So today school was good, but you're probably more interested in why I chose to title this blog the way I did.
Today after school my knee was feeling fine; I was ready to run despite the fact we were doing ten yassos, and not meeting our time may result in repeating them. I did my one mile warm-up and stretched with everyone. Coach had us run at 2:40 pace (that's one mile in 5:40!), and around the third yasso my knee started hurting again. By the sixth one I was falling behind to much so coach sent me to put ice on it. I'm glad I still got to do six though, but I hate cutting practices short like that, even if it was for the better.
Brian was up getting ice on his hip, or hamstring...I forget. We talked a little bit and I'm thinking about wrestling this season, but I doubt I will. It all depends on how I feel after Cross Country season ends. If we go to state then wrestling starts the week after cross country ends, and I'm still pretty sure I'm going to train for boxing again.
After talking we walked back down and the Jr. High girls only had to do 4 yassos...and I was thinking, "Wow, they think doing four is hard? They have it easy. I wish I was them."
Well, that's pretty much it.
Have a good one,
Seal
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Fun Run
School was alright today. I was pretty tired in first hour, but as soon as Aleigha pulled the grapes out of her purse I was wide awake! I love grapes by the way. Spanish 3 was fun, we didn't really do much and I did my English homework. Only bad thing was we got homework. Third and fourth hour were different however. The muscle relaxer I took last night for my leg was still in effect, and I was feeling a little sick, as if I were sleep deprived. My head felt like it was going to burst, eyes felt like they were being sucked back into my skull, and everything was moving really slowly.
I still lifted weights after school though, and that made me feel a little better. My knee hurt from our Monday run and meet we had yesterday, so Coach put me in the Wellness Center where I pretty much did nothing but stretch and do push-ups and crunches. It was boring, and the worst part about it was that everyone else got to go on a fun run. So I pretty have the worst timing in the world to be hurting. Tomorrow's practice is going to suck! We're starting our districts training so it's going to be nothing but speed work.
After practice Coach talked to us about after school Friday. We're all going over to his house in the evening and camping out all night with s'mores, Guitar Hero and Halo, and other fun stuff. I could care less about the video games. Guitar Hero is fun, but there's going to be so many people it won't be as fun. Josh was talking about Halo 3 like it was his idle of worship. If I remember correctly he said it was "like losing your virginity" once you've played it. No offense to him, but I don't think he knows what that's like to begin with. Neither do I, but still...I thought it was kind of funny.
Saturday morning we get to wake up at 6am and go set up for the community 5k race for the Mining Days festival. My Spanish teacher actually has a rock band that's going to be playing at the festival, but I think I'll just go home after we set up and sleep some more.
Well, that was my day.
Hope you had a better day than me,
Seal
I still lifted weights after school though, and that made me feel a little better. My knee hurt from our Monday run and meet we had yesterday, so Coach put me in the Wellness Center where I pretty much did nothing but stretch and do push-ups and crunches. It was boring, and the worst part about it was that everyone else got to go on a fun run. So I pretty have the worst timing in the world to be hurting. Tomorrow's practice is going to suck! We're starting our districts training so it's going to be nothing but speed work.
After practice Coach talked to us about after school Friday. We're all going over to his house in the evening and camping out all night with s'mores, Guitar Hero and Halo, and other fun stuff. I could care less about the video games. Guitar Hero is fun, but there's going to be so many people it won't be as fun. Josh was talking about Halo 3 like it was his idle of worship. If I remember correctly he said it was "like losing your virginity" once you've played it. No offense to him, but I don't think he knows what that's like to begin with. Neither do I, but still...I thought it was kind of funny.
Saturday morning we get to wake up at 6am and go set up for the community 5k race for the Mining Days festival. My Spanish teacher actually has a rock band that's going to be playing at the festival, but I think I'll just go home after we set up and sleep some more.
Well, that was my day.
Hope you had a better day than me,
Seal
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
East Newton
Today was a pretty good day; lunch was good and that's always a good sign. I woke up late today...again. It actually isn't that bad waking up at 6:20am but it causes me to rush through breakfast because I have to walk almost a mile to school. Anyway, I had a good breakfast and proceeded to school, bla, bla, bla.
First hour was okay, but oh my God AP Chemistry was unbelievable! I took the hardest test in my life; it was even harder than my AP Biology test, which I got a 19 out of 40 on. So after I got done feeling retarded I went to Sociology and had some fun. We had our assignments where our sociology buddies had asked five other people of what they thought of us. The people I asked about Amanda Reasoner said she was nice, shy, quiet, outgoing, and outgoing. Now here's what people said about me, if I can remember correctly; shy, hard to talk to because I'm shy, caring once you get to know me, takes time to open up to new people, and thinks he's too good to talk to "me". Whoever said that last one I'm curious about, because the last thing going through my head is "Oh, I'm too good to talk to your lame ass, so get away."
Fourth hour was alright, Adv. Math and Trig isn't exactly a class one would ever call "fun". I got to leave a whopping ten minutes early so I could get ready for the bus ride to our meet in East Newton. It was a short 40 minute drive, and my Zune mp3 player died so I was kinda bummed about that. When we got there it pouring down rain and thundering like no other. The biggest bolt of lightning ever came down not too far away, like God himself was striking down. We all got our hopes up that the meet would get canceled, but it didn't, which was okay because it was good running weather and East Newton's course is flat as hell. The biggest hill was maybe five feet and it was at a pretty small incline. It nearly killed me...especially comparing to Monett's "hill" which is actually nicknamed "The Hill", famous for its near 90 degrees incline. Yeah, I'm kidding if you can't tell.
I beat my personal record of 19:19 (from the MSSU Stampede race) by one whole second! So my time, if you're pretty good at math, was 19:18. I know I could've done a lot better if my knee didn't feel like a hinge with two rusty screws on either side. The last 100 meters killed me! I felt it before the race but knew coach would pull me out if I told him, so I kept my mouth shut and did particularly good considering the circumstances.
After the race we had Subway and Famous Amos cookies. I took two bags of cookies, to no surprise for the people who know me well enough. On the bus rife home Josh sat on a cupcake that we all got for our team's manager's birthday. It was hilarious! We call him sweet cheeks now. Well, that's pretty much it for today, I'm going to try to get some sleep now.
Have fun doing whatever,
Seal.
First hour was okay, but oh my God AP Chemistry was unbelievable! I took the hardest test in my life; it was even harder than my AP Biology test, which I got a 19 out of 40 on. So after I got done feeling retarded I went to Sociology and had some fun. We had our assignments where our sociology buddies had asked five other people of what they thought of us. The people I asked about Amanda Reasoner said she was nice, shy, quiet, outgoing, and outgoing. Now here's what people said about me, if I can remember correctly; shy, hard to talk to because I'm shy, caring once you get to know me, takes time to open up to new people, and thinks he's too good to talk to "me". Whoever said that last one I'm curious about, because the last thing going through my head is "Oh, I'm too good to talk to your lame ass, so get away."
Fourth hour was alright, Adv. Math and Trig isn't exactly a class one would ever call "fun". I got to leave a whopping ten minutes early so I could get ready for the bus ride to our meet in East Newton. It was a short 40 minute drive, and my Zune mp3 player died so I was kinda bummed about that. When we got there it pouring down rain and thundering like no other. The biggest bolt of lightning ever came down not too far away, like God himself was striking down. We all got our hopes up that the meet would get canceled, but it didn't, which was okay because it was good running weather and East Newton's course is flat as hell. The biggest hill was maybe five feet and it was at a pretty small incline. It nearly killed me...especially comparing to Monett's "hill" which is actually nicknamed "The Hill", famous for its near 90 degrees incline. Yeah, I'm kidding if you can't tell.
