All Smiles From Here On Out

I sit before my computer tonight a much more distinguished man. For i am no longer just an ordinary kid going to school- i am now a Hofstra graduate (unofficially) and for the first time i feel the Pride of Hofstra University.  As u might have guessed, the commencement ceremony was today, and baby it was cold outside. It really wasnt the nicest day for a graduation to be held outside but we made it work. The weather actually started out pretty nice, giving everyone the false sense of happiness.  The sun was shinging brightly off my freshly polished shoes as i walked through the side streats of Hofstra University. I had almost a Trovolta like Sat. Night Fever strut going on as i walked into the stadium. Let me back it up a second. I always wanted to step foot on like a big league stadium or field, of course i wanted to do it playing a sport but my homosexual like ability always prhibited me from it. Today was the day i marched onto that hofstra turf with pride and i actaully felt like i deserved to be on that field. Considering the people i was graduating with i could have been some what of an all-star, metaphorically speaking. Anyway, i sat down (i had a sweet aisle seat so i saw every school of business grad pass by on their way to be seated) and i had a smile from ear to ear..more so than usual. Now i didnt even want to go to this damn ceremony but im sort of glad i did. It really allowed me to see the extent of my achievement. Once the president of the school (Dr. Stuart Rubinowitz- god, i love that name) started speaking the rian started and every1 started getting cold and wet.  Hofstra was able to supply us with ponchos and small water bottles and we gutted through the rest of the ceremony. The special guest speaker was the CEO of HBO. He was witty and kept his speach brief which is always a way to get a louder ovation...Senator Chuck Schumer was also in attendance and he one-uped the previous speaker by ripping up his prepared speach (b/c of the rain), and he just wished us all good luck. Then it was time to walk..i saw my friend meg get up there, and i cheered like i was a retarded kid at a wrestling match. Then i saw a few peeps from high school graduate (those people i was quiet for lol). Once it was my turn i took my time, soaking it all up. My slow walk and powerful handshake made me feel euphoric if only for a couple of seconds. It is a big accomplishment since i've been working at it since preschool. I'm only the second Catanzaro in the history of our heritage to obtain a 4 yr degre so its kind of monumental for me. Anywya once my name was called, i took a quick picture ans skipped out on the rest of the ceremony. From there my immediate family and i went out for some gyros and i was home in time to watch the yankees/ mets game. It was a sweet afternoon, the only thing that would have been sweeter is if my lady was there. I guess she didnt feel like coming to the ceremony which was kinda crushing to me b/c i had so much i wanted to tell her..i wasnt gonna tell her that i loved her or anything like that but i was gonna tell her how much meeting her meant to me. How she made me realize that hofstra had more to offer than just out dated lesson plans, and girls with STDs. I called her b4 the ceremony started but she didnt pick up, so i guess im gonna have to write that dreaded email. Ah well, even that couldnt bring me down today.

I also learned that i  passed the class that  i was stressing out about. Not only did i pass i got a C+!!! Now i knoww i didnt deserve that grade but i aint complaining. In fact i wrote my professor a letter thanking him for the grade lol. I aslo got an A in another class that i was expecting a B in. Everything's going right for the first time in my life.

I got my speeding ticket reduced yesterday from 6 pts to 3 and those points will be wiped out in like 2 months. The poiunts are actually a failure to yield rather than speeding so i guess its not a bad deal.

Next week i start my summer class and its gonna be a good 1!!! My teacher isn't an easy grader but his class is simple enough...and i heard from a reliable source he lets everyone out early. So it'll be a pleasure to take this class and then i just have 1 more remaining, Anthroplogy with a mystery teacher. But u know what? Who gives a shit, I FUCKIN GRADUATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats all i wanted to say today, so study up kids and u too can feel important one day..So next step becomes meeting Puck....in the real world..i cant wait!! Bur first the prom- lol! THE SUMMER OF ECITEMENT HAS BEGUNNNNNN!

What next?

Alright, i have a lot to say so i might be all over the place but just try and stick with me if u can. The running theme is "what next" so if u get it, u get it, if not- dont worry about it.

