Below are the 12 most recent journal entries recorded in John's LiveJournal:

Sunday, June 13th, 2004
11:52 pm	sunday out at the clubs so today i completly cleaned my room, matt would be proud of it. I also redecorated, have to get a few more things but then my new motif will be good. ok, so the BECH TRIP is comming, this FRIDAY, im creating a very special email for everyone that is going to come so that way we all know what the DL is, its going to be a BLAST The party is VIP list only so anyone who is comming has to get it approved with me. The DL on the trip is below: Beach Trip This is an annual event and is always a lot of fun so Im glad that everyone is excited to come. Here is what to expect; Friday the 18th, we are departing from Seattle at 10:30 PM (yes this is at night, this is to allow for those who work on Friday to actually come) you must be at my house by this time the caravan will not wait. My beach house is in Ocean Park, which is 10 miles north of Long Beach, WA. It will take us about 3.5 hours to drive, I will have Walki-Talkies so we can harass each other during the trip. Once at my house, I have beds for a few people, and plenty of space to put sleeping bags and sleeping pads on the floor I will bring some bags and pads. I expect that Girls will get beds (5 available) over boys, but you guys can just duke this out when we get there, One bed is only approved for Erin and James (my aunts bed) and then Me + whoever wants to sleep in my parents bed. Ok so then we will all get up around 9 Saturday I think and I will make a HUGE breakfast, for everyone. Then we can go goof off, I can take you to see some cool sites and what not. Go to the beach and play with the ol’ pig skin, just do whatever, then by 4:30 I will start dinner which will be a HUGE feast, lots of sea food, crab, fish, oysters, burgers, salad, possibly pasta, strawberry shortcake etc. then once we are all stuffed we will go out to the beach, till it gets dark, go back to my house and get a fire going, have smores and popcorn and beer and other booze. Once we are tired and drunk, we will sleep in late, probably 10 or 11 eat a lite breakfast and will depart from the beach. This puts us back in Seattle by 3 PM on Sunday. So what do you need to do to partake in this? You need get an email from me that tells you directions and/or what car you will be in, I will have emailed everyone by Monday night that I know for a fact is coming so if it is after Monday night and you don’t have your email in hand then send me a note at johnnym5@u.washington.edu and ill figure out what to do with you. Oh, lastly, I normally ask everyone to chip in $15.00 or whatever they think is fair to cover all of the food and booze for the weekend. (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 12th, 2004
10:57 pm	Tired and Full I went to a Friend's Graduation party, well actually two friends but they are a couple so it was just one party. Im sure gonna miss those guys, off to NYU Law, but at least Ill have a cupboard to sleep in when I go to NY (hopefully in Feb.) It was an execllent party put on by this older gay couple in West Seattle. Tons of good food and Cheese Cake. Im so Stuffed now. Gay folks always have the best food. Im tired from moving all this furnitrue. and I still have to unpack it and all that jazz and clean up my room some. Maybe Ill do that and listen to some music now. Thats about all my excitment. Lata (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, June 11th, 2004
12:21 am	DONE Yes finally, I am done, of course to get to this point I have completly fucked my sleep schedule beyondy belif. So now its 00:21 and Im not at all tired. SIGH, My last paper had to be the most difficult one of my entire college career, and I think that it turned out well although not without its complications. Mainly that the book that I had to write it from was 530 pages long so that took 3 weeks of reading then by the time I got to typing it I realized that I didnt know enough about the book so I had to get more books and read those another couple hundred pages just to understand the book I had already read. Then by the time I get arround to typing the bastard out, have all my notes typed into my computer, the power goes out, now I moved to the city so the power would not go out when I was typing papers, (a common occurance in the country). but no the Devil thought that it would be humourous for me to go around in the Rain to my neighbors with my extention cord begging for electrictiy, see I was fortunate enough to be on the black out line, so my neighbors did have poewer, then I got my computer booted and burned my stuff to a CD and erin lent me