Urban Sprinting

This morning started off pretty good. No morning practice so I slept in until 6:00 and took my time getting ready. The only downside was having to walk to school, which is a little less than a mile; not too bad, but having to carry a backpack and a gym bag can get annoying.

First hour was more boring AP Biology, but homeroom was pretty good. The school mandates that everyone read during homeroom on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but today the teacher was supposed to ask us about what we've been reading. Everyone pretty much had someone dieing in their book, including me; a guy starving to death in Alaska. Yes, I'm still reading Into the Wild, but only because I never have time to read...and it's a good book, I like to pace myself; one page per day is pretty good.

Second hour was just confusing. Maybe it was just me, but Mrs. Ray seemed lost. Third hour was good, with another fun lunch. I had my usual protein bar but decided to go crazy, so I brought a Gatorade to drink as well. Fourth hour was lame, wasn't really boring, but it wasn't not boring. I just sat there, waiting for it to end.

Our Cross Country practice was after school today, because the coach wants us to start getting used to the weather and it's been too hot. Tomorrow's practice, unfortunately, is in the morning, so no sleeping in tomorrow. Anyways, today we ran 7 llasos (have no idea to spell it. Pronounced like ya-so). It was a good workout; you run 2 laps in 3 minutes and run a recovery lap in 3 minutes, and you do that 7 times. Then we had our mile cool-down.

So I didn't get home until a couple hours ago (around 5pm) and had a bowl of cereal and the last two pieces of cinnamon toast, with some OJ. Then I snacked on some Hot&Spicy Cheez-It crackers. No homework, so I'm just going to sit here until I have to go to sleep. I'm sure there's something going on at the high school that I could go to, but all I know for sure is there are soccer and volleyball games. If I get bored enough I'll go watch a little, but I'm pretty tired from practice today.

Well, I can't wait for Friday aka tomorrow...I'll most likely write about it so you'll just have to wait. I know the anticipation is killing you to hear more about my life, but patience is a virtue.

Until next time here's a video on what I'd like to do somtime:

Urban Sprinting



Have a good day,

Seal

Cross Country

Today was a good day.

This morning, however, I was more tired than usual; absolutely dreaded cross country practice this morning. Running Carl Junction Road wouldn't have been anything to complain about if we weren't having our practice meet later.

Today was the boring day, AP Bio, AP Chem, Advance Math and Trig. The only fun class was Sociology. I don't think anything worth noting happened; I'm usually detailed in my writing but I'm pretty pooped.

Lets see, after school I walked home without my stuff to eat before having to be back at the high school at 4:30. I ate a bowl of cheerios with oatmeal crunches (yum), two pieces of cinnamon toast, and OJ. It settled pretty well and didn't bother me at the run much, but that happens later.

I walked back to the school at about 3:30 and got dressed. I pretty much just hung out with a few other Cross Country runners until 4:30. At this point everyone is ready and we go outside to wait for the bus.....which never friggin came! Since we were running late we just decided to load up in a few cars. Which reminds me, Hance has the tent in his truck and I was in charge of that. Oh well, it isn't my fault he didn't go back to the high school.

So the race was a practice meet at MSSU. On the way there Ryan Lane cranked up Metallica and we listened to Enter Sandman and Sad But True with some good bass...which put me to sleep. We got there in about 20 minutes and warmed up. As for the race I completed my first mile in 6:13, my second mile in 13:03, earning me 22nd place. I got a side stitch at the end so I know I could have done better. After the practice we went to CiCi's, and I distinctly remember eating 3 cheese pizzas, 2 hamburger pizzas, 4 cheese sticks, and 12 powder-sugar coated brownies.....yes. They are very good.

After CiCi's I went with Ryan and his little bro, Andy, to drop Bethany off and go back to the high school. Luckily the locker room was still open so I got to get my stuff. I came home, did my Spanish homework using the online translator...and now I'm talking to my friend Dennis on phone and watching Wedding Singer again.

This blog wasn't the most interesting.