I beat my personal record of 19:19 (from the MSSU Stampede race) by one whole second! So my time, if you're pretty good at math, was 19:18. I know I could've done a lot better if my knee didn't feel like a hinge with two rusty screws on either side. The last 100 meters killed me! I felt it before the race but knew coach would pull me out if I told him, so I kept my mouth shut and did particularly good considering the circumstances.
After the race we had Subway and Famous Amos cookies. I took two bags of cookies, to no surprise for the people who know me well enough. On the bus rife home Josh sat on a cupcake that we all got for our team's manager's birthday. It was hilarious! We call him sweet cheeks now. Well, that's pretty much it for today, I'm going to try to get some sleep now.
Have fun doing whatever,
Seal.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Olive Garden + Sonic = I feel sick
My weekend was pretty good, with Bethany's birthday party on Friday, a relaxing Saturday, and a fulfilling Sunday. Saturday night I returned Zodiac and Saw III to the Movie Gallery and then proceeded to get a Mocha Frapp. from Starbucks. While driving through the Starbucks drive-thru I noticed Rachel Young sitting with Ryan and Todd inside, so I went and said hello.
They were having a STUCO (Student Council) meeting, so I put in the request for a Golden Gloves boxing program at our highschool. Ryan, however, pretty much pointed out how impossible it would be. Anyway, we all sat and talked for a while and a few other people I knew came in, so it was fun.
Today I went to church with Ryan, which was cool. I don't go to church regularly but it's something I know I should do, so I think I'll start doing that. After church I only had a couple hours of downtime before my aunt picked me up to go to my cousin's basketball game at the Overtime Gym by Braum's. They lost their first game by one point, which was made in the last 20 seconds, and won the second game by 5 or 7 points, despite the other team having two towering black guys who dunked pretty much every shot.
Between the two games was a little over an hour to kill, so we all went to Books-A-Million. I was disappointed that they didn't have either Sly Moves or The Wheelman, and was about to give up on that book store all together until I saw Sly Moves in the bargain bin shelf. It's Sylvester Stallone's fitness book, which is actually a pretty good read. In the beginning he talks a little bit about himself and some training methods he used for the Rocky and Rambo movies, explaining how he actually over trained and how it was unnecessary. I find that funny, because over the summer I'd actually found his split-routine workout program he used for Rambo 2 and used it. I got some good results, but like he said it was overkill. I flipped ahead to the actual exercise part of the book and was surprised to see a few weight lifting exercises I'd never seen before.
So it seems I've found an answer to my problem of trying to figure out how to mix things up in the gym. I can't wait to try some new things out tomorrow after school in the football players' weight room. After buying Sly's book my uncle, aunt, cousin, mom, grandma, and I went to Olive Garden for my grandma's birthday. It was delicious! I had the chicken parmigiana and on the way home got myself the last hot fudge oreo shake from Sonic I'll have for a while. See, even though I'm running, I still need to cut back on the unhealthy food so I'm taking action starting tomorrow.
Well, I pretty much made myself sick with all the food, and thank God I can actually go to bed early tonight because I did all my homework on Friday!
Have a good day/night
Seal
P.S. I hope you guys like the music playlist I added...I should be updating it soon, but decided to go ahead and put it up early just to see if it would work. Pretty nifty if you ask me.
They were having a STUCO (Student Council) meeting, so I put in the request for a Golden Gloves boxing program at our highschool. Ryan, however, pretty much pointed out how impossible it would be. Anyway, we all sat and talked for a while and a few other people I knew came in, so it was fun.
Today I went to church with Ryan, which was cool. I don't go to church regularly but it's something I know I should do, so I think I'll start doing that. After church I only had a couple hours of downtime before my aunt picked me up to go to my cousin's basketball game at the Overtime Gym by Braum's. They lost their first game by one point, which was made in the last 20 seconds, and won the second game by 5 or 7 points, despite the other team having two towering black guys who dunked pretty much every shot.
Between the two games was a little over an hour to kill, so we all went to Books-A-Million. I was disappointed that they didn't have either Sly Moves or The Wheelman, and was about to give up on that book store all together until I saw Sly Moves in the bargain bin shelf. It's Sylvester Stallone's fitness book, which is actually a pretty good read. In the beginning he talks a little bit about himself and some training methods he used for the Rocky and Rambo movies, explaining how he actually over trained and how it was unnecessary. I find that funny, because over the summer I'd actually found his split-routine workout program he used for Rambo 2 and used it. I got some good results, but like he said it was overkill. I flipped ahead to the actual exercise part of the book and was surprised to see a few weight lifting exercises I'd never seen before.
So it seems I've found an answer to my problem of trying to figure out how to mix things up in the gym. I can't wait to try some new things out tomorrow after school in the football players' weight room. After buying Sly's book my uncle, aunt, cousin, mom, grandma, and I went to Olive Garden for my grandma's birthday. It was delicious! I had the chicken parmigiana and on the way home got myself the last hot fudge oreo shake from Sonic I'll have for a while. See, even though I'm running, I still need to cut back on the unhealthy food so I'm taking action starting tomorrow.
Well, I pretty much made myself sick with all the food, and thank God I can actually go to bed early tonight because I did all my homework on Friday!
Have a good day/night
Seal
P.S. I hope you guys like the music playlist I added...I should be updating it soon, but decided to go ahead and put it up early just to see if it would work. Pretty nifty if you ask me.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
The Weekly Seal - My New News Blog
Okay, so I made a new blog. I've decided to keep Seal's Zone more of a personal blog; I guess you could call it a journal.
My new blog is here. It's basically just going to be about current events and movie news, and then I'll write my thoughts on it. I know the news can be boring, so I'll try to keep it interesting. The only thing that people will probably find boring is the presidential election coming up, but I'm going to keep tabs on that for me and anyone interested since it's sort of a big thing.
Other news will probably contain funny news, extraordinary news, or just any news I see worth talking about.
I'll even keep my movie reviews in here if I see a particularly good or bad movie I feel the need to tell people about. That's it for now. I guess we'll just have to see how my new blog develops.
Have a good day,
Seal
P.S. Here's something to make you laugh.
My new blog is here. It's basically just going to be about current events and movie news, and then I'll write my thoughts on it. I know the news can be boring, so I'll try to keep it interesting. The only thing that people will probably find boring is the presidential election coming up, but I'm going to keep tabs on that for me and anyone interested since it's sort of a big thing.
Other news will probably contain funny news, extraordinary news, or just any news I see worth talking about.
I'll even keep my movie reviews in here if I see a particularly good or bad movie I feel the need to tell people about. That's it for now. I guess we'll just have to see how my new blog develops.
Have a good day,
Seal
P.S. Here's something to make you laugh.
B-Roy's B-Day
Yesterday (Friday) was a fun day. It was especially good since Thursday was a drag, and was so far the worst day this school year. Only one good thing came out of my Thursday. We had our home meet at King Jack Park for Cross Country. It was a small meet, but Carl Junction was there along with McDonald Country, Seneca, and a few other schools, so it was a pretty small meet. However, the Webb City XC team came in 1st place, the team's first time to win a meet in four years. I came in 18th place, which means I was only three places away from medaling.
Friday was better though. We had our Friday morning practice and ran three repeat miles at a 5:50 pace. Our goal was 5:30, but that was impossible seeing as how we just had our meet the previous day. AP Biology and AP Chem weren't as boring or as terrible as they usually are, and homeroom was okay. Sociology was pretty fun though. We're going over personality and characteristics and all that. We all have our "sociology buddy" that sits next to us and we have to ask five different people what they think of that person personality-wise. I wonder what people will say about me. My "buddy" is Amanda Reasoner. She's pretty, and I don't know her all to well, but she seems nice. So far people have said she's "nice", "outgoing", and "shy"...so I need two more and I'm done with that assignment.
