ALA Emlaw

A story and some thoughts...

As I was walking in from the bus stop this morning, the crazy 80-something, evangelical janitor was talking to random people and himself, as usual. It was all the normal stuff. Random phrases peppered with a "Praise the Lord!" or the odd "Amen!" when suddenly he seemed to have a very important thought. He stopped shoveling the snow on the sidewalk and declared loudly that "They don't know! They just don't know!"

feeling something special was about to happen... I watched...

He started asking random students walking past questions to do with grounds maintenance. My favorite one went as follows...

Janitor - "Hey young lady! Praise the Lord!"

20-something girl - "Yeah..."

J - "They just don't know!"

G - *Looks quizzical, as if she's not quite sure if he is talking to her or himself...*

J - *Holds up a shovel and points it towards her* "What kind of shovel is this?!"

G - "Uhh... I don't know..."

J - "See! They just don't know! And you're holding all the books! And i'm getting paid!"

G - Walks off quickly

J - "Amen!, young lady!, Amen!"

Made my day!

And now for something completely different.

- When did it become acceptable to go to school (Or even outside for that matter) in pajamas? Half my classes were full of kids in the nightwear. In the afternoon...

- Why does everyone act so surprised when they reach the cash register at work, then spend 10 minutes hunting through an over sized bag for a $5 bill... "Oh I have to pay?!"

- I don't understand people who say they can't go to the bathroom when someone else is in the room (like in a public bathroom). If you don't HAVE to go, why are you in the bathroom?! Stop wasting time!

- Stop wearing those 80's style neon coloured (Lol, red squiggle) sunglasses. You look like a tool and it was cloudy today. I hope you paid too much for them and they break.

- I have not got bored of subway yet. Over a year of a free Veggie sub almost every single day. Eat your heart out Jared! (He probably could, look how big he used to be!)

I think thats all for now. Looking back some of those thoughts are a little mean...

Ah well.

Keep it safe kiddies

Jamie
Veg
Dunch

"Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss

Easy listening... Kinda

Hey all!

So, i've been trying to think of something to post, to keep you all in the loop as to whats going on with me, however, my life is fairly boring right now. I'm just trying to stay busy. I've picked up some extra hours at work and i'm staying at school later in the day, doing homework or reading. I guess you could say i'm more productive, but really... It's just to keep my mind off everything.

Tonight was fun though, Kat and a few of her friends came over and we all watched Hot Fuzz. Great film! It was nice to just sit and laugh with friends for a while!

So anyways, instead of a "Real" update, i'm going to link some music therapy for you all to enjoy! These are just some of the songs i'm enjoying to try andhelp me through this all. Please don't read too much into the message of the song, unless I specify!

note: Those of you reading this on Facebook (I had forgetten this was linked) may want to check the actual blog site, www.jamie-veg.blogspot.com. Not only do you get to hear the songs, but you also give me more traffic! ^_^)

So, on with the songs. If you only listen to one, make it the last one. But I recommend all of them.

This is a lovely song. Again, don't read too much into it.

New Found Glory - Hold my hand.



This is also a great song that you shouldn't read too much into. Classic late night/feeling blue song.

Oasis - Half the world away.



I have recently started to LOVE Reel Big Fish! They have a new album out that is exclusively covers. This song is (for me) a great feeling down song.

Reel Big Fish - Drunk again.



Lastly (for now) a song that most of my English readers will be familiar with. I really need to buy their album, A grand don't come for free.

The streets - Dry your eyes mate



So there we go. A brief glimpse into my music taste at the moment. I really like music, and with the long bus rides every day, this is really helping me adjust.

What do you guys like in situations such as mine?

Keep it safe guys

Jamie
Veg
Đunch

"Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body."
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

Thank God i'm taking this class!

I'm taking a required basic computer skills class, and I have to say, the information I am receiving is astounding! Did you know you can copy and paste a folder OR DOCUMENT anywhere else in the computer?! And you can even change fonts and colours! WITCHCRAFT!

Madness...

I'm typing this while we learn the basics of Word. 'Cause I've never used it. Not even for all my college papers/projects. Ever.

Best part? I got up at 7am for this.

And I have work after.

/sigh

Later guys

Jamie
Veg
Dunch

"ZZZZZzzzzzz" - Me

Some thoughts

“Conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation.”

Ronald Heifetz.


...and thus, the blog returns. For how long, no one can predict. For now, enjoy.

