God I am really bad at keeping up with this blog.  I just keep getting distracted by other things and pretending to do homework.

Anway, it’s been about a week since I last posted, so I figured I’d briefly cover what’s been going on.

Last Friday my roommates and I finally got to play Office Clue, even though it was a bit of a fail.  We all were so excited about it, but we kind of forgot the rules to regular Clue so it took us a while to get started.  Plus, one of my suitemates had a friend over from home who played, and even though she was nice, she messed up and we had to end the game early because she didn’t tell someone the card she actually had.  I had the purple Stanley playing piece, by the way.  Hopefully we’ll be able to play another time and be more successful.

Saturday was really quiet and I just sat around reading (and it actually was for homework), but then my roommate and I had to go to work, the Late Night shift at the dining hall.  And it sucked.  Unlike the forst night I had worked, we had a different student manager who was not fun like the first one.  Plus we didn’t have any music playing and it was really boring.  And the drunk people were so much worse.  Like everyone who came after midnight pretty much made it onto the boat (which I will have to explain another time).

There was the guy who kept cutting the line because it was too long and expecting us to still serve him.  There was the guy who stuck his hand under the glass divider and grabbed a handful of fries to eat, making us have to throw away the rest of the fries because of germs.  Then there was the guy who freaked out and didn’t believe us that we’d run out of mozzarella stickes and chicken wings (though he at least calmed down after a few seconds and apologized).  Then there was this other guy with two bitches (for lack of a better word) who also couldn’t understand that we’d run out of what he wanted even though it was after 1 o’ clock but was at least not obnoxious till one of the girls he was with started demanding that I get them hot sauce or ranch, even though we didn’t have any and then finally started tossing the little sauce cups at me demanding I drag it through the tray with the left over dregs of buffalo chicken sauce for them (even though it was gross and smelled bad).  I had to do it to get rid of them and it took every ounce of strength in me to not throw something at the girl when I saw her on campus yesterday.  But my favorite was the girl who when I looked over, took a chicken finger and dipped her arm into the pot of marinara sauce that I’d just refilled to prevent a riot from breaking out.  I was so pissed, and as soon as she saw me, she booked it, because I had to come over and get of the still pretty full bucket of sauce.  It was one of the worst nights for me ever.

Sunday was at least quiet for me, even though I didn’t get to sleep as long as I wanted.  But I did manage to get some more homework done, and then I watched the Superbowl.  Obviously I’d have prefered seeing the Patriots play, but it was still good seeing the Saints beat the Colts.  I’m really glad because I’m going to New Orleans in a couple weeks for a service trip over spring break and it’ll be exciting if the city is happy.  Although today I read this article about how Peyton Manning didn’t shake hands with Drew Brees after losing and I was fully expecting to hear someone  cut him down for it, but instead it basically praised him because it “just showed how much he cared about winning.”  So rather than calling him out for poor sportsmanship, which that move was, I had to read another article about how wonderful Manning is.  Do people not realize his shit stinks too?  Because if it was anyone else, it would be a character fault.  God knows if it was Tom Brady, they’d rip him to shreds and feed him to sharks, then throw the left over pieces at Bill Belichick.

And yeah, Monday wasn’t too bad.  I will always hate Spanish, but at least Narrative is entertaining…until THAT GIRL WHOM I REFUSE TO NAME BECAUSE I DISLIKE HER SO MUCH tried to school the class on Harry Potter, but she was so wrong.  We were making various analogies about the Sherlock Holmes story we’d read, and then she whipped out “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” which you can’t use unless you live in England.  Plus several of her plot points were wrong.  So to make up for it, I made a sign up sheet that said “Dumbledore’s Army” and hung it up in one of the elevators in my building, and even though it got taken down before I could see it, apparently severla people actually signed it, which makes my life so much better (especially because they used names like Ginny Weasley and Voldemort).

But now I actually have to go get ready for class…

What are you talking about? I did not skip 2 days you are on crack, stop that, stop smoking crack and accusing me of missing days on the blog!

