DSC...

The Dave, Shelly and Chainsaw show came back on the air this morning for the first time since they were fired on Jan 4, 2010. When the show went away, I lost my morning entertainment and stopped laughing first thing in the morning. All these months have gone by and I didn't realize how much my morning show affected me, but this morning, I realized just how much it meant to me. I arrived at work with a smile on my face and in a great mood cause I got to hear my morning family again. The show is just as good as ever (even though "S" is not around right now). I am very glad that my mornings will now again start to the wonderful sounds of the DSC making me laugh. Be sure to tune in to Jack, 100.7FM at 6:00am to start the morning right! Thanks DSC! LYS!

Library...

I love the library. Whether it is at school or the public library, I tend to find myself there a lot. It is a peaceful place where one can gather their thoughts, read a gossip magazine, peruse the internet, get lost in a book, listen to some music, watch a movie, or just relax in the air conditioning. I never used to use the library for anything, now I find it to be one of my favorite places to hang out. Do I feel like a nerd for saying this? The truthful answer is no. I AM a nerd, don't get me wrong, but not in the book smart/school kind of way. I am nerd in the fact that I like Star Trek and Harry Potter and things of the like. But the library is a really great place for me to just go and unwind after a long stressful day. I can read in peace and quiet, but there are still people around. As someone who thrives on human contact, I quite enjoy this. If I get distracted from the text, I can glance up and just watch or interact with the people there. This comes quite easy as there are always so many people in the library. I never knew how popular they were until I became a "regular." Since my new love for the library, I have spent time in the Alpine, La Mesa, El Cajon, Santee, North Park, La Jolla and North University (UTC) branches. All of which have their own style. The El Cajon library is the largest on the previously mentioned list. La Jolla isn't far behind. I really need to go and spend some time in the central library downtown. I think I would enjoy it greatly, but it is so far. Maybe one day I'll make a day of it and take the trolley down there and afterwards, get a "beach" ticket to a Padre game. That sounds like a lovely day, doesn't it? Well, anywho, time to wrap this up. Next time you are bored and need/want to get out of the house, swing by your local library...you pay for them, so you might as well enjoy them like I do!

Tropic Thunder...

The weather, not the movie. Just a short post about our crazy weather we had today in SD. It was about 95 degrees...very humid...a fire in mission valley...then it rained...then came the lightning and thunder...all in all, it was crazy.

Dream...

I had a dream last night!! I am fairly excited as I normally don't visualize any dreams as I am normally only sleep for 3-5 hours and don't get into the REM cycle when dreams form. But last night I had a dream. I was riding a Harley to my softball game. I think it is a sign that I have Harley on the brain. I never got to my game, I was just riding and riding and making random stops along the way. I am looking forward to getting a bike soon and now after having that sensation of being on my own bike, it makes me want it more. Hopefully in August I will have my own HD...and it will look something like this...

Baseball Cards...

Baseball cards are a funny thing to me. I used to spend ALL my money on them when I was kid, with the exception of an occasional action figure of course. And then one day, that I cannot even recall really, I stopped caring about them. Something that used to be so exciting and pretty much a necessary item in my everyday life just faded away into the past. I understand that priorities change when you get older and start to grow up. I stopped buying action figures too and moved onto buying CD's, or rather cassettes, and movies, etc, ya know, grown up things. Looking back now, I wonder why I stopped buying the cards. They are timeless and never changing. You can outgrow an Egon Spengler figure with proton pack as the Ghostbusters ended (until now that they are making a third) but you never outgrow baseball, at least I never did. I am still very much a baseball fan, probably more so now that I have a deeper understanding of the game. Well, the other day, I had had a rough day at work and was in a blue kind of mood. I made a trip to the store to pick up some cat food and cat litter. While waiting in what seemed like an endless line of customers, I got sucked into the "last minute" eye catching deals located conveniently by the registers. My eye was drawn by a small box on the top shelf that had a word I had not noticed in a long time..."Tops." I was intrigued and thought, "it's only $2, why not?" I grabbed two shiny packages from the box and placed them in the cart with my cat's groceries. After I got home and fed the cat and gave him a clean toilet, I sat on the edge of my bed and held the two packets in my hands. I can't explain the joy and excitement I felt as I opened the first package. The anticipation of finding a players card that had a name on it that I knew or a team that I liked. It brought back the feeling of excitement I had when I was a 6 year old kid scraping change together to get the pack with the gum in it. I went through both of the packs and my bad day that happened just a few hours earlier had completely faded from my memory and all that remained was thought of the past and my now adult appreciation of the sport that I love. I started thinking about it and I think I may start collecting cards again. I'm not going to be a die hard, but I do believe that little bit of joy I had the other night, could be replicated by spending an occasional $2 to feel like a kid again.

A Lie of the Mind...I found truth...

