May 2003
Scuba Tampa
I recieved an email today from Captain John of Scuba Tampa, a dive company that runs out of Florida. At any rate, Captain John praised my blogging, and that simple fact blew my mind. First of all, he is a man in the drivers seat of a company I’ve always wanted to own, Second of all, he is all the way in Florida. Thank You John, for your kind words, and hopefully I’ll be a Captain...
Funny Bumper Sticker of the Day
“Guns Kill People Like Spoons Made Rosie O’Donnel Fat.” —On the Car of some lady with a huge white lady afro ordering food at Burger King—
Sandals & Ski Boots
This is the name of the bar I’m going to start in California with my friend Dave.
Indecision
Here or there? Now or then? Move or stay? Rich or poor? Love or lust? Travel or settle? Day job or Vampire life? Part time or Full? A plethora of choices are ever present in my life now, due to my recent graduation. With pressure coming from all sides as to “What’s next?” I find myself in the center of a swirl of options, yet I lack a clear direction or plan of attack. ...
Return
I am home. Apologies for my going M.I.A. Alas, here I am. I noticed today, something that’s always been in front of me, but never really analyzed. This “thing” is the ever popular “laugh track” that weaves itself throughout nearly all of the sitcoms on television. Think of this for a moment, you are sitting there in the comfort of your home, watching fake lives...
Tides of Time
I am one grain of sand, swept up and stolen by the tides of time. I am swirled and swallowed, sliding back to sea. Time caught me this week. Time snuck up behind me, and silently slapped me in the face. In two days I will complete the largest hurdle in my life thus far, School. Since I was 4-years-old school has been my reality, and now I sit here, nearly 18 years later, about to close the...
Even More Pictures
Just wanted to blog to let everyone know that I added more Pictures to my Photo Gallery. I’d appreciate it if anyone and everyone checked them out! The new ones are from Keep it Wild through Olympus Lock so I hope they are well recieved. Not too bad of focus for a digital camera if I do say so myself. I’ve been experimenting seeing the world from a different angle, and lately that...
America the Obese
With slow awkward steps she shuffled towards me; the largest woman I’ve ever seen in real life. As she opened the door I noticed that this poor woman had to be carrying at least 500 pounds, and this is a conservative estimate. The weight was unevenly distributed, with at least 60% of it falling below her waistline, causing her stomach and thighs to melt into one and sag nearly to the...
Finals Week
This is Finals Week, my Final Finals Week. I am ready to be done, ready to move on. I just wanted to let everyone know that I added some new photos to my Photo Gallery and I really would love it if everyone would check them out. The newly added pics are entitled: Dew Drops, Dandelion, Green Faucet, BBQ Rust, and Faucet #2. I’d appreciate any comments, praise, criticisms, or anything else...
"Uninspired Dressing"
I came to a resolution today, I am an uninspired dresser. I do not know why I am even thinking about the way I dress, it is a very “un-guy” thing to do, but I really do not care. I have always had good style, a keen fashion sense, and an understanding of what colors do, and do not go together; I realized today however, that I dress uninspired. I am tired of wearing graphic...
P.H.
I have this friend named David Huff, he is quite the character. Anyways, for some random reason today I thought of him, and therefore I decided to share a memory about him. As I reflect back on elementary school, it does not feel altogether real; it feels like a dream I just woke up from, or a movie I just watched, but not real. The characters in this stage in my life are vibrant and...
Forgive My Omissions
I recieved an email from Greg Dorrington, the man behind the myth, concerning my blog entitled “Memories of Bill Roberts.” I will now add one CRUCIAL memory that I omitted, as well as clear up the exactities (I just made that word up) of the quote by the man whose leg I hit with my amazing drive on Hole 1. First and foremost, the funniest memory, that I am slapping myself for...
Happy Birthday Big Sis!
On this day in 1978 my big sister Rian Marie was born. I just wanted to take a second to say Happy Birthday and tell her how amazing of a sister she’s always been to me. She’s been hard on me at times, but it has ALWAYS been for my best interest, and it has helped to shape me into who I am today. Thank You Rian, for everything…I hope you have an Amazing Birthday, and I can not...
"You Look So Old..."
Said Stacy Smith after a long hug. I haven’t seen her for nearly 2 years, and the first thing she says is, “You look so old.” It was then that I realized that time really has been passing these past few years. How easy and how deceiving it is to stay in one place for three years, go to the same school, go (or do not go) to classes in the same classrooms, listen to the same...
Memories of Bill Roberts
First and foremost, check out the new banner area where my Blog Title is. My friend Dave helped me spruce it up, and make it a lot more “me,” whatever “me” is. Everyone should go check his blog out too, he’s got a lot to say, and knows how to say it. Now, on to the memories. I remember getting out of school early, and loading the clubs into Kurt’s beat up...
Happy Birthday Reid
Just wanted to drop a quick blog to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my brother-in-law Reid Oliver. Everyone should email him and wish him a Happy Birthday, who cares if you know him or not. Anyways, thank you for being such a great friend and brother Reid. I hope you have an amazing day.
Energy Crisis
I have this theory that all of life is based on energy, and this energy flows through everything and ties it all together. Actions, reactions, life, death, progress, productivity, all these things are nothing more than the effects that energy has on us all. I think that the purpose of these lives we lead is to simply divide up, and put this energy to use. For instance, learning a new language...
Laughter & 75 Cookies
I got a phone call today from a lady from Taiwan looking for an apartment, I tell you people from Taiwan are extremely difficult to understand. She kept asking things over and over again, worded very strangely and completely out of context for renting an apartment. After about five minutes of chatting I seriously felt more like her counselor than her soon to be sub-leaser. At any rate, I had a...
A Tough Situation
Tonight while I was checking my email I heard a huge commotion outside my window. A free source of entertainment is the role that my neighbors play on the weekends randomly, as fights and cops can often be the outcome of too much alcohol. Anyway, tonight I rushed to the window, opened it completely and let the sounds of drunken debauchery blow through my screen. What I heard prompted me to run...
Additional Wish
I am officially adding another wish to my Wish List…I wish that I never, ever, ever, had to shave my face again. I do not care what I try, be it waiting longer between shavings, waiting less, using certain creams, gels, razors, heat or cold, Nothing makes it less painful for me. My face skin is not the leather face Clint Eastwood-cowboy variety, you can not light a match off my cheek, and...
DVD Club
I just thought I’d share this REALLY good deal with everyone. If you sign up for this, you get 5 DVD’s for .49cents each, and then you only have to buy 3 DVD’s within the next 4 years. It sounds like a big committment, but all their DVD’s are only $19.95, much less than in stores. Anyways, the deal is really a good one, and I’m in the club right now. So for anyone...