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Upchuck

:: 2004 11 July :: 2.34am
:: Mood: calm
:: Music: "Summer of '69" Bowling for Soup (although I prefer the John COugar Mellancamp version)

No dramatic turns here
So, after yesterday's ultimate and patheticly depressing encounter, I was determined to make today better. And it was. I'm not sure how much, and I don't know how far the things I said today are going to affect the future. Or if they're even remembered. The things I feel inside are so strange. I told her yesterday that the things I feel now for her I have never felt for anyone else. I love her, that is true, I have felt that before. It's just a different recipe. There is a lot more affection and tenderness. And a true respect for the person she is.

I did resolve however, to be content. Happiness has been getting to me. Really, I'm not sure if anyone would understand why I would reject happiness for contentment, but it is very simple. It's the simple fact that contentment is balanced, not too extreme. Happiness is very extreme and therefore uncontrollable. Whick then leads you to driving in the afternoon on a perfectly beautiful day balling your eyes out for no apparent reason, with this feeling of extreme sorrow. Or maybe I'm just really stressed out and it's been a long week.

I have to go back and look, but I don't remember all these entries that I am making about my love life being present before. BUt of course they were, they were about how lonely I was. It's just a result of pure resolve that I can be as strange and as seemingly happy as I am.

I think my mom thinks Kim and I are being, um, intimate. She said something about Kim being over at the house when no one is around. No. That does not automatically assume anything. I learned. I won't be coersed out of it this time. It is my firm belief that with my state of mind on the subject that that kind of stuff is a fatal gun shot wound to a relationship.

Oh well time to go to bed. Have to be to work in less than nine hours and I need sleep. Good night all.

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JediBumblebee

:: 2004 9 July :: 6.34pm

What song...
Fits your life as it is currently the most?:The Darkness- I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Reminds you to be grateful for the little things?:Counting Crows- Accidentally in Love
Makes you wanna get up and dance?:N.E.R.D.- She Wants To Move
Makes you reach for a box of kleenex?:Train- Calling All Angels
Reminds you of something you've lost?:Berlin- The Metro
Is the one you secretly like but would NEVER admit?:Billy Dean- Thank God I'm a Country Boy
Reminds you of your crush/boyfriend/girlfriend?:Bob Dylan- Tangled Up In Blue
Is the most depressing?:Deftones- Passenger
Can put you in a horribly depressing mood?:Jeff Buckley- Lover, You Should Have Come Over
Can put you in a hyperily happy mood?:Outkast- Hey Ya
Causes your imagination to soar?:Rufus Wainwright- The Origin of Love
Makes you want things you can never have?:Tracy Lawrence- Paint Me A Birmingham
Inspires you?:Modest Mouse- Styrofoam Boots
Makes you kinda horny?:Depeche Mode- Sweetest Perfection
Is your all-time favourite?:Modest Mouse- Paper Thin Walls
Makes you calm and rather content?:Ben Kweller- Sha Sha
Has personal meaning to you?:Ben Folds- Zak and Sara

Sing a Song... brought to you by BZOINK!

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JediBumblebee

:: 2004 9 July :: 5.33pm

an X if its true, an _ if its false. add one of your own at the end.

.... stars *** are things i've added. duh.