I’m sorry, I’ve been busy that’s right I am a busy person with things like class… and a girlfriend mostly though class. Now I COULD have blamed missing a few days due to being sick.. but that would be a lie, and I don’t want to lie to YOU my loyal fan (s).

Todays rant? snow when there shouldnt be any… So I wake up Wednesday and there is snow on the ground, but not enough to cancel classes. So it is USELESS snow. Now this weekend when I will be going home to New Jersey for the weekend IT IS SUPPOSE TO SNOW A LOT… LOVELY! Again can you get the sense of my sarcasm in that last statement. Snow is only appreciated when A) you are a little kid B) there is so much snow that not only is school canceled but you can not even get out side to shovel and C) when you are a college student and get classes canceled (ahh you can stay inside and not have to touch a snow shovel). NOT when I have to drive home. So weather Gods please hold the snow off until next week when you can cancel a class or two. Thank you.

Alright, I am done… talk to you guys tomorrow as long as I remember

UHH, SO I FORGOT YESTERDAY,,

(caps are so awesomely obnoxious, don’t you think?)

I only wrote 92 words in French. I wrote some today, too, but I might need to type that out tomorrow. I have musical practice, though, so I don’t know how well that’s going to work out.

I MIGHT HAS A COLD! Terrible, right? I gots me some cough drops, so I’ll be all good. =) I love cough drops. If I ever decide to go all suicidal, (promise, i won’t b-t-w) I would definitely try to overdose on cough drops, but it wouldn’t work, so I’d end up choking. So, yea. Then, I’d probably be super devastated because I didn’t die the way I wanted to. ANYWAYS. I WRITED SOME WORDS. I think it’s 591, but I could have added wrong. That could be a pretty big oopsie, only not really. If I did it wrong, the margin of error, is totally only, like, ten. Lawlzzzz. Kay. Goodbye.

HAY, SO YESTERDAY I PROMISE I WROTE 295 WORDS I JUST DIDN’T POST IT.

I felt remotely bad thoughh. So, yea. I’m tired. I still need to write for today. It’s 11:16. Nice, right? I know.

We is a-kidnappin’ us a Foshee for teh scholar bowll. =D

It is now the day prior to the NSW Road trip 2010. I have begun packing and getting ready for the journey that lies ahead. I don’t expect to be taking a lot of gear, as I won’t be doing a lot of cooking, washing, etc, on this trip.

I have learnt that it is important to not assume that you have everything you need and then find out the day before that you may not – I already knew this of course, but having recently moved, I no longer have everything that I once did. For example, I do not presently have a sleeping bag. I got rid of the last one because it was old and smelly, and I planned to buy another. But a lot has happened since mid 2007 when I packed to move – including a near fatal car accident that put my purchasing plans well and truly on hold, and they then slipped into the area of my mind that ‘forgets.’

So now I have no sleeping bag – but that isn’t too important as I don’t believe I really need one this time round. It is a road trip, with several cabin stops along the way and only caravan parks with powered sites for the rest. I will take a couple of blankets should I need them (which I don’t believe I will – it will be quite hot in the outback this time of year).

Of course it is not just the sleeping bag that is missing. I am also missing a fly cover for the tent, but thankfully I had two tents so I’m OK there. There are a number of other items missing also, but I don’t really need them this time round. Thankfully I have spotted all this now, which means I can plan to purchase what I need for future adventures, back pack camping, etc. I had of course planned to buy these items, but with the passing of time I forgot.

Anyhow, the packing is under way and I just hope I don’t forget something I wish I had packed when I am on the journey. I’m relatively sure I haven’t – which isn’t to say That I have forgotten something.

What I’d like to remember – and tomorrow I’ll know for sure if I have – is how I packed the car, so that everything was easily accessible. I was fairly well organised for this sort of thing when I was doing it fairly regularly several years ago – but it has been a while. Minimal gear wisely packed, without leaving anything necessary behind – that’s the key for this type of journey and vacation.

