Weekend Update

Mom didn't take Jeremy this weekend ( I figured as much because we were there on Christmas nd because Aunt Mare's relatives were up) so we decided to take Jeremy to the movies. Alvin and the Chipmunks. AND HE WAS EXCELLENT!!! I was dreading going because I figured he was going to be bad like last time but he sat and drink his huge Large Soda and ate Licorice the whole time. I think he was starting to get bored towards the end because he kept asking if it was over (whenever an upbeat song came on). We went to Panera to eat afterwards and to Gamestop. I was going to go look for sneakers but I didn't feel like it. Went home and watched the Rangers game (KICKED Toronto's ASS 6-1, AHHH!!!!) Finally a fun game to watch after watching a lot of shitty ones through the season. Watched most of the Giant's game too. Was a really decent game. Could see where the mistakes were happening but powerless to correct them. I give the team a lot of credit in making the Patriots have to play hard to win their final season game. The Giant's have Tampa Bay in the first round and after the way they played New England, hopefully it's a show of things to come in the playoffs.

Just hung out at my house the rest of the weekend, playing COD 4 (I put it on Veteran Mode but I shouldn't have). It started to snow Sunday night and I started to rush right out of the house but decided to stay for dinner. I didn't think the snow was that bad (It only looked to be an accumulation of 1 to 2 inches at that point) so I decided to watch the Rangers game. I watched two periods before Holly called me to ask if I was staying to Mom's. She had just came home from food shopping. At that point it was sleeting and when I left it was raining. I was nervous the roads were going to be shit but I wanted to get here so I could see Holly and Jeremy. I rushed out and made my way here. I drove pretty slow the whole time. It seemed icy in some spots but I took it easy, especially on Locust Ridge. I came home and played play dough with Jeremy, watched the second half of the Titans game, and all three of us fell asleep in bed together (we were trying to get Jeremy to go to sleep so we could watch Weeds.) We're going out to get Champagne today and Holly's cooking little snacks for New Year's Eve. We're just sitting at home and relaxing like always. My perfect night.

Updates

I beat all three Halo's on Legendary the last few months. I started playing Halo 1 because I was bored with the games I had and was in the mood to play a FPS. I then bought Halo 2 and 3 a few weeks of one another. I beat both on Legendary. I got addicted to Guitar Hero and beat the game on Hard and 35 songs on expert. I haven't played guitar hero in a few weeks. I bought KOTOR and really like it but haven't played because I got the PSP. On the PSP I started playing Burnout, NHL 07, Disgaea, and Ratchet and Clank. Disgaea isn't quite my cup of tea but I think i'm going to play through it some more and give the strategy elements another try. Ratchet is really fun even though the camera is a bit off (you can scroll from side to side but not up and down). Burnout started to bore me after much too little time playing it. I have a dynasty on NHL in which I'm not doing well but I'm having fun nonetheless. The defense's AI is definitely a lot better than on the XBOX and computer versions. I beat Castlevania: Aria of Darkness on the GBA on my PSP Emulator. I'm also playing Contra 4 which is going to take years to beat. It's a great homage to the old school 16 big impossible to beat games.

Thought because of how Christmas fell we would be playing hockey the last few weeks but the cunt canceled it. I've been dying to play. Chris officially gave me his synergy so i'm looking forward to trying it out. I don't really like the curve on it much but i'm going to try it nonetheless.

Holly starts her externship next week and I think i'm going to start working out again. I'm going to come home to a black house with nothing to do so I might as well start getting in shape. I'm all flabby and disgusting. Just have to get into a system like i did before.

I've been basically out the stock market for weeks and weeks because E Trade had heavy bankruptcy rumors. I took my money completely out of the market which screwed me. I was going to buy Activision at 19 and of course I couldn't get the funds back in the bank in time and the stock has gone to 29 now after upping their quarter twice and being acquired. Just bad luck/bad timing but I was right on the money with the pick. I only have one small position right now. SMSI which I bought after news of them acquiring one of their biggest rivals. I waited because the market was going down but didn't wait enough. I bought at 8.40 and SMSI went down to 7.40 before coming back up again a few days later. No big deal in the long term of things because the stock is basically where I bought it but I would've made at least 12% on it if I had waited a few more days. Oh well. As for stocks, I'm watching a few but not as many as I was. I'm not going to play anything risky long term (only for the bounces) and I have a few ideas for the new year. I've been reading the journal everyday and hopefully I can come up with a few ideas in there. I want to invest overseas to see how our economy turns out this year.

Update on Most

Everytime I've said to myself I should update this blog, I put it off because I don't feel like updating everything that's happened. Let's go:

Halloween turned out really fun. I took the day off. Jeremy dressed up as James the train and Holly bought a cheap little devil outfit. We took Jeremy to the Trunk or Treat which only turned out to be an hour affair. I stayed at the car and handed out candy while Holly brought Jeremy around the parking lot. After we left, we came home here so Holly could change and we decided to go see Jessica and to bring Jeremy trick or treating in Mount Pocono. The houses are perfectly spaced so you can get a lot of candy. We went to eat at KFC afterwards and came home to relax.

Thanksgiving came and went quickly. Cindy and Asleigh were here for dinner. I ate here and then went to Mom's and Dad's for supper. Suprisingly I was in the mood for that kind of food and everything was very tasty.

Holly finished school and only has her externships to go. She did well during the quarter and now she only has a few more weeks until she can get a job and hopefully we're out of this house. I consider her a professional speech pathologist already and because of all her training, a doctor.

We were planning on starting Jeremy on a strict potty training regimen after Holly finished school. We decided to put straight into underwear and he shit in the underwear once during the day and peed in the underwear once or twice. But miracuously the next day he was POTTY TRAINED!!!! We were going to put him in a diaper and he said he didn't want to wear one anymore and that was pretty much that. He's had his accidents but they've been few and far between. He just has those night time accidents that we can't prevent.

I promised to take Holly to NY to see the tree and the city during Christmas (which I've never seen myself). We didn't have much planned (only to see the tree and to go to Tiffany's) and that was the major flaw of our trip. We arrived in the City around 4 pm and immediately went towards the tree. It was a body on body ordeal near the tree. We only stayed in that spot for a little while and then moved on. We then went to Tiffany's where Holly bought a Heart Neckace. After that we basically just walked around the city looking for somewhere to eat. Everywhere was jammed and we didn't stop in any stores except the Sharper Image. We couldn't even find a place to eat and wound up eating in the Port in a Pizza Place. The pizza wasn't bad but the Pasta and everything else I got for Holly wasn't great. We bought a crossword puzzle book to do on the bus ride home and I bought the Playboy with the Artie Interview. We were waiting at the gate that the internet told us and it turned out to be wrong. Thank God a bus driver came over and asked us what we were waiting for. Unfortunately we didn't get to sit together. Holly sat with some kid from a different country and I sat with this black guy that went to sleeep. We sat back together at Stroudsburg. We went to Perkins afterward and that ended our NY day.

We took Jeremy to Nay Aug park to see their "Lights in the Park" display. We ate at Panera beforehand and Jeremy ate almost a whole slice of pizza at Montage. The traffic getting in the park was horrible but I was suprised with how nice the display was after we got in. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would and Holly and Jeremy enjoyed it. We started to head home when my serpentine belt broke. We stopped in front of this house where these college age kids were dealing drugs. We called Dale who took the belt off his car and came down to us. It took hours to get the car going, mostly because the old belt was wraped all over the place. We had to cut my compressor belt too.

Christmas, as always, was nice. It fell perfect this year so I had a four day weekend. The same thing with New Years Day. We spent Christmas Eve at Holly's. We exchanged ornaments and just basically hung out for the day. I got an awesome Cartman ornament and a NY Rangers. I got Holly an angel and Mr and Mrs. Clause that hooks right up in your lights and turns different colors. I thought it was a romantic couple ornament and I picked it up when we were food shopping. I saw it and ran right up to the checkout counter with it. Guess I didn't look at it closely enough. We went to my parent's on late Christmas Eve. I had dinner there. EXCELLLENT AS ALWAYS!! The stupid fucking Seafood Manager at Stop and Shop was supposed to put ten tails on the side for Dad and he only put five so I guess dad gave him the evil eye and the one sentence dark cold comment and the guy went to a different store and got the rest of the tails for dad. Because she only thought we were getting five tails from Stop and Shop, Mom then went out and bought some tails. So we'll be having broiled Lobster sometime soon!! Anyway, we then hung out the rest of Christmas Eve Night, watching Polar Express, Kenny and Spenny, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and playing Contra 3. I slept on the floor and Holly layed on the couch. Mom and Dad woke up bright and early and prevented her from sleeping. Jeremy got a lot of things and he ripped right through them one after the other. He still probably doesn't realize all the presents he has. I got it on video tape. I made out well, like every other Christmas. Here's a list of gifts:

Mom and Dad-

-Tour 10w40 Black, White, Silver Hockey Pants-Wasn't that thrilled about these when I opened them but I'm gay when it comes to changing hockey equip. I needed these. They were too small and mom has to send them back but I ordered and extra large yesterday night.
-Sherwood Coffey Stick- I wanted to get a two or three pack but they didn't have any in stock of course.
-Hooded Sweatshirt- It was plain black. I didn't like it and Mom and Dad exchanged it for a NY Rangers that I don't like too much. I'm going to go back and see what they have at Kohls.
-Socks, Long Johns.
-Mass Effect
-Call of Duty 4
-PSP Case
-2 Gig Sony Pro Duo Memory Stick for PSP
-Pair of Brown Pants
-Cingular Go Phone
-Subscription to the Wall Street Journal

From Holly:

-Modded Sony PSP from ebay!!! Great present, so so so happy with it.
-R2D2 robot that we saw in Sharper Image. Such a fun present, something I would've never bought for myself.
-Pants from Old Navy
-Polo Ass. Shoes
-Silk Boxers
-Silk Pajamas- I didn't like these when I opened them and thought they were kind of gay but they were pretty comfortable and Holly likes them.
-Sweater from Old Navy that was too small.

