So it is now definite that I will be going. Found a great deal on travelocity for the pan am and roundtrip tickets. We are leaving on 10/03 and will be coming back 10/06 so I can go to another BBQ if Guy is generous enough to do another one. Continue
Posted by Not The FBI on August 18, 2008 at 6:00am —
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On a whim, without an assurance that I actually have the time off yet, I have purchased non-refundable tickets to New York. Yes, I don't actually have the time off the rig, but I'm tired of cancelling stuff I want to do because my relief operators are flakes. This time, I'm making my company work around MY schedule.
So, for better or worse, I'm goin' to New York!
*nervous gulp*
-Aaron
Phil. 1:3 Continue
Someone is going to NY!
Departs
Chicago - Union Station, IL (CHI)
02-OCT-08; 10:00 pm
Arrives
New York - Penn Station, NY (NYP)
03-OCT-08; 7:40 pm
Departs
New York - Penn Station, NY (NYP)
05-OCT-08; 3:45 pm
Arrives
Chicago - Union Station, IL (CHI)
06-OCT-08; 9:45 am
Squall Bourne is the one to blame.Continue
Thanks to everyone who wished me happy birthday...(Blu, Steph, Jenny....) I wish my husband had a clue....LOL
he remembered my birthday, but decided that since his family had planned for everyone to go to dinner on Saturday to celebrate my birthday, my SIL's anniversary, and the other Birthday ( these all happen on the same day mind you...) that he could actually ditch out on me and go out with his buddies last night. Which he did. Left me sitting at home with the kids. No present, No flowers,… Continue
I got this information sent to my email at work (for those who don't know I work for the street maintenance division for my city...so yes, I am a city employee). Anyways, I felt the need to pass this info along since it can be very valuable when the need arises.
*677
Ladies, please read -- men, pass on to the ladies that you know.
I knew about the red light on cars, but not the *677. It was about 1 PM in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED police car pulled up… Continue
to this site and to RvB(which is not this site.)lol),
i hardly ever update. and when i do i just say how i am going to start writing more often
but never do.
that in my opinion is horrible. and i am sorry.
i feel so disconnected with you all which is my fault cuz i dont come on here as much as i should.
:(
so im not promising anything. since i dont want to break another deal.
forgive me?
well! since i am typing. today (Monday) was my day off.
i lounged around a bit until 2oclock then i got… Continue
Yes, I know there was a HUGE break from June to July about making comics, but I can assure you that I am hard at work making them again; it helps when I have a hurt ankle so I am not moving as much; I can stand, just not for long, which sucks considering what I do for work, but I am doing my best....you know you're Blu can;t be kept down for long....you'd need a nice hefty lead weight for that :P
But anyways, I am making the comics and have this weeks done, and will be working on the following… Continue
Its been awhile...just an update...
i was having some health issues following the birth of my cupcake 10 weeks ago, shes doing great but i was having continued problems with swelling in my legs and feet, my hip kept dislocating, and i was having severe issues with my hands, legs and feet going numb or having tingling in them for no reason what so ever (makes it hard to type, drive and walk thats for sure) so finally after having evry test known to my doc to try and figure out what my trouble was… Continue
In 94 days, I move to Oregon, which means in 90 days (not including days off), is my last day of work at Donelan' Supermarket in Acton, MA, its going to be a little bittersweet when I leave.
I mean, I love a lot of my job. I love a lot of my co-workers in all the departments. I have met some great people whom have all said I can't leave. I am going to miss my boss Jen, Tarciano, Pete, Ryan, Bob, and Brent in my department, the assistant manager Shawn (who is also Jen's boyfriend); Eddie, Dan, A… Continue
That's right kids! Same theater and one full year later we will have another Drawn by Pain screening of the full 12 episodes.
This means you can all start planning by making arrangements for flight, driving, bus or train. We are still looking at hotels, but do not count out the PanAmerican Hotel as an option. They do not offer group rates, but they are cheap and the hotel is not bad.
Some people offered renting an apartment, which would be a little cheaper than a hotel room, but keep in mind t… Continue
Today was the first day I ever saw Two movies in 1 day. Not a life changing achievement, no, but a personal one. I saw The Dark Knight a second time in IMAX and it was better than before. They don't tell you when it will be the IMAX scene, they just show it and it kinda annoyed me how It went from widescreen to full IMAX screen but I loved the IMAX scenes. The hospital part was fucking EPIC! And the semi flipping scene was also in IMAX, aweseme. It seemed to me like every helecoptor show was fil… Continue
Hey guys sorry I haven't been around for quite awhile. It's just been a really fucked up 7 months for me. But at least recently there's been some positive. I've started working again and even have a new place. Not to mention a 32" 1080p hd lcd which makes xbox 360 look awesome. Even been using it as a pc monitor.