This will be the first time however, that I have a bag dedicated to my online activities – laptop, digital camera, web cam, flash drives, etc. I hope to keep an accurate and useful journal online at the kevinswilderness.com website, with photos, comments, route map, etc. So this is a ‘new’ bag that I need to organise in the overall scheme of things.

Anyhow, packing is now underway and coming to a conclusion. The journey will soon kick off.

 MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, from the Anti-Obama news show “Hardball”,  is the latest Repub/TV Commentator to stick his foot in his mouth in regards to President Barack Obama.

He “forgot he was black” while watching his State of the Union address last night.  How do you look at a BLACK mofo and “forget” he is black? 

Chris Explains It All:  It was “noteworthy”  to him that a black president was addressing a room of mostly white people and how it didn’t seem to be an issue… in the context of growing up at a time racial divisions were ever-present (whatever that means…) 

WTH3ll??  It sure is an issue, and has been since he was elected.  Lets not forget  Joe Wilson, who in a ‘room of mostly (full of) white people’, ceremoniously called the prez a liar on national TV. Could that have been an “issue”?

Back on topic.   Chris is a ‘resident racist’, and  he really put his foot in his mouth with that “forgot he was black” statement.  That was ‘overkill’.   But I kinda do see what he mighta been tryin’ to say.   I think for once, he was praisin’ Bam in some way…    That, he may have to live down.

The rest of the statement:

“You know, he’s gone a long way to become a leader of this country, and past so much history, in just a year or two.”

“I mean, it’s something we don’t even think about. I was watching, I said, wait a minute, he’s an African-American guy in front of a bunch of other white people,”

Matthews continued.  “And here he is president of the United States and we’ve completely forgotten that tonight — completely forgotten it. I think it was in the scope of his discussion. It was so broad-ranging, so in tune with so many problems, of aspects, and aspects of American life that you don’t think in terms of the old tribalism, the old ethnicity. 

It was astounding in that regard. A very subtle fact. It’s so hard to talk about. Maybe I shouldn’t talk about it, but I am. I thought it was profound that way.”

Maybe he was cleanin’ it up, but I kinda get positive vibes on this.   I don’t think he meant it in the context it was taken…   He was kinda givin’ Bam his props in his lil whyte boy way.  But why do they continue to do this?

I’m  not gonna judge him too harshly, for now.
He’s just stupid. 

Today.

1)    Andy Hardy Dinner

2)    Death Of An Apple Tree

3)    Fog

4)    Mom’s Purse

5)    Golden Gate Bridge

6)    Yogi Killjoy

7)    Fish Eyes, Clam Spit

8)    Hitman Letters

9)    Rollercoaster Bones

10)  Shaktipat

11)   Volcanic Love Of Self

12)   Bronchial Love

13)    Walter Pigeon Dad

14)    Single Malt Love

15)    Chronicles Of Me

16)    Your Dreads Need A Good Washing In Black Tea & So Does Your Ego

17)    Springboard Of Life

18)    Migraine Perspective

19)    Anger Vomit/Love Is A Weakness

Ever felt like your friends have forgotten about you?
Ever felt like God has forgotten you?

I’ve been there and can tell you without any hesitation that if there’s one sure fact, it is that God has NOT forgotten you!
Be strong, God is with you, reach out to Him today.

I found the following song by Twila Paris (another of my favourite Christian artists), as well as being sung beautifully, it also is full of reassurance that God really has not forgotten about us. Hallelujah!

Wow. It’s been almost a month since I’ve posted here. Not very proud of myself. I’ve been thinking a lot about these issues, but just haven’t taken the time to write anything. I’ve probably forgot several things I wanted to talk about by now. Things really aren’t going like they should be. I’ve found myself to be in a tailspin of sorts. I can either address the situation or crash.

This situation reminds me of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken.

