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Mark and I went up to Chicago this past weekend. We had a good time. Unfortunately we both had a cold and felt a little run down the entire time. I didn't sleep well Friday night, which didn't help the situation Saturday. Mark brought his sleeping bag and everytime he moved it swished and woke me up. He wasn't allowed sleeping in that the rest of the time. For some reason he has always like to sleep in sleeping bags, and I long ago put a stop to it, and now I remember why.

Saturday we went to the Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field. I was in a bit of a daze the whole time because I took a cold pill before we left, which was a mistake. I would have been better off not breathing so well. But we had fun seeing Wrigley field. Our seats were good, we were never in the sun which was nice. The buildings across from the ballpark all have bleachers and seats built on the roofs so people could watch the game, and not have had to buy a ticket. It looked like it would be fun watching a game from the roof top. The Cubs lost to the Marlins 2 to 1. Upon hearing who was pitching Mark said it would be a 2 to 1 game and he was right. The Cubs did win on Friday night and Sunday, however we weren't at those games.
After the game we met up with some friends to eat/drink. The place we went to had shitty service and food, but we did get a good seat outside. Mark got pretty drunk Saturday. He starts ranting when he drinks too much. The whole train ride back he was the only person on the train talking, probably everyone could hear him. It was kind of funny.

Saturday our friends made us some kick ass dinner and then we went down to Rush Street to hit some bars. We probably should have went somewhere near where they live, because everyplace was pretty packed and it took a while to get down there. We hit one place, some irish bar, and had a round of shots, well not Mark he was pretty much hung over from earlier by this point. Then we went to Mother's. It wasn't too bad. I think it would have been more fun if I had felt better and not been so tired, because then I would have wanted to dance and put more effort into drinking.

Sunday we went to Chicago's Little Italy. A lot of the restarants were closed Sunday afternoon when we went, but we found a place called something Viaggio, I don't remember the name. The food was pretty good. I have been to the Little Italy's in New York, San Francisco and Boston, and they were all better Little Italy's as far as things go. After that we went to the Magnificant Mile to do some shopping. I got some great Jeans, which Rachael helped pick out, and Mark got me for my Birthday. We went to the Apple store and Rach got an Ipod Mini. She got a student discount with her Student ID from like 4 years ago. I wonder if they give discounts at all the Apple locations. I still have my BuckID.

Next time we go back to Chicago we'll definitely have to hit a Cubs game again and maybe some of the museums.

Ok it is now midnight, and officially my birthday. Another year down. To bad it is suppose to rain all day tomorrow, stupid hurricane Katrina shit. At least we don't live in New Orleans.

Eeewww

So I had the Oprah show on today, which I normally don't watch, but I happened to be home. I learned from doctor somebody, I don't remember his name, that meat rots in your gut and you need fiber to help pull it out. Apparently rotting is how meat is digested. I am glad I don't eat that shit. No wonder after people eat meat they have some rank ass breath.

We're fucked.

With gas going up as much as it is, so will everything else. Everything has to be shipped from somewhere using trucks, etc. that use gas. I guess we'll also be looking at some heavy inflation. I am getting a $1/hr raise starting next month with one job, guess that will help pay for the gas to get there. I definitely won't notice the raise since it costs so much more now to fill up the tank. I think that I am going to suggest to my boss for one of my other jobs that we start charging more for closings since we have to drive so much.

My plan for the next few years is still to get the hell out of here, and go where I don't need a car.
No gas, no insurance, no car payments, no repairs......

Fuel Additive

By suggestion of my mother, I am starting to use a fuel additive. Apparently it can help cut down on the costs of gas a bit. It is like having gas with a higher octane. I am not sure exactly how it works, but it helps get more miles to the gallon.

