Not what you expected?

Okay, I hate to say this but it is time to move on to bigger and better things. I started blogging in my first year of college when heather introduced me to livejournal and i have been hooked ever since. That makes it now 5 years I have been keeping my journal online. To be honest, I really don't like using this service anymore, but I still plan on blogging but not here anymore. Livejournal likes to ask for money to customize something just how you want it.they charge if you want to upload pictures via your phone, or slap your page with ads. I finally found a better alternative out there. Right now I own carlschiel.com, but because it is Microsoft ran - i have little control over the layout. What I decided to do was temporarily move everything to my modthetv.com server which i have full control over. I plan of having the switch done by Thursday, it takes a while to move the hundreds of posts i accumulated!

I just couldn't wait to get home from work today. Kevin got a new puppy. She is so adorable and full of energy. Her name is Maya. Here is a picture.

I just got my vacation approved today.  Check this out...I have friday, saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, wendesday (4th of july), thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday off work.  That is 10 days!   I still have a lot of stuff to do to get ready for a week of camping, but I will keep in touch.   Taylor and maddy have been up for almost 2 weeks now, and I think I spent every day now up dads house.  I miss it.  This past satudfay we went to the coalmine tour  then to abes hot dogs!  One word of advice, do not get their cheeseburgers. 

For the first time only, me and lisa decided to drive the motorcycle to work.  Yeah, it is really crappy out.  You should see it.  She gets out in like 5 minutes, so hopefully it calms down.  So until then we're stuck here.  Yeah, romantic...i know

So, things are going really really well.  Other than feeling under the weather that is.  I don't know why, but I have been so tired and drained in the last few days no matter how much I sleep.  I had an interview yesterday for a supervisor position at work.  I am up against 5 other people, some have been there longer than me...so I am hoping it will work out.  The hours aren't as good, but there is a pay raise - and it is the gateway to other oportinities here.  At least if I don't get it, everyone knows that it is somethign that I am interested in.  The interview went well.  Suprisingly, I really wasn't that nervous.  
In other news, Lisa and I drove all over this weekend on the bike.  It was fun.  We attended a memorial 50 mile bike run on Saturday in memory of Carrie Martain, a local girl that was murdered.  Her family set up a scholarship fund for people who followed her footsteps to attend the Academy where lisa went to get her cosmotology liscense.

I just want to say that I love Lisa.  Im at her house now and she is just amazing.  We're going tomorrow for a benefit motorcycle ride then up to the lake.

Last night I made a ton of changes to my website, and I am actually satiasfied with how it turned out.   I added a ton more pictures and cake and clowns....did I say cake?

Okay,
I guess I am a little better than I have been the past few days.  I have had this massive headache and my leg has been killing me from tilling dads garden last week.  I won't do that again.  Kevins birthday was saturday and I had to put up with everyone asking where lisa is.  Grr, I hate that.  I had alot on my mind all weekend, and it just felt good to get away from everyone for a while.  I went for a ride just me and my bike up to frances walter on sunday to watch the sun go down.  It was nice to hear and feel springtime.  It just wakens you right up.  I have been tossing around the idea in my head to go on a long trip.  It was somethng I always wanted to do.  I would love to ride up and down the canyons and ocean cliffs in Santa Monica and meet up with the other sport bikers on their infamous "Bike Nights" at the local bars and clubs.  I am thinking maybe late August.  I figure it will be about 85 hours driving roundtrip...so about 2 weeks total (leaving time for enjoyment along the way).   Well, I do need to get going.  I will update tonight.   I know it is a little dangerous, and a little strenous - but I want to have the time of my life and have memories and pictures that will stay with me the rest of my life.

Things I want to do:
-Have a "real" BBQ in Kansas City.  
-Take a steamboat ride down the Mississippi
-Camp every night next to my bike under the stars.
-See As many parks as I can along my path.
-get my picture taken at the grand canyon
-attend a "bike night"
-make a friend
-live off of local food, tuna fish (for protein), and granola bars.
-avoid a speeding ticket. 
-Reach 130mph on the salt flats.
-See the where the winter olympics took place.
-visit alcatraz
-more to come.....

Date:	2007-05-16 00:47
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Security:	Public
Mood:	sick

I haven't done a public post in a long time...but tonight im a little tired, so I guess it will have to wait.

Goodnight

Okay, so as much as I would like to post a video entry, I really don't have a decent camera.  All I have is a crappy webcam and my camera phone/pda.  I dunno maybe that will work.  I am probably just going straight home because of the rain, so maybe I will try then...but don't get your hopes up LJ.