Now I'm gonna go to sleep so I can run good tomorrow morning,

Seal

The Wedding Singer

Tomorrow is our first Cross Country meet, but it's a practice so it'll be an easy 2 miles at MSSU. Today's practice was hard to describe...nice pace but we did 4 gators which is about 4.5 miles on all sorts of terrain.

First hour and homeroom were fun. Second hour Spanish was easy enough. Third hour, Mr. Warbington's Current Events, is hell frozen over. I guess the class is ok, but it's so cold I could chisel ice with my nipples...extreme? maybe, but on a more serious note it truly is hard to think with goosebumps that make your hair stand on end.

Fourth hour was English CAIII...so you know it was boring. Pretty much did the two-thirds asleep/one-third awake routine; you're eyes try their hardest to stay open and your heard keeps bowing down but you don't hear a damn thing. After school I went and lifted weights in the football player's weight room, and got our CC uniforms for tomorrow's race.

After my workout I talked to Lance and Roy in the cafeteria until about 5:00. We talked about how I should wrestle instead of boxing this winter, but I'm sticking with boxing. I showed them some self-defense moves in case they ever got into a fight, which was fun. I always like teaching people some things like that. Lance is afraid of Bethany Roy, let me tell you...I guess she hits hard or something (she wouldn't hit me), but I think it's just because she has small hands. The less surface area something has the more it hurts when it hits you (sometimes...I mean would you rather have a tire roll over your foot or a giant pizza cutter? Exactly). She got him good in the sternum. The volleyball girls brought in this big box on wheels (sorry I have no idea what else you'd call it), and Lance and Roy argued about what they used it for. The only way to figure out the truth was to find out for ourselves. So we went in and watched v-ballers play v-ball...and both of them were wrong on how they used it. We shot some hoops; I made a whopping one shot out of about ten (I know I suck at basketball), and then I went home.

I came home and here's what I ate: two PB&Js, two pieces of cinnamon toast, glass of milk, beef jerky, and Hot & Spicy Cheez-Itz. Then I had a bowl of cereal and a vitamin. So that's kept me full all day, and I should get some good sleep tonight.

I did my homework for AP Chemistry...and I would've rather tried to sandpaper the asshole of an alligator in a phone booth to be honest, it was horrible. So I got it done but with probably no correct answers. However, I was watching The Wedding Singer so things weren't too bad.

Well that was my day...pretty good overall.

Have a good day/night,

Seal

The Family of Seals

I'm pretty tired so this blog should be short in comparison to my others.

Today was a pretty good day. Woke up at about 9am and passed time until my dad picked me up at 3:00. We went over to Opolis where pretty much all the Seals live; Grandpa Seal, Grandma Seal, the Uncle Seals...you know, Seals.

Got to spend time with everyone so it was fun. As soon as I walked into Grandma and Grandpa's house there was Sassy, the half pit bull/half ugly-ass-somethin, which mauled me as I came in. I didn't mind, of course, in fact I probably just taunted it even more. I still have scratch marks up and down my arm, but that's the kind of dog I want when I get my own place. Had some fried chicken and kool-aid, the black man's dream meal if there is any. I then indulged in some of Grandma's delicious dessert. Don't know what it was exactly but it had chocolate and vanilla pudding with some cinnamon cracker crust. Lori and Whitney were taking pictures which I should be putting on myspace soon.

My bro, Jared came by with our sister, Crystal. Jared talked about how he was going to pay his mom and his friend's mom back for buying his plane tickets to Hawaii. Once he pays them what he owes he's planning on leaving for the US Marine Corpse sometime in January. That will be sad...not that he's pursuing his dreams and following through with his plans, but once he leaves it'll be worse than when he went off to Hawaii.

When Dad and Lori went up to Uncle Bill's I only tagged along for a few minutes before I decided to walk down to the park with my little sister, Erica. The park was boring, so I walked back up to my grandma's house where Jared and Crystal were on there way out. Jared and I exchanged fingers; brothers' love. Once I got inside the house my grandpa and I watched Future Weapons on the Military Channel. It was entertaining since I don't watch a lot of TV, but all those shows seem to have the same stuff on them.

