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[May. 5th, 2005|06:25 pm] |
lots of stuff ISN'T happening, just a lot of me still trying to get things done and over with so i can relax more before i leave this place. the car is down to the wiring, which is good and bad in a sense. because now ive got a complete engine, and a complete car..... that arent wired for each other exactly lol, so we have to go through certain things to get it all working right. i wont go into detail because i know no one cares. but i hate it when people keep asking "so when is that car gonna be done!? youve been working on it forever." itll be done when its fucking done you assholes, you dont know jack shit about how complicated this whole thing is.
woo training kicks ass, i injured myself twice! one on the left side where the lats are (on the back near where the elbows rest on the body), and my left leg... it has to be just pulled muscles because theres no touching pain, and i can squat on the leg but i cant use it for certain motions. sucks ass and i hope it gets better by the time i have to run for the DEP meetings, and i wanted to start more cardio too. guess that will have to wait now damnit.
any othe rreal point to writing in this thing?
oh yeah, the post prom was decent, just like last year though i guess, a little bit of bowling. and a whole lot of crappy prizes which we didnt get heh.... apparently there were supposed to be ipods given out, but i think the faculty stole them like the douches they are, oh well.
im sick of some things around here too, june has become an ultra bitch thanks to me because ill do something if she ASKS, but ill do it on my own time when i feel like it if she trys to tell me to do something, which she doesnt like at all which is pretty funny to hear her bitch to my dad who doesnt even attempt to tell me to do anything, moving is gonna happen soon, which puts a lot of pressure to get the car at least running somewhat so we can move it and have it able to be worked on without a garage, unless we miraculously find another house with a garage thats affordable. ill have to help my dad look now, oh well. |
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| did i update? no its an illusion |
[Mar. 30th, 2005|10:30 am] |
ok update? got my raise at nash, 11.90 an hour flat pay, my incentive is hitting max out every time and everyone thinks im a cracked out monkey because i can keep working that fast for 8-10 hours a day and then i go home to workout and all that while everyone else goes home to watch tv. guess its the way i am lol, with the incentive pay thats about 14.87 an hour, before overtime. any overtime ups my hourly rate by a bit more thanks to incentive and all of that. so work is going good i guess.
car is coming together more and more every time i get a chance to do something, painting more stuff today , the head is back on, just have to do the timing and timing belt then its as simple as fitting everything where it's supposed to go thank god!. so far the total is around 3500 spent on everything i think, not bad considering its a lot nicer than people get for 7-9000 spent on a car that will need a lot of service in the future.
my diet is going good still, i wouldnt call it a diet like people think, but you can call it a diet because its a way of eating. i hate it when i refuse food like last night, i wasnt going to eat the pizza. and i dont think breezy wants to either since i let her know what it has in it and why i didnt eat it. bu ti dont expect everyone to be like i am, but i like the way im building myself up and ill continue to do so until im satisfied. im no longer 180 lbs, after a month im up to 190 about, which is actually a very good rate of gain, slow enough to keep the muscle gain up and the bodyfat low. im going to wait til 4/23 (2 months since my first bodyfat test) and go get another one to see. if you want to see any updated pictures, which im not sure if anyone really cares what i do with myself, go to my gallery at ironmagazine forums. and you can check out my lifestyle journal there if you want to know what i do for exercise and what i eat incase your interested, i could always use a workout partner ya know.. http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=13372
still have to get into the navy office some time to arrange to change my thing from sub to a possible aircraft carrier, but ive got plenty of time and ill do it when i have the time to arrange a meeting for something like that.
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if you check it, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE, FUCKIN 18 YEAHHHHHH |
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[Feb. 7th, 2005|09:46 pm] |
ok so not much new really just the same old, but the work on my car starts tomorrow when i pick up my rings, didnt have time to go today so i gotta go tomorrow. get those back and then hopefully stuff starts goin back in the block which will be awesome, just gotta get things set on it, put the head on with the gasket right and then its all set except for accessories which will be pretty easy
and i guess my new thing is weight lifting, i never thought id get this far with my diet, but i also didnt think id go so far with a lot of things, sucks that i have so much extra skin, you can really see it now, its hangin pretty bad, and my abs would be a lot more defined if i didnt have it all over me which sucks. oh well, take a look if you want its goin pretty damn good if you ask me, who woulda thought i could look like this?
