Back(Awesome) & Pissed(For Real).

Yeah, I'm back.

So sorry about the whole "blog abandonment" these past few weeks, but I've not been gone without reason.

About a week ago, my awesome girlfriend - LaResa - invited me to Oil City to spend a few days with her and meet the family. I really enjoyed my time there with them, so I ended up staying three days. I met a lot (and I mean A LOT) of good people who really made me feel welcome. In fact, its probably the best experience I've had with a significant other's family in all my years on this earth. They really are awesome people.

I then came home for a few days to work. Yay. Work. Its boring, however rewarding. We'll not go into it, but it involves (a great deal) of what I'm going to school for - Information Systems.

After a couple days of work I get a phone call from LaResa (she's still in Oil City) and we both agree its probably best if I came back up for a few (more like four) more days.

There's so much to say about both trips to Oil City. So many stories about the family, friends, relatives and kids (Autumn & McKenzie, especially).

Wrapping it up, today LaResa & I babysat her God-Daughter, Autumn. Autumn & I played "Dr. Squirrel" with a buncha dog toys, and Connect-4. God I love kids. :-) LaResa & Autumn decided that it would be funny if they dressed me up with accessories from the game "Pretty Pretty Princess"... I think LaResa enjoyed it more than Autumn... Ugh...

There you have it.

I just got back from work. This is seriously the first time I've spent at my PC all week. Sorry for the delay, I just have lots going on anymore.

And man, life is good. :-)

I'm in a rather "blargh" mood though. Lots of crap running through my mind. I've not just been spending time with LaResa lately, though. I've been doing a lot of learning via observation. Sometimes its just good to kick back and soak it all in - and I've been trying to do this as of late. I'm, very slowly, learning a lot about the quality of people.

Through the passed few months, I thought I made some key friendships - you know, friendships that have the capacity to endure and last. However, it seems I may have been mistaken. Some people, can appear totally and entirely on the straight & narrow. Some people appear dull, morose and outright bad. Then there's the type of people who are absolutely fake. Those, are the worst type.

I'm venting. Kill it here if you don't wanna read a vent-blog. Otherwise, here's what I have to say about what I mentioned above. I'm not the best when it comes to judging character. The reason behind this is because I purposely try NOT to judge character. I just want to let everyone be themselves and respect each person for who they are - because, after all, they are unique beings who are both fascinating and - at the very roots of it all - true to themselves. Fake people seems to have difficulty with being true to themselves, and therefore being true to others.

I've definately been misled by a close friend of mine, and I regret having not seen it sooner. I guess its my own fault for putting so much faith into somebody before actually knowing them. Shame one me for trying to see the good in people. Everyone deserves respect.

Characters like this; I do not need in my life. I consider them a "cancer"- a disease that breeds question in the things I should never come to doubt. They are a plague that courses through our social body and breaks it down for nothing more than unjust amusement. I don't tolerate this crap, and I certainly won't be part of it.

Life is far too short to keep looking over my shoulder to cover my back - since I should be always looking straight ahead. NEVER BACKWARDS.

So here's what I've come to know; I know my true friends. God knows I love them more than anything I can imagine. I know my family. God knows I couldn't and wouldn't be here without them. God knows that friendships forged are friendships loved. To break me by denying my friendships and love, is to hurt me. And damnit, I hurt.

Happy? You bet I am. I love life, my family, my friends and LaResa.
Upset? You bet I am. I feel awfully betrayed.

In the end, all I really was looking for is a person who can respect another person unconditionally. Somebody with morals, values and virtues. Somebody I can relate to. Somebody like me. I guess you weren't even close - though you really had me fooled.

On sleepless roads the sleepless go,

-Crock

Boo, Williams!

I'm fairly confident that if somebody named "Williams" read the title of my blog that they'd be scared. Sorry, Williams, you scare too easily. (I'm sure I scared Rollo.)

It's been a while since I did some housekeeping around here so lets just be off with it.

Hockey season ended with a fantastic game over the weekend. It was a playoff game vs. a team named Chaos (they usually pummel us, but lately we've been stickin' it to them hard!). Anyway, we start the game off leading 2-0. As the game progresses we end up being down 7-5 late in the third period. I try my best at my usual heroics and end up making it 7-6 by scoring a goal with little over a minute remaining in the game. We pull the goalie and we put the pressure on HARD in their end. I get an opportunity for a quick-hitting shot that requires a really nifty move. I make the move, but I totally WHIFFED on the shot, sending the puck into the corner. We never got another shot on net. Game: Chaos. They're good sports, I hope they do well.

Finals will be over tomorrow. I'll be taking a final for a class I haven't gone to since before Thanksgiving break. Call me lazy, but I think that class was a huge waste of my time. Can't wait til its over for good.

My new job is friggin awesome. Last night I ended up showing the girl who was training me how to fix a PC that was crashing. I had it fixed in a matter of three minutes, no lie. I'm very happy with the atmosphere and quality of people with whom I work. Everyone's so helpful and KNOWLEDGABLE. They know their shit. For once in my life, I'm not working with a complete group of novices. You have no clue how much I appreciate that. I can have conversation about things I know about and expect good conversation. Excellent.

We're forging ahead with DVD plans for SUYM Season I, however we're pressed for time anymore because we're working so much. As you're probably already aware, we have been producing lots of radio shows - that keeps us sharp during our downtime and is a lot of fun. Also, its easier to get guests onto the radio show than into a film, and we love involving friends.

Welp, as you can see this update had absolutely NOTHING to do with Boo or Williams. I don't even know why I chose that title. I really haven't had much to say lately, nor do I at the moment.

Ice - Out,

-Crock

A couple of ducks.

A couple of days ago, I was driving on a back road on my way to class when a couple of ducks decided to pick a fight in the middle of the road. This is how I believe it all started:

It seems to me that duck #1 (lets call him "DMX") got into a tiff with duck #2 (we can call this one "Abraham" since he looked so liberating) over bread-crumbs. DMX probably accused Abraham of taking a few more bread crumbs than he should have (and judging by duck-mass-weight-ratios, Abraham sure looked guilty). Some hateful and hurtful things were said. DMX called Abraham a "crumb-snatching load of quack". Abraham, never much for wit, proceeded to insult DMX's mother; which led to physical confrontation. DMX threw down. He chased after Abraham, following him down a hill and onto the road in which I was traveling. Upon reaching the middle of the road, DMX tackled Abraham and began to peck him. I broke it up by driving around them, startling them into peace. While looking into my rear-view mirror as I passed them, I noticed that they agreed to both take measures to control their anger and share in the bread crumbs.

It's nice to see that ducks can work things out like civilized human beings, even when one was just as wrong as the other.

Today, I had a presentation that went well. I also have to be in Pittsburgh at 1:30pm to complete some paperwork for the job I accepted. (A few blogs ago I told you about a job interview, well I got the position. Yay for me.) Afterwards, I'm gonna hang out in Pittsburgh for a while then come back here to work out. Hit me up if you're not busy later tonight, I'd like to hang out or go to a movie or rent a movie or whatever.

Later on,

-Crock