Weekend update

Well here it is your weekend update in the life of Jeremy. I'm sure that's exciting to lots of people out there lol. It was an extremly busy weekend. And a fairly fun, if exhausting one at that. On Friday Kate and I went to West End for dinner, which was a lot of fun. We went with Kris, a girl who lives down the hall from Kate. I had London Broil and mashed potatoes and a tomato stuffed with cheese mmmmm tasty. After that we fudged around a little and then went to Squires to play pool. Kate loves pool, but I find it incredibly frustrating. Sometimes I'll be really good at it. Other times I'm lucky if I can hit the ball straight. The temptation is to either not play at all, or to play a lot until I'm comfortable with my ability. But what I am going to do and what I think is the best thing is just to deal with my frustration and enjoy it when I do play. After pool we went over to Jen and Julies to watch Star Wars. We were going to watch all three of them but we got to talking and socializing to much. Brianna was in town for a recharge weekend so we got to visit with her which is always fun. We finally got the movies started with everyone laying on matresses and futons. Kate was extremly tired from staying up late studying for tests. And the studying paid off because she got an 85 on the test. Which was above the class average. It was also a test that she thought she had flunked. I was very proud of her when she told me. But honestly I wasn't surprised. She spent a lot of time working on it, and she is one of the hardest workers I know. And she has also done this multiple times, tell me she didn't do very well on a test and then find out she aced it. I have confidence in her even if she doesn't lol. So anyway while we were watching the movies everyone had to conciously stop themselves from quoting the lines. Kate fell asleep pretty quick as near as I could tell. So we'll have to watch Empire again later so she can really watch it. I still find Empire to be my favorite movie of all time. And I've seen lots of movies. Chris was getting really really huggy on Julie while we were watching. And sometimes Julie would reach over to scratch my head or something of that nature. Every time she did that Chris would shift around for a better 'grip' on her so to speak. It actually was rather funny to watch. So every now and then I would hold Julie's hand or something and watch him squirm. I probably shouldn't have done it but it was fun. I wanted to cuddle with Kate more, but she was sleepy and trying to get comfortable. After Empire was over I left to go sleep in my own bed. I really wished that I could have taken Kate with me but such is life. Julie walked out to my car with me so I could grab fencing stuff out of her car. I asked her about Chris and she told me that she didn't really have any interest in him but that Andrea did. That thought was kind of scary in itself but I shrugged it off. Chris and Thomas kind of annoy me, I don't know why, they seem to set themselves directly in my crosshairs to tease them. Oh well, I probably annoy them too. As Julie was walking back into the house she yelled at me that she was going to go sleep with my girlfriend. I yelled back "Good, you better keep her warm". Turns out that's not what happend.

A neighbor of ours at home had given me football tickets to the Tech game. Awesome seats!!! And Kate agreed to go with me. Which I was really happy about. I love football, but I don't wouldn't want football fandom to be a burden to Kate. Lucklily for me she's getting into it and agreed to come to the game with me. I got there the next morning after dodging the traffic and picking up breakfast for us. And Kate was almost in tears. It turned out that Julie had hopped down in the between Kate and Chris on the matress and 'macked' with Chris all night. So Kate was cold and really felt alone. Not a good situation. So Kate and I went off to the football game. Which was really frustrating to me because our team was playing very poorly. We ended up loosing on a last second field goal that went wide right. By this point we were both pretty tired and ready for a nap. So after driving through Cburg for the first time in years. We visited Elisa's which was fun. Except for the lady behind the counter who looked like she had a huge stick up her ass. Which considering the store.....nevermind. We headed to Roanoke after that and the traffic wasn't that bad at all. We found our motel fairly easily and checked in. We took a shower, which we both needed after sitting out in the hot sun and then walking a couple of miles back to the car. We decided to take a nap. She curled up and just passed out. I couldn't sleep for some reason. I was probably a combination of the bed and my tooth(which still hurts periodically). I watched TV for a while, Queer Eye was on which is a really funny show. But after two episodes I started to get the impression that these guys take themselves a little to seriously. After two hours I was really hungry so I woke Kate up so we could go find some place to eat. It took her a while to get up and get going which was fine because there was no hurry. We went to TGIF and had a very nice dinner. It was nice and relaxing. Which as our time together on Saturday progressed I realized would be the theme. Her catching up on rest and me just chilling out, not having any responsibilities. Last time we did something like this it was hot and heavy the whole time. This time it was about getting away and recharging the batteries. I didn't sleep very well at all, but Kate did I think. Which is good, she is making the switch from working hard and getting a good nights sleep to lots of school work and not as much sleep. Which is another reason that I get hot when David does his little "you never spend any time with me" routine. But hopefully it will get better. She's getting good grades and knows how to study for each of her classes.

Sunday we checked out of the motel and headed for fighter practice. It was a great practice. Briana was there so not only did I have someone I could fight against at full speed, but I let her run the drills and watch people. So I could concentrate on working myself and I could goof off a little and have some fun. I was a lot more relaxed and had more fun. We did some drills and Bri ran us through some things we can practice. After that I once again encouraged everyone to fight as many people as they could. It was only about 2:45 when I started to feel tired and could feel myself slowing down a little bit. I had to fight David and Ludwig before I could legitimatly be done for the day. So I suggested that they both take me on, that would be a little more fun for all of us. Well Bri came over to watch and to line marshal a bit. As we were doing this the other fencers who were taking breaks started getting their gear back on. I did a three on one before Brianna stepped in and started organizing everything. We ended up with 6 people to do melee with. At first we did a 2 on 4 then switched to 3on3. It was a blast. A few times I killed the whole other team by myself. Bri later said I should start picking up case so that I can be the "ultimate killing machine". When she said that Julie and Jen laughed pretty hard grrr. Anyway in the last couple of melee's I had Ludwig, and David on my team. The first time, we stuck together and Ludwig and David got killed while only taking out Thomas. But I killed Dionello and Costanca anyway. The second time we did the scatter technique which worked much better. We killed all of them whithout losing anyone :D. It was really cool, I could take those guys and we could do really really well as a unit. I just hope they can both stick with it. Ludwig usually works on Saturdays and David has drill on some weekends. So that might cut down on the number of events they can go to. One other cool thing at practice, the Baron asked me if I could come to the Roanoke practice on Thrusday and teach a melee class. I had to turn him down of course because of work but I was really flattered. After practice we went to Rivermill for dinner, and then Dairy Queen for ice cream afterwards. Danny was in town randomly and we went to a movie with him afterwards. Kate couldn't go because she had to study for two tests today. We went and saw Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow. It was a great movie, I loved every minute of it. It was like a film noir/Indiana Jones/James Bond movie set in the the 30's. I will take Kate to see it later this week. I can't wait to see it again. Hopefully I won't be nodding off this time lol.