(_) I have never been drunk
(_) I never have smoked pot
(_) I never have kissed a member of the opposite sex
(_) I never have kissed a member of the same sex *on the cheek I have*
(x) I never crashed a friend's car
(x) I have never been to Japan *
(_) I never ridden in a taxi
(_) I never have had sex
(_) I never have been dumped
(_) I never shoplifted
(x) I never have been fired
(x) I have never cut myself on purpose
(_) I never have been in a fist fight
(_) I never snuck out of my parent's house
(_) I never have been arrested
(_) I never made out with a stranger
(_) I never stole anything from my job
(x) I never celebrated New Year's in Time Square
(x) I never went on a blind date
(_) I never lied to a friend
(x) I never had a crush on a teacher
(x) I never celebrated Mardi-Gras in New Orleans
(_) I never have been to Europe
(_) I never skipped school
(_) I never slept with a co-worker..hahahah!
(x) I never have thrown up in a bar
(x) I never have purposely set myself on fire
(x) I never have eaten sushi
(x) I never have been snowboarding
(_) I never have been happy with myself
(x) I never have met a movie star
(_) I never went to a prom
(x) I never bungee jumped
(x) I never have been to a pop concert
(_) I never have dated someone for over a year
(x) I never ate a mango
(x) I never killed anyone before ...or have i...
(x) I never went sailing
(_) I have never had a job
(_) I have never told someone how much they meant to me.
(x) I never have gone sky diving
(_) I never ran outside and danced in the street naked.
(_) I have never had a lesbian/gay close friend.
(_) I have never watched C-SPAN for over an hour.
(_) I have never been out of the country
(_) I have never made out in a carwash..
(x) I have never had cum come out of my nose during a blow job
(x) I have never gone night swimming with a hot person of the opposite sex
(_) I have never eaten peanut butter.
(x) I have never seen Citizen Kane all the way through.
(_) I have never broken a bone.
(x) I have never enjoyed eating veal
(x) I have never been whale watching
(_) I have never stayed up until 10 AM listening to music
(_) I have never seen real boobies
(_) I have never been happier in my life than I am right now
(_) I've never been involved with complete jackass

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Upchuck

:: 2004 9 July :: 2.40am
:: Mood: lonely
:: Music: "My Immortal" Evanesence

Emotions
Many of you have known me for years. Some for a few, others for awhile. Now though, inside, I don't recognize me. I don't recognize this old man inside of myself. I don't recognize that I may have wisdom. I don't recognize that my dreams are slowly coming together. I can't see past the trees to the forest.

No one at work has ever known me like this. Known me to be this emotional. Mostly because right now I am. And I don't know what it is. I haven't been like this before. I hate losing control of my feelings. I think back and all the time at work I've only lost control once. Once in nearly three years. But now it's.... well I don't know what it is. The middle of the day today I just wanted to cry. Not tears of joy or of saddness, but just tears. My heart got heavy, my throat tight and I wanted to cry. It's to the point that it's scary. I have let go of that control, but I thought I could do it selectively. I thought I could let my joy shine through. I thought I could let that go and keep the other stuff under control. But no, I can't. And it scares me because it is within me, it is me, and I can't control it. I can't control myself. That is the scariest thought of all to me. And right when I'm at the point of all this happiness, I don't want to be the one, nor the reason that it is all ruined.

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Upchuck

:: 2004 7 July :: 1.21am
:: Mood: sore

What a disappointing day
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time.
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle.
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."

MacBeth Act V, Scene V, l. 18-27

I've rediscovered an appreciation for Shakespeare that has been lost over the past several years.

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Upchuck

:: 2004 6 July :: 12.02am
:: Mood: thirsty
:: Music: "What Will We Become"- Ashley, Zach and H2O

Politics
If you are not politically inclined you may just want to ignore this post altogether. Unfortunately it will reveal much of my bewilderment even at this point in my much decided, but very young political life.

I keep watching and hearing people yell back and forth at each other. Liberals yelling about conservatives and conservatives yelling at liberals. Mostly generally yelling inconsistencies and obscene half-truths and even downright lies. What really bothers me more than anything else is that all these people are denying those who don't have firm political stance, the chance to make up their mind based on real fact and not fanatical rhetoric. Should it matter that Kerry voted for allowing the President freedom to mobilize troops for Iraq, but then after consideration, changed his mind. What matters beyond that point. At that point that is what he felt was best for the country, now it's not. judge him on whether you agree with that position, not on the fact that he changed his mind. I'd much rather support a person who is willing to admit what they think are mistakes when they make them. Really this is about the Presidential election. Sure, I keep telling myself that Bush is the President, he's my President. But there is something about me that makes the emotion I feel towards him unsettling. Do I want to make an emotional choice? No, not really. I want to make a responsible choice. BUt it's funny that my vote only counts as much as someone who registers and votes and doesn't know the difference between the two of them. Doesn't understand the ramifications of the election. And doesn't have any idea, or even give a damn what becomes of the future of this country.

Secondly, the Michigan Constitutional Amendment officially banning same sex marriage is going to be on the ballot. Let's amend the state constitution and let that be the end of it. Please.

