Alex

Mon, 18 May 2009 23:36:50 GMT

WHAT'S THE DEAL?

(Check check) can you hear me now?

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:21:45 GMT

For the first time in my life I'm actually trying in school. For the first time in my life I want to do well in school because I actually want to do well in school.

It's an exciting feeling. I'm starting to take more upper level math classes and its becoming ridiculous. I like it though.

I'm taking an independent study with my old DiffEQ and Calc II professor. She's teaching me the Fourier Transform, which I don't expect anyone to know and I don't really know either, but it's basically a method of doing upper level calculus with heavy application in sound mechanics and imaging. I sit with her for two hours a week one-on-one and she just lectures me on this ridiculous math. Its on a way higher level than anything I've ever been taught. It's actually challenging to me. It's really really hard for me to comprehend it but I'm actually trying to and it's working.

It's incredibly hard to stand out when it comes to math at RIT (so many majors depend on math and soo many people here are ridiculously better at it than me) but this stuff is beginning to make me think that I can. I've done homework every day this week. I did homework maybe once every other week last quarter. It's just funny I guess. And exciting. I know now that I am going to be stuck at RIT for a very long time working harder and harder with every new thing I have to learn. And I'm actually excited about it.

I guess all I'm trying to say is it's fun to actually know I have a future with something. And if I actually work at it it can be a pretty cool one too.

So I'll leave with this cute little poem I stumbled upon:

THINGS MY SON SHOULD KNOW AFTER I’VE DIED
by Brian Trimboli

I was young once. I dug holes
near a canal and almost drowned.
I filled notebooks with words
as carefully as a hunter loads his shotgun.
I had a father also, and I came second to an addiction.
I spent a summer swallowing seeds
and nothing ever grew in my stomach.
Every woman I kissed,
I kissed as if I loved her.
My left and right hands were rivals.
After I hit puberty, I was kicked out of my parents’ house
at least twice a year. No matter when you receive this
there was music playing now.
Your grandfather isn’t
my father. I chose to do something with my life
that I knew I could fail at.
I spent my whole life walking
and hid such colorful wings.

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:33:16 GMT

I used to like the cold and winter until I had to pay for my own heat. Now I just want it to be warm so I can have a little less stress. Doesn't that suck? Doesn't this world suck? That money can do that to someone? That money can do that to me? Fuck that. FUCK that.

Here's to at least realizing that money's affect on people is fucked up and not okay. Because there's no way you can actually avoid it.

T-Bucket's Wacky Tips to Survive Being Broke In A Recession

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:17:43 GMT

I Stumbled on this awhile ago and I thought that at the very least it was kind of helpful and pretty cute, so I figured I'd repost it.

(Originally from T Bucket's blog at http://open.salon.com/user_blog.php?uid=13206, all credit goes to him obviously)

1. Put an egg in your Ramen

2. Fuck ,alot. It's free and it feels really good if you do it right. Heck, it even feels good when you do it 'wrong'.Also, you won't need the heat as high , afterwards. (note: sorry I used 'fuck' instead of 'sex',but it just seemed to fit better)

3. Don't pout,make survival an adventure

4. Get rid of cable .It's a rip-off, and there's nothing on it worth a shit ,anyways. A good antenna will get you 15 -20 stations once we go HD in February. ($80 savings per month)

5. Oatmeal,instead of boxed cereals. Better for you and one/tenth the price ($4 per box savings x 2 per month)

6. Get a "Magic Jack", and never pay a phone bill ,again . I know you have a computer.($60 savings per month)

7. If it's not at a Redbox, don't go to Blockbuster. ( $4 per movie savings x 4 times a month)

8. Mark West Pinot Noir ,$8.99 per bottle

9. You only have two feet, how many pairs of shoes do you really need?

10. Buy regular unleaded.Your car needs to make sacrifices ,too.I guarantee it will still run fine.

11. Chunky Soup got me through college,pretend you're 18 again, and eat some Chunky Sirloin Burger

12. Dump the Gym membership. Last time my membership expired , they had to give me directions to the gym , so I could renew.

13. It's a great time to diet, and no one will no you're really just plain ol' starving

14. Invite friends over to play cards. You'll reconnect , realize what's most important, and all have a great evening

15. Beanie Weenies

16. Time to be a 'coupon weirdo'

17. Invite friends to your house. You don't have to spend the gas to drive, and you can get as drunk as you want , since you're already home.

