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Name: Bryan Patrick Rodgers
Age: 18
D.O.B. 1/26/86
Status: taken
Loves: My girlfriend Vi, drifting and cars, a few great friends, life in general
Hates: Don't hate many things...
AIM: driftnburn
email: [email protected]

Vi has been very great to me and i thank her for that. I hope things go well for us in the months/years to come. she's a keeper. more about us here

Info about my car obsession with some pics and links

Jayson Diaz is awsome

Confessions:

11:48PM
Mon 11.22
whats up yo.  things havent changed much.  played a game in Jacksonville last weekend, and got a goal... getting much more like the old hockey playin self again, so thats cool.  Working a lot at Sear's Automotive now.  dont really like school here, so i've been lettin bad habbits take over, but i'm makin myself go to lab tomorrow, so i'm at least TRYING.  i cant wait to get back and see Vi still.  i'll be in WA for just over a week in  Dec, then off i go on my roadtrip to NC.  it sucks i have to leave so soon.  I'LL BE FINE OMA!  kinda lookin forward to goin on my first big roadtrip though.  gonna be an experience is all.  i started my own insurance policy today, and it turns out its only gonna be $70ish a month!  Man thats a good freakin deal.  i was playin $130 in WA, so i'm happy bout this.   I'm tryin to transfer through Sears to a store near my friends place where i'll be stayin in NC.  that way i'll have a job to pay rent when i first get there.  
    Everyone's leavin for thanksgiving this week, so we dont have any hockey practices er games at all.   i'm gonna get fat chillin in the dorm all day.  I'm workin as much as i can, but when i'm not workin this week, i'll be playin San andreas to pass the time.  its a pretty cool game for those of you who actually read this and care to know.... Speakin of htose who read this... go to bed noVia!!! i love you b, and i really want to see you again.  getting sad and lonely....muah~ g'night b.
2:11 AM
Sun. 11.14
YELLO ALL.  havent updated in a while.  spent all weekend in Boca Raton, we had 2 away games.  Fri's game was wack ( didnt play together at all, etc) but sat's game was good.  i played well, and i'm happy bout it.  Bad thing about the weekend was that i didnt get to have any good conversations with my true love, Vi.  Bad timing/ 3 hour time differences suck.  Things are still great between us.  i miss her dearly, and everything reminds me of her.  I've lost somthin since i left WA in september... and only she can bring that back to my life.  She makes my life wonderful, and i truly love her.  Our friend has gotten engaged recently, and i happen to be thinkin about engagements a lot lately also.  : D   She and i are meant to be together, and i cant wait untill the day she and i are also together forever.    one sad note...*I've decided to go to school in Charlotte, NC at the Nascar technical institue, not because i particularly love Nascar er anything, but its the top school UTI has to offer,  i also have old friends that are goin there, so i'll be able to live with them fairly cheaply.  The good thing about the school, is that it has a great rep., and i'll be done in just over a year.  * another bad thing* is that its almost nonstop for that year, so i'm gonna be sseeeeerrrrriously Vi-sick.  I'm confident though, that we'll be fine.  Time is slowly passing, but its passing.  i cant wait to see my baby again.  i miss her so much.  g'night noVia.  "more than words...."
4:28 AM
Sat. 11.6
Well, sure enough, things are good again between Vi and i.  i love her so much, and i really like it when we have "make-up" discussions like these.  Not that i like having to "make-up" but reassurance is always a great thing.. i love you Vi.   We really have somthing great together, and i know you want to hold onto it the way i do.  One more month, and things'll be much easier for us.  te amo vi, para siempre : ).
8:21PM
Fri. 11.5
In the past few days, things have gotten "wierd" between Vi and I.   I still miss her a lot, and cant wait to get back, but recent discussions have left an uneasy-ness between us.  This doesnt happen often, but when it does, i can only try to talk to her about it, and let time pass.  I took a 3 hour nap today after a short conversatoin with her.  I dont like talking on the phone when there is nothing to talk about but "bad times" or the dispute.  I understand why she may be upset, or concerned, and i want to move past it.  I tried to bring up good memories, and talk about somthing else, but she's still clearly upset, and brought up a bad moment associated with what i was talking about.  I dont want to talk to her when she's like that.  I just want her to miss me again the way i miss her.  The potential in "arguments" like these is often much greater than we realize, so i dont want to risk anything.  i love you, Vi.  i want things to be good again.
1:19 AM
Fri. 10.15
Hey guys, sorry i havent written in a while. things have changed a lot since the last time i wrote although  I still miss my favorite person!!  I'm actually PLAYING on the hockey team here, (everyone here is pretty freakin good) so i'm happy i actually get some ice time, the biggest change, is that i've decided that i wont be going to ERAU next semster.  I'm here for the wrong reasons.  For those of you who dont know, my mom works for this school.  All staff of the university are allowed a tuition waver for their children.  Now this may seem like a really sweet deal, and it is, if you're into the aviation field.  Those of you who know me, know that i am not.   I'm into my girlfriend #1, and working on cars a far 2nd.   I was going to change my major this next semester to Aero Sci, which means i'd be flying planes.  That would be cool, but because the airline industry kinda sucks right now, a back up plan is pretty necessary
