Yesterday, Holly and I decided that it was about time that our little apartment had a bit of a face-lift to give it some new life. We were getting kind of tired with the way that the furniture was arranged and things, so we spent the time when we were not at work moving all sorts of things around. I love to rearrange my furniture on a regular basis because otherwise I start to feel like everything is beginning to go stagnant.
Now that we are finished we just have to save up some money to get the two chairs that we want to complete the living room the way that we want it. We have been struggling since we moved in to have enough seating for everyone when they come over for things like American Idol or to watch movies. Most of the time everyone winds up sitting on the floor which is not the most comfortable of places to sit seeing as how it feels like sitting on concrete with a thin layer of paper over the top. There is a lot more space in the living room with how the furniture is now put and we spent a LONG time yesterday sorting through old boxes and files and corners to find things we could either give away to DI, or that could just be thrown away. I think in the end we filled up four or five trash bags worth of trash and two more worth of things to go to DI.
The best thing about the entire project was that we had some fun while doing it and got a lot more done that we thought we would. It also eases my mind to know that a large portion of the things that were bothering me because they didn't get sorted through when we moved in are now taken care of. I would also be remiss if I didn't mention that I am a much bigger fan of my office now than I was before this project was undertaken. Now things are in the right places and the stuffed animals and Elvis memorabilia are all together instead of in four different buckets scattered throughout the closets.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Roximus Prime Is Gone
You see, there is this person, Roxy Stimpson, who has spent a lot of time at Holly and I's house over the past two semesters. She used to come over and hang out with Holly on a regular basis and she was the first original member of the Flannyman Posse.
Unfortunately, Roxy has gone home to Iowa for the spring and summer terms and Holly and I already are starting to miss her. Perhaps it was the mid-west connection or perhaps it was the love of "America's Next Hip-Hop Booty-Shakin' Star" but we still miss her.
Unfortunately, Roxy has gone home to Iowa for the spring and summer terms and Holly and I already are starting to miss her. Perhaps it was the mid-west connection or perhaps it was the love of "America's Next Hip-Hop Booty-Shakin' Star" but we still miss her.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
My Homeostasis Is Wack
I think that there are very few people that I know who have ever given their 'homeostasis' any thought. Today I was finishing the reading and reviewing for my HEPE 129 final that I will be taking later this afternoon and I learned all about it. Apparently my level of homeostasis has to do with the balance in my life. It includes the balance of sleep, important activities, stress, recreation and free-time. Well, my homeostasis is completely wacked if you ask me. However, I think that I will soon be able to find a way to get it back into a normal state now that all of my finals will be finished before I go to bed this evening and the spring term is starting which is much less hectic around this town than fall or winter.
Holly has learned how to play RISK in the last couple of days and we have played three different games on three different boards that I currenty own. Yes, I do own three different versions of RISK and yes, I do play all of them. My favorite is the 2210 version because the playing pieces are far more visually stimulating than the other ones. Out of the three games Holly is 2-1, so she is doing quite well. She also created a Conquer Club account so that once she has finished 5 games online she can play in team games with me. It has created a healthy air of fun competition for me, I don't know if it does anything for her though.
I am thoroughly enjoying my new job in the English Composition Office. It is much less stressful than the custodial jobs I will still have to have for the remainder of the summer. There are lots of little things to keep track of around the office, but none of them are especially complicated. For the most part it is just a matter of the sheer number of things. I am still wrapping my head around the idea that the photocopier/fax machine will actually staple things for you as it prints them out. I think that is pretty darn cool.
Holly has learned how to play RISK in the last couple of days and we have played three different games on three different boards that I currenty own. Yes, I do own three different versions of RISK and yes, I do play all of them. My favorite is the 2210 version because the playing pieces are far more visually stimulating than the other ones. Out of the three games Holly is 2-1, so she is doing quite well. She also created a Conquer Club account so that once she has finished 5 games online she can play in team games with me. It has created a healthy air of fun competition for me, I don't know if it does anything for her though.