18. If you can't pay cash, you can't afford it. Cut up the cards.

19. Announce that your "going to let your hair grow out", and save on haircuts for a few months ($20 x 3 months)

20. Do you really need a Caramel Machiatto? ($4 savings x 8 x per month)

21. Check out the dollar menus or kid's menus and your fast food place.Hell, it's more than likely a more proper portion.

22. Read, it's cheap and you can escape the current realities

23. Whoever stays with you won't be doing it for your money.

24. Turn up the music

25. Volunteer at a shelter, you'll know what poor is.

26. Beans are more than just a "musical fruit". Beans /rice have been helping poor people survive worldwide for centuries

27. Keep your sense of humor

28. Always remember that we'll all survive

29. The job you said you' d never lower yourself to do ,is the job someone else wishes and prays they had.

30. Suicide is not painless. It hurts all those who love you

31. Shower together,hubba,hubba

32. I always remember a quote from my momma ,when I was feeling down and realized we were dirt poor,
" Baby, look outside.Them bird's is still singin' ,and they got no coat,no job,no roof over they head,no guarantee uh'duh next meal. They's jus'happy they's breathing."

As Long As I Don't Have To Listen To Me, It's Cool

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:54:39 GMT

I'm officially done with high school. It feels great. Graduation was fast and despite everyone else, I didn't mind Jessica's speech. I went to 10 graduation parties in the span of two days. I had the chance to fill out a form that told RIT what classes I would like to take, which was really exciting. I think I choose Film Arts and Cultural Anthropology as my first choices with Psychology, Music Arts, Politics, and Science Technology and Values as others. It made me really excited for college. I'm probably going to kind of miss a lot of people and really miss some people but that's inevitable.

I love summer. So far all I've done on vacation is go to graduation parties, work, hang out with my girlfriend and play video games.

New RBF CD just got leaked! BYE!

I'll sing along, yeah, with every emergency

Sun, 13 May 2007 13:37:40 GMT

Chris and I placed third in the doubles tennis sectionals, which means we made it to state qualifiers. I'm so happy and excited. We get a sectional patch and everything. I guess it's the first time someone from Avon made it to state qualifiers for tennis in like 27 years or something.

I'm torn when it comes to tennis ending. Part of me is happy that I won't be busy and I can actually start working more than one day a week but part of me is really going to miss it. The team was great this year, all the people were really cool. I hope to stay in touch with Coach next year because she lives like 5 minutes away from RIT. I also hope I can help out with the team next season. I'm glad me and Chris extended the season for a few more days for state qualifiers.

Life is great right now. AP Calc and Lit are over with which means I only really need to worry about the senior paper and French project which aren't really big deals.

Keep It Going

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:52:27 GMT

I'm bored. I wish I was still in Saint Martin. It was amazing. I'm not going to get in to too much detail because we did a million different things, but some highlights were:

- an awesome street fair with live caribbean bands, a parade, and street vendors
- a ton of amazing beaches (I think we went to at least 5)
- going out to dinner almost every night and having really good food
- snorkeling, even though I couldn't get the whole breathing underwater thing down
- Wayne and I walking up to a fort that overlooked almost the entire island
- the French culture (even though it was hard to find sometimes)
- me and Bethany getting our hair braided even though it took too long and costed too much
- just being with Bethany and her family in general

I was planning on summing up like everyday and everthing we did in each day, but I don't really feel like. I think I'll still do it eventually, maybe not on Livejournal, but somewhere. Just to remember everything.

Go to Bethany's Facebook to see pictures. I would have my own pictures up but someone stole my camera at one of the beaches we were at. I was retarded and put it on top of the beach bag as everyone left to go swim in the ocean, meaning no one was there to watch it. I was really pissed for most of that day but I got over it. I wasn't even really that upset about losing a $300 camera but that I lost a bunch of priceless pictures I loved. Whatever, there's nothing anyone can do about it.

