NoeChill

I haven't

2011-09-24T16:53:00.001-07:00

blogged in a long time. I've doing everything except blog. I deleted Red off my Blogger account while I work on adding to it. We'll see how that goes. My roommate and I finally got connected to the internet in our apartment and it's amazing!! We also got cable.

Some guys have all the luck...

2011-04-03T22:43:00.000-07:00

My brother read this joke to me from one of his friend's Facebook statuses:

My girlfriend invited me to her house. I found her sister alone in the house, she was unbelievably sexy and whispered in my ear, "I have feelings for you, shall we have sex?", I immediately turned around and walked to the front door to go to my car. I found my girlfriend standing there, she hugged me and said: "You've won my trust"

Moral of the story: always keep your condoms in the car.

Meh.

2011-03-30T20:14:00.000-07:00

I've lost some interest in writing the last few months. So instead, I've been reading some. I recently read Paper Towns by John Green. I haven't read much like it, but I liked it.

I'm trying to maybe find alternatives to relieve the pressure in my cranium from creative juices, or maybe try different writing styles. Maybe I should try to write structured poetry, like Haiku. I forgot how to write Haiku.

To the people though that take the time to read what I've written, I do thank you for your time. I do appreciate it. I do lament the fact that I've been too preoccupied with other things and haven't had much time to spend on Blogger, but I will try to read some blogs out there that are really good. I don't want to toot any one person's horn.

So again, thank you for your time and I hope I can soon devote some time of my own to reading some good blogs.

Thank you and goodnight.

Dang it.

2011-03-29T09:36:00.001-07:00

I haven't been on here a while. But now that I am, it says I'm not following any blogs.

Is that a glitch and the blogs I follow will show up again? Or did Blogger unfollow a bunch of blogs?

Update: Nevermind, they came back.

My goal

2011-02-09T16:09:00.001-08:00

is to work on the book idea I had. I started doing some notes for the setting.

The book idea started as The Vigil short story I started a while ago, but completely revamped. And my idea is to make that story much more than just that one world. But I won't say too much now.

Oh, it turns out the tag I have on here is The Field, not The Vigil. They were both potential titles for the same story.

People are lame.

2011-02-04T21:58:00.000-08:00

Bloggaversary

2011-01-27T13:58:00.000-08:00

or something like that.

I just realized that two years and ten days ago was when I made my blog. If I've learned anything in those two years, it's that...

Hmm... I don't know. Here's a list of things I can come up with in about... let's say three minutes and it's in no particular order:

Choose your friends carefully.

Stick with what you're doing til the end. So see things through, I guess.

Go to class and do your homework. It really does help.

Some days, it's not worth chewing through the straps. Just brush yourself off the next day and start over.

Some people you've just gotta put up with.

It's nice to make something with your own two hands once in a while.

That's all I got for now. I will post something new eventually. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

I know

2011-01-06T10:18:00.000-08:00

that this post should go on my other blog. But neither I nor my friend from my other blog have posted anything in a while.

I'm watching a pretty good soccer game at the moment. Villareal versus Valencia for the Copa del Rey in Spain. On the away leg at Valencia, they tied 0-0. Today at Villareal, Valencia went into the halftime break up 2-0. Meaning that Villareal needed 3 goals, because the first tie-breaker is the most away goals. In the first four minutes of the second half, Villareal scored twice to tie the game at two. Then thirteen minutes later, they scored again. So Villareal is now up 3-2. American Jozy Altidore seems to be getting ready to come in for Villareal. We'll see how things go.

First

2011-01-01T00:44:00.001-08:00

Blogger update of 2011.

Dag nabbit.

2010-12-26T23:15:00.002-08:00

Christmas is over. I had a good time with the family, and stuff. New Year's is coming up, but that's like, eh...

Listening to My Chemical Romance's new cd again. It's pretty good.

I'm making a cd for my friend's birthday. Like, a mix of songs, and I'm gonna make it look all nice, and stuff. Maybe I'll post some pics after I'm done with it. But for right now, I'm in the planning stage.

Does anyone have any ideas about anything? I was thinking of trying to go to sleep earlier. It's almost 11:30PM here. That's still early.

Well, I'ma call it quits for now. Maybe next time I'll post a real post.

My Christmas Card

2010-12-23T21:47:00.000-08:00

I made for a few friends. Hard copies.

I need to

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go back and count how many times I've said that I was going to "seriously work on writing a short story."

I'm going to seriously work on writing a short story.

I want to try to design a new layout for my blog. Because I have always finish what I start. :) Sarcasm doesn't translate well in writing.

So far, I've got a new logo thing. At least, version 1.0. It's the thing with the green and yellow. It would prolly go without the "NoeChill" on the bottom. And the color depending on the background. It's the design, and not so much the color that's important.

Anyways, that's all for now, folks. Have a good Christmas and New Years in case I don't post anything between now and then. :)

I kind of

2010-12-16T13:27:00.000-08:00

thought this out after many failed attempts:

In My Mind

In my mind she's pretty and sweet
She loves to dance me off of my feet
And when she smiles the sky seems a little more blue
And in my mind she's playful and sly
And has a thoughtful look in her eye
It feels so right, holding her hand in mine, too

'Cause she's sugar and spice
And smiles so nice
And I'm keenly aware
Of the smell of her hair
'Cause in my mind she's not so far away

In my mind, her eyes, how they twinkle
And her nose, I love how it wrinkles
When she smiles, all my fears go away
And in my mind she's standing there
With a sly smile, pleasantly bare
And all the while I don't know what to say

'Cause she's sugar and spice
And smiles so nice
And I'm keenly aware
Of her clothes on the chair
'Cause in my mind she's not so far away

In my mind, she's not so far away

I found this note

2010-12-14T16:17:00.001-08:00

saved in my calculator the other day while I was going through it:

“-Noe- Launching in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Kaboom!

-Houston- Was the launch a success?”

Pretty much made me laugh. I have no idea when I wrote it.

Mmonday.

2010-12-06T15:31:00.000-08:00

It's Monday, my favorite day of the week.

Today was my first day of finals. I have two left, one tomorrow and one on Wednesday.

I haven't done much writing, just reading.

I don't have much to say.

I think this girl is kind of cute:

ThatEnglishGirl111

Anyways, I'm done for today. Aufwiedersehen.

It's Friday, and stuff.

2010-12-03T09:32:00.000-08:00

It's Friday, and stuff. I'm at the college, waiting for my first class to start. I'm using my friend's laptop. I've been hanging out at the Mecha room place this last week, eating their candy, though I am not in Mecha. They call it, like, the Multicultural Room or something, but eh.

Oh, one more thing. I have to mention that I am still annoyed at FIFA for awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. Yes, it defies all logic, but for all I know, an evil race of aliens secretly threatened to destroy the world if Qatar didn't get the World Cup. An evil race of aliens, secretly paid off by Qatar of course.

I'ma go now; I'm almost finished with my green fruity candy cane. I need another one.

L8ers.

It's the weather, man.

2010-11-23T22:02:00.000-08:00

It is 8 degrees Fahrenheit. It snowed the last two or three days, I already lost count, and the roads are icy. My tiny KIA Spectra kept sliding and was not so graceful on the roads tonight.

I believe my exact words when I got home from work half an hour ago were, "By the grace of God, I am home. Fuck yeah."

It's the weather, man. I hate it. What happened to last winter? Last winter, it didn't snow until like, March. Then again in April. And it wasn't icy. Just cold.

This year, it's cold and icy. And snow. I had nearly forgotten what snow looked like. Not really. But still. When I was a kid, I liked the snow and cold weather. But now that I have to drive in it... eh... not so much. I miss being able to stay home all winter and drink hot chocolate.

I think I'll go back to taking the bus. The bus is big and heavy and doesn't slide around. So far, I've added 320 pounds to my car. I think I might fill the trunk of my car with the bags of sand.

Oh, I thought about inventing a laser that attaches to the car right in front of the wheels that melts the snow and ice before the wheels make contact with that part of the road. It's a no go so far.

And did I mention it's 8 degrees Fahrenheit? That's cold. And it's just the beginning. It is going to be a long winter.

New Story so far.

2010-11-19T00:26:00.000-08:00

This is what I've got done on my new short story. I'd like to continue, though I may scrap it if I don't come up with some real content to it:

Devon sifted through various pictures of a cute brunette online. She had such a great smile, he thought, complimented by her braces. The green of her eyes brought out by her green tank top. He sighed. So pretty, and miles out of his league. He glanced at the time at the bottom right-hand corner of his screen and cursed quietly. He’d lost track of time online again, waiting to see if anyone responded or commented on his clever new update on a social site. No takers so far.

He opened a file on his computer that held his paper that was due in seven hours. It seemed like a long time, but he liked to sleep, too. He didn’t want to stay up all night again. But he itched to go back to the brunette’s pictures. She’d gone to school with him according to her profile, though he didn’t remember seeing her. This was one of his problems. He tried hiding his feelings so much, he often forgot he had them. Then a cute girl with a considerable amount of cleavage would come along and trip him up.

But she seemed different than the other girls he remembered from high school. All the girls he remembered were completely high on themselves. Sure they’d be nice to him on occasion and would say he was “sweet” because he was always so quiet, but he knew they really wanted nothing to do with him. They conveniently would forget to invite him to parties, and would swear they’d remember next time because he’s “just so sweet.”

This new girl, Brittany, seemed genuine. She had some videos of her just talking, and she seemed like a girl that would see past a guy’s rough exterior. Not rough, in a rugged way, mind you. Just, rough. But, just as he’d learned long ago, he tried to kill any thought of her now. When you grew up as rejected as Devon was, you had to learn how to build up a front, and numb the stinging words girls threw at you. As they got older, girls’ rejections were softer on him in their eyes, though unknowingly patronizing. You had to learn to cope with that, too.

He closed the browser window. He was determined to keep himself from getting too attached to this new girl. This new girl, who unfortunately would become marred in his eyes by all the other girls he’s known. No, girls just weren’t ever going to be his thing. Not that guys were, you know. He’d just be alone, and he was okay with that. You got more work done that way. Work, like he should be doing right now. Damned community college. He thought it would be easy. Just take a class or two on this or that, then maybe get a job somewhere cushy and work his way up as he gained experience. Who needed four years at a big university?

He sighed again as he eyed his sad-looking paragraph. Ninety-seven words down, seven hundred and three to go. All on current affairs of the government. Like anyone really knew! He opened his internet browser up again to do some hasty research on the results of the recent elections. His browser automatically logged onto his preferred social networking site. He felt himself get excited as he saw someone had finally commented on his updated status, then grew mad at himself for it. You’re so friggin’ desperate, he thought. He clicked on the Notifications link that led to his status and he nearly fell out of his chair as he read the comment and the name attached to it:

Brittany Huff: lol! :)

He let out a long whistle and felt a smile spread across his face. The girl he refused to admit he was crushing on had just learned of his existence. He clicked on her name and sifted through her pictures again, smiling at each one. It was another long night.