    So, i was going to stay another 4 semesters after i completed the Aero Sci program and get my Airframe and Powerplant license.  This means i'd be able to work on the planes as well as fly them.   The problem is that i dont have enough interest here to be happy.  I'm here becuase it was expected of me, and i didnt want to waste the free tuiiton. I couldnt imagine being away from my baby for 6 freakin years.  I would never want to risk our relationship like that for somthin that i didnt care about.  She is my priority right now, and i dont want to take the chance of messin things up.    I talked to my good friend Aaron the other day about what i should do. and he made a great point that if i'm doing things for others and not myself, i will never be truly happy.   So i got up the courage to call my dad (wasnt about to lay this on my mom just yet) and we had an hour discussion about my interests, and he was completely suportive.  To tell my parents that i didnt want to go to a four year university, and that i'd rather get my associates and work on cars for a living, was terrible for me.  But i am very happy that he was able to see things from my perspective and not be ashamed of my decision.  I later wrote up an outline, called my mom, and told her a more structured, logical version of what i told my dad, and she too supported me..  I'm soooo happy now that i know i'll be comming back to Vi for much longer than the 2 week winter break i was scheduled.  I cant wait to get back.  Countdowns have begun... Only reason i'm not on a flight home right now, is that i'd like to get credit for the classes i'm takin so that later in life, if i decide to go back to school, i'll have the credits.  anywho..... gonna go to SPS, and work my butt off to save up. then when mi noVia can move out of the dorms after next year, we're hoping to find a place near her school where we can live together.   I'm soo anxious oma!  wish we could do it sooner, but i understand.  anywho.. its late, but i'll try to write more as often as i can/ remember.
 1:32AM
Tues. 9.28
 I didnt do anything this weekend except drag my ass around feeling sorry for myself.  Woe as me.  I miss my baby, and it got to the point where i was dl'ing music that reminded me of her, sitting in my dark dorm room, playing the songs over and over while attempting to do some calc at the same time i was eagerly awaiting Vi to come back online.  I feel sad.  I'm glad she's having fun in school, but i suspect that when she's up at night after i go to bed, she may be feeling somthing of the same nature.  I know we can do it b!  We just gotta keep busy.  We have hockey practice again tomorrow night, so hopefully, things should be a lot better.
1:51AM
Thurs. 9.23
So we had our second day of hockey tryouts here at ERAU.  I havent actually been on a hockey team since i lived in TN bout 3 1/2 years ago.  I was pretty decent for my age back then but havent really skated since.  I wasnt sure how well i'd do with some of the other players having played all of their lives up until school started here this fall.  BUT... i'm not doin so bad.  I didnt reallize how much i missed hockey until i stepped on the ice tonight. (Still not near as much as i miss my noVia, i love you Vi!!!!~) but anywho i wasnt nearly as comfortable the first night asi was this night.  Getting back into skating is going to help me a lot as far as keeping me in shape, but not only the physical aspect.. Being part of the school team kindve opens social doors that otherwise may not be available.  I have a couple friends here, mainly that live right next to me, but other than the few, i kinda chill a lot, and do hw for the most part.  Playing for the team, and keeping as busy as possible is hopefully going to make living so far away from Vi easier to deal with....."Otro dia mas sin verte".  I cant wait to see her again. We had a good conversation today (phone) as we havent talked on the phone in a while.   She's not feelin so hot, and i wish i was there to take care of her...I hope you feel better soon oma.  I send my hugs n kisses n grilled cheese sandwiches n chicken nooodle soup  n stuff.  anywho.. more story to come soon....i love you b. have a goog night, its late... u should go to bed to. muah! ;-) 
 1:29 AM
Mon. 9/20
i havent written in a while as i've been out of state visiting my girlfriend and some drift friends in WA.  I love Vi so much its rediculous.  when i saw her again i kinda melted.  I dont think any amount of time apart from one another could ever change our feelings for eachother.  She is what makes me happy.  I had a lot of fun chilling in washington that week.  I didnt realize how much i missed everything until i got back and was driving home from seatac.  The city at night is absolutely beautiful.  I hope to live in seattle somtime in the future.  I saw Vi every day that week, and spent some time shopping etc. in seattle with her family.  I also spent a lot of time watching movies and playing games with the old drift/RR buddies.  It was cool bein back, almost like i never left.  I got addicted to fighting games when i was there and bought tekken and soul caliber 2.  Both are a lot of fun. On Fri, Vi was scheduled to move into her dorm. so i helped her pack, and we loaded up her mom's car as well as mine with clothes and other essential items to have at college, and we headed up for seattle at  about 945am.  As we were going through Fife and then federal way, i noticed that my car had begun to start spewing white/blue smoke.  Now, being the car genius that i am, i knew that i was buring, or leaking oil, so looking at my oil pres. guage, i got a lil worried, and we pulled off at the next exit.  after putting 2 quarts or so of oil in, i realized that an oil cooler line had cracked, and had sprayed oil all over my engine bay.  