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This article is hysterically ridiculous...mind you a link on the side was to an article about Steven Baldwin:Christian American Hero http://christwire.org/2009/10/the-golden-girls-how-one-tv-show-t0 . . .
I really like the musical Tick Tick Boom it is by the guy who did Rent but like it came out after his death but was something he was working on and they put it together after he died. The basic story 0 . . .
That is how many minutes until 2010. 2009 is flying by but I am hugely optimistic about 2010. It seems totally arbitrary I know to think things will change cuz a year changes but I am cautiously optim0 . . .
So as compared to usual where I come up with my costume day before/day of, i actually have had this idea for a while. But I haven't exactly decided how to pull it off. I have bought every kind of0 . . .
OMG! I want to see this movie sooo bad!I think it is out on DVD already! It looks like it would be sometihng I would love. I have always loved a Midsummer's Night Dream and anything involving it0 . . .
Happy Birthday Sarah!!!I think I have the day right? Even if you are 10 million and a half miles away I am sure you are being amazingly amazing as always. If you were here we would party like this...0 . . .
Have you guys heard the latest about Pam Anderson. I guess at the style awards she had her make up artists daughter come with her to hold the train on her dress up. That was the whole purpose of the g0 . . .
As always at this time of year I start to fret about what I am going to be for halloween only to wait utnil the last minute to decide and make it with pure shoddiness and lot of duct tape and safety p0 . . .
So Whitney released her new album on my birthday which seemed like a good sign for me and for Whit, like I really want her to come back and wow the world. But sadly this first single is just really no0 . . .
Is this for real? What do you think? Unfortunately I think it is prolly serious! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6wAWb96MmM&feature=player_embedded#t=1100 . . .
I can't vote in Buffalo because I don't live there. I just want to say I think you should vote for Mickey Kearns, I can't so I will put my support in here. Ok i don't have much to 0 . . .
I love having a bike, thanks e:pmt. I have been loving biking around though I really need a helmet so i don't die and a chain so i can get off sometimes. I really should have gotten one sooner bu0 . . .
I"m sitting here in my hotel lobby in Groton NY and me and michelle are on computers on oppossite sides of the lobby just calling each toher on the phones on our desks and creeping out everyone 0 . . .
So i guess when they wouldn't let me back into Cathode because it was supposedly at capacity even though it was my birthday I may have called the Kenmore cops to report the situation. That in its0 . . .
and I'll take shots all night if I want to. SO today I am 26...getting dangerously close to 30. After being awoken at like 8 am by construction outside e:libertad's house I tried to stay in 0 . . .
So today I am a groomsman in e:amanda's wedding. I am so excited. It is so exciting and fun to actually be a part of a wedding. Hopefully I don't screw up.My only thing I have to do is take 0 . . .
So at work I eat a lot of snacks. Like a lot. Everyday I act surprised at how hungry I am and eating snacks adn eveyrone is like you are like that every day. That is not the point, the point of this s0 . . .
So I just did something that could either make my life infinitely worse and more difficult or infinitely better or I guess it could change nothing. We will see what happens. It is private so no detail0 . . .
For some reason for the last few days I just can't get enough pop from cans. I never drink pop out of cans, i rarely drink pop outside of restaurants/bars but lately i just want pop out of cans l0 . . .
So when I walked to the downtown library as mentioned in my previous post I took out 2 books and 2 movies. One movie was for my mom and the other was Sunset Blvd which I always wanted to see. I also t0 . . .
SO there is this movie they only have at the downtown library that my mom wanted and i had nothing to do today so I decided to walk to the downtown library. I wasn't exactly sure how far it is cu0 . . .
Yeah, I'm pretty much terrified of everything i am learning! Staying in a big empty house makes me realize just how scared I am. This lead me to go out to a bar alone the other night. I was in th0 . . .
So work was really slow today and so me and rachelle were reading through the last issue of National Enquirer (or was it Examiner, basically the same either way) and we realized they have personals! t0 . . .
Watermelon...i love it ... a lot.... that is all0 . . .
So this weekend I got to go to Endicott to go to two days of e:libertad's famly reunions. I was very nervous and overwhelmed getting ready to meet about 80 million people I don't know. Those0 . . .
I love Kathy Griffin a lot of the time. part of it might be that she reminds me of all the best parts of my friend diana but she is really hilar! I love this clip ...here she is...i also LOOOOVE when 0 . . .
Me and my e:mom went to see Julia and Julie tonight. yeah that's right , its not out yet but we had exclusive free preview passes she got at Channel 4! It was really good. It is a true story, wel0 . . .
The title is just a thing i made with the available words in a refrigerator poetry thing the other day but it seems like a good way to get ahead in life.... ...anywho I am so excited I leave for Fl0 . . .
So i ddin't see any of the memorial serivce live because I had to work a second 13 hour day in a row so that I would be free tomorrow night for Terry's pseudo-30th birthday dinner at my mom&0 . . .
So last night was e:beast's last day in B-lo before going back to Scotland. e:Me and e:libertad were supposed to go pick her up at her local riverside neighboorhood bar Sensations by Riverside Pa0 . . .
So on saturday I went to zoar valley with e:libertad, e:paul, e:terry, e:matthew adn e:james and had a good time all in all despite i have a general hatred of nature adn walmart and I had to be around0 . . .
Just decided to google mike visco and the third result is e:paul's journal about mine and e:terry's birthday one year which includes a video of me reading dramatically from a porn magazine. 0 . . .
I decided to buy my credit score from myfico.com today and was quite impressed with it. I mean i have never really had any strife in my life and so i have never had to go into debt so that helped a lo0 . . .
So me and e:Mk were in Target the other day before we went to see the Hangover (which was hilar by the way). ANyway so i used to collect these little Miss and Mr books which never really took off here0 . . .
That's right it's e:libertads birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope this year is the best one yet for you, for us, for everything! I couldn't ask for anyone better!!!!!!!! 0609/Buffa0 . . .
I don't love Jimmy Fallon but he had Zach Morris, yes thats right you read that right, Zach Morris (not mark paul gosseler) on his show the other night and it was amazingly amazing fantastic. It 0 . . .
So i wish i had a picture but i don't right now and want to write about it. So I saw in a like buffalo magazine thing an ad for Citylove which is a tshirt store that makes tshirts based on things0 . . .
SO the weekend has finally arrived. Garage Sale this Saturday and Sunday (May 30 and 31 and yes its so big it needs 2 days) at 567 Auburn )between elmwood and norwood. Lots of good stuff to be had or 0 . . .
I'll post about it again but don't forget,I am having a garage sale this Saturday and Sudnay (may 30 and 31) at 567 Auburn from 9-3. Come stop by, i have lots of stuff to get rid of!0 . . .
Not sure if i used the term de facto right but I have been going through all the totes in my basement of stuff I have for an apartment that i have either bought over the last 10 years or inherited fro0 . . .
I read this in Parade magazine (the part of the sunday paper most peole prolly don't even look at but i love especially the celebrity questions and ask marilyn!) anywho I just feel like it really0 . . .
So it always amazes me that people just come across my youtube video about loving Holly Hunter that some of you may remember I made after being emailed by this television show that said they were inte0 . . .
First off does Butte = booty with more of an a sound at the end cuz that is what i wanted it to mean. Anywho not much to say except this was prolly one of the worst days of work ever, it was so many p0 . . .
So Bea Arthur passed away today, i loved her. it is odd cuz i was gonna wear my golden girls tshirt today and then decided not to and then i found out seh was dead and regretted not paying that tribut0 . . .
So i celebrated earth day by driving to work on my 23 second commute, driving home on my lunch and then goin gto the movies tonight with e:jil land eating popcorn out of a paper tub and drinking pop o0 . . .
I will write more about my trip later but the main thing is I learned my lesson. If you are in a shadyish area, think hey look at that bar with the dark doors and up the stairs entrance, and really re0 . . .
Me, e:jill and e:mk are going to Toronto for the weekend. We leave at 8:55 tomorrow morning (which means like 1230 by the time we all are ready get more snacks and leave but hopefully it really mean 80 . . .
So last night me and the gang were going out for dyngus day adn we tried to go to this place by the Broadway Market but the line was way too long to wait in I guess ....anywho.....we are drving and on0 . . .
Happy easter everyone! I love easter, we have polish food which we would never have otherwise and is yummalicious. And as per e:pauls comment on hodown's journal I most certainly still have to se0 . . .
I have to say it. I just about never am satisfied with desserts from Spot Coffee and never have been. Ok the one thing i kinda like is the smore thing but otherwise there is always something off about0 . . .
So i have the possibility of a new job prospect which while it is not my dream job by any stretch would be a step up from what i am doing now. The really bad part though is that i am totally screwing 0 . . .
Why aren't there performances at Marcella's like tihs with back up dancers and what not..that would be fun. Though Marcellas' performances do occasionally involve a full sub being flung0 . . .
So me and my mom are doing an extensive home versio nof Clean House minus the Nicey host and home make over and television celebritiness of it. We are both pack rats and decided we have to rid ourselv0 . . .
So I love the new reality show RuPaul's Drag Race on Logo. It is like sorta America's Next Top Modelish but with Drag Queens and lesser prizes! Putting drag queens in a reality show is a gre0 . . .
Just thought I would try and get a little of the attention over here with my title. My mom was juts going thorugh old bills and stuff and found paul's circumcision bill....guess how much it cost 0 . . .
That's right! You heard it here first, i am giving up bacon for lent. Now bacon may seem like something easy to give up cuz how often oculd someone really eat bacon? But i find prolly on average 0 . . .
So the commercial for what is coming up next on the news is "HOW POMEGRANATES ARE BEING USED TO FIGHT TERRORISM!"-- i have to see how the heck that is!!! i'll update when i fin dout0 . . .
SO continuing my video to DVD conversion I foudn the most random tape. It has the news clip from when e:paul and e:iriesara did a sleep out at kenmore city hall to raise money for the homeless, a litt0 . . .
So i am in the process of converting our VHS tapes to DVD but the only way to do it is to actually plya ll the VHS tapes, which is fun to see all these old videos. All i know is I just yelled out at m0 . . .
So i have kept wanting to post but then not feeling like it by the time i got to the computer but this juts has to be posted. I WENT TO EAT A DELICIOUS PLUM yesterday and it was weird because I swear 0 . . .
I was really thinking today how much I would like to own my own store. I would love it. I am not sure what kind of store, prolly knick knacks cuz that is what i know and love. Maybe a bar/knick knack 0 . . .
So I always had my dad's tax guy do my taxes too cuz he would just do it in addition to my dad's and so it seemed easier that way cuz then I didn't have to do anything. This year I deci0 . . .
Happy 32 Birthday! May you always be the puppet master of your world.... 0109/Muppet0122.jpg0 . . .
So e:maureen was raving about the documentary Young at Heart about this community center senior citizen chorus in Boston where the average age is 80 years old and they sing rock songs. She loved the d0 . . .
Those of you who know me know my family has sorta a lot of family things over the holidays and then when you add in my holidays with various friends and e:libertad it ends up to be a lot of christmas 0 . . .
So I bought this book on clearance at Borders a couple months ago ( i buy all books that i read for like $1 on clearance, so really i only read the best), anywho that's not the point. It is calle0 . . .
Merry Christmas everyone! I love christmas as you all know. Had a good time at my auntstonight for our big christmas celebration. It was great cuz we have lots of little kids around now who love Santa0 . . .
So as some of you know for the last few years I have been making christmas cards and they usually feature lots of glitter and fun. This year i have been putting it off and putting it off and i finally0 . . .
I was reading this interview with Meryll Streep and she was talking about her acting and what guides her is something she learned on the first day of drama class in college, i thought it was interesti0 . . .
I was really in a bad mood and tired after work and it got progressively worse and so i was pretty ready to go to bed early at like 10:30 but then i couldn't sleep and now I still can't. I 0 . . .
Is that what they call jealousy? It is something like that? green eyed monster? i can't remember. Anyway, I am becoming such a jealous person. I was never really that way I don't think, i wa0 . . .
SO i have had sprint ever since I have had a cell phone, prolly around like 7 years or so. And while the service like reception and stuff is always good eveyr time I have to make a new contract they s0 . . .
So I don't know if you have noticed but a lot of products such as general mills cereals, pillsbury muffins, betty crocker, pull ups, cottonelle toilet paper and many more products have little pin0 . . .
I am gonna have to be duck taped and safety pinned into my very shotty craftmanship of a costume and it comes across as more creepy than fun but I like it! Procrastination worked again!0 . . .
OK ser, it is getting way to close to the party and I still have no idea what to wear. It is gonna be a huge let downthis year i tihnk. And i don't know what kinda drink to make either, i was try0 . . .
I posted this last night but it dissapeared or something. So i tihnk i found the perfect job for me. I love working with people and helping them especially older people and it is at the offical estrip0 . . .
What the heck am I gonna be for halloween? I always procrastinate adn then come up with something pretty awesome but this is really cutting it close, considering i work everyday til halloween. Well no0 . . .
So this was so random. Me and e:libertad were at the mall yesterday and we were in American Eagle adn I was thinking I don't really buy that much there anymore , i should prolly just cancel my cr0 . . .
I love this song that Adam Sandler sings in the Wedding Singer Here's looking at ya e:libertad... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYI5bKZMes I wanna make you smile whenever you 0 . . .
Here are some pics from Florida, mostly of the dogs. I didn't take too many pics. I will post more about the trip later or maybe i wil lnever like i promised to post the rest of my cleveland trip0 . . .
I had an amazing time in Flordia. I felt bad for dave's family though becasue as you have read in his post, his mom's cousin passed away whlie we were there. I felt terrible!I will write mor0 . . .
There is the girl named Ho She is really quite super classy... She likes to have good times... and shake her sexy assy..... I wish she was here in b-lo... so the party and drinks would always flo0 . . .
First of all that would make a good movie title. Second of all , my entire life has been spent pondering the neon tango dancers above the Sahara Grill, that were about Uncle JOes, that were above Just0 . . .
I am off to Florida with e:libertad in six hours. we are staying with him mom for five days near clear water! I cannot wait. I love beaches and pools and sun and sunglasses! and i especially love not 0 . . .
SO I am gonna write about my Cleveland weekend old school style, (check out my journals from like 2003 /2004 athat were like millions of words long, prolly only e:mk will make it through the whole tin0 . . .
So we went to see the New Kids (as in New Kids on the Blcok) Concert in Cleveland (we being e:jill, e:mk and myself) and i must say it was the best time of my entire life. It made me feeel so happy an0 . . .
In less than 24 hours i will be on my way to Cleveland to see New Kids on the BLOCK!!! I CANNOT FREAKIN WAIT!!!!!!!!!0 . . .
I don't know what is wrong with me. I am always someone who gets pretty nervous about things , like as a kida I used to always throw up the day before and mornign of any big thing cuz i was so ne0 . . .
Today me and e:libertad went to Griffis Sculpture Park which is near Eliictoville. It is just this massive park with trails and all along the trails there are these awesome sculptures, and then there 0 . . .
Feeling bleh today. just kinda about everything. I can't wait to go to Florida in a few weeks with e:libertad. I just want to get away for a nice vacation for a while. Hopefully there are no hur0 . . .
I love Mary Tyler Moore, Betty White, Heidi Klum, Tom Bergeron, Red Carpets, Holly Hunter ( you all know i love her!) , Glenn Close, montages about dead actors, stupid celebrity banter, designer duds,0 . . .
So I went out with e:amanda who I had not seen in way too long! We went to buttwerwood on main st in williamsivlle and had the chocolate fondue for 2! IT WAS SO FREAKIN BIG AND YUMMY!!! It had banana,0 . . .
Don't know why I haven't really felt like writing lately though I feel like I have so much to write about but this needed to be written about. Watching Regis and Kelly this morning they had 0 . . .
SO i am doing online surveys like whoa today just cuz it is the last day i can check the 18-24 box before I am placed in the much more adult 25+ box. My final 7 hours of not being a quarter-lifer. WE 0 . . .
May that sinister look in your eye bag you lots of innocent ladies today and in the year to come....HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 0808/A0180828.jpg0 . . .
So in like 5 days I will be a quarter century and maybe quarter life (here's hoping I live to at least 100)! That is crazy, i will be out of the category 18-24 on surveys and that is just plain n0 . . .
why couldn't I be the local blogger breaking the Hoyt affair scandal. estrip could have been famous........0 . . .
So e:paul's journal got me hooked on engrish.com , i love this one 0808/JcTheGirl0816.jpg 0808/Unclesam0816.jpg 0808/Dangerengrish0816.jpg0 . . .
So I get mail today from an insurance company that says across it "DO YOU WISH YOU WERE YOUNG AGAIN? YOU STILL HAVE A SECOND CHANCE"...it goes on to say "for a long time we wanted to do0 . . .
The logo on the front page , the black one with the letters in bubbles, the RIP at the end of elmwoodstrip sticks out. I totlaly thought it was like someone died or something, like RIP elmwood , i don0 . . .
So there is this lady who is one of my favorite customers even though she is crazy and buys i would say like 8 36 packs of beer a week. Anywho she loves me and only lets me cash her out and to get bee0 . . .
So e:libertad met the 'rents this weekend on Sunday. It went very well if i do say so myself. He was very charming and brought over chocolates and they seemed to all get along well. My mom felt b0 . . .
I love Lifetime as many of you know but it seems like it is always playing Frasier lately. At all the key times that I watch , its FRASIER FRASIER FRASIER. i like frasier and frankly often it is hyste0 . . .
So i decided to come on estrip and just keep clicking on the random journal link instead of reading specific ones and holy heck there are so many people i have forgotten about that used to be big part0 . . .
Gin Blossoms is the only band I really care about out of the whole thrusdya at the square line up . not care in like i really am a huge fan kinda way but care in like thye are on the empire records so0 . . .
So jill sends me a text at work the other day that says simply RIP Sophia and I think "oh no Estelle Getty died" or "wow that is a really tacky way to tell me this girl we went to schoo0 . . .
When is the last time anyone has seen an embarassing picture or heard an embarassing story of me. Its been a while.Its not that i am not having a lot of fun this summer cuz I am and i have done a lot 0 . . .
I have been having strange dreams that I remember lately, the second one here is much crazier trust me: 1. I am on a show like Top Chef sorta thing and somehow I am making it through each round wit0 . . .
What is Irish and stays out all night? .........Patty O'furniture0 . . .
So e:libertad's mom was in town for the week and so I saw her a lot which was really nice because she lives in florida and so really i never see her. It was great getting to know her more though 0 . . .
Haha today I heard a quote by Queen Elizabeth of England (not like I heard her say it while we were having lunch but i heard it in I read it in the paper) that she loves the song Dancing Queen and alw0 . . .
So i just read Dr. Phil actually is not a doctor and does not have a liscense to practice psychology. THAT IS CRAZY!!!!!!!!! I hate him , what a whack job!0 . . .
So me and e:jill decided to be summery and go to the beach today. Of course when we left it was completely cloudy and kinda chilly. We of course decided to stop at Tops for some snacks and magazines..0 . . .
So on Saturday it was the pharmacist at work Rachel's wedding. The reception was at Kloks in West Seneca which was pretty nice. I had never been there before. The food was really good! Anywho, on0 . . .
...a Canisius College yearbook for the year 2001. For some reason (well the reason is I am an out of control pack rat who just collects anything he comes in contact with) while going through my school0 . . .
...If i saw my coworker on the side of the road on fire, and i was walking by with a fire extinguished, I wouldn't put them out....I didn't say it to their face but i wanted to. I am so sick0 . . .
