liberal yuppie says what?!?!?

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:12:21 GMT

oh sun glorious sun! i'm getting high and laying in the grass all day. classes=skipped.

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:18:50 GMT

whassup people? i'm slightly bored, so i decided to write some stuff down in the good ol' LJ. I'm in quite a good mood today, kicked some ass on some exams and spring break is almost here. One thing that I thought was strange though that I have been noticing as of late is the contemptuous looks on peoples faces when someone is smiling while walking down the street. I tend to be a happy person and I enjoy walking, especially when listening to music and in my travels I have noticed that everyone always looks so miserable when they walk to class. I don't know why. I thought eveyone enjoyed a good walk. In fact, today, in probably a total of 90 min. or so of walking, I encountered a total of 2 smiling faces and only 1 other person singing along to the music in thier ears. Maybe its the weather, maybe its the fact that everyone is swamped with exams this week, but i think people need to cheer the eff up. anywayz everybody have a good weekend. peace!

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:08:26 GMT

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!! i hope everyone's 2007's are spectacular!

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:39:45 GMT

It has finally happened. The event that I have been waiting for my entire baseball life...Yes, that's right, THE TIGERS HAVE MADE THE PLAYOFFS!!! Yeah they had one bad game on monday, but my boy V-lander is on the mound today. I cant' express how jubilant this event makes me. I've always wanted a time when I could be proud to be a fan of detroit baseball. I really want to buy a ticket to a game, i would miss an exam probably to see a tigers playoff game, or world series game(as unlikely as it is). But anyway, everyone who has any bit of michgan blood in thier body should be proud to stand up on these precious gamedays and yell with all your might: GOOOO TIGERS!!!!!

ps. i'm guarenteeing a win on friday.

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:16:43 GMT

I think i got my hopes up, which really dissapoints me because i wanted this to work out more than anything. I guess it was just too good to be true.

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:19:01 GMT

hello all. today was pretty badass. i nailed the exam i had today, which i kind of expected to, but still, its always a good feeling. After that i read some hunter s. thopmson in the sun on the grass, i pretty much felt free. Later some raquetball, which was fun as always. Although i was tired from the raquetball, some ultimate after that and then of course the mayo dinner in landon. Now i aint got shit to do cuz i don't feel like doing reading. so today, i wrote "Rush 4 life" on dura's white board, referring to the band rush because we have an argument over the best canadian band. Everybody on dura's floor thought he was rushing a frat. hahaha. i thought that was great, i feel bad that everybody things he's a douche but still, hellarious shit. well the tigers are on and i think i may play the ron allen drinking game this evening.

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:51:38 GMT

hello all, i haven't written in this since school started, lots of shit has gone down in the past 2 weeks. classes are badass, i enjoy them all. my room is frigign badass, thanks to my roomate who brought a badass couch, lights, fog machine, etc. so i'm happy w/ that. we drink far too much beer in our room, i'm gonna run out of money if i don't get a job soon. ummmmmmmm what else, what else. ive met some bitchin people lately, on my floor and elsewhere, my girlfriend and i broke up. It was definitely for the best. ummmm anyway, that's about all ive got to say, i need a shower.

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:24:26 GMT

4 DAYS BITCHES!!!!

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:03:51 GMT

hello all, its been a while and i figured i'd update. i just got back today from south carolina. spent a week in myrtle beach and a week in greenville with the fam. it was an alright trip, had some ups and downs. ive been deprived of tigers baseball and i'm extremely happy that the game is on now. we're beating the red sox 4-3. I drove back today, about 11.5 hours. my sister had some work stuff to do so i drove it all by myself. ohio sucks ballz. one high point in the drive, though was through the smokey mountains. i put in mixed cd of my sisters that was frigign awesome. it was just some good ol' fassion hippie music. phish, csny, cat stevens, etc. the music was perfect for the scene. this is gonna sound cheesey, but the only way to put it is that the music just rolled along just like the hills did. tomorow i'm off to visit katie until sunday and then wednesday WE RETURN TO MICHIGAN STATE! i'm so excited ive been waiting all summer to go back. hopefully everyone else is as excited as me. alright, well verlander is on the mound, and i gotta go watch ma boy pitch, so everybody have a good one. peace.

story time

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 04:28:08 GMT

I know that I talk too much about politics, and if you're tired of it, then by all means, don't read this entry. This is a short story/essay that i wrote today when i was inspired for some reason. Most of it is a true story and occurred the other day when i visited my friend Adam in Monroe. It's short, incomplete, missing a title, and it probably has quite a few gramatical errors but i'm throwing it out there. Give me some feedback.

