Trip Blog Part 1

"Where a man came from is never as interesting as where he is now."
Alexander English

On the way home from Richard and Sean's house, I made this quote up to fit how I felt about the recent trip we took. I was also asking myself how people came up with quotes and got them written down. Probably in famous speeches and such. That's not where I'm going with this blog, just a tangent. I am hoping that Sheena and Richard write they're blog similar so you all can see the trip from all of our perspectives, kind of like a reality show, but with people you actually care about.

Sunday

Where is the coffee? All I wanted Sunday morning when I woke up was a damn hot cup of coffee. Was that so much to ask? Well, the people at Richard's work seemed to think so. They weren't available as I drove to Albertsons to get ice for the trip. I wanted some wake up juice. I was fine anyway. I got back to the apartment and Sheena scared the shit out of me. I just wasn't expecting her to be up yet, but she was up and running around, very scary. We got the car ready and said goodbye to Sean, he gave me a hearty hug, back when I was still able to use my sholders for hugging. Then we were off to my parent's house. Apparently Gremlins had visited the night before. They apparently left my PawPaw's lights on in his car all night, because he says he didn't do it, and he was worried about it starting. It did and we were off. That doesn't say much because once we drove out of my parent's driveway, he was in the WRONG LANE. Then when we got on Highway 9, he was swerving like crazy. I wish I could say that he stopped swerving a few moments later, but I can't, he did it on the whole trip! Swerve over to the right, overcorrect, swerve over to the left, overcorrect, center, then start swerving again. This went on for the whole trip. He almost killed a dozen people and tried to get off at the wrong exit twice. Needless to say, he needs to be off the road. He was also driving with a busted ice chest with liquid and a mold growing in it. I just thought I would mention that since I had to look in it and find something for him. Anyway, the trip down was pretty good until he lost us. I had to go to the bathroom and we set up a system that if we flashed our lights twice, signaled, then we would both get off. That didn't work, so Richard was driving, and he had to run to pull in front of him, we then cut him off, very closely, and exited to a gas station, and he did not get off. He's blind and needs to be off the road! Well, I went to the bathroom, called my Uncle Joey and told him the situation. A little bit later, I got a call from my Uncle saying he found my PawPaw and he was waiting for us. We caught up to him and then left for the remainder of the trip. This is pretty much it for Sunday. The trip took a long time, mainly because we stopped at every rest station in existence. When we got to Louisiana, we met with my Uncle and his In-Laws. It was nice to see him since he's only been a voice on the phone for over a year. My PawPaw wanted to take us out to dinner and we settled on Popeye's. Westlake water is fucking disgusting! I don't remember it being that bad, but it is. Maybe it's a recent occurrence, but when we all ordered water at Popeye's, we discovered just how bad it was. For the rest of Sunday, we watched Family Guy and fell asleep.

I didn't anticipate spending so much time on Sunday, so I will continue later.

Surprise!

Yesterday was one of the best days I've ever had. It's all thanks to my wonderful wife and friends. Thank you all for helping Sheena out and making this one of the most surprising gifts I've ever recieved. I was so surprised. I feel a little dense, but you guys pulled it off well. Thank you again.

In other news, I really have nothing to say but it is less than 24 hours before we leave for Louisiana. I'm very excited and so is my Uncle. Him and I are so much alike. I can't wait to see him.

Well, I don't actually have that much to talk about. I'm ready to start getting ready for the trip. We'll be at the guy's house later today and then we'll leave tomorrow morning. So, this is Alex English, signing off for a full week. Have a great week people.

Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn, I've grown accustomed to her face!

That was one of my favorite lines from My Fair Lady, a musical that Sean and I took part in our Senoir Year at Norman High. I'm not particularly mad at anything, I just felt like mentioning it. Well, I guess I am a little steamed about how much it was to fix my car and that I have a minor sunburn, but hey, I'm going to Louisianna! I can't wait, it's just a few days away. In fact, I actually got Saturday off so that I could do some trip stuff and maybe stay the night with the guys before we left. Of course, Richard will be going with us. That means Sean will be all on his lonesome. I don't like that one bit. If I had enough money to pay for Sean's trip and for the work that he would miss, I would do it in a second. I just don't think it'll be the same without Sean. I know Richard and I will have fun, I have no doubt about that, but Sean is always the best to have around, for everyone. I'm going to miss you Sean, even though I usually don't see you for about a week anyway.

So, no one can call my cell phone. I'm already over in minutes because of the fiasco that was Tuesday. So, if you need me, call my house. I don't know if anyone will need me, but I can always hope.

The doctor's office shunned Sheena. I have no idea why, but she can't make an appointment and the doctor that we want doesn't take our insurance. That sucks, I really liked that guy. Oh well, that's how the cookie crumbles.

