The Life of the Nickness

I can feel myself getting sick.

It's not fun.

I was trying to be nice when the guys came to deliver and install my new washer and dryer so I started making small talk with them. One of the guys looks at me and says “Bought a new washer and dryer, huh?”
…

“Nah, my old ones ran away and I made sears go catch them. Here's your sign.”

Some random comments on how my weekend is going:

I found out that because I haven't worked at FCS for an entire year, I'm only entitled to part of my 5% raise. When all the math is said and done, I'm left with a raise of roughly 32cents. Yes, I think it sucks too.

Yesterday at work was the busiest it's ever been since the Christmas season ended. And there were only 2 people working. One of them was me.

My washer and dryer is hooked up and ready to go! Sears wasn't supposed to be here until 2pm-4pm, but they were running really early(which I thought they would be) so they left about 30 minutes ago. I still need to go out and buy washing detergent and some dryer sheets before I can put them to use.

My mom and sister left right after the Sears people. They came over to help me put up some posters, pictures, swords, flags on my walls, so that my apartment looked more lived in. I'm not completely finished, but it's an awesome start.

None of my friends are returning my phone calls. I think this is partly because it's Nilsa's birthday today(I found out early this morning right before church was supposed to start) and they're all probably out to lunch or something.

The guest room is all set up for the guy I'm 'housing' for a few days for Jeremy's wedding. Ofcourse, theres a huge Chicago poster in the room–hopefully he isn't offended by it.

I'm going to order pizza from Vocelli's and relax and have some movie time with my couch for the rest of the day. I go back to work tomorrow at 1pm. *sigh* Maybe I'll wait til tomorrow morning to buy the detergent and dryer sheets…

So I just got back from my date with Mary. For those of you confused souls who have no idea who I'm talking about, click the 'mary' tag on my LJ and it should bring up all the entries about her, and thus bring you up to speed…kinda.

What it doesn't tell you is that I was completely wrong when I thought she locked me in the friend closet. We continued to talk every once in and while, and we actually went out on another date tonight.(I'm just Captain Obvious tonight, aren't I?) Heres a quick run down of events: Met at Olive Garden, went bowling, went to Borders, and then the date was over. Yup. Thats it. You all can go home now. Story's over. Ok, not exactly. Tonight was different from date #1. It was…more relaxed, I think since this wasn't the first time we were meeting each other we were a little less tense and more free to be ourselves. We talked more on this date(which I didn't think was possible since all we did was talk on our last date) and we were able to just go out and have a fun time bowling. We played three games, and I lost all three times. I guess I'm just not as great at bowling as I used to be(that and the last game I played right-handed, but she played left-handed and still beat me)

I'm not really sure what else to say about it. It went well, and I know next Saturday she is coming to Mosaic with me, so thats good. I think she'll really like Mosaic, and I hope she puts the Bible to good use(oh, and I also got her one of those cute Precious Lambs from FCS. What can I say? The proceeds go to charity and it's a cute fluffy lamb. What girl wouldn't want one of those?)

I gotta go clean out my laundry room to prepare for Sunday.

nickness OUT!

So heres whats happened in a nutshell:

My mom and I ran some errands. I took her out to eat and bought her some stuff at FCS.

We then went to Sears where I bought my first Washer and Dryer. Thats right people, I can now do laundry in my own place, without spying on my parents and doing laundry at their house when my dad is working.

I also got some stuff at Costco…and *sigh* held the Rebel XT for the first time. I seriously want it. I started talking to another customer who was looking at cameras too. When I mentioned that was the one I wanted, he gave me this snotty crinkled nose look and said “thats a serious camera” as if I didn't know that. Then he went back to looking at some 50$ piece of junk. My mom is already joking that for my birthday, shes buying me a disposable camera from walmart. LOL. I politely informed her that I knew the location of every assisted living facility in the nova area. We'll see how things turn out.
As for now, I'm about to take a shower and get ready with my date with Mary. No flowers this time(shocking I know, but I just sent her 2 dozen this past Tuesday) But I did get a pretty cool Bible for her to check out. We're going to Olive Garden and then bowling. Hehehe. Another chance for me to practice bowling right-handed. I wonder if I've gotten any better at it? We'll soon find out.

I'll update more later this evening.

nickness OUT.

HURLEY: I do exercise.

CARMEN: Oh, that must be Jesus. [She goes to another room and picks up the phone.] Hola, momento. [Calling to Hurley] Yes, it is Jesus. He wants to know what color car you want.

For some reason, reading that makes me laugh out loud.

I have a funny story to tell you about me, a major lack of sleep, and a hot flame. But I think I'll wait a little to tell it.