her laptop A lovely little Apple Powerbook and I headed over to Yons to finish my paper, cause he is a stud and had electricity and internet, I worked on the paper Till 4 or so and passed out on the couch, got up at 6 went home showered worked on it till 9, drove home in a hze of sleepiness kinda swerving on the road at times. Then I worked on it for another 3 hours tonight. Finally I said fuck it cause Ive typed 55 pages in the past 2 weeks and im fed up with the keyboad. Now I get to Relax. Of course im going to be cleaing out my grandmothers house so I can get my stuff put away and some taken up to Seattle. Its kinda awkward being in her house when it is getting all emptied out now. There is a Sweet Radar Range which is the predacessor to the Microwave, if somone thinks that they want to go vintage in their kitchen they could have it. Its huge. I need to get plowed under, but there is no beer here and no Beast so I must wait till I get back to Seattle. Humm, not much else to say I guess, Im stoked for summer, gotts to get out and bike if people want to bike with me let me know. Ok, I will try to keep this updated but only because I love Preetma and she said that I should. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 27th, 2003
9:16 pm	Can we say Glutton? SO it is Thanksgiving, of couse im at home its the only place anyone should be on this day of overeating. Of course my Turkey week began on Tues with Matt's little shindig which was exceptional and very well executed. Kudos to Matt, and Salt (thats Ryan for those who dont know), Ryan's new name is due to the fact that he wants to have salt (to excess) in everyting. Then on Wed we had a big turkey dinner at my house when I got home, and Im eating pie right now that was left over. Then tonight we went to my Grandma's where most of the family showed up and we had a huge ol dinner. so Yea I will be back at the IMA on Monday with Jim, I need to work out anyhow since Im too weak I think. Tomorrow I must awaken at the crack of the dawn and go to Seattle to make it in time for work and all those crazy shoppers that are going to make REI happy. Fortunatly I dont close so Im happy. But I will be doing lots of HW since finals are just about here. I have to ask myself and others why is it that we must act rude to those that we are not interested in. I guess in the electronic world, (where you a judged by a 89K jpg.) people dont have any consideration for their actions. I think I propose a challange for everyone to be more tactful with those that thye encounter in thier online odyseesys. If you dont find the person attractive then there must be a polite way of indicating such. and if your having a shitty day dont just take it out on whoever. Invevitably it is easier to convey scorn and dislike than it is to convey almost any other emotion online. Also in regards to online folks, what is it with people and their obession with cam shows, I mean yeah I respect peoples private lives and all but I cant say that I would want to date somone who had a history of giving shows on the cam since that is somthitn that they into and will want to continue, the queston is would camming with sonome be cheating? (replies appreciated) My next online rant is those folks that seem to get too attracted and then they are always giving you compliments, I mean a compliment is good a bevy of them however is just kind of strange. so I dont know why it is that people do that or come up with all sorts of names and what not, hottie, cutie, and the rest included. I dont know mabybe im a Cynic. So blah, Its more fun to watch people than to get involved with them anyhow. Maybe I need conversion therapy or something. So Im going to get rid of some of these awful extra hours they give me at work cause finals are soon. Im sick of getting 5 hours more a week than what I want, Im changing my avaliability to less days so they cant do this to me anymore. Im stoked for ski season, although my car is not chain compatiable, so im not sure what im going to do Im thinking about taking our Subruban over Winter Break so that I can Ski on my days off. but we will see how that pans out. I cant wait to try out all of the new gear. I need some Ski partners to go out with. Humm, well I gues that is all for now, Pray for me now at the eve of Black Friday. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 26th, 2003