I'm not in the best of moods tonight cuz i had a really hard final today and im actaully questioning my ability to pass the class. I always strive for a high GPA but some classes are brutal and u just hope to pass.  For me, anything involving math is like kryptonite. I despise it! SO if i can pass ill take whatever grade i can get. A c is my lowest grade i have received at Hofstra but i'm praying for a D. I'm stressing out about this and if i do fail i know its not the end of the world but i will bitch and moan about it like it is. We'll have to see what happens.

Anyway I saw a blast from the past the other day at Hofstra . Erica Downey was getting her cap and gown the same time i was. I always liked Erica as a person. Shes got a sweet and plesant personality, and she would always say hello, which seems stupid but when ur a geek like me it mens a lot. So we got the talking and shes going for her masters in queens and getting married in like 2 weeks and she seems to have everything going for her then she asked me what i've been up to and i was like 'umm i play cards and work at Saf-t-swim". It kind of sounded a lot cooler in my head. I am so eager to start a new chapter of my life because the previous pages might have well have been left blank.

I went to Adelphi's Senior Formal Dance in the Hamptons on Friday night with Angelica from work. It wasn't a date but rather me being nice and going cuz i know she reallly wanted to go plus it was a good way to prepare for the prom.I dint know any1 which i was happy about. The dance itself was ok - ang's friend was cool and her b/f was nice too so i was able to chill with them at times. He got trashed though and i had to take them home once we got back to li...i wasnt happy about that.  A few key notes. 1-  Adelphi is not nearly as nice as Hofstra. 2- Adelphi chix: EHHH! 3- Bon Jovi is still the shit. 4- People don't know when to say when. It was open bar and the night eneded sooo much later than it was supposed to b/c the bus rides were delayed due to some asshole chicks being too drunk to even stand..yelling and screaming at each other. One of the girls had to be physically restrained and eventually escorted of the bus. Everyone was heckling the lushes (including myself) and she left the bus to a standing ovation. Then the bus was delayed again cuz people were smoking on the bus. I swear people are just friggen assholes. All in all the nite was ok but i was fed up cuz it was too long i got home close to 5 am with work at 9.

I'm trying to take off from work on sat. I got a speeding ticket to try and get out of. then i got my graduation the next day so i just wanna chill this weekend. Not to mention i got to find a ledge to jump off of if i fail finance.

You know what i hate: exagerations. Everyone uses them from time to time, i even did it with my last sentance but some people do it too freakin much. I dont wanna name any names here but i have a friend, we shall call him James Herierro just to protect his identity. Well my friend, Mr Herrero, called me one day cuz we were supposed to go to the movies that night. He called me cuz he was stuck at school and he said he had to cancel our plans cuz his cousin, we'll call her Melissa Boffman, (again protecting the identities), was going to pick him up and then go to the hospital to visit his father. He then says to me, u know what forget it- ill go see the movie with you...just come pick me up at school. Well i said no thats alright, to be honest im not comfortable driving to there (cuz i've never driven there before) and i didnt wanna take him away from his family cuz thats more important than a movie (although it was sin city). Anway the conversation ended with him saying to me and i quote: "alright buddy, im sorry i kind of ruined your night". So then i go online and another friend, we shall call him Andrew Zirenda IMs me and asks me to go to the movies..so i said alright, y not...Next thing i know Mr. Herrero is telling everyone within the sound of his voice that i stranded him at school, which is complete and utter hogwash considering he canceled on me. Now i dont wanna start an arguement cuz i know fighting with him his a winless battle plus its not that big of a deal cuz everyone already knows that driving has never been my thing. If he needed me to pick him up at his house and take him somewhere i'd gladly take the trip (i dunno about gladly but i'd do it). Anywya i've spent to much time on this topic already and I still dunno if u really got the jist of the story here.Just know that i hate exagerations and if u find urself exagerating to the point where its become a bold face lie thenu deserve to get slapped in the face with a tube sock filled with loose change. thats all.

I have been eagerly anticipating this summer. I've actally labeled it the summer of excitement because i have only 2 more summer classes (i hope!!!) Than its off to the real world. I have this vision of myself in 10 years walking off the train, pausing, and looking at the big city with a smile on my face and a briefcase in my hand getting ready to work. I als have this vision of getting railed in the ass- because that was one of the gayest statements u'll ever hear from me. But anyway i'm sure my story book dreams will shatter like a glass bottle in a bar room brawl. I know whatever i'll end up doing will not be what makes me happy and ill spend the rest of my life wishing i became a dentist or something. And thats what i fear the most. Money is nice but its not my determining factor. I dont crave big and fancy toys. my dream car is a pt cruiser and when i was a kid i wanted to own a drug store and sell gum rather than most kids who wanted to be an astronaut, pilot, or even president. I just want to go to work and be happy and fuck the rest. As long as i can get by -i'll make it work i just want happiness.