From Other relatives:

-200 from Aunt Mare which I'm going to buy a pair of sneakers, PSP attachment and some odds and ends with.
-Contra 4 from Chris
-Ny Mets Hat, Mini Bass Set and Filet Knife from Dale.
-20 dollar gift card from Aunt Tina (for both of us)
-Shirts from Aunt Linda
-Hot Chocolate and Candy from Cindy and Asleigh

Holly did well at my house on Christmas Eve but was sick Christmas day. We only stayed there until 2 and then headed here. Cindy and Asleigh were here and Benny came later. Holly was supposed to cook a lemon and garlic chicken but she wasn't feeling well so we had plain chicken and vegetables. Benny brought Manicotti which was excellent. We just hung out most of the day and night.

Gay Stock Predictions

I posted a stock prediction post and the fucking thing didn't publish. I listed some stocks I was watching. I would've had a great great week if I invested in a few of them. Here's what I listed on Wednesday and some results----

NTRI- down 3 points after earnings calls, gapped up three points the next day for a thirty three percent change. Biggest short position in the market. More upside here and i think mid thirties soon.

VG-Up sixty percent on lawsuit settlement, after hours Thursday. I'll be honest I was watching it for another short squeeze during the day but news was after hours.

INPC-Heavy accumulation on Friday, up thirty five percent during the day and fifteen after hours.

CFC- Up forty percent on Friday after declairing 1.5 billion loss but profits looking forward

Here are some picks and predictions for the near future--

LUM is heavily manipulated right now but can see the upside to the mid 2's quite quickly with some news. I think the rate cut news may help this move to positive levels this week. If they let this go, it could catch fire again and move a dollar in a week. I don't like how it moved to the 2.12's on friday and ended up at 1.96.

NEOL-thought it may have found trading range last week. I think it will go lower with impatient investors bailing out.

INPC-will be an interesting play for Monday. I think I may buy in the pre market and see what happens. I should've bought low levels on Thursday. Would've been up more than fifty percent already.

Other stocks I'm watching- EPAX is more of a long term play and I don't think will shoot up quickly. I think it'll be a long recovery.

WCG-I'm interested to see where this is going. It could be an Enron or it could pop upwards. I'm watching closely here and think we could see a short squeeze on any positive news. There should be news soon.

AFN-reports earnings next two weeks and is a buy at these levels. Want to wait until earnings to see what happens.

JSDA-flirting with high nines. Interested to see what happens in earnings. Easily upside to the stock. I think maybe a dollar or two is the greatest downside and this may be my next investment.

FMT-at the 3 level, i think a buyout of the company to the tune of 4.5 or 5 or even the high six is very likely and i'm watching it.

BRLC-president of company has been pumping stock and it may be a buy after earnings...

My next likely plays are: INPC on Monday morning, 800 shares, JSDA during the week, 100 shares, WCG and FMT on news, BRLC after earnings 200 shares...

Lets try this again

So so so...summer has ended and the trees are almost finished shedding their leaves...horrible horrible winter season is almost upon us...end of summer/beginning of fall recaps....

-Holly went back to school for her last semester there..she's doing well as always and i'm very very proud of her...
-Holly got all her teeth work done like a champ...she's all done and hopefully won't have to see a dentist for a long long time..
-We're still having a tough time potty training Jeremy..he knows when he goes in his diaper but he just doesn't want to use the potty..
-Jeremy is in the terrible threes stage and he won't listen and he's bratty a lot of the time...
-Went to the Bloomsburg Fair...it was a scorcher of a day and Holly just can't take that kind of heat...I got aggravated towards the end, like always...Jeremy was being bratty mostly the whole time and while we had fun here and there, Jeremy just didn't cooperate with us...
-I fucked up in the stock market and fell in love w/ FMT which went from a thirty percent gainer to loss in two days...then it fucked up head, i fucked up my lum position in which I sold way way too early (took profits way too early)...and could've made four grand...then started trying to day trade and lost money there..lost my day trader status..and fucked up the STV deal which i bought on the ipo offer date, sold for a loss, then tried to buy back the next morning but couldn't because of the day trader status..in general made some mistakes but they'll be rectified in the next few weeks/months..
-Jeremy's birthday was nice..Holly made him a nice chocolate/vanilla cake...we had all thomas decorations..cups, plates, hates, noise makers...he got a thomas laptop (which is a little too old for him right now), a woody doll, thomas sheets, a harley davidson motorcycle, and a few other things...my mom got him a new, big kids bike and some cars...
-Dale had surgery on his leg and it went well...we thought they'd have to go in through the armpit down through the heart but the just went through his groin..unforunately it didn't seem to make his leg feel too much better...
-Don and Cindy are officially over and it's the biggest pain in the ass situation in the world...
-Holly and I hung out and went to Red Robin for dinner..i had only eaten in a Red Robin once, years ago w/ marco and jerrrod and mal...the food we had wasn't good and we had this annoying fat chick sitting right next to us...
-Been playing hockey Sunday mornings w/ Tim..it's a group of mostly lesser skilled players...they have sunday night hockey too and i played there for the first time on Sunday night...there are more skilled players there...blake, pagano, rj, nick, ozzy, mark, bob...i broke a new stick in half..my team didn't play well and i didn't play well at all..i'm going to try to play both...i like playing in the morning better but like playing with the group of guys they have at night..we'll see what happens...

Holly and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary w/ a trip to Red Roof on Saturday. The fucking hotel, which is usually clean had roaches..i noticed one in someone's window and then we had one in our room..don't know if we're going to stay there again...we checked in and then went to Panera for lunch...best place ever!!! French onion soup on the menu every day!!! Holly really likes it too...I was going to buy their stock at 40 a while back and missed the window of oppurtunity..it went up twenty five percent in the next few days and not i'm relluctant to buy.....Afterwards we went to Dick's to try to get me a new blade...to no avail...Offered to take holly shopping but she said no...i don't think she wanted to upset me...We went to the hotel and made beautiful love...hung out in the hotel...watched some tv and relaxed...we went to chili's for dinner..it wasn't so great...we wanted a mexican place...they call themselves a 'southwest grill'...We got nachoes for an appetizer..holly got chicken tacoes and i got fajitas....Mine was ok, nothing to brag about..you pretty much can't fuck up fajitas unless there's a horrible sauce on it...There were a bunch of Church Freaks behind us...they were annoying holly..i'd rather listen to them than the fat girl from red robin...our waiter wasn't so great..we didn't even have silverware or napkins and had to ask for both..you'd think he would've noticed...the more restaurants we go to, the more you notice the help sucks...we wanted to have a molten lava cake for desert but they were out..they were out of their cheesecakes too...fucking gay...it's a fucking little chocolate cake with ice cream and hot fudge..how hard is that to keep in stock...i yelled at holly on the way home and she got upset..i have no patientice in the car whatsoever...i'm a dick...we had a little fight, made up and watched the breakup...sucked...especially the ending...those fill in the blank, sopranoes excuse endings are gay...i don't like happily ever after al the time but don't make me do your fucking job of finishing a story...then we went to the casino...we only lost forty dollars in the end..i had no luck at all..holly turned twenty into seventy and twenty into 107..i turned a twenty into thirty nine and that was my big win...losing at the casino sucks and you can feel yourself getting frustrated...we went to the hotel and watched the omen...we went to panera for lunch the next day and went to barnes and noble to waste some time...

We have a doctor's appointment for Jeremy today...we haven't been there in forever...planning on going to lunch and food shopping afterward...should be a nice together day...

Stocks and Teeth

Dental appointments for both Holly and Jeremy this week. Good news at both. Jeremy's appointment was in Scranton and the whole experience was good. Everything was decorated perfectly for a child's dentist. They even had a ms pacman arcade game in our exam room. Turned out he only had staining and no cavities. They gave him stickers, a tooth brush and a scooby doo toy when we left.

