Hello, again.

Hi. Now where did I leave off?...can't remember...oh well...

Today Alissa & I went to Best Buy after class to get some speakers. Man they sound good.

Tonight I'll be headed to Fright Nights at Kennywood. (Please don't be cold.)

Tomorrow I have a hockey game. Mom's the only one goin, as usual. You've no idea how bad that bums me out... Also, tomorrow we have an Ultimate Frisbee tournament at St. Vincent college. I'm not able to attend, but I want to wish everyone in the tourney the best of luck.

Go Cal U Ultimate Frisbee Team!
Best of luck in tomorrow's tourney!

Now, back to the blog. It's because of hockey I'll not be able to attend the tournament. While I really don't have a problem with that, I really hate missing out on things like this. Ah well. I guess there will be other tourneys in the future.

My birthday went rather well. It started off a bit slow, but Alissa, Ashley, Dan & I ended up chilling at Alissa's towards the end of the night. Thank God for these guys. They made my birthday very special. (Thank's, Ash for the shirts that don't fit!)

Which brings me back down to reality. I'm crushin' pretty hard on the girl from a few blogs back (you remember the one, the one I thought didn't know I existed.) Yep, head-over-heels CRUSHED. Man, I haven't felt like this in a long time. It's sorta like tunnel-vision. When I'm around her - all I see is her. Which is awesome. I've got so much to say about this, I could go on for hours, but I'd rather just tell Ashley since she listens so well.

Cya,

-Crock

Learning.

Wow. It's amazing how much you can learn about yourself by just talking to somebody.

I spent the better part of Friday hangin' out with Ashley and just talking to her. I tell you what, I may not know much, but what I do know is that she's got a level head on her shoulders and truly cares about her friends. Its awfully cool to have somebody like that in my life. She's really great with advice too. Her & I tend to share similar problems, so working them out is becoming more of a team-effort lately. Thanks, Ash. You're terriffic. :-)

After all the talking was done, she, I and the rest of the Shutupyourmouth crew packed (seriously, like sardines) into my truck and went to Rich's Fright Farm. While I'm not one to get scared easily as it stands, this was quite possibly the worst $15 I've spent since I bought Madonna's "Ray of Light" album. All that happened was the typical chainsaw-kook followed by a buncha dudes walkin around mumbling something about brains. I tell you, if I see another haunted attraction like this anytime soon, I'm just gonna throw in the towel when it comes to going to these things. I really wanted to go because my friends were all gonna be there - and they MORE than made up for the haunted crap house. I guess I'm just growing bored with the whole traditional mumbo-jumbo that halloween is offering anymore. Station-Scare from last year was awesome. This was crap-junk-terrible. At least next week I'll be able to ride some rollercoasters if the haunted stuff turns out to be a disappointment.

It's pretty late right now. It's well after midnight. I've got a hockey game tomorrow evening. So, I'll be turning in soon. The weekend's going to pass quickly, thats for certain. That's neither good nor bad. I'm just gonna take whatever I'm given, one day at a time.

More tomorrow...maybe...

-Crock

300 Miles.

Put 300 miles on the bike yesterday with Alissa. We went on my Route 7 ride through West Virginia. I had a good time. Hope she had a good time as well. Got some good pics too. Check em out.

Got an interview at Cannonsburg Hospital regarding running some of their information systems. It's on Tuesday at 3:00pm. For the love of GOD please don't let me forget about it.

I have nothing else to say.

-Crock

Phone's back!

Hey, it turns out that my phone bill WASN'T late after all. The bill I was looking at yesterday was the next due one. So, in reality, verizon had no reason to shut off my phone. I'm not sure what went on, but after a few phone calls my phone was back up and running at around 10pm last night.

So, you can call me again! YEAH!

Today's Wednesday, so I'll be out on the bike for the better portion of the day.

Later,

-Crock

Hey, Today.

My stars! Has today been awful thus far. My mom forgot to send in my cell phone payment (which is my own fault, I should be more responsible and handle my bills...) and my phone was shut off. After about an hour on the phone with verizon, they informed me that I'll not be getting any service until I pay up. Serves me right. There's a lesson in responsibility.

I guess its not all that bad. I mean it IS only a cell phone. Things could be worse.

Wednesday. Now that's gonna be a good day. Alissa & I are going to take another bike ride and I'm super excited. I'm just gonna steamroll through today and try to forget about my cell phone woes and try to get through to Wednesday as fast as I possibly can.

