9 days…
15 days…

I was really tired at work today.

Stupid only getting 5 hours of sleep.

Work was REAL slow today.

I was there for an hour before there was ANYTHING to do.

Tomorrow I get to give my 2 week notice!

So once I have done that and gotten my pay check, I should be pretty happy.

McDonald’s food is very good when you compare it to what I ate last night.

I am going to play my guitar now.

For those interested, I think I am going to shoot for playing that song for Oasis not this tuesday, but next.

Hopefully I’ll have learned it well enough to play it by then.

Oh yeah, and at work today I decided definitively that I am going to do something.

I am not going to tell you what, but you will find out when it has been done, I am sure.

That will most likely be within a day or 2 of my quitting work.

Or if someone guesses what it is, I may inform them as to their correctness.

That is all.

-Jason

10 days…
16 days…

So… tonight was the start of the Fear Factor thing at Oasis…. 😉

I’m sure you are all familiar with the show. If you are like me, you see much of the stuff that happens on it… and you think…. “eh, that’s not so bad, I could do that.”…

Well, earlier tonight, I proved that I indeed can. Or at least, the eating incredibly nasty things portion of it.

There are 2 more nights of it to go…. and I think 5 of us remain. What did we have to do in order to remain? 😉

First, there was the matter of eating duck feet. While this sounds rather disgusting, it really wansn’t all that bad. It was mostly just the idea of it that made it seem sick. Surprisingly, this is when the majority of people were eliminated…. including Jason Brown, who previously was quite confident that he would win 😉

The second thing was to eat another part of a duck… the tongue. To be precise, we had to eat 4 of them. This was the least bad of all the things that we had to eat. No one was eliminated… clearly all the wussy people were eliminated in the first round 😉

Next we had to draw 2 random things that we would have to eat (out of 5 options)…. Personally, I got the “hundred year old egg” and “whole dried fish”. the egg was incredibly nasty. It looked like, smelled like, and tasted like, a rotten hard-boiled egg. I don’t know what is actually done to these eggs to make them this way…. But whoever is doing it needs to be stopped. The fish wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but was pretty bad, as is evidenced by Kyle’s throwing up when he had to do it. It was way salty… and really crunchy… and uhh… it’s a whole fish… so.. i had to eat the head and eyes and stuff too. mmmmm…

The other possibilies were “Extreme Hot Wings” which were apparently pretty stinking hot… but I still think they shouldn’t have been included… cuz that’s not really nasty… just… hot. And then ummm… jellyfish… which seemed to be difficult to eat…. and uhhh… bitter melon. Which only one person had to eat, and he assured us it was the worst of all the things eaten tonight. I believe him, simply because everything else he downed effortlessly, and that gave him pause 😉

Now, after this, we thought it was over, and we were done… (a few people were eliminated, by the way)… but no… we still had one more to go… Are you ready for this? Silk worm larvae. This was really and truly disgusting. The idea of it, the smell of it, the taste of it. It was next to impossible to swallow…. choked on it several times trying to…. ALMOST threw up (had no problem with anything else)… but yeah… stood up and ran to the trash can… felt it coming up, but through sheer force of will I swallowed it back down. I mean, I couldn’t very well throw it up and lose after eating all that other crap. That was in fact the only reason I ate the larvae at all. I don’t do things for nothing. 😉

Anyway, I’m hoping that there will be no more nasty things to eat. I think I have proven that I can eat pretty much everything. I only hope they can’t manage to get their hands on anything nastier then that 😉

But hey, I’m gonna get $200 for it… so I guess it’s worth it (note how I have already decided that I am winning. Like I said…. I don’t do stuff like that for nothing. I refuse to walk away empty-handed ;)).

Oh yeah, I got my electric guitar back. It works.

My car also works, but now my little rear view mirror adjuster thing is gone. They broke it… the jerks. So now I am going to have to make them fix it.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I am going to go brush my teeth again… maybe throw up a little bit…. and then go to sleep. 😉

Godspeed.

11 days…
17 days…

Hey there.

I beat Knights of the Old Republic last night.

Darth Malak is pretty stinking difficult.

Took me probably an hour just to beat him.

I remembered today about the luau thing on Saturday.

I forgot about it.

But no one called to remind me about it.

So… I did not go.

My guitar is fixed.

But I have not gone to pick it up yet.