It’s raining; pouring even. The rain is comming down harder than it has all summer as I sit in the nearly empty parking lot. It’s not hypnotizing and comforting like most storms. Certainly not a storm that I could fall asleep to. I take the Ipod in my hand I’m glad to see The Beatles’ “Sgt. Peppers” album is next on the list. “Where are we gonna do this?” asks Adam, who sits, looking excited but relaxed in the drivers seat. I grab the small metal cylinder from the center console, unscrew the top, and pack a bowl. We turn down Telegraph as I spark the lighter. “Is this really the best place to be doing this.” I ask, getting a little noided out. Adam assures me that its cool. I believe him, it’s his turf after all.
We make do with what we have and its time to eat. WHITE CASTLE!!! I haven’t had a slider in years and I convince Adam to drive through. Six cheeseburgers and a coke does a body well. We pull around, my anticipation building for my cheeseburgers as I catch a glimpse of old glory waving picturesquely in the rain and lightning. It looked like something out of a war movie.
There is no chivalrous hero today, though. Too much shit is hitting the international fan. Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Hesbola. I’m infuriated. With the violence continuing with no end in sight I look at the flag and think about who has been killed in the past five years in its name. I look at the flag, ignoring Adam who pushes the faces of the presidents in my face. I’m transfixed on the flag, waving in the wind and in my mind I begin to talk to it. “Now look what you’ve done. All this killing, for what? For the wellbeing of who? Am I safer now that all this has happened. Are you safer now that all of this has happened? I really don’t think so.” I almost scold the flag, like a puppy who couldn’t make it outside in time. The electric storm outside intensifies as I work myself into a mental rage. The contempt that I hold for the modern representation of that flag is undeniable. “Where is the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness? Its drowning in sand and steel half way around the world!” As I reach the climax of my rage the wind changes and the flag begins to wave directly away from me so that I can’t see but the tip of the flag. I think for a second and smile faintly.
I grab a cheeseburger and chow down. I realize in the one fleeting moment where nature and culture met, that everything is going to be alright. Our country, though, must change. The voices of the compassionate and idealistic must escape the confines of our internal dialogue and become the mighty wind that blows the flag and changes the face of America. WE mustn’t be the youth, but THE PEOPLE! Until that day comes, though, this unsettling rain will continue to fall on our heads, delaying the sunshine.

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:34:09 GMT

i feel especially free today for some reason. Today was pretty badass all around. I bought an electric guitar and amp today. The guitar is beautiful. so beautiful i'm going to attach a picture of it. i also bought a memory chip for my camera, so i droppe some dough, but it was worth it. i got cut from work early today which was wicked badass. i think that's about all i have to blab about. i'm still pissed about israel incase you were wondering. well nevermind on the picture cuz i dont' have a paid account and can't attach a picture, oh well. peace.

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:38:53 GMT

Ok, i'm sorry if this offends anybody but this has been eating at me the past few days. So for those of you who don't know, Israel invaded Lebanon yesterday because hesbola kindapped several soldiers. Now don't get me wrong, i'm not defending the kidnapping of people, especially soldiers of our allies. What Israel is doing, though, has crossed a line. The people who kidnapped those soldiers should be effed up, but the israeli's have no right to just go in to lebonon and bomb residential neighborhoods. This escalation is one step away from the judeo-christian/muslim war that is bound to lead to the apocalipse(sorry, wrong spelling). As angry as i am about this incident, i'm almost as angry that NOBODY is saying anything about it. ive barely seen any coverage on cnn and the only thing said by ANY politician, american or around the world is by our fearless leader GW that "Israel has the right to PROTECT ITS SELF." if there were a full scale attack as they retaliated with it would be considered protecting itself, but there hasn't been that. i haven't even heard about a suicide bomber in israel in weeks, months even. I'm puzzled as to why politicians stand up and say what a lot of people are thinking that ISRAEL HAS STEPPED WAY OVER THE LINE WITH THIS. Yet another reason why politics needs more real people instead of politicians. It's shit like this that makes me want to so into politics, being a down to earth real person who speaks thier mind would be worth having to cut my hair.

ps. I am in no way anti-semetic, or pregiduce at all for that matter. if i have offended anyone by this, i appologize.

