This past weekend was one of the best in a long time. Not only did we have no classes Thursday and Friday because of Yom Kippur and Fall Break Day, it was also Amber's and mine three year anniversary AND both of our roommates were gone for the weekend (as well as over half of campus) The easiest way to make sure I don't forget anything is to write about it day by day, so here goes:

THURSDAY:
The first day of our vacation started out a little rough, but got much better. First of all, Lakeside Dining Hall was closed for break, so our only food option on campus was Cooper, which we both dislike. We made a vow not to go to Cooper once over break and we actually managed to pull it off. Starting with Thursday, we went to Arby's for lunch to try their new Mac n' Cheezers.

I got the idea of going to Carousel mall sometime that weekend, and Amber thought that Thursday was a good a day as any to go. We ended up getting slightly lost on the way there, I forgot that I had to take exit 9S off 481 to get on 81 but a friendly cop got us back in the right direction.

We spent pretty much the entire day at the mall, going to tons of different places. I got a pair of skull candy ear buds and a` mini iPod speaker at FYE which were both on sale. We went to Borders and I got the first volume of the new Legend of Zelda manga. I helped Amber buy a book too and she also got a Tarot card set and book. We got dinner in the food court and went home shortly after.

When we got back it was still relatively early so we decided to watch a movie, The Rocker. It was ok, Afterwards I went downstairs to play Uncharted: Drake's Fortune while Amber read.

FRIDAY:
We had decided the day before that we wanted to see a movie that night but we couldn't figure out which. We kind of wanted to see Eagle Eye and Lakeview Terrace, but with the mediocre reviews we found. we weren't sure. We finally settled on City of Ember. For lunch we both had leftovers and whatever we could find in our rooms.

City of Ember was nothing like I expected, but it was really good nonetheless. I didn't know it was based on a book, but I had a feeling it was before I saw the end credits. I thought it was supposed to be this serious action movie, but we still weren't disappointed.

For dinner we got McDonalds, and man that place was mobbed. The place was full of high school kids, but it was to be expected. There was a football game taking place right outside (McDonald's is RIGHT NEXT to the high school).

When we got home, Amber helped me (ok, she did most of the work) rearrange the room. Pics are up on facebook and Myspace of the new layout. Check them out if you wanted to see. It's less cluttered than it was before so I'm pretty satisfied with it. I spent a little bit of time with Amber in her room after we finished and headed back downstairs to get her anniversary presents ready for the following day.

SATURDAY
Our anniversary finally came. Amber got me a bunch of stuff including: 
a tripod for my video camera
a 4 gig HCSD card for my camera
a new necklace
a karaoke thing for my iPod
and my favorite, a t-shirt that says "Vegetarians Rock"

I ended up getting her season 3 of House on DVD and earrings, which we ended up returning because I thought they were diamonds when they were actually cubic zirconium (silly me) . She ordered something else online with the money instead to make up for it so she was happy.

We went to Ponderosa for lunch after going to Walmart (to return the earrings). I also discovered that Axe is finally going to make Shampoo as they had a trial size for sale along with hair gel also made by them.

We watched House that afternoon before going to dinner at Ruby Tuesday which was excellent. The food was awesome. We watched more House after dinner before we both went to bed.

SUNDAY
I spent Sunday morning cleaning up the room because Chris was coming back that night and afterwards watched more House with Amber. We once again had our own food for breakfast/lunch. For dinner, before I went to work, Amber made falafel, which I had never eaten before, and was pretty good.

Work was uneventful last night. We were supposed to have Boys Down the Hall practice last night at 9:30 PM because we didn't have any practice last week since no one was around, but I didn't have one single person give me a 100% confirmation that they were going to be there. Everyone said they were going to be late or were still on the road coming back. So, I canceled it. We watched House again until I went back downstairs and did my usual messing around on the internet before going to sleep.


Man what a weekend! I almost didn't want to go back to regular college life today. Who am I kidding, of course I didn't want to go back to normal!