Holly's tooth started bothering her so I looked up dental plans (which we couldn't end up using anyway) and basically randomly picked Tannersville Dentistry (because it was close and they said they took those plans). She's been super nervous and anxious about going but from the time we walked into the office, everyone was kind and professional. She was talking about how she'd be embarrassed if anyone from high school became a hygienist and I basically waved it off as impossible and of course Heather Kintz was working there. But the good news! The dentist and his assistant were both great (and not foreign) and her teeth weren't as bad as she thought. She needs two root canals (which will happen next week) and 13 fillings and a bridge between her teeth. We paid for the root canals cash and are going to pay for the rest with the care credit card. We'll probably hold off on the bridge work until after college is over. 4400 for the root canals/caps/fillings and 3500 for the bridge. But hopefully after that and routine checkups, her teeth will be good to go. We still have to go to get our eyes checked out.

I'm very proud of how strong my wife is!! All those stressful situations effect her very very very much so she's starting doing the stress tapes/cds. Hopefully she can change the way she thinks. Any progress is good progress.

Anthony's family came up last weekend and we went to meet their family. Too many kids! Holly was able to eat in front of them, Chinese food at that, one of the foods she doesn't like the most. We went to see the Simpsons movie afterwards which was ok.

Sitting here watching a stock. Last Wednesday I bought a company called American Home Mortgage on Wednesday after its stock plummeted ninety percent. It was a crazy day and the stock surged from 1.4-4.00 in the afternoon, down to 1.4 at the close and then eventually to .28 as they went bankrupt I'm playing Tarr which I bought 400 shares for .91 this morning and it's up about .10. I don't know whether to try to hold long on this one or just sell at 30% increase that may happen today.... The feds are coming in to help these mortgage and home builders and long play doesn't seem to be too bad of an idea. If this thing goes crazy like last week, I'm immediately selling. If it makes modest gains today, I may keep. We'll see what they say on the message board too.

Dad took off all last week to work on the bathroom. We didn't even get to go fishing. Chris bought Mario Strikers and I was really surprised at how fun the game is. It's definitely a fun game you can just pick up for a few minutes here and there. I'm still playing Oblivion here and there. I still enjoy it and actually had to look up how to beat that stolen painting mission. There's so much content to that game that I bet if I stop playing for a few months, i'll pick it up again. I haven't played Devil May Cry 3 or Morrowind at all.

She broke the record!!

Three times in one day! Ahhh! And the first two she was dressed up as a maid.

Holly finished with school last week. It's great having her off. We NEED to start our own business together so we can spend time together every day. We've been going to the library frequently since she got off. Watched Crash and wasn't at all impressed by it. Should have never been up for an Oscar (not for writing or best movie or anything).

Three weeks ago we took Jeremy to Quiet Valley. The place was a lot smaller than Holly and I remember. We had a fun day out though. Jeremy liked the pigs and I liked the Geese.

Last Tuesday I took Holly shopping at the Lehigh Valley Mall. I watched Jeremy for two hours while she shopped. I had fun with him for the first hour and half and then he started acting up. I took him to eat at Chick-Fillet. I was really impressed with their Nuggets. We went to Sport's Authority. Bought a Lacrosse Stick, Frisbee, a Ball for Jeremy, Sports Bra for Holly and SKATES FOR HOLLY!!! I pretty much forced her into the skates (their so nice!!) but they were well worth it and another fun thing we can do together anytime. I want her to start playing hockey! I remember Natalie (Marco's X) used to play on that girls team. They had Flyers jerseys there dirt cheap (50 for X-Large w/ Foresburg on the back) but I just couldn't force myself to get it. I can't wear Flyers. Funny because Tim was there and he said the exact same thing.

Haven't Mountain Biked in a few weeks. Just haven't felt like driving to go their. Been lazy too. I rode the road bike a few times and I want to finally make a trip from Holly's to my house. Hopefully next Sunday because I don't have to bring Jeremy to my mom's and hopefully Tim can bring us to hockey.

Dad and I went to Beltsville two weeks ago. I like that lake a lot better than Wallenpaupack. We didnt' catch any big fish but he did catch a lot of sunnies. I had a really good time with him and don't want to go back to Wallenpaupack. I feel there's a lot more potential at Beltsville. We're supposed to go fishing overnight at the end of this week (he's off for the week). That's where I think we'll have luck.

Been super hooked on Magic. I do a draft almost every night. Been crazy into tennis lately too. Wish I could play every day. I may join an Arrowhead instructional league. I missed signups and there's only three weeks left so we'll see what happens. Chris and I were playing on Sunday and it started to rain and I got real pissed off and slammed the racket into the net and it came up and hit me in the face. Needless to say I needed a new racket. Bought a nice Head racket off ebay (170 on Sports Authority) for 70 including shipping. Haven't played Devil May Cry 3 or Morrowind at all in a few weeks. Played Oblivion a bit here and there. I'll keep playing it. E3 was a big disapointment. COD 4 is a beast of a game. Killzone gameplay footage was shown and its one of the prettiest games ever. AI seemed really really bad. That can ruin the game right there. Nothing was revealed about Smash. Mario Galaxy had new levels (and the bee costume which is gay). Metroid comes out in a few weeks and i'll be getting it, along with Halo 3 (maybe). Chris is buying Strikers tomorow (hopefully).

We've been barbequing a lot and I love it. Nothing more relaxing and enjoyable for me than to barbeque, eat outside with the fam, and relax outside. Can't wait to go skating for long distances with holly. We went out last week once w/ Jeremy. He was trying to play hockey. He kept falling hard on his ass. We tried to get outside today and as soon as we got ready, it started to pour (same as yesterday).

Jeremy has been difficult lately. The potty training isn't going as great as we expected so we may take some time off of it or try some new methods. We bought plastic pants the other day but he basically pisses in them and sits in them and doesn't care. He hasn't been listening too well at all either.

Hockey has been better lately. As long as I exercise a bit before playing, I'm good to go. Tim has been playing outstanding. Two weeks ago six goals and this week eight goals. I feel good playing. We only had six on our team for the first few periods so we had balls off shifts. Hockey ended on Sunday nights until October but we're going to play on Sunday Mornings at 930. Hopefully we can get a few weeks out of it.

Been eating like a pig lately and getting fat. Too lazy and unamitious to do anyting about it.

Chris ordered a Shanny Jersey for his birthday yesterday.

Been playing the stock market for a few weeks now. Bought 70 shares of Starbucks, 70 of Angelica and 42 of Titanium Metals. I like Starbucks and see a lot of potential there (Trading near their low point of the year as well as Angelica). Angelica has buyout potential. Titanium I don't like and am going to sell once it rises until we're even with it. We were doing good (up only 200) but the market did shitty last week (worst in five years) so we're down 100. Starbucks announces earnings on Wednesday so that could go either way. I'm going to make a big decision tomorrow to sell TIE and buy more SBUX or hold off until earnings are reported. I only think it'll be a 1 and a half point rise/fall depending on the earnings report. Sirius annoucnes tomorrow and that's another stock I want to buy but I'm nervous before the announcement. Was going to do it today but it's better to hold off. The big kicker is that Amazon's stock has tripled since January and it's one of my favorite companies. Their earnings have tripled this quarter and the stock jumped 19 points (20 percent) in one day. Bitches!

Have been toying around with fonts to get Jeremy's name tattooed on me. Was originally going to with script on my arm, then decided on a bigger nicer script on my chest but may just go back to a smaller arm tattoo to save up the chest real estate for something else.

It's been a pretty eventful week, especially for jeremy. The fourth of July fell on Wednesday but it was a shitty day because of the weather. Ashleigh and Cindy came over and Holly and I cooked up some burgers, hot dogs, and shiskabobs. We were supposed to go see fireworks in Stroudsburg but it was raining pretty good when we left and I was being a dick. We ended up going to get ice cream and to the arcade. We came home and lit off some sparklers (which Jeremy wasn't too thrilled with) and we cooked Holly's salmon which came out pretty tasty (even though I only tried a little piece). Friday we took him to the movies for the first time. Ratouitille or however you spell it. I'm not going to look it up right now. It wasn't too great of an experience but it wasn't deadly either. We originally went to the top row of seats but he started getting antsy through the previews (it seemed like more previews than normal but maybe that's because Jeremy was starting to act up). The theater was pretty packed so we walked him down the steps and started to leave. He didn't want to leave so we bought him some twizzlers. We went to the second row in the theater and he was pretty good for about an hour. He was eating and watching the movie and sitting on Holly's lap. He asked for soda and Holly took him to get some and then after drinking the soda and being good, he started to go up and down our aisle. Thankfully there wasn't anyone sitting near us. The movie ended shortly after and we went home. Sucks doing stuff on Fridays because we can't stay long enough to do anything afterward. Holly took him to the carnival on Friday night and he had fun going on a Tank and Train ride. He won a few smal cars in the duck game and a few dinosaurs. They also had fireworks on Friday. Saturday we went to Amadeo's for lunch (tried the rice balls and they weren't too good), went shopping for her dad and then took Jeremy to the beach. We stayed there for a while. Jeremy was near the lake looking at ducks and we told he we had to go so he started running and Splash, he went right into this muddy puddle. It was pretty funny. We went to the carnival for a bit. He rode on a few rides (train, tank, horse), got him some french fries and a toy and got myself a candy apple w/ nuts. And Holly got a lemonaide. Went home and played games online and started selling some of my magic online cards. I found a really good buyer/seller bot that offers great buy prices. There's not much of a differential between his buy and sell prices. Sold most of my duals (except one Hallowed Fountain and the Rav Duals.). I might keep the rav duals because they're not selling for much (except for Watery Grave). I miss the Godless Shrines for some reason. Black and white were always my favorite decks w/ Dark Confidant. I'm going to sell most of the tickets on ebay in the next few weeks after I finish cashing in my collection. Just gotta decide what I want to cash in. Was suprised that Doubling Seasons sold for 3.5 each. Maybe because of cheap decks with saprolings. I'm hooked on COD again and didn't go to bed until five. Woke up at nine to go riding w/ Anthony. Anthony moved back here until September. We went to Lackawanna State Park. It was in the 90's today but it didn't really feel like it there. He started to get dizzy early on so we only did five miles and left. Then we went to Tobyhanna and did another six. Holly took Jeremy to hockey. He was good and I had a good time there. The biking in the morning seems to put me in a better mood and condition to play hockey later in the day. It was hotter in there than it's been the last few weeks but i felt better today than the previous weeks. Skated harder too. Went to Burger King for some late night food. We went shopping at Walmart and bought a new keyboard and finally got a printer. We still need to buy a hamock and crotchet set.

