Okay, so what's new besides that fact that I take on way too much stuff to do at the same time.  I guess you could say that I like to stay busy, but not this busy.  I really need to learn how to say no to some things.  I mean, people ask me to do something and I'm like, sure, why  not, I can handle that, even though I have fifty million other things going on at that time.  I take it on and I do it, and usually do it well.  I have really been run ragged here the past few weeks.  My birthday is coming in up just 3 more weeks, I'm trying to make plans for it so it will be a good one this year...cause I really deserve a good birthday, the last few have just been kinda bland.  This one needs to be the best, since I will be turning 20 and no longer a teenager anymore....man I feel old...what happened to the good ole young days of life...ehh...guess they left a long time ago.  There is the small birthday planning, the fishing that I'm trying to do and get in while it's still not too cold out, school work has to come in here somewhere, though not much of it gets done till the last minute most of the time, we have the reason that I go home every weekend, and no people, it's not because of fishing, but good guess.  I'm not going to tell you what that reason is, you have to figure it out on your own, and I know of one person reading this who already knows that reason.  Let's see.....deer season opens in 2 weeks, but I have a tournament on opening day, kinda stinks, but it's out of the dam and I cant miss that one.  I guess I will have to go that evening if I get in time.  I was told that a certian someone wanted to go hunting with me this year...really surprised me when she said this to me, and kinda had to pinch myself to make sure I was really awake and hearing what she was telling me.  If I don't get to take her that Saturday when I get done with the tournament...I will take her the next Friday after she gets out of school....and yes....I'm going to take her....call me crazy if you want too, but you all know you would do the same thing if you were in my shoes.  Ohh...I have a CIV test tomorrow that I havent even began to study for...yeah...I know....I'm a genius...thanks.  I will study tonight.  I know everything that is going to be on the test, and all I have to do is make a C on it to help my grade in the class....a B would be great...but I will settle for a C.  I guess that I will wrap this up now, cause most of you probably quit reading it 5 minutes ago, but for those of you who are still reading down to this point, well I guess I know who my real friends are then.  Anyway, my life is busy, hectic, and strange, but I like it...and wouldnt trade it for anything.

 

God Bless

Hey everyone, how's it goin?  I went to Talon Falls in Paducah Saturday night, and it was great.  If you havent been, you really have to go.  I went with Brooke and she did really really well.  It was her first time to go to a haunted house period, and she didnt get all that scared.  There are a few parts in there that made me jump, so its great.  It wasnt all that fun tho because we were the last ones in line.  We got to see the people jump out at the ones in front of us, so it kind of spoiled the fun, for me at least.  I laughed the whole way through...partly because of the girl in front of us who flipped out at every little thing...and partly because I just thought it was funny.  I'm not going to give any details for those of you who havent gone and are planning on going.  If I told you some of the stuff, it would spoil all the fun for you.  But if you like haunted houses, go to talon falls....its well worth the 2 hour wait in line....and yeah....I said 2 hour wait.  So go early....or go late.....dont go at prime time during the evening unless you have absolutely nothing to do.  Brooke and I got there a little after 8...and we didnt get back to her house till almost 1....so yeah...be prepared to waste half the time waiting in line....but I'm telling you...it is well worth it....you wont be sorry.  I'm planning on going to the dead end house thursday night....notice I said planning...the plans that I make here lately with certian people seem to fall through at the last minute...but hopefully all things will work out and we will get to go...if not...I may just go by myself...hmm...naw....more fun with other people.  Anyway...check back after Friday to see my thoughts on the dead end house.  Hope yall enjoy....

 

God Bless

Hey guess what.  Did yall know that Murray State has a fishing team.  Yeah, we do.  And we went to nationals last week in Louisiana.  Murray got 2nd in the nation, now thats what im talking about.  But the greatest thing, besides missing an entire week of classes...was that there was a Bass Pro Shops within 5 minutes of where we were staying.  It was awesome.  Talk about spending lots of money tho....I am now officially broke...yes broke...that is the reason I'm staying at work all week trying to make up for my week of fun.  Plus, I have to have money for my weekend adventures...if you all know what I'm talking about. lol...it's all totally worth every minute of it tho.  I wish I could go back down there....we all had a blast...but I was ready to come home...I missed everyone...and I didnt need to get any more behind.  I have so much stuff to catch up on its not even funny.  Hopefully I will get all caught up by the end of the week...if not then next week will be fun too.  I just wish we had a week long fall break like everyone else...but no..we only get one day.  And..since I dont have class on fridays anyway...I get a fall break every week I guess.  Oh well...llife goes on.

