RAGE

rage as in the came, occupiers, and over not updating this blog more!!! GRRRR

I have been having the time of my life here, while also being being the most busy i ahve ever been in my life.  its not bad, but its just that every minute of every day has something going on. whether its work, papers, class, gym, bars, partying, xbox, hockey games, hanging out, going out, zoo, walking around, sight seeing, eating, shopping, decorating....
just always something going on. not like school where im stressed about getting reading done or grades, just trying to fit a once in a lifetime experience into one semester. i must say, i really dont feel like i have any regrets. i took full advantage of being 21, i saw all the sights, hung out with all the people that i wanted to, made good friends in the program and at work, made the most of my time at work, relaxed when possible, worked out. i just over all feel very good about my time. but thats why im going to miss it. ive never had such a fulfiilling period in my life.  this is just the most wonderful thing ive ever done and i will always look back on it with great fondness. i almost wish i had more pix with my friends here to look back on. but i will always have the memories and relationships. im getting teary eyed jsut typing this and drinking this saranac black forest beer.

i really wish i wrote more about my daily activities and how i left after each day, but this just never came to mind as my days were always so filled up. just other things to take care of i guess.

work? well i really enjoyed the personalities there.  david and adam really made the experience for me though. david was the coolest guy to work with and he was such a respected and well known dude in DC, but he was so chill and funny and just wanted to chat and tell stories.  i felt he reallt appreciate me and my time and my work. i am forever thankful fro the positive experience at the wilson center because of him.  i wish i could say the same about caryle, but she just didnt know what to do with me so we never really hit it off. but she wwas great and nice and even invitied me over for dinner.  i have no complaints with her what so ever, just wish we could ahve developed more of a relationship.
A is  my bro-mance.  we have a totally bro-mance.  i love being around him, and he likes having me around. it was great to have someone like him always willing to go out and drink and just socialize at work. i really needed that. and im gonna miss him, but i hope we keep in touch and i can visit him and he can come visit me some time. hes one of the only ppl i really hope does it sometime.
i liked all of the other interns also. though they were varied in personalities, i felt we had a very interesting group dynamic because everyone was completely different. idk if ive ever seen a group of college students so diverse in opinion and effort and juste verything. we were all over the board! but i loved that i wouldnt want to trade any of them away because i felt everyone contributed in some way to the over dynamic positively and we all allowed each other to grow our relations.  c and j are the ones i wish i talked to more and got closer with. but we had a good relationship so im not complaining, just a thought though.

dc people? we really got clicky here at the end.  made me realize how we all picked who we really wanted to be friends with and made me realize i should have developed more with certain ppl from the beignnign and not focus on others. should have gone with y and s instead of m and e.......o well. hope we cans till b friends though. gonna miss y though cuz they aint coming back to cuse.

i really enjoyed all of the sites and the weather! glad i took out time to go for walks and take pix and make sure to see everything! so happy i did that. like seeing the tidal basin and cathedral and not just saying o well to them.

rage the game.....it really pleasantly surprised me in some ways. the combat was super fun and the enemies were fun to deal with. just wish there was less time traveling and shit, and that the game was just overall longer than 12 hrs for the main campaign.  shitty ending too. but overall good and i will go back to finish more side shit like the sewers and stuff to get the most out of it. speaking of which i should do that now..... :) i give the game an 8 out of 10. play it, but its not as full fledged as borderlands, but approach it as a pure FPS and not RPG. ull like it. very id esque.

i fucking hate occupiers. go home you wanna be hippies. just pretensious hipsters trying to copy the 60s. assholes invaded out office the other day also....though the movie inside job will give u some inspiration to join them.....but i still hate them. do u c the capital building? u can see it from your camp? do they look scared? are the trembling in their boots cuz of you? NNNNOOOOO!!! u r a tourist attraction that is good for a laugh on the newws.  the media loves u but no one gives a fuck about u on the hill. u have no real purpose so just leave. fucking hippies.

gonna miss this place, i hope that wheni come back one day i will still be in love with DC as i am now. hope all my friends stick around also for that....

:'( 

birthdays and washington fucking DC

so i cant believe i havnt written yet since ive been here! jsut shows how caught up in the scene and busy i am. i love it. i nedver want to leave this. i just want to live here with my roomies and work and enjoy the sceneary. wht a fucking place. i also gotta say i love the people in the dc program. them and my mates have really made this a great experience. being from all different backgrounds and styles but we always know how to just have a good time. feel bad more of them werent with us on saturday.....o well. speaking of which being 21 rocks. there r no restrictions anymore on wht we can do! jsut go to a fucking bar! end of story. i can buy drinks and go to the liquor store and all that good shit. fun fun fun.  it was also great having kasia and landon around this weekend. i love being a tour guide, as u may have noticed from the my patterns at cuse.  i did get kinda museumed out though. could not take walking through another exhibit.  we did shit tons of walking so im exhausted and im enjoying my day off to recover. jsut doing minimal homework.  the homework here hasnt been terrible, just do it on the weekends mainly.  HW on the weekedns and work and class on the weekdays are really making the weeks fly by here. i hate that. i dont want to leave! i dont want this to end!!! gah! but its fantastic and will probably be the highlight of my undergrad. seriously. fucking outstanding. the city is like no other. so spread out by so many historical spots and things u hear about but now im actually here!

been plenty of drama between b and other things.  love the people here but i really shouldnt allow things to get complicated here or get involved in anything. just need to chllliax from that scene and wait and c wht happens when i get bac in the spring.  that has beena heavy weight on my shoulders ever since i got here, but i feel better now with my new initiative. so lets hope all goes swimmingly.

idk, i just wanted to blog cuz i havnt yet this sem, and i hope this inspires me to do it more often, especially at nights orwhtever when im winding down from long days.

welcome back to my world, cyberspace!

pressure

stop the pressure already!(btw this is post #40, one away from lucky number 41! how fitting that psot 41 will likely be my first in DC.....)

m needs to stop asking about the tix and plans...i do kinda like it though but i just need to get my bearrings set in dc first and THEN i will start thinking about plans and wht im gonna do on the weekends. im just not that far ahead yet, and idk wht my roomies are gonna want to do...so yea..

i also feel pressure about my internship. pressure to do well and speak arabic. idk y i am so worried about arabic. for all i kno they wont even care. i guess its just the only thing i can really prepare for at this point. im VERY happy about my wardrobe coming in. it may be a little much but i love suits and dressing up. just not gonna be fun in that dc humidity...

speakking of weather....we are suppose to be in a hurricane my first day in DC....yay. wht r the chances that this would happen...at least its not suppose to hit on my movein day,that would be thhe worst

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worst, wort. got my wort removed to day(like my seways today?) got local antethic....i cant spell....novacane...thats not even spelled right either. fuck it. all i felt was pressure when he moved my hand. wierd to think he was setting my skin on fire and i couldnt even tell at all.... its a large crater in my skin now...looks kinda wierd and really hurts. but more mlike oint pain and not really from the open wound...odd. feels like i have a broken finger more than a gash of skin removed.

i believe im all packed up.....need to check my list. i almost forgot my bill box which was on my list and i still missed it...i feel like i packed so quickly and unthoroughly....just threw stuff in bags and not really keeping track. more nervous about forgetting something this year than in years past i feel.... i also feel like im not taking my time and just being lazy about it. blah....but i also feel ive done this enough to know wht i need. also forgot my printer alslo...........list looks complete. just need to order a padfolio now...

i like how my blog is basically just me tghinking outloud, but not really outloud. typing out. its silent so i cant say "out loud".....interesting....wht would you say then? typing out my thoughts? thats makes sense i suppose...ill come back to that.

lets just say im paranoid

all done! bass! biss! whtever

boxes

hobby boxes, packing boxes, and everything u own in the one on the left.....that is the stupidest lyric ever.

