It is 4am! I'm going to catch a bus in two hours to go home and sleep. Sleep, what an...alluring word right now. But really, how has life been John?
Friday night Collin ended up staying over and we made the most of it by drinking soda (sigh) and playing HoN. We did some arbitrary talking about our personal lives and talk of oatmeal cream pies. What?
Ultimately I went to bed at 3am, and slept till about 11am when I woke up and ate a bunch of leftover pancakes Collin had from when he went out to breakfast with his mother while I sleeping. I wrote a couple poems I had drempt up and prompty began jamming more video games with Collin. At some point on facebook I noticed that Jaz had a status about a pons concern so I inquired with the details. Collin was excited at the prospect of going, naturally as both of us are huge fans (hes never seen them live however). At some point Sarah Skype'd me and complained a bit about her sickness while I bragged about this sweet concert I was going to. It ultimately convinced her and around 9pm Collin and I met her there. The pon's opening band, Buttfunnel was terribad. We drank beer and sat around waiting for the pons to start. The show was very enjoyable, and I really want them to release a new album with all the songs I don't have on it officially. Mostly because I want to listen to songs about Cat ladies and creepy women who have many year long lusting after guys she had a one night stand with. Yes, I want this.
Afterwards I went back to Sarah's place and spent the night, which was fun, as expected. We spent like five hours talking about some enormous caste of topics. I woke up fully around 11:30 am before taking the bus home. Madison, after calling me to tell me how he wanted to hang out flaked and did something else with some of his friends from highschool who I don't know particularly well, so I ended up finishing up this week's article and going over to Collins to eat dinner and chill. Fun weekend. I plan on going to MATC tomorrow too to see if its possible to sneak into at least one class for the semester, even if its already started late. Being bored is the worst. OH, and I could stand to find a 2nd job, mostly because I have so much freetime.
-John
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
If we're not horses, what are we then?
It is friday at 5:40pm, my date flaked out on me, Madison and George are both out at friend's houses, and I am working on my manuscript while periodically forum'ing and reading V. by Thomas Pynchon. Whoo?
Here is some poetry.
Father is a man who
stood at the foot of my bed,
shouting as I stared at the
floor sitting cross legged.
Her father was different,
yet in a sense the same
as the dozens of hands
inserted needles, placed
a respirator over his mouth,
or clasped together to pray.
The hospital roof made for
a better waiting room. I was
only waiting to hear he was
dead.
She cried later that night, but
I couldn't. I didn't cry for
my father either.
--
She pushed her
ear to my ribcage. Dear
boy's bones, those sickly
protectors of my lungs
couldn't protect me.
Here is some poetry.
Father is a man who
stood at the foot of my bed,
shouting as I stared at the
floor sitting cross legged.
Her father was different,
yet in a sense the same
as the dozens of hands
inserted needles, placed
a respirator over his mouth,
or clasped together to pray.
The hospital roof made for
a better waiting room. I was
only waiting to hear he was
dead.
She cried later that night, but
I couldn't. I didn't cry for
my father either.
--
She pushed her
ear to my ribcage. Dear
boy's bones, those sickly
protectors of my lungs
couldn't protect me.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
We are the chosen few - we reek of our futures. No matter how hard we try we can't run.
Hello blog.
The last couple days have been just fine, nothing to special really just working + hanging out with Madison and Kalen.
Nothing too much on the schedule for the rest of the weekend, I'm hanging out with Jason Myatt and playing cards tonight and have plans to see Sarah on Friday. Saturday there is a PTQ in Detroit but honestly I'd much rather see Sarah and not be in a car for 13 hours over the course of 2 days so it was a pretty easy choice, especially considering I'm a little magic'd out from having literally traveled every weekend for the last 2 months, and I'd like a few week break (Its the last weekend of PTQs before the new set is out)before getting back on the road to play infinite.
The last two nights have been filled with getting shot by airsoft guns, hooters, perkins, Texas roadhouse (aka mediocre suburban food) and pain. Its so unreal how into physical pain our group is (in a weird way) we are consistently taking physical and mental challenges against one another. Drink a Gallon of milk in an hour? Check, get shot by extremely powerful airsoft guns? Check. Eat habenero peppers? Check. I am literally amazed at all of the moderately unenjoyable things that we do just for the hell of it. But hey, I somehow find it enjoyable. I'm weird?
Not too much to say really, I have an article to write tonight before I sleep (I haven't even freakin started) and some forum moderation to do. Then I actually want to go into a coma forever because I am not interested in being airsofted to death again. T_T
-John
The last couple days have been just fine, nothing to special really just working + hanging out with Madison and Kalen.