I am thoroughly enjoying my new job in the English Composition Office. It is much less stressful than the custodial jobs I will still have to have for the remainder of the summer. There are lots of little things to keep track of around the office, but none of them are especially complicated. For the most part it is just a matter of the sheer number of things. I am still wrapping my head around the idea that the photocopier/fax machine will actually staple things for you as it prints them out. I think that is pretty darn cool.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
100 Things About Me
I have seen other people do a similar list and so I decided to work on mine while I was reviewing for my German 101 final and cleaning up the house today. Holly is at work until 5:00 this evening and I'm trying not to burn out on any one particular task if possible.
Anyways, here goes, in no specific order:
1. I will never, ever be happy with not being on time.
2. My favorite color is blue.
3. I can talk about hockey, especially Colorado Avalanche hockey for hours on end.
4. I have had ingrown toenails surgically removed while I watched.
5. Optimus Prime really is my hero.
6. I have always ached deep inside to own a Macintosh laptop.
7. My world would end if ESPN Sportscenter was ever taken off the air.
8. My wife's name is Holly, and she's always going to be more attractive than your wife.
9. I wear size 13 shoes.
10. I once spent 3 days in a hospital with 74 wires attached to my head.
11. I missed all but 9 weeks of the seventh grade.
12. Touching wet glass, especially warm wet glass, gives me the creeps.
13. I am the loudest person that I know.
14. I've won writing awards that nobody else knows about.
15. My first son will be named McKay after McKay Jacobsen of the BYU Football team.
16. I will never think there is a good reason to lie, but I'm just as guilty as everyone else in finding plenty of bad reasons to.
17. I despise the use of laptop touchpads; they bother me.
18. Given the chance, I would read a book cover to cover without stopping.
19. I will never be convinced that Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series is not the greatest fantasy story to date.
20. I think that being lonely for any amount of time is the worst punishment possible.
21. My favorite restaurants is Carraba's Italian Grill.
22. My favorite juice is Kool-aid Strawberry Lemonade.
23. I love Cherry 7-up.
24. Stouffer's frozen macaroni and cheese is my ultimate guilty pleasure.
25. My wife will never own too much lingerie.
26. I only use Pilot G2 7mm pens. All others are inferior.
27. I have used a non-mechanical pencil exactly 4 times in the last five years.
28. One of my dreams is to publish an actual novel.
29. I am obsessed with Transformers.
30. I can't sleep without two pillows.
31. I served a mission in Columbus, Ohio.
32. I hold the mission record for consecutive months served in a leadership position with 19 straight months as a District Leader and no, I would not care to repeat that.
33. If I had the chance I would see every single movie on the big screen. They just look better that way.
34. I have some seriously good dancing skill that nobody will ever see.
35. If I could have any job in the world it would be as an NHL goalie. I wouldn't even care what team.
36. I usually don't win arguments.
37. I spent 6 years of my childhood with unexplainable seizures in my arms, legs, and head. The doctors never did figure out what was wrong with me, and then one day they simply went away and never came back.
38. I have lived in Dallas, Texas; Houston, Texas; London, England; Denver, Colorado; Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Provo, Utah and various cities in Ohio. Of all of them I would go back to Oklahoma or Ohio in a heartbeat.
39. I will never say no to someone who wants to play frisbee; day or night, rain or shine.
40. If I can't be an NHL goalie, I want to be a race car driver.
41. There will never be a day when I will accept the idea that in-laws on either side of a family should have a say in how someone lives their lives.
42. I own one of the coolest Optimus Prime action figures on earth and I honestly believe that everyone else should be jealous of me because of it.
43. I hate clutter. I always will.
44. I would be willing to admit that I have some seriously borderline obsessive compulsive tendencies.
45. I think there is quite a bit of enjoyment to be had in reading Cosmopolitan magazine.
46. I owned a pet frog for five years and then I bought a fish that I made my sister take care of for two years while I was gone. She still hates that fish and its been dead for almost two years now.