Been pretty hooked on Devil May Cry 3 and a little burned out on Oblivion and Morrowind. I bet i'll get back to them in the next few weeks when I burn out on COD. Was going to play Battlefield but the button config still annoys me. Want to buy the big button controller for PC games. Holly just made me a strawberry shortcake and it's the absolute best ever!!!! I've been fiending for it for a few days now and my mouth was watering driving home thinking about it. My mouth is watering thinking about her hot and sexy bod!!! I'm going to finish eating and fuck her brains out!

Been a fat lazy fuck for weeks now. Haven't done much of anything physical, besides one biking session with chris, a few games of tennis and a few weeks of hockey. Been lazy lazy lazy!! They extended hockey four extra weeks. I didn't go the first week because of my shoulder. Went the following three. Haven't played well at all. I've always been on a team with Tim, Ryan, Nick, Sal, and Ozzie. I don't like playing with that team all that much. Not much competition on the other team and I find myself playing lazy instead of skating back.

Chris and I went biking once to Merli. He had a good time there. The blue trails were too difficult for him and the red ones were challenging. We did a moderate loop. We missed some good stuff towards the end of the loop, where you ride right along the stream. I lost the back nuts for the disc brake cable on the front so i don't have a front disc brake. I felt like going this weekend but it was late by the time I woke up and I didn't feel like driving. If the trails were closer, i'd be going more often.

Put thirty hours into Oblivion. When I first started playing it I thought it was the best game ever. It's an awesome game but kind of repetitive. I'm only in the mages guild though. The missions for the Thieves guild and Dark Brotherhood are supposed to be enjoyable. The graphics are awesome. I started playing Morrowind too and the varied landscapes and creatures are a bit better than oblivion. Morrowind seems a bit too easy though. There are advantages and disadvantages in each. I suck at Devil May Cry. I haven't played it all that much but i'm still stuck on the third level. Chris I spent some time the other night unlocking all the levels we didn't have in Smash Bros. I never realized how much content that game had in it.

I was on light duty for two weeks. I went to two therapy sessions and then the doctor told me I was ok to go back to work. I haven't had any shoulder pain but if I do I'm going to immedately report it. I was a freight analyst for those two weeks. Easy job. Ended up sitting in the office and watching a lot of Yankees baseball while I was uploading pictures and submitting forms. I made pretty decent money from workman's comp. I only missed 200 worth of income but was paid 350 from my check.

We've been trying to potty train Jeremy for the last two weeks. Holly made a reward chart and some days he does well and some days he doesn't. We've had a really hard time getting him to go to sleep the last few weeks. He hasn't been good with naps either. I took him swimming twice last week. I held him in the big pool and he kept complaining "it's cold, it's cold". He played by himself in the baby pool. He kept telling me he wanted to jump in the big pool but he was too scared. I took him there the next day but it started thundering a few minute after we got there and they basically closed the pool. I took him to the lake to see if he liked it but he said "it's too dirty".

Holly had a major panic attack on Saturday/Sunday July 1st. It was mostly from her dad's drinking and from her worrying. It's the first one she's had in a long time and hopefully for a logn time to come. We ran on the treadmill together last night and we're going to try to do it three times a week to stay healthy.

Got the bike almost all good to go. I brought the fork to Peterson's to have the racer crown off. He gave me a spacer for the steerer tube instead of us only cutting the 17 or so mm off. I played with the Reba in the yard and it's really really nice. Hopefully I'll get to test it out this week. The disc brakes i was (and still am) having a problem fine tuning. I can't them to have enough stopping power with the wheel turning freely. I have to play with them some more and i don't feel like it. i just want to be able to ride the bike. I didn't ride at all last week and the weekend was shitty. Plus on Friday night after only being at work for an hour I hurt my shoulder. Of course on Friday. Couldn't happen on a Wednesday. Missed hockey. I've avoided using it and still feels weak. Went to the doctor today for it and have to have a follow up next week. I may need therapy. Don't know if this if from when i was lifting or what. He said it's stiff. Of course they won't give me off at work. I'll have to go in there and do nothing for hours. We'll see what happens.

Didn't do much of anything on the weekend. Holly and I went shopping for her dad on Saturday and went to A&W for lunch. I went home and watched the game (lets go Ottawa!). Wish i could stay home and watch it tonight. It was a good exciting game. Played Oblivion and tried to get the disc brakes right the rest of the night. Sunday just hung out and played video games and made some orders.

And Ottawa is down two games to none and I can't believe it. Thought they would've taken it in five.

Saturday Holly and I took the baby shopping to Aharts, The Dollar Store, CVS, Liquor Store, and to Dominics for lunch. We went shopping for Memorial day food (shishkebob, stuff for strawberry margarita's). Came home and didn't do much. Made some orders and hung around. Played Oblivion. We found that Chris's tires had the presta valves on them and we couldn't fill them up.

Sunday Chris was supposed to go mountain biking with me but pussed out. He probably would've went if we could've filled the tires but he was busy playing Zelda on Saturday night and didn't drive to Walmart. I'm glad he didn't because they probably wouldn't have had the valves there anyway. I didn't know if i was going to go mountain biking or not so I stopped by the state park for a few hours. Met Benny for the first time and went out on the boat with him and Cindy. Caught a baby sunfish, the first fish I've caught in a while. Hung out at the park for a little while and then went to Merli. Worst day of riding there I've had. The bike didn't feel good at all (not responsive and sinky in turns). I think the tires were too low. Then I took the wrong trail and wound up hiking the bike up 2 miles of uphill terrain. Not to mention that all the water leaked out of my cheap camelback on the way there.

Monday was a really really nice day and I enjoyed it a lot. We ate and drank and hung out all day. Holly and I made shiskebobs and strawberry martinis and we hung out basically all day with the baby. The margaritas came out ok. We added too much limeade but to me the tart taste is a million times better than tasting the alcohol. I had about three cups of that and then three smirnoff ices. I was starting to get drunk and one more smirnoff would've put me over the edge but we didn't have any left. Holly and I watched TV together for a while (after an hour of the miss universe pageant i had to leave) and I beat Metal Gear Solid 2.

Tuesday and Wednesday I started to get my disc brakes ready and take my bike apart. I got the rear on and the front rotor on the front wheel. Have to buy brake cables for the disc brakes. Took my handlebars apart and found that installing a fork is much easier than i thought. I'm bringing it to Peterson's tomorrow to get the crown race off the old fork and installed on the new one, as well as a star nut installed. And to get the fork cut if it needs to be (which it doesn't seem to need. Chris and I played tennis today but only 2 set because he starts playing for the flamingos again tonight.

Oblivion is the best game ever. There's so much you can do in the game that it boggles my mind. You could take 100 hours and do all kinds of side quests without touching the main quest at all. I've found how to be in the Thieves Guild and I just learned how to do the Dark Brotherhood Guild. I've joined the Blades and done two side quests (merchant one and ogre's father). Also went to the Colosseum and fought and earned some gold. Very very fun game. Was going to play Morrowind at Holly's but decided to start (continue) Ratchet and Clank 3. Awesome awesome game. After that probably a bit of Morrowind and Devil May Cry 3 for Father's Day hopefully.

Did 9 miles at Big Pocono State State Park on Tuesday morning. I followed the singletrack to the right all the way to the end. Ended up at some Electric Supply in a community. I flipped over the handlebars on the most innocent stretch of trail. Just a few rocks in between a tree. Level ground too. When I got home I was taking my socks off and saw that there was a tick in my sock. Thank goodness I saw it and took off my sock. It hadn't bit me; hopefully because of the bug spray I used. Next time I have to use more bug spray though.