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jedibumblebee

:: 2004 5 July :: 11.08pm

My life has changed so much in just over 6 months.

I have changed so much as a person.

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Upchuck

:: 2004 5 July :: 3.38pm
:: Mood: full
:: Music: The sound of the organ playing at Miller Park in the background of the Cubs game on TV

Tonight, tomorrow; The future, the past. As days flow together life seems more complete
Well. I was just on my profile page and I didn't even realize it was mine. I didn't recognize the picture. In fact I was thinking to myself what a dumb picture it was. Not really dumb, but it seems grainy and a little too intellectual.

This has been a great weekend. Starting with Thursday and running right through to now. If anyone doesn't know how my weekend started out, I'm going to tell you right now.

I guess we've made a big step on to the local scene. I almost feel badly for the fact that we don't work as hard on our stuff as some other people do. It almost feels like cheating and sometimes I feel like my musicianship doesn't matter, that I'm just hiding behind Ashley's voice. No, Thursday night Ashley, Zach, and H20 (me and Aaron)won the Battle of the Bands in Sand Lake. Fuzzy Logic took third. They were better than Ill Machine.

So Thursday I saw a bunch of people I haven't seen in awhile. It really is great because you feel like the center of attention sometimes. I'm not used to being the guy up there outfront like that. I really do think that the book that I saw about how to be a loner is true. Really, I don't like people. I don't like large groups of people, I don't like individual people. Maybe it's just the fact that I am mostly a social mosfit and do not interpret a "good time" like most other people do.

So, I can't really remember Friday. Oh, wait. Yes I do. I went with Sherry (Zach and Ashley's mom (isn't wierd that her name comes first in the name of our band, but whenever I talk about the two fo them I put his name first)) to Muskegon. If you can follow that last sentence, congrats. It was fun, mostly because she didn't know how to get to Muskegon and she worries about everything. We had to drop our tape off to WMUS to get entered in the Colgate Country Showdown. Of course, I don't know where WMUS is. So, I got her to Muskegon, via M46, but then we ended up nearly all the way to Grand Haven because neither of us knew how to get to the radio station. It was fun. Then I spent nearly an hour waiting for Kim to get out of work. We watched Goldmember. I so want a Dr. Evil sub. Before that I saw Brianna. She wished me a good weekend. I did have a good weekend, so thank you.

Saturday we didn't get out of work until 3:15 when we were suppossed to be out at 1:30. I hate my job and I should call the Mobil tomorrow to see if there is a job there. We went to Connie's uncle's house and watched fireworks. Kim went swimming, but I didn't. It was too cold even though it was like 78. I prefer it to be a little warmer with a nice breeze and overcast, besides, I didn't feel like it. Then we went into Sand Lake. To the fair. Which, in hindsight I should have vehemently oppossed. And of course, Shari is the first person that Connie picks out of the crowd. See, now I've spent the last two days explaining to Kim why this is bothering me so much. She seems to think that I haven't dealt with the issues that her and I have (Shari, not Kim). But I have and I am fine with that. Everything except for that damned guilt that was one of the biggest reasons we broke up to begin with. It was not a proud moment of my life, and that is something that I did not want her to see. Oh, and I spent one dollar to support the Tri-County pom team. Yes, I know. You would never expect that out of me. It did however give me a chance to dunk Sheila. And see how Kim throws. I gave her and Connie the first two shots at the dunk tank and then I went myself and nailed it straight on.

So, we got through that, and like I said in my last post, it doesn't matter because she loves me.

Sunday. Work, again. With Mona. Much slower than Saturday. Still didn't get out until 3pm, again, supposed to be out at 1:30. Sped down to Kim's dad's so we could make it to church by 6pm. I'm not sure if I was really in tune with what Matt was talking about. Mostly because he over illustrated most of his points. It's like after the first two examples of someone being crippled, I understood what he was talking about. But he continued with like five or six other examples. It did lead me to this conclusion though: Freedom is not the ability to do what you want, but the lack of restraint placed upon your actions. Then we were going to watch fireworks, come home to see if we could find out if they were cancelled or not due to the rain. That was 10pm. Of course I can't explain why my car was still at her dad's house, and we were at my house in her car, but hey. That's what leads to me drving through the S-curve at 2am sipping on a Coke to keep me awake. In the intervening period she taught me some things that I didn't know. But then again, that happens everyday. I'm not sure why she was wishing I was normal, but maybe for a second she did. Mostly because I knew what was going on, I just tried to act hard headed. It works it really does. To be so silly when she just wanted me to act normal. But we talked. It was good. And I let myself go. Yeah.