 

God Bless

Okay, so I realized just how smart I really am this morning.  I have an 8:30 computer programming class on Monday mornings.  No big deal...dont really like classes that early, but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.  I went to bed last night, set my alarm, and had every intentions of going to class.  I wasnt planning on missing any classes this semester.....but.....it seems as if I set my alarm for the wrong time this morning.  Instead of setting it for 7:30, I set it for 8:30.  I got up....did some things online that I needed to do....thinking I had plenty of time to get to class, I just happen to look up and check my schedule, and realize that I am a complete moron and am missing my class this morning.  Class starts at 8:30...not 9:30.  I dont know what I was thinking.  Yes I know, Im a genius...you dont have to say it.  But here is the question....on times like this...is it better to go to class late and have everyone stare at you like you are an idiot when you walk in....or just not go at all and tell the teacher what happened?  I mean..its no trouble to turn in the assignment for the lab.  Its not even due till next Monday.  I'm not really worried about the homework grade....now the grade we get for being present in the lab kinda of concerns me...even tho I have a 100 in this class right now...I dont need any bad grades.  I need all the good grades I can get this semester.  But still the fact that I missed class and didnt mean to this morning just really agrivates me.  You all let me know tho...should I have went in late...or did what I did and just not go?

 

God Bless

Okay, I know I havent been making a lot of posts lately, and I'm sorry, but I have been really really busy.  Its my second year here at Murray and things are just now getting to where I can actually breathe and have time to think.  These first few weeks have been pretty rough.  I forgot what college was really like.  I will have to say tho, most of my classes are going to be rather easy this year.  I need to do well in all of them in order to bring my GPA up and keep all of my financial aid that I am getting.  If I lose my scholarships, my mom and dad will absolutely kill me.  I still have time to hang out with friends and stuff tho...I will always try to make time for that.  I am still fishing on a pretty regular basis...and we leave for nationals down in Louisana in 2 weeks.  I am so ready to go, but I am going to miss a lot of stuff when I go down there.  There is a lot of stuff going on back home that week and I will be down there, and people are upset with me because I am going to miss them...sorry guys..but I still love you all...lol.  Anyway, just thought that I would make a post on here to let you all know that I'm still alive and kicking.  Yall give me a holler sometime.

 

God Bless

Last night I was sitting in the room being my usual self when the phone rang.  Now, last year we had problems with telemarketers calling the room at all hours, so I picked up the habit of answering the phone in random off the wall ways.  The favorite was, Murray BBQ how can I help you, and of course, Roadkill Cafe, You hit em, We grill em.  Anyway, the phone rang last night and I was in one of the happy go lucky not really caring moods, and I picked it up and without thinking said, Murray BBQ how can I help you.  The poor girl on the other line didnt know what to say.  She finally choked out, I'm sorry sir, I must have the wrong number.  Having never heard this reply before, I had no clue what to say.  Most people know I'm just joking when I say that, and go on with asking to speak to whomever they are calling.  But this girl just said that and hung up the phone.  After she hung up, I felt horrible.  I mean, what if she actually needed something?  She could have been calling me because something was wrong, and I was just being silly, and probably scared her half to death.  Needless to say, I probably wont answer the phone that way anymore, that is until the lovely telemarketers start calling me again.  I have so much fun with those telemarketers.  Oh, and if the girl that called last night expecting someone else and got Murray BBQ is reading this, I'm sorry, call back.

 

God Bless

Okay, I have decided to change the name of our campus here.  I am going to start calling this Muddy State instead of Murray State.  For those of you who know me, this is nothing new, I have always called it Muddy State, but now I am going to make it official.  Living up here will really make you love or hate the rain.  It rains every single day here I swear.  I usually dont mind the rain, but here lately I am really beginning to get sick of it.  If you think I am crazy, you come down here and walk to class in the middle of the monsoon every day and see how you like it.

 

God Bless

This is just part of my randomness, but I bet when most of you stop and think about it, you probably do the same thing.  I just wanna know how many of you..when you go to use the bathroom in the public place, look at the persons shoes in the stall next to you and then walk around the store and try to find that person?  I just want to do this one time, and then actually find that person, walk up to them, and say, "Man, you sure did do a good job stinking up that place in there", and just see what their reaction is.  I think it would be rather funny.  I might come out with a few less teeth or some broken bones, but I really think it would be great.  I wonder how red the person would turn.

