybowl. The view was awesome and it was just great at the top of the mountain. Finally I made my decent down through the huskybowl. It was very difficult due to how steep it is through that area. It was a great time though. Here are some photos.

Sun behind trees.

MTU and The Portage winding away from you.

The bridge and downtown Houghton.

Houghton

2006-08-25T22:56:00.000-04:00

Hey there dudes and dudettes I am back in Houghton. So far so good. I have cleaned my apartment pretty good and Have got my room in tip top shape. I have been hanging out with old friends and already making new ones. I hiked to the top of Mont Ripley and enjoyed the view from atop the mountain. I also went swimming in the portage a couple times. It was very nice. Water was a bit chilly the second time but I still enjoyed it very much. All the new kids start to come up here this weekend. It should be a very interesting week. Here are some pics of my room.

Wall behind computer.

Wall behind dresser and bed.

Wall at foot of bed.

New bedroom corner.

The new corner is complete with a new table set thing. I have a second computer running there so anyone who is over can hop online. It has allowed me to use the space for storage and practical uses. Pretty sweet.

Summer

2006-08-08T02:39:00.000-04:00

Hi. It is summer, I am at work 50-60 hours a week. I will update when school getgs back in session. That is all for now I suppose. Peace.

Computer Pics

2006-04-14T11:42:00.000-04:00

So here are the pics. The first one was from a few months ago. I have added another DVD drive and a HDD since then. I had another sata cable going all rouge and another power cable in the mix as well. The second pic is with the case open. The last pic is with the case closed. I think it looks a lot better. This will all make more sense if you read the computer post below. Click the pics and make them bigger to get a better view.

Jerome's photo blog

2006-04-14T10:17:00.000-04:00

My friend Jeremy (aka Jerome seen above) has set up a new photo blog since he got a new camera. Although the comment section doesn't work and the catagory about Brody, his dog, has nothing in it... he has some great shots up there. He has some great ones of the city and some nice ones of the country. So go check it out and see what he has to offer so far. link

Test Cd

2006-04-13T20:49:00.000-04:00

Well here is a good test, it is a Kung Fu Diesel cd. I figured out why it wasn't printing the whole cd. I also think my cd title is pretty cool. picture of computer still to come.

Computer

2006-04-13T18:48:00.000-04:00

Everytime I get on my computer I like it more and more. I am very thankful that I have such a nice machine. I got something very cool for it a few days ago. Kevin got me a DVD burner with lightscribe for my b-day. I have since put that drive in the computer. I also cleaned it out pretty good as well. I then got to thinking that the inside of my box does not look very good. I picked up some electircal tape and got to work. I tried to plan out how I was going to run all my cables so it would not look like a giant mess when I got done. Most of you know that my cables were a complete mess. so I started taping some cables together and running them down the case. I was also taping them to the case soo it looked even better. Down to the bottom of the case I have to run power to the floppy drive, two sata HDDs, graphics card, the front fans, and one of my cold cathode green neons. I did all of that and had two 4-pin power connectors chilling down there unable to be used. I then ran my cpu fan and sound from dvd drives discretely up the far side of the mobo. So far so good. I did a nice job of hiding my foot long sata cables that needed to go about 3 inches, if that. I then also taped down all my connectors at the bottom of my motherboard so they wouldn't be popping out all over the place. I tried to hid my floppy cable as much as possible but since it is a blue round cable it showing a bit is ok. I ran my dvd ide cable up to the drives. I then pluged my other green neon in at the top of my case. I then ran into a problem. I had one 4-pin connector for two DVD drives (don't ask why I need two). I decide to just hook up my lightscribe drive for now and get a 4-pin y cable tomarrow. Now everything is all done and I hook her back up and make sure everything is running good. Everything seems to be ok but I accidently unplugged my power LED so I have to plug that back in next time I turn off the computer.

Today I tried out the lightscribe drive. I used it just to burn a cd though. The burn went really well. Very fast and the cd turned out perfect. I then designed a lightscribe label to use on the cd. It was pretty simple. If you are unfamiliar with lightscribe you flip your cd/dvd over and it 'burns' a label onto it. It uses the laser from your dvd drive to 'engrave' what you designed onto the cd/dvd. I made the label and had the drive burn it on there. It didn't exactly work perfect since it only wrote half the cd. The bottom half looked good and the top half was well blank. I then updated the lightscribe software and the firmware of my dvd drive. Once I give it another go I will take some pics of what the cd looks like and post them on here. I will also post a pic of the new cable design in my case.

-parker

Sweet

2006-04-05T17:30:00.000-04:00

Last weekend was real cool. Hung out with Mike and my mom a bunch. Had a real good time. Mike and I went to Ripley the last day it was open. Had fun for sure. We all went out and got some good food. They stayed at a really nice hotel. All and all it was a great weekend. This next weekend will not be so much of the same.

weekend

2006-03-31T14:15:00.000-05:00

My mom and little brother are coming to visit. I am very very excited. Well that is all.

Nintendo Revolution

2006-03-28T16:39:00.000-05:00

The Nintendo Revolution is going to kick ass. I have not been this excited about a console since N64 came out. Why am I so excited you ask? There are a multiple of reasons. I think this system is going in all the right directions. A key point is that it is projected to be much cheaper then xbox360 and PS3 (if it ever comes out). The fact that I have to spend alot more money on other things like rent and food makes buying this system a possibility. The next thing I like is the controller. It is totally different then from what we are used to. How it works is pretty crazy. The fact it may be able to be used as a sword is sweet. Think of how bad ass Soul Calibur would be if you were actually 'sword' fighting the person. basically any game that uses a sword or hand weapon would be kick ass. Hopefully though you can get a standard controller. That way other games would not be difficult to play. The last thing that has me even more excited is the ability to play NES, SNES, Game Boy, GBA, Virtual Boy, Sega, Genises, and Turbografx-16. All these systems were so bad ass and had the best games ever. You will have to download the games but it would be very awesome if they sold combo disks in the stores as well. Since the average size of those games are under 1 MB they will DL in seconds. Basically I am way way way excited about the Revolution. Now I just have to wait till November....

wooo HA!