Adv. Math and Trig was alright. Mrs. Adair says that because of my deep voice I need to be one of the announcers, and that I have an authoritative voice. After math I went and lifted in the weight room. It was a pretty good workout, but I got the new Men's Health magazine so I think I'm going to mix it up a bit. I'm also going to cut back on the Oreo shakes...after this weekend is over. When I got done with lifting I went out into the cafeteria and did all my homework. Since we had a XC meet on Tuesday and Thursday it really put me back on my homework, so I had gotten no sleep during the week. I figured I might as well get it out of the way now so I can enjoy my weekend.
After doing my homework Ryan picked me up and we went to Bethany Roy's birthday party. The food was good...but I think all food is good. Coach Butler cooked the hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill, and they were delicious. I didn't have my swim shorts with me so I didn't swim. The cross country team's managers were trying to get me to swim, but I think they were just trying to get my shirt off...seriously. One of them was pretty much hanging on me all night. I'm still unsure if I enjoyed the attention or not, but I can tell you right now that I wasn't used to it.
After the birthday party Ryan took me to my house and we got the Xbox 360 and Saw III. I stayed at his house all night with his two little brothers and Andrew. We played a little bit of Gears of War and Ghost Recon, but I mostly just sat back and watched. After they played the 360 Ryan, Andrew, and I watched Saw III. I'd already seen it, so I fell asleep pretty early on.
This morning we had donuts which were nice and fresh; still warm. I came home, and here I am writing this blog and watching Shaun of the Dead on Comedy Central. Tonight I plan on staying up as long as I can and sleeping in tomorrow.
That's all for now,
Seal
P.S. Be sure to check out my new blog. You "view my complete profile" and scroll down for a link.
Friday was better though. We had our Friday morning practice and ran three repeat miles at a 5:50 pace. Our goal was 5:30, but that was impossible seeing as how we just had our meet the previous day. AP Biology and AP Chem weren't as boring or as terrible as they usually are, and homeroom was okay. Sociology was pretty fun though. We're going over personality and characteristics and all that. We all have our "sociology buddy" that sits next to us and we have to ask five different people what they think of that person personality-wise. I wonder what people will say about me. My "buddy" is Amanda Reasoner. She's pretty, and I don't know her all to well, but she seems nice. So far people have said she's "nice", "outgoing", and "shy"...so I need two more and I'm done with that assignment.
Adv. Math and Trig was alright. Mrs. Adair says that because of my deep voice I need to be one of the announcers, and that I have an authoritative voice. After math I went and lifted in the weight room. It was a pretty good workout, but I got the new Men's Health magazine so I think I'm going to mix it up a bit. I'm also going to cut back on the Oreo shakes...after this weekend is over. When I got done with lifting I went out into the cafeteria and did all my homework. Since we had a XC meet on Tuesday and Thursday it really put me back on my homework, so I had gotten no sleep during the week. I figured I might as well get it out of the way now so I can enjoy my weekend.
After doing my homework Ryan picked me up and we went to Bethany Roy's birthday party. The food was good...but I think all food is good. Coach Butler cooked the hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill, and they were delicious. I didn't have my swim shorts with me so I didn't swim. The cross country team's managers were trying to get me to swim, but I think they were just trying to get my shirt off...seriously. One of them was pretty much hanging on me all night. I'm still unsure if I enjoyed the attention or not, but I can tell you right now that I wasn't used to it.
After the birthday party Ryan took me to my house and we got the Xbox 360 and Saw III. I stayed at his house all night with his two little brothers and Andrew. We played a little bit of Gears of War and Ghost Recon, but I mostly just sat back and watched. After they played the 360 Ryan, Andrew, and I watched Saw III. I'd already seen it, so I fell asleep pretty early on.
This morning we had donuts which were nice and fresh; still warm. I came home, and here I am writing this blog and watching Shaun of the Dead on Comedy Central. Tonight I plan on staying up as long as I can and sleeping in tomorrow.
That's all for now,
Seal
P.S. Be sure to check out my new blog. You "view my complete profile" and scroll down for a link.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Personal Records
So Tuesday (I think) we had our Monett meet for XC and I PRed with a 5k time of 20:24. Today we had our MSSU Stampede meet and I PRed once again with a 5k time of 19:19, shedding more than one minute off my time! Now there are some very obvious factors to why I did better, such as it was less hilly and the weather was good for running.
Speaking of good weather, there's a nice thunderstorm going on right now, despite the news saying there's 40% chance of rain. It feels good, but it's a little chilly to be honest. It's weird how just last week it was hot as hell and now I'm freezing my ass off. I remember the good ol' days where I had a few layers of flab to insulate me and I could stand cold weather better, but now it just sucks because with XC I've gotten rid of all that. This winter will be fun (/sarcasm), but the cold will be good for my boxing training. Winter is definately on it's way.
I've been thinking about my boxing training lately and not sure what to do. Last year I never ran, which was dumb, but I hated running. Actually, the reason I joined XC was make myself like running, because with me wanting to join the Marines and do boxing I'd need to learn to love it. When I started running in the summer I weighed 160lbs. and in two to three weeks I got down to 140lbs. and I've been a steady 140-143lbs. since then.
Anyway, about my boxing training; XC ends mid-November if we go to State, so I'll probably get a head start instead of waiting for new years like I did last year. Also, unlike last year, I need to up the intensity a bit. I'm starting to think that what I did last year could hardly be called boxing compared to what I want to do. Let's see, last year my training was hitting the punching bag for 8-10 rounds and lifting weights. Even though I got in better shape I'm in way better shape now than I've ever been, so I think I need to keep it up throughout the winter. I'd get up and run Frisco trail in the morning before school, come home and eat a nice protein breakfast. Then I'd lift in the school's gym after school and come home and do 12 rounds on the punching bag and start doing some speedbag work. I'd only lift Mon. Wed. and Fri. so on Tues. Thurs. and Sat. I'd run more instead of lift weights. Sunday = day off.
I need to find out more about the Silver Gloves competition I keep hearing about that takes place in Joplin sometime this winter. I've had people mention it to me when I tell them about me training for boxing, but I know nothing else about it.
In other news Sylvester Stallone's new movie, John Rambo was given a release date by Lionsgate. It's
supposedly coming out January 25th, 2008. That's sooner than the rumored/expected May 2008 release, but that can be good and bad. First off, it's good because we get to see Rambo sooner. However, January is known as the month that shitty movies come out...so people will either think, "Oh, January...must be crap" or "Yay, less competition". Another bad thing is that even though we have two awesome trailers for it, they're unofficial and R-rated, and there's no poster art or anything advertising this movie besides the internet buzz. But hey, maybe all Stallone needs is the internet to advertise his movie, it worked well for Rocky Balboa.
Here's another thing I'm worried about. Rocky Balboa made over $100 million, which is good, but it had a Christmas
release (which is the 2nd best release time for movies beside summertime), and it was rated PG, so it was available to a broader audience. John Rambo is rated R and you can see why from the trailers. Let's just say it is to action movies what Saw's violence was to horror movies. You have guys getting their guts and throats ripped out, and getting blown apart with .50 caliber machine guns. So it's obviously not the family film Rocky Balboa was. Maybe Rambo has a larger fan-base or something...but here's to hoping it's as successful as Rocky Balboa.
Well that's pretty much it I think. Now I'm going to have a nice large meal of nothing and watch some Chris Farley in Black Sheep.
Have a good day
Seal
Speaking of good weather, there's a nice thunderstorm going on right now, despite the news saying there's 40% chance of rain. It feels good, but it's a little chilly to be honest. It's weird how just last week it was hot as hell and now I'm freezing my ass off. I remember the good ol' days where I had a few layers of flab to insulate me and I could stand cold weather better, but now it just sucks because with XC I've gotten rid of all that. This winter will be fun (/sarcasm), but the cold will be good for my boxing training. Winter is definately on it's way.
