Monday, January 23, 2006

insomnia and high fidelity

I'm back...not to be confused by my last post
-people don't agree with what I say...well, it would appear to be more of them not agreeing with what i did, since my last post was a review of what i did in 2005.
-I guess I should run a spell check on this before posting it...hm.....champagna.......champagne...
-the month of January 2005 sparked some drama and I'd like to apologize to Megan for what I said.

Megan, I'm sorry for what I said.
And going off of that, I think I would like to reword what I said in my last post...or actually, restate it in a way that i think everyone would agree would make better sense in what I say....wait, no, I'm not going to talk about that on here...I will be sending you an e-mail though...

moving on...

I would like to give further meaning to the title of my blog.

Over the past month, I have been dealing with going to bed a reasonable hour, but not able to fall asleep for another 3-4, sometimes 5 hours after laying there. I have tried everything...listening to music, watching TV, making my room completely pitch black, flipping my mattress over, not have caffeine 4-6 hours before going to bed, making my room cooler....I tried it all, only to still not be able to fall asleep without laying there for at least 3 hours. After researching this, I have concluded that I have a slight case of insomnia. I even tried working out...yes, i said it, I worked out...even after working out and being completely exhausted, I still would just lay there for hours...I also discovered that when my alarm would go off, I would wake up, hit the snooze and then not wake up again for another 3-4 hours later, not hearing my alarm going back off at all the 2nd time. The research I did, suggested either taking some medication, increasing my sex life, and cutting caffeine out of my diet entirely...now lets be honest, i can't take medication that costs tons of $$$ that I don't have, I can't increase a sex life that doesn't exist, and caffeine=no starbucks.....oh hell no to the caffeine bit...My cure for the next few days will be to take some sleeping pills at 10PM so i can get my body on a regular sleeping schedule....

Next I would like to bring up the next thing on my mind. High Fidelity. not just the movie (which is so funny and i'll comment on that in a moment) high fidelity is defined as
1. the electronic reproduction of sound, especially from broadcast or recorded sources, with minimal distortion.
2. the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion
basically, it would be a sound that sounds good....I was intrigued by this considering that I did not know the meaning of the word fidelity nor what high fidelity meant. Why don't we use this in our everyday language?....."man this radio does great at high fidelity".....or...."hey, your computer plays music with great high fidelity"....

You ever have something that you know will just make you laugh out loud no matter how bad of a mood you are in?...well I know of 2...no 3 things that have that affect on me....
1)in the movie High Fidelity, there is a scene where John Cusak plays out 3 different scenarios of how he would love to kick this guy's ass. This guy, Ian, is who John Cusak's character's girlfriend dumped him for. It is amazing. One scenario, John cusses the dude out. Second scenario, John's co-workers have to hold him back before he fights him. The third scenario is the best, John's co-worker smashes the phone across Ian's face, knocking out several of his teeth. Then John, Jack Black, start to kick Ian while he is down and then the dude that used the phone (who is the smallest of them all) grabs the air conditioning unit out of the window and smashes it on Ian's face. Then it goes back to showing Ian leaving the store, while John never touched him. I laugh so hard watching...I'm laughing right now just thinking of it.
2)StrongBad e-mail: caffeine. This one is a classic!
3)The insanity test. You know, where you have to look at this racecar and not laugh for 1 minute while this cartoon sounding dude makes the sound of a go-kart. Hilarious!

In other news....
-I'm moving!...its like about 4 blocks away...it is a cheaper house that is bigger and better.....and won't have neighbors upstairs who must run for the French 4 X 100 Olympic team.....They seriously love to run back and forth at all hours of the day and night through their apartment. You'd think they'd lose their breath considering they smoke and Adam and I see them smoking outside all of the time.
-I'm currently taking 2 classes this semester....Studio Recording and Intro to Web Design. I'm excited about learning HTML, so expect some changes to my blog...I will test some things on here before sending them in for my class.
-I am visiting Harvester for a possible internship in 2 weeks. Please keep this in your prayers. I've been really looking forward to getting down there and I think it would be for the best.