You would be suprised how much goes down on the corner of Tremont and Wilber outside my computer room window. Seriusly there is always either some crazy little kids playing crazy games that involve lo0 . . .
Let's all join this bunny in giving Dave a standing ovation for his 28th birthday!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! YOU'RE AMAZING! THANKS FOR BEING THERE FOR ME AND FOR BEING YOU! 0608/Bunny20612.j0 . . .
First off all good job jesse on noting the Aunt Becky had twins in my last journal. NOw on to more pressing news: I don't tihnk I mentioned this or anyone has, but the ultimate creep master hi0 . . .
The date is November 13,1991 and my third grade journal that I just found says .."... after dinner I called all the kids on the block but not one of them could play. I watched tv. Becky had twins0 . . .
Last night we went to see Sex and the City and oh boy it was insane. We were at the Regal on elmwood and had to park way out like the far part of the Office Depot lot but the time we left even the who0 . . .
SO i have really been wanting to go to Jin Lan for dinner recently and randomly today my paretns decide to go there and ask if i wanna go. They didn't know i have been wanting to go and seruiosly0 . . .
I read in Star that Mario Lopez was jealous of another man in his musicals large biceps and so the other guys is forced to wear long sleeves while Mario's arms are the only ones bared. HOW REDIC!0 . . .
So last night I went to the grand opening of Steel Crazy Cafe by Bohemian Hostess on the corner of Elmwood and Allen. It was a crepe cafe before but I guess it was a flop cuz the people who did the st0 . . .
I love the Lion King. Me and my friend Brian used to watch it everyday after school on video. For some reason tonight I had a huge urge to listen to the soundtrack and dance and sing my heart out to m0 . . .
Anyone want a Forgetting Sarah Marshall movie poster? I got it free at the preview and took it cuz i take anything that is free but don't really want it and don't want to juts throw it out s0 . . .
So yesterday was a day of new thing for me and e:jill. First we went to check out Allentown Athletix. It was smaller than i had imagined but definetly had everything I would need and the guy said ther0 . . .
Rachel the pharmacist at works brother started this company called buffalocartboys.com . I know e:paul was thinking of this at one point and I think it is really a great thing. I just thought e:paul m0 . . .
I love going out to lunch. Don't get me wrong I love going out to dinner and breakfast and snacks too and dessert (well not dessert as much honestly) but there is something so great about going o0 . . .
So I have never watched American Idol but I watched it the other night at e:paul's and I must say HOW COULD THAT GIRL WHO LOOKS JUST LIKE TIMIKA (e:ladycroft) get voted off when that one guys san0 . . .
So the bartender the other day is telling me, e:libertad, e:james and e:jim this story. The bar black had went into the basement where the empty bottles and new bottles and refrigerator are and there0 . . .
Hope this makes you feel better... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Srk5SpVTsE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Srk5SpVTsE0 . . .
I have prolly written many times about my really random and large taste in music (and lots of times bad music). Here is my latest mixed cd I made for my car, I think it is a good example of the random0 . . .
I think the answer is "yeah pretty much" I got my facebook social report and it says Here is what your friends think about you... your strengths... person who can drink the most m0 . . .
So after cleaning my room i decided to rearrange all the figurines on my dresser which from past journals you have seen is quite an amount of figurines. Well this started as an accident with the place0 . . .
It's Official! The New Kids on the Block are releasing a new album and going on tour 20 years after their hit album "hangin tough" I am most definely going, i don't care where I ha0 . . .
APRIL FOOOLSSSS! happy april fools day everyone!0408/01195219.gif0 . . .
Does anyone remember this show? It was a great show with this old woman who had 4 daughter in laws and their crazy antics. The old woman was so mean and funny. I found some clips on youtube today. It 0 . . .
So the Linwood Home Tour is $22. I think that seems a tad outrageous. I did the Linwood Tour like two years ago and it was really kinda crappy. It was like 12 houses and part of it was the stupid Mayf0 . . .
So the Regal on elmwood has gotten sketchier and sketchier over the years. Like i don't love going to a movie theater where there are like 30 police at all times checking everyone's tickets.0 . . .
This is my favoritest clip from Golden Girls of all time. Too bad Sophia isn't in it! I seriuosly laugh hysterically for hours everytime I see this episode!!! I love dorothy's face during th0 . . .
Today one of my bestest of friends , e:jill turns 25! Quarter life folks! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILLIAN JIGGS!! 0308/17224644.gif0 . . .
OMG there was a story today in the Buffalo News about a woman who has spent the last two years on a toilet and her boyfriend who was bringing her food and water finally called the police. I guess she 0 . . .
So our computer smells like really burning plastic and so you can only use it for like 5 minutes at a time. So as a by product I only use it like a little every other day ish. And so i never read estr0 . . .
So last night after dinner we decided to go to Hallwalls to see the new statue show thing. It was on the cover of artvoice and it features these pink statues that look just like naked people but like 0 . . .
Well actually tomorrow I will have a new car. After an exhaustive search for a used blue toyota matrix I finally decided to just bite the bullet and buy a new one. I went to West Herr Toyota in Orchar0 . . .
It is quite freakish , almost every time I have checked my e-mail in the last month or so I have had exactly 18 e-mails. I mean not every single time but I would say 87% of the time roughly. That is s0 . . .
So you know I think i forgot this in my last post but you know what the clincher is: I have never called in except once in eight years and the time I am really sick is like 3 weeks after they effectiv0 . . .
Monday night i was having lots of stomach issues and barely slept so tuesday at work I felt like crap. I was supposed to leave at 5 but it was crazy busy so I went and had some dry heaves and a little0 . . .
So tomorrow is a huge day, the whole primary, face of our future thing...and FAT TUESDAY! Do you think that will lower voter turnout cuz everyone will be drunk and partying? I will vote in the morning0 . . .
Stupid Rite Aid in Buffalo, NY for like the third time since they took over have had our checks come late. We didn't get them today cuz of some problem. With eckerd they used to send them earlier0 . . .
OMG there is an ex queen of the Belgians. (she married the king but when he died his younger brother became king and his wife queen) but she is still called Queen Fabiola. What kind of better life is 0 . . .
So it has happened. RiteAid has broken me. The old ladies that ocme to my store love me adn i do tons of stuff for them. Like this one lady only let me cash her out cuz she counts out her change and h0 . . .
So it is a little early cuz I am off to bed, but happy birthday Paul. I don't know if the day can be better than this one, having tea with plastic alice in wonderland figurines but I hope it come0 . . .
Work and life have been quite stressful lately. I just have been down in the dumps and like come home from work super stressed and it doesn't really go up from there. I tihnk a big part is not ha0 . . .
So it wasn't that long ago that I was posting about car shopping and trying to find a car. But alas I only had that car for like three months before it was smashed to pieces by a drunk driver. We0 . . .
As anyone who knows me knows, the Golden Globes are prlly my favorite day of the year, if not , then they are a close second to my birthday. Anywho, like seiruosly I generally start watching at like 10 . . .
OMG I did not realize Sweeney Todd would be so terrifying and gruesome. LIke i knew what it was about but I thought it would be more fun and heartwarming (not warming in the sense of your heart being 0 . . .
So like whoa, our store has been dead, and i mean pretty darn dead the last two days. Yesterday was super dead like i just cleaned all day adn two people worked on training and it still seemed slow de0 . . .
when the world looks kinda weird, and you wish that you weren't there, just close your eyes and make believe, and you can be anywhere0 . . .
So I used to love and actually still love the song Fire and Rain, ever since it was featured on the Dawson's Creek episode where his father died. Anywho, I haven't heard it in a while adn th0 . . .
Super suprise guest at the party right now!!!!!!! COME AND GET IT!!!!0 . . .
In my family as e:paul detests we have a few christmas celebrations. We have christmas eve with my aunt and uncle and cousins, then christmas day with just our immediate family, then a day with my dad0 . . .
So OMG my aunt's niece (but not my cousin) had some challenge for her elementary school to like make a difference and so she started this website in honor of her grandfather (my aunt's broth0 . . .
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! I am like a five year old and super excited to open my gifts but we had to go to church this morning and now wait for e:paul to get here before we can open gifts! Ugh! I cann0 . . .
So my rental has 106.5 the country station in the presets so I flip to it a lot and I find myself sticking with it without relaizing. Like I will be like hmm what song is this, its not bad, and then I0 . . .
So I have like two weeks to find a new car before the rental runs out...great! Anywho I kinda want an SUV now, like I won't get one but seriuosly if you saw my car and then read the damage to her0 . . .
YEAH! It's true, Merry Christmas Mike , here is your car scattered across the intersection of Lexington and Elmwood!!! Thanks Santa! So last night around 10:30 , i am leaving and go to get in my 0 . . .
Happy Birthday Jessica Kim Ho! I hope it was amazing and fabulous like you always are!!! 0 . . .
I love making christmas cards but am way behind the ball this year. I am just at the "Oh crap" where do I keep everyone's address stage which is the first step for me. I like to address0 . . .
So as always Eckerd get togethers some how break down into some kind of insanity, be it videotapped strip beer pong random coworker make outs or whatever. Well last night after a start at Malone'0 . . .
Seriously I love today so far! I woke up at like 10:30 to the smells of sauce cooking in the kitchen. My mom does not make sauce as much as she used to and there seriously is no feeling as great as wa0 . . .
So i officially decided yesterday that I am not going to Pharmacy school. I told my parents, coworkers and dermatologist. That makes it pretty official. THey all have differing degrees of dissappointm0 . . .
So ever since seeing an incredibly amazing episode of Gossip Girl a few weeks ago I have wanted to have a masquerade ball. And then after seeing enchanted I just wanted like a fun formal ball. And the0 . . .
Enchanted was really good! Like super good! Me and e:jill went the other night and I loved it! I think she liked it a lot too! Like it was kinda just like one of those old disney cartoons but like new0 . . .
Oh the things I will decide NEED to be done right now when it is less than 24 hours before an exam in a class I know virtually nothing about and am doing poorly in and need to do well in to have any k0 . . .
Sometimes I forget how much I love the Spice Girls and all it takes to remind me of the greatness is one little magical phrase "spice up your life". Hearing them always puts me in a better m0 . . .
So me and e:jill and e:diana went to see August Rush last night. Like I kinda wanted to see it but we had no paper and so just went to the theater and that was the only movie playing at the right tim0 . . .
and banana cream pie and catch phrase and hanging out with my family. It is wonderufl!0 . . .
Well first of all it was super dead at work and it was glorious but MORE TO THE POINT! I love it because today being the day before Thanksgiving and this being Buffalo, TONIGHT IS LIKE THE BIGGEST PAR0 . . .
So I actually have gotten a little christmas shopping done. Like I didn't plan it , I was really mostly shopping for myself was my plan but I bought a few things and got some ideas. Though a coup0 . . .
So not one but TWO radio stations are started playing 24 hour Christmas....i mean holiday music yesterday (though I have yet to hear a kwanzaa or chanukah song on them?) anywho...while I don't lo0 . . .
OMG I lost my freakin glasses. I took them off in lab to put on my goggles and put them on my jacket so I COULD NOT FORGET THEM! AND I FORGOT THEM! WHICH also means I prolly flung them somewhere when 0 . . .
Due to the writer's strike Jay Leno and David Letterman are in repeats. Jay Leno had a show from 2004 on yesterday with Britney Spears. OMG how crazy to look at her then and now. She was young an0 . . .
So last week I cleaned my room. Not just a little cleanup, like a hardcore go through everything (and I am a super pack rat so everything is a lot of crap) and dust and vacuum and just relaly clean an0 . . .
It looks like Chris Collins has won the county executive race. I voted for him but don't love him. I guess we'll see how it all turns out. It can't get worse than Giambra right?0 . . .
Yup ,I realy did fail my organic chem test! like number wise it was a failure and unfortunately the class grades in general don't seem that low. Oh well,,, so much for that.0 . . .
Ok i used that title instead of I LOVE MARY J. BLIGE cuz i thought it would make you read it. I just wanted to state how much I love Mary J. I heard her last night and remebered how great she is. I ha0 . . .
Ok it probably won't be my last, but my last today, (probably?). Now that I tihnk I may not want to be a pharmacist it is really hard to care about this test today. Like organic chem will never m0 . . .
So now if I decide I don't want to be a pharmacist I am thinking maybe I will be a teacher. I always wanted to do that but then got the idea of other things but really that was my first occupatio0 . . .
So I was told today that I cannot get in for next year. Because some of my prerequisites were 6 years ago instead of the five that they conveniently never told me about or made known of their website 0 . . .
Ok, so this is the first time I have had a digital camera at an e:strip party. I do not take quite the extensive amount of pictures as others and as you will see I mostly take pictures of a)myself b) 0 . . .
Ok, so this is the first time I have had a digital camera at an e:strip party. I do not take quite the extensive amount of pictures as others and as you will see I mostly take pictures of a)myself b) 0 . . .
Ok, so this is the first time I have had a digital camera at an e:strip party. I do not take quite the extensive amount of pictures as others and as you will see I mostly take pictures of a)myself b) 0 . . .
Has anyone seen this unicorn? He is on the lam evading police as we speak....he has been spotted around the elmwood area causing havoc and looking sexy!!!! Any info would be greatly appreciated... 0 . . .
So seriously me and e:jill have no idea what to be for halloween this year. We don't always go as things together like one year it was Captain Planet and the girl from the Royal Tennenbaums but w0 . . .
So I took my PCAT's and I think I royally screwed up the Math and Chemistry sections. Chemistry has always been my lowest strength but math is usually my best, like I almost got perfect like on a0 . . .
Ugh, tomorrow morning I take my PCATs which are like the pharmacy school SAT type things. OMG I AM GONNA DO SO BAD! I have done some practice ones and get like oh 50% or less on the bio and chemistyr 0 . . .
one of my bestest friends since sixth grade , e:beast is moving to scottland to be with her b/f (well they are gettin gmarried but only for the visa, not "for real" as she says) ! This mean0 . . .
Had a great weekend with e:southernyankee and e:lilho in town and e:beast's going away party on saturday. Too much fun for one little boy. I actually have some pics from saturday at least because0 . . .
This dinner and e:strip discussion is cutting into my favorite television night of the week. I will be missing both Gossip Girl AND Dirty, Sexy Money my only 2 must see shows of the week. We don'0 . . .
I can't handle it. I am not like a huge Bills fan or anything and i started watching this game and I get pulled in (if i start watching a game I will always get pulled in). And seriuosly the game0 . . .
I love casinos as some of you know. Not in a bad way, like i don't lose a lot of money but I don't win a lot either. Like today I went and won 15 dollars on my first like penny spin and was 0 . . .
We went to see Feast Of Love last night. Like I just have not loved the movies I went to recently and it is sad. I thought it was kinda like a quirky sorta romanitc comedy from the previews but no IT 0 . . .
I am the ultimate procrastinator. My only actual homeowkr that has to be handed in each week is my lab and I have all week and I always put it off until wednesday night and then I wait and do anything0 . . .
As e:strip is the offical source of Britney Spears news I thought I should report it here first! Britney has lost the kids. Kevin has them until further notice of the court. Her life is really in the0 . . .
I met e:libertad's mom and husband joe. As most of you know, I am not good at meeting new people. I tend to say inapprorpriate things or stay really quiet. Needless to say they hated me at first 0 . . .
I was thinking today how this new season I am watching many shows where the last year or two I have hardly watched any shows like in a set way besides like just flipping channels. This year I've 0 . . .
So OMG i realized why I hate science today. it is all busy work. Like the school part at least is all busywork. Like every experiment you do and every formula you figure out , they already know the an0 . . .
Thanks so much for the help anne! here is a photo of my ticket. After numerous tries I think it the photo is showing up now. See towards the bottom the date affirmed says 8/22/07 but at the top it say0 . . .
On a ticket you get for say alledgedly going through a red light, what does the date affirmed on the bottom of the ticket mean? On the top it says like date of incident but on bottom it says like date0 . . .
I didn't even want to go to stupid blogtoberfest. But of course I go, and it is freakin' octoberfest which was stupid and not somewhere I would realyl want to be. I hate german and polish f0 . . .
As I am at a red light on elmwood and maybe West Delevan I realize I am singing at the top of my lungs "What a feeling" while smoking a fake candy cigarette. And YES all my windows are open.0 . . .
Has anyone ever been to a wedding or anything at the casino at Beaver Isalnd. Casino in the like reception hall sense not gambling sense. My parents have a wedding there this weekend and are debating 0 . . .
I woke up at like 1:30 in the morning with the worst pain in my stomach ever. I felt like I had done like a million crunches adn then someone shot me all over my stomach! It was so painful, i oculdn� . . .
Ok we are seriuosly short handed at work. Like way shorthanded both in number of people and quality of people and i swear everyday we start off short handed and then like 2 people call in or leave ea0 . . .
Tonight is the Emmy's, I believe they are my thridish favorite award show. I seriously love preshow extravaganzas though I am way behind as I just started watching the preshow a few minutes ago. 0 . . .
There I said it! Everyone always assumes I love it cuz it is my kinda thing. But I find him annoying and irritating. He is ugly and stupid. He thinks he is cool but he is not. I really don't like0 . . .
So today was a super crazy day at my store. The morning starts off normal enough and then we get a call in for a prescription for Tramadol from a particular doctor who the pharmacist knew does not wri0 . . .
I absolutely hate when people's checks or credit cards are denied. I always try to pass it off like it is some computer glitch and not because they have 10,000 credit cards that are all maxed out0 . . .
So I have been waiting my whole life for the Spears performance tonight at the VMA's. I felt like a really great energetic wonderful performance would signal her big comback. Or a little sadistic0 . . .
Today is my college friend Katrina's wedding. e:amanda is the maid of honor. I can't wait. I really like weddings and friend weddings are the bestest kind yet it seems crazy that now four of0 . . .
So back in the day when it first started (maybe 2000) i was a huge fan of passions. It was like the best thing ever and I love soap operas in general. Then it got really lame where even now 7 years la0 . . .
to you e:ladycroft. Happy Birthday! I hope it is a great one even though you are half way around the world!!! Do they celebrate birthdays the same way there?0 . . .
Seriously, I am reading Tipping Point, which e:maureen recommended and is a pretty good book so far. It is about like what makes somethign big all of a sudden. how does one obscure thing become huge a0 . . .
I just saw e:libertad has left 666 comments , is he the devil? Thanks everyone for coming to the birthday party on Saturday. I had a great time and hope everyone else did. As the photos show I thi0 . . .
No I'm not talking about a new cell phone plan. I'm talking about how great my friends and family are. First I got a bottle of Captain from e:amanda when we went out to lunch on Thrusday whi0 . . .
after a night of winning (ok $8 but that is still winning) at the casino and then on a lotto ticket this morning, and then finding a wonderful suprise from e:libertad,40851's journal then........0 . . .
So i got to school a little early to see if my stuff from two days ago had a.) really printed and b.) was still there. They are having major printing issues in the UB library right now. Anywho I lucki0 . . .
So today is the unofficial/official beginning of my birthday celebration. At work they got my a tasty carvel cake and then when I got home my mom made my favorite dinner (chicken parm) as my birthday 0 . . .
0807/27235859.gif Happy Birthday Terry!!! I hope it is filled with beer and chemistry. (those are your two favorite things right?) Thanks e:jim for reminding me about the drawing feature. I had f0 . . .
so I am not for a casino in Buffalo though I am seiruosly addicted to slot machines lately (at the Niagara Falls one), particularly the Emerald Hot Hot Penny, Penny machine. Anywho, we went to see wha0 . . .
So the other day at the Eastern Hills Mall with e:mk I bought a book about throwing parties cuz it was 50% off the clearance price. You see I always buy books about throwing parties/dinner parties/pla0 . . .
