So my friend Seth calls me up at about 10:00 tonight and says "We're going out to Haley's pit. There's gonna be a bonfire out there." I figure, what the hell, I'm not doing anything. Just deciphering "The Da Vinci Code". I'll take a ride out there. So I did. Who's Haley, you may be wondering, and what is his pit? An old ramshackel house? A ditch filled with vipers? No, my friends, Haley's pit is a small gravel pit (it has to come from somewhere) where we used to go and drink beers wh...

I'm stayed in Woodbury with my friend Nels last night, and I got to clean up his new puppy's shit about five minutes ago! Awesome! Seriously, though, it wasn't awesome. She shit on the carpet about two minutes after Christina (Nels' fiancee) left for work, and roughly 5 minutes after I had taken her outside. And I couldn't just plead ignorance, because I'm going to put her in her kennel when I leave, and The Dump was on the carpet. So I did a perfunctory job and left a note...I think I ha...

I'm looking forward to this St. Paddy's Day. I'm not Irish, nor am I normally much of a drinker, but I plan to get totally ripped Wednesday night. I'm going to see a few friends I haven't seen in too long, and plan to weasel at least one beer each out of em. Add that to the ones I'll be buying myself, and I'll be in the clear (or fuzzy, depending on how you look at it)! Naturally, I'll have to buy some beers for other people, because that's the way karma flows. I was going to leave toni...

As I mentioned in my previous article, I've been eagerly awaiting the time when I can afford the new Ninja Gaiden game for my Xbox. I don't play video games to much, I prefer to read, but sometimes I see one that I just HAVE to have. It's not natural, I think. Anyway, I have fond memories of the Ninja Gaiden series from my youth. Throwing ninja stars at bad guys and killing them and stuff...I'd waste hours playing That Game for the good old NES. Those were the days, eh, kids? 6 buttons...up...

I lost my W-2 from the video store that fired me. I know, negligence on my part. Consider me chastised. Anyway, I called ShDianne today and asked her if she could copy my W-2 and I'd be in later to pick it up. She said it was no problem, she'd have it ready in half an hour, and I figured it wouldn't be. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I went in an hour later, figuring I"d be in and out. Instead, when I got there she was jibbering away to some person about God knows what, and I had to wait...

So, yesterday I asked my good friend (let's call her "ShMel") if she would like to be my date to my brothers wedding on June 5th. She accepted. It's cool, too, cause my departure date is June 8th, and I'll get to party with my friends before I go! Anyway, hours after ShMel agreed to accompany, she IMed me and told me that she had possibly broken her ankle. She was going to pick up our friend ShBrian from a party when she slipped on some ice and heard a crack. I told her it was probably the ...

It happens every Spring, here in the north. The air warms, the sun starts to shine, the snow melts and squirrels come out to chatter to you about how the past few months have been for them. Smiles appear on even the most dour of faces, and lawns that haven't been seen in 4 months stop by, like an old friend for a chat. And then BAM! Temperatures drop again, the sky goes gray and unloads 6 inches of snow on the heathen ground. The clouds roar their laughter as their frozen piss blankets the ...

I took a spur of the moment trip to Duluth yesterday. My friend TJ was like "Hey, I'm off till Thursday" and I was like "Yeah, me too" and he was like "Well, let's go to Duluth" and I was like "Yeah, okay." Duluth is where I went to college, and it's where most of my friends still live. It's about an hour and half drive from where I live now, so it's close enough where I can go visit my friends, which is cool. Anyway, I was under the impression that we'd be crashing down there somewhere,...

My mom went shopping the other day, and she decided to buy me some new work shirts. My work shirts have to be white, button down, collared shirts that would work with ties. She came home with more shirts than I really need, including one Tommy Hilfiger shirt that she bought "on sale". The "sale" price was 30.00, marked down from 50.00, and the tag said XL. Any two of the other shirts she bought probably cost that much. Most were XXL, and I can swim in them. Let's clear something up:...

I went to work today, like I usually do when I'm scheduled to be there. And, as usual, it was a usual day. The thing about working and living in a small town is that people you don't recollect ever seeing in your entire life know who you are. I was bagging a woman's groceries, and she said to me "Your mom was just at my house. She said that if I say you that I should tell you hi." I had NO idea who this woman was. My mom is a pre-kindergarten teacher...she teaches Early Childhood Fam...

I just rewrote this poem, from the skeleton of one I wrote in High School. I liked the message, but my writing skills were pretty shoddy back then, and it didn't flow for shit, so I rewrote it. I thought it was kind of fitting, considering out current situation. It's called Battle Cry Battle Cry I sit in shock up on the hill We've won the battle, yet I feel no thrill As my newfound brother lay before me, silent... Never to speak again. I am a man...I cannot cry. I've answered Our ...

I got my hair cut today. To a lot of you, that may not seem like a big deal, and it probably isn't. But I've had pretty long hair for nigh on 4 years now, and it's gone. I mean like, all gone. I got 8-10 inches taken off today, leaving my hair about 1/4 inch on the sides and maybe an inch long on the top. That cause for the sudden change is, once again, the Peace Corps. They don't demand that I get my hair cut or anything, but I know I won't get to bathe everyday, and when my hair doesn...

June 4th. That's the day life as I know it will be turned on end. I suppose I'm fortunate. A lot of people have no idea when their lives will change drastically. Of course, something unexpected may happen in the two weeks between today and June 4th, but barring that, I have the opportunity to be prepared to have my perspective on life comepletely and unalterably skewed. June 4th is the day I leave my cozy life in Minnesota. I fly into Los Angeles for my Peace Corps staging event. O...

I have had some internet problems this week, so here is the long awaited sequel...a few things have become fuzzy with time, so bear with. So I stayed at Adam's that night. The next morning, we woke up at 10:45 to get to his noon meeting, and I drove him up the school. After that, I drove over to Pete's house to giveaholla. We hung out for a while, played "Name That Tune", and then Pete decided it would be prudent for him to attend his last class session of the semester at 1:00. I talked to...

So, yes, I was in Duluth from Tuesday until Saturday (more on that later, I'm sure). Then, on Saturday, a bunch of my friends threw me a going away party at my friend Zac's cabin. Yesterday was Mother's Day...so, here's my first blog entry in a while, and I apologize. When I reached the Top Ten blog sites, no one gave me the "With great power comes great responsibility" speech, so I'm figuring this all out the hard way. I'll blog about my adventures when I was gone a little later tonight....