Well, it has been quite a while since I've posted here. I'm sure the five people who check this have long since given up checking it, but perhaps they'll check back for one final horah! School has been going great. I'm getting the hang of my schedule, the kids, and all the other stuff that goes along with teaching. This weekend I have to grade a TON of art projects, but, it shouldn't be to bad. I'll put on some X-Files or something and blow through it all. The weather finally cooled off here and I have a feeling it will stay cool from here on out.
Went to the Green Day / Jimmy Eat World concert the other night. Very fun time! I also snagged a t-shirt which will be worn proudly when I'm not at school. They are a very good band live and I have even more respect for the drummer. THey are a crude band of course, but, then again, what band isn't these days.
Finally got paid the other week, which was great, so we could pay some bills.
Just snagged some tickets to the Foo Fighters/Weezer concert that will be on the 3rd of October...gonna be good times.
So Jarod just sent me a link to what the new Nintendo Revolution Controller looks like...and I'll I have to say is....w..t..h! This is quite possibly the stupidest thing I have ever seen. Check out an article here about it. UGH...is all I have to say about it.
The survivor betting website is up that I threw together this weekend. Check it out here if you are in survivor, or wanna know what I'm talking about.
Watched the Exorcism of Emily Rose....and man, it was messed up. The scary parts were indeed just that, freakin' scary. Check out this actual recording of I believe her exorcism....kinda disturbing.
And on that note, I bid you goodbye...gotta go to my 6th grade homeroom. Until next time....
-Dan-
Monday, September 19, 2005
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Work starts TOMORROW!
Well, work begins tomorrow morning. Gotta love introduction inservice days. I'll get to learn all about why I'm going to TEAR IT UP teaching the kiddies and what kind of crazy extra things I'll have to figure out to do it properly.
Last night, Andy, Jarod and Dave came over for some much needed HALO 2 on LIVE! Man, that game just keeps getting better and better...haha. We started goin around 8pm and got done a little after 11. Lots of yelling and destroying occurred. Gotta love MICS and Jarod being used simultaneously. If you look at the stats from the games, we had a LOT of teams just give up on us...cause we were smoking them to bad. I had quite a few 1st places too if I don't say so myself!
This past week I finished up working for my dad. It wasn't to bad of a summer. I made some dough, paid the bills relatively speaking and finaggled some lunch out of it everyday. Good times.
Going to a get together for school with all the teachers tonight. Hopefully it's not to awkward or anything like that. I'm sure it'll be fine.
Played some poker this week and tore things up! We played 3 games, a winner gets $12 game, winner gets $18 game, and winner gets $30 game. I finaggled the $12 one and the $30 one. Matt got things done with the $18. So far, I'm only down like $30 for all the games we've played so far. Here's hoping I can win a few more like that.
My computer died again...go figure, and I used Andrea's 350mhz for a while, until I couldn't take it anymore. So yesterday afternoon, I tore mine apart again and reinstalled windows and everything. I pulled out 2 of my 3 ram sticks, leaving me with a mere 256mb DDR ram, but ya know, she's running good now. After I pulled those other two sticks, she stopped locking up. Here's hoping it stays goin strong till we can get a new one.
Besides that, not to much is going on. Gotta jet and get some grub. I'll be updating more frequently now I hope....not that to many people read this anyway...haha.
-dan out-
Last night, Andy, Jarod and Dave came over for some much needed HALO 2 on LIVE! Man, that game just keeps getting better and better...haha. We started goin around 8pm and got done a little after 11. Lots of yelling and destroying occurred. Gotta love MICS and Jarod being used simultaneously. If you look at the stats from the games, we had a LOT of teams just give up on us...cause we were smoking them to bad. I had quite a few 1st places too if I don't say so myself!
This past week I finished up working for my dad. It wasn't to bad of a summer. I made some dough, paid the bills relatively speaking and finaggled some lunch out of it everyday. Good times.
Going to a get together for school with all the teachers tonight. Hopefully it's not to awkward or anything like that. I'm sure it'll be fine.
Played some poker this week and tore things up! We played 3 games, a winner gets $12 game, winner gets $18 game, and winner gets $30 game. I finaggled the $12 one and the $30 one. Matt got things done with the $18. So far, I'm only down like $30 for all the games we've played so far. Here's hoping I can win a few more like that.
My computer died again...go figure, and I used Andrea's 350mhz for a while, until I couldn't take it anymore. So yesterday afternoon, I tore mine apart again and reinstalled windows and everything. I pulled out 2 of my 3 ram sticks, leaving me with a mere 256mb DDR ram, but ya know, she's running good now. After I pulled those other two sticks, she stopped locking up. Here's hoping it stays goin strong till we can get a new one.
Besides that, not to much is going on. Gotta jet and get some grub. I'll be updating more frequently now I hope....not that to many people read this anyway...haha.
-dan out-
Monday, July 25, 2005
Long time no BLOG!
Well, quite a few things have gone down since I've last said what up to everyone (or the whole 2 people who check this) on this blog. First, I had my birthday. Alot of family came out to visit for it and Matt came out as well. Good times were had. Got a lot of money, which helps, because we have all these things called BILLS due all the time.