Quick Yankee note- Jason Giambi should be shot in the face with a bazooka! I wish the yankees would sell him for a bag of crackerjacks and a snack to be named later. He's awful, in fact hes below that. Yeah hes got like a 8 game hitting streak but they are some of the most pathetic hits possible. The only hit i'd like to see from him is when he hits the ground after a sniper takes him out at home plate. But toher than that GO YANKS!

I ordered my tux for prom.  Its a standard black tux with a white shirt. I ordered a blue vest but its either dicontinued or some shit so now i gotta go back and pick out another vest..last time i ordered a tux there they f'd up the vest too.

I had my last class with my Hofstra hunny yesterday. It was a very sad occurance, we took our final and she finished first so she said good bye but then we met up again in the comp lab and we said our goodbyes for what could be the last time...tear. SHe said shes gonna find me at graduation and i hope so cuz i have no friends to sit with and id want my last memmories of hofs to be with her. SHe's going to law school in florida after she graduates so it prob. will be the end of a nice realtionship but she meant a lot ot me cuz i thought all hofstra people were assholes till i took retail management. I got stuck in a group with complete opposites but we all clicked and everytime i see those jokers i stop and say hi. they changed my whole hofstra experience, especially her...so i'll be sure to thank her for that when i see her if not she'llbe getting a lengthy email or a phone call - who knows.

I think that pretty much covers the nuts and bolts of whats going on in my life..anything else i'll keep u posted but till then enjoy the summer of excitement..the heat is ON!

A Special Kind of Champion

Rather than give u all my routine "end of semester rant" of how swamped with work i was, i decided to actually get the work done and then comment. I had to do 3 group presentations within 2 days and term papers and tests gallore. It was nutty but then again i've come to expect that at hofstra. I was able to bang out the work in a timely fashion but the presentations always make me nuts.. i usually stress out all week long when i have to do a presentation so with 3 scheduled in 1 week i thought i'd be a bigger wreck then ground zero (i still feel bad about making references to that but its the only wreck that came to mind). But i was actually pretty calm leading up to my presentations. My first presentation was in Advertising. i had to present slides on Gender Ads. It seems like a piece of cake and i was rather confident until i got up there. When reading my part off the slides i was very jittery and started to shake like michael j fox in a tub of cold water (wow im just an asshole today). But i gutted my through it. The next class i had to present on Dell computers. This class required us NOT to read from the slides but instead present confidently only using index cards as a reference. Now again i was nervous as hell but i actually performed ok. The teacher actually commented saying that i seemed confident and was very effective in walking up and down the aisles..the truth was i had so much nervous energy that i could have ran for a mile and if it werent for the discomfort i felt in my feet from my 1989 pair of hush puppies, i just might have. But anywya i muscled through that 1 too. The last presentation would be the one i dreaded the most. My group consisted of slackers..good kids but slackers. I had to be the powerpoint man as well as the group leader and the guy who revised all the papers.This required a lot of work and alone time in the computer lab..not on purpose alone time, my group just likes to set a day and time and not show up..but whatever. When it came time to present..we thought we'd be ok. The first girl to present whose smooth as silk (which is why i loveeeeee her), then she passed it off to this kid named danny. Danny is a funny guy and a good guy but turns out an awful speaker. He starts the presentation then he abbuptly stops excuses himself and walks out the door! I thought he hada go to the bathroom or something. AN overactive bladder can strike at any time and as we all know whenugotta go, u gotta go. It turns out it was nerves and he needed a few MINUTES to recoup. During the first few seconds we all just stand there in shock.Not to mention,  if my nerves werent already bouncing like a basketball in the bronx, believe me they are now. This kid had 1 slide but he was supposed to go on for atleast 3 mins discussing it. So the next girl went, and then Danny was able to come back and do his part. SO when it became my turn i was just thinking get through it- atleast u wont be as bad as Dan the jitter man. But the truth is it calmed me down- seeing that i wouldnt be the worst presenter i was able to read my slides with little to no problems. I still think the project itself is the worst thing i ever put my name on but i feel good about what i was able to accomplish. Now if u were smart u would have seen that this paragraph was going nowhere by the second sentance and u would have skipped it but u didnt, instead u were forced to hear my endeering story of overcoming my fears and triumphing like a true champion over an unlikely opponent, my own damn nerves... i feel like i won a foot race against a bunch of quadrapolegics at the special olympics. Im pathetic.