47. I might have a cell phone out of necessity, but I will never in my entire life actually want to have one.
48. If I could pick up any habit and never drop it I would want to have the motivation to write in a journal every single night before I go to bed. I worry that someday my children will forget who I was.
49. I watch sports on Sunday, and I think people who judge me for it will wind up in hell someday.
50. I actually own every single Star Wars novel that has been written, with the exception of the one that came out last month.
51. Whenever I finally buy my own house my wife will be allowed to decorate it any way that she wants--except for the office, that will be mine.
52. There are probably less than 20 people in the world that I would be willing to take a bullet for.
53. I chased a girl for 8 years and never actually managed to catch her. It isn't a very good time to look back on, so I don't.
54. I can eat an entire box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese in less than 90 seconds. I'm willing to bet not very many people can do that.
55. I will always think that my last name is the coolest one on earth because it is Irish.
56. I only ever had one girlfriend, and I'm married to her. Cool, eh?
57. I am almost always hungry.
58. My favorite movie is Finding Forrester.
59. My all-time favorite book is "Rogue Squadron" by Michael A. Stackpole.
60. I have always had some of the coolest looking calf muscles I've ever seen.
61. I will be 33 years old when my youngest sister graduates from high school. I am still trying to come to grips with that notion.
62. I like dim lighting.
63. I can count the number of best friends I've ever had on one hand.
64. I am undeniably a Conquer Club addict. Luckily, my wife is okay with that.
65. I love flowers.
66. I think that the cost of postage stamps continuing to rise is one of the worst ideas in the modern world.
67. I can drive a stick shift.
68. When I worked at a pretzel shop I could roll 75 pretzels a minute. I was so fast that the oven could not keep up with me.
69. During my life I have worked at McDonalds, Pretzelmaker, and as a BYU Custodian.
70. There are a few people that I've known that I wouldn't mind never seeing again. Really, not in this life, or the next.
71. I have never smoked or done drugs, but there was once when I had some tequila, so I can't say I've never had alcohol.
72. I plan on building a full size go-kart track in my backyard someday so that my children can be race car drivers when they grow up.
73. I can road-trip with the best of them.
74. I insist on being able to see a clock from wherever I am sitting in my house without having to turn around. If there needs to be seven clocks in a room, so be it.
75. I thrive off of natural sunlight and I'm pretty sure I get seasonally depressed because of it.
76. I made out with a girl on a whim in the back of a bus once.
77. I think that the greatest invention to date is the jump drive.
78. My little sister's friends used to think I looked super hot in my church clothes, but not in my regular clothes.
79. I wore suspenders to school countless times during my senior year of high school.
80. My absolutely favorite food item is a perfectly baked potato. I would eat one for lunch every single day for the remainder of my life if it was possible.
81. If I made a list of my pet peeves, it would dwarf this one.
82. I think that my ties are the best part of my wardrobe.
83. I take loyalty more seriously than any other person I know.
84. Despite everything else, I am one of the most boring people I know.
85. I fully expect to die in my sleep or instantaneously in a car wreck.
86. Outliving my wife absolutely terrifies me.
87. I want to live in Wales someday.
88. I know what my credit score is.
89. I figured out how to wiggle my ears while sitting on my bed after getting in trouble as a 13 year old.
90. Know-it-all's piss me off. I don't even pretend to tolerate them.
91. I find the clicking of keyboard keys soothing.
92. My first love used me. I'm still not happy about it.
93. I had never eaten Strawberry Shortcake, Turkey Pot Pie, Supreme Pizza, Funeral Potatoes, Grapefruit, Watermelon and countless other things before I was 19.
