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2000th!

2000th, Ecto Cooler, Vacation, Broadway, Obsessions, Fair, Site, TechTV, and Jealousy.

Well, that came up faster than I thought. Then again, I didn’t realize I was averaging 25 visits a day. Seems a pair of words I had used earlier were drawing alot of traffic, and even setting me at the #2 google result for the words. So, it has been changed so they are now u^^pa lu^^pa, where the ^^ were once Ms. Anyway though, I have had over 2000th visitors now, and thats a big deal, especially since 1000 was only on April 7th. Thats 1000 visits in four and a half months, while the first 1000 took almost a year. Had I not changed those certain words, I may have hit 3000 within just 2 months.

So anyway, congratulations go out to our winner, whoever it is. I dont recognize the IP address, but suspect that it is Scott.

I have not yet gone to try and get “Ecto Cooler”. I haven’t really done much at all in the going away area. Oh well, that will change…

Since this is Jenn’s “Vacation” week from school, and she had Wednesday and Thursday of from work, I though it could be fun to go do something fun. After looking online I decided on going to Wilderness State Park for the 2 days and camping, fishing, mountain biking, and whatever else. Of course, then I thought to look at the weather for up there and realized its going to be raining both days. Nice, real nice. So right now I am unsure of what were doing, but there might not be a Wednesday update, just so you all know.

Work on Broadway is proceeding, as the road is now graded, and the sand and stonemix laid. Even the expansion joints and mesh are going down. Concreting should be some time this week it seems, followed by asphalt surfacing and then they will be done. They are making ALOT of noise today though, grinding or hammer drilling or something.

I have been searching mad online lately. Remember my online obsessions I discussed? Well I’m in a history phase now. Looking up info on Bay City and Local Highways.

Jenn and I did not go to the Midland Fair. Well, we did, but we didn’t go in. It was decided that $10 each plus $4 parking was too much. We did shop the Midland Mall for a bit though, and went to a little driving range on Wheeler Rd. in Auburn.

No real site work, or baseball, or room, or anything else. I’ll be honest, I am either sleeping, with jenn, or being really lazy about all day. Sorry.

I haven’t watch the Screen Savers in a few months now. When G4 merged with the network and they ditched Leo and all this gaming crap started getting thrown in, I just got turned off. Also, I haven’t watched wrestling in a long time either.

I was in staples yesterday and realized something. I am sad. I love buying back-to-school supplies, but I’m not going back to school. I am actually kinda jealous. If anyone needs to go school shopping, please let me know.

OK, I am done. I was kinda waiting for Scott to respond with his IP address so I could be sure, but I guess it will need to stand as a hypothisis.

bye all.

nick

Lisa: (explaining the Indians worship of certain animals)
Bart: Thank goodness we have all come to our senses and worship a carpenter that lived 2000 years ago.

UPDATE!

Ok, it wasn’t Scott. It wasn’t any of you. It was me. Oops! It would seem I am the 2000th visitor, as Charter changed my IP address without me realizing it from 66.188.1.# to 66.188.61.#. So, I will be changing the counter to ignore me henceforth. Therefore, the honor shall go to the 1998th visitor, whoever that person is. I will let you know by next update, or just keep for myself if I can’t figure it out.

Why? Because I Can, Of Course

Sick, Ecto Cooler, Rodeo, Melon, and School.

Hi all.

I am feeling noticeably better. I guess it is a flu or cold that goes around and not allergies. The one thing I have been thinking this whole week though, is that if I could get some Ecto cooler in the steel can, I would be better much sooner. WAIT, FLASH! After writing the last sentence I found this page, which is fun on its own by telling us some Ecto Cooler history, but also shows us that the magical drink still exists! WOOHOO! Also, note the link at the page’s bottom to view the original Ecto Cooler commercial.

Wow, I really want to run to Meijer right now, but I know better. Tomorrow.

Hmm, what else, I guess it all really pails in comparison to finding out that Ecto Cooler is hiding on us. Anyway…

Jenn and I are going to the rodeo at the Midland County Fair tomorrow evening. We went for a bike ride to the farmer’s market this afternoon and I got a honey rock. So much better than the California cantaloups we get stuck with the rest of the year.

I am definitely not going to school this semester, as of 6 pm on Aug 17th (when payment was due). It’s OK though, since I don’t really know what I’m going to school for anyway. Besides, it opens up my schedule for if I ever got a job that I applies for (I am 1 for 30 since graduation, btw).

I can’t even remember the other stuff I was going to mention. I can’t believe I’m this excited over a fruitless fruit drink. Truly scary.

OK, I guess I should call it a night then, since I am tired anyway.

Sunday…

nick

Ok, now I’m thinking of another word, and this time it’s definitely not kitty.
Is it kitty?
AHHH! Get out of my head!

A Year Later, and Sick Again.

Sick, Alice, Stereo, and Work

Strange stuff, I tell you. If you look at last years posts for August 28th and 31st, you will notice I was sick. Well, almost a year later, and I am sick again. I have to think its an allergy to something that blooms in mid to late August.