Well that's what happend this weekend in a nutshell. Right now I'm looking forward to Crusades. And oh yea I ordered a pair of SCA boots. I hope they fit, if they don't I'll just send them back and exchange them. This week should be pretty uneventful which will be good, I need to catch up on my sleep. That's it for now. Ciao

You know sometimes it's hard to do the right thing. Even sometimes the need for some personal gratification really pulls on you and it's really hard to do something you know you should. I had to suck it up last night. I really really wanted to hang out with Kate last night, but she had to study for tests. So I bit the bullet and left her alone after bringing her chips, cookies and vanilla capuccino. I worked on her computer for a while because it was bugging out as usual. And we were having a great time talking about stuff....being friends. Something I've missed for a while, it was great! Hopefully we'll get to do a lot more of that this weekend. We'll also be making a trip to Elisa's which could be fun.

Today I saw this guy that with a haircut that looked like a mix between a pageboy and an afro. It looked horrible, like a train wreck I couldn't look away. Then when I got closer to him I saw that it was in hundreds of tiny tight curls. I was like "OMG you spend hours and hours make your hair look really really bad!!!!! It blew my mind that he was actually going for that look. I thought he had just pissed off a barber somehow. But no, he actually made his hair that way on purpose. Geez some people.

I almost got hit by Justin on his bike today. He didn't even recognize me, or didn't see me. It made me think about Amber and how they are doing. She hasn't posted much on her Livejournal, except a poll about the anatomy of a woman. I still find it weird the way she fawn's over Jac. He's such an immature brat that I never thought she would be into him. I especially don't like the way he treats women. But hey I don't see him anymore and that makes me happy. Well that's all for now. I get off early today so Kate and I are going to go eat at the Hokie Grill, should be fun. Ciao.

Yes I am alive. Don't worry here's your update. <----That's me pretending like I have tons of readers, it's fun.

This past weekend was an interesting one. We didn't get to go to an event because of the hurricane which sucked. But Kate and I got to spend the weekend at Jen and Julies, which was cool. Big Kate came in for the weekend also. She is getting settled in her new job in Kentucky. Kate got sick on Saturday, which sucked. But she's feeling better which is cool. On Saturday I took Kate to the used book store in Roanoke and Julie tagged along. Kate got tons of books, a whole series books by her favorite childrens author, some random fantasy novels, and a Garfield book. Which she read incredibly fast in the car on the way home. We stopped at Best Buy on the way home, but that's not as much fun when you're the only geek there. We also went to the mall to get Dippin Dots and hit Bath and Body Works. Soooo yeah at that point I was really feeling the need for some guy friends to do guy things with. Kate and Julie are wonderful to be around. But they take a lot of delight in teasing me and sometimes it borders on antagonism. Now don't get me wrong it's not a big problem by any means. But sometimes it actually supersedes the friendship aspects of our relationship. And it kind of came to a head while we were walking out to the car and Julie was teasing me about something. I can't even remember what it was, but I teased her back a little bit. And she, knowing that I wouldn't do anything to her, grabbed me around the neck in a sleeper hold type of position. Well when she put her weight on that arm it really hurt my neck. Not bad, just enough for me to feel like she had taken advantage of the fact that even though I didn't have to let her touch me at all(I have wrestled multiple siblings, that are bigger than her, simultaneously). It kinda put me in a bad mood for a little bit. Kate knew something was wrong though. I really couldn't put into words what I was feeling at the time so she just hugged me until I felt better.

After the mall we went to a birthday party at Jess and Brian's house. I still wasn't in a good mood, but that was ok because we sat around for a while waiting for people to finish their game of life. After that we watched Maverick, one of my all time favorites. So I was in a better mood. Unfortunatley Kate started to feel sick at this point. We went back to Jen and Julies house after the movie and she took a hot shower and drank some hot tea before going to bed. I stayed up a little longer and messed around on the computer and watching the end of Peter Pan before joining her. We were in Julie's bed which is a nice bed when it's not falling apart. Only problemm was I couldn't get much sleep. Kate was on my right side, the opposite of where she normally sleeps. And Julie was on my left side because she came in later. I sleep much better on my left side than my right. But I wanted to hug on Kate(we sort of fit together) who was on my right. So I don't remember how much sleep I got, I just remember spending most of the night trying to fall asleep.

Sunday we slept until about 11:30 and slowly got up and got ready to go to practice. Jen and Andrea had already left by the time we were rousing. It was really hard to get up because about 8 in the morning something clicked and I was able to go to sleep. But we got up and gathered all our things and headed for campus. I stopped by 7/11 to get an energy drink and then Kate took me to a dining hall to get some 'breakfast'. Did I mention I love her? No? Well I love her.....very much! Practice was very cool, we had the heavies out there working and I was doing my beginner rapier deal. David is coming along great and will be a very good fencer soon. We had some excellent fights. Some of the others still need to work on a lot of things. But I am encouraging them to fight everyone who comes to practice so that they can learn things for themselves. I need to talk to some more people and get some more drills for them to do. Jen isn't practicing very much which concerns me but I'm not sure what is going on there. Ludwig showed up about an hour before we were done. Ludwig could be really good if gets into it. He's done a good amount of martial arts and has the coordination needed to be good. Unfortunatly Antonio had to leave early so we didn't get to put him in loaner gear and let him spare any. We'll do that this week and I hope that he will come to Crusades. After practice we all went out to eat at Rivermill, their hambergers are actually ok if you remember to tell them not to put onions on them. While we were eating I started coming down off of my fencing high and started to get tired. After dinner we went over to Squires to play pool for a while. I was to tired to play and just kind of watched. We were going to go to a movie that night but Kate made me go back to her room and take a nap. I am very thankful she did this because I really needed it. After I woke up it was kinda to late to go to a movie. And we called Julie and she was still sleeping anyway.

On Monday Kate brought me food at work. A kick-ass philly cheesestake sandwich. Did I mention I love her? Well I love her.....very much. We went and played pool at BW3's after I got off work. We played three games and I know we each won one but I can't remember who won the third one. We watched MNF as my fantasy football team completly choked. After I left her I went to Wal-Mart and bought the new Star Wars DVD's. Oh yeah Star Wars Rules!!!!! Ahem. Anyway I watched part of Empire and it looks soooo good with the restore job to the colors and the crispness it's drool worthy. We are getting together to watch them on Friday evening with Jen and Julie.