As for today, there was nothing noteworthy going on. It's Columbus Day so no one has school, except for us. There was an open house today as well so we were stormed with crowds of high school students all day *shudder*. I saw the State Singers in the Campus center food court this morning and thought to myself that it would have been cool if we (The Boys Down the Hall) sung there. Then I remembered that Kris actually gave us the opportunity to perform there, but we would not have been (and still aren't) ready to perform. Our first performance is sometime in November for the next open house. I can't remember exactly, I have it written down somewhere.


So that is the awesome summary of my awesome weekend. Phew...my fingers are tired!

I'm currently at work in the Snygg computer lab and it's slow so I'm taking the time to update my journal since I haven't in a couple days. Let me see...when was the last time I updated...wow, friday, ok I have some catching up to do!

SATURDAY:
As far as I can remember, nothing too important happened. Amber was still gone in PA. and I basically sat around with Chris and Jessica all day (thrilling huh?) I did my homework, took out the garbage, and did my laundry. OH! I forgot, I worked from 11 - 2 and after I got out, my parents had me meet them at Ontario Orchards because Grandma Akers was visiting for the day and they brought her up. They had stuff for me which they gave me there. I ordered my first zonie of the year that night which had to be Macaroni and Cheese only instead of my favorite Mac & Dog Zonie since I've been trying to be a vegetarian for almost two weeks now! Go me! It wasn't even Amber who got me to do it, I just kind decided on my own. Sure, seeing her helped, but I'm doing it because I realized that I gained 3 pounds after being here for only a week and I needed to start eating way healthier! Being a vegetarian was definitely the way to go! Although there are some foods I miss eating...oh well...

SUNDAY:
Amber was still gone and I got up at 10 forgetting that I thought I was supposed to attend the SAPB conference being held in the campus center. I rushed over there half asleep and unshowered and sat through two meetings until I got a phone call from Scott saying I already knew all the info and didn't really need to be there. Wish I'd known that before going! At least I got a cool portfolio-type thing for free for going! After went back to the dorm and we (Chris, Jess, and I) got some brunch we went out shopping. I needed some stuff from Wal-Mart like folders, vitamins, and a micro fleece throw blanket. What?! It's soft and comfy! Anyway...we went to Price Chopper afterwards because Jess wanted some orange juice because..oh yeah...I haven't mentioned it here yet...well it's pretty much common knowledge know...

Jessica is pregnant.

and they're keeping it.

>.<

We've been dealing with all of that since Thursday when they told us. What a mess that all is...oi...I'm nicknaming the baby Baby Douche since Chris is Douchebag and Jessica has been dubbed Douchette

Anyway....I went off to work at Penfield at 5 for my first CLA shift! It's such an easy job, perfect for me! (I'm kidding! I'm not THAT lazy!!) There was supposed to be someone there to help with my first shift, but no one showed up so I basically winged it. Thankfully I had no problems even arise. After my CLA shift, I had to rush back to Scales to get ready for my second job of the night, at Lakeside. 8:24 - 11:24 as DRO, as usual. Actually my hours got changed. I was in at 9 before, but we've been extremely busy so I have to come in every night at 8:24 now. It's kind of annoying...but oh well. I also discovered Galbadia Garden on Sunday, a website where you can download many different video game soundtracks. I got Mega Man 1 - 5 because I've been on a crazy Mega Man kick recently (Mega Man 9 ALMOST confirmed for Sept. 22nd release on Wii Ware!!) and the soundtracks to Mario 1, 2, and 3 and Zelda 1 and 2.