On the way back we went to McDonald's and I got the 10-piece McNuggets. I had a problem with the drive-thru guy because he said he was "sorry for the wait"...we'd only waited for 15 seconds; he wasn't sorry...that bastard liar (/end sarcasm). The McNuggets were good, and it'll give me an incentive to work hard at practice tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, it'll probably be an easy day since we have our first practice meet at MSSU on Tuesday. I can't wait to wear those tiny shorts and awkward shirts...they make all the girls giddy from excitement. We actually get dollar bills shoved down our pants when we run by, kinda like a stripper.

Not really.

Okay, after the McNuggets I finished my Spanish 3 homework. Well, technically the free online translator did it for me, but it's all good...Mrs. Daugherty will never know :P. So now I'm writing the end of my blog and am about to go to sleep.

Have a good day/night,
Seal

Chuck and Larry

So I was pretty much bored all day; typical Saturday. No one wants to hang out with me so I ended up going to the theatre by myself, and here's how it went...

I get up to the ticket booth at about 6:40; there's nothing really to see. So I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry was going to start in an hour and I thought "What the hell, funny movie would be nice right about now." I paid for my ticket and now have a whole hour to waste, which I've become pretty good at.

As I walked in I could hear the clattering upstairs from the air-hockey machine all the kiddies were playing on and the usual chit-chat from all the other movie-goers. The snack bar was calling out to me, so I waited in line and finally got up there to get my medium Sprite and mini-Reese's cups. After I paid for my treats I went over to the glass area at the front next to the ticket booth to just observe.

It may not sound interesting to some people but if you sit and watch other people go about their business it sure does pass by time. You got all your stereotypes, the Hollister preps with their cute barbie doll girlfriends dressed in short skirts and looking like they're trying to fit into Hollywood or something; the family with the dad getting mad at the children for being children; the older couple who actually know how to sit and enjoy a conversation. I saw a little kid carrying a stuffed Shrek doll that was as big as he was with no parental supervision, just wondering around in his own fantasy world. One kid, maybe 14 or 15 years old, came up to me and asked if I could get him and his girlfriend into a rate-R movie. I assumed it was Superbad, which I would really like to see.

All of this and a sunset to accompany me while I waited. The hot-air balloons all over the sky made for some nice Kodak picture moments. Unfortunately all I had was my phone. I got a nice picture of a hot-air balloon floating in front of the sun, but my phone takes bad pictures so it's not worth showing off. Just something you'd have to see for yourself.

Finally, I go in to see my movie. I sit in the back where the two seats by themselves are placed with half my Sprite left and only 3 mini-Reese's. Also, let me just say that those mini-Reese's are not cool. First off you get the tricky little bastards that have two wrappers, and where one of the wrappers sticks perfectly to the edge of the Reese's so you can't feel it in the dark. Then you have the ones where the bottom half sticks to the wrapper so as to get the full Reese's experience you have to sit there and lick a wrapper the size of your thumb (if that), making yourself look stupid.

Alrighty, so the lights dim. Some crappy commercials and other movie trailers I've already seen are shown. The movie finally starts; and it actually made me laugh. From beginning to end this movie was good. Some of the humor was borderline PG-13 at times, but what can you expect from the 21st Century? Still, that didn't bother me none. Quite a few good cameos for any Adam Sandler fans who have seen his previous movies. I think this is one of the few movies where all the funny parts weren't given away in the preview. Even if this movie wasn't funny, Jessica Biel alone would be a reason to go.

Ving Rhames, the black guy from the Mission: Impossible movies was hilarious! And with Rob Schneider (Hot Chick) playing a Chinese priest and David Spade being flamboyantly gay this movie would be hard to pass up for anyone with a sense of humor.

So, basically, if you like to laugh go see this movie. But take someone with you, it makes it more enjoyable. Now I'm going to listen to music and wait for tomorrow to role around where I get to see my dad and hopefully have a better day.

