PHILOSOPHY AND SUCH
Cody's gone till the 1st. I already miss him terribly. This year has flown by. One more day left and then BAM! 2004 is upon us. Funny thing time. The world jsut keeps moving. Oh well, I'm happy and more appreciative of the things I have now - knowing what I've gone through in the last year - I can't complain.
So one of my friends (yet to be named) really pissed me off. The got was fooling around with my ex-girlfriend. Yeah, I'm living with mine. Yeah, I'm happy. But a slapass. I have ZERO repsect for a guy like that. Not mention he swindled $800 from her. WTF?? Hey, if I'm not making enough money (which I've been known to do), then I get another job. The guy is just straight up lazy. I look at the choices I've made over the past year and just think some people never get outa that "college phase". I feel more sorry for him than anything else. Jsut when I thought I didn't have much and my life sucked, leave it to someone I know to make me feel like Bill Gates. lol
So I have yet to lay my board on powder yet - but that doesn't bother me too much. Paul and I are going up to WhiteCap in a few weeks - so I'm stoked on that.
The Vikings collapsed on Sunday - which was to be expected. Lots of talk this week on wether Mike Tice will keep his job.
Nuttin much more than that. I'm going to pick up my gifs engagement ring tomorrow. I'm excited to see her face light up when she gets it!!!
Oh well - random, lost thoughts. . .
More tomorrow. .
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HERE AND GONE AGAIN. . .
Alright - so the holidays are ALMOSt over. It was a pleasant experience. We had everybody over on the 24th at my gif house. Then Christmas morn we all got up and opened presents, My 8 year old (Cody) couln't wait to get to the presents and was well rewarded for his patience. Then we went over the Gif's brother's house down the block and had a huge brunch with her entire family - which was great. Then we headed over to my family's place and opened more presents, had dinner and then we had the rest of my extended family over for desert.
The high point was when my cousin Tom, took out his pictures from Iraq and was explaining about his tours and a lot of really cool stories. He had pictures of Saddam's palace that were just crazy. So I thought that was really cool.
So here I am the day after. My son is off his "other" grandparents for a few days. I figure I'll be picking up and putting together my skateboard. Hopefully next week I'll have some time to go ride at the 3rd Lair.
Other than that - it's STILL all good.
A short entry, but important nonetheless
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CHRISTMAS IS CLOSING IN.. .
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the money pit that is the holiday's. I think I've dropped so much money over the past weeks it's crazy. But in the end, it's all worth it. Seeing my son smile and my grilfriend tell me she loves me is all priceless to me.
Soccer is over till after January, and I'm going to skip Hockey the next couple weeks since my son is here. What I'm really looking forward to skateboarding again. I got all of the videos I got off of ebay and have been just soooo amped to ride again. Not to mention a few calls to Gullwing and talking to their owner was a total thrill for myself. Telling the guy he would be able to corner the market if he made a slightly shorter truck was pretty cool for me.
So once we're on the other side of 2004, I'm going to be lovin life. My life is settling down (no drama), and I really appreciate everything I have. A great family, a great gif and son that adores me. Yeah, I don't make a million dollars, but I'm VERY VERY happy with my life, where I'm going and everything that's happening. I used to wish that the days would be just over, or wish the weekend would come. Now, I relish every day. Every little thing, I stop and appreciate. I've come to see, notice and appreciate all the small wonderful things that happen everyday to me. No more watching my life go by. Fuck does it feel good.
Justin and I are also working hard at this project that seems to have spun out of control. It started more as a documentary and now is morphing. Think about the history of skateboarding in Minneosta. All the people that are still around, all the vidoe footage laying around in people's houses. It's exciting - that's for sure!
Still haven't been out snowboarding yet. The MOZ and I already have a trip planned to Whitecap layed out. I think this is going to be an anuual event. Last year the trip got nixed because I was working at vphone (no cash) and ERIKS a lot. He had a serious girlfriend and we didn't hang out much since he lived in Canada errrrrrrrrr Anoka. Now that he lives a lot closer - I think we'll be hanging out a lot more and riding more together.
So it's old news but we captured So Dam Insane (Saddam Hussein). Hopefully that will crush these crazy ass insurgents bent on stopping what we're doing. Muslims make no sense to me. Oh well, I don't let it get to me too much.
I'm sure I'll have more later. . .my fingers are getting tired typing all of this out - hahahahaha
Alright - to all who read this dribble. . .
RACK THIS - I'M OUT!!!
A MONTH GOES BY. . .
Holy shizzy!! It's been almost a month and I haven't been compelled to keep this updated. Usually I get on a rock and need to spew about something that irks me, but thus far, and for the past month - nothing has really caught my fancy.
Everything is going well, I moved in with my Gif and life couldn't be better. Soccer is soccer - same thing different day. I just consciously started to skip the games against the better teams in the league so as not to get pissed and take everything too serious.
B and I are also working hard to get our downstairs room finished. Her brother is really kicking ass and we've got the room sheet rocked and the first layer of mud is done.
Hockey has been a blast. the guys we play with are so great. Just really good skaters that keep you on your toes. It's done ownders for my staminia and quickness for soccer.
So my son Cody is coming to visit on the 19th and will be here through the 5th.. I asked her repeatedly to make sure that Cody has some warm weather clothes BEFORE he comes up. Yeah - so she says she left a big box full of all his winter clothes at her moms. So I call her mom, and sure enough, all that's there is a pair of snowpants a hat and some gloves. What a dumb bitch. I held off calling her and telling how stupid she, and instead will just go buy some stuff for him. This is my point. She is constantly obilvious to all that is going on around her. She only concerns herself with herself.
OH! So I had a guy in my office that went to high school with her - that was a hoot. He basically told me everything I already knew. . . oh well *sigh* I guess I shouldn't be surprised - right?
Ummmmmmmmmmmm been trying to get together with Justin Lynch lately, he's been working on documenting the history of skateboarding in Minneosta, I guess I'm the only one who thinks that this is an awesome idea. The preservation of a local culture, I think that is really admirable.
Oh wellllllllllllllll - that's all I got for right now. I'm excited to see my son again. It's been too long and it's going to be crazy to see him again. I can't wait to see how much he's grown.
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