i got a trek 8700 PRO today. full carbon fiber and aluminum frame. badass in every way. i did about 7 laps around the block today and my legs feel like they’re gonna fall off. but hey, it’s a step. i’m particularly digging the hot pink forks. it adds to the classiness of the overall bike.
i’m learning a lot of spanish at friday’s from the cooks. mostly Mario. they call me “Mojado”, which means “wet”. i’m learning slowly.
this was really just a way to show her how this site works, but i guess i wouldn’t mind hanging out more.
straight a’s are a tough thing to accomplish. i mean, it would be nice, but so would climbing to the summit of mount goddamn everest. i’m pretty smart. no, not smart. clever. that is a more accurate description of how my brain works. and let me tell you, friends, stephen hawking’s explanation of black holes and anti-matter have NOTHING to do with cleverness. i’ve clever-ly duped everyone around me into believing that i’m a smart guy. but dude, this shit is tough.
let me backtrack a little. i guess i am somewhat smart. i don’t lick windows. i’ve never tried to hunt pumas with a hammer. i’m at least smart enough to know that a puma could spill my guts before me and gash me about the head and shoulders before i could get in one good blow with that hammer.
but i digress. straight a’s is gonna be tough. i don’t see it happening this semester, either. i dropped my sociology class today because every time i’d sit down to do my project, my brain would tell me to watch funny youtube videos instead. and my brain controls my body, so how do i argue with that. in fights between me and my brain, brain wins. think about it. if i want to do my project, but my brain wants me to check out the paris hilton sex tape, how do i beat that? are they giving out a’s to people who can recite the “drink your milkshake” scene word-for-word? if they are, i’m in like flint. if not, i guess i’ll write again next semester. sorry
that one measly little speeding ticket, as it turns out, is the least of my worries. i’ll just leave it at that.
i guess it’s pretty safe to say that the ball is rolling and picking up speed as it rolls. i’ve now completed one semester of college and i’m working on the second. this stuff is pretty hard. but, i went ahead and enrolled in a creative writing class led by judith laforest. she’s pretty inspiring, one of those types who likes to tell you that you can do whatever you want as long as you “put your mind to it”. that’s great and all, but i’ve put my mind to lots of things and learned that it doesn’t always work out like that. but i digress.
on a more positive note, i purchased strunk and white’s “Elements of Style”. it is a very good read (about as good as it could be considering that it’s a goddamn grammar book). it was kind of interesting how i came about that one. i had heard from one of my colleagues in creative writing that stephen king’s “On Writing” is one of the best books for aspiring writers and is definitely a good read. when i asked judith laforest her opinion on the work, she agreed and suggested “elements of style”. well, i found myself killing time in a used book store that week and saw a good-as-new copy of king’s book and purchased it. as i started to read, i found it amusing that king made it a point to boldly illustrate how short the actual book is. in his writing, he said that books on writing are typically full of bullshit (which i have found to be true). anyway, he name dropped “elements of style” in the foreword of HIS book on writing, so i went ahead and picked that one up too.
i guess i’m rambling. you may call it rambling, at least. i think it’s a pretty amusing story. about as amusing as a story about buying grammar books could be!
i guess i’ll go ahead and call it a blog. i’d hate to think that i would keep writing about bullshit and someone out there would actually stumble on this blog and read the damn thing hoping for substance. go somewhere else. you’re not gonna get it here.
ryan bundy
i think i’ll start putting my name on my blogs.
ryan bundy
sounds good.
ryan bundy
the only way i can justify it is to say that i will one day use it to backpack through europe. fantastic.
I haven’t had straight since i was in, like, second grade. This is a challenge to myself and I promise to do everything in my power to make it happen. If I can do it my first semester in college, there’s no reason I can’t do it every semester following. “Let’s see what the kid can do.”
I can play “Dechristianize” by Vital Remains on the guitar. Not all it’s cracked up to be.
It’s not that I’m overly large or anything. Most people laugh when they see me with one of those delicious strawberries and cream flavored treats in my hand. Not because they think that it’s funny or anything, but because I’m already in good shape by the standards of most. The problem isn’t that I’m fat, I’m just out of shape. I’m not trying to lose a substantial amount of weight here. I’m just trying to be more diligent in regimenting my eating. I need to slow down. I’ve gained 25 lbs. since high school. That is in-excusable. If I don’t do something now, I’ll continue to carry these bad habits well into midlife. That’s what I’m trying to avoid here.
Fully consumed every song on my ipod. I achieved this goal while the band was on tour. I cheated a little, though. I just deleted some things that I didn’t like the first time through. Some would say that that’s cheating, but oh well.
After being threatened with court fees and lawyer bullshit, i’ve finally paid off Wyckford commons. One less thing.
i’ve finally decided to take a detour in life and go to college. i’m 22, so it’s about that time. having a blast thus far.
i’m not exactly in school for marketing, but i’m in school. that’s the important thing to remember. i should actually be reading right now. i’ve learned alot… next year, i’ll get my financial aid done alot faster.