Peace,
Seal

So Far...

Alrighty, it's now 5:36pm and I'm just getting home from school. After the bell released everyone from the depths of hell (some call it highschool) I went into the fancy weight room and did my thing. Seriously though highschool isn't that bad; certainly not bad enough to be compared to hell....for some anyway. Actually the worst thing at school is being bored or something, but I'd still rather be there than at home, and I'll explain that later.

Before I start let me just say one thing. I don't like whiners, complainers, negativity, etc. yet in my previous blog I was sort of hypocritical and during an orgy of self-pity I pretty much became all of the above towards the end. I was just bored out of my mind and it was getting to me :P. After thinking about it, it was dumb to complain, and pretty selfish. I have no one to blame but myself for my boredom, and putting it on others was rediculous. So from now on my blogs will stay positive :).

Okay, so after the bell I went and worked out which exhausted me. First because I'd only had roughly 180 calories throughout the day (provided through granola bars), and second because there are some good machines in there. I mean wow! I want some of that stuff. Looks like the coaches will be getting to know me a little better because I'm gonna be in there every Mon, Wed, and Fri.

Anyway, so I'm exhausted and decide to do my homework in the cafeteria so I don't have to carry my book home. It was boring math, but I got it out of the way. I put my stuff up in my locker, and decide to chill a bit. So I get myself a Dr. Pepper, which was the first carbonated drink I'd had since June 4th, the day we started Cross Country practice for the summer. I don't feel guilty about it, because it was oh-so good; a plethora of goodness. I then decided to read my book, Into the Wild, which I've only got three chapters left.

One of the reasons I stayed at school so long wasn't because I was getting into my book, which is a good book, but because I didn't want to come home and spend the whole day in front of the computer. And looky here, I'm doing it now. So I've only proved myself right that coming home means wasting my life away at the keyboard. At least I got my music to keep me company.

Another reason I stayed was because it started pouring down rain. Now, I love the rain, and the only reason I didn't walk home in it was because of my notebooks...my backpack isn't exactly waterproof. So finally at about 5:15 I departed the school and walked home. It was relaxing, the perfect weather for me. Sure, I like sunny days...but rainy days are just better for some reason. Maybe you can tell me why?

Now I'm gonna Quentin Tarentino this blog and go back to the beginning of my day.

Woke up at 4:30, the usual time I wake up. Had a granola bar and some milk, then got ready to run. We ran four repeat miles, which is where you run a mile as fast as you can, rest until you get your heart rate down, and repeat. My fastest time was 6:25...I'm not sure if I should be satisfied with that, but by the end of the season my goal is to shed a minute off of that time.

First hour and second hour were boring. Third hour, was different. Mainly because of Mr. Burr, my friends, and of course LUNCH. But again, all I had was a granola bar, so I bummed some grapes and chocolate chips from the girls I sit with. Fourth hour was math, and the only good thing about that class was that we had a substitute. Not that I have anything against Mrs. Adair, but I think substitutes switch it up a bit. Plus, ignorance is bliss, especially in the case of a math substitute because they never know wtf to do :P.

That's pretty much it. So I'm going to do nothing the rest of today and tomorrow (unless...well you know)...and then my dad is picking me up Sunday and I'm gonna hang with him and the family out in Opolis (spelling?); out past Asbury...I think that's Kansas.

Well that's it with my day. I think it's fascinating how I can turn such a pretty much eventless day into such a drawn out blog..but then again if you're reading my blogs you're probably just as bored as I am, thus reading my blogs just passes by time...which is good when you're bored.

OKAY, so now I'm gonna turn up the music, eat something, and find something interesting to do...which odds are will be a challenge. Peace out, everyone who reads this I hope you stop being bored and find something fulfilling to do with the rest of your day/night.

Seal

P.S. I'll probably blog every other day...and I'll try to mix it up a bit. Just talking about my day could get boring for those who don't really care but are reading them because they're bored. So check back every once in a while.

Today

Today was a pretty good day, at school anyways.