I've been thinking about my boxing training lately and not sure what to do. Last year I never ran, which was dumb, but I hated running. Actually, the reason I joined XC was make myself like running, because with me wanting to join the Marines and do boxing I'd need to learn to love it. When I started running in the summer I weighed 160lbs. and in two to three weeks I got down to 140lbs. and I've been a steady 140-143lbs. since then.
Anyway, about my boxing training; XC ends mid-November if we go to State, so I'll probably get a head start instead of waiting for new years like I did last year. Also, unlike last year, I need to up the intensity a bit. I'm starting to think that what I did last year could hardly be called boxing compared to what I want to do. Let's see, last year my training was hitting the punching bag for 8-10 rounds and lifting weights. Even though I got in better shape I'm in way better shape now than I've ever been, so I think I need to keep it up throughout the winter. I'd get up and run Frisco trail in the morning before school, come home and eat a nice protein breakfast. Then I'd lift in the school's gym after school and come home and do 12 rounds on the punching bag and start doing some speedbag work. I'd only lift Mon. Wed. and Fri. so on Tues. Thurs. and Sat. I'd run more instead of lift weights. Sunday = day off.
I need to find out more about the Silver Gloves competition I keep hearing about that takes place in Joplin sometime this winter. I've had people mention it to me when I tell them about me training for boxing, but I know nothing else about it.
In other news Sylvester Stallone's new movie, John Rambo was given a release date by Lionsgate. It's
supposedly coming out January 25th, 2008. That's sooner than the rumored/expected May 2008 release, but that can be good and bad. First off, it's good because we get to see Rambo sooner. However, January is known as the month that shitty movies come out...so people will either think, "Oh, January...must be crap" or "Yay, less competition". Another bad thing is that even though we have two awesome trailers for it, they're unofficial and R-rated, and there's no poster art or anything advertising this movie besides the internet buzz. But hey, maybe all Stallone needs is the internet to advertise his movie, it worked well for Rocky Balboa.Here's another thing I'm worried about. Rocky Balboa made over $100 million, which is good, but it had a Christmas
release (which is the 2nd best release time for movies beside summertime), and it was rated PG, so it was available to a broader audience. John Rambo is rated R and you can see why from the trailers. Let's just say it is to action movies what Saw's violence was to horror movies. You have guys getting their guts and throats ripped out, and getting blown apart with .50 caliber machine guns. So it's obviously not the family film Rocky Balboa was. Maybe Rambo has a larger fan-base or something...but here's to hoping it's as successful as Rocky Balboa.Well that's pretty much it I think. Now I'm going to have a nice large meal of nothing and watch some Chris Farley in Black Sheep.
Have a good day
Seal
Monday, September 10, 2007
Hills
So I'm pretty much getting bored of writing the same boring things over and over again, so I'm pretty much ditching my goal of trying to write everyday. For future reference: I fall asleep in AP Biography, AP Chemistry is hell on earth, Sociology is my funnest class, Adv. Math and Trig is meh, American Heritage is fun, Spanish 3 is fun, Current Events is an ice box, and CA 3 puts me to sleep like a bedtime story does to a little kid.
With that said I'll end this short and sweet. After school we had cross country practice. We did 4 gators (about 4.4 miles) and hills. Tomorrow we have our second real meet at Monett, which is the hilliest course, but I get out of school at 12:45 so it's all good. I came home, ate, and now I'm watching Not Another Teen Movie on VH1 because there is NOTHING on TV. I'll probably go play some video game that will make my life seem even more meaningless and less fulfilling.
From now on I'm going to try to make most of my blog posts more relevant to current issues or thoughts that are important to me, or if I have an unusually good or interesting day I will write about it.
Until next time, here's a funny video
Seal
With that said I'll end this short and sweet. After school we had cross country practice. We did 4 gators (about 4.4 miles) and hills. Tomorrow we have our second real meet at Monett, which is the hilliest course, but I get out of school at 12:45 so it's all good. I came home, ate, and now I'm watching Not Another Teen Movie on VH1 because there is NOTHING on TV. I'll probably go play some video game that will make my life seem even more meaningless and less fulfilling.
From now on I'm going to try to make most of my blog posts more relevant to current issues or thoughts that are important to me, or if I have an unusually good or interesting day I will write about it.
Until next time, here's a funny video
Seal
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Buffalo Wild Wings
It's been a long day; an exhausting practice, good day at school, busy concessions, and ending the day with some BBQ chicken.
Practice this morning was between brutal and moderate. We did Green Bays, which is where we use the football field and sprint 10 x 100 yards, 8 x 80, 6 x 60, and 4 x 40. After that we did hills, which left everyone heaving. This made breakfast more enjoyable. First hour and homeroom were pretty good. It would've been very good if Aleigha brought grapes like she was supposed to :P.
Second hour was good as well, but a little different. It was Spanish 3 so we checked out homework, and then spent the last 30 minutes talking only in Spanish. When it was my turn I understood what she was saying alright, but it was like being put on the spot light so I couldn't think of what to say. Third hour was boring, along with lunch and fourth hour.
After school I went and lifted weights, which was the only day I could do it this week with no school Monday and afternoon practice on Wednesday. It looks like our practice schedule is going to conflict with my weight lifting schedule, so I'm going to have to work around that...what a pain.
At 5pm Ryan and I went and helped at the concession stands for the Webb City vs. Carthage football game. We had to work the Carthage concession stand, which is way too small. Since it was a rivalry game we were constantly busy getting people their drinks, hot dogs, popcorn, and eventually got some pizza. I got chewed out by some little girl's mom for not giving her her change, which is complete bull shit. First, because I remembered her and her mom said she only ordered a popcorn, which was wrong, and that she gave my a $5 and didn't receive change. I'm 90% positive I gave her change, and almost as positive she got more than just popcorn. Also, if I didn't give her the change she needed it was because she walked off. That isn't my fault; so have a coke and a smile and stfu, I'll get your precious change. In case you're wondering Webb City won, of course.
I was excited to get a free food item and a free drink, so I got a Dr. Pepper and M&Ms. Nope, not a Reese's. I surprise myself sometimes, but I guess you could say I planned ahead and seeing as how M&Ms don't melt in your pocket like Reese's Cups, I chose the M&Ms instead. Ryan and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings after helping clean up everything. So now, since we've worked one concession we get one prom ticket free, and I'll be honest, I'm not sure if I'm even going to prom.
Anyway, Buffalo Wild Wings was pretty good. Took a while to get our food, but it didn't matter since hanging out and watching boxing on the TV helped time fly by. Let's see if I can remember everyone...nope, because if I can't name everyone I'm naming no one. Haha, don't know why. There were a lot of us there though, it was fun.
Well, I can't remember much else, because I'm pretty tired. It's 1:06am now so I'm going to watch 40 Year Old Virgin on HBO, and read Men's Health.
Later,
Seal
P.S. Here's a second trailer to Sly Stallone's John Rambo
Practice this morning was between brutal and moderate. We did Green Bays, which is where we use the football field and sprint 10 x 100 yards, 8 x 80, 6 x 60, and 4 x 40. After that we did hills, which left everyone heaving. This made breakfast more enjoyable. First hour and homeroom were pretty good. It would've been very good if Aleigha brought grapes like she was supposed to :P.
Second hour was good as well, but a little different. It was Spanish 3 so we checked out homework, and then spent the last 30 minutes talking only in Spanish. When it was my turn I understood what she was saying alright, but it was like being put on the spot light so I couldn't think of what to say. Third hour was boring, along with lunch and fourth hour.
After school I went and lifted weights, which was the only day I could do it this week with no school Monday and afternoon practice on Wednesday. It looks like our practice schedule is going to conflict with my weight lifting schedule, so I'm going to have to work around that...what a pain.
