Kevin

Vacations

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:50:12 GMT

I need another vacation, hopefully California will work out. That would be nice to be out of the area for a month or two. Friends are awesome but this area just sucks.

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:46:51 GMT

Nothing like winning 80 bucks.

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:11:48 GMT

Nothing like winning 80 bucks to boost my cash flow.

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:19:10 GMT

Too much rain and I want to ride.

Going Going Back Back to Cali Cali

Tue, 30 May 2006 02:14:01 GMT

I'm heading back to California after awhile. Going to Woodward West to work with my brother for three weeks. Should be amazing. Riding ramps when I'm not watching over parks. Should be very chill as well. Then to LA to chill with the relatives and friends. Just bought my ticket today. The trip I need to forget about graduation and responsibility. That's something I'll probably do when I get back. Maybe real job hunting or just back to daily grind.

Fri, 12 May 2006 07:25:07 GMT

I love Patriots. Good people, good times. Drinks = great!!!!

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:59:34 GMT

Don't start no shit, won't be no shit. Boy do I hate ignorant people.

Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:26:33 GMT

My knee = bad news, I hope it gets better

Editing late nights

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:10:39 GMT

Tonight of all days was interesting. After working tirelessly on a 16 truck pallet, I get home to email about our video project. Basically we'll get a bad grade unless we edit the footage. I give the professor a call and he said he'll meet me at mason after work so I can edit. End up editing for 6 hrs till about 4:15. Finally done, after that I'm rolling out of hte parking garage. The parking attendent is asleep so I feel bad waking up but do so. I told him that too he tells me well if you weren't here then I wouldn't have a job. Then he goes on to tell he that he doesn't have a leg. I think it's lame of me to think editing for 6hrs is shitty of me. He goes on to talk about white people for a little bit. The next thing that was crazy was driving home intersectino of 123 and 50, going toward 66, I get a green light. I slowly proceed, looking over to my right seeing this silver CRV that's going at least 40-50 and shows no signs of slowing down. I proceed slowly and he blows through the intersection almost hitting a car of the opposite side of 123 heading towards Mason. Fucking NOVA drivers. Anyways that's my spiel for tonight, no very often does shit like that happen.

bored looking up quotes

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:55:28 GMT

"Wonder Years, The" (1988)

Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: Things never turn out exactly the way you planned. I know they didn't with me. Still, like my father used to say, 'Traffic's traffic, you go where life takes you' and growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers, the next you're gone, but the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a time a place, a particular fourth of July, the things that happened in that decade of war and change. I remember a house like a lot of houses, a yard like a lot of yards, on a street like a lot of other streets. I remember how hard it was growing up among people and places I loved. Most of all, I remember how hard it was to leave. And the thing is, after all these years I still look back in wonder.

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 02:27:38 GMT

Fuck Tables and Chairs, Fuck Rainbow Rentals

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:11:10 GMT

This was something I was thinking about yesterday when I was at the Warped Tour. Seeing kids ages from probably about 7 years old to my age and older. Many of these kids are too young to understand most things. I heard Atreyu cover Bon Jovi's "Shot Through the Heart" and thought most of these kids weren't alive when this song was released. Punk, Hardcore, Indie, whatever you want to call it have lost an edge it use to have. Seeing parents trot around with their children and seeing no Yoohoo both which was shitty, too many rules and too few good boths. They were lacking some of the great booths that had been there in years past. Its probably been around 2-3 years since I've actually been to a warped tour but I guess all good things have to end sometime. Just another event that'll be crossed off my list because they've become dull and boring. The bill bands wasn't amazing this year but did have some good bands. In particular Avenged Sevenfold and Reggie and the Full Effect were awesome. That and I got a drum stick from Reggie which was dope. Maybe I'm just a salted old man but that's how I see things.

