taylor

well I got my first grade below a "B" - ever.

It was an "F", got a pair of "C's to go with it also.

shit happens, I suppose, I'll have to slack less next semester. (insert rationalization and psychological self defense mechanisms... right about here.)
Anyways, less people would die of stress and heart attacks if they shared my philosophy. "Slide by in the things you don't care about" "and be as good as you can in the things you do care about. It'll all work out in the end."

point one: you can fly radio controlled planes for a living

point two: I also got my first semi-real job ever this semester. Yes, I lucked out. But, I'm getting paid do draw all day.

Like most things that sound really fun, it's less glamorous than it sounds. You try drawing lighters for 7 hours. I must be doing ok though. I get to be a consultant when school starts, and I have a job for the summer locked down.

Hiawatha Christmas. what liberals and city dwellers (usually it's the same thing) are missing out on.

I celebrated baby Jesus's birthday by shooting guns and riding the motorcycle. We weren't the only ones, there were at least 2 other groups of people out at the same time as us shooting, we could hear them in the distance - not hunting, just shooting them at things - wood, dirt piles, pop cans, little clay targets. it's quite a lot of fun.

not just one gun though, four different guns - we own four guns, 2 shotguns, a 30 - 6 deer rifle, a .22 pistol 6 shooter, its very old west; and a SKS which is like a AK 47 only it's not fully automatic. I think it's all hilarious. hoo rah I am such a badass, well except for the whole motorcycle part. that didn't work out well. no serious injury, but my mom thinks its funny to call me gimpy. ahh sarcasm and dark humor I have found thine source.

oh, and check out the gift rundown. dad- knife, tools; brother- knife, tomahawk,and shotgun; me- crock pot,rice cooker,slippers,aretha franklin cd,socks,and underwear. all things I wanted, well except for the crockpot. that was a surprise. yes, its true, my badassery has encreased tenfold.

number of items of camo in our entry-room right now... 10 including the turkey blind.
blaze orange items...5
number of deer skulls...1
chocolate labs...2
the end

things I've learned in the last 3 days.

1. gauze bandages are used for patching wounds because they don't stick to the wounds. paper towels are not used for patching wounds because they do stick to them.

2. motorcycles are dangerous

3. and you can get a job flying toy planes for a living.

there is a guy my dad is friends with who has never had a real job until now. His wife is a nurse and he spends most of his free time building/flying radio controlled planes -slash- being a stay-at-home father. I'll try to make this shorter than the version I heard. He started teaching some class at night school; K-state heard he was good at flying planes; he got paid to consult their engineering team and fly the plane; army hears about him and wants to hire him; he gets a job flying their radio controlled planes that spy/shoot missiles in Iraq - $100,000 a year.

moral of the story - if you're really good at something, you can do whatever the hell you want. (eventually)

well I feel depressed - not so much depressed as apathetic really, honestly world, fuck you. I'm trying to drown my sorrows in High Life, but my head keeps bobbing above water. It's all those damn swimming lesssons my parents made me take.

... My grandmother was friends with the coach from the Arkansas swim team, so, (insert long story), I learned to swim before I could walk.

the end, and I'm going to get more beer.

allan wins another event in the stoner olympics. takes home gold in cooking spicy food from other countries.

avacado gelatto

much better than pistachio

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Late model Dodge Caravans are superb pieces of machinery. They're easy to back into tight spots to load things, because they have big windows in the back and the sides are pretty much straight up and down so it's easy to judge where they are. Turning radius is better than an suv. Great cargo space, it holds a 4X8 ft sheet of plywood, or a bicycle - with both wheels on.

You can't lock your keys in it, it won't let you. If the keys are in the ignition the lock button doesn't work. An awesome feature if you are a space cadet like myself.

And the coup de gras, no one suspects a minivan. You will never get pulled over unless you do something really stupid.

and I actually did ride to soccer practice in it as a kid.

No man is an island, but some islands have pretty interesting cultures, be they a single person or a society as a whole.


The power converter for my laptop cord, it's like a big black rectangular parasite that lives in about the middle of the cord. It has forty different languages printed on the back in tiny gray print that all say "gets hot", and is generally a pain in the ass. I've discovered one useful purpose for it though, a footwarmer.

It's another crazy Saturday night. I'm getting way faded on green tea, and doing layouts for my presentation on Thursday.

By the way, neither "green tea" or "doing layouts" are any sort of drug references. It is actual green tea and I'm drinking it A. because it is warm and I am not; and B. because it has caffeine in it. I am doing layouts, well, because I'm a nerd, and I'm ok with that.

Yes Virginia, you can put Italian dressing on everything.