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[Jan. 29th, 2005|11:15 pm] |
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well i got my engine and stuff back today, so i can start putting it back together finally i hope..... cost me 643 bucks, i had 1363 in the bank, so that will leave me at about 700 some left.... sucks heh, but shit,m thats life, and dan owes me 100 bucks so ill collect from him soon too! |
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| exercise is good!! |
[Jan. 28th, 2005|11:47 pm] |
so far im seeing awesome results from all of my efforts, and now im really working on a good diet as well. tons of salmon to make salmon burgers with that i am making for myself now, very very good, no fat at all, ive been eating them alot and having zero weight gain, but a lot of muscle improvement. also dont bag on me for it, but i also got some great vitamins and whey protein (whey protein is basically an egg based protein powder with tons of protein and little to no fat, carbs, and calories. very good for muscle building), also picked up some cheapass protein powder from walmart (cheap cause it tastes horrible), and am making my own protein bars , hopefully they turn out ok otherwise ill have to change the mix around a little bit next time, if you havent seen me in a while, then wait just a little bit longer and youll be freakin amazed at what ive done so far, and its only gonna get better. lol the better part of this is, my dad wants to send a story combined with before and after pictures of me to bowflex to see if we can get them to send us free equipment or pay us in exchange for using my pictures and stuff for advertising etc (even though i never use da bowflex heh, i can aways SAY i did)
oh well, just a lil update, btw yes whey protein is that stuff you see in those big ass jugs that everyone thinks is steroids or something.... dont misjudge though heh |
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| whats new scoobie doo? |
[Jan. 26th, 2005|07:38 am] |
yep not much new, feelin better and better every day, god its a wonder what eating right and exercise can do for someone im surprised more people dont spend 30 mins a day doing it, thats all it takes heh, not to mention the money saving from not buyin a ton of food lol.
finally, my lists of to do things are eliminated entirely!, basically i had to go back to benson and get them to send my transcripts AGAIN, and just last night i applied online to get registered for the ACTs, ill get a ticket thing in the mail some time before it i guess telling me where i need to show up to so i can test, payd 28 bucks so it better be good, im gonna go through the practice test a couple times though that i got from uno so i can get a good idea on it and score well. (ah ha already improving my english, i said well!)
marked off a couple other things, needed things, i finally got new underwear, omg lol i had to buy medium sized underwear lol thats awesome, not to mention 34's fit loosely on me now and 32's fit perfectly, maybe when the extra skin is gone my wait will be slightly smaller? i can still grab a bit of flesh which sucks, but its starting to go away a little, but the scars from the stretch marks will never be gone i guess unless i opt for surgery of some kind, maybe the next time im in to the doctor ill get some advice on it or something.
andrew and june both piss me off more and more every day, theres no end to both of their selfish/hypocritical/annoying ways, sure i can stand it, but its just so damn annoying, i have no idea how they havent been shot yet, but andrew has been punched for being alittle bitch lol!
i think im gonna stop drinking pop now, i just took andrew to school and had some of a diet coke and it tasted so horrible for some reason, i dont know what it is bu ti know i had about 7 diet cokes yesterday, much more than i should be having i know, but what ya gonna do. i guess ill switch to the water lol or some kind of flavored water with no crap in it, its so damn hard to find stuff that wont kill you nowawadays.
gonna go return my battery charger i bought at radio shack and get a 2 hour charger, and another 4 batteries so i dont have to worry about switching around batteries for my stereo at work and wearing down a normal set which sucks. gonna cost me a good 15 bucks more to do that but its ok i guess, as long as it gets the job done.
and im also gonna stop into the gnc at westroads when they open. speaking of which i have no idea when they open, so at about 9-10 im gonna call the toyota dealer and find out about my bearings, if they are in im gonna drive down and get those, then stop at the mall on the way back which will be nice, maybe stop in at borders for some morning coffee or something, this time i wont spill who knows.
arent these updates where i tell you absolutely nothing really about whats going on great? yeah well i found out that its better to just keep yourself, even to your friends, so if you want to know something, ask me cause im not going to just blurt things out to talk about anymore, just not worth the trouble i guess.
cant wait to start uno though, itll be so great going back to school, and by then ill have a nice ass laptop! considering at work im hitting over 100% now every day which is fun to get and great cause im doin better than some of the guys that have been there for about a year or so lol. means ill be able to get that double raise ive had my eye on which is sweet. lets see here im up for the raise on march 12, so that means im already halfway there! kickass. lets see, making 10.90 an hour right now, i get about 45 hours a week, thats 517 bucks (including overtime pay), now when i get on incentive ill be at about 7-10% extra pay hopefully for the week, cause thats what im averaging right now over 100%, that means it will be upped from 517 (without taxes)thats about 40 bucks extra, which means itll come out to 557 a week about. now when i get the raise plus being on incentive, thats when ill start going in on an extra day to make a lot more money, an extra day means about 9 hours more of work, about 54 hours, thats 734 (including the 15 hours overtime from the extra days work), then you add in my incentive pay if i get about 7% extra from being at 107 for the week, thats 785 a week... pretty nice when you try and figure it out huh, but ya know with taxes thatll be about 630, so damn to that. but then again 630 a week isnt bad at all, thats like makin a normal 2 week paycheck of 1260, and a total of 2520 a month. thats about 30000 a year, but in a years time ill have a couple more raises i hope, considering every 90 days your up for one, those are 50 cents each, so this means my first raise is in march, a dollar, then 3 more raises for the year til december hits, thats another 1.50 if things go to plan, puts me at 13.40 an hour by the end of this year if im still at this job (who knows with UNO, id love to stay but i dont know how uno will go, but if i can keep it i will try to while im still at uno, shrug). im going to hopefully try to get as much different experience as i can with all the machinery possible, ive already got a license to drive fork lifts and pallet jacks which can get me a job easily at a bunch of other places, so if i can get licensed on fork trucks and get experience with being a leader of a shipping crew and whatnot then that will look great on a resume if i need to get another job, possibly get a job at home depot working the night shift, thatd be fun lol
ok i ranted, i should probably delete that or something, but thats my life right now as you can see, work, working out, and the car, and occasionally ill hang out with a friend or something if they want to or have the time or whatever. fucking dan is being a bitch for his last 2 weeks here lol, he came over last night to hang with me and mike and i was wantin to just chill with them and do something, so i suggested hey, lets go somewhere? borders, the mall, a pool hall to play some pool (pool sounded cool right now, play some cut-throat or something , 1v1v1 match) but no...... dan wanted to go hang out at travis' place, wtf was that? hes a cool guy but no thanks man, and no more risk, maybe one more game before we leave, but damn, come on. so me and mike went and saw assault on precinct 13, which kicked ass. and oops stupid me texted nikki cause i was bored just to say i was in a movie, and she called right after that lol, i didnt realize she was off work right then, my bad. |
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| ok, real update in order i guess? |
[Jan. 15th, 2005|09:33 pm] |
ok, well since so many people responded to my last inquiry on wether or not people read the journal i guess im obligated to give a real update since people check it.
