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08.19.03 Ho ho ho. Day after my first interview. Sucks cause admittingly I have one strike against me according to the detective because I revealed that I gambled on some parlay sheets last football season. Of course they were only $5 at the most so it's minor but he said if anything else comes up then I'm disqualified. Pretty crappy how I spent most of my life not doing anything hugely bad only to be taken down because I threw some money away. But hey I guess that's the way it is.
08.15.03 Up late at night again watching Chasing Amy. Yes, I don't know why I'm watching it again, it's either that or Hackers, or Goonies. All have great dialogue. Well I got an appointment on Monday to go over my background information, pretty much the third step to my job. A few hours ago, since it's about half past midnight, I went out to Buca di Beppos, stuffed myself, had two beers and am all better now. My stomach felt filled but now no, thought I ate alot too but when I weighed myself I was the same weight. Gotta get faster, stronger and heavier, by at least 10 pounds.
08.11.03 Tired, expired, and cracked. Who am I, I am me. Whatever, wtf am I writing. Anyway, today was a hell of a day. Well not today, but the tenth, Sunday. Went to bed at around 10pm on Sat to get up at 5:50am on Sunday. Unfortunately I woke up about three times during that sleep, once to drink water, once to pee, and once cause I had a hard time sleeping. Anyway, woke up and drove my ass down to Waipahu for a round of testing and orientation that took me to 2:45pm. Yeah yeah baby. At least now I have a tentative schedule as to what to expect. Gotta be pumped and primed for my physical by Jan 10, well as long as I pull through all the psych exams and further stuff. Problem is, I was somewhat scheduled to go Vegas and come back on that day. Don't know what I'm going to do now. Plans aren't finalized so I have time to figure something. Everything has to work around my testing and appointments now. Oh and on Sat I got a gold crown on a molar, so I'm worth money now, LOL.
08.01.03 Well just to keep you up to date, I drove all the way to Kapolei for the second day in a row. This time nothing was wrong with the car but my sis, in all her glory, failed her test. Argh. Something about speeding, which I know was not learned from me as everyone tells me I drive slow.
07.29.03 Hey hey hey it's me me me. Anyway I'm off in a little while to go workout at my friend's place. Yeah still in the getting in shape, and getting stronger phase. Got my score for my test back last week, 140 out of 160 not bad, passing. Next test is on Sunday from 7:30am and it's for 6 to 8 house. Yeah when I think about it, that is long. Biceps still 12", chest 35", waist 27", hips 31". Um, dunno, I just felt like putting that. Guess for comparison reasons later on.
07.21.03 Look, another blog update. Wow. Well the last one was at around three o'clock in the morning and this one is at ten at night so there ya go. Anyway watching Chasing Amy again, one of my favorite movies. So many great issues and dialogue. So anyway here's a new scoop: On Friday my sister was leaving the house when my dad told her to get back in the house because she, apparently, didn't clean her room. Halfway down the stairs already she yelled "No!" at him. He did the typical "What?!" then slammed the door. The next day, Saturday, some things were said that I don't remember at lunch, she didn't eat and was doing her sulking/crying thing. Dad was angry and she, along with another sister failed to get their asses into gear when we were leaving my grandpa's house so we left them there. Since then she hasn't been home and I believe my other sister is funneling clothes and such to her as she staying at, I suppose, my grandpa's or uncle's house. C'est la vie.
07.21.03 Once again it's been sometime since an update. My fault, I've sort of been busy. Also had to deal with some confliction of emotions but not your problem so don't worry. I don't enjoy being cooped up at home for so long, I need to get a job of some sort that keeps me busy. Gonna start working out at a little gym, adding some weight training to get my muscles ready in conjunction with what I've been doing so far. My question is how do people run like 5 minute miles, geez I can barely get off a 15:30 1.5 mile one. Well hopefully certain things will tie themselves up and i can get on a bit.
07.10.03 Whew, long time since I last updated. A bit has happened. For one I've started playing Star Wars Galaxies. Yeah I'm a gamer so what. Everyone has a vice. It's addicting but those players that play 24/7 ruin it a bit by leveling up so fast that no one else has a chance in the economy. Anyway, I've watched a few movies since then. And a few days ago my grandpa dropped a car off for us to use so I've been driving with a Corolla (yeah it's Japanese but hey I can't be picky right now, at least until the Valiant is fixed). Just got word today after I got home that my grandma had a fall, broke some ribs and has a punctured lung, gotta take a trip to the hospital to check it out. Hope all's well, can only hope for the best.
