Monday, January 1, 2001. 8:39.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Get this, I just walked in my door and the first thing I do is come in here and write in the old daily thought. Don't you feel special that I think enough about my readers to do that? Well, how I'm coherent enough to do this escapes me. Just four hours ago I was sprawled out on the Ferinden couch like a dead man. I got pretty lit last night, and don't remember why I did everything I did. Here's what happened this morning. I wake to see that is morning and everyone has left. The girls' dad lifts my sheet to discover just who it is that is on is couch, and gives and chuckle and says "Ok Josh". So now Josh is in a bind. How to escape this situation tactfully. There's no way. I peek out the covers to see when I can make a quick escape. I fail to seize an opportunity when coach is cleaning the back yard. So I rise and shine when he's on the chair, greeting me with a "happy new year" and me greeting him with a smile and a messed up hair-do. So now I managed to change my shirt and get out of my shoes and clean out my pockets. I'm left with the memories of this beautiful girl I danced with, running out of money at the bar, talking with GTMO's New Year entertainer Willie Tyler, and discussing life with Fara. Let's hope the new year will bring some well wishes, but who knows, it might just be the same. Lemme recap fun of 2000. I guess fun began when I hit Orlando in the first week of April, then I tok my vacation in Jersey, then meeting the girls in May, returning to Orlando in June, the hidden beach campout, Ozzfest, Wildwood weekend in August, Unforgiven, John's B-Day, the Rowan soroity party and of course last night's new years eve tomfoolery. Best wishes for a happy new year.
Didn't mean to bother anyone with this, just had to get that off my chest.

Saturday, January 6, 2000. 19:52.
Well, my time in Cuba is once again about to come to an end. I wish it wasn't cause I really don't want to leave here. I could easily stay here and work and have fun and live this fantasy life, but I need to finish school. Seems as if once again I'll be commuting a two day a week schedule. That sucks. I gotta register on Monday or Tuesday. My time in Cuba was a blast, I had so much fun and I think I just might change plans to come here in the summer. I mean I know I'll be miserable in Jersey come June and Cuba will be the thing to get me back on track. Tomorrow I hope the Eagles beat the Giants in the playoffs, but the birds did lose twice to the Giants this season. I know that I won't be goin back to Target when I get back to NJ, but I will apply for a subbing job or two to make some money. The Royal Rumble is in two weeks, and that's always my favorite WWF PPV. I hope tonight will be memorable, everyone's left, and noone wants to go out. I wonder what I'll be doin next weekend, hopefully with John's parents away I'll be partyin there. Soon as I get back, the cam will be back online. Keep checkin.
Didn't mean to bother anyone with this, just had to get that off my chest.

Tuesday, January 16, 2000. 11:55.
Well here I am, after about a month, back at Kean University. What's different now is that I am an on campus resident. And I only found out last Wednesday. And I only met one roommate with all my stuff still in my car and two classes down. I sometimes hate all the back to school crap they have. Students have to check their bags at the bookstore and there are two douchebags passing free samples of Snickers to get people to eat Snickers. Why couldn't they have someone from Taco Bell or Papa John's? Anyway, getting back from Cuba was such an ordeal. I tried to get back last Wednesday but since there was no customs in Willow Grove, I couldn't go there and couldn't get back to NJ til Friday after a 5 hour flight on a C-130 and a 6 hour drive in my grandmother's van. Once again I find myself yearning to go back to Cuba, only 15 weeks till I finish this term. I think I should be able to manage that. Kinda nervous about this whole roomate thing, don't know what to expect, the last situation wasn't the best but again, it's only for a few nights a week for 15 weeks. Ok, time to get back to life.
Didn't mean to bother anyone with this, just had to get that off my chest.

Wednesday, January 17, 2000. 20:06.
I know this is unusual for me, but I gotta comment on a public issue. Most of you might not care, but this hits kinda close to home for me. Jason Newstead has left Metallica. He was their bassist for 14 years and pretty much was the best fan friendly member of the band. He would always sign autographs and was a true metalhead. People have their theories on why he really left. Jason said it was due to the physical stress it put on his body. The tendonitis, ear pain, etc. Some have said it was due to Metallica going more pop and straying away from metal. I think Metallica was straying away... from their roots. The whole napster thing left a bad taste in my mouth with my love of Metallica. People say people were stealing "their music". But music should be for everyone. You don't charge someone to look at art regularly, or to play baseball in your backyard. Hell no, it's somethin for everyone. They make their money from album sales, touring, etc. On their site they say that they play music cause they didn't want to deal with real jobs and work. But then in their napster online conference they said that the people who are using napster are the lazy working class who want everything for free. Well no shit, we all have real jobs to deal with! Of course we need to cut corners somewhere when we got all these struggling bills. I relate Metallica as to being the Charlie Chaplin or Ty Cobb of music. Charlie Chaplin was funny, made a lot of great films, but he liked to have sex with young girls. Ty Cobb was a great ballplayer, but he was a racist wife-beating drunk. And Metallica makes great music, but they have their heads up their asses.
Didn't mean to bother anyone with this, just had to get that off my chest.

Tuesday, January 23, 2001. 12:53.
Well it seems once again things are back to normal? What defines normal for me? Oh, just that my car is a piece of shit and doesn't work. Yes, the new car. Seems that the transmission doesn't wanna kick in. I can put my foot on the gas as much as I want, it just won't go. No Va. What a pain in the ass. So last night I had to get dropped off to campus, not knowing when my car will get fixed or when I can get back to South Jersey. I hope I can get to John's for the Super Bowl cause that's always a junk food fest, which looks to be my last since I will be getting in shape and going back to my training schedule. The Royal Rumble was pretty cool this year, didn't get the Drew Carey or the Honkey Tonk Man appearances but oh well. I had a scare this morning when the microwave in the dorm room turned up missing. I was ready to freak as I heard someone rustling around this morning but left when my alarm went off. I later found out that the previous roommate owned the microwave and came back to get it. For a minute there I thought I would have to unleash hell on someone.
Didn't mean to bother anyone with this, just had to get that off my chest.

Friday, January 26, 2001. 12:45.
Well here I am on a Friday, waiting for my grandmother to pick me up so I can go to South Jersey for the weekend. Still without a car, still without a life. It's not so bad, I made some new friends online that are pretty cool. I'm looking at a few job prospects that might hold me over till the Navy money starts to kick in. Classes seem to be goin good, as long as I don't get sick again I should be ok. That was the defining moment of last term that really made me bust my hump I believe. I wonder if somethin like that will come along to kick my ass this term. The only thing that's getting me is the boredom. Last night as everyone went out partying I spent the whole night in the computer lab. I tell myself it's only the second week but somethin tells me this is how it's gonna be and that I should just deal with it. If I try to have fun and get shot down or denied, that could turn me evil for awhile and I'd rather not do that. Anyway, this weekend is the Super Bowl. Even though I'd rather the Ravens win I think I will have to take the Giants on this one. Also it will be the last time I plan to pig out on junk for awhile before I begin to change my eating habits and return to my training. So we'll see where I go with that. I can't wait for February 9 when Saving Silverman comes out. The cast in that movie can't be beat. You got Steve Zahn, who was funny as the fool in That Thing You Do, and Out of Sight ; Jason Biggs from American Pie ; Amanda Peet , who is the hottie from The Whole Nine Yards and Whipped ; and last and my favorite of them all, Jack Black, who was is always stealing the show in movies like High Fidelity and The Jackal. This looks to be good.
Didn't mean to bother anyone with this, just had to get that off my chest.