At 5pm Ryan and I went and helped at the concession stands for the Webb City vs. Carthage football game. We had to work the Carthage concession stand, which is way too small. Since it was a rivalry game we were constantly busy getting people their drinks, hot dogs, popcorn, and eventually got some pizza. I got chewed out by some little girl's mom for not giving her her change, which is complete bull shit. First, because I remembered her and her mom said she only ordered a popcorn, which was wrong, and that she gave my a $5 and didn't receive change. I'm 90% positive I gave her change, and almost as positive she got more than just popcorn. Also, if I didn't give her the change she needed it was because she walked off. That isn't my fault; so have a coke and a smile and stfu, I'll get your precious change. In case you're wondering Webb City won, of course.
I was excited to get a free food item and a free drink, so I got a Dr. Pepper and M&Ms. Nope, not a Reese's. I surprise myself sometimes, but I guess you could say I planned ahead and seeing as how M&Ms don't melt in your pocket like Reese's Cups, I chose the M&Ms instead. Ryan and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings after helping clean up everything. So now, since we've worked one concession we get one prom ticket free, and I'll be honest, I'm not sure if I'm even going to prom.
Anyway, Buffalo Wild Wings was pretty good. Took a while to get our food, but it didn't matter since hanging out and watching boxing on the TV helped time fly by. Let's see if I can remember everyone...nope, because if I can't name everyone I'm naming no one. Haha, don't know why. There were a lot of us there though, it was fun.
Well, I can't remember much else, because I'm pretty tired. It's 1:06am now so I'm going to watch 40 Year Old Virgin on HBO, and read Men's Health.
Later,
Seal
P.S. Here's a second trailer to Sly Stallone's John Rambo
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Man in the River
The day started off pretty good and ended great. We had a good school day, we had our Carthage meet, and then to end the day on a good note we ate fresh at Subway.
This morning was pretty good. Practice was at 6am instead of 545. I know what you're thinking, "Fifteen minutes....wow," but it really does make a difference. We ran the Webb City loop (3 miles) in easy mode and then got ready in time to go to FCA (Fellow Christian Athletes). I think today was the first day I didn't fall asleep in AP Biology; we did a lab, so I had to participate. AP Chemistry was pretty good as well. First off, our homework's due date got pushed back until Monday, and second, we had a substitute...Mr. Putman. He's a goof.
Sociology was good, of course, along with lunch. Advanced Math and Trig was good because I got to get out early for our Carthage meet. I got out of class at 1:45pm and was on the bus by 2:00. The bus ride over was relaxing. I listened to some music, and got a seat to myself so I could enjoy the ride to Carthage in full. I even listened to a song from Rocky, with was motivating :P.
Varsity boys ran first, so we went over the course, did our warm-up, and got ready. The meet was at the Carthage golf course, which means it was hilly. I'll be honest, after the first two miles I was ready to die, and my legs felt like they were going to explode. I pulled through, however, and finished 57th out of 90 some people (4th person to finish from Webb City), with a time of 21:54. Not my personal best, but I take comfort in knowing the course had lots of hills and I truly did run hard.
After the run we had four hours to just chill while the other divisions ran their races. For those who know me, you can probably guess where you would've found me...by the food. Yes, there were people who were selling food! So I got a piece of pizza, a banana, Doritos, and cookies. Then I went back and got another banana and an apple. After that I walked up and got a Gatorade and some peanut butter crackers. So I was pretty happy, with plenty of food and all. For the remainder of the time I just walked around with whoever from Webb City, wasting time.
Rogers pretty much stole the show at the awards ceremony, but this was my first real cross country meet so I really didn't care. After the awards were given out we packed up our tents (more like canopies) and had to carry everything back to the bus. These tents weighed at least 90 lbs and of course our bus driver decided to park the farthest away, so I got quite a workout while helping carry them back.
The bus ride home was good...just listened to some more music and for some reason this grabbed my attention; a man down in a river below the highway. All he was doing was fishing, but it looked like something in book or a postcard. We got back, unloaded all the stuff, and a few of us headed over to Subway.
I was first to order, thank God, because the guy working there was slow as hell. It was funny too, because at first it was just Ryan, Andy, and I that walked in, but then the rest of the cross country team started showing up one at a time and the Subway guy would say something like, "Oh great", or "Jeez, friggin' great"....lazy bum. All he has to do is make sandwiches and he complains when a few customers come in. He was so slow that people that came in behind us all started leaving...it was funny, but I guess you'd have to be there.
Well, that's pretty much my day. I'm going to take a muscle relaxer, have a good night sleep, and start the beginning of the last day of the school week off good.
Later,
Seal
This morning was pretty good. Practice was at 6am instead of 545. I know what you're thinking, "Fifteen minutes....wow," but it really does make a difference. We ran the Webb City loop (3 miles) in easy mode and then got ready in time to go to FCA (Fellow Christian Athletes). I think today was the first day I didn't fall asleep in AP Biology; we did a lab, so I had to participate. AP Chemistry was pretty good as well. First off, our homework's due date got pushed back until Monday, and second, we had a substitute...Mr. Putman. He's a goof.
Sociology was good, of course, along with lunch. Advanced Math and Trig was good because I got to get out early for our Carthage meet. I got out of class at 1:45pm and was on the bus by 2:00. The bus ride over was relaxing. I listened to some music, and got a seat to myself so I could enjoy the ride to Carthage in full. I even listened to a song from Rocky, with was motivating :P.
Varsity boys ran first, so we went over the course, did our warm-up, and got ready. The meet was at the Carthage golf course, which means it was hilly. I'll be honest, after the first two miles I was ready to die, and my legs felt like they were going to explode. I pulled through, however, and finished 57th out of 90 some people (4th person to finish from Webb City), with a time of 21:54. Not my personal best, but I take comfort in knowing the course had lots of hills and I truly did run hard.
After the run we had four hours to just chill while the other divisions ran their races. For those who know me, you can probably guess where you would've found me...by the food. Yes, there were people who were selling food! So I got a piece of pizza, a banana, Doritos, and cookies. Then I went back and got another banana and an apple. After that I walked up and got a Gatorade and some peanut butter crackers. So I was pretty happy, with plenty of food and all. For the remainder of the time I just walked around with whoever from Webb City, wasting time.
Rogers pretty much stole the show at the awards ceremony, but this was my first real cross country meet so I really didn't care. After the awards were given out we packed up our tents (more like canopies) and had to carry everything back to the bus. These tents weighed at least 90 lbs and of course our bus driver decided to park the farthest away, so I got quite a workout while helping carry them back.
The bus ride home was good...just listened to some more music and for some reason this grabbed my attention; a man down in a river below the highway. All he was doing was fishing, but it looked like something in book or a postcard. We got back, unloaded all the stuff, and a few of us headed over to Subway.
I was first to order, thank God, because the guy working there was slow as hell. It was funny too, because at first it was just Ryan, Andy, and I that walked in, but then the rest of the cross country team started showing up one at a time and the Subway guy would say something like, "Oh great", or "Jeez, friggin' great"....lazy bum. All he has to do is make sandwiches and he complains when a few customers come in. He was so slow that people that came in behind us all started leaving...it was funny, but I guess you'd have to be there.
Well, that's pretty much my day. I'm going to take a muscle relaxer, have a good night sleep, and start the beginning of the last day of the school week off good.
Later,
Seal
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Rain
Only one word or phrase can describe today....BLAH!
Woke up this morning at 5:20 after having the best night's sleep in two weeks, and knowing that this morning's cross country practice wasn't mandatory I really wanted to just go back to sleep. However, as I stood there contemplating whether I should plop back down on my comfy bed and sleep another hour or so, I thought to myself, "What would that accomplish?". So I willed myself to go to practice. It was alright; an easy 5 mile loop.