i still wish i had more money for hobby boxes. reading about the new products and they break everything down by box cuz that wht the hardcore collectors do. buy boxes. you get an idea of pack odds but still. i enjoy buying packs and opening a box would be like an uber pack! so many chance for sweet cards and there is always a guarenteee for a good one. im still looking at boxes online but they aint cheap. theres a powerplay im looking at but i need to find its odds and features somewhere online....ill do that now.....brb

well it looks like ill get a jersey card, 6 rookies and maybe a parrallel of sorts. not terrible for $25 considering thats how much victory boxes go for and they dont give you an memorabilia. the problem is there isnt a ton of great rookies that season and its before kane and toews.....but still could be fun. maybe ill ship it to my DC address. hopefully he will relist the item. still a delone carter jsy auto with no bids....

packing....i hate it. really dont want to do it. you can tell cuz i didnt do any today. dont want to. just want to leave and not worry about bringing everything. speaking of which i still need to write my list out....

just wrote a list out. pretty good i think. makes it seem like i have a ton of shit...maybe i do. but it better all fit. hope i dont forget anything and get too narrow minded on the list. have to remember other stuff thats not on it yet.....ill be adding to it as the days go by.

packing is just tedious and annoying and tiring. i dont want to do it again and again and again. blah.....college sux for this. but DC is most def gonna be worth it. gonna turn 21 and its gonna b great. AH i just wanna go already but now that im leaving in 2 days im like freaking out and getting nervous that im leaving lisel again. i ennjoyed it here despite the fact that this was probably one of my more forgetable summers. no six flags or dunes. b problems. too many video games. not seeing friends as much. just not the same you kno. hope dc makes up for it.

still pissed at myself for missing the national. ive gotten into cards more as of lot and spending more money. well at least on single cards. i kno wht i want. im very disappointed i didnt bid on the toews rookie materials. guess i just wasnt feeling it tonight.

today had perfect weather. around 80 with cool breeze and no humidity. went out shopping(got a great deal, 2 express shhirts and a belt for $90), frolfing, running. had a good day considering hjow lazy i am and that i dont see anyone. was disappointed not to see al. go to talk to al again. o well. was too late i guess.

still playing lots of bad company 2. still fun and fresh cuz destrucible environments! COD would be perfect to me if it just added destruction. it changes everything and makes MW2 look childish and dated. now im excitied for BF3 and will amybe actually preorder it to get bonus shit. BC2 is still like a 9 or 9.5 in my book. one of my favorites. probably most favorite for multiplayer. i just need new maps but i aint paying for a rental. speaking of which i cant forget to return it...........

later homies and remember....sstraight cash homie

early

so im in bed early tonight. just got bored in the basement and nothing good on tv....maybe ill wonder out again later but idk. its only 1230.....im so lame, so bored. just want to finally leave. want to just get on with it alrready. cant believe she is leaving in a few days and ive hardly been able to c her. miss her alot and im kinda disappointed cuz i thought she would actually want to c me more.....i want the dunes or something at least but i doubt it. shes working until she leaves of course. no surprise there and i have no idea wht she does everyday now................god dammit i still hate this and this will hinder my experiences.........i dont want to b held back. just not a good situation at the moment....fuck you the situation

there has been alot of sweet stuff on ebay as of late. lots of auctions i have been active in but no wins yet. still got the big dog, kane ultimate, ending tomorrow. the kaner cup card sky rocketed, sweet shot too high, and rookie materials a little more than i would like to spend. sux.....no great deals yet, afraid im gonna have to overspend on the kaner ultimate also but im a little more willing since i havnt spent any dough yet on the previous auctions. i want something for my time spent on ebay as of late.....

got lots of shit to do tomorrow since its monday and places r open. one is to get a new deoderant cuz i stink. this new organic crap doesnt do shit. i need axe or oldspice again. faxes, laundry, calling, shopping....all sorts of good stuff. running also cuz i didnt today. legs r actually sore today, could tell i ran more yesterday. speaking of which i need to calculate my mileage....

just did it on google maps...only 2.5 yesterday. most def thought i was closer to 3mi. o well. still gonna do it cuz it was a funnier route and a little differnt. gotta keep working. also gotta keep on the arabic...nneed to review before i leave more. dammit......

victimized

maybe not the best word for wwhat im trying to describe but just the first i thought of. why does everyone jump at the opportunity to shoot someone down? to put them down or make them look stupid or more embareessed. i almost exploded at work today when everyone was just making fun of eachother and just pouncing everytime someone messed up. yes, i notice it more when they are doing it to me and maybe im guilty of doing it also. but it still is kind of ridiculous. our whole generation and society kinda just wants to make itself feel better by putting others down. cant stand it anymore. this is another reason y i wanted to leave the shack yeas ago. we can never say anything sincerely nice anymore. that is apparently too hard or embaressing these days. i just notice it so much with b and work. they just tease too much, always going too far. maybe ther is more bullying in the world thgat i refused to see. though the stupid "no bullying" sign in lhs is not going to cut it. its just built in at this point and part of daily life. im sure the teachers even take part in it.

it was great to see dave and joe tonight. havent seen them in forever. felt bad about double booking tonight but hopefully she isnt too upset. landslide is still the greatest game. always so fun with whoever you play with.

cant wait for some of these ebay auctions to end! got some great stuff lined up for the next week almost and really hoping to snag some great deals to complete my kane/toews jersey collection. i kinda want them to have matching cards. gotta find a kane sweet shot is available. i guess my recent influx in work hours and great checks has free myself alittle on ebay and allowing me to finally cut some real deals and buy something nice for myself this summer. feeels good and i should still have plenty in the bank. good times.

gotta do another schedule soon....need to find everyones last days again.............fuckin A

the difference between extraordinary and ordinary is that little extra.

long time no see blogging world. i sometimes wish my blog was more directed. like a blog just about sports, or just about the world of collecting. but then i would feel i wouldnt always have stuff to talk about....but i do today. major wright, convention, money spending.

i gotta say im pretty stoked about seeing major wright at the top of the free saftey depth chart. so stoked that i want to buy a jersey asap! i loved it when the bears drafted him last year. as he put on my all time favorite hit on oklahoma in the national championship. rocked em! i wanted to see him more last year and i will now. mike holmes made the roster. woo! i guess. he was at the aabsolute bottom of the chart but ill take it. depth special teams guy for now. also delone carter is getting some hype as a goalline power back for the colts. i was also surprised to see chester taylor ahead of marion barber on the depth charrt. may not mean anything but still surprised considering cester was considered a bust of a FA. also good to see roy willaims at the top.

kinda pissed i missed the national convention this last week. guess i kinda feel behind on the collecting world this year. really pissed guess its the big one thats only in town every 4/5 years. bbut i am looking forward to the suntimes show in november. most def be at that one, as bapes said it is pretty sweet, the lineup looked great online. http://www.mountedmemoriesshows.com/shop.aspx?flag=Category&criteria=1294 

this whole convention talk and lottery talk has made me REALLY wish i had more money to spend on collecting. if i had a dedicated percent of income to it, i would have so much more cool stuff if i just moved my budget up or won the lottery. its a great way to spend money that could be considered a waste! woo! but the only savin grace is that there are oother collectors out there willing to buy your shit if you ever needed cash. not as good as stocks or investing but wht the hey. y not?  also, if i had more money my collecting blog would be possible. then i would be about to try out more of the new products and packs. also better mentor the market and prices. i guess i just would love to review boxes or packs more. and try more packs in different sports. now i really am only willing to spend money on hockey packs. maybe illl try a football one. as i am getting more into football trading. idk y baseball jsut cant hold my attention....hockey always does. i lvoe my new mike willaims patch and ernie davis jersey....really getting me stocked on the football i guess. along with major wrights promotion. just getting me syched for the season! i also cant wait for another fantasy draft. im getting th itch. need my dad or work to pull through soon. cuz i kinda am leaving soonish.

also felt great to add woodrowm wilson center to amployer on FB.

wedding. hgavnt talked about it much, and dont feel like it much right now. i REALLY enjoyed myself as the bridal party was so much fun to hang out with. really made it great. locations were great and no one got stupid drunk.....woo! great fun time without being too emotional. just gointh theough the motions and enjoying time. also great to be a t a wedding with YOUR people, so its all the ppl you want to actually talk to.

