Five Thousand!

5000, Poll, Clothes, Back, and Room.

Yeay! Five thousand visitors! Yeay!

OK, so not really. Probably closer to 10 visitors 500 times. But still. It’s more than you got.

So, after about 10 hours of thinking it was Scott, I double checked and through a goof by SiteMeter improperly listing Win XP and Firefox, noticed it was Jenn’s IP. So, Jenn was 5000, thus winning the prize for being 5000, and for correctly guessing in the poll.

New poll next time by the way.

I have 2 new shirts and a new pair of shorts courtesy of Jenn. Thank you again.

The back entrance is going a bit slower than I hoped. Hopefully we can gain some on it this weekend.

I have been trying to clean my room some. It’s, uhm, going.

I think that’s it. See you Thursday.

nick

When asked what would happen if a freighter hit the Mackinac bridge, the designing engineer said “The boat would sink, with a great loss of life no doubt”.

Happy Independence Day!

4th, Fireworks, Danielle, Cells, the Back, and Movie.

Yes, happy 4th, though its only the 3rd, but just the same.

Jenn and I went to the fireworks, and sat behind the condos on water. We sat with my dad. I think behind DoubleTree was better, but it was still good.

My brother’s ex, Danielle, who I used to have a pic of and will eventually put back up, died on Thursday night. My brother in typical fashion says it doesn’t bother him, but is really quiet and just wants to sit at home lately.

I have become re-obsessed with cell phones again (see 9/18/04, 6/11/03, and 6/4/03). Just wanted to mention that.

Back entrance is coming along. We have a wall up now, and cement is in. As I said last time (I think) about 2 weeks.

And finally, if anyone really likes me, you could take me to see Fantastic 4 next weekend (as in, pay for me, cause I poor).

OK, that’s all.

nick

I have reached the next level of denial in the Apple-Intel saga. I now see the irony in future Macs containing Intel chips, and future XBoxs containing PowerPC chips.

Boomstick Edition

Back Entrance, Cousin, Suchyta, and Fin Aid.

Well, the blocks are finally done, and the area has been back-filled with sand. The concrete truck arrives tomorrow morning at 10:00 to lay the slab, then we can go to walls. Stick walls should go much faster than the block walls did. Probably get at least a wall per day, then a day or 2 for the roof. I give it 2 weeks at the most, honest.

My cousin Scott is going to be in town on the 4th. I haven’t seen him in probably 5 to 8 years, I think.

I saw Suchyta online yesterday, but he wouldn’t talk to me. I don’t know what the hell is up with him.

I finally got my Financial Aid paperwork in, so I can get it all filled out and maybe get a degree that is more useful than my AS Transfer (liberal arts).

OK, nothing else I can think of.

nick

THIS is my BOOM stick!

Yeah, It's Definitely Summer

Concert, Lupe, Job, Chinese, Heat, and Visitors

Saturday night Jenn and I went to the Foreigner concert at Vets Park. There were something like 10,000 people there. We had to wait in line for 30 minutes to get in the gate, and were in about 7:05, with the concert starting at 7. There were 2 opening bands, with the main act finally beginning around 9:30. By 10:30, after hearing “Jukebox Hero” (my main reason for coming, too bad all the songs were over-amplified) we left to beat the other 9,998 people out.

I saw Lupé there. Poor stupid mexican, enlisted in the Army and broke his shoulder a week before graduating boot camp, got kicked out. His dad was offering me jobs, but I didn’t take.

Speaking of jobs, I applied for a really cool one, but it was pulled from the site a few hours later. No word from them about why.

Last night Jenn and I went to Old Great Wall Buffet. They have rear parking now, in case the front fills up, which it does. They had boiled eggs, and Jenn had one, I said you should get some more, and mix the yolks with some tarter sauce and hot mustard, she did, and said they were pretty good deviled eggs. Of course, everything at OGW is always good.

It is currently 80 degrees, with a heat index of 84 AT ALMOST MIDNIGHT! This is getting pretty shitty. The humidity being so high certainly doesn’t help. It makes you feel like your 10 lbs. heavier and gravity is pissed off at you or something.

I am at 4931 visitors, only 69 to go for my 5000. Thats one hell of a marker, I must say. Just think, about 2 more years I will be getting to 10,000. Wow.