11:29 pm	This one goes out to the one I love This one is for Bin: so Bin and I got soem quality time togher on Friday goin out to the DMV. Bin got to learn that the DMV has absolutly no logic and will soon be the most annoying GVT entitiy that she is exposed to. So when we got there we were informed (which I had not been over the phone) that you have to pass a test just to get a BLOODY Permit, so blah, Bin has 2 weeks from last friday to be ready for the written test, Yes Im setting deadlines here, and she will have a licence folks. then I had a good outing with Jim and James to Costco where I got many new things and 6 lbs of hot tammales, I need to have some Rad movie nights. We then went to RedMill where I saw Matt' appt mate Ryan, Redmill is Alleged to be the best burger in Seattle and the place was packed the food was good, and it was a good time overall, then I went home got my car and went the the REI garage sale, I fucking go some sweet toys, new pack, jacket, and sleepign bag, so worth working there for low pay. weekend was all work I set up 100 tents today I can set up an REI half dome plus 2 in 4 minutes or less. doesnt that make me desirable? well thats about it. Peace out Folks. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 26th, 2003
1:55 am	Gypsys, tramps, and thieves Well its been ahwile since I put jack into this but I think a little typing would be good, so yeah Ill just put in today. so I got up at 10:30 and said holy fuck to myslef I need to be at work by 11:00 so I get in my car after making a PBJ for lunch and jet off to work, get there put on my vest and start working only to notice that I have the most awful pain in my neck, (a real pain) so I cant turn my head and this pain is bothereing me, so im working along hoping it will go away but no it doesnt, then I get asked by a coworker "why are you in so early" then I look and see that I was totally fucked up and didnt need to be in until 2:00 so I had just put myself into a 11:00 to 9:30 shift, and let me tell you the pain only got worse, and some of the customers were especially snapy so I snaped back at a few, well I made it thought the day offering a moderate level of service to most folks and had some fun with a few others. Then I got home and had dinner (at 10:00) wich sucks cause its just gonna make me fatter. so I sat down and did some email looks like Ill be revoked from Ebay soon since im being a bad seller, but I cant handle Ebay right now in my life school is a little more impotrant. I then messaged Bryan (this new guy that I met through this freindster [eg devils web] that Matt had me get on to) so he wanted me to go over to his place for a party, and I wanted coffee, but upon ariving there was no coffee to be found. but then we depatred for another party at Jacob's house where I saw Josh Kanhn, which was actually cool, and we had a good chat. then I mingled a bit more arround, and what not. had some good times, met a Heather chick who was real nice and alot of fun, I guess everyone thought I was str8 but then some people knew other wise and Hell half the time I cant admit it to myself so I didnt say, and I guess I took it as more of a compliment, but everyone there is on friendster and knows everyone and Its just rather disturbing, and they were going on about Stan (casey) which was interesting, since apparently everyone knows him too. I dont know, it was fun but more so interesting, then I had to walk back to Bryan's to get my bike and all that and on the way somone on the SAE balcony (party) yelled out to me and I looked up and then knew my name and made some lude comments, but I dont know who the fuck they were. kinda strange. got my bike and came home. never got the coffee and still have the pain in my neck and a headache. but im getting delerious and need sleep. Current Mood: sore Current Music: CHER (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 13th, 2003
10:09 pm	Lost, SO a 10 hour shift at work ended with a 4 hour drive to the beach to meet up with the parents. and just relax a bit. SO Im cruising down the road and then decide that im getting close to chehalis and that I should look at my directions to see if my exit is gettting close, but DAMN mapquest decided to choose a different exit to get to the beach and I had already passed it ove a half hour prior, so I decided to press on and find the exit cause you know it would be marked (or one would think) but NO it wasnt marked so I had to keep going then I got to Longview, (really close to home) and 1/2 hour out of the way of my exit choice and the ususal route for my family to go to the beach so I had to go that way so 1.5 more hours for LV to get down to Ocean Park pulling in at 12ish, I guess it was a fine drive but still annoying, then I just chilled all of today (sun). got some reading done not enough but some, took Kris. out to LB park to collect more data for her schoarship and all, then we had lunch and headed back home. My mom