Next, I went to Tim's wedding which was an interesting time. Sitting with a bunch of people you don't know always makes for an interesting time. Mark was there though, so I talked to him a bit off and on when he wasn't doing his groomsmen duties.
I picked up some golf clubs for my b-day over at this crazy DISCOUNT GOLF CLUBS place in Davenport. $50 for a whole set minus the putter. Not to shabby. Haven't actually gone out golfing yet but, hopefully sometime when the 100 degree weather goes away I can do that. They're JAZZ clubs, the brand I mean and I have absolutely NO IDEA if that is good or not. But like Matt said, they have a long part a big part and a handle....they'll work.
Got some POKER goin down this Wednesday. Hopefully I can make it to the final two this time....but, I'm not the best poker player around and usually manage to finish somewhere in the middle. Doug won last time...$80. Not to shabby for a couple hours of playing cards.
I begin and hopefully finish this drawing for my nephew Dalton's bedroom tonight. It's gonna be this whole train scene like right out of a kids book. I'm thinking of doing a Circus train and stuff going through a farm town...with Farmer JOE!....haha. Hopefully she turns out good.
I took my order for art supplies over to Dick Blick today, and got treated like some famous artist or something. THey were all excited to have me stop in and to meet me and I even got a FREE GIFT. So that was kinda cool
Just finished reading the new HARRY POTTER BOOK and it was really freakin good. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Can't wait till the next one..in, ohhhh.....2 years.
Other than that I've been working for my dad still....roofing...gotta love it.
I'm outta here, until next time.
-dan out-
Next, I went to Tim's wedding which was an interesting time. Sitting with a bunch of people you don't know always makes for an interesting time. Mark was there though, so I talked to him a bit off and on when he wasn't doing his groomsmen duties.
I picked up some golf clubs for my b-day over at this crazy DISCOUNT GOLF CLUBS place in Davenport. $50 for a whole set minus the putter. Not to shabby. Haven't actually gone out golfing yet but, hopefully sometime when the 100 degree weather goes away I can do that. They're JAZZ clubs, the brand I mean and I have absolutely NO IDEA if that is good or not. But like Matt said, they have a long part a big part and a handle....they'll work.
Got some POKER goin down this Wednesday. Hopefully I can make it to the final two this time....but, I'm not the best poker player around and usually manage to finish somewhere in the middle. Doug won last time...$80. Not to shabby for a couple hours of playing cards.
I begin and hopefully finish this drawing for my nephew Dalton's bedroom tonight. It's gonna be this whole train scene like right out of a kids book. I'm thinking of doing a Circus train and stuff going through a farm town...with Farmer JOE!....haha. Hopefully she turns out good.
I took my order for art supplies over to Dick Blick today, and got treated like some famous artist or something. THey were all excited to have me stop in and to meet me and I even got a FREE GIFT. So that was kinda cool
Just finished reading the new HARRY POTTER BOOK and it was really freakin good. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Can't wait till the next one..in, ohhhh.....2 years.
Other than that I've been working for my dad still....roofing...gotta love it.
I'm outta here, until next time.
-dan out-
Sunday, July 03, 2005
War of the Worlds
Well, what can I say....yeah for nature baby...you'll know what I'm talking about when you see it...if you wanna waste some time watchin Tom Cruise doin his scientology thang!
In other news...Firefly is a rawkin show that everyone who enjoys SCI-FI should check out. The new movie coming out called Serenity is coming out here pretty soon, and it is based on that TV series. Worth checking out.
Stuff is going well enough. Matt won the poker game this past Wednesday, $60 to his little pocketbook and all the rest of us...well, got to watch Matt in his new happy winnings.
Goin to the parents house today for some grub with my sister and her boyfriend. Good times will be had...then, FIREWORKS...somewhere...either Geneseo or East Moline.
So we're off....until next time...BATTLEFIELD 2 RULES!
-dan out-
In other news...Firefly is a rawkin show that everyone who enjoys SCI-FI should check out. The new movie coming out called Serenity is coming out here pretty soon, and it is based on that TV series. Worth checking out.
Stuff is going well enough. Matt won the poker game this past Wednesday, $60 to his little pocketbook and all the rest of us...well, got to watch Matt in his new happy winnings.
Goin to the parents house today for some grub with my sister and her boyfriend. Good times will be had...then, FIREWORKS...somewhere...either Geneseo or East Moline.
So we're off....until next time...BATTLEFIELD 2 RULES!
-dan out-
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Been a WHILE
Well, it has been a while since I last posted on here. Been kinda busy...working for my Dad everyday, and doin other stuff on the weekends. Speaking of weekends, this weekend, Andrea and I are driving to Rockford to go to Timbo's wedding. That'll be a good time, probably more so for Tim...haha.
Gonna go see Land of the Dead tomorrow with Matt and Jarod, maybe Dave too we'll see. Played a little Halo tonite when I got home from WACKY WATERS!!! That was a good time. Went out there with my nieces and in-laws. Lots of water and burning of skin....talk about a good time. We're all unpacked...and the cats have adjusted to the new place for the most part.