Well might as well get the shit that's been going bad out of the way. Lost my 21 yr old niece in a car accident this past Feb 6th. All she was doing was coming home from classes and ski… Continue
I know I haven't made a blog in a while so let's hope I still can.
Lately, things have been pretty crazy. Haven't been to work in about 3 weeks. I broke my ankle on the 4th of July while trying to run from some explosives. Gonna be away from work for at least another week. Also, I got to hear my baby's heartbeat last week and I have been pretty excited since.
My oldest sister is having her second baby tonight. They are inducing it this afternoon and I still haven't decided if I am going to the… Continue
Posted by Not The FBI on July 21, 2008 at 12:12pm —
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So, today was the last Scottish Festival I am going to this summer. My parents still have 3 or 4 more they're going to, but the majority of those ones are weekend trips which I can't afford to take off from work anymore; what with moving soon and all, I need to save as much money as I can while also paying off as much debt as I can before I move.
I have pictures from the festivals I went too and I shall share them here. Since some of them have videos, I am posting the links so it is easier for… Continue
Hey doods!
I am going to be on Sirius Radio (the Fangoria show) at about 12 am eastern time tonight hanging out with Dee Snider (formally of the rock band twisted Sister!) talking about Drawn by Pain.
http://www.sirius.com
If you'd like to tune in - you don't have to have Sirus Radio - just sign up for the 3 day trail and it will let you listen. And if someone could record it - that would be uber awesome!
Exciting times!
-Jes
*EDIT* Show was awesome -…Continue
So. *blows dust off blog* Here's whats been happening in my neck of the woods. Penis.
In 14 more days, I move in to my new place. Pics to come once I'm all moved in and new things are bought. Yay money. And in late October, Steph (Blu) moves out from the East Coast to the West Coast. So anyone who wants to visit, shoot me a message or call my cell and we can go from there. Penis.
Its been over a month and a half since the AT&T buyout. I wish I could say that I absolutely love my job, but i… Continue
I know a lot of people are going to be shocked by this, to a point, but I am sick of summer.
I'm ready for crisp mornings to become warm days that drop off into cool to freezing nights.
I'm ready for the changing of the leaves and the SMELL of autumn again.
I'm ready for warm apple crisp and apple cider, candied apples and Halloween, Thanksgiving and all the greatness that is autumn.
Autumn by far is my favorite season, and I am looking forward to it greatly. I'm going to miss autumn in New… Continue
I mean, I'm just as guilty as the next person but why are we not acting like a community anymore? No one ever chats, people rarely ever comment on other people's blog posts or pictures. It's like a bunch of separate entities in the same area rather than a community. I miss "US" I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. So, someone, please tell me what we can do to become the community we used to be? Continue
I got done my college orientation earlier today (technically yesterday, cause of the time). It was brey...inteesting. Today sucked for the most part, mostly cause it was boring, and just involved registering for classes. During most of whiich, the computers were having trouble. Plus, even though anyone sigining up for the honors program was guaranteed a first selection, not only did we go last to register, but they basically left us to fend for ourselves. It's a good thing I had someone's number… Continue
I've been following a story the last week or so about a situation going on in Southern California that has crossed the borders into Mexico. The following link is the best ending that can happen to someone who decideds to take matters into their own hands:
Man Who Kidnapped Son Hit By Bus In Mexico
The guy deserved it, end of story.
Yay Karma =D Continue
every once in a while I hit a realization that makes me really go back and think over some things and some times those things cause me to want to try a different approach.
1 - I have decided to stop initiating Instant Messenger conversations.. 3/4 of the time I feel like I am bugging the people I am messaging, so for awhile I am just not going to open any windows. Hopefully if people like to/ want to talk to me they will send me something through first for once... I expect to have very few conv… Continue
I got one thing on that list in the last blog done.
I've got a 360 and I've gone live.
Hit me up. We'll play Halo 2 or something....until I get some more 360 games.