I ordered my disc brakes and they should be arriving on Friday. Hopefully I can put them on my bike on Saturday and have them ready for Sunday. Then get the new fork on next week (or this weekend with dad) and the bike will be great to go. It'll feel like a brand new bike! Chris is supposed to go with me on Sunday but I doubt it'll happen. He always pusses out. Probably go to Merli. It's memorial day weekend and the traffic might be a bitch so we'll see if we go.

Got Oblivion in the mail and played it for four hours. It's really addictive and definately a lot better than Morrowind. They put right in the action and you can actually kill things! In Morrowind, it's all randomized if you hit something and it gets really annoying when it takes over an hour to kill three rats in a broads house. I'm in some kind of tower in Oblivion and the graphics are awesome. Just have to see if I can join a guild. Probably fighters but maybe Mages. Or both.

Three day weekend!!!!!!!

Holly had to start school again today :( She has to go three hours a day for three weeks. This is the pre session and she only has one class. After these three weeks, she'll have to do clinic and I think one or two classes. This time there were no books to buy. Nice change. When she goes for the main summer session, she'll be gone a lot more hours. And she'll have shitty clinic to do.
Only ran once last week. 2 miles. Want to try to do it at least twice a week. Biked twice, once on the mountain and once on the road bike. Went up Country place, down natures, and then around the country place loop to the E park. Was going to go to the beginning of the community and ride back but it start raining. I got stuck in a downpour. Was peddling hard the whole way because when I got home I was naseous. Didn't take the mountain bike anywhere this weekend because I didn't have my bike. I left Holly my van and then I heard it was going to rain so I didn't even bother. Was supposed to go Mt. Biking this morning but I woke up too late. Want to go to Big Pocono tomorrow morning hopefully before jeremy wakes up. I took my bike around the community for a little while. Went through the woods down a steep rocky section and almost did an endo but instead flew off the bike and slammed my crotch/leg on the top tube. Luckily I didn't get my balls or I would've been hurt bad. I got my leg/ass/crotch area.

Barbara and Ralph came up to visit. I met my mom in Mt Pocono and she took Jeremy to Aunt Mare's on Saturday and I took the Jeep home. Holly went out with Jess. Hung out on Saturday. Watched the Ottawa game. BUFFALO IS OUT! I think Ottawa is going to be the cup champion. Red Wings lost a close one yesterday. They outplayed the Ducks but the Ducks got the powerplay with two minutes left and scored off a deflection off the defenders stick. Selanne scored in OT because of a mistake by a Wing's Defenseman.

Got some shots on goal yesterday but didn't score or even get an assist. Things are starting to get crazy over there with the new kids that joined up. A bunch of them hate RJ and Tim. Tim yelled at one of the kids and then blatantly crosschecked him. RJ and the kid with the penguins jersey almost got into a fight. The fat kid hit Ryan, elbowed Tim, and hit RJ at least once. The fat kid is a pain in the ass and always hits people and shouldn't come back. She had pizza and soda for us. Tim said he isn't coming back for the four week June session. Really really hope that there will be enough to play that session. Cunt Bonnie wants money by June 1st. Why not just wait until June 3rd, the Sunday??

Got hooked on Battlefield 2142 this weekend. Amazing online game; best ever. There are over 400 servers going at the same time. 64 Max people playing at the same time. That's crazy dedication from players. I was playing so shitty that I got Chris the Purple Heart Ribbon (for dying in combat) but then wound up getting the Health Ribbon. Beat Super Paper Mario on Wednesday. Too easy of a game but pretty fun. I'm going to give Elebits another go to see if I get sick from it. Playing the fishing game a little at a time. Got a 1st place on the Trout Length. Started playing Metal Gear 2 again after taking a week or two from it. I finished finding all the C4, got the M9, and then just beat fat man. I should've read the book because I can go up to guys and break their necks. Would've made the game a lot easier in certain parts. Now I know.

Hadn't read any comics in a few weeks so I caught up on the new ones. Nothing too great. The Hulk issues felt more like Tie ins. Read the first few issues of JSA and I don't know what to think of it It's critically acclaimed but I don't know the characters well enough. Going to finish reading Cerebus and give the complete run a go. I'm going to skip all the bible issues (Latter Days) . Want to read his commentary too.

Feel like playing Gears online but I'm downloading some comics. I'll have to wait until tomorrow. I called human resources and the cunt transferred me to the operations manager who proceeded to do nothing for me. I thought human resources was supposed to take care of things for the workers. Supposedly they're keeping the write ups but I'm going to call human resources again.

Did 7 miles today at Delaware State Forest. It was in the 90's and it really drained me. I went down the hiking trail at the top of the hill for the first time. Rode it until it splits off three different ways, none of which are good to ride on. Pretty cool, except for all the low hanging trees and tall weeds. I biked the fire roads for a few miles and then attempted to do some more of the normal trail but was too drained and decided to go back. There's a lot of trails there but I don't have a map. Just the other day I discovered different trails (small singletrack) and fire roads I've never been on and where people were hunting. Places that I've been before (fire roads to where houses are) I can't recall how to get to. I'd like to take the trail to Hickory Run State Forest but it seems less like a trail and more like a stream.

Holly and I took Jeremy to the playground for a while. She noticed that a big tick was on my leg. She scraped it off with a rock. The fucking thing bit me but didn't burrow into my skin. Put peroxide on it when we got home. Jeremy played outside and then I took a nap and went to work.

Caught a largemouth yesterday! It was a small fucker. I got at least 6 bites out there. The same fish took the line two casts in a row but I couldn't hook it. There was at least once or twice I thought I hooked one (a nice size bite so probably a nice fish) but it wasn't hooked good or came off when i started reeling. I'm going to go back on Thursday with the jointed Rappala or a different lure with dual hooks. The storm minnows have good tail movement but with the one upturned hook, it's harder to hook the fish.

Bought Oblivion off ebay last night. Bid on at least six auctions and then decided to buy it new for 35 plus 8 shipping. Not a bad deal. The cheapest offers for new on there were 40 plus 8 shipping. The used ones were going between 37/38 used with shipping so I got a deal. Was going to order my disc brakes last night when I came across a thread in the forum about 20% off at wheel world. The code wasn't valid anymore but I e mailed them and asked them about it. Will call tomorrow so I can get these discs on the bike. The reba should be here tomorrow!! Still have to send out the marzocchi. Was too much with USPS so I'm going to send it UPS.

My job is trying to fuck me when i was off with the pneumonia. They gave me two writeups with it and if i have one more writeup it's a critical. So gay. All they have to do is take it off on the computer. I called human resources so hopefully at least one of them is off my record. If the car breaks down or anything and i have to call off, i'm fucked.

My birthday was yesterday and was nice. Mom and Dad gave me money. We had a nice steak dinner and a Carvel Cake. Then I came to Holly's and we exchanged presents. She got my the beer league DVD and a big Icons Hulk. Cindy and Dale gave me money also. Chris and Aunt Mare should be giving me money too. It'll go towards the road bike and disc brakes. We watched Beer League last night. Wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. We bought Aunt Mare a camera and printer for Mother's Day. I'm trying to buy Oblivion on ebay. I lost one at the last second last night. It's near impossible to win them on dialup unless no one bids on them. The going price seems to be around 37 used w/ shipping. I'm not going to pay more than that.

Went biking at Lackawanna State Park for the first time yesterday. It was nice there and I was impressed by the trails. While they weren't as good as Merli, they were definately nice singletrack. I'm going to order Disc Brakes online today. There were a few close calls yesterday and a few times I got off the bike and walked it when I would've been ok if I had back brakes. I hope the bent rim business doesn't effect the discs. I'd rather just get new rims for X Mas and get some lighter and tougher ones. Did about 13 miles yesterday and Anthony and I did 8 at Tobyhanna on Monday. I'll be happy if I can get out there and bike twice a week. I may try to go to Prompton next week but I want to make sure the bike is in order before I go. No more going without the back brakes.

Just watched Ottawa win in overtime against Buffalo. Buffalo tied it up with five seconds left in the game. Chris actually called that Ottawa would score. There was a stoppage in play.

"They're going to score."
"Right off the faceoff?"
"No. They're going to keep it in the zone for fifteen to twenty seconds and score"

They scored right off the faceoff. But it was pretty close. I have one more order to make and then i'm going to try to get some new orders going and I may list some new stuff on ebay. Have to list my magic cards which i never did. Received the Marzocchi fork in the mail. It's very nice stylewise but doesn't seem like there is much adjustability. I guess it's an air fork. Would be nice if Marzocchi included a free air pump with it. I'm going to look at the book that came with it to see how it works.

Pretty standard week. Took Jeremy outside a few days. We're trying to get him to potty train. Holly is off for the week so maybe we'll have some luck. He pooped one turd on the potty the other night. We have to try to bribe him and that doesn't even work too well. Holly and I played tennis on Tuesday or Thursday. She wore this short skirt and looked super hot! Dad and I went fishing on Wednesday. It was a beautiful day but we had no luck at all. He bought meal worms, wax worms and trout worms plus minnows from ebay. I fished trout worms and lures all day. Neither of us caught anything and he only had one bite. The boat ran great after he flushed out the pump. We had a little scare when he got it in the water and on the dock. He tried to start it two or three times with no luck. He put the jumper on it and no luck. Then he realized it was in gear. It was a good day. I got a small line of sunburn on my back (where i couldn't reach to put the lotion) and on my ears and face a bit.