Ask the Nickness
A humorous look at the questions that plague us all

Dear Nickness,

My grandmother and I are really close and next week she is turning 92 years old. Shes had one Bible for the past 50 years and it's falling apart. I want to get her a new Bible for her birthday, but I'm not sure which one to get her. Any ideas?
-Kate

Trying one last time to make it into the will, eh Kate? You must not be that close to your granny if you don't even know what kind of Bible she wants! But don't worry, you've come to the right place. Seeing as how I work for a Christian bookstore, I get asked this question all the time. I can help you find a bible that is guaranteed to get your name somewhere in that will before she kicks the ol' bucket. There are many options Kate, but I’ll highlight the three main ones that you should pay attention to. First off, she's turning 92, so chances are she'll want a Bible that makes her forget about her age. Forget the old school King James leather bound that screams old and senile. Your first choice should be the New Living Translation Teen Bible. I guarantee when she walks into early Sunday service with that thing, the men won't think she's a day past 50. Granted, it'll be tough finding a teen bible with giant print so she can read it, but with all the attention she'll be getting from the men I doubt she'll have time to read anyway. Not her cup of tea? Next up think about getting her the new NIV Archaeological Study Bible. It's the only full color bible on the market right now (which makes it easy on the eyes) and contains over 500 articles relating to life back in Biblical Israel. I'd love to find out how those articles hold up to the scrutiny of someone who actually lived during that time period, so if you decide to get that one let me know what she thinks. I'd also like to find out what Jesus was writing in the sand, so do me a favor and ask her that for me as well. Finally, if none of those other options seem to fit your dear grandmamma, your last option is to break down and buy the old school King James leather bound, and hand transfer all of her notes for her (because lets face it: she'll be dead before she finishes transferring even half of 50 years worth of notes) Sadly with this option she won't even notice you got her a new Bible, and if you try telling her she'll think you're just trying to hit her up for money. My advice? Skip the Bible and buy her a container of Metamucil. She'll probably like that much better and it's actually something she'll be able to get good use out of.

Have a question you want the Nickness to answer? Email him at nick@mosaicnova.org

So theres the article. I still think the title needs some work though. I want to make sure everyone knows it's humor, so they don't get offended and think I'm really answering someone's question. Any ideas?

Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel

* 8.2-megapixel, 22.2 x 14.8mm, 12-bit RGB CMOS sensor delivering 3,456 x 2,304-pixel images. Effective count of 8.0-megapixels and 3:2 aspect ratio.
* Single-lens reflex digital camera with interchangeable lenses (supports all Canon EOS series lenses). Focal length multiplier of 1.6x as compared to a 35mm camera.
* Variable ISO (100, 200, 400, 800, and 1,600 settings).
* TTL optical viewfinder with detailed information display, diopter adjustment, and depth-of-field preview.
* 1.8-inch, low-temperature TFT LCD with 115,000 pixels.
* Automatic, Program AE, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Depth-of-Field AE, and Manual exposure modes, plus Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, and Flash Off programmed modes.
* Operates in “shooting priority mode,” meaning there's no separate “playback” mode to view pictures. Pictures can be viewed between shots, and even if camera is showing a picture or in a menu, pressing the Shutter button causes the camera to take a photo immediately.
* Continuous Shooting mode capturing as many as 14 images as fast as 3 frames per second (with shutter speeds of 1/250 second or faster.)
* Variable white balance with Auto, six manual presets, and a Custom setting (reads from a neutral gray or white card), as well as a color correction tool.
* TTL autofocus with seven focusing points, manually or automatically selectable. One shot AF, AI Servo AF , AI Focus AF, and manual focus with AF assist beam, depending on exposure mode selected. Working range of EV 0.5 to 18 at ISO 100.
* Built-in E-TTL retractable-type flash with red-eye reduction. Guide Number is 13/43 at ISO 100, m/ft, flash angle covers the field of an 17mm lens. Topside hot shoe for external flash connection of EX Speedlite flashes.
* Flash exposure lock function. (FEL)
* External hot shoe supports E-TTL II metering, FEL, and FP (high speed sync) flash with Canon EX Series Speedlight.
* Redeye Reduction via built-in illuminator.
* TTL maximum-aperture metering with a 35-zone silicon photocell. 35-zone Evaluative metering linked to all focusing points, Center weighted average metering, or nine percent central-area spot metering. Metering range of EV 1 to 20 (at normal temperatures, EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, ISO 100).
* Adjustable exposure compensation from -2 to +2 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 EV increments in all exposure modes.
* Auto exposure bracketing (AEB) from -2 to +2 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 EV increments in all autoexposure modes.
* White balance bracketing. (JPEG file format only)
* Shutter speeds from 1/4,000 to 30 seconds, and a Bulb setting for longer exposures.
* Electronic self-timer with a fixed duration of 10 seconds.
* Optional external hand grip/battery pack adds secondary shutter release and control wheel, as well as AE lock and focus point buttons for vertical-format shooting.
* Image storage on CompactFlash Type I or II, compatible with IBM MicroDrives
* USB 2.0 connectivity with TWAIN driver for PC and Adobe Photoshop plugin for Macintosh. NTSC/PAL selectable video out connectivity. E3 remote control socket and IR remote control window.
* 24-bit JPEG and 36-bit RAW data file formats. Available resolution settings are: 3,456 x 2,304; 2,496 x 1,664; and 1,728 x 1,152.
* Backlit LCD data readout, for easier operation in the dark.
* DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) and DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) compliant.
* Direct Print capability to selected Canon photo printers.
* Camera body available separately, or as part of a kit with lens and accessories.