Hey LJ,
Wow, you should really see it outside.  It is freaking nice out.  It has got to be like 80 degrees out there.  The birds are chirping, and there is rainbows all over.  Okay, so there is no rainbows - but you get the picture.  I took my bike to work today and had a blast.  I have so much fun riding it its not even funny.  I can't really see how I went all these years without riding a motorcycle.  After work I would like to go to Dankos for a while, but with this nice weather.....well, I will let you know how that works out.  
Which brings me to my next topic, other people driving motorcycles.  Sometimes it really scares me knowing that grandpa is trying to get into it.  Don't get me wrong, It is a great experience and a good way to get around, but then again it is physically demanding and requires 125.2% of your concentration.  I dunno, its not that I have doubts...okay I do, but how do you tell him when he seems so into it?  Thats how people were like me tho.  What if something happens?  How could I live with myself?  Good greif.  Its not like he is just doing it by himself.  I think it was me that got him into it because I always talk about it.  Well, I have to say something when grandma keeps putting you down about it.   I  have doubts about him passing the class that I had to take.  I will update later.  Actually I want to do my first vlog post sometime soon.  I might do it later on when I decide what to do:  go to grandpas and try to talk him out of it,  go wash my bike, or go to danko's.  Who knows.  I have another hour and a half to decide.

P.S.  I went to Wilkes Barre and Dickson City and no signs of a P.Monkey.

Okay, I kinda slept in again so I could not begin my search for P. Monkey, but I will some day!!!.  So yeah, I went to give today and I am really bruised.  I was supprised because it went in with no problems.  That is the part that annoys me the most, when the needle is in you.  I am affraid that if someone comes buy, they will bump into me and the needle will rip my arm apart, other than that, its not bad.  I had my first cookie for the first time in like 3 weeks...it was good, but not as good as i remembered Chips Ahoy tasting like.  I don't know if it was the lack of blood or what. lol.  I decided to take a later lunch and break today.  It is real nice knowing that I will be here only for another hour.   Grandpa asked me to stop down after work today, I know he passed the permit test so I know it has something to do about that.  It just scares me thinking about him on a motorcycle, but then again that is what people say about me.

Hey people,

Its 2:20 at night and I just decided to do a little writing since I have not in a while.
Today I went to work, ran kinda late....I clocked in at 9:59, which is cool and all - but the fast drive sucked. Other than that not to much else new there. I got a t-shirt to wear tomorrow for the blood drive. I guess I am a blood giving all star....yey, go me. I called them up becuase I wanted to take muscle relaxers for my back, they told me if I do I can't donate, so I'm holding off right now...My back is feeling a little bit better today though. If you don't know, I hurt it this weekend by sleeping the wrong way and I have really been in pain since. The only time I feel good is when I am laying down....but its getting better.

The weather men are really starting to tick me off. I think for now on, I am just going to do it my way....I didn't take my bike to work today because it was supposted to rain...it didn't! Im crossing my fingers for tomorrow though.
I
got my MP3 player in the mail today. I ordered a 1gb Sandisk Sansa through woot. I love it. It is a big step up from my old one....32mb Sonic Rio. I have a 2 gig SD card in it, so it is escencially a 3gb player and with SD cards as cheap as blank CD's I decided that this was definately the better option for me. First of all, the price is great. It has support for SRS which really makes the music come alive. And I really don't need to carry my entire music collection with me...its just not a priority. It is flash based, so the battery life is incredible...about 19 hours on one AAA battery. And no hard drives, so it is a durable as ...well, it will be durable. It also has a radio so I can watch TV while I am at Dankos.....and an arm band and all that good stuff. Take that IPod and shove it up your headphone jack! Oh god I hate those things.

It figures, when I get something I always end up wanting something else...Right now, I really want to buy a P. Monkey. People were talking and saying they are available at target. I think I might stop up tomorrow before work.



....I watched the ENTIRE series since I have been stuck being horizontal for the past few days. I highly reccomend it, if you can get over the fact that is a very long video blog. (translation: sometimes its good, sometimes its slow...either way there is almost 150 videos). The best part was when P. Monkey was dancing to Nelly Furtado's Promiscuous.

I think Im going to crash, maybe I will update tomorrow....and I use that very loosely.

Okay, I didn't quite update when I got home.  Things are going pretty good and I am all excited about starting the South Beach Diet.  I have been watching for the last week or so, but I am officially on it as of last night.  Yesterday me and Lisa went to Wal-mart to buy the food that we need to last us throughout the week.  I kinda screwed up last week when I bought the food I thought I would need.  I found out you could not have brown rice.  Oops.  I made 15 frozen fish and brocolli lunches and I can't use them for a month.  Uh well, they are frozen.  So from the time I started last week I am down about 3 pounds.  I don't know if it is just in my head or not, but I actually feel alot better.  My goal is to drop about 80 pounds total, meaning I will probably have to be on the diet until October.  Which isn't that bad considering it is not supposted to be a hard diet to follow.  My problem was not like craving and all that stuff, it is just being genreally hungry.  I dunno.  I'm about ready to go back on the phones with my sugar free jello and a part skim string cheese stick....yeah I can get used to this.  
Depending on how Kayla does, I will be starting my vegiterean diet on 7/17.  We made this bet last summer that if she was able to do it, I would do it for 3 months.  This is going to be a real big change for me, but you know what?  I am actually excited and I want to see if I can actually do it.

