NICOLE got her licence, NFL and Paint

Hey all,

NICOLE GOT HER LICENCE!!! WEOOHHOOHOHOHOHO!!! I am so happy for her- she had a hard time with the dumbass stupid NJ Law that says you gotta do parallel parking BEFORE you drive the test. WTF!! Since when does Parallel parking have ANYTHING ON Gods green earth to do with driving. If you dont want to park.. dont! Someone elect me Governator of this backwards ass state this fall, PLEASE!! Anyways, look out Palmyra :D At least the xterra is yellow...

Well, Week 1 of the NFL Season is now in the record book, which means that my Fantasy team once again goes 0-1. I think I have won the 1st game only once, so maybe thats a good thing.. My worst year was 0-3 start and made it back to the playoffs, only to loose to Doug's Gnomewompers which had a red hot team that year. On a more important note: Steelers beat the fish hansomly without Mr burger-no-helmet-wearin QB, so I am quite content with that. The Eagles = WOW! That was a nice scrub game for them to start the season with, especially with Mr. 18, OT. (Stalworth= anti TO..in every way). Look for the birds in the NFC east playoffs. You heard it hear first.

On to life events :)

PAINTBALL: Im starting here, simply because we did a North Vs South game on the 9th. I went with the 13th Legionnares and it rocked. I got to the field about 8am, got my gear, paint and aired up. We walked the field (about 1.5 miles long) and got to the HQ site, when the ref came up and said " 10 minutes.." damm. No general, no medics.. noting. When GAME ON started, the lead ref gave the general a bunch of medic bands, and I took it for our guys. Overall, it was fun. too bad someone didnt know the numbers correctly on the sides. it was like 2-1, so it seemed. WIthin the first 45 minutes the red team surrounded the field hospital and it was a shooting gallery for them when the timer was up. lets see- 30 of the red guys waiting outside the entrance/exit of the blue hospital and we gotta run for cover 100 feet away = CERTAIN DEATH..PAINFULL one too. By 5:30 I was finished. I did medic duties for several hrs, ate a quick lunch, and also jumped into the tank with my friends Matt and Rob. It was fun. I hope to make it again to OTP soon, maybe after my B-day, and use up the rest of this paint.

Painting: On labor day weekend, we went to my moms place to help her sort our the issues that she was having with her living room and dining room = the color. It was a nasty pea/puke green that seemed to take away all the light in the house. She went and got 3 gallons of bone white, which she said would go right over the green. Well, after one wall, Uncle Rich and I decided to go get primer, repaint the entire wall and do a primer/paint coat over everything. We started about 9am and finished at 6 or so. the place looks SO MUCH better now- light reflecting from the outside means you dont need the lights on in the daytime. More so, mom was very happy, and thats all that counts.

Birthday: Since this is my blog, Im gonna put up the crap that usually noone buys me for a birthday. Parents give money, and thats cool- Im talkin about the crap: Stuff you dont every need, just want. Just an FYI: Talk to Nicole if you actually considered getting a gift.. she has this list, so its possible that she might use it.

-- Xbox 360 ($400) NOT the basic one..the loaded version. That would rock.
-- Kila Detents for Smartparts Ion ($20).. these keep the paintballs in your gun from falling out, and the stock ones are wearing out.
--“Gun” – XBOX game ($20): Basically, its Grand theft in the old west.
-- Steelers DVD: Superbowl (4 DVDs, $27 with free shipping on AMAZON.com).. this is what the Superbowl DVD should have been. Its the 4 complete playoff games in thier entirity, with the radio announcers instead of annoying Joe buck, and the rest of the non-steeler nation TV crew.
-- Steeler POLO Shirt – online ($40-50): Hey, I can wear Steelers to work :D
-- “LEGO: Star Wars II — The Original Trilogy” XBOX game ($40).. take a family game, add star wars and make everything into Lego = Fun game.
-- CP Regulator [paintball gear – air regulator for Ion marker] ($50-70).. this is an upgradable part, and just another gadgat on the gun to try and make it shoot faster= nothing special.
-- Halo B Loader with RIP drive [paintball gear - Prefer Black, but can take Smoke color too] ($105): This is what loads the paintballs into the gun-my loader is starting to go, so its only time as to when this will be purchaced.

Like I said- All crap you cant live without, but hey- its a bday gift :P


DAD: This is a start for me, but I am starting to wonder about my dad now. He has no idea what is going on with his house, his money or what he is going to do. He seems to put so much trust in the woman that lives there, and it bothers me. When I ask him anything at all, he doesnt know. That isnt the dad that I knew, who was always "My way or My way..". Since he doesnt know anything about what is going on, I will stop asking about it. I am more concerned about this situation with his house, which he just sold to someone, then claims that he will goto Bigbear with Jody and her husband. Who knows.. maybe its me and sometimes Iver been wrong...

WEDDINGS: Well, we got- Karens/Kevin in November, Dave Brenamans/Rachel in Jan, Tom Schilling/Chris in May/Jun07 and Michelles/Quino in July 07; thats 4 in the next 9 months! Its gonna be $$$$.. Not counting gifts, the KK wedding is up the Turnpike, so that isnt too bad- possible hotel night and gas; Daves might be just me, simple because of the cost to fly out there, but that would be it- I could stay with Susan and take a long weekend (Thursday night to sunday/monday). Toms will the the expensive one- hotel in Vegas, plus flights for both (which might get cheeper with FF miles and points) and food. Michelle's will be just as expensive as Nicole is the Main of Honor, which means dress, party, and shower. Im not panicing yet :P

SCHOOL: Got an A in Chem 3; Now Im just waiting for my Econ grade to go thru; Then its Technical writing and Engineering Philosophy this quarter- great. Two writing classes back to back during football season. Figures that Drexel would F up my falltime.. Dont they know that its football season!! my goodness... that trip to Pittsburgh.. the playoffs.. comeone people!!

PC STUFF: Since BF2 is the pickup game now, BF2142 comes out next month, which means that its time to reformat my drives, reload from scratch and fix up the PC! We are going to go back to one machine and the laptop. We arent gaming as much anymore, and to honest, I dont see it in the future either. There is too much to do and never enough time.

HOUSE STUFF: Bathroom must be finished!! With a trip in the near future, I am getting anxious to finish the bathroom up for once and all- the trim is all that is left and its bugging me alot. Then we gotta get into the 2nd bedroom and clean up that mess- once the 2nd desk is gone, we can do more work in there, but then there is the 'where are guess gonna sleep' issue. Since its small, the notion of anything bigger than a queen is gone, so we are forced to figure out something very soon.

On a closing note: the 5 years since 9/11 society has gone from a unity to a mess once again. Why cant people just get along!! Yesterday we had a guy that was such a rush that he cut us off going to a red light.. A RED LIGHT!! I really did like it when people would slow down a bit more, respece another and just be helpful like we were when the days after 9-11 were passing by.

Next issue- BAck to class and IFL issues!