an update of my 2005
wow. i've got a lot of updating to do. maybe i'll just start with May and work my way 'til now. hang on for the rough ride. this ain't gonna be no Mr. Toad.
Well, I lied already. I have to mention something from April. D'oh!
19th- I began a crappy day job with CTB/McGraw Hill through Kelly Services. I got paid $10.50 an hour to, umm, well, i don't know what the hell I really did. I sat in a cubicle and graded high school standardized tests. Each student had three responses that were one paragraph long. I ranked them 0-4 based on a scale provided for me. I would do like 250 students a day, multiply that by the three essays, so I read like 750 short answer paragraphs a day. What can I say? The job sucked. I did get two breaks and a lunch, so I got two rough drafts of scripts finished. That was one of the only good things about it. Remember Poodle Pet and the older guy that wouldn't shut up. I forget his name. Fun times. Not really.
30th- Burkes and Teresa, two people I worked with at the Red Lobster in Evansvile, got married. I was the videographer and one of the few white people there. It was an alright time and a good experience for the business side of things.
MAY
2- I received a phone call from Jackie. She was a girl I met through Yahoo personals when I still lived down south. She was from KY. We had recently begun to email each other again. Shortly after, she started seeing someone and stopped talking to me again.
3- I took a class through IUPUI in Children's Literature. It wasn't covered at UE and it was something I attempted in one of my short story classes. I was the only young person in the class and the only guy. It was fun though and I learned quite a bit about the industry in case I want to try it. We also learned about agents, publishing, other things you would think they would teach at UE. The class met at Glendale mall on Tuesday nights for four weeks. Fun times.
5- I got suckered into joining a sand volleyball team for the summer by Ryan Wininger, one of my Fiji brothers. We finished 0-10 for the season and drank a lot of beer in the process. Our problem was that every week we had a different foursome of players. Therefore, we never got the rhythm down and what not. It was a lot of fun though. I also learned about the 86th Street Pub which was nearby.
16- I joined a gym. Eclipse Fitness was a new place right off 116th and Keystone. Nice equipment and locker rooms and rarely crowded. I went in the morning before sitting in my cubicle, sometimes I went late at night. Now, I don't go that often. I'm always trying to get back in the groove of it. The ellipticals are nice though and each cardio machine has its own TV. Good deal.
28- Big A and Julie got married in Evansville. I again videotaped everything, getting paid this time. It was a nice ceremony and reception, but afterward I had to book it home for pre-race festivities.
29- INDY 500. i find it funny that Dan Wheldon was the last name picked in our pool. I had Sebastian Bourdais and Vitor Meira and someone else that did nothing. This year was weird because the night before I hung out with the kids more than the adults. They were going through the game cabinet as always and they pulled out Monopoly. I'm a sucker for that game and I hadn't played in awhile. It was a fun night. Jennifer and Nick were over for awhile and Rod from next door stopped by. The race was good, the weather was nice and I can't wait for next year.
JUNE
11- I returned to the Evansville area for the wedding of Andrea Rhinefort, a friend of mine from college. She was my date to my senior Purple Garter formal. Again, a nice ceremony and reception in Henderson, KY and I videotaped it. I'm finshing up the tape now. I know, I'm horrible. I stopped at Red Lobster afterward and I visited with Ashli and Anzlee. I went out to Old Chicago, a new place off the Lloyd by Wal-mart. Had some drinks, got a flat tire at some point, got it fixed at Wal-mart the next morning and headed home.
12- I was saddened by an email to hear that R.C. Miller passed away. He was an older Evansville area Fiji that was pretty active with the chapter. I had also seen him at Red Lobster shortly before I moved.
13- Struck by the acting bug. After responding to ad an in Nuvo and an audition, I was cast as Jason in Liberty or Death Productions' supernatural horror movie To Haunt You. I played the protagonist's boyfriend, the bottom character on the main card.
