10. August 2008 by Matt.

First of all, this:

Seriously? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK? You barked at your child’s teacher, and are shocked that they called child services on you?! Did you fall out of the stupid-ass tree and hit every branch on the way down? These goddamn furries need to be stopped. It’s just like we said waaay back in one of the early WooJew episodes…furries are corrupting our children. Won’t somone please think of the children?  I hope yours kicks you in the junk and then emancipates himself. No child should have to go through “scheduled furry hour”.

Next up: Compuserve predicts the future!

Really, I don’t need to say anything more. As a computer enthusiast, this makes me giggle!

I’ve got a few music related things today as well:
My second favorite band, The Moxy, has been added to iTunes! You can now download the “Step Down” single in iTunes Plus format for just 99 cents! If you haven’t already, please do. This band is awesome and needs everyone’s support! Oh and visit their web site to purchase a limited edtion t-shirt. I already have mine and it’s awesome!

Earlier this week I stumbled on a new band, Charlotte Sometimes. I picked up her CD for 8 bucks, and it’s highly enjoyable. The lead single, “How I Could Just Kill A Man” is very catchy and will likely be stuck in your head for weeks. The rest of the album is in the same vein, with catchy lyrics and upbeat light rock. Check her out:

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24. July 2008 by Steven.

 You would really think with all the advances in medicine, they could come up with an easier way to test for drugs.  I mean I had one company use a mouth swab…doesn’t that make more sense then trying to aim in a cup.

I mean it’s not like you can really control what your doing half the time…it just goes. And if they have to test urine….couldn’t they make it easier or give you gloves…I mean to just hand someone a little cup and tell them to hit it is kind of inhuman isn’t it. I don’t want to pee on my hands…they give you this little room with no sink…it’s distrubing. And how can you go through life and decide…I want to handle other people’s pee for a living. What a demeaning and thankless job.

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18. July 2008 by Steven.

Alright so I could just go back and delete the last two posts and pretend it never happened but really what fun would that be. Instead I will just add this update. Things are moving into the right.

I got a new job and will start at the beginning of August and it means a lot for me. More pay and less expenses. So it’s really a win-win situation as far as I can tell. It’s hard to leave my last job, they are amazing people and all of them mean a lot to me. They are a little upset by my departure which feels good. I guess it means I made a difference there.

Yes our babysitter is still gone so Kristin’s job is still going to be just weekends but I’ll be home every night by five and we will have evenings together and it’s kind of nice having her home again. She’s spending time with Torrie and being able to fix up the house again which is a HUGE advantage. I came home last night and everything just looked amazing.

I’m a little apprehensive about this leap, I will finally end my six and a half year career in the newspaper business. Considering I’m only 23, I think that is  quite an accomplishment. I never really thought that I would be there forever and it’s quickly a dying medium. It shouldn’t be because te people who bring you the news that matters shouldn’t be hundreds of miles away in some global news room like Google or Yahoo. They should be from your community and know what it is that is important to you. Many people have lost sight of what is important when it comes to news. Fast and first are important but accuaracy and truthfulness far outweigh those qualities.

Remember that next time you get news from a web site and wonder just who is on the other end. Is it a team of professional journalists who have spent the time and energy to worry about things like ethics or is it any wackjob with an internet connection and some HTML training.

Alright, I’m off my soap box and I’m ready to move on in life. It’s a big leap but it’s about time I took it.

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15. July 2008 by Steven.

Nearly Noon and already the day is shot to hell, we’ve lost our babysitter and we don’t know what we’re going to do. Kristin will probably quit her job…just as we almost pulled ourselves out of hell we are thrust back in.

Did you ever think you were special?

It’s not true, no matter how hard you work or how hard you try, no matter how nice you are life destroys you. It takes your spirit and crushes under its heavy fist.

I’m so tired…just tired.

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14. July 2008 by Steven.

This week sucks. I don’t know what I’m doing any more I just seem to piss people off. The doctors put me on medication…I’m on an upper, a downer and some blood pressure medication that makes my head spin. I was so out of it last Friday afternoon I napped for two hours and woke up in a panic because I thought I wasn’t breathing. I had to literally tell myself to breathe.

