Fading Roses, This Garden’s Over

Today was a good last day of work. It’s funny how the kid that I once described as ‘Idiot #2′ has sorta become my friend over the past few weeks. Granted, I still think he’s a lazy bum, we work well together. We get a LOT done. Today, we were on mowers basically the entire time. We did about 8 soccer fields (and inbetween/around them), and then after lunch we did one more field, then baseball outfields and the grass around the fields.  The mowers are pretty cool, they’re called ‘Hustler Super Z’s and they go FAST.  You can do wheelies in them

I got so mad at these people on the last soccer field.  We’re not supposed to mow near people, so when they walk by or something, we have to turn the blades off and wait, or go somewhere else.  So we’re cutting around the last field and a family walks over and starts playing.  I was sorta worried, but figured we’d be okay.  After all, the person that’s driving a vehicle is usually more worried than the person walking near it, and we were at least 200 feet away.  But it wasn’t the point.  The nerve of the people – they left a purse in the middle of where we were cutting (we were there first) and a Frisbee with keys/cigarettes IN MY PATH.  The field they were playing on was already cut, and they left crap on the OUTSIDE of the soccer field line where it was not cut.  It wouldn’t have been in their way if it was on the inside at all, they barely played much.  On top of it all, there’s about 8 other fields if they could walk for 4 minutes.  We have 8 soccer fields at Nike – and they chose this one because it was closest to the parking lot.  People piss me off.  I finally got off the mower and moved their stuff behind me where I cut.  It was everything in my power to keep from just running it over and blasting it into a million pieces.  When we did the baseball outfields, I started to go crazy.  It was horribly boring, and barely looked like you made progress.  Soccer fields are at least enjoyable.  Once I got done with one, I stopped to buy a pop and was talking to Cam, and told him that I think I did it wrong.  Like, made some weird pattern in the grass.  He said (which made me happy), “We have very unconventional morals here, there is no wrong.  It’s like, ‘I did it and it’s great.’ “  Needless to say, I did the next field in the same fashion.  Not to mention, Frank told us to go faster because we didn’t have much time.  Those mowers have a top speed of like 14 mph I think.  Granted I probably wasn’t doing 14, cutting grass at 10-12 mph is still pretty insane.  I finished the second in about 32 minutes.

I read more of Cell at work today, it’s such a good book!

I got home today and crashed in bed.  Woke up to eat and then fell asleep on the couch again.  And I’m about to go to bed now.

Would You Kindry?

I’ve been watching a lot of HAWP (Gametrailers.com :: HAWP) videos lately.

So I have three days left at work. It’s not so bad, really. The worst part is probably cleaning the bathrooms, which is sorta on a rotational basis by employee, and it’s never that dirty in them. The only thing I don’t like is the old guys always spit sunflower seeds in the urinals. I don’t know if it’s my job to get them out, but I usually try to, or at least get them to flush down. Granted gloves and all, it’s still gross. I’ve contemplated (several times, actually) making a sign saying something along the lines of “Spitting of sunflower seeds in urinals will result in immediate amputation of penis.” I think it’ll stop them. I’ll even sit on a chair in the bathroom with a knife. Better yet, I’ll dress like Sweeney Todd and sit with a very sharp and shiny barber’s knife.

I tried to start a blower today without turning the switch to the ‘on’ position. I swear that I did. 28 or so pulls and an exhausted Josh later, Kevin comes over, switches it, and gets it running in one try. FML

I’m starting a new site soon I’m excited; it’s gonna be pretty cool. No details yet.

There’s a calm surrender to the rush of day

I managed to miss a few days! Oops!

I went to Cedar Point with Jeremy yesterday, it was a lot of fun! I didn’t feel too sick all day, but we left early because apparently I was pale, and my head did hurt. We ordered food at one point, which was horrible. Here’s how it went with the lady at the counter:

Oh, and you have a chocolate shake?
Yes, and a milk.
…….
You want chocolate milk?
NO! Chocolate malt and a milk.
…..
….
…
Chocolate milk?
No, see it says chocolate shake and a milk. The white ones in the bottles over there.
….
Milk?
Yes, milk.
OH YOU CONFUSE ME! *picks up chocolate milk*
NO NO NO THE WHITE ONE WITH THE RED CAP
….
Whaa?
Put that one down and pick up the one that was next to it.
Which one?
With the red cap.
Oh, you confuse me! You want milk!
YES. And a chocolate malt.
What?
We have both, go make a chocolate malt.
OH You try and mess me up, you want two!

Not to mention my cheeseless cheeseburger.

We were pretty drained once we got home, it was a massively tiring day.

Today, work was boring (nothing new) and I didn’t feel that great. I got home and ended up falling asleep on my bed, still in my work clothes. I slept from about 4 until 10. I hate mono. And I’m still tired. At least I found out that iPhoto can automatically tag people on facebook. At least thats what it says, I’m going to try soon. I need sleep again, lol.