Bestest

a toast

is kinda hard to wirte. i wrote a rather vague one that will probably have to be rewritten. or at least the end. its also a little short so i may need to aadd on to get the message through.

still havent fixed my laptop yet....just procrastinating i guess. i also forgot the process so i need to ask again. something like delete unwanted programs, scan, then reset to previous day. idk how to reset it so i will have to find that out. its been like a week so idk.

feel like im going to bed so early. so unsatisfied. idk wht to do on the internet till i fall asleep...any ideas? its only 1230...not even. sux. bore as always. ppl suck. works ok. lots of hours as of late. wedding. yay. ppl changing my fb.

even writting this is annoying and boring....i also need to shave. so scratchy

it was the best of days, it was the worst of days

well it hasnt been all sunshine and unicorns as of late: laptop has a virus, b, my hair, wedding speech, always bored and lazy.
those are the bad things.
good things?
its august so almost DC, got an internship, hairs not all bad, working more, more money, ebay stuff, fantasy football season, kasias got a great place.
thats the good stuff i suppose.

saw captain america today. id give it 2.5 stars out of 4. entertaining and exciting. does well with not taking itself too seriously and a nice lead into avengers.
watched take the money and runt onight. fucking sucked. worst execution possible on a great idea. there is so much potential to the idea, but they ruin it with stupid rules and scripted moments. so so so disappinted. so boring and i hated it from beginning to end. i hope its cancelled asap.

i dont realy feel like expanding on my issues from the beginning but basically im really bored all of the time and down on myself. just not in a happy place at the moment.

got to write a speech soon and i have no material.........great.....

i miss golfing for free. i need to get out more like now. i need golf sadly right now. i hate spending the money and mom wont go. gahg

restarted playing modern warfare2. pretty sweet still but i SOOO miss being able to blow away cover like in BC2. bc2 was great in multiplayer for that reason and it adds so many dynamics u miss in mw2. also faggot kids keep sending me voice messages to boost or try out or whtever gay shit. they r all like 12 also. outstanding.

work has been decs. at least i have that.

couldnt draft for shit last night. didnt get a single RB i was interested in. no one came to me. i got nothing there. pissed me off all night and happened like 4 times. i needto get a waiver wire steal. also found it interesting that tony gonzalez went undrafted, boy did he fall hard.

i still fucking HATE teen mom, just saying.

i need to leave asap. i need DC now, i need to get out of this town and situation. i need it so badly. its all that i want and for my gf to talk to me again............ :(

something wierd

so i officaially accepted to the wilson center. going to be starting september 7 at 2pm. woo. business attaire. in the federal triangle. train stops 2 blocks north. calvert area looks great and is right on zoo. lots of resturants in the area along with the stanford building so mayb ill meet some of them. gonna have a week to just hang out and get into my classes. almost done clothes shopping. got a jacket and shoes and a shirt recently...and socks.

i  keep having day dreams about meeting obama and talking about chicago with him, is that wierd? idk that would b sweet though....mayb ill at least see him.

mike holmes signed with the bears as undrafted pretty sweet. he was a great defender for SU. hell, maybe he will start and that will give me an excuse to get a new bears jersey. :)

getting really bored as of late. no new games, friends always out of town, no b, no nothing. too hot. no more free golf, mom is busy. i guess its just time to prepare for DC and the wedding. speaking of which i need a speech asap....

internship

i do say, i got an internship offer! woo! its for the woodrow wilson centter to international scholars. working with a pulitzer prize winner and a harvard man. pretty sweet gig. the wilson center was up there on my list. MEI fell after their internship seemed not wht i wanted, stimson was alright i guess but very competative, ISW was very interesting but idk if it was my expertise, comet was sweet and paying but in college park, csis was perfect for me but i never applied i waited to apply until now and now i have this offer so im not gonna risk it. wilson is in a great place and really well known along with my scholars. they arent the perfect projects but ill deal. this  blog will become my journal of my experiences so watch out! 

i feel like i had more to say but i dont remember right now

this is my first time writing NOT from my bed. wierd right? im also watching tv which is probably affecting my concentration and ideas for writing.

breaking a slump

i gotta say it felt pretty good to smack some balls today. yea that sounds really bad, but im talking golf here. i went to the driving range and i was consistantly hitting well. it was like me in my prime. mayb one  mishot in like 5 or more shots. it was all because i started my extending my arms before i set my lower body. it was like i was falling into position with my arms stretched out. not reaching as far as possible. but full extension and not close or pulled into my body at all. also, i went bac to trying to go straight up and down more, but not too much. just nice and naturally and smoothly.driving was also surprisingly great today. probably actually my greatest day of driving ever!!!! i actually hit my potential of close to 275yds! it was by not crouching like i was in the past. isk y i got it to crouching so much when i drove. today i was like standing almost straight upright. or thats wht it felt like. not alot of knee bending with full arms extension. also i swung it more like my irons. more vertical and not focusing all on horizontal. but just think a touch about being horizontal and not breaking my wrists on the backswings. and i was smashing it like this! just more like my irons and WAY more upright. O yea! also i tryed not placing the club on the ground and that was great! it made it all so smooth. also it allowed me to do the arm extension first and then set my feet, just like my irons. NOT the way riley taught me by placing the club head first and set from there. just set up like an iron shot, dont place club on ground, arms extend first, more vertical with a touch of horizontal backswing. dont break wrist. i hope by writing this i will remember this. maybe ill do another range round to solidify it. but i also really want to get out. i hate this warm weather right now. screwing up my workouts and golf plans....

i also want to break my b slump. i like really miss and want her. i still think shes gorgeous and i miss our redo nights. i miss my single room and cuse nights ;) gonna b real bad in dc where i cant even b around her. looked great to day. miss it :( want it

battlefield bad company 2 review:

9 out of 10 score. fun campaign thats satisfying but has huge cliff hanger. destruction in MP makes it so much different and funer/ so addicting. still playing. recommended. both aspecsts are great

the days ahead

well then, arabic is done for the summer woo! no more driving into hydepark and taking the train downtown everyweek :( im gonna miss it because i love the city so much, its  probably one of the biggest reasons y i couldnt stay all summer in cuse. still the best city. gonna miss my medici sandwiches. so fresh tasting. amina was good but i miss the environment from eva.

its interesting to think of the bhawks blueline trading campoli and campbell for montador and lepisto. C and C are both puck moving men but montador is more gritter and played on buffalos power play. also lepisto says he wants to be rush dman making passes, so mayb he will with the hawks. i say montador trumps campoli but niether trump campbell, but campbell had the nastiest contract so i guess its all good in the hood. especially if lepisto works out and develops into campbell jr cuz hes still young. i gotta say im shocked that the fan poll says ppl r most excitied for carcillo. i pick montador. idk wht carcillo can do skill wise but ig guess i will c this year.

plan is to run, finish ndu, letter for comet, do schedule tomorrow. an exciting day obviously. but nice to have no work or class or homework.

still bored at night. BC2 multiplayer annoyed me. my teams always got raped. fuckin a.

dentist appointment today. no cavities, teeth feel real clean, wisdom teeth out in xmas break. yippee.

tired nowfffffffffffgtq'wpamgsssssfdshbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb gnite

poor planning

before i start. is there someone reading all of my posts? cuz i feel like i alawys get just one hit everytime i post a new one. just curious. i wunder maybe its my own hits. idk. let me know will ya?

i started playing badcompany2 tonight. freakin rock. idk y i love dice fps' so much. i huess i just like their formula alot.

i scheduled for a dentist appoitment tomorrow morn which was i bad idea cuz i need the time to finish my homework before my last class. gah o well. at least its before noon and ill b done after not  a long time. also, im quite excitied about being done with arabic for the summer cuz i need some of my time bac actually. i have felt kinda busy. which is good i suppose but i wont miss being busy. i need to spend my time finishing my cover letters by the end of the month and running. i REALLY need to run and i miss my nights of doing it. i gotta admit ill miss commuting cuz its kinda fun. especially the train. just a fun day in the city lol.

i gotta admit that i miss my gf. we r on some sort of break or space giving. i miss spending time with her when she was happy and cuddling. sux. im such a loner now. especially with shep out of town, aarons always out and coles out of touch. idk wht to do here. i kinda want to let loose in dc but idk how or wht. i guess just doing nothing here makes u wanna do so much latere? idk. whteverssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

so bored everynight and no energy or focus or anything. im just a blob now. getting fat again. fmlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll. hate some ppl at work but good shift today. need more relaxing shifts like this and fun.