Two funny things I heard on Jay Leno some random comedians tonight: "I'm not an alcoholic, I'm a shopaholic who likes liquor stores" this is not anything about me, haha, well0 . . .
So if you wanna see pictures of me in my glasses , check out e:libertad or e:paul 's journal. They are really starting to grow on me. I especially like how thye look in pictures more than in real0 . . .
I just learned a ne fact about Michelle Pfeiffer. Did you know she turned down the lead role in Basic Instinct, Silence of the Lambs and Thelma and Louise. I wonder if we would even know the name Shar0 . . .
I described Michelle Pfeiffer (in an amazing journal http://www.estrip.org/articles/mike/40607.html that you should check out) as bedazzical. I just coined the term on wictionary too. Use it all y0 . . .
We saw Hairspray and Stardust recently and I realized I really love Michelle Pfeiffer. I also saw her on Jay Leno the other day. She is just awesomely amzingly beautifully sexy! And fun! And bedazzic0 . . .
SO I got my car last night and I love it! I relaly do love it! But last night the sun roof opened all the way. The guy at the store said it didn't open all the way and it was a moon roof but last0 . . .
So today was supposed to be a really exciting day, I was gonna get my glasses, leaving work a half hour early to go get them, then clean out my old car and go get my new car!!! Well first my glasses..0 . . .
So I did it. I didn't look at as nearly as many cars as I had planned on and I went with a sorta luxury car instead of new small car but anywho as of 6pm tomorow night I am the proud owner of a 20 . . .
Just wanted to say mine and e:terry annual b-day party (hmm i guess all bday parties are annual) is going to be Saturday September first at the e:pmt house. Everyone best be there or I will never tal0 . . .
at a time. I use a lot of straws. I just like drinking out of straws a lot instead of out of glasses. But that leads to a lot of trashy plastic in waste dumps so now I have come p with a solution, I h0 . . .
So e:beast's sister had another baby. Little Elli is super de duper cute!!! I am ready for someone to have babies. I think I will be a real good uncle , so e:paul when are the babies coming? Or a0 . . .
So I finally bit the bullett and went for the eye exam today. You people may remember I decided the time I said look at that huge log and e:paul pointed out"Mike that is a family of ducks". 0 . . .
So I'm leaving the mansion as e:pmt are coming back today. I actually will have to come back cuz I don't feel like carrying everything I brought down right now (yes I pack for liek a 2 month0 . . .
...drink lots of vodka ever again. I never have hangover no matter how much I drink, like very rarely do I have bad hangovers. I feel like crap today after drinking only lots of vodka last night inste0 . . .
My dad is out of town for a few days so tonight me and my mom went out to dinner. We went to the Empire Grill on Hertel. I really like it, it is quite good. I love the calamari po boy sandwich which m0 . . .
I hate Eckered/Rite Aid more than ever. Prolly it has been the most stressful ever. I am not a manager/ nor in charge of anything, i don't want to make any decisions/be asked 1 bazillion question0 . . .
I just read about the new ideas for Elmwood. At first I thought it was so crazy to make an indoor mall but I think it will be realy cool and just want the city needs. I heard they are going to knock d0 . . .
I think that is the right word. As anyone who knows me knows I love to collect random crap. So many knick nacks and pattywacks and what not. Like my room is chuck full of things that no longer have di0 . . .
So I finally made an appointment to get glasses, August 6 is the day. How crazy. But super random is today on Will and Grace it is about Karen finally deciding to get glasses but then refusing. It was0 . . .
So like I love loaded fries. You know it, I know it, my thoroughly clogged arteries know it. I like my fries covered in cheese and bacon adn then dipped in ranch or sour cream if there is no ranch to 0 . . .
For some reason whenever I hear that song Party Like A Rock Star, you know the rap one that just goes Party like a Rock, Party like a rock star over adn over. Anyway for some reason whenever I hear i0 . . .
So me and e:jill are sitting enjoying our teas outside of spot tonight when e:diana and her b/f matt come and join us and we are all chatting and catching up just lovely when this dirtiesh man in a ba0 . . .
I love fireworks. I think tomorow I want to go to Canal Fest at night and then watch the Grand Finale fireworks. I seriously can never get enough fireworks. I think everyone else is tiring of them...b0 . . .
I LOVED THESE SHOWS AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE REMEMBER IT!!! I was starting to not be able to picture it perfectly anymore....thank you YOUTUBE!!! hM33xzGyHAw and the dinosaucers linnk: http://0 . . .
I haven't done a lot of shopping lately and that makes me sad....the mall is like a drug for me. and i need my fix.....0 . . .
So I heard back from Lisa at ABC today and I did not make the Holly Hunter cut, clearly the producers have no idea what they are doing Dear Mike, Thank you so much for sending in your video ques0 . . .
I have not heard from ABC about my Holly Hunter video (posted in journal below)! Does that mean they are not going to put me on the air. Who deserves to be on a Holly Hunter special more than me? NOON0 . . .
This is the video I submitted to ABC for a Holly Hunter special they e-mailed me about. I made liek 10 videos and it was so hard to pick my favorite but it is 2am and I Have to work in 6 hours and I d0 . . .
So some of you may have read my last post about her new show. But after some new information has come to light I have found that I love Holly Hunter!She's really grown on me in the last few days!0 . . .
For some reason all day today all I could tihnk about was the Devil Wears Prada. I busted out the soundtrack this afternoon and enjoyed it adn then lo and behold I am switching through the channels an0 . . .
In the commercials for the new TNT commercials for the new show like Saving Grace or somehitng starring HOlly Hunter...everything about these commercials is ridiculous. It tries to seem so impotnat an0 . . .
So today we went to Crystal Beach. If you know me and my friends , if we say we are leaving at lets say 10am, that usually means we leave Kenmore at about 1pm at the earliest. This is after trips to n0 . . .
I am watching Friends right now and sometimes it is hilarious. Joey just said something was a Moo point. and when they questioned it, he explained it was like a cow's opinion, it doesn't ma0 . . .
I love the fourth of July! I love fireworks. We go see the ones in Riverside cuz they are by Teres's house though they are not the best ones I don't think. So far they have no been canceled0 . . .
Last night I went to Sample with some people from work because I was told they have an amazing honey lavendar martini that is like aromatherapy for your mouth! It clearly was not the amazingness I had0 . . .
So I had my lab practical today which I tihnk is the way harder part of the final. Basically they can ask us any little thing from any little part of the semester they could have asked and then had yo0 . . .
So I am sleeping over at teh e:pmt's mansion while they are out of town. Too bad everyuone is busy and so I am here a lone now and it is scary. I am barracading myself in the upstairs den and jus0 . . .
If all goes as plans me and e:jill are going to try out for Wheel of Fortune today! How super duepr fun would that to be. It would be so awesome to be on there. I like it cuz you get the money you win0 . . .
I went to my first ever like orthodoxish Jewish Wedding on Sunday. it was fun and interesting for many reasons..but oh so incredibly long. Like it started at 4:30 and at 12:30 when we left it was stil0 . . .
I love my car , Frank, which was my uncle who I got it from's name but it was named more for Frank Sinatra because it tried to seduce e:jill the first time she got in it by the seat just falling 0 . . .
It's funny becasuse sometimes I complain that my parents don't really give me anything or pay for stuff for me. LIke I have to do it all myself. I realize this is kinda ludicrous because lik0 . . .
HAPPY 27th BIRTHDAY e:Libertad!!!!! From me and one of my favorite ladies! 0607/Beaarthur0612.jpg0 . . .
So an interesting night last night spent with e:lilho on her last weekend in the B-lo. Me, e:lilho, e:jll and e:beast headed out and started with a martini and shots at Fugazi, where we began a starbu0 . . .
An interesting weekend indeed....lots of changes...lots of going back to old things...lots of interesting public displays....lots of broken hookahs (sp?), and most of all lots of fun...and now on to t0 . . .
So I did it! I'm not thrilled with how it went. I don't feel better about anything at all ...prolly worse ...but for the better or worse I did it! I don't like to let people down, espec0 . . .
I khow what pim supposed to do but i ca'nt! ok! i can't! I taesied to but i justa can't! I thoaght this wekend would be a perfect teime but I just can't! I dn't have it in me!0 . . .
Everyone better be at the Linwood Mansion (24 Linwood) TONIGHT FOR THE e:lilho going away party!! I am making jello shots as we speak (hopefully they congeal)! I don' tremember how to mix them so0 . . .
So me and e:terry have our first summer bio class test tomorow. Our teacher goes pretty slow and repetively in class so I'm thinking it won't be that hard but then going over the review shee0 . . .
I love Memorial Day! I love the parades and the cookouts!!! I love everything about it. I was in the parade for years for different things from cub scouts to band. And since then I have been watching 0 . . .
Today I went to my nonna's house that e:paul now owns and rents out. They are painting and cleaning it up before the new tenants move in. Anywho, it was the first time I had been there in a long 0 . . .
...she broke her nose when she tripped over dog..rather amusing and..i had nothing else to post and wanted to be back on the top list....0 . . .
So I take my camera with pics from Nashville and pics from going out the other night to my Eckerd to get developed. I didn't remember them being particularly risque...I go pick them up and the wo0 . . .
So in my process of trying to get rid of old school papers I started reading over tihngs. This was a presentation we had to do for a Biotechnology and Society honors class at Canisius. My group tried 0 . . .
Everyone should really stop by the e:lilho garage sale tomorow. I was there today and it was pretty amazing. There is some really cool stuff. 24 LInwood , tomorrow afternoonish I'm guessing she� . . .
So tonight felt good for two reasons. One the Sabres won and it was fun to watch (that is why e:lilho will kill me). I can't help it. I am not the hugest sports fan but there is something excitin0 . . .
I am totally drawn in to anything in marathon form. As some of you know last summer I tried to get into Grey's Anatomy and watched Season 1 but then gave up on it. While in Tennessee me and e:jil0 . . .
Congratulations to everyone graduating this weekend!!! You all hopefully will find great things in the future!!! Maybe you can use your degrees as well as I have (hahah!) !! You all deserve greatness!0 . . .
I am accidentally covered in glitter from the kitchen table and have nowhere to go. What a bad place to be in. When you gots glitter you gots to show it off!0 . . .
So I just had my physics exam. I am pretty sure I failed. There were entire 5 part questions I didn't have a clue about. The good part is hopefully as in the past everyone else failed too and so 0 . . .
I really need to get a digital camera. I was going to get it before my trip but decided to use up a few funsaver throwaways I still had in the house. I wish I could be posting my journal from vaca rig0 . . .
Last night at a honky tonk, I back handed a cowboy across the face by mistake and feared for my life..........i 'll post my pictures and more about my trip when I got back0 . . .
So me and e:jill leave in like 5.5 hours to go visit our friend jen who lives in Kentucky but on the Tennessee border. I should go to bed but I just am not tired yet. I can not wait to go. I think it 0 . . .
I just talked to my friend Diana who works for Disney and takes pictures of people which they can then buy at the end. It is hilarious to talk to her about Disney stuff. Some tidbits from our conversa0 . . .
First of all my title made me think of the old stores Odds and Ends which were seriously amazing. They had the most random things. Way more random than any dollar store or .99 cent city. They seriousl0 . . .
So cleaning my room yesterday, I actually got sidetracked and started reading all these old cards and letters and stuff from my friends. WE were so ridiculous,partiuclarly me and e:mk I think. LIke wh0 . . .
So i went to the interview for the Real World today. I am so not as crazy as the other people so I am sure I didn't make it but we'll see. You find out at 9pm today I think he said if you ma0 . . .
So this afternoon I wasn't in a great mood as Sundays sometimes get me down. I really wanted to go out for lunch or for a walk but everyone was busy so I decided to go for a walk by myself which 0 . . .
How random? As you all know I do not partake in the 4/20 activities as I was the DARE poster child at one point in my life. But randomly my mom bought me the book Puff the Magic Dragon yesterday at a 0 . . .
They are having an open casting call in Buffalo for the Real World. They are looking for people who want to live in a big city and work in the entertainment industry such as fashion, television, movie0 . . .
I can't believe that no one has mentioned that LARRY IS ANNA NICOLE'S BABY DADDY! Not Howard. Now not that I didn' tdoubt this for a second because if Howard really knew it was his why 0 . . .
So I woke up and immeidately had a cup of the sweet sweet sauce they call coffee that I had given up for the last 40 days. I could not wait to get a sip of that. It was heavenly!!!! Then it took like 0 . . .
I know I said I wasn't going to write but I had to warn you all out there. If you are already feeling sad or depressed, DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT, go to a casino alone at 11 o'clock on a Tuesd0 . . .
You prolly haven't noticed but I'm taking a brief hiatus from e:strip. I still comment here adn there but I think I am gonna take a break from writing my own journals. I just don't fee0 . . .
Did you know you can cry for so hard for so long that it looks like you got punched in the face, like it turns black and blue and red like the blood vessels popped around it. 0 . . .
So yeah its true. I am smoking at least a pack of candy cigarettes every day and I am not ashamed of it. It used to be something I just did when alone or with my friends in my car but the other day I 0 . . .
Today was prolly literally the worst day of work in my 7.5 years at Eckerd! It was horrible. There was a major situation involving supposed lost drugs while at the same time we were super busy adn eve0 . . .
So I feel like I have so much to write about from this weekend that I could type for pages and pages but then noone would read it , except e:mk who loves my long posts of yester year like the time I w0 . . .
Eww I was just at TOPS and look what I found (and bought for e:jill for her bday cuz she hates runny noses!) How gross is that? You strap it to your face like a mask and then let the slime run f0 . . .
So as I've mention my life has been lacking in party times the last few weeks but this weekend seems to mor ethan make up for it. I'm going out iwth some people from work tonight one of whom0 . . .
I found my report card from kindergarden the other day. It had things like "knows full name" "can tie shoes". I did not pass a few areas that I still have not passed namely holding0 . . .
So I love going out to lunch. I wish I could do it everyday. Anywho, I am going out to lunch with e:amanda at the Juicery downtown today cuz I don't have to work until 5. I thought maybe I'd0 . . .
Last night on the way out of 24 Linwood I slipped on the ice buildup outside their house and fell to the hard cement. Unfortunately it is my brother , otherwise I would sue for all their worth now tha0 . . .
OMG so I was doing my physics homework. I wasn't doing the best ever but not the worst ever either. I totally hit a rut and didn't know how to do anymore questions (we get four tries per que0 . . .
Ok some of you may have just seen an entry here but thanks to e:paul I got my original entry back so here it is: So I went to that newish restaurant Cabaret across from Sheas on Pearl Street. It 0 . . .
So I went to that newish restaurant Cabaret across from Sheas on Pearl Street. It was really good. They have like cheap stuff like salads and burgers and wings and fingers and pricer like meals up to 0 . . .
I am home right now at 1 am and am not happy about it. I would have actually been home even earlier had I not driven around for a little while hoping something fun would come up. This weekend after my0 . . .
So I was watching Ellen doing stand up on comedy central the other day. She is hilarious. Like just seriously funny. I think too of my favorite parts were when she was talking about how lazy people ha0 . . .
I'm on my way to my second physics exam (FROM 7-9 pm tonight. How ridiculous is that to have an exam at 7pm on Friday night when it is not a night class!!! grr) Anywho, hopefully I do slightly be0 . . .
So lately I have been realizing I want to see more live theater and stuff cuz I enjoy that stuff a lot and there is a lot here in Buffalo and I don't go enough. So me and e:mk are making plans to0 . . .
That's right, Oscar night. My favorite night of the year. I started watching preshows about an hour ago (yeah like 1 pm , a little later than my usual 10 or 11 am start). And now its all Oscars ,0 . . .
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These pics go with the post before this: I never really post photos, I think I am gonna start trying to: 0207/BodyShotPour20219.jpg I don't know that I could ever take a body shot off my hair0 . . .
Friday night was probably one of my least classy nights ever (and many of you have seen me on some pretty classless nights). Lets just say me and e:beast went to Frizzys with two people from my work (0 . . .
Today while driving my Frontier Lumber on Elmwood near Hertel I told JIll how for most of my life for some reason I really believed Tim Allen worked there. LIk eI never even found it odd, that is just0 . . .
I swear this is my last post about physics but seriously it is like half my life right now. After seeing e:terry in the hall at UB , I actually had a good physics recitation. The TA actually really cl0 . . .
There is this little plaza in Kenmore that is so random. It is on the corner of W. Girard and Elmwood and the tenants are Mustachios Pizza (i don't liek the name, it makes me think there is hair 0 . . .
I am watching what is meant to be a serious news show on Fox News (if such a tihng exists) about the death of Anna Nicole. Bobby Trendy is totally laying the smack down aobut Howard K. Stern killing h0 . . .
My pharmacy school dream is going to be over when I fail this physics test tomorrow. After beating the crap out of the first two assignments, I am getting like a 67 on this weeks homework. That does n0 . . .
On my way to school today, JC Chasez( formally of N'Sync) 's new single came on. It was exactly what you would expect from JC but the thing is HE SOUNDS JUST LIKE CAROL CHANNING AT ONE POINT0 . . .
Wow! You all probably know I am not the biggest football fan but watching the super bowl on a huge HD tv was sooo cool. LIke i always thought how different could it be, especially like a sports progra0 . . .
Some people have brought to mine and teres's attention that we say "pretty lot" and that that isn't a saying or word and that it makes no sense. Ex. "I have a pretty lot of ho0 . . .
So I guess I am keeping my car. The thing I thought would be expensive to fix was like 50 dollars only so I decided to fix it and Frank (my car) will be around for a while longer hopefully. In that ti0 . . .
I am not built for days starting at 7:30 am and ending at 9:30 pm. Hopefully I make it through tomorrow. I have had to be at work/school/doctors everyday this week at 7:30 am. I am not a morning perso0 . . .
So after some supa dupa finagling and going into work at 730 am an hour before we open and going back early after my md's apt I was able to get out of work at 5 instead of 9. I did all this finag0 . . .
Score! I got a 95 on my first physics homework assignment. Sure that might be because half of it was just on converting units which I udnerstand, and also you get four tries on each question and get h0 . . .
I heard of a raspberry truffle martini....and now I must find and enjoy one!0 . . .
Drive Me Crazy starring Melissa Joan Hart is seriously one of the best movies ever! I never mention it when talking of my favorite movies but I always watch it on tv and love every minute of it!0 . . .
This physics class is kicking my butt. Luckily it is the only class I am taking and people are being helpful here and there. I seriously just don't get it. I am a smart person, I should be able t0 . . .
Wowser, my big brother is 30. How crazy! IT seems like just yesterday you were holding me down with your friends and tickling me to death....oh wait that was yesterday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANYWAY!!! 0 . . .
It is weird, like I always think like the people who are on e:strip now are the ones who have always been here. But really it has changed a lot and there are always regulars but lots of the people cha0 . . .
I have never watched the OC before but for some reason e:paul has become enamored with it recently and so I watched it with him last night. It was quite entertaining. I know there are only a few episo0 . . .
If I got a small SUV like the Toyota RAV4. Ok, i prolly won't get one but I think it would be fun to have one. I wish they were better on gas, though they are better than my old hunker of a car. 0 . . .
Went to the cheesecake factory the other day with e:maureen.It was pretty good but not worth the 2 hour and 15 minute wait. There was some like lady rock/Sheryll Crowish version remix of Enjoy the Sil0 . . .
I am going to look for a new car today. This is the first time I wasn't forced to get a new car cuz my old one completely pooped out. It is also the first time I am looking at a dealer and not ju0 . . .
