This seems to be a common theme with me and summer. So tonight Leigh and I were schooling Lydick and Erica almost the whole game. Then we bagged over and lost a nil and they were caught up. Well damn. The pizza was still good (so good I ate more than I should have). So far this summer I guess I’ve kinda closed myself off in my room a bit. I should get out more. Now is as good a time to start as any. Watch me go!

Random shift. I’ve slowly been coming to a realization about myself lately. I’ve mentioned it to a few people, but have yet to share it in much detail here. Some my remember my decision to make changes in my life. I’m still working on some of the goals I set out for myself, but I didn’t expect everything to change all at once.

The biggest thing I’m trying to work on is my relationships with other people. I’m trying to build up some stronger friendships again as they seem to have been suffering in general for a while now. I have been single for the longest period since my junior year of high school, but this time something is different and it seems significant. This brings me back to my realization (can’t quite call it an epiphany): I’m not looking for my next relationship. For the first time in as long as I can remember, I’m happy being single. That’s not to say I wouldn’t take an opportunity to date someone if it came my way, but I’m not searching for it or trying to make opportunities out of nothing as I have done in the past. I’m enjoying being “21 and invincible” (to quote Something Corporate) even if I know I’m not really invincible. But wouldn’t that be cool? Anyway, for now I’m just enjoying myself while I still have the option. It feels good.

Currently Playing: The Ataris – In This Diary

Being grown up isn’t half as fun as growing up
These are the best days of our lives
The only thing that matters
is just following your heart
And eventually you’ll finally get it right

Well, ours. We won the game 12-9 in 5 1/2 innings. It was a pretty good game. We played really good defense for the first time since I’ve been playing this season. No balls got past us in the outfield which is usually where we suffer. Somebody puts a shot past us and the bases empty…but not today. I didn’t have to run around much in the outfield either, which I was grateful for.

I had a single and a double, with a catch to end the game in left center field. It would have been more of a blowout, but they got at least 4 runs on walks. Under the rules of the league, each batter starts with a ball and a strike, so 3 balls is a walk. It’s a coed league where batters alternate male/female, so if you walk a guy to get to a girl, the guy goes to second and the girl has the choice to bat or take first base. That happened several times cause our normal pitcher wasn’t there. But we still won, so all is well. It felt good to win and know we played well.

So that was a happy addition to my day. I’m hoping it doesn’t rain so I can grill out with some people later. I’m looking forward to my steak. Until next time.

Currently Playing: Justin Hulsey – All the Way Down

I’ve seen so many things just come and go
And I’m tired of living my life like just another ghost
‘Cause what you say and what you do might as well be in the past
Well me, I think I’m gonna take a different road, I’m gonna make this dream last
And if I wake up lying face down in the ground
I hope you’ll see I tried my best all the way down

Ok, first thing’s first: we switched back to Haloscan for comments. While it’s cool that Blogger is trying to catch up to the rest of the world and have it’s own comments, they just aren’t quite up to speed yet. Unfortunately, this means that anyone who left comments in the last week or two won’t be able to find them anymore. They aren’t exactly gone, just hidden. Anyway, feel free to go back and fill in previous comments if you want, but keep commenting! It makes us feel loved.

A little about my weekend. I went home on Thursday and hung out with my family a bit. Pretty uneventful. Watched some TV I think, but I’m not remembering anything else exciting.

Friday I was supposed to go to the zoo with a friend, but she had forgotten about an appointment she had in the middle of the day so we decided to go the drive-in instead. The weather was warm (almost too warm) and luckily it decided not to rain on us. We saw Shrek 2 and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Both movies I’d already seen, but considering I saw them both for 8 bucks, it was worth it to see them again. Got home about 2:30 and slept for a few hours.

Considering I had to be up at 8am on Saturday for driving school (due to Spring Break speeding ticket), going to the drive in was not my most brilliant idea but it was fun. The defensive driving class was a big joke. The teacher was nice enough, but the content was as dull and boring than I expected. Almost more so, especially once she told us there was no test, so we didn’t really have to pay much attention anyway. The lack of sleep made it that much more difficult to stay awake for video after video of AAA dullness, and I was literally counting the minutes until 5pm when she’d let us all go. She did throw in a few 20/20 or dateline reports and some cheesy re-enactments that were mildly interesting, but they were all pretty dated so we ended up laughing at them more than actually learning anything. I think the worst thing was that when we finally started talking about laws (a little more interesting) all the 16 year olds in the back started talking so half of us couldn’t hear. They were absolutely silent during every boring video, but then when I actually cared about the topic they wouldn’t shut up! Anyway, she finally let us go slightly before 5pm and I left with my little AAA Driver Improvement Award card that will get me out of an increase in insurance (at least it better).

Saturday night I was just happy to be out of that stupid class, so I didn’t do a whole lot for most of the night. My family started watching Big Fish (good movie, but I’d already seen it), so I decided to find something else to do. Ended up going over to a friends house again to play cards. Then we watched a movie and I came home.

Got up early again to drive back for a check in for Nike Tennis Camp. There was another check in ending which kind of made it a mess to start with, but the Coach in charge is really nice and it wasn’t too big a deal. And now, I’m about to go play softball. Hopefully we’ll actually have an opponent that shows up this week.