Other than that, things are going really well for me right now. Started a new workout program earlier tonight...so expect me to quit after 2 weeks.....maybe 1 1/2....no, I've really got motivation this time around...also joining an intermural dodgeball team in a few weeks, so yeah, gonna have fun w/ that....work is still work, who knows when anything will be finished with Reality Trip...I enjoy the paycheck though, so can't complain too much more....well i could, but that won't change anything, so no point in wasting my breath.

So yeah, thats it...oh and Steelers are gonna win the SuperBowl, and I've got tickets to St. Louis Cardinal games!...well, will have in 1 month!....oh, leave for Florida, Week-of-E 2006....look out! um, thats really it...nothing more....guess we'll see who i piss off with this post...

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

2005.....now here is 2006!

well, here we go, here are the events that happened in 2005. As I sit here listening to New Year, by Death Cab for Cutie, I decided to do a 'year in review' sort of thing for this post...not all of the moments are memorable, but some just happened...(most of these events are in my blog archive if you wish to read up on them)

2005
January
-I became single...a blessing in disguise...(yes megan you made it in this post, don't expect it all of the time...please don't e-mail me telling me how much you hate it, it won't change anything, and please don't text message me telling me how many new seasons of friends you got, thanks, hope all is well and good day to you)

February
-Single's Awareness month sucked the life out of my already lifeless soul
-I started this blog
-in my first post, i got free food and visited rae in the E.R. (fun times!!!)

March
-I spent my spring break in lincoln and worked...that sucked!
-Reality Trip is announced
-Lucas started a new ministry (miss ya dude, hit me back up about that concert)
-I think "change" sucks
-I was blessed more than ever before...I lead a group to Florida for Week-of-E to work for Habitat for Humanity. We dry-walled, roofed a house, and put in windows...so much fun!

April
-I broke the Happy Bridge
-I started to ride bikes through the streets of lincoln around midnight.

May
-Wisdom teeth are cut out...anyone in Logan County remembers this day...i was so drugged...it was such a great time for all...
-Move into my first appartment!
-Go on float trip in the ozarks w/ my buddy jeremy and some people from Mizzou
-I worked on Memorial Day

June
-went on first date since becoming single...not what i expected...
-Reality Trip
-was the Director of Photography of a reality TV show

July
-recovered from traveling for 3 weeks straight
-Went to Cardinal's game and was in an accident on the way back
-start working on post-production work on Reality Trip

August
-went on the most amazing tubing trip in the history of tubing...read my post about it...on August 8th, "tubing...well not exactly"
-Turned 23! we BBQ'd and had an awsome time hanging out
-Rae moved in upstairs and the little 2 story house on 7th street in lincoln will never be the same
-My last semester of classes started (or so i thought)
-still working on post-production for Reality Trip

September
-VBall season starts and i put lots of miles on my car...fun times traveling w/ the guys...
-still working on post-production for Reality Trip

October
-I begin to get sick and tired of all of the drama that is around me
-still working on post-production for Reality Trip

November
-fork out $1100 for my car to get fixed...oh how i hate you Intrepid!
-went through hell trying to get home for Thanksgiving...I still made it home though...
-still working on post-production for Reality Trip

December
-It snows
-I decide to stay at LCC for another semester before going on internship (only God knows what is next for me)
-Christmas w/ the fam. good times
-still working on post-production for Reality Trip

New Year's Eve
-went to st. louis to hang w/ jeremy
-boxer run at mid-night
*word of caution* don't chug your glass of champagna and then run up the block...the champagna doesn't set well...
-played poker forever...i stayed alive for quite awhile...


Since 2006 has started, i've slept, relaxed, and hung out w/ one of my best friends, all doing so in st. louis....hoping to be there in 5 1/2 months...lets pray for this!
I'm really excited about what God has in store for me this year! should be great!...lots of goals have been set spiritually, so here I go!

Something to look forward to in my future post:
-I'll post what i had typed up from Christmas...it will be like Momento, the story backwards...should be fun..
-I want to know if it's true what they say: "you can get fired from your job if you blog about it"
-I'm falling in love w/ new music everyday and keep finding some sweet bands
-Concerts are coming up!

Things to look forward to in 2006
-concerts
-week-of-e in Florida
-Internship
-Graduating
-moving out of lincoln
-Reality Trip should get finished
-getting a new car

let me know which moment/memory of mine from 2005 was your favorite.