06.30.03 Tired, just got back from running. Lowered my time to 15'54". Though the pedometer thing keeps lowering the amount of miles I'm running even though I run the same place each time. Weird. I have a dentist appointment tomorrow and I haven't been flossing so not good. Pain is only temporary. So tempted to buy Star Wars Galaxies. If I see it somewhere I don't think I can resist not buying it even though part of me has other priotities.
06.29.03 Argh, nursing a little hangover here. Drank a bit too much last night. Went to see Finding Nemo earlier prior to my drinking and I'll have the review up soon. Bunch of movies I want to catch but running low on funds. Have to matinee it.
06.27.03 Let's catch up a bit here. Yesterday I got a postcard in the mail telling me that I have to take a test in two weeks or so on a Saturday. It's for this job I applied for. For those that know me, you'll know what I'm talking about. Anyways I hope it won't be too hard, I think it's a civil service exam. 2 hours or so it said. Last night didn't do much but drink and play cards. Drank two Heinikens and they're not that bad. The first time I drank one it was arse, but now I guess it's really not bad.
06.26.03 Been a bunch of days since I checked in here. Anyway maybe you'd like to know that I am writing this from my newly working computer. Yay! Yippee! Like to give a shout out to M and her co-workers for fixing this up. Can't seem to get Half-Life working so dunno how many FPS I'll be getting. Star Wars Galaxies looks better now, thinking of picking it up, don't know though because it's $15 a month! Anyway's my run yesterday was in 16'38" which is not very good really. Guess it'll take a while more.
06.22.03 Semi-long day yesterday. Woke up a little before noon, didn't do much til 6 then I had my cousin's graduation to go to. Kinda stuffed myself on Chinese and had a couple of beers. Then off to meet friends at D&Bs and more beer. Kinda empty at D&Bs last nite, actually there was a bit of open parking at Ward which made me wonder what was going on elsewhere.
06.20.03 Tired, hurt, and sore. That's what I feel right now. Went to the beach today, first time in many years. Ala Moana, no waves except outside the breaks. Seems Summer Fun was there, lots of school busses. And firemen, I think my cousin was there, he put on some weight though if that was him. Did some running around Kapiolani Park again. Made it under 16'39", which is a minute under the time I need. Now I just need to get my stamina up and keep trying to get it lower. Actually the park is 1.55 miles and I only have to do 1.5 miles in under 17'30" so I'm doing well.
06.19.03 Hmmm, what to say today. Let's just say things aren't going as well as I'd like them to be. Elaborate? No, I think I'll won't. Took my dog walking today, started raining so I had to head for home earlier than I wanted to. Then as always when I get home it stops raining. Gotta go to the beach sometime this week. Heavy swells though, not fun for me.
06.17.03 Cleaning, cleaning. Since I have nothing to do I've just started doing chores around the house that I've put off like making the door not squeak, vaccuming, and getting the old toys. Gonna try to get a digicam to take pictures of my toys so I can auction them off. Look for them and bid, there's some really old stuff. Well okay 80's stuff. Please, I need money.
06.15.03 Yeah so it's a Happy Father's Day. Spent the day with family, dinner and such at relatives house. Threw some darts, watched some tv, didn't play any pool though. Nothing much else to say. Watched Shallow Hal again. It may be a shallow movie but it does have a message in it on how we as a society judge based on looks and appearance so much that the inner beauty really does slip by most people.
06.14.03 Bored, bored, bored that's what I am. Haven't done much of anything. Haven't been on Socom for a coupld of days now. Really all I've been doing is reading and writing some short stories. Just took a drive tonight for no good reason. The moon was full still, lighting the night up. I couldn't find an empty place to park so just drove. People are out tonight so there was cars everywhere, and some semblance of popo out. Alright I omit the second sentence of my last entry. One thing I look forward to has been another blood moon. The last one I saw was a whole bunch of years ago and I can't wait for the next.
06.13.03 All day waited in anticipation of watching Pride on onDemand, an expensive price for something that shouldn't cost as much. Anyway down with my rants on capitalism. Some good fights, Fujita vs. Fedor definitely, and CroCop vs. Herring was damn nice too. What was up with Frye though, he barely put up a fight and didn't seem to be trying to escape or fight.
06.11.03 A couple of days since my last entry. Doesn't matter since no one reads this anyway :P Let's see it's a state holiday today, Kamehameha Day. Don't call it Kam day cause that's pretty rude. Last nite my friends and I went on a video scavenger hunt. Pretty fun, something new to do. Made a bit of fools of ourselves. I don't like the sound of my voice recorded. I always wonder "Do I really sound like that?" I guess I'll never be able to tell unless I can transport my mind into someone else's body and hear me speak. It was a nice nite :P, in addition to the almost budding moon. Maybe it'll be full on Friday. Yay a full-moon Friday the 13th.