decided to ride with me so that was interestign let alone the copilot driving suggestions but of course there wasnt alot to talk about casue nothing is really going on, it reminded me of last summer when we went to the beach together and I was contemplating telling her, all that free time one on one, and nothing to say. kinda makes a person sick that they loose that connection to their parents and all. but we got gass and then got back home. Home is a crazy place, and just so eveyone knows it doesnt wait arround for you to return and then resume its activity, no it just goes about its business in a humpedy dumpedy fashion, I went down and saw my neighbors and all and thy are not at the top of thier game these days either, its sad to see all my grandparents and neighbors grow older now, and to see where I am, and reflect a bit. I really should just come home and do that, the feeling of walking down through the woods where I spent all those summers and winters as a kid is so strange. Time here goes ever so slow yet steady with the distinct summer star patterns and dry crunchy grass, Inevidably no time to spend just playing like I used to have to rush from here to there checking on my electronic correspondences and preparing for school. My neighbors were doing well tho and we had a good chat and talked about my wine and what ive been up to just like old times, and they asked if I was dating anyone, (girls) which seemed to be the topic of the weekend amoung the folks and relatives. I dont know what is up there, but yea, and I broke the news that Erin is living in the house to the parents they didnt really care at all, (which they shouldnt), but yea of course they all think that Erin and I are gonna get togther or as my Aunt puts it, "when the Cat's away the mice will play" not exactly folks. So yea, I guess I wish I had some more time to spend and just relax and go swimming in the pool, jump on the trampoline, go up to my favorite waterfall and think, but I cant, tomrrow the guy will pickup the plotter and then another guy is comming for a monitor and all that fun, then its back to Seattle, where it sounds like the housing sitation is gonna change yet once again with Alex. What can guy do. Sigh, well BECON here I come. Current Mood: recumbent (Comment on this)
Saturday, July 12th, 2003
1:58 am	Getting back on this Ponny So its been awhile, which I knew would be inevidable with any journal and me. But here I go again, so the 4th was good and then That Sat I had to be off to work (DAMN its been a week since this all happened). work was fine, and then Erin and I had plans for a bike ride so we headed off for golden gardens for a brisk ride, Erin insisted that I take my Upass cause I might need it wich I was reluctant to do since "I have a bike what more can I need" which is funny cause I always take it when I run incase i get a cramp, which I tend to get running. so on the ride Erin is alerting me that I should be careful on rail road tracks cause they are dangerous to bikes and we are crossign tons of them near Ballard, then all of a sudden her tire gets caught in the tracks and Erin is down, not a good thing, on the nice new road bike, fortunatly the car that was comming up the road was a ways back so it didnt hit her as she flew out across the road, but the bike did need some help. The seat was all out of wack, so I was like well we just passed Freddy G's so we might as well go back and see if we can just use one there, but the ones in the store were all packaged in fancy plastic, so Erin had to ask the paint clerk if he had one and he did so the seat got fixed and we were back enroute. but then as we get out by GG, I hear this Fushhhhh, sound, well there went the tire. so that ended our ride, we had to walk back and put Erin onto the next bus (44) and I couldnt ride the buss since there was only one bike spot, so I rode back on my bike, which is really dumb that you can only put 2 bikes on a bus that holds like 30 people, I got back and then Erin called James and gave him the DL on the happs. lest see the week elsewise was perty standard, lots of school work that needs to be done, ebay shippments and all that fun, I had over 13 packages in my living room so I had to pay the neighbor to take them to Office Depot to be sent off, and I have tons of bitchy buyers who want their stuff, its a rough life trying to make a buck. Then today, (Friday) I spent all day cleaning the house and my room and all that fun. I had to pay the big ol tuition bill and when I went out there were 18 busses on 45th street, and the whole thing was clogged, the worst ive ever seen it. Crazy seattle traffic, I say Bike it. James and the fam are up to go on the STP tomorrow wich Erin has been training for extensively, I decided to go for a ride up to cap hill and see Marcus' place, its really nice, otherwise the day was mostly catching up, tomorrow is work and then heading off to the beach to meet the fam and then home for a few days to get things in order and get blue berries and deliver the plotter. cant wait to get that hot cash, well its off to bed 10 hours at work tomorow to look forward too (Comment on this)
