I don't know if it's the Internet, my computer, yahoo, RCN, or whatever...but using the internet has been way too frustrating lately. It makes me miss my old AOL days or listening to the modem via telephone. I swear it was just as quick or quicker. Just like my old big ass PrimeCo brick of a phone sounded better and had better reception. Long story short, I'm over it. Take care, you know how to reach me if you need to.

One,

Gil

Internet never works, or the comp, or Safari, or the stupid sites I'm supposed to be using. Washing machine is acting up now. I also need oral surgery and a root canal at some point. Yay wisdom teeth. Grrrrrr...

Can someone please explain to me why nothing works. Melissa thinks I have a bad attitude, I swear to you that I jinxed though. The 360 breaks, I send it in to get repaired, they actually send me a new one, with a free month of LIVE even. Score! Until I realize that I can't get online with it. Then when I try to fix the Airport, our iBook isn't working. We call Apple support, supposedly the bestomgbestinthewholewideworldforsupportandcustomerservice, and they want money to help. Either that or we can take it to an Apple store.

So that's just that situation. I'm also trying to go back to school. That's been a pain, transcripts, logging on to their system. Financial aid not accepting certain things, filling out a FORM FOR LIKE OVER AN HOUR and then not having it go through. Using the school's email system and not knowing whether or not things are going through. What else? Waiting in lines at the school FOREVER.

I know a lot of this stuff is what everyone goes through, everyone gets frustrated and has set backs, I know. Oh wait, printing out forms I needed and I run out of ink. Perfect timing! I need to look something up, our Internet goes down! The universe just doesn't seem to like me much, I don't know what I ever did to it...

Oh I also have to take a math placement test. I'm like retarded when it comes to math. I think the only reason I passed some of my classes in high school is because I bowled for one teacher/coach and I stayed after school with another. I never took math in college because I hate it/suck at it and I ended up taking one class twice at a JC. I also managed to drop it twice. It's bad enough that math is a foreign language to me, but the guy trying to teach it to me was also from a foreign country, lol. Long story short, I have to take this placement test and I'm going to end up in a class with the kid with the helmet and the other kid from Can-a-dah eh?

There's more but I feel better now...

Picture this, a very popular morning show, coming back from commercials.

"And we're back..."

Three men are sitting around chuckling as they start the next segment. They're talking about a group of men that set up a woman that cheated and conned them all. One of them led her into a hotel room, tied her up and then texted the rest of the men. They end punching her, torturing her and ultimately crazy gluing her vagina. The whole while the men are laughing and cracking jokes.

"She messed with the wrong guys."

Some of them comment that this is what happens when you're forced to take the law into your own hands. Almost as if saying that she deserved it, and that it is almost unfortunate that they'll be considered criminals and that she will be the victim when this goes to court. The law couldn't help them when she cheated and conned them so this was them getting even. (I don't know about you but technically wouldn't getting even be something more like cheating on her?) All this is going on in front of a national audience.

Crazy huh. This would never happen...

It just did on the Today Show except it was women laughing at a guy who got his penis crazy glued to his leg. Real funny. Sure the guy deserved it, but I hate double standards, eh...

Little League baseball is pretty big in my family. A lot of my cousins played, some still do. Some of us coached and others were umps. I haven't been involved in it too much as of late but I've caught a game or two this year. Anyway, the team my Aunt coaches (the Padres) had a playoff game today. It was a nice day and we decided to take the dogs and go watch. My cousin Robert and my mom joined us as well. We had ice cream, some pistachios, and watched a good game. They ended up winning and the number one team (the Cubs, go figure) was getting upset at the same time at another diamond.

Anyway, it was pretty much a perfect day, nice weather, the dogs behaved, no complaints. Well...almost no complaints. We were at Warren Park, which isn't exactly the hood, but it isn't exactly the nicest park either. This is the park where I grew up. My first job was at the golf course there, several of my friends were counselors/rec leaders there. I played a lot of baseball/softball/football/tennis there growing up. I even won my first game as a coach there. Long story short I'm familiar with the park.