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im also pissed about my case JUST being mailed out today. "dont ship on weeknds" WTF! y not yesterday or friday or saturday. illl give u sunday but wht the fuck.......very very pissed about that. it better b here by the end of the week

mid july

well that is the time of the year and it feels like late summer.  and i guess i had my whole summer based around applications and my sisters wedding.  i really had hoped to have all applications in by now if i had held to my spring plan but whateves. i feel like im still in a good position if i get 4 in by the end of the month. then just one last one in august just for kicks really. i want to get 2 of those 4 in by wednesday though. ndu and cpi. then force myself to do comet and fmep in the coming weekend.  then that leaves CSIS and cni left to do. woo! idk if thats good though. i kinda want to have them all in by the end of the month just to make sure. maybe after arabics done ill be able to force myself to finish these. its really only cover letters that im just being lazy about. shit. gah this is so nerve racking! cuz i have no idea what pace the other people are at either.

i have been rather productive this summer though. but not enough apparently according to my current standards. blah blah blah.....

nothing new in hockey as of late. they are making a big deal about kanes surgery but he will b back in a couple motnhs and wont lose any games so im not worried at aall. i also learned odonnell was a top starter for the flyers last season so maybe he isnt too bad. i also know nothing about lepisto whos campolis replacement. stupid campoli apparently wasnt even close to the hawks so they dropped him. stupid play by him. i watched the 16 inning rsox rays game for some stupid reason. only 2 run scored. so boring. also i need a new game cuz im getting real bored at night without B. i miss her being happy and with me. also my friends need to stop traveling for camping and kentucky so i have something to do some nights.

gotta say i was really disappointed in harry potter. i give it like 2 stars cuz i had no fuckin idea wht was going on and it was not epic or climatic.

also mirrors edge gets a 7 from me if i didnt already score that game.

so bored and sleepy. idk wht to do online anymore....

stacked nhl teams

i gotta say, the LA kings look like the most stacked team this year! seriously! they have 6 players that could be playing on the top line of any team. kopitar, brown, stoll, williams, richards, penner, gagne.  wow. lets try to guess the pairings 1 kopitar gagne penner 2. richards brown williams 3. stoll lewis clifford 4. richardson parse westgarth.

i feel like that was very easy to name the lines. dmen? omg yes please!
1. doughty johnson 2. greene mitchell 3. scuderi martinez plus they have drewisikie on the side! shit
then quick and the bernier in goal

i just cant see any team that is anywhere close to being this loaded with talent. reminds me of the hawks or the flyers from the last couple years or even sharks before they got old.

Kings cup this season barring any serious injuries

just maybe

i maybe posted this in the past, but im kinda disappointed that the hawks didnt pick anyone else up. they just got a lot of depth guys and vets. thats not completely what the hawks needed. they needed a real no2 center. i really hope that one of the prospects in camp steps it up! we need a rookie of the year canidate! we have the ppl in the system to get one.ugh. we also have the cap space for another free agent. they should have traded for another. like fehr or something. blah....

im reading a new book on the convergence of the civilizations. it basically says that demographic changes show that christains and muslims are on the same path and dont have to collide into conflict. im looking forward to it cuz i hate the clash of the civs. we dont HAVE to go to war with the east. i hate how its now assumed that we will always be at a conflict with them. if anything, i like the end of history theory more! even though ppl mock it, but ill give it another 100 years to prove true. thats how much time i will allow for the proper revolutions and progress that brings nearly 100% of the world to democracy. even if its close in 2100, ill still say he was more right than huntington. maybe its my optimism or arab bias that makes me think that there doesnt have to be a clash, but still. whteever. i hope i get a chance to finish this book. idk how long ive got it...

2 more internships i want to finish this week. wolfenstein is in french, stupid cheap library. mirrorsedge is a bit disappointing. long day. class and work. need the hours. i still hate facebook. i like blogger way more lol. i actually like to utilize this at least! jeeeezzzz. i should delete it but y cant i? im like affraid to be out of the loop. speaking of loop i need to read more news again....and workout more. summer....so unproductive. but this arabic and internship stuff is kinda keeping me in school mode so maybe ill b nice and warmed up once the semester rolls around. also, where is my jersey? 5days to mail out from ebay? wtf? bad feedback from me asshole. i guess it was the fourth.....but eh.

REVIEWS!!!! have i not reviewed ac brotherhood yet? o wow. 9 out of 10. my favorite franchise. i need to buy the new one. still love that shit..

force unleashed 2: 7 out of 10. very fun but nothing to call home about. a good rental and weekend play. enjoyable but doesnt add much from the first game.

yea yea yeah....

havnt blogged much recently. been too tired i feel like the last few days. been too lazy for alot of things like running. but i have been pujmping out the cover letters and arabic hw left and right as of late. well thats pretty much why i havnt ran recently.
earlier today sometime after dinner i had a revelation to blog about that got from talking with my parents. but i cant think of it. all i can think about is how teenagers dont work like they used to or how similar the history of islam is to christianity but are just a few generations behind cuz it was formed like 600 years later. gah this is really annoying....i feel like it was something not about IR though but maybe very loosely tied to it....

humber is pitching at the game tomorrow. im excitied. should be a fun night with the fam.  still waiting for my jersey to come in the mail though.

hawks didnt sign anyone else. including campoli frolik and stalberg which concerns me. bowman just doesnt get along with RFAs. it is probably right that they should have signed campoli before montador so they could get campoli at a cheaper rate, but now campoli wants montadors deal. idk what frolik is demanding but he only deserves a tiny raise. stalberg has nothing to baragin with so they will get around to him. annoying though cuz those are all guys the hawks need.

the driving range was better. the instructor said coming over the top will make u slice. but i actually think i wasnt doing that enough so i was pulling it. so now im going more vertical and over the top of the ball. like my very old swing. full extension of the arms especially now. no resting or contractions. more upright but athletics still. hope it works. would like to hit the range again and start out right away with this new stance again. ill get to the driver later. need to fix irons NOW. but i was encourages by today.

work sucked today, long, annoyinig, stupid coworkers, schedule; just sucked.

still very annoyed that i cant think about my original topic. should have wrote it down. fuck. o well

nhl offseason

i love this shit!

there are so many overhauls and trades. despite the being a weak UFA year, the market has been crazy! i dont understand the flyers though. they traded versteeg to the panthers. tallon adding another cup hawk and the flyers trading away another young talent. i just dont get the flyers. they are trading away someone from every aspect. they also didnt resign the highly tauted leino! wtf flyers. they are just letting everyone go. with carcillo, thats now 4 forwards gone. wow. who will be on the team? are they going to make an offer to brad richards? or stamkos? one ricards for another wouldnt make sense. so maybe they are going after RFAs like stamkos. i hope to god that stamkos doesnt get an offer sheet. i love him on the lightning. gives florida a legit market and they have a great team with him that made it to the eastern finals this year, like i predicted.

now the hawks. i really liked the signing of burnette. he was that scoring guy i was talking about the other day. he should be good for 20 goals, which is good from a ufa at this point. carcillo is just crazy, like an eager or scott. with mayers also. holy shit now thats some grit.  they also added a mclean and odonnell who i know nothing about. i feel half of these 5 guys are just for depth and wont always be in the lineup. healthy scratches. burnette with probably be a regular third or 4th liner. current lineup? lets see...toews kane sharp, hossa bolland frolik, kruger smith olesz, burnette stalberg morin(morin is a place holder for now).
that lineup doesnt sound great right now. but thats why they need another center. i think they should get connolly. arnott is a little old to b on 2nd line. connolly is really the only 2nd line worth center on the market besides richards.  unless the hawks find someone inside the system.