 If you’ve never experienced such a phenomenom be thankful, it’s fucking creepy. But I digress, I should start at the beginning.

 Last Monday, a week ago I got a call while sitting at work. A position I had applied for 6 weeks ago was still open and I got called for an interview on Thursday afternoon. The same day as the doctor’s appointment.

So Tuesday comes and goes, Matt and I went to see Avenue Q, a broadway play that Casa Manana did a production of at the Bass Hall, we had great seats and it went well. Glad that I could get Matt to go with me and he seemed to enjoy it.

Wednesday my boss, who I told about the job interview snapped at me to the tune of you need to teach so and so to do this especially if you “are going to run off and get a new job.” Pretty disheartening since I consider her a friend.

Thursday is the big day. Doc congratulates me for finally making the decision. I filled out a three page questionnaire and he didn’t even ask me questions when he came in just said. Yeah lets get you some pills. Retested my blood pressure, it was a little high so he added the blood pressure medicine. Got to the job interview and it went well I think, they tell me I will hear from them Monday.

Friday is kind of a blur. I went to work, came home at noon and took the blood pressure medication. I then went through my 3-hour lost period which did not feel good at all, as explained above. Then I went to eat with Dad and we talked, like really talked for like four to five hours. It was great.

Saturday was better. Kristin had time off so we picked up a friend from the airport, saw his apartment and cat then headed home. Torrie went off to Kristin’s mom and we had the night to ourselves. We invited people over and Nick, Mikey, Eric and Ryan (not numero uno) came over and we played Rock Band until about 3 or 4 in the morning. It was great. For those who were wondering, Eric actually can carry a tune, I was pretty impressed as were all in attendence.

Sunday was okay until I took the blood pressure medicine again. I went all woozy again right as Kristin left for work. My brother and his wife asked me to watch their kids, which normally I don’t mind but feeling the way I did, I could barely watch Torrie, I even fell asleep for a little while and woke up in a panic again. Tom and Amanda really sounded pissed when I told them no and Kristin tried to explain but Tom’s answer was “I’m on the same stuff and it doesn’t affect me, he’s fine.”

So today, I get called from the new potential job and was told that I had a second interview today. I’m not really prepared, I haven’t shaved and I’m not dressed up but oh well. They get what they get. I tried again to apologize to Tom and Amanda and got a snide text message from Amanda basically telling me I never help them out. I’m just tired of caring what everyone else thinks. I wish I could just stop giving a shit and ignore everyone else who didn’t say something or do something positive for me. I wish I could be that selfish.

It gets worse…just got a call from the doctor’s office. No surprise my cholestorol is high but apparently so are my triglycerides which is doing damage to my liver so I can’t drink for a month. See this is why I don’t go to doctors, they tell you bad things.

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20. June 2008 by Steven.

Just something quick I put together.

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5. June 2008 by Matt.

http://www.damnfunnypictures.com/html/New-Jersey-Douchebags.html

For the love of everything that is (and isn’t) holy, you MUST click this link.

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29. May 2008 by Steven.

The party is next friday, June 6. Call me or e-mail me for directions if needed.

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17. March 2008 by Steven.

Sometimes in life we have to make decisions and it is really hard to watch friends of yours make the wrong ones. There was a lot of that this weekend and it makes me disheartened. Luckily, everyone ended up okay (physically) at least. Mentally it may take some time to repair.

 Remember me if you ever need someone, I will wake up in the middle of the night to come find you and drive you home, I will stop you from making a stupid mistake if you call me first.

Take advantage of me, I welcome it, really. I’d rather that happen than you end up in trouble. I promise.

Anytime you need me I will be there. 

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12. March 2008 by Matt.

A friend posted this on her myspace, it’s from around 2002 or so. Check out how different I look.
For comparison, here’s me, now:

I’m thinking I need to change something up, but I don’t wanna go back to how I looked in the first pic. Any ideas?

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