11-26-2010

Today is Melissa's Birthday. Melissa is Phil's girlfriend and one of my best friends. Shes like a sister to me. shes a year older then Phil and me so we bug her with the old lady jokes all the time. Phil normally doesn't do spontaneous things for her so she was feeling bummed out on her birthday. Especially because Phil told her that we were going to the shooting range, something we have been doing quite often since we have bought our guns. She reallllllly didn't want to go but went anyway. They whole thing was a set up.Phil and i were making it look as if though it was a normal day while some friends set up Phil's house for a surprise. In then end we had fun, both at the range and then at the party with friends. It really was a good day. The best part was that i completely disregarded going to work on a Black Friday. Thank god i ignored work and other retail stores. I hate crowds and the last thing i want is to be in a claustrophobic setting while at work.

11-25-10

Thanksgiving! ohhh how i love this day. First i had to get my Turkey bowl on with my co-workers. Every year on thanksgiving our store 6872 plays store 209 for bragging rights. We started back in 2008 and so far we're tied. so this year was supposed to untie it. Well it ended in a tie so it looks like next years going to be good. I took my younger yet bigger brother Jonathan with me to  play as i do every year. see Jon and i are like the Bash Brothers from the mighty ducks. We're good together. we played almost every down. On offence we blocked on the line and on defence we brought the pressure all day! After the football game it was off to my moms house for some Turkey and family fun. Then after i was stuffed of stuffing and sweet potato i went to my uncles house to meet up with the rest of my family. There i had plenty of fun with my cousins. Over all it was a good Holiday even though it didn't feel quite like other years. the most important part is that ever one's healthy and happy.

11-15-2010

Today i started to watch the movie "Blindside" in SLS. Although Ive seen this movie before, i cant get enough of it. Maybe its because i played football or maybe its because i liked the true story aspect of the film. This movie is a heart warming story about a young man who's give a new start with a new family to become something great. Hes an African American young man who gets indirectly adopted by a rich white family who's children attended his new High school. Once "Big Mike" or Micheal starts playing football it only went uphill form there. He became an essential part of the team and was soon being scouted by top Universities. Mike finally made a decision and went to Ole Miss. This is where one of the big conflicts of the film comes into play. They accuse the family with having recruited him for the school. Instead of looking at it as a nice humanitarian heart filled gesture, they looked at it with a negative light. In the end they show the real Mike decked out in his NFL gear with his real family.

11-10-2010

Today in class Calderin told us about an extra credit opportunity. He said if we came to a Veterans Day remembrance rally at the school we would get some points. So naturally i stayed after my second class to get the points because Ive slacked a little in class. I was joined by my classmate Angel and we sat up front where we could see the Veterans that where going to speak. It was pretty much just them talking the whole time about their personal experiences and then us asking them questions about their service. the whole thing was to honor them and other service members for memorial day. This gathering truly touched me s I'm sure it touched others in the room. I personally know a hand full of military personnel and some are close friends. Some i even consider family and i would be heart broken if i was to lose them like some unfortunate families have. This said. God bless America and our Soldiers.

10-29-2010

Today i have to perform a  group presentation with my team for SLS. We were assigned a chapter from the book that we had to read,and present on. Lucy gave us ch.12, the last chapter of the book. This chapter had to do with Life after college. Easy, piece of cake right? then why do i have butterflies in my stomach? i guess I'm just a little nervous. That's probably because I'm going to do the bulk of the talking for the group, due to being the strongest speaker and the best sales person. See a presentation is like a sales pitch... you have to have charisma to appeal to the audience and you have to carry yourself well. We all decided to dress up in business attire to impress the professor. All of us except Laz who was going on a trip after class and was wearing a shirt and shorts. I used him as an example and made it seam as if though it was planned and intentional so Laz's grade would not suffer. We did good, all of us were awarded A's for our presentation and applauded for our methods and our information.

10-10-10

Todays date looks like a binary code. I just though i should say that cause i was amused by it. That aside today is a Sunday and its Regatta weekend. Unfortunatlly for me i have to work and i wont be out on the water with my cousins like i wanted to. This is extreamly unfair because i have seniority over some of the guys who got the days off and there for i should of had them. I guess since life isnt fair i should just suck it up and forget about it. But i cant. I have been dying to get out for months and i have a huge itch i need to scratch. ahhhh the wrost part is that i cant go today or tomorrow because im scheduled to work also. sometimes i wonder if this is done on purpose to agrivate me. Looks like im stuck at Homedepowitz for another Regatta. Hopefully next year i get it off and i can party on the water till my hearts content.

10-04-2010

Phil; My best-friend since high school. I cant honestly tell you how i first met Phil. I have selective memory see, so my mind desides what it wants to store and what it apparently thinks is trash it discards of. I know it was some time in 10th grade because thats when he can to Mater, but as for how we were introduced i have know clue. All i know is that we have been inseperable ever since. The best part is that he also clicked well with some of my existing friends, like Danny, and now we're one big happy group of buddies. This fucker went through hell and back with me on the football team and thats probably what fortified our friendship. After  high school we stayed close and have never managed to be at the same college or university together which has been a bummer. We have worked together, and Lived together. Phil is more to me then just a friend, he truely is a brother. When they say that opposites attract, they're not lying. Phils a tall strong loud spoken whitty Itallian with a mind full of refrences. Im a short stocky reserved outdoorsy Spanard with a huge heart and work ethic. I guess you can say that we balance each outher out. see over the years alot of our personal traits have rubbed off on heach other, improving us both. Today its this bastards Birthday and although he'll probably never see this i just wanted to say Happy Birthday. I wish him the best in life and i hope that he one day rockets to success and get s that penhouse hes always wanted and the lifestyle hes worked so hard to attain. I truely love my Brother from another mother.

09-23-2010

Today is the beigining of Fall, or at least thats what it says on my calender. Fall, its my favorite time of the year. I love Fall more then any other season, even though some people find it odd. Fall is when things wither and die, go into habernative states, and when the temperature drops to unbearable levels. Yet instead of hating it i Love it. See when i look at these events i see something else. I see beauty. I love when the leaves begin to change colors. The mixture of reds, ambars and yellows facinates me. i love when they finally fall and leave the trees bare. I love the cold and everything it brings. Snow is a beautiful thing, lying like a cold blanket over the earth. Another reason i have a fond love for this season more then the rest is because it brings back childhood memories of trips i took with my family. See my Family is a little disfunctional now but back when it was still whole took yearly trips to Denver and Snowshoe. These places influenced my judgement with thier natural beauties. Everytime i see images of Fall and Winter i think back to these times, when things where simple and good. It also reminds me of Thanksgiving and christmas which are my Favorite Holidays. Any Holiday that involves the whole Family, Food and Football is a winner in my book. those are my three Fun F's.

9-18-2010

  I was awaken by an annoying yet familiar sound, the high pitched ringing from fathers old school alarm clock. I set it for 7am and intentionally placed it out of my reach. I have been known to throw alarm clocks in my sleep. After i managed to elevate my soar self from the couch i washed up and had a killer breakfast. I was out of my house by 8:10 and i was at Miami Outboard Club by 8:40. I needed to be at the Club before 9  for a work party to transform the dock into a more eco-friendly green marina. Basically we worked all day to excavate an area of the dock that we later filled with a special gravel used for filtration. After that i was invited to have lunch on the house which consisted of  a creamy lobster bisque and a savory Dolphin sandwich. After i did my voluntary work for the week i went home to study.