i am unbelieveably surprised with what tallon has done for florida!!!!! holy shittt!!! campbell, versteeg, theodore, fleishman, jovanoski, upshall, kopecky, bergenheim. goc.  holy fuck is that a makeover or what!! they will actually be contenders in the future and maybe even the playoffs this season. they didnt add a big name talent but they may have the parts to win as a team effort. i just think i may be rooting for them this season. tallon is a hell of a GM. though i am not unhappy with bowmans efforts though. he has been good this offseason, but i wish he got some of the UFAs florida got lol. like fleishman or goc. im kinda jealous lol. but bowman has improved us also for the longrun.

i gotta say i am loving the huge movement this season. the panthers seriously migh move up into the flyers playoff spot. all the flyers have left is an aging blueline. wow.
gotta love it!

ill write more as i see it

more hawks moves

they now traded kopecky for pick then used that pick to get rights to montador. kopecky would have been asking about 3mil for his limited role, but then they signed montador to just under 3mil. i think they overpaid for montador but he did just have a career season in pts and +-. i was also a little surprised because i thought the hawks were shored upped on dman once they resifn campoli, but i guess with campbell gonw, they need another upper rier dman. pairs: keith seabrook, hjammerson campoli, montador leddy. i actually really like the sound of that. not too bad considering how good campbell was. so i guess i am know happy with them signing him cuz he will have a big role. kopecky was a role player so he was replacable for cheaper. the hawks NEED to sign frolik and campoli now! stalberg also, but he isnt as key as the other 2 restricted freeagents.

i would like to see the hawks sign eith erjoel ward or john madden, id side with madden cuz he was so loved during the cup run and it would be nice to see him back. i wish therer were more ppl between madden and richards cuz thats whaat the hawks need. a solid centerman without paying max.

whitesox won again and are now back only 2 games from 500. woo!

turned in 2 applications today and it felt really good to get something done finally. MEI and rest of wilson next.

blackhawks draft and trades

first, trades:
the hawks have to estatic about trading campbell! they finally got one of those teams looking to hit the salary floor; florida panthers. they got some no name guy for him, but i think tallon was doinng us a favor so beggers cant be choosers. o well. and brouwer? thank you caps! you could have just waited to sign him as a free agent cuz there was no way in hell that we were going to resign troy, but thanks for the first rounder! speaking of first rounders....

draft: mcneill, danault and saad; those are the names you should know.
saad at one point was considered a top10 pick but fell off due to a poor showing this season. but since he fell all the way to day2, i think he just has nothing but upside now. its not like we wasted a high pick on a risky guy. saads got talent and we are taking a shot at him. mcneil was the coveted 2way forward of the draft that many later round teams were looking to snag. we got him first! he adds grit and defense as a forward and lots of experience. i dont know as mmuch about danault but i hear he is the type of forward that can dominate and takeover parts of the game. hell, ill take it.
all of these gus sound like the type of guys the hawks like. a toews kane lookalikes.

sounds like a good last few days for the hawks. god high picks and trades that neeed to happen

flyer shakedown!!

i just had to make a post about this the instant that i saw it! the flyers traded jeff carter to the blue jackets, mike richards to the kings and signed ilya bryz to a multi year deal.  holy shit! this has to be one of the biggest single day shake ups i have ever seen! carter was their top scorer when they went to the cup against the hawks; ricchards was their captain; and apparently they werent confident in their goalie situation. signing iyla is no surprise and i think we saw this coming once we saw that he was going to be a free agent.  they sent carter for a top10 draft pick, a later rounder and voracek. voracek is barely a 50 pointer while carter was around 70. i guesss the flyers wanted to go young. like very young. the bluejackets have to be happy. they got another top3 forward that they were dying for to go with nash.(nash could be one of the greatest if he had bettter teammates).

i love the kings, and i am quite happy to see them get richards. hes a REAL top6 forward that they always needed to give them more scoring punch. they lost schenn and simmonds, which i wont loose any sleep about.

bryzgalov is great for the flyers. they needed the goalie, bad. no really cons hear i think, unless they way over pay for an aging goalie cuz idk the money right now. 

for the bluejackets: this is an A grade trade.
kings: A- just cuz schenn is so prized.
flyers:....C+ cuz i dont think loosing to top scorers is what they needed. its not like carter or richards are that old either. bryz was a free agent so im not factoring it into the grade much

slumping

golf slump, busy life slump basically.

i am getting to unbelieveably frustrated with my recent golf slump. it has been going on for about a month now and i am freaking the hell out! i cant hit my irons! what happened!!?? those were my best clubs for years and now all of the sudden they are just all being pulled left or just miss it. i agreed with grandpa that i am crouching maybe too much. because in years past i thought i was too upright, but when i looked in a mirror i realized how slumped over i was. that helped in woodstock, but not today....i feel like i have bad habits now. but where did they come from? i had a great fall in cuse playing the best rounds of my life! i was doing fantastic, except for that last round but that was  just a poor first hole or two. now it takes me 6 holes to figure my game out! and i still pull left! why? i think i need to be more upright and think back to my old lessons where irons should be striaght up and down, and be able to fit through a door way because there is no horizantal movement. idk about my right thumb, ill experiment with that later; but i do believe i am doing too much with my right hand because i focus so much on it on my drives. i have been working on my drives all spring so maybe that adjustment is carrying over...fuck my life! i seriously wanted to cry today and i was embaressed in front of her. fuck. i need to FOCUS at the range and just goof off with my irons only! thats it! fix those first.

i have been crazy busy this past week, and i havent had time to make a new schedule or play AC. i love AC games and i need to get it back from the library. i hate making schedules, but i love the power and authority i feel from being like the top SL. i worked alot this week so im happy. weathers been good finally but i did enjoy my day off. arabic is well and the lessons go pretty fast, and i enjoy that its not real awkward with my teacher and that we move along nicely one-on-one. alsi i love the drive into the campus, such a beautiful area. i also feel i should be more social and visited more people here. maybe we should finally make good of our cole situation; we have been kinda lame this summer...need more city and dunes time. aka B needs more days off.

battery is almost dead....o well. bass for now

o so much news!

quick: batman, car, meltdown

honestlt, im pretty sleeepy right now so idk how much ill actully get to or into how much detail but lets try.
batman arkham asylum review. it was overall good and solid. was a really good comic game that is jammed packed with content and unlockables and things to do without  having any multiplayer. the campiagn was a littlw slow at parts and was rather drawn out. right before the end, i actually googled how much more i had to finish cuz the game seemed to be taking forever. so its a solid length. then the riddler riddles.....talk about addicting....you could suck up hours trying to solve and track doen all 240 riddles and trophies. i got the 55% achievement so happy enough with that. theres challenge maps, bios, art, trophies and alll sorts of cool shot to look at. the game design is interesting cuz each encounter is like a ser piece that you have to complete, so its very straight forward. but it keeps it simple and non confusing as to what to do considering all of your abilities, but there is just enough sandbox to make it feel balanced.  overall, i would give it an 8 out of 10. good game, but maybe just not quite my style.

we bought a new car today out of the blue! a chevy equinox. i like though i will miss the truck. o well., the truck was old anyways. i learned a lot about car buying and what goes into these deals and that its not that complicated and you just really have to pay attention to get it. i think we got just the deal we needed to get the car, though i was surprised by the total amount that a 2011 car goes for! this will certainly affect my price is right strategies....(speaking of which, tpir had good showcases today for fathers day).

they had a meltdown, similar to the gf one. o boy. police and all...i feel bad, though no one was reacted well to the situation, including rents.i wish they didnt chase eachother. thats what killed the situation. just leave and go your seperate ways! it just isnt worth it. i had more to say earlier but i forgot....