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 03:46:36 GMT

25 cent beers are magic :)

I don't know anymore

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 02:19:10 GMT

Started working recently at Aquaman pool inc. It's been pretty fun but tiring, waking up at 6 and getting home from 5-7pm everyday. Still trying to figure out whether I want to take a class this sem or wait to hold out for an internship which I may never get. Its frustrating not knowing if I'm going to have a real job or anything to look forward to after graduating. That and I seem to be losing steam. People want to go out to Arlington and Adams Morgan. That shit seems lame to me, why should I pay 4-5 bucks for a beer at a place with people I don't give a shit about. Maybe its a stroke of getting old who knows? The only things that have keep my interest recently are puting together the new bmx bike, which lacks a few key parts but has been a great source of joy for me recently. Bike riding is probably the most fullfilling thing I've done in awhile. Maybe I should take more initiative and watch Glory Daze a few more times "Soon I realized you gotta fuckin throw caution out the door and let life hit you full in the face. Live like a fuckin dog riding in car. You know head out the window, ears flapping in the breeze. Come on of all people, I thought you’d understand that. Changed my life man. Shit I don’t know what the fuck is going to happen next week.".

dreams

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:30:40 GMT

After drinking a many beers at Chilli's, I decide to take a nap. The dream was probably the most interesting and long one I've had in awhile. It starts out chilling at mason with my friend Ryan and Decible. We're walking around its seemed pretty late in the dream. I can't remember what anyone said but it was pretty damn funny. Then I get a phone call and I look around Decible's gone. I figured it was Decible calling but it somehow turns out to be nobody I know. Ryan and myself start driving in his car. Somehow out of nowhere Ryan's outside the car and its driving itself. It was nuts, I was chilling in hte passanger seat. After a little while I decide I should take out the keys of the car. I take out two keys(don't ask why there's 2 keys) out of nowhere the drive side starts filling up with some sort of foam. Its getting crazy in the car. The car pulls over to the side of the road and I think its going to hit another car but somehow doesn't. Then I semi wake up but the dream continues. I'm now in the back of the car, its still driving itself. Ryan is hanging half in the window and half out. I don't know why I didn't try and open the window more but not sure how it happens later on Ryan moves from the window to the sunroof. Thinking about it, the sunroof was over the two back seats and he manages to get in the car. From there I don't really remember much. But I do remember waking up in my room and wanting to get some poker chips, so I check the case and see there's only about half my remaning chips and I just realized I hadn't woken up and it was still a dream. Dreams are awesome.

meaty paw

Sun, 29 May 2005 05:53:28 GMT

It's no good.

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Sat, 28 May 2005 06:35:05 GMT

Good nite, hanging out with some old friends. its always really fun and chill when hanging out with Ryan, Tom, and Mark. This summer seems to be a turning point. I'm really excited to see whats going to happen although at the same time a bit sad because things are going to change. I'm hoping to get an internship soon, so I can start looking toward a real job. I'm really glad the friends I have are sooooooo chilll and funny, keeps me in check even though can't help think of future and trying to be responsible.

bs

Sun, 01 May 2005 07:01:49 GMT

apparently walking on the sidewalk at night is a crime...

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 04:12:12 GMT

So I'm walking around Giant. I see this military guy on a cell phone. As soon as he sees me he immediately hangs up and tries to talk to me. The only thing I heard was something something Batista. During this time he's saying stuff, I'm thinking is he related to that dictator of I believe Cuba. He continues talking and I begin to walk away. He sees this and says I guess you're trying to leave at which point he understands. Why is it that everytime some military guy sees some able bodied youth, they feel the need to lecture about the great opts blah blah blah who cares. Its really annoying. Either that or maybe if I tell them that I'm a pacifist they'll leave me alone.

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 13:15:35 GMT

My conclusion is life is too complicated. I need to retire so my body can fully recover from being young.

sleep

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:54:09 GMT

Its pretty much almost 6am and I'm not tired at all. My sleep schedule's been fucked up the last couple of weeks. I'd like to sleep although I figure that I'd just sleep through Friday and waste the day away. Maybe one of these days I'll try to catch up. Time to stay awake and see whether I can be awake most of friday. Now time to watch Rounders.

