Holy balls, it’s been a while. I can make excuses all day about how I was busy and such, but….yeah. Let’s just move right along, shall we?
I got a new haircut, and KJ said she wanted a pic, so here we go: 
Drumline practice started the first week of July, which is awesome compared to last year because we started in June last year. That sucked dongs because we didn’t really even get a chance to have a SUMMER! I wasn’t sure how Drumline would work this year because of how much everyone moved around and the addition of the new Frosh. The first day of practice, one freshman quit, and the other one hasn’t shown up yet. It’s really weird being a Snare, since I played Tenors last year. I’m having a blast, though. I’ve improved A LOT and I’m happy about that. It’s nice to not suck unbelievably hard at something for once! J
This summer has been great in terms of being with friends, but HOLY CRAP the weather has been poopy. I figured, “Ok, I have a month off from band where I can actually have a life. Imma go swimmin’ ‘erryday.” Just kidding. The weather is all cold and October-ish. WTF, Mate? I WANT TO GET TAN. When it’s not raining, it’s too cold. Because of the weather’s suckage, I’ve been cooped up in my house a lot this summer, which sucks incredibly hard. Now I love me some INTERWEBZ, but there’s only so much Wikipedia you can creep upon before you go insane. I have to say, though, that I’ve had a great time with my friends despite the weather. It’s almost like the golden days of a few summers ago, where I was like NEVER HOME because of how much time I spent outside with my friends.
I love Facebook. It’s a great tool to keep in touch with friends. The awesome people who run it even run the site in PIRATE LANGAUGE, meaning you can configure the settings to make Facebook talk like a Pirate. It’s freakin’ amazing. However, it becomes addicting after one too many days a-creepin’, and pretty soon you need rehab to tear yourself away from the computer. I am ashamed to think of how much time I’ve spent on Facebook lately, creeping on my friends, their pictures, my friends’ friends and THEIR pictures…Oh lawdy. It’s even worse now because I have a routine of who I creep on. I NEED SUMMER WEATHER TO KEEP ME OUTTA THIS DAMN COMPUTER ROOM!!!
This summer, I came across a young actor playing the part of a disturbed child on the Fox show Mental by the name of Billy Unger. He is pretty much amazing. I’ve seen a bunch of his other roles, and he’s definitely got talent. I bet that he’s gonna be a pretty big star some day. It’s not like many people actually READ this blog, but if you do, you should look him up.
The beginning of this summer was tons of fun, with friends all chillin’ together pretty much everyday. Then, my girlfriend and I broke up, and everyone was kinda antisocial for a while. I felt kinda inept and useless for a while, for that reason and many other reasons as well. It took some time, but I’m over it and all is well. We are staying close friends, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Another poopy thing about this summer was getting Swimmer’s Ear. Sweet Baby Jesus, it is NOT FUN. I didn’t sleep through the night for like 3 nights because of the pulsating pain in my ears, which left me EVEN MORE uncoordinated and gave me a splitting headache right in the middle. Stupid pool water not exiting my head. :-\
There’s been tons of hubbub lately surrounding Michael Jackson’s death. It really made me sad. When I was younger, MJ’s trials started becoming a big part of the media and it was the cool and funny thing to do to make MJ jokes. Everything on Ebaum’s World (blast from the past, right?) and YouTube was bashing him and calling him a molester. The whole school just joked about him and insulted him relentlessly. It’s a real damn shame that it took his death to make me see how unfair I was. The poor man had a terrible childhood, filled with beatings from his meathead of a father, incredible pressure to be the best, and not much of a chance to actually HAVE A CHILDHOOD. The man grew up trying to relieve his childhood through other kids and tried to help them experience the happiness that he never could. He did truly wonderful things for our youth, and everyone else as well. He was a fantastic entertainer, and influenced the music and media incredibly. His songs are still classic and magnificent to this day, and I consider Thriller to be one of the best songs of all time. In the end, I feel terrible about how MJ’s live drew to a close. I really hate how unfair I was to him, and I hope that he is having a much better life in heaven. The man definitely had problems, one can’t argue that. He made some very strange decisions and changed his appearance to something RADICALLY different and stranger than before. He was a nice looking man and didn’t need to change a thing, but his insecurities fueled that fire, I guess. We all have lost a great talent, and we should really be respectful to a man who gave us so much. Once that respect is paid, leave him alone. I am sick of unnecessary media coverage trying to dig stupid shit up on him after he’s been dead for a while now. Let’s let a great man rest in peace, shall we?
