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Ok, here’s the situation (and no, my parents didn’t go away for a week’s vacation). Last night I met up with Scott and Jessica in Hiram for some drinks and catching up. It was good to hang out with some friends I hadn’t seen in a while and just see how everyone was doing. After that Scott and I went to see The Hangover (review to come later). I see a spot near the theater and I pull in noticing that some jackass has pulled his huge truck through into the spot in front of him, therefore taking up 2 spots. Well, there was enough room to get my car in so I pull up, park my car, get out and go see the movie.

The movie was great and I’m in a good mood. I get out and notice there is a cop and some people standing around my car. I say to Scott “man, I hope this cop moves so I can get out of my spot.” Well, when I get over there, they say “There you are!” to which I reply “Yep, here I am?!” The gentleman says informs me that I have run into his truck and that he has called the cops to file an incident report. I take a look and sure enough my bumper is touching his…barely. Some words were exchanged and a property damage report was filed by the cops and away I went.

So basically, this fucknut pulls his truck into a spot that is clearly too small for him and takes up 2 spots at the front of the parking lot. I seize and opportunity to get a close spot and pull in the other part of the one he’s taking up. It is on a slight downward slope and I reckon when I put my car in park it rolled forward an inch or 2. Since he had a 90 majillion ton truck I didn’t notice that I was touching his bumper. When he gets back, he takes a look, decides that his “$50k truck” has been hit and it is his civic duty to call Hiram’s finest out there to file a report. While the police were jotting information down they ask the guy to back his truck up and see if there is any damage…there isn’t. His nice shiny bumper is just fine and the steel hooks he has on the front of the truck are steel there (had to throw a pun in). My bumper is in the same condition and everything is as it was prior to the “accident”. So there was no harm to any one’s vehicle and everything was fine, but instead of just pulling back and checking he decided to call the cops.

This just goes to show that people in Hiram suck ass. I seriously can’t wait to get out of that place. I know it was a long drawn out explanation to the details of last night, but I just kinda felt like writing this morning.

Go here for the back story.

So yesterday was the the challenge. It was set to be an epic battle and I had countless support from family and friends. I took the week to prepare myself for it by drinking loads of water and stretching out my stomach. I was totally prepared for the volume of food, what I wasn’t prepared for was the grease and fat.
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Thanks for the heads up Jenny at the bloggess.

Rockin' Phoenix

As it turns out there’s some pretty big news out there today. I mean against all odds and despite what the media was saying, it seems that Joaquin Phoenix has retired. I mean, I’m just blown away. I know I’ve only done some basic research and not really kept up with his take on things, but he did it. He really did retire. This has got to be one of the biggest stories of the day. 

Well I really do hope the next couple of years go well for the acting community. It’s bad when you lose one of your most influential people. We’ll just have to wait and see. I still can’t belive the news, though I have to say I’m kind of excited, it was time for a change…for him.

Oh well, here’s to Joaquin and his new music career.

So occasionally I’ll get some spam IMs that are from some LJ dealy or something. I figured I’d post them here to keep track of the awesomness that is.

Session Start (ninjaben3:DirectCoho): Fri Sep 26 20:03:54 2008
[20:03] DirectCoho: Goodenmorning, my name is Martijn, and I am wonder if you me with the English help could?
Session Close (DirectCoho): Fri Sep 26 20:06:28 2008

Session Start (ninjaben3:SaltyCoho): Tue Sep 16 06:05:09 2008
[06:05] SaltyCoho: Do you synchronize your sneezes with others?
Session Close (SaltyCoho): Tue Sep 16 06:05:15 2008

Session Start (ninjaben3:AnimatedTrout): Sun Aug 31 09:01:37 2008
[09:01] AnimatedTrout: When I consider how my light is spent e’re half my days, in this dark world and wide, and that one Talent which is death to hide, Lodg’d with me useless, though my Soul more bent to serve therewith my Maker, and present doth God exact day-labour, light deny’d, I fondly ask.
Session Close (AnimatedTrout): Sun Aug 31 09:05:32 2008