MONDAY:
Today was kind of a fun day. Amber finally came back and I got to give her her shirt I bought friday along with a big House picture I got at the Beyond the Wall poster sale in the Campus Center. Classes weren't too noteworthy, I had a quiz in Math and class was held in Snygg 6 (that's where I am now!!) to learn how to use Minitab (a computer program for working with stats). I had a CLA shift at Penfield from 4:30 - 8:00. Tim from CTS was there to run me through everything I needed to know (what I needed the night before). Everything went pretty smoothly. When I got out of work we were going camera shopping! Amber got quite a bit of money from working the weekend and needed to buy a new camera because her's is broken and mine sucks. We decided to go to the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Fulton because A.) We've never been and B.) They potentially have a much larger selection of items there compared to the Oswego Wal-Mart. I had also planned to get a video camera for use with Boys Down the Hall among other things like marching band competitions and Chris's baby. Before we went to Wal-Mart we all (all four of us) went to Ruby Tuesday for dinner. It was a much better experience than the last time we went. After the long drive to Fulton, we finally found the Wal-Mart, and it was out in the middle of nowhere! Amber ended up getting a 10.2 Megapixel black Samsung camera among a couple other things and I got this awesome looking Samsung video camera. It's by no means a top of the camcorder, but for what I need it for, it will work perfectly. Plus, it looks awesome! Chris also ended up buying something at Wal-Mart...Jessica's engagement ring (and wedding band). She helped picked it out, romantic huh? I also managed to find Oriental flavored Top Ramen brand ramen noodles. Why are these so special? They are the only ramen noodles (in the packages) that are purely vegetarian. The maruchan oriental flavor isn't. Cool huh? Chris ended up proposing to Jessica that night in his dorm room and I recorded it with my camera. Again, romantic, right? *rolls eyes*. I also spent the night in Amber's room because she wasn't feeling really well (and still isn't) until I left around 3 am and went back to my room.

TUESDAY:
We had a fire drill at 7:15 AM, the first one I've ever been woken up by at school. Of course it was pouring outside so were all had to stand outside in our pajamas in the freezing cold and rain. What a fun way to start the morning huh? The Boys Down the Hall auditions were at 6:30 last night and had a rather disappointing turnout. We only had two guys audition:

Cliff Weinstein  - Tenor II
Frank Risole - Bass

I was hoping for more people to show up and they might tonight but if not, we're not too badly off. Our group currently stands:

Jeremy - Tenor I
Cliff - Tenor II
Bryan - Tenor II
Me - Baritone
Chris - Baritone
Scott - Bass
Frank - Bass

Flip recommended that we not do Take Me Home Tonight as the solo is quite high and difficult. Instead he suggested that we relearn Run Around Sue with the new guys, and me doing Ken's solo (he quit the group claiming he had too full a schedule and was in a "real" band now...hrrmph) and potentially Scott's and Garrett's too. Garrett is gone from the group as well (graduating in December) and Scott can't sing as well as right now because of some problem I don't remember. After that he thinks we should work on Chasing Cars, Crazy, Good Ol' Acapella, and Insomniac all previously done by BDtH and not that hard to learn. Scott said I was in charge so I wholeheartedly agreed (Flip knows how much I LOVE Chasing Cars (the song, not the activity). Tonight is the blending exercises to see how well the new guys sing with us. Chris's parents came up to Oswego while I was at the auditions. Apparently they want them to live with them now, which is the direct opposite of how they acted when he first told them Sunday. Personally I don't think it's a very good idea for many reasons. I worked at Lakeside after auditions were over and man was it busy! We're calling late-night Dinner 2 because there have been pretty much the same amount of people for late-night as there is for dinner. This semester is just brutal! We did over 400 people in the first hour! That's nuts!! Jeremy introduced to me to www.televisiontunes.com, even though I already had it bookmarked, I didn't know you could actually download all the TV themes so I've been having fun and going nuts downloading the theme songs for all the shows I used to watch and even the ones I currently do! It's a fun trip down memory lane :)


Well, I've got an hour left of my shift here, it's a short one today, only 2 hours then it's off to lunch! It's always nice catching up on missed days with one huge entry. It's funny to see how much I end up typing when I really get into it!

Oh and Kelly got her eyebrow pierced. Random I know, but I didn't find out until late last night.

I also have been listening to 3OH!3 a lot. Don't Trust Me, their new single is AWESOME! Their style is similar to Gym Class Heroes being a combination of Alt Rock and Hip-Hop/Rap.

I thought of the band name I want to have in Guitar Hero: World Tour -- Wiizer Get it? I like Weezer and I'm getting World Tour for the Wii? It's lame and perfect! God I can't wait to get that game...it's pretty much the only game I care about for like the entire rest of the year. October 26th (yes that is Dome day as well!) can't come soon enough...