The beginning of something old

2010-11-16T00:06:00.000-08:00

This is the beginning of something old.
Something I lost long ago.
Reinvented in the style of new.

For a while, I've felt devoid of feeling. For a long while. Like, I disallowed myself from feeling anything negative. Like a front. A facade. So now, in the hopes of jumpstarting my inner workings and stuff, I'd decided to go back to the basics. Here's a short dealio:

A pebble pressed against your palm,
smooth as glass, which you endear.
And yet you threw it away,
for reasons still unclear,
and felt no more aplomb.

You set aside the calm
façade you used to hide your fear.
And looked back on the day
that a pebble did appear,
pressed against your palm.

That's all for now. Til then, bye.

Harry Potter 7

2010-11-13T22:30:00.001-08:00

I bought four tickets for Harry Potter 7 today for next Friday when it comes out. One goes to my brother, one for whom ever he wants to invite, one for me, one for whom ever I choose to invite. Now my dilemma is: should I play it safe and just bring a friend along, or should I look for a "date"?

90 percent of me says play it safe. Why? Because I'm too chicken to ask anyone on a date? Pretty much, yeah.

For reasons too complicated and stupid to go in to, I feel I'm incapable of having feelings for someone. I think I might need someone to be close to. I've had dreams where a friend (not one in particular, just someone I know as a friend in my dreams though not one I was necessarily close to) and I just come together. But in my not-dreams, I don't know if I can sustain a relationship.

I'm not complaining. Just wondering what other people think of this. That's why I'm leaning towards the playing it safe. I know dates don't have to all be the beginning of something, but I'll still prolly just make a mess of it.

Long story short, I've got an extra ticket to the new HP film, hope everyone can make it. :)

Ideas: I'm full of 'em.

2010-10-22T23:04:00.001-07:00

Here's a new idea of thought of not too long ago. Like, maybe a minute.

First of all, in my Anthropology class I'm supposed to research a pre-industrial nation or civilization and once I've done enough research, I pick an item or artifact that they made. I then find out exactly how they made it, and I then recreate it in the same manor. Since it's pretty much impossible to do so exactly, the professor allows us, actually, requires us, to write a waiver. I think I'm going to research the ancient city-state of Athens. (I'm actually supposed to have already done a bunch of research, picked the object and find an expert in that field, which is another requirement.)

Anyways, this got me thinking. Since I like to write (even though I rather quickly get bored of things I start) and I like to read about random things, I'm going to do some shoddy research about a historic event or well-known and heavily-stereotyped time frame in human history, and write about a character that lived through that event or during that time frame in human history. I'll try to keep it short, because otherwise I'll get bored of it too quick.

That's all I got.

Oh, I recently (like, five hours ago?) found out Yahoo has a form of blog service. And though, after some toying with it, I decided it's kinda... eh... I might try to do something on there. I'm not sure if you guys know my email, but it's the name of my blog (NoeChill) at Yahoo dot com. See if you can access my blog or just add me on the Yahoo thing. Which I'm just beginning to use. Like, the profile and everything.

Irritated yet excited.

2010-10-15T20:27:00.001-07:00

I am irritated at the moment at the frickin Texas Rangers. Way to lose that 5-0 lead. I am, however, excited at the sports I will hopefully be watching tonight.

The Seattle Sounders are playing their last home game of the season against Chivas USA. It's about 20 minutes into the first half as I am typing this and the Sounders lead 1-0.

Later tonight, the semi finals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters from Shanghai, China will be played. This first match is at about midnight Eastern, right? And while I'm not too excited about that one, the second semi is between my favorite tennis player, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. This is about five weeks after that great semi final match at the US Open where the Djoker beat Federer but then lost to Nadal in the final. Nadal lost early in the Shangai Masters against the guy Djokovic beat in the quarter finals. Hopefully I'll be able to watch these matches via TennisTV.com because my internet has been a wee bit shaky.

New.

2010-10-14T20:28:00.000-07:00

So I started writing yet another short story. But I got tired of this one already. It was a good idea in my head until I started piecing it together on paper than typing into my computer then... gah.

I might've mentioned it in a previous post. I don't remember because I haven't posted anything in a while, and I don't want to go back and check. Here's a short excerpt from a random spot in what I have so far. Not the beginning but close to:

Eron awoke to someone calling his name. He rolled over off of the rock and slowly got up, stretching. He looked around, confused. Judging by the position of the two moons in the sky, Eron guessed it was past midnight. His mother knew that if he didn’t come home, then he had fallen asleep by the creek. He heard his name called again, closer this time? Why was someone looking for him? He saw a young man standing at the edge of the small forest, looking down at the rock Eron had been at a minute ago.

“Nic?” Eron called out. The young man’s blonde hair shook as he quickly turned his head towards Eron.

“Eron? Hey, I’ve been looking for you.”

“Took you that long to find me? Not much of a hunter, are you?” Eron said smiling. He met Nic halfway, and shook his hand.

“Usually my game is harder to find. I decided I wouldn’t need to try that hard to find you.”

Nic was in Eron’s Status Four class and was a year younger than Eron. He was of a similar height with Eron, but was narrower across the shoulders. He was quicker and more agile and made a great hunter.

“I haven’t been down here in years,” Nic said looking around, “I like what you’ve done with the place.” Nic kicked a plastic wrapper that was at his foot.

“Yeah, I suppose I should probably clean around a bit,” Eron said, also looking around. He walked back to his rock and sat down. “Don’t take this the wrong way, but, why are you here?”

Nic walked towards Eron and sat on the rock next to him. He unslung a slack from his shoulder and put it down at Eron’s feet. “We went hunting east of the river today. I went probably further than I should have, but I found this,” Nic opened the sack and carefully pulled out a worn leather-bound book. He turned the book around in his hands slowly. The thing had seen better days. Eron guessed it had been out in the open for years. But, Nic had found it out in the wilderness? Who had ever gone that far and why? Nic opened the book slowly. Inside, the pages were yellowed and some cracking. The years of sitting in the sun, rain, and wind hadn’t been kind to the book. Some ink smudges survived, but none that were legible that Eron could see.

“What is this?” Eron asked. He hesitated to take the book in his own hands. It looked ready to break, but he wasn’t all too sure. The moonlight was weak tonight.

“I’m not sure. I was wondering what to do with it. If I hand it in, I’m pretty sure I won’t see it again. I don’t think they’d be too keen on me having something like this. If you don’t mind me saying, didn’t your dad disappear past the river? That’s what people say, anyway.”

“He drowned in the river. He didn’t leave the town. He didn’t break custom,” Eron said, trying to keep calm. His father had disappeared about a decade ago. He knew what people said. He knew they thought his father was irresponsible. His father had married young. And if that in itself wasn’t too unheard of, his mother and father had had Eron young. Too young, most people would say. And they said it all culminated in Eron’s father running off and getting himself killed. Everyone knew leaving meant death. The land itself swallowed you up.

“Look, I don’t mean any disrespect. I just thought you might be curious. And you’re like, the smartest guy I know that I can trust. Maybe in the whole town, really. I was hoping you could take a look at it and tell me what you think?” Nic held the book out for him. He stared at it at first, then reluctantly took it from Nic. It was sturdier than it looked. He ran his fingers across the cover, feeling each crack and tear in the leather. It wasn’t too big but it felt heavier than it should.

“Okay. Tomorrow night we can take a look at it, after the Vigil. I’ll keep it for now.”

“Okay. Are you going to tell Hannah?”

“It’d be kind of hard to keep this from her for long,” Eron sighed as he stood up.

“I’ll show you the way back. It won’t do a hunter any good to get lost just outside the town.”

It's like, my old Vigil story but redone. Rewritten and stuff. I got bored of it already though. I can't work on something for too long without getting bored of it. Well, that's what I've been up to lately. My word count so far is 2,515 which is already like 300 words longer than Red. was.

The Towers of Midnight.

2010-09-18T14:04:00.000-07:00

The 13th and penultimate book in the Wheel of Time series comes out November 2nd. I am sooo excited for it. The Last Battle has begun.

I just read a preview on Brandon Sanderson's website. Sanderson has done a great job finishing the series. Robert Jordan, the author of the series passed away in 2007, but left behind tons of notes and Jordan's widow selected Sanderson to finish the series. I think I've talked about this series sooo much lately. Not so much on here, though I have mentioned it, but at work with a few other dudes who are reading the series.

Yep. The final installment in the series will be released late next year. Then it will all be over...

Djokovic.

2010-09-11T13:50:00.000-07:00

Novak Djokovic is my favorite tennis player. He's up against Roger Federer in the semis of the U.S. Open for the third straight year (since 2008). In 2007 Djokovic lost the U.S. Open final to Federer.

As of the publishing time, it's 4-4 in the third set after having split the first two sets 7-5 for Federer and 6-1 for Djokovic.

New on my blog

2010-09-06T12:41:00.000-07:00

is a list of some of my favorite things. So far I got bands, book series, and comedians up. It's on the left side of my blog underneath my about me and followers. Any more favorites ideas?

Funny story.

2010-09-02T22:28:00.000-07:00

Tonight I find that I,
I’m in love with someone new.
Someone whom I’ve never met.
Someone I simply can’t get.
So I stand here miles away,
With a smile on my face.
Someone whom I’ve never met,
Is proving too hard to forget.

Ah, celebrity crushes. :)

Wassup?

2010-09-01T21:11:00.000-07:00

Have you guys seen Scary Movie? The original one? So frickin awesome. That one, and the third Scary Movie are my two favorite from the Scary Movie franchise. Then all the other spoof movies came out, and they haven't been as good, though they've had their moments.

Which reminds me, I still haven't seen Vampires Suck. I should soon.

I have the entire weekend off from work. And there isn't even any soccer on tv this weekend. Well there are international friendlies, tons of them, but not any I usually watch. I watch U.S. games and Mexico games and a few other teams I'll sit and watch, but the vast majority of those games aren't televised. And since it's a FIFA Match Day or whatever, there aren't any league games like from the English Premier League or the Mexican Primera Division, which are the two leagues I mostly watch. I'll follow other leagues like La Liga and the German Bundesliga and the Seria A, but I don't watch the games so much, just the news and stats.

So it'll be a boring next couple of days, today is my Friday.