I saw Bobby today at the cheap show in Cheektowaga with e:jill. It was really good and soo sad. I love sad movies. I really like when I cry at movies. I don't know why but I really like sad movie0 . . .
After some mishaps and misunderstanding I finally registered for Physics. I will be at UB North Campus (there are prlly few places i rather not be at) on MWF from 11-1150 and Thursday at 830. I meant 0 . . .
..than a young person's funeral. e:amanda's brother's funeral was today. It was soooo sad. I have never been to a young person's funeral before. It is so differently sad. Though I 0 . . .
e:amanda's brother andrew died today. He's only like 26. He has been sick for a while so it wasn't completely surprising but still utterly horrible. I can't even imagine what her a0 . . .
sick. I completely forgot how sick it makes me. I remember now why I stopped drinking it. It makes me completely sick to my stomach in the worst way. And trust me I can deal with stomach aches but the0 . . .
So as yo ucan tell by the lack of pictures of me at this years party (and all of them fully dressed) I was not feeling so well this New Year's Eve. I got sick while at work (sore throat, shaking,0 . . .
i seriously need a break from life and scheduled things. I just want a whole free day that I don't have to spend finding gifts, doing errands for my parents, and working. I seriously badly need a day 0 . . .
...in a purely gift getting way! Last night after work I was sitting and talking to my mom and she asked "what are you going to get with the money we gave you". And I was like "you didn0 . . .
FIRST OFF MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!! This was supposed to be my first post from my labtop with my new wireless router I got from my uncle for christmas today. But alas I am not tech savy at all and0 . . .
OMG because of my parents car accident and christmas combined we get like a gift basket/cookies/flowers about every two hours. And a telephone call about every 15 minutes. It is kinda crazy! I feel so0 . . .
I just want to say that Janice Dickinson , the world's first supermodel according to herself, and now star of many reality shows is quite entertaining. Seriulsy the Christmas with the Dickinson's spec0 . . .
So my christmas cards will not be nearly as fancy as last year. Last year they were quite professional looking if I do say so myself, haha. This year I went a different route. Tackier perhaps (if that0 . . .
Now I just want to start off saying I am not like super environmentally consciencious or anything , I mean I recycle and stuff but don't super care. Anywho, we went to Fudruckers the other day and lik0 . . .
Ok..so there was a slight pinata mishap at the party last night. Sorry Tony!!! There was a guy and girl sitting there pulling treats out of the pinata and I heard promise of Hostess Cupcake which woul0 . . .
Happy birthday e:enknot!!! I hope we make it to the party. It is my friend e:beast's birthday tonight and she really wants to go out to Chippewa so we're not sure but I hope we can convince her the pa0 . . .
I have to be better tomorrow for the party and teres's bday or I will be a very sad sick boy. Grrrr. I am never really sick, this is stupid. OMG though listen to this horrible story. THis is total0 . . .
Bleh...everyone at work is sick and it finally caught me. Last night I started to feel kinda sick and now I am feeling so bleh. LIke stuffy and my throat starting to hurt. The thing is should I go and0 . . .
Sorry I am missing going out with e:robin while she is in town tonight. When I got out of my 13 hour work day I was kinda tired adn super hungry so me and 2 coworkers went out to get some food. I have0 . . .
I love them together! What a perfect duo! ok that's all for now0 . . .
So I am getting really excited about making Christmas cards this year. I think the glitter and glam factor is going to go up like a hundred fold from last year. I think I'll go this weekend to get all0 . . .
The one christmas gift I really wanted to find was a Buffalo christmas tree ornament to send to my friend who moved to Tennessee with her husband. NO STORE ON ELMWOOD HAS ONE! let me clarify, Everythi0 . . .
3rfPOgTG6tc This is a video e:paul filmed of my murder mystery dream. We put it on youtube because the filesize was huge. Sorry it is so dark e:Terry thought it added ambiance in the dark.0 . . .
Wowser I didn't realize my bumper sticker comment would illicit such responses. Just a few things. Most things are not actually metal anymore. When me and e:paul went to put bumper stickers all over b0 . . .
I got more sad about losing my old phone when I realized old texts I had saved will be gone. I stupidly was thinking I oculd just forward tem to myself and forgot that my old phone lost its signal whe0 . . .
So my old cell phone has been really broken more and more each day. It's most recent thing was answering and hanging up on people without even ringing so I never would know they called. 1-3 also didn'0 . . .
I love Thanksgiving. It just involves eating mass quantities of food after a night of drinking mass quantities of alcohol. What better kind of day could you ask for. Every year when setting up the tab0 . . .
So I am sure you all heard OJ's book deal and interview were cancelled due to the outrage. So I guess people talking about things does not always necessarily mean more money or more success for the th0 . . .
We are watching a show where like these people who spend way too much or can't handle money get an adivser to help them get their finances straight and then they get their dreams or something. Well th0 . . .
WJYE 96.1 on the radio is now playing christmas music all the time. This seems really early to me. Yet I secretly love it and listen to it way too much probably. Though it seems like they are saving t0 . . .
I can't believe noone else mentioned this. Have you all heard about his new book that comes out this week I believe. It is called something like "How I would have done it" and is a work of f0 . . .
So I ate like 17 families of calamari while in Boston. And then tonight me and my e:mom went out to Left Bank for dinner cuz I owed her a dinner out from like a mother's day gift and my dad is out of 0 . . .
Grrr! I just went to work to see what time I have to work on Wednesday, my first day back from vaca. AND WHAT DO I SEE??? I am scheduled tomorrow. I am an idiot, I had my days wrong and only asked off0 . . .
Here's a quick recap of the highlights of the rest of my Boston trip. Look to e:maureen's journal in the coming days for photos of the trip. Thursday -while waiting for Maureen to get out of class0 . . .
I will update on Salem and the rest of Boston later but right now I feel soo sick from all the junk food I have eaten the last two days. At least 20 mini resse cups and milky ways and snickers, a bag 0 . . .
Right now I am in e:maureen's apartment while she is at school. This vacation is all about relaxing and just having fun. Last time we did they hyper powered see everything so this time is more0 . . .
in 12 hours I leave for a 5 day vacation in Boston with e:maureen. What i need really bad is a vacation from work so it will be nice. But i will miss everyone here. How silly, it is only 5 days, but I0 . . .
So I am still in my PJ's and it is almost 8pm. I had such high hopes for car cleaning and shopping today. Instead I got sidetracked by like 6 hours of Golden Girl Trivia online. If you get one of the 0 . . .
Well they found the girl from the accident. Worked out that she is liable. Now I am just sitting here waiting for them to arrive to look at my car and give me some money hopefully!0 . . .
1. The girl who was drunk and hit me does have insurance. It turns out the police report and everythign was wrong. Her insurance company called me today basically saying they will give me the money. T0 . . .
OMG me and e:mk, e:jill and e:beast went to Frightworld tonight by the Eastern Hills Mall. e:mk talks about it in her journal also. Lets just say the four of us should not do haunted houses together. 0 . . .
I was going to write about the Halloween party last night which was very fun. It is always a good night when you spend the night dancing the night away on rolleblades. Hopefully e:mk and e:metalpeter 0 . . .
Once again it is like two days before halloween and me and e:jill have been planning halloween since like oh I don't know May and already decided on our costumes then. But we never got around to it of0 . . .
Me and e:jill went to eat at ETS and then wen to Spot tonight for some good old fashioned chatting. We started talking about the future and how she plans on leaving Buffalo one day. Although she has a0 . . .
So yesterday was just not a good day for me for many reasons but that was all supposed to change and me and e:beast were going to go out and meet up with some of her coworkers at some bar on Pearl Str0 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH!!!!! HOPE IT GOES SWIMMINGLY!!! (and maybe involves a huge poster of three adorable babies...maybe?) And if all else fails just remember the midget is the baby's daddy....daddy...0 . . .
Sarah, are you still having a party tonight?0 . . .
It seems this little storm made me realize how reliant everyone is on cell phones. Everyone I know who doesn't have power is dying b/c there cell phone power has died and so they have no way of reachi0 . . .
Today someone said I was just like Baby Joe Mesi the boxer. Sure it was a 7 year old but still, that's something. I guess lifting my 10 lb weights is paying off, haha. I had to pick my bosses kid up 0 . . .
I say that way too often. Especially considering Mario Lopez is a celebrity (be it b or c list), was on the best show of all time (Saved By The Bell), is on another really good show (Dancing with the 0 . . .
Wowser! When e:southernyankee comes to town, the partying don't stop. I love her! She is a non-stop bucket of fun. e:terry already wrote about it and let me tell you , it was all that and more. FYI , 0 . . .
Haha , remember when Jerry Springer tried to be classy and at least the title of the episodes was like "Lovers Scorned" or something like that. Well today I turned it on for the first time i0 . . .
Work is kicking my butt lately so I haven't really been online and am probably farther down the Latest list I have ever been (2 clicks of show more) Not much going on. Excited to see e:southernyankee 0 . . .
Had fun at the party last night as always. I'm glad that I was able to stay as classy as ever. I tihnk I felt classiest when I tripped down and rolled down the huge staircase in my underwear (thanks e0 . . .
So last night e:twisted came to the b-lo. It was super exciting to meet the mystique that is e:twisted. Sorry if I was a little drunk. I also saw e:holly for the first time in a while and she was givi0 . . .
I am up and ready for work early which never happens (I am usually late) and thought I would stop by e:strip since it feels like I haven't been on here in days. Not much new in my life except I ate at0 . . .
Me and e:beast went to see the Last Kiss tonight. It was ok but I don't really like Zach Braff that much. And the girl he has the affair with is just completely unlikable so that you never even think 0 . . .
So as you all probably know, mine and e:paul's grandma died a little over a year ago and it was incredibly stressful/traumatic for me. Tonight my mom's cousins from Florida whom I had never met were i0 . . .
Happy BIRTHDAY CAREY! HOPE IT IS AMAZING!0 . . .
So my dream was always to be on the Real World. In the I want to but never actually will be or try to be kinda way. Just like a lofty goal of something I just assumed I would do one day, like other th0 . . .
Ok, I just posted a minute ago so read that cuz it is interesting but then I heard the craziest news! FOR FASHION WEEK IN MILAN THEY ARE BANNING ANY REALLY SKINNY MODELS!!! They are doing it to preven0 . . .
So in the current issue of Vanity Fair (the one with the first pictures of the cruise/holmes baby, which by the way looks soo cute in some pictures and terrifying and glasslike/fake/dead in others and0 . . .
No, no, don't get too excited, I didn't actually see Betty White of Golden Girls/Mary Tyler Moore/short lived Ellen (the second sitcom) fame in person. But I am reading her book by that title. AND IT 0 . . .
At work today we were dead. We only filled 230 prescriptions, where a normal monday sees like at least 400 and usually like around 450. Like noone came into the store. Did anyone else notice that? Was0 . . .
First of all I almost just killed my whole family by accident. I'm on the couch talking to e:jill on the phone when I start to smell something. I am thinking in my head hmm what is that smell, it is s0 . . .
So the final part of my bday (except maybe a work party that will turn into a bday party on sept. 6) was on Saturday and it was muy excelente. It involved super tasty french onion soup (did you know t0 . . .
So last night was very fun! It all started off with a quick trip by me and e:mk to the Target dollar section where everything was on clearance for a quarter. Needless to say I've been stocking up on c0 . . .
FIRST OF ALL I GOT A BUG VACCUUM!!!!!! It is so cool. You can vaccuum up bugs and then release them outside. I can now move into an apartment I think. That was a big stumbling block because I have man0 . . .
Frizzy....10pm....Friday the 1st. Celebrate with us! Be There or be square. Noone likes to be square!0 . . .
Friday the first we're going out to celebrate my bday. Be there or be square. Where to go I am not sure yet. mostly likely a stop at Frizzy's will be for sure. I'll post the details when I know more..0 . . .
Happy Birthday e:terry! I hope your birthday is fun and amazing because you are cool as a cucumber. (I think that saying needs to be brought back) HAVE A GREAT ONE!0 . . .
As some of you may have heard Eckerd was bought out by RiteAid. I have always hated RiteAid, this furthers that belief. My store will likely close I would imagine as there are 3 RiteAids within a mile0 . . .
OMG so e:jill was discussing at coffee the other night that she thought she heard a rap remix of the children's song "do your ears hang low". A few years back we heard a "my buddy and m0 . . .
So many of you probably have heard already that in part of Madonna's concert now she hangs herself crucified style from a large glittery mirrored disco cross while wearing a crown of thorns. She uses 0 . . .
Wow, this company knows how to waste money. So today we had about an 8 hour meeting ( mind you this is the only day out of the three we are doing anything work related). Well we spent like a good hour0 . . .
So today is my first day in Pittsburrgh for a business trip. Actually in harmarville about 45 m inutes outside of pittsburgh. The flight was ok. I didn't get sick that much, like i dind' throw up at a0 . . .
I just want to say after helping e:pmt move into their new house , it is really a cool house. I didn't really like it when it was covered in catness, dirt, and garbage but now that it is cleaned up it0 . . .
Ok , so Fergie (from Black Eyed Pea fame) has realy come up with the most ridiculous song lyricwise ever. I'm not saying it is the worst song ever but lyrically it muts be....here is a clip How com0 . . .
So in two weeks I go to Pittsburgh for a work trip. So I decided to look up what is near the hotel and let me tell you the answer is a big ole nothing. The restaurants within radius listed KFC, Burger0 . . .
So the new minor league basketball team in Buffalo is called the Silverbacks which are like the elder alpha gorilla male. Some people in the community say it is offensive because much of the team is b0 . . .
Wow! usually TV Guide does provied too much entertainment but this week it is amazing. Here are a few tidbits: 0706/dhass4542.jpg 1. David Hasselhoff is mad at his tv show America's Got Talent bec0 . . .
As many of you know I did my senior thesis on how Walmart is ruining the world and the idea of community. Anywho, I did a section on Germany because it was the one place where Walmart had unionized em0 . . .
I went to Betty on Virginia a few weeks back for dinner and didn't love it. But now i went for lunch today and it was amazing. I had the house salad with roasted vegetables and asiago cheese and it wa0 . . .
No my title does not refer to Joan Rivers. I was driving home from church and drove by Mang Park (the local like park in Kenmore). The first thing I noticed was that the wood exercise ara is gone. It 0 . . .
So my name has traveled way down the Read the Latest list. Probably the farthest down it has ever been. It is mainly because my dad got a new casino game and is on the computer all the time and I am t0 . . .
just when it seems like it is getting a little better....things have to get worse0 . . .
So if you read my other post about green no longer being the new black but now black is the new black this is a little addendum. Like two weeks ago when we went out to like Brick Bar I believe, everyo0 . . .
So I was getting fed up with Eckerd, readying myself to find a new job ...... and now they gave me back the training thing I wanted. My district manager called and said he heard that I really wanted t0 . . .
Ugh...today was a stressful day. I think I am just not in the best of places lately. It all started when the other day on the way to the Taste of Buffalo we passed the Business First offices and me an0 . . .
So after reading cosmo on the beach the other day I found out green is no longer the new black but now black is the new black. So of course I ran home and raided my closet to get rid of all the green 0 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY E:AMANDA (though now it is officially a day after your birthday by a few minutes). Hope you had a great day. Everyone should come out to the Square tomorrow night and celebrate e:am0 . . .
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Do any of you remember the aol game slingo? It is like bingo but kinda differnet and you play against other people. Anyway, when I was younger I used to love it and otnight i rediscovered it but it ha0 . . .
So the other day me and my former coworker Michele were on the way to our bosses grandmother's wake and we were discussing this party another coworker of ours is having on Saturday. It starts like ear0 . . .
FYI, don't put pop rocks in your mouth and then do a shot. At least not of vodka but I can't imagine anything would be good. Cuz we all know a point of a shot is for it to go right down. Well you see 0 . . .
Went on my first swim of the summer yesterday! The first swim is always so nice! My parents supposedly love their garden and so never got a pool. I think that is stupid, I would be so much hotter adn 0 . . .
This week at work has been so high stress. So many problems and so not enough people working. I have never been so glad to be done for the week. And to top it all off, they took away my training posit0 . . .
People: 1. How did you find out about/why did you become of estrip? I am one of the originals because my amazing web brother , i mean web designing brother created this crazy place. 2. How "0 . . .
I saw Lakehouse last night. The movie with Keanu Reeves adn Sandra Bullock being in love but living two years apart and are only able to communicate through a magic mailbox type thing. I actually thou0 . . .
So yesterday me, e:jill, and jen went to Shawnee Stables on Grand Island and rode some horses. It was super fun! Not something I would do every day, but I would do it again. Of course my horse, Molly,0 . . .
First off, me, e:jill, e:mk e:libertad and a few others went to Rendezvous on Niagara Street. I really like that place. The outdoor patio is so nice, especially when they have all the fires lit which 0 . . .
So this Thursday at the Square was super fun in the old school last year kind of way. Hung out with e:amanda, e:terry, e:lilho, and e:paul at the squrae adn then went to McMonkeez with e:amanda and an0 . . .
Have you guys read about the like 13 year old girl or something who got her parents to get her a passport saying she was going to Canada but secretly fled to Palestine to meet the guy she met on the i0 . . .
Reading e:chico's writing about where to get an apartment got me thinking about Buffalo and Main Street. Main Street definetley is sketchy but also I don't think it needs to be aovided like the plague0 . . .
So my family is entering the 21st century and we now have Verizon DSL. This is my first time using speedy internet and e:strip at my house. I think it will probably make me check out estrip and other 0 . . .
First off e:maureen just alerted me to the fact that her and her boyfriend have to go to Laguna Beach for his work. For those of you who don't know, Laguna Beach is the home to the reality show called0 . . .
As some of you may have seen, over the years we have done street interviews at Elmwood festivals such as Pride. So anyone up for doing interviews this Sunday? Jill was often my partner in crime, but a0 . . .
So yesterday was the first Thursday at the Square adn of course after all the fun had last year, me and e:amanda couldn't wait to go. E:jill and amanda's boyfriend nick went with us. It was a lot of f0 . . .
It's been 1 year since Nonna passed away. I can't believe it has been a whole year. So much has happened and I can't believe she hasn't been there for it. It seems crazy!!! I tried to visit her at th0 . . .
....is a terrible actress. Yet somehow I am so drawn to her tv show Medium. It is one of the only shows I basically make a point of watching every week. She is so bad at emotion/talking/crying/laughin0 . . .
So last night we went to see The Davinci Code and it was ok. Like it was good but TOm Hanks wasn't perfect for the part and it wasn't super good. But it was good. I didn't read the book though I plan 0 . . .
So last night I get a call from e:mk that she needs another judge for a highschool battle of the bands at Lancaster Highschool. Let me tell you, I dropped everything for the chance. It was like a drea0 . . .
Oh my work has been kinda crazy. So busy. WE got more workers at a time and it is still crazy. I am so sick of people yelling at me at their top of their lungs but then apologizing like an hour later.0 . . .
Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there. Are there any mothers on e:strip? e:judy is one but any others? Well HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO EVERYONE. I hope it is filled with fun times with family. 0 . . .
So I have went to JJ's for only a few hockey games in the playoffs and always I go during the end of the third quarter. And THE SABRES ALWAYS WIN!!!! Tonight I am not going to JJ's, and tonight with o0 . . .
So my mom got free passes to see Poseidon at work the other day and so we went last night. First of all we had to sit in the second row at Regal which is way too close to the screen, especially for a 0 . . .
So this weekend was fun except Friday night Confetti was supposed to come out. It looks like an amazing movie, like comedy about these couples who enter a magazine contest to pay for their wedding. I 0 . . .