Saturday, July 5th, 2003
12:53 am	July 4th Fireworks and FOOD So Its getting late, (now July 5th and I must work tomrrow) well I opted to go home for the 4th and have the good ol' family fun and picknic, so it was a good quick drive thurs night at 9 to get back, hit Vanrerborg at 12, then had to go up to my friend Saul's to drop off some monitors with my friend Mike, so that he could take them to people who had made purchases. Of course we get back and chek my email only to learn that the guy who wanted to buy a monitor is trying to cop out of the deal now. Which is what people do on eBay they dont think its real unitl they have to pay which sucks so I have to deal with that BS. so then it was about 3 hours of taklikng and lauging about how poor we are and how Mike needs to come up and make some real money. I have seriously considered Highway 99, (any other suggestions are accepted) then it was to my house, where I found that my family did not prepare the fouton for me, so I had to tiptoe through the house and get my pillow and bedding at 3am. then they had the nerve to let me sleep till noon when we had the picknic at 1 so I got up busted ass and washed my car, then made a fruit salad, and took a HOT shower :-), so beautiful, then it was the pickinic with the fam, its amazing how things are chagninga at home, and how time at home is so much different than time in Seattle. I feel like my grandparents are getting so old, and there is nothing that I can do about it, I really cheris the times that Ive had and am glad that I made the time to spend witht them before life got so busy that I cant anymore. well I hit the road at 5, (after stocking up hardcore on food) and headed for the big REI 4th picnic, I saw 2 hot guys in a black corvette conv. but they ended up noticing 3 hot chicks in a BMW coupe on the way up and exchanged info on the freway. Kinda cool that some people can get away with that. Erin and I biked over to REI, but there weren't alot of people I knew or wanted to meet, so me mostly socialized with outselves and ate food. the fireworks were really cool and next year we are going to get a gaggel of people togther and go have a picnic and frisbee and watch them, It will be cool. Then Erin and I hung out, and we also BSed with Mike (the housemate) and then it was all good, and here I am typing away. well WORK it the morn so I have to be up at 8, YAY Later (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 3rd, 2003
12:35 am	Midweek and Busting my ass Taking a break from eBay. Hummm, well Erin rousted my ass out of bed but of course I went right back to sleep (I really wish I would stop doing that. So then my dad called me and said that I had an angry/preplexed buyer, so I had to get up (10:45) and get on thigs, ironically I knew this would happen cause I had negelceted to email the guy, blah blah blah, (Matt would kill me for that sort of eBay ettiquite), but anyhow, he was fine, his computers shipped last week, why are people so anal about tracking #'s really. so then it was off to class, eating a bagel and biking in, Record time of 8 min. to class from the front door. Soc was sorta a drag, but I got back shipped some keyboards and started to work on more shipping, so boxes filled the front room, Im just going to accumulate them untill Monday whne they will go bye bye. then I decided that it would be a hot idea to take a nap, well 3 hours later that wasnt such a hot idea, woke up and made some Buffalo for dinner, Erin told me all about how she went on an awsome bike ride, and I was envious, but we are going to go out Sat after work. I then have spent the rest of the evening wasting time and packing boxes. I think that I might like a new bike, but I really really want a Kayak so I know that that is gonna come before a bike, but my little bike is gonna die I just know it. That nap has taken away any chance of sleeping before 4 today, so I tink im gonna just pull a ThinkQuest, maybe get caught up. Going home tomorrow, (gotta get gas), and come up with a reason I have no mirror on my car to tell the folks. Im debating about when I should leave home for Sea-Town on Fri, should I attempt to make it back so I can go to REI, or just stay down at home unitl dark, I dont know Im gonna see what the Parentals adn the Sis reccomend, If I do get back for the REI bit, I have to round up some folks who might want go go also, cause I RSVP'd for 4 guests, so there should be plenty of room, I think thats about it, oh yea, .....ANY suggestions on hiking and biking trails arround Seattle are Great..... Current Mood: chipper Current Music: Im Stonger than before ...(yea no clue, c89.5 its always on) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 1st, 2003