I had a wierd dream the other night. It was a thriller. For some reason, when I went to work, I would always go through this office building. I would walk right in, the receptionist would look at me and try to stop me but I seemed so sure of myself that she let me in and then I would continue to the back of the building, where I would exit and then leave for work. Simple dream huh? Well, one time I went through the office, the receptionist called me a fake and called security after me. I didn't like that one bit and I had to run. The security was all serious about catching me and then the dream became one of those "Catch me if you can" movies, where I outrun security with amazing gymnastic skills and track running speeds. Of course I get away, but then I forget where I'm running to. At about that moment, I start chewing on a broken piece of tooth. It tastes horrible and it was so bad and vivid, that I worry that a chuck really broke away in my mouth. I spit it out somewhere and then I was done with the dream. Not much to it, but wierd none the less.

I'm worried about Sean, I just read his blog and he doesn't sound happy. I hope he still comes up today. I think fun would be good for him. Anyway, I'm going to go now. I'll see most of you today and then on Sunday, we're off to Louisianna! Yay hooo!

Killer 7

It's official, Killer 7 on the Gamecube even disturbs me. How you might ask? Well, this is when I get to say, Welcome to MY NIGHTMARES!!!!

The game starts off and makes no sense at all. I can't even discribe the opening scenes. All you see is a black shadow that you must aim a red laser at it and then shoot it. The shadow explodes into oodles of blood, which is the currency of the game, and then the mission starts. It starts by showing you a blue moon that alternates in size and is vibrating in front of your eyes. It doesn't help that every time you make a selection, it is accompanied by some crazy laughter. That's just the first few minutes of the game.
The controls are a trip too. I guess you would call Killer 7 a rail shooter similar to Time Crisis and Panzer Dragoon Orta, but it is a little different. You do get to make decisions on where you go. For the Gamecube version, you press the A button to go, the B button to turn around and the Analog Stick to choose a direction when you get to a junction. It's like the creater wanted to change everything we knew about video games, even the simple facts that the control stick moves you forward and back. The shooting is pretty cool too. You press the R trigger to go into "Sight Mode" and that is where you aim and everything. It's pretty much First-Person at this point and not too shabby. You use the L trigger to scan the area and make the bad-guys appear, yes the bad-guys in this game are always invisible until you scan them and you only know when they'll appear when you hear the crazy laughter. You use A to shoot in "Sight Mode". Not too hard. The villans in this particular game are called the Heavens Smiles. They laugh, run at you and then explode. It's pretty simple, but cool, also a little unnerving when they laugh and you sight them and they're already close by.
The variety come in the form of multiple personalities. The game is called Killer 7 because you have seven of them. One man is at the center, his name is Harman Smith. His personalities vary in many ways. 1. Dan Smith: a main guy, I use him a lot because I've leveled his skills up first and he looks very cool. 2. Garcian Smith: the custodian of the crew, I'll explain what that means later, but he's a black man that you really can't afford to let die. 3. Mask de Smith: a Mexican wrestler that wears a mask and uses cannons, good for blowing up walls and barriers, or a lot of Heaven Smiles. 4. Coyote Smith: a lock pick and a thief I'm told. 5. Kevin Smith: a blind personality that throw razor blades and can turn invisible. 6. Con Smith: a little white guy that has good hearing and twin guns, he shoots like a brother, all sideways and all. Finally, 7. Kaede Smith: yes a girl, who commits suicide to figure out puzzles. Are you starting to see why this game is so messed up?
I told you about Garcian being the custodian of the group right? Well, when one of the memebers of the Killer 7 dies, you get sent back to the TV, where you call upon the personalities, as Garcian Smith. He then has to go to where the personality died. This is one of my favorite touches to the game. He finds the dead personality in a paper bag that is in the middle of a blood soaked floor. Garcian has to live in order to bring the personalities back. Anyway, you have to turn to their channel on the TV and press A rapidly to ressurrect them. The stronger the character, the harder it is to do.
All of these things make Killer 7 crazy, but you really need to experience it for yourself. There are some things I can't even discribe that make it even crazier. Oh well, I guess you all need to play it or come see me and watch me play it.

On another note. My PawPaw told my Uncle that I haven't been going to school and that I've been lying to him all this time. What the FUCK! Where is he getting this shit? First I'm a bad driver, and now I'm lying and not going to school. All these from a man that I am deathly worried about. I don't understand him at all. He's starting to make me mad. Anyway, happy thoughts.

NCAA Football 2006 is coming out tonight at Midnight. I'm going into work today at 1:00 PM and not leaving until 1:30 AM on Tuesday. This will be a long day, I can just feel it. I don't even like Football games that much, let alone money grubbing EA Sports football games, but what else is there anymore. I hope someone out there gets that joke.