So I haven't posted in a little while. Frankly, life has been pretty good lately and I guess when things are really good I don't think of writing as much. So here are some observations from the last f0 . . .
So having Friday's off is totally worth working twelve hour days. I love it. Here was my to do list for today, although I didn't finish all of it, the day was quite succesful. I just feel like I get s0 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAUREEN! I Know your birthday is now almost over but I wasn't at a computer until now. Anyway I believe I was the first to call you this morning right at 12:00! I hope it is/was a great0 . . .
So you may have all heard me talk about what a terror my brother (e:paul) was to me when I was young. For example knowing I was terrified of breaking contracts (yeah what like 5 year old thinks like t0 . . .
So today was one my best friend's Jen's 23rd birthday and so we were going out for dinner and decided to Dine out for life. I guess these restauarants donate money to some aids organization. We went t0 . . .
So me and e:jill went out and did so much sidewalk chalk advertising last night. They were really good ones too (ok some were bad, some had mispellings but overall they were good) And then I wake up t0 . . .
I haven't posted or kept up on reading the journals in a while and I still seem to have nothing to say except today I ate lots of good food. me and e:amanda went to the Juicery downtown and I had a t0 . . .
In the chat I was just reading that e:paul wrote: paul 00:21 it takes online images and cutes them into userpics Haha that struck me as funny. I want something that takes my image and "cut0 . . .
So to order the magnetic bumper stickers of our dreams we need $50 more dollars. That would get us 250 premium magnetic bumper stickers to distribute and help this site grow. If 50 people donate just 0 . . .
As someone who has been around e:strip almost since its inception I just wanted to add my two cents about the colon. I definetely think it is a necessary part of the name. It just is like something th0 . . .
So I gave up french frie and potato chips for letn and boy am i missing them right about now. I want some TC Jr's french fries with blue cheese so bad right now. Just one more week to go, I can't wait0 . . .
I am reading a book called Overheard in New York which just has all these snipets of conversations that the author has overheard in new york city. It is hilarious. As a people watcher/conversation lis0 . . .
So according to Eckerd I have gotten too many raises and so I do not get my yearly raise I was supposed to get in February. Um I make $9.00 an hour after 6 years, doing everything they have ever asked0 . . .
I haven't posted in a few days so I thought I would post what I think is our best photo booth picture at Frizzy's ever!!! I'll let you be the judge... 0306/MeJillFrizzy3348.jpg 0 . . .
"do you wanna hang out?" 5 simple words. Seems simple enough. It's not like I am asking for marriage just to hang out. Yet can i say them...alas the answer is no. I can call, I can chat, bu0 . . .
mk is the bnest friend dever!!!!! i just made a her adrink and its arealy strong. this may or may not be mk and for the record, i juyst said to mk "how do all these glittery men get in my dri0 . . .
HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY MATT!!! I HOPE IT IS EVERYTHING YOU WANT IT TO BE!!! (wow that sounds so card from your elderly great aunt type of greeting) Anywho, happy birthday. I hope I can do my part in maki0 . . .
I passed the test!!! YES!! That's a load off my back. With the nervousness gone now a fun St. Patty's Day weekend can commence. Tonight some country line dancing with the crew followed by a short day0 . . .
Wow! I am so gullible and should never be on a jury. I honesly could believe anything someone is trying to convince me of. I watched some like 20/20 or Dateline or Larry King or something speical abou0 . . .
Did anyone else hear that Dennis Quaid confessed today to being anorexic. I guess years ago he had to lose lots of weight for a role and since then has been anorexic on and off. Like he said everytime0 . . .
Me, e:mk, jen and diana decided to go to East Aurora for the day yesterday. It was nice out and so we wanted to just walk around and shop and eat. It was nice. We went to Vidler's which I love. It is 0 . . .
No, not the kind of boomerangs those crazy aussies use but the new restaurant on Niagara Street sorta near the Peace Bridge. Me and e:Mk waited an hour last night to get a table. It was crazy though a0 . . .
So I found this little number in an anthology of poems and drawings circa 1989. The catch is it is by an e:stripper. Can any of you guess who it is or do any of you remember writing it? Appreciati0 . . .
I love the photo booth at Frizzy's. The sign now says it takes 7 minutes for a photo. I swear it used to say 2 but it always took like 7 anwyay but the new sign makes it seem much longer. Anywho, I lo0 . . .
I LOVE THE OSCARS! It is probably my favorite day of the year. I love it so much that I started watching preshow at around 1130 am and watched almost straight through til now while I am still watching0 . . .
So e:beast is leaving again. She is going to Alaska. I think she will be eternally traveling but she will always be back. ANyway, I will miss ya e:beast. Who am I gonna find who will go up to a couple0 . . .
So e:beast is leaving town for Alaska on Monday. She is moving to Alaska with her cousin and is gonna be living there until around October so we are going out tonight to celebrate. (Not celebrate she 0 . . .
SO last night me, e:paul, e:terry and e:matt went out for Mardi Gras. Holy Heck did I get wasted. I don't remember any of it. Too many shots of Soco and too much of everything else. I honestloy aclled0 . . .
Saw many an e:peep at the art show at the Hotel Lenox last night. e:robin's room was by far the most fun, what can be better than a room full of people in their pajamas and free booze. Not much is be0 . . .
So first at the gym tonight I learned how to use how the muscle building machines. I did all those to the point where my arms were about to fall off. Then I did some cardio with JIll. Once we were don0 . . .
So I went to the gym by myself for the first time today. It wasn't so bad. Except in the locker room i couldn't figure out how to open the locker. Am I that stupid? Why yes, yes i am. I thought they w0 . . .
So me and some friends are going to see Clue the musical at the Riviera Theater in North Tonawanda. I love Clue the game and Clue the movie so this must be good right? It is somewhat interactive I rea0 . . .
So e:paul, e:terry and e:lilho have set the bar high and set the good example for me and e:jill to follow. So in little under an hour me and e:jill will be at the BAC Downtown signing our lives away t0 . . .
Thakns to e:paul's generous christmas gift we went to see Cirque De Soleil at HSBC last night. I thought it was reallly good but different than I expected. It had lots of tehcnology like three huge sc0 . . .
So I was just looking at the Independent Healh Website and I found the perfect job. It is like a job to coordinate their presentaions of Medicare Part D program to customers and other people within th0 . . .
First off, sorry that I missed what looks like a great time had by all the estrippers last night. So last night me, e:jill and our friend jen met e:beast and her sister at an art show on Franklin and 0 . . .
So today I decided I am going to make another slideshow for my friends. This one will encompass the last five years since highschool graduation. As some of you know, when I graduated highschool I made0 . . .
So me and e:paul were discussing yesterday how I often refuse to do "bad" things whatever I consider those to be: drugs, etc.. but if someone "forces" me to do it then I will. I'm 0 . . .
Last night me , e:beast, e:mk and e:maureen went out to Frizzy's. e:mk and e:maureen drove and me and e:beast decided we would just see what to do about a way to get home since they both wanted to lea0 . . .
Last night me , e:beast, e:mk and e:maureen went out to Frizzy's. e:mk and e:maureen drove and me and e:beast decided we would just see what to do about a way to get home since they both wanted to lea0 . . .
That person tha thas been in all my dreams lately...I just talked to them for the first time in a while today...and they moved out of town...random0 . . .
I have been having really real like dreams lately. Just like I am at work or at the store or out for coffee or something. But in every single one one there is this person who I haven't seen in a while0 . . .
So last night seriuosly the craziest thing ever happened to me. I can not even write it here because it is just insane and I am glad there was no Page 7 around to report it. Lets just say it involves 0 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL!!! MY WISE ELDER BROTHER!!!! Hope you have a great one!!! Well I will be there so of course it will be great, as I always bring the fun!!! 0 . . .
So I think this story I am about to relate means I was a terrible person as a kid. My friend brought this story up the other day and really it is quite incredible. When I was in like maybe 6th grade a0 . . .
Last night going out and about with e:lilho and e:terry was very fun. e:lilho finally achieved a dream of ours (haha, right e:lilho?). Overall it was fun...getting in my house at 530 and having to be 0 . . .
Me and e:jill traveld two hours today to get to the mall in Syracuse mainy for the H&M there. I know i have mentioned it numerous times before but it is crazy that both syracuse and rochester have0 . . .
So I have made some mistakes in my day and done some senseless things. Sometimes I am really stupid and don't realize or care enough to realize what is going on. But this latest which I will not divul0 . . .
Went out last night with e:paul, e:terry and e:matt. Now I have a question ,well comment/question. There was totally this hot bartender but how can you tell if a bartender is actually interested in yo0 . . .
So did everyone else see in this week's artvoice that our E:strip creator e:paul is going to be featured at the artvoice geekmeet or something like that. How great to be related to a local celeb even 0 . . .
I think it is calling my name....oh wait it is0 . . .
I think Eva Peron is one of my favorite people in history. She is really what i wasnt to be i think. Like not really a politician but like sorta a leader of the revolution. And more importantly she g0 . . .
First of all I just want to say that my dinner party went off perfectly. Ok by perfetly I mean the food was done about 2 hours later than I said, I burned a few things, and used just about every dish 0 . . .
Ok so my dinner party tonight may consist of Spahetti O's . Ahhh I stlil haven't planned what to make and/or gotten the ingredients and people will be here in 4.5 hours. Why did I not plan this earlie0 . . .
First of all, I am using the new computer me and e:paul got my parents for christmas and it is so nice to have a new computer. One that doesn't freeze every 2.5 seconds adn take a good 13 minutes to 0 . . .
So this is the first Christmas since I was born that we will not be going to my nonna's house, obvioulsy since she passed away this summer. It really is much sadder than I thought it would be. She is 0 . . .
So, I really feel lately like I need to get into a relationship of some sort. I never really cared to date anyone that much well there are times I do but in general I didn't but lately I really want t0 . . .
So my christmas cards are almost done. And they are amazing if I do say so myself. OK, maybe to the untrained eye they don't look so good but they are relaly good. Ok for me they are, even if my skill0 . . .
So I a little bit stuck to my drinking less plan. I did not drink nearly as much as I usually do and stayed at like an ok level. Not sober by any means but I did not pass out til like 4 and didn't rea0 . . .
So as some of you know, I think I need to stop drinking so heavily at parties and things. I mean I only drink at parties or get togethers really but I always seem to drink myself into oblivion and rea0 . . .
Me and JIll went to see the movei last night and itw as relaly good. I have been rereading the books lately in anticipation of the movie and really the movie was quite closely followed the fbook. Tho0 . . .
So my christmas cards are not even close to being done...as in all the supplies are still in the Hyatt's bag but I will get them done...I must get them done...60 dollars is not going down the drain. 0 . . .
So at Eckerd we always have kinda crazy parties...we mostly all are heavy drinkers and so these parties tend to get a little out of hand sometimes but always are really fun. In the past we have gotten0 . . .
I just went to Hyatt to get some wax for the seals i put on envelopes with the intention to buy christmas cards. Then decided it would be better to make christmas cards. So I spent like at least a hal0 . . .
Why do I agree to do thiese things? So one of the ladies from one of the Medicare seminars I gave called me today and wanted me to find which Medicare plan would be best for her since she currently ha0 . . .
So today is my last day in good old Beantown. They say there are supposed to be major storms between here and NYC tomorrow but not until 12 o'clock I should almost be back in Buffalo by then so hopefu0 . . .
So in the last two days I have walked every inch of this city. Seriously I think they are going to give me the key to the city because I probably know more information than anyone else in the world ab0 . . .
So I flew to Boston to visit e:maureen all by myself today. On the way from Buffalo to NY I got kinda sick but prevented myself from throwing up because there were two seriuos businessmen next to em t0 . . .
First of all I want to say Happy Belated Thanksgiving to everyone. I hope everyone else ate as much food and had as much fun as I did. I really think this was the first year in memory that my family w0 . . .
First of all I want to say thanks to all the people who commented on my last journal. ALas, I think i was overreacting to a situation, as those of you who know me, know I often do. I still don't know 0 . . .
Ooops how did I let myself forget for the last few days that I am completely undesirable. How many times will I make the same stupid mistakes?0 . . .
So after a crazy beginning of the week with more 14 hour work days and lots of craziness and my car breaking and nothing fun the week greatly improved on Wednesday. Me and e:amanda who I haven't seen 0 . . .
So two people asked me for my autograph today! So as many of you know I have been doing presentations all over Western New York at senior centers, senior apts, church groups, bingo games, you name it,0 . . .
Ok by a while I mean it has prolly been a few days, but for me that is a long time not to post. I am becoming an old man. I honestly read in bed and go to bed by like midnight every weeknight. Well th0 . . .
So yesterday was mine and e:jill's lucky day! I am at work when what does my boss Patty say to me, those magic words every person is dying to hear "do you want free tickets to go see Hootie and the Bl0 . . .
So I wish this post was about a crazy blind date I went on and you could have the behind the scenes uncensored look at it but alas it is about the video me, e:jill and jen rented tonight. We rented Bl0 . . .
Last night me and a few e:strippers, namely e:tina, e:lilho, e:terry, e:flacidness went out to Soundlab to hear some DJ. It was 13 bucks and like all he did was play songs that are not even that uncom0 . . .
First of all , I haven't written since the Halloween party so here is my update on that. It was a lot of fun. I think the jello shots i made really spiced things up even if the cherry ones tasted like0 . . .
Halloween party is in two days and I don't know what to be. My latest idea is a Fraggle, I think his name is Gobo, he is the lead and more adventurous one, he is like orange. I don't know if I love th0 . . .
I think I don't remember how to make friends anymore. I think the last really good friend I've made was e:amanda in freshman year of college chemistry class. I don't know. It's not like I haven't made0 . . .
I have realized I am such a talker with no follow through. As many of you know I should be in Boston right now but am instead sitting in Buffalo still. This is because I never decided to book a plane 0 . . .
So Desiderio's that used to be on Chippewa and Franklin I believe or maybe it was Pearl is now on Broadway in Lancaster. Let me tell you that is a bit of a drive from the estrip but it was actually qu0 . . .
1005/teddy24343.jpg I've heard this boy has touched a few e:strip girls....0 . . .
48 hours until I am on a 10 day vacation from Eckerd! I am so freakin excited I can't wait. So many things planned to do and so much fun to be had. Still haven't bought my plane ticket for Boston yet 0 . . .
Hmm interesting fun weekend. Friday night had lots of fun at e:lilho and e:tina's birthday party. It was lots of fun, sorry for the mess e:lilho but it was mainly e:paul and e:hodown's fault. Impresse0 . . .
Halloween Costume time is coming and I am getting really nervous about what to be. I've really liked my costumes the last few years from Peter Pan to the wind up cymbal playing monkey to Captain Plane0 . . .
FIRST OFF HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY e:TINA and e:SOUTHERNYANKEE !!!! I'm sorry this is a belated birthday wish but hope your birthdays were fantastic! OMG today was such a terrible day at work. It 0 . . .
So for anyone who knows me they know how crazy this is. I finally got rid of some of my clothes. I have an abundance of clothes many of which i never wear but feel like I could wear again at some poin0 . . .
One of my best friends Jen has been living in Tennessee with her boyfriend who is in the army. They have been engaged for a few months and were planning a wedding for when he gets back from Iraq in a 0 . . .
Ok, I think i am getting sick of giving so much to stupid Eckerd and feeling no appreciation in return. I work so much and do so much for them and never get anything back. Ok, yes, maybe i get paid mo0 . . .
Me, e:jill and Yosepha went to see Just Like Heaven tonight. It is the movie where she is a ghost and he moves into her apartment and the girl is Reese Witherspoon and the guy is Mark Ruffalo. Anyway,0 . . .
As you all may know, I was like a DARE posterchild in my day. LIke literally. I got to perform my anti-drunk driving skit at health fairs and stuff and I got to do readings of my What DARE Means to Me0 . . .
Me and e:amanda were discussing how clueless we are about STD's at lunch today.(P.S. Super Veggies from the Juicery are super tasty!) Are some for life? Well I know like AIDS and herpes are for life b0 . . .
So going thorugh my old school papers adn stuff I found a journal entry from February 28, 1990 (i think 1990, i was in 2nd grade) Today is Erin and Melissa's birthday. Erin and Melissa both got a m0 . . .
I was thinking lately about how much less I talk to my highschool friends this year than usual. Don't get me wrong I still talk to them a lot, it just seems like this year is different. Maybe because 0 . . .
1.Last night I went to a Canisius Young Alumni Happy Hour at McMonkeez. Let me tell you, I don't love anything about Canisius to care to be a partiuclarly active alumni but just wanted to go because f0 . . .
So me , e:jill, jim and jeff went to the Screening Room near like the Northtown Plaza last night and it was amazing. It is like this little old movie theater, well it plays movies but you actually sit0 . . .
So i don't usually update twice in one day but my mom found one of my old notebooks the other day and I want to post some of the great findings! One was like a summary of my life at that point and I s0 . . .
First off, Happy belated birthday e:theecarey , though i did wish you a happy birthday in person on your real birthday so this is just an additional belated message. I hope you had fun at your party, 0 . . .
I alas had no camera at this party where so many pictures were taken. Can people send me pictures on the internet or e:paul can you burn me a cd of them so I can take it to the store to be developed. 0 . . .
So HAPPY BIRTHDAY e:LADYCROFT!!! Well the party was pretty fun, you can see e:paul and e:theecarey journals for pics. I just need to defend myself, well actually maybe there is no defense for humping 0 . . .
e:ladycroft's bday at the PMT's now! be there! in other news the apts i looked at were nasty. So the search continues. See e:paul's journal to find out why. 0 . . .
So in about an hour and a half I am going to look at my first apartment. I have such high hopes for it and realize like I need to look at more than one and stuff but I don' tknow I just feel good abou0 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADYCROFT!!! I HOPE IT IS AN AMAZING ONE WITH FUN FUN FUN CELEBRATIONS TO COME!0 . . .
Ok, so I guess I didn't realize how drunk I was at my birthday. After talking to e:jill and e:amanda , they caught me up on everything that happened. I guess a lot of licking faces, grabbing yosepha's0 . . .
First and foremost, thanks to everyone who showed up for my birthday celebrations. SOrry taht I prolly passed out a little early on. It is my birthday special to do that. I can't control it, too many 0 . . .
THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY MESSAGES!!! THEY MAKE ME ONE VERY HAPPY E:STRIPPER!! DON'T FORGET: TONIGHT : PMT's At 10ish La Luna (on chippewa) at 0 . . .
Today was my family bday party which really is my parents, brother, terry, matt, jill and maureen. But it was nice and tasty dinner cookout. It was hte first cookout my family had all year and it was 0 . . .
Almost too late but I just made it, though i was one of the first to wish it at midnight.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY e:TERRY!!! HOPE IT IS A GREAT ONE YOU OLDIE!!!0 . . .
Did everyone see that in the current issue of Artvoice, Estrip has made it in the top three nominees for best online blog! Congrats Estrip! I am not sure if they pick a top one from that or what the n0 . . .
What more could I ask for? I am walking down aisle 8 at work to put something back and what do i catch out of the corner of my eye but an e:jill coming down the aisle!!! THAT'S RIGHT MY JILLY IS HOME 0 . . .
My oh so attractive and painful lobster red back has now turned into a maze of peeling skin. It is so itchy and gross. On a better note e:amanda is back in town and ready to go out and party so hopefu0 . . .
My sunburn back is now one big itchy mess!!! I seriously have never felt so crazy in my life. I don't know what to do to make it stop. I have been using lotion and lidocaine and aloe and blowing a fan0 . . .