Classes started today, already. My ENG 220 teacher, Amy Shore, is awesome. She's crazy and funny and I can tell she's going to make the class really enjoyable. My MAT 158 teacher is ok, kind of a nerd, but that's alright. I just don't like math...lol. I bought three of my books today, $250 >.< I only have one more to get, and it's only $5 thankfully. Man those things are expensive.

We're watching The Dark Knight right now. Amber left since she was tired and already seen it. I'm focusing on my computer, which means just Chris and Jessica are watching, but that's ok since they are the ones who wanted to see it.

I had my meeting for the CLA (Computer Lab Assistant) job tonight at 6. The job isn't going to be hard at all, seriously. I'm just going to be sitting around most of the time on the computer and occasionally helping people who need it. There is quite a bit of set-up I have to do first though, which is kind of annoying. The hours they gave me were terrible, 11 - 2 mon/wed/fri. The EXACT time of lunch those days. I gave up the hours and just have to wait until I get the list of available permanent shifts. So I have a job, but no hours. They took our pictures also because we're getting ID badges for  the job.

The room is pretty good right now, I still have some more posters to put up. The room is kind of cluttered right now because of our extra chairs, but there isn't anything I can do about them. Our lofted beds don't have bars on them so falling out is a possibility. I asked Pete about it and he said they're late in arriving. I hope they get here soon. Chris is so afraid of falling out, he's sleeping on the futon. Well he did last night anyway.

I have three more classes tomorrow: MET 100, ISC 220, and CSC 120 as well as my work study meeting at 3 PM in Culkin.

I'm hungry so I'm going to go make some easy mac and finish the movie or something.

My feet really really hurt from walking around in my flip flops all day. I'm not used to walking so much, so I'm wearing my canvas shoes to class tomorrow.

Today was pay day, I got the biggest check I've gotten at Wal-Mart, yet it's over half gone because I had to buy my parking pass, gas, and car insurance. I worked 10:00 - 2:30. Some guy needed to buy 757 gift cards with $20 each on them. Activating all of those cards took a long time and seeing a bill for over $15,000 was hilarious. After work Amber and I went back to Wal-Mart and I bought my groceries for college.  I also got a haircut at Wal-Mart while I was there. I ran home to get my swim trunks and drop off my groceries. I had dinner at Amber's house and swam with her for a while before going home and relaxing.

Amber's Aunt Leila is visiting for the weekend, and she was there when I was. She's crazy to be around, and Tracie gets crazy when she's around her lol

I was just listening to the GoNintendo Podcast, my favorite gaming podcast to listen to every week. On their message boards they have a page where you can post questions to the crew for them to answer on the podcast. I got my question answered on episode 156! It's not that big a deal, but to hear my name (screenname) mentioned on my favorite podcast is pretty cool! Go download episode 156 of the GoNintendo podcast on itunes and listen to my question around 1 hour 18 mins.

It's 10 AM on Thursday the 14th of August and I'm tired and groggy. I have to work in an hour and a half all day long (11:30 - 8:30) blargh....at least tomorow's hours are nice. (10 am - 2 pm)

My PS2 cases came yesterday so I spent the day (while I wasn't at work) taking all the games off the shelf, throwing out the covers, putting the cases in a box, and putting the games in the case. It's nice to have them all in the two cases now. Keeps them all together and organized. I actually had 6 more games than would fit in, so I just got rid of some crappy ones. As for the shelves they were on, I'm throwing out the black one because it's been broken for ages and I don't think it's fixable. The other wooden one I slid over and am using it for all my other games. I've got my Wii, DS, Gamecube, PS1, PSP, and PS2 (just Final Fantasy X, X-2, XII, and Dirge of Cerberus) on it.

Absolutely nothing special happened at work yesterday, I think. I can't really remember, but I don't think anything important happened. My parents came around 7 and I wandered around with them getting groceries.