2006-03-27T13:07:00.000-05:00

How you feel? Feeling great! Well ok, crazy weekend. Lots of driving, got to chill with my main man Jimmy and I got to see my lady. It was awesome all the way around. So I think that my mom and brother may be visiting this weekend which would be fuckin awesome. Since I miss them very much. But I would have to clean the apt... haha. Well hopefully I get to see them anyways, Mike the most because he is the man. Things are not looking good for the shoulder and arm I guess. My mom wants me to go to the Doctor and get it checked out so that might be happening soon here. I hope everything is ok. Well this week is going to be hellish. Two hard exams and I have to figure out my schedual. It shall get done. Laundry tonight woohoo! Bye everyone!

little bit of everything

2006-03-22T12:03:00.000-05:00

I was going to update this yesterday but blogger was down and I wasn't about to wait the 10 min to make a post! Haha. Well this blog has kinda gotten away from what I intended it to be for. I was going to use it to share cool stories and keep all my friends and family updated on my life up in Houghton. Unfortunately a lot of my freinds don't feel the need to read this. I also realized that nothing overly exciting has been happening in my life. It has been a endless circle of dissapointment. With all that said perhaps I can get the train back on the track.

This weekend was really cool. The Heiruspecs came to Houghton for a show. They also brought the group Kanser with them too. Kanser was prety bad ass. I got two of their cds for 15 bucks and have been rocking them quite a bit. So then Heiruspecs got on the stage and just kicked ass. The crowd was realy good as well. I was getting down to the beat and I was right up front and everyone was just feeling it. Then it was just bitching during the song '5ves' because I got two 'sing' two lines from it. Felix came up and held down the mic and I was just like damn. I did it perfect and it was just bad ass. The whole time they looked like they were having so much fun and loving every minute of the performance. When the show got over I was totally geeked.

I have also been doing a lot of thinking lately. Mostly about my life and what I am doing with it. Am I going to be happy as an engineer? Do I wanna spend 2-3 more years trying to learn the things being taught to me? I was thinking that I just want to find a way to be happy, a job that I can look forward to waking up for. I want a life that I can be happy with, money and possesions mean nothing to me anymore. I can see why my dad doesn't want a big house, all you need is a little place to live and a little land to play on. Just something to make everyday the best day it has been in your life.

The bad news is that I think I really messed up my shoulder. That crash on the rail where I landed on it and my face a week and a half ago was not to good for me. It has been hurting everyday since. I have been living on moltirn for the pain. So hopefully it gets better, if not I will get it checked out when I get home from college for the summer. I am also out of shape so I think a bunch of us are going to start playing basketball a couple of times a week. We shall see how that goes.

Lastly I had an interesting converstation with my friend Kevin the other day. We were discussing the idea of the future. The jist of it was that he thinks that the future is a real thing but I don't. You can't prove that the future is really there. That it will really happen. While so many people are looking towards things in the future they end up missing so many things that are happening in the present. The future is no garuntee, so I say don't look to the future...apreciate the present and the things that are happening around you. I may expand on this later because my own arguement got me thinking a lot.

Peace my peoples.

Snowboarding part three

2006-03-13T21:09:00.000-05:00

So I realized I should have been filming stuff a LONG time ago. for that I am sorry. I am going to get a new camera this summer and hopfully make an awesome video this winter. So this first one is me going down the roof behind my apt. It was hard to climb up there. Kinda fun little ride down. It is night out and the video is a bit dark sorry bout that. The second one is me jumping off a dumpster. Basically they closed ripley at 7 so people could actually make it home and because visability was way bad so I had to make due. Sorry the videos look soo bad, if you go to the actually page and make them full screen you can see them better. Boo on myself.

Snowboarding part two

2006-03-12T17:42:00.001-05:00

So we went back out to the ole hill and got some more pics and vids. Here are some of my videos. I didn't get anymore pics of me. Hope you enjoy me.

Spring boarding

2006-03-11T13:43:00.000-05:00

Well I had a blast boarding Friday. Was wearing a t-shirt which is always fun. Cut my self up a bit but oh well. I did some pretty sweet moves off the jumps and was hitting the rails good even though you can't tell from these videos. I was riding the picnic tables too which was fun. I rode one and did a 180 off which was cool. I hope to get some more shots on Sunday. But enjoy these for now.

Went home

2006-03-10T00:27:00.000-05:00

I took a journey back into jackson last weekend and it was alot of fun. ( of us went boarding over in K-zoo on saturday and 6 went on sunday. We had a really good time. We were tearing up the mountain and being all around bad asses. We were deffinately being Wrozek's because we were yelling off the lifts and being kinda obnoxious. I was sad when I left but I will be home again in 7 weeks. I am hoping to get some sweet pics while boarding tomarrow and then post them. We shall have to wait and see though.

Blizzard!

2006-02-19T22:23:00.000-05:00

This weekend we got a "blizzard" according to the news. It was a fun time. I did some Mt. Bohemia boarding which was awesome. Very much powder and I was throwing down some natural 180's and 360's. It was cold as crap though. High Saturday was 3 degrees. I also almost got into 3 accidents. Seriously 3! People need to learn how to drive on the snow/ice. Roads were really bad but come on. The first one a guy thought he should be driving in my lane as I was going around a curve. Very nice of him. The second one This guy thought that break lights aren't important and I didn't realize he was stopping and had to drive up onto the curb to avoid him. The third one I thought I was done for. I was driving down 41 towards the school. This guy blows right through the stop sign by Wells Fargo. So he is sliding threw the intersection and I am like "OHHHHHH CRAP!" Mind you the roads are solid snow/ice. I try to stop but it is having none of it. So I try to turn and avoid him. I start sliding at an angle and it doesn't look good at all. The back end was about to get pullverized by this guy. I try to correct it so the back end will swing around the other way. At the last second it kicks around and I make it past the guy. Missing him by meer inches. The truck then just decides that it should try to stop by driving up the snow bank at Wells Fargo. It was successful. They pull over to make sure I was ok. Everything ends up being ok. Good ole Houghton weather.