 

I was using the bathroom the other day at a place that I wont mention, but I happend to notice that the layout was kinda weird.  No, this didnt hit me until I came out.  I opened the stall door and the uranal was right there as you came out, and some dude was standing there using it.  He didnt have his back to me, it wasnt laid out that way....the uranal was turned sideways and it was sickening when I opened that door.  It was like hey man, hows it going.  I think the both of us were like...uhh...okay this is wrong.  I just wanna know who in the world designs these bathrooms and what state of mind are they in when they do it.  I mean, are they drunk or what.  Who in the world would design a bathroom with the uranal turned sideways in front of the stalls.  It just aint right.

 

God Bless

Okay, so this year is the first year that I have to sleep on the top bunk in the dorm.  I've only slept in the room probably 3 times now and I already hate it.  I don't know what it is, but I just cant bring myslef to jump down out of the bed in the mornings.  We have our beds on risers this year, so it makes them about 6 inches taller than they originally are, and looking down from the top bunk, it's a long way to the ground.  I have always been scared of heights and my roommate refuses to sleep on the top bunk, so I got stuck up there.  It's going to be funny on the first day of class when my alarm is going off and I refuse to jump out of the bed and turn it off.  The sad thing is, it's only like 6 foot or so to the floor, but I just can't seem to do it.  Call me sad, I know, but for someone scared of heights in the first place...it's not easy.  I guess I'm either just going to have to face my fear, or find someway other way to arrange the room and not  bunk the beds.

 

God Bless

I think most of us guys really wanna know what girls are really thinking when we talk to them.  I mean, dont you ever wonder what in the world they really mean when they say something?  Most of the time when they say one thing, they mean another.  I recently read a post on my sisters site that I found rather funny, and I think I am going to pull some things from it.  So guys, here you go, this is what girls really mean....

 

1.  When you first meet a girl and talk for less than 15 minutes, and she says "Hey, I'll see ya around", dont get your hopes up.  This phrase is just a nice way of saying, hey, if I see you around later, I might talk to you if I can remember your name.  Otherwise, get lost and dont worry about it loser.

 

Before I continue, let me just say that this might not apply to all girls.  There are some exceptions out there, just not many.

 

2.  When a girl hands you the phrase, "You dont have to do it if you dont want to", uhh, you better stop whatever your doing and do what it is that you two are talking about.  She doesnt really mean you can do it later, or do it if you want to.  No, she means do it now.

 

3.  Girls like to talk on the phone a lot.  Again, not all girls are this way, but most of them are.  When a girl is talking on the phone, you are usually gonna get the story of her whole day whether you like it or not.  This is the time where you can do other stuff, but you have be sure and listen to the key concepts of the story.  If you havent learned the art of doing this, such as listening to the story and watching TV, or surfing on the net, then trust me, you will pick up on it quick.  If she asks you a question about what she just told you, never say, "Huh, I'm sorry I didnt catch that"...big no no.  If you have no clue what she is talking about, make it up.

 

4.  When the girl tells you "Call me when you get a chance", dont rush home and call her.  Normally after a date she is going to go to her room and either go straight to bed, or call one of her friends and give them all the details.  Normally you have a 2 or 3 day grace period to call them back.  If you wait longer than 3 days, you are just out of luck and better start looking for someone else. 

 

5.  Never argue past the point of 2 minutes on something you know you cant win.  Arguing is good, but if you know you cant win the issue, just drop it and give her the joy of winning.  I think its our job to lose most of the time guys, but hey, even though we do lose, we still win in the long run.

 

These are just my opinions and things that I have gathered from talking to girls.  If you agree with them, good, if not, then oh well you dont have to listen to me.  However, if you really stop and think about some of these, I think you find they hold kinda true with most girls.