Finally a day to relax. Friday was long and hellish. I had 2 closing in southern ohio, Waverly and Chillicothe. These places are about 20 minutes apart, but I had 2 hours and 45 minutes to kill between closings. No point in driving back to columbus to turn around again. I figured I could go shopping or find a book store, get something to eat etc. There isn't shit in Waverly and Chillicothe is one of the worst places I have ever had to displeasure of going to in my entire life. There was no mall, and the shopping they did have were strip malls of the worst stores ever. The restaurant selection consisted of only chain restaurants. The was a line of people out the door waiting to eat at Red Lobster. WTF?
First I went to a place that I thought was Eddie Bauer, because the writing was identical, but I obviously didn't read the name carefully, it was Elder Be... something I don't remember. It was a department store with all the rejected shit all of the other department stores didn't want. I couldn't believe that somewhere someone wasted the time and energy producing and manufacturing this crap. I then went to the JC Penny they had there, the first time I had been to JC Penny in like 13 years. That place sucked. I thought it couldn't get much worst than the last place, but it did. After that I went down the strip, walked into the fashion bug there, and then turned around and walked right back out. I went to Sears, pretty bad. All the reject clothes from JC Penny and Sears from 2-3 years ago were sent to the stores in Chillicothe. I was hoping to find a Barnes and Nobles or some other book store, but after asking someone, they told me there weren't any books store in Chillicothe.

On the way home a deer ran right in front of my car, it was like five feet away, running by it almost looked like a cartoon or something. Scared the shit out of me.

Yesterday we went to Cincinnati, saw the Red lose. Of course they won friday night, and I think they won the game today too. It was fun, but it is more fun when the game is a little more exciting.

Work work work

I didn't get in from work until almost 10:30 last night, and had to leave this morning at 7:30am. I am really not a morning person. This is another one of those 14-15 hour days. I'll probably get home about 10:15 tonight. I can't wait for tomorrow to relax! We're going down to Cinci to watch a Reds game. That should be fun. I am really not looking forward to the rest of the day.
ok time to eat lunch and run....

non posso dormire...

I really am more of a night person. I hate mornings. I had an iced coffee drink around 8:30, it was stronger than usual. I felt antsy, restless, and wired most of the evening since then. I am already never tired at night, I probably shouldn't drink anything with caffiene after 10am.

I have accumlated lounge points at CD101, so the auction begins at 7am to redeem and bid on shit. I am aiming for a $25 gift certificate to the Blues Station, and then to redeem points for 2 tickets to see Particle next month. Not bad for not really having to do much to earn the points.

Here's some shit from a bulk email I got, I think someone is suggesting to buy oil stock...... scary..... like the fact that the world is using more and more oil all the time is good.

"World demand for oil is off the charts.
Which is why we are issueing a STRONG BUY:

Eldorado Exploration Inc.
SYMBOL:(EDEX)
Current Price:.18
4 Week Projection: $1.25
starting right now!

The oil industry has rarely - perhaps NEVER - seen a demand to rival this
one ...
Europe and North America are soaking up every drop they can get - an
eye-popping 44.6 million barrels per day.
China's 1.3 billion people - nearly one-fifth of the planet's population -
busily trading their bicycles for cars, are consuming more oil in a day than
they used to in a month. In fact, China's demand for oil is increasing at
the rate of 15.4% per year.

India's future oil consumption is expected to grow rapidly to 2.8 million
barrels per day by 2010. Presently, oil accounts for about 30 percent of
India's total energy consumption.

Latin America, Africa, the former Soviet Union, and other regions are
bellying up to the bar as never before - adding 11.11million-barrels-per-day
demand pressures on oil prices.

This explosion in demand for oil is NOT going to abate anytime soon.
That is an opinion we read today and agree with! It is just one more reason
we think we should watch some smaller American companies.
Some of them will make it.

Eldorado Exploration Inc. (EDEX)

"We are proud of our company and will strive to make it a leader, not a
follower."

WE think that says it all and from a man that should know,

The CEO of the company!"

Guess I'll try to go to bed.