My birthday and mother's day is tomorrow. Dad bought me Rappala fishing. I wanted it when it came out but it only got a 3 on ign. He got it used. He likes it and plays it which makes me happy. I like it and will play it too. Those tiger fish are difficult to catch. Caught a 26 lb muskie on there today. Going to start a tourney mode soon. Probably play some Gears online while i make my other order.

Rangers lost today. It was a good and exciting game but the second period just killed it for the team. In a span of ten minutes, Buffalo scored 4 goals. Boring weekend. Was supposed to hang out with holly on Saturday but aunt mare got really sick and we didn't know if she would be admitted to the hospital or not. All her metal levels were low. She felt a bit better today. I spent the night hanging around, making orders and playing games online. Played Gears for a while. They released the new map pack for it. Ten dollars for 4 maps. Not a bad deal if you're really into the game. I'm going to have to see if i get into it more. The people on there are hardcore and I like it but think COD is better. Played NHL online for the first time last night. Definitely fun. It may be my new addiction.

Ordered myself a Marzocchi MX COMP ETA TAS 100/120 the other night but I think I'm going to return it and get a Reba. The MX comp was a great deal (06 model, 120 cheaper than this year's model plus it has TAS which this year's model doesn't) but I keep hearing really really good things about the Reba. It seems to be the best fork out there (for this kind of money it's comparable to Fox Forks). Jenson has it for 540 original price but someone on the message boards gave me a website of another company that has it for 353. I wouldn't order from that particular site but Jenson will price match it!! So I essentially save almost 200 and get a free headset to boot. I'll have to ship back the Marzocchi but it's more than worth it in the long run. You can basically tune this any way you want. Plus it's two pounds lighter which in my mind doesn't make a big deal (but will feel sweeter on the bike).

Didn't play particularly well tonight at hockey. I can say that I skated hard almost every shift. Scored twice and had one assist. I layed out Ryan with what looked like an open ice hit. His helmet flew off and everything!! Got a penalty for taking RJ down on a breakaway. We lost the game. We didn't have any particularly good passing or setups.

Did 10.5 miles at Delaware State Forest on Saturday morning. Went to bed early Friday night so I would get up. My lower back hurt me afterwards; the rocks there are crazy. Definitely difficult terrain. I'd like to see how a full suspension would handle there. Maybe next year. Chris and I played tennis for a bit. Only two sets. Then he had to rush to get back to college.

Wanted to ride the road bike today for a bit before dinner but Jeremy wouldn't let me.

Been lazy the last few days. Haven't felt like running at all. Thursday morning Holly turned off the alarm and I didn't hear it but today it went off a few times and I just rolled over. Wish I would've went out to ride. Thursday I took Jeremy to the post office, the gas station, and for ice cream. Today we took him to Aharts, for ice cream, and to the post office again.

Bought my fork today. Supposedly it even shipped out already. Quick service!!! I got the MX Comp. The deal was too good to pass up. I wanted to get a Reba but they're too damn expensive.

Rangers lost tonight. SUCKS! Buffalo tied it up with eight seconds left and then they won in overtime. I haven't seen the highlights but from looking at the box score, the Rangers were definately outplayed. Another CLOSE CLOSE game in that series. We'll have to win it in seven.

Got to watch the tail end of the Detroit game. They scored in Overtime to win it. I want them to win the series. It's a close series and I thought San Jose would easily take it. Want the Cannucks, Senators, and Rangers. Cannucks ain't going to and Senators and Rangers will. Wish I could get off on Friday to watch the Rangers game. At least I'll be able to on Sunday.

Holly and I went for a quick bike ride (1.75) before I had to go work yesterday. It was nice. She got home early from school. I have to get tennis balls so we can play tennis.

Took the road bike for its first real ride today. Went around the Country Place loop and Natures loop (about five miles). They did all that fucking road work in the community and the roads are fucked in a lot of spots. Bad to drive on, worse to ride on. The bike handles nicely, is pretty quick too. I feel comfortable on it. The bike shifts OK and I think I may play with the derailleurs. The seat is killer and my ass is all sore today. Have to get either a gel cover or new seat. Plus a speedometer.

Ran 2.5 tonight and then did 3 on the bike. Felt better running than the other night. My legs are still sore though. Was meaning to get up at 7 or 8 tomorrow to go riding but probably won't happen. I don't want to have to wait until Anthony calls because it'll be late by the time he does (10/1030) and I don't' want to leave Jeremy here alone. I'm going to take him out to play tomorrow. Maybe out in the yard, instead of going to the playground.

Want to go to Merli or Prompton this weekend. We'll see what Chris says. I'd like someone to go with me. Definately going to try Lackawanna State Park, Prompton, Francis Slocum, and Hubbard Mt. this year. Got directions to a few of them tonight.

Been looking at the MX Comp 100/120 ETA fork on Jensen for 269. Think i may get it for my birthday. It's a good deal on it and I can use it this year on the Trek and then next year all I have to do is buy a Full Suspension Frame and it should be good to go. The resale value on forks is more than i thought they'd be. There's one on there for 175 right now used. That's good resale value.

I'm updating this from Holly's house!! I couldn't get on here through the slow speed connection but I guess they may have done something different with the site. Now I can update more than once a week (if i feel like it).

Missed work from Tuesday to Friday because of the illness. I finally got it all out of my system. The wheezing didn't go away until Sunday/Monday. I wanted to play hockey on Sunday but I made a promise with Holly that I wouldn't go out on Saturday and I wouldn't play hockey on Sunday. I started to feel better on Sunday but she didn't let me play. It all worked out better in the end because she was right about it. I always rush back into playing sports when I shouldn't. Jeremy woke up sick on Sunday. He was acting mushy and then he started to throw up. It only lasted three or so hours, the same thing that happened the last time he got sick.

I spent a few of the days I was sick at my parent's house (Tuesday to Thursday). The doctor said I should stay away from the baby. Didn't really do too much during those days. Played Super Paper Mario. Watched the Ranger game which they lost.

I haven't mentioned it here much but the Rangers have been playing awesome. Swept Atlanta in the first round. The Buffalo series is definitely a challenge but I think one the team is up to. They played fairly well the first game and definitely outplayed Buffalo the second game. It's a shame they lost that game. The third game was very very exciting, except for the bullshit call taking back their goal. I don't know who judged it but it was a very very very very very very very poor call. I don't know how they said it was a kicking motion when he was moving in a forward motion and trying to stop himself. He even swatted at the puck. It almost lost them the game. Buffalo got a few goals disallowed during the Islander series and it makes you wonder.

I beat Call of Duty 3 the other night. The new Call of Duty looks incredible.

Read Books of Magic mini series which I thought was very well written and drawn. I have the complete series here but don't know if I will read it or not. I gave the first issue a try and wasn't intrigued much. I wasn't intrigued after the first issue of Lucifer either. Also read the Criminal Series by Brubaker. It was a well written crime drama, that's about it.

Trying to train for the Iron Man triathlons but it may just be an idealistic idea in my head. I never enjoyed jogging and I give all the credit to the people who can do it on a regular basis. It kills the body. I ran two on the treadmill last night and biked one mile. Then I gave up. I came in there with the goal of doing five. I'm going to give it a few days and see what happens. Try to slowly work my way up. Lifting weights was never as bad as running feels.

Anthony and I went biking today for the first time this season. Got up, went out and it was drizzling so I called him. Then went to take the bike out of the car and then called him back and we decided to try it. We went up to Manson Dickson Pohopoco Park. I hadn't gone there since the flooding last summer. It wiped out the trail so I avoided it. Everything was good today. We did six miles. My legs were sore from running last night but I felt pretty comfortable riding. The place is close and i'm going to take advantage of it more this year. The terrain is damn rocky and challenging (except a leadoff trail, which I don't know where it starts and ends). I worked on my bike yesterday because my rear tire was rubbing on the brakes and I didn't fix it the right way and had no back brakes the whole time. I usually use the back more than the front. I'm going to go out there and play with it. I did fix the derailleurs the right way.

Might have a mild pneumonia. Started to get wheezing and a lot of phlegm on Sunday and Monday. Was very short of breath at work. Now i'm taking three different meds to try to get this out of my system. Out of work today and tomorrow definately and we'll see how long after that. Being short of breath is one of the worst feelings. Jeremy still has a runny nose.

Had a dream last night that I kicked Bob Saget (who was a security guard in a mall or something) and then was telling people in a different dream about that dream. We were also going crazy in a toy store and then got kicked out.

Started playing Metal Gear Solid 2 today. Originally put the difficultly setting on Extreme: 'Dead When Sighted' but I think i'll just play it on hard. The Metal Gear Series is one of the greatest game series of all time and any of the individual games can be considered one of the greatest games of all time. I got bored with Silent Hill because I put the puzzle setting to hard and started to play Medal of Honor: Frontline but am not impressed at all with the graphics. It was difficult too.

