a call from Kate

Checked my voicemail and Kate had wondered if i wanted to go to Sundown with her. It was late when I got the message plus chances are she would be with Lonnie and once again i would be the 5th wheel. Either that or she would be with a bunch of people I don't know. Either way, it awkward. Nice of her to invite me though.

IHOP

Went to IHOP with Manda who had never been there before and I ordered the 5 star breakfast (as suggested by Manda) and she got some huge funky salad thingee. Man, the 5 star had a LOT of food for such a cheap price! I was in heaven! 2 slices of french toast, 2 slices of regular toast, scrambled eggs, 2 sausage links, 2 strips of bacon, 5 pancakes and hash browns! Usually that would be too much food for me, but I was soo freakin' hungry!!! I ate everything including Manda's garlic bread! Good stuff.

My stomach hurt for awhile after that though and I felt pretty sluggish, but I didn't care!! Hung out and watched Tv with Manda for a couple of hours and shot the shit and then I decided to drop her off at her car before I passed out or puked, whichever came first. Funny thing is, after I dropped her off, I was hungry again!

What a Rush

Manda and I went to the Rush to check out if they had any deals and I have to say it was pretty disappointing. First they made us fill out this questionaire filled with all sorts of retarded questions. Of course we gave them fake info. No way do I want Rush bastards calling me or flooding me with spam and junk mail.

Anyway, eventually some fat ugly dude does his little salesman routine and acts like we're all buddies or some bullshit. He told us the "couples" special only applied to married people and/or family members. I KNEW we should've pretended to be married!! Ah well. I really didn't pay any attention to him at all since i've heard all this sales crap before. I was more interested in sight seeing than anything else. Manda was at least polite to the guy. The man we were supposed to talk to called Billy lied to Manda by saying that he would fax her some info about the club. Turns out, Rush employees arent' supposed to do that. Not that it mattered since Billy didn't even bother doing that. Manda called out the fat ugly dude and asked him where the trust was at. Pretty funny girl!



Eventually we did the whole tour thing all that and I must admit, it's not a bad club. A little bright and colorful, but not bad i guess.



Then we started talking about price and bottom line was that we would each pay 27 bucks a month, provided we signed into a 3 year contract! FUCK THAT! 3 FUCKING YEARS!!! You can count me out! Hell, I pay less than that at Courtsouth for a 1 Year contract! After he said that, I totally phased him out and started humming Black Eyed Peas songs in my head and dreaming of pancakes as well as playing with the scale as Manda, being the nicer of us, listened to the guy do his sales pitch. I also learned that there was a gym right next to her job!! Why the heck would she wanna be a Rush member anyway and drive all that way when there was a perfectly fine gym right there?? Anyway, we parted ways as I lectured Manda for being too nice. She blew me off as always and I think she flipped me off and then we decided to eat some pancakes!! YAY!!

Toxic workout

went to kickboxing at CS last night and they were right in the middle of repainting or remodeling or whatever and the toxic fumes really made it hard for me to breathe during class. Did I sit out and get some fresh air? Hell no! I stuck it out by god, even though I easily could've died! That's just how awesome I am!

Oh yeah, Kate was there. I haven't seen her in a month and I'd forgotten how short she was. She was also as red as a lobster from her trip to the beach. Looked quite comical. She went on and on about how much college sucks and all that, but I was too busy humming the theme song to Family Guy to myself so I really didn't hear much of what she had to say.

After class, I chatted with Lonnie and Kate for a bit, but started feeling like a 5th wheel and let the two love birds chat among themselves. Seeing these two interact makes me laugh. They look like a couple of awkward high schoolers not sure what to do next. Haw! Oh well.... at least I was entertained.

612,564...

That's how many people realized how awesome I am in the past half hour.

Dames...

Sometimes I can't figure the crazy broads out.