What's my point? Ok, so in the fifth inning these two douche bag gang-bangers start walking across the outfield. It happens, idiots walk into the field of play all of the time. Sometimes people just don't realize what they're doing. Kids that don't know better, old people that are lost, foreigners that don't know our ways, whatever, I get it. These guys knew better, one guy was even wearing a Sox jersey, surprise, surprise. The coaches told them to hurry up and they slowed down. I even think one of them was brown bagging it. It infuriated me. This type of shit always happened growing up. Sometimes we'd ignore it. Other times we would throw a fastball at their domes, run them off and then wait for them to come back with ten other idiots. Or we'd just take off and have to avoid the park for a while depending on the situation. Of course if I ever ran into any of them by themselves on Devon or whatever they'd be all "oh hey man you're cool we thought it was so and so from Rosemont and Claremont or whatever."

If it happened while we were practicing or playing when I was coaching, we'd usually let the kids play on. If the idiots got hurt for being in the field of play. So be it, there was 80 of us. Maybe it was a bit irresponsible but whatever. I guess I'm just ranting now, but what can you do? Confront them? Probably not a good idea, especially now that I'm older and married. Ignoring it just pisses me off, eh, it's one of those things I guess. I have to say though that I would not lose a moment of sleep if I got to drag those idiots in an alley and put a bullet in their skulls.

Not one moment.

DeWayne Wise preserves perfect game with amazing catch - Ted Keith - SI.com

What a friggin' game. I'm glad I caught the game, I know it's the Sox, and I wasn't there but just watching it and knowing it was going on just down the road. Awesome. It was one of those once in your lifetime moments.

First the power goes out, yet again, then it comes back on just in time for me to see fuckin' stupid Jeff Samardzija or however the fuck you spell his name give up a game winning homer after walking two guys. Asshole. I hope he goes to the NFL and gets crushed by some linebacker. Jerk.

I obviously know this about most of you, but humor me.

LJ has a new feature where you can write "notes" about friends. I guess the idea is to write where you know each other from or how you met or whatever. It might only be for paid accounts right now so don't go crazy if you didn't see anything about it. Anyway, long story short I thought it would be interesting to see if our stories match. For example I can't remember if I met some of you through LJ or MySpace. I know I met a bunch of you through TSO or Local H, but some others I just can't remember. Anyway, if you've got a minute leave me a message. (I guess this could also be a good post to get an idea of which accounts are dead or I don't keep in touch with anymore)

Have a good weekend,

-Gil

I just want to check out the location feature.

EDIT: Yup, I'm in Chicago, it works.

Michael Jackson died yesterday. He left behind children, millions of adoring fans, and it was sudden and some would say tragic. I was a fan of his and of the Jackson 5, he was truly the King of Pop. There are too many songs to list, needless to say, his career was full of hits. His videos changed the music industry, instead of just videos, he made short films. He was a tortured soul, a difficult childhood and never lived a normal life. That being said...

Did people forget about the lawsuits? The allegations? The SEVERAL financial settlements. It doesn't look good and regardless of what he did in his musical career, you can't separate it from his personal life. People are the whole package. Everyone comes down so hard on politicians who cheat on their wives, athletes who take drugs to compete, etc. Charles Barkley said he wasn't a role model. Bullshit.

Accountability. Do you think the kid who's getting beat by his dad cares that he's a beloved celebrity? Or...

SERIOUSLY? Some idiot on TV just compared this to the day that Kennedy got assassinated! Really?

Ugh. I'm just rambling now. I guess I'm just upset because of the way that everyone is remembering him. I'm really not trying to hate, but it's not fair to forget that he probably fucked up some kids lives because he was fucked up. Now those kids will probably grow up and fuck up even more lives. I just hate when people give the argument of separating what people do professionally from what they do in their personal lives. Separate what happens on the field/court/ from the mistakes they make. Fuck you, man up, and take responsibility for your actions.

Whatever.

Melissa's last day at school yesterday.
School I interviewed called back yesterday, they went with someone who "fits the school's needs better".
That kind of ruined my day.
Mullen's for a while with old "friends".
Wedding rehearsal with family.
BBQ at mom's.

That was yesterday.

Melissa's already gone today, getting ready for wedding.
I've still got to walk the dogs. (They can be such a drag sometimes. I'd be gone too but I don't want to leave them here alone until I have to)
I have to gas the car, get a card, hit the bank.
Shower, get ready and head north.

I should probably start on some of that stuff right now.

I'll try to be in a better mood today.

*gets flask*

I'm probably going to be all over the place.