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

I now have a choice to make. I can either take the easy road; the road that I know well. I’ve traveled it before and I know where it leads. This road is filled with stress, depression, procrastination, substance abuse and isn’t likely to lead me anywhere good. The thing is that this road is very flat without any obstacles and I’ve gotten used to walking it by now. The other road is very steep and treacherous, but leads to an amazing and rewarding life. This is the road of responsibility, organization, perseverance and commitment. I’ve tried it before but I always seemed to give up after a few steps. It seemed so hard and the reward so far away. But I really want my life to change. I see a lot of wasted potential in myself. I want to change that. This blog started off as a school project, but it has actually grown into a very useful tool for me. For this reason, I have decided to keep posting here even after I hand in this project to my professor.

This week, I’m trying a new strategy to try to improve my life. Every night, I write up a schedule for my next day. If I do this, I put $1 in a jar. The next day, if I accomplish 50% of this schedule, I put an extra $2 in the jar. This percentage is expected to increase over time. In addition, I also have a point system where every time I start a task on my list I get a point and every time I postpone a task on my list, I lose 2 points. When I have a total of 10 points I put an extra $1 in the jar and if I come to -10 points, I have to take out $1 from the jar. The money from this jar is to be used for a significant purchase. Most likely a camera or a trip. Today is the first day that I am trying this new system and it is working very well up to now. I have already done some tasks which I have been putting off for several weeks. It’s never too late to change.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

I lost  my tract wallet yesterday.  I was at the mall and I remember having it because I passed a few out.  When I got back to work I didn’t have it with me, I thought I left it in my car.  After work I searched my car and it wasn’t there.  It was full of gospel tracts and some helpful information for me when sharing.  The Lord has a better plan for it.  I hope whoever finds it reads the tracts and is convicted and that they pass the remaining tracts out to their friends.

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Hello everyone,

I would tell you my name but it really doesn`t matter. This is a small glimpse into my life each week. Well, it will be. I personally think my life is pretty dull BUT you are here reading this so obviously I have SOMETHING to offer. This is kind of to go in conjunction with my 365 set I am doing on Flickr.

So lets get on with it shall we?

It `s been a pretty crazy week actually. I have been trying to get organized to return home to Australia (I am currently staying in Tokyo) and my god, very stressful. But I have enjoyed myself thus far and would love to come back here one day. I actually had the intention of staying here indefinitely, but that obviously isn`t what’s in store for me at the moment. So back to Australia I go.

I`ve been jumping in-between a couple of different games at the moment. I started to play Phoenix Wright 3 AGAIN (second time) and will hopefully finish it up this time. Up to the second case.

Been going out for walks in-between pulling my hair out trying to organise everything. We (My girlfriend and I) venture down to Akihabara quite often. It`s VERY cold here. I really wasn`t prepared for what winter is like here, coming from Sydney and all. Doesn`t get anywhere near as cold as it does here.

At the bottom of this post you will see the beginnings of my daily 365 photo project and my desktops for the week. Enjoy!

001/365 – delicious spaghetti

Decided to start a 365 set. Thought I`d give people a glimpse into my boring day to day life.

This photo is just me covering my spaghetti in cheese. Makes my girlfriend angry.

002/365 – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Trials and Tribulations

Was gonna play some phoenix wright but my battery started to die.

003/365 – Half a litre of cola

Just the right amount for the man that needs his mega cola hit

004/365 – crazy japanese money

For any of you out there who are interested here is a glimpse at japanese yen.

005/365 – forgot

Yeah, i forgot about taking a photo. Been really stressed out about organizing to go home. Hopefully once I`m home I`ll remember to snap photos and they might be abit more interesting.

006/365 – Akihabara

Went to Akihabara to buy an extra bag today. Snapped this photo at a small little electronic stall run by some old man. Seemed nice and quaint. There are lots of these around the train station mixed in with the duty free stores and anime stores.

Akihabara is probably my favourite part of Tokyo.

