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 ...

This is a freestyle, unedited, flow of conciousness poem that I'm writing right now. One Man Army I am a one man army And I am invincible. This is what I tell myself. I'm going to take this world by storm. Nothing is going to hold me down. Though many will try to stop me they will fail because I am a one man army. Sometimes I lose sight of this fact. With financial woes and Fears that I won't find the right person for me and What fucking clothes I'm going to wear to work t...

In order to understand this anecdote, I must provide you with some recent personal history. I worked for a video store/furniture store/gift shop this fall, called "Hanson's Furniture and Appliance". I know it's a weird combination, but if you've read my past entries you'll understand that I'm from a small town, and if you're from a small town you'll understand businesses that are seemingly unrelated being all smashed together. What do you think one major perk of working in a video store...

Today I threatened to put my boss in the hospital. Really, I did. He was doing a hospital order, where the hospital gives us a list of food they need and we go around the store and shop for it, then deliver it to the hospital. It's a nice thing to do. Anyway, I asked him what he was doing. He said "Just doin a hospital order. Wanna toss that soup in the cart?" to which I replied "I'll throw YOU in the hospital." This is the good thing about having a boss who is only marginally older ...

Today I threatened to put my boss in the hospital. Really, I did. He was doing a hospital order, where the hospital gives us a list of food they need and we go around the store and shop for it, then deliver it to the hospital. It's a nice thing to do. Anyway, I asked him what he was doing. He said "Just doin a hospital order. Wanna toss that soup in the cart?" to which I replied "I'll throw YOU in the hospital." This is the good thing about having a boss who is only marginally older ...

Here I sit, 2 am on a Saturday, and I've just finished Stephen King's "Wolves of the Calla: The Dark Tower V". Here are my thoughts, in brief. First off, great book. If you're not familiar with the Dark Tower series, you should be. It's Stephen King's greatest, most far-reaching work, encompassing (at least in part) half of his novels. It tells the story of Roland Deschain, las of the Gunslingers and his obsessive quest for the Dark Tower, the axiom on which the entire universe spins. The n...

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 ...

My friend (let's call her Flabby) just sent me a burned copy of the new Norah Jones cd. Currently, I'm listening to song number two, so I haven't gotten all the way through it, but...damn. It looks as though her sophomore effort is every bit as her first. This young woman has in droves what most of the young music performers today don't even understand the meaning of: dignity. Here is a young woman in whom natural beauty abounds. The best thing: She doesn't flaunt it. She doesn't wear th...

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...

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 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 ...