lets start with the car as usual buahahah. got my gasket as ive said before, and it will be done this wednesday to where i can take ithome and start putting it back together!, that will be a fun time, when i get it all assembled again and ready to be put back in the car, when i do put it back in that will be a joyous day because then the real fun begins, because theres a little bit of a wiring nightmare thathas to be done, but from what it looks like it shoulndt be that hard compared to what we went through before with the supra. it will be soooooooooooo nice to drive a really nice car, this new year will hopefully be the best one of my life for a lot of reasons.....
UNO hasnt accepted me yet, apparently benson never sent my transcripts, and i even had to pay them money on the spot to send it. what bullshit is that? it annoyed the fuck out of me, i thought i had that done but apparently i dont because benson sucks ass. all will go well though i have plenty of time, and as soon as a couple of things are out of the way ill have no problem at all getting it all done.
my job is going great too, im getting the hang of it more and more every day, i started picking at about a 60-65 which was way above average for a starting picker in the first place, and today i was able to keep a steady 92-93 for the whole day, i just still have to learn that once u grab it, dont think about where it can go, just put it where it sets flat and move on, my mind wants me to move it to the best possible spot at the moment, but in reality you dont know whats coming next so the worst spot it looks like right then, could be the best for it in about 10 mnutes when your ready to put something else on top, damn my mind trying to work things out. the pay isnt bad either, so far the biggest check ive gotten was for 399.94, my last one was for 341, which was disappointing because i thought i was gonna get a lil bit more than that, but forgot that the checks are delayed by 1 check (or 1 week in this case since we have weekly pay). gonna get payed this friday again, for last weeks work, cant wait for this one, it should be well above 400, seeing as the work week starts on sunday. this previous sunday i worked 10 hours, monday i worked 10.5 hours, off tues wed, thursday worked 8 (got off on time), friday worked 10 hours, and today worked 9 hours. and tomorrow is the start of the new pay period, but dont get payed this friday, which means ill get this last weeks pay, thats 6.5 hours of overtime, which means i basically worked 49.75 hours, at 10.90 an hour, thats a little over 500, after taxes out i should be getting around 390 or so
not bad for one week. and just to do it, i might go in and pick up an extra 10 hours of overtime to add to it all, that means id have 10 more hours at 16.35 an hour, thats an extra 160 on the check, that would rule! only if i dont need to use the day though and only if im not tired as fuck and wanting to work, which probably wont happen i make enough to be satisfied for now.