The other bad part of the vacation was the plane ride home. The workers of US Air in Saint Martin didn't really know what they were doing and had our plane for Sunday overbooked and all this other crazy stuff, so a bunch of people were freaking out and screaming and stuff and we had to wait over an hour to leave the runway. By the time we flew into Philidelphia our connecting flight to Rochester had already left, and since it was almost 9 o'clock we had to stay in Philly over night and catch a plane the next morning. We went to a hotel that the airport paid for and I had a Philly cheese steak sandwich for dinner. We then went to bed for 4 hours so we could wake up at 3:45 the next morning to catch our new flight. Well, there were mechanical problems with that plane and it was indirect (which we didn't know about) so we ended up finally leaving the ground around 8:30 or 9 (instead of 6:20) and getting home around 11. Now, the part I left out about this whole story is that I was getting progressively sicker and sicker this whole time, so by the time we were on our final flight home I basically had the full out flu - chills, a headache, bodyaches, and a fever. So instead of talking with my family who (or whom?) I hadn't see in a week, I went to bed for 5 hours and then still felt like shit. That was yesterday and today I feel probably 70% better, but it's why I'm so bored.

I was glad to see my family though. My mom made me an Easter basket with Borat in it so I watched it last night with my parents. They liked it I guess. I also came home to new Mad Caddies, Nine Inch Nails, and Steinways CDs which are all great.

Edit: Don't you like how I focused more on the negative aspects than the positive ones? I guess that's the whole point of Livejournal.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:03:46 GMT

This morning when I woke up I turned my video camera on and it worked. And it still works tonight. I'm excited.

311 reminds me of you

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:34:14 GMT

I just spent the last 2 hours unscrewing at least 20 tiny screws off my video camera so I could take the entire thing apart, unplug one cable, wait 5 minutes, plug it back, and then screw all the screws back on. Doing this was supposed to stop it from saying that there's condensation on the lense ALL the time, but it didn't. So now I'm cooking it in the oven at 170 degrees to burn the shit out of the moisture reader so it never lies to me again. And if that doesn't work, then I'm buying a new one. Because I want a fucking video camera.

Edit: The oven didn't work either. Which means I wasted my whole night trying to fix a shitty, shitty camcorder that will never be fixed. It's now 12:45 and I'm going to bed.

This Shit Is Genius

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:52:46 GMT

I passed my road test yesterday. Having a license rocks. Driving to work in the middle of winter is a lot better than walking to work in the middle of winter.

I'm turning 18 next week. That's scary as fuck. I get to drive after nine though. So I only actually have a junior license for like a week. Suckers.

I'm buying a drum set from Mr Ekdahl. It's not the greatest - it doesn't even have a brand name, but it's really really cheap and I like shitty musical equipment. I'll probably never even get mediocre at playing the drums but it's fun and rhythm's like the easiest thing in the world for me.

Sometimes I have to work really hard and clean all day at Tom Wahls and sometimes I sit around and make smoothies and play poker. So it could be worse.

Oh yeah, and I only have 20 more Pokemon to catch until I have the complete Hoenn Pokedex (202 Pokemon total).

Worrrd.

Movies

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:34:51 GMT

So Transformers, Spiderman 3, and Fantastic Four 2 are all coming out this summer. Who's pumped???????

Don't wake me I plan on sleeping in

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 06:05:47 GMT

Christmas was weird this year. I started throwing up Friday night and felt really sick on Saturday. I was still sick on Sunday so I couldn't go to my Grandma's house for Christmas Eve, which I've gone to every year of my entire life. Instead, I stayed home by myself and played Game Boy. On Christmas Day my grandparents (other side of the family) usually come over to my house for dinner and stuff but my grandpa's sick so they stayed home too. So both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day didn't hold up to their traditions. Oh yeah, and there wasn't any snow on the ground.

But it's snowing now. Which makes me happy. I guess it makes me happy because it seems like a lot of people I care about really want it to snow. But I like snow too, so whatever.

I fucking hate work. Feel free to fill me in on any job openings anywhere.

Oh, and for Christmas I got an iPod. It's 80 gigs and it's awesome. My girlfriend gave me a leather jacket. I keep thinking about it. I got angry today because I was Xcited to wear it to the VR with her but it was raining and I guess it's bad to get leather wet. Too bad it's always raining.

Yo

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:12:41 GMT

I got accepted to RIT!

If anyone cares...