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 03:20:32 GMT

COOL! THANKS! AWESOME! fuck it and fuck this town, i wanna go back to lansing.

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:45:33 GMT

so ive been listening to a lot of rage against the machine lately. It's done a couple of things. its reassured my skepticism of "the man" which i like to have at all times. Unfortunately, its made me quite angry and dissagreeable at times, which sucks ballz. I don't like to be that skeptic douchebag, i like being happy and cool w/ everybody.

Wether it be the music or any other unknown cause, i think i'm in a funk, which concerns me because its not like ive fallen into a set schedule. I just got back from seeing katie, which was great. i loved seeing her and it was a change of pace. I don't know what i'm gonna do to get myself out of this rut, hopefully its not a rut at all and that i just had 2 bad days in a row, which happens at times. i'll do what i can tomorrow. bye everyone.

Wed, 31 May 2006 08:00:31 GMT

Ok, so ive been reading this book lately called "Sophie's world". It's an introductory course in philosophy pretty much. I thinkits pretty cool, but tonight, something really got to me. Sorry about this entry by the way. i couldnt' sleep cuz i just kept thinking about all this philisophical crap so i figured i'd get my thoughts out.

Ok, so there was this dude in the 18th century named Berkley, and he had the idea the the almighty or "God" was everything, and everything was God. One could say that everything that exists is all just God's imagination.

Now romantic philosophy came about in the late 18th/early 19th century, and some romantic philosophers came up with the idea that, riding on Berkley's coattails, that if we are god's imagination, we are all just shadows and not real existance. Therefore, what is there to say that God is not the figment of some even greater being's imagination.

This really got me thinking. Ive never been one for religion, or the ideas of higher beings, so the way i look at it, our own imaginations could be entirely new worlds of conciousness. Now, one could say that there couldn't be an entirely new world of conciousness within our own imagination. On the contrary, think about a book you've read, or dream you've had, you are imagining more than is given to you on the page, or is the subject of the dream. there are other people, and other things going on around the "subject of the thought".

We all could therefore be, just peripheral of a thought.

This got me thinking even more. we cannot assume that anything truely exists in this world. It is entirely possible that everything around us could actually be void of a conciousness all together. Friends, relatives, people around you could all just be figments of your own imagination, or the periphery of a thought. The only thing certain in our lives is that i, or in your case reading this, you, exist in your own mind.

I guess that's all i really have to say. sorry that its kind of rambling and hard to understand. i hope this makes sense to someone else. I appologize again for this, but i think i needed to put that out in writing in order to get to sleep.

ps. no i wasn't stoned when i wrote this.

Tue, 16 May 2006 16:37:02 GMT

I NEED A JOB!!!!!!! I'M POOOOOOR!!!! THERE ARE NO JOBS IN THIS GOD DAMN TOWN!!!!

Sun, 07 May 2006 20:32:53 GMT

so yeah, i can't deal with fenton. especially since i can't drive. fuck this shit. i just want to be back in EL with good friends and things to do. blahhhhh. somebody save me!

Fri, 05 May 2006 17:33:43 GMT

Well, this is it. It's been quite the ride. There have been ups and downs, mostly ups though. I sit here now in a situation that i believe truely encapsulates my freshman year of college in every way. I'm sitting at my computer desk, listening to pink floyd, slightly hung over, with great memories of the night before still fuzzily comming back to me. I'm really gonna miss this place, and all the people. Summer will be alright, good weather, see friends, but the air in fenton doesn't have that excitment about it. You never get the feeling when you walk out your door in the evening that absolutely anything could happen tonight. Maybe i'm just cynical, which i've known to be in the past, but i don't think it'll be able to do it for me for 4 months. I'll make the best of it though.

Alright, well i think its time to start packing. Have a great summer ya'll.

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:06:41 GMT

Maybe i'm just a cynical asshole, but i lose more and more faith in humanity by the minute. If anyone who reads this is involved in the greek system, it does not apply to you. If you're a friend of mine, you're good people, so please don't take offense. I saw a serority girl( an ugly one at that, so she's got nothin going for her) yesterday walking next to an obvious frat guy w/ a popped collar. Her shirt was from her serority. The front said "jealousy is a disease...". The back read, "get well soon". This is exactly what's wrong with those concieted bastards. They think that everyone is jealous of them and that they're better. Well i'm sorry if i didn't get the memo, but the last time i checked, a free thinking good person has never been jealous of douchey rich kids who buy thier friends because they can't get them any other way. I'm sorry if you took offense, and if you didn't really feel like hearing me bitch.