I’m more than positive that I missed about 80 things to talk about, but I’m sorta frazzled right now.

EDIT: Oh, I remembered! I was so mad! Apparently it stormed like crazy while I was alseep! I’ve wanted nothing but a heavy thunderstorm this whole summer. I get one, and I SLEEP THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING! FML

I’m Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay, Watching the Tide Roll Away….

I need to start writing these before I get in bed; I’m always so tired!

Not much happened today. I went to the Homeless Depot and bought some lightbulbs. I went through the self-checkouts because the other lines were huge. I chose Spanish, just for fun and because I can actually understand it. The ‘attendant’ or whatever you want to call her came over after I was done and was like, ‘OMG IS THAT IN SPANISH!?’ and I just said, ‘Hah, yeah it’s more fun.’ We laughed and I walked away. Little did I know that she completely surprised me and I forgot my change. I drove the 12 or so minute drive to Rite-Aid to buy one of those button batteries for my dad. While walking through the store, I realize that I have a total of $3 instead of $18. I bought Altoid’s with the money I had and went out to my car to look for the other money. It was then that I realized that I probably didn’t take it from the machine at Home Depot. I FLEW back there, driving like crazy. I went in the exit and went up to the lady by the self-checkouts. It was a different one, and I didn’t see my money in the change slot. I said, ‘Hi, I was here like 20 minutes ago, and I think I left my change here. The girl came over and we were talking and it totally threw me…’ etc etc, and she asked me how much it was. I said $15 and she unlocked some secret storage thing and gave it to me. It was a 10 and 5 stapled to a piece of paper that said ‘cust. forgot change.’ I’ve never seen someone staple a note to money. So I later had ripped money. And on the way out of the parking lot, I managed to cut the same guy off twice within like 8 seconds. Not sure how, but I did.

After that, I went to Fosh’s party with Max. It was fun there

But now I must sleep.

You’ve Got You To Blame For What You Do

I’m super tired to this will be a quick blog. And I hit my head on the corner of a table so it hurts =(

Today was fun; after work I went to Jer’s and we went to Buffalo Wild Wings, his mom’s, and then back to his apartment. We played ping-pong! I totally won. He bought me an early one-month anniversary present, a book on how to use a MAC – its perfect. I know what I’m getting him, but I’m aiming to give it to him on the 29th lol.

I was really not feeling good once I decided to go home, and by the time I was almost home, I was barely awake while driving. Like, I remember driving but it was completely automatic by me.

‘Welcome to the Real World,’ she said to me, Condescendingly

Destination Kent wasn’t as bad as I had thought. It had its boring parts, and my feet/legs were about to give out on the way to the truck while leaving, but I managed. I’m just all that much more excited to actually go, now. I put my classes into my calendar and printed out a schedule for the week, bought a bunch of things, and want to go NOW. My parents were looking around while I was fixing a scheduling issue, and brought me an application for PARTA (Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority) and said that they’d pay for my CDL training/classes, along with giving me a job driving a bus. Jer said it was probably one of the best on-campus jobs, so I plan on at least trying for it. I’d probably be (not to be bigheaded, but…) one of the best-qualified on initial entry, I’ve been driving since I was 7 for crying out loud – there isn’t much I haven’t done in a vehicle, and not many types that I haven’t driven. I made a few cool friends at Kent, so that’s a plus. I took a shower this morning and while in there, realized that I had forgotten to turn off my second alarm (I somehow woke up with the first one) and was hoping that my roommate was a heavy sleeper. It was on quiet, at least, because I almost didn’t wake up. I came back to my room to him still zonked out and my phone going off. All was well.

Going to Jeremy’s tomorrow – I think he got ‘Watchmen’ on DVD. w00t!

Now and again I lose sight of the good life

I was so excited about my laptop that I forgot to write about it yesterday! It came on Monday (my day off, yay!) while I was cutting grass. Funny enough, I wasn’t super super excited about it. It was sort of just like I knew I had to use it and that it was just another tool. I do like it, I guess Macs aren’t so bad. It’s just nice to have a laptop again.

I’m watching something on the history channel that I’ve seen already. wtf.

Destination Kent (AKA College Orientation) is tomorrow and the next day. Not looking forward to it. Why does it take a day and a half to do so little?

I got paired with some idiots at work today. I had planned on going into details, but I don’t really feel like it today. Just know that I was frustrated for most of the day. And I got paint all over my shorts.

My friend has been insisting that I go into modeling. I don’t know what to think of it. I think it would be fun, but I’m not sure if I would really make it…. and I don’t know why he’s the only one that has ever said anything. I suppose we’ll see. I have to even out my tan lines before I do anything.

If you’re listening, sing it back…

Today was fun. I’m very tired though, stupid mono. :[ This morning, I went to lunch & shopping at Southpark with Jer. Let me reiterate that I don’t like Panera. The first time I ate there, I got a chicken sandwich. Who serves grilled chicken cold? I specifically asked the cashier if the chicken was hot on the sandwich she suggested and she said yes. I get it, and after taking off the bacon and tomato, take a bite and realize that the chicken is cold. It’s spicy hot, not temperature hot. I can’t win.