Winter Carnival

2006-02-09T22:45:00.000-05:00

Everyone did a pretty good job this year on the scupltures. This is pretty much all of them except a few which completely sucked. I personally had a good all nighter as I am sure most others did. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Snoppy is sweet.
101 Dalmations.
It is the Grinch!
Now he is stealing a tree.
Rex is the man!
Slinky Dog, my other favorite character.
Whinnie the pooh.
Tale Spin.
Aladin, It was amazing and too big to get in one picture.
"Ehhhh? Boo Boo!
Tom and Jerry.
He is such a Grouch!
Inspector Gadget.
Flintstones.
Road Runner is the man.
Tale spins again.
Shrek 2.
More from the Toy Story gang.
Smurfs!
Flintstones again.
Scrooge and the boys.
Homer Simpson chillin.
Calvin and Hobbes.
The Flintstones meet the Jetsons.

Google talk

2006-02-07T19:32:00.000-05:00

Oh it is so sweet. Today I got hooked up with a gmail account and my buddy Kevin and I tried out google talk. I know that many of you have tried talking on aim or msn and it has been really shitty. There is to much feedback, the connection is slow and the quality is bad. Google talk works like a dream. It is like the person is in the room with you. Sound is crisp, clear and oh so beautiful. Best of all it is free. So do you have friends who are far away and running up that long distance bill? Well then get someone to invite you to gmail and get google talk. You will think it is the best thing since sliced bread. It really is too. You can have more then one convo going and have convos on hold till you get back to that person. Although it doesn't support three way convos it is still very awesome. Well google slowly takes over the world more and more each day. Are they the next Microsoft or more of a friendly version? Only time will tell. Time has already told on google talk though, it says subscribe.

P2 Case Madness

2006-01-28T00:47:00.000-05:00

Some of you have been wondering what I have been doing in the great north. There is just so much to do here! We have school, Walmart, 5 girls, beer, and snowboarding. Needless to say this leaves us with a lot of time on our hands. What do I do to fill the void?? I work on computers and networks, learning as I go along. This project started a couple weeks ago when my mobo in my main PC was acting funny and I had some HDD problems. I had a spare P2 and P3 tower laying in my room and I ripped them apart. Kevin and I got a pretty sweet P2 put together by the end of the day in a really ugly and old dell case. It had that sweet kinda white but not really look going on. I had to do something about this! That P2 deserved better! I used this baby for as long as I can remember. It is like a brother to me. Now the question was what should I do to the case? How will I make it bad ass? I have been playing a lot of DoD and CoD lately and it inspired me. I bought some black, brown, and green paint and got to work. The case was all camo and sweeter then anyone at Dell could have even fathomed. I was trying to figure a way to incorporate DoD and CoD into the case and nothing was working. Then I had a thought, I would tape the case off like a car and paint the letters in bright orange. You may wonder Why I chose orange and it is because it adds huge contrast and it is my favorite color. I slapped DoD on one side, CoD on the other side, and Sarge on the top. A nice touch was the 'O' in CoD was made into an American/British sniper scope. Then the 'O' in DoD was made into a German K98 Scope. The case did not turn out perfect but I would say I did a great job for my first case painting. Another difficulty would be the painting it outside in 20 degree weather inbetween periods of snow. In the end it looks bad ass and I am pretty proud of myself. I hope you guys liked the paint job. She is a beauty indeed.

Spike...

2006-01-26T00:08:00.000-05:00

Well today I have to report on something that was utterly disappointing. I am a big fan of Spike TV. They have MXC, CSI, UFC, and Bond...James Bond. This is a lot of kick ass for one station. They have a newish show out called "King of Vegas" and I finally got to see it last night for the first time. I really like the whole poker and gambling thing so I thought the show would be sweet. Instead of just playing one type of gambling, like the world series of poker, participants have to play in many disciplines. I thought that it was an awesome concept. That was until I watched 5 minutes of the show. It sucked and I mean it SUCKED! There was 11 combatants left in this episode and one was going to be kicked off at the end. they play different games to get safe and 4 people with the lowest performance have to play hold'em. Then there is a one on one final hold'em game for the lowest two out of that. In the hour long show I saw no gambling at all. The whole time it was the contestants running their mouths and sounding like fucking morons. Not to metion the gave them about the worse nicknames you have ever heard in your life. The dealers on the show suck too. When they delt cards you had to hold your breath that they wern't going to flip over. All together I wasted a whole hour of my life and I will not make that mistake again. "King of Vegas" is the worst thing I have seen on Spike, perhaps worse TV production I have ever seen.

Fedex owns UPS

2006-01-20T19:27:00.000-05:00

True to my beliefs Fedex once again cleans house on UPS. This latest case just gets my going though. We all know that the iPod is sweet but has one extremely huge flaw. If you have used it for two days it looks as if you owned it for a year. The metal backing is cool and all but scratches all to hell (mine came with a nice scratch on it already). Since black is obviously cooler then white they thought they sould make the black scratch easier and better then the white. So I ordered a case for it last friday from the invisible shield people. Order was processed around three p.m. Unfortunately the only choice I had was UPS. Well here are the shipping details. First we see that they picked it up around 6 hours after confirming a delivery was going to be made. So it is in Salt Lake City and is coming my way...or so we think. From their reports to me it never actually left SLC. Then it never was recieved in Maumee but it left there. Who knows. The next question is why did it take 19 hours to leave Illinois? Seriously it was there for 19 hours! So the package gets to me today. It takes them 8 days. On Monday of this week I bought a USB 2.0 and Firewire PCI card from Newegg. I choose to ship with Fedex even though it cost me 4 more dollars. Here is the Fedex summary. As we can see all arivals and departures are accounted for, one even twice! Here is the next thing. It got here in TWO days! It got here in 6 less days from a city further away (L.A.). So while I have been waiting and waiting for the iPod case I got a new PCI card which is nice. I can see why UPS is cheaper but I can see why I hate to ship with them unless I have to. Fedex delivers on time and quickly. Now to hit you with the kicker. My iPod was order about an hour before my case and was also shipped last friday. But hmmm when do you think it got here from L.A.?? Monday! that is right it took three days AND they dilvered on MLK Day. Lastly Fedex has better logos and trucks. All around victory for Fedex on this one.

Stop using facebook.

