Saturday, May 24, 2003, 06:13 p.m.
Well, there's much to tell right now. Especially since I didn't update. But hey... I'm gonna work on fixing that since I won't have so much time to talk to my friends anymore. I'll probably end up working on a better layout tonight then too. So, where to start? Well. The week was pretty good. Hung out a lot and did nothing. I almost got another stripe at karate but it was not meant to be. But that's okay. What isn't okay is that I won't be able to take karate anymore because of my new job. I'll start at the beginning.

When I went out to the armory on Thursday I was talking to one of my Seargents and he asked if I was looking for a job that would pay well. Duh.. I was only getting about 70 dollars per paycheck out at FYE. Well, here my unit is helping to supply security for a power plant and I decided I would take the job. Especially considering that I'll be getting close to 800 dollars every two weeks. That's like.. insanely good pay. Anyways. The problem is that I'm going to be working on second shift (2:30 - 11 pm) which means I won't be able to take karate anymore. Also, it's on a six days on, two days off rotation which means I'll have a crazy schedule and won't get to hang out with friends and stuff like that as much. But that's alright. We all have to make sacrifices at times. But yeah, the days I do have off I'm going to squeeze for all the fun they are worth and hopefully I'll get to make it to some karate during those days.

Well, that's really about it I guess. Nothing else interesting happened except for me, Jarrad, and Dana watching two Pokemon movies last night while eating pizza and such. But that's a whole other story. Well, I'm gonna get going now. Hope all of you understand when you don't see me online as much anymore. I'm really sorry. Bye.

Tuesday, May 20, 2003, 02:15 p.m.
Well, it's been a while since I updated and I figured I had better before I get threatening emails. Anyways, this past weekend was fun. Friday night I had drill and I actually passed through the 100% shakedown with only missing two things... and they are small things too so I'm not worried. So after that I drove up to Lock Haven to see Amy graduate. It was so cold up there though. So me and Josh and Amy's family just sat through it up to the point where Amy's name got called then we went back down to her dorm and started packing up her stuff. Then I stayed at Jarrad's house Saturday night and played Smash Brothers Melee. I love that game. Oh, how we all loved to smash that weekend. So Sunday I got my paperwork in to the National Guard so now I'll get my money to go to college next year. Good times. Um... I think that's about it. Except that yesterday I wasn't supposed to work but they changed the schedule and here I only got like... 4 hours of sleep. Yeah, that's part of the reason I didn't stay all that long at karate last night. But oh well, anyways, I'm gonna go do something... like sleep for a while.

Wednesday, May 14, 2003, 12:53 a.m.
Well, today was pretty good. I got a new stripe for my belt and got the game Devil May Cry 2. Good times. Karate was pretty fun all in all. It would have been better if Jenny were there though. Hmm.. what else. Oh yeah, I got ahold of my seargent and he said that I don't have to go to that Pucksters training this weekend so I'll get to see Amy graduate. But I just noticed today that I have drill on a weekend in June when my one friend is getting married so I won't be able to make it to the ceremony. That's sad. But I guess I'll survive. Well, that's all.

Tuesday, May 13, 2003, 03:36 p.m.
Alright. So... I now have my week finally planned out. I just got ahold of my 1st Seargent and he said that I don't have to go to that Pucksters training this weekend so now I get to go up to Lock Haven to see Amy graduate. But I'll have to do the Memorial day parade with my unit. Oh well, small price to pay. Anyways, so tonight I have karate and hopefully I'll get my third stripe. I practiced my stationary blocking drill last night (or uke waza) and I think I pretty much have it down. Plus the stationary punches (or choku zuki) are pretty easy so I think I'll get it. Um.. then tomorrow and thursday I work 10 - 4 and have to cut the grass and do all that happy fun stuff. Then friday I have drill for another 100 percent shakedown. >.< We've done so many. Then I'll be up at Lock Haven for the weekend. Anyways, I'm gonna see if I can make it out to the bank now.

Sunday, May 11, 2003, 05:20 p.m.
Alright, so now I'm finally updating again. Sorry for not having updated for a while but I didn't really have anything to talk about. This weekend was alright though. Went up to Lock Haven. It was fun. I got three more Kenshin DVDs (only need one more series DVD and the Reflections movie to have the whole collection ^_^) and the new FHM magazine that features the "Girls of Buffy". O_O I like this edition a lot! Hehe. There are a few pictures in there that are going up on my wall next year. Anyways, I went to see X2 again on Saturday. I love that movie. But it was really hard to not be an asshole when I was coming out of the movie theatre cause I just kinda wanted to yell about the ending and ruin it for all of them. Hehe. But I controlled myself. Um.. oh yeah. The chicken Alfredo pizza from Papa Johns is so good. I think I might have to get some tonight. Yeah, that was all that really happened that's worth commenting about. Oh, but I really want Devil May Cry 2! It's such a cool game but I don't have enough money for it. ;_; Oh yeah, and for some reason I'm scheduled for this training on Saturday but I'm supposed to go see Amy graduate on that day. I hope I can work it out but I'm not getting too upset because if I can't then there's nothing I can do. Besides, at least then I won't have to do the stupid Memorial Day thing. Anyways, I'm gonna go now. Bye.