I just wrote Artvoice an e-mail telling them about this site hoping to get it mentioned in an article. I tried to call hteir news tip line but it was closed and no answering machine, how weird is that0 . . .
I've never hated myself or my life more than I do right now. It is not like a my whole life sucks thing just one part that sucks enough for all of it. I seriously hate myself. Like why can I not to su0 . . .
I've been told i need to start showing some initiative in getting things I want. I can't let things just pass me by any longer. In theory that is a good idea but we'll see if I can actually do it. If 0 . . .
Wow! What a great group of people. I want to thank e:ladycroft, e:hodown, e:metalpeter and e:tina for helping me find that shirt. How great to know I throw a problem up here and in less than a day ton0 . . .
I saw a man the other day with a black t-shirt that said in white writing something like "Reason's I Procrastinate" and then started the list with a 1. and then nothing was wrriten after that. I WANT 0 . . .
So the last weekish or so my friend's boyfriend has been in town. I've hung out with them a few times, just the three of us and while they will not admit it I think it is wearing on them. Like I think0 . . .
Last night me e:maureen and her bofriend Jeremy went out to Frizzys, Allen Street Hardware and the Pink. We started at Frizzy's but when we walked in what do we see but a 40 year ol dmand and woman an0 . . .
Don't get me wrong, I love Eckerd. But boy am I getting sick of workign there. I am so not cut out for full time work. Especially in the super nice summer weather! Next week I am down to 28 hours than0 . . .
So last season I totally loved Laguna Beach, the MTV reality show that was like the real life OC adn followed some highschoolers in Laguna Beach, in Orange County California. I loved the seniors last 0 . . .
Holy Heck! Can I tell you how much I love low bandwith mode? My computer at my parent's house is circa like 1995 and we have dial up internet so you can just imagine the connection speed we have. It i0 . . .
Last night me and e:maureen decided to hit up Chippewa. It was lots of fun and we were nervous about goign out just the two of us but it was super fun!!! Maybe I'll write more detials later but right 0 . . .
Lately, I've been thinking about e:jill and e:beast a lot. I miss them a lot!!! But not in the way I thought I would. Like I am surviving much better than I thought I would and if I just look at thing0 . . .
So oops! Last night me and e:MK and e:Amanda were hanging out on Jesse/Heidi/Amanda's porch. Now mind you we had basically invited ourselves in a way, but anywho we are sitting on this chair swing th0 . . .
Last night at McMonkeez with e:amanda, e:julie, e:paul and e:terry was pretty fun. It was also my frist time going to Skybar which was fun with the swings and all!!! I also saw Sara Van Note who I swe0 . . .
A few years back I began to write a soap opera called Behind Closed Doors. I have mentioned it in my journal before I am sure and even had some episodes on estrip as a separate journal at one point. A0 . . .
So Monday at work was ridiculous. I have no idea how it happened. I did not even drink that much Sunday night, and sure I only had like 3 or 4 hours of sleep but that is not all that unusual. Yet, Mon0 . . .
Now that i finally decided to look at the automoatic poetry generator on this site, I am truly amazed. I was always skeptical and never really cared about it but I finally decided and seruisly it is s0 . . .
Me and e:maureen headed to Gabriel's Gate for lunch today. It was very tasty, I had a chicken casear salad. Afterwards Maureen decided she needed a desk for her new Harvard apt and so we went to Neo t0 . . .
In the most recent issue of Star magazine I got while grocery shopping wiht the PM portion of the PMT today, it takls about Avril Lavigne's engagement. It talks about how she was seen out at a club in0 . . .
I read a quote the other day that I think anyoen who knows me knows applies to me, "If you can't say anything nice about somebody, come sit next to me". I just found that entertaining. Last 0 . . .
So driving my brother home the other day from my nonna's he says "Mike you have to start having relationships, you are going to become that red haired brother of the wife on Everybody Loves Raymo0 . . .
So this was the weekend of tasty food. Me and e:maureen went to the Taste of Buffalo on Saturday and ate up a storm. It started off badly with some cactus strips which I hated but got tastier as we we0 . . .
Last night was Amanda's bday and though many a person ditched it was still fun. I don't remember the end. I don't think I was that drunk was I? ALl I know is I woke up late for work because I never se0 . . .
So every year on Fourth of July, me and my family along with my mom's cousins family which is quite large all go to my grandma's to celebrate her bday. It is actually my grandpa's bday on the fourth o0 . . .
First seriously I cannot start my day until I take a benadryll. Like every morning I wake up and just like am not allive until it kicks in. I am addicted to the non-watery itchy eyes and non-runny nos0 . . .
So I am staying at the mansion for the week while the boys are on vaca. Quite exciting except I've already had a few run ins with big bugs and spiders. I seriuosly need to get over my fear of them, th0 . . .
So I was at the Gap at the Boulevard Mall today and all of a sudden the fire alarms go off. And a few people walk out and then the rest of us are like "do we have to leave?" and the workers 0 . . .
Wow, went to the pink for AJay's going away party and despite all my friends ditching me it was still really fun. I never drink beer really but last night I got so wasted so fast from it. I seriously 0 . . .
So tomorrow night before AJay's going away party me some other e:strippers will be hanging out at Thursday Square...e:amanda e:mk and e:maureen are all expected to show for some pre-party fun at the s0 . . .
I just wrote a super long entry about missing Jill, Teres and MK. And how my freinds here are wonderful but certain things are just missing and irreplaceabel with them gone and that I don't know how 0 . . .
OMG has anyone else seen previews or read about the new show Welcome To the Neighboorhood or something like that? It is a rich, white suburban neighboorhood and they pick one family out of a group of 0 . . .
After someone mentioned some old estrip entries of mine the other day I decided to go back and read my old entries. WOw I used to write so much, how crazy. LIke every detail of what I did. Anyway, I r0 . . .
So i think we will lose our canisius email addresses soon since school is over and i graduated so today I did the daunting task of deciding what emails to save and forward to my aol account or print o0 . . .
I'm slightly ashamed to admit that I love the new Mariah Carey song. WEll not so new it came out a few weeks ago. It is the slower more like RandB song not the rappy one. I seriulsy love it and hearin0 . . .
Yesterday was a lot of fun. I saw a lot of people I hadn't seen in awhile like e:lilho, e:chris, rachel, Holly and Dave from Coffee & and others. It was so hot though and walking from Bidwell back0 . . .
So tomorrow I go back to work after not working for like two weeks because of graduation things and stuff going on with my nonna. I hope I remember how to do the job still, though I think after 6 year0 . . .
This Is Paul On Mikes New Phone.0 . . .
So surreal seeing my nonna's name in the obituaries. I read them everyday to keep track of any eckerd customers who have passed away and it was almost unreal seeing my grandmother's name right there, 0 . . .
My Nonna passed away this morning.I'm sure you've all read about it in e:paul journal and I've been wanting to write about it for the last few days about everything that happened but just dont' kjnow 0 . . .
I'm staying at PMT's crack mansion for the week while they are on vacation. I have to make sure their zoo house of animals survives without them. Thankfully e:matt did all the cricket feeding that nee0 . . .
One paper left for this place we call Canisius! So why can't I start it? The teacher just extended the deadline from 5 today to 5 tomorrow so you know what that means more procrastination. So am I not0 . . .
So tomorrow is my last day of undergrad college classes at Canisius!!! How insane!! College flew by and I can't belive it is over. I don't think all the tears will be shed like they were at highschool0 . . .
OK because of Littleho's entry I am going to turn a sad event into a good one. So this weekend was kinda crappy because of some miscommunication or noncommunication. I kinda hate how things ended and 0 . . .
How funny that like two days ago I was thinking, wow life is going really good for me. And now it is all down the tubes. Everything switched so fast. Maybe it is all my fault, maybe not, either way i0 . . .
So the other day on the way home from school I innocently turn on to W. Delevan and then see a cop with its lights on behind me. So of course, I think what the heck have I done, and pull over to the 0 . . .
So I had basically my last two major projects of my college career due today and i started them of course around 9PM last night. Needless to say, my procrastination paid off once again. They both wer0 . . .
So since a certain someone kept me busy all spring break I now have to read 100 pages of this boring book The Magic Mountain and write a paper about two themes in the book. HOW RIDICULOUS! I wish I wo0 . . .
Is this all a terrible April Fools joke? Is that not real snow outside but just a fake show in which my parents will any minute now will tell me that it is all just a cruel joke. "APRIL FOOLS&quo0 . . .
I'm finally part of that exclusive and elusive club that almost everyone age 12 and up is part of. So what, I'm only 10 years late. Only a few you of you will know which club this is , or maybe everyo0 . . .
I see so much drama on this site which is good and bad. I definetley do not think this should become like a friends only thing even though I know I would be included in that (you can't leave family ou0 . . .
Me and Jill took a day trip to go shopping in Toronto this Saturday and it was so fun. I want to move there. It is so perfect because it is like a big city with lots of stuff but at the same time it i0 . . .
OMG! I am watching the E!True Hollywood Store abbout Full House. And it is by far not the first time I have seen it yet I just learned a crazy piece of info I swear I never knew!!! Candace Cameron, be0 . . .
Thanks to e:amanda and her great listening to my whining skills last night I feel much better. THANKS! and e:jessebob , we definetely need to have an awkward Spot visit with me, you and Yosepha all 0 . . .
For the last few days, for the first time in my life, I feel like I'm not that close with anyone. Like I feel I don't know, just not that close with anyone. Not that I'm not talking to people or fight0 . . .
So I am sorta in charge of this spaghetti dinner fundraiser that sociology club is having on April 17. We're were originally going to use like premade spaghetti sauce and just cook the pasta ourselves0 . . .
Went to see the Lion King for Yosepha's birthday tonight. I thought it was really cool like they way they did all the animals and especially the beginning with all the animals and the elephant (I love0 . . .
Ok now I know I have praised Mel my honors seminar professor in the past on here but grr. So I was up until liek al ittle after 5am to finsih this reading journal that was due and then I had to go to 0 . . .
ok, so i live for awards shows and frankly the Oscars are my heaven. Sure I love the daytime emmy's but the Oscars are just a cut above the rest in my heart. Anyway last night was a total dissappointm0 . . .
Went to see Rent last night. I thought it was really good. Like some parts were probably not the best they could be but overall it was really great I thought. And it was a lot sadder than I realized. 0 . . .
So odd...the other night when we went to Le Metro it was completely segregated black/white. In the one room where the band was playing everyone in there was black and in the bar room everyone was whit0 . . .
So odd...the other night when we went to Le Metro it was completely segregated black/white. In the one room where the band was playing everyone in there was black and in the bar room everyone was whit0 . . .
Last night me, Christie and Teres went to Pink and there was basically noone there but we played the game where you have to find the differences between the two pictures, we seriuosly played it for ab0 . . .
So last night me and Jill went with Jim to one of his coworkers birthday at Allen St. Hardware. We thought it would just be like her and her friends would be at the bar type thing but no they were all0 . . .
My nonna is an amazing woman! She is 90 years old almost and had a stroke about a month ago and we just found out she will be able to go home and be back to living alone on March 4th! How awesome is t0 . . .
Can I once again reiterate how much I love the new messaging system on here , cuz I do love it! I also love the random bucketful of knowledge that is my honors seminar professor Mel Schroeder. While I0 . . .
Just thought I'd update with a few random tidings: - I love the new message system where you can leave messages for people's journals, everyone should try it out. I was happy to discover I already 0 . . .
This Thursday is the 100 Days party at Canisius. That means there are only 100 days left until I graduate from college. How terrifying yet exciting. In 100 days I will be a college graduate. A graduat0 . . .
Has anyone heard the song Somewhere Only We Know by Keane. It is so really good. I had been hearing it on the radio but they never said who it was by except once but I couldnt' understand what they sa0 . . .
So this weekend I decided to come up to Schnectady and visit Maureen. ON the ride here it was not so bad and took just a little under 4 hours including the itme I was lost driving around Schnectady lo0 . . .
Oh poor Uncle Jesse from Full House. On a lifetime movie commercial I saw the other night he had second billing to Tara Reid. What a fall from fame John Stamos, what a fall!!! I remember the days when0 . . .
Ok one more thing about the book I'm reading mentioned below....there is at one part the girl, Clare is talking about how she got Jonathan to invite his boyfriend over that she had never met because s0 . . .
So I am currently reading A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham and it is seriously one of the best books I have ever read. At the same time I'm not sure it would appeal to all people b0 . . .
Remeber when I used to write like complete novels after each party about what happened, this will be more of a quick highlight. -sarah was the best person/hostess ever, she made mini-BLT's which we0 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL!!! I HOPE 28 IS A GOOD YEAR FILLED WITH PLENTY OF GOLDSCHLAGGER (sp?) and COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF HOURS SPENT ALONE WITH YOUR COMPUTER...may you be able to achieve your dream of having 0 . . .
OH MY! It is the beginning of Jay Leno and they say Snopp Dogg is on and I think my dad says in all seriousness "Oh I like Snopp DOgg" and my mom replies "yeah, me too". AND THEY A0 . . .
I love awards shows, and preshows and today was Joan and Melissa's first red carpet coverage for the TV Guide channel as opposed to E and I missed it. I completely forgot earlier on and then I had a s0 . . .
Sometimes I fear liking something too much that I can't have all the way. Hmm that doesn't really make sense. Like I can have something partially and enjoy but I know I can't have it completely in the0 . . .
So I went to Starbucks tonightt and had this thing that basically is a melted chocolate bar drink. I forget what it is called but it was really good but small but that is all you can really handle bec0 . . .
Oh those crazy room raiders. Last night at Jill's we watched Room Raiders where either three guys or three girls get their rooms searched by someone of the oppossite sex and then that person picks the0 . . .
YEAH! My grandma was awake today and they think she will make a full recovery. She was very alert even though she didn't really open her eyes, she knew what was going and could talk and have a convers0 . . .
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! Hopefully it is an amazing fanstasic superbly wonderful ultraoutstanding year! Some omens I'm not yet sure how to interpret. First as some of you know I am obsessed with0 . . .
So Matt Diana's boyfriend works at some sports memoribilia store at the Galleria. Some good looking couple has been coming in and spending tons of money lately and he thought wow who are these people 0 . . .
I'm reading Fast Food Nation right now and it is a good book and listen to these tidbits about disney. In the 1950's Wernher von Braun who cohosted and produced Disney television shows about space e0 . . .
MERRY CHRISTMAS FELIZ NAVIDAD BUON NATALE #009f000 . . .
If you saw my last entry about not having a brother and all that, we were having a Christmas disagreement and I was in a bad mood. Sorry. 0 . . .
So I really want to see the Phantom of the Opera movie but I couldn't go Wednesday night because it was my dinner party and so I couldn't wait to go today after work, that's all I could think about al0 . . .
WELCOME TO THE E:STRIP AMANDA!! It's about time you signed up after secretly reading all the journals for months!!!0 . . .
SCHOOL IS FINALLY DONE!! AFTER SOME LAST MINUTE FINISHING DETAILS I HANDED ALL MY FINAL WORK YESTERDAY AT 4! I was hoping for a sense of relief but I still don't believe it is over. Two weeks straight0 . . .
THESIS........COMPLETE I never thought I would reach this moment. It seems like for the last four years it was always this crazy time in the future that I would have to do a thesis but now it is do0 . . .
Oh my last night at about midnight part of our fence blew off our second floor balcony. It hit both our cars in the driveway but not really much damage which was good. The bad part was that then me an0 . . .
Happy Birthday Beaster, May 22 be your best year ever!!!0 . . .
We saw Finding Neverland yesterday and it was really good but so very really sad. Me and Jill were crying quite hysterically all the way through the credits when the lights went on and everyone stared0 . . .
thank goodness for mighty tacos late night hours that allow me to get my filll of delicious chicken fajitas and cherry pepsi at 12am 1204/01031518.jpg 0 . . .
It was a fun night had by all, scatteg ories juniors is not just for kids by the way...0 . . .
Ok , so i skipped all my classes on Friday to work on my thesis all day but instead watched six hours of Golden Girls and the Nanny and played tennis with Jill. Tennis was a lot of fun, we we're inspi0 . . .
Ok previously I may have mentioned my dislike/unconnection with the MTV reality show Laguna Beach but today it came on after Real World and I decided to watch it. AND IT WAS THEIR PROM EPISODE!!! Oh m0 . . .
The other day at the mall Old Navy already had constant Christmas music. That's a little too soon but with the decorations on Elmwood, I'm ok with that. I like it!They look nice and there isn't anythi0 . . .
Today was the 100th birthday of one of my favorite inventions ever....the cash register. As a youngster when others wanted bikes, and GI Joes, and power wheels, all I wanted was a cash register. I sta0 . . .
Why can't the Northeast just secede from the Union. We seem to be the only people making sense anymore. I'd say maybe Washington State could join us but they're so far away. So definetely so much of t0 . . .
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE TODAY: POLLS ARE OPEN 6AM - 9PM #bf00000 . . .
So it's official, Chamile (e:southernyankee ) has left the b-lo. I saw her drive off in her big ole UHaul that we spent hours filling with her entire life's worth of stuff. And boy do my arms ache. I 0 . . .
It was a year ago today (or tomorrow) that I first met many of you estrip people at the PMT's Halloween Party. I was a drunken windup monkey, well it didn't start drunken but definetly ended that way.0 . . .
It is ridiculous how much power you have over me. How much you affect my mood. How much you can affect if I will have a good or bad day. Not necessarily talking to you, just thinking about it. You do0 . . .
Did anyone notice that when you hold the mouse over someone's name in the last 12 or expanded journal list it says the title of their last entry? Is that new? Or has that been there all along and I h0 . . .
I just drove by Coffee & and there were news cameras outside and it was completely burned down. The buidling was still there but it looked pretty intensively burned? Anyone know what happened? Co0 . . .
I am by no means a baseball fan but this series has sucked me in. It seems to matter to everyone in the world so I decided to watch last night and see what all the big deal was and then I got sucked 0 . . .
So really the trachtenber family trio or whatever they are called are my favorite thing ever. jill,148 Well I have never heard of them but since I have they seriously are everythign I dream to be,0 . . .
Hmm my first post on elmwoodstrip.org now that it has moved servers. First off has anyone noticed that in the Buffalo News all the letters to the editor about Pano's that say they should just knock do0 . . .
I KNOW IT IS ALMOST THE END OF THE DAY BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH, I HOPE IT IS GREEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT!!!0 . . .
I remember back in the day when estrip was mainly populated by people I knew outside of the estrip online world, some I met through the site, others I had known for long time. These were the days when0 . . .
SO MANY BIRTHDAYS!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAMILLE AND TINA!! I HOPE THEY ARE AMAZING AND I WILL SEE Y'ALL LATER FOR SOME MAJOR BIRTHDAY PARTYING!!!!0 . . .
Phew, me, Jill, Stephanie and Justin got 12 years worth of pentup Real World chatter done today at Spot. We seriously talked Real World with some Road Rules and Challenges thrown in for like an hour. 0 . . .
How much do I love that Record Theater is now open right next to Canisius. I had a break today while we were waiting for Katrina to get out of class and so me and Amanda walked over there and I was a0 . . .
Saw the movie Wicker Park at the cheap show last night and it was actually much better than I expected. Like there were parts during the movie when you're just liek that's dumb but as a whole it was r0 . . .
So yesterday while waiting for e:beast to call about meeting out for coffee, I decided to take a walk around elmwood, I went from Bidwell to Allen and then down Allen to like Virginia and then back. W0 . . .