Then we go to H&M where I buy one shirt (which later turns out to be too small, his fault) and a pair of $6 sunglasses that I don’t think I like anymore. He bought like three shirts and three pairs of pants. $17 vs $112. I didn’t buy anything in any other stores, and I don’t think he did either. We went home and watched Shawn of the Dead until he had to leave for work.

I went online to Lynda.com and started watching PHP Object-Oriented Programming videos again. I think I finally understand its usefulness. I hope. There’s a ton of videos and I’m still on the basics, though. T_T

I went to see Transformers 2 (again) with Angela. I love that movie! Unfortunately I got tired and sorta wanted to leave, so the ending wasn’t as good. I also realized that it looked a bit too animated at parts. I guess you can’t make the entire thing perfect. After the movie was more fun. I got a hot chocolate and we went out to sit in her truck. She said that her dad had been using her radio (she doesn’t; she always has CDs) so we programmed the radio stations to static. FM1 & FM2 are exactly the same, also. Once my hot chocolate was gone, I set my trucks alarm off so we could find it and drop me off. I jokingly said ‘race ya home?’ so she jumped in her truck and took off ahead of me. I figured that I’d go up granger hill and take 480 home, the freeway always seems faster. Before I even got off of Canal Rd, I realized that I had left my phone in her truck. I don’t know why but I felt like I needed it badly, and having just seen Transformers, I wanted to drive like I was on a mission. Maybe its a guy thing. In either case, 4 minutes and several risky driving maneuvers later, I caught up to her. There was a car in front and behind her, and we’re on a 2 lane double yellow line road. I moved into the oncoming traffic lane and flashed my lights like five times. I guess she saw, because she pulled over at the next side street. She told me that she called my mom (thanks Angela ) and also called me, not being her most intelligent move. At any rate, I have my phone back.

She got out of town, on a railway New York bound. Took all except my name – another alien on Broadway.

I forgot to update! Well, not as much forgot as was too tired to. Thursday night Angela came over and we made a video for my *new* and soon-to-be-updated website.  I don’t think I’m keeping that copy, but we’ll be making more soon.  So I got 4 hours of sleep that night.  Friday was okay, work was bad.  I’m not supposed to rough house or get bounced around or anything cause of the mono.  The half wit driving the cushman (with two of us in the back) puts the throttle all the way up (we’re not supposed to touch it – it’s usually at a little less than halfway) and floors it all over the park.  Not slowing down for the enormous bumps, dips, and through the grass.  I eventually (of course, all the way at the front of the park) said I’d walk back because I saw some things to weed whip as we drove.  Yes, I was weed whipping again.  Oh, I almost forgot: I got stung by a bee that morning, too while weed whipping.  Not fun.  It’s itchy and is a big bump now.  So I went to bed early Friday night cause I was tired.

Today was fun at Jenn’s grad party, I got closer to a few people and met a few cool people also.  The most memorable, probably, was the devil child/spawn of satan/satan himself.  We made many names for him as the night progressed.  Before I arrived, he had gotten Jenn, Nicole, and Sam with water balloons.  Now, some people wanted to play an egg toss.  All four of us backed off and said that we didn’t want to play.  As this kid and some adults insisted, he somehow gets an egg and whips it at Jenn’s back.  Although he was maybe 10, he threw it hard, she had a red spot.  Not to mention, it splashed onto my pants (crotch, of course) and camera.  I was ready to kick that kid’s head in but I instead went inside to wash off.  He said, “Sorry about the egg” while I was washing my Nikon off and I replied, “Yeah.”  I wasn’t going to say that it was okay or anything; I was furious.  Then later (10 ish) I went to Jon’s party.  Not many people left there, but some of my closer friends, we had a circle chat (usually a few different discussions at once).  It was a good day overall.
I’m very tired right now.  I found out that you can win a 2010 Camaro with the Dr. Pepper codes in the caps, so I’m playing like crazy!  Oh, and my laptop is in Cleveland! It’s in the sorting center or whathaveyou.  Apparently I won’t have it until Tuesday, but that doesn’t make any sense.  And to top it off, I’m not working on monday!  It’d be so nice to have it then.

I should probably get some sleep.

Why won’t you go away?

I woke up and felt like death this morning. Did I mention that I’ve been sick for over a month? There’s good and bad days. This morning was bad, but today as a whole was okay. I weed whipped the inside and outside of four baseball diamonds’ fences. It took an hour each. Two and a half tanks of gas, two sets of blades, several dead bees, one gash on my arm, and four hours total. I was tired. And mildly insane by the end. Lunch never tasted so good.

I felt pretty good once I got home and Jer had invited me out to eat, so I met him at Outback. We had a fun evening, despite my random and sudden sleepiness.

I have butterscotch candies, I’m very happy.