2006-01-18T23:10:00.000-05:00

First I would like to start this by saying that I have used the facebook for a year and a couple months. It was brought to my attention by a good friend to really read the privacy statement (Which always should be read but seldom is). It has some very interesting things to say about your privacy that I would like to share with you. So you have been putting all that nice info like IM, phone, address, and also you have been putting up pictures and setting up parties. We should have a look at what the facebook has to say about this.

Facebook also collects information about you from other sources, such as newspapers and instant messaging services. This information is gathered regardless of your use of the Web Site.

So from this first quote we can assume that not only are they taking all this info but using it in ways that I am sure you do not want them to.

We use the information about you that we have collected from other sources to supplement your profile unless you specify in your privacy settings that you do not want this to be done.

This is another nice quote telling us that they actually do get info about us from other sources.

We may share your information with third parties, including responsible companies with which we have a relationship. For example:
Â We may provide information to service providers to help us bring you the services we offer. Specifically, we may use third parties to facilitate our business, such as to send emailsolicitations. In connection with these offerings and business operations, our service providers may have access to your personal information for use in connection with these business activities.
Â We may be required to disclose customer information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws. Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law or to protect our interests or property. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies.
Â If the ownership of all or substantially all of the Facebook business were to change, your user information would likely be transferred to the new owner.

So now we know that they are giving away all your info organizations affiliated with them (such as walmart) and they more then likely will be sending and have been sending you emails (thank you spam filter). Perhaps the biggest shock is that they are giving away all your info to the police. So those pictures you have up of you bonging beer at the age of 19 are pretty incriminating. So the next time you put a kegger up on the facebook make sure you are not going to be underage when you are there. On more then one account dorm room drinking has been caught using facebook. Do you seriously want to have to worry about this? So what can you do? Well the first thing I would do is remove all your personal information, although it is more then likely saved somewhere else. After that straight to deleting your account. That is what I did but wait how did that go?? I will show you with a few pictures. In this picture we see that after I have deleted my account that it is still active and needs to be registered.

So then I get two very nice emails from facebook.

Not only did they send me one email but two! Seriously! I DEACTIVATED my account. Why would I want to reactivate it? Why would you send an email with those intentions?

Overall I was dissapointed with this whole situation. I expected much better from the facebook people. I hope people follow my lead and don't end up getting busted by the facebook. Peace everybody.

Edit: Also facebook says your info is secure on firewalled servers. That is just saying it is secure from random people. Not the list of xx-companies or the police and school administration.

iPod

2006-01-13T11:45:00.000-05:00

So I go to buy the nano finally. It was a bit cheaper from MacMall so I got it there. Oh but wait no I didn't. They have what I am deeming the WORSE policy on the face of the earth. So I get this email from MacMall saying I need to call and confirm something about my order. So I dial up the number, hold for about 15 min and then get to talk to a lady I can hardly understand (hurray outsoucing). They have a policy that they will not ship you the products if your billing address is different then your shipping address. I was like "you are kidding me!" She told me I had to call my credit card company and add the address as an allowable shipping address. I very annoyingly told her to cancel my order and hung up the phone. That pretty much pissed me off. I was like "Tom check this out." He thought it was ridiculous. Then he came through in the clutch. He said he heard about a program from apple that gives you a student discount if your school is affiliated. Well lo and behold Mich Tech is since we are Pimp. So I got a 2 GB nano for 179 bucks which I thought was pretty awesome. So in the end I save 40 bucks and MacMall doesn't get my money. So anyone in college that wants and ipod go to the student store and see if you can get that nice discount.

Night at the Jones's

2006-01-02T21:34:00.000-05:00

I return from hiatus! It has been a long time and I have had a long break. But in all my enjoyment I have forgotten about the people! You all need me! To make you laugh, cry, and feel things you have only felt in your dreams. OH what a break it has been. The times have been full of rhymes (like cute, cute, and cute!). A week at Nubs Nob and I only broke a finger! I will consider that as coming out of the trip unscathed. The nights have been full of epic battles. Casey and Eric have been slaying the Kerric and I have been alerting the forces of the enemies whereabouts. It has been an extreme group effort to hold down the fort and protect the valuables inside. The new year was rung in at the barn. Which was full of delicious eggs in the morning prepared by a grateful dad. School approaches in a weeks morn. It is sad yet I am full of anticipation. I do not know what really got into me in this post. I think it has a lot of those hidden "you had to be there" references. I will be here, at the Jones's until I return to Houghton. Where I hope to hang out with the homies before I school returns and the books appear open at all times.

I have pictures, I will get them off my camera soon. See you all way to soon.

Not again!

2005-12-20T00:03:00.000-05:00

Stuck in the ditch... Not me this time though. Woot. Today was crazy. I had to get up way to early which is never good. I started off at Sears. Got some new bad boy tires put on the truck. Gives it a good 3-4 inch lift. What sucked about that whole part of the trip was sitting in Sears for an hour listening to christmas songs. I wanted to blow my brains out. Onto home I went stopping for some donuts. Mike and I ate 2 each and it was awesome. Then it was up to Lansing. We made a pit stop at Best Buy and decided we needed to buy a new CD for the trip. We picked up the new one from O.A.R., Stories of a stranger. It is an awesome CD, good investment for sure. Back on the road to Lansing and we pick up Mike some 32 boots and Burton bindings. It was a good trip. We had a blast picking stuff out. On the way home we stopped at Knutson's and I got a new ice fishing pole. Then Mike and I put the bindings on his board and have a good time chilling. Then we get the bright idea of going ice fishing... It was 8 degrees outside and windy and freezing. We went out to where Kevin was and he decides we need to go to another lake. After packing up the shanties we move out. We get there and Kevin has broken the lantern...well shattered. So we cant see to well besides with the flashlights. We decide we should just go home. Kevin gets his truck stuck. Seriously dude...Seriously. I go to his house and get some rope and pull his ass up the hill. I just chill out for the rest of the night being sick and tired. Interesting start to the week.