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:19:23 GMT

Top 10 CDs of 2006

10. The Steinways - Missed The Boat
9. Set Your Goals - Mutiny
8. Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Ladies Are Me
7. Plus 44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating
6. Defiance, Ohio - The Great Depression
5. The Falcon - Unicornography
4. None More Black - This Is Satire
3. Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta!
2. The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches - Three Cheers For Disappointment
1. Bomb The Music Industry! - Goodbye Cool World

Take this from me. It's fun.

Today

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:02:24 GMT

I applied to college.

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:21:00 GMT

I've been going out with Bethany for one whole year.

Today we went to The Little Theatre in Rochester and saw Catch A Fire. It was about terrorism in South Africa in the early 1980s from both the terrorist's and the person in charge of catching the terrorist's point of view. It was really intesnse but really good. Everyone should go see it.

We then went to an Ethiopian restaurant for dinner. The food was amazing. I'm like still full.

So basically I'm really happy and I think that this past year has been the best year yet.

Think of all the lives saved by plastic knives

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:16:16 GMT

Word. I haven't updated in a long time.

Being a senior doesn't really out weight how gay school is so school still pretty much sucks. Good news is I'm not taking hard classes except for AP Lit. Calculus is easy and it's one of my highest grades.

Soccer sucks. We've only won 2 games. Surprise! But I guess it's not that bad. Most of the kids on the team are cool and we had a pizza party today. Everyone hates Vergo because he can't coach but I don't really care. At least he gives a shit about us. Whatever. Only three more games!

I haven't been working that much because of school and soccer. Hopefully that'll change soon. I just realized today that I need a whole lot of money like right now. I owe a bunch to Lottes because I can't stop buying video games from him. Me and Pete are going to the Skalloween show in Syracuse (Bomb The Music Industry, Mustard Plug, Against All Authority, Westbound Train) which is going to be amazing but means I need to buy a ticket and shirts from like all of the bands. And I'm going away to Philly this coming up weekend for colllege stuff.

Speaking of college, I haven't really started any applications or anything which means I should soon. I visited RIT on Monday with Pete and I actually really liked it. We went on a tour through their IT floor and it rocks. Their video game room is soo sweet. I also talked with one of the main math professors and he talked about all the crazy clubs and research he was involved in. There's also a ton of stuff you can do with a math major which is good for me. I don't think I'm gonna end up going there but it made me really excited for next weekend.

The Hoboz are opening for THE PIETASTERS on Friday. It's going to be ridiculous. If you decide to come to one Hoboz show in your entire life, make it this one. It's the fucking Pietasters homie. It's at Milestones at 9. Be there.

Me and my girlfriend are doing really gooood. Our 1 year anniversary is coming up soon. We still do everything together and I try to spend as much time as I possibly can with her.

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:56:44 GMT

So it turns out my life doesn't suck. I was just in a bad mooood yesterday. I actually like work, I just don't like that I'm working everyday this week (the first week of school) except for Tuesday. I learned how to do fryers and grill so that's kind of fun. I gave up on trying to read Wuthering Heights so I don't reall hate that anymore either.

I bought Pokemon FireRed with Pete the other day. It's sweeeeet.

I'm going to Syracuse today with my mom and my brother and his friend to see Taking Back Sunday in concert. I'm super excited.

I am gonna destroy my local rockstar.

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:13:40 GMT

I'm sick of working. I'm sick of soccer. I'm sick of reading. I'm sick of my "friends" making my girlfriend feel like shit. I'm sick of drama. I'm sick of always being tired. I'm sick of letting my girlfriend down and making her mad and never being with her. And I'm sick of always saying sorry but never making it better.

Woohoo! Now feel bad for me.

Cause all I want to do is party with you

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:54:06 GMT

I've been really busy these passed two weeks. Since everyone left for college, I'm getting a lot more hours at Tom Wahls. But the same week I started working more was the same week soccer started. So most of my time last week and this week has been soccer practice in the morning and afternoon and work at night.

Soccer's been okay I guess. Last week was pretty cool just because it felt nice to work out and stuff. Most of the kids who play are pretty cool too. But this week I'm pretty much sick of running and not having anytime for anything. Yesterday I went to pizza land after practice with Luke, Thomas, Pete, and Turner. It was fun. Those guys are awesome. I talk with Lottes a lot about Beast Wars and video games and movies and stuff. He's pretty much an all-knowing genius when it comes to that stuff.