I still haven't started my masterpiece of a book yet, but hopefully I will soon. Maybe even this weekend. Who knows.

And I've been meaning to start reading John Green books, but I keep forgetting. And I should prolly wait til my next paycheck anyways. It'd be even cooler if he'd send me an autographed copy, but that's not happening. Anyways, two months from tomorrow, Robert Jordan's new book, the second book finished by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's passing away, comes out. I'm pretty much excited for it.

I'm kinda not all that excited though about The Ting Ting's new album. I heard the lead single, Hands, and I was like... eh... it's a different sound than their first album, and not the kind of different that I like. As in, I'm not liking it. Hopefully the rest of the album bares more similarity with We Started Nothing.

Still waiting for My Chemical Romance to announce their next album. From what I've heard, they've finished recording it, but I just haven't heard of any release date yet.

And I can't think of anything else that I'm waiting to be released. Anything? Can you think of anything you're waiting for that I'm not aware of?

Good Charlotte releases Cardiology, their fifth album, in November.

Simple Plan, who was my favorite band during 7th to 9th grade back before they released their self-title album which I thought sucked, is piecing together an album which will prolly be released some time next year.

Patrick Stump has been working on his self-everything debut album, and though I've not heard much on the subject, I'm looking forward to it because Fall Out Boy rocked, despite what many people say.

I'm done thinking for today.

I have been

2010-08-29T18:34:00.001-07:00

far too busy doing nothing. And I tried to plan something. But the more I plan the less I get done.

Because keeping busy ss not as easy as I once thought. I kinda like random. My head's kinda slow right now.

I'll do something.

But for now...

New Vigil.

2010-08-19T21:03:00.001-07:00

So I decided to take a short story I had started a year ago, The Vigil, and rewrite the plot.

I haven't worked on it since like, three days after I first penned the intro scene.

But I have been doing some reading on Wikipedia on an astronomical topic and have decided to take the basic premise of my story, and to tweak it a bit and now I have something to go on and hopefully, I'll get something written. So I'll keep you posted on that.

Until then, don't forget to be awesome.

Youtube.com/vlogbrothers

Watch John and Hank Green's YouTube channel. :) They're cool.

And

2010-07-31T23:22:00.000-07:00

part of my house almost caught fire. It was weird. I was home alone and I simultaneously heard a noise and saw a lamp dim a bit. At first I thought it was my lap top making the noise but it wasn't on.

Then I heard the noise kind of pop and the lights dimmed a bit again. Then the rest of my family got home and I looked down and saw one of the outlets smoking. So I told my dad and he cut the power to that wall.

So now we're just standing around and my dad's doing stuff. It's been a weird day.

So I

2010-07-31T22:26:00.000-07:00

almost got pulled over just now on my way home from work.

I was driving along and the light turned yellow. I took my foot off the gas pedal but I was practically right at the intersection so if I hit the brake I'd have about ten feet to come to a complete stop so I sped up and I'm not sure if I made it.

Anyways... guess who was stopped at intersection... a police car. So he gets the green light and turns left and follows me. So he follows me about a block but hasn't turned on his lights yet. So I figure he's going to wait another block until after most of traffic turns left onto the bridge before he pulls me over. But he doesn't turn on his lights.

Then after about five more block, he turns right and I keep going straight then eventually get home.

So yeah. I kept glancing at him through my rear-view mirror. I was just waiting for the lights to start flashing. So my streak remains intact.

How was your day?

Silly weather.

2010-07-28T18:07:00.000-07:00

So, a few weeks ago, for the first time this year, it got hot. We didn't have much of a winter in that we didn't get much snow. But we did get cold. Then we didn't get much of a spring, in that the cold lasted through April and it wasn't until mid to late May that we started getting warm. Then for the last two weeks it's been hot. Like, hot. Every day for the last week and a half to two weeks it's been at least 90. And super dry.

Then this morning, I woke up and found it was kinda gloomy outside. Then the sun started peaking through sometime in the afternoon. Then about half an hour ago, it started raining. Hard. Then imagine my surprise when it started hailing. Two weeks of 90+ degree weather and then it hails? And it's been unrelenting. My satellite signal just went out again. And a while ago my power went out.

My signal is still out. And it just came back as soon as I typed that last period. The game is still Manchester United 2, MLS All-Stars 0.

Friday July 16, 2010

2010-07-16T22:07:00.001-07:00

I turned on the hot water and washed my hands. Dried blood melted off my hands and spiraled down the drain. I turned the water off and gripped the edge of the counter, staring at my reflection. My face still seemed rather pale, but otherwise there were no visible signs of the nightmare I’d had.

A nightmare. Somehow I wanted to believe there was more to it, as dumb as that might seem. I wanted there to be another reason why I needed to clean the blood off my hands, and sometimes my face and rest of my body. But nothing. I’d been waking up the last few nights, bloodied and still searing from invisible slashes. But it was like ghost blood. It wouldn’t rub off on anything else. I’m not even sure the water really rinsed it off. Maybe it was all in my head. Except I had a hard time believing that the pain I felt upon waking was in my head. Or the blood, really.

But the dream itself, that’s the real scary part. The first night seemed like a normal nightmare, as normal as nightmares get. At first I was just happy to be alive. Dying had seemed so real in that dream. But I awoke only to feel the unbearable stinging of the wounds I had dreamed I suffered, and my torso slick with blood. A quick shower cleaned off the blood and revealed nothing. No slashes, no cuts, no scars or signs whatsoever.

I’m not sure if I should keep this to myself or not. As panicked as I feel upon discovering myself bloodied each night, it seems silly when it all just washes off and leaves me mark-free. Only I keep feeling each night builds on the last. I can’t help but dread that one night I’ll wake to find the tears in my flesh are real. Or maybe I won’t wake up at all.

I dried my hands on the towel and walked back to my room. I sat down hard on the bed and buried my face in my hands. My foot began tapping uncontrollably on the threadbare carpet. I rubbed my eyes with my fingers. Images seemed to dance in front of my eyes for a moment after. My breathing slowed. My foot still tapped but slower now. Were those footsteps outside, synching with my foot tapping? My foot still tapped but without making contact with the floor. The footsteps, if there had been any, stopped. Only… if there had been any, they stopped just outside my window. If there was someone, or something…

I got on my feet. I was three short steps from the window when something tapped on it. One tap, then a second. There was a pause after the third tap, then slowly, the window slid open. The curtains stirred in the sudden breeze. There most definitely was something outside, and it was about to come in.

The Wheel of Time

2010-07-13T14:43:00.000-07:00

I've done some light reading in the past few months. :)

I started rereading the series in September. Since then, I've read Books 1-11, and I'm currently reading the prequel (far left). If you add all the pages in Books 1-11, that's 9,392 pages, or 3,308,867 words. Book 12 came out last year, but the first printing was all hardback, so I'm probably checking out from the library, and then buying it when they print out the paperback in September. Book 13 comes out late this year, then Book 14 comes out late next year, and that'll be that.

Last year Universal Studios optioned the rights to produce the books into film, starting with the first one. That'd be one heck of a series of films, 14 films long. As far as I have been able to tell, they're still in the production stage.

I love this series, and will be both sad and happy to read the final installations.

Nay.

2010-07-11T14:11:00.000-07:00

In a game that needed over time to determine, Spain edges out the Netherlands 1-0.

Super lame.

Four years of waiting for this sheisse??

So frickin excited.

2010-07-11T11:20:00.000-07:00

Four years of waiting. Now, it is almost time to begin waiting anew.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is less than 10 minutes from the final game. The final, between the Netherlands and Spain. For one of those two countries, the four years of waiting will have paid off. For the rest of us, it is past time to begin preparations for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

It has been an exciting World Cup. Both teams in the final have not won a World Cup, so it will be their first title. Holland has lost two finals, both to the then host nations. This is Spain's first final.

GO NETHERLANDS!! For the love of all that is orange, GO NETHERLANDS!!

Five minutes to go. I will "see" you all again after the game for a quick post either "yay" or "nay."

Until then, keep your fingers crossed for the Dutch. Thank you.

I love you

2010-07-08T23:28:00.001-07:00

Hey, I know you've all been wondering where I am. I'm still here, just not HERE here. On here.

I've been busy, y'know? What with sleeping in and whatnot.

I haven't written anything, or done anything you could call productive. But that's fine with me. I'm giving my brain a break. So I've just been watching the World Cup when it's on, working when I'm scheduled, and reading/playing video games/playing ping pong and tennis/and just hanging out the rest of the time.

So how's your summer?

I just got back from work. I have another closing shift tomorrow.

L8er.

USA!!!

2010-06-23T08:53:00.000-07:00

Wow. Way to wait 'til the last minutes, but hey. What ever works, right?

USA 1, Algeria 0

So USA wins the group with 5 points, and a +1 goal difference with 4 goals scored. England gets second with 5 points, a +1 goal difference and 2 goals scored.

Fail.

2010-06-22T09:47:00.000-07:00

I found out I failed my geology class. By 2 percent. I think it's kinda funny. 5 more points and I would've passed. With a D, but I would've passed.

So I've been watching the World Cup. A lot. Obviously. Mexico and Uruguay have advanced. Later today Group B plays and two more teams will advance to the knockout stage. Then the USA plays tomorrow and they'll have to win to advance.

I'm bored. Too much time on my hands, too many things I could be doing but am not. It is summer after all I guess.

2010 World Cup

2010-06-10T22:34:00.000-07:00

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa starts tomorrow!! I'm pretty much not going to be able to sleep tonight. You can follow some not-so-expert views on the World Cup and soccer in general at the blog my friend Jeremy and I started WorldFutbolEra.

I'm tired. But like I said I probably won't be able to sleep tonight, which isn't too bad since I have to start/finish an outline on an essay about William Faulkner for my English class, and maybe I'll start on the essay while I'm at it. It's about Faulkner's life and how that ties into his work, which mainly set in a declining Old South.

I'm looking for ideas for another short story. I'm still not quite done editing the other one I wrote, Red. Maybe I'll write a sequel, Blue. With a twist that takes place where Red left off. I don't know.

Hmm.. I collected some rocks today for a Geology project. 'Twas a good day overall. Looking forward to tomorrow and Saturday, when the U.S. squares off against England. Gonna wear my U.S.A. t-shirt then. Tomorrow I wear my 2010 World Cup tee. I'ma go start on that outline. Good night dudes.

2010 MTV Movie Awards

2010-06-06T21:09:00.000-07:00

It was a decent awards show, with waaaay too much frickin Twilight. But that's the problem with award shows where the audience votes for the winners: no matter how shitty the movie, with enough fans it will win every award it is nominated for. I've never like Twilight, but I've also never been a teenage girl.