Tired and Bored

2005-12-18T19:43:00.000-05:00

Well folks the last three weeks have been very crappy and tiring. I have not posted much because I have nothing to talk about. Seriously. I had a bunch of exams in the last three weeks and I have been studying to much. So I finally got home and what happens? I get really, really sick. I am just laying in bed and feel like dying. I am starting to get bored at home. I got here and the parents gave me about 30 chores to do. I am not going to be able to relax at all this week. Hopefully I do some ice fishing and then I get to go snowboarding. That is all I got though folks. Hopefully something exciting happens and I will let you know about it.

Trip goes to heck

2005-12-09T01:18:00.000-05:00

I got a new pair of snowshoes and they are very sweet. I thought I should take them out for a test walk and see if they were worth the 190 bucks. I am driving along in search of a good spot to walk around. After a 20 min search I think I have found one. I pull over to the side of the road...which disappears and I go right into the ditch. Ok so I can make it out of this by myself right? Wrong. It just becomes worse. So I call up Tom and Eric for some help. To make sure the trip wasn't a complete bust while I waited for them I snowshoed around the area. It was pretty awesome. They get some kitty litter and shovels and got to work on getting it out. I should also say that I was off on some side road and in the three hours I was out there no one drove down it. We are slowly working the truck out of the ditch when all of the sudden we make the wrong move which only makes the situation worse again. What to do now?! The truck is way in the ditch and it is almost to the point of calling a wrecker. I call up Randy to see if Dan is around and can pull me out. So Randy starts working on that situation because no one wants me to pay the 150-200 bucks for the tow. When all of the sudden salvation in the form of a Dodge Ram diesel. We hooked them up hitch to hitch and pulled my baby right out. Next time I am going to have to be way more careful though. Thankfully this time I got her out and there was no damage to the turck or my wallet. Oh yes I broke my shovel. How sweet is that? Not very at all. I made apretty nice ditch there to eh?

Ahh ha push that fuss...

2005-12-02T21:49:00.000-05:00

Everybody move to the... Ok so that has nothing to do with my topic of discussion. I was just being very boring lately so there is some spice for all my readers. Thursday was way sweet. I got to go snowboarding for the first time this year and had an absolute blast. And then I went again today because it was a powder day! We got like 8 inches and it was like butter out there. I had a bunch of fun. On another note my mom thought it was a good idea for Tom and I to be like girls and have a decorative door mat. As you can see it is way sweet though so who cares. Finally I ordered a sweet pair of snowshoes...Last Friday. They were shipped today! What kinda store takes a week to process an order! Ridiculous! Soon though I will be hiking to sweet terrain to ride. Lastly two weeks of school to go. Woot.

Thanksgiving Break

2005-11-29T18:58:00.000-05:00

Well I am going to be a lazy susan today and talk about Thanksgiving break. I had a good time. Went to some crazy parties in Ann Arbor and met some sweet people. I ate a whole bunch of food. I chilled out with the family a bunch. It was a good time. Came home on Friday and got in to Houghton at 3 A.M. which was a crazy trip. The coolest thing from the trip was when this deer was running down the road and I was following it with my lights and it slipped and fell. It landed right on its face and it was the funniest thing ever. I had to drive 20 mph because we were laughing so hard. Then we just spent the weekend chilling out. Randy made a sweet Matrix joke. that was way funny. Tom dyed his hair "Bright as F**! Yellow" as well. Now it is back to school for three weeks and 5 exams. Here are some pictures from the week.

Mac's Bar

2005-11-22T23:46:00.000-05:00

Monday night Sara, Tony, and I went to Mac's Bar in Lansing to see a concert. It was absolutely amazing. After some local talent got the show going we got to see Heiruspecs and Tre Hardson. They both were awesome. We danced and had our hands up and a rockin all night long. We didn't get home till a bit after 3 am but that was ok. The concert was only 8 bucks too. But I did spend 75 in mechandise... I suggest picking up a CD or going to see them live for sure if you can. It would be worth every penny.

Snow

2005-11-17T00:27:00.000-05:00

It snowed for the first time last night and today. I would say that about 6-10 inches have come down over the last 24 hours. It is really cool. I have been looking forward to this since I went back to school. Hopefully when I get back to school after break the slopes will be open and I can get out the board and tear it up. That would be way sweet. This is the first of many snowfalls to come. If you miss the snow you will just have to come visit me. On my walk to school this morning the snow guns were on at Mont Ripley. Snowboarding real soon!!

Compy is happy

2005-11-11T20:24:00.000-05:00

Today the good ole computer got a well deserved fix-er-upper. It started with a fixing or my registry. Daemon Tools got all F-ed up and wouldn't install or uninstall correctly. Although I do not frequently turn my computer off when I had to restart I would get the most annoying error message about said problem. So finally after about an hour of searching my computer and the internet I got that removed correctly. Does that solve the problem? No way, it can never be that easy. My virtual drive was being a pain in the behind and I could not get that to go away. Finally I did and I have no more error message and the compy is running at top notch. Then I was chating with a friend whos computer was "randomly turning off." My roommate and I decided it was overheating and freaking out and shuting off. It seems like the most reasonable answer to us. I told her to pick up some air dust and blow that baby out. Which she then told her brother to do. Towards the end of the conversation I realized the the compy was way over due for a cleaning of the like. So I ran to walmart, it is the only store here, and I drove really but that is besides the point. I got carded as usual since you have to be 18 to buy it since you can get high as a kite of it (Which would be the dumbest thing ever. Why get high when you can have a clean computer?). I came back to my place and put her in the hallway and opened her up and sprayed away. After putting it back together my fans are quieter and pulling in and pushing out tons more of air. Idle temps dropped from 42C to about 39C which is always nice. Now my computer can be extremely happy with me because I made it feel loved (not that I am not on it 12 hours a day as it is). Also in the pics it has green cold cathods and the CPU fan has blue and white lights. Of course the case matches the drive which match the monitor and the speakers. Keyboard and mouse are the odd balls (white and blue). Brushed silver for the finish on the case which is, of course, Lian-LI. Lastly on the back pannel I am thinking of painting a sweet design. So if you have any ideas then let me know. (You can see the dust bunnies!!)