Nacirema7
Peace Continue
The other night I went to a bikini contest that a local restaurant was hosting. Free beer, live music, and tons of girls. Well, one of the DJs from the local strip clubs was there and he was giving out passes to get in for half price. After the contest, the group i was with decided to go to the club. They were featuring this pornstar named Exotica who has won a bunch of awards and stuff. I got to meet her and she told me she liked my shirt. But I wasn't wearing just any shirt, I had on my DBP sh… Continue
Posted by Not The FBI on July 1, 2008 at 2:33am —
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A helicopter crashes in SoCal a few months ago and it gets national coverage. A helicopter crashes on one of our platforms and it gets ignored. By even the local papers. Well. I see where we stand. Of course the crash a few months ago killed three people and no one died in our crash. Stupid survivors.
Anyhoo, what happened a few days ago was a big deal for us. The helicopter was coming in for a landing on Platform Irene. Basic landing procedure is the helicopter comes in at an angle, slows to a… Continue
This feeling like I'm existing in a vacuum. I have this feeling that I'm completely incapable of creating change, or creating anything valuable in my own life. I just need to get out there and do something.
I need to push my limit. I need to do something without planning it for weeks in advance. I need to take a gamble on something.
I need to flirt with random strangers.
I need to go to the boat launch and jam with those guys again. And Ben should come with me.
I need to buy myself a kick-as… Continue
Don't know if it's gone national yet, but whenever it does, if you guys are wondering, I was not in the helicopter when it went down, nor did it crash on my platform. It was one of our other platforms to the north of mine. As far as we know right now, no one was hurt, but this is gonna sting us all out here for quite a while, I can tell you that.
-Aaron Continue
Ok, so.....I am thoroughly pissed off at EECU (Educational Employee Credit Union).
I get a notice ealier this week stating that I was approved for a credit card and I thought "cool, I have that out of the way and can start building up my credit." But then I get a fucking bullshit call stating that I was denied a credit card because some person who was busy jacking off to some bestiality porn, or whatever gets them off, and had input my social security number incorrectly into the system which ha… Continue
So....where to start?
Since the last time I wrote something down here, a lot has happened....
Ok, nothing really happened. I mean I had my out bursts at random strangers, found a job that I don't mind doing, grew out my hair...cut my hair...and then grew it out again, made a couple of trips to ND, made a trip to MN, declared the world is still stupid if not stupider, and not much else. To tell the truth, I don't remember much from the last year or so. I read a couple of my blogs on here and r… Continue
Life isn’t always easy. Some say life is a struggle, a challenge. We often hear the saying “up a creek without a paddle.” Life can be a test, you’re either prepared or unprepared. Who we become as adults is greatly influenced by the way we are raised as children. The abilities and skills to survive and excel in this test of life are forever ingrained in us by our parents and educators. In this fast-paced ever evolving world, the prepared are able to rise to the challenges of life and fortune of… Continue
I fell like a grown up. Paying bills, Taxes, Paying for Gas, Working full time.
But no matter how grown up I get......I still have Mac and Cheese and Kool-Aid. =) Continue
Any poor souls,
Who trespass against us,
Whether it be beast or man.
Will suffer the bite,
Or be stung dead on sight,
By those who inhabit this land.
For theirs is the power,
And this is their kingdom,
As sure as the sun does burn.
So enter this path,
But heed these four words....
....You shall never return.
The above is an insert inside the booklet to The Raconteurs new album Consolers Of The Lonely.
(Which Tiana got me for my b-day. Thank you Tiana. <3's)
_____________… Continue
Cupcake ( or Genevieve) is doing great, shes gained more then 2 lbs since she came home from the hospital and shes grown an inch. so shes 9 lbs 11 oz now and 22 inches long. the Dr. says shes coming along nicely.
We had her baptised yesterday (sunday the 22nd) and then last night we had a big family BBQ to celebrate. It was nice to see people we hadnt seen in a while.
thats all my news, i am still having a few health issues but they are getting better slowly. the girls are out of school and loo… Continue
Well it is!!!!
Figured I haven't posted a blog here for awhile since I have been posting so many things on RvB; like random links that took people to annoying videos and such.
There have been some changes to the schedule at work which has a lot of people pissed; me especially, but oh well, its more money out of Jakc Donelan's pocket
we'll just see how long it lasts. Continue
Posted by Stephi on June 23, 2008 at 1:44am —
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Dear _________,
I_____ you. You have a nice______. You make me _______. You
should _______. Someday I will ______. You + me =________.
If I saw you now I'd __________. I would build a _______ just
for you. If I could sing you any song it would be _________.