Tuesday was nice, I had lunch with Mom and endured her weird questions without much trouble. I went to work and Kate brought me some food. I love her a lot. After work we watched the rest of the rest of Sex And The City. That is a truly funny show, but it is totally geared towards women. I can see why Jessi liked it though, she wanted nothing more than to be one of those girls. Anyway after the movie we kinda just layed there and talked. It was a lot of fun, something I think that I've missed from our relationship amid all the teasing and siliness(from both parties). I'm glad it happend and I hope it will happen more.

This weekend we are getting a hotel room and are going to spend the day...and night together just hanging out...and other stuff. It should be a wonderful time I can't wait.

We must never forget!!!

All gave some, but some gave all!

Not much has been happening here these last few days as far as big events go. So I thought I'd post about some of the more personal things that have been going on.

I guess the first thing that's been happening to me is geek envy. For those of you who don't know what geek envy is, it's the jealousy of techie toys that all geeks perpetually have and aspire to incite in other geeks. My perpetual geek envy was somewhat sated by my new phone. But I haven't had time to spice it up and get it to the point where it inspires envy in others. Maybe I'll do that today. But what I'm geeking for now is the Zire 72 that I've been looking at ever since Kate mentioned she wanted one. Don't you hate it the way people can mention something and then you become obsessed with it? I bet that's how females and shopping work, but I digress. I saw someone with a Zire the other day and he just looked cool with it. And every time that I see something or think of something I want to remember, it hits me that if I had one of those things I'd be able to recored it or store it or take a picture of it. But as I have said before on this blog I don't think I have the money for it. I'm supposed to be saving for SCA boots. Enough about that, I need to stop obsessing about it or I might break down and buy one.....which I will regret later....unless it helps me manage my money....hmmm...NO! Must stop!

Kate and I decided to watch the first Sex And The City to see what the fuss was about. It's actually pretty funny and cool in it's own way. It's about this girl who writes a column about sex. The content of the column is derived from the experiences of herself and her friends. It's told with her narrating the show like it is her column. The show does some pretty good character studies on different aspects of sex lives. In just the first disc which I think was half the first season she's covered marriage, flings, secret sex, dating people younger than you, and one night stands. It's pretty cute and amusing and very smart I should say. But after three episodes it gets kind of old. We'll probably stick to just two per night in the future.

Kate has been pretty busy lately with school. She's spent a lot of time studying and working at the tutoring center. I'm really proud of her work ethic. And this morning she came in early to work after taking a really hard test. She was all bouncy because she had gotten a 100. I guess it was a really hard test. I wanted to jump on her and hug her and tickle her and kiss her etc. But I couldn't because I was at work and I don't want to do 'anything' that might jeopordize my status here. I hope she understands that. I am really proud of her. And I hope that she's happy with what she's doing this semester. But last night David IM'd her and just gave her this huge guilt trip for not hanging out with him very much. It did really piss me off that he's projecting his neediness on to her. It's not like she is avoiding him or anything. She's just doing what she needs to do to have a good semester. He acted like she is his only source of friendship and socialization. If that statement is true then that is the problem he needs to be concentrating on, not the fact that Kate is busy. Kate is nice enough that she will feel guilty when he does his needy child routine. End rant.

This weekend is turning out to be interesting. They canceled Turning Leaves because the ground is going to be soggy. Stupid hurricanes! But I guess I can't complain. And now for some reason I really don't want to go to Chalice. I don't know why, I kinda want to relax. But I need to get another fencing fix soon. I really really have been wanting to go full speed with someone. Something I can't really do around here very much. I am def going to Kingdom Crusades this year! This weekend we might go to Charlotesville for the hell of it and meet Adam and Gianetta for dinner. I don't know yet, we'll see.

The other thing that has been going on in my life is polotics. The internet is a wonderful thing in that it lets me feel like my opinion actually matters. I've been posting pretty regularly on Fedora and I've picked up a few readers. One of them even left a comment yesterday.

That's all for now. I hope that was interesting.

Ok it's official, I'm pretty much an idiot. I couldn't figure out why I was so tired all the time for the past couple three days. I was feeling really lethargic and just out of it. I realized that after having a couple of good meals yesterday and having a big meal today that it was because I was under nourished. I realized that I had been scrimping money for food as it came down to the wire before payday. It seemed like I was spending more money on food than I wanted to. No more of that from now on. I'll find other places to conserve money. I set up the free savings account that comes with having my money at Wachovia. So I'll save some money each pay period and know exactly how much I have to spend on what. Hopefully I can build up a good bit of money in savings and eventually move into an apartment. I should have done this a long time ago, but I loose track of time really easily. Which in itself is something to work on. I did buy a couple of cool things today. Well I bought them last night, but it was after midnight so it was technically today. I got a Pirats Of The Caribbean poster with Jack Sparrow on it. It's the scene where he's getting ready to have a sword fight with Will Turner in the blacksmith shop. It's a cool poster, I kinda want to put it up here in the office since I'm here more than at home. But Nancy probably won't like that. Oh well, I'll put it over my bed so I can go to sleep beside it. I also ordered the Peter Pan DVD online. It only cost about $12 which is cool. I can't wait to get it and see all the special features. I especially want to see the alternate ending, the ending in the regular version is kinda sappy. The whole movie is still pretty close to the book. We watched it the other day at Jen and Julie's house. I really like the movie but I hate to hear Andrea rant about it. She goes from zero to extremely patronizing in .3 miliseconds. In general she acts like an insecure extremly emotional teenager. But she loves to lecture people on things and act like everything she says is a revelation that should be lauded as exciting news. Needless to say this annoys the heck out of me. But it's just something that I have to deal with for myself. I only have to deal with her when she tries to take over teaching at fighter practice. Anyway sorry for that little tangent. But speaking of SCA things, there has been a huge flap going down on the SCA listserv this week about the Blacksburg meetings. Basically the Roanoke people are angry because the meetings will be on the same day as their fighter practice. I'm glad the meetings are starting back up here in the 'burg. It will increase interest among the students and create a social enviroment in addition to fighter practice. The Roanoke people can whine all they want to, they really can't do anything about it. Our Barony is huge and it's not going to get any smaller unless Blacksburg creates a College, or Lynchburg turns into a Canton. Both things are in the works, in fact Andrea is really involved in the college idea. She invests herself emotionally in everything so sca was no exception. And she started to get 'disenchanted' with the SCA in general. Not a big deal to me, she invested emotionally in something and it started to not satisfy her. Big deal, it happens. But the thing is she actually told this to a new person who was considering joining. That really pissed me off to no end. So she put all her effort into the creation of a College. I like the idea of the College because it would give Blacksburg the autonomy it needs. That way we can say bugger off when Roanoke or Lynchburg tries for a power grab. We can just let them play their little games while we have fun. But anyway as soon as I get off here I'm going to the meeting, if I can find it. This weekend is Turning Leaves, I'm doing all I can to get fencing people to come. However there is a hurricane coming through so it could be raining and miserable. Fortunatly there will be shelter to fight under and keep the gear clean. It should be a good time. We might also end up over at Heidi's afterwards. Well that was my SCA rant. Right now I'm hungry so I'm going to go search for food. Sorry for the rambling.