Package

2005-11-10T21:41:00.000-05:00

USPS priority mail indeed! Despite the large amount of bubble wrap used by my mother to send me this sweet hunny nut cheerios bowl it wasn't to tough for the USPS. Although I am pretty positive she got this for free it is very depressing it ended up in such a state. Hunny nut cheerios are awesome and what would be cooler then eating them out of a corresponding bowl. So the box said fragile and the post office was told it was fragile. It was wrapped in multiple layers of bubble protection. What in the hell happened to my badass bowl? I have come to the conclusion it was one of two things. The first would be it fell off a truck. Well let me be more specific, it fell off a truck at least 10 times. I think a more realistic answer to the question would be that they thought the package was a football or they just wanted to play football. The initial punt would be enough to shatter this terrific bowl but any chance it had at surviving was crushed by halftime. What is to be concluded from this upsetting event? Fedex for packages. We will leave the USPS to the letters and postcards. If they are playing football with the packages, who knows what they are doing to your mail?!? We can only hope they don't "go postal", shooting down co-workers and civilians in the street. It would be another sad day for the USPS and isn't the bowl incident bad enough?

Ruff Ryder?!?

2005-11-03T00:53:00.000-05:00

You have got to be kidding me. Let me introduce you to the newest member of the Ruff Ryders. First, she is white. Second, she doesn't rap. Third, she sucks. Now I am not trying to just knock on her because I am bored and have nothign to write about. I am just trying to tell the readers that this is the most obserd thing ever in history. Anyone who has ever heard of music should know who the Ruff Ryders are and what genres of music they are in support of. POP is not one of them. No, not, never, what the hell is going on with this label? With great song titles like "human" and "So Surious" and let's not forget "Yes" this will be their most profitable signing ever. OR they may realize that they are flipping idiots. She does not look "bad" or "ruff" and the only thing she is riding...well... Which makes you wonder how she got onto this label anyways. Yes though you should go listen to her music because it is like being trampled by an elephant and I know everyone wants to experience that. Her voice is not that bad but I am more confused then anything when I hear it. Terrible lyrics and yet I am sure the 10-16 year old girls will be all over this. The funniest thing that surely takes the cake is the fact that she is on the Ruff Ryders Vol 4 CD. With all those rap songs and explicit lyrics she is going to fit in like the Jews did with the Nazi's. I think I might envy the deaf on this one.

True Potential

2005-11-01T10:12:00.000-05:00

What happens when it is one a.m. and you sign on facebook? You get poked by Gary FREAKIN AGIN! Now you may be wondering why I would be excited to be poked by a guy but there is a great reason for my excitement. Thanks to the clever and halarious Nathan Donajkowski Dr. Agin has made it on the facebook. First off the guy is about 80 and is nick-named the crypt keeper. We also have his extreme ability to suck. He teaches physics 2100 and 2200 and I use the teaches generously. He likes for kids to fail. He writes tests so the average is a 50% and then smiles and talks about how great it is for 10 min. Finishing it off with "I am not going to curve it" in a really annoying, evil villian voice. But now he is on the facebook for all to mock in joy. Acording to facebook his birthday was 2000 BC, making him a bit over 4000 years old. He currently resides in 103 fisher which is his office. There is a couch in there, must sleep on that. I am a big fan of his favorite qoute, "The electric.... field............. vectors" and yes...that is.....how........he.......says it. He has joined some funny groups too let me tell you. Including my personal favorite, "I want to kick Gary Agin square in the balls." Dr. Agin has been on facebook for less then a day and has already reached 59 friends. Obviously he is the most popular person in the school, student or teacher or lunch person. And yes he is my friend already. I will be sure to update his friend status at the end of the week. To see Dr. Agin in action visit his facebook or come to ph2200 at 12 MWF. Dr. Agin's facebook Lastly for all you who just can't see him I will leave you with this wonderfull picture of the man we all love to hate....Dr. Agin. Facebook for the win. Also everyone should add him as a friend, it would be sweet.

Moose-a-palooza

2005-10-28T13:21:00.000-04:00

Moose Unite!

The moose is possibly one of the coolest animals in the world. While in Tennessee people figured it was my favorite animal ever so they bought me a crazy amount of moose things. I thought it was very very cool. Since I live in the way north we have moose up here but unfortunately I have never seen a moose. This sucks very very much. I would do anything to see a moose. I may have to start walking through the woods to find the elusive moose. The moose is a huge animal and it could trample the hell out of you. That is just awesome kinda like in Tommy Boy with the deer in the car. It would just be sweet. I would also think that riding a moose would kick ass. You would be so high off the ground and the moose could just barrel through people if you were riding it in town. I think it is time we breed moose to be used as transportation, I would ride it to school everyday. Seriously would would mess with you if you had a moose as a pet. You could kick them in the face with the moose. It would be so sweet. We are going to have to start a moose farm, who is with me?

For the record the turtle is my favorite animal and I actually do own one of those. Soon I will have a moose farm though and I will moose kicking people all across campus.

Tennesse ing it

2005-10-20T16:49:00.000-04:00

Missing school is no good. Grades are being affected and I am going to start failing at this rate. The good thing is that I am down here with all my brothers having a great time at the Feast. I should be doing more studying so I think I will be the next couple days. I have three exams when I get back to school and I need to do pretty well on them or things are going to be very annoying. For now I will leave it at this. I may post before I get back but maybe not. If not I am sory that you all don't get my great insight about awesome things. Until next time folks.

Politically Correct

2005-10-13T16:10:00.000-04:00

I decided that I have had it with being "politically correct." It is so freaking stupid. The worst is having to substitute "he" with "she" or "he/she." It has gotten completely out of hand. Should women be equal? Sure I don't see why not. When I call you a businessman though I am right. It is not businesswomen. That just sounds stupid and is a complete waste of effort. If people would stop freaking out about stupid crap like that the world would be more equal already. By making a fuss about stupid things like that it makes the world even more separated and "incorrect." I am sure if chicks actually read this then they will be mad at me for it. Then we have Sprint who merged with Nextel. First off both companies suck. Now they have some stupid commercial about being a yes man and how they get work done. Some chick is doing the voice over and then they go to her standing on some roof. Why is she on a roof above a city I have no idea but she says something like "I am a yes man, but I prefer yes women." To which I say I prefer you shut the hell up. No one cares that you want to be called a yes women. That is just plain dumb. It even sounds dumb. She is a yes man and must deal with it.