I'm still not out of the woods yet. I have finals and a term paper still due next week. I'm stilll struggling(although failing is more like it) in finance and i hope to God i am able to pull out a decent grade...like a C.

OK i dont have much else to say but i found something i wrote a few weeks ago in the comp lab and i thought i should share it:

 I really question how much my degree will be worth once i graduate. Now i dont mean to go off on a rant here but it seems as if hofstra has turned into a school for the mentally defecient. I'm sitting in the comp lab next to a few kids that look like they just got off the short bus after a long shift at burger king. Now i know im not the sharpest knife in the drawer but these kids in my graduating class must be plastic spoons or something. It just seems that people are getting progresively stupider.I dont know if its drugs, tv, or rap music but something has turned those minds into the dumpster. I think teachers are somewhat to blame. These college professors sit in front of the class wearing their docker pants and buttoned down shirts resite the same lesson plan that they've been doing since 1983. Guess what? Regan isnt president, USSR disbanded and the spice girls have broken up. Getwith it..oh and nice pants asshole. It wouldnt hurt if these teachers put more thought and more creativity to their lessons. Power point slides and lectures are fine but they can be less entertaining than a upn sitcom. Games and incentives help aid the education process. Obviously im not punking out all these teachers. i've learned a lotfrom teachers who know exactly what they are doing. Obviously not everyone has been challenged mentally instead it looks like they are mentally challenged. Now im not saying i've found an actecdote for education b/c its not going to work for everyone. Kids are going to be rude, disruptive and uncooperative- thats life. But i think the results will be better.

Back in Black

Today started out well. Bert and I headed over to the gym for an early cardio work out. Recently I've been doing cardio more frequently b/c i'd really like to go to the beach this summer and i dont want to be ashamed of myself. My physique has always been a problem for me. Either i was too wimpy looking with my string bean arms and a lanky frame or i had a gut that would only be admirable with a red and white suit on December 25th... but i've been putting in some time at the gym so hopefully its a different story this year. As it is i'm the most out of shape out of all my friends (or all that would go to the beach) so i need some extra work. Anyway after a quick half hour work out where i almost drowned in my own sweat i came home to do some errands. Ran to the bank, went food shopping, took my mom to physical therapy, etc.

My day took a turn for the worse when i found out that one of my boy hood idols had passed away.I really felt like a large part of me had died.  I believe i might have actually written about him on here once before. His name was Chris Candido and he was the original No Gimmicks Needed. He was a profesional wrestler in every essance of the phrase. He wasn't all about catch prhases or about high risk maneuvers, instead he wrestled. He did the little things that some how get over looked by most in the business but not by me. I admired his work ethic and his ability to be himself. He was never a main eventer but when his music hit (ac/dc) he would always strut down to the ring as if he was the highlight of the night. Not for any other reason but b/c he believed he was. He'd wrestle from bell to bell and then he'd go to the back allowing all the other wrestlers to cater to the crowd. The man was all business and thats why i loved him. I adopted the sn and the attitude. He certainly will be missed not only by me but by the world who lost one last true person who didnt pretend to be something he wasn't. He was who he was... with no gimmicks needed.

It really is amazing how many wrestlers have passed away at a young age. Candido was only 33!! Brian Pillman, Owen Hart, Ravishing rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, Big Dick Dudley, Crash Holly, Pitbull #2, British Bulldog, Dino Bravo, and Miss Elizabeth are all prime examples of famous names in the wrestling bus that are wRESTling in peace (lol), what i mean is they all died at an early age. It's upsetting how wrestling has become the leading cause of death amongst young males.

