I've just realized how inconsistent my caps are in my titles on my blog. It's making me a bit ocd, but I don't think I'll go back and change it. I would if I cared enough though.
We have a swim meet today. I hope I do good, but my neck kinda hurts today and I just, don't want to swim.
Why does my neck hurt? Probably because I fell asleep on the couch last night. I was really enjoying Who's Line Is It Anyway and my cat Princess was asleep on my chest while Oliver watched from the recliner.
Anyway, I get to hang out with Rick and Megan today! Well, most likely. With my phone not working I can only hope Rick gets back to me again on Facebook and I should probably talk to Megan now. Updates to come later, but right now, it's only 9am.
One bean and counting
This is just me, Brendan West, talking about what goes on during my day. I plan to go over events and share thoughts.
How much orange juice pulp is desirable to you
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Memory Loss March 17, 2011
For most of the day, I forgot it was St. Patrick's Day. I didn't wear green, and I didn't really mind either way. I may be Irish, but I've never really felt Irish or really done anything Irish, so I really don't feel that inclined to participate, though I would wear green if I could remember in the morning.
In Astronomy, we got to look at light through specific pieces of film that turned the light into all colors of the spectrum, I wanted to keep mine so bad.
For about an hour after Astronomy and before Anthro, I went into a singing room on campus and danced, sang, and screamed my heart out. It felt really good to just go nuts. Being a rock star would be epic.
In Anthro, I passed notes with that one girl who sits in front of me again. I'm positive I made it clear that I'm taken, so hopefully she's just being friendly and lookin' for a friend to talk to. I'm just a bit creeped out by her recently though. She commented on four of my pictures, a status, and sent me a message. I always thought being stalked would feel flattering, but it really doesn't. I hope she doesn't get too attached or anything. I really just met her for the most part.
On my way to practice I had forty minutes in between classes. I wanted to sing some more, so I walked the track and sang at the top of my lungs. (almost said lunch) I got some funny looks, but it felt too good to stop. My throat is a bit sore, I hope I continue to push it, I want to get better at singing.
I showed up for swim practice today when I was supposed to be at my Astronomy Lab, luckily I made my lab just in time because Snix's girfriend Dani wondered why I wasn't there with him. We had a really long lab today, and we talked about black holes. It was pretty darn interesting. We also calculated how big we'd be if we were black holes. We'd be really small, but to my understanding, we'd be incredibly powerful. Maybe powerful enough to suck in the whole school! Maybe more, maybe less, but that's what Kyle and I understood. Apparently there is no law in nature keeping us from randomly turning us into black holes. Apparently, some stars are very capable too, but our sun in particular is about as capable as we are. So that's...comforting.
I worked from 6pm-9pm tonight. On the way to work, I just wanted to vent to my dad that I'm being stalked and how I feel about it. It turned into him lecturing me on how I keep to myself too much and how I have to go out and stop limiting myself to the amount of people I meet. I really just wanted a small bit like, "Ooh that's creepy," or (pardon my vanity) "I can't blame her." At one point he even mentioned how like some guys, all some girls want is sex and to use you and that I'm very naive and trusting like he is. He just breaks off into so many tangents that I don't want to be rude, but I constantly want to ask him what his point is. In any case, I was in a good mood going into work. I don't know why I was so surprised though, to walk in with two bosses and a manager glaring at me. Frank was one of them. First words out of his mouth, "there you are little guy, you did something wrong, I need to talk to you." Just once I'd like to go to work where no one is on my case or giving me crap about anything. One day where I haven't done something horribly wrong within the first hour. It's been a month. Anyway, with just little things and other things adding up, I found myself wanting to quit and hating my job for the first two hours. The last hour wasn't SO bad, but it just isn't worth it sometimes. I don't know whether I'm going to bring up that check I lost to Frank. Really I just want to do whatever will make him less angry. If it ends up meaning me losing ninety bucks, I'll live. I just don't want to put up with how much crap I'll get if people find out. It's not friendly crap either, it's "are you some kind of stupid?" crap. I feel like I'm more trouble than I'm worth anyway. He treats me like a child as well, and though I can be childish and have a young mentality, I still like being talked to with respect. I really dislike being treated like a child. Anyway, it's over, and I'm probably gonna hit the hay soon. I have a swim meet tomorrow.