I recently saw Transformers 2 with some friends. It’s awesome and funnier than the first one. Megan Fox is sexy as all hell; I’d tap that. ;D
A couple of weeks ago, my Great Aunt passed away. She had been sick for a long time, but a recent combination of ailments and sicknesses really kept her down. She even told us that she didn’t want to live anymore and that she was done fighting. She was a fantastic woman who would do anything for everyone. She was very religious and always did her best to treat everyone as kindly as possible. We will all miss her very much and I know that I will be with her again in Heaven, once I get there.
I got my temps early this summer (finally!), so I CAN DRIVE NOW!!! Wooooo!!!!! It can be VERY nerve-racking, but also very fun. My parents have been very good teachers to me, and are very patient. They weren’t too happy with me one time, though, because I flipped off some rich, impatient asshole who was giving me hell because I waited .00009 seconds after the light turned green to accelerate. O
It’s very empowering to drive, but I still need A LOT of practice before I can actually become a decent driver.
Awhile ago, my family and I were relaxing at home in the evening, when our doorbell starting ringing like 400 million times. After we got my dog chill the flip out, we found a very distraught 5 year old boy on our doorstep. He told us that he had “lost his house.” He was crying and very upset. We calmed him down and asked him his name and what happened. He told us that he was playing at a park with his sister and cousin, when they got into an argument and left. He apparently didn’t catch up in time, and got lost. This kid somehow wandered down 4 or 5 streets from the park, walked almost all the way down our street, and ended up at our house, which wasn’t lit up or unique compared to any other house in the area. I guess that someone up there was watching, because he ended up at the right place at the right time. If he would’ve gone to the wrong house, he could’ve been killed, raped or hurt. I felt like a Guardian Angel. We finally called the Police because the kid didn’t know his address or phone number. They found his dad (who was freaking out and searching for him) and took him home. I don’t know how we attract these circumstances, but I’m glad that I could help! :D
I went to go see the newest Harry Potter last week, and enjoyed it a lot! It was less action-y than the other movies and was quite different from the book, but it provided a lot more back-story and had great visual effects. Being the Harry Potter nerd that I am, I enjoyed it nonetheless.
I’ve been listening to the radio a lot lately, and I heard Black Eyed Peas’ newest song, “I Gotta Feeling.” It sucks. The chorus is terribly repetitive and the rest of the song just sucks hardcore. What happened, guys? Back in ’04, BEP were the SHIT. Every single they put out around that time was GOLD. Recently however, they’ve been putting out these random, crappy songs that don’t flow or even sound good.
Being the total internet nerd that I am, I have some links to share:
ª First, my favorite band, Bowling for Soup, put out a new video for their new single called “My Wena.” It’s an awesome song that brings out the perverted highschooler in all of us. Check it out.
ª Second, these videos have been pretty popular on YouTube lately. They are a little brother’s videos of his brother flipping a major shit. I don’t know what the hell’s up with him, but the videos are great and can be found here.
ª Lastly, I discovered the website www.mylifeisaverage.com. It’s AMAZING. Instead of FMLs, it tells about random, everyday encounters that everyone can relate to and still find hilarious. Check it out.
Band has been awesome the past few days. We’re all having a great time together (nonsexually, of course) and we all know that it’s gonna be a great year.
Well, I’d better go; I have a lot of schoolwork to do over the rest of the summer. This blog wasn’t all that exciting, but there was a lot that I wanted to talk about. I hope the next blog will be full of fun and have that great sarcastic blogging feel. J
Au revoir,
Pirate
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