Everyone is going to get offended by something. Just suck it up and deal with it. Stop being such a baby. Honestly.

And thhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeee

2005-10-11T17:18:00.000-04:00

Yankees lose. What is to be a great day for the Angels turns into more crap about the yankees losing. I listen to sports talk and I don't here anything about the Angels pulling together to beat the Yankees. I hear that the playoffs are ruined and no one is going to watch because the Yankees and Red Soxs are out already. I am sick of stupid sports announcers and analysts thinking and saying that the post-season is ruined by not having the Socks or Yankees in the world series. If people love sports then they will watch sports. I am sure that the Soxs and Yankees fans were watching the Astros come back on the Braves to win it in 18 innings. Oh wait the Yankees and Soxs wern't playing soo they wern't. Well to say it plainly I will be watching the Cardnials vs the Astros and I will be watching the White Soxs vs the Angels. Do you know why I will be watching? Because I love baseball just like millions of others. Do you know who I route for? Detroit and we suck. Somehow I am watching the playoffs though...hmmmm. The same thing happened in Basketball last year. No Shaq, no ratings. The thing that is stupid is obviously the best teams were there. They won to get there. So stop cheering for a team just so people will watch and stop talking about how people won't be watching if they aren't there.

Lastly I am watching hockey. Do you know why? It is hockey and it kicks ass.

NO

Snowboard Videos

2005-10-08T01:06:00.000-04:00

This year I decided that I needed some new snowboarding videos because I have seen the ones I own about 50 times each. I bought two of the most hyped videos of the year. "From _____, With Love" and "Futureproof". These were some great investments let me tell you. I saw some crazy snowboaridng in both of these videos. I have watched them both 4 times since I got them on tuesday. I have totally decided that "Futureproof" is the best snowboard video I have ever seen. Jerome you are going to FLIP when you see it. You have been bitching and moaning for a great snowboard dvd that showcases some backcountry riding. Welcome to "Futureproof" dude. It is 90% backcountry with tons of that being great riding and them just dropping cliffs and doing crazy lines. It is way off the scale of badassnitude. I freak out everytime I watch it. It is like the first time over and over and over. There are so many great lines and moves in it. I think I may love this video. The soundtrack is also great. I could just listen to it and not even watch the movie too. If you are smart you will buy this video or wait till I am close enough for you to be able to watch it.

store

2005-10-06T23:26:00.000-04:00

32 bucks...

Today was CRAZY! Went to class worked out and then fell asleep for 4 hours! 4 hours. Wow. Then I had an exam tonight. Supposed to be really easy. Everyone was like AHHHH what the heck! So I am not sure how that actually went. Then Tom and I had to go to the store because we had NO food and had 32 dollars worth of cans and bottles to return. What a trip. We just had so many bottles and it took so long to put them in the machine. Tomarrow I will be having an excellent post that everyone should be looking forward to. Until then good day mates.

Rain!

2005-10-05T16:38:00.000-04:00

RAIN!

Well it is raining. Correction it is pouring. Wait...THUNDERSTORM! Mind you it has been raining since monday at about 8 a.m. I had to walk home from class today in the downpour. The picture is a very accurate representation of what I was going through since I took the picture on the walk home. I seriously want it to stop raining or I may freak out. It is so Blah do to the rain. Also I have no food and need to go to the store but don't want to. My room is a mess and I have an exam and homework do tomarrow. Hopefully my clothes and backpack dry out tonight...

On a serious note my professors' wife died last week and he already came back to class. What a guy. I hope everything is ok for him. and my other professor went to africa and got a foot infection and was in the hospital for a week. No good luck in the U.P. Later peoples.

Pirates

2005-09-30T19:22:00.001-04:00

I am a pirate!

Like the caption says I am a pirate! Pirates are awesome. When you look at badass people you have Ninjas and Pirates. Obviously Pirates are better. A Ninja can be all stealthy and a badass fighter and matial arts master but I Pirate plunders, takes over ships, burys treasure, and has maps. It is soo much more of an adventure. I would be Pirate for sure if I could. You could sail the seas with no care ever and just get a bunch of sweet stuff. It would rock. Also today you can sorta be a Pirate still. When on the lake you can throw water balloons at people and jump on their boats and it is kick ass. Being a Ninja would just be to hard to do. In a fight a Ninja might win one on one. If it was a real fight though there is usually only about 5 ninjas together at once, against 50 Pirates on a ship they would lose. Also proving how much better Pirates are. Pirates also have way cooler weapons. The big sword is just awesome. Lastly the clothing that a Pirate wears is WAY cooler then a ninjas. Come on...eye patches FTW.

This is a Picture of my flags in my room. Woot!

Look at the Flags!

Don't Tread

2005-09-30T00:12:00.000-04:00

It's a Flag!

So today has been very unproductive. I did get some studying done and I did get some homework done. In true fashion though it is 12:13 am and I have so much revisions to finish. Anyways today I bought this sweet flag. I thought my brother would like it because he is sweet and knows sweet flags when he sees them. I also got a new snowboard tool, mine is gross and rusted to pieces. Very upsetting. I was looking at some new bindings but I am not sure where that will go. I also got a card for my dad for his birthday. It is pretty cool. It seems that I should be doing my homework or going to bed. I just can't wait for it to be 4 p.m. tomarrow. I am not a big weekend person but this week I NEED it so much. Just remember "Don't tread on me."

On another note. I got another deal of the decade from newegg.com. I got a 512 SD card for 20 bucks! I felt like the man. You have to love one day deals!

Test Not Thursday...woot!

2005-09-28T16:57:00.000-04:00

oh my!

After a freaking exhausting couple days of to much revisions homework and two tests on Tuesday I have good news. First class got cancelled this morning so I didn't have to get up till 10! Freaking 10, how sweet is that? I will tell you, freaking sweet. Oh and it just keeps getting better. I stroll on into Highway Engineering and guess what?! No test on Thursday! BOOYA! My professor had been in South Africa and was supposed to be back today but has an infected foot and is in the hospital. I hope he is OK though because he is bad ass. Then reality hit...I went to revisions. I have a paper due on firday...horray. I also have a 1-2 min presentation on why I am a bad ass and shouldn't have homework over the weekend. I am going to hopefully make it halarious. Stupid class...