Nothing too much on the schedule for the rest of the weekend, I'm hanging out with Jason Myatt and playing cards tonight and have plans to see Sarah on Friday. Saturday there is a PTQ in Detroit but honestly I'd much rather see Sarah and not be in a car for 13 hours over the course of 2 days so it was a pretty easy choice, especially considering I'm a little magic'd out from having literally traveled every weekend for the last 2 months, and I'd like a few week break (Its the last weekend of PTQs before the new set is out)before getting back on the road to play infinite.
The last two nights have been filled with getting shot by airsoft guns, hooters, perkins, Texas roadhouse (aka mediocre suburban food) and pain. Its so unreal how into physical pain our group is (in a weird way) we are consistently taking physical and mental challenges against one another. Drink a Gallon of milk in an hour? Check, get shot by extremely powerful airsoft guns? Check. Eat habenero peppers? Check. I am literally amazed at all of the moderately unenjoyable things that we do just for the hell of it. But hey, I somehow find it enjoyable. I'm weird?
Not too much to say really, I have an article to write tonight before I sleep (I haven't even freakin started) and some forum moderation to do. Then I actually want to go into a coma forever because I am not interested in being airsofted to death again. T_T
-John
Friday, January 15, 2010
All the small defeats the day demands...
And since we last left our hero...
IM BORED.
Yes, yes, not too much has been going on in the world of John, but since Thursday morning I've found myself doing minimal work, but working out more than average due to lack of things to do. You see usually I work out every other day, but I've worked out every day this week. Yes, my life really is that boring.
I've done a ton of work on "She" my poetry manuscript I plan to get sent off asap. Its about 160 poems long currently, hopefully I can add a couple winners on the end. The book itself is a time line of every girl who has made a significant enough impact on my life that I have written at least one poem about her or something I've done with her. The title comes from the fact that every single female in everything I've ever written I always refer to as "She" and never a factual name, which is kind of odd, but seems more poetic. I like it, and I've spent enough time on the damn manuscript that hopefully its worth its weight when being bound together.
Last night Kalen Madison and I went out to Perkins at 2am to eat the exact same thing we always eat when we go to Perkins - The sunrise burger. It is literally just a hamburger with hash browns and eggs thrown on top, yet somehow I still slather it in ketchup and devour it (along with the literally infinity fries the damn thing comes with) then we order pie, of which I'm never thrilled to eat because I have a dainty girl stomach that fills rather easily. After wards we went to Walmart and sifted through the 5$ movie bin for hours. Be Kind Rewind was in there, score!
And then I promptly passed out. Whee?
Today involved laundry, dishes, working out, and playing tons of online games. Why is it the one night that Madison and George are both out I can find no one to come over or no one to hang out with at their place? How awful. :/
-John
IM BORED.
Yes, yes, not too much has been going on in the world of John, but since Thursday morning I've found myself doing minimal work, but working out more than average due to lack of things to do. You see usually I work out every other day, but I've worked out every day this week. Yes, my life really is that boring.
I've done a ton of work on "She" my poetry manuscript I plan to get sent off asap. Its about 160 poems long currently, hopefully I can add a couple winners on the end. The book itself is a time line of every girl who has made a significant enough impact on my life that I have written at least one poem about her or something I've done with her. The title comes from the fact that every single female in everything I've ever written I always refer to as "She" and never a factual name, which is kind of odd, but seems more poetic. I like it, and I've spent enough time on the damn manuscript that hopefully its worth its weight when being bound together.
Last night Kalen Madison and I went out to Perkins at 2am to eat the exact same thing we always eat when we go to Perkins - The sunrise burger. It is literally just a hamburger with hash browns and eggs thrown on top, yet somehow I still slather it in ketchup and devour it (along with the literally infinity fries the damn thing comes with) then we order pie, of which I'm never thrilled to eat because I have a dainty girl stomach that fills rather easily. After wards we went to Walmart and sifted through the 5$ movie bin for hours. Be Kind Rewind was in there, score!
And then I promptly passed out. Whee?
Today involved laundry, dishes, working out, and playing tons of online games. Why is it the one night that Madison and George are both out I can find no one to come over or no one to hang out with at their place? How awful. :/
-John
Thursday, January 14, 2010
How I don't know what I should do with my hands when I talk to you. How you don't know where you should look, so you look at my hands.
Good morning, world.
Yesterday was pretty sweet, I woke up pretty early (around 9:30) and finished up most of my work at TCG player regarding doing some reformatting of their online forum and fixing up how they had structured some of the forum along with writing a 3,000 word article about pretty much nothing at all. Being a writer online by deadline has made me appreciate just how fucking hard it is to actually produce content that individuals are willing to read. At first I expected that any puke you write will get generally positive reviews and people will pretty much always comment on it, and its the decklists//material in question that will matter most. It was fortunate that I always put my good foot forward writing content that I could actually be proud of, or I definitely would have been out of a job. The community definitely calls you out on being a fucker, whether it be your arrogance in writing or lack of skill thereof.