Work is extremely busy today because of Nancy being gone. I have six classes to set up in Torgerson, most of them starting at the same time as two others. I got up this morning and have been trying to be in a good energetic mood. I got an energy drink, I went to the bookstore to try and get some inspiration for web design. And then I got to work and ......and the tedium began. I don't know what it is about coming to this job, maybe I need a change, but I just can't get motivated to be proactive. I guess I'll just have to force myself. I guess I can only go so long in one job without some emotional or creative stimulus. I would probably go crazy if I had a job like Kate did over the summer. I'd probably drive the truck right into a wall just to see what would happen(not really). I wish I was one of those people who is truly creative. I have a tough time coming up with anything really original when it comes to graphic design or writing. I'm an expert at recycling ideas, or I guess I could say that I'm inspired by a lot of things. But that would be sugar coating it. I could probably write an entire movie script just by plugging in plot devices and character behaviors used in just about every movie released. I wonder if that would work, write a super-generic script and then just modify it in some way to make it unique. I could have it set on a space planet where dogs are sacrificed to three legged donkeys, yeah that would strike someone as original. Or I could just have a super generic script and get superstar actors to play it. That way it would be 'good' because it was played well. Or I could just take a super generic script and have lots of people taking off their clothes for random reasons. Yeah that's probably the best way, it's make the most money anyway. Wow I really went off on a tangent there. So anyway today my goal is to get everything set up for the SideShowFriends website and find a place to host it. Then if I have time do a nice layout for my portfolio site. Hmm at this point that one is going to be pretty small. And I am going to read at least one article about css web design. If that last one doesn't mean anything to you.....good! I still have a chance at getting a web design job somewhere. That's all for now, I'll let you know how it goes.

Work is extremely busy today because of Nancy being gone. I have six classes to set up in Torgerson, most of them starting at the same time as two others. I got up this morning and have been trying to be in a good energetic mood. I got an energy drink, I went to the bookstore to try and get some inspiration for web design. And then I got to work and ......and the tedium began. I don't know what it is about coming to this job, maybe I need a change, but I just can't get motivated to be proactive. I guess I'll just have to force myself. I guess I can only go so long in one job without some emotional or creative stimulus. I would probably go crazy if I had a job like Kate did over the summer. I'd probably drive the truck right into a wall just to see what would happen(not really). I wish I was one of those people who is truly creative. I have a tough time coming up with anything really original when it comes to graphic design or writing. I'm an expert at recycling ideas, or I guess I could say that I'm inspired by a lot of things. But that would be sugar coating it. I could probably write an entire movie script just by plugging in plot devices and character behaviors used in just about every movie released. I wonder if that would work, write a super-generic script and then just modify it in some way to make it unique. I could have it set on a space planet where dogs are sacrificed to three legged donkeys, yeah that would strike someone as original. Or I could just have a super generic script and get superstar actors to play it. That way it would be 'good' because it was played well. Or I could just take a super generic script and have lots of people taking off their clothes for random reasons. Yeah that's probably the best way, it's make the most money anyway. Wow I really went off on a tangent there. So anyway today my goal is to get everything set up for the SideShowFriends website and find a place to host it. Then if I have time do a nice layout for my portfolio site. Hmm at this point that one is going to be pretty small. And I am going to read at least one article about css web design. If that last one doesn't mean anything to you.....good! I still have a chance at getting a web design job somewhere. That's all for now, I'll let you know how it goes.

There is a ton of new stuff on Ra^thgate today. And at this point I don't have time to run it all down for you. Instapundit has the best rundown of the latest developments.

This poll by Rassmussen is a good indication of what kind of mess CBS is in. It's a huge lose-lose situation for the network giant. Only %27 of people polled think that the documents are authentic. So their stonewalling hasn't changed anyone's mind about their claims. But a bigger statistic is that only %16 of people polled think the memos are relevant. So even if they did manage to prove that the memos are real(nearly impossible at this point seeing as how not one expert has claimed they are authentic), the American people would just give a collective shrug and move on. In this case the cover-up is much worse than the scandal.

And the revolution will be blogged!

Weekend update

It's time for the weekend update!! I know you've all been waiting anxiously for it. Ok so maybe you haven't but I'm going ot write it anyway. That is if I can remember all that went on this weekend. I haven't been able to pull out of that "I just woke up and have a cloud over my head" funk.

Kate's roomie was out of town for the weekend so we could enjoy some private time. Ok I've stopped grinning about that now :). On Friday we finally made it to the hottub!! We soaked in the hottub for a while and then wandered around in the pool. They now have a basketball hoop over the water in the shallow end. I'm sure we'll end up there with enough people to play a game eventually. It was cool to just chill out and talk for a while, lots of fun. After the pool closed we went back to her room and goofed around before watching a movie. We finally watched Almost Famous, and Kate apreciated how good it was. On Saturday morning I came into town for a sound system meeting at 9am. It is not cool to be up that early on a Saturday. Regardless of what I'm doing or how much coffee I've had. After the meeting I went over to Kate's and napped for a while. I actually left before she got up for the day, which is cool. She was really really sleepy. After I left I went home to get some stuff done.....I didn't get any of done....but I got another nice nap while watching football. Virginia Tech crushed Western Mich 63-0. They haven't scored on us in any of the three times we've played them. After the game was over and traffice had sufficiantly subsided I went back into town to get food to cook. I claimed to be a good cook, which I am, so Julie and Jen and Kate bugged me to cook for them. So we found a time when we'd all be around. I cooked chicken breast smothered in peppers, mushrooms, and cheese. It came out really nice and I ate a good portion of it myself. While I was cooking they watched Something's Gotta Give with Jack Nicholsen in it. It was the most stereotypical chic flick I've ever seen. But that was ok, chick flicks exist nobody can change that. This one though would not go away. It went through just about every story arch ever put to film in a chic flick and still it wouldn't end. And did all of this going on and on lead to an exciting ending? NOPE!!! Totally predictable ending. Oh well I guess I could go watch some kung fu movies and I'll feel better. After dinner we went back to her apartment and she laid down while I watched a little football. And she was out!! Really really sleeping out. I laid down with her for a while and she didn't even move at all. Sunday was fighter practice. I had a great time, I worked through the basics as a warmup. Then basically I fought everyone, some people a couple of times. I had a ton of fun, but I kept having to remember to let them win sometimes. Next week is Turning Leaves an event oriented towards the new people to the SCA. I was informed by the Baron that I would be attending. I didn't know that there would be fighting, so I was all ready to go to Chalice next weekend. But now I'll go to Turning Leaves which will be closer and we might even be able to hit some bookstores in Charlotesville which will make Kate really happy. Alos she'll get to do water bearing again which I know she will enjoy. She might even get to harass Cuan to drink. Last week he won the Master Of Defense Tourny which meant you had to fight heavy and rapier. So now I can say that the "Master Of Defense" gave me his sharks tooth. Hehe. I was informed by Dante that I had to come in first in the tourney unless he's there. In which case I should come in second. But it's not shlagher default so I might beat him anyway. Well that's all for now, I gotta finish taking care of things here at work. Nancy isn't here this week so we have a lot more to do and take care of. There were a few mess ups today but nothing major. But it could get interesting tomorrow.