Back when WNEW was the shiznit i used to listen to that station from morning till night. From sports guys to Ron and Fez..i'd listen and laugh all day long. Throught the years the station has gone through more make overs than Rupaul and it pretty much disposed of all quality radio. So I bought Xm radio just cuz of Opie and Anthony (the funniest show in the world). They were the corner stone at WNEW before they got fired and the reason i'd run home from school every day. Now I am extremely happy with my purchase of XM  however i kind of was a little upset at what sirius has to offer.  I'd gladdly take O&A over Howard Stern but i like Jim breuer and the radio chick (who is a former WNEWer). Xm offers some alternatives like Chris Jericho and such but nothing else big. That is until today!! well kind of. I heard rumors that Opie and Anthony are bringing the band back together. If this is true ROn and Fez will be on XM RADIO and i'll never be happier!!!

I'm going to the yankee game tomorrow. it looks like the weather is going to suck and they have a chineese rookie pitching but im still looking foward to it. It's my first game of the season but best of all i get to go with my brother who i barely spend time with. He's not a ynakee fan but he won tickets and had no1 else to go withlol. It should be a good time though..or if past history serves as any indication we will have an awful time, come home pissed off and at each others throats. Either way it will be an eventful day.

SO i was upset to see that the BSB are back together. Those bastards ruined my bid for a shot at stardom.  But its just further proof of my theory. Boy Bands = $$! Thier new song sucks but its tearing up the charts b/c the little ladies are starving for eye candy. It could have been me..damn it!!!!

A Fair Jury

It's been kind of a busy week for me.  I went to Hofstra's job fair a couple of days ago. Let me tell you, it was one of the most intimidating experiences i've ever had in my life. I walked into this big room and i saw all these suits and potential employers looking at me. I stepped off to the side and pretended to look through my folder of resumes but i was just stalling for time until i was able to regain my composure. Once i gained enough courage i walked up and down the aisles trying hard not to make contact with these people but just getting a guage of what companies were there. After scoping out the area i stopped by a few jobs but i dont think anything looked too promising. I didnt expect the job search to be easy so im not gonna let this discourage me at all. I have plenty of time to find the right job.

I also attended jury duty on monday. Man was that ever a giant waste of time. I've been to so many boring classes but imagine a long day of doing nothing but waiting for ur name to be callled, thats exactly what jury duty is. I got there at about 8 and after like a hour or so of waiting they show this gay ass video of how the justice system was back in the day and how much we have evolved. Then they showed us another video of how juries are selected and why its important to serve. Its all a bunch of garbage, they know it sucks to be there but they are trying to numb our brains with this idioisy. Anyway after all that drivel, some dude gets on a mic and called for all non- US citizens, ex cons and college students to go into a seperate room. I was like "sweet jesus, this is my ticket out of jury duty!" but they said they they could only delay it so i said nah with that..i'll take my chances.. so then i had to go back and wait. While waiting a judge gets on the mic and tries to be funny..but he wasnt. I hope to God that he's better at serving justice then uplifting the crowd because the place looked like the emergency room at a hospital once he left.  Then they got some chick to talk about donating blood. When all that was over I waited for a few hours until 12:30 when i thought they were gonna release every1 for lunch but instead they let every1 go for the day and asked us to come back the next day. SO there i was the next day bored out of my mind until about 3 o clock when my name was finally called along with a host of others. We all found our seats when a woman came in and told us the good news. "we were no longer needed". I didnt even get called to a case which was sweet but a waste of time for sure. As of right now im done with jury duty for atleast 6 years.

I went to Chilis on thursday for a coworkers b-day. I have the rep at work as the anti-social kid who never makes an appeanace and its true. To be totally honest i usually hate work related events cause i cant help but feel left out and dont have muych in common with a lot of people. I decided to go to this one b/c bert was going and i had no other plans. I expected the worst but it was actually pretty fun. The food was good, a drink a little bit, and even the waitress was looked good. After chillis we went to a couple bars and just kicked back. All and all a pretty good nite. We were gonna go out another night to but plans got scratched so i just wound up chilling at home.

I have been driving with an outdated inspection sticker recently. i dont know how i forgot to get it inspected but im gonna just head down to my mechanic tomorrow and see if he can squeeze me in.