So after being up for a while Jason Myatt came over and we played HoN (I mostly taught him stuff, hes new) online for four or so hours before Sarah had IM'd me asking if I was interested in hanging out. Of course, I was so I went downtown with Jason and we played some cards at the store (I won all my games muahahah) which went fine. Jasper was unusually arrogent, Ben in a good mood, and Dan Howard seemed fine as well, short the part where he explained getting laid off. Its always hugely annoying when friends of mine lose their job like that, always bums me out a bit even if Im not particularly good friends with Dan.
From NW I went to Sarahs, which was a pretty easy walk all in all, and I was able to find it with little difficultly minus the slight bit of getting lost and a weird tiff with a hobo. We watched some crazy Japanese movie with her (mostly sleeping) roommate Chris who recently found himself completely bound to his chair unable to move. He broke his leg something terrible, so hes just sort of unable to really do anything forever. Regardless, the movie was really bizarre but also pretty entertaining, it involved a girl who was obsessed with the hedonism and whatnot from the rococo era of France, and her really butch friend and their adventures, largely including frilly 'baby' clothes and motorcycles and rediculous over the top humor. But, I'm a sucker for that kind of thing.
Afterwards we went to a small gathering of Sarah's friends on the other side of the capitol. Her friends were pretty cool, and we spend a couple of hours shooting the shit mostly talking about Blob Fish, Old Commercials/board games, people dying in apartments (those are the three most memorable topics, I mean Im sure we discussed other random stuff) but all in all it was not awkward at all and I felt fine about my interactions with them so thumbs up for not being rediculously socially awkward and failing at human interaction. Whoot! Afterwards I went back to Sarah's (like two AM) and we slept, I had to get up early (7am) to give George back his buspass that I snatched from him since I'm not in school this semester. Which, leaves me here. In the warmth of my meager apartment, alone.
It ain't so bad though.
-John
---
Through the maze of twisting streets,
your apartment complex aloft the
fire steps - we trudged up. The
neighbors below you, their cigarettes
are the air; your cigarette is my air.
I hear murmurs of "She's not your type."
and laugh. When you ask "What?"
I smile and nod,
"Oh, nothing."
Yesterday was pretty sweet, I woke up pretty early (around 9:30) and finished up most of my work at TCG player regarding doing some reformatting of their online forum and fixing up how they had structured some of the forum along with writing a 3,000 word article about pretty much nothing at all. Being a writer online by deadline has made me appreciate just how fucking hard it is to actually produce content that individuals are willing to read. At first I expected that any puke you write will get generally positive reviews and people will pretty much always comment on it, and its the decklists//material in question that will matter most. It was fortunate that I always put my good foot forward writing content that I could actually be proud of, or I definitely would have been out of a job. The community definitely calls you out on being a fucker, whether it be your arrogance in writing or lack of skill thereof.
So after being up for a while Jason Myatt came over and we played HoN (I mostly taught him stuff, hes new) online for four or so hours before Sarah had IM'd me asking if I was interested in hanging out. Of course, I was so I went downtown with Jason and we played some cards at the store (I won all my games muahahah) which went fine. Jasper was unusually arrogent, Ben in a good mood, and Dan Howard seemed fine as well, short the part where he explained getting laid off. Its always hugely annoying when friends of mine lose their job like that, always bums me out a bit even if Im not particularly good friends with Dan.
From NW I went to Sarahs, which was a pretty easy walk all in all, and I was able to find it with little difficultly minus the slight bit of getting lost and a weird tiff with a hobo. We watched some crazy Japanese movie with her (mostly sleeping) roommate Chris who recently found himself completely bound to his chair unable to move. He broke his leg something terrible, so hes just sort of unable to really do anything forever. Regardless, the movie was really bizarre but also pretty entertaining, it involved a girl who was obsessed with the hedonism and whatnot from the rococo era of France, and her really butch friend and their adventures, largely including frilly 'baby' clothes and motorcycles and rediculous over the top humor. But, I'm a sucker for that kind of thing.
Afterwards we went to a small gathering of Sarah's friends on the other side of the capitol. Her friends were pretty cool, and we spend a couple of hours shooting the shit mostly talking about Blob Fish, Old Commercials/board games, people dying in apartments (those are the three most memorable topics, I mean Im sure we discussed other random stuff) but all in all it was not awkward at all and I felt fine about my interactions with them so thumbs up for not being rediculously socially awkward and failing at human interaction. Whoot! Afterwards I went back to Sarah's (like two AM) and we slept, I had to get up early (7am) to give George back his buspass that I snatched from him since I'm not in school this semester. Which, leaves me here. In the warmth of my meager apartment, alone.