This did not aggrivate me to much, because it was a realatively simple fix, and there happend to be a schucks down the street.  So i got a new line, and put it in at the gas station.  Then i tried to start my car, and i ran.... for 6-7 seconds then died.   I was baffled.  I tried again, and same thing.  SO i started thinking about what could possibly be wrong with my car.  I ended up checking spark plugs... replacing spark plugs...cleaning various electrical pieces...removing and cleaning my air intake...all with no luck in diagnosing the problem.  So i called my friends Matt and Jesse asking for advice.  Matt had the same ideas as i did, but they didnt seem to be the problem.  Jesse, on the other hand didnt talk much about it, and couldnt come up to help because he didnt have a ride.   So after placing a Coolant temp sens. i was upset that it didnt run, and i still didnt know the problem .   I forgot to mention earlier that it was pouring down rain that day.  Not the usual WA rain, but thunderstormy type hard rain.  Luckily i had my coverals in my car and i was able to slip them on for hte several hours i spent working on my car at the gas station.  We ended up having to tow the car back to jesse's where i was keeping it.  When i got there, jesse popped the hood, and using a flashlight drew my attention to an electrical connector that was unplugged.  I had already looked at the same one earlier in the day, but after trying to put it together, decided it wasnt meant to go together.  Well, he fliped one end upside down and voila.  It ran.  I was happy that my car was ok, but pissed that i had spent 200 er so on the mishap that shouldve been a 5 dollar fix.  anywho.. car is back at jesse's and i'm back in daytona.  Vi is still in Seattle, getting used to the college life.  I still miss her, and i cant wait to see her again.. I've been writing for a long time now, and its late, so if your still reading this entry, u should go to bed too.  its late. adios noVia. i love you
6:05aM
FRI 9/10
holy freakin geez man! I'm soooo stoked.  I get to go back to WA for a week.  Classes were cancelled again for next week in preperation for hurricane Ivan.  I"M SOOO STOKED!!!! I cant wait to get home and see Vi.  Man, life is great sometimes.
7:06pm
Thurs 9/9
 hey guys,  i miss Vi.  I cant wait till i go home to see her.  I got a chance to read my friend Jayson's website, and i'm glad i have such a good friend.  no matter how long we go without talkin, things are always gonna be cool between us.   He's a really cool cat, and one of the funniest guys i know.  Its been great knowing him these last 2 years.  I wish him the best of luck at Western, and i hope things work out for he and nina.
11:08pm 
WED 9/8 
i'LL be updating this section as often as i can. This is my first entry, so it will be fairly long as i have a lot i want to get off my chest.  So today i "moved" back into the dorm after bein evacuated on thurs last week.  Hurricane Frances ripped through florida over the weekend, so everything is pretty dead here. Most people on campus ended up goin home for the long weekend....i wish i could've. its only been a week er so of school and i cant wait to go home to see Vi. I'm used to moving around a lot and all, but I'm actually homesick.
For those of you who dont know, my parents split up in May of this year, and my mom moved down to Fl because she the college she works for, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (my college), gave her a promotion.  So she got a small apartment, and a roomate. Her roomate's name is Kris somthin, and he's about 30 years old.  When i first got to her apartment (to stay for a couple days before i could get into the dorm) i noticed that she only had one bedroom and one bed.  this struck me as odd when i considered that her roomate spends every other week at her apartment.  Then through the course of the next few days i picked up on flirtatious tendencies that my mom and kris showed toward eachother.  I got a chance to ask her about their relationship, and she said that it was only friendship.  When we were fleeing from Frances on thurs, my mom confessed that she had a boyfriend.  This was slightly upsetting, but not suprising after seeing the other signs.  After the truth was out, things between my mom and kris became instantly like those between me and my girlfriend Vi, PDA and all.  My mom and dad had always been the kind of couple to kiss in public and show affection for eachother willingly.  I found this disturbing though that she was able to show the same type of affection to someone who she had just begin to date.  My dad doesnt know about kris, and will likely never know.  I feel truly sad for him.  I am angry at my mom for moving on so quickly, and not considering my feelings about her dating so soon. In one hand i'm glad that she's able to be happy after her marraige ended, but knowing that my dad still loves her, and how easily she was able to get over him is very upsetting to me.  I havent been able to tell my sister about this, as my mom asked me not to, but as much as i want my sister to know, i dont think she would be able to keep this from my dad.  The last thing i want is to make my dad feel the way i can imagine he would.  I love my family, but since finding out about my mom's newfound feelings, has led me to question relationships in general.  I had always thought my parents had the ideal, loving relationship,  aside from the occasional squabble about money.  I no longer think er believe that i have one family.  I hope that when i am older i can think back to these times, and see i am wrong, but i fear i wont be.  Last night, i stayed at my moms house thinking of nothing but going home to Washington and spending every moment there with Vi.

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