April/May 1998

This web site has quickly moved into a nice little phase with regular visitors to this site. Let's keep it going. Oh, this isn't a thank you page. My mind must be getting rusty. Read on with my life's big highlights, or lowlights. However you feel they should be called.

May 16

Well, what can I say other than the school year's almost over for us with our last day being on June 4. I'm kind of hoping to give one last push to raise my grades up another notch if I can, but it isn't going to be easy in two of my classes, French II and American History II. The problem in AHII involves my not taking notes routine that I've pulled all year. It hasn't hurt me yet, but I fear it will soon enough, especially on the exam. In FII, my problem will be dealing with learning new things that are slightly difficult. In both these classes, I'm hoping to push my grades up to high B's if possible. That, and if I can maintain my A's in Geometry, Chemistry, and English, would help pull my Grade Point Average up to 3.6 from 3.2 right now. That would be the highest GPA of my high school years....People at work are starting to piss me off royally. People are calling off when it's inconvenient to work, in other words, when their social life is interrupted. Two people have quit in the last week and at least three others are contemplating it. What this means to me is possible increase in the work load, less getting done, and a severe shortage in help. Apparently people have heard about the difficulty in working retail. My basic message is if you want to have a social life that's busy, you really can't work simply because you can't just keep calling off when your social life and work life collide. You should be rescheduling your social events rather than your work schedule. It's not fair to be calling off and having the load dropped on someone else's shoulders repeatedly....It's been great weather-wise here with warm temperatures and sunny skies. Since I've worked the last two days and am going to be working on Sunday, I really won't have an opportunity to enjoy this weather. I have had my moments though. Basically, it's time for us to get our asses off of the couch and get some air.

May 13

People piss me off, that's what I've decided. Of course, so do teachers, but that's another story in another book. Anyway, I'm really starting to get sick of everyone thinking they can say what ever the hell they want and get away with it. A lot of people have remarked that I look like someone who'd unexpectedly go crazy and kill people or something, so maybe I need to show them how right they could be. Well, not by killing per se, but rather by knocking some asses around and show them what's up. 'Cause I'm not going to sit here and take all the crap that I've taken for years anymore. Today when I was made fun of, I just looked ahead and developed a nasty look that convinced a couple of people that I could go crazy. I won't, but it's nice to think that people think that of me....My French teacher is really a downer at times. About a week ago, there was a kid (we'll call him Greg, since that's his name) who just couldn't understand how to do something. My teacher decided that since she doesn't like him, she's going to give him hell and make it difficult. She accused him, probably correctly, that he was a trouble-maker and someone who isn't motivated. Well, rather than work with him to solve the problem, she denounced him on the spot nearly bringing him to tears. She finally accepted his work and hasn't bothered him since....This day, life, and school sucks. Maybe that's half the fun. Now excuse me, I have to cut my hair.

May 10

After not-so-carefull consideration, I decided to combine April and May into one My Life listing. This is preceding the large, time-consuming move of my web site from America Online to Geocities after we stopped using AOL due to connection problems and problems with staying online. It wasn't just your simple busy signal problem, we just couldn't connect at any time of the day for more than a week, and once one of us got on, AOL stopped responding within five minutes. This made updating my site difficult. Changes were saved, I just couldn't get online to upload them....The biggest challenge of moving my web site and dropping AOL was informing everyone of the change. I know I've forgotten a few things, but they aren't important to me at all. I'm more concerned of making sure that all my online friends are able to find and talk to me. I'm pretty sure I've done that....Another big challenge was moving all the files and making sure things were intact. However it wasn't until all the files were moved did I start having problems that I quickly fixed. I hope....Now then, to find time for everything else that I've done....

April 24-25

These last few weeks have been absolutely exhausting what with us back in school. I seem to be tired and cranky again, which means people easily irritate me, especially when I feel they're being complete idiots. Somehow I've managed to keep myself moving though, as my grades are steadily rising again in school and I'm finally becoming "healthy" in a small sense of the word. I'm probably in the best condition that I've been in for more than a few months, mainly because I'm finally overcoming my winter illnesses. Now, when will people stop pissing me off?...We now have two cars at are disposal, my mom and I. My mom recently bought a 1990 Chevy Cavalier Z24, and boy do I love it. She still kinda likes her Buick Regal, mainly because it's old and she knows how fix it. She's never been a real fan of the newer cars. I however am loving every moment of having transportation whenever needed. Both cars run decent. My manager is also happy to know that I'm available to work any day of the week now....Only a month or so before school's out, so start preparing for the summer haul. I myself am probably going to work more hours and days during the summer, which means my goals will be met faster than during the school year, when I'm restricted by various things.