First off, beginning tomorrow, the craziness begins. It's my baby's last day at work, so she's off for summer. (unless they call her about summer school but that would only be a few weeks anyway) She supposed to get off around 11, she'll come home and then we'll head north. D's having his usual end of school bbq, then we're going to Mullen's. My sister's wedding rehearsal is at 6 in Evanston so we'll cruise up there and then have another bbq at my parent's house. Depending how long that goes maybe we'll end up back at Mullen's, or just head home. Saturday will be the wedding. I picked up my tux today, it didn't fit perfectly but they were able to alter it. I love my sister but the teal just doesn't do it for me. Ugh. Anyway, it should be fun, hopefully it all goes well. This time I'm not the groom so I plan on getting toasty. (but I probably won't because I'll end up having to drive home, yay)

My uncle is in town from Mexico with his wife. He's here for the wedding but he's also here because of my dad. It's a long story but he hasn't been well, but he's also stubborn, so we couldn't get him to go to the doctor. My uncle is a doctor and the first thing he did when he got here is set up an appointment for him. Anyway, it's a long story but he's been getting tests done, MRIs, blood work, labs, the works. Hopefully we'll get some results and a course of action before my uncle leaves.

I've also got other family members in town, but of course no one's called. I don't know, my family sucks sometimes. There's drama, dysfunction, and bullshit, like in most families. It's just that I don't get them sometimes. *sighs* Most of us are nice enough, polite to each other, even pleasant. I guess everyone has their priorities. I'm kind of rambling vaguely but I just wish some of us were closer. But what can you do?

It's the same deal with my friends. Eh, I won't even get into that.

I had an interview today at a grammar school. I've had good vibes about it since I saw the listing. Then last night I saw that an old co-worker of mine works there now. I tried emailing him to see if he could put in a good word for me. Anyway, the interview was going well until I drew a blank. It wasn't a big deal, she asked me what my old principal's first name was, but I just couldn't remember. (until I left of course) After that I got nervous and started answering questions like an idiot. When she asked me if I had any questions I think I asked one about the school's population. I fucked it up. I'm such an ass. At least she said that I'd know either way by Monday so I won't be twisting in the wind too long. Fuck. Why can't I just win the damn lottery. Why can't one of you jerks win the lottery and then give me a mil or two. Jerks! *shakes fist*

That's enough for tonight, I'm out...

G'nite,

-Gil

Trapped. Despair. Fix tags. Spring Break notes. Magic notes. Doc appt. Good Guys/High Hopes. Writing. Screenplays. Crap...I forgot. Umm...brain freeze.

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Transcripts. Applications. Groceries. Laundry. Dishes. Garbage. Wait, did that last night...walk the dogs. Stuff to do. Never ends. Random.

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Friends. Lack thereof. What's the point? Tired. Sleepy. Hungry. Hole's too deep to dig out of. Need to work out. Work. Get a better job. Hope that school calls. Have to go back to school. I don't want to go to ***U. Crap I accidently deleted that. Undo. Accidentally. That's how you spell it.

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Then I wonder why no one reads this crap. Ideas. Website. Viral. Nail clipper. Where is it? *sighs* Should I go up north today? Too much to do here. I need money. Why don't I have any rich friends?

I'm done.

I did manage to post yesterday, wow. So ah...I guess I'll post tonight too. Watching Conan, had a long day, but it was fun. Went up north for a while. Anyway, Melissa's feeling under the weather so I'm going to crash in the guest bedroom. It's dark in there. I'm skerred.

This post was brought to you by the letter J and the number 5.

-Gil

Conan was awesome last night. The whole intro was great and I didn't know Andy was going to be back on! It's going to be tough to watch that and Fallon now. I already skipped Fallon last night, I guess it'll depend on who's on, that will determine whether I record it or not.

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Switching gears, how, in this day and age, do we lose a jet plane in the middle of the ocean? I know it's a huge area to search but don't we have satellites watching everything 24 hours a day? I don't know, it just seems strange to me.

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North Korea is planning to test more missiles. Mid range stuff that can hit South Korea and Japan. What the hell Japan? Maybe you guys should stop playing Dance Dance Revolution and start making yourselves an army. Can't you guys send Godzilla or Spectreman over there to take care of business? Ugh...I fear that we'll be in Korea before too long.

I hate it when things don't work out as planned.

I've had a busy week, I've been up north about every day this week thus far. So far? I'll stay with thus far. The little spare time that I've had I've spent nerding it up playing Magic the Gathering or Peggle on the X Box. So yeah...good times. Hmm...not much to write about really...I'll make it up with one of the memes or Livejournal writing thingies...what are they called again? Writer's block, right?

Wow I'm articulate and all kinds of smart tonight aren't I?