Oh and I started rewriting a book I wanna write. I'm editing it, fixing it, and reorganizing it so I can hopefully spend most of my spring break on it. Goodnight readers, sorry I update so late, but sometimes it's just when I finish my day. Sweet dreams. PS, I may not always post it, but I miss Jessi.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Sun drained and eating a pop tart March 16, 2011
Before I forget! The clouds yesterday were wonderful. I liked today's better, but yesterday there was a great cross hatching pattern in the sky. I enjoyed it a lot. It looked like a weaved...something.
On with today, I spent a lot of time in Starbucks in my downtime before swim. I had a dream about Jessi last night, but I can't say I remember what it was. I just remember I woke up tired, but I was in a good mood.
So, the clouds TODAY were especially wonderful. Let me check my ipod notes. This morning, there was a plain emote in the sky. It looked like this. o_o The eyes were filled in, but it was funny. Behind some soft clouds to the east this morning was what looked like two suns. I'm aware that there is just one in our solar system, but hey, it was cool. I got sunburned today from swim.
Anything else interesting? I spent some time with my mom and brother watching TV, which is one of the only ways I can spend time with them. At one point I busted up into a completely random fit of laughter on the floor. I enjoyed it, though I'm not completely sure what I was laughing about. I'm pretty sun drained though, so that may be understandable. Plus, I had to wake up at four because mom had to go into work early. My brother gave me a small massage in my room because I asked him for one. That was nice. He actually found some ticklish spot I wasn't aware of. He didn't abuse it, but when he hit it, he'd accidentally make me flinch and giggle. The massage was good, he complimented my back? I don't know. Anyway, I'm going to continue listening to "The Format" and then doing something that isn't sleep. I kinda want to go crazy and write all spring break and see where that takes me. We'll see.
Bye for now readers, sweet dreams.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
As today comes to an end March 15, 2011
Good evening readers, it's been too long has it not?
It seems as though I haven't written in forever, probably because it really has been a long time. Anyway, down to the "good" stuff.
Not much happened today really, and I need to get to bed real soon so I'm going to do a quick overview this time, I hope the few readers (if any) don't mind too much.
1. I almost made a friend in the library today. I was sleeping in a chair setup I made in an abandoned corner when I decided to make some small chat with a stranger. I don't exactly remember how it all began, but she didn't seem to mind looking up from her book. I asked her if I was snoring, she said "yes." She later informed me it was definite, but not loud. I only snore on occasion to my understanding, along with sleep with my eyes open. Anyway, we talked about the dream from my mini nap, which really just consisted of the library, but set up differently. In that dream, I saw an old friend Lizzi, and she seemed to hate me and not want to talk about it for some reason. Her cheeks were very rosy like she had a lot of blush on them, kinda like the cartoons she is so good at drawing. I gave up trying to see what was wrong because I recalled her doing something slightly similar to her old best friend Katti. Or at least, that's what I understood it to be in Katti's words. Anyway, I proceeded to talk to her about music, and how I miss Flag, and all sorts of things like that. It was the average smalltalk, with my occasional outbursts of silly ideas. I asked her if she thought I was weird yet, and she used the word "amazing" instead. I told her about "The Little Prince," and we tried to find it to no avail in the library. We talked about how the ceiling to the library patio looked like it could make some waffles, and the lights that hung in the squares could be to inject filling. Eventually, she had to depart, but I was so excited to have someone to talk to I tagged along while we ate our packed lunches and people watched. I wasn't much for people watching at the moment, but she seemed to be very into it. Apparently she was home schooled her whole life. Full on home school. I began to feel like I annoyed her, and she even decided she wanted to be to class early today. Really, since the library she didn't seem to be enjoying my company. So anyway, long story short...I almost made an interesting friend today...I guess I'll just stick with Tyler, he has high tolerance of me and is just as weird.
The light went off on me in the restroom during swim. So there I was, dripping wet from the pool, in the dark...luckily the circumstances didn't really make anything all that difficult.