grad party and HW tomorrow. ughg, i cant believe how busy i have been since tuesday! ive worked like everyday and i have cover letters and arabic to do still....blah i hate this. B needs to go back to cuse. the drama here is so much more hurtful and real than the stuff at school. E will seem like nothing to N.

super8

well i now have officially gone to the movies 2 nights in a row, and tonight it was super8. i think it deserved its 3 star ratings from the tribune. VERY speilberg-esque in almsot all aspects, including some camera effects used. i usually HATE movies starring kids, but this is the first and only movie i enjoyed that focused on a group of kids the most. though i do wish they spent more time on jack the dad. i was more excitied for his scenes than the kids. also, the movie was strangely like cloverfield. monster-alien, dont c at first but is slowly revealed, angry but just wants to leave. etc etc. though this had more of a twist as the alien had compassion but still ate people. idk, wierd. it was like jj was trying to redo the cloverfield concept with a better script and plot this time; and he kinda succeded.

driving ranges drive me nuts because they maek me nervous and over analyze my swing. by the end, i cant hit my irons for the life of me. i am actually having trouble with them all together recently though. i wasnt hitting them well at twin lakes either. it really sucks and is making me nervous about my game. my driving is improving noticably but still needs work and consistancey. what i dont understand about my irons is that i was crushing them in cuse, but pulling them ever siince i got home. i had one good round at DG but thats about it. idk, i need to get on a real course again soon to test this and get my confidence back on my irons. is is the mats at the range thats screwing with my timing. idk, maybe ranges truely only good for drivers because there is no grass for the irons. whatever. i still need to get out. but i also need to stop wasting my gift frrom brian....ugh, i hate money. also, these couple days went too fast i feel.

im excitied to start arabic on tuesday, but also nervous thgat i will embaress myself with my nervousness and by being rusty. i am rusty already and need to brush up ASAP. probably monday and tuesday i will study both of my books to get my VOCAB back and spelling and such. thats what im most worried about now.

im also worried about my false sense of security on internship applications. i cant put them off and im just over confident because of how easy the one was. btw i need to address more towrads one of their programs...

i like how the nights that i come in with almost nothing to say; i write the longest posts

i almost forgot! samantha reccomended that we keep a journal while at DC. well guess what! this will be my journal! woo! nice premonition by me!
my spelling is horrendous, almost embaressing...jeezzz o well, thats why Word has spellcheck!

its a bloggon time!

i just feel the need to blog right now, i dont think i have much to say but lets find out.


i rented batman arkham asylum. its solid but not great. i kinda feel like im just going through the motions and its not really challenging. i feel like your hand is always being held, bu ti do appreciate it sometimes cuz there is a lot going on and to think about. also i like the stealth in the game. its really easy to be frank. but i enjoy it because its simple and straight forward and forgiving. most games r too harsh during stealth parts and get tedious and annoying. this is justa bou right. combat is fun and easy, mocement clanky sometimes but alright.

O RIGHT! i guess i should review black ops!! have i done this yet? o well. well then, the campaign was pretty wpic though it takes forever to get going and to figure out what is going on. though about a quarter in you can kinda guess. a great reznov twist that made me tip my hat to the game writers. fight club esque indeed!i feel the shorter campaign kinda worked here because it was so fast paced and in your face that it needed to be moving quickly. maybe just a touch longer next time. but your most time will be in multi. i wa snever a huge zombies fan, but its back is about what you should expect....ok? multiplayer is fun as always with crazy amounts of customizing and XP and such. almost so much that your screen gets filled up and clogged with multipliers. as with previous games, matches can get very lop sided and really suck for one team. it was an issue because it happened almost every game. i didnt feel there was enough mixing up. so they placed prestiges with newbies, what? but still addicting and fast paced. i give the game an 8 out of 10. i dont really have much to complain about, its very well made, but also nothing groundbreaking that makes it stand out. im kinda surprised how popular that COD is over any others.

saw hangover2 tonight. id give it like 2.75 stars out of 4. it was good and still original and funny. they took more chances with the material in this one and it paid off. enjoyable and not a waste of money or time, but also nothing to rave about either. i just couldnt quite convince myself to give it 3 stars though.

absolutely nothing planned for tomorrow. i need to tighten up desperately. i figured out how to lose weight, but now need to tighten back to shape... core workouts? abs? pushups? idk.
ill probably go golfing tomorrow if it doesnt rain, but i think it might.....ill look it up. then family party on sunday. idk y im not looking forward to it as much now....i guess i just want to chill instead being social. but i need to be more social because i swear my social skills are deteriorating! im mainly having trouble speaking on the spot and knowing what to say in basic moments like meeting someone and saying bye or thanks. UGH its so frustrating because i know i wasnt always this awkward when around people. what is wrong with me.? its like i need to repractice what to say. is it something to do with being in college? or being around the same ppl? but in college you meet tons of new ppl and that should be helping but its doing the opposite it seems? is it college or something eelse...why is this happening especially when im going off to DC and will be meeting lots of new important ppl and maybe career opportunities. its really making me nervous :(

its that time of the night again

what is it about me and other people that cause us to be more thoughtful at night? why do i do my most tihnking and advanced thinking in bed? i feel like my best ideas and originality comes while im in bed. but then sometimes when i wake up the next morning, i feel that my ideas from the night before were stupid and embaressing. prime explame was my email to mei. i sent it out at like 2 in the morning. the next morning i thought my arbitrary question was so stupid and i was embaressed by it. i think it really only hurt my chances there. (btw tmw i NEED to do work. scheduling and coverletters)
also im more likely to indulge in deeper and more emotional conversations at night. during the day, emotions just feel uncomfortable and awkward, but at night its welcome. its odd. i dont get it. i would think my tired body would be less likely to engage in deep thoughts at night, but alas it doesnt.
i kinda feeel stupid right now because i feel like this was scientifically explained to me at some point, but i just cant remember it right now. maybe ill google it later. ill get bac to you. my thoughtful night led to the creation of this blog. i believe i made it around midnight one night in cuse. to record my random night thoughts. idk y, b ut i just feel better having them in a online blog. not writing them on paper or just in a random word document on my computer.  maybe its because i secretly want people to read and think about my thoughts? im obviously not hiding them by putting this on my blog, but im also not advertising it cuz its embaressing at the same time. some people might think im stupid and laugh at what i say here....not nice :( but im self-conscious like the rest of the world while also secretly seeking out attention. id say this blog fits nicely into general sociological theories pretty well. good for me?

brian is quite the liberal conspiricy man, but hes not over the top yet. i enjoy his fresh outlook sometimes because he is fairly versed and doesnt make blind generalizations with no backup about everytihng the government does. his thoughts on bin laden were farfetched to me at first, but did have some common sense to them. i think we will ever know the true story of bin ladens killing. how long it took to find him, ppl killed, tatics used, etc. idk, but its a nice thought experiment. i always give our government the benefit of the doubt though because they have a generally good track record in war, though modern warfare has been diffcult for us since the 60s, but its been like that with everyone. guerilla tatics, terrorism, longrange missiles, nukes; they all changed the game and we are all nervous about them.  at the same time, i think we do have intelligent people working in the government that try their best to make the correct call, though it isnt always perfect. its jsut nonsense to think that EVERYONE in the federal government is a bunch of idiots. so many people think they are all retarded and have no idea what is going on in the world. that simply is not true; it is extremely difficult to be in politics and policy making, there are so many scernios to every situation that it is impossible to ever make the perfect call. theres always consequences. i give them credit despite all of the criticism from the average joes that are way too under educated on the issues they complain about. i will forever think back to government my senior year of high school. all of the general and just shockingly stupid and blind and uneducated allegations ppl would yell out(yea im talking to you tanya, you are a dumb fuck, im just gonna come out and say it). i am always willing to rant about ppls stupidity on topical issues. maybe im being arrogant, but i sometimes look stupid when i talk to grad students, so i have been humbled a bit. but i just cannot stand ppl who think they are leading the charge to change, and are reallly just under educated and blind to the real facts and things that happen in big governemnt. its so much bigger and more complex than some can ever imagine.