 

God Bless

Well, my roommate has finally moved in, and I think this is going to be a good semester.  My roomie is a guy I know from the bass club and we get along really really well....so far.  This semester has to be better than the last year, and it wont take much to top last semester....it was horrible.  I can just tell that this one is gonna be better.  He is a really good guy, good morals and everything.  We have our room set up really really awesome this year.  We have a sound system that you can hear all the way down in the lobby of our floor, and we live at the end of the hall...it is great....can we say noise complaints this year, hehe.  I will be glad when our suitemates get here so I can meet them and see if they are going to be okay, or if they will be complete losers.  I think they are freshmen, which I think our whole hall is freshmen, so it should be really interesting.  I dont feel so old up here, but I still feel a little old.  I mean, I'm going to be 20 this year, and I have all of these 18 year olds moving in.  It's not as bad as hanging out all summer with 16 and 17 year olds, granted all of my friends are really cool, but when you are 3 years older than they are and they start talking about stuff that you have no clue about, you feel old.  Anyway, I yet again have a lot going on this semester, so I am going to stay rather busy, which is the way I like it.  It stinks to have a lot of free time on your hands with nothing to do.  I would rather have it busy and keep going until late at night when it's actually time to come in and wind down from the day.  It's going to be a fun semester and all of you guys from back home are welcome to come up and stay with me anytime you all want.

 

God Bless

It's funny how you think you know your friends like the back of your hand.  I mean, you are friends with someone for years, and you think that you know all there is to know, and that they will pretty much tell you anything.  But, then again, how well do we really know someone?  How do we know that the person you think is your best friend is always going to tell you the truth and what is going on?  Are we just supposed to believe and trust that that person will tell us the turth when we ask what is going on?  When you really stop and think about it, are your friends really the person you think they are, or have they been hiding their true self from you the whole time you have known them?  Are they the person that they want you to see, or are they the person that they really and truely are?  I thank God that the friends I have are true honest friends and tell me how it is all the time.  I am really glad that all of my friends dont beat around the bush with me.  True friends wont try to hide anything from you.  They will be honest when you want to know what is going on.  They wont tell you something that they think you want to hear, they will be honest.  Honesty is a virtue that is hard to find, but when you find someone who is honest, they are usually someone to keep around.

 

God Bless

Well, today I finally got to move back into the dorm at Murray.  We came up this morning about 11, and it was totally packed up here.  I wasnt expecting all the many people to be here, but I didnt realize that is was early move in day for everyone.  I dont know what I was expecting really, maybe that I would get up here and be one of the only few moving in early, but heh, I was wrong, way wrong.  My parents helped me move in, and I will have to say that is the only way to go.  They like to help, and they buy anything and everything that I want when I first move in.  It was great, I got all the stuff I needed no questions asked, and even got treated to dinner.  It is kinda boring up there though, I dont have a TV until my roomie gets here tomorrow night, so I am kinda confined to the internet here.  Cant complain there either though, the net up here is freaking AWESOME, its sooooooo soooooo fast.  I mean, you click on the browser, and its there almost before you get done clicking.  My dorm room is awesome this year, I actually have carpet in the room, oh yeah.  The only thing that I wish was a little different is the temperature...it is like a sana in here.  I know some of you would like that, ahem..Brooke, but I dont.  I hate being in a room thats hot...I wish it was like 40 degrees in here, then I would be set.  You guys really need to come and check out my room this year...it is set up soooo much better than any I've had so far.

 

God Bless

I was sitting around the other day doing some thinking, something which I havent gotten to do in a while, and I realized just how lucky I am to have the friends that I have.  True friends are really hard to come by these days and I am truly blessed with the ones I have.  I have the kind of friends who will always be there when you need them no matter what time or when it may be.  I'm talking about the kind of friends that you could call at 3 AM in the morning and say, hey I need you, and they would be right there without any questions asked.  These are the kind of friends that you will always remember and cherish.  I'm sure most of my friends get tired of hearing my nagging and complaining all the time, but that is what makes them special to me.  They usually tell me to shut up and go on about it, but then I have some that have been there and tell me that it will all be okay.  So for those of you who have had to listen to me ever since I've known you, and put up with all my crap, thanks.  Thanks for just being there, and I love all you guys.  May God bless you all in everything you do, and I hope that I can always be there for you all like you have been there for me.

 

God Bless

Okay, so Dad and I had a team tournament today and it really really stunk.  It only took 20 pounds to win it.  We only had a little over 12 pounds so we werent any where close to the top.  We did get a top 10 finish however, but no check.  Fishing was slow today.  The fish have moved back up to the shallows and I hate it.  I want them to go back deep again so I can catch them.  I hate fishing shallow, its no fun at all.  We have our ABA two dayer coming up next weekend, so hopefully the fish will be moved back out by then and it will be a better weekend.