So, I hope this blog was a little bit more sunnier than the last few blogs. I don't mean to burden anyone with my dark thoughts, they just pop out. Anyway, I'll talk to everyone later. Have a great two days!

Nothing Clever

I don't know how today went. I'm not actually sure that I participated in the events that transpired today. I'm not too tired, but I can't think of anything to do. I really wish that I had Xbox Live up here, it would be a lot of fun. I really could use some death right now. Killer 7 just came out today. I didn't get a chance to check it out yet, but I'm going to do that tomorrow. I've heard it's really messed up and that's just what I want. I'm worried that the gameplay will be kinda lacking. Gamespot gave it a 8.3. That's not that bad. I just hope it is as good as Resident Evil 4, I doubt that though.

I'm ready to go on my vacation. I really want to see my Uncle Joey and let Richard see my hometown. It's nothing special, but it is where I was spawned from. I also want to get my Paw Paw home. I don't think he cares though. I called my Uncle and asked him if he could get my Paw Paw to wait for me and he said he was trying. He also said that my Paw Paw told him that I was a terrible driver and he didn't want me driving his car. That's fine, but am I the one ramming it into concreit medians? I don't think so.

The VIP's that were supposed to visit my store never came. I actually got dressed up all nice and was ready for them. Why would I think that, they've never come to a store that I've worked at.

I feel like I'm getting stupider by the day. I can't remember anything from school and I can't seem to understand a damn thing in Rodney's blogs. I don't ever know random knowledge and I can't seem to remember any history or facts about history or anything. I can't do any type of calculus and I can hardly remember the stuff that I've been studying, like biology, chemistry, or even physics. This sucks, I feel very stupid right now. Whatever, maybe I'm just not as smart as I thought I was. What am I doing in Forensic Science? I'm going to solve a crime and find out that I committed it. What a joke.

Now that I've depressed myself again, I'm going to go.

30 Seconds to Mars

I just found the website to that band and their new CD that I've been curious about. The band is called 30 Seconds to Mars and you can listen to their first single off there new album here http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/holding/. I really like that song. In fact, I can't wait for the CD to come out. The song is playing very jaggedly on my slow ass internet connection, so you all will probably hear it continuously and get to enjoy it.

Sorry about the depressing post yesterday. I didn't mean to make it such a downer. I hate that I live so far away from you guys. I just really miss you and I was really looking forward to you guys coming over. It's okay that you didn't. I just want to come down all that much more, but I can't take too many trips in one week. Well, at least I have Julius up here and he doesn't mind hanging out with me. It still won't fill the void of not being able to spend time with friends that I've known for years.

Xbox Live, 4th of July, and Swimming

Anyone who reads this blog already knows what happened the last few days, so I won't worry about writing it down. What you all didn't know is what happened in the mind of Alex English.
Nothing really. I was actually pretty content and relaxed most of the weekend. I'm happy for that. Anyway, I'll go down the list with the title of this blog:

1. Xbox Live: this weekend, I started a free subscription to Xbox live. I had a lot of fun the last few nights playing online. I was a little hesitant at first because I was worried everyone was going to kick my ass, but in the end, I was matched pretty evenly. I had a lot of fun playing with Julius and his friends and I recently was told that I made one of his friends very mad at me. Overall, the experiece was great and I can't wait for the Xbox 360 so I can play co-op games with Sean.

2. My 4th of July was a lot like last years: The fireworks were not that impressive, but at least they had a decent ending to them. I did have a lot of fun other than the fireworks though. My dad was his normal self, I had to lie to him about what Church we attend and who the Pastor was. I don't like lying to him, but I think it's better than telling him that I don't go to church at all and I've been lying to him for a long time. Wouldn't you all say so? I guess it just boils down to the fact that I don't want to be harrassed by everyone in my family. My Uncle Joey doesn't go to church, why doesn't anyone harrass him? My dad and I did throw the softball in the back yard, we haven't done that in awhile. I told him about the War of the Worlds scene with Tom Cruise and his "son" throwing the baseball. He laughed and then asked, "So you and Sheena went and saw War of the Worlds?" in a tone that said, "You shouldn't spend money on movies." I always feel immature around him and I also feel inadequate. I can't share this with Sheena, I don't want to give her more reasons to hate him. He also seemed to dissaprove of the fact that I wasn't saving money for my tuition next semester. I'm just trying to have a good summer. I hope I get the Manager position because that's the only way I'll be able to go to school. I also don't feel like I could ask my family for money. They just don't give me that impression. I will not take out a school loan. I refuse to do that. I would rather drop out than be in debt the rest of my life. Anyway, happy thoughts! My PawPaw really messed up his car. I hope he waits for me to go down to Louisianna. I could at least follow him and make sure he's ok. I'm just worried one of these days that my Uncle Joey is going to call me and tell me that my PawPaw is dead. I don't think I'll handle that very well. I need to get some new happy thoughts.