Going to sell some of my Magic Online cards in auction tonight. Just some of the rares that will deppreciate in value in the next few weeks when the new block rotates in. I haven't played the game in months and it's definately too expensive and time consuming to really get into. I had hoped to sell all my rare cards but i'm going to sell the money makers right now and keep the rest for casual play. In a few months the game will peak my interest again. But for now i'll make the money while I can.

Never thought i'd be interested in "Street Vigillante" characters but lately i'm interested in them. I always hated Daredevil until I gave him a chance and read his books (a stellar run by Bendis helps). Iron Fist is getting good reviews and i've got them lined up to read. The Dark Tower books were interesting and the writer artist combo is brilliant. I'm debating on whether or not to download Peter David's run on X Factor or that angel book. Or to get into the Dark Tower Series by King. The first book is supposed to be a confusing pile that comes into focus after reading the later books and that isn't a way to bring in a new reader.

Not really impressed by NIN new album. Was very very impressed and intrigued with everything he did to promote it but the music isn't doing it for me. Have to give it another listen or two.

Finished my last week of full time at Fed Ex. Going to work part time for a week or two and then either find a totally different full time job or do another part time job. Probably end up at Home Depot for ten or fifteen hours a week. They moved me to the 7:30 shift which although seems worse, is actually better. I'll have more time at home to relax and more time to fish, bike, and take jeremy outside.

Got hit in the wrist last Sunday in the last two minutes of the hockey game. Missed Monday and Tuesday at work. Could've probably gone in on Tuesday but it wasn't worth reinjuring it, especially with the dumped trucks. Plus it snowed on Monday and I wanted to call off anyway. We got at least ten inches of snow. It melted pretty quick. Scored 4 goals and 3 assists last Sunday.

Holly I went to the New York International Car Show last Saturday. It was through the school for 25 dollars including transportation. Overall the show wasn't that bad. It was interesting but way too crowded and I hate that kind of thing. Holly got to sit in a Jag. I sat in a few cars too. It's just sickening how much new autos cost.

Sickness has spread through the house. Holly had to do hearing evaluations on day care kids and they made her sick. Jeremy caught it next and then me. I felt like shit at work on Friday and I'm still not feeling 100 percent. Saturday we attempted to take Jeremy fishing. We got him a Scooby Doo pole from K-mart, got sandwiches from Subway and went to the Tobyhanna State Park. He was really bad and wouldn't listen while we tried to eat and we were going to go home but we gave him another chance. We tried fishing near the dam but it was just too windy so we decided to walk along the trail. Jeremy being bad wasn't fun but getting him a fishing was and walking along the trail was. I think it'll be at least a year until he has the patience to fish. I went to hockey tonight even though I wasn't feeling all too well. Not the best thing to do but oh well. I scored 1 goal and had two assists. I didn't play particulary hard or well but I did get to play. Holly suprised me and brought Jeremy there with her. She wanted to get Ice Cream after but I didn't think they'd be open that late (probably not until after Memorial Day) so we went to Burger King and then to Walmart for food shopping and home.

Jeremy seems to be eating good for the last few days.

I was going to buy a Trek 1000 (670) Specialized Allez (700), or Raleigh Sport(600) but broke past the impulse buy stage!! We went bike shopping at Mountain Valley Cycles in Stroudsburg last week. They were holding a 10% off sale. Everything was being sold at MSRP though. She sized me as a 56cm. The Trek was too small at that size (my front foot hit the tire on the turn). The Raleigh seemed more comfortable even though it was a few pounds heavier (2 to 3) Didn't get a chance to ride the Specialized. It got better reviews on the forum than the Trek. I couldn't buy the bike when we went there because we had Holly's car (my car was getting a new front tire) so I decided that I would go back the next day after the car show if we had time. They were holding a demo there and it was the last day of the 10% off sale. I actually drove past the place and decided not to go in and then started shopping online. Found decent bikes at Bikesdirect.com and was going to buy one off there. They had decent priced models and I almost convinced myself to buy a 700 bike but did some thinking. Found an ebay auction and won my bike for 378 (my max bid! Would've been outbid if I had bid ten seconds earlier because he probably bid 380 but it wasn't 5.00 more than my high bid). Bike is a Windsor Bristol, Brand New assembled and ridden around the block (according to the seller). I think he bought it from the bikesdirect brick store and never rode it. We shall see. He seems to be content to ship without me paying first so I may have it by Friday if he ships tomorrow.

So now I can get a few more things for my birthday instead of spending way too much on one thing. I want to get an xbox 360 game and probably at least disc brakes for my mountain bike. Getting a new fork is goign to be too much.

I stopped working out a month ago and I have to start doing something again. I'm getting fat and lazy. I think I may train for Iron Man Triathalons. One of my old co workers was training for the Pocono Marathon and it intrigued me but I found out about it too late. I'm going to start running on the treadmill and maybe do some actual runs outside. We'll see what comes of this.

Haven't updated in a few weeks. They finally got me in the driver program and I failed out after the first week. I learned how to drive stick, do a pre trip, and straight line backing but the 45 degree backing and 90 were hit and miss. I could've went on for another week but it wasn't worth the pain. I had to go to Syndersville three times last week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). When I went on Friday Holly and Jeremy were with me and the line was too backed up to wait. I wasn't going to let them wait for two hours for nothing. After that we went to Lunch at Goomba's and we went to the comic store. Jeremy was bad at Goomba's and he kept shouting to pet a dog that was at the comic store.

My job is giving me two weeks at full time before they drop me down to part time. I've been making decent money on the side so i'm going to see what I have to do after the two weeks are over. I'd like to get in with Johnson and Johnson but I don't think they're opening until October. I may try Walmart Distribution again or work a few extra hours at Home Depot.

We had two nice real spring days last week and I took my bike out to Camelback. My front shock doesn't seem as responsive and my bike seemed to handle a bit off. I don't know if I filled the tires too much but i'm going to have to mess with the pressure to find something sufficient.

Easter was nice besides the weather. It was flurrying all day. We bought Jeremy a robotic dinosaur that roars and walks, a Thomas the Tank Engine DVD, Mister Potato Head Spiderman (actually a birthday present from Holly to me), a pair of sunglasses, and a James the Engine Toy ( I think, it could be Percy).

We found out that Jeremy has at least two cavities so we're trying to watch what he eats. We gave him sugar free candy for Easter and he exploded shit through his diaper and his pants. It was disgusting.

It's supposed to rain and snow tonight and there could be a few inches of accumulation. Bullshit. It's the second week of April. Where the fuck is spring. I'm tired of this weather and I want to ride my bike.

My birthday is coming up in a month and I've got Bike and Comic fever. I bought Cerebus Volumes 1-14 on ebay for 70 last weekend which is quite the deal. I hope they're in decent condition. I even got Latter Days at the comic shop for 17 where it retails for 25 on Amazon (which I was going to get for my birthday anyway). Now I only need The Last Day and i'll have a complete run in graphic novel form. I've been reading and downloading comics quite a bit too. I read the Annihilation Run which I enjoyed (even the mini series), Civil War which was interesting besides the Captain America Death, and just caught up on a few other runs (Captain America, Hulk, Daredevil, Wolverine). I'm 30's in Lucifer and I'm really enjoying it.

I'm debating on whether or not I want to get a road bike for my birthday. They're pretty expensive and I really wanted the Trek 1000 or an Ibex Classic 4500. I also wanted to buy a new front shock for my Mountain Bike and equip it with Disc Brakes. I have to see what is more important. I may be able to add oil to my Judy. Or I may be able to buy an older Marzocchi online.

This house is empty. Chris is at college and mom and dad are at aunt mare's. Holly and I have to go to Keith's baby shower tomorrow and I'm not looking forward to it. Especially because I missed today's Rangers game and I'll miss tomorrows' too. They've been doing outstanding lately but the east is so close that it will come down to the last game. Every time they win a game, the people in the race win a game. After winning today against Boston, all the people in the race are winning (Toronto against Buffalo and Carolina against San Jose) Too close for comfort. Decent week at work. Ed is now the strip supervisor and he tries to get us out of there at a decent time if it's feasible. Got to leave early on Friday which was really nice.

Still hooked on the original Zelda. I sucked at it for like three hours straight last Saturday. Found a dungeon and kept getting my ass kicked in it and then I figured out it was the sixth one. Got the wand in that dungeon and then got stuck. Walked around (seemingly) the whole map for an hour before giving up. I turned the game on Sunday and found the second dungeon in literally five minutes. Things progressed and I've just beaten dungeon seven and I'm stuck trying to find dungeon eight (There's a secret in the tip of the nose).

Tried elebits last weekend and I got nauseous playing it. I hope the game doesn't affect me like that the next time I try it. It might've been because I ate too much. But I'm nervous to turn it on.