94. I worry about money at least five times a day.
95. I bought the Carmen Electra Aerobic Striptease DVDs for my wife.
96. I almost always need to eat popcorn when watching a movie.
97. In a perfect world I would shower every morning and every night just like I used to.
98. I really don't like to go grocery shopping.
99. If there is a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting on the counter I will eat nothing but cake for every meal until it is gone.
100. The most important: I love my wife. Her name is Holly.
Anyways, here goes, in no specific order:
1. I will never, ever be happy with not being on time.
2. My favorite color is blue.
3. I can talk about hockey, especially Colorado Avalanche hockey for hours on end.
4. I have had ingrown toenails surgically removed while I watched.
5. Optimus Prime really is my hero.
6. I have always ached deep inside to own a Macintosh laptop.
7. My world would end if ESPN Sportscenter was ever taken off the air.
8. My wife's name is Holly, and she's always going to be more attractive than your wife.
9. I wear size 13 shoes.
10. I once spent 3 days in a hospital with 74 wires attached to my head.
11. I missed all but 9 weeks of the seventh grade.
12. Touching wet glass, especially warm wet glass, gives me the creeps.
13. I am the loudest person that I know.
14. I've won writing awards that nobody else knows about.
15. My first son will be named McKay after McKay Jacobsen of the BYU Football team.
16. I will never think there is a good reason to lie, but I'm just as guilty as everyone else in finding plenty of bad reasons to.
17. I despise the use of laptop touchpads; they bother me.
18. Given the chance, I would read a book cover to cover without stopping.
19. I will never be convinced that Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series is not the greatest fantasy story to date.
20. I think that being lonely for any amount of time is the worst punishment possible.
21. My favorite restaurants is Carraba's Italian Grill.
22. My favorite juice is Kool-aid Strawberry Lemonade.
23. I love Cherry 7-up.
24. Stouffer's frozen macaroni and cheese is my ultimate guilty pleasure.
25. My wife will never own too much lingerie.
26. I only use Pilot G2 7mm pens. All others are inferior.
27. I have used a non-mechanical pencil exactly 4 times in the last five years.
28. One of my dreams is to publish an actual novel.
29. I am obsessed with Transformers.
30. I can't sleep without two pillows.
31. I served a mission in Columbus, Ohio.
32. I hold the mission record for consecutive months served in a leadership position with 19 straight months as a District Leader and no, I would not care to repeat that.
33. If I had the chance I would see every single movie on the big screen. They just look better that way.
34. I have some seriously good dancing skill that nobody will ever see.
35. If I could have any job in the world it would be as an NHL goalie. I wouldn't even care what team.
36. I usually don't win arguments.
37. I spent 6 years of my childhood with unexplainable seizures in my arms, legs, and head. The doctors never did figure out what was wrong with me, and then one day they simply went away and never came back.
38. I have lived in Dallas, Texas; Houston, Texas; London, England; Denver, Colorado; Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Provo, Utah and various cities in Ohio. Of all of them I would go back to Oklahoma or Ohio in a heartbeat.
39. I will never say no to someone who wants to play frisbee; day or night, rain or shine.
40. If I can't be an NHL goalie, I want to be a race car driver.
41. There will never be a day when I will accept the idea that in-laws on either side of a family should have a say in how someone lives their lives.
42. I own one of the coolest Optimus Prime action figures on earth and I honestly believe that everyone else should be jealous of me because of it.
43. I hate clutter. I always will.
44. I would be willing to admit that I have some seriously borderline obsessive compulsive tendencies.
45. I think there is quite a bit of enjoyment to be had in reading Cosmopolitan magazine.
46. I owned a pet frog for five years and then I bought a fish that I made my sister take care of for two years while I was gone. She still hates that fish and its been dead for almost two years now.
47. I might have a cell phone out of necessity, but I will never in my entire life actually want to have one.
48. If I could pick up any habit and never drop it I would want to have the motivation to write in a journal every single night before I go to bed. I worry that someday my children will forget who I was.