Jenn and I got to watch Alice Cooper play softball Saturday. He and his road crew have a team and they play games as they travel. I can’t say who won, because we left early, but Alice’s team was doing awesome against the combined efforts of Z93 and Wheelz.

Also Saturday I bought my new TV stand. It works for what I need. My problem now is my bastard stereo’s tuner wont work. I get no radio stations, AM or FM. I have played with the antennas and every connection for 2 days to no avail. Heck, I even opened the case to check for a fried component and came out with nothing.

It’s supposed to rain tomorrow. Since I am sick and don’t want to work, I hope it does. But…, since I am poor and need money, I hope it doesn’t.

Ok, I am tired, and sick, and just overall yucky, so I am going to bed. After I finish the smoothy Jenn brought me, of course.

night,
nick

Hi, I’m looking for Ray Finkel…
(guys pulls a shotgun)
And a new pair of underwear.

The Post Formerly Known as Untitled

Room, Sheets, Alpena, Sundae.

So I am finally cleaning my room. I am kinda in the middle of it right now. It is at that point where it’s dirtier than when you started, but that means I am about half way.

I bought new sheets for my bed. Jenn and I went to the Essexville Meijer’s and none were quite what I wanted or in the wrong size, so we went to the Wilder Rd. one and I found some cool ones. One problem though, I found that there is a big rip in the top sheet, so am going to try and return them today. Damn it. I bought new pillows too. I wanted to make sure they were fluffy enough so I threw them on the floor and laid down in the middle of the aisle. Jenn laughed.

I went with Jenn to Alpena on Thursday night. We stayed the night at her parents house, then went to the Alpena County Fair and came home about 3 ish. I did some star gazing while we were up there and it was weird. There are almost too many stars, so it becomes hard for me to find some stuff. I should bring my laptop with an astronomy program and my telescope up there next time.

We ate at Grandpa Tony’s tonight, and I ordered the butterscotch sundae. I don’t remember it being so big. It was still awesome though. Three massive scoops of ice cream covered in butterscotch, mmmm. I only ate two of them though.

I can’t think of much else.

I guess I will see you all on Tuesday then.

Bye,

nick

Good news! It’s a suppository!

100th General!

100th, Bday, Work, Room, BBCards, AmericInn, and Brother.

Yeay! Ok, not THAT big a deal. Next big posts by my figuring will be probably 2000th visitor, or maybe 200th post.

My birthday, as of right now (12:38 A.M. 08/05/04) is a mere 34 days away. Wow, 22, scary.

What have I done…

We worked at Burger King on Tittibawassee Tuesday, no work Monday or Wednesday, and will be at BK on Holland Thursday. I hate Burger Kings. They all have identical landscaping, the beds are spread apart so is seems like forever, and there is always alot of traffic.

Still no room cleaning. I did find a TV stand though, I think. I am strongly considering the one at Staples, as it is one of the few I can find for decently cheap, has adjustable shelves, and has a base large enough for my TV but not excessively so.

Also, no BBDB work, as the dogs messed all my cards around. Ok, I could easily have sorted them within a few minutes, Im just too lazy, there, happy? I said it.

Jenn and I went to AmericInn on Monday. You can use their pool, spa, and sauna for $4 a person. I presume it’s for all day use, but you don’t get a card of anything, so probably need to re-pay if you left and tried to come back.

My brother might be moving out again. He has an interview in Livonia for a job doing car detailing. Mom is crushed of course, and I am unsure. Yeah, it might be a great opportunity for him, but Labadie is a great place too. I don’t know.

OK folks, thats all for today. See you Saturday.

nick

If you build a man a fire, he will be warm for a day.
If you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life.

Number 155

100th General, Room, Charter, and Munger.

Hey, Wednesday will be my 100th General post, woohoo. But wait, my 100th General would be considered special, and hence categorized as such, and thus not a General post. But then, it wouldn’t be special again, and go back to general, making it the 100th, and again Special. Oh, what a paradigm we have. I guess it will have to be left as General.

I have not cleaned my room, or really even began to try. I have been looking for a TV stand, since I am annoyed with the one I have now. It’s too tall. I am amazed at how hard it is to find a stand that does what I expect. I have given up the idea of building an entire built-in desk/entertainment enter, but may build a small TV stand, if I get to it. I would need tools for that though, and I don’t have those.

No word from Charter. Suchyta says I’m a shoe in. I should call them about my app on Monday.

Jenn and I went to the Munger Potato Festival on Friday night. We had fun. Demo Derby was interesting as always, we both got a 5 lb bad of spuds, and spent 45 minutes to get about a half mile from the parking lot to the street.

OK, I’m going to bed because although it might rain tomorrow, it also might not, in which case I would need to work.

night all

nick

“And they give you cash, which is just as good as money.”

Expect the Expected

AirFest, Surprise, and Dinner.

Hi all, hope you enjoyed your weekend.

Air show was cool. We were there for about an hour. We got there at 2:30, but a bit before 4 we got tired of it. Saw some planes doing tricks and such, a jet powered Dodge Ram, etc… Left before the F-16, but saw it from my house.

