Hooray for Ypsi!

I went out to Ypsi Saturday night. I laughed so hard I almost wet my pants, I had such a good time, it was insane. Got to hang out with PJ, TJ, Steve, Fretz, Chad, and a bunch of other football guys. Classic. Also went to the softball house for a while, in the pouring rain, drunk. Yea, that was a crazy ass night. Treppa went through a wall, the "bonfire" was really just them burning their garbage, and we threw a few hundred paint balls at their house. Awesome.

In more creativity, I made a new wallpaper for myself this afternoon. I needed a new one anyway.

Odds and Ends, well, not ends, just odds.

Apparently the new Lions logo might have leaked. The NFL shop was selling collectible 18 wheelers (because apparently someone buys this crap) and the 18 wheeler for the Lions had a new logo and script. Shortly after this was noticed, it was taken down.
I like it, I'm just happy they kept the Honolulu blue. It's that way my entire life, and I don't care much for change. And if you think change is good, may I remind you of the Pistons Teal and Maroon disaster. Anyway, now I'm excited to see the new uniforms...

Also, for all you Lost fans, (which I understand none of you are) there was a free Geronimo Jackson download on iTunes, which of course I got. It made me chuckle.

I also love my new Adidas bounce basketball shoes. They may be my favorite so far.

Birffdizzle

25. This may be the least I've freaked out about a birthday. I didn't sit back and reflect, I didn't go all crazy with, "What have a done the last year?" I didn't even go nuts about renewing my license. It just came and went. I spent it with good friends out in Farmington. I spent it playing with my new iPod Touch. I spent it having a wonderful dinner with my mom at Hector and Jimmy's, where I got the ribs. I spent it at the Red Wings game with my Dad, which we won. I spent it at Eastern Michigan. I spent it opening a card from my sister. I am very pleased with the way it went.

There is a German woman in my house. She's a very nice lady. She brought me a soccer ball signed by the German team she follows, and a few World Cup 2006 posters. I like them a lot. She's here for two weeks. Honestly, I just hope I'm not left alone with her too long, cause I don't really have too much to talk about. But it sounds like she's gonna be pretty busy, so I'm not too worried about it.

I have no news concerning the Graduate Assistant spot. I am hoping to know more about this next week. My ego could use this!

Carolyn is running the Chicago marathon. I am not, but I wish I were.

Geared Up!

I agreed to work EMU's spring football practice. I just wanted something to do. I got a sweet new EMU Football jacket and workout shirt. And I also ran into TJ Lang, who is going to be drafted in April, and caught up with him a bit.

I was talking to Jay that I wanted to talk to Jim Streeter to see if he was looking for Graduate Assistants for the fall. Turns out, he's looking for two! So sent Jay me resume, and he's gonna send it off to Jim. And it's perfect because I already know how to do a lot of that job, I know Jim, he's knows Bill Roose, my boss at the Red Wings, and I'd get a Masters Degree for free!

So I am really hoping that works out. Eastern continues to be one of the best things that has ever happened to me.

More Creativity

I got a new phone! Well, actually, I got the same kind of phone as I had before, but this one works, which is nice! I also ordered my iPod touch, so that whole plan actually came together.

I went out to Jackson Friday night to hang out with Alan's band. I had a fun time, and I took a bunch of pictures for them, just to play around with. But at the bottom is what I did today, I like it a lot. What can I say, I like themes.

Saturday I was at the hospital all day with dad who fell and hurt himself, and had the biggest, most horrible bruise I've ever seen. He's fine, but there was a scare for a bit because of his blood thinner medication. Then I went out to James' house for some beer and Rockband. A productive weekend, kind of.

Anyway, here's the Hollow Drive pictures.

From the Ashes

I got my car back, all is well, just a wiring thing, and my exhaust is better too, so crisis averted there. But then I got the creative bug, so I made this for Alan. His band name is Hollow Drive, and their first album is going to be called From The Ashes.

Help me with my Zune? Oh wait, I have an ipod like everyone else.

I think I have a solution to my phone problem. Since I hardly use my phone enough to justify spending a bunch of money, I am going to just pay to get mine replaced, and buy and ipod touch. I found out that you can buy the 1st generation ipod touch Refurbished for a lot cheaper than buying a new one. It doesn't have the internal speaker, but it does everything else for a $10 software upgrade, so why not? I feel a lot better buying something like that from the actual manufacturer. It's like what Dell does, selling the ones that are returned, and have been fixed by the Dell, so it's like they're brand new, but they charge a lot less. So anyway, I'm happy about this plan, until it inevitably blows up in my face, which it will, but whatever.

My car is acting up again. I took it back into Greg, cause the battery light came back on. Then when I went to take it up there, it didn't come on. I think my car is just fucking with me, to get even with me for all the mean things I said it about it. So Greg is looking at it for me. Hopefully it's nothing, but it's not.

I went to renew my license. At first I forgot they take your picture, so I went back home, and washed my hair and shaved, and drove back. It's really convinient to have one in Highland now. Makes life easy. Anyway, the point here is that I'm gonna be 25 in a couple weeks, and I feel old. On top of that, the ONLY thing I have on my calendar for March is the Red Wings game on the 17th. (Against Philly, it's gonna be a good one.) So, to sum up, I still haven't fixed my phone, my car still isn't working right, I have no social calendar, I am poor, and now I am approaching a quarter century. I know it sounds like I'm depressed, I'm not. It just is what it is. And one day, when I have money, and a new car, and working phone, and I'm looking through the internet on my ipod touch surrounded by friends, I am hoping I can remember this (past six months or so) as the worst it got. If so, I'll be fine.

Musings...

I want a new cell phone, I actually really need a new phone. But this just isn't something I want to drop $200 on. I just don't use my phone enough to justify this. But the reality is that is what these things cost, at least. Dad said since my birthday is coming up, I could combine that into my present. Which is nice, but then I'm afraid I'm going to buy it and hate it. Honestly, I can't think of anyone who really likes their phone, which makes me nervous. And I always get the worst buyers remorse on things like this. Well, I guess to be fair, I get buyers remorse on everything over $20.

I wish I had more friends who were into sports. Opening day in Toronto is against the Tigers, and we could go for like $15 a person, even though it's on a Monday, it'd be fun.

My stomach still hurts, I woke up to... take care of business... twice last night. That's probably not good. And chewing these tums isn't helping as much as you'd think.

Holy Crap, Chicago!

I finally got to meet my niece and nephew. They are the most adorable babies I've ever seen. I had a fun time out in Chicago too.

I got out there Sunday afternoon, and got to play with the babies until I went over to Al's to hang out, cause that's where I stayed. This week was a series of doctors appointments, shopping, running random errands, and doing other people's laundry. Plus playing with babies and feeding babies, and other fun events. Honestly, it was too long of a week to remember every detail. But Bryan and I went to see Friday the 13th on Saturday, which was exactly what I expected, Taken was better. We went out to Parrots last night, and I went 4-0 in cut throat. But mostly, I just played with babies. It was fun.

Also, Bryan got me that Mohawk hat I was talking about. It's awesome, and I love it. I enjoyed being able to spend so much time with the babies. Plus me having a car really helped them out, which I'm glad I could do.