I do however like Russell Brand. And even though he wasn't up for any nominations or anything, the camera sure loved him. Russell and Jonah Hill's kiss was one of my favorite moments, especially since I just watched Get Him To The Greek last night.

I'm tired. I'm done. Good night.

I Have You

2010-06-03T21:40:00.000-07:00

It’s seven summers from the day
I saw you on the beach and said
“I noticed you across the sand,
And wondered if you’d take my hand”
And hold my heart while you’re at it too

Because I have you
In my heart and mind
You’re sending shivers down my spine
Because I have you
And I was wondering
If you’d have me too

I asked you if you’d like to dance
You said, “Boy, you won’t get in my pants”
But you took my hand anyway
And I pulled you into the break
We danced and laughed the night away

Because I have you
In my heart and mind
I’m glad I made you mine
Because I have you
And I was wondering
If you’d have me too

Panda is one of my favorite bands

2010-06-02T23:00:00.000-07:00

Procedimientos Para Llegar a Un Comun Acuerdo

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Cheese and rice.

2010-05-30T23:23:00.000-07:00

It's Sunday and I haven't done anything in a while.

I have tomorrow off from work. And no school. So I have no idea what I am going to do.

And I'm bored. Nothing to do and I'm bored.

Bore.
Pore.
Pare.
Pale.
Palm.
Banana.

Well, I'll leave you with this thing I just finished writing:

If I’d Never Met You

Walking down the street
Staring at my own two feet
I haven’t seen you in a week
And life’s already looking bleak

I wish I’d never laid eyes on this girl
I wish I’d never heard her voice
My life would be so much grander
If I’d never met you

Sitting home alone watching tv
Is just not quite the same
Or even sitting on the swing
Be there sun or be there rain

And I never can forget
The times we lay in your backyard at night
Just you and me and
Tens of thousands stars to give us light

I wish I’d never laid eyes on this girl
I wish I’d never heard her voice
My life would be so much grander
If I’d never met you

But ever since I met you
Well, I guess life’s been alright

Not my best by far, but it wasn't too hard to finish it. I'm clawing away at my writer's block, I'm winning.

Red.

2010-05-20T17:49:00.001-07:00

Here is like, the first few lines of the short story I wrote. I've gotten good feedback, but I still need to go through it a few times to finish it for good.

Sam noted the walls were disgustingly white. They made him sick. A jail would have more color than this, he thought to himself. One of the two men he walked with had heavy footsteps that echoed loudly as they waltzed down the hall, without haste. “Hakuna Matata,” Sam chuckled to himself. Even at the head of the little group, he didn’t fail to notice the look that passed between the two men behind him. He began to feel that look wriggling under his skin. He deliberately slowed his pace further.

“How’d you get stuck here of all places?” One of the two men behind him asked, Stevenson, he thought it was. Stevenson had the heavy footsteps.

Sam turned to face them long enough to give them his best smile, “Now, there’s a story. Want to hear it?” Again, that look passed between them as soon as he turned away again. He’d have to do something about that. The two men made noncommittal sounds that Sam took as a yes.

“I’ve told you about Raina, right?” Sam asked but didn’t wait long enough for an answer. “Raina has been my best friend since we were little kids. We spent all our waking time together, but I’ve told you all that. Well, when we graduated high school, we got a house together. Just as roommates, you know. There was never anything more than “just friends” between us.”

Sam felt himself go numb, as he often did when he thought of Raina. The white hallways and the two men ceased to exist. Raina was no longer a memory in his head, but she was right there, in front of him. Well, in front of him and to the left a little. She sat with her back to her bed, and she was painting her toenails her favorite red. Her black hair hung slightly damp down her back. She bit her under lip at the effort of concentrating on her toenails. He smiled, the way he always did.

He was sitting in the space between the dresser and the wall. Claustrophobia began to writhe at the edges of his mind, like blood-red fingers. He felt a momentary rush of adrenaline. His mind cleared enough to realize that Raina had been talking. Now she looked up at him expectantly, he filed through what he had half-heard her say. It was all automatic now.

“I just want to make people smile," Sam said from his little corner, “You know? Like, I don’t know. I like the sound of people laughing and having a good time. I love the vibe. It’s electric.”

Raina laughed softly, “Sam, you have so much going on in your head. I wonder how you manage to not go crazy.” She looked up at him, studying him. “Figure something out, like, some artistic way to let all that out. You have so much color in you, would you bleed red?”

That's all I'm posting for now. :) Have a good day.

-NoeChill

100th post.

2010-05-13T09:49:00.000-07:00

w00t.

So I finished

2010-05-11T17:41:00.001-07:00

my short story and was hoping someone would like to read it and let me know what parts I need to rewrite. There are a few parts that are confusing and I think I've identified all of them, but a few more pairs of eyes wouldn't hurt.

-NoeChill

Facebook

2010-05-10T18:16:00.000-07:00

I keep getting invites to join a group called "I WILL NOT PAY TO USE FACEBOOK AS OF JULY 10TH 2010."

Facebook is not going to charge its users a monthly fee. If the average Facebook user knows that that would be a stupid idea, then Facebook knows that too.

Some of the people say that Facebook is poised to be bought out my a company that will turn it into a paysite. So they post a ton of comments getting really worked up about it. If for some reason you're right and they turn it into a paysite, just leave. If your distrust of corporate America is so deep, let them screw themselves over. Let some company buy out Facebook for billions of dollars. Let them shoot themselves in the foot by charging for Facebook, we all know no one would pay for it when there are other sites that would still be free. They would have successfully paid billions of dollars for something that, not too long afterwards, they made worthless. That is funny as hell.

So sit back and enjoy mindlessly staring at the computer screen for hours on Facebook. If your suspicions become true, just step away and laugh when everyone else does to.

Speaking of stupid people, (I know I can be judgmental sometimes but this girl just made me laugh), there's a girl in my English 202 class, let's call her Amy. Amy is blonde. Now, I don't believe that blondes are dumb. But this one is. She likes to join in class discussions, and she usually does so by saying, "I don't get how..." So, we watched a super exciting video about a poetry festival in New Jersey. There was a poet that performed his poems using an odd instrument. I couldn't find any good videos of him with it, but here's a thing on him on PBS' website that has a few of his poems and a close-up of him: Kurtis Lamkin @ PBS.

Anyways, Amy joins the class discussion, "I don't get how, like, that was poetry. I mean, the instrument was cool and everything, but he wasn't good. I'm open minded, but I don't see how anyone could interpret that as art."

That last sentence is word-for-word. The first two I constructed using words she said and ideas she expressed. I thought he was good. It was fun listening to him, as opposed to people standing stiffly at the podium, slowly over-enunciating out of a book.

The Ting Tings

2010-05-07T07:38:00.000-07:00

I had forgotten how much I love them, until I remembered yesterday.

I spent about an hour watching and rewatching the videos they have posted on their YouTube account yesterday. And I've just been listening to We Started Nothing nonstop since yesterday too. I purchased said album off of iTunes a long time ago. And now I'm thinking of buying a hard copy of it too, so I have something of theirs I can physically hold.

Anyways, I've been feeling better for the most part. Sometimes my lower back will start tweaking out and my knee will hurt, but that only happens about two or three times a day now.

It's Friday. Next to Monday, Friday is the best day of the week. Maybe. I have stuff to do today, not a lot, but it's important enough that I'm not really looking forward to doing it. Well, I'ma go now.

TTYL.

Twitter

2010-05-05T22:54:00.001-07:00

is constantly over capacity. They're like a drunk who can't handle their liquor. "Sorry, we had a few too many tweets and are now in the fetal position next to the toilet puking our insides out."

I may have paraphrased that error message I keep getting just a little bit.

It's Monday

2010-05-03T08:19:00.000-07:00

and you all know how much I love Mondays. I'm back in school after a week off recuperating from my injury to my lower back. I probably could've made it back late last week, but why take the chance right?

I started a new blog, Saturday I think it was. WorldFutbolEra. It's basically my attempt at a blog dedicated to soccer and commentary/observations of the world's greatest sport. "Football in a nutshell" I call it.

I started a short story again a few weeks back, again, it is now on hold after about 500 words. Ish. I really do suck at keeping to my ideas. Hopefully this won't translate into my new blog. I'm thinking if it goes well, I'll set up a website for it. Like, domain name and everything. Currently, it's on Blogger.

I plan on purchasing a guitar soon. Like, today if I can make it out to Avalon Music. I was hoping to go yesterday, but they closed for Apple Blossom weekend. For those of you who don't know what Apple Blossom is, or have never gone. You suck. But just a little so it's still okay. It's just about the best thing since sliced bread. Ish. It's a little overrated sometimes, but it is fun and a great family event.

I can't wait til the fourth of July for some reason. Usually, I don't care much for the fireworks. Like, if I go to the park to watch them, that's cool. If I don't, that's cool too. But I'm really looking forward to watching them this year. And ironically, this will probably be the year I work on that night.

But yeah, it's been a good last week. I got so much sleep it's ridiculous. Like, averaged about 10 hours a night. Ish. Hopefully I continue to recover at this decent rate. Walking or standing or certain sitting positions put a ton of pressure on my leg though. But hopefully that will go away soon.

Well, I'm done for today. Have a good time til next time I write.

Sincerely,

Me.

Sorry to keep Blogger in the dark

2010-04-28T12:40:00.000-07:00

The last week, my lower back had been feeling sore and stiff from work. I work loading heavy blocks and bags of soil, topsoil, peat moss, etc. Anyways, Sunday was a pretty light morning compared to the night before. When I reached down to fix my sock on Sunday, I felt a sharp pain in my lower back on my left side. Since I had stepped into the restroom to fix my sock, I collapsed onto the sink counter, where I had to hold an awkward position until I got a hold of someone, they contacted my manager, they contacted the only emergency contact they could, (my younger brother) so I finally decided to be taken to the ER via ambulance.

I learned that a disc in my lower spine was inflamed, and the twisty/reachy motion I had done earlier caused the inflamed disc to pinch my sciatic nerve, which is where I am right now. I have some mobility back. I walk funny, and can't stay seated longer than a minute or two, depending on where the pressure is.

So I have a few pills I have to take. Some make me a bit goofy. There's not too much pain, just a bunch of discomfort. But I should be up and running by next August. :) You mark my words.

Well, have a good day. :)

Stupid Bank of America

2010-04-21T23:44:00.000-07:00

They pretty much overdrafted my checking account with some stupid program I didn't know they were charging me for, and then decided to tack on another $70 in fees.

The program in question is Privacy Assist. They had been calling me on the phone in Spanish, and I kept telling them to call in English because I never could understand what their Spanish speaking people were saying. And apparently in one of those phone calls I signed up for this program by mistake.