49. I watch sports on Sunday, and I think people who judge me for it will wind up in hell someday.
50. I actually own every single Star Wars novel that has been written, with the exception of the one that came out last month.
51. Whenever I finally buy my own house my wife will be allowed to decorate it any way that she wants--except for the office, that will be mine.
52. There are probably less than 20 people in the world that I would be willing to take a bullet for.
53. I chased a girl for 8 years and never actually managed to catch her. It isn't a very good time to look back on, so I don't.
54. I can eat an entire box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese in less than 90 seconds. I'm willing to bet not very many people can do that.
55. I will always think that my last name is the coolest one on earth because it is Irish.
56. I only ever had one girlfriend, and I'm married to her. Cool, eh?
57. I am almost always hungry.
58. My favorite movie is Finding Forrester.
59. My all-time favorite book is "Rogue Squadron" by Michael A. Stackpole.
60. I have always had some of the coolest looking calf muscles I've ever seen.
61. I will be 33 years old when my youngest sister graduates from high school. I am still trying to come to grips with that notion.
62. I like dim lighting.
63. I can count the number of best friends I've ever had on one hand.
64. I am undeniably a Conquer Club addict. Luckily, my wife is okay with that.
65. I love flowers.
66. I think that the cost of postage stamps continuing to rise is one of the worst ideas in the modern world.
67. I can drive a stick shift.
68. When I worked at a pretzel shop I could roll 75 pretzels a minute. I was so fast that the oven could not keep up with me.
69. During my life I have worked at McDonalds, Pretzelmaker, and as a BYU Custodian.
70. There are a few people that I've known that I wouldn't mind never seeing again. Really, not in this life, or the next.
71. I have never smoked or done drugs, but there was once when I had some tequila, so I can't say I've never had alcohol.
72. I plan on building a full size go-kart track in my backyard someday so that my children can be race car drivers when they grow up.
73. I can road-trip with the best of them.
74. I insist on being able to see a clock from wherever I am sitting in my house without having to turn around. If there needs to be seven clocks in a room, so be it.
75. I thrive off of natural sunlight and I'm pretty sure I get seasonally depressed because of it.
76. I made out with a girl on a whim in the back of a bus once.
77. I think that the greatest invention to date is the jump drive.
78. My little sister's friends used to think I looked super hot in my church clothes, but not in my regular clothes.
79. I wore suspenders to school countless times during my senior year of high school.
80. My absolutely favorite food item is a perfectly baked potato. I would eat one for lunch every single day for the remainder of my life if it was possible.
81. If I made a list of my pet peeves, it would dwarf this one.
82. I think that my ties are the best part of my wardrobe.
83. I take loyalty more seriously than any other person I know.
84. Despite everything else, I am one of the most boring people I know.
85. I fully expect to die in my sleep or instantaneously in a car wreck.
86. Outliving my wife absolutely terrifies me.
87. I want to live in Wales someday.
88. I know what my credit score is.
89. I figured out how to wiggle my ears while sitting on my bed after getting in trouble as a 13 year old.
90. Know-it-all's piss me off. I don't even pretend to tolerate them.
91. I find the clicking of keyboard keys soothing.
92. My first love used me. I'm still not happy about it.
93. I had never eaten Strawberry Shortcake, Turkey Pot Pie, Supreme Pizza, Funeral Potatoes, Grapefruit, Watermelon and countless other things before I was 19.
94. I worry about money at least five times a day.
95. I bought the Carmen Electra Aerobic Striptease DVDs for my wife.
96. I almost always need to eat popcorn when watching a movie.
97. In a perfect world I would shower every morning and every night just like I used to.
98. I really don't like to go grocery shopping.
99. If there is a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting on the counter I will eat nothing but cake for every meal until it is gone.