I am not sure what I was doing in that picture. It was about 1 am last night when I took it. I look kick ass though. Like I am whistling or being a fish. I rule.

Camping Trip

2005-09-25T12:56:00.001-04:00

Muddy Truck :)

Ohh the mud!

Mudd, Mudd, Mudd!

This Saturday night I, along with 19 of my friends, went out to Stacy's cabin for an awesome camping trip. I got there just before dark with Tom. Everyone else had been there all day and was pretty drunk. It was REDICULUS. The cool thing was the trail back to the place was mud boggingly awesome. The pictures are a testiment to it. It was freaking sweet. Pretty much I took care of a bunch of drunks. Dan threw up everywhere and I took care of him and pretty much everyone passed out about 10 p.m. So I sat around with the 3 other not trashed people untill midnight when people sobered up and came back to the fire. After that it was cool. Martin showed up about 1 a.m. and I threw back a few coors with him. I got home and double washed the truck so it is all clean. It was a good time all in all. Now reality...homework and three exams this week. yay.

Revisions

2005-09-19T16:23:00.000-04:00

I have declared that this class is suckey. It isn't that I can't do the work or that I am not doing good. It is the fact that I have the class mon, wed, and friday and I have to read like 2 chapters, a couple stories, and write a couple page paper everytime. The fact is I have 5 classes. That is a lot of classes. On the pole of I give a hoot Revisions is last. That is right #5. I think the physics, statics, engineering, and calc classes just out weigh english by a little. The work load to me caring about what it is about is just rediculus. I don't like english and this class just makes me like it less. I may just have to burn the book when I am done with it. I realllllllly want to too. I have a physics 2 test tomarrow. We will see when that great Revisions homework gets done...

Jake's 21st

2005-09-19T13:46:00.000-04:00

Jake being mugged

Jake not ammused

Jake with alex

Happy 21st for Jake. On a scale of awesomenes this was a 10 for sure. What not to love? He got mugged by friends, Had to wear a dress, Had to go to class because he had a test, and, to top it off, walk home a mile because Randy stole his keys. Congrats Jake!

:(

2005-09-19T13:39:00.000-04:00

Well the weekend was decent. I was sick, that sucked. I did get in a mind bending game of cranium though, didn't win though. I layed around a lot because my throat hurt very much. So I really didn't get the homework and studying done that I wanted too. It was not a good situation. To top it off I have a Physics 2 exam tomarrow. That is ok though, I don't think it will be to hard. Finally, who knows what is going on in calc 3...seriously...who knows?

Today I blew the fuse out in my house. That was pretty awesome. Then Tom and I threw the wrong fuse and because they are labeled shitile causing mass computer rebooting. I had just finished my paper. Had I saved it? NO! Luckey for me word is sweet. So now I can go turn it in.

Lastly I am beta testing maple story. It is the funk. Ya'll should play... That's right... Ya'll.

Sucks SOOO much

2005-09-16T01:44:00.000-04:00

Oh la la

So for class we have to "Rhetorically analyize two pieces of communication from different mediums." Well so far I see two problems with this assignment. The first is that Rhetorial analysis is the biggest crock ever. The fact that we are "leaning" this is retarded. If you can't figure out who you are speaking to you are an idiot, end of story. The second problem is the constant use of the word "medium." I haven't had this defined for me in the "book" (it doesn't count as a book) or in class. So I look it up in the dictionary... No help at all. I still don't understand this concept of "medium." So here I go to rhetorically analyzing this Ride binding add and something else. Who knows what it will be. Wish me luck!

What a night

2005-09-16T01:15:00.000-04:00

a beautiful evening

Well Last night was pretty lovely. As you can see I took a fancey picture of the sun setting. It was a really good time up on top of the mountain. We explored the woods some and watched the sun go down. We also took some crazy cool pics (like the one you see now).

Unfortunatly today I feel like complete poop. I feel really sick and slept from 12-5 this afternoon even though it wasn't in the plans. My throat still hurts pretty bad. I am really tired too which is no good at all. I have class in 7 hours which just sucks. Somedays you just don't want to get up and go to statics, all the forces are against you (horrible joke). Time to finish off my homework and get some sleep though.

Ugh

2005-09-15T00:41:00.000-04:00

So classes suck I am just totally sick of classes. I don't even think I want to go anymore. I just want to go work some place doing whatever. I just hate doing pointless stuff. I can't take it. I guess somehow it will all work out. I know I am just rambling but I need to right now.

I did see a sweet movie today but I can't say what it is... I suppose I did well on my two quizes and that means I do well in life. I don't want to write papers anymore. I did NOT come to school for that. I have no direction at all. I am a wandering idiot.

I did get a sweet comment about my shirt and hair get up today. Kevin is the man. Well It is time for Mac and Cheese and then some time with the lady friend.

Frustration

2005-09-14T04:03:00.000-04:00

So I am sitting here. My brain is trying to leave my head. I am writing some stupid paper about rhetorical analysis. First of all this was supposed to be class discussion but NOOOO the class is gay and can't read. So now I am doing this bull shit. The whole process is just sooo rediculus. I am not an english major, so F that times a million. I don't mind the class but reading this book is like sufficating yourself. IMPOSSIBLE! Whoever wrote it needs to be punched in the face and left for the wolves. I just sit here wanting to slam my face on my desk over and over. I have to write it though and my other peper too but that will be easy. I just want to sit down and watch a movie and relax... Thanks class of morons!

In other news it needs to snow before I freak out about that. I am going to go insane, seriously I am freaking out. I might just go to bed, not do my homework what does it matter. It needs to be friday night so I can do nothing and sleep in on saturday. I can only think of snow and snowboarding. I got to do something, homework or go for a walk or something. Hopefully I don't lose it.

Joining

2005-09-13T04:15:00.000-04:00

Well everybody I joined because I just love to conform to societies wishes. It is about 1:15 a.m. and I should be sleeping. I have Clac 3 at... 9 a.m. Then a couple of papers to write and some homework to do. I have to also visit a Professor. That is all for now.