Don't get me wrong, the program is a good idea, but I don't want it. And apparently they've been charging me for it for a few months now, but since I never bring my account so close to zero, I'd never noticed until last Saturday when I found out I was overdrafted. So I'm going to call during business hours tomorrow and complain.

Grr..

Domo arigato Mr. Roboto

2010-04-10T22:26:00.000-07:00

Long day, but it's almost over. I'm chillin at me house but I got to go pick up my brother soon from the 15 he was in.

Work again tomorrow. I'm kinda tired, but I like the job.

Manchester United players Blackburn Rovers tomorrow. Man U needs to win the rest of the games to really put pressure on Chelsea.

Two months!! World Cup is around the corner. :))

Lionel Messi isn't as good as people say he is. Most defenders just kinda step back and give him more than enough room to do his thing. If he's the best player, I want to see him work to prove it.

Anyways, go Man U and go U.S.A. w00t!!

I should be on tv

2010-04-04T20:51:00.000-07:00

as a soccer commentator. 'Cause the ones on tv now are dumb.

But they bug me. Like, yeah, the replays they showed were pretty hard crashes and such, but they try to read waaaaaay too much into the "aggressor's" intentions. Like, the ones I just heard mentioned that in their opinion, most people don't think it was a foul because the "aggressor" got the ball. But they base their opinion after the resulting injury, which wasn't obvious at first, becomes known. Long story short, defender went up to head a ball, in doing so, his knee came up and stuck a forward in the face. The forward kept playing the rest of the half and during half time he was taken to the hospital and apparently it's pretty serious. The people on the highlight show say the defender's knee should be so high up and that his only reason for having it so high up was to hit the forward. But he ran to the ball, so in my opinion, his knee comes up as part of the momentum. Think basketball, when players go for a lay in, their knee comes up to give themselves a boost up. Exact same principle with the defender, his knee comes up as he lifts himself up to meet the ball. This happens in every game, all the time. No problem. Unfortunately in this game, the defender strikes the forward square in the head and later, the forward is rushed to the hospital. Granted, in every other game when this happens all the time, the "aggressor" doesn't strike a player, but besides that fact, is this any different?

In another game, one much more closer to my interest, the big Mexican derby game between my favorite team, America, and their super arch-rivals Chivas. Towards the end of the game a player from America gets a red card for kicking a Chivas player right above the knee cap. I admit, it's a pretty hard challenge and a red card was the right call. But when it comes to a suspension beyond the mandatory one game for a red card, I don't think there should be a further suspension. They say he blatantly went for the opposing player. But you can't just go by what the obvious result is. Sure, when you slow it down it makes it seem like he went for the player. But if you really watch the play at normal speed, his foot swings by the exact spot where the ball was a fraction of a second earlier. So did he go for the player? Or was he a fraction of a second too slow in his kick? Accident or no accident, he didn't play the ball and got the opposing player and deserved a red card, but no further suspension.

Another thing that made me mad from the beginning of the game, which by the way America lost 1-0 despite having played better, was the choice of referee. A poor choice if you ask me. First let me point out, this is THE game. America and Chivas are the most popular Mexican teams by a wide margin. And I mean, a WIDE margin. The derbies usually end in a scuffle between players. If America and Chivas occupied the last and next-to-last positions in the league, this game would still be billed as the best in the season. So why such a poor choice for a referee? He hadn't been refereeing many games, and he's not known for being very assertive. In such a physically contested game, a referee that is so non-assertive and lets obvious hard challenges go uncalled or unpunished with a card, will lose control of the game. Luckily, the game only had a small skirmish towards the end with the foul I mentioned earlier, but games like this are known for become a boxing match on the field and in the stands. Remember, all games but especially this one, bring out a lot of families. You can't risk inciting the crowd to the point of brawls with families with children in the stands. This was an irresponsible choice by the referee committee.

So yeah, I'm peeved my favorite team lost. But my opinions on this aren't too biased, I think.

I frickin passsed Acccounting.

2010-03-30T21:52:00.001-07:00

with a C-

Ha. I thought I might have gotten a super F+ or maybe trickle over to a D- but I somehow pulled something off.

Short story. Not coming along so well. Or at all, to be honest. I've done a lot of thinking, you know, like plot, characters, all that junk. But I've got nothing solid. Gimme ideas. I might name characters after you people. Who knows. I sure don't.

Spring break has been... odd. No school, but I've been working almost 40 hour weeks at Lowe's. Oh, did I mention I'm at Lowe's now. No more JCPenney for me. And as soon as I left JCP, a bunch of stuff went down. Some people got fired, some people are now at war, stuff like that. Like, maybe I was the force keeping everything in order. But as soon as I arrive at Lowe's some people get fired too. I'm the opposite at Lowe's. Lowe's makes me smile. Except the work is a lot more, well, work than at JCPenney. JCP kinda spoiled me I guess, it made me soft. Lowe's actually makes me work for my money. What, with lifting 50+ pound bags of dirt or cement or fertilizer or heavy blocks and bricks for pathways, retaining walls, etc. it gets pretty tiring.

And it's never just one or two. People buy like, 15 bags of soil or fertilizer at a time. And I have to load it onto the cart, then into their vehicle. Or they buy a couple hundred blocks at a time and unless they have a giant truck where we can use a forklift to simply put the pallet in the back, I have to load it all by hand. It's kinda fun.. ?

Matttel has put off production of the NoeChill action figure. Something about it being too cool and competing with other Matttel products. Yeah, I know. I am pretty sweet.

Finals suck

2010-03-24T03:08:00.001-07:00

I'm tired and I haven't had a good night's sleep in forever.

Spring break basically started but I work 40 hours this week. I'm tired. It's like, Idk what time it is. 3 in the morning?

So I decided I was gonna try to seriously work on a short story and try to finish it, but I'm still in the brainstorming process. I'll let you know how that goes.

Well, that's it. Have a good today.

CSKA Moscow

2010-03-16T14:46:00.000-07:00

:)

CSKA Moscow 2-1 Sevilla FC, 3-2 on aggregate. Sweet.

I'm sooo crossing my fingers for VfB Stuttgart tomorrow against Barcelona. It would be funny as hell if all three of the Spanish teams in the Round of 16 got eliminated in said round. Especially since all three teams were the favorites in their respective series coming into the round.

Chelsea just got knocked out by Inter, sweet.

Manchester United is my favorite European team and therefore my choice to win the UEFA Champions League. CSKA Moscow is my second favorite team in the knockout stage.

The other game tomorrow, Bordeaux v. Olympiacos, I don't really have a preference as to who I want to advance. If I had to choose, I'd probably pick Bordeaux. I have a soft spot for French clubs in European competitions, although I dislike the French national team. I'm still bummed that Ireland got eliminated by France in the World Cup qualifiers on that Thierry Henry hand ball.

Not only that, but I dislike what's-his-face, Karim Benzema. I don't like him. From Group A, I want Mexico to advance, and either South Africa or Uruguay. It'd be nice for South Africa to advance, since they are the host nation, and I have a strong suspicion that South Africa will be heavily favored by referees. And I have a feeling some of those suspicious referee decisions that favor South Africa will come in the opening game, against Mexico. Watch for that. As long as France doesn't make it through and Mexico do, I'm cool with whatever. CONCACAF needs to represent. CONCACAF is the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football for those of you who don't know.

Well, I'ma give a run down of the nations in each group in the World Cup in the order given to the teams with the ones I'd like to see advance in bold:

Group A:
South Africa
Mexico
Uruguay
France

Group B:
Argentina
Nigeria
Korea Republic
Greece

Group C:
England
United States
Algeria
Slovenia

Group D:
Germany
Australia
Serbia
Ghana

Group E:
Netherlands
Denmark
Japan
Cameroon

Group F:
Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
Slovakia

Group G:
Brazil
Korea DPR
Ivory Coast
Portugal

Group H:
Spain
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile

The Village Barbershop

2010-03-11T23:29:00.001-08:00

I watched a pretty good movie today, The Village Barbershop. It was about a guy who has a barbershop with a friend, but his friend dies, and he might lose the shop because he starts to fall behind on the rent. A bit chauvinistic, he finds he has to hire a young woman, Gloria, to help with the bookkeeping and then as his partner in the shop.

I liked it. :))

School tomorrow, then work at good ol' Lowe's, and finally an indoor soccer game. We'll see how that goes.

Later playa's.

New car

2010-03-06T19:01:00.000-08:00

I finally got my new car too. A 2000 Kia Spectra, red. It's aiight. Getting used to it. I'm still getting used to my laptop too. It keeps switching to other open windows or to other fields of entry if I accidentally touch the trackpad with my thumbs while I'm typing. Oh well. I like it.

Today was a lazy Saturday. Didn't do much except watch soccer and tv. I went out once to the Eye & Ear Clinic and to JCP to pick something up I'd put on hold last night.

I'd call it a good day.

I'm bored and looking to spend money online.

:)

So last Saturday night at work,

2010-03-01T22:51:00.000-08:00

I was talking to a co-worker, discussing the best way to dispose of a body. She suggested simply burying the body out in the middle of nowhere, though I was quick to point out the risks of that method.

I suggested the body be cremated until it was thoroughly charred, then buried, thus eliminating the risk of the body being dug up by animals and recognized.

This also reduces the risk of the body being identified or any incriminating evidence being salvaged from the body.

Please note that my co-worker and I were merely having a fictitious debate. Neither of us condone the disposal of bodies or corpses. Oh, and we also don't condone the making of people into bodies or corpses via murder or similar crimes.

Anyways, during our conversation, a male customer, middle aged and of African-American decent, I believe, though that is completely irrelevant, happened to overhear our conversation. After the customer left and I had returned from a 15 minute break, my co-worker said, "So, after you left for break, that guy told me he was a corrections officer, and that he found our ideas/plans interesting."

Yeah... we laughed for quite some time after that one.

Saturday February 27, 2010

2010-02-27T23:12:00.000-08:00

I'm tired. I just got off a long shift. Ehhh....

Something to talk about.. Idk. I'm almost done with the 8th book in The Wheel of Time series. :) I already purchased the next book.

A friend of mine is planning on opening a candy store in the mall within the next few months. First, he's gonna start with the little kiosk booth thing but then plans to eventually move into an actual store space. That's pretty cool. I already promised to help him out at first since he won't be able to hire anyone in the first few months, so I'd work for free on days off so he can get up and running and so he can get some time off as well.