I also found my digital camera. Thank God. I thought I lost it at the last job we did. (like maybe I buried it in a french drain or something.) That's good because I'm gonna take it with us on the bike ride tomorrow and try to get some extra-awesome pics.

Yesterday I hung out with Alissa and her roomie, Kimmie, pretty much all day. We went to King's where Alissa got me to use her phone to tape a singing waitress (who made a song up about the Frownie) and while I successfully recorded it, my bone-headedness shone through like sunrise on the ocean. I ended up closing the phone before I saved the video clip. Scratch another notch in the "bone-head moves" column. This was some seriously good footage too... Ugh...

I'm probably gonna be bone-head bored tonight, so if anybody wants to do anything - message me. The 'ol phone's nothing more than a paperweight.

50/50

I had a good weekend. Alissa & I went on a 100+ mile bike ride on the SV. That was honestly the most fun I've ever had on that bike.

This is us.

Today I twisted my ankle in the crater at Ultimate Frisbee practice. That's not too unusual for me though. It seems like I'm the only one who gets eaten by that thing. Usually I can just walk that kinda stuff off, but I really came down hard on the 'ol foot and had to leave early. Bummer.

I also (about 15 minutes ago) tried to do some "a capella" work. You know, singing without the music. My attempts at Weezer's "Butterfly" weren't very good, and it is with a heavy heart that I retire my singing voice - at least when it comes to a capella work.

What really sucks is that if it were half-decent I would have uploaded it for you all to hear. I had planned on the song to be the blog entry, instead of this text. The reason for this is two-fold. I feel that the song is sort of applicable to some of the events taking place in the 'ol Crock life, and that the song, in itself, is amazing.

I've found I'm not very good at expressing myself, so I figured a song would ease me into what I'm ultimately trying to get at. So much for that! I'm gonna hafta take a different venue. I'll keep my eyes and mind open until I can figure something out.

-Crock

More Refined.

Well, the week went smoothly. I juggled classes successfully and had a pretty good week at frisbee. I'm not really that exhausted...yet... Hockey on Saturday will probably whip me around a bit, so I'll be good and dead for frisbee on Sunday afternoon. I think I'm finally finding a balance in work, class, frisbee, running and hockey. It's a delicate one, but at least its there.

Really, when I get right down to it, I spent most of me week in the ICF here at Cal U. There were many programs I had to code for my Database HTML class, and if you know me, coding does not come easy. If you're ever looking for me around campus, you can find me in the ICF. I'm actually writing this in the ICF - and its almost 9pm!

At least the week went well, though. I'm really thankful for all the people in my life. You're the ones I have to thank for such a terriffic week. So to all of you who've been there for me and involved with me in one way or another --- THANKS! You all make my life so much more interesting and complete. I really can't report on much more, other than the girl I'm interested in knows I exist. And that's awesome. :-)

Cya,

-Crock

Answers.

Wow, I really should start updating this a bit more often - but as the SUYM DVD becomes a reality, my free time slips further and further into nothingness. I've also got a pretty hectic schedule during the week consisting of (but not limited to) school, intermural flag football, frisbee, running and work. Top that off with Saturday hockey games (which you should probably come to) and its almost overwhelming. It's such a load that towards the end of the week I have to literally DRAG myself to class and try to not fall asleep there. Ah, the demanding life I lead...

I've recently joined the Ultimate Frisbee club (I think its actually a club-in-progress, but who's counting?) at college and I've met some absolutely awesome people. This is what consumes most of my Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. I'm sure glad Josh asked Ashley & I to play. The whole group is a class-act. You really couldn't ask for better people.

Wrapping it all up, I sure am glad for what I've got. From school to friends, everything is perfect. Well, almost perfect. See, I've been really taken by a girl down here at Cal. While I'm no stranger to actually trying to talk to somebody like this (you're probably all well-aware by now that I like it when the girl shows interest first) but my demanding lifestyle discussed above really limits the amount of free time I get during the week. That, combined with the fact that while I'm pretty infatuated with her - it seems that she's not interested WHATSOEVER. Seems pretty ironic - seeing as how I'm actually interested in somebody for a change and its just not happening with her. I'll keep trying though and let you all know whats happening in the wacky world of Crock.

Wish me luck,
-Crock