I've been going to bed really late for the past two nights. I don't know, I just can't sleep recently, until late that is. Two nights ago, I was up until 2:30 packing for college. I got all my boxes out of the closet and filled them up, stacked up where everything was originally piled up. Last night I was just finishing with the cases and reorganizing until like 1:30, and I watched TV until 2:30. I really need to start getting back on schedule (not that I had a very good one) for college. Going to bed before 2:30 anyway! I have an extremely full schedule for next semester, not just classes. So I need to make sure I have enough time, and energy to get everything done!!

As for my Mega Man endeavours, I beat 1 - 6, but when I got to 7, I had a real eye-opener. It was a hell of a lot harder than the NES games. I got all the way up to Turbo Man, but I cannot beat his level for the life of me. I didn't feel like dealing with it anymore, so I input a password to get right to Dr. WIly at the end, and couldn't beat him either!! Frustrated, I just went on to Mega Man 8. I like how it's set up, being a PS1 game originally, but it's still pretty tough. I just can't wait until Mega Man 9 hits Wii Ware. It's a shame that I won't actually be able to download it until I come home for Thanksgiving, unless some strange unforseen miracle happens where I have the opportunity, but I don't forsee that happening!!

I think I'm coming to the end of Final Fantasy IV. I've beaten it before (on the GBA), I just don't remember how far along I am. I just beat Rubicante and got Edge. So...I dunno.



OH DEAR GOD! I thought I just lost my entire thing I've typed so far for a second. I accidentally went back a page and clicked forward and it was gone. You can restore from a draft that it automatically saves! PHEW!



Anyway, Simon (remember the kittens?) died yesterday. He's been having problems recently, so it didn't really come as a surprise to us. My mom was the saddest about it because she wanted to keep him, and I think we actually were going to, but can't now, obviously. They buried him last night.

I don't think I've talked about this yet, my parents aren't helping me move to college. We've moving in on a tuesday, Dad refuses to close the kennel, and Mom won't get off work. I'm stranded with no one to help me move all my stuff. It's great that they have jobs they have to go to...so does everyone else's parents who will be helping them move in tuesday!! It's no excuse!!  So now I have to have Amber help me get my stuff up there because they won't! Hrrmph.

Tom's check still hasn't come. I'm not worried that it won't, I'm just annoyed that it isn't here yet. It came the first week of August last year and we're almost done with the second. Josh's puppies go home soon and I'll get the money from my Grandma to help pay for my books because I didn't get my scholarship.

I guess today is the third quarter picnic at Wal-Mart. To celebrate the third quarter (which I didn't think we were in yet, but oh well) and the ending of inventory, they staff is throwing a picnic with like really top notch food and stuff. Each associate gets a lunch and is offered their choice between steak or chicken. I'm probably gonna have chicken considering I hate steak! It'll save me from having to buy lunch today!

Star Wars: The Clone Wars comes out tomorrow and I have the time and money to see it, but Amber won't let me. She feels that since it is not a real Star Wars movie, just a cartoon, that I don't need to waste my money to see it., and I should just wait until my Dad downloads it. Sigh...I'm still waiting for my copy of Pineapple Express to watch. I hope someone uploads it before I go back to college!


Hm...perhaps I should wrap this up and got get ready for work considering I have only an hour left!

Hope this entry was imformative and entertaining (not that anyone reads it except my Dad)


12 More Days!!!!

So for whatever reason, I misread the schedule for today and thought I was working 11 - 7 but I was actually out at 3, so that was a nice surprise. I still had time to go college shopping after work instead of having to go tomorrow. When I got out, I went over to Gamestop and got my copy of Final Fantasy IV (for the DS) and headed over to Wendy's to get some food. Also because I knew Amber was out soon. Amber went back to her house and I went back to mine while we both got changed and stuff. She had me come over for dinner and she cooked me a dish with stir fry brocoli and mushrooms and tofu over couscous. We went out to Wal-Mart so I could get my last set of stuff I needed for college. I managed to get everything I needed with the exception of my ink cartredges and my laundry detergent. They just happened to be out of both, so I need to pick them up later.

We went home and watched Old School and just hung out until I brought her home for the night. I did my usual watching TV before going to bed.

Since i'm finally get some response on my questions...I guess..I'll keep posting them to see what's to come of them.

Your question of the day is: "If you have ever played a video game, what is the first game you remember playing?"