There is probably more stuff that I could talk about...but, I'm sunburned...and tired, and tomorrow is gonna be a long day. So...until next time
-Dan out-
Gonna go see Land of the Dead tomorrow with Matt and Jarod, maybe Dave too we'll see. Played a little Halo tonite when I got home from WACKY WATERS!!! That was a good time. Went out there with my nieces and in-laws. Lots of water and burning of skin....talk about a good time. We're all unpacked...and the cats have adjusted to the new place for the most part.
There is probably more stuff that I could talk about...but, I'm sunburned...and tired, and tomorrow is gonna be a long day. So...until next time
-Dan out-
Sunday, June 05, 2005
We are now GENESEO-ANS!!
Well, after a long day of running around with large awkward heavy things, we are all moved in to Geneseo. If you want the address, gimme a call or shoot me an e-mail and I'll hook ya up wit it. It was quite the adventure. We got the truck around 10:30am, and were all packed by about 12:15 or so. We then got some nice Pita Pete's, and then hit the road. Chad came by to see us off and hung out for some lunch. We arrived in Geneseo around 2:30 or 3pm. We then started right away unloading the truck and moving everything in. This place is a little smaller than our last place, and well, it is going to be interesting unpacking everything. Talk about a disaster area right now. We do have a garage though, so, I spose we can always use that for some storage if needed. We then went back over to Andrea's parents to eat and hang out for a while. Swimming was nice and the food was great...mmmm, steaks!
Today will be an interesting day because we are both exhausted but really wanna start unpacking and whatever else. The cats both hate each other and that was a BLAST getting them into their respective carriers last night. They are just angry at the world I think and are trying to kill each other and us. Good times!
I start work with my dad this week, in theory, and can't wait for the summer of justice to begin. Thanks to everyone who helped out with the moving and stuff, it was greatly appreciated.
Hopefully we'll have someo net hooked up in the next few weeks. Till then, my cell phone is always on. Gimme a call and we can get some much needed 'hanging out' on.
-dan out-
Today will be an interesting day because we are both exhausted but really wanna start unpacking and whatever else. The cats both hate each other and that was a BLAST getting them into their respective carriers last night. They are just angry at the world I think and are trying to kill each other and us. Good times!
I start work with my dad this week, in theory, and can't wait for the summer of justice to begin. Thanks to everyone who helped out with the moving and stuff, it was greatly appreciated.
Hopefully we'll have someo net hooked up in the next few weeks. Till then, my cell phone is always on. Gimme a call and we can get some much needed 'hanging out' on.
-dan out-
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
2 more DAYS!!!
Well, 2 more days and then I'm all through. Can't wait...I've been counting it down and it is almost here! Here's hoping that I make it through, haha!
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Elementary My Dear Watson!
Currently Reading:
The Complete Sherlock HolmesWell well well.....5 days ladies and gentlemen...5 more days of being an non-graduate! Come Friday night...I"m gonna be ONE HAPPY DUDE!
This weekend, we went back to the QC and looked for apartments, hung out with some friends and ate some good food on Mother's Day. The apartments that we looked at were in Geneseo...and the first one, was actually a house for rent, but it was like a serious dump, and frankly, I could not see myself coming home to that everyday. The floors were all slanted, the whole place was small and dirty...it just was not a cool place to look at much less think about living in. So, we left that snagged some Dairy Queen, and went on home. The next morning, we went and checked out two different apartments. The first one was uh...sorta dirty and depressing...and we will be declining if they offer it to us. The next one, I was crossing my fingers about, and it turned out to be really nice. It's right next to Maple Leaf Car Dealership in Geneseo, and is a 2 bedroom apt. Nice and bright colored, clean, newly painted, nice looking carpet...AND even though we're sure it isn't a Pet apartment, there was a cat up in the upper apartment window. Soooo, we're hoping they won't care at all when we bring in the girls.
On Saturday night, we went over to Kate and Andy's place and hung out for dinner and stuff. Andy and I messed around with his X-Box and it's modchip that wasn't working properly. Finally we got it all running so it would read the dvd-r's, and loaded up some Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. This game is so sweet. The coop multiplayer rules. You can go through the missions with a friend which adds just a little more fun to an already awesome game! Then all of us sat down and ate some food off the grill, marinated chicken, and then played some rousing games of UNO! Good times were had.
Mother's day was fun. We ate some food and hung out over at Gail and Dale's till around 11:30am, then we ran over to my parent's house until 3:30pm. Hung out with the parent's and Nathaniel, took Nate's new car out for a spin, and luckily I still remebered how to drive manual :)
We are now back up here for this week, then graduation on Saturday, then I drive home on Sunday so I can go and observe my new job in Annawan for three days. Hopefully that all goes well!
Besides all of that,just been hanging out. Played a little guildwars tonight, and it's fun.....not as fun as WOW I don't think, but fun none the less.
Until next time...
-Dan out-
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Laptops are cool!
Well, I borrowed a laptop from school again. It's an i-book, i know.....lame...haha, but, it's still fun. I prefer a PC by far....I am just more familiar with it I believe, and have all my programs on PC so if I ever switched over to a MAC I'd have to start over from sctratch with all my software. I'm not in a big hurry to do that. I tried to play Doom3 again today, but yep, same as ever, crash to desktop! Gotta love my computer of crashiness!