100. The most important: I love my wife. Her name is Holly.
Monday, April 9, 2007
Yes, It Is
Well, after getting the first call from the English Composition Office, I shortly received a second call with an official job offer to work Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8-5 during the spring term. I am glad that I don't have to spend 40 hours a week working in the dorms again. I wish I could work a full 40 hours a week in the office, but I'll take what I can get for the moment. I have to rearrange my class schedule for the spring and the summer, but at least in the fall I can have a job I will enjoy and not go crazy over.
I realized this morning that I need to go and get approval to enroll in the next editing class on the list. I didn't realize I needed to do that, but I still have a couple of days until I register to make that happen. I plan on taking care of that either later today or tomorrow for sure in order to get some of the other classes I need to have. Also later today I need to sit down, find the paperwork, and organize which classes I what to take because I have to take them all in the morning and not in the afternoon this fall so I can keep my new job.
The Colorado Avalanche lost on Saturday evening which eliminated them from the playoffs, but I am not too disappointed because they finally meshed as a team during the second half of the season and that means that next year should be good, especially because the team did not trade away any of their promising prospects like they have been known to do so many times before. Joe Sakic has decided to stay for next year and that is great since he posted 100 points once again this season. I'm excited for next season, but I don't have much to follow until October now. Perhaps I'll pay a little more attention to the Colorado Rockies in baseball this season and see if they get a little better this year.
I realized this morning that I need to go and get approval to enroll in the next editing class on the list. I didn't realize I needed to do that, but I still have a couple of days until I register to make that happen. I plan on taking care of that either later today or tomorrow for sure in order to get some of the other classes I need to have. Also later today I need to sit down, find the paperwork, and organize which classes I what to take because I have to take them all in the morning and not in the afternoon this fall so I can keep my new job.
The Colorado Avalanche lost on Saturday evening which eliminated them from the playoffs, but I am not too disappointed because they finally meshed as a team during the second half of the season and that means that next year should be good, especially because the team did not trade away any of their promising prospects like they have been known to do so many times before. Joe Sakic has decided to stay for next year and that is great since he posted 100 points once again this season. I'm excited for next season, but I don't have much to follow until October now. Perhaps I'll pay a little more attention to the Colorado Rockies in baseball this season and see if they get a little better this year.
Friday, April 6, 2007
Could It Be?
My chances of getting a new job yesterday seemed like they were pretty slim and that I was doomed to be a custodian for the remainder of my school-work experience. Then....I get a phone call this morning from the woman I interviewed with saying that they are looking for someone to work two 8-hour shifts, one on Tuesday and the other on Thursday. While it is only 16 hours a week, and I will have to completely change my school plans for the spring term I will not hesitate to do so in order to get this job. I will still have to find other hours elsewhere on campus, probably still as a custodian, but at least I have a potential foot in the door for the fall semester. Nothing is confirmed yet, but I am supposed to get a phone call about it in the next few hours or so. All I want is a new job, really, seriously, that would make a world of difference in my life right now.
The Colorado Avalanche are doing everything humanly possible to make it into the playoffs right now and they finally got their first piece of good luck last night when they beat the Canucks and then after the game the Flames lost to the Sharks. That puts them 3 points out of the playoffs with two games to go. It will be a great finish to the season, whether or not they actually pull it off, but I'm desperately hoping that they do in the end.
The semester is closing faster than I expected it to. Maybe I have just not been paying attention, or maybe it is the low homework load for the classes I am currently taking, but it seems like the semester never really got started for me this time. I am sure it will be different come fall semester as I begin the heavy workload of my actual major and minor classes, but still, it feels a little funny to have 7 days of class left at the moment. I have lots of things to do this weekend to stay focused for the last week of class, including an english project that I almost forgot we had to do, but it is okay, I have 9 days to complete it and it should only take 4 or 5 at the most.
The Colorado Avalanche are doing everything humanly possible to make it into the playoffs right now and they finally got their first piece of good luck last night when they beat the Canucks and then after the game the Flames lost to the Sharks. That puts them 3 points out of the playoffs with two games to go. It will be a great finish to the season, whether or not they actually pull it off, but I'm desperately hoping that they do in the end.
