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.