I guess I'll start working here in a few hours. I got used to being a slack ass every day. But now I need to start doing more and making more money. I just got new brakes and roters on my car this weekend. There goes some extra money I had. Then my mom tells me yesterday my step-bro could have replaced them for me b/c he just did his own recently. I forgot he knew how to do that shit. I should have spoken with her a few days earlier. I waste a lot of my money every month towards my car. Driving just pisses me off most of the time, especially driving around columbus. This city has gotten too big. Urban sprawl. It would be nice if I never had to leave Grandview, then I could walk every where. Unfortunately that is not the case. Hopefully within the next few years I will be living somewhere where I don't need car.

The Warren Italian fest was alright. I still like the one in Columbus a little better, but we had a good time. I was kind of pissed that I didn't get to see my relatives or my dad, which is half the reason I even wanted to go up there. Mark didn't look like he was enjoying himself the entire time. The dog had to come with us, which was a part of the problem with not seeing my family, the hotel, etc.... But we ended up coming back to columbus earlier than expected so that was probably better.
All in all I guess it would have been better to stay in Columbus and saved ourselves some money. Especially after the car repair. Plus we'll be heading to Chicago the last weekend of the month, and we'll need $$ for the trip.

So my birthday is 2 weeks from today. (you guys can feel free to visit my amazon wish list) :)
We I turned 23 I was in a bad mood about it. But I haven't really cared otherwise. I feel like since I am getting older there are certain things that I should be doing, but then I still feel very young and not really ready for "adult life". But people live for long ass time, especially in my family. My healthy ass will probably be alive way longer than I would like to be, so really my 20s, 30s, and 40s, are going to be my youth period. Maybe I'll feel like being an adult when I'm 50.

OK Mark is buggin'. I really need to start doing some work, but I think I'll have to do that from my house. I'll be working from home today. And as much as I can for this mortgage shit, hopefully Jeremy doesn't have a problem with it. The office is way on the other side of town. Gas is 2.69 a gallon. At least when I close loans for the title co. I am paid to be driving around.

2.69 a gallon for gas is bullshit. I hate driving.

My life is rated R.
What is your life rated?

Bored

SBC service sucks. Be sure to never ever sign up for their dsl internet service, ever. So since I've had it I have always had problems getting online, specifically in the evenings but sometimes during the day too. After many calls and not getting anywhere, I had to get a little rude with them. So finally they dispatched a tech, which will be at my home anywhere from 8am to 12pm. So now it is 12, are they here? No. I call around 11 to make sure they were coming, so guy said he'd be here soon. Right. Like I have nothing else better to do. And trying to get ahold of a human at SBC took a while.

I had to take the video off of the animals being tortured, It was too much for me.

Well the past week hasn't been the best. The relationship between Mark and I has really been on the rocks. I don't care to go into details, but I guess we have worked some shit out, and we'll see how it goes for a while.

Today is the first day I have felt at all happy in months, and hopefully that will continue to improve.

It will be nice to get out of town this weekend and head to Warren. I definitely need a break from Columbus. And we'll be heading to Chicago in a few weeks which will be good. I can't wait until the day I permantly move out of this city. Columbus is beyond boring for me. I have lived here my entire life, and I don't think that I can continue to grow as a person if I stay here.

The fact that I don't like being here, and the fact the my relationship just hasn't been that great for a WHILE definitely contributed to the unhappiness factor.

Maybe I'll be somewhat more productive today. I definitely will be getting out to enjoy the weather, (you know I like it hot) and maybe play some music.

I'm a lazy ass.

I just haven't felt like blogging this week. I can't believe it is the end of the week already. I haven't been accomplishing much lately which is good and bad. Too much free time drives me crazy, but also I haven't made a great effort to do more with it. Of course I have been riding my bike a lot, so that's good. Cleaned out the basement, well pretty much, I have some more to do. Not fun.
So looks like we're heading up to Warren for the Italian Fest. The last time I was in Warren for the fest I was a little kid.
So besides hanging with Roberto, I will also be visiting some family as well.



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