I started this Blog initially as a way for me to let people know of my adventures in America. Once they became less of an adventure and more of a lifestyle, the blog fell to the wayside, unused and outdated. There was no conflict in my life, so there was nothing to talk about. The days were similar, and life was chugging along nicely.

As i'm sure most of you know by now, this has changed in recent weeks. My proverbial boat has been rocked and I am feeling the effects of it. I now have conflict in my life, and so the urge to Blog has returned.

The more I say it, the harder it is for me to believe. "She broke up with me". We have been out of contact for a week or so now, and it all seems so surreal. Something that you thought would always be there suddenly disappears, leaving a void in your life and creating a new social etiquette and awkward conversations with people that really didn't know the situation. I don't wanna run around yelling about how I am recently single, looking for sympathy, but at the same time I don't want to pretend that everything is ok. How are you supposed to act?

I am more neutral about the whole thing than I thought I would be. I'm surprising myself. I know i am normally a pretty relaxed person - It takes a lot to get me upset or angry. But I am dealing with this in a very odd way. My emotions are right below the surface, so I look and act fine, but the smallest stupidest little thing might get me upset. For example, on the way home from school last week, i looked out the bus window and saw a black cat running across this huge snowdrift. All of a sudden I felt so bad for the cat, being out in the cold and probably not knowing where to go because of all the snow changing the terrain. My eyes welled up and I felt TERRIBLE. (I'm actually starting to well up again writing this...) I know it is ridiculous and completely unfounded, but perhaps that's how I'm dealing with this whole thing. Passing the emotion i should be feeling about the breakup towards arbitrary things like a cat out for a nighttime stroll, or a cleverly worded emotional song... Self preservation I guess.

Anyways, i'll try and keep this updated for those of you who care about me and want to know whats going on in my head, without having to make an awkward phone call or something.

- A.J. I still expect you to call me!

Keep it safe guys.

Jamie
Veg
Dunch

To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man's heart. ~Francesco Guicciardini

For the law-abiding one

...sup?

Ok, it's been a long time since I posted. Somewhere in the reigon of three months I believe! I wasn't planning on posting again until I got back to the "Land 'o' the free and the home 'o' the brafe" but I found something that I just had to share.

If my memory serves me right, the inspiration behind the awesome paint radio blog was a fallout boy song in which the characters went "downtown in a lurlelarah" or something. Now i have found another such paint-illustrated song, which you may have heard and I believe Kit has some connection to. Something like his butler once drove him through the comparitive slums of Durham Uni, because daddy wouldn't give him any more money unless he had a degree and while he was there he met the people who wrote it... or something.

Either way, enjoy the song. A quick word of warning though, do have the sound on, dont do it infront of your granny, if you know what i mean. The song has Kits favourite word in it a couple of times...

Enjoy!




Edit: Ignore the bad spelling, both in this post and the song!

Wow....just.... wow!

In keeping with the "Geeky" theme, I bring you the drummer I wish I could be! Anyone know of a way to download the song only, for MP3 useage?



Also, I want a new look for this blog, but nothing that Blogger offers. Anyone know where I can download new skins?

Thanks in advance!

Jamie
Veg
Banana
Dunch

"Hey Jamie! Where's the rest of you? (Meaning Kit and Kessel) Off practicing?" - Head Artichoke
"They need to be!" - Me

Holy super-dorkiness Batman!

So, you know how I'm a dork right? Well, it just so happens that my two roommates are too. And so is Adam, creator of "The fortress of solitude" blog. We also all love Halo 3, have huge egos and have often argued about which one of is has "teh l33te5t skillz"...

So we made up a tournament! One single match is not enough to prove which one of us is the best, and nor is one game type. So we designed "Halo Wars". A multi-round tournament to decide which one of us is the best Halo player!

Here are the combatants!



From left to right, then back :

Armor: Orange & White
Name: Kit
Gamertag: Kit Smash
Favorite weapon: Spartan Laser

Armor: White & Red
Name: Jamie
Gamertag: Sir Dunch
Favorite weapon: Sniper Rifle

Armor: Blue
Name: Kessel
Gamertag: Rufus Schrute
Favorite weapon: Sticky Grenades

Armor: Blue & Red
Name: Adam
Gamertag: Oh Eh
Favorite weapon: Turret gun

So these are the brave warriors who fought to the death in the first two rounds of the competition which were played two nights ago. The prize for winning? Bragging rights for ever. The penalty for coming last place each round? Public Humiliation, wearing a ghastly combination of Hot pink and Baby pink armor, and changing the character's voice to female.

