Crazy-ness

It seems like some pretty crazy stuff has been going on lately. It has to deal with me and Wal-Mart.

First with Wal-Mart. Frustratingly, they have changed their music download system so that they no longer have the best price for music. I probably won't be downloading from them anymore. Our wonderful local store has downsized their Gatorade selection. They used to have such a wonderful selection of flavors and types. Now they don't really have anything I'm too crazy about. I was buying Gatorade today because I had some money on a gift card to burn. The blue frost kind in case anyone was wondering. I go to check out, and handed the lady my card. She went to swipe it, and drops it dwon a crack behind the swiper thingy. She then unsuccessfully spent several minutes trying to retrieve it. Finally, she just put in the amount as paid for and let me leave. I'm not too angry because the cost of the Gatorade was roughly the amount left on the gift card.

Now on to me. For two successive days, I have managed to put articles of clothing on backwards. Yesterday, my t-shirt ended up on backwards and inside out. I had something over it, so it didn't matter. I noticed 10 hours after the fact when I took off my sweatshirt and saw the tag in the front. Today, I put my shorts on backwards. Again, it didn't really matter because I had  sweatpants on over them. I wonder what I can manage to put on backwards tomorrow. Nothing, I hope!

UNO Style

Two days ago, I had future soldiers. That wonderful time almost every week where I get to go down to the recruiting station and train in something Army style. We were doing PT. And we were doing it Army UNO style.One of the Sgts would pull a card from the UNO deck, and we would have to do a specific exercise based on what came out and a certain number for howevermany was on the card of the Sgt decided.Running. Push-ups. Sit-ups. Flutterkicks. Lunges. And we were doing all sorts of variations of these fun things. It really was a good tyraining. As I train there and on my own, I see me getting better. Things getting a little easier.And that's what future sldiers is all about. Learning it now so it's not as challenging later.

Christmas Teddy

I have this teddy bear that only comes out at Christmas time. I’ve had him since 1994, but he doesn’t have a name. I guess when I was littler it was exciting to just have an extra stuffed animal, but now the excitement is more in getting him out of the box. Teddy is a tradition, and some traditions aren’t worth breaking.

Keep That Head Up

I guess really, this post could go one of many ways. Especially considering how Arsenal has been doing recently. I will say this: I am spoiled. I’ve gotten used to supporting winning teams. My Phils, quite possible the biggest losers in MLB history, have been doing great things recently. My Arsenal, known for being boring, known for not always being top of or near the top of the table, have been losing horribly despite doing well in recent years.


I hate to complain, but there’s really no way around it. How can you explain a 3-0 loss to Man. City in the Carling Cup?

One could blame it on injuries; there are several key players who will be out for a while with injuries. Blame it on lack of focus. The Carling Cup shouldn’t be that big of a deal, but a 3-0 loss can’t be denied. Something is off. I choose to blame it on the fact that I’m spoiled. I’ve gotten un-used to losing. I’ve lost the beauty of the game: the pure enjoyment of the perfect sport. Why else would the Carling Cup matter so much?

Arsenal 0-3 Chelsea

It wasn’t exactly a happy day at the Emirates today. I guess the fact that it was raining should have made that clear. But I got my hopes up anyways. And Arsenal, as usual, let them down. I saw the first half of the game online, and it was decent play. After the game, I made the mistake of going to the Arsenal board on Facebook. Big mistake since almost all the topics had something to do with us losing, how we’ll never win anything again, and we’re such a crap team compared to Chelsea. About the only thing I considered reading was the topic on the ref’s not doing a very good job reffing. I agreed with that, and it seems to be a common theme among EPL watchers this season.




I’ll move on to more happy things. Tomorrow is my last day of Thanksgiving break. It’s been a good one so far. I got to watch the Macy’s parade, I ate a lot of food, and I haven’t done much other than nothing. It’s nice not having projects to work on for school. Christmas season has started, and although I don’t like the crowds when shopping, I think it’s gonna be a good holiday season.