First hour was AP Biology, so I did the usual take-notes-in-my-sleep routine. I know I'm screwed when it comes time to take our first test in that class, because even though I have notes, most of the words are unreadable because I wrote them when I was more than half asleep. Guess I'll just have to bust a move the night before and hope I learn something.
AP Chemistry wasn't as bad, but it surely didn't make anything better. Mrs. Ray still seems to skip around a lot, and she somehow manages to hand out packets to the whole class without me seeing her do so, and then discusses the packet. Meanwhile, I'm sitting there, clueless, thinking "WTF is she talking about?!" Hmm....whatever. I have friends in that class that can help me out. I'm not saying I'm going to cheat or anything *cough*.
Sociology was fun as always. Mr. Burr adds an extra something to make that class fun; an X-factor perhaps you could call it. Plus lunch, my favorite subject. Although, I have to admit the protein bars are getting old, but hey, they're a nice meal replacement and I get my chocolate craving satisfied and protein.
Adv. Math and Trig isn't worth mentioning except for the fact that we got a butt-load of easy homework...which I like to call busy work. Here's where my day gets a little more interesting (emphasize the word "little", because this really isn't interesting at all).
After school cross country had it's mandatory practice, which today was a run-off. Everyone ran the 5k (3.1 miles, or something like that) course and whoever got in the top seven got to be on varsity and wear the nice, new blue uniforms. I ran my first mile in 5:50 and finished the third mile at 20:04 or something like that. Pretty good, considering that during that summer I ran the same course in 24:21, which means I shed four whole minutes off my 5k time. Coach Butler's goal, and my goal too, is to get our 5k time under 18 minutes. Very possible at this rate.
Well, anyway, I got 5th place on our team, behind Andrew, Anthony, Ryan, and Josh. So I get to run varsity at our Carthage meet this Thursday so I'm super stoked about that. However, it seems that sleeping with my air conditioning on last night has gotten me a small cold. A runny nose is the worst torture anyone who has to sit in class for 80 minutes at a time can have. Luckily it didn't get too bad until after our run-off. By the way, in case you're wondering how I got a cold from leaving the AC on all night; it's sort of broken so it just keeps going and going and going, like that stupid energizer bunny. So it just got colder and colder until I woke up at 430 this morning to turn it off. Sadly, I sleep tons better when it's cold, but I won't be leaving it on when I sleep for awhile as to allow myself to get over this damned cold.
Good news just popped into my head! No practice tomorrow before school, which means I get to sleep in and have a real breakfast (since I can't eat before I run). That also means I get to stay up a little later tonight without feeling guilty or dreading it in the morning. However, there is some bad news. You see, I've pretty much told you everything interesting and non-interesting about my day (mostly the latter), so I'm going to have to put an end to this blog post.
Later,
Seal
P.S. You're also probably wondering why the title to this blog is "Rain". Well it's simply because I love rain and it's supposed to have been raining since yesterday and guess what? No freakin rain. Just thought I'd add that little tid-bit.
Woke up this morning at 5:20 after having the best night's sleep in two weeks, and knowing that this morning's cross country practice wasn't mandatory I really wanted to just go back to sleep. However, as I stood there contemplating whether I should plop back down on my comfy bed and sleep another hour or so, I thought to myself, "What would that accomplish?". So I willed myself to go to practice. It was alright; an easy 5 mile loop.
First hour was AP Biology, so I did the usual take-notes-in-my-sleep routine. I know I'm screwed when it comes time to take our first test in that class, because even though I have notes, most of the words are unreadable because I wrote them when I was more than half asleep. Guess I'll just have to bust a move the night before and hope I learn something.
AP Chemistry wasn't as bad, but it surely didn't make anything better. Mrs. Ray still seems to skip around a lot, and she somehow manages to hand out packets to the whole class without me seeing her do so, and then discusses the packet. Meanwhile, I'm sitting there, clueless, thinking "WTF is she talking about?!" Hmm....whatever. I have friends in that class that can help me out. I'm not saying I'm going to cheat or anything *cough*.
Sociology was fun as always. Mr. Burr adds an extra something to make that class fun; an X-factor perhaps you could call it. Plus lunch, my favorite subject. Although, I have to admit the protein bars are getting old, but hey, they're a nice meal replacement and I get my chocolate craving satisfied and protein.
Adv. Math and Trig isn't worth mentioning except for the fact that we got a butt-load of easy homework...which I like to call busy work. Here's where my day gets a little more interesting (emphasize the word "little", because this really isn't interesting at all).
After school cross country had it's mandatory practice, which today was a run-off. Everyone ran the 5k (3.1 miles, or something like that) course and whoever got in the top seven got to be on varsity and wear the nice, new blue uniforms. I ran my first mile in 5:50 and finished the third mile at 20:04 or something like that. Pretty good, considering that during that summer I ran the same course in 24:21, which means I shed four whole minutes off my 5k time. Coach Butler's goal, and my goal too, is to get our 5k time under 18 minutes. Very possible at this rate.
Well, anyway, I got 5th place on our team, behind Andrew, Anthony, Ryan, and Josh. So I get to run varsity at our Carthage meet this Thursday so I'm super stoked about that. However, it seems that sleeping with my air conditioning on last night has gotten me a small cold. A runny nose is the worst torture anyone who has to sit in class for 80 minutes at a time can have. Luckily it didn't get too bad until after our run-off. By the way, in case you're wondering how I got a cold from leaving the AC on all night; it's sort of broken so it just keeps going and going and going, like that stupid energizer bunny. So it just got colder and colder until I woke up at 430 this morning to turn it off. Sadly, I sleep tons better when it's cold, but I won't be leaving it on when I sleep for awhile as to allow myself to get over this damned cold.
Good news just popped into my head! No practice tomorrow before school, which means I get to sleep in and have a real breakfast (since I can't eat before I run). That also means I get to stay up a little later tonight without feeling guilty or dreading it in the morning. However, there is some bad news. You see, I've pretty much told you everything interesting and non-interesting about my day (mostly the latter), so I'm going to have to put an end to this blog post.
Later,
Seal
P.S. You're also probably wondering why the title to this blog is "Rain". Well it's simply because I love rain and it's supposed to have been raining since yesterday and guess what? No freakin rain. Just thought I'd add that little tid-bit.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Vaio
Let's see, today was a pretty boring day; very slow.
I woke up at 6am and got ready for our Cross Country practice at 7am. Today we ran a 6 mile loop; from the school we went up to McAurther (spelling?), to Main, and then stayed on that road past Robin Ridge and back to the high school. It was pretty easy, but I could've done better.
After that I came home and just kind of sat around, talking to people on MSN and such. Around 430pm I called Best Buy and got Geek Squad on the phone and I finally got my laptop to work on the internet. It's a nice, red Sony Vaio. I love it. I know I talk about materialism being bad, but this is an example of me falling victim to the evils of it :P. It just makes everything conveniant.
I did my Chemistry homework, which was easy but time consuming. Now I'm watching Halloween on ssupload.com. It's a neat site, but as I'm watching Halloween I notice that there are added scenes in this version compared to the theatrical version, and even an alternate scene that shows Michael Myers escaping from the psychiatric facility differently. I have to admit though, I liked the theatrical version was better.
Not much happened today, or yesterday for that matter, so I'm ending this blog short. Hopefully tomorrow will give me something to write about.
Later,
Seal
I woke up at 6am and got ready for our Cross Country practice at 7am. Today we ran a 6 mile loop; from the school we went up to McAurther (spelling?), to Main, and then stayed on that road past Robin Ridge and back to the high school. It was pretty easy, but I could've done better.