Ok i was partially wrong. After talking to Terry I realized I was only kinda right. Well 80 degrees is not twice as hot as 40 degrees but not because of the reason I said. I coudln't really remember t0 . . .
In my research methods class today which usually lacks in enlightening or entertaining me a fact totally rocked my world. Do you realize 80 degrees is not twice as hot as 40 degrees. Now maybe you all0 . . .
So I like to drive everywhere and so whenever me and my friends go out I almost always drive, unless I am planning on a night of drunken debauchery. I really like to be in control of the situation kno0 . . .
So you may have all heard there was a drive-by in Kenmore. Ok, I coiuld take that CVS was replaced by a Dollar General, I could handle the huge influx of tanning salons, I could even deal with the lar0 . . .
Wow my cd collection is growing fast thanks to Matt who is computerizing his cd collection and getting rid of the actual cds. As anyone who knows me knows, I love to collect cds, and now my variety ha0 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DI!!! I HOPE YOU AREN'T TOO SICK FROM LAST NIGHT STILL AND HAVE A GEAT DAY!! 0 . . .
So I had my first official thesis meeting. What a crock this is. I am not interested in writing a 40 page paper just to have my diploma say with honors from Canisius. But alas I must do it. At least I0 . . .
Did anyone know that the Wizard of Oz was written as like a populist argument about the gold standard in the United States.Dorothy was the American people, Oz stood for an ounce of gold, D0 . . .
I want a mansion on the beach. Last night we went to a party at a beach house mansion. It had a tennis court and gym and everything. It was quite amazing. The party was a lot of fun and slowly fell i0 . . .
So school and my 21st birthday happened this week. My classes seem alright except I don't love 830 class on Tues/Thurs especially since it is basically a class I have already taken in another departme0 . . .
So my summer is over. In less than 24 hours I will be 21 and have started my final year of college. That is quite insanely scary to me...a boy who never wants to grow up. This summer involved a lot of0 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERRY!!!!!!! 0804/28113808.gif0 . . .
Went to Roxy's with some epeeps tonight for my first ever burlesque show. I am going to have to agree with Robin though that more sequins and sparkle and glamour would have been nice but still an ente0 . . .
Me and Teres went to see Mean Girls at the cheap show tonight. You can't go wrong with a movie, popcorn and pop for $4.50. The movie was muy entertaining considering it was aimed at young girls which 0 . . .
I'm glad so many people came out last night for the party. It was awesome. Too bad I passed out so early and missed so much of it. So much for thinkiing I was pacing myself. I still had lots of fun th0 . . .
Mine and Terry's party is tonight at 567 Lafayette around 10ish as you all know from the party info banner!! EVERYONE SHOULD COME AND BRING ALL THEIR FRIENDS. I ONLY TURN 21 ONCE (well actually not f0 . . .
This is not an attack on anyone. It's just my acknowledgement, that times, they are a-changing. It's not a bad thing I guess, its just growing up. We used to wonder what happened? Where did everyone g0 . . .
It all started because I found out a girl I work with went to her senior with Matt, and so I asked him to see some pictures. Then he whips out these amazing scrap books from his highschool years. If y0 . . .
Yesterday was soo the day I really needed of just relaxing and everything. I woke up at like 11 after a good amount of sleep, sat around watched tv and read the paper. Followed by tanning out on the p0 . . .
According to some kids away message that I went to college with he has the word CHILLAXIN and he says copyrighted by some of his friends in 2004. Well I don't know about the rest of you but I know tha0 . . .
So where is the new thursday hangout? The Pink is definetely done I think but where to meet and drink and mingle? SOrry Teres I would not choose Merlins but we all know that I give in pretty easy so i0 . . .
Maureen...you're grandma dancing is an amazing video. I am so glad after providing entertainment for her through our videos for years now I can enjoy her video. Happy Birthday Kacey!!! and TK!!! an0 . . .
That was the slogan on a shirt me and Jill saw in Chinatown in Toronto yesterday. I love bad translations more than anything else in the world!!! We met Yo's boy schlomo (yes that is really what they 0 . . .
If it didn't happen then, when it seemed to have such a chance, then it probably will never happen. But I can deal with that. I can't keep wasting opportunities that come my way though. Gotta stop be0 . . .
So yesterday morning, the worst thing ever happened. I woke up like any other day, walked into the bathroom and then....what do i see....a gray hair sticking straight out of my head. This must be a dr0 . . .
So I never thought I liked my car. We call her Sades cuz it is short for Satan. She doesn't do many nice things like she rains on the inside, doesn't beep when i leave the lights on causing many dead 0 . . .
Today was such a fun summery day. I started my day relaxing and reading the paper and then sat on my porch writing my soap opera/tanning. I felt so writeresque. There I learned that our railing will f0 . . .
In search of friends who... ...like to stay up past eight o'clock more than one night a week. ...leave their house other than when their b/f is in town ...actually want to hang out without being0 . . .
I'm starting to feel like the cheese in the farmer in the dell but last night was kinda fun, I was in a weird mood. I don't know it was one of those nights when I just like expected so much and so muc0 . . .
Thanks to everyone who let us interview you last night at the Bidwell Park free concert. Sorry that some of them didn't work because Sarah did not have the microphone on. Everyone should check out the0 . . .
Wait is this summer or midfall? The weather outside is so not summery or good for my tan which has already almost completely faded from Florida...sad sad tanless mike....where is the sun?0 . . .
Reading about Atkins in the Artvoice at Spot tonight made me nervous that there were all these carbs out in the world that need to be eaten. So I did my part by coming right home and eating a bowl of 0 . . .
Today I am going to Maureen's mom's friend's sister's 50th birthday party. It is quite a loose connection but Maureen didn't want to go alone. I'm sure it will be fun and at the very least there will 0 . . .
Saw Napolean Dynamite for the second time. It was still hilarious although the scene they added at the end since the last time I saw it was not as good as was hoped for. Still worth the money though. 0 . . .
Last night we went out to the Pink and then Marcella's where I saw my first drag king ever. I don't know but they don't really look like men to me as much as drag queens look like women. What do you a0 . . .
It feels like I've been gone from here for so long. I will post pictures and stories from my trip soon but let me just give you the highlights, it rained all the time except the one day we were on a b0 . . .
So we went to see Napolean Dynamite today and it was hilarious. I seriously laughed for the entirety of the movie. I think just about anyone could appreciate the greatness of the movie and especially 0 . . .
So much to do, so little timke. Need to buy magazines and stuff to protect me from the sun. Need to pack. I think I pack much like a fifty year old lady as I have ever healthcare need you could possib0 . . .
I don't think that aides necessarily need to be held publicly accountable for who they work for and outed. I think it is just one issue of many and they could support the person they work for on other0 . . .
MK your movie totally caught like slap bracelets in the early nineties. I was Grease but I couldn't post the picture here. So far is everyone a different movie? How many movies can there be? That is c0 . . .
Yummy Yummy in my Tummy. So i basically went to the Taste of Buffalo twice in like 3 hours but the second time I didn't eat nearly as much, so that's ok, right? Hmm some of my favorites were fried tor0 . . .
Ok, PMT came home a day early and so I am back living at home. I definetely need to get an apartment....soon. It is just so pleasant and nice to not hear screaming and arguing all day long and be forc0 . . .
First off the fireworks were not in Kenmore tonight, I believe they are tomorrow now instead. Secondly, I know that last night I threatened everyone that if they didn't go to the dance party at th0 . . .
Heading over to Jill's parents house to watch the fireworks for Kenmore Days from their roof. I hope they can live up to last years where the coverband played songs such as It's Raining Men, She Bangs0 . . .
Raspbery vodka and winde blenders tonight at the apartment (567) stop by!!! OK I have officially updated about 7 billion times today. So some peeps are heading over to the apartment, namely e:jill and0 . . .
So I returned the beer bottles that were left here and got about 12 dollars for it (that's a lot of bottles) so with that money I decided to treat myself to a bottle of raspberry vodka. So very tasty 0 . . .
Did you try Call4Action at Channel 4? They deal with liek business disputes and stuff and I think like landlord issues too. My mom has volunteered there for years, maybe they can help you. 0 . . .
So I took the tortoise outside in the backyard for a little while today but it might be a little cold cuz it is shady so we didn't stay out too long. But he did the cutest thing ever, there was this l0 . . .
Well the bugs are definetely winning the battle for this apartment. A few flies were trapped by the fly paper but not many and there are just lots of bugs or just more than I am used to. And the fresh0 . . .
Last night after work (which was surprisingly enjoyable) I stopped by my parents to help them with something on their computer and then came back here to the apartment. It is so nice being able to lea0 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!!! (well belated birthday since it was yesterday. I'm pretty sure you read this. I hope you had an amazing birthday yesterday. 0 . . .
So we missed the fireworks or maybe they were canceled, I'm not sure but we did play a hot game of DanceDance Revolution in which we all were pretty sucky except Matt was kinda good, for his first tim0 . . .
Wellit is raining outside but Jill and possibly Di and Matt and maybe others are coming over to the apartment and then we are going to decide about the firework situation. We might just hang out here 0 . . .
First off Happy Birthday Anne Maloy (a soon to be estrip member) even if your sister chose to leave town during it!!! I hope its great and you sister smells! Went to the Rufus/Ben Folds/Guster con0 . . .
So I just officially moved into Paul/Terry/Matt's apartment and will be here until July 11 when they return from vaca. I have very many reptilian and fish animals to take care of and hope I do a good 0 . . .
All my friends have left me for boys...Teres/Jill/Christy are out meeting some polish boys at Goodbar (I didn't want to intrude on their triple date) Jen is preparing for leaving early in the morning 0 . . .
I vowed the other day to have more realistic crushes, not that you can really control something like that. But like focus more on people I have a chance with or something although my friends think (an0 . . .
So walking down Elmwood tongiht, what do me, yosepha, and jill see but Robbie from the Goo Goo Dolls in the hair salon next to Merlins getting his hair dyed. There were seriously like 7 people in ther0 . . .
Jill and Teres enjoying their drinks at Coffee &. They finally have mocha jet cafes again. Woohoo 0604/28000631.jpg0 . . .
Tried to go and see Fahrenheit 9/11 last night but the 7pm was sold out and there was already a huge line for the 9:30. Insanity. So we went to Pizza Hut instead and I took my first pictures using the0 . . .
Have you ever seen them in the same room at the same time? 0604/27023959.jpg0 . . .
Herels Di and Matt enjoying people magazine after a heated debate over the olsen twins versus trista from the bachelor 0604/27024000.jpg0 . . .
Went to the prom at the coop house last night and let me just say that house is amazing, from the grand staircase to the bowling alley countertops it is just so totally amazing. The prom was lots of f0 . . .
Hey e:boxerboi, craziness that I am at Spot so much that it is noticeable. I heard that you hated me though for stealing your seat...hope I can make amends. I heard about the crazy estrippers nake0 . . .
Before I get into our Shakespeare in the Park outing I'd like to say I love the new AIM feature and also was so behind in reading jouranls I was so overwhelmed and before I even got to the top ten lis0 . . .
First off , Welcome to Drchlorine, Jeremy and Maureen. Maureen, I hope the online journal thing ends up better then you expect. I never really thought about it as like a real journal and so maybe that0 . . .
I'm at the UB library with Maureen and Teres who are actually doing research but I have nothing to do and thus am on estrip. It says I am only supposed to use the computer for research so hopefully I 0 . . .
You can't delete entries and leave me eternally wondering about what you had written. It is like on instant messanger when it says your friend is typing but then it dissappears and they never had sent0 . . .
Went to Paul's last night and saw some e:people and it was fun. I discovered gold schlagger (sp?) and hypnotic (I think that was the name) are very tasty but going to sleep at at 5:30 and then being w0 . . .
So me and teres and jill were thinking of starting a dodgeball team. They have a league in Western New York. I am still looking into it and trying to get info so I am not sure how much it costs or whe0 . . .
So last night after going to the Pink and Jim's Steakout with my brother, Terry, Matt, Chris and seeing some other's I go to get in my car parked being the Towne restaurant and in the car parked next 0 . . .
Went to Brodo today again and it was still very tasty. I had this soup with stuff in it like italian sausage and chicken and peppers and yumminess. I most definetely recommend it although it furthered0 . . .
Soyeon ignore that it is like the biggest scam going on right now. They used to do it through the mail and now they do it online. It is a huge scam. 0 . . .
Sorry that I carry on about this drink but it is so good. After eating a ridiculous amount of food at work today I went to Coffee & and they were still out of Mocha Jet Cafes but luckily Dave thou0 . . .
Robin I can give you a ride if you need a ride to the airport today. I realize this is kind of a late post so I don't know if you already found a ride but I just read your journal now. E-mail or call 0 . . .
Bought the Franz Ferdinand cd last week and it is so very good and enjoyable. Its so fun and so just enjoyable, i can't think of another word. And it has a song called Michael and that's my name and I0 . . .
So me and Jill and Di went to see Saved last night and I thought it was good in like it was funny kinda way more than social commentary kind of way. But I thought it was muy entertaining. I really lik0 . . .
I totally remember that game Emily. It was so fun and sadly it is actually not that long ago that my friends and I last played it. Yet we always played MASHY, it added a little by also giving you the 0 . . .
Went sidewalk chalking with Jill and Paul last night. It was fun and we saw Maidencateyes through her window, not in a stalkerish way, she knew we were there and waved. Then we headed off to the Pink 0 . . .
Check out the video interviews me and Jill did last Sunday here http://www.elmwoodstrip.com/video Maybe you'll find yourself or someone you know on video discussing their favorite estrip hangouts or0 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBIN, sorry to hear about your bike. Maybe if everyone on estrip keeps their eyes out for it you can get it back. ALmost like an estrip mafia type thing...hmm..0 . . .
Welcome to all the new people. I love that now everytime I come to the site the top ten list is completely new, so much updating, so much fun. Kacey that is crazy that like 20 years ago you lived acro0 . . .
I love that the nice cashier at Spot that is our favorite worker knew what drink I get. It is so nice, she is so nice, I love it! Although she does think we are a little crazy prolly since she came ou0 . . .
I was reading my old journals and realized I used to talk a lot more celebrity gossip than I do now so I thought I'd throw these tidbits at ya... J.Lo got married to Marc Antony yesterday like a da0 . . .
Videotaped the parade, hung out and interviewed people at Bidwell afterparty, handed out millions of fliers, saw lots of people I know and met a lot of new people and saw people I "know of" 0 . . .
Welcome to all the newbies!!! I hope you enjoy the site. I made an elmwoodstrip.com tshirt last night and it definetely looks like the work of a kindergardner, a slightly sophisticated but a five year0 . . .
Everyone look for me and Jill tomorrow with the video camera at the Pride Parade and festivities. We will be the ones in elmwoodstrip.com tshirts obnoxiously using a camcorder and microphone to tape f0 . . .
I was just watching the video for Fit but You Know It by The Streets. It is a really good video. If you have itunes it is free to watch at the itunes store. I think it is a new feature that you can wa0 . . .
I love sunglasses. There is something so inherently nice weather about them that puts a smile on my face. They are my essential summer love. I just bought another pair today. Brown ones at Kaufmanns 0 . . .
Hopefully some of you are reading this for the first time since last night Me, Teres, Jill and Paul plastered the elmwood area with elmwoodstrip.com sidewalk chalk ads and paper bookmarky things. We r0 . . .
Well wouldn't you know. After eating 12 slices of bacon in one sitting about two weeks ago I decided maybe I needed to be a little more healthy. Not like lose weight really but just be more healthy so0 . . .
An old man at work today told me that Have A Nice Day is a meaningless phrase and he will not and that he was once in retail and they said "Thanks its been a pleasure doing business with you"0 . . .
Apparently a lot of people are saying yes. According to the current issue of Time magazine's report on obesity 25% of vegetables eaten in the U.S. are French fries. Oh my that is a crazy amount. Whats0 . . .
Why is it that the people we want to get to know most of all are the people it seems we'll never get to know. maybe more on this later Welcome to estrip Jesse. 0 . . .
So my last entry was about being home at 1030 but then me and Jill decided to go for a walk around Elmwwod and Ashland and the other parallel street on the other side at around 1130 and we came across0 . . .
Mmm we went for ice cream at the river at Mississippi Mudds for the first time of the season. Very tasty and Jen made a mess which she never did which was fun. Then a HighVoiceless Pano's. How sad...a0 . . .
Hung out at Gooodbar on the estrip last night and saw Laura who I haven't seen in years, possibly since we had to have her ambulanced to the hosptial after she hyperventilated on the flying bobs at Fa0 . . .
Me, Jill, Jesse and Teres were debating today at Spot, what point constitutes a lesbian losing her virginity? And sort of related does a man using a toy on woman constitute her losing her viriginity o0 . . .
Cleaning out my room brought me to looking at all my pictures and memoribilia from highschool and it was so good. I hadn't really done it in a while. Ok a while for me is not so long I suppose but I r0 . . .
Eat...Eat...Eat...that is all I have done all week because I am home at ridicuosly early hours with nothing to do but eat...pretty soon you'll have to get a helicopter to haul me through the roof beca0 . . .
Ahh I love the summer. All my senior citizen friends were already in their pajamas and ready for bed at only 10 o'clock tonight so I went for a nice long walk around elmwood. It was fun adn I may have0 . . .
Hey everyone, I think everyone needs to go out and vote on the school budgets in their district, unless you live in the city, wh ich has a different schedule and system. AND IF YOU LIVE IN KENTON, PLE0 . . .
Excited about cleaning and reorganizing/designing my room. Ok seriously it is only about 2 ft. by 3 ft large, so there isn't much rearranging that can be done, but we'll see.0 . . .
So it's only 2am on my first night home alone in my life except one other night once, and my friends have left due to working in the morning and other stuff and frankly I am pretty sure there is at le0 . . .
Just handed in my last paper of the semester!! WOOHOO! Now its time to go to work, but then summer sweet summer!! This week should be fun considering my parents are on vacation and I asked to have of0 . . .
So crazy Jen at RIT sent me video of the police in riot gear shooting rubber bullets or whatever at a group of students at a party. Kinda crazy but would have been better with sound or musical accompa0 . . .
Hey, I know some of you who read this (wait some people must read this right?) had Ms. Kratzenberg at Kenmore West. She was a crazy but great teacher and I guess she is retiring after 40 years and som0 . . .
Me and Jill went to Brodo the new soup restaurant on Elmwood next to Spot tonight. It was very good and I recommend it. Although the waiter defintely liked the people next to us better it was all stil0 . . .
Just finished my reading responses for Soc. and my script for scriptwriting and then to top it all off Ellen just mentioned Golden Girls on her show. Her next segment is Ellen at the mall and then Lin0 . . .
Has anyone ever heard of BotBall? It is like two teams make robots who have to pick up an orange ball and/or push certain colored cups to the other teams side of the table. Other than that there seems0 . . .
So this is the week of embarassing moments. The other day I walked into my class which is in a small computer lab, and I was a little early, saw some people from my class (but in the wrong seats) and 0 . . .
All I can say is grrr and hopefully one day I will no longer appear as an obsessive five year old stalker. Some day I"ll be a normal functioning human being. Jeers to circumstances making me look0 . . .
Cold Case, a tv drama about this lady who solves crime cases that were like abandoned years ago is so good. Well actuallyI haven't watched the show that much but I always try to catch the last few min0 . . .
So I was reading this article about the Olsen Twins and learned a few interesting facts: 1. The Olsen twins will admit to hanging out with people who drink, but won't admit drinking themselves 20 . . .
I'd like to think I'm ambitious enough to get up early and go to the Bush protest, but do I really care enough to be there by 8:30 am? I prolly should, but sadly, maybe not. Am I really that lazy and 0 . . .