On another note, my katie is gone for the weekend, gone to tennessee to visit a friend. Prolly going to a party friday. Saturday is up for grabs. I should head over to gilchrest. I really don't spend enough time over there. Alright, well if YOU, the reader, want to do something this weekend, give me a jingle. ok, psych exam gonna bomb it, oh well, lata hoez.

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:08:06 GMT

I just finished my book for iah, sitting outside in the sun, listening to the doors. I'm kind of looking foreward to work today. I'm just happy about life right now. good people, good times, hopefully good grades.

This weekend was a good one. friday i had my hair trimmed, katie did a wicked good job. saturday i hung around. it was boring, but spent some time w/ lovely katie. enjoyed that. alright, well i'm off to get some dinner, then chillin til work. i hope everyone else is having as good of a day as i am.

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:18:59 GMT

so yeah, its been a while since ive updated. I get lazy. plenty has happened since last time i updated. spring break occured. that was pretty boring. I stayed a few extra days in EL w/ Katie P, who's pretty much a badass. The extra days in EL were pretty awesome. Went home, which sucked, cuz i didn't have a drivers license. MJ and Adam came up and visited. I showed them around f-town, good times. sunday went and saw island view drive and some other bands that rocked some surrious sockage. Saw jessie effing brooks, which was long overdue. then to a partay, which was enjoyable. To all the people that i didn't get to see while i was in fenton, i'm sorry, i'll be back. Back in EL things have been pretty good. St. pattie's day was out of control. so many drunk people, so much beer. sat. was good as well, wacky evening. sunday was relaxed. Katie and I went and saw "The Libertine". Johnny depp is a badass, there are no two ways about it. Tomorrow, i'm getting my hair trimmed up, which should be an adventure. i guess that's about it. hopefully i'll update a little sonner next time. lata ya'll.

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:46:43 GMT

yello everyone
its been a while, figured id put something down here to please the masses. things have been quite well, exams n' shit lately, but you know, aint no thang. spring break is next week and it's gonna be shittaaaay. i guess i'll some people in fenton, but there are people in tha EL that i would enjoy seing too. oh well, what can you do. maybe i'll read a book over break, who knows? i really didn't have much of substance to say in this entry, just figured id put up something different. ok well i'm gonna go do some studying, and procrastinating.

ps. anybody who's gonna be in f-town next week needs to give me a call and we shal do something AWESOME!

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:01:39 GMT

ok, its decided, no more shaving for me, its too damn cold out. its gonna be patchy and gross, but it'll atleast be patchy and gross face warmth.

so...comming soon to a ryan near you, a gross beard!!!! get excited

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:14:52 GMT

There's something amazingly calm about a snow storm.

I was on my way home from one of my classes today and the snowflakes were roughly the size of my head. i'm not usually a fan of snow, but for a few moments durring that walk, there was zero wind, and zero sound, and everything was perfectly peaceful. I'm really enjoying being able to sit in my room and watch the snow, i just wish i had a fire, that would be sweet. i should make a fireplace in my room, i would be a badass. until then i'll stick to warming myself by the radiator.

But enough about snow. Last night i watched alice in wonderland. i hadn't seen it in years. wow that movie is effed, but freakin sweet, ive had the songs from it in my head all day.

I'm going home this week and it should be pretty nice, just some relaxation and hanging seeing some people i usually wouldn't. hopefully i get some work done. if not...eh, i guess whatever happens happens. ok, i'm gonna chill until dinner, then...no idea.

i heart weekends

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:43:48 GMT

awesome weekend. probably the best weekend in months. it sucks not drinking, because i don't like being around a bunch of drunkasses when i'm sober, er atleast not drunk. thursday i hung out in mayo, met some new people, some wacky and unexpected things happened, you know the drill. friday and sat hung out with my friend krista, both good evenings. sunday my mind was expanded, don't feel like going into the specifics, all i can say is "the faces man! the faces!" good times. and that brings us to today. well that was my weekend. this week should be a dousie, it'll either get suuper shitty, or just mildly shitty on wednesday, i guess we'll see. alright, i'm outie, peace.