Blue Screen of Death!

So my computer crashed yesterday and I've installed WinXP on my computer now. I need to reinstall everything on my computer now which is just great..... My Easter went very well at my grandmas house. My parents told me that they were going to pay for part of my schooling next year because "Brian and Kim both had us help them." My grandma offered me a beer when I walked in the door, which was odd. I was like I think I will have a Mountain Dew instead. I think that I'm going to keep installing more stuff on my computer before I got to bed. Later everyone.

Shawn

World of Warcraft is one fine game

Okay so I went over to Levi's yesterday evening out of boredom and to get World of Warcraft (WoW) installed and everything. Let me tell you it is freaking cool. I was expecting it to be incredibly lame like Everquest but it isn't in the least. The reason I'm not on it right now is because of an incredibly long maintenance on the servers. Well Easter went very well for me on Sunday. My family wasn't even being completely horrible! It was very odd because when I walked through the door my grandma asked me if I wanted a beer. I was like.... "hmm, I think I'll just have a mountain dew". My parents basically said "Hey, we're are going to pay for part of your college education and you can't stop us," which I guess is good, but I'm a proud independant person so I hate having to rely on people. Overall it was probably the best family event (on my mom's side of the family) that has ever taken place. I have to work tonight unfortunately but I'm hoping that it will be slow enough for me to do some laundry and what not. I haven't really slept this weekend (big surprise) but am planning on going to bed at around 4 or 5 tonight and get some sleep before work. I donated plasma today and tried to get ahold of Ian but to no avail. That's about all for right now, take it easy folks.

Shawn

P.S. - My birthday is in a month and a half!

And now you know the rest of the story

Go watch Danny Deckchair, it's a good movie :)

DIE BIRDS!

Alright I've had quite enough of these flying creatures. I uncovered them today and they spaz out and start flying around in the cage. Agatha eventually gets out, and just starts flying around the room for a few minutes. Then with I try to pick her up to put her back in her cage... around the room she goes. So I open the door to the other part of my house hoping she will just chill out there for a while. Well she flies into a sack and can't get out and started squawking at the top of her birdie lungs. Meanwhile Fredrick is looking dilegently for her and starts his squawking rampage as well. AHHHH! But I must digress because last night at work went very well. I was quite happy about the whole thing. I need to go to sleep here soon so I can LAN with Ian tonight at Levi's (hopefully, no Courtney, *HISS*). Well that's about it for now folks, I know I'm boring you all with my stories and events of no consequence but that's who I work. Oh yeah, before I forget, my co-worker Caleb, who is going to school at Whitewater got married on his vacation! He was going to just propose to her but then they decided to just get hitched. It's very strange because he was always the type that seemed to wild to settle down. He has only been dating this girl for a few months now too. Very strange, after all the times he told me not to get married. Oh well, later everyone.

Shawn

Huh!

I awoke this morning by a phone call, from Mel Field! It was weird because she never calls me. She asked me what the name of that chick was that I made her listen to last Saturday. I told her Regina Spektor, duh! She was like "oh yeah, I'm stupid". The she said "thanks, bye". Good story eh? Anywho that's about it, going to post again probably sooner rather than later.

Shawn

New site design

I was very bored yesterday so I changed my site a bit. I also got the cool 7up Stop on here (he's one amazing spot). I ate an omellette again this morning and it tasted good. The birds are squawking at me right now for no appearant reason, like always. I'm going to go and pick up a couple course catalogs from BTC for me and Shanna. I'm going to go job hunt soon here also. I think I'm just going to overload myself this summer so that I won't have such a big burden when I go back to school. Probably get either 2 full time jobs or a full time and part time.

That was a good nap

I just awoke from my 10 hour slumber and I feel much better now (except for this crink I have in my neck). I think I'm just going to post as much as possible just to see how much nothing I can write down in a given period of time.

Okay I get the picture

So you know how I said last night sucked massively, well tonight was no different at work. Our entire system decided to not work at 6 am this morning and I was left with tons of people yelling at me. The tech support person wasn't really supportive, more of a obvious fact stater. I ended up resetting the phone system because she told me to unplug a device which we didn't have and she was convience that i had it. So the phones and our system were both down for a while. Then in midst of everyone yelling at me I called back on my cell phone and talked to a competent person which got everything up and running in about 3 minutes. The phone system was still down though but I pushed that upon Amber because my shift was over. I had another cigarette on the way home this morning. But now I definently know that I am supposed to get a different job though, perhaps I just needed to get pushed a little further. Now I am getting all phlemy and gross so I think I'm going to take a hot bath and relax for a while.