In other news, I only have 6 school days left till the graduation of justice and I'm excited! I'm only bummed about two things in regards to that. One, I won' be able to take a nice shiny LAPTOP home to surf on the web on while sitting on the couch of justice. Two, I won't be able listen to my new audiobook that I just started, Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy, while I'm driving the 2 hrs every day. Now, I am glad I don't have to drive that 2 hrs though as well. Driving is not my forte'. So I raise a glass to graduating baby!
Currently watching Survivor and it is getting pretty good, kinda like it always does when we get down to like six people left on the island. HAHAHA, so good...the person who I wanted out just got voted out, and now his girlfriend he met on the show is all like, "oh no....my baby got voted out....waaaahhhhh". So good!
Well, i'm gonna go do something else, maybe play some Guild Wars or something. Take it easy foo's!
-Dan out-
In other news, I only have 6 school days left till the graduation of justice and I'm excited! I'm only bummed about two things in regards to that. One, I won' be able to take a nice shiny LAPTOP home to surf on the web on while sitting on the couch of justice. Two, I won't be able listen to my new audiobook that I just started, Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy, while I'm driving the 2 hrs every day. Now, I am glad I don't have to drive that 2 hrs though as well. Driving is not my forte'. So I raise a glass to graduating baby!
Currently watching Survivor and it is getting pretty good, kinda like it always does when we get down to like six people left on the island. HAHAHA, so good...the person who I wanted out just got voted out, and now his girlfriend he met on the show is all like, "oh no....my baby got voted out....waaaahhhhh". So good!
Well, i'm gonna go do something else, maybe play some Guild Wars or something. Take it easy foo's!
-Dan out-
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Orange Gatorade!!!!!
CURRENTLY READING:
Sherlock Holmes Complete WorksOrange Gatorade is the best drink ever. Everytime I get me an orange gatorade, everything seems right in the world...haha.
Besides that, Jarod broke his controller while we were playing Halo2 yesterday...and he has the original controllers too, the football sized ones. He's pretty used to that size though, and he most likely will not be able to find one that is that size again...since they don't make them anymore. So he went out and got one of the S-Style controllers. I prefer this type over the bigger original ones, but, I can see how it is tough to get used to a new type of controller....i mean, buttons have beem moved, and it's just smaller. So he snagged a new one today, and just informed me that all the XBOX LIVE STATS on BUNGIE have been RESET! So much for Mr. Level 14, hello Mr. Level 0!
Other than that, I have only 7 days left and then I'm FINISHED!!!!!! My advisor is coming out tomorrow supposedly, so hopefully THAT goes well. Baring that little thing tomorrow, I am free to sail on into the sunset of NIU ALUMNI!!!
And on that note, I have to go home and get some sleep....4:45am baby...gotta love it
-Dan out-
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Still at WORK!!!!
Well, 10pm roles around on Sunday night. I should be on my way home to get some sleep, before I have to get up at 4:45am....but, where am I? Still at work? OF course I am....the girl who is supposed to come in after me, is not being relieved of her shift she's currently at until who knows when. Where upon, she could "walk" here from Neptune dorms, which is only like a 5 minute walk....but, nooooo, she's waiting for a bus. To scary at night i guess... >:O
2 more weeks...just keep remembering that....2 more weeks!!!
-dan out-
2 more weeks...just keep remembering that....2 more weeks!!!
-dan out-
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
LONG TIME NO POST
Well, I've been pretty busy lately, but I decided it was time to update the old blogger-do! First off, school has been keeping me pretty darn busy lately, and therefore kinda limits the time I can spare on updates. Some things come first, like the new maps on Halo, or the cats, or food, or reading books.....etc, sorry to say, but the blog kinda picks up the rear. I'm sitting at work here again, and have decided to update once again.
It hailed last night, which was interesting. Actually, it hailed like right around 6pm, or a little before....maybe closer to 5:30, but, they were little pea sized hail balls......but, still, cooled stuff down considerably.
I am not playing World of Warcraft anymore. Which makes me a little sad, cause that game was just so darn awesome.....perhaps I'll go back to it eventually.....cause it is a blast, but I'm kinda busy lately, and can't warrant keeping it going right now. So, I am playing through Knights of the Old Republic 2 right now. So far, this game is pretty fun, and offers a lot of the same gameplay that the original offered. AS a matter of fact, it feels almost EXACTLY like the first one. This is a good thing, though, and does not bother me in the least. I absolutely LOVED the first one, so I'm suspecting that this one will be loved just as much. I actually have it for XBOX, but the $%!# thing locks up my XBox at the main menu. So, I acquired it for PC and am now playing it that way. My PC is in great need of a trip out the 2nd story window, whereupon I go to BestBuy or something, and get a cheap butt one that will blow mine out of the water, and it'll have a nice WARRANTY!!! Until that happens though, I'll have to just "Blue Screen of Death" my way through the game. WHEEE!!!!
Had some RAWKIN crab legs last night for dinner. Man, I can't seem to get enough of those tasty little buggers! Gotta be one of my all time favorite foods.
Kevin is gonna bring some stuff down tonight while I work and give me some much needed company while I "work" tonight. That'll make the mundane routine of sitting here trying to figure out what to do for 2 hrs go a little quicker.