First off for those of you who know what I'm talking about, the dog is ok it only broke its leg. Maybe more on that later. THe rest of my entry may be long and reminiscent of my 17 page entries of yes0 . . .
I haven't updated in so long. I feel like so behind in reading everyones journal. Anywho, at Structure, excuse me, Express Men the other day the worker guy was insane. I was just looking around and he0 . . .
Me and Teres were discussing the other day what we want to do in the future. She wants to be a professor, I want to work at Eckred. OK maybe I have slightly higher goals, but will I do them? I want to0 . . .
According to People Magazine's 30th anniverary issue, our favorite sex doctor Dr. Ruth is a trained sniper who can assemble a gun while blindfolded. Craziness but yet also so cool and endearing. 0 . . .
Do you ever feel like someone is like a celebrity like you get excited to see them as if they were the star of your favorite tv show. They're not your friend and os they have that certain distant allu0 . . .
Stickboy I totally know what you are saying about the night thing. (obviously considering it is now 5AM and i just finished most of my work and am going to bed) I am way better at getting work done at0 . . .
too much work.....not enough time....too much stupidity....need to get confidence....need to not be crazy....be a normal person....nervous breakdown coming0 . . .
I would just like to say that I slandered the Registrar's office in my last post when indeed they were actually able to help me. When I called back they told me my pin number because I had just forgot0 . . .
So today I woke up bright and early at 830 to register for classes at 9. This is because my computer freezes at least once to twice each time you try to start it up so I knew it would be a good half h0 . . .
Do you guys think it would be fun to go to a play/musical alone? Has anyone done it? I know people do it. I could never go to a movie alone cuz you need to talk during a movie (yes I am probably that 0 . . .
Too many things are this week. First, there is this play at the Kavinokky that my parents think I have to go to with JIll because the one actress is in essence is Jill. And now you must ask, what is t0 . . .
Well today was so nice and me Jill decided we wanted some ice cream. We planned to go to Elmwood walk around and then go to Sweet Tooth for ice cream. Simple enough, right? But then we get to Sweet To0 . . .
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY MK WHEREVER YOU ARE!!! I HOPE IT WAS JUST LIKE THIS PICTURE WITH LOTS OF BOOZE AND STRIPPERS!!!!! 0304/untitled.jpg 0 . . .
Last night when I got home from work I swear I locked the door before I went upstairs to change. Then I heard what seemed like my parent's voices but they were gone for the night...when I came back do0 . . .
This new last ten people that updated thing is so great and so much pressure. I feel the need to make sure I check the site enough that noone ever gets off the list before I have seen that they update0 . . .
I wish all the Chinese restaurants could get together and have a meeting and decide on what each product was going to be like. I generally only eat Chinese food from Ling Ling or China Panda but today0 . . .
I finally set up a meeting with Dr. Irwin so I can find out if I can be a commuincations/sociology dual major. Could this strange bout of action mean that I may actually find out about graduating on t0 . . .
Last night we went to Blu for the first time. For some reason that place has always been some place we really wanted to go but never did. It seemed like anyone who we had ever met hung out there. So l0 . . .
I was talking to my mom about the Sopranos the other day and she was telling me how she wouldn't want to watch it because it stereotypes Mafia people as violent and swearing. And I was like "you 0 . . .
Last night we rented Spellbound which is a documentary about the National Spelling Bee. I know it doesn't sound exciting but it was really funny and good. I felt a little bad for some of the contestan0 . . .
First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT, and you should be able to celebrate however you see fit. It is your birthday after all. I hope you have a great one. Last night, I used my brother's ID for the fris0 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILL!!!!!!!! Today is Jill's 21st birthday so if you see her buy her a drink or two, heck buy her a dozen. And continue to buy her drinks for the next few weeks. Last night me, ter0 . . .
First, I'd like to say I like all these new updates, especially the last ten updaters thing that says who updated most recently. It's good to see who updated yesterday but I didn't read and there star0 . . .
Do you ever think like everything is working against your goal and you just think maybe it is time to give up but then you get another chance. But then you waste that chance and just are like eh there0 . . .
Two more days of classes and then SPRING BREAK!!! Thank god for undedicated teachers who cancel classes on the Friday before spring break, making it come that much sooner. Not that I am goign anywhere0 . . .
So I thought I could be the first person to have a star today as it is only 3:05 AM but lo and behold I get here and four other people already have stars. Well I am trying to do two homework assignmen0 . . .
So I really really need to move out of my house. Each day there is more arguing and/or I become more like a 50 year old and so it is really becoming an emergency. Jill and I were going to get an apart0 . . .
I was reading Details magazine the other day when me and Jill read every magazine and took every quiz at Wegmans and thye had an articles entitled Gay or Jesus. It has a picture of a jesus-sorta looki0 . . .
Ok first off I've heard that many people thought I typed lama sutra by mistake and meant kama sutra. No I was not at a sex party and the book they study is called something sutra and I just don't reme0 . . .
Can I just say how nice the last two days have been? Today I wore a tshirt and no coat, how great is that? TOO GREAT!!! It can never get cold again. Hooray for Global Warming. And now I am watchin0 . . .
Well today was the Oscars, one of my favorite days of the year. And while I skipped the usual 12 hours of preshow I watch I did watch the actual show. I was afraid I didn't care as much this year but 0 . . .
So last night me and Teres went with Dave to a Buddhist meeting. He told us about it when we talked to him one time at Coffee & (he works there) and we wanted to see it. It was pretty neat. I felt bad0 . . .
Ok, I should explain myself in case you read Jill's journal. So we were shopping at Target and what do I see on an end cap but a package that says Lose 10 lbs. instantly. Of course I pick it up right 0 . . .
Durkheim, Marx, Weber, Liberal, Conservative, Nationalism. All interesting topics yes but to read all of them in one day and write responses is just overwhlemingly boring. I"m sure my responses h0 . . .
Did you know the Egyptians built the biggest pyramid first and then they progressively got smaller and not the other way around. That is good advice in life I think, just try to do as much as possible0 . . .
So tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and I always give up something for Lent. I am giving up french fries this year and really in essence that will lead to an end of all fast food drive thru for me because wh0 . . .
So according to Jen, me and Jill may have called her mom last night at some point and just were singing....who knows....there also is this case of the mysterious dissappearing email to Jesse.....and I0 . . .
Hi, this is Jill, we are really really wasted.....silly monkeys, where is everyone......Mike justt flasheed out my window and touched me with his vodka hand. It's gross......we played strip "0 . . .
So last night after a long day at school I went to Jills at like a little after 11 PM but her line was busy so I had to crawl through the snow and go up to her window in her computer room and bang on 0 . . .
So I definetely am a mall addict. Yesterday since I had the day off of work and school I decided to go to Rochester just because that was the closest place that had a mall I had never been too. I foun0 . . .
So randomly at dinner the other night my dad was like "Mike do we have instant messages on our computer?" and I was like "yeah!" and he was like "I want you to get off there, 0 . . .
First off, my new userpic is a picture Jill drew of me senior year for my birthday as part of a pin the crown and mic on Mike game she made for me. I still don't want to put an actual picture of me up0 . . .
We should all thank Jen for doing her part by "entertaining" our troops. Enough said. 0 . . .
So last night I went to Coffee & with Katrina, Amanda, Yosepha, Lisa, and Teres and Jill were there for some of the time too. It was an ecclectic mix, well I mean basically just more people than just 0 . . .
Can something be the best thing that has happened to you and the worst thing at the same time? Well not the worst, but like in one way it was a great time and I just loved it (THANKS TERES) but then i0 . . .
Why oh why do I loathe thee scriptwriting class? I love writing scripts and thinking of stories but now that I am forced to do it for a grade, I can't stand it and the characters and stories I am crea0 . . .
So things in my life seem to be changing lately, and anyone who knows me know I despise change more than anything in the world but yet for some reason this time it seems like it may be a good thing. I0 . . .
Is it wrong to get the majority of your outlook on life solely from all the different MaryKate and Ashley Olson tv shows? I mean not solely Full House, but also two of a kind, their show with the mode0 . . .
So they say doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is a sign of insanity....all i can say is uh oh! I did two things I really hate myself for today, although they may n0 . . .
So like for 5 nights last week I had dreams where I died. And I don't remember ever having a dream where I died before like I always woke up before I actually died but not in these dreams and so they 0 . . .
So I'm not doing so well in my scriptwriting class, which is sad, because that is what I thought I wanted to do. It's not that I'm failing or anything, I just don't feel like I have good enough ideas 0 . . .
Good now that I got your attention by pretending we would have to win another war against the British circa 1777 now I can talk about some really important stuff. Namely two things. One, the lesser im0 . . .
I think during the super bowl halftime show just a little bit ago Justin Timberlake ripped off part of Janet Jackson's shirt. They showed some boob with no sensors. It was only a second but still it s0 . . .
OK, seriously DVD's are amazing as they allow me to watch the entire first two seasons of Saved By The Bell whenever I want. I used to be excited because I had a few episodes on tape, but now this is 0 . . .
Ok so the other night me and JIll came to the realization that to the outside world we may appear to be a slightly insane couple. What just because we finish each other's sentences, are together every0 . . .
These are the two things that are peaking my curiousity today. The first is do Gaps and other stores in the South have winter clothes out when we do or do they have like spring/summer clothes out all 0 . . .
So, yeah I thought I had battled the beast that is Willa Cather and would never have to hear that name again. Not only is it associated with the evil Judy but also just a generally boring author I spe0 . . .
So Paul's birthday party was a lot of fun. It was neat that my cousins were there too!!! I also proved I am not an alcoholic, ok well I may have been basically drinking straight whiskey out of a chali0 . . .
So it doesn't really feel real since I had an incredibly long break but I go back to school tomorrow. That means my daytime tv watching is going to be greatly reduced as I will be in school or at work0 . . .
So last night we had our make up work party since we decided the first one wasn't as fun as it could have been. It was me, Eric, Nick L., Brian and his g/f and Michele and her b/f at Michele's apartme0 . . .
So yesterday was my Eckerd Pharmacy work party at Buffalo Tap Room. Our work parties are always a good time and usually involve lots of drinking and fun. This one was a lot tamer than usual with a lot0 . . .
This is my last quote from the Chuck Klosterman book Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs. He has a whole chapter basically devoted to Saved by the Bell but what he says about the Tori Paradox is truly amazing 0 . . .
I have posted online the beginning of the soap opera I have been writing called Behind Closed Doors. Check it out, it is under the journal name BCDSoapOpera. There are links on the side that tell abou0 . . .
In the last few days I bought two new cds. One was at Record Theater after searching WNY for like an hour looking for an artvoice wiht teh 50% off used cds coupon. Seriously everywhere was out of them0 . . .
I was just reminiscing with MK about this piece of genius that was some of my friends in fifth grade. For fifth grade graduation we had a karaoke party thing in the auditorium and I was at GT I believ0 . . .
I think someone has to mention that Britney Spears got married to Jason Alexander in Las Vegas the other day. No not Jerry Seinfeld's friends who does KFC commercials but I guess an old friend of hers0 . . .
I did it! I have this thing about going in public by myself well except for shopping I guess but I won't venture to the food court alone, I don't know I feel liek if there is food or drinks involved I0 . . .
The last two days have been fun. Yesterday me and maureen went out to breakfeast at Pano's and I got to see all her pictures from her semester away at London. It was good to talk to her because I don'0 . . .
This is in response to what Terry wrote about Perfect Couples. I agree in many ways, its not that these "perfect couples" are necessarily perfect couples. As I said, I don't actually usually0 . . .
After I write journal entries, after thinking about it I always decide I want to add or remove something so I decided from now on I will add the word Revised to the title of any journal entry I change0 . . .
Ahh the elusive perfect couple, Well not so elusive in my mind I guess. It's been a current topic of conversation as I have, against my better judgement told a couple that they were one of my what I c0 . . .
Not really all of them are resolutions but some things to try or at least think about in 2004: 1. Is there other things for me and Jill to do besides go out for coffee? We are really wearing our co0 . . .
HAPPY 2004 EVERYONE!!! THAT IS CRAZINESS!! This is the year all my friends will be turning 21, we'll see where that takes the year even though i will still be a youngin of 20 until the end of August. 0 . . .
Jack Sierk was the dad of AJ, my first friend and my best friend when I was little. He lived down the street and we were always together when we were young. His dad died this past week from a brain tu0 . . .
I recommend that when you are in a bad mood, let it cool before you go telling people what you think. I usually follow this advice especially since I usually do not actually feel how I thought I did a0 . . .
So in about one year I will be out on my own. Well in an apartment with MaryKate. I hope it all really happens, as we are quite the planner but not generally so good at the execution of our plans. But0 . . .
Saved By the Bell DVD, what more can a kid ask for? Well this was a good Christmas, 2 days of fun with the family, well 3 actaully because we went to my other cousin's tonight. I got a cd burner so n0 . . .
My Christmas update will be coming soon, prolly tomorrow but right now I just want to say, don't tell people you can't really trust anything! Plus, foudn out some info I rathe not have known.0 . . .
So today is Christmas Eve and I am super excited! I love Christmas and Christmas Eve is the bigger celebration for my family where we go to my Aunts and see everyone. I think it will be lots of fun. I0 . . .
So this is my self loathing entry. I just have been a little aggravated lately with life. I am getting sick of work and everything. 20 hours in two days right before Christmas when we are crazy busy i0 . . .
Just a quick update to say that my dinner party was a success. Well I think it was at least, maybe everyone is talking about how terrible it was right now but I don't think. I think it definetely went0 . . .
So the guests should be arriving for my first ever solo planned dinner party and my first christmas party ever in about 5 hours. We'll see how it goes. So far everything is going extremely well which 0 . . .
I love the old ladies that come into Eckerd, not all of them, but a lot of them. Yesterday after not working for a like a week and a half and only having a few hours the week before, I started working0 . . .
Well this was my exam week and it was pure craziness. I had like an exam and a final paper due everyday. It's not that I didn't find time to go out for coffee though because, the king of procrastinati0 . . .
First off i just want to say I added like 10 entries in a row so please read them all and I hope they entertain. MORE IMPORTANTLY: for teres's bday we are making her a video of answers people give 0 . . .
So the other day it was like 11:15 and I decided I really needed a Mocha Jet Cafe from Coffee &. So I walked down there but I wasn't sure if they were still open and so I was peering in the windows, n0 . . .
So Friday was Teres's actual birthday but she went out with her sister and brother in law. So on Saturday we took her to a Sabres game for her birthday. That is what she wanted so it wasn't really a s0 . . .
I'm not exactly sure what I saw Friday night, at points it seemed like a bad Power Rangers episode but then it was mixed with live action singing. Well it was Starlight Express but a grossly different0 . . .
So Thursday started like any other day, little did I know where it would take me. I got out of class at 12:15 and my next class was at 2:30 and so I decided I would just take the subway which is right0 . . .
First of all , thanks Jessica for the support for whip cream and rollerskate musicals. Whip cream really does heal all problems. So instead of my mom who didn't really want to go, I begged and plea0 . . .
I added this entry like seconds after the one after it so please read the one after it too. I am always nervous if I update too closely together one entry will get entirely skipped over. 1103/stex0 . . .
Wow I haven't updated in a while. I really haven't had any time. Well everyone was home for Thanksgiving Break so that rocked. It was fun seeing Jen and Di and MK espeically since it was the first tim0 . . .
So I am procrastinating out of control. I had a 10-15 page paper due for my interpersonal class today and I started the research around 10pm last night and had to do the entries for the journal I was 0 . . .
I'm over my crush. I realize it is only a few hours later than when i originally wrote about my crush but eh that happens with my flimsy crushes. The more i've been thinking about it, the more i was l0 . . .
First off, Orange crush is an amazing drink but i haven't had it in a long time. Grape crush, not so amazing. Anyway that was not the original purpose of this entry. Well I haven't had any real crushe0 . . .
In anthropology the other day my teacher decided to make us chai tea because we were talking about Imperialism and spices are the key to imperialism. Anyway so after he was cooking some spices he sent0 . . .
I don' t know if I have mentioned this earlier, but what the heck is going on with coffee shops closing earlier. We can't always go to coffe & but it is at least open later. Spot, why do you desert us0 . . .
So today after being lazy I decided to go running a bit. I haven't went running in like a month and I ran only like to Kenmore Mercy which is maybe 10 or 15 short blocks, not that far at all and I lik0 . . .
I talked to Jen today and as usual she had some funny stories and updates. So she is obsessed with hockey, well she loves it...a lot. She has a friend Gordon who had like never seen a hockey game and 0 . . .
I've heard some people don't want the pictures of them that I have put up online. If you want me to take down a picture just e-mail me at mike@elmwoodstrip.com and tell me and I'll consider it (ok i'l0 . . .
Marykate was home last night and we went to Coffee &. It was fun, we talked her love life, sang songs, did dances, didn't get served forever at pano's. It was fun. Woohoo for one night visits. It's0 . . .
Listen to the dumbness being professed by my oral comm teacher. As if he isn't already the most ridiculous man on the face of the earth with his like going over things like a cabillion times and being0 . . .
I have felt so stressed lately and yet I'm not sure why. I feel like I have so much to do and yet I do nothing. Like I do have tons of huge papers and presentations coming up and that is starting to w0 . . .
It's really over. How sad! One of the best stores in the world, Vix Drugs has closed. This store has provided me with numerous deals and good times through the years. Over the last few weeks since I f0 . . .
So Friday was Halloween and me, Teres and Jill went to a party at my brothers. And Amanda, Katrina and Jessica met us there. I was afraid because when I had called my brother a little earlier noo0 . . .
This will just be a short entry and i am only doing it so I don't get deleted. Well on saturday i went to my cousin Jennifer's wedding. It was fun. Me and Paul were ushers and we seated everyone far b0 . . .
So this weekend I made the plunge and decided to stay in Fredonia for over 24 hours. Craziness. Well anyway i found my way there suprisingly well without getting lost at all. That is until I got to th0 . . .
Well nothing too exciting is going on in my life but this weekend I went to Fredonia to visit MaryKate for a night. Me and JIll went adn it was crazy because we didn't call her ahead of time and reali0 . . .
Lauren Miller, a sophomore at Fredonia College died this weekend in a car accident. While I never knew her, any friend of Marykate's must be a great person. It is terribly tragic for anyone so young t0 . . .
Oh my gosh! I love the song Have you ever seen the rain? It is really good. I had heard it before but forgot about it and then it was in some tv show today and it was so good!!! I am working steadily 0 . . .
So tonight me and Jill went to Coffee & , where they have the best drink in the world. It is a mocha Jet Cafe. The one worker introduced me to it when I was looking for a mocha shake and I am so glad 0 . . .
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So last night I saw an ad in artvoice for the Outkast cd at New World Records for only $9.99 and you get a free tshirt!!! Does life get better than that? I don't think so. So we went today so I could0 . . .
So tonight, Friday night, what do me and Jill do? The only cool thing to do on a Friday night, we went to Spot on elmwood but not without first contemplating if coffe & or Spot was better for a goo0 . . .
Last night on elmwood near the corner of elmwood and allen there was an open dirty diaper! It was so gross! Jill almost stepped in it!! EWWW anyone else notice a lot of used diapers around elmwood lat0 . . .
I decided to add another entry tonight. First I'll talk about the cursive concert last night. It was a virtual whose who of my friend's awkward past. Everyone she possibly ever had an awkward relation0 . . .
I'm just starting this and don't know what to say today but I just wanted to put something up. I'll add another entry later tonight or tomorrow.0 . . .