Shawn

P.S. - Note to self, cigarettes are nasty
P.S.S. - Note to self, really they're gross, stop it!

Ahhhhh

I just shaved, and now I feel wonderful.

Morning stuff

So I was going home this morning after a very stressful night at work and picked up a pack of smokes at random. I got home, had a smoke, and ate an omellette. I think I need to get a different job. I have been thinking about this for a while. Last night was just a sign telling me... "yeah, you definently need to get a different job." Although work is easy (usually) I'm just not happy there. I need to go brush my teeth and get the nasty cigarette taste out of my mouth (yuck, I really need to find something else to do after something stressful happens). That's about all for now later peeps.

Shawn

Okay I know this is weird, but it's the only picture of Erin I had. Trust me it's her, look at her left elbow.

Funtastic

Well my four day weekend was wonderful. I did stuff every single night and was quite happy. But alas I must go to work tonight though. It's a tradgedy I know but I must pay bills... what a load. Anywho for those about to rock or die... I salute you!

Shawn

Blanket Truth

You can see the truth, but you have to learn how to see the blanket truth. I feel like that right now. We are all connected, the laws of the universe would be null and void otherwise. So this weekend was really a moment of 3rd person observing. I did talk and what not but for the most part I was outside of the situation looking at everything. Well first, on Friday, we had a board game night at Shanna's and played some pretty fun games. The relationships of everyone had seemed dimmer for the most part. The connection that I remember once was gone for the most part. Granted, everyone seemed the same and acted the same at first glance but I felt like I could see into them (except Melissa because I never really knew her) and see something different. It's a good possibilities that I was just having a moment of the sort but my weekend did not stop there. On Saturday I went to Madison for a much overdue trip to see Mel Field and we played pool and ate lunch. It was so strange because she seemed less excited about life than usual. I might have just not realized that she is either growing up or growing old. Lots of complaints about everyone just like at Shanna's. I drove home while listening to Regina Spektor (she's simply amazing, I saw her on Conan playing a pink grand piano and I was blown away) and felt like I got home instantaneously. So now where am I? Oh right! Sunday. Well on Sunday I decided I should call Mike Stalsberg and see if he wanted to get some dinner. We ate some food and talked about a lot of things and went back and chilled at his awesome apartment downtown. He was talking badly about religion and other things of the sort. Wondering to myself, is there always this duality of people. It's either love it or hate it or don't care. I'm not personally religious but I readily accept the fact that others are I don't try and pass judgement. I might try and debate philosophically but never in the intention of hindering their beliefs. The same thing as all of the nights before, I was watching the conversation unfold in front of me. Do people change or do they just fail at trying to be themselves? Everyone I knew was not happy with one another. I could see it in their eyes. I don't know if it's the discontent of the world or events around them or what. I felt bad for Shanna when she came to me about Joe. I guess I can't comprehend what she's going through but I can realize that it's very hard for her. That's all I really need to know so I gave her this song that she needed to hear. I've always kind of found it funny that I've never had a complete set of people that I consider to be my friends get along with everyone. I used to just band the person that the most people weren't getting along with from my life. How insane is that? I realize that everyone has faults now, and even though they can be pretty annoying or morally wrong or whatever, it's not going to change the fact that I consider them a friend. It's the connection that is the important thing. Connection is the meaning of life, without it we are all lost. Whether it be God, friends, family, mentors or someone that you talk to on the internet. I know that sometimes you may feel like the world has turned it's cheek but realize that everyone is feeling that way, it's just the lack of the connection. The connection is sometimes hard to keep strong and takes some work but the more effort you put into the greater the strength. I am faulty and so are you, but that's the great thing about it. That is the blanket truth, the connections, the fact that although we are all the different, we are more the same than ever. Happiness is achieved through sacrafice and determination, not just good times. That was a lot longer then expected. I was just going to write about the surface appearance of my weekend but decided that you all should feel special because we are all feeling the same thing and I hope you can agree that. I still love you all my dear friends, and be happy because most of you are on Spring Break.....WOOOOOO!! Sorry, I guess I have to go "woo" after I say spring break... WOOOOOOO!... Sorry again.

