ok...so i guess its been a while, so its prolly time for an update.  but its not gonna be long...cause its almost 4 in the morn and i dont stay up late anymore...you know cause i dont go to gville anymore.  so i just got a new job.  i havent had any hours yet, but i have gone through training.  i work at the gap.  did you realize that the gap is the second largest store in the world??? second to walmart, and thats just cause they have groceries and stuff.  i think im gonna like it, it seems easy and fun.  but im a little nervous too.  i dont really feel like im a gap guy, i dont know if im gonna fit in.  oh well.  i have moved in with ry, up here next to chicago.  its a bit of a change from livin in cowden.  so far the whole time ive lived here (over a month now)....seems like we have spent all of our time lookin for jobs.  ive applied at abercrombie and fitch, and hollister (havent actually gone to the interviews yet...i need to)...pac sun (had an interview and nailed it.....but then didnt get the job cause the others who applied sucked up by buying a bunch of crap from there)....target (actually 3 going on 4 targets...there are alot of them up here)(also had two interviews and nailed it....and then got a post card in the mail saying that they werent interested.)...borders, and barns and noble....dicks (come on...the sporting goods store)(hahaha goods).....sports authority (come on...the sporting goods store),....best buy(had an interview and didnt go....im such an idiot).....blockbuster.....platos closet(applied yesterday and today they say they filled it....ry thinks its cause they dont hire guys there)....i actually worked at a place called americall (telemarketing...only lasted two weeks)....and various random temp agencies (and still got no work out of them...weird), i think that about sums it up.  my father had a heart attack....it was actually on my birthday, or the day after.  i thought i was getting a birthday phone call and thats the news i got.  hes doing fine now...he has a stint in.  it was during the cards game, so that was stressful for him.  and i think he was a fight with his wife at the time.  i think his last words were "gaw dall"...im not sure what that means, but i know he means bussiness when he says it.  i had no internet for the first month i lived here (thats up until just recently)....i have a netgear adapter and its worked fine everysince i have been a student at gville.  but for some reason it found the network here but would not connect to it.  so i call netgear support.  and i get some indian guy on the phone.  NO HELP WHATSOEVER.  he tells me what to do and it doesnt work...so i call back...new guy....still no help.  so finally they give me some options.  they cant help me on the phone anymore...so i can either to some email support where i email the problem and they get back to me...or....i can pay for premium phone support (30 some dollars for some answers over the phone....wait, i thought they said they couldnt help me on the phone any longer???!!! hmmm)  so basically they have a solution but wont tell me on the phone unless i pay for it.  so i go to best buy...cause you know they have this geek squad now.  and i ask for some advise.  they say that i can bring it in for them to look at for 59 dollars.   or.....what they recomend that one of the geeks drive up in their new beetles and stay at my house until the problem is fixed.  thats kinda weird i think...not my kind of company.  and i certainly am not gonna pay 200 some dollars for someoen to come keep me company.  so i tell them ill be back, but im not going.  so i decide maybe ill just buy a new adapter....after all mine is 4 years old...and they had them there for 19 dollars (after rebate) so i did.  i bring it home plug it in and BAM...i have service.  well...my mind is drifting so im gonna get off here.  ill end it with a quote from dane cook.....

so i ran up to the kid and smashed his ice cream cone in his face and said to him "YOU REMEMBER ME FOR EVER"

cal

I cant sleep.  Maybe its cause i went to bed at 9 this morn and have slept up until now.  Now what do i do?  As soon as i got to work last night i received a missed call from my dad.  So i called him on my first break and he informed me that my grandpa passed away.  He was the last of my grandparents, and the one i was closest to, the one i get my name from.  I feel like such a jerk that i didnt make an effort to go visit him.  The lack of a car has really made that impossible, but i feel like i should have tried harder.  The funeral is sat, which is my next day of work.  So looks like i will be taking off and that is going to be held against me at work big time.  I have to start my 3 month probation all over again, and i cant move up or down to any job for 6 months cause they dont take anyone who has missed any work.  So that really bites. 