We could __________ under the stars.
Love,
_______________
(P.S. ______________.) Continue
Posted by LLCoolBean on June 22, 2008 at 12:12pm —
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1 question.
1 chance.
1 answer.
Thats it.
You get to ask me 1 question.
any one question,
no matter how crazy it is.
and I promise to answer it. Continue
Posted by LLCoolBean on June 22, 2008 at 12:12pm —
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Due to some complications, the original discussion for the Drawn by Pain Screening that is to take place in September was lost. A new discussion has been remade and we will need all those who had posted in the original to please repost again as well as those who are wishing to attend the event. This is to help get a good head count of those going since all comments have been lost with the discussion.
Sorry for the inconvienence.
Hope everyone will join in the discussion and make this screening… Continue
Here again is the sporadic update from yours truley. I am out of the cast, off the pain killers, and doing 10+ mile a day on the bike. Due to my inactiveness, I have put on a few unnecessary pounds that the Army frowns upon. Now I am not a complete fat-ass. I am just not where I was before surgery. Enough on that. I will be leaving in about a month for beautiful Ft. Polk, LA. Now this is the asshole of the south. And even better yet I spend it during July/Aug.! But things here things on the home… Continue
So I put up a bunch of pics on the site of the flooding we had last week. Its about a week later and Reedsburg is drying out for the most part. There is still alot of water so they cant totally assess the damage yet. Roads and bridges are out/gone everywhere, the interstate is out of commission. River is finally back down in its banks now but still really high. The water treatment plant is still down in town as far as i know. Traffic is being a pain, people just need to stay put, we got enough p… Continue
Can't believe it took me this long to figure out Jesse's doing commentary on the DbP episodes. Where've I been?
They are quite cool and quite funny. It's always fun hearing from you guys. They help fill the wait for the final episode.
-Aaron
Phil. 1:3 Continue
Posted by Anomalous on June 15, 2008 at 3:43pm —
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A couple years back, New Orleans was hit by a hurricane. The people living there had five days to evacuate. They stayed. Thousands died. Many more sat around wondering where their FEMA checks/trailers were. I put emphasis on sat around.
Two days ago, over a dozen tornadoes swept across this state. There was no warning where or when the tornadoes would touch down. There were no injuries except for one horrible incident where a tornado shelter collapsed on top of 50 boy scouts attending a leaders… Continue
Actually, I've been back for a few days, just hadn't typed up a journal. :P
The trip was awesome, to make it short.
Friday I went to Jes's place and hug out with him and Erica for a bit, then Erica and I went into the city and walked around. Went to the Nintendo store, a Japanese book store, and Best Buy. It was really great to just walk around the city and hang out Erica, who as I've said before, is like my big sis. :)
The next day was the screening. I met up with Jes and Erica and we where… Continue
We just got net back after being down the last couple days. More to follow soon. Big photo journal coming up. Doin ok. Its just been an odd feeling and seeing the flooding that we have had the last 3 days. They finally started letting ppl walk across the bridge in town in groups to get to other side, as far as cars go, thats another story and natural gas was just cut off to the entire west side of town.
Head still above water,
Jason Continue
I really pissed off my girlfriend. I'm not quite sure how. We're a little down on money, and I'm really depressed, so I went out and bought a cheap, very cheap, case of beer. I woke her up, and now she doesn't even want to talk to me. I don't know how to fix the situation... I've never pissed her off so much that she won't even talk to me. Fuck! I guess I'll just wait until she's ready to talk. I'm even more depressed now. This is the only place where I have an account and that she doesn't. So i… Continue
So I volunteered to work this weekend, saturday, at the Big Apple Con all day saturday so don't be surprised if you see me. :P. I'm one of the volunteers there. If you do see me, say hi or ask for something. Lol. I will try to see if I can make Jes's screening but I doubt it. Continue
Posted by Eric Bobrow on June 6, 2008 at 1:09pm —
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Got a call from me new rommate.....he finally got word on the key issue for the apartment.
I guess another copy was made and it's been sitting in the office the last few days.
This means that I will have a key waiting for me when I head to the apartment on Saturday to start cleaning and gettting some things moved in.
WOO!
I was starting to wonder if Wes was going to fail in getting that taken care of on time....er...well...in the time frame he said he was going to have the issue resolved. I… Continue
Posted by Camael on June 5, 2008 at 7:04pm —
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Spoke to my friend Wes last night, while he was on a break, and got some news on getting a copy of the apartment key.