9/11 Update

This past Saturday was the third anniversary of the suicide attacks on this country. There was very little fanfare in my town to mark the occasion. I read a few things about tributes in New York, the Pentagon and the field in Pennsilvania. I had a little free time on Saturday and I sat down to do some thinking and praying in reflection. I started thinking about what I felt like and thought during the aftermath of these events. The first thing I remember feeling was shock.....nothing like this had ever happened. And the thought of something like this hadn't was.....well unthinkable. And then I remember feeling very small. This was a huge event, that would touch literally everyone's lives in this country and in many other country's across the globe. All of those feelings combined to shift in to righteous anger over the next few days. We had been attacked!! There were people out there who wanted us dead! Not because we did anything to them(of course they will tell you we did something to them) but because of our way of life. Our freedom to live any way we want to worship however we wish and whoever we wish. I was angry, I was defiant, I wanted to fight, I wanted to see someone punished. But more than that I wanted America to win. It was very clear to me that we were in a struggle and we were loosing. This great nation that I loved and that so many of our forefathers had fought and died for was under attack. We were directly involved in a the struggle of right and wrong, good and evil, freedom and oppression. And we hadn't even been fighting very hard. And then frustration because there seemed to be nobody to strike back against. I will never forget how relieved I felt and how much better and safer I felt, when our President vowed to hunt down and punish the people who did this and anyone who helped them.

But that wasn't the only emotion I felt. The biggest thing that I felt was love. My love for everything I cared about was magnified. I felt the love for my family that I usually only feel while looking around on Christmas morning. I loved my country and my freedom. I would have joined the army and gone out to defend it if the need had been there. Tears would come to my eyes whenever I would see the flag flying in the wind. I loved my fellow man. I would see someone walking down the street and would smile at them and connect with them as an American. I remember feeling a camaraderie with everyone. So much so that anyone who did something that seemed self-centered or self-indulgent were repulsive. I loved my president, I knew he would do his best to protect me. I loved my military, these people were willing to risk their lives for me and everything that I loved. I wanted to do something to help those who had been hurt.

I know that I wasn't alone in feeling these emotions. This nation came together in a way that it hasn't before in my lifetime. And we used a word to encompass all of these feelings 'Patriotism'. Do you remember that feeling? Do you still get it when you think about all we've fought for, all we've won, all we've lost? We should never ever forget!!!

Of course not everyone felt these emotions. The people in the entertainment industry whined a good deal about such a big fuss being made over this event. Obviously this wasn't everyone, some singers/actors are still grounded enough to understand what was going on. The others were angry. They live off of the self-indulgence of others. They are told they are beautiful, that they are skilled, and they come to believe they are important. So when the people, who usually put them up on pedestals, were more concerned about helping their fellow man -- Hollywood became angry. This selfish reaction was a reality check for me. I love to perform and I love to be entertained. I had to stop and look at myself and see if I idolized entertainers or entertainment to much. I had to refocus on what was really important. That is what I think of now when I reminice about 9/11 three years later. What's really important? What is worth loving? What is worth fighting for? The answers to these questions are what we should always remember.

Update:Matt Margolis has an audio clip that you should listen to.

OpinionJournal - Wonder Land

Again with the spine growing.

OpinionJournal - Wonder Land

OpinionJournal - Written on Water

Let's grow a spine!

OpinionJournal - Written on Water

I figure it's probably time for an update. Even though not much has happend. Last night was a lot of fun, I watched the opening game of the NFL season. It was a rematch of the AFC Championship game from last year. And it had a similar outcome, the defenses didn't do much but came up big in the end. The Pats won 27-24. Kate and I watched the first part of the game from BW3's. She kinda got into it but it was pretty loud in there. It was a really good game and I was able to explain a lot of things to her. We played a game of pool to, and I actually won this time. I still have a lot of trouble with easy oblique shots. But I can hit some amaizing impossible style shots if I concentrate. Oh well, maybe my skill will increase to the point that I can do things on purpose. We didn't go to the hottub because it was closed, I still need to go figure out when they are open. Kate's roommate is gone for the weekend already so it was nice to have some privacy when we got back to her room. We watched the rest of Almost Famous, and part of A Funny Thing Happend on the Way To The Forum before the disc crapped out. Today I went over to the bridge to train for a while, I'm getting the hang of it. And on Monday I go over to watch how the bridge is operated during a 3:30 rush.

Kate is thinking of getting a PDA and we've started talking about it a good bit. I took a look to see what I would want if I actually had the extra cash(that'll be the day). But I found that PDA's are doing a lot more these days. I think if I wanted one I would probably get a Zire72. It's everything from a music player to a camera. If I had to go on a budget I would probably get a TungstenE. The Tungsten is more a business type PDA but I could make it do whatever I wanted to :).

Bush Guard Documents Forged?

If this is true it is truly amazing low CBS's credibility will drop.