Wednesday, May 7, 2003, 10:11 p.m.
Well, today wasn't too bad. It was a lot better than yesterday at least. So, when I woke up I called Lock Haven and made sure that I could room with Josh. I just have to send my 100 dollar deposit and all and a note saying I want to room in North with him and then I'll be good to go. Then I went to work. It wasn't so bad either. It was Tony, Jade and I. Me and Jade had a really amusing discussion about how it's nice to have a girl that you can sit around and belch and fart and talk sports with every once in a while and not worry about her being all... uber-girlish. But yeah, I made a lot of header cards cause FYE is carrying used CDs and stuff now. We just got a whole shit load of used CDs in too so I had to make header cards for all those too. But something that's pretty cool is that I now have 10 dollars of store credit for selling three CDs. I'll probably sell some more so I can get the next Kenshin DVD then too. Maybe I'll sell more so I can get more too. Hmm... choices. Anyways, that's about it. The only thing that sucked is that I missed half the season finale of Angel. >.< But at least Jarrad taped it so I'll still get to see it.

Tuesday, May 6, 2003, 09:14 p.m.
Well... work sucked, karate sucked, home sucks. That's it. Great day all in all. ¬_¬ Yeah, bye.

Sunday, May 4, 2003, 07:11 p.m.
Well, where should I begin? Friday. Friday was alright. Got to work down at the Exton mall and it seemed to go by fairly fast. Then I went to see X2 that night. It was really really good. Of course, the only thing that sucked was I left my parking lights on while I was in the movie theatre so my battery died and I had to get a jump from someone. Then yesterday I just kinda sat around and went miniature golfing with Jarrad and Dana. I would have been able to go with one of my other friends but my mom stopped being a pain in my butt only after she asked me to. Oh well. Life goes on right. Then I finished downloading an episode of Gasaraki. It's not that good. I can't believe I spent that much time getting it. Anyways. Today I've just been sitting around too, except I found out that they don't need my help down at the Exton mall tomorrow. So if Carrie really was looking forward to it I'll just drive down to see her tomorrow. And if she can wait I'll be down there Thursday. So yeah, just let me know Carrie. Hmm... that's about it.

Thursday, May 1, 2003, 05:49 p.m.
Well... today um... sucked royaly. ::nods:: Yep, that's what it did. Let's start at the beginning. I woke up and I knew it was going to be a bad day. I had that sick, icky, sticky, don't want to do anything but sit in the air conditioning all day sorta feeling. It's not fun. But I managed to will myself out of bed anyways and go to work. So today at work the people just seemed to get dumber and dumber as the day went by. Let me ask one simple question... if a person's name is Frank Sinatra why would you be looking in the "W" section of the cds? >.< Stupid people. Anyways, after that it was time to change the posters and stuff and I had called dibs on this Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster and what happened? Someone forgot to write it down and they threw it away. Bastards! They must pay. But oh.. they can remember that some "hot girl" called dibs on the bigger one. It must be nice to have breasts. You always get remembered. Well, I didn't feel any better either. In fact right now I feel uber hot and sweaty and my head hurts. Anyways, then my manager told me that it isn't the King of Prussia mall that I'm gonna be at but the Exton mall. Now, normally that wouldn't bother me but I was looking forward to seeing Carrie. I really hope she can make it there. But yeah, he also told me that I have to go down there tomorrow AND Monday... and maybe some more over the week. At least I'm getting the hours I asked for. The only thing I can say is that if I don't get to see X2 tomorrow I'm going to be so flaming pissed off. Like... to the extent that nobody has seen me before. I've only been uber-excited about it since I saw the first preview for it. So after that the rest of the day was alright. On a good note I did do a lot of business so that's pretty good. Um.. what else? Oh, tonight's the promotion ceremony. I wasn't even sure I would make it but I think Jenny and Danielle would kill me if I didn't go. So I'll grin and bear my sickness. Well, that's it and I have to get going to karate. *searches for karate gi* If I can find my uniform that is... >.< TODAY SUCKS!

/end rant.

Thursday, May 1, 2003, 02:47 a.m.
Well, it took forever but I finally got the new layout up and running. I just kinda felt like a change from creepy and ominous to heavy emotional. Anyways, today was alright. I got to see that movie Identity. It was really good. The ending is an uber-twist too. But I won't spoil it for anyone who wants to see it. Right, so other than that all I really did was mow the lawn for the lady next door. Eh, at least it got me 15 dollars. Hmm... what else. Oh yeah, I can't wait to see the promotion ceremony tomorrow. I'm so proud of Jenny and Danielle. It'll probably be another month or so until I get my yellow belt. -_- I probably won't get the chance to make orange belt before I go back to college. But that's alright. I'm still really enjoying the lessons. Oh yeah, Carrie also told me about this duck fund raiser they are doing for their band so her and I are gonna enter four ducks together (me paying 15 dollars and her paying 5) and if either of them win we're gonna split the 1000 dollar grand prize 75/25. Anyways, that's it I guess.