Last night in my play reading group, we read "A Lie of the Mind" by Sam Shepard. It was a very bizarre play about two dysfunctional families that are connected through a bad marriage. I had a hard time grasping the meaning of the play, or the moral, as I didn't relate to any of the characters. I most related to the character Frankie as he was the most sane and normal one in the whole show. It's weird to think about. I come from a "split" family. My parents divorced when I was a tender age and was still learning new concepts and ideals. Most people I know have poor relationships with their parents or families and fall into that "Breakfast Club" stereotype of hating or resenting their families. Even though my parents got divorced and we had some hard times, I don't hate or resent any of that. If anything, it made me stronger person and it taught me a lesson about life and love that I will never forget. The play last night was just a bizarre story about a family that has some major issues. It made me grateful for my family and the love we all share towards each other. It was hard for me to find the meaning in the show until I really started reflecting on my own life. A lot of the others at the reading were all relating to the show in a very personal way, but I think I am now seeing it as making me thankful for my life. I don't have to deal with many of the issues that others have to deal with. So, after my struggling to find meaning to the play and trying to relate to it, I believe I found the meaning of the show for me in the fact that I don't relate to it very much. Kind of a schadenfreude type feeling. Just made me realize how happy I am with my life and how much I appreciate my parents and my extended family. Sometimes the best way to relate to something, is to not relate to it at all...

Video Games...

I love that my generation is blessed with video games. When there is nothing to do while waiting for the laundry, I get to play Assassins Creed on my 360.
Before that, I had Halo 2 on my Xbox.
Before that, I could get down on Ratchet and Clank on my PS2.
Before that, some Crash Bandicoot on PS1.
Before that, some Golden Eye on my N64.
Before that, some Super Mario World on my SNES.
You get the point. Video Games are an ever evolving area for entertainment, and I am glad that I have them in my life. Whether you go on a bender and play for 12 hours in a day, or you just play a quick Madden moment for 5 minutes, it is a great way to spend ones time when you need a distraction. I love video games and cannot wait to see what they make next.

Finals!

I am down to the wire for my Spring semester. I can't wait for this one to be over. I will only have to take one more class for my Associates in general studies. Here we come Science with a lab! More to come on school later! Till next time!

Padres home opener 2010

On Monday, April 12, 2010, I went downtown with my buddy, Nick. He scored two tickets to the Padres home opener and invited me along. I have never been to an opening day before, so of course I was in. We hopped on the trolley around 11:30 to get downtown around Noon. There was a block party going on with vendors giving out free samples of food and drinks. From powerade to the nachos at the Rock Bottom booth, we tried them all. Then after the block party, we head into the game. The weather was flirting with rain all day, but we weren't going to not go due to rain. The moment we get to our seats. A beer in one hand and nachos in the other, it starts to rain. I had no jacket or sweater. My nachos were getting wet and my already weak bud light, was getting more watered down. I thought, "Great, it IS going to rain after all." Then they sing the national anthem in the rain and as soon as they yelled "PLAYBALL!" the rain stopped and the sun came out and started shining down on the glorious stage that is Petco Park. Our boys came running out and proceeded to shut down the Atlanta Braves. Our pitcher, Kevin Correia was on fire. Once the boys came up to bat, it didn't take them long to figure out what opposing pitcher, Jair Jurrjens, had to offer. We quickly got on the board with a triple by Will Venable who was batted in on a single by Nick Hundley in the second inning. Still up 1-0 in the 4th, our boys brought 14 men up to the plate during a 10 run bottom of the 4th that included 5 RBI's by Kyle Blanks including a 2 run HR. During the slaughter in the 4th, a Braves fan got up from his seat, took off his Atlanta hat and threw it over the edge of the overhang. He then grabbed his opening day Padres shirt and put that on. It was a glorious moment as a Padres fan. Tack on 3 more in the 5th and 3 more in the 7th as opposed to the 2 the Braves got in the 6th and it makes for the most memorable game I've ever been to. We couldn't be stopped on that day. I will always remember my first opening day as the day we set the highest runs scored record in Petco Park history* with our blowout victory over the Atlanta Braves 17-2. Thanks to my brother-from-another-mother, Nick for taking me down there. I know it is a day we both shall remember in our Friar's history. Here's to a great 2010 season. Go PADS!!

*Side note: On May 31, 2010, the Padres scored 18 runs against the New York Mets, re-setting the record to 18 runs.

An oldie, but a goodie...

I feel this is still an appropriate poem...

...sleep deprived nights...

I try to sleep but it’s no use
My eyelids don’t want to close
If they do, I lay there, still
Wishing I knew what it is to dream

My sleep deprived nights
Keep my body feeling numb
To the pain I feel inside
And the fear that I call night

Is wanting sleep too much to ask
Laying there staring at the dark
With thoughts running around my mind
Of nothing and everything at the same time

How did I get so cursed
To want the impossible so badly
To daydream of dreams
Wondering how wonderful they are

And with just one little pill
Everything could be alright
For just one night
If I got to rest my eyes

By: Jarrod Weintraub
2/11/05, 12:50am