After tomorrow, there is only 2 weeks left of my Student teaching, and then POOF, gradiation!!!!! Which means I"m this much closer to bein back in the ol' QC....which is exciting. I'll definately miss my friends up here though, which is gonna suck, but I'm sure I'll see them, and definately be in touch with them over AIM and e-mails, and of course the ol' Blog Comments!!!! We have to go find a place to live comin up here in May....and hopefully it will be a place we can have animals....or we'll have to like sneak em in...haha, and hide them! WHEEE!!!!
Uhhhhh....anything else goin on.....I started watching this show called Eyes. So far it is a nice mix of comedy and lawness....haha, yes, I said lawness....and it IS a word....I think.
Anyway, that's it for now...until next time, go hug a tree near you.....even trees need love!!!
-Dan out-
It hailed last night, which was interesting. Actually, it hailed like right around 6pm, or a little before....maybe closer to 5:30, but, they were little pea sized hail balls......but, still, cooled stuff down considerably.
I am not playing World of Warcraft anymore. Which makes me a little sad, cause that game was just so darn awesome.....perhaps I'll go back to it eventually.....cause it is a blast, but I'm kinda busy lately, and can't warrant keeping it going right now. So, I am playing through Knights of the Old Republic 2 right now. So far, this game is pretty fun, and offers a lot of the same gameplay that the original offered. AS a matter of fact, it feels almost EXACTLY like the first one. This is a good thing, though, and does not bother me in the least. I absolutely LOVED the first one, so I'm suspecting that this one will be loved just as much. I actually have it for XBOX, but the $%!# thing locks up my XBox at the main menu. So, I acquired it for PC and am now playing it that way. My PC is in great need of a trip out the 2nd story window, whereupon I go to BestBuy or something, and get a cheap butt one that will blow mine out of the water, and it'll have a nice WARRANTY!!! Until that happens though, I'll have to just "Blue Screen of Death" my way through the game. WHEEE!!!!
Had some RAWKIN crab legs last night for dinner. Man, I can't seem to get enough of those tasty little buggers! Gotta be one of my all time favorite foods.
Kevin is gonna bring some stuff down tonight while I work and give me some much needed company while I "work" tonight. That'll make the mundane routine of sitting here trying to figure out what to do for 2 hrs go a little quicker.
After tomorrow, there is only 2 weeks left of my Student teaching, and then POOF, gradiation!!!!! Which means I"m this much closer to bein back in the ol' QC....which is exciting. I'll definately miss my friends up here though, which is gonna suck, but I'm sure I'll see them, and definately be in touch with them over AIM and e-mails, and of course the ol' Blog Comments!!!! We have to go find a place to live comin up here in May....and hopefully it will be a place we can have animals....or we'll have to like sneak em in...haha, and hide them! WHEEE!!!!
Uhhhhh....anything else goin on.....I started watching this show called Eyes. So far it is a nice mix of comedy and lawness....haha, yes, I said lawness....and it IS a word....I think.
Anyway, that's it for now...until next time, go hug a tree near you.....even trees need love!!!
-Dan out-
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Sunday, April 17, 2005
And another SUNDAY of SUCKINESS goes by!
CURRENTLY READING:
Salem's Lot - Stephen KingHitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Well, as always, this SUNDAY sucked. It is just hard to really fully "relax" one last time before you start the next week of busy-ness when Sunday always winds up being the most hectic day of the entire weekend. Andrea and I drove all over today running errands, getting groceries, picking up the house, then I go to work, then I come home eat, and go back to work, to just come home and go to bed. Grrrr...Sundays SUCK!
Enough of that though...yesterday was pretty fun. We went to my niece Abbey's first communion over in McHenry. After that was over, we drove to my brother-in-law Greg's house and hung out all afternoon. At one point, a bunch of the guys hanging out there, friends of Greg's, my other brother-in-law and father-in-law decided to play some Texas Holdem. My mother in law Gail also hopped in to play as well as Andrea's grandma Peggy. Well, I am not really that good at that game, but I love playing card games, so I put in my $5 to play and sat down...fully expecting to do HORRIBLE...as I always do in Poker. Greg got out first....then Peggy,...and more and more kept dropping...but, I kept almost going out, then winning a HUGE hand to pull me back in to the game. It got down to two people...myself and a friend of Greg's. I already knew I had my money back plus another $5 for 2nd place...so when he went all in with something...I decided to as well...having a pretty good hand myself. One thing you'll notice about me though if you ever play with me...is that I almost NEVER bluff. If I don't have anything, I will fold quick. But, this time, I had a good feeling about it...and it paid off. I managed to WIN!!! 30$ baby...haha, which was an amazing feat...since I am not that great at poker to begin with.
Then we all hung out a while longer and after a nother quick game of Poker, where I was like the 3rd out, we took off for DeKalb again. Doug and Kim, Andrea's brother and his wife drove with us along with my nephew Dalton...because there wasn't to much room to sleep at Greg's house. We put em up on the futon...and then after a late night discussion about the Dark Tower series by Stephen King with Doug, crashed about 12:30am. We woke up, Andrea made a rawkin' breakfast of sausage egg and chese biscuit sandwichs....and they took off for the ol' QC. Then we went out shopping.....and well, I already explained what happened today.