lets see, what else is there to talk about? oh right, i really havent had a chance to hang out with people much, but thats ok cause mike can get to robins on his own now, so i guess hes hanging out with her a lot more... probably better that way anyway i think robin was getting jealous that we were always hangin out. i usually work from 8 am to 6 pm, when i get home i generally check the net for updates on forums. by then its 6:30 about, and then i start my workout which lasts an hour and a half almost, which means by the time im done its 8 pm.... which means that mike would barely be able to hang out anyway which sucks, dan is going off into the navy soon so i wont be able to see him either, craig is working at nash as well and doing uno full time, so hes booked on time just like me, but thats cool at least i understand what has to be done for some people. so far things on the time scale are working out ok, except for one thing which popped into it as soon as the realization happened that i have a definately time schedule that is working out ok. usually i was in bed by 11:30 or so, which gave plenty of time to sleep and get up early enough to get to work and grab a good jack, but i met another person, sasha. kinda funny how we met, through yahoo cause she was lookin at profiles and saw mine. turns out she is the cousin of julius hass, who i went to school with and had a couple classes with who envied me because i had a supra and stuff like that. so we had an instant sense of knowing each other right there. shes pretty cool, works 2 jobs while going to part time school right now (still in high school, washeld back a year, so WOULD be graduating this year but isnt). lives in fremont. shes pretty cute too , and the problem here arises that it feels like i am just a late night attraction to make herself feel wanted by someone, because it just so happens she will end up staying out til about 1-2 am, then will call or see if i am online around then, of course ill answer to talk even ifim asleep because i dont like turning people down like that. but what really gets me is that she will put me behind everything else, like some friends or something. even tonight, she called about an hour ago to see what was up, i told her since she was off work today that we should hang out again (saw a movie withher already). the response "i still dont know whats going on tonight, i dunno". which really pisses me off, whats goin on tonight? how about ok sure lets hang out, then you know whats going on right then. then said someting along the lines of "well i gotta go hang out with a friend for a bit, then il see whats up". so that obviously means, im gonna be out til 2 am then ill call you so we can talk. if anyone has noticed i hate being shoved aside for absolutely everything else, then used as a sort of comfort bag for when people need to talk. i have no problem being there for someone to talk, but i will not be USED for something like that... pisses me off when people cant even make an hour or two every other day or so to hang out, and have to do other things. when someone calls that wants to hang out, sure ill stop whatever im doin and chill with em for a bit cause i havent seen em in a while, no biggee i can do whateveri was doin later no matter what it is.
ok rant over i guess, isnt it great meeting new people? my workout has gotten decent, im going to start eating alot more protein though, i looked at the protein bar things from the gas station, which are pretty filling for protein bar things, ill probably still use them every once in a while, they have 26g of protein per one.... and then theres the salmon we have, that my dad bought for a doller and got about 24 of them, 26g of protein in one bar, compared to 12g of protein per serving in the cans of salmon.... did i mention theres 7 servings in a can, so that means a can of salmon has 84 g of protein, much healthier than eating a bar of nutrients that doesnt give you anything to grow off of. but the bars work for a quick thing once or twice a day. i just now started incorporating a really healthy diet with high proteins, set to build more muscle etc for my working out every night. so far without that kind of diet ive gotten great results, we will see in one month where i stand, the results should look good though, compare it to this picture of me right now.
id say im looking alright right now, but you can barely see the abs showing through my skin, itll take a bit more to get rid of that fat covering them. im really excited to actually be able to see them now though, this is the best ive ever been in my life, and i hope it continues
ok now that ive burned some eyes, im gonna get back to doing nothing because i lead an extremely dull life , which is life... |
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[Jan. 12th, 2005|04:41 pm] |
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well it seems about time for an update, not much but i dont know if anyone still checks my journal since its hardly ever updated anymore, i dont see much of a point in it, but oh well.... today my headgasket came, 180 bucks of pure motor sealing woo, been off for the past 2 days, plenty of rest before i get tired of not working again. so ill go back to work thursday, work my ass off for the moola, get payed this friday agian (weekly pay is so damn nice). that check will put me well over 1000 in my account, which means ill be able to easily pay for the machine work to my engine and pay off my dad all in one fell swoop, so woo to that.... maybe when the car is done ill be able to spend money on some things i want like a lap top? who knows. anyway notmuch else goin on really, i guess there are a few things but youd have to ask me to find out. and even then if your on a certain level of my life i probably wouldnt tell you, but its worth a try isnt it? |
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| whatever happened to the simple life? |
[Dec. 23rd, 2004|07:04 pm] |
its almost christmas eve, which means my sister and her family will be here some time in the morning tomorrow, but im going to be working 9 to whenever tomorrow, i need the money and besides the job is pretty fun and challenging enough to give me a run for my money (literally actually hah), fun to see how high of a percentage you can get, id say im doin pretty good, although im kinda leaning away from my instructors teachings, even though he teaches you a certain way, you have to cut corners somehow to make 100% and above, one of those ways is by not looking at the upc label every time, and just going by the item description and/or knowin what it is beforehand, sometimes theres a mistake but you get a much higher percent because you go faster.
i've got the block for my engine decked now, and this process seems like it almost done, but its just beginning, ugh. i doubt the car will be ready even by february damnit. im not gona bore the rest of you with info on it, just know that its goin crappily slow
i havent worked out in a bit, so tonight im gonna work out, even though i kinda keep myself goin with my job, i have chris's gas station to give me shitty food at lunch cause im hungry from running around all day
the grinch that stole christmas is on, so i think im gonna work on my portrait and watch it a bit, leave me some feedback damns yous!! |
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[Dec. 13th, 2004|12:40 am] |
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well damn, ya know i thought more people read my journal and would respond to these survey things... thanks though robin your a real LJ trooper heh |
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| answer me these questions three!!!...or thirty-four.. oh well i tried damnit! |