I barely have a clue as to what all of that means. But I want it. God, do I want it. And it's only $899. My birthday is May 12. You all should think about pooling your money together and making me happy for my birthday.

My closing cashier called out today. What was supposed to be an 8 hour shift turned into a 13 hour shift. I completely missed Men’s CORE and almost had to cancel it. Thank God for Carson letting everyone use his place.

I’m tired.

I love music. I really really love it.

It's a passion. Listening to it, playing it(what little I did in school) even singing it(when I'm alone and no one is around). I don't think it's possible for me to just sit quietly without some kind of melody going through my head.

I firmly believe that no matter what a person is going through, theres a song about it. Someone out there has already gone through it and put it into song. Whatever situation, circumstance, or emotion–theres a song out there for it.

And you know what else I love? I love watching the music videos to these songs. Suddenly, a song that you thought meant one thing takes a whole new turn once you see a video about it and you see what the artist is trying to convey.

I don't care about the type of song–rock, rap, pop, country, heavy metal, classical–I'm not picky. Every song has a story to tell.

And I love those stories. Some of them I can identify with. Some of them I can't. But I take solace in the fact that as I get older, as I experience more, the more songs I'll be able to identify with. Granted, there are some songs I don't want to live out, but theres something comforting in knowing that what I've been through, what I'm going through–someone has already gone through; or at the least already written down.

*sigh*

What is that classic quote by Billy Shakes? “If music be the food of love, play on”

Well, I'd like to put this forward:

All life is a great symphony. Each person has it's own piece to play, each decision we make–a note to the rest of the world on how we intend to play our part.

Yes, thats it. Thats it exactly.

Many of you don't really know this, but I really hate using LJ as a journal. Yes, yes, I know LJ stands for livejournal. But writing about my mundane thoughts and my boring going-ons of life just..isn't what I wanted this to be.

I wanted to inspire and educate. I wanted to make people smile. I wanted to invoke anger(sometimes)

And yet here I sit, writing about mundane dates and boring work.

I want to write about sky-scrapers and towers. Giant castles and dark caves.

I want to wow my readers with funny jokes about my life and heart-renching tales of sadness

I want to post pictures of myself sky-diving or snorkling underwater.

I long to ask thought-provoking questions and get people talking.

But most of all…

I want to be me.

I was really sick last night, and so because I got WAY more sleep than I usually do, I was up and wide awake come 6:30 this morning. So far it's been a pretty productive morning. I went walking around my complex(theres nothing like breathing in the cool morning air while you watch the rest of the world slowly wake up) and then transfered 2 albums over to my iPOD: the newest Rebecca St. James album and the newest Delirious album. *Sigh* I love my FCS discount.

I'm also in the middle of cleaning my apartment up–unloading/loading the dishwasher, organizing the clothes on my bedroom floor, and trying to figure out where to put up all my pictures/posters. My walls look really bare, and I plan on staying here for a while, so I really want this place to look like a home, and not something I'm just renting for a while.

I've also texted a bunch of friends and invited them to come over to my place tonight at 7pm for a movie night. I haven't seen a few of my friends in a long time, and this is the perfect opportunity to spend some time with them. If I didn't text you and you want to come…just IM/call/text me! The more the merrier, I always say(unless you're a axe welding madman. In that case, you might just want to stay home) Hehehehe.

Well, I get to work 11:30am-5:30pm today at work, training a newbie at the awesomeness that is FCS. Wish me luck.

I'm off to see the wizard!

nickness OUT!

ps: Sinfest has once again started posting comics, however at this point they bare a striking resemblance to what is going on in my life and I'd rather not post them until everyone can just read them for fun, and NOT notice the similarities.

I swear, I'm not a freak…but I had another date last night. It went well, and she met my mom! Shes lives in Waldorf, Md and she drove back down here this morning to go see a movie with me and my mom. Shes also coming to Mosaic tonight.
I'll keep you all updated.

In the meantime,

Let me pose a random question for you all:

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Ok. So seriously, I have no idea what to say. Actually, I'm pretty hungry right now. I think I'm gonna go grab some foodage.

I'm glad I have today off.

EDIT: This one isn't going to work out. WAY too many issues. And with that, my 3 week haul of random dating comes to an end. Or does it? dun dun dun!

While I'm at work today, we had one of the Kutless cds playing in our store, when what do I hear? The worship song “Take Me In”!

For those of you who don't know, I used to sing this worship song ten years ago when I was living in England, and it was my favorite worship song. Every time I sang it I imagined I was right there, floating by the people, past the alter, everything. *Sigh* It also reminds me of Isaiah 6:1-8.

Take me past the outer courts
Into the Holy place
Past the brazen altar
Lord I want to see Your face
Pass me