Im getting excited about tonight.
I wanna go and start walking with pebbles again, maybe up to frances slocum by my house.  I wanted to wake up early and go before work, but yeah that didnt happen.  I was up late last night making lunches for the next 3 weeks and all that good stuff.  Kevin and I went to Wal-mart.  He is going to try Atkins and see how it works out for him.  Mine, is more like the South Beach diet.  Its not exact, but close.  I bought 8 lbs of fish that I cooked up last night.  I put it into containers with brocolli and a little bit of brown rice.  I made 15 of those meals up.  It should last me a while!......I really wanna go out and be active.  Everyone around me is on a diet so I guess it is pretty helpful.

So yeah, Im excited....maybe ill post when I get home

Date:	2007-03-15 14:10
Subject:	60 things most girls don't know about guys
Security:	Public
Mood:	silly

Yey!, update time....
I just feel really good this week, I dunno if it is the change in weather or not...but wow.  And Lisa was here for my lunch yesterday!  She brought me fruit - with tons of mangos (an added plus to my week).  I talked to Karisa for the first time in a while and it was nice to see how shes doing.  She has Verizon now, so I have a feeling we'll be talking a bit more.  

I had a call today and combined with the email I go, I realized a few things.  Everyone is so aware of the stereotypes when it comes to women, but nobody is really that aware of how guys are.  People assume that guys don't cook, that they are not as emotional as women, and that all they know about is cars and sports....i know nothing about sports!  People think that because a guy expesses himself emotionally of is open with his feelings, that he is the "girl" in a relationship....so untrue. This lady yelled at me because she had a cooking question and she wanted a woman to talk to because she didnt think I was compitant enough...i blew her away with my answer to her question, but that just goes to show how bad it really is. 

I came across this chain email that just blew me away because of how accurate it is (with me at least):

60 things most girls don't know about guys

--"Hey, are you busy?" or "Are you doing something?" ~ two phrases guys open with to stop from stammering on the phone.

--Guys may be flirting around all day but before they go to sleep, they always think about the girl they truly care about.

--Before they call, guys try to plan out a little about what they're gonna say so there aren't awkward pauses, but once he's on the phone he forgets it all and makes it up as he goes.

--Guys go crazy over a girl's smile.

--Guys will do anything just to get you to notice him.

--Guys hate it when you talk about your ex-boyfriend or ex love-interest. Unless they're goin for the let-her-complain-to-you-and-then-have-her-realize-how-wonderful-and-nice-you-are method.

--Guys hate sluts even though they have sex with them!

--A guy who likes you wants to be the only guy you talk to.

--Boyfriends need to be reassured often that they're still loved.

--Don't talk about your guy friends to your boyfriend.

--Guys Get Jealous easily,

--Guys are more emotional than they'd like people to think.

--Giving a guy a hanging message like "You know what?!..uh...never mind.." would make him jump to a conclusion that is far from what you are thinking. And he'll assume he did something wrong and he'll obsess about it trying to figure it out.

--Guys are good flatterers when courting but they usually stammer when they talk to a girl they really like.

--Guys hate asking parents for money to buy girls presents. So they come up with ideas like saving their lunch money for a week. But it never works because guys are always hungry so they end up asking the parents for money anyway.

--Girls are guys' weaknesses.

--Guys are very open about themselves.

--It's good to test a guy first before you trust him. But don't let him wait too long.

--Your best friend, whom your boyfriend seeks help from about his problems with you may end up being admired by your boyfriend.

--If a guy tells you about his problems, he just needs someone to listen to him. You don't need to give advice.

--A usual act that proves that the guy likes you is when he teases you.

--Guys love you more than you love them if they are serious in your relationships.

--Guys will brag about anything.

--Guys use words like hot or cute to describe girls. We rarely use beautiful. If a guy uses that, he likes you a whole hell of a lot.

--Guys think WAY too much. One small thing a girl does, even if she doesn't notice it can make the guy think about it for hours, trying to figure out what it meant.

--Guys seek for advice from girls not other guys. Because most guys think alike, so if one guy's confused, then we're all confused.

--Any guy could write out a rulebook or advice book for flirting, but no guy can write out a book about relationships.

--Try to be as straightforward as possible.