[Dec. 7th, 2004|07:43 am] |
yeah i needed a new entry anyway, thanks robin lol
1. Who are you?
2. Are we friends?
3. When and how did we meet?
4. How have I affected you?
5. What do you think of me?
6. What's the fondest memory you have of me?
7. How long do you think we will be friends?
8. Do you love me?
9. Do you have a crush on me?
10. Would you kiss me?
11. Would you hug me?
12. Physically, what stands out?
13. Emotionally, what stands out?
14. Do you wish I was cooler?
15. On a scale of 1-10, how hot am I?
16. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it. -
17. Am I lovable?
18. How long have you known me?
19. Describe me in one word. -
20. What was your first impression?
21. Do you still think that way about me now?
22. What do you think my weakness is?
23. Do you think I'll get married?
24. What makes me happy?
25. What makes me sad?
26. What reminds you of me?
27. If you could give me anything what would it be?
28. How well do you know me?
29. When's the last time you saw me?
30. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
31. Do you think I could kill someone?
32. Do you think our friendship is getting stronger/weaker/or staying the same?
33. Do you feel that you could talk to me about anything and I would listen?
34. Are you going to put this on your Dead/LiveJournal and see what I say about you? |
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[Nov. 23rd, 2004|01:20 am] |
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after reading journals, and commenting on them i realize that i barely update anymore and i havent really, ive had the 10-15 minutes per night to write down whats going on, but for me it feels kind of redundant, because in my little world i have no one that is interested in what im doing really.... i wish i had friends that loved cars like i do and want to do things to them like i have been doing so we could hang out while i do it, instead of me doing stuff in the garage while everyone else stands around being bored ya know. or with my work, i get excited about these new jobs, but that just means i wont be able to hang out with people as much also... not to mention going to college. along with my girl problems, of course everyone cares about that huh!
so lets get started then shall we lol? first off with my car, ive got the cressida in the bag, 1200 in the bank, getting a 400 dollar paycheck before i pick it up, which means ill be able to have 1600 and give the 1500 to buy it about (not to mention the 400 worth of parts that i can easily sell and about 300 odd some dollars worth that i can sell over time to make up the odds and ends), so that means im getting the car (omg fucking sweet car), for 1000. then for another 500, i bought the intercooler and piping for that from him (cools the exhaust air a bit, to keep the turbo from being fried because even with it is fucking hot as hell and burns paint off everything if you dont powdercoat everything right), got the head off of it (part that attached to the block with cams and valves in it, if that means anything to anyone lol i had to dumb that down a bit as well) the head has had about 350 worth of work done to it alone, and the intercooler and piping is worth about 300 alone as well. i also got the oil pump off of it (replace it whenever you work over an engine, needed thing so oil gets pumped right, no oil = dead engine) that would have cost me 250. i also got his cold air intake and pipes he made for that as well, that would have been a good 75-100 for that. so lets just say i saved a lot of money from him, and if all goes back i can sell it all easily, but that wont happen. if i cant go turbo ill just stick a non-turbo engine back into it, who cares if it has less power ill probably get another car later, a supra to build up and have fun with, this car is just luxuriously nice to drive around in. not to mention the car has a supra lsd (limited slip differential) for a rear end, and has brand new struts and springs (lowered to look baaadass as well), those are around 700 alone. the interior cost him 400 to put in. so im goin up on this deal easily cause he couldnt find anyone to buy it from him. the supra is stripped now as well and u-pull it is comin friday some time to pick it up..... i should reschedule that to saturday afternoon cause i dont think ill be home at all on friday, ugh!
now that ive bored you with the car stuff since i bet your all dying to know how this whole situation is turning out for me, lets move on to the job one!!! yay!! boring subject number two that no one wants to hear about... but then again this is also an archive i can look back on later and say "wtf was i thinking right then..... oh right, DUMBASS". so yeah i went in today to nash finch, had a pre-interview thing with a black, actual african immigrant, jucumbo guy doing the interview with me, lol that guy would have never gotten it, he could barely read or understand the directions on the test which was easy. after that they sent us over to the warehouse to talk to the guy who would have done the next step, which was talking with you about the warehouse job and everything. we talked for a bit and it was really easy talking to him about it cause ive been working a warehouse job for almost 3 months now which is cool, actually 7-8 more days and it will be 3 months, so thats cool. sears right now, gives me 7 an hour, 35 hours a week unless i hit that too much then they drop my ass down to 28.5 or so, so they dont get in trouble, what shit lol... i really dont care what days i work anymore, and they were giving me morning hours, im 8-5 tomorrow but im still up doing this. i also got a 10% discount there, and got to hang out all day with cool people etc, and hot chicks (which i dont even think are interested anyway, so whatever. they werent at the party lol, but then again they were only there for like 45 mins or so to say happy bday to craig. hah me and josh were there the longest, what losers we are). so yeah thats what i get at sears. with 35 hour weeks, i get about 430 a paycheck approximately after taxes are out, now at nash finch where josh told me about and referred me to (me him and dan played cards tonight, hes pretty cool for a guy i never hung out with at school), he also get s 250 dollar bonus if i stay for 3 months hah, for a referall... anyway nash finch will pay 10.90 starting out (thats my starting wage, kickass huh). they pay weekly, so ill get a paycheck every week, which will be nice cause then i can have money i need sooner woo. they will give me a 5 day work week, 8-4 on each day, thats 40 hours a week (i can get more if i want it, they will actually pay overtime, which is time and a half, so that would be 16.35 an hour for every hour after 40 i work, which is awesome shit cause sears wont give that unless its a federal holiday sort of thing like laborday). they also pay incentive pay, which means the better i do the more they give. if my orders show up with 110%, ill get 10% more than what i would have gotten, lets say i get a 40 hour check at 10.90, thats 436 that week, but if i had 110% on my work, they would give me 479.60, which is fuckin awesome, because i dont get shit for doing extra at sears. so generally ill be able to keep busy which is fun i hate being bored. and ill get payed to do fun work like ride around on an electric pallet jack all day throwing grocery goods onto it! so ill theoretically be making 1600-1700 a month at this place, instead of 800 a month at sears.... nice huh yeah, not only that. but sears gave raises after 1 year (and i heard from the others that it was about a 20 cent raise or something, something really shitty ya know). this place gives you raise opportunity after every 90 days, and you can get up to 2 dollar raises. making an optimum of 16.40 as an order picker (not sure if theyd still pay extra for working in the freezer area). so this means that i should be able to work this job and go to uno as well, possibly part time though so i can keep the job ya know...