I still feel as if Apolo Ohno got cheated in the 500m final yesterday. And Aaron Ramsey, *sigh*, tough break. No pun intended. Hope you have a speedy recovery. For those of you who don't watch soccer, Aaron Ramsey is a 19-year-old midfielder that plays for Arsenal of the English Premier League. In a league match earlier today, he suffered a broken leg after a challenge with Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross. Also, I feel bad for Ryan Shawcross, it's tough to be on the other end of such injuries. I whole-heartedly believe there were no ill intentions in the tackle. On the plus side, congrats to Shawcross on your first call up to the English senior squad. Hope it's not too bittersweet.

*Sigh* I'm a pushover. It's lame to be watching a movie, get to the heart-wrenching part and realize my eyes are watery. Like, dang. At this time I do my very discreet yawn/stretch/rub my eyes and pretend nothing's out of the ordinary. :))

Anyways, I'm done for today. Today was a good day, despite my feet being tired from standing for eight hours straight.

Oh, and Arsene Wenger (Arsenal's head coach), screw you. The tackle was not horrendous. I think it was evident in Shawcross' reaction after the tackle when he realized the extent of Ramsey's injury, that he did not mean to injure. It was not a blatantly late challenge. It was a 50/50 ball that Ramsey got to first by a fraction of a second and unfortunately the result was an injury. I understand that injuries can be frustrating, especially not too long after Eduardo's injury. But you have to be professional and not let yourself get carried away like that.

G'night peoples.

NEEDSo

2010-02-24T21:37:00.000-08:00

I need to find a new creative outlet. I tried my hand at short stories... sort of. Like, I tried to start, then after about a little bit I got bored. I can't focus on something like that for long. That's why I always have trouble with doing homework. I get anxious.

Anyways.. I watched a few good soccer games today. Inter Milan v. Chelsea. Two teams I dislike but even though I dislike Chelsea a bit less, I was more than pleased with Inter's 2-1 win. I'm currently watching Mexico trash Bolivia in a friendly, 5-0. I expect another goal or two from Mexico. USA narrowly defeated El Salvador 2-1, but I think the score is not an accurate depiction of the U.S. Men's National Team. The USMNT called up a lot of younger guys to give them some international experience. I could go on about soccer.. but I don't want to bore you.

So I need a new creative outlet. I want to retry writing a short story, but I'm going to try to be OCD about the organization. Like, In Public Speaking we have to write speeches, and I find it helps to piece together an outline rough draft brain storm thing. I'ma try the same for a short story. What was my other idea? Dang... I don't remember. Something artsy?

Oh, and I got my tax return check in the mail today... yeeeeeeah. So now I have to decide if I'm going to frame it, or actually cash the $1.00, I'm leaning towards the former.

Accounting test tomorrow morning... gotta go finish my homework and study. Wish me luck. :)

Later.

It's about time..

2010-02-23T08:02:00.000-08:00

I finally got a new laptop yesterday. Same brand and series as my old one, but the new version of it. I was like, eh, it's good 'nough.

My persuasive speech for my Public Speaking class is on capital punishment. I'm arguing for it, but I'm arguing that we need to stop it until the system is fixed, because the current system is not effective.

Work today, eh... kinda lame but oh well. Accounting test on Thursday.. even more lame.

My least favorite part of the putting together my speech process is doing the references page. It takes for ever....

I'm done talking. Later.

NEW!!

2010-02-17T07:47:00.001-08:00

The NoeChill Action Figure!! 12 inches tall and complete with awesome abilities such as heat vision, flying, and 20 different phrases like, "I am the glue that keeps things moving, " and, "Zero is better than nothing!"

The NoeChill Action Figure!! Without ME, it's just AWESO.

It's in the planning stage.

I'm sooo bored. And I have a pinched sciatic nerve or something. It might be getting better? I don't know.

ATTENTION

2010-02-12T07:43:00.000-08:00

I know you all are prolly worried, like, "Where's Noe? He hasn't posted anything in a while!"

But I'm perfectly alright. I did not die in a fiery epic car accident. I was not parachuted into the dense African jungle only to face a pride of starved lions. And I did not choke on a pretzel. (Oh, George W.)

I just got bored. I've been reading a lot. I've played racquetball every once in a while. Worked... Blah.

Anyways, I'm just out of things to talk about for the time being. So... yeah.

June 11... World Cup. Be there.

My head is spiralling

2010-02-01T11:15:00.000-08:00

Frickin accounting... gah. I hate it.

The girls across from me are having the most random conversation. They just went from talking about wearing a tutu to math to how fun it is to be paranoid, without pausing for breath. I love random.

I'm tired. Kinda felt sick late last week for a few days.

Racquetball tournament this Saturday!! Yessss. :))

I'm trying to get some writind done. We'll see how that goes.

Done for today. Just wanted to say hi.

Hi.

Adios.

I love me Mondays

2010-01-25T08:11:00.000-08:00

Every Monday is a holiday to me.
Yeah, there's snow as far as the eye can see,
and the sky's so gray, the smoke from my chimney looks colorful,
but it's Monday. :))

Yay, Monday!!

w00t!

My weekend was alright, despite the fact that the Vikings lost. Brett Favre killed it. They were a yard or two from field goal range, Favre was rolling to the outside with like, ten seconds on the clock and a timeout left. All he had to do was run the ball a few yards or a quick pass to the guy on the sideline, then call a timeout and take the field goal. Instead, he throws across to the middle of the field, which is dumb 'cuz you can never know if there's a secondary dude running where he could intercept the ball, and guess what... there WAS a secondary dude and he DID intercept the ball. Game went to overtime and they lost, ironically by a field goal.

Oh, and I wish the best of luck and a speedy recovery to Salvador Cabanas, who is a forward on my favorite soccer team from Mexico and is recovering in the hospital after he was shot in the head early this morning. They have not said what kind of condition he's in, but I hope it's not serious.

More racquetball today, I know. :D Awesome.

-Later days.

TGIF

2010-01-22T08:00:00.000-08:00

It's Friday, my friend's 18th birthday. Red Robin + cosmic bowling later.

Played racquetball yesterday, pretty sweet. Prolly will play again today.

Lately my life has consisted of four things: school, work, WoT books, and racquetball. I'm not complaining, au contraire, it's pretty nice.

Speaking of the Wheel of Time books, I got really excited the other day at Hastings. I get excited when ever I see The Gathering Storm, like, I can't wait to get to it, then to finish books 13 and 14 when they come out late this year and late next year, respectively. And I saw a book about the whole Wheel of Time world, it talked about all the characters and places and events, and I can't wait to buy that one too.

Then, sadly, I will be done with the series. Well.. I'll be done eventually when the rest come out, but untilt they do, I decided to move on to the Eragon series, since it's only 3 books. Then onto the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. I've read the first book, Foundation, about three times, but have only gotten halfway all three times.

Anyways, yeah. Reading is my new, but old favorite passtime. When I'm not playing racquetball of course. :)

Peace.

A backwards poet writes inverse

2010-01-15T07:50:00.000-08:00

I haven't written much in a while. I am uninspired. But there are so many good writers and lyricists out there. I am currently listening to:

"Dear Sir, can you remember me,
I'm the one that picked the apple tree
Dear Sir, can you remember me
I'm the one that picked the apple tree"

-Apple Tree, by Wolfmother

Wolfmother is pretty good, I haven't heard Cosmic Egg yet, but I hope they are still good, considering only the lead singer remains the same after their self-titled debut album.

I have today off. Very nice.

I don't remember if I've mentioned him before, James Oliver Rigney, Jr. He is one of my favorite authors, under the pen name Robert Jordan. I'm reading a series of books written by him. The Wheel of Time. He published 11 books in the series plus a prequel before he passed away in 2007. Since then, his widow hired Brandon Sanderson to use the notes Jordan left behind to finish the series. The book Jordan intended to be the final book, later was broken up into three books by Tor Books, the publisher. I'm rereading the series, and am currently almost done with book 6, Lord of Chaos. I got as far as book 7 in high school before taking a hiatus from the series. I don't know if hiatus fits properly in that sentence, but eh.. what ever.

It's a great series though, The Wheel of Time. I would reccommend it to anyone that loves fantasy books. I can't wait to finish it. The first book since Jordan's death, The Gathering Storm, came out late October of last year. The second-to-last book will come out late this year, and the last will come out late next year, totalling 14 books plus a prequel.

Earthquake

2010-01-13T08:14:00.000-08:00

I couldn't think of what to write about, and my friend Andrew reminded me of the earthquake in Haiti.

I've seen reports that give the earthquake anywhere from a 7.0 magnitude to a 7.3 magnitude. All the reports I've seen place the quake just north of Porte-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, inhabited by about 2 million people.

3 million people need emergency aid, 30% of the entire population. It's kinda hard for me though to really connect with them, like to really understand what it must be like.

We live too comfortably. At least I do. I might not have a big fancy house like some people or as much money as some people, but I have much more than I need really. And to be honest, I don't really think I'd sacrifice anything to live simpler. I mean, why would I? It wouldn't really prove anything.

And yeah, if I could, I'd do something to help them out. Not just the Haitians at this moment in time, but people in need around the world. I know one person can do a lot, but how much is a lot, really? Eh. I'm not really in the mood to write anything with even a vague hint of emotion.

I wish we could go back to simpler times, with kings and queens and concquering other people and stuff. Back when everything was fought on horseback with swords and shields. I'd make a decent knight, I believe. Sir Noe, Lord Captain Commander of the King's Guards. High Lord Noe. High Lord Noe the Ridiculously Awesome. I like the ring to that. :)

Happy Happy Joy Joy

2010-01-12T07:45:00.000-08:00

It's Tuesday. Not as excited as I was yesterday, but content nonetheless.

I thought it funny that Gov. Rod Blagojevich claimed to be "blacker than Obama." And by funny I mean pretty stupid.

In my Public Speaking class, as I mentioned yesterday, I have to read a children's book to the class as if they were little kids. The book I picked is called Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile by Won-Ldy Paye & Margaret H. Lippert, illustrated by Julie Paschkis. It's a pretty funny book. Today a few other people read their book first. There were a few good ones, like A Porcupine Named Fluffy. Kinda funny. And the classic, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.

I've heard a little of 30 Seconds to Mars' new album This Is War. I will purchase it along with Weezer's Raditude as soon as I either fix my computer or buy a new one.

And I hate the AT&T commercials. "Company that starts with the letter V... well.. at least they got one." Psh... "Company with lame commercials.. AT&T." End of story. And the guy in those commercials is very annoying. Not that the "Can you hear me now? Good" Verizon dude is any less annoying. Still. I have Verizon, and I like it.