He was lazy and didn't talk to the guy yesterday like he was suppose to. Figures.
He's a guy! And you men can't deny that you like procrastinating on things
I guess what is going on, from what Wes told me, is that the IRS is offering major overtime this week. On Saturday they are offering 12 hrs to employees and I guess Wes is going to be taking it (I would too), but the probl… Continue
Posted by Camael on June 4, 2008 at 3:16pm —
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Two nights ago my computer took a dive. I was burning an audio CD in iTunes and the program froze up. So I reloaded and tried again. No luck. Then I found Windows XP froze up whenever loading My Computer. I figured my process of Explorer.exe had become temporarily corrupted and I needed to restart my computer. It happens from time to time because of various causes, the most likely being Microsoft is crap and can’t build a stable operating system to save its life. So I restarted. Things went down… Continue
a game on the forums... I'll start hosting it as I have a backlog of stuff I can use. it's a game I've helped played in another location and it was really fun so I thought we might enjoy it here.
It's a movie screen shot game and I will post the rules and the gist of the game later on (when I am not at work for example)... and I am thinking that I will keep sort of a running tab if we have lots of participants.. and the reigning champ will get a prize pack of some sort from me at the next event… Continue
...someone hand me a gun.
*sigh* We have a bachelor pad which we'd like to fill with friends to hang out with us and have a rockin' good time with margaritas and music.
But, because most of our friends our age have children, and because most of our friends our age with children don't have babysitters, they take their children with them. We have a fifteen year-old (who's actually kinda cool), a five year-old (who's a good kid), a four year-old (who's not so good) and a two year-old (who's Beelz… Continue
Okay, so.....I forgot to post some good news on here that I got this week.
I got approved for the apartment I am going to be sharing with the existing resident (a friend of mine, Wes).
Woo!!!!
I will be heading over there this afternoon at about 2pm to sign paperwork. Since I don't have much of a rental history *cough* none *cough* I will be signing for a 3 month trial lease. At the end of that lease, if there are no complaints, I will be signing the normal 6 month lease and all… Continue
Here is some of the poetry I've written in the past few years. These are just my favorites, if y'all want me to I can post some more.
Writing (March 2008) Pen touches paper
Ink hits the page
Emotions spill
Rage, jealousy unfold
Paper dents and tears
Love and hurt unveiled
In passionate scrawl
Joy jumps
In leaping penstrokes
Confusion revealed
With looping question marks
Release
As the feelings
Finally leave you
A deep breath
Sinking panic
As you realize
Your…
So i have an announcement. One that i wish i didn't have to make. Well, here goes... I am going to be a dad. I don't really know what to say. I am very freaked out about it, mostly because at this point in my life i cannot handle a child. Fortunately the mother isn't being a bitch and making me pay child support. She simply asks that i am there for the child which is a small favor to ask but will have a huge impact. She is even making me finish school so that i can better provide for my kid whic… Continue
Hey y'all what have you guys been up to! Realy show Rusty some love! lol KK guy shoot me a pm on whats going on and Idk i'll try to hook up with y'all on Jes Chat or Msn Continue
two of my favourite shows had their finales earlier this week.. which I DVRd and watched later... and so sad. Characters either died or went to jail forevers / nearly died. For those curious.. two of my favourite shows are House and Bones.
trying not to give total spoilers.. but if you're a fan you probably already watched them... so...
Amber died and Zack was Gormagon's Apprentice?!!! WHAT?!! ARGH! Amber I can kinda deal with.. but Zack was such a cool little geek. Continue
So, I wake up late, get to work late and then when i get there i hear a page asking all the perfect binder operators to come to the office. So we all get there and ask us if we want to go home. My supervisor was cool enough to give me the whole day lack of work instead of gettin an occurance then goin home. So i basically got there, turn around and left. It was worth doing it because it meant i didnt get an occurance at work. Not that i have any attendance issues. So a few of us after leaving de… Continue
Posted by LLCoolBean on May 22, 2008 at 12:36pm —
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Well I am home, I am finally moving around with some relative ease and minimal
discomfort. YAY!!
The delivery went quickly in comparison to the entire pregnancy, but the following day I had to have more surgery to correct some issues that the Dr. felt needed to be done right away before they caused me major issues, and I am still battling with edema from high blood pressure, which i am now taking meds for and they seem to be helping. In all, my stay in the hospital was relatively enjoyable exce… Continue