Also, if I haven't posted it on my blog yet, I have a job at Upper Crust Pizza in Vista, CA. I made eleven dollars in tips tonight because the family felt bad that they were so extremely obnoxious. I didn't mind, I thought their running kids were adorable, but EVERYONE else did. The baby blond one even excitedly screamed in a stranger's ear while he was sitting and eating. At work, I was off to do dishes, and apparently I wasn't supposed to. Frank stopped me and asked me where I was going. I said, "nowhere." He then proceeded to say, "I wasn't talking about your life, you're going to make this salad if you even know how." He isn't the nicest guy at most times and quite honestly he intimidates me, but I don't want to back out of a job I'm new to and just look like I'm giving up. I especially don't want to do so because I could use the money for school right now, and jobs are hard to find. Plus, I don't want my four friends who work there to think I'm giving up like some sort of coward. Anyway, I can't say I like my job most times, but it isn't half bad at other times.
Dad and Joe picked me up and they ordered us all some pizza.
The rest of the night I've been just taking it easy.
I missed Jessi today. Goodnight readers, sweet dreams hm? <3
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
It's only Wednesday February 23, 2011
I finally finished paying for my classes today! On my own, the total came to about $431, but that's pretty good! I'm proud of myself. Even though I'm just going to a Community College, I feel like I'm doing something for myself. I just hope I get myself some good grades this time. I really hope I do, but sometimes I worry about how good I am at making up excuses for myself along with other things.
Nothing else really happened the rest of the day. I mainly spent it with Juan getting lunch at Tom's. They're not as good as I remember and their fries taste...Funky. Like it tasted as if they had some type of cleaning spray or something on them. It's still a nice little place though. Juan and I also bothered his girlfriend for most of the time in the library. I showed him "Plans" and he liked it.
I'm having trouble focusing lately. Partly because I'm worn out, and partly because I think I'm getting addicted to League again. I haven't even liked it for the most part, I just play it to pass time and because I've been uninspired. I really would like time to pass for now. Just for a year or so.
Swim took forever, but afterward I saw a stripe of a cloud that reminded me of felt board. Other smaller and more detailed clouds were placed on it, barely hanging on. Snickers and I argued who would win in a series of fights between ninjas, spartans, wizards, jedi, avatar, and other things. I'm burned out right now. I miss Jessi. I think that's all for today. I'm glad I got something down though ^_^ Goodnight readers. Sweet dreams.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Oh yeah! New TFS episode today February 22, 2011
Ok, so first let me go over my dreams from the past few days.
Dream one, I was running around my grandma's retirement community, which is a nice community I must say. Top notch really, I kid you not. I found my cats and my laundry basket so I scooped them up and began running somewhere, I think home was my destination? Maybe I lived in that community in my dream? One of the cats fell out of the basket though and got devoured by wolves. I don't remember which cat it was, but it was unpleasant to say the least. It was heartbreaking really.
In dream two I was sailing with Jessica and we were pirates. A giant kracken attacked the ship from one of the sides and we fought if off Golden Sun style with Psynergy. I think I was a Venus adept and she was a Mars adept. It was pretty neat.
Dream three, my cousins built a house where Chili's currently stands. It must have vanished or something. My brother and I visited them and when we drove off we ended up chasing a car. I was on the hood of our car and I was trying to help the car in front of us by closing the back of theirs. The car in front did a break check and my face slammed into it so that dream ended pretty abruptly.
Dream four, I left the front door to the house open and some guy was quietly making off with all of our stuff. Well, I assumed it was ours. I didn't recognize any of it really, but he was sneaking into our house and stealing something. We chased him, but he got in his car and got away quietly.
Side note: I'm lagging on blogger. Odd.
My random thought of the day: I was wondering, if people do suicides with drinks by mixing them all together, do people ever mix beer in there too? I'm not saying they mix a bunch of alcoholic drinks, but just the regular soft drinks with beer. I wonder if that changes anything. One wonders these things at Upper Crust.
Finally dream five. I was sticking my foot (which had a cowboy boot on it) into a frozen lake, and it kept coming up really wet. That's really all I remember.
Today I couldn't keep my eyes open in Astronomy. I realized I hadn't had any coffee this morning. Somehow I made my Astronomy teacher laugh though. He kinda sputters and giggles like an old man with no teeth. He has teeth, but anyway, he's old. Hes gettin' turtley though, so hes probably pretty high up there.