how about that UNO huh? i went and payed the 45 to get an application into UNO online so it went in right away, that was set. then the day after i went up to benson and i think micah might have seen me walking past though. and i got my transcript sent in for my act and everything else... one problem with this though is that i don't think i took the ACT which means ill have to wait longer to get into UNO cause ill have to set up an ACT date to take it, but that will be ok i guess. ill be able to work full time then plus some, save up a bunch of extra money and go in the fall, and wait through the spring and summer classes, so i can just go do fall and then spring and have summer off ya know, it will also help me establish a good work ethic at this new place which will actually pay enough for me to live on my own if i want to, so i guess things are working out kind of good for me right now. but depending on how the ACT thing is, the deadline is dec 1 for spring classes. im going to find out about the act's and set up a course schedule when i can for what i want to take, and i decided i am going to go for a bachelors in studio art, which will give me the chance to do animation and all that fun stuff that i like to do with art AND computers. so ill have to acquire a student loan for that as well.... maybe i should just wait the extra time and go in in the fall instead of trying right now? i know my application won't expire, so i can just set it all up right now and sign up for fall classes this coming year instead, my dad should be ok with it if i want to stay at home too, i know hes cool with that. apparently im the only non-fuck up in the family hah.
i guess apparently its really showing for people now that im losing weight which is nice, because when i was wearing xl's in hottopic and talking to the manager, me and mike walked in about a week ago and she noticed that i was still losing weight which was cool. maybe people will actually notice more now..... i know for sure im at 195 steady right now, which is awesome. i can wear larges with no problem, and i can go to a medium but it stretches on my chest are arms because i have a larger upper body which i am still building up because im not going to wait for the skin to compress. so im doing heavy weight lifting to fill the skin back in with muscle instead, which is working out pretty well. i don't know if its just my mind playing tricks or something, but i can actually see and feel a difference after every week that i work out which is nice. basically ive turned from doing pushups and jumping jacks on my floor in my room, to using the weight set out there, now i am benching 4 sets of 30 at 120 lbs, which is a good number to bench at i think for 30 reps per set. still doing 250 crunches with every set, so thats 1000 crunches to go with it... i can see that when i lay down i have no more stomach and its all flat now which is nice, but i still have loose skin on my stomach that i want to get rid of somehow cause it makes me look fat still. and we have a punching bag and a workout cycle now as well. so i dont have to do jumping jacks anymore, i ride the cycle on the fat burn training setting for 20 minutes cause i cant really finish it yet, its fucking tough. that is going to help finish burn off the rest of the fat. and im still eating right and we have more ingredients to make a ton more of the 0 calorie soup which will be nice. i actually learned how to make it so i might try to make it on my own tomorrow if i have the time after work, after i go pick up some stuff and get a haircut.... yes im getting a haircut... next topic!
with changing myself and how i look, eat, work, and do everything, i figured a haircut this winter would look decent because i can always grow my hair back out if i dont like it. so somehow i get set up at a hair styling place by dan saying it was a good place cause they cut his hair and styled it haha. tryst in downtown benson (next to body mods) run by 3 gay guys..... omg gay guys cut the best hair, this should be decent. i get off work at 5 tomorrow, have to take the interstate out to apw (auto parts warehouse) and try to pick up my rod bolts i bought for my engine yesterday so it can all go in the shop this saturday before they close or the lady leaves at 5:30 i think, its gonna be cutting it close so ill be movin at about 90 mph on the interstate lol to hit the 144th street exit. then the hair cut appointment is at 6.... so im gonna have to get the bolts, then book it to my haircut, and then after that im probably gonna have to organize the garage more and get everything ready to go to the shop, and tear more stuff out of the supra because i already made an appointment with u-pull it to come on friday..... omg why am i so fucking busy all the time :(, why cant i just be back to doing hw and being in school......