Currently Playing: Yellowcard – Empty Apartment

It’s okay to be angry and never let go
It only gets harder the more that you know
When you get lonely if no one’s around
You know that I’ll catch you when you’re falling down
We came together but you left alone
And I know how it feels to walk out of your room
Maybe someday I will see you again
And you’ll look me in my eyes and call me your friend

Hmm…my last two posts started with a question, so this one doesn’t. And when I started this post sometime this afternoon I actually was “on the leash” but now I’m not. That’s a sign it’s been a busy day. Haymaker Hall and all those football players were getting annoying, so when rounds were over around 10pm, I was grateful. Still, I had it easier than the two girls on duty before me so I can’t complain too much.

I had something in mind for this post to begin with, but that was hours ago and I don’t really know where I was going to go with it. I did see some interesting things online today in between Haymaker runs. First was a little old school Super Mario Brothers. I was impressed. Extraordinary feats continue with the fastest stacker of them all. That’s probably old at this point, but it’s still cool. Next, it’s that thing everyone has done at least once, but won’t admit it: taken a bathroom break. I’ve gotta try that sometime. You know This guy went out and bought a sports car the next morning just to feel like a man again. Lastly, some crazy cats. I think my cats at home do at least half that stuff on a weekly basis.

I feel like this kid looks. I’m going to bed.

Currently Playing: Crazy Guitar Lady – Super Mario Brothers 1-1 and 1-2

Big League Chew. That’s right, I went to Dillon’s with Jason today and we found Big League Chew for $0.75 a pouch. So of course we had to buy some. I’ll have to say, though, we were a little saddened by the flavor choices including Curve Ball Cotton Candy and Super Sour Apple. Not exactly the original, though they did have Original flavor which is what we bought. I even bought two.

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That’s a sign this post got derailed during the writing process. Rather than continuing on a different train of thought, I’ll end it here and start another later. I leave you with a thought: I hate doublespeak.

Did you catch the reference at the beginning of the post? Who knows? Jimmy, I know you know.

Currently Playing: Dashboard Confessional – Screaming Infidelities

There are about six people in this building. They are all adult counselors (or something) for a cheer camp that’s starting tomorrow. They don’t really need my supervision or have any reason to come bug me at the desk like the teenage girls will be doing tomorrow. So why am I sitting here? Apparently, it’s time to post.

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I have a thing for remembering names and faces. This is not a new thing, it’s been that way as long as I can remember. I just have a knack for remembering things about people, and if I can’t figure out why I remember them it will bug me until I figure it out. It doesn’t have to be someone I know. Sometimes I’ve only seen a person once, just long enough to notice something significant about them that I’ll recognize the next time around. I guess it’s kind of like the way I can recognize artists on the radio when they come out with a new song and identify announcers on TV commercials and stuff. Is this talent significant? Is it just attention to detail or something else?

Sometimes I feel pretty transparent, and I wonder how often someone actually recognizes me the second time around. I’m not talking about good friends, but people I haven’t necessarily met, just passed by on campus or had in class a semester ago. Occasionally I see the moment of recognition on a person’s face when they realize they’ve seen me somewhere before, but it seems like those moments are few and far between (for me at least). I wonder how long it takes before the impression I might make on a person is forgotten? Then I have to ask myself, what kind of impression am I making anyway? I’d like to think it’s a good one, but sometimes I’m not so sure.

OK, I think not having lots of stuff to do this summer may be my undoing. Anyone who knows me very well at all knows that I compulsively over-analyze everything. Guess what I start to do when I’m bored?

Well, I think this has been sufficiently random so I’ll wrap it up. Don’t forget to leave comments!

Currently Playing: Nothing! Strange I know, but there’s no radio in Boyd and I haven’t broken the rules to install Winamp on this computer yet. If I had the choice it would be Flickerstick – Coke.

So it’s been a long day. A few months ago when I found out that the third installment of the Harry Potter movie series was going to be released in IMAX format, my sister and I agreed we would go see it. We knew that would mean traveling a little ways, but we didn’t realize the closest theater would end up being in Tulsa. Still, we decided to go, and it became an all day event for me.

I left at 9am and picked up a friend. Two hours later, we’re picking up my sister, one of her friends, and another friend of mine in Wichita. Three hours after that (yeah my estimate of drive time to Tulsa was a little off, we’re true fans, what can I say?) we got to the theater. We still made it an hour early, and there were only about 20 or 30 people in line. So we stood around, hung out, laughed at the true Harry Potter fans wearing cloaks and Gryffindor colors. For the record, my sister was almost one of the ones in a cloak. Apparently there was some problem with a sewing machine that prevented it.

If you’ve never been to an IMAX theater, you really need to go. First of all the screen is huge, the sound is awesome, and the picture is crystal clear. Then there’s the movie…wow. It was different from the first two, which I was definitely expecting, but at the same time I still didn’t know what to expect. There were some little artsy transition type things that were obviously different, and of course all the kids are older. The story was modified to save time, but I thought it was done well. The style was great, and the scenes with Buckbeak the hippogriff were amazing. There was only a split second I didn’t believe the CG creation was real, as it takes off with Harry on it’s back for the first time. There were a few details in the story that I thought were important (namely Moody, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs and their history, the explanation of what Harry’s patronus actually is) that got left out to make room for more frivolous stuff (just my opinion). Oh, and I was really hoping to get to see the Sirius Black/Peter Pettigrew showdown in realtime, but I could live without it. There were definitely some excellent additions to the story (most are small), my favorite being near the beginning when all the third year boys are eating animal candy (animal crackers?). All in all, well worth the trip. Two thumbs up, four stars (five? depends on your scale). Go see this movie.

Currently Playing: Staind – Epiphany