Finally saw Passion of the Christ

yeah, after having the bootleg dvd of The Passion of the Christ, I finally got around to looking at the thing. I have to say, that I wasn't really impressed. Maybe if I were a more spiritual person or whatever, it would've been a different story, but this definitely didn't "move" me like everyone said it would. The only thing that made this "jesus movie" stand out from the countless others is the incredibly graphic brutality of his torture and cruxifiction (I just had to rewind the whipping part as well as the dislocated shoulder sequence). Other than that, it was just...... meh.

The chick they casted as Satan made me laugh along with her ugly little "man baby", whatever the hell that was supposed to be. I didn't get the part where the annoying little "demon children" were chasing Judas all over the place right before he hung himself. I laughed my ass off when the crow pecked out that dude's eye. I was hoping I would get to see Mary Magdelene get naked, but that didn't happen. Oh yeah, I couldn't help but notice that Jesus, once again, is played by a WHITE GUY. Everyone knows that Jesus wasn't white! The real Jesus would look more MIDDLE EASTERN than anything and no, I don't mean some dark haird white guy with a tan. Stupid Euro-church propaganda! Sigh....at least he didn't have blonde hair and blue eyes like he's usually depicted by "the church".

Anyway, for all you people thinking I'm going to hell for watching a bootleg of The Passion, FUCK YOU! It's not like this was an actual documentary, filmed by the almighty itself depicting the final days of Christ, IT'S A MOVIE!! Made by some overrated aging Australian movie star who seems to have a love affair with slow motion and extreme close-ups, who just happens to have enough money to express his version of the cruxifiction on film. I reserve the right to view the bootleg without fear of being struck down by God. I also reserve the right to give my own personal review about this movie which just happens to be the opposite of what most people thought. Oh well..... I'm not losing any sleep over it.

If I wake up with a plague of frogs in my room and festering boils on my skin, then I may change my mind.

Chattanooga

I spent Friday and Saturday in Chattanooga, hanging out with Amanda and had a pretty swell time. Even though Amanda probably almost got us kicked out of the hotel for throwing ice over the balcony and at people's doors as well as me for no apparent reason.

Anyway, we spent most of Saturday walking around downtown and we ate at a rib joint called Sticky Fingers and that food was gooooood! Unfortunately, I couldn't finish it all because I foolishy filled up on their potato skins, but it was still goooood!

After that we stopped by a bunch of other stores before going to see an Imax movie about Bugs of the Rainforest which was pretty cool despite the prescence of about half a billion screaming kids there.

Later on we sat around and people watched and Amanda asked me to explain to her how "THE MAN" is constantly monitoring and harrassing law abiding black folk. From undercover agents to re-education transports disguised as mass transit, THE MAN is always keeping an eye on the people. I'm still not sure if she's an agent or not. So I guess I'll follow the "keep your friends close, and enemies closer" protocal with her. Oh yeah, it was hot as hell there! It got up to 93 friggin' degrees!

Anyway, after a few more hours of walking and sitting around we decided to take off when Amanda's head really started hurting.

When we got to K-town, we ate Ruby Tuesdays at West town and Manda was acting a bit loopy from the Alleve she took. After dinner we went around the mall for awhile and actually got lost! She's from Morristown and the only reason I go to the mall is to watch a movie and go to ONE store. That was fun. During all this time, my stomach was doing cartwheels and I really had to use the bathroom, but there was NO WAY I was gonna do a "number 2" in a public restroom. Finally, we got the hell outta there and made a beeline for my apartment. I don't even think Manda was outta my car when I ran out and barricaded myself in my bathroom and turned it into a LEVEL 5 bio hazzard.

After that, I noticed that Manda was still acting weird so I made her stay at my place until I was satisfied that she was able to drive and a few hours crashing on my couch, she was finally competent enough to drive home.

my gut

Man, my stomach hurts. It's been hurting since Saturday. Granted, it's not as bad as it was then, but still, it's quite annoying. I need to take a couple laxatives and take a giant poop! That'll clear out the old pipes! Mariell's stomach is hurting too. Perhaps she needs to take a giant poop as well.