After that I came home and just kind of sat around, talking to people on MSN and such. Around 430pm I called Best Buy and got Geek Squad on the phone and I finally got my laptop to work on the internet. It's a nice, red Sony Vaio. I love it. I know I talk about materialism being bad, but this is an example of me falling victim to the evils of it :P. It just makes everything conveniant.
I did my Chemistry homework, which was easy but time consuming. Now I'm watching Halloween on ssupload.com. It's a neat site, but as I'm watching Halloween I notice that there are added scenes in this version compared to the theatrical version, and even an alternate scene that shows Michael Myers escaping from the psychiatric facility differently. I have to admit though, I liked the theatrical version was better.
Not much happened today, or yesterday for that matter, so I'm ending this blog short. Hopefully tomorrow will give me something to write about.
Later,
Seal
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Death Sentence
A typical Saturday...pretty boring for the most part. Today actually had its moments but they'll be forgotten in about a week.
I slept in until about 9am, ate breakfast, did my thing, and got on the computer. My aunt gets a hold of me on MSN through my cousin's messenger and says my grandma is coming over and asked if I wanted too. With my cousin being gone at his dad's I was reluctant at first, but thought, "What the hell, I'm bored. Might as well."
My back was aching like that of an old man's from lifting those bricks after school yesterday, so I figured swimming would be good for it. However the water was freakin' cold! Now, I usually don't have a problem with cold water but today I guess it was too warm outside for the water to be so cold, so the extremes made me uncomfortable. Since I didn't really feel like swimming I just got one of the pool mats and fell asleep under the warm sun....and yeah, I got a sunburn on my chest and stomach, and since my arms were angled in it makes sort of a V-shape. I don't know if that's relevant, but it's my blog and I can write whatever I want, right?
After my nap we went shopping (ugh!). I guess it wasn't that bad; I got some new stuff, but w/e...it still kept me occupied. When we were driving out of Loma Linda my aunt was telling a story about their trip to Denver a couple weeks ago. She told my grandma how they were at some sort of mini-mall thing or something and my cousin turned and looked at this tall black guy, making eye contact. Here's what the black guy said, and I'm quoting, "What the fuck you starin at, little white bitch?" My uncle was smart and didn't say anything, my cousin laughed it off, and my aunt thought he was talking to some blonde chick walking their way. If I was there I would've flew off my hinges....eww I was pissed when I heard this! I could feel the fire burning inside me; reminded me of back in Tulsa and those kids down the street that always jumped everyone. So I went off into a little rant inside my head and continued to imagine what I would've done if I were there.
So after shopping we met my uncle Greg at Fudrucker's where I had one of the best chicken sandwiches I'd had in a long time. I pretty much just sat there and listened to the conversations that ensued. I don't know what it is, but for some reason my mom and grandma annoy the hell out of me. I seriously don't know what my deal is with them, but they're the only people I have very little patience or tolerance with...actually, I have zero patienct and tolerance with them. It's just weird.
After eating I got dropped off at the theatre and watched Death Sentece, a Kevin Bacon movie. Since I don't feel like telling what it's about I'll just tell you what Yahoo says:
"Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family"
I had a very mixed reaction leaving this movie. There were a lot of times where it wasn't believable and I never really got into it until the end where he opened up a can of whup-ass on everyone. I'm not a harsh critic, trust me...I usually leave a movie thinking "Oh I have to get that on DVD when it comes out," but I usually don't. This movie didn't have me thinking that, and although the storyline was good, it wasn't executed very well. So unless you've seen everything else or you're a huge Kevin Bacon fan, save your money and rent this on DVD when it comes out...which will probably cost more anyway since Blockbuster charges so damn much nowadays. Whatever, to each their own, but I recommend Halloween over this if you want to see people getting killed.
Well, have a good day/night, and here's the trailer to Kevin Bacon's Death Sentence
Seal,
I slept in until about 9am, ate breakfast, did my thing, and got on the computer. My aunt gets a hold of me on MSN through my cousin's messenger and says my grandma is coming over and asked if I wanted too. With my cousin being gone at his dad's I was reluctant at first, but thought, "What the hell, I'm bored. Might as well."
My back was aching like that of an old man's from lifting those bricks after school yesterday, so I figured swimming would be good for it. However the water was freakin' cold! Now, I usually don't have a problem with cold water but today I guess it was too warm outside for the water to be so cold, so the extremes made me uncomfortable. Since I didn't really feel like swimming I just got one of the pool mats and fell asleep under the warm sun....and yeah, I got a sunburn on my chest and stomach, and since my arms were angled in it makes sort of a V-shape. I don't know if that's relevant, but it's my blog and I can write whatever I want, right?
After my nap we went shopping (ugh!). I guess it wasn't that bad; I got some new stuff, but w/e...it still kept me occupied. When we were driving out of Loma Linda my aunt was telling a story about their trip to Denver a couple weeks ago. She told my grandma how they were at some sort of mini-mall thing or something and my cousin turned and looked at this tall black guy, making eye contact. Here's what the black guy said, and I'm quoting, "What the fuck you starin at, little white bitch?" My uncle was smart and didn't say anything, my cousin laughed it off, and my aunt thought he was talking to some blonde chick walking their way. If I was there I would've flew off my hinges....eww I was pissed when I heard this! I could feel the fire burning inside me; reminded me of back in Tulsa and those kids down the street that always jumped everyone. So I went off into a little rant inside my head and continued to imagine what I would've done if I were there.
So after shopping we met my uncle Greg at Fudrucker's where I had one of the best chicken sandwiches I'd had in a long time. I pretty much just sat there and listened to the conversations that ensued. I don't know what it is, but for some reason my mom and grandma annoy the hell out of me. I seriously don't know what my deal is with them, but they're the only people I have very little patience or tolerance with...actually, I have zero patienct and tolerance with them. It's just weird.
After eating I got dropped off at the theatre and watched Death Sentece, a Kevin Bacon movie. Since I don't feel like telling what it's about I'll just tell you what Yahoo says:
"Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family"
I had a very mixed reaction leaving this movie. There were a lot of times where it wasn't believable and I never really got into it until the end where he opened up a can of whup-ass on everyone. I'm not a harsh critic, trust me...I usually leave a movie thinking "Oh I have to get that on DVD when it comes out," but I usually don't. This movie didn't have me thinking that, and although the storyline was good, it wasn't executed very well. So unless you've seen everything else or you're a huge Kevin Bacon fan, save your money and rent this on DVD when it comes out...which will probably cost more anyway since Blockbuster charges so damn much nowadays. Whatever, to each their own, but I recommend Halloween over this if you want to see people getting killed.
Well, have a good day/night, and here's the trailer to Kevin Bacon's Death Sentence
Seal,
Halloween
Let me just say I know this is going to be posted on Sept 1st, but this is about August 31.
I could tell today was going to be a good day after coach told us he brought us donuts this morning. Our workout today was an easy 4.5 mile run on Frisco trail. It was pitch black, which was fun. Anthony, Coach B, and I were taking out all the spider webs with our faces. When we got to the point where we were to turn around an armadillo stood in our way, staring us down. We stopped running and three of us are just staring at this armadillo as it stares back at us; a draw...like in a good ol' western movie. The moment was ruined, however, whenever the armadillo realized we were actually there and the chicken shit ran off into the woods.
On the way back to the school I stepped in a small dip and almost hurt my ankle, but nothing would stop me from getting to those donuts calling to me from inside Coach's car. We got back, did our stretches, and indulged. I had two of the Little Debbie chocolate donuts and about six cake donut holes.
The shower was fun; singing Shout and some Backstreet Boys song thus filling the locker rooms with our beautiful voices got the coach yelling at us to be quiet...I personally think he's jealous. First hour was fun actually, and I guess I could say the same for homeroom. In second hour Spanish we got to play battle of the interpreters. It's a game where the room is divided into two teams and one person from each team faces off against each other. There's three categories: movies, television, and music. The teacher says a movie/TV show/band in Spanish and whoever says it in English first contributes one point to their team.