doing all of this stuff non-stop doesnt really help my situation with girls that much either, of course i look a lot nicer than before and apparently im attractive now to a lot of girls which is nice. but i still can't see to find anyone better than what i've had. i feel bad for dumping amanda, i loved being with her, she is so great, there was nothing wrong really except the thing that really made me sad, which is never seeing them. it's happened with every single one, and i think im just paranoid about it, but i have to talk at least once a day or so just to say hi, i like to, its what i do. with the last few its been that there are so many other things more important than seeing someone special every once in a while, and i hate that. i wish amanda could have been different, which is even why i asked her, and im not sure if she took me seriously on it though, when i asked "you arent going to disappear randomly on me like the last ones are ya ;)?", of course the response in no, why would i.... but then it got to it again and for some reason i couldnt see her for a week and a half straight, or even talk every other night or so. it took about 4-5 nights to get a call that was one i gave to her or one she returned when i left a message.. im just fucked up i guess. now not to mention that every single other girl is so messed up its not even funny, why cant i just find a nice, cute girl that wants to be with me that i can enjoy being around? all of them have major drug issues where its ok to do drugs because its their life they are fucking up etc. or they just can't get off talking about an ex which is really annoying. or they just plain don't want to hang out at all or talk. or it just feels like they don't care about anything.... mike your too damn lucky to have someone like robin, and vise versa robin. dont let that go.
sears was a nice place to meet girls too, but now that ill be at nash finch ill have to use UNO and borders and places like that in general to look... i don't know why i don't talk to more people at borders, only people id love to hang out with go to borders on their own anyway. ill probably end up going to borders a lot this winter, after working at nash til 4, then classes at uno at 6 about, ill have an hour or so to kill which means i could go to borders and chill with a drink for a while.
also another funny thing happened, i just got this job at nash on 72nd and F.... and my brother chris just happened to get transfered the same exact day i got the job, to the B&J ON 72ND AND F! lol, so i can easily stop in at lunch time and pick up anything i want for free. thats fuckin funny and fuckin cool at the same time huh. cause he works 11-6 now 5 days a week
ok well i think thats about it for my updates, if you happen to actually get this far......... i applaud you, and you should leave a comment for me just to make me feel better about all of this ;)
and this didnt take god damn 10-15 mins, this took 50 fucking minutes lol so you better read it! |
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[Nov. 18th, 2004|12:07 am] |
you all dont want to know whats goin on with me, so read this instead. im not even sure if anyone reads my journal lol
First Name//: Ian
Age//: 19
Gender//: Male
Nickname(s)//: Still known as Con in tennessee lol
Hair Color//: Blonde
Hair Style//: Longer and straight, gonna get it cut soon to look nicer i guess, i look dirty too often :(
Eye Color//: Blue
What is your favorite
Color//: green
Game//: frequency, fighters, halo, and gran turismo
Song//: too many
Music Video//: not sure, dont watch em anymore
Animal//: Cats and dogs are both cool
Sport//: hacky is still a god damn sport in my book, but i kinda watch em all
Country//: germany, or japan
Movie//: don't have one
Food//: You know i don't eat food...
Friends
Best//: Mike, and Dan
Funniest//: Josh is fuckin hilarious when we get goin about stuff, mikes up there though
Coolest//: Mike
Sweetest//: ?
Kindest//: mike
Annoyingest//: i dont usually stay friends with annoying people
Dullest//: dont know any dull people, everyones interesting in their own way
Stupidest//: dan...
Most Intelligent//: dunno, ill test them all buahah
Athletic//: Josh cause he is a sports freak
Relationships
Have a Boy(Girl)friend//: no
Are you in love right now//: no
Do you have a crush//: no
Do you have a stalker//: sometimes
Do you miss someone right now//: not really...
What do you do
At school//: not in, gonna be in soon and ill work on it nonstop to do the best i can
At home//: tear apart my supra, sell things from it, computer, watch movies, talk to people, hang out
Outside//: drive around
When you first wake up//: get ready for work
What _____do you hate
Food//: fatty foods, fast food mostly i hate it with a passion really (probably cause i cant eat it without getting fat again)
Color//: dont hate colors
Hair color//: unnatural colors. its so stupid and i don't like them
Tv show//: stuff on mtv is retarded mostly
Clothing style//: baggy rapper clothes, and really extremely preppy clothes
Movie//: boring movies
Emotions Right Now
Are You Happy Right Now//: kind of, lots of stuff i can sell to get money, but no one is sending money after saying they want to buy them
Sad//: yeah, cause i cant get what i want
Grumpy//: no
Annoyed//: yeah, fuckers need to send me cash already
Angry//: no
Sick//: no
Lonely//: extremely
Bored//: nah, after this im sleepin i think
Have you ever
Made your own religion//: no
Written backwards//: hell no
Written your own magazine//: no
Drawn art//: sure
Gotten angry with a game//: no, its just a game
Played Lacrosse//: no, but i wanted to for a little
Broken a bone//: never
Dyed your hair//: no
Put in contacts for no reason//: no
Swam alone//: yeah
Things that come to mind when you read...