Andrea has a interview for a possible summer job tomorrow...so she's driving back to the Quad Cities for that interview...and taking the "good" car with her. So I get ol' Bessy ( 1995 Chrysler LeBaron Convert ) to Schaumburg tomorrow.
Other than all of that, I picked up the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams today.....it was 25% off books for educators day at Borders and Andrea had her paystub with her so...I finaggled that book for pretty cheap. I also started Salem's Lot by Stephen King as well.....so far so good. The Talisman is finally over....and so I'm moving on to other Stephen King novels of justice. He's a friggin good Author. I'm not sure where I've been in reference to his books...but, I'm glad I found them now!
Alas, I gotta jet. This week will be fairly hectic, and I can't wait to get it over with. Probably talk to you next weekend when I'm working late again on a mysterious Sunday NIGHT of justice!
Until then...
Take it easy
-Dan out-
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Car Accidents = SuWEEEETNESS!!!!
So last night, we were hanging with my parents, haha, and Matt sent me a text message wondering what Andrea and I were up to. I sent him one back telling him to come over so we could all go over to my bro-in-law Doug's house and hang out. He agreed and came over. We decided on our way over to Doug's house to swing by Whitey's and pick up some icecream....it'd been a while since we'd snagged some and thought we were due. We waited in this line forever, and finally got through it and hopped in our cars to leave. I turned out onto 18th Avenue in Rock Island and stopped at the light. We were sitting there for like 20 seconds, Matt was stopped right behind us....when I hear this screeching sound really loud...I looked over at Andrea and was like....hmm...what was that sound...and then our car lurched ahead about 5 feet. Matt was now a little closer than he had been. Touching our bumper as a matter a fact. Our necks hurt, and we were like, "WT heck was that?"
Upon getting out of our car, we saw that Matt had also been hit, and that person had been hit as well. There was this crazy pile up of cars literally bumper to bumper. The last car in the row, the evil crasher had a completely busted up front end of his mini-van, and his air bags had been deployed. Apparantly, he hit the guy behind Matt who hit Matt, who hit us. So, I called the police and they came out...no ambulance though...which is odd, since they didn't ask me if anyone was hurt, and knowing it was a 4 car accident....but, whatever, no one was to hurt. Our necks hurt quite a bit...and some upper back pain...but, we'll manage I suppose. Luckily, our car and Matt's car were relatively un-harmed. A minor scratch on ours, and a few scratchs on Matt's. The other two had some damage though...and that mini-van is probably undrivable now, what with the transmission fluid spraying everywhere...haha. Andrea was a little upset about the whole thing, and rightly so, but we were all OK and we'll all survive. It's kinda freaky getting hit by another car....even if it was Matt who did it....haha...sorta. ;)
So that was our rocktastic night of justice. Billy was in town, and wanted Matt and I to meet him over at Leasure Time in E.M., but I was exhausted, and my neck hurt....so I declined...although I think Matt still went over. Sorry Billy! :(
I'll see ya this week when ya come up on Thurs and probably Friday as well.
Sunday, today, Andrea, myself, and her parents all went on a 15 mile bikeride. Good times were had with that, except that now I am pretty tired. So, trying not to drool on the keyboard here at work, I decided to update my blog in a pitiful attempt to stay awake. Gameboy seemed to put me to sleep, so let's hope this works.
I still haven't heard from my advisor....and that is a little odd, since I e-mailed him on Monday night ... about when he wanted to come out to observe me teaching, but, he's a busy guy I suppose.
I have 4 more hours of work coming up as well, which is always a ROCKING time! 6-10 baby...then get up at 4:45am on Monday...wheeeee!!!!!
I talked to Chadwick a few times this weekend when I remotely connected into my computer back in DeKalb from home. He's looking for a decent baseball game for the GBA and hopefully he finds one. GBA has been a real life saver at times....especially when you're sitting there passing the time at work or have fifteen or twenty minutes to blow and don't know what to do.
FIVE WEEKS!!!! until graduation...so THAT is exciting. Speaking of which, we're still looking for a place to move into come June, and have not found one yet. We're looking at maybe renting a house or something in Geneseo or the surrounding area so I am close to my job in Annawan. Most of the places though, are all, "NO PETS" which sucks, so it should be interesting to find a place that we can start renting in June AND allows pets!
Other than that, not much is going on. I passed my Assessment of Professional Teachers test....which means barring my finishing Student teaching with a high grade, which I know I will, graduation is imminent.
Until next time ladies,
Take it easy
-Dan out-
Upon getting out of our car, we saw that Matt had also been hit, and that person had been hit as well. There was this crazy pile up of cars literally bumper to bumper. The last car in the row, the evil crasher had a completely busted up front end of his mini-van, and his air bags had been deployed. Apparantly, he hit the guy behind Matt who hit Matt, who hit us. So, I called the police and they came out...no ambulance though...which is odd, since they didn't ask me if anyone was hurt, and knowing it was a 4 car accident....but, whatever, no one was to hurt. Our necks hurt quite a bit...and some upper back pain...but, we'll manage I suppose. Luckily, our car and Matt's car were relatively un-harmed. A minor scratch on ours, and a few scratchs on Matt's. The other two had some damage though...and that mini-van is probably undrivable now, what with the transmission fluid spraying everywhere...haha. Andrea was a little upset about the whole thing, and rightly so, but we were all OK and we'll all survive. It's kinda freaky getting hit by another car....even if it was Matt who did it....haha...sorta. ;)
So that was our rocktastic night of justice. Billy was in town, and wanted Matt and I to meet him over at Leasure Time in E.M., but I was exhausted, and my neck hurt....so I declined...although I think Matt still went over. Sorry Billy! :(
I'll see ya this week when ya come up on Thurs and probably Friday as well.