Time for an update. I really don't have much to write about. Today was kind of a blah day. I woke up with a toothache from hell and couldn't get back to sleep. I got about 5 hours worth last night...which won't be enough but that's what coffee is for. My two fantasy football teams drafted. Neither of them are very good. It's going to take a lot of work to keep them near the top. My fantasy baseball team is working it's way to the top. I have to make up about six points to catch the leader. It's not helping that my pitchers are intent on stinking up the joint. I need to pick up some saves and somehow bring down my whip and era.
Kate is still sick, so I'm going over after work to see if I can make her feel any better. I have some medicine that will help her. Tomorrow we're going to the hottub which could help her. I know it will help me, I'm really really stiff.
I'm sorry for the political stuff posted here, I keep forgetting to switch the blog I'm posting what to. It's going to get ugly the next two months. There will be all kinds of accusations about our President right up until election day.
That's all for now, I will post more if I can think of anything. Ciao

Old Media Bites Back

I predicted something like this and now it's happening.
RealClearPolitics has the goods on the new attack. (well it's technically an old one)

A great article!

Back Home, Safe and Enlightend

I couldn't resist

When I saw this I couldn't help but laugh. First of all this guy can't open his mouth without stepping in it. Which is why he hasn't spoken live on camera in over a month. Secondly think of what would have happened if Dubya had even jokingly mentioned bringing a gun to the debates. He would be crucified six ways from Sunday. As it is now the MSM as a whole are slapping their legs "look at him, he's a laugh a minute, ha ha". My third reaction to this is that Kerry is having to court the "Gun vote". Democrats don't like the gun owners and a big part of their platform is regulating your guns and in essence taking them away from you. But they are starting to realize that they are in the minority. They can't come out and be their true liberal selves or they will loose badly(Mondale, Dukakis, Carter's second term).

Very soon the report will come out that the 1,000th soldier has lost his life in this war we are in. This is cause for reflection and prayer for our troops. But I am going to make a prediction that there will be democrats everywhere trying to make political hay out of this. Nothing is more disgusting and at the same time so predictable. Count on them to ignore the fact that this is one of the most successful and bloodless wars ever. This argument doesn't mean anything to them because to a democrat Iraq wasn't the enemy.

And while I'm in a predicting mood, I will predict that within the week there will be a huge news story attacking the character and/or national guard service record of our president. The Kerry campaign thinks that they are behind because of Swift Boat Vets. So they are going to retaliate in kind. They think they need more character assination. If they would have been paying attention to the RNC then they would realize that the new attack is against his senate record. And besides when they only thing you put forward are character traits you exibited 30 years ago you should expect some attacks on them. Republicans didn't invent character assasination during this campaign cycle just to deal with democrats. But to hear democrats talk you'd think they believe that.

Sleepy sleepy rainy day. Oh well it hasn't put me in a bad mood or anything. Yesterday was pretty cool, I got some good sleep and it was really hard to wake up. I had to have lunch with my parents, they for some reason were acting really needy for attention. Oh well. I didn't have that big of a lunch and I had decided to try a sort of Ramen soup ripoff lo mein deal for dinner. Well needless to say it wasn't verry filling. Kate came over to work after her class and again after she went for tutoring. She is really obsessed with rocks and geology. But it's in a good way, she enjoys it to a point and is clearly facinated by it. And I know she will be good at it when she gets a job in that field. She was telling me yesterday that the homework she did on some kind of mineral chart was the envy of the class, and that she had to go home and IM her sources to almost the whole class. This made me exceptionally proud of her, it's wonderful to see her excelling at something she enjoys. After I got off from work she took me over to the Express for some food. I wasn't expecting it to be very good but I found a hawaiian pizza that was awesome. It could have been that I was just starving but I don't think so. After that we went to take the movies back to Crossroads. We need to be better at getting them back on time. We also should start finding things to do besides watching movies every night. But not right away I like watching movies. Besides we haven't seen all of them yet. Last night though we watched the Punisher. Or we kinda did, we went up onto her bunk and curled up there. By this point we were both kind of tired and she had to get up early. A little way into the movie, she started whispering in my ear......in a really naughty way!! She hasn't done that much very often before and it was a total turn on. I just wish her roommate hadn't been there, it could have gotten really really fun. The movie itself was really horrible, well I guess generic would be a better word. Nothing special, at all, period. Just a revenge flick of a guy going postal on the people who killed his family. It had nothing that made the comic book great. And I was dozing off a little during the movie. I feel like an ass about that now, if I had been thinking instead of sleeping I would have turned off the movie and let Kate sleep. Anyway it was nice to watch her sleep, I enjoy that too.
I called Troy last night to talk about some things. And I found out why Jen is being so weird about practice and being a marshal. It's just something she needs to get over, and she needs to stop making her goal to be 'better than Mark'. That's not fun and it won't be any fun any time soon. Also I found out somethings about the Troy and Valerie situation. They have come clean with each other and aren't mad anymore. But the thing that disturbed me was the role that Vlad played in all of this. He told Valerie that Troy was sleeping with Angie before they broke up. This was not an acurate statement of the time frame. And the fact that he told her isn't what bothers me. It's the fact that he went around telling Sarah, Rachel, and Felina that he "let it slip". He even told Troy that he 'let it slip', but when I talked to Valerie and Troy talked to her she said that he told her outright. In fact told her in the "I just thought you should know" vein. Valerie told me that he said that and she was really upset and that after they talked Vlad gave her a backrub to make her feel better. Excuse me....but that really strikes me as a bad and selfish way to go about it. I don't want to think that Vlad was gunning for Valerie. But at the same time that is exactly the kind of thing that he pulled with Sarah. Anyway it doesn't matter very much to me, Vlad is taking a break from SCA anyway so I won't be seeing him all that much. And he didn't technically do anything to me directly. But I still probably won't be going over to his house to use the hottub anytime soon.
Tonight we're going to watch Almost Famous, one of my favorite modern movies. I think Kate will like it, but if she's sleepy and sick then I'll tuck her into bed and make her drink NyQuil. I wish that I had a place of my own where I could put her in bed and look after her. Someday soon I hope.