As most of you know that I have been talking to lately, Brooke and I went out so to say last night.  It technically wasnt a date, although I'm sure that most of you think that it was.  It was sooo great just going out and having fun with her.  We went to Madisonville and ate at Applebees, went to Lowes, yes we went to Lowes.  She is the first girl that I have taken somewhere and actually got to go to Lowes, how great is that.  Then we went and saw a movie in the ghetto theatre but it was awesome.  Wedding Crashers is a must see for those of you who like movies.  It starts out a little bad with all the curse words and stuff, but then it gets better.  It is absolutely hilarious.  The real funny thing is that there were only like 5 people in the theatre and it was pitch black when we got there.  After the movie we went to Wal-Mart, didnt buy anything, but we had fun just goin and looking around.  Yeah, can you believe I went to Wal-Mart and didnt buy anything?...me either...lol  But I have to ask, when is the last time that you went out and got to go to Lowes and Wal-Mart and both people actually like it?  It was truly one of the best nights of my summer.  I really need to do it again sometime.  Love ya Brooke!!  

 

God Bless

Okay, yesterday was absolutely a blast.  I got to hang out with friends that I havent seen in a long time at Brooke's house.  We had a party so to say, we all got together and went swimming, ate hamburgers and hotdogs, watched a moive and just had hung out.  It was really great and I so didnt want the day to end.  Probably cause I knew that I had to come to work today, but it was really fun just getting together, hanging out and not having to worry about anything for a while.  It is such a shame that school starts here in the next little bit...I am ready to go back but at the same time I just wanna spend time with my friends who I have somewhat neglected over the summer due to my fishing.  But fishing season is almost over for me, and I am sooo glad cause then I will have my weekends back to do the stuff that I wanna do.

 

God Bless

Okay, this post is going to require some comments from you guys and gals.  I wanna know if I'm the only person who still has their parents ask them 20 questions before they go out and do something.  Here recently my parents have been asking me 20 questions, well..more like 40, about my plans.  Growing up in high school I was use to it, the fact that I didnt have much of a life and my parents practically controlled everything I did was really sad, but then I went to college for a year and got use to not having to tell my parents everything I did.  Now, back home during the summer, I try to go out and do something and I be nice and tell them that I'm going to go, and they are like, where are you going, who are you going with, why are you going, what are you gonna do, when will you be back, why so late, do you have to go, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.  It is soooo crazy.  I am going to a party at a friends house tomorrow and was teliing my mom for the last final time to make sure she knew I wasnt gonna be home, and I swear I literally just had to sit through 40 questions about my day.  She probes me for information, and each answer requires at least 10 more questions.  It is really sad, that I am almost 20 and my parents still try to tell me what I can and cant do.  Dont get me wrong, I'm glad they are protective and concerned about me, but come on, a guy has to live his life, and there are just some things that I dont wanna tell them.  So yall give me some comments and let me know if I'm the only one with crazy parents here?

 

God Bless

I was on my way to Evansville the other day and with my parents and I had a lot of time to do some thinking, and I came up with this post.  Have you ever noticed that girls have to match their shoes with what they are wearing?  I mean, they literally have a pair of shoes for every outfit they own.  Guys are not this way.  I myself own 4 pair of shoes, and that is counting the pair of shoes that are worn out that I use to do my chores and stuff in.  And we, as guys do not worry about the fact if our shoes match our outfit.  I mean, we wear brown shoes with black pants, and tennis shoes with everything.  Heck, I would wear my new sneakers with everything I have if I could get away with it.  There have been times where I have been told what I was and wasnt gonna wear, yeah, I tried to argue the point, but needless to say I didnt win.  I guess we guys just have it lucky, we dont care what we wear, we dont care if it matches, and we really dont care whether or not it is cute while we are wearing it.  Girls go through all the trouble of getting ready, making sure every thing matches, and it all looks good, when we guys just blindly pick something out of the closet, or floor in my case, and throw it on.  We will occassionaly throw our shirts in the dryer to get the wrinkles out, if we have time, if not, then we just put it on and dont worry about it.  I guess this is why it only takes us like 10 min to get ready, and it takes most girls 30 or more.  Thats one of the beauties of being a guy.  The sad thing about all of this though is that I caught myself the other day trying to mix and match clothes.  I was honestly actually thinking about what I was going to wear and whether or not it would look good and go together.  And the real sad thing is that I referred to a certain setup that I have as fall colors and spring colors.  Now is getting really bad when I start referring to fall and spring for my clothes.  I love just getting out of the shower of the morning and throwing something on not caring what it looks like, of course then we have those times when you try to plan something and you have the girl tell you what you are and arent going to wear...that is always fun.

 

God Bless