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 02:54:38 GMT

Got back from Jackson Hole yesterday. The powder there was amazing, probably the best conditions I've ever ridden in. The first day we got there it was fairly late and snowing. The cabins were pretty nice fake log cabins, had a couple of beds, a living area with a pull out couch. We ate at this place the Village in that was open all nice. It seemed to be a IHop type place. After that the first day riding was great, there was some new powder. The runs were incredibly long and so much fun. The one thing that did dissapoint me was that they didn't have a park open till the last day and the park wasn't very good a few small kickers and some little rails. Snowboarded Sunday and Monday, then on Monday nite and Tues night had to take the day off due to intoxication from the previous night. Had fun going out to this bar called the Rancher. They had some pool tables and a bunch of people hanging out. On Tues night it was great because all the pitchers were five bucks even of decent beer, not just shitty bud or coors. I believe Tues was also the keg race night, where we had a keg race with some kids from Minesota. They started before our group but we managed to finish our keg shortly after them. Some other highlights include Tom getting shitfaced on the same night and puking in our room after going to sleep. Also saw some kid eat a cracker sprayed with some hairspray on it and spit it out. Other fun stuff was snowball fights on the bus coming back from the Mountain. Some bullshit stuff was beer was expensive twenty six for a twenty four pack of Bud light and the fact that it was sold in the liquor store. No beer was sold in grocery stores or convenience stores, just in liquor stores. We did find this great bar right near the mountain the Mangy Moose that had decent beer prices for being at the resort 3-4 beers and decent food prices as well. We chilled there rather then paying 10 dollars or so for each meal at the normal food place. They had two gondolas, on called the Tram that went all the way to the top of the mountain. It was crazy on Thurs at the top of the mountain. You couldn't see more then 10 feet in front of you and the wind was nuts it was almost blowing me over. But the next day Friday our last day of riding it was nice, sunny and clear you could see our pretty far. The view was beautiful, probably the best mountain I've ever ridden. The riding was quite different that I'm use to. The powder is great but requires a much different style then our EC riding. I leaned back quite far to manuaver through the powder. I met tons of people too, since it was a Virginia Tech snowboarding club trip. There was a couple people on the plane that seemed alright. Well besides that on the last night went to the Cowboy bar and the Rancher. The Cowboy bar was a trip, larger belt buckles then I've ever seen. There were some many cowboys it was crazy. It was a different world in there. Also instead of stools they had saddles. There was a bad playing as well. It was a wild time. Then at the Rancher played some pool, got some pitchers. Then went to sleep around 3 or so, woke up at 5am to catch the 5:30 bus to the airport. Flew to Denver then back to here. This trip was a good break before classes start in about a week. My knee is a bit messed up from riding but hopefully it'll be better in a few days. There's a bit more to tell but I'll do that later

Jackson Hole

Sat, 08 Jan 2005 11:12:42 GMT

Going to Jackson Hole in Wyoming tommorow(Sat) for a week. It should be fun, considering I haven't been snowboarding in about two years. Time to visit a new state Wyoming and time to take a break from partying Mason style. There's a short layover in Denver, hopefully I can see my brother for a bit. I feel excited to boost some kickers.

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:02:18 GMT

Burrito Bros rules, Its the best burrito place period. I've eaten a lot of burrtios Baja,Chipotle, Big City in CO, and some other place. The only other place that's impressed me was a place in CO that had some nice spinach tortillas. Burrio Bros seems to deliver everytime I eat there and it somehow tastes better each time. :)

thinking

Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:49:56 GMT

we just talk about
the people we've met in the last five years
and will we remember them in ten more. - death cab for cutie

I wonder about these things sometime and hope that I keep in touch with people.