Jenn and I were in her room talking today and I was sitting on her bed. We heard a noise, but it sounded like it was outside or downstairs. We heard it again, and were wondering what it was by that point. Suddenly her bed dropped 5 inches from under me. One of the feet on the bed frame bent and the corner just dropped. It looked like it had been bending bit by bit for a while, and since it was on casters it just gave out and rolled far enough for the weight of me and the bed to crush it right up. We ran to Wal-Mart, but no bed frames so got one at Art Van. Upon disassembling the old frame we found another corner was beginning to bend, and a third corners caster was completely crushed. She said it was like 10 years old, so I guess it lived its life. We are going to paint her headboard before we reattach it. Is a funny pink, we are thinking purple.

I ate at Super Buffet tonight. Is Chinese/Japanese/American all-you-can-eat in Saginaw. They have a sushi bar, but is kinda scared me, didn’t look like much turnover, and old sushi is not good. Over all, I would give a 5. Good selection, but is in saginaw, and could just go to Chen’s. Plus, nasty stomach afterward.

I think thats about all the good stuff. I want to try for the farmers market tomorrow, I’ve felt like some black cherries.

Ok, night, see you, uhm, Thursday.

nick

When you need to keep away rabbit, you use wolf or fox urine, to scare them away.
I propose, we begin distributing elephant urine, to scare away, well, pretty much anything.

Now More Than Before

Awake, Air show, BBDB, Yous, Tired, and OH YEAH!

It’s 1am, and I am wide awake, not a good thing when I have to work in the morning.

Jenn and I got tickets to the airshow for Sunday. Should be cool. The F-16s were practicing today, shook the whole house.

The baseball card DB is going slower than I would have hoped. It’s been nasty hot out so my room is nearly unbareable. Stupid heat, stupid poorly insulated upstairs, stupid no AC. Stupid, stupid stupid.

Anyway…

There aren’t many of you anymore. Mostly has just been Jenn viewing the blogs. Kinda sad. Suchyta is working and has trig class, Jason is either working or with, uhm, I can’t remember her name right now. Scott is with Sarah. I guess summer just isn’t great for blog readership. Funny, because last summer I had alot of people reading, or I though so. Steph, Lauren, Scott, Jason, Nick, John, Troy, a bunch of regulars. But now, squat. Oh well.

Danielle, hah, remembered Jason’s gf’s name.

Ok, I still have a bunch of energy, but my eyes are getting heavy. I am thinking I should try and go to sleep white at least some part of my body is willing to cooperate.

Night all, see you Sunday.

nick

WAIT!

Haha!

I just realized I am supposed to update on friday, not Thursday. So…

I will leave it here, and will add more tonight.

Ok, Im back. Is 9:22 now.

We just had Oasis. Yum, perch. Jenn claims to have never eaten perch. Wow is all I can say.

Not much else. F-16s flew over again today for airshow. Drove dogs crazy.

Ok, bye again.

nick

Click click bloody click PANCAKES!

Baseball Cards

Cards, Last post, Shoes, eBay, and Bike ride.

I got my cards from storage today, and have began sorting them and putting them in a FileMaker database. I have 100 cards entered, and about 300 sorted. I figure I have about 2000 cards total, from ’70 – ’94, though most are ’90 – ’92.

The previous post actually had another funny thing, it was the 15th “Special” post, so it was a 15th, 150th, and 1500th in one. Kinda cool.

I got new shoes yesterday. NewBalance 470s, size 10.5 4E. Were $39.99 at “the Shoe Dept.” in the Bay City Mall (formerly Shoebilee). They came in orange or red, Jenn said red, and I liked both, so red they are.

My room is again filled with things to eBay, and I am again not eBaying them. I need to figure out shipping estimates, then I will start posting stuff. Really, I will.

I want to sleep in really late one day, then go for a bike ride at like midnight. Would be way easier as far as traffic, cooler than in the day, and fun cause night. Problem is I would get tired sooner, cause was late. I want to try though. Leave at midnight and do 20 miles around town. Would be fun I’m sure.

Ok, I am tired, I might have to work tomorrow, and my computer wants me to restart it, so I am going now. See you all on Friday with a card DB update.

nick

I’m gonna get my butt nipper, and nip it in the butt.

Double Milestones!

Milestones, Baseball cards, Search, and Poor fish.

Woohoo! I got my 1500th visitor, and my 150th post in the same week. Almost scary.

500 – about 11/26 – John
1000 – 4/07 – Erica
1500 – 7/16 – Jenn

I have decided to catalog all my baseball cards in a database, but FileMaker is proving to be ugly. The basics of it are easy, but making the template look good is a bit difficult.

I can’t really think of what else.

Uhm, I should point out that the search only updates every 2 weeks, so today’s post for example isn’t searchable for about another week.

Also, I have added the site map to the blog links thing, in the upper corner.

And sadly, I have to report that one of Jenn’s fish has passed away. She had 2 goldfish and 2 african frogs.

Ok, my brain crashed, so I am leaving.

See you all Tuesday.

nick

Why is it called a MANual, when no man will ever read it?