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Air Hockey Revolution

So as I was debating going to bed last night, I thought about my pledge to start getting up earlier in the morning each day and realized that I was crazy. I can get up early if I have to but why torture myself with getting up early if I don't have to. So it's back to sleeping until I wake up and going to bed when I feel like it. That's the one benefit of not having a job that I refuse to give up.

So last night, I was re-reading some old blog entries and I came accross one mentioning this Air Hockey game that I have for the Playstation. I forgot I even had that game so I decided to play it last night. This was a super cheap game when I bought it, and you can tell when you play it. It's the strangest game because it's a mix of air hockey and an anime battle game. You take your character and play against all the other characters (3) and then you have a boss level. You move up by winning the air hockey game but there is also some kind of battle damage bar that I never figured out what it meant. I think this game is probably a lot more fun in 2 player mode. But I got to the boss level but he beat me out. I wonder what happens after you beat the boss.

The best thing about the game, imo, is the horrible translations into English and the voice-overs. The person doing the voice over obviously does not speak English as a first language but it's not so bad that you can't kind of figure out what they are saying. I'll have to play it again to quote some of the phrases in the game, because they make no sense. Overall, I the game was fun because it was air hockey and I love air hockey. I have a table top air hockey table that I have yet to use since moving into the apartment. The felt on one of the paddles keeps falling off so I might borrow Susan's glue gun to repair it. Hopefully I can get her over here to play some air hockey sometime. It is, by far, the best table game ever.

This reminded me of playing box hockey when I was growing up. Did you know that I was the undisputed neighboorhood champ of box hockey? I even went to some kind of kid's championship thing but I don't remember how well I did there. I do remember that they had a different kind of box hockey set so I blame that. :)

Alright, well I think I'm going to go to ShopKo this afternoon and probably hit HyVee to see if the lean pockets are still on sale. Mmm.. lean pockets.

Shopping!

Man, I never realized that shopping could really wear you out. I mean, I had a good time hanging out with a couple friends and all that today but I think I reached my shopping max for one day.

This afternoon I went and got Amber and we went shopping. We hit Target, Bed Bath and Beyond and Famous Footwear. I got new shoes and they are super awesome. They are Nike Hazard shoes and I just couldn't leave them at the store. Oddly enough, I went down a half shoe size, which was interesting. I think I just have weird feet though, were the full size is almost too small and the half size up is a bit too big. I really like them though so I have to get them broken in. These are my early Christmas present from my grandparents. I like presents, as it turns out.

I got home from all that fun around 5:15ish (?) and Susan called me and said she was heading my way, but it really ended up taking her an hour since she got trapped in some work discussions and didn't get to leave on time. Then we went to dinner at Boston Market followed by spending a lot of time at Dollar Tree and the other Target in town. So I got to go to both Targets today. I was dismayed by Dollar Trees lack of taking credit cards, it just seemed odd to me to go into a store that didn't take credit cards of any kind. So Susan ended up having to write a check for me but I think we are pretty much settled up now. We bought fun stuff for the party on Saturday and I'm really excited for it to happen. It should be a lot of fun and you should all get a nice update about it. I'm still tempted to get people to do an audio blog with me, so all you people that are not in the area to attend can get a small amount of virtual cheer.

Then I got home a messaged a bit with Jaxtor and I'm so happy to report that she is finally back online!! I missed my chat buddy, yes I did.

So now I'm really tired and thinking I should go to bed, which I said I was going to do about an hour ago. I have to do some more cleaning tomorrow and probably hit Walmart or ShopKo to find some kind of table runner. I'm thinking ShopKo will be the more tolerable of the two.

I think once the rush and hustle of the holidays are over, I'm going to be ready to refocus on baseball training and finding a job. So be looking for updates to those topics in a couple weeks. Night all!

Yogurt Covered Morning

So I decided last night that I need to slip out of my nocturnal state and go back to being awake during the day, for the most part. I'm not really sure why, but the thought process is somewhat related to having a job again. I figure when I am employed it will most likely be a full-time job, requiring me to be there at some god-awful time like, 8:00AM or earlier. I know I can do that again, but I can't just go cold turkey. So today I planned to get up at 8, but ended up really getting up at 9. I figure over the next couple weeks I can gradual get that to be earlier and earlier. The biggest problem is, though, that I still don't really have anything to do. So I'm awake earlier but it really doesn't make much of a difference.