3. Swimming: I'm actually doing a lot better in the pool. I'm doing flips and everything. I still can't swim, but I think that goal is now within my grasp. I told my parents that I was going to swim after I was done hanging out with them and that turned into me going to some crazy Swim Party and that my friends that I've known for years would throw me in the pool. I know they're just trying to be protective, but I don't think they know me at all. That really makes me sad. I wish my family knew who I really was. I wish I could tell them all of my amazing adventures and actually have them laugh. I wish they could read one of my stories and not feel that it was evil or that I'm suicidal. I wish a lot of things.

I once had a dream that I went back into time and still preserved my mind of the present. I asked you all if there was anything you would do differently. I would have a different relationship with my parents. I would love to say that I would be more honest with them, but every time I tried when I lived there, I always walked away feeling like everything was my fault and that I had no right to be upset. That's how they made me feel. I know I was just a stupid kid, but I had my own thoughts, and it didn't always match up with there's. I hated the way my mom would take David's side. She always did. I've only spent time with my mom alone once since we've lived in Norman. That was after Sheena and I were married and I took her out to Pearls. She wouldn't even let me pay because she didn't think I should take her out. We didn't even do anything else because she had to get back to my brother and sisters. Maybe just a sister at that time. I want that time back. I remember when I was moving out and my mom was yelling at me and Sean was with me. I had come in with intent of just going about my business and moving out, but it was difficult. Now Sean is public enemy number one and I'm sure not even welcome in my family's house. My best friend! My parents also think my other best friend is concieted. Imagine Richard being concieted, I can't. They think that because in the 5th grade, he gave me a baseball card with his picture on it. I'll admit that it wasn't the greatest birthday gift, but I would gladly take a million baseball cards if I knew that he would be my best friend for the last ten years!

And my wife. I love her so much. I really do. I couldn't tell you what my parents honestly think. At one point, she was not even welcomed back to the house, now they miss her when she doesn't come over. What the fuck! Fucking pick a damn position! Don't fucking play with my emotions. Sheena is not happy with me because I say more in this blog than I do to her. I'm sorry. I would say that I'm not good at talking, but that's a lie. I don't know why it's so easy to write in this blog. I want to talk to Sheena, but if I talk about my family, she ends up hating them more, I don't want that. That's not what I want! I want everyone to be happy with each other. I really do. I don't like when friends fight, because I don't ever want anyone to be unhappy around me. That's just not how I am. I don't want different groups in my life to be at odds, in reality or in there own minds either. I know I get upset easily and I'm sorry about that. My feelings get hurt too easily, that's my problem. I'm conscience of it. I just try to be the best friend to you all that I can be. I love you all and without you, I don't know where the hell I would be.

I have nothing else to say. I seem to have worked myself up. Go back to your normal lives citizens, Batman has left the building. Batman, what a joke, I've never been a hero in my life and I never will be.

It's almost Sunday again

I can't believe I haven't written in awhile. Anyway, sorry to say, I'm not spending the week alone. Sheena wasn't able to go on her trip because of car troubles. Thankfully, I will be fed this week. I'm sorry that she didn't get to go, but I'm also glad to have her home.

As I promised, a random cat picture. Most of you will know that this is not Link, but I'm sure he thought about something of this nature when he was a kitten.

Now on to other news. Still no news on Store Manager watch 2005. Everyone has given me the impression that I'm a shoe-in for the store, but no one has said exactly. I just want to know a timeline so I can feel comfortable going on my vacation and what I'm going to do with school and all.

I actually haven't been doing too much the last few days. And if I have, you all have known about it. I've just been going to work and coming home. I haven't even had any crazy dreams. This Tempur-pedic bed is going to ruin my creativity.

I was going through my old documents and I found some funny poems that I wrote when I was in high-school. They're not good enough to actually post, so I won't. It was just a lot of teen angst. Nothing too good.

I'm doing well with a new diet. I'm down to one Coke a day and not that much food. I think I'll have to break that during the 4th of July Weekend, but who cares, it's not like I'm that fat anyway.

Well, I'm going to go to bed and have a good night sleep before I have to confront Sunday again and my employee with anger issues.

Oh, well, for all of you that know I've been paranoid about my car, I was right to be. My passenger front tire had severe lacerations on it. Someone was trying to keep me from going to work. Apparently, selling video games is dangerous to their world domination scheme. I was able to get a new tire from Wal-Mart at a discount price because I'd bought the first one from them. They also rebalenced that tire and the wheel no longer pulls to the right. I'm glad everything worked out. Thanks Aleve!

And now, more cats:

And some crazy chicken pictures too!