What follows are some highlights of the tournament. (Click on any picture for a full-sized version. Trust me, they look better that way) (Also, I shall be referring to people as their Gamertags)

Below: Rufus, being the master of sticky grenades that he is, delivers an amazing insult kill to Oh Eh, sticking him right in the forehead.


Below: Kit Smash loves to charge in, full throttle with high-power weapons. Here he is destroying a Ghost(Vehicle) that someone was riding at the time.


Below: Sir Dunch throws a sticky straight into Kit smash, a blind throw from around the corner, perfectly timed. No-one interrupts his sniping.


Below: Oh Eh wipes out everyone aside from himself, with less than four seconds in between each kill, Earning him the Triple Kill medal!


Rufus Schrute lost the first round, and thus, had to wear pink until a new loser was crowned! Here he is in his spiffy new outfit!



So that is each individual person's highlight, now some more general pictures from the matches.
Below: Sir Dunch snipes Oh Eh from the other side of the map


Below: A reverse of the previous


Below: This picture captures Exactly why Kit plays an Elite. "Rarragagagagghhh!"


Below: Oh Eh cleanses the foreign devils Sir Dunch and Kit Smash with some Holy 'Merican fire.


We managed to play two rounds that night, Rufus lost the first one, and Kit smash lost the second, here is Kit smash sporting his new armor. Looks fun huh?


Anyways, I've typed and uploaded enough for one session! I'll try and wrangle the official stats and graphs from Rufus as soon as I can, but in the mean time, enjoy the pictures!

Jamie
Veg
Banana
Dunch

"Dunch, when did you get good?" - Kit smash







P.s. I guess i should mention that Oh-Eh won overall, I was second, Kit smash and Rufus Schrute were battling for last.

Lets play a game!

Since i'm posting again today, I've had a great idea for a little bit of fun! I'm going to post two lines from a song, and then in the comments section you need to leave another two lines from a different song that has one of the same words. For example:

Original lines:
"Winter spring summer or fall, all you gotta do is call,
I'll be there, yeah yeah yeah, you got a friend." - (I forget who sings this, but it's called "you got a friend".)

Follow up lines:
"There's no room, left here on my back, it was damaged long ago,
Though you swear that you are true, I still pick my friends over you!" - New found glory, my friends over you.

So, The first lines would be what i put at the end of this post, and the second lines would be what someone followed up with in a comment! Make sense? And to make it easier to follow, click that little "Email follow up comments to" box when you type a reply, this will avoid any double-entries! (Just so you know, if two people answer the same song lines, i'll remove whoever was slower!)

Ok, so the song lines I choose to start with are...

"Save me from drowning in the sea, beat me up on the beach,
What a lovely holiday, there's nothing funny left to say" - Robbie Williams, The road to Mandalay.

So go nuts!

Jamie
Veg
Banana

P.s. Lets try and stay away from the really simple words such as "In, and, the" etc, make it fun!

There is no such thing as not posting, there is only the absence of posts!

Hello bloggers!

I should do the whole "Apologize for not blogging" speech, but you've all heard it before, and several times from me! So, let me fill you all in on what's been going on with me.

I have a new (Ish) job working at the subway at Washtenaw Community College! If you ever find yourself out that way between the hours of 4-8 Monday through Thursday come on down for a discounted - or if a certain boss is working - free sub!

I'm still living with the goons, and still playing Halo when I can find time!

Just for fun, let's post the current kill/death spreads for myself and the three people I play with most.
Sir Dunch (Jamie) - Spread of 0.99
Kit Smash (Kit) - Spread of 0.89
Rufus Schrute (Kessel) spread of 0.97
Oh Eh (Adam) Spread of 1.03

(These are all ranked matches only, as they are the only ones that reallycount!)

So, although Adam may have more kills per death, we'll see who is best when we participate in the tournament Kessel is planning!

Also, on a completley unrelated topic, i'll probably be heading out to Fenton this weekend! If you wanna do something, i believe we'll be going to some bar somewhere to celebrate St. Paddy's day and DarkAJ's birthday! So yeah! Fun!

Keep it safe!

Jamie
Veg
Banana

"POST SOMETHING NEW!!!" - Pretty much every other blogger. Seriously.

HELP?!

I think I want to go back to Camp...

Crap...

Any thoughts?

J