--A guy has to experience rejection, because if he's too-good-never-been-busted, never been in love and hurt, he won't be  mature and grown up.

--If the guy does something stupid in front of the girl, he will think about it for the next couple days or until the next time he spends time with the girl.

--No matter how much guys talk about asses and boobs, personality is key.

--Guys learn from experience not from the romance books that girls read and take as their basis of experience.

--Guys worry about the thin line between being compassionate and being whipped.

--If a guy looks unusually calm and laid back, he's probably faking it and is spazzing inside.

--When a guy says he is going crazy about the girl, he really is. Guys rarely say that.
 
--When a guy asks you to leave him alone, he's just actually saying, "Please come and listen to me."

--Guys don't really have final decisions.

--If a guy starts to talk seriously, listen to him. It doesn't happen that often, so when it does, you know somethings up.

--If your best guy friend seems to avoid you or is never around when you're with your boyfriend, he's probably jealous and likes you.

--When a guy looks at you for longer than a second, he's definitely thinking something.

--Guys like femininity not feebleness.

--Guys don't like girls who punch harder than they do.

--A guy has more problems than you can see with your naked eyes.

--Don't be a snob. Guys can be intimidated and give up easily.

--Everything in moderation. Put on makeup, wear perfume. Just not too much.

--Guys talk about girls more than girls talk about guys.

--Guys hate rejection, but they hate being led on even more.

--Guys really think that girls are strange and have unpredictable decisions and are MAD confusing but somehow are drawn even more to them.

--A guy would give his left nut to be able to read a girl's mind for a day.

--No guy can handle all his problems on his own. He's just too stubborn to admit it.

--Not all guys are assholes. Just because ONE is a jackass doesnt mean he represents ALL of us.

--We don't like girls who are too skinny.

--We love it when girls talk about there boobs.

--Always make sure you know what kind of stuff your getting into before making out with a guy ...like weather it's a one time deal or not ....

--Believe it or not shy guys are the most easiest to talk to..it may not seem right but trust me they will start opening up like books after you just ask them questions about their lives and unnoticeable tell them about yours...

--When a guy hits your butt it means that he wants you sexually

--Even if they refuse it all guys are ticklish on the ribs..

--Guys love neck rubs and if he lets you keep doing it ..it means that he really likes you or his neck really hurts...

--Guys will test the waters to see how far they can get with you. Even if he doesn't intend to it will happen. Know how far it is you want to let him go and he will respect that...after you let him know a couple times.

--When a guy sacrifices his sleep and health just to be with you, he really likes you and wants to be with you as much as possible.

Its 3:00 in the afternoon and I just wanted to get a little post out before I leave for the day. I just wanted to say that sometimes you just can't trust your heart all the time. I took a nice ride last night up to the dam to clear my head a little. I know how I feel and I can see what is going on in my life. I just wish it would stop. I know what I need, and this just isn't it.

Hey people, I am doing a massive update and will be unavailable.

Peace

Date:	2007-01-16 14:11
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Security:	Public
Mood:	awake

Update...

So, I have been doing alot of thinking lately about everything and I decided to take this semester off of school so I can concentrate on my financial situation. Sallie Mae, the people who I took private student loans out with wants me to start paying back now regardless of whether I am done with school or not - so with 14% intrest...I want to get that taken care of. I applied at a few places in addition to working at telerx. An extra 20-25 hours a week would be great and would really help get rid of some of these bills. I applied at UPS and as a forklift driver at some place in pittston. They go from 4am -9am M-F.

I am also looking into getting the house in bear creek with lisa, so I think that would really help my situation seeing that I am making a whole lot more per month. I really hope we get this house, but financially it is kinda scarry. The entire morgage would have to me in my name, since lisa hasn't been working lately and her credit...well, lets not go there. That kinda scares me, being the only one financially responsible for the house. She wants to have both names on the title incase somethign happens to me...(which i can see), but I don't want to have only my name on the morgage. We are going to work something out about that.

I got rid of the data plan on my cell phone, so that clears up some money there per month, and also I won't be paying a damn sattelite bill any time soon. I really can't wait until the day when we are given the keys to the house. I haven't heard anything back from the bank yet, so I am kinda getting nervous. Heres what I did. A

It all started almost a year ago. I found out that the house was for sale, and it was sonething I was considering. We went for a tour of the house and really liked it. We (or at least I) became excited about it the first time we walked through it and I knew it was something I wanted. We went through the sherrifs sales which were pushed back, and called the bank and lawyer...but have gotten nowhere.

This time I wrote 3 letters, which I talked about in the last entry. Hopefully I get an answer back, so I know whether to continue thinking about the house or not. I plan on updating more very soon...i wanna call lisa on my lunch before it is over....bye