Let me just say our team dominated. I had four turns and took the first three, but the fourth I let the other team get out of good will. I mean come on, we won 28 to 12. I guess that just goes to show how a battle of the sexes game will turn out. Actually, it had nothing to do with that; I just know my movies and we had two native Spanish speakers on our team, so of course we won.
Third and fourth were boring so I won't even mention them...besides just now I guess I sort of mentioned them and how boring they were. Nevermind.
Anyway lunch was good for a red day. I sat with Andy Lane, a freshmen and Ryan Lane's little brother. Ryan and I are in the same grade and both him and his brother run Cross Country. Andy gave me his Granola Bar, which went well with my protein bar.
After school was fun. A few of us Cross Country guys went down on the football field to help with the landscaping. We got a new football field over the summer and it's looking good. Anthony and I arrive about 15 minutes before everyone else (Cole, Ryan, Livingston, and Drewskie). So we got to lift these 90lbs stones and make a wall for about half an hour, then we moved under the bleachers and leveled out the gravel with shovels. We didn't get paid, but I didn't care. I think Coach is taking us out for pizza sometime or something.
After than Livingston and I went into the Wellness fitness center, a small room with some weight lifting equipment. I stayed longer than he did, but I could tell he was bored. After my workout, which I'll admit I slacked a little bit, I walked a mile home.
When I got home I realized the grass was long, so I got the lawn mower out, filled it with gas, and proceeded to mow the SOB. Well, after the lawn mower died five times because it's an old p.o.s pansy, it finally wouldn't restart. So right now there's only the outline of a square mowed in our backyard...not too effective.
I pretty much wasted time until about 9pm when Aleigha picked me up. Her Durango just got out of the shop and it makes this funny noise; sounds like a little RC car when you're inside. We went to Starbucks and got Mocha Frappachinos, which were good. After Starbucks we went and saw Rob Zombie's Halloween, which was a cool revision of the old Halloween movie. It's defiantly more in-depth on how Michael Myers became Michael Myers, from being bullied in school and at home, to finally going psycho and killing everyone. Pretty bloody, but good. The ending was cool too. The only problem I had was pretty much every character in the movie had sex before they died, which is only the biggest cliche in any 1990's horror movie. Other than that it was a good film...take the kids, they won't forget it.
After that I was pretty hungry, so Aleigha was nice enough to wait in the drive-thru at Wendy's. I got my chicken sandwich, fries, and a frosty, which I saved for when I could sit in my comfy couch at home. It was good...very good; really hit the spot.
After I ate my food I started this blog...and here we are, all alone. Well, sorta, I'm alone...you may not be. This is sort of like that one Sandra Bullock movie, Lake House. To tell you the truth I haven't seen it and don't feel like writing what it's about, but if you've seen it and you have any idea on what I'm talking about then you'll get it. It's because I'm typing this now, and you're going to read this God-knows-when after I hit submit...but it's like I'm talking to you in the present.
Actually I'm just tired and need some sleep...so goodnight, unless you're reading this and it's daytime, then I guess good day. Wait, good day is more like a greeting isn't it? Whatever...
Have a good day/night...peace...and any other goodbye's I've left you with on these blogs,
Seal.
P.S. Here's some more Urban sports; something I want to do when I get bored enough someday:
I could tell today was going to be a good day after coach told us he brought us donuts this morning. Our workout today was an easy 4.5 mile run on Frisco trail. It was pitch black, which was fun. Anthony, Coach B, and I were taking out all the spider webs with our faces. When we got to the point where we were to turn around an armadillo stood in our way, staring us down. We stopped running and three of us are just staring at this armadillo as it stares back at us; a draw...like in a good ol' western movie. The moment was ruined, however, whenever the armadillo realized we were actually there and the chicken shit ran off into the woods.
On the way back to the school I stepped in a small dip and almost hurt my ankle, but nothing would stop me from getting to those donuts calling to me from inside Coach's car. We got back, did our stretches, and indulged. I had two of the Little Debbie chocolate donuts and about six cake donut holes.
The shower was fun; singing Shout and some Backstreet Boys song thus filling the locker rooms with our beautiful voices got the coach yelling at us to be quiet...I personally think he's jealous. First hour was fun actually, and I guess I could say the same for homeroom. In second hour Spanish we got to play battle of the interpreters. It's a game where the room is divided into two teams and one person from each team faces off against each other. There's three categories: movies, television, and music. The teacher says a movie/TV show/band in Spanish and whoever says it in English first contributes one point to their team.
Let me just say our team dominated. I had four turns and took the first three, but the fourth I let the other team get out of good will. I mean come on, we won 28 to 12. I guess that just goes to show how a battle of the sexes game will turn out. Actually, it had nothing to do with that; I just know my movies and we had two native Spanish speakers on our team, so of course we won.
Third and fourth were boring so I won't even mention them...besides just now I guess I sort of mentioned them and how boring they were. Nevermind.
Anyway lunch was good for a red day. I sat with Andy Lane, a freshmen and Ryan Lane's little brother. Ryan and I are in the same grade and both him and his brother run Cross Country. Andy gave me his Granola Bar, which went well with my protein bar.
After school was fun. A few of us Cross Country guys went down on the football field to help with the landscaping. We got a new football field over the summer and it's looking good. Anthony and I arrive about 15 minutes before everyone else (Cole, Ryan, Livingston, and Drewskie). So we got to lift these 90lbs stones and make a wall for about half an hour, then we moved under the bleachers and leveled out the gravel with shovels. We didn't get paid, but I didn't care. I think Coach is taking us out for pizza sometime or something.
After than Livingston and I went into the Wellness fitness center, a small room with some weight lifting equipment. I stayed longer than he did, but I could tell he was bored. After my workout, which I'll admit I slacked a little bit, I walked a mile home.
When I got home I realized the grass was long, so I got the lawn mower out, filled it with gas, and proceeded to mow the SOB. Well, after the lawn mower died five times because it's an old p.o.s pansy, it finally wouldn't restart. So right now there's only the outline of a square mowed in our backyard...not too effective.
I pretty much wasted time until about 9pm when Aleigha picked me up. Her Durango just got out of the shop and it makes this funny noise; sounds like a little RC car when you're inside. We went to Starbucks and got Mocha Frappachinos, which were good. After Starbucks we went and saw Rob Zombie's Halloween, which was a cool revision of the old Halloween movie. It's defiantly more in-depth on how Michael Myers became Michael Myers, from being bullied in school and at home, to finally going psycho and killing everyone. Pretty bloody, but good. The ending was cool too. The only problem I had was pretty much every character in the movie had sex before they died, which is only the biggest cliche in any 1990's horror movie. Other than that it was a good film...take the kids, they won't forget it.
After that I was pretty hungry, so Aleigha was nice enough to wait in the drive-thru at Wendy's. I got my chicken sandwich, fries, and a frosty, which I saved for when I could sit in my comfy couch at home. It was good...very good; really hit the spot.
After I ate my food I started this blog...and here we are, all alone. Well, sorta, I'm alone...you may not be. This is sort of like that one Sandra Bullock movie, Lake House. To tell you the truth I haven't seen it and don't feel like writing what it's about, but if you've seen it and you have any idea on what I'm talking about then you'll get it. It's because I'm typing this now, and you're going to read this God-knows-when after I hit submit...but it's like I'm talking to you in the present.
Actually I'm just tired and need some sleep...so goodnight, unless you're reading this and it's daytime, then I guess good day. Wait, good day is more like a greeting isn't it? Whatever...
Have a good day/night...peace...and any other goodbye's I've left you with on these blogs,
Seal.
P.S. Here's some more Urban sports; something I want to do when I get bored enough someday:
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