The faulty one

Shawn

Hurray!

So I have the internet at my house now and I am quite the thrilled one. I've missed it ever so much. I'm going to cuddle with my modem box when I go to bed today... probably not though. Not to mention the fact that I have a 4 (technically 5) day weekend ahead of me hear! My computer started doing that weird thing where it shuts down for no reason again. I think I have a virus of sort on here. Well anyways nothing really important to say. Call me if any of you want to do anything this weekend, as for now my plans are as open as an unopened safe.

Shawn

Requiem Eternam

Well tonight was kind of a surprise. I get a call from Shanna saying that the choir concert for Acapella is tonight! I was like heck yeah I want to go, mainly for the reason that I wanted to hear Rutter's Requiem performed again. They started off singing "Prelude to Peace" which was about 10 times better than when we performed it, so I was pretty optimistic about the concert. They started Requiem and it kind of went downhill from there. The women were very good, but the guys... well lets just saying some improvement was needed. Little Giuca did Shanna's solo which we didn't find out until tonight. She hit the high B with relative ease and I was quite impressed. The biggest downside was the fact that the people two rows behind us were talking non-stop during the entire peice. Not even whispering mind you. A big part of me wanted to find the nearest katana and chop off their heads... but that would be very unbecoming of me. Not to mention that there were people coming in and out of the theater during the performance, banging the doors along the way. At the end of the concert I saw Mike Stalsburg and talked with him for a while. It was weird because he seemed really glad to see me. We talked about the concert and what not. Turns out that he mainly works 3rd shift too and now lives about a block away from where i used to live (weird). He gave me his card and said I should really give him a call, I think I'll do that sometime. It's weird all the things that happened back in the day, and all the grudges I used to hold. I just don't feel that way now, I can't stay mad at people for stupid reasons anymore. The universe is being incredibly generous to me lately and I am grateful. All the friends I used to have are coming back into my life and I don't feel so... lethargic. Times they are a changing.

Shawn

P.S. - GOULET!

I am a desert creature... mmm dessert.

Well it is Friday. Hurray! I have just been in a great mood since my last posting. Feeling very dandy and splendid. So I've decided to go to Utah... on my 21st birthday, no less. Maybe I'll try Mormonism out (I would like it better if it was called Morminity but whose complaining, except me of course) and see my dear nephew Nolan (and Brian and Christa.....(mom & dad too)). My parents will be flying out a day before me and going to Vegas and I will fly a day later to Salt Lake City and meet them there. I have to convince my boss to let me take 2 days off. Although she did reject me for taking a week and a half off... two days shouldn't be too much trouble... I hope. I just found out while paying my car loan on Wednesday that when I refinanced my loan no payments were due until August 9th! So I'm paid until September now. WOOT! I hope that a shindig happens this weekend or I will exact my revenge on... my birds, and you don't want that. I get my new computer case today and it has pretty lights on it! I looked at all the receipts I have stored in my e-mail from different computer parts I've bought this year... I'm up to 12... yikes! Good news to all of you that aren't on this late and can't chat with me, I'm getting internet service again at my abode! I must stay awake all day today until my computer comes in and I will probably be donating (selling) plasma today. So I encourage all you wonderful people out there to be happy and take life with grain of... oragano? Don't let life, get you down. Going to take it the way that I found it... BOOM. I've got the music it me... (probably only Shanna will get that one, it's a Bowman reference). I love you all! Good night my friends.

Shawn

Coincidence? Maybe, but somehow not.