The apartment is pretty much cleaned up now, just a couple things in the living room that need to be put away and then some dusting and vacuuming. I'm planning on doing the floors either tomorrow or Saturday afternoon. The place isn't as clean and perfect as I want it to be, but it does have a nice lived in feel right now. I think that's my goal for the rest of 2003, to get my apartment organized and super clean. It's so much nicer to come home to a clean apartment than a messy one, for me anyway.

I also noticed recently that my blog entries are becoming more disjointed and seem to lack any real substance. Or maybe it just feels that way to me. I suppose I never claimed to have a theme to my blog, so really, I don't have to worry about sticking to one. I'm still thinking about revamping the site as I have some new ideas now. We'll just have to see how things go though.

Oh and I had yogurt for breakfast, Strawberry Banana, in case you were wondering about the title.

Blogs

Does anyone else sometimes get this feeling that having a blog becomes some kind of necessary evil? I have this feeling that I have to update this everyday or something weird will happen. Actually, I just feel obligated to keep going with this, since I have been doing so well about remembering to come post and all that.

I suppose I could mention more things that would have meaning at a later date. It might be cool to come back to this post, say, six months from now and see how different life is.

So, reader from 6 months in the future, this post is for you.

I am currently jobless but I have prospects that I am looking in to. The holidays are right around the corner and I am greeting them with a mix of excitement and dread. I really do love the holidays but sometimes I wish they would just come and go. Have some fun but move past them and into the future.

I want a lot of things to change in the next six months, and I hope for them all to be for the better. I'd like to work on understanding further my place in the world and I'd like to find someone I can share this with. I want to be employed again and enjoying life.

In six months (June 17th, 2004), I should be going to a baseball game. I can't wait to start going to baseball games again, they are a lot of fun. Really, six months isn't that long from now. The last six months really flew by.

I still need to make a list of goals for 2004. I think it's important that I start doing this for real and actually working towards these goals. I need to keep reminding myself of what I want to do, but my biggest problem is that these things keep changing on me all the time. There are so many things that I want to do and try. I was thinking last night about how there isn't one thing in life that I'm particularly well skilled at, but then I stopped to think about that for a minute. I may not be an expert at any one thing, but look at all the things I can do and enjoy. I guess even if I don't have a room full of trophies, I can still have an enjoyable, fulfilled life. It's how you feel about things that truly matter, not what other people say.

Anyway, I've started to ramble so I'm cutting myself off. Bye everyone!

6 Months

Today is the 6 month anniversary of what turned out to be a historic day, in my life anyway. Six months ago I, not only did I quit my job but it was also the first night I went to a Saltdogs' game. Many things have changed in the last six months and I like to think that I have grown a lot mentally over this time period. There sure are a lot more things left for me to work on, but at least I know I am heading in a positive direction over all.

On another note: Happy Birthday FJ! Woo! Birthdays rule.

Hello

Sometimes it's hard to come up with a title for my posts, so I have a set few that seem to rotate on a regular basis. I don't have to put a title in, I know that, but I don't like how it looks without one.

I haven't accomplished much today outside getting the dishes washed and cleaning a bit in the kitchen. I still have a bit of cleaning to do since I'm having people over Saturday night for what I hope becomes my annual holiday gathering. I really do enjoy hosting parties and having people over. There's something nice about spending an evening with your friends, chatting and enjoying some nice drinks and food. A good time should be had by all, I hope. But I need to get this place into shape and maybe get some decorations up. It will feel more holiday like around here if I actually do that.

I am almost finished reading Skipping Christmas by John Grisham and I believe this is going to become a new holiday tradition for me to read each year. It's really an interesting little tale about an older couple who's grown daughter goes away to Peru with the Peace Corps and they decide to skip Christmas for the year. They make arrangements to go on a cruise and refuse to do any decorating or have their annual Christmas Eve party. There is a big fuss in the neighborhood because each year everyone puts up a giant snowman on their roofs and they compete in the holiday decorating contest with other neighborhoods. Of course the couple in question are not going to decorate for Christmas and refuse to put up their snowman this year. It's a pretty good, quick read. I enjoy reading it so I guess that's all that really matters, right?

Maybe I'll force people to leave an audio blog at the party, *grin*. It could be interesting, don't you think?

Update

I did laundry today and watched Finding Nemo again, it's a cute movie. Did a little light shopping with my mom but didn't end up buying anything.

Not much else to report. Have to start cleaning tomorrow and other such boring things.

Later everyone!