I've been trying to hang out with Bethany as much as I can. Last week we watched Beast Wars together. I loved it. She liked it but only because she thought it was funny. Yesterday after I went to pizza land we went to the mall so she could buy clothes for school. I don't really like shopping but it was fun. I wanted to buy Pokemon Fire Red while we were there but the stores in the mall didn't have them so I bought the game Advanced Wars instead. It turns out they had the Pokemon game at Target when we went there afterwards though, which kind of made me mad.

The Hoboz played at Kiddies Day last Saturday. No one was there. We played for a really long time. Devan came so me, him, Blair, and Brian played 4 Cosmic Brownies songs. I loved it. I sort of miss playing with them.

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:45:44 GMT

I just got back from the MC Lars show at Water Street. He's amazing. There were 4 opening bands, which kind of sucked because me and Bethany kept on thinking MC Lars was next and he kept on not being next for awhile. The only one I actually liked was Clark Street, who played right before him. After the show we met him and we got his autograph and stuff. He's a cool guy. Apparently Rochester is like "his town", which is really cool. He definitely rocked it tonight.

Yesterday was Corn Fest. Corn Fest isn't as cool as it used to be. The best part was probably the music. I played with Last Minute at 11 and that went pretty well. The Levar Burtones played at 12 and I kind of felt bad about missing most of their set. They're all really cool guys. I bought they're demo and a shirt and some pins from them. I actually saw two of them at MC Lars tonight. Anyways, Golden State played later in the afternoon. They're amazing. They're so different and creative and innovative and stuff, it's awesome. I bought their CD. The Hoboz closed the youth stage at 6 and we did pretty good I guess. The Sky Coasters were just as gay as they were last year. Whatever. Bethany had a bon fire afterwards. Andy had a bunch of his friends over and my mom played beer pong with them. Haha. Some people showed up from the wedding at the inn which was pretty funny I guess.

Alright, I have to go to bed. Soccer starts tomorrow at 7:45 in the morning!

I just found The Sly Caps CD online. You know, that band that was on MTV's Made like 4 years ago.

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 04:35:47 GMT

Last night at work I witnessed three different managers throw away a total of 4 Wahl burgers and 1 kiddy chese burger meal. They were all perfectly good, it just wasn't what the customers ordered so they returned them. I was really hungry that whole night and I had no money to buy anything. You can imagine how I felt.

Today the dropouts were smarter than the PhDs, as they took off with everyone's car without the keys

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:56:02 GMT

Last week my family went to Maine and I stayed home by myself. I don't really like Maine, I didn't want to leave Avon, and I have a job, so I didn't go. I spent most of my time either at work or at Bethany's house. I didn't mind when I was home, I like being alone I guess. It was anoying giving my dog the 14 pills she takes for her 5 diseases though. On that Wednesday I went with Bethany and her dad to Conesus Lake and rode around in their boat. It was a lot of fun. Wayne was awesome at water skiing. Me and Bethany both tried and we both couldn't do it.

I'm playing in a band with Bethany and Kate Phillips for Corn Fest. We're ok. We're pretty much playing whatever type of music we feel like it. It's funnnnnn.

Last night Bethany came over and we watched Clerks. She hated it. The acting was really bad but I still liked it. I'm excited for Clerks 2. I'm downloading Chasing Amy right now so that's next on the list for us to watch.

Today my dad took me to Buffalo so I could buy a tenor sax off of one of the guys from Rex Banner (Buffalo ska band). It was really cheap and I like it a lot. It's blue.

It's awesome.

I guess that's it, mother fuckers.

And I'll stay awake through sunrise, cause babe it's the closest to your eyes

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:17:30 GMT

Three more days.

Pizza for breakfast!

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:03:35 GMT

Long Island sucked. It was really boring. I didn't know any one at my couin's graduation party. All the kids my age were white but thought they were black. The people who I stayed with are pretty cool but way different from me so we usually just do our own thing.

Bethany's phone's working again! We talk all the time.

I'm working a shitload now. I'm always subbing for people. I worked Tuesday night (July 4th) and yesterday and am working today, tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday this week. I'm trying to make as much money as possible while Bethany's gone. It's keeping me busy I guess.