First hour, AP Biology, wasn't the best way to start the school day however. Boring, boring, boring and then homework. I fought to stay awake while the teacher talked about God knows what.

Homeroom....still bummed out from boring first hour.

Second hour, AP Chemistry, yet another boring class but I started to wake up. Also more homework.

Third hour, Sociology. I love this class. This is a subject I'm genuinely interested in. Right now it's just kicking off but I can tell it's going to be a good year, and next semester only gets better with psychology, something I'm even more interested in. Today we talked about culture and society and wrote a very small essay. Shame that's it's known as a "blow-off" class, so the teacher has to dumb it down for a lot of the other students. Then we had lunch, and that's always good. Had my protein bar, which I have to admit is getting old but it's fast and filling. Other than the food, lunch was a blast; the highlight of my day. Making people laugh is the best feeling in the world, and if I could just make someone laugh really hard everyday it would make everyday a good day. Today was one of those days. After that I got giddy like a schoolgirl and flew off my hinges just a little. I got pretty random which I hate because I feel stupid afterwards...oh well, I guess it's good to let the silly side out every once in a while. However, those who witnessed it will be lucky to see it again.

Fourth hour, ugh! Advanced Math and Trig...way to go me, you pick the worst class to end your day with. I'm good at math and all, but when you're good at something for so long it can get boring.

After school I was bummed out because the fitness center in our school wasn't open. I planned on doing my workout and then coming out into the cafeteria after most everyone had left and doing my homework so I didn't have to carry that damned 10 pound AP Bio book a mile home with my gym bag and other notebooks. So I just came home and worked out in my mediocre weight lifting set-up out in my 100 degrees plus garage.

All that was concluded by about 3:30 and since then I've been watching True Lies and doing little stuff on the computer to waste time. I really wish life was more filling at times, and I wish I hung out with my friends more. Thing is I should have my license...but I don't, and I don't ask to hang out with people because that includes burdening someone for a ride (maybe I'm too considerate). So I wait for people to ask me...but nope. I guess I can feel left out at times, but it sucks that I'm finally outgoing enough to have fun the last two years of high school and it seems as though they're gonna suck just as bad as the first two years. Freshmen year I pretty much got betrayed a lot, and lost faith and trust in friends and people in general. Sophomore year I was a quiet loner because of my freshmen year until about second semester when I realized Webb City isn't Tulsa. I'll give it time...soon enough my quiet, loner image will vanish behind the true me, which is resurfacing after about a year and half.

Life better get pretty damn exciting really quick though.

That's all for today; I'm tired of writing about stuff most likely no one will read,

Seal

Into the Wild

I'm reading this book, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer. It's a true story about Chris McCandless, a young man no older than 24 years old who hits the road to make a new life for himself. His travels take him all over the Mid-West, meeting all sorts of people whom he'd impacted greatly. His final journey would take him to the Alaskan bush, where he would tragically meet his end. However he died doing what he loved, and he knew of the risks beforehand.

Now, don't think I spoiled the book, because it says he dies on the cover.



Now since I've been reading this book I've noticed more than a few similarities between McCandless and myself. When they found his starved body he had with him a number of books and journals. In some of these books he had highlighted some passages, one of which perfectly describes how I feel about life.

"I want movement, not a calm course of existence. I want excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I feel in myself a superabundance of energy which finds no outlet in our quiet life." - Leo Tolstoy.

To be honest I'm bored...on a large scale. Not the typical boredom we experience day-to-day, but bored in general. Every day is pretty much the same, school, home, workout, eat, sleep. I'm also tired of the materialistic society we live in today. I admit that not too long ago I was pretty materialistic, but I have a different mind-set now. I think over the summer I realized that no matter how many cool, nice things you own, they aren't guaranteed to make you happy. I was bored out of my mind all summer long and it made me realize the more important things in life.

Hopefully the road I take doesn't lead me towards a fate like that of Chris J. McCandless, but only God knows what life has in store for me. The beauty of life is the surprising experiences we all gain knowledge and strength from and I can't wait.