Today went by as any other one of my Tuesday's usually do. I went and donated plasma with Ian and afterward we went to the library. Ian was looking for stuff on the "fictional" land of Narnia when all of the sudden when checking again on a nearby computer it was sitting right next to him. I found this to be incredibly coincidental yet very eerie. So I get home and eat something and go to bed. Alright, this is where I think that the fates have intervened with my life. So, around 1:20 a.m. when I'm watching family guy. Afton Wergeland walks through the door. Many of you don't know who she is so I will tell you. Afton was a former girlfriend of one Scott Tallman. Also, I lived with her and Scott for about 2 months. I have not seen or talked to this person in about a year or so. So on with my story of the "coincidence". I look at her like I've seen a ghost or something, which she picked up on right away. We talked for about an hour about life and what not. I asked her the big question first off "What are you doing here?", because she lives about 4 hours away. She said she was on the way to New York and she hadn't slept in days. "Probably a bad idea" I said when she told me this. She said that she was on medication and really just couldn't sleep. I talked to her a lot about Scott and asked her the question that I had to know and couldn't get an honest answer from any of her predecessors, "Why do all the girls he sees fall madly in love with him?" Her answer "I really don't know, he doesn't do anything." which was the most honest answer I could imagine. Being alone, that's the only motivation sometimes to stay with someone. I reflected upon myself whilst talking with her about Scott. Then she proceeded to tell me about all the drinking that she does by when she's talking on her webcam. Appearantly she drinks quite a bit. She looked so stressed out and just on the edge, but the main thing she said was that she was happy now being by herself. I don't know if she was lying to me or lying to herself or lying at all. She was all medicated so I don't really know the answer. I think she can be happier now by herself although she doesn't have anyone there for her all the time it's better than living with someone that doesn't really show compassion. I'm in a total mirror mode right now. I'm Scott and Shanna is Afton. Or maybe it's vice versa. That doesn't even matter, what matters is that although we both don't want to be alone, we can't go on being a non-whole pair. Afton left about 2:05 and now I'm writing this. I can't get it out of my head the massively appropriat timing of this. I feel okay now. Really quite okay. Being alone really sucks, but not being yourself eats away at you until you become a shell. I'm not knocking having relationships or anything like that, if that was implied. Just try and maintain who YOU are, whilst making compromises and what not. Well that was a long one. I hope that everybody has a wonderful day. If not... write me an e-mail and I will send you happiness back.

Shawn

We meet again Mr. Bond

Well hi there! How is it going everyone? Sorry about my lack of posting everyday about nothing but it's been very busy here. I guess I could tell you what's going on with my life at the current moment, but you will have to torture me first! No... to lazy... okay I'll tell you anyway. I'm planning on going on a vast trek across the great state of Wisconsin all the way to the state limit of Plateville. I'm going to see an "old" friend who is turning 20... Get it?... old... birthday... hilarious! Sorry I apologize for the incredibly odd and giddy mood I'm in right now. I promised that I would go see her like 7 months ago. Better late then never I always say. I try not to break promises just, delay them for an extended amount. I watched the "The Spongebob Squarepants Movie" yesterday (which is probably why I'm in the ridiculusly giddy mood) and was quite pleased at it's childish shenanigans and incredibly slapstick humor. My computer is completely dead at the moment which saddens me but not really because I rarely use it. I got a call from Ms. Klein today (a.k.a. Becci) and she told me we had Esperanza practice. Having thought that I wasn't in the group this year I told her that Amber never said anything to me. She said she would have a "talk" with her. I'm still debating on whether I want to participate in Esperanza this semester. All we do is just goof off most of the time and nothing really productive ever gets done unless Amber has a total nervous breakdown. Me and Ian were talking about time travel a few days ago at Biolife and I think for a moment my brain just overheated and I needed a reboot. Time travel theory is just too much to handle. Whereas time travel philosophy is great. Trust me there's a difference (stroking cat menacingly). The hotel is incredibly vacant tonight which is probably a good thing because I would probably scare off all of our guests. Why do I call them guests? Shouldn't they be customers? If they were my guests I sure as heck wouldn't charge them $84 plus tax. One of these nights I'm going to quote someone a rate of $3.48 and then say "Fooled you!". I think perhaps it's the delicious Papa John's pizza that is in my system right now that is sending neuro-whatchamacallits to my brain. As I have said before in my previous post. Everyone needs to see "I heart Huckabees". It's fricken awesome. We also have a new addition the the Hampton Inn front desk team that is training this week. I will get to meet her next week. Her name is Mayra, and of course the first thing that went through my head was..."that's not the way you spell Moira". Turns out that she's half hispanic and it's not the Celtic way or spelling it. My bad. Again, my name should be Sean so I shouldn't complain. I think I'm going to just chill out and maybe do some kind of work here because I don't think I have anything else to say or any other random tangent to delve into. So, I'll be on my merry way. I will see you aterla.

Shawn
(did you see that awesome rhyming pig-latin, brilliant)