Sunday, today, Andrea, myself, and her parents all went on a 15 mile bikeride. Good times were had with that, except that now I am pretty tired. So, trying not to drool on the keyboard here at work, I decided to update my blog in a pitiful attempt to stay awake. Gameboy seemed to put me to sleep, so let's hope this works.
I still haven't heard from my advisor....and that is a little odd, since I e-mailed him on Monday night ... about when he wanted to come out to observe me teaching, but, he's a busy guy I suppose.
I have 4 more hours of work coming up as well, which is always a ROCKING time! 6-10 baby...then get up at 4:45am on Monday...wheeeee!!!!!
I talked to Chadwick a few times this weekend when I remotely connected into my computer back in DeKalb from home. He's looking for a decent baseball game for the GBA and hopefully he finds one. GBA has been a real life saver at times....especially when you're sitting there passing the time at work or have fifteen or twenty minutes to blow and don't know what to do.
FIVE WEEKS!!!! until graduation...so THAT is exciting. Speaking of which, we're still looking for a place to move into come June, and have not found one yet. We're looking at maybe renting a house or something in Geneseo or the surrounding area so I am close to my job in Annawan. Most of the places though, are all, "NO PETS" which sucks, so it should be interesting to find a place that we can start renting in June AND allows pets!
Other than that, not much is going on. I passed my Assessment of Professional Teachers test....which means barring my finishing Student teaching with a high grade, which I know I will, graduation is imminent.
Until next time ladies,
Take it easy
-Dan out-
Monday, April 04, 2005
Screw N.C.
It seems like whatever team I want to win a sports game....always loses...
SCREW YOU N.C.!!!!
SCREW YOU N.C.!!!!
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Week of Laziness is over!
CURRENTLY READING: State of Fear
The week of "laziness" has officially ended and the next 6 weeks of BUSY-NESS has begun! But, come to think of it....SIX weeks really isn't to long at all! In six weeks time, I will be all kinds of graduated, and chillin' with my wife....not having to go to work for Restech again...and...probably watching some TV completely content! I just have to get the job done for these next weeks and my graduation will be at hand...and the beginning of a hopefully better part of my life...the working kind!
This week has been pretty good. It got a little boring at times, but then I'd hunt down one of the cats and disturb their lazy sleeping habit...and all would be well again.
Andrea and I went out to visit my sister's and hang out with the kids and her husband, Brian. That was pretty fun. It's always nice to get away from DeKalb. Speaking of getting away from DeKalb, Andrea and I will probably be going home this next weekend to look for some sort of apartment like living area that we can move into come June 20th. We decided that a apartment would be a much better idea initially, until we get some actual cash flow from our jobs to put into an actual house. I am counting down the days until we can buy our own place!
There have been a few updates to WOW this past week and one of the most interesting additions they put into the game was these little "bubbles" above the head of someone when they are talking out loud to someone. This is MUCH easier when you have a TON of people talking aall at once and it is almost impossible to sort through all the text to figure out who is saying what and when and why. Another thing that was JUST added is this VERY strange CHINESE food order thing that you can access in game. Check it out. It is very strange...and begs the question....uh, "why"!
It is simply GORGEOUS out today and should be the rest of the week. It is always easier to be in a good mood when the weather is nice out. So, this week should be a GREAT week of moods because mid 60's weather is expected all week.
Andrea and I made Pizza last night...home-made! Mark came over to partake in the food and watch Illini whoop up on Louisville!!! The pizza was pretty good, but I think we'll use a little less meat next time. :-D
I got these new DVD-R discs...that burn at 8x. However, my DRIVE, the NEC ND-1300A, is only able to burn them at 2x! If i burn them at say 4x, like I usually burn every disc...it gives me a "power management" error. Or something like that. Very odd, and annoying!
I'll manage though.
Besides that, I don't have to much to talk about. Until next time, take it easy.
-Dan out-
The week of "laziness" has officially ended and the next 6 weeks of BUSY-NESS has begun! But, come to think of it....SIX weeks really isn't to long at all! In six weeks time, I will be all kinds of graduated, and chillin' with my wife....not having to go to work for Restech again...and...probably watching some TV completely content! I just have to get the job done for these next weeks and my graduation will be at hand...and the beginning of a hopefully better part of my life...the working kind!
This week has been pretty good. It got a little boring at times, but then I'd hunt down one of the cats and disturb their lazy sleeping habit...and all would be well again.
Andrea and I went out to visit my sister's and hang out with the kids and her husband, Brian. That was pretty fun. It's always nice to get away from DeKalb. Speaking of getting away from DeKalb, Andrea and I will probably be going home this next weekend to look for some sort of apartment like living area that we can move into come June 20th. We decided that a apartment would be a much better idea initially, until we get some actual cash flow from our jobs to put into an actual house. I am counting down the days until we can buy our own place!