Got a call when I got home from work, but I didn’t feel like going back out to get it.

I will pick it up after work tomorrow.

I have my car back!

I haven’t driven it yet…

But I am excited about stuff working in it.

Hope you have a great day.

-Jason

12 days of actual work…
18 days until the last day of it…

I think I am nearing the end of Knights of the Old Republic.

I will have to play it again and become a Sith.

Being evil is always easier and more fun.

I don’t know why I didn’t give into the dark side this time around.

ESPECIALLY when I found out that… well, I can’t tell you that.

I hate it when contacts are annoying for no apparent reason.

Then you take them out and put them back in, and absolutely nothing about them has changed…

And yet, they no longer are annoying.

My car is supposed to be fixed tomorrow.

I can’t wait for things to actually work on it.

You know, like the lock on the driver’s side door.

I might get my electric guitar back tomorrow, too.

They said no later then Tuesday.

I hope it isn’t very expensive.

Maybe I should have asked for a price estimate before-hand.

Oh well 😉

I am hungry.

I am going to go eat something.

I will post here again… eventually.

Don’t forget to watch (and/or tape!) Banzai tonight!

It’s right after the Simpsons.

So you should already be watching Fox then anyway.

So there isn’t even any effort involved!

Have fun.

Goodbye.


[Edit: BANZAI was awesome! If you missed it… you STUPID!

and the best quote of the night from it? From the baby race ;): “Less sitting more crawling you STUPID baby!”

Ahhh… good times… good times ;)]

13 days of actual work left.
22 days until the last day of it….

Someone should make an acoustic guitar that has frets the same distance apart that they are on electric guitars.

It hurts my hand to make it stretch that much.

I got my new book, Naked Empire, finally.

It is good, but I have only read one chapter so far.

I am going to go read more now.

Have a great day.

-Jason

I wish my electric guitar worked.

I have done that for quite some time.

Unfortunately, it appears wishing does not make things so.

Apparently I will have to get it repaired.

Stupid things that cost money.

Oh, but I’m going to use it to play a song at Oasis in a few weeks I think.

Be there….

Or don’t be.

Your choice.

Goodnight.

“It’s good to see you and your smile
it’s been awhile almost too long
your smell is sweet, so familiar to me
hold me in your arms, please don’t let me go

take the past and throw it away
lets begin another day
when the rain will come again
but i believe i can say

how have you been, do you still see me the same?
I know i think too much and you just want me to say
that i love you, that i miss you
will you please forgive all that i’ve done?
and we’ll start here tomorrow
on the faith that we can become one

take the past and throw it away
lets begin another day
when the rain will come again
but i believe i can say

Take the past throw it all away
I believe that I can say I can say
Take the past throw it all away
I believe that I can say I can say…”

-by Joel Bell (don’t know the title ;))

4 weeks of work left (counting this one)… but don’t worry, i will have like 2 more weeks at home after that. Basically, I am just sick of working 😉

During one of those 2 weeks, I plan on going to Cedar Point. Someone had best want to come with me.

Other then that… I spent the majority of this past weekend playing Knights of the Old Republic (hence the lack of updates). It is a fun game. It is a long game. Despite playing it so much I still have much to do.

But umm… yeah. I’m done. Later 😉

my mr pibb is frozen. It’s actually rather good that way.

Anyway, I got Knights of the Old Republic! I am excited to play it, but first I must go to a Further Seems Forever concert….. good times 😉

See ya later.

Wednesday nights are normally my ‘go to bed between 7 and 8’ nights…. but… not tonight. I decided I would sacrifice my day of sleep to play a game of Monopoly with Elliot and Karen. It was a pretty quick game, considering Monopoly usually takes awhile. Elliot won. It was not a fair game. He landed on Free Parking and got $500 for it like every other turn. (you see, it’s things like that that turn people into official rules only fanatics)…Ah well. I lost first. It was very sad.

The downstairs of my house is really torn apart now. Like when we started playing monopoly… the foyer was completely intact… when we were done… the entire floor was ripped up. It is really weird to me to see it like that 😉 Speaking of which, I am really upset about the living room being momentarily gone from me. I come home every day… and want nothing more but to lay down on that couch…. and watch tv… but the couch is gone… and the tv is in another room… and then i become sad… maybe depressed even. I could watch a movie or something on the tv in it’s new ‘for a limited time only’ location…. but… it’s just not the same. That room isn’t as comfortable as the other room. I don’t know why.