OK, that’s it I guess. See you on Thursday, and stay cool.

nick

Just remember, heat makes peppers produce more oils, and oils make peppers hot, so come late summer, we can all have awesome homemade salsa. That’s really all the consolation I can give for the heat.

Behind

Blog, Backyard, and Tomorrow.

So, I finally have the new poll, 2 blogs after I promised it, and still haven’t gotten up the pictures I promised. In all honesty though, it has been way too hot to do much.

The back entrance blocks should be done tomorrow, and filled with sand Monday, for concrete Tuesday. Then we can put in some temporary steps, pour the bottom landing concrete, more steps, and walls, then a roof, then the patio, and then final grading, then grass and final landscaping. Yeah, were almost done.

Tomorrow night Jenn and I are going to the Foreigner concert and maybe St. Stans afterward.

I think that is all.

nick

Of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.

I Got Nothing

A little, mostly Jenn’s Birthday.

Really, not much happened. My grandma finally came home, and Roger is back and I worked for a bit yesterday, but thats about it.

Well, Jenn’s birthday happened, that’s something. We went to Grandpa Tony’s and she was served a strawberry daiquiri a whole 20 minutes early. She went home to see her dad for Father’s Day, and returned Monday night.

We might have the foundation walls for the back entrance done this week. Maybe, very maybe.

I guess that’s it. I will try for a new poll tomorrow, and I need to get the pictures back up, including all the camping pics.

Guess that’s it.

nick

“You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”

I love that scene from jaws, the guy has such a great look on his face after the shark surfaces.

Jenn's Birthday

21, Moms, Walk, Fire, and Missed again.

Jenn’s 21st Birthday is in about an hour and 15 minutes, so we are getting ready to go to Grandpa Tony’s for dinner, so she can get a drink at 12. Needless to say, she is excited.

Jenn’s Mom came down yesterday, and she and my Mom met for the first time.

My mom and I walked the dogs Thursday night, and after about an hour we ended up at Jenn’s, 4 miles away. That was a LONG walk.

Todd Stevens had a bon fire last night, and Jenn and I went for a while. Always fun.

I realized earlier today that I missed the Blogiversary. May 27th the blog became 2. Here’s to a great 3rd year.

OK, we are leaving now, so see you later.

nick

New Poll Tuesday.

Free Songs, Yay!

Slurpees, and a small review.

First of all, this will probably be shorter that it could be. A few hours ago I had the energy to write a big long update, but started playing SC4 and am now tired and not caring enough.

Anyway though, Slurpees now have free iTunes codes on them. On the white 32 oz. cups, there is a (12 digit, I think) code that can be entered into iTunes for a free song. Every cup has a code, its down toward the bottom. This kicks the ass off the Pepsi promotion, cause A) All cups win, 1 in 1 chance. And B) It’s summer, so we drink a lot of Slurpees. And finally C) You can walk in the store, grab some cups, and write down the codes, they are very visible. Anyway, if you buy a slurpee, write down the code and email/IM them to me, please.

Uhm,…

I guess like I said, played SC4 most of today, went to Rudy Js with Jenn and Mom earlier. Roger is out of town through Monday so I am released from the backyard for a while.

Jenn has Thursday thru Monday off, so we might go to Alpena or camping or something.

That’s about all.

nick

Sorry, still getting over the whole Intel in my Mac thing.

Apple, Now With Extra Dark Side

Apple, Mike, and Weather.

Bastards. How could they do it? After the toasted bunnies and all. Apple has announced they are switching to Intel processors. It is truly a confusing and troubling time for us all. I could go on about my theories of how this could outright kill Apple, or kill their hardware business, or their software business, or how its an evil plan to get rid of the Mac and become iPod only. But no, I won’t, because you probably don’t care.

There is also this long story about statistics that I keep wanting to tell, but you probably again don’t care. Besides, it is hot as hell and I don’t care if you care or not anyway, and just don’t feel like giving the effort.

Speaking of which, what the hell! It’s Michigan, were the crazy guys up north that are like Canadians, but don’t say “eh” as much. Why the hell is it 90 F-ing degrees out? Arlene is coming, maybe she will cool us down.

OK, I go sit in front of the fan.

See you Wednesday.

nick

“The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right”
– Mark Twain