Intelligence//: good people
Stupidity//: people i hate
Depress//: a fad
Blood//: i dunno
Blue//: calming things
Gray//: good color
Sword//: fun
Golf//: boring
Soccer//: cool
Yellow//: fast
Socks//: warm
Ribbons//: unwrap something fun
Random Questions
Play Sports, if so, what ones//: no, i might though
Have a lot of friends//: sure, but only a couple good ones
Write good//: don't know, i don't really write, but i don't mispell or have many grammar errors.
Eat a lot//: i think we all know that i eat way too much.....
Like the day Friday//: sure, sometimes
Like the month December//: yeah, except that i can't drive fast during that month
Do you(or are you)
(DY)Give good advice//: sometimes
(DY)Talk crap//: i will
(DY)Play a lot of games//: not as much as i used to
(DY)Wear hats//: i started to a lot more
(DY)Like to be outside//: yeah, but theres nothin to do, and i don't live close enough to a good park
(AY) Always mad//: never
(AY) Always happy//: never
(AY) A good friend//: sometimes
This or that (Last questions)
Night or day//: night
Snow or Rain//: snow
Stars or the Moon//: both
Ocean or Pool//: pool (to swim in, ocean to look at)
Boat or Plane//: boat, if its a cruise liner
Books or Magazines//: both
Yu-Gi-Oh Cards or Pokemon Cards//: lol, magic the gathering!!!!
Blonde or Black Hair//: doesn't matter, both are good
Green or Blue Eyes//: both nice, green a lil better
Pants or Shorts//: pants on me, shorts on a girl :)
Pop or Rock//: rock
Punk or Emo//: none
Tattoos or Piercings//: wanted both, got none
Necklace or Ring//: neither, don't like things on me like that really
Clouds or No Clouds//: some, to block out the damn sun
Art or Literature//: literature is art, so art
Jeans or Baggy Pants//: jeans are baggy pants, but nothing too fuckin baggy
Singing or Dancing//: i can do neither
March or May//: wtf?
Halloween or Christmas//: christmas is much more fun, i like it a lot
Coke or Pepsi//: neither, both taste like shit
Hug or Kiss//: both, as the same time :) |
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| These are always interesting, thanks sarah |
[Nov. 11th, 2004|05:25 pm] |
(A) First, recommend to me:
1. a movie:
2. a book:
3. a musical artist, song, or album:
(B) I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want.
(C) Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends to ask you anything. |
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[Nov. 7th, 2004|08:22 pm] |
forgive me father for i have sinned, its been a damn long time since my last update. and well theres not much to say really, cept that i am a lonely bastard because im an idiot. but i may be able to get a better job here soon and be able to easily support myself. getting rid of the supra soon, im going to strip off all the parts i can possibly sell from it, store them in storage after taking pictures, and try to sell as much of it as i can so i can make room for the coming cressida. when i go to buy it officially im going to end up bargaining with the guy to get as much cheap stuff as i can, and possibly knock the entire price down. so right now ive got 511 in the bank, im getting 50 from my dad to pay for the gas check june cashed for no reason. thats up to 561, then i sold my radiator for 318, thats now 879, and i sold the strut bar for 45, that makes 924. to add to that, this week i get payed about 400, that will make 1324 in the bank. and i still have a bunch of stuff to sell, and the exhaust pipe is basically sold for 250 already too and i don't have to pay insurance this month, and still have another check coming after this one.
next to that, theres not much going on except for me being tired, and having really late night fun havin halo partys lol. that game is so fun with a group of friends |
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[Oct. 29th, 2004|11:19 pm] |
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saw mikes play tonight, it was damn cool. if i can i might go tonight as well, i get off at 3. but that depends on if i can get some people from work to go to Haunt with me or not, that should be fun. met brandon out front of the school so we joked around and had fun the entire time, since no one else was really there that i knew cept for mikes family. talked to donnie and nicole (brother and his fiance) both of which said they barely recognized me (thank god it actually pays off that people think i look better). not to mention after the show was fun, saw mikey and amy (i forgot her name til mike said it omg!). and i guess it is true that mikey didnt recognize me that day that i came to pick mike up and he was walkin down the aisle, cause he told mike he didnt realize i lost that much weight after that show instead of sooner etc, was cool that amy noticed as well (she hasn't changed at all, thats good cause shes really good looking already). after the show me, mike brandon and robin saw the grudge (finally saw it after that crappy night lol). today was an overall great day, no work, played games with dan before i went to do all of this. so now its 1:30 and i have to be to work at 8 in the morning..... so i think ill probably go |
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