A Killer Smile

These past few days have been anything but uplifting, i'm actaully failing a finance class and my work load has doubled in size for the the final month of the semester however, for some reason unbeknownst to me my mood has been pretty damn chipper. Now granted i'm a pretty happy guy for the most part with a car salesman like smile from ear to ear and constant giggling but i also have those "south oaks moments" as i like to call them where i wanna gut myself.  But recently its been all smiles and the only thing i can attribute that to is the beautiful weather. i'm def. not in love and i have no hobbies so thats gotta be it. Anway, I've been humming songs at work and ROCKING OUT in my car to songs that are down right embarassing but at the same time some-what therapeutic. I never knew i memorized the words to songs by Jewel, and O-town but if u would have seen me on Hempstead Turnpike you would have thought i was the lead singer for a cover band. Which by the way has got me thinking i missed my calling. I shouldn't be a marketing major, where's the money in that? Where am i gonna go with that useless degree, instead i should be a pop singer. So im extending an open invitationm to any1 within my reach..if u wanna start up a boy band let me know. The world has been missing a good boy band since the untimely demise of n'sync and with a little help i think i can start a revoultion. Even if i have just 1 hit song thats all i need. Look at hanson they were on top of the world for a couple months until the world realized they were awful and they have been living in the lap of luxury ever since.

"Do u realize that dropping a grape into a pool of wine is equivalent to dropping a dead body into a pool of blood." This thought provoking quote was given to me by a classmate of mine.At first glance i thought the kid was a nut bag but after lengthy conversations he's actually quite intelligent. He's got the skin head look, equiped with army pants and a backback with a "tool" patch strategically placed in the center. He's always got something funny or interesting to say (although an example escapes me at the moment) when u ask him a question and thats such a difference from myself. I look at myself as a talking magic 8-ball. I give the shortest answers with not even a hint of detail. Come to think of it I'm james' worst nightmare. He's a talking machine and when its my turn i retort with 1 word answers..ehh maybe he'd prefer that. who knows, who cares..its prob too late for me to change anyway.

This journal is like Fight Club in the sense that the only rule is never to talk about it in public. It's embarassing enough that i have a journal but i dont want to answer questions to those who didn't know i have 1 or find it gay or stupid. Not that there opiniuon matters to me but why waste my time answering questions to hypocritical people, u know? Thats the primary reason i left a link of this on my homepage and have never said a word about it to anyone. I'm not the guy wo posts it on their away message or anything b/c im not trying to get readers, in fact when i write this stuff my intent is to speak freely so the less people i know that read this the more free i am to talk. Don't get me wrong i like getting feedback and it makes me feel good when people think the stuff i write is comical but i like to keep it strictly on the DL. The only reason i havent completely blocked every1 is that i know a few people actually look foward to it and i know i could never say anything bad about them anyway.

Keeping with movie related opening sentences, I saw Amityville Horror last night..and it was pretty suspenseful. Scarier than what i originally thought and def. scarier than most horror films. It's still not a jump out of ur seat and hide behind the fat guy in the third row type of film but overall pretty good. Scarier than the Ring 2, Cabin Fever, White Noise, Constantine, Freddy vs. Jason, and every other recent suspense flick. Not as good as sin city but all and all a good movie. Ryan renolds' character was sick and he was surprisingly jackedddddd. It must have been from working out with Triple H during filming of Blade 3...but then agian i think wrestling is the answer to all questions... After the movie we drove past the actual house but nothing cool happened. I was hoping for something cool like a light to flash or something but the house just looked ordinary.

I got selected for jury duty and i have to appear monday at the court house. I hate that shit. Thats one of the reason i didnt vote in the past election but they got me anyway. So lets hope i get out of it...i also got summoned to appear for the speeding ticket that happend over a year ago.Those of u who don't know the story, dont worry there isnt 1... I was cruising along and i get stopped cuz it was a school zone...hopefully it gets pleaded down and i just pay a fine and ill be on my way.

Thats all for now. Enjoy the beautiful weather.