I like:

-Verizon over AT&T
-PC over Mac (although I am thinking of getting a Mac)
-Pepsi over Coke (fo sho)
-Dominos Pizza over Pizza Hut (but Costco pizza over both)
-the green M&M over any other M&M color
-dogs over cats

I dislike:

-grape flavored anything, but I love grapes
-snow
-the Psyclone rechargeable batteries kit for the Wii remotes
-Walmart
-Accounting

Anyways, I gotta get some laundry and cleaning done before heading off to work.

Aufwiedersehen.

Dear Monday,

2010-01-11T07:50:00.000-08:00

I love you. A great way to spend 1/7th of your life, I think.

Last weekend: I worked. And they were two great shifts.

Today: class, have to go to the library to check out a kids' book to read to my Public Speaking class tomorrow; gotta go to the bank and withdraw like, $600; then possibly go to JCPenney and buy some stuff with my 20% associate discount, and then perhaps some racquetball? And the awesome thing is I can be done with all that by around like, 3 PM. :) I love my life at the moment. Everything can be accomplished with time to spare.

Then I'll prolly do some Accounting homework and read my book. That is my Monday.

I don't have much to say at the moment. I am content. I hope you all had a good weekend. Arizona v. Green Bay, great game yesterday. I worked 11-7 PM yesterday and did not get to watch it. But any game that pushes 100 points total has to be a great game, at least offensively.

Peace.

2010-01-08T07:47:00.000-08:00

I am bored. I need to try something new, something exciting. But I'm not sure what.

I wish it weren't winter. Winter kinda limits the amount of outdoor activities I enjoy. To like, none.

I am going to get an A in Accounting. And in Business Calc, and in Public Speaking. Those are my goals. I will let you know how that goes.

BCS National Championship Game yesterday. Alabama won. :) Can't help but ask, "What if?" What if McCoy hadn't gotten injured in Texas' first possession? Oh well. Shit happens.

I'm trying to think of something I'm looking forward to. I'm looking forward to when we are advanced enough to travel vast distances in space. When we can send off a group of pioneers to settle some distant planet or moon. Wouldn't that be something?

I'm sitting next to my friend Keith, he got a hair cut recently. He and I thought about starting a country/gangsta-rap group. He is skeptical. I am determined. He is glaring at me as I type.

Today is Friday. I work today and tomorrow. Come visit me.

Oh, and I'm going to clean up my blog a bit. Make it less konfuzing.

"Konfuzing" was Keith's idea.

2010

2010-01-06T10:49:00.002-08:00

I think this is my first post of the new year. I can't remember and I don't want to go back to check.

Well.. we made it past the last decade and I'm not even going to go down that road.

I'ma talk about the now. Today is now. Tomorrow is later. Now.

Right now.. I am hungry. I am not looking forward to work. I'm looking forward to getting all my homework done, but not to actually doing it. But it will get done.

Now, I have made my plan as to what I am going to when I'm going to finish here up at WVC and what I will do after.

Now, I have a few unspoken goals that are both short-term, and long-term-ish. I will prevail.

Now, I'm just looking forward to living my life and meeting new people and doing new things, cuz... 2009 pretty much sucked.

2010, I will pwn you.

Peace.

Quickie

2009-12-09T11:35:00.000-08:00

I just finished my last final. Now I just have to sit back and cross my fingers until final grades are posted.

My future holds: some well-deserved days of cleaning my room and FIFA '10.

Work later today, and the rest of this week. But I have Saturday off. :)

Winter sucks. I hate the extreme cold. I dislike snow, but I like being indoors and doing nothing. Nothing but FIFA '10. And reading my book and writing my story. So maybe winter isn't so bad.. as long as you can stay indoors for the entire 3 months where it's actually really cold.

Have a nice day. :)

New story I'm now working on:

2009-12-04T10:33:00.000-08:00

I found myself staring out the window of my friend’s rusty old van. A quick glance at the clock on the dashboard told me that it wasn’t as late as I first thought it was. The only light came from the headlights and the occasional car going the opposite direction. After some time, I noticed the sky was blanketed in stars that, magnified with the newly fallen snow, added almost as much light as the headlights.

“You’re awake,” my friend said, sparing me a quick glance before fixing his eyes on the road again.

“Gimme a minute,” I yawned. My internal clock was still adapting to our drive-by-night, sleep-by-day schedule. Who suggested it and why we agreed on it was a blur to me now. It’s only been four days.

I looked outside again. The stars seemed close enough to touch. To my eyes, the curvature of the sky suggested a tiny world, my own little world. That’s kind of how it’s been my entire life, it seems: living in my own world and putting up with the one around me. My eyes focused on a particular group of stars that pointed to the North Star. The Great Bear hung low on the horizon, strange to my eyes. Back home, it hung right overhead.

“You wanna take the wheel soon?” Riordan asked, trying to suppress a yawn and failing. He hunched forward, as if to further to convey the appearance of being tired.

“Seriously? You’ve only been at the wheel a few hours.” I wasn’t really in the mood to drive. I tried suppressing a yawn myself, with little more success than Rio.
“I know, but I’ve not gotten much sleep. And Haylee is out cold in the back.” This time he took his eyes off the road for a bit longer. In a minute or two, he would probably stare me down, completely oblivious of the road, until I agreed to take the wheel.

“Yeah, I’m awake enough now.” As Rio pulled over, I looked over my shoulder at the dark haired girl in the backseat. Her hair covered her eyes, but the similarities between Rio and his sister still made me smile, thinking of the movies we had seen as children about twins switching places with each other. Of course, such shenanigans would be more complicated when the twins were a boy and girl, but dreaming of the possibilities always entertained us.

“She’ll get used to being up all night. She’s always liked to sleep,” Rio said. For a moment, I could swear he considered waking her up just for the hell of it. Instead, he opened the door and walked around to the passenger side. I climbed over into the driver’s seat. As soon as he stepped inside and slammed the door, no doubt hoping that would wake Haylee up, I put the van in gear and took off.

It was still two hours to the closest city. A road trip to nowhere had seemed like an intriguing idea to us, if not to our parents. November really did seem to be a bad month to travel, especially by road. Soon the snow would start to fall harder, and the roads would become icy. But I put that out of my mind. I often spaced out while I was driving. With the dark night outside coupled with the possibility of heavy snow, spacing out might not be such a good idea.

As if to prove just that, the light snow I hadn’t noticed suddenly reduced to my vision to no more than fifty feet. I always was uncomfortable driving in less-than-desirable driving conditions, but tonight, I didn’t feel the uneasiness I expected.

A pair of headlights materialized behind me. A small white truck flew passed me and quickly disappeared up ahead. I focused the image of the truck in my head, the way it had flown down the highway in total darkness, with snow already making the road too slick for my comfort. Years before, while travelling with my dad and brother in similar weather, a car had passed us in much the same manner as the truck. Ten minutes later, we came across the car, lying upside-down on the side of the road. The first ambulance and police car had just arrived when we passed.

The radio droned on. I shook my head, “Jimmy old boy, don’t fall asleep.” The snow lightened a little, but only a little. I had not noticed the breathing on my neck until Haylee spoke up.

“Yes, Jimmy old boy, that most certainly won’t do.” Haylee fell back onto the backseat laughing as the van lurched from side to side while I tried to get it under control.

“Jesus, Haylee! You fucking scared me,” I laughed nervously. The van finally returned to its smooth running of the road. She sat up on the edge of the seat, her chin now resting on my shoulder. She looked over at Riordan, sleeping on the passenger seat.

“He sure is a heavy sleeper,” she whispered, “he’s always liked to sleep. A lot.”

Thursdays make me sunny on the inside.

2009-12-03T10:01:00.000-08:00

And there's a cute girl sitting at the computer opposite me.

My final project for my music class is due tomorrow. I did not know that. I have two measures tentatively done.

Racquetball later today. I'm going to have to somehow get my masterpiece done.

And I need a title. My placeholder title is "You picked the wrong day to wear a sombrero" and that's what I think I'll stick with, I don't want to think of a new one.

In just a few more days, I will be done with Fall quarter. Then I will have a few blissful weeks off. Even the holiday crowd at JCP won't bring me down.

If my project gets finished correctly and it's any good, I'll give you a link to where you can check it out. If not, then I won't. :)

Well.. that's all from me for today. Have a good Thursday.

Dreams kill slowly and painfully

2009-12-01T08:58:00.000-08:00

Don't let your fancies stray too far.
If you let yourself be carried away, reality will hit you twice as hard.

Don't shut yourself inside your head. Take in everything around you.
The people, the trees, the sky.
Nothing your mind can dream up can be as wonderfully strange and complex as the world you live in.

God is not who you think he is.
Your god is yours and yours only.
God is what you make of him.
He is my best imaginary friend.

What happens after death is anyone's guess.
Afterlife or no afterlife, we're here now.
Live for the now, because later might not come.

So laugh with friends, and roll down a hill or two.

Monday tastes better than a ham sandwich

2009-11-30T10:02:00.000-08:00

I like Mondays. I used to not, but now I do.

My computer is not coming back to life. I am putting off buying a new one because I have no money. But it's kinda nice not being a slave to my computer anymore. I now have time to read and write and stuff. I miss my computer...

My weekend was nice, spent a lot of time with the family. It's almost Winter Break, then I'll have more time to spend since I'll prolly work earlier in the day instead of closing every night. It's nice spending time with my brothers. We played Go Fish last night. I lost. And we had a FIFA '10 tournament on the Wii. I won. :)

Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" series is still good. I'm re-reading the first half since I took too long between readings. I got as far as Book 7, but since I started over, I'm almost done with Book 4. I have Books 5 and 6 in my room, just waiting to be picked up.

And just to prove I've actually been writing too, here's a little something I coughed up last night:

Tonight is a Dark Night

All the words I wrote to prove
I felt just fine, long without you
All the smiles I faked by far
Were harder than bringing down the stars
For you tonight
It's a dark night, tonight

It got lonely by the fireside
Sad green eyes, too hard to hide
And all the times you left so soon
Were harder than bringing down the moon
For you tonight
It's a dark night, tonight

I recently realized I had been wrong about someone. I thought about what I saw that someone do and say, without taking the time to find out why that someone did or said those things. I'll end with this:

" Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title, James Spalding, or Charles Budgeon, and the passengers going the opposite way could read nothing at all -- save 'a man with a red moustache,' 'a young man in gray smoking a pipe.' "

- Virginia Woolf

I want to learn to blow shit up with my mind.

2009-11-23T10:21:00.000-08:00

Today is Monday. I like Mondays, I think. On Mondays, I know what's coming: the rest of the week.