Session Start (ninjaben3:CopaseticTrout): Wed Aug 27 00:09:19 2008
[00:09] CopaseticTrout: We’re discussing Trout in the IRC channel #reddit on irc.freenode.org.
Session Close (CopaseticTrout): Wed Aug 27 00:09:28 2008

Session Start (ninjaben3:RationedTrout): Sat Aug 23 16:35:31 2008
[16:35] RationedTrout: I think the world is flat. Charles Johnson proved it. RIP.
Session Close (RationedTrout): Sat Aug 23 16:35:42 2008

Session Start (ninjaben3:FantasticSalmon): Sat Jul 12 12:51:51 2008
[12:51] FantasticSalmon: Hey!
[14:02] NinjaBen 3: hey?
[14:02] FantasticSalmon: What
[14:02] NinjaBen 3: who’s this?
[14:02] NinjaBen 3: sam?
[14:02] FantasticSalmon: Who is this ?
[14:03] NinjaBen 3: i dunno. you sent me a message at 12:51
[14:03] NinjaBen 3: [12:51] FantasticSalmon: Hey!
[14:02] NinjaBen 3: hey?
[14:02] FantasticSalmon: What
[14:02] NinjaBen 3: who’s this?
[14:02] NinjaBen 3: sam?
[14:02] FantasticSalmon: Who is this ?
[14:03] NinjaBen 3: i dunno. you sent me a message at 12:51
[14:05] FantasticSalmon: How the fuck do you know my name ?
[14:05] FantasticSalmon: Thats not even my screenname.
[14:13] NinjaBen 3: so aparently there’s an LJ hack/aim bot floating around.
Session Close (FantasticSalmon): Sat Jul 12 17:34:40 2008

Session Start (ninjaben3:spark itx07): Sat Jul 12 14:04:56 2008
[14:04] spark itx07: Who`s this ?
[14:13] NinjaBen 3: so aparently there’s an LJ hack/aim bot floating around.
[14:14] NinjaBen 3: picks 2 screen names and blasts them, then hilarity ensues
Session Close (spark itx07): Sat Jul 12 17:34:40 2008

Cause if you do, this will happen:

TASTY!

No lie. That will happen to you.

MMMMM, now I’m hungry.

So yesterday was Bryan and Lauren’s house warming party. I had a few things to take care of around the house in preparation for my open house today so the first half of my day was spent cleaning like mad. After I was satisfied with how things were I loaded up some coolers and headed out.

Now I knew their place was far away, but 120 miles was like hella far. I didn’t really mind cause I got to drive fast and it was a nice day. It was a perfect driving around/being outside day. I got there about 2:30/3:00, got the tour of the place and just kinda relaxed. They’ve got a really nice place and it’s quite cozy.

I made my rounds making sure that I knew everyone and started talking to Niki, who I had no memory of meeting. Apparently she and I had met at Sean and Valerie’s wedding, but my super poor memory of meeting people (or at least remembering their name) made it all seem like a blur to me. Somehow she remembered the entire 5 minute conversation we had. Oh well. It finally came back. Good times.

The day was spent playing corn hole, bocce ball, drinking, talking, watching Bryan control his computer with it iPod, and eating. It was a pretty chill kinda day. Had a lot of fun. Not wanting to drive 2hrs home past 10pm knowing that I’d fall asleep and die, I decided to hang there. Oh, the foot thing. So at like 1:45am Niki decided that she wanted to go for a walk. Not wanting her to walk around outside that late and night and not being too tired myself, I decided I’d head out as well. We just kinda took off and I didn’t bring any shoes. We ended up walking like a mile or so down the road which was covered in rocks and sticks and all sorts of construction debris. There are now 2 large blisters on my right foot. It’s going to make it tough to run, but not impossible. So word to the wise, don’t go walking down the road barefoot, especially when you don’t have a clear view of what’s in the road. Ended up going to bed around 2:30/3:00 (roughly 12 hours after getting there). I got up early and headed home so I could finish up some stuff around the house.