Kenny the G-man

Still can't get over Kenny being a fancy dancy FBI dude. I guess it really hit home when I held his "official" badge dealie. I'm proud of the short, stocky bastard. I look forward to freeloading off him when he gets settled in DC.

progressing...

while putting on my pants this morning, I realized I can tighten my belt four holes with only slight discomfort. Of course after I ate breakfast, I went back to three holes. Still, looks like the cutting diet and exercise routine is working. Until Manda starts force feeding cookies again.

Thursday night funk

Walked Cherokee blvd. with Amanda on Thursday and had a pretty good time, despite her constant attempts to "bring me down". I'm pretty sure that she's an agent from "the man" to oppress me!

After the walk, I worked on my contest entry for a online contest that was due at midnight while Manda read a book. I had no idea Kinko's closed at 10 and there was no way I was going to finish before the deadline since I needed Kinko's scanner as well as having to do a bunch of other crap to submit my entry. Besides, I was starting to rush and the quality of my pic was starting to suffer so I chose to stop rather than fuck up my drawing. Oh well...... it's my own fault for procrastinating so damn long.



We went over to Subway and I tried that wrap and it was pretty damn good! Once again, Manda tried to "bring me down" by force feeding me cookies! Damn devil woman!

Oh, but she did get me this nifty flipbook thingee that had all these smart ass sayings with cute little bunny rabbits on them. Heh.... funny as hell stuff!

Kay, I'm bored writing now.

Vincent the Merciful

I was talking to Lisa tonight and I was reminded of an incident last weekend when a bee came into my apartment and instead of killing the little pest, I instead opened the patio door and herded it outside. I think I'll go outside and hug some trees.

Showtime Vinnie.

That's my new nickname that my co-workers Mariell and Patrick came up for me. I look forward to killing them.

Punk Rock Grrrl.

I walked around campus with Amanda who was dressed in a punk/goth outfit. Talk about the odd couple. Here I was: Mr. kahaki pants and shirt, walking with a Marylin Manson groupie. We got quite a few stares from random sorostitute type chicks and others. I thought it was hilarious as hell. Manda said that they all probably thought she was a crack whore and I was her pimp! Ha! Funny girl! I like that! That's why I'm gonna kill her last! Anyway, it was a pretty nice night and all and it was cool to see all the changes on camps and all that crap. Of course all these cool changes happen right after I graduate, but that's okay..... the bastards.

The Mecca of gyms

I was walking around campus with Amanda, shooting the shit, making fun of random sorostitues and so forth and then I noticed that we were coming up on that new fangled fitness complex I kept hearing about. I decided to finally check out this bad boy and I was amazed at what I saw! This place was bigger, more advanced and downright more AWESOME than I could ever imagine! I wish I had more time to fully check out the complex, but I'll get to that later! Man.... suddenly Courtsouth is looking pretty lame.

How my day went

How was my day? I'll tell you how my fricken day was.... First we nail this guy for hiding his stuff in his daughters doll, her doll for God's sake! ...Where's the line anymore? Well I got news for ya, it's not even on the Radar Screen! The days of decency are virtually gone honey, BAM! Fricken evaporated like a stinkin dingy mud puddle.... First you see your reflection in it, and the next thing you know its... a damn oil spot on your cracked driveway! Staring back at you, mocking you 'BLAH BLAH BLAH' knowing the perverted truth and rot in the pit of your soul, THAT's how my fricken day was.

One crappy ass movie

Man, I forgot to mention this! A couple of weeks ago I was finally able to see a movie my friend Lauren highly recommended that I go see. The name of the movie is "Pumpkin". Good lord what a monumental CRAP FEST. Basically it's about some dumbass sorority chick (played by the huge foreheaded Christina Ricci) who falls in love with a retard named "Pumpkin". That's right. You heard me. My god... I was reminded why I don't watch movies with Ricci in them (unless she's getting naked) because the broad can't act worth a damn! The story just sucked and I really don't remember the details, but I just know that it was just horrible.

Chaunda and I had a great time making fun of it, but that was pretty much it. I'm gonna kill Laurne. Bah! I'm done.