portal 2 review

are you enjoying my hasty reviews? i know i am! i must say that i LOVE the multiplayer of medal of honor. its fast, quick, tight and balanced. though a little sniper heavy. i am actually quite good which also helps my review :) the addition of the fun multi plus the intense single player solidifies my score of 9.5/10 for the game. congrats EA

now on to portal 2. it was a fantastically fun and clever and orginal and mind boggling experice. it is quite hard to believe how difficult of puzzles game designers were able to come up with. wow. quite a feat valve. yet again, im being hasty and still havent played any of the new coop yet, but landon liked it so ill give it a pass for now. i really enjoyed the story and progression of the campaign in portal2. the second part did seem dragged out at parts, but i still wont complain about the length. im glad valve was able to make a full 6+hour campaign out of a puzzle game. it was worth it. though lots of testing.....the voice acting was outstanding(i never say that) and the dialogue was just fun to listen to. i feel the dialogue kept u going more than anything else in the game actually. 

overall i would give the game a solid 8.5/10. thats quite good, but it sometimes got a little tedious so i just have to knock a little for that. also the coop can be frustrating depending on who u play with. also there isnt a ton of replay value here.

on another note:
went frolfing in woodridge and at lombard! woo. really hardcore disc golf today. fun day off though. my arabic sounds like it is going to be more demanding than i thought. so i really need to get on my applications now...ugh. i hate procrastination. also i hate university of chicago for charging up the ass for classes and expecting me to commute into the city 3 days a week. wtf. what am i going to do?

ideas

preplate everything, nachos pizza preztals
premake drinks like at dome
ditch smoothies
put out sign warning about excessive lines during adult swims
discounts on :30s not during adult swim
announce warning with adult swim announcement
pickup window could help with space, but not much for speed
an extra person wont help, cuz someone is usually just waiting anyways for a drink or cheese to fill or whtever.
take orders in advance or set time for pickup
make it restuarant style. we take orders and deliver
or they come to window with order, we give them a number and then we call it out or deliever. like portillos or noodles. we would need more tables maybe
we need like a testing day for these extreme changes on a medium day.

angry again

angry again, everynight this week so far..

just as a an update, the medal of honor multiplayer is sick. its kinda odd how its designed and look and feel is completely different and seperate from the campaign because the multi was developed by DICE. very interesting mose to have 2 seperate companies work like that.

concessions complaints. hotdogs: ok, my bad, i didnt check them throughly enough or didnt tell them to microwave them long enough. so thats on me no matter who was preparing them.
chips, fine, sry ididnt clean out all of the crumbs. i didnt think we had to be that thorough and i dont think it didnt to be in a "disappointed" email. it isnt that big of a deal. i took the chips out, but not the crumbs, so what.
slow service? are you fucking kidding me? we are so much faster than any other concession stand! especially when fundraising groups come in and fuck it all up. pickup windows? that wont slove anything. it still takes time to make a nachos or smoothie or pretzal or drink or even get a slice of pizza. btw smoothies are the bane of the concession stand and we need to fix that if we want to fix service. the REAL problem is the flood of people we get at the 2 and 3pm adult swims! HELLO PEOPLE!!! YOU WILL GET YOUR FOOD FASTER IF YOU DONT GO WHEN EVERYONE ELSE IS THERE! COMMON FUCKING SENSE! we need a way or incentive for people to come during non-adult swim times. that is the true problem. we are literally running around in that little room. the problem is the huge lines. i guarantee! that no other concessions staff from anywhere could service those people siginificantly faster than we do. we have the system down and deal with.  im sry, it is not like me to say this but, this is truely the customers fault. we cant do it any better with the types of things we serve. it is the ppls fault for flooding at 2pm. its a no brainer; and i cant believe JP would want us to fix this when we have been working like this for over 6 years! she has to know we are doing our best! we need to stop people from coming at 2pm and 3pm all at once. also, i cant believe the thoroughness of the ladie complaining about the hotdogs. she told us, kelly, and jp; way to go bitch. people need to stop blaming others and see the obvious answer; DONT GET IN LINE AT THE SAME TIME AS WHEN 100 OTHER PEOPLE ARE ALREADY THERE! DUH! jeeezzzz

medal of honor review

medal of honor was the shit! idk why that game got such mediocre reviews? the ending was quite possibly the most powerful and touching video game ending i have ever seen! it was the ultimate ode to our service men and women. the gameplay was tight and simply. the campaign was long and had great pacing. EA did an unbelievable job of changing up the gameplay and stories throughout the game. whether it was on the ground as a ranger, SEAL, or teir1; or in a tank, apache, a130 or sniping from miles away! i would have bought this game if i knew it was this good! now idk now cuz i already beat the campaign, and im not one to replay a ton. maybe if it was cheap, but i also never bought mass effect2. i would easily put moh into my top5 games, maybe even top3! i havent played the multiplayer at all actually lol. but it was made by the battlefield ppl so i will see later. i give it a 9 out of 10. maybe a 9.5 if the multiplayer lives up to its name.

shaven or stirred

earlier tonight i had a topic for this post but i forgot. all i remembered was the title....its kinda clever but not really. o well. tux fitting tmw. domo77. i need to email mei still....fuck....and where is my arabic teacher for the summer? ugh. im tired, but dont feel like going to bed. so now im bored and dont know what to do. i cant do xboz cause its loud. blah....tattoo places? any ideas? or a design? lets find out

video games

this has been one that i have been thinking about for awhile, my favorite games, xbox360 that is

Assassins Creed2, COD4, Halo Reach, Mass Effect 2, NHL11, Crackdown, Halo 3, Orange Box those are probably my top tier favorite games ranks? well....
1. COD: MW
2. Mass Effect 2
3. Assassins Creed series
4. NHL11
5. Orange Box
6. Halo Reach
7. Crackdown
8. Halo 3

I am probably forgetting a few...o well.
I recently rented crysis2 and medal of honor.  I was stoked for both of these games before they released but apparently MoH didnt live up to the hype.  I also almost bought crysis2 right away.  Crysis2 was good, and look really good because of how fully rendered every part of the game is and the textures are great. but the game was nothing special. the story actually detracted from the game, and the gameplay was nothing really special. nanosuit powers add an intersting elements to campaign and multiplayer, but didnt make up for everything. also the AI was awful! I would give it like a 7.5 out of 10. good, but nothing to shout about and the campaign was at least a good longer length.
Now i havnt finished playing through the campaign of medal of honor and i havent played any multiplayer yet.  but i must say that i am a little more entertained so far than i was with crysis2. crysis was better reviewed but moh isnt bad either. ill let you know my final score later.  the AI also sucks in this game...why is COD and halo's AI so far supieror than any other game? in comparison it is really noticeable and kinda sad. o well i guess?

now i am going to research stores where you can buy apba cards...

israelis and basketball and golf

i golfed today for the first time in illinois in a long time...i did not shoot well.  yet i shot under 50 somehow. i think i miss counted a lot, or i just dont suck quite as much. either way, it was nice to just get out.

but a man on the course asked me today if israel should go bac to 1967 like obama asked.  first, did obama really request this? i guess im kinda out of the looop now or whatever.  but i find this an odd request because did obama really expect israel to listen? i actually think he was more sending a message, that israel doesnt have all of the leverage in the relationship.  wht was meant by 1967 was to return to the borders of that time. before the wars and israel gained all of the land. i dont think israel should, but maybe start taking palestine seriouisly and make them a legit nation.  that will seriously help a lot. al-quods? idk, flip a coin to see who gets it lol.

bulls lost again, o well. i guess im pessimistic. i think the bulls are missing that little something. that next option and not a offense based around rose.  they will b better and i think they will reach the finals soon.

paying ncaa athletes

where has our perspective gone? why are we being to ideological? when tyrelle pryor sold his jersey, do you really think he used that cash to buy books and pens?  did he really just need some lunch money? if he really needed lunch money, he should sold the free ipad he was given for playing in a bowl game or any of the other free stuff he was given.