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danibean

:: 2004 5 July :: 2.29pm
:: Mood: tan






What kind of band geek are you?

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crazygirl

:: 2004 30 June :: 9.10pm
:: Mood: exhausted

countin' down the days..

so i was just sitting here thinking "hmm.. tomorrow is the first.. rent is due.." when i realized "oh my god! tomorrow is july 1st!" brett will be in town tuesday and i'm so excited. i've been waiting two months! i've just been so busy lately that i forgot. but yea! yay!

also, next week, not only do i get to see brett, but i find out about this job i want so badly. kathy and i were in the bathroom today and she was asking me how nights were, and then she just throws it at me that she's not hiring anybody right now to replace julie. so yea, how shitty is that? one person on this shift is NOT ENOUGH, YOU DUMB FUCKING WHORE. stop worrying so much about your stupid fucking girl scouts and do your job.

okay, i'm done ranting. hopefully, i won't have to deal with it anymore, and we'll see what becomes of the night shift then.

only working 29 hours next week at oberweis plus my 20 at the paper. things are getting a little better?

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jedibumblebee

:: 2004 30 June :: 9.58am

Working 45 hours a week sucks.

On a positive note, two weeks and one day!
And 4 days until my 6 months.

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crazygirl

:: 2004 28 June :: 6.45pm
:: Mood: exhausted

i never realized how skeptical people are before i worked at the paper. if they can't get their way, they think we're lying to them. they double check, they repeat what you say as a question, they repeat what you say as a question again, they get angry, they hang up, they call back pretending to be someone else checking on the same thing.. it's annoying..

or maybe i'm just tired..

i had a long weekend, but it was fun. i went to the lake saturday and sunday. did some fishing, got some sun, ate s'mores. we're trying to work things out so we can go again this coming weekend. i just need to play around with my schedule at oberweis. it'd be nice to find someone to cover my shift on saturday. i already have sunday off and i have monday off at the paper because i guess that's their make up day for the holiday. we're hoping to take the british kids down saturday and come back tuesday morning.. but we'll see how that goes. a little trip would be exactly what i'm gonna need at the end of this week, so i hope everything works out.

anyways, i think that's all i've got.. my mouth still hurts.. i hate cleaning out the holes.. yep.

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Upchuck

:: 2004 28 June :: 11.34am
:: Mood: depressed
:: Music: "Raining in Baltimore" - Counting Crows

Love, Self-loathing, and self-hatred
Many of you may wonder how I keep myself going. How exactly does he keep himself so busy? How exactly could he care about the things he cares about? Well, simply stated, it's because I hate myself. I hate what I am, what I will become, and the things I do. That's me, that's how I keep going. Of course if you do a little investigation you'll see that it is a pattern going back for the entrie existence of this journal. In fact it goes back to the time when I was four years old and I was mad at myself because I could not read a chapter book. That's the earliest memory I have of hatred of myself. And last night I was just waiting to get away from her so I didn't lose it. I didn't want to lose it in front of her. I just kept telling myself that I just had to make it home. Then I could let loose and really bash myself. That's all I had to do. But thank God for her. Thank God that I can talk to her. Thank God for the peace of mind that I had to be able to talk about it without losing myself. And Thank God that she loves me, even when I don't think I love myself.

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jedibumblebee

:: 2004 26 June :: 6.33pm

Does anyone know where I can get my computer fixed? Or someone who will fix it for me, and do a good job? I'll pay good money.

I need to have more RAM installed, to eliminate mad crazy pop-ups that occur on startup, and make the Sims actually work without freezing up.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

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jedibumblebee

:: 2004 26 June :: 4.50pm

Upon sorting out "things I don't need" in preparation for my move, I've realized that I have a shopping problem. I was extremely proud of myself for getting rid of 14 pairs of pants...until I realized that I have 26 left.

I think I may need professional help.

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