Stupid whiteheads

For those of you who don't know, a razor bump is actually hair that grows flat or crooked inside the follicle, the result: whiteheads. These are rather pronounce bumps that resemble zits with a white "tip" at the end, hence the name. This usually occurs in light skinned african american males with sensitive skin, namely me. It's why I don't like to shave everyday.. Anyway, I shaved in the middle of the week for some reason and the next day I got the mother of all whiteheads in the WORST possible place: right on the side of my mouth where the downward arc of my goat-T begins. It looks like a great big ass HERPE!!! Seriously, this sucks!! Another crazy fact about whiteheads is that as the hair continues to grow, the whitehead can get BIGGER! I feel like there's a conjoined twin growing on the side of my mouth!!! Why me?! Jeez! Just when i thought I couldn't be anymore unpopular with the ladies! "Here comes Mr. Herpe mouth! Hide the children!!!" Man, this sucks. I'm not going back out until this thing is gone and I'm not shaving for.... I don't know.....EVER!!

Sundown in the city, aka: dirty hippie fest

Went to the Sundown shindig with Amanda to see what the big hullabaloo was about and I have to say that I was quite impressed with the turn out. There were a LOT of people there! Not as much as last week, but still, it was a lotta people. You never realize how big the Market Square is until you see it filled with a few thousand people. I noticed there were a lotta hippies there as well. I guess a hippie band was playing or something so suddenly everyone decides to bust out their trendy "hippie gear". Whatever.... that's knoxville for you.

I saw Tinah there, but I don't think she saw me even though I thought she looked directly at me. Am I that invisible or something?? Sheesh.

We enjoyed gawking at all the cool motorcycles there and I ran into some dude accidently as I was drooling over a super chopped California Harley custom. Man, that was a sweet bike!

We then popped into a few stores while we were there and I suggested that we go into the P.Pub, but there was a freakin' cover and it looked pretty damn crowded in there anyway.

Later we went to the Downtown Bar and Grill and hung around there for awhile and Manda finally got to use the bathroom. We went back through Sundown before going to Barley's for some grub. I noticed that emo chick was working that night. Wow. She must live there because I swear she's always working during day shifts as well! Anyway, after that Amanda and I decided to head on home.

Not too bad of an evening I suppose. Nice change of pace from my usual "workout like a madman, go home in pain" routine.

Thug lovin' whore

Oh, yeah... a few weeks ago, I was "introduced" to a girl from my soon EX friend. Apparently she was looking for a "thug" and she got me. I was looking for someone with intelligence and class and I got some west side ghetto wanna-be white girl. I knew the "meeting" was doomed to fail when I laughed in her face when she said: "what up, G", like she's a gangsta or something.



Seriously..... I laughed out loud in her face.

Cleaning up the joint

Decided to make Wednesday my off day from the gym and use the extra time to clean up my apartment for Friday's company. Kinda proud of myself, too! I had just planned on cleaning up the kitchen, but the "Radford Gene" kicked in, which is 'never stop until you're finished' and I ended up cleaning up the whole place! Being the exercise junkie that I am, I did it at a rather rapid pace for maximum caloric burn (Lord, I need help).

Can't believe tomorrow is Thursday. Sheesh. One of the advantages of having a busy work week is that just flies on by! Plus it's still daylight when I get off! I'm just luvin' the time change!

Express elevator to HELL!!

I got a bootleg of the Passion of the Christ on DVD. TAKE THAT, MEL GIBSON!

I'm awesome

I came to that realization when I woke up this morning.

FUCKING GAS!!

I noticed last night that one of the gas stations was charging 1.71 for REGULAR gas!!! What the fuck!!! By the time summer rolls around, we'll be paying 2 fucking dollars for gas!!! Fuck that! I didn't know I was living in Cali! I'll be riding my bike a LOT more this summer.

Although I do have to admit that I get a little chuckle when I think about the yuppie morons having to pay a hundred bucks to fill up their SUVs. ha ha!

