Name:Donnie Country:United States State:Texas Metro:Dallas Gender:Male
Interests:music, travel, movies, games (board games and video games), tennis, dancing, trying new foods, etc. Expertise:self discovered philosophies, tennis players, Mariah, procrastination, finding different perspectives Occupation:Student Industry:Engineering
It's the weekend and the weather is bee-u-ti-ful. Yessssss!
So far, the only fixed plans I have are to go to Six Flags again on Sunday with Elliott, and perhaps Cameron and his new roommate. My season pass has paid for itself already. Pretty cool. And since this weekend is Mother's Day I need to stop by the mall on Saturday and find a purse for mi madre. She'll love that. I also wanna stop by Barnes & Noble to see if they have this book I want to get "How to Read People like a Book." I would really liketo lay out at the pool or go to a mexican restaurant on the lake and have margaritas, but we'll see.
Summer is easily my favorite season. The sky looks better, the grass is greener, people seem friendlier. Even the music sounds better. Dancey pop tunes (hence the Britney Blackout cd I've been listening to today, which I've just recently discovered to actually be good), ska, pop-rock, a little alternative rock and hip hop all seem to go well with the sunny landscape, imo.
Anyways, I need to get ready for dinner. I hope ya'll have a great weekend and Happy Mother's Day for all the mommies out there.
Dear Sleep, What the dealio? The past few days I've been waiting up in bed for you till 2 am! And when you do get here, you only stay a few hours! I've even resorted to hanging with your frenemy coffee. That just ain't right. (shakes head at you) Ok look, you're still always welcome, you know that right? Let's make plans tonight...say around midnight, my place? Don't stand me up again. Sincerely, Grumpy McGrouch
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Ok it's easy to see I've lost a few marbles in the past few days. I'm completely tired and the first that that goes is my mind. The second thing to go is my my hair-do....or rather hair-don't. And when I do get to sleep, my dreams are off the wall. It's like a mixture of Aliens, Hollywood Squares, and everything sexual in a gross way. I'm buying Tylenol PM tonight so I shouldn't have to worry about sleeping. I should get a prescription to Ambien or something, but I think that's too strong for me. I don't know and neither do you.
Diet and Exercise: Back in the day I would go running for about an hour and a half, and that would be sufficient enough for my metabolism so that I could sit at the all you can eat buffet that is my (dream) life. I'm 6'2, half german, and naturally muscular. Those traits usually afford me the ability to have that "all you can eat" moment. My metabolism isn't getting any better, though, so I've been jogging the past month. The metabolism engine is just getting started and not near what I want it to be, so I've resorted to...gasp...dieting. Well, not dieting, but eating "healthy." I put "" around healthy because I'm not quite sure what healthy is. I think to myself, should I keep a low calorie diet? What about low-carb? Should I be looking at foods low in salt, since it makes you retain water? Or should I be looking at foods low in sugars, since they turn into fat if they aren't worked off? The answer is probably yes to each one of them. So I'm looking at fruit for breakfast, soups for lunch, more fruit for snacks, and then I kill anyone with food on their plate at dinner time because I'm starving at that point. Ok, not really, but I've been eating dinner just like I normally would. If I could eat a salad at dinner, be happy and call it day, I would. Le sigh.
I guess I should stop rambling and get back to work.
I'm going to the chapel. I got my invite to my high school best girl friend's wedding. I get to bring a guest, and since my high school best guy friend still lives in Corpus Christi, I thought I should gay it up a little and take him. The bride's family loves a little camp anyways. I tried calling his cell and it's been changed, which means I'll have to call his mom, whose # I still remember by heart since 6th grade. That'll be an interesting conversation. I hate going over what I've been up to and all, but I guess I should get used to it.
My mom told me she got summoned for jury duty. It's her 3rd time to do it, and all were civil cases. I want jury duty just once!
Oh. apparently word is going round that Mariah Carey got married to Nick Cannon. Psh. Being the uber fan that I am, I think it's a publicity stunt.
I'm leaving work at lunch tomorrow to speak with some advisors at UNT tomorrow. So my week is 4 hrs from being done!
These bullet blogs are short and effective. I like it.
I've been craving fried pickles. Katz Deli was the only place I found in Houston with good fried pickles, and I'm sure as hell not recreating that greasy disaster that was me trying to cook them myself.
Did anyone else notice the Paula Abdul slip up on American Idol? Either their comments are fed to them, or they're seeing rehearsals and judging on that before the idols' appearance. It was one of those "yea, that's show business" moments.
I rented Cloverfield and someone said to me "Isn't it that black movie? That black movie about an airport?" The funniest thing I heard all day.
I got my transcripts from each college, except two colleges f*cked up on them. One college only sent one copy, while the other one sent 3 unofficial copies with 2 official copies. Hopefully they just got mixed in the mail and I'll get them tomorrow. I ordered 3 from every college, just so I don't have to go through that mess ever again.
One of my best friends, whose anonymity will be kept, got arrested for DUI this weekend. Luckily he didn't get hurt or hurt anyone while DUI. The specifics make it an interesting story, since he wasn't even in the car and the keys weren't in the ignition when the cops stopped by his car and arrested him. That's a whole 'nother pickle, though. What I really wanted to talk about was the options people have other than driving intoxicated when coming home from something.
There's designated drivers. Calling a taxi. Eating after leaving the bar. Staying put if you're at a party.
The thing is, I find a few flaws in these options. Let me start with designated drivers. I was lucky to have one person in my life who didn't drink but loved to go out with the gang. Other than that, I've yet to see anyone else jumping up and down wanting to be the DD. With cabs, if you live 30 minutes outside the city like me, you'll find yourself grabbing your wallet and not opening it rather than grabbing the phone to call a cab. Plus you'd either have to get a cab both ways, or leave your car at the scene of the drinking and get it the next day which may be too much of a hassle for some people. Most of the time, I'm lucky to have restaurants that are open 24/7 right next to the bars that I go to, and I take a leisure hour to sober up and eat something. But that hour and food won't always legally sober you up.
I guess looking at the subject on the whole, one should understand that if given an adult privilege like drinking, one should act like an adult when doing it. Mainly to me that means planning beforehand how you're going to handle your drunkenness. If you can't find a DD, and you're too far to call a taxi, and you don't handle liquor very well, you probably shouldn't be going out drinking in the first place. It only takes one time to ruin a life.
I really didn't think I'd be on a soapbox, but my grandma died drunk driving when I was 15 and I really should be adamant about this....at least with myself. Lord knows my mom does it enough for me. So if you got any preachy vibes, they were mainly directed towards me if that makes sense.
BTW, I realize most people can have a drink or two, limit themselves, and not get drunk. This is just a "better safe than sorry" kinda post. (Knocks on wood on not getting a DUI)