I got a mocha fast and downed it because I realized I couldn't take it into the library, but I really needed to study for Anthropology. I enjoyed what I could and took some deep breaths, soaking in the day. I could swear that I'm starting to see more and more heart shaped clouds lately. Maybe they really are and it isn't just me? Either way, I don't mind.
I did a quick study and review session for Anthro, and it ended up working very well. I was hurried, but I did good with studying what I needed. On the way to class I realized something though. I need to BUY my scantron for class. The line was long so I gave some guy towards the front a dollar to run my purchase through. I got there at eleven on the dot and I feel like I aced it. My teacher is uncomfortably atheist, but he didn't really incorporate it on the test, so that was good. I was the last to finish, but I feel like I did very well.
It's girl scout season! I treated myself to a box of Samoas because I cannot resist. It was four dollars and I shared with the team.
My coach called me Moppy because my hair is usually a bit wild before I get into the water. We swam a total of 5800 meters today. That's... a lot. That's about 232 lengths of the pool if I did my math right. 2000 of those meters were strictly with kickboards. I couldn't walk at work because of it. It was funny, but painful. Coach ran practice all the way to 3:30.
Snix decided to take Dani home today and I had work at five. She lives in Carlsbad, so I had my dad bring my uniform to me. He took his sweet time and got mad at me when I told him my managers were frustrated with my lateness. I was doing all I could to make everything on time today, he had thirty minutes to meet me, and it only takes ten for the drive. He took the entire thirty. Work was fine otherwise. It's still fast paced, still crazy, and they're still trying to just throw me into everything. I like it. I made seven bucks in tips tonight. I saw Taylor from my old water polo team because he works there too. Him and Jorge were messing with me all night, but I think they like me. They're just feeling me out and stuff.
I had a raspberry Coke today. It was cool. If I think of anything else I'll be sure to post it, but for now I think that's it. Just in case I don't edit again, goodnight readers. Sweet dreams.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Dang, the rain stopped February 19, 2011
Hm, now that the day is almost over it would make sense for me to be blogging before it ends. I don't really know what I meant by that.
Anyway, last night I fell asleep comfortable and content. I woke up in the middle of the night in panic thinking I fell asleep too soon, but I checked my phone and saw that I did it right for once in my life. I was quite satisfied to see the most recent thing on my phone. Right on schedule. The only thing I remember of my dream is that I was on the first floor of the NAU library in the northwest region between study areas by the elevator. I was putting books away and I was singing NSync at the top of my lungs when Jessi showed up to giggle at my silliness. I approached, and as I neared, I woke up. It was still nice.
For the morning, I ran errands with my dad. He drove me around town as good company and took me to get a haircut after. Nothing interesting happened there. Well fine, two things did. For one, one of the places he had to go was directly next to where we put Kahlua down. It made me ache a little, but I was wondering how he would react. He seemed to be okay, which was good. Second, we went to Rubios. Man that place is good. Their salsa and big burritos are pretty darn impressive, I must say.
For the haircut, I don't know if I did it right. I hope so. It's pretty short, but it'll grow back. Well, I'm sure it will. What if I go bald out of the blue. Crazy huh? I nailed my job interview. I'm going to work roughly twenty hours a week? That's exciting. Upper Crust Pizza. Making money will be pretty nice. I'll be able to get around with a car, save money...and pass some time. I have a second follower! Exciting! This one I don't even know! I feel... like I just got +1 noteworthy or something. Yes, I'm a gamer, I might occasionally look at things as stats.
The clouds were fat and heavy today until it started hailing. They look like they were pulling themselves away from earth with all their might, though it was very tempting for them to fall. Their undersides were smooth, gray, and probably the heaviest part of them. Blurry yet defined. It's funny how clear it was this morning, yet later it hailed, rained, thundered, and lightninged something crazy the rest of the day. I've been nice and cozy inside. My family is gone again, I don't think we're gonna play Rock Band. I got bailed on by Mark and Juan again too.
Hm, my new follower seems to be into poetry as well. Very cool. Anyway, if anything else happens tonight, I'll update, but I doubt it. Goodnight for now, sweet dreams.
I'm accidentally following myself on my blog. That was a strange accident. Or was it vain and purposeful? No no, definitely an accident ^.^
I'm accidentally following myself on my blog. That was a strange accident. Or was it vain and purposeful? No no, definitely an accident ^.^
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