Back to school

Last night was interesting. I went to Henson Hall over at the UT campus to visit Amanda and Heather. Good grief how that place has changed! Construction going on everywhere, new buildings I've never seen before, buildings that used to be there are no longer there, etc. I also noticed there were about a dozen new hi-rise parking garages scattered throughout the area. Man, these things would've been nice if they were around when I was a student. Oh well, it made parking a LITTLE less of a headache. I found a spot near Strong that was directly across the street of where I needed to go. Not too shabby.

When I got into Henson, I was instantly reminded how damn hot those freakin' old buildings could get! It was like getting hit with a blast furnace when I opened the door. Damn... that's something I don't miss at all.

Anyway, Manda and Heather came out and we talked for awhile before dropping Heather off at her car. Manda and I ended up hanging at Clement Hall where she used to live at. Apparently we didn't need to swipe any card to get in. Yep, I'd also forgotten how sad the "security" was on campus. We spent about an hour yappin' with each other in a room next to the lounge which was pretty damn nice I have to say. A lot better than the Melrose ghetto I used to live in back in the day.

We basically spent half the time trying to figure out what we were going to do on Friday. Heather wants to go out and just get drunk off her ass and Amanda wants to actually see a movie, check out a club or something THEN get drunk off her ass. Of course yours truly gets to be the designated driver. Joy. I suggested we just rent some movies, order some pizzas, and just have drinks at my place because I really don't wanna escort a couple of drunks all over town.

We still haven't quite decided yet. Should be interesting.

sheesh.

Man, I just realized something.... I pee a lot. Must be because I drink a gallon of water everyday. It gets to be a real pain at work, having to get up and go to the bathroom every few minutes. I think I'm going to buy a bucket.

Mariell's new hair cut

Mariell's new hair cut looks pretty damn good! Not as good as when she shaved her head a few years back, but it still looks good. I guess she's one of those girls that looks better with less hair or something.

*yawn* Another night on the town.

Once again, I found myself aimlessly wandering about the knoxville "night life", but for some reason EVERY place I went to was extremely crowded! It was quite annoying. Anyway, I stopped by 4620 and once again I found myself standing most of the time. The band was awesome though so it was worth it. As soon as their set was over, I was gone. Btw, I think I'm an "official" regular now, since the doorman doesn't even bother checking my ID anymore. yay.

Next, it was the Old City (yet again). I went over to Hannah's which was so over crowded it was ridiculous. This time both the upstairs and downstairs was filled with annoying people and it was all I could to not get swallowed up by the masses. I ran into Mariell (literally),which is always cool, but it was too noisy and too crowded to talk with her and it looked like she was too busy having a good time anyway. Needless to say, I didn't hang around long. I went over to Barley's, but it was a similar scene there as well, so I didn't stay there long either.

Then I just said fuck it, and went on home. I think this will be the last "night on the town" for a long time. I think I'm going to concentrate on more "civil" gatherings where everyone isn't acting like a drunken bimbo or a dumbass frat. I've been looking at some workshop classes and group meeting postings in the Metro Pulse and some of them seem pretty interesting. Seems like a more interesting and safer way to meet new people at least.

Friday in Market Square

After work, I decided to go to Tomato Head for dinner and hang out at the Market Square which is something I've been meaning to do for awhile. After that, I went over to bliss where they were having some kind of art exhibition, but more importantly, they had FREE food! I grabbed a handful of cookies and these great tasting lemon things and toured around a bit. As I expected most of the junk was overpriced as hell, but they did have some flasks which is something I've always wanted to own. Didn't get it, but I least I now where to look now.

After that, I went over to the Preservation Pub, but the band hadn't set up yet and I saw Tinah there, she said hi and initiated a conversation with me, but before I could respond, she totally blows me off and continues talking to her real friends. Jessica Stooksbury was there too and she also asked me how I was and before I could respond she turns around and starts talking to her real friends. That shit pisses me off!! If you don't really give a shit on how I've been doing DO NOT FUCKING ASK ME!! It's especially infuriating when people who are supposed to be my friends do it to me. Just say "hi" and leave it at that! I hate this "fake kindness" Bullshit. I left the pub before I did or said something I would regret. Anyway, after that I went home.