It ain't so bad though.
-John
---
Through the maze of twisting streets,
your apartment complex aloft the
fire steps - we trudged up. The
neighbors below you, their cigarettes
are the air; your cigarette is my air.
I hear murmurs of "She's not your type."
and laugh. When you ask "What?"
I smile and nod,
"Oh, nothing."
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Do I make your heart beat like an 808 drum?
Hiya world.
The tournament I attended went pretty well. Another 6-2 performance yet again (sigh) but I did have a lot of fun hanging out with Collin, Madison, and Jason the whole weekend. I am playing the same deck again this weekend in Chicago so hopefully things go slightly smoother there (maybe a victory? haha)
Sarah ended up coming over to my place on Monday, and of course I was retardedly nervous for pretty much no reason at all. I loosened up as the night wore on, and we watched Pirates 2 (yes, the porn) while drinking the wine she had brought over. It was really fun and she ended up staying the night. She seems a bit crazier than most of the girls I date in that shes not really a straight shooter I suppose. But maybe its good to try dating someone who is a bit faster paced than what Im used to? All in all I liked her a lot, and I got the same impression back from her which was nice. xD
So for now I'm just doing my own thing (working on an article and testing) and Jason Myatt is going to pick me up for some Burrito action at Qudoba (strangely erotic...) and playing Magic. Hopefully I can not spend too much time thinking about this girl I just hung out with? =P
Thanks for reading.
-John
The tournament I attended went pretty well. Another 6-2 performance yet again (sigh) but I did have a lot of fun hanging out with Collin, Madison, and Jason the whole weekend. I am playing the same deck again this weekend in Chicago so hopefully things go slightly smoother there (maybe a victory? haha)
Sarah ended up coming over to my place on Monday, and of course I was retardedly nervous for pretty much no reason at all. I loosened up as the night wore on, and we watched Pirates 2 (yes, the porn) while drinking the wine she had brought over. It was really fun and she ended up staying the night. She seems a bit crazier than most of the girls I date in that shes not really a straight shooter I suppose. But maybe its good to try dating someone who is a bit faster paced than what Im used to? All in all I liked her a lot, and I got the same impression back from her which was nice. xD
So for now I'm just doing my own thing (working on an article and testing) and Jason Myatt is going to pick me up for some Burrito action at Qudoba (strangely erotic...) and playing Magic. Hopefully I can not spend too much time thinking about this girl I just hung out with? =P
Thanks for reading.
-John
Thursday, January 7, 2010
When our trails are marked by sorrow, we still smile and say "Hello."
Hi blog, I've taken a small break from you it seems.
Life has been progressing as expected, really not all that much going on to be honest. Maybe that's why I haven't been as adamant about updating this small little corner of cyberspace (oh I lust for the truth in the thought of this blog actually being one of the four corners of cyberspace) however I've found myself staying busy with some work and some good times with friends. Generally my day consists of waking up around 7-10am, working out, walking to Copps for breakfast and figuring out something non-computer related to do for the day. I'm not enrolled for school this next semester so I'm sort of just doing whatever. Not being productive for once as my lack of educational structure leaves me not knowing really how I should be procuring my time.
But really, what are the highlights, John? What are the things that have happened in the last two weeks that really matter to you, and you know, are interesting?
-I've been playing in MTG PTQs. I went 6-2 in Minneapolis this last weekend and am playing in Indianapolis as well. Sunday I plan on winning, whoo.
-Been hanging out with the general caste of people. Katie and I have seen eachother a lot lately.
-I have plans with a girl named Sarah, shes pretty coolio.
More to come, promise.
-John
Life has been progressing as expected, really not all that much going on to be honest. Maybe that's why I haven't been as adamant about updating this small little corner of cyberspace (oh I lust for the truth in the thought of this blog actually being one of the four corners of cyberspace) however I've found myself staying busy with some work and some good times with friends. Generally my day consists of waking up around 7-10am, working out, walking to Copps for breakfast and figuring out something non-computer related to do for the day. I'm not enrolled for school this next semester so I'm sort of just doing whatever. Not being productive for once as my lack of educational structure leaves me not knowing really how I should be procuring my time.
But really, what are the highlights, John? What are the things that have happened in the last two weeks that really matter to you, and you know, are interesting?
-I've been playing in MTG PTQs. I went 6-2 in Minneapolis this last weekend and am playing in Indianapolis as well. Sunday I plan on winning, whoo.
-Been hanging out with the general caste of people. Katie and I have seen eachother a lot lately.
-I have plans with a girl named Sarah, shes pretty coolio.
More to come, promise.
-John
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