April 12

Today was Easter Sunday as you all know, and it was probably the best Easter I've had in a long time. It was a beautiful day outside just as I thought it would be, so I took advantage and mowed the lawn, and it needed it. I also played a little basketball in an attempt to get my old form back, which I'm close to achieving, much to my delight. Actually, I played for quite a bit now that I think about it; I must have played for at least an hour or more. But I made a majority of my shots and found the shooting touch that I had a year ago when I played constantly. Today was a good day....I paid a visit to my Aunt's, despite all that I said in my Easter Editorial, and I was glad that I did. Apparently most of the people left early on, well before my arrival at 8 pm. I proceeded to play more basketball with my cousin Mark and actually had a decent time since no one was up on my ass telling me I should be watching the kids. I actually got a lot of praise for my Mystery Science Theater 3000 article that I wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer a few weeks back. Actually, I got more praise than I probably deserved, but it was nice to hear people say that it was well-written and all of that. Maybe I'll type up a reproduction of the article so that you can see what the hoopla is about....Speaking of projects, I'm collecting my journals from school and I'm getting ready to publish them on this very web site on a page probably titled "A Look Into My Life," or something to that affect. I'm not totally sure. I'm also hoping to gather season two information for my page celebrating the most memorable MST3K episodes. It's been a while since I worked on those. All in all, as Ice Cube said in a song, today was a good day.

April 11

Tomorrow's Easter Sunday and that means for many people candy, and lots of it in some cases. It may also mean get-togethers with family members. Well, both cases present bad news to my family and me this year; we had no time nor money to buy candy, and I probably will end up going to see my family. The latter is bad because my relatives are so stuck up on themselves, they think that everything that my family and myself do is horrible. Some of them condemned my sister for bringing home a dog and said my mom should throw Lori out. Well bite me already, cripes. Get all bent out of shape when they aren't exactly angels themselves. Lori's decision wasn't the smartest, but it isn't killing anyone, is it?...Speaking of Easter Sunday, this is one of the more religious holidays for some. Not for me, I'm not very religious at all. I just never got into all that crap that the bible spits out in terms of man's origins and all that. I'm one of those persons who requires scientific proof before I'll buy into something, and there isn't much fact behind what the bible has to say. Some things are supported by history and historians, but not all of it. Maybe I'm just skeptical. I think I'll write an editorial on it. Something disturbs me over and over and I feel I must let it out a little bit. This concerns the Native-Americans who have been burning the Cleveland Indians' logo, Chief Wahoo and calling it racist. Personally speaking, I don't see how it's racist. I'm part Native-American myself, and I do not have a problem with Chief Wahoo adorning uniforms, hats, and shirts. I actually think Chief Wahoo is probably Cleveland's best sports logo and one of the best in baseball. Chief Wahoo to me represents power in that the Indians are the best team in baseball right now. It would be a little more understanding if the Indians were playing like the 1-9 (as of 4/11) Florida Marlins. However, you don't hear people saying the Marlins' logo is racist to fish, do you?

April 2

Yesterday was April Fool's day and I'm happy to say that no one played a trick on me, not once! That makes me more than happy. Others weren't so lucky....Anyway, today I was forced to go in late for the second day in a row because of my allergies and a combination of other things. It's not a good day when that's happening to me. I'm allergic to tree pollen and the trees are starting to flower (what the hell is the deal with that?) which means things are starting to act up. Sick in winter, allergic to pollen in spring, summer, and fall. I'm also allergic to grass pollen and possibly to grass clippings. Can't wait to mow the lawn in that case....Could someone tell me what happened to Appril (formerly Amking81 with America Online)? She signed my guestbook, and when I went to thank her and write to her, I got the dreaded "amking81 is not an member." I don't know what happened, and any information could be very helpful....Work, work, and more work. Those are the words for me right now. After pulling a 13-hour Saturday on the 28th of March and working overtime the Saturday before that, I have no idea what's next. All I know is that my managers are teaching me more things as I go along and that has to be for a very good reason. Also, my assistant manager Nick is leaving us on Easter Sunday so we will again be losing a manager. We lost an assistant manager Rob around November for the same reasons that Nick is leaving: bad pay. Good luck Nick. (Too bad that Nick was, and still is, a bitch.)