The semester is closing faster than I expected it to. Maybe I have just not been paying attention, or maybe it is the low homework load for the classes I am currently taking, but it seems like the semester never really got started for me this time. I am sure it will be different come fall semester as I begin the heavy workload of my actual major and minor classes, but still, it feels a little funny to have 7 days of class left at the moment. I have lots of things to do this weekend to stay focused for the last week of class, including an english project that I almost forgot we had to do, but it is okay, I have 9 days to complete it and it should only take 4 or 5 at the most.
Monday, April 2, 2007
Let's Start Again
I have never liked not having a routine, but sometimes life will throw a few curveballs and create all sorts of things that prevent me from having a routine from day to day. I'm not sure why I never seem to find the proper schedule for myself when signing up for classes, or why I never manage to find a way to go to bed and wake up at the same time each day, but I'm hoping that someday that may change.
This week is going to be a busy one. There is an awful lot of homework that needs to both be done and reviewed in preparation for the last couple of mid-terms, not to mention finals. There is a project for my English 322 class that needs to be started and finished in the next week as well. I am still not happy with the fact that right in the middle of being on top of my schoolwork I had to miss almost an entire week with bronchitis. I was doing so well for once and then it all got ripped out from underneath me.
My sister got engaged last week, and so my mother is making a 'wedding planning' trip out to Provo this next week to shop for dresses and whatever else is supposed to be planned for. She arrives on Wednesday of this week and will be here until Sunday. Unfortunately for me, I am in class or at work except for in the evenings for basically the entire time she is in town. There should be time for us to see each other though, so I don't forsee any difficulties there. She'll be spending a vast amount of her time with Shyla taking care of wedding plans anyways.
I was noticing yesterday that there might be some benefit to those around me if I was not such an avid fan. Let me explain. While I am a sports fan in general, I am an extremely big fan of the Colorado Avalanche. Normally this wouldn't be much of an issue except for the fact that there are not any other Avalanche fans that I interact with on a regular basis. Anyways, back to my original point. I think it might be less intense for everyone else if I was to keep my "fandom" to myself most of the time, not all of the time because I don't think I have that much control, but most of the time at least. In the end it just makes me look like a little kid I think who doesn't realize that there are much more important things in his life than whether or not the Colorado Avalanche actually make the playoffs this season.
This week is going to be a busy one. There is an awful lot of homework that needs to both be done and reviewed in preparation for the last couple of mid-terms, not to mention finals. There is a project for my English 322 class that needs to be started and finished in the next week as well. I am still not happy with the fact that right in the middle of being on top of my schoolwork I had to miss almost an entire week with bronchitis. I was doing so well for once and then it all got ripped out from underneath me.
My sister got engaged last week, and so my mother is making a 'wedding planning' trip out to Provo this next week to shop for dresses and whatever else is supposed to be planned for. She arrives on Wednesday of this week and will be here until Sunday. Unfortunately for me, I am in class or at work except for in the evenings for basically the entire time she is in town. There should be time for us to see each other though, so I don't forsee any difficulties there. She'll be spending a vast amount of her time with Shyla taking care of wedding plans anyways.
I was noticing yesterday that there might be some benefit to those around me if I was not such an avid fan. Let me explain. While I am a sports fan in general, I am an extremely big fan of the Colorado Avalanche. Normally this wouldn't be much of an issue except for the fact that there are not any other Avalanche fans that I interact with on a regular basis. Anyways, back to my original point. I think it might be less intense for everyone else if I was to keep my "fandom" to myself most of the time, not all of the time because I don't think I have that much control, but most of the time at least. In the end it just makes me look like a little kid I think who doesn't realize that there are much more important things in his life than whether or not the Colorado Avalanche actually make the playoffs this season.
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