06.08.03 Tired, my body is tired still. Not enough sleep. Went to Ryan's last nite, hit D&B's for a bit then off to Reign. Ryan's was normal, decent food, had a couple of Killian's. D&B's bustin the shit as usual. They really gotta put curfew in there, it's all crappy now with kids running around at night. While strolling down Ward trolleys kept passing with Project Grad kids, honking and making a general disturbance. But hey I guess it's party time for them. First time going to Reign. Didn't seem that bad a nightclub, cover charge was a bitch of $7 though. I don't see how nightclubs circumvent discrimination laws by charging more for guys than for girls. Sexism. Yet there are a lot of sucker men who I assume go to this place packing it in and blocking the way trying to get their "game" on. Anyway, enough ranting.
06.04.03 Well it's been awhile since my last update. Nothing new happened really. Been staying home and not doing much since I graduated. Turned in an application and waiting for reply *crosses fingers. Trying to get back in shape. I printed out some workout's from Men's Fitness. Mostly stuff where I don't have to use weights, calistenic types. Started running a bit to get my cardio up. Not much else to say. Maybe go Ocean's again tomorrow nite. Nothing to do so I think I'll finally start working on getting the Valiant running. My grampa's old 1967 Plymouth. Transmission is busted, electrical needs work, new battery. Probably change the wiring and tubing and what else not.
05.30.03 Went Ocean's last nite. Was nice til it started to get crowded as usual. Don't these people have work or school to go to the next day. Feet and legs hurt from standing up the whole nite. Yeah so I was dancing a bit but my feet still hurt. Back hurts a bit too. Long nite, hope everyone I drove got to school or work on time.
05.27.03 Had to change the oil in the car, then took a trip to Haleiwa. It's pronounced Ha-leh-ee-va, unlike the host of that Food Network show who pronounced it Ha-lei-wa. Well at least growing up here that's how it was pronounced. Tiring drive. The scenery is nice but monotonous.
05.26.03 Suxors once again. I think I'm cursed. Let's start from the beginning around last year. I decided to make a new computer. I won some parts from ebay, a cool Lian-Li aluminum case, AMD XP 2100+, Asus A7V333, Kingston 512MB DDR, GeForce4, SB Audigy, the good stuff. Put it together, throw in XP Pro and, I should have known when it had a hard time installing, it kept shutting down unexpectedly. The whole computer would just shut down for no apparent reason. After a while I gave up and let it sit around til I got an influx of cash just a while ago and decided to resurrect it. A friend of mine diagnosed it as the problem being either the processor, motherboard, or memory being fried. I bought a new motherboard, Asus A7N8X, in hopes that the motherboard is what's fried and the processor is alright. I had my friend install the hardware and they noticed scorch marks on the processor. Then they told me that my new 500+ power supply was defective and that I should return it. So what was supposed to be a more economic computer for me is turning out to be a bigger hassle and cash monkey. Might have to buy a whole new processor which will set me back more. Maybe I should have went Intel.
05.23.03 Yay. Let's see what did I do yeesterday. Hmmm, daytime - absolutely nothing. Nitetime - Ocean's. Once again another Thursday nite at Ocean's, which from what I've garnered seems to be the only place on Oahu that is going on on Thursdays. There are other places I guess, but most people don't want to go there. Ocean's seems to be the place. Prior to the line starting Ocean's is a good place, but once they start filling it past the capacity it gets way too crowded to even scratch your nose without poking someone. The bathroom, as always hit it as soon as possible, gets a line for the men. What's up with that? When is there ever, besides sporting events, a line for the men's bathroom? $2.50 Corona's can't miss though, I had a bunch and just chilled. Stayed til about midnite then digged out, nothing spectacular. No fights, no awkward situations, no alcohol spilled on me like last time. Oh well.
05.18.03 Yes yes I graduated. No biggy on my part. People think it's a big deal but it's merely another chapter. Sure many do not get this far but a good amount do. I have no idea what I'm going to do with my life. I am considering putting in an application for the police department but have been unable to get ahold of the forms. Some say I should have had a job lined up before I graduated. To those I say, "Good for you." I, however, am not really keen on growing up. Sometimes I am but the rest of the time I just want to do nothing. Well not nothing but nothing that is capable of sustaining my lifestyle. If there was a job I could find that I really would love to do that would be great. I would definitely not mind playing games all day, like say reviewing or beta testing. Something where I get paid to do something fun.