I'm trying to catch up on all the new comics. I downloaded a bunch last weekend and will do the same this weekend. Love the Planet Hulk Storyline and looking forward to the World War Hulk. Read the first JLA arc. The art is beautiful and the story was entertaining. I don't care for some members of the team. Have to catch up on Daredevil and Captain America. I've also read most of the Annihilation Mini Series and Tie Ins (Thanos 7-12, Drax Mini Series, Annihilation: Nova, Surfer, and Super Skrull.) I've been impressed by the whole thing. Have to read the Ronan mini before I start the main event. I'm not that interested in Ronan but I wasn't in Nova and that turned out to be the best one.

Fucking snow

This is the greatest. A promotion by the USPS for Star Wars stamps being released in March, they're dressing up mailboxes in 200 cities.

And I thought the winter was over. We're supposed to get eight to twelve inches of snow tomorrow. I'm not going in to work. It's not worth it to get there and then have five people to a trailer because the roads are all fucked up. Rendel better have the roads in good condition tomorrow or people are really going to get mad. I got out of work after four and a half hours tonight. I was so happy I almost did cartwheels out the door. I really struggled to get through my shift on Wednesday and I got out after only an hour and a half on Tuesday. With tomorrow off, it'll be the shortest week ever. Perfect for Holly being on Spring Break.

Hooked up playing the original Zelda. I never played that one for more than five or ten minutes but I'm hooked on it and plan on doing some damage in it this weekend. Old nintendo and super nintendo games are a lot more difficult then games today. I also received Elebits in the mail today and am looking forward to trying that out.

Games I've beaten in the last six months

I originally made a list of all the games I hadn't beaten and set out to beat them before playing or buying any other games. While that didn't exactly happen, I did play through and beat some of them (and decide that others just aren't worth the time).

Beaten:

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil Expansion
Half-Life 2
New Super Mario Brothers
Zelda: Minish Cap
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Rayman: Ravin Rabbids
Final Fantasy 3
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (One Character)
Tekken 5 (two characters)
Gears of War (Beat the whole game on Hard Mode, except Raam beaten on Regular. Going to try to beat him on Hard when I get a chance)
Guitar Hero 2: Normal

Started but never Beaten:

Ratchet and Clank 3
Eternal Darkness
Prey
Call of Duty 3
Metroid: Hunters- Something about this one doesn't sit right with me. I love Metroid Games but the design of this one confuses me.
Metroid Prime 2
Morrowind
Feel the Magic
Zelda 2

Most Likely Given up on:

Rayman DS
Goldeneye DS
Quake 4

Tuesday

Got out of work at five thirty today, after only being there for only an hour of a half. AHHHH!! It was a slow day and I asked Andy if he was letting anyone out early, to keep me in mind since Holly is on Spring Break. So at five thirty he told me I could go. I wish I could be a strip supervisor there. As I was about to make the turn onto our road, Holly came up the road. She had to take Ashely to the doctor today. We took Jeremy out to ride his bike for a while (he rode down to the lake) and then I played God of War and hung out with Holly and Jeremy. There were six deer on the lawn and we threw stale cheese doodles to them.

I've started watching Full Metal Alchemist. I'm up to the fifth episode (i'll probably watch two more after i'm done writing this.) I started reading Lucifer and even though the first and second issues didn't interest me much, the third to the seventh were good. It has that Sandman feel to it. I'm stuck in the 280's in Cerebus. They're very challenging to completely get through. When the right auction comes along, I'm going to pick up a full set of the Cerebus phonebooks, as well as the Invisibles.

Holly and I have been together for five years. FIVE YEARS! Time goes too quickly. Holly and I celebrated our anniversary on Saturday by having a night together at the Red Roof. We went out to dinner at TGI Fridays and played the slots for the first time at the racetrack. We ended up winning 60 dollars after all was said and done. We also took pics at the hotel and watched Raising Arizona.

Sunday Holly's water heater went so her dad had to get a new one on Monday. It doesn't seem to be heating the water enough so we'll see what happens with that.

The winter is finally over and i can't even express how relieved i am. It may get into the sixties this week and I'm definately looking forward to hitting the trails once the snow melts and they aren't big mud pits.

I played decent at hockey last night. Played on the white team which i'll never do again. I played every third shift instead of every other. Nobody else seemed to rotate and skip a shift. I used the Sherwood FeatherLite for the first time and i really like it, even more than the Reebok I was using. My wrist shot seems better (maybe because of the blade curvature). I had at least three goals and two assists.

I really like Sara Silverman's show on Comedy Central.

Last 7--Musiq Soulchild

Saturday- Beat Zelda. Ganadorf was way too easy. There are still a lot of secrets i haven't found in the game and i think instead of it just collecting dust, I may throw it in every once in a while to try to find some of them. I know where some are located, it's just a matter of figuring out what to do/how to get there. I took Holly out to Friendly's for dinner and we went food shopping so I wouldn't have to go the next day.

Sunday-Missed another night of hockey due to snow. That's three weeks i've missed out of six. I'm not too happy about it. Went to Holly's and started to play God of War and Tekken 5. They're both awesome games. I'm really impressed by how advanced Tekken feels. Holly likes watching me play God of War. Everything about the game is fun.

Monday-Friday- Normal week at work. On Tuesday night, her first night playing, Holly won 16 straight fights on Tekken arcade mode. I stopped her at this point. She thought the game was on super easy mode. I proceeded to fight (and lose) to show her it wasn't. Worked up in the city all week. I like it better; seems a bit easier and the trucks aren't that fucked up when they come in. Except this week. On Wednesday I spent about three hours picking up spilled Musiq Soulchild Cds that fell over. They take twelve cds, tie a ribbon around them, stack them six feet high on a pallet and shrink wrap it. It's an assine way to ship them. It made the night go fast. On Friday Night a trucked pulled out as I was about to drive into the door. I was literally one to two seconds from being in the truck and if he would've pulled away, I would've probably been killed. Scary scary stuff.

I have to watch Jeremy tomorrow for a while so Holly can work on her presentation for school. One of a million things she has to do. They give her way too much work and expect too much. I was supposed to pick up my brother early and play racquetball and take him home but I'll either have to do it later in the afternoon (weather permitting, we may get snow) or he'll have to catch a ride home with out neighbor.

My finger still hurts from over a week and a half ago. I guess it was/is sprained. Just watched that new (i think) MTV show Scarred. They show when extreme sports tricks go wrong. Nasty, nasty stuff. The human body is very fragile and having only suffered minor injuries (comparitevly), I can see easy I could've broken an arm or leg skateboarding. There were two of those broken bones videos that have stayed with me since I first saw them; Triple H (I think) breaking his leg jumping off the ropes and a pride fighter breaking his leg off someone elses with a kick. Some of those clips off that MTV show definately rival the former two.

We're supposed to get snow squalls and could get freezing rain tomorrow. The last two days have seemed so warm that I forgot we could still get this kind of weather. I've never been so glad to have weather in the thirties. I just want the winter to end. I want to be riding my mountain bike!

I was going to write about how perfect Sirius is with the addition of their new 90's alternative and Frank Sinatra channels until I read about their merger with XM. Sirius has everything to offer XM and XM has almost nothing to offer Sirius Subscribers. I'm interested in seeing how it will all pan out in the next few months but I think along with a price increase or different pricing strategy (a la carte pricing), it's going to be a let down.

Rangers lost tonight. It's crunch time right now and if they don't get their fucking act together and win most of the games, they won't be in the playoffs.

I really like Nine Inch Nails two new songs and am very interested in everything they're doing with the new album. Concept albums can be brilliant or annoying but I think this will fall into the former. All the work put into websites and riddles and everything is very enthralling and a very good way to keep fans interested and to build hype. I will definately see them play live this year and am looking forward to the live DVD.

Friday Night

Friday night, my favorite night of the week. So much to look forward to. Very very tired. Worked ten hours the last two nights. My boss called me at 11:45 today (waking me up) telling me to get to work as soon as possible. I got up, got together food for work, ate lunch and left. Dropped off the Rangers book about their Stanley Cup Season at the library (which I didn't read but may read someday) and got to work at 1245. Things have been pretty fucked over there with the day off and the highway closings. He was afraid to send anyone home in case a bunch of trucks came at once so there were literally six guys to one pup. Something you won't see often, if really ever again.

Song-I'm Afraid of Americans

Valentines Day!!

Off from work. Ahhhh!! Called up to call out and I guess they closed our whole shift or were only working with a very limited crew. Things for the rest of the week are going to be fucked over IF I get to work tomorrow. They never plowed our road and there's an idiot stuck at the end of the road. Don't know how the plow is going to get through there now.

Finally beat Final Fantasy 3 for the DS. What a relief! Gettingn stuck on these games is definately stressful. The whole ending battle takes close to an hour and a half because you have to beat five final bosses plus four minor bosses for equipment plus the final boss and then the random battles that take place (which you can basically run from). Going to play through Metroid Prime: Hunters now.

Holly got me God of War, Fruit Rollups, Pistachios, and a nice card for Valentines day. I got her a sweater and tank top. Wanted to get her a card and something else too but the snow last night made me drive straight home. We decided to go Jewish with our spending to try to save money.