There have been a few updates to WOW this past week and one of the most interesting additions they put into the game was these little "bubbles" above the head of someone when they are talking out loud to someone. This is MUCH easier when you have a TON of people talking aall at once and it is almost impossible to sort through all the text to figure out who is saying what and when and why. Another thing that was JUST added is this VERY strange CHINESE food order thing that you can access in game. Check it out. It is very strange...and begs the question....uh, "why"!
It is simply GORGEOUS out today and should be the rest of the week. It is always easier to be in a good mood when the weather is nice out. So, this week should be a GREAT week of moods because mid 60's weather is expected all week.
Andrea and I made Pizza last night...home-made! Mark came over to partake in the food and watch Illini whoop up on Louisville!!! The pizza was pretty good, but I think we'll use a little less meat next time. :-D
I got these new DVD-R discs...that burn at 8x. However, my DRIVE, the NEC ND-1300A, is only able to burn them at 2x! If i burn them at say 4x, like I usually burn every disc...it gives me a "power management" error. Or something like that. Very odd, and annoying!
I'll manage though.
Besides that, I don't have to much to talk about. Until next time, take it easy.
-Dan out-
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Monday, March 21, 2005
4 Day Week baby!!!
CURRENTLY READING: Strange #2
Well, this week is gonna be pretty good. I am at my new placement and it is going well. I have this Friday off from teaching as well as all of next week. I got the remote desktop thing working so I can log into my computer back home while I'm at work. There is some lag, but that is ok because I can do stuff on my computer and get paid for it. Went home this past weekend to hang out and brought the ol' cats. They enjoyed some outside time (on andrea's parent's porch) and i got to see a new movie. Be Cool was seen by myself, Andrea, Doug and Kim. It wasn't half bad, although Get Shorty was WAY better!
Went out to eat with Matty on Sunday before we drove back. Good ol' Fudruckers....i swear there is a bad word in there somewhere....just haven't found it yet. Got the ol' tax return check today. That'll be a nice little deposit. Course, all of it is going towards an apartment in June when we move back home.
Got to play a little Halo2 tonight when I got home from school. I think I have reached my peak as far as being good at that game goes. I'm just above average. I have my moments where I completely dominate....but usually, I'm in the middle somewhere or closer to the bottom. I'm OK with this though, because Jarod is always on my team, and losing is a little better when you have someone to share the losing-ness with. Course, when Jarod is playin, we usually don't lose.
I cooked out some pork chops tonite. Man....since it's finally nice out, i can grill out now! This makes for some good times.
I have to get up at like 4:45am now every morning. This means, come 9pm, my scrawny butt is in bed. 4:45am comes WAY to soon and I need my ugly sleep!
Doug and I played some NBA Street vol. 2 this weekend. That game is pretty freakin' fun. You are playing 3 on 3 and pretty much anything goes...within reason. You can push people down, goal tend, break the rim.....and there are no penalties. Doug and I had a good time playing that. I left my CUBE there so we can play some more the next time we're home on a weekend....if we have time.
Nothing like sitting at work....vegging out! I have a few comics I've not read yet that I should probably read....so I'm gonna go do that....
Until Next Time...
-dan-
Well, this week is gonna be pretty good. I am at my new placement and it is going well. I have this Friday off from teaching as well as all of next week. I got the remote desktop thing working so I can log into my computer back home while I'm at work. There is some lag, but that is ok because I can do stuff on my computer and get paid for it. Went home this past weekend to hang out and brought the ol' cats. They enjoyed some outside time (on andrea's parent's porch) and i got to see a new movie. Be Cool was seen by myself, Andrea, Doug and Kim. It wasn't half bad, although Get Shorty was WAY better!
Went out to eat with Matty on Sunday before we drove back. Good ol' Fudruckers....i swear there is a bad word in there somewhere....just haven't found it yet. Got the ol' tax return check today. That'll be a nice little deposit. Course, all of it is going towards an apartment in June when we move back home.
Got to play a little Halo2 tonight when I got home from school. I think I have reached my peak as far as being good at that game goes. I'm just above average. I have my moments where I completely dominate....but usually, I'm in the middle somewhere or closer to the bottom. I'm OK with this though, because Jarod is always on my team, and losing is a little better when you have someone to share the losing-ness with. Course, when Jarod is playin, we usually don't lose.
I cooked out some pork chops tonite. Man....since it's finally nice out, i can grill out now! This makes for some good times.
I have to get up at like 4:45am now every morning. This means, come 9pm, my scrawny butt is in bed. 4:45am comes WAY to soon and I need my ugly sleep!
Doug and I played some NBA Street vol. 2 this weekend. That game is pretty freakin' fun. You are playing 3 on 3 and pretty much anything goes...within reason. You can push people down, goal tend, break the rim.....and there are no penalties. Doug and I had a good time playing that. I left my CUBE there so we can play some more the next time we're home on a weekend....if we have time.
Nothing like sitting at work....vegging out! I have a few comics I've not read yet that I should probably read....so I'm gonna go do that....
Until Next Time...
-dan-
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