On the way home I got a call from an agent wanting to see the house at 1:30. I was like, BRING IT! I made it home in time to put some more paint on the walls, eat lunch, wash those dishes and start vacuuming. They showed up and I headed on out. They seemed like nice people. Then Joanne showed up, as did another couple. I headed down to my folks and just kinda drove around all day. Got back to the house and a few more couples had shown up. The last family seemed promising. Joanne’s going to follow up this week. I’m crossing my fingers on at least one group from yesterday wanting to get up on this place. We’ll see.

Other than that it was just a relaxing day doing a whole lot of nothing. Had a great weekend just doing what I wanted. The house looks great, I feel pretty good, and things are generally good. There’ve been some decisions I’ve made about how to live my life that I’m rather content with for the time being. Some major decisions have been made by others during the past week or so that I’m not happy about, but that’s their call. This is my life, and I’ll live it for me.
This week is going to be great. :)

(not sure if you can tell, but I’m sunburned to the max)

More to come when we get back from Tenn.

Well, its been a while since I posted. A lot has gone down in the past week or so. I’ve kinda lost track of time since everything happens so fast now days. Here’s a rundown.

On Thursday I went to my folks to watch Survivor (boo on Ian for giving up at 11hrs 55mins) and then I came home. Much to my surprise there was water pouring from my garage. Why was there water pouring from the garage, well my damn washing machine had been attempting to fill the tank for 3 hours. If the tank had been roughly 80 gallons it would have done a fantastic job. Since the tank isn’t 80+ gallons and the washing machine decided to put that much out any way, all the water had to go somewhere. Where did it go you ask? Well a good portion of it went into the garage and all over a futon and in some boxes and in my yard. The rest of it went into my bedroom, my closet, the hallway, the computer room, the guest bedroom, and my newly finished TV room. What got wet? My DVDs, LOTS of carpet (and padding), Simpson’s action figure boxes, my subwoofer, a microwave, and a random assortment of yard sale stuff were all covered in water. I was furious, mainly because this has happened in the past with the same washer. Maytag will be hearing from me. So for the past 4 days I’ve had like 9 of these

“circulating” air through my house.

Man it sure was quite. You could barely hear the things. Oh wait, that was the only thing you could hear. Well, they are off now and the carpet people are coming out tonight.

That was an adventure. Oh, and I had to use my last 8hrs of vacation to stay home and take of that shit. So to combat the crap that went down on Thursday I decided to go out Friday night. 2 reasons actually 1) see above and 2) I worked my ass off in the garage getting ready for the yard sale. So this is what happens on Friday. About an hour before we go to dinner I get pretty thirsty and tired so I decide that I’m going to have a Coke. Now this was not my usual diet soda, but a full on Coke. I know the last time I had a real Coke, I went into a sugar seizure. It wasn’t fun. So any way, I have my soda then we go to La Parilla and I have a pitcher of Texas Margaritas. That’s right; I almost drank an entire pitcher by myself. Ok, so my blood stream was already jacked up from the soda and now there is alcohol in it. What does this do to my body…well let’s just say there are parts of the night I don’t remember. Things I do remember: falling through my steps and busting the railing up, having my head in the toilet (I managed to not throw up), and waking up in bed briefly. From the time we stood up at the table to the following morning those are the only things I remember. I don’t remember getting home, walking into the house, removing clothes to get in the bed, actually getting in the bed or anything else for that matter. According to Maggie (thank you by the way), I was UNCONCIOUS.

Much to my surprise…NO HANG OVER! Saturday was good; I got a bajillion thing accomplished. Sunday was about the same. Monday; we got a lot of things moved over to my house and I realized that my back, knees, neck, and feet were toast. I need a break. After this week is over (yard sale and Star Wars…here we come), I’m taking a week off of doing “maintenance” to a) play some WarCraft b) copy some CDs for Maggie c) pay some bills d) watch some TV and Movies and e) GO TO THE GYM!

That’s my life…I still love Maggie. If it wasn’t for her I would have probably killed some one by now. Well, I guess I should get back to work.