Sleepy sleepy rainy day. Oh well it hasn't put me in a bad mood or anything. Yesterday was pretty cool, I got some good sleep and it was really hard to wake up. I had to have lunch with my parents, they for some reason were acting really needy for attention. Oh well. I didn't have that big of a lunch and I had decided to try a sort of Ramen soup ripoff lo mein deal for dinner. Well needless to say it wasn't verry filling. Kate came over to work after her class and again after she went for tutoring. She is really obsessed with rocks and geology. But it's in a good way, she enjoys it to a point and is clearly facinated by it. And I know she will be good at it when she gets a job in that field. She was telling me yesterday that the homework she did on some kind of mineral chart was the envy of the class, and that she had to go home and IM her sources to almost the whole class. This made me exceptionally proud of her, it's wonderful to see her excelling at something she enjoys. After I got off from work she took me over to the Express for some food. I wasn't expecting it to be very good but I found a hawaiian pizza that was awesome. It could have been that I was just starving but I don't think so. After that we went to take the movies back to Crossroads. We need to be better at getting them back on time. We also should start finding things to do besides watching movies every night. But not right away I like watching movies. Besides we haven't seen all of them yet. Last night though we watched the Punisher. Or we kinda did, we went up onto her bunk and curled up there. By this point we were both kind of tired and she had to get up early. A little way into the movie, she started whispering in my ear......in a really naughty way!! She hasn't done that much very often before and it was a total turn on. I just wish her roommate hadn't been there, it could have gotten really really fun. The movie itself was really horrible, well I guess generic would be a better word. Nothing special, at all, period. Just a revenge flick of a guy going postal on the people who killed his family. It had nothing that made the comic book great. And I was dozing off a little during the movie. I feel like an ass about that now, if I had been thinking instead of sleeping I would have turned off the movie and let Kate sleep. Anyway it was nice to watch her sleep, I enjoy that too.
I called Troy last night to talk about some things. And I found out why Jen is being so weird about practice and being a marshal. It's just something she needs to get over, and she needs to stop making her goal to be 'better than Mark'. That's not fun and it won't be any fun any time soon. Also I found out somethings about the Troy and Valerie situation. They have come clean with each other and aren't mad anymore. But the thing that disturbed me was the role that Vlad played in all of this. He told Valerie that Troy was sleeping with Angie before they broke up. This was not an acurate statement of the time frame. And the fact that he told her isn't what bothers me. It's the fact that he went around telling Sarah, Rachel, and Felina that he "let it slip". He even told Troy that he 'let it slip', but when I talked to Valerie and Troy talked to her she said that he told her outright. In fact told her in the "I just thought you should know" vein. Valerie told me that he said that and she was really upset and that after they talked Vlad gave her a backrub to make her feel better. Excuse me....but that really strikes me as a bad and selfish way to go about it. I don't want to think that Vlad was gunning for Valerie. But at the same time that is exactly the kind of thing that he pulled with Sarah. Anyway it doesn't matter very much to me, Vlad is taking a break from SCA anyway so I won't be seeing him all that much. And he didn't technically do anything to me directly. But I still probably won't be going over to his house to use the hottub anytime soon.
Tonight we're going to watch Almost Famous, one of my favorite modern movies. I think Kate will like it, but if she's sleepy and sick then I'll tuck her into bed and make her drink NyQuil. I wish that I had a place of my own where I could put her in bed and look after her. Someday soon I hope.

After a very upbeat and successful conference this past week the Republicans are clearly in the lead. John Kerry is at a huge disadvantage because he has put forth no discernable message or vision for what he would do as president. And it could be bordering on to late for him to do that. This week polls are showing that independants responded very favorably to to President Bush's wonderful speech on Thursday. What this means for Kerry is that being the "not Bush" candidate has taken him as far is it's going to. People aren't going to vote for someone just because they whine that their patriotism is being questioned. Basically Kerry's message is "vote for me I'm being smeared", and that's not going to ring true with the common man. He made a huge mistake the other day by criticizing Dick Cheney's getting a deferrment from Vietnam. A lot of people who will vote this November got deferrments and should not be held in a bad light because of it. Also Kerry failes to mention that he joined the Navy because his deferrment request was denied.......you do the math. But that's not the point really. The point is Kerry doesn't take the war we are in seriously, the only thing he takes seriously is what the latest focus group indicates. And at this point his focus groups are telling him that not everyone hates Bush as much as the leadership of the NOW organization. And regardless of how much they harp on it people aren't going to go for the Bush is Hitler ideology.

Weekend update

It's time for the huge mother of all weekend posts. I had a great time this past weekend....but it was really close to exhausting. To summerize I spent a lot of time with Kate, a lot of time driving, a lot of time fencing, and not enough time sleeping. So here's how it happend, if I can't remember all of it I'll post more later to fill in the blanks.

Friday
Friday I went over to the bridge to train with Ludwig on how to run things over there. I am getting the hang of things and could probably do a good bit of the stuff up there now. But Heckert is still scheduled to be back at some point so I don't know if or when I'll be able to get up there. After that I got some lunch and went over to the office to wait until 5 when Kate got off. She seemed to pick everything up pretty well with her new job and she'll have plenty of time to study while she's here. At five we went to Rugged Warehouse so she could spend her birthday present. She got some cool things and I got a pair of jeans that is really comfortable. After that we went back to her room to change clothes. We were going to go swing dancing and Ludwig wanted to come too. We decided that it would be cool to invite Julie to go with us, so I called her and asked her if she wanted to come dancing and that Ludwig would be her partner. She was nervous at first but then decided to come and let Ludwig pay for her. I had them meet me at Wades because it would have been to hard to describe the place to them. We got there and they started teaching us and at first it was really cool. But then they started making us change partners every ten minutes so I didn't really get to learn with Kate. I was frustrated because when I was starting to get the hang of things I had to switch to someone who didn't know what they were doing either. And when I had almost got the hang of it we switched partners again and I got paired with this girl who was smashed. I mean I could smell the beer on her breath. So naturally she didn't help me get to know the timing. I couldn't get the timing down at all after that. Which was really frustrating because I used to be able to latch on to a rythm like that and just go with it. Oh well I just need practice, and I can practice all I want because Kate wants to practice to and we just have to put on some music :). After that we went back to Julie's to spend the night we watched an old Garfield cartoon that was really kind of weird. Then we watched Tombstone because Ludwig and Kate hadn't ever seen it which is a travesty in my opinion. We went to bed after that, Kate Julie and I were in Julie's big bed. Nothing happend other than sleep....well not much of that because it was 2 before we went to bed and 6:30ish before we got up. Kate had decided to come to Coronation with me instead of going home with Julie. Which made me happy.