8:15 pm	Promotion, well sorta So yea, yesterday was great, lots of business at REI, but it was a good busy, I helped a guy get a great fit on a pair of shoes and he filled out a really good comment form on me to my MGR. well I had gone 2 hours early to get some boxes (there wont be any till tues. ) so then I went shopping and figured out what kind of roof racks I want to get on my car so I can go about begining Kayaking. So after work I went ahead and looked in the prodeal cabinet, and not to my surprise there was jack for forms, so I mentioned this to my MGR and asked her what I should do and said that some of the other things I was looking at wernt in the cabinets either, well, she gave me a short pause and said "John what are your plans" well this was a little vague so It had to be restated for me so I understood that she wanted to know what my plans were as far as working at REI is concerned. I told her "im just gonna work my hardest and its really up to you, I mean if you want me in the fall then thats cool, I love working here". so then she was like, well given your preformance (I have to say I really do Rock at selling) then I can move you to Parttime staff (vs my prior seasonal status) but of course im still in my 6month probation. but now its onto easier roads for getting my gear, and let me tell you this might just be the begining of the end of my checking account cause I want alot of gear. but Ill start out small. of course then I decided that it would be a good Idea to celebrate my accomplishment by removing the drivers side mirror of my car on a cement post in the parking garage at about 1 MPH, but what can you do, have to fix it I guess. Then today, (Tuesday) was busy, I just wanted to sleep, but instead Erin rousted my ass out of bed and I was off, so I got ready then I realized I couldnt find my wallett, but I was running late so I had to go to class anyhow where I couldnt focus because of the wallett, so I didnt learn Jack in BECON today, so i rushed home and searched more frantically for the wallett only to find it on the top of the fridge (or for Collin's sake the Ice box), so with that resolved off to class, where I failed my quiz since I didnt do the reading and then to the bookstore where Bin had my credit account setup and ready for use, (yea more credit) so I got some of my books and then some perosonall enrichment matieral, and was set with that, back to the house, then off to REI to get boxes and baggs, which I got plenty of today, now it will be shipping maddness, then boring IBUS now sleep? Current Mood: accomplished
Monday, June 30th, 2003
12:49 am	Too Much work So yea, Matt decided that I should have a code to LJ, (most generously). so here I begin an epic....., yes this baby will rival the Illiad and have far more misspellings than the odyssey has words. Today was a work day, of course haivng 4 jobs keeps me busy, so i take and get up and watch my Ebay listings close, and as im heading out the door my manager calls and asks where I am, FUCK is what I think, I missed the Asics clinic at work, well, too bad for me and them its just a bunch of corporate BS propaganda anyhow, so I get to work on time (for a normal shift) and work away selling boots and shoes, till I dont have a voice, We were way understaffed again so im complaining to my MGR, cause that is totally sucky. I was the high memembership seller for June tho with 21 total, (yes I have to say that I rock) cause I only work part time, so after work I get home put the coals on the BBQ and spend the ensuing 5 hours chatting and sending emails to Ebay buyers, paying Ebay bills, and thinking about Ebay. I really need a boy, not a bay. and preferably not an Eboy cause those only are fun for a short while. well tomorrow more auctions close, so the emails will be ever so long and more auctions start so the emails will begin anew, I have to get boxes and stuff at work tomorrow since I didnt do It today, I think Ill just go in really early so that way I can take care of it and find out what time I acutally work ( I think its 3:00) well, BED time. Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)