the ncaa is approaching this the wrong way and they need to stop.  are athletes really going to stop cutting deals because their schools now pay for their supplies? NO! if they can make some extra cash, they will continue to make some extra cash. "o, they are too busy to get a part time job like other students"  are you kidding me? i guarantee the total monetary value of the freee shit they get and the national TV coverage is FAR more than the money i will make at ets or whereever.  they already get paid and commpensated handsomely.  their books are paid for, mine aren't; so thats already a leg up they have on me.

i have seen far poorer students make it through college using aid and scholarships despite being below the poverty line.  if an athlete comes from a family below the poverty line or se to it, fine, g ve them extra cash but that should also go for ALL college students and not just the athletes.  this is getting rediculous and we need to stop it now before it gets any worse. does any one know any ways to get in contact with the big10 or the ncaa? i have a few questions.  what about the rest of us college students struggling to make it through school.  athletes arent some special exception that deserve the most freebies and passes

fuck the ncaa

I am absolutely appalled to see that the Big 10 is seriously considering paying its student-athletes!  What about the rest of us regular students? Why aren't my living expenses being paid for?  What makes them so special?  I believe it is completely unfair.  They are STUDENT-athletes; I saved up for years to go to college, and I have seen people from the poorest of situations use smart saving and financial aid to make it through college.  There are kids out there that are in more desperate need for money for college than these egotistical athletes.  Why do they have the right while the rest of us have to pay for college ourselves?  I know they bring in revenue for the universities, but if they want to go to college, then they should plan for college.  They already get handsomely compensated for their playing; like the free Nike clothing and iPads the SU football players got.

dj hero2

well i found exactly wht i needed. a semi-mindless game to play for hours and is a little differnt than anything ive gotten in the past.  dj hero is actually really fun! i wish i kinda had someone to play with. um, i didnt do anything else today. spent some money, thats about it. idk wht else to say. i hope the sharks win and not the redwings in game7. bulls need to pull together. i dont even want to talk about the white sox...ugh...whteves

international hockey

i am currently watching the world championships on versus.  im actually quite happy that versus is making such an effort to televise more hockey and really try to build an audience.  its canada versus sweden, tied at 2 if you were wondering.  i must say i am shocked that jon bernier is in net for canada.  i kno bernier is the shit, and some thought he would replace quick. but quick was better for LA and was the incumbant.  i gotta say i love both of them and im happy to c bernier get sucha great opportunity to play in the worlds.  but im just shocked his the the number 1 for canada. what about broduer? or price? or whoever else is available.  o well. go bernier! and usa! quick needs to be in net for the usa if bernier is in for canada, just saying.  also, im chocked sweden and these other european countries are hanging in so well in the tournament. canada is loaded, but cant pull away from sweden? sweden has been loaded in the past though so i guess i shouldnt b surprised (shout out to kruger!). also i thought nash's big hit was clean, but he did kind of lunge into it alittle.  also the larger ice suraface is interesting to watch and really opens up the game.  lots more room 2 skate and doesnt seem as crowded and chaotic as the nhl. idk which i like better, but its an interesting change of pace.  also the blatant ads on the jerseys and helments of everyone(including the refs) on the ice is kinda strange. i thought the usa was bad with product placement. i also enjoy the car in the middle of the crowd lol. crazy europeans....

speaking of things of international attention, im done with classes! woo! now just chillin in cuse till monday. any ideas on wht the hell to do??!! im already bored and today was my first day off. review tmw but thats about it.  then xbox game shoppin and food shoppin, exciting shit. (btw, how often blogspot saves is kinda annoying, idk y but im just really noticing it).

middle eastern predictions

you may not know this but i study international relations, middle eastern studies, and arabic language; so i know something at least.


in around 30 years the region will fall into chaos if new technologies in removing salt from sea water aren't more fully developed.  more powerful countries will invade weaker states to obtain water access points.  the arab-israeli conflict will get put on hold for awhile.  i mean the region is going to run out of water, how canwar not break out? enless some crazt importing or treaties are signed ahead of time to avoid it, but isk about that.

oil is also fall to the way side in that general same time as the west finally realizes that the oil is running out so we invest more in alternative energies.  i think the US will find a way to make things work.  i guess im confident that we wont fall into chaos.  the ME will also have problems as the oil dries up and they can no longer afford their gucci cars.  well the already horrendous pverty level will be epic by then.  i don't have have a ton of confidence.  oil is what brought that region out of the middle ages.   now it can send it back. along a waterless river bed.  i think arabs will start massive emmigrations to europe, the states and the developing areas of asia. it will be a huge controversy over arab immigration. islam will still be criminalized so some crazy fuckers like the westboro church will try to genocide the arabs, and conservatives will stand by.  but extremism will fall as they will NEED our help so survival.  so if they stop bombing us, maybe we will leet you move to detroit. deal.  this may sound insensitive but im exaggerating a little and a little saracastic. but i think these predictions have some merit. idk. maybe not. maybe ill revoke them tomorrow cuz ill realize how much of an idiot i am. we will c. as always. go bulls and preds. now lets get to the ball busting from mikey m.

corey crawford and hockey cards

corey crawford, what a man. lead the blackhawks all year after being a little bit of a disappointment.  his rookie cards date the 05-06 season so he has been around.  now whats even more surprising is the popularity of his cards.  they have been selling for around 10bucks for the nice rookies like ultimate and black diamond. im shocked but good for you corey! really shows the popularity of the blackhawks these days. its amazing wht a cup can do.  now ppl really seem to believe in him and are collecting him.  i know, its crazy that i follow card collecting and that i still do it, but its kinda fun and addicting at this point sry. i really like jersey cards.  they just fascinate me molre than autos.  autos are just more plain i feel. auto jsy are sweet though! just like how i want a auto jsy spx nick leddy, but again! they are selling for a surprisingly high price considering his unexciting first seasona and the hawks being out of the playoffs, but he was good enough to get my attention so i guess him and corey have hooked in other people.  i think the hawks will reload next year after the chaos that was last season.  i was just happy that they made the playoffs and kicked some canuucks ass for a few games. canucks were my preseason pick to win the cup so i wasnt expecting the hawks to win. sorry.  my preseason picks for conference finals were canuccks versus the kings in the west, and then the flyers against the lightning in the east.  then the canucks and flyers moving on to the finals with the canucks taking the whole thing.....the canucks are really my only hope of fulfilling that prediction....damn injuried kopitar and tanking flyers.....lightning were a pleasant surprise though.  i should be a fuckin sports analyst.  i could make up the same BS that they do. 

watching the canucks v. predators game now.  i tihnk the canucks will win the series but im kinda rooting for the pred cuz they are a tough resilient team that deserves more respect.  they got a solid seed and win every season.  kudos to trotzy.

along with the blackhawks, SU basketball will rebound next year for an elite eight run.  great freshman class coming in.  only losing jackson(but thats still huge) and really deep a guard. scoop, triche, joseph are aure starters.  xmas, southerland(who deserves more attention) fab, kieta will cycle in the final forward and center positions.  i like wht jim did this year, though we underachieved alittle with how much raw talent we had.  I almost forgot CJ! i fuckin love that kid, i hope he or southerland starts opposite of joseph at the second forward.  we will be small with that lineup but whteves.  we will be shooting and athletic. i like it.  im predicting an elite eight team AT LEAST. i dont wanna jinx but i hope will live up to it. and compete for a big east title.

at this point in time...ive got canucks and bruins in the finals from the remaining teams in the cup finals.  though i hate to pick against the lightning.

DA BULLS. honestly, havnt paid much attention to them but i should....they are winning...so yay chicago!

moving out soon from cuse to chicity then dc.

thats all for now. maybe ill post again later if i think of more

until then, back to security in the me....maybe

Lets get this started

Well i am going to be talking about a lot of things in the near future. syracuse, syracuse sports and univeristy, chicago, chicago sports, all sports, nhl, card collecting, girlfriends, friends, the middle east, islam, arab stuff, how i hate facebook and foursquare, and others i will add along the way.  will anyone actually read this? idk but lets find out....