Tomorrow I will get paid. And I will also get Knights of the Old Republic. I am pretty excited about that. But the whole being at work thing won’t be fun. I just have something against having to wake up at 5:40 a.m. just to go somewhere and be insanely bored until 5 pm…. 😉 I am contemplating maybe working friday if they want people to come in. This would help me to decide that I am not going to work that last week before I leave, as I would get extra money… good ‘ol time and a half…. I don’t know though. It is kind of a depressing thing to think about.

Regardless, I am going to sleep now. Have a great day.

-Jason


“I think I’ve seen every star in the sky tonight
removed from the city lights, has never seemed so bright
I know I shouldn’t believe a word you say.
I do anyway, cause I’m dumb like that.

And all the words I’ve given to you
When you smiled I thought that it meant something else.
You were just being yourself, being nice,
you’re always rather polite to me.

You let me down again, when you ignored the things I said to you
If I was scared of you then maybe I could leave
and if I walked away right now,
there would be nothing left for me to lose but doubt.

I Never fell so far for anyone before, never again I swore,
With you hope was restored. You Make me feel like I’ve been torn apart
I don’t like that at all. I’ve lost control

And all the words I’ve given to you, I poured my heart out into an empty
coffee
cup, you drank it up, & left me here to drown, alone.

You let me down again, when you ignored the things I said to you.
If I was scared of you, then maybe I could leave.
Cause if I walked away right now, there would be nothing left for me to lose
but I can’t lose you I can’t lose you

I think I’ve seen every star that I care to see,
but I don’t wanna leave. It hurts when you’re self deceived
I know I shouldn’t believe a word you say, I do it anyway, cause I’m dumb
like
that.

And all the words I’ve given to you
When you smiled I thought that it meant something else.
You were just being yourself, being nice, your always rather polite to me.

You let me down again, when you ignored the things I said to you
If I was scared of you then maybe I could leave
Cause if I walked away right now, there would be nothing left for me to lose
but doubt.
but doubt, but doubt.
there’s nothing left, there’s nothing left
for me to lose but doubt,
there’s nothing left, there’s nothing left
for me to lose but doubt,
there’s nothing left, there’s nothing left.”

-“Dumb Like That,” by Vroom

mmm… food.

The choice between eating and sleeping can be a difficult one, if you didn’t know, but I have chosen to eat and deprive myself of sleep a bit longer.

And I am also writing this as I eat because.. I don’t know why.

A new game comes out either tomorrow or Thursday… regardless, I will be getting it on Thursday… it is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. It is an RPG. I will love it. 60-80 hours of gameplay ought to keep me occupied gamewise for awhile.

And I think on saturday the longawaited next book in the Sword of Truth series comes out. I could be wrong about that, but it comes out real soon. It is called The Naked Empire, and it will surely be awesome, but, if you have no read any of the Sword of Truth books, I highly reccomend starting with the first one, Wizard’s First Rule. It is just better to start from the beginning then to start in the middle and then have to play catch up 🙂 But, it is really really good fantasy… Just under Lord of the Rings in my opinion 🙂 Go read it.

I want to go back to school. Actually, I just want to not work. I have decided school is better then work, at least the work I do at school is at least moderately enjoyable most of the time. That’s the joy of being a communication major… fun (if time consuming) work. And that is why my present job is not a good thing for me…. my philosophy on work is… I don’t care how much it is I’m getting paid… or anything like that…. All I care about is… is it enjoyable? I would rather have a job that I love doing that pays like $6 an hour, then a job I HATE that pays $15 😉 Some people would rather the more then twice as much money… I, on the other hand, would not. Oh well. Just 4 more weeks (plus tomorrow and thursday) and I will be done. There is one more week after that that I COULD work, but I don’t think I will. I still have 2 weeks to decide I guess. I just want to have a week of nothing before heading back to school. Plus, I can celebrate my freedom from work by going to Cornerstone NC. Rock on! 😉

And I had my 6 week performance review today! Apparently I am meeting expectations. So that’s good, I guess they won’t fire me 😉

That’s it for tonight! Be sure to leave me a comment so when I come home from work tomorrow I can be entertained by it.

Godspeed.
-Jason