Game Time

Last night I experienced my first basketball game ever as me, james, ant, and Simeone hit up the Continental Airlines Arena to watch the Knicks battle the Nets.  It wasn't much of a battle as the Nets pretty much pissed all over my beloved knicks but i still had a pretty good time. The highlight of my nite happend soon after we arrived at the arena. After checking out the lay out of the arena, Mike pointed out that we were extremely close to where the knicks enter the court. Once mike mentioned that the wheels were turning and I kind of convinced them to take a walk over there and see if we can see any of the players and get some autographs. Now lets briefly rewind to before the game while waiting for the trian, me and ant were talking about basketball and he mentioned that he met michael sweetney- who is my my favorite player. He is this chubby looking guy (resembles fat albert) and he doesnt look quick but hes actually pretty damn fast. Anyway i told tony that other than him i like "the junk yard dog" Jerome Williams, "Penny" Hardaway, and Trevor Ariza. Now fast foward back to when we were at the arena. i'm standing along the rail amongst a sea of 10 year olds (which shows how sad i am) while the guys are just sitting down chilling. All of a sudden i see the Junk yard dog doing some streches. I immediately start barking b/c thats his call. He hears the bark and barks back!! Now by this time the little kids are screeming his name and beggin for an autograph. I jumped on this oppurtunity like an olympic gymnist jumps on a balance beem...full throttle baby lol.  With marker in hand i got Jerome to sign my Knicks hat (thanx Gina) then Trevor ariza comes out and i get him to sign it too!!! I was happy as a clam at this point. Its childish but for some reason it really makes me so happy  to get autographs. So being that i got two of favorite players' autographs i was set for the nite...then i saw Walt Clyde Frazier. Walt is a legendary knick who announces all the games on TV. I hada get him so right before the game started i got close and got his autograph!!!! It was awesome!!! Most of the autographs didnt come out clear but it doesnt matter cuz its not like id ever sell them Things like that represent a memorry and thats worth more than money. Sooo other than that the knicks let me down as they only played hard for about 10 minutes but whatever- they have nothing to play for they aren't going to the playoffs so i guess it doesnt matter. All and all the game was enjoyable.

Yesterday was a long day with little time to spare.  i missed my first class on purpose cuz its just a waste of time and credits. I was also stressed cuz i had 2 tests to study for and i didnt complete an assignment..so whatever i skipped it. Then i took a test which turned into a group test with the whole class exchanging answers and the teacher giving us hints. it was the most fun i ever had while taking a test. The next class we did group work and discussed a case study and fianlly in my last class i took a test which i dont think i did particullarly well but thats nothing new this semester...i just wanna graduate!! So after the test i rocketted home to try and make the 4:30 deadline to the train station which could of happend but didnt cuz the plans were in disarray so we went to seaford and rushed around the city but we made it there with plenty of time.

I like to pride myself on a few things. One thing is to always be prepared as was the case at the b-ball game where i brought a marker and 2 seperate hats (one for each team). Another example of this is when it started pouring out and i was the only 1 to have a hood..but in cases of bad weather im always prepared with gloves or whatever else. In the event of a tornado i'm sure ill be prepared for it...Another thing i pride myself on is the care i take in things i own. I like to keep my car pretty clean, i like to have my computer running smoothly and above all else i like to have my cell phone working in tip top shape. I'm not the type of guy who plays hackey sack with his phone or breaks off the antenna. So when i lent anthony my phone and he told me it wasnt working i was a little pissed off. Not at him cuz i know its not his fault but just pissed in general. My phone has been acting funny recently. Its been shutting off automatically and yesterday the pin was locked or something. So i spent much of the 3rd quater of the game trying to hack the code until i finally gave up. During this time James was being so annnoying. He kept tellin me to watch the game and making stupid jokes but i was already pissed and his comments nearly drove me to violance. I love the kid but at times i just wanna smack his oversized head with a huge frying pan (and thats putting it nicely lol). I know i was missing the game but the knicks were down 20 points and my phone is important to me! I know i dont answer it but in case of an emergency i like to have it handy.  After the game tony called up nextel for me and got the code so it had a happy ending.

Sidebar: I LOVE Aunt Annies Pretzels! I'd marry that woman in a heart beat if she promised to make me a pretzel a day..i'd even settle for 1 huge batch a month. I dont care if shes 90 yrs old and has false teeth... as long as she makes delicious pretzels i will love her till the day she dies.

I dont wanna bore u guys with more sports related stories so ill keep this short and sweet. Wrestlemania was all that i had hope for and a little more. In some parts it let me down but in others i was more entertaining than i had originally thought possible lol. Good times.

Today i was washing cars like whoah. My family has 6 cars between the 5 of us and 4 out of the 6 were washed today. The 2 remaing cars will probably be washed tommorow but i wont be around since i'm working from 8:30 till 3. Thats a lot of numbers so u may wanna reread that to make sure u got all that down.