Real Salt Lake won the MLS Cup last night!! I used to be a fan of the L.A. Galaxy, until they got David Beckham. Has anyone seen his hair lately? It's ridiculous, yet he does that knowing there will always be a mass of people who will still moon over him. He could get bright green cornrows... and people will still adore him. Not to mention, Beckham injured Javier Moreno. I doubt the "incidental contact" the media have been reporting.

My computer is still broke, so the only times I check stuff online are when I'm at computer lab at the college. My dad told me to get my laptop fixed. I just want a new one. I've had that computer for two and a half years. That's almost 20 in dog years. Or about 50 in computer years.

I have a ton of homework due tomorrow, as well as a test in math. I work 3PM to 10PM today. So my plan: stay up all night tonight to get that stuff done. I have tomorrow off, so I can sleep after school. Then I have Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday off.

Well.. happy Thanksgiving.

Can I get a w00t! ?

2009-11-18T13:35:00.000-08:00

Day offff... :)

Yeah, I had the entire last weekend off.. but I didn't get any R and R. I had a math test Monday and an accounting test yesterday. I have a music theory test tomorrow.. but I have no need to study for that one.

Racquetball today!! That's the plan at least. I'm at the college waiting for my victims to show up.

Roxanne, Draven and I want a slushie.

I'm kinda out of things to say. Tomorrow is Thursday.. day off again. :) Oh, and I decided I'm going to try to get into WSU. Eventually. I'm planning on doing another three quarters here at WVC then transfer into second semester at Wazzu.

Pullman..

2009-11-14T23:50:00.000-08:00

I took a bus to Pullman today so I could see Jeff Dunham perform in person. Totally worth it, for sure.

I hadn't really thought about how dark it gets so early. Well.. it was like 5 PM. But it was really dark outside. Not only did it get pitch black all of a sudden, but it started snowing and you couldn't see more than twenty feet in front of the bus.

But then it cleared up. The cloudless night sky shone bright with stars. It was an amazing sight. They looked close enough to pick right out of the sky. I loved the feeling of being in my own little world.

Then I got to Pullman and got off the bus. It was freakin' cold. Cold, like, really cold. I met my cousin, we went around town a bit, then went to the Coliseum where the show was going to be at. It was a more than enjoyable performance, with the Guitar Guy opening for Jeff.

We are at my cousin's place watching Yes Man now. I go back to Wenatchee tomorrow. His roommate and his guests are watching Family Guy in the next room. It is a very good weekend so far.

:)

I am in.

2009-11-11T23:17:00.000-08:00

Insane.

Independent.

Inquisitive.

Indecipherable.

Indigo.

And did I mention I'm a little sassy?

The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.

2009-11-10T22:11:00.000-08:00

Today is Tuesday too. I'm going to Pullman this weekend to see Jeff Dunham. :) It should be great!!

Work is lame.

Well.. I'm done for today. I'll end with this thing I started but never quite finished:

I'm like a soldier without a mission
Like a man without tradition
I got the skill but lack ambition
I should have been a politician

We Were Dead Wrong

2009-11-01T23:13:00.000-08:00

We'd run to the park and hide
When it was dark outside
We'd say we were running from the cops
We were only shaking from the cold

Where are you now?
Where have we gone?
When we were kids
We thought we'd marry
But we were dead wrong

We'd play hospital at your house
When we were home alone
We'd take off all our clothes
When we'd get curious

Where are you now?
Where have we gone?
When we were kids
We thought we'd marry
But we were dead wrong

We were inseperable
It was inevitable
For this all to fall apart
When we were kids
We thought we'd marry
But we were dead wrong

Hallo hallo

2009-10-04T23:46:00.000-07:00

Ich bin dein Ohrworm. :))

Hello there, my currently nonexistent blog followers, it is almost October 5, 2009 which means.... Well, pretty much just that.

I did stuff today. None of them worth mentioning, but I did do stuff.

I started a new short story.. a week ago. It's.. coming along. I should have it done in a few days, depending on how much I work on it. It's really short. I decided to make it really short so I wouldn't lose patience. So far.. it's working to an acceptable extent.

I watched Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist again last night and I decided that the movie is still good. :)

Seahawks lost today. Again. Indianapolis pwnage... lame.

Steelers won.. lame.

Manchester United tied against.. Sunderland?! Lame.

UW lost to Notre Dame.. lame. Horrible play calling by the way. I like the saying that says something like, if you fail, keep trying... but if you're on the goal line, and you try to go through the middle multiple times and get stopped... FRICKIN TRY SOMETHING ELSE!! dumbass..

United States is knocked out of the FIFA U-20 World Cup.. lame.

Kind of a lame weekend for my teams.

I had a good weekend though. Like.. I guess. :))

Oh.. and I forgot his name, but one of UW's wide receivers that let the ball go through his hands in overtime... lame. Lame lame lame. No offense.. but you're lame. :) Better luck next time, kid.

My luck has run out.

2009-09-27T22:24:00.000-07:00

I scream and beg and shout
but the words never reach your ears.
Swallowed by the tears, you told me
you always meant to keep my in your sight.
But something about that night
made you change your mind.
Did you leave me far behind?
Are we so different?
I can't even begin to understand.
But here we are again.
Different excuse, same situation.
You want to keep me in the dark?
You can forget about me.

Hello there

2009-09-22T22:42:00.000-07:00

I miss you.

My computer

2009-09-19T23:02:00.000-07:00

is dumb sometimes. When it makes me mad I throw the most epic hissy fits.. ever. :)) I make me laugh. But then my computer keeps being dumb and I just get pissed off.

I am calm now though.

So today.. I didn't do much of anything. And I have a headache. Partly because of me just throwing an epic hissy fit, partly cuz my friend was making me be confused. She was, as she put it, "yanking my chain."

Lqtm.. laugh quietly to myself.

I have waaay too much free time on my hands. Give me something to do. Ideas? Umm.. so.. yeah. Today is Saturday, September 19, 2009. And you're watching the NoeChill Show starring NoeChill.

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So.. yeah. This is it.

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Okay, that's all the time we have! Tune in next time to.. the NoeChill Show!

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Okay.. I'm done.

I Found God, Frozen in my Headlights

2009-09-16T13:34:00.000-07:00

I rode my road to salvation, alone
Was always the first to cast a stone
Leading myself to temptation
Depravity is my vacation
The son of God has been dethroned

I went to the Garden of Eden, and found
The stories were always the other way 'round
Forgive seventy times seven
You'll still never get to heaven
A new King has been crowned

I found God, frozen in my headlights.
Well, now God is no more

My Mind is a Fool's Mind

2009-09-15T22:31:00.000-07:00

After carefully reading between the lines
I've come to think you don't much like me
You never seem to have the time
To hang and do our usual things

Or... (My, my, my)
My mind's a fool's mind [x4]

Watching you spend your time with him
I've come to think you don't much like me
You don't know what you put me in
I wish you ill so sincerely

Or... (My, my, my)
My mind's a fool's mind [x4]

You came to me, your eyes so blue
I'd come to think you don't much like me
You asked me if I loved you
I said I thought I did, but not really

Well... (My my my)
My mind's a fool's mind. [x4]

Smiles Aren't Forever

2009-09-14T11:08:00.000-07:00

The time has done nothing for me yet
I hoped it would heal, would make me forget

[Chorus:]
So I smile for the moment
I smile for the moment
But smiles aren't forever
Smiles aren't forever
I can't seem to forget her
Can't seem to forget her

Pictures, they fade, but they bring it all back
The smiles we smiled, the kisses we had

[Chorus]

In matters of impalement, your words are second best
Only to your silence that slices through my chest

[Chorus]

'Cause smiles aren't forever
Smiles aren't forever

Janie, What Have I Become?

2009-09-06T00:35:00.000-07:00

I had some things I had to say
And now you stand in my doorway
I can't tell where they're coming from
Oh Janie, what have I become?
I looked for you all yesterday
Truth is, I miss you less today
To what ill health have I succumb
Oh Janie, what I have I become?

I mean you no discourtesy
But how I miss the secrecy
This has become quite cumbersome
Oh Janie, what have I become?
I'm trying to keep some decency
But now I'd kill for normalcy
So come whatever ill may come
Oh Janie, what have I become?

Let's fire up the barbecue
And crank up blink-182
Just for the past and time to come
Oh Janie, what have I become?
I left you standing in the queue
Was this what it was supposed to
I feel like I still owe you some
Oh Janie, what have I become?

What do you want from me?

2009-08-10T22:25:00.001-07:00

You asked for a lot, I gave it to you
You asked for more, I gave it too
I swear to God, I've nothing left
But there's just no pleasing you

And all I ever wanted to do was make you smile

Learn Your Lesson

2009-08-06T23:25:00.000-07:00

Your smile's fading
With each passing day
Still you live your life
In the exact same way
Your head's full of words
That you dare not say
I offered my help
You turned me away

So I sit and watch you cry
You tell me you would rather die
But you exaggerate I'm guessing
Maybe now you'll learn your lesson

You let every moment pass
And every chance go by
You pretend you're okay
But you won't look me in the eye
And every effort I exhaust
Is quickly tossed aside
I say I'm not wasting my time
But is it worth the try?

So I sit and watch you cry
You tell me you would rather die
But you exaggerate I'm guessing
Maybe now you'll learn your lesson

Anxiety has got you gripped
And you're not properly equipped
To deal with pressure, I am guessing
Maybe now you'll learn your lesson

The Girl With No Name

2009-08-02T22:46:00.000-07:00

One day late August
I met this girl with no name
Her eyes still glistened with tears
But beauty shone just the same
We went around town
Forgot to ask for her name
But it don't matter now
'Cause she left just the same

I love this one girl
And I don't know her name
But it don't matter now
'Cause she left just the same
I love this one girl
A girl I know with no name
But it don't matter now
'Cause she left just the same

I ran into her one day
The girl I know with no name
At a lonely cafe
But dignified just the same
I talked for hours on end
With the girl with no name
But it don't matter now
'Cause she left just the same

I love this one girl
And I don't know her name
But it don't matter now
'Cause she left just the same
I love this one girl
A girl I know with no name
But it don't matter now
'Cause she left just the same

Just the same way she came
But it don't matter now
'Cause she left just the same

My path is going somewhere we both can be happy with

2009-07-19T01:37:00.001-07:00

Many hands have written of heartache.
Many mouths have spoken of woe.
Many minds have spent years wondering.
But I must learn this on my own.

Noe thanks you

2009-07-06T22:17:00.000-07:00

Noe thanks you for your smile
Even though you took it back.
Noe thanks you for your time
Even though you don't share it.
Noe thanks you for your kind words.
Even though you didn't mean them.
Noe thanks you for being you.
Even though you don't like to.
Noe thanks you for everything
Above all, for the memories he holds dear.