007/365 – my battlestation

Just a photo of my battlestation in Tokyo. Yes, That is a piece of paper as my mouse mat.

So I bid you farewell and will hopefully be back with more stories next week.

Till Then!

I surf the web and notice something. Probably they forgot to put the frontside bus or they developed a new technology so their new machine can run without frontside bus.

Names of friends in my new years eve post were changed to respect their privacy. I will do the same for other friends who are featured here in the future.

Oh my God! If another person asks for cigarettes and then realizes they have asked for the wrong ones I’m gonna freak! Really, if you don’t smoke don’t buy cigarettes! If you’re buying them for someone else tell them to get up off their lazy butt and buy their own darn cigarettes! If they can’t get up they don’t need to be smoking, they need to be in rehab or on an exercise program!

Originally posted Jan 12, 2008 on Facebook

Don’t you hate standing in the back of the line at a register and then you suddenly realize you’re gonna be standing there awhile because the person at the front of the line does not have their debit/credit/payment? It’s not a picnic for the cashier either! I really get annoyed when people do this. “Really! You’re trying to tell me you didn’t realize you didn’t have your debit/credit/cash before you came in here? Suddenly you know it’s in your car, but you didn’t know it was in there before you got to my line?” And of course these people always seem to come in when there’s a huge line of people!

Originally posted Jan 8, 2008 on Facebook

Well, I forgot to post again.  I’ve noticed when I am not in my normal routine and there are tons of other things happening around me, I forget.  These are the times when I have to work extra hard to focus and remember the things that I need to do.  Being that is was Christmas and having the family here and running around like crazy, brings me out of my singular world and into a world I’m not used to.  It takes extra effort for me to keep my life going.  This project is a part of my life and it got forgotten yesterday.  So, that happened and now on to the next day having learned that lesson.

Happiness is playing in the snow, no matter how large or small…

Sometimes it can happen that you forget your password for your Windows Vista account.

First of all, don’t panic, since you will probably be able to reset it, without losing your data.

Just download the following file. It contains a bootable image (.iso) that you need to burn into a new CD. You can use your favourite burning software for this task. If you have no clue about how to burn this .iso file into a new CD, you might want to have a look to the following tutorials.

Once you have the new CD ready for use, you can just boot your machine from the CD you’ve just created. You might need to change your boot sequence from the BIOS for this.

Detailed instructions on how to reset or change your old password (without knowing the original one) are available here.

Well procrastination has won out once again ladies & gentleman.  For the fifth year in a row I planned to send out Christmas cards and for the fifth year in a row I find my self well past my deadline saying to “Oh shit.  It’s to late to send those out isn’t it.”  If you haven’t gotten a card from us in the last half decade it’s not that we don’t want you as friends it’s just….well…..I get distracted easily and….

….and

…….

Sorry.  I’m back.  That Priceline commercial with William Shatner grabbed my attention.  Where was I?  Oh yes, I get distracted easily sometime things slip through the cracks.  Christmas cards just happen to one of my favorite things to put on the back burner until it’s to late. 

But thanks to this blog I can still send out our holiday greeting.  THERE IS STILL HOPE.  God bless the inter-web.  Plus this way we’re helping the environment by not having to use trees for envelopes, a gas guzzling mail cart dosn’t need to pick up the card, toxic glues don’t have to be put on the stamp………not buying it huh? 

Ya’ you got me.  I was sort of hoping “going green” would be a better excuse than “Oops I forgot”

I printed out the Eric and Melissa cartoons I made so we could turn them into ornaments on our tree.  Then I was going use that as the backdrop for our Christmas card.

Paper Melissa almost burst into flames from being placed on a light.

Spelling dosn't count remeber. It's the message of joy and love that's important

Nice idea huh?  Well I’ve uploaded a copy to this blog so feel free to downloaded it and print it out.  Hang it on your fridge for all to see.

Right click/Print and fill your home with holiday glee

Happy Holidays. I’ll try better next year