25- I went on a date. (GASP!) It was with a girl named Jayma I had met on Yahoo Personals. Nice girl, really cute, but we just didn't click. She was a bit on the religious side for me. Nothing against religion, but I'm not overly so. I don't go to church, but just live by good principles. We had dinner at Applebees. I did get a second date from her and we do still occaisonally email. She's seeing someone now. We also had a garage sale at our house. It was my attempt to organize a neighborhood sale. Out of all the freakin' houses in the neighborhood there were 4 that had sales that day. Jennifer and Ray brought some stuff over to sell. I bought a stuffed pink elephant, ah Bad Santa.
29- Obsessed with the washers game I played with in Evansville, I bought materials and Dad and I built my own set.
JULY
2- I held a cook out for the fourth. It was a low turnout, but I did some catching up with old friends from high school. Josh Blazier, Paul Whitaker and Kirby Jackson and his g/f were the only ones that showed up. The washers game made its debut.
5- I quit that crappy day job I talked about and went back to Red Lobster full time.
8- Saddened by another email. Lyle Kinder passed away. He was a loyal guest to the Red Lobster in Eville. I heard he had gone in there like every day for ten years with his wife. Real nice guy. I saw him last at the wedding in April. He did the still photography.
13- We had a read through for the horror movie. The cast and crew looks fun to work with. Too bad we had numerous delays and crap (re-casting, blah blah blah). Let's just say, as I write this, we still aren't done. 95%, but still not done.
16- Jennifer and Nick's wedding. I was really hung over from the night before, but I videotaped the reception for them. I lost my new camera's lens cap. I know exactly where I left it too. Grrrrr.
17- My second date with Jayma was today. We went and saw Better Than Ezra at the Vogue. It was a fun time. I was proud of myself for only drinking one beer. I hadn't heard their new album at the time, so it was one of those shows.
22- I saw the Killers at the Murat theater. I went by myself and they put on a killer show (no pun intended). I got a little misty eyed during Smile Like You Mean It.
23- Production begins for To Haunt You. Not just an actor, I also served as a production assistant.
AUGUST
2- After about a two point five hour wait, I met actor Bruce Campbell at Key Cinemas. He was promoting a new book and movie.
10- I went to the State Fair, hell I went three times this year. This time was for work. We filmed a date scene for the movie. It was fun except that I was there as my character and kinda an ass. Yeah, I had fun doing that.
12- I went back to the fair with mom. Saw the aminals and what not. Then the reason I went- a free Herman's Hermits concert. Afterward, I met Peter Noone. It was an AWESOME show. For an oldies group, they really entertained me.
13- I ran into a few people I knew from high school at Nippers. Tina Ziegler was a friend of mine from yearbook classes. She didn't recognize me. Sarah Collins was a girl I had interviewed before for the yearbook that I had a crush on. She recognized me. She's married now.
16- Went back to the state fair and listened to the Switchfoot concert. I wasn't gonna pay to see them. It was like $30 some bucks. Their show was alright. I sat on the same bench for about two hours and watched people. It's funny the number of times you see the same people walking back and forth. where are they going? I played a game where I broke beer bottles with baseballs and won Greeny, a big green stuffed monkey. Later that night, I met Deanna Stevens, a girl I talked to on Yahoo Personals. We were actually friends in middle school.
30- April gave birth to her second boy, Landon Morgan Lee. Went to the hospital to welcome him to this kwazy world.
SEPTEMBER
3- Ah, yes. MUCK FEXICO! The mega-go trip. Myself, Blake, Kyle, Riley and Karl treked to Columbus, OH for the USA/Mexico world cup qualifier soccer game. We got into town around noon and started drinking at 12:02. We tailgated before the game drinking from a huge multi-gallon storage container of punch. And we won 2-0! It was an awesome day. Hung over as hell, the trip home was not very awesome. Probably the highlight of my summer.
A great way to end it.
12- Saw Green Day in concert with mom. It was a great show, but so similar to the one I had just seen in Louisville. Still incredible though. Jimmy Eat World opened and they just flew right into a kick ass set. From one song to another with no talk in between. Awesome performance.
Man, I've spent a lot of time doing this. Just remember that I'm ready to start on October. I'll finish some other time.
UE vs. Purdue tonight. Go Purple Aces!
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