I started lake land college last week.  And i think im really gonna like it there.  The enrollment process was soo smooth, which is something i am not used to...things working out when it comes to school.  I would go to a station and they would be like "ok, your all set"  and i would just stand there and stare at them asking "are you sure...thats it".  So i think its gonna be good.  I have tv production, web page design, computer programming, and weather and climate.  All on tue and thur so that i can keep my night job and still attend school.  That means two days out of the week i will be up for 24 hours straight, with class and work back to back.  Its gonna be hard, but i can do it right?

I really am gonna miss gville.  Its what im used to, what im comfortable with.  Ive been there for 3 years straight, including the summers.  I went to visit last weekend and it was good, a little awkward at times, but good.  Not everyone was moved in yet, but i saw quite a few people.  I love jacob bult, and i really hope i get closer to him with my visits there this semester.  I had some good talks with erica and jodi and steph.  So much has changed there, but it always worked out.  Im really gonna miss it.  But who knows.  maybe when i make enough money, i can quit my job, and just move in with someone on campus and just hang out all the time. 

But this is the best option.  I mean we all know i dont do well in classes so going to gville was just a big waste of money for me.  So what is better than going to gville without taking any classes.  I work 2 days then im off 2 days.  So i could be there a couple times a week.  So im not through with there completely yet. 

Im kinda scared too.  This semester is going to provide sooooooooo much alone time.  And i hate alone time.  Im still at jodis house and i love it here and love her family.  But i dont really have anyone my age, or at least closer to my age.  Since jodi had to leave and go back to college.  But ill survive, i always do. 

I just bought a car.  Well in the process of buying one.  Im buying my lil brothers car, that he hasnt gotten to drive yet do to lack of a title.  And he is going to buy the same exact car from the auto auction that he works at.  So im finally gonna have a car, taht i bought, that i can count on...that doesnt have a door that is held on by a string.  Im also gonna be buying a computer with my next paycheck.  Im gonna go all out and get something really nice.  I figure im already spending alot of money...its gonna be something im on all the time...so why not go a little more and get something im gonna love. 

well thats pretty much me summed up right now.  look for more updates from me considering im gonna have alot of me time

i always get on here to update, then i get to readin everyone elses blogs that i dont even have time to update anymore.  i worked my first long weekend this weekend, and it wasnt as bad as i thought.  i might be going full time soon, and maybe transfering to a different department...meaning 2.25 an hour raise.  if this doesnt work out im gonna be really mad.  nothing new has really happened lately.  i was gonna maybe go home for a little this weekend to celebrate my older bros bday, but of course they are waiting till the last min to plan it...and not letting me in on what is going on...so i told my mom today that i wouldnt be coming.  instead...im going up to ryans and.....ERICA.  im soo excited.  i havent had true fun in a long time...maybe this weekend will cure that.  well...im up early and this is weird for me so im gonna go make breakfast. 

i think im gonna leave here with a quote from a movie...maybe ill do this from now on.  see if anyone can guess what movie it is from.

"i blew up the building"

"why?"

"CAUSE YOU MADE A PHONE CALL"

So i bleached my hair.  It is completely blondish whitish.  Its not exactly what i wanted but i think i like it....its growing on me.  Ryan did a pretty good job, for his first time anyway.  Maybe ill post pictures sometime.  I cashed my check today and baught a bunch of stuff.  BUT i actually saved most of it in my new savings account.  Hopefully the first of alot of deposits.  Im pretty proud of myself actually.  Well thats all i got...goodnight

well, i got my first check last night/this morning.  but i selpt too long so i coudnt cash it.  so i have to wait till mon, which sucks, but ive gone this long so i guess ill survive.  i need to buy a new cell phone charger.  when i came here from my house in granite i put all my stuff in the trunk.  well apparently i accidentally let part of my charger hang out of the trunk when i shut it.  so for the whole hour and a half trip the part that plugs into the phone was drug on the concrete as we drove.  so in order to use it i have to hold it a certain way.  but its time for a new one, cause im afraid it might hurt my phone.  well, im bored, im gonna go find something to do.  "Youuuuu just said Duty"