Saturday
We left really early Saturday morning hoping not to miss anything. I didn't sleep very well the night before despite having two very warm comfortable pillows(well really only one, Julie kind of rolled off in the corner). After about 3 hours of driving I couldn't keep my eyes open and was starting to see double. So I let Kate drive and Jen navigate. I got in the back seat and just went unconcious for about an hour. It was actually really nice. When we got there nobody was around the fighting field looked deserted. It turns out that we had arrived at the end of the coronation court and everyone was out at the place where court was being held. After a while everyone started to trickle in and it turned out that there were tons of fighters there. Lots of scarves of both the gold and white variety. The tourney was a fun one, it was a silly offhand weapon contest. Every time you had a bout you picked a number out of a hat and that number determined what offhand weapon you get. There was everything from canes to a rolling pin, to a big flag. I made it to the semifinals against a great guy named Bastion. He made a beautiful shot right to my forhead. Through the whole tournament Kate was running around being a waterbearer. She seemed to take great delight in pushing the water bottles into people's hands. She actually struck up a friendship with Vyv which was cool. She likes being called the 'militant water-bearer' and I'm glad that she has found something that she likes to do at events. But she has to be careful not to pester the wrong people. The SCA has lots of laid back fun people, but also some of the most tight assed people I have seen anywhere. Anyway she had a good time and wore herself out. We went with Vyv and Mel to a resturaunt to have dinner after the event. It was cool to sit and talk to those two, they are really great characters. A little later a bunch of other sca'dians walked in for dinner. In the end Allan, Freddy, Alice, Percy and his Lady, CHris, Amy, Geoffery and his Lady, as well as Galen and his wife. It was a big group. I was surprised when a lot of people told me that I did well in the tourney. And after that I had a couple of people actually aproach me about visiting a practice here in Blacksburg. Instead of the other way around. Percy actually grabbed me as I was going out the door and I could havfe talked to him for a good while but we had to go. It was about ten o'clock when we actually left. It didn't take as long to get home as it did to get there but it sure seemed like it. After we got on to 77 and were in Virginia. I couldn't hold my eyes open again so I got Jen to drive back to blacksburg. By the time we dropped her off and got back to Kate's places I was so exhausted that I just crashed. I didn't wake up until about 9:30 the next morning and that was just to roll over on Kate. The alarm went off at 12:30ish but I couldn't move. Kate took the liberty of motivating me to move....ahem.

Sunday
At practice I was really juiced to be teaching newbies. There were four people who hadn't done anything before. And we ran them through footwork and some basic parries. Then Colin showed up and he was a great help. I don't know if he will be coming back out much but I hope so. He fought with David who is an olyimpic fencer and has the potential to be really really good. As they were fighting I talked about some of the things that they were doing. After that we put some of the new people in loaner gear and let them fight. I tried to work with as many people as possible and answer as many questions as possible. And it was a lot of fun. I still have to figure out Jen. She would add stuff on to what I was saying and even inturrupt me to make a corection. But when a new person showed up towards the end and I asked her to run through some footwork with them she clammed up and was almost in tears. I don't know what to do about that. I really need her to at least be able to cover the basics with newbies. I don't want Andrea having to do that to much because I don't trust her on two things. First thing is I don't trust her to go slow. She won't stick to the basics. The other thing is I don't trust her to be flexible. Some people can do different things that other people can't do. She is way to strict and won't let people get comfortable. Anyway that's my rant on her. She's also not a very good fighter, she doesn't vary the people she fights against. She hasn't fought at an event since Ice. If there is someone with decent athletic ability(like David), they could beat her pretty easily and that would be detremental to both of them. Anyway practice was awesome, next week it could be even better. After that we went to dinner at Fazoli's. It was Andrea's idea to go there, I'm not sure it was a good choice. We want to involve students in the socializing after practices and Fazoli's is to far away to do that. After dinner Kate and I watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding. And every time I watch that movie I am reminded how similar it could be to my family. Not the greek part, or the weird customs, but the guilt trip if I don't let them choose a wife for me. Ahh well not to worry, there's really no reason for me to get married. I'm still of the firm opinion that I can be in love and not get married. Which I am, and I am very content. Now when it comes Ryan's turn it could get interesting again.

Well that's all for now, I'm getting ready to call Troy and talk about a bunch of different things. And on Thursday Kate and I are going to the hottub which will be great!!!!!!!!

I had such a wonderful time last night it's not even funny. Actually it was funny that's what was good about it. I felt funny and entertaining again for the first time in a long while. After work I grabbed kate and we went to the movie store to rent Maltese Falcon(more on that later). Then we went to Bogens to get wings. Their special isn't going any more *pout*. It used to be that after nine wings were 2.95. Now wings are 3.25 before eleven Sun-Tue. We goofed off in there for a while, and she laughed a lot when Danny the bartender knew what I wanted to eat and drink. We ordered some wings to go and took them to Julie at her apartment. Earlier she had been whining about how she needed to eat something besides cookies. When we got there she was surprised, we goofed around in her kitchen for a while.While we were in the kitchen Kate and Julie did this freaky thing where they started acting almost exactly alike without realizing it. It was too freaky. They were making the same jokes, picking on me the same way, poking me at the same time...kinda scary. And then as we were leaving they were both trying to decide if they were going to Julie's parents house this weekend. And they both did the exact same "You make the desicion!!!" speech to each other. It's the same one they do to me if I try to make plans with them. After we left Julie's we went and watched Maltese Faclon in her bedroom. I forgot how much I love that movie. Sam Spade is da bomb! I want to be just like him when I grow up. He's so cool and confident. He knows what's going on in people's heads almost before they do. And in the end he doesn't take any bribes, he just gets paid for his work and throws all the bad guys in jail. He even sends the girl to jail after he falls in love with her. And he's also a badass, he's a shorter smaller guy who doesn't carry a gun. But he's a badass anyway, the kind who doesn't need to advertise it, he just is one. Anyway enough gushing about him. Kate and I will probably watch Casablanca next. It's a bit more on the romantic side but still one of the best movies ever.

Today has been a great day so far...except I'm hungry. I got up at 9.....ok I got out of bed at 9 turned off the alarm turned on the light and went back to bed for an hour. But hey cut me some slack.....or don't. I went to Wally world and got an oil change. While they were chainging the oil I walked over to the Mall. Happy to say that my leg feels a lot better and I should be able to fence this weekend. Anyway I got to the mall, got my haircut. I forgot how much better I like the way I look with short hair. Picked up Kate's book at Walden. I talked with the clerk in Walden about the demand for the book Unfit for Command and how they couldn't keep it on the shelves. After that I went by the coffee stand to get some java. I got a marshmellow capuccino, very nice. Not too sweet and strong enough that I could still taste the coffee. At the register of the coffee kiosk I found some chocolate covered coffee beans. I had to get them because they had a candy coating as well. What more would you want? I might order some and just keep them here at the office. After that I went back to Wal-Mart. Got my car, picked up my CD and DVD. Then went to Rugged Wearhouse to get the orange pants...but they were sold out :(. Oh well I'll have to find them somewhere else. But fear not I will aquire them!! Yes soon will be the day that my pants will keep your eyes in a state of pain muahhahaha! Ahem! Anyway work has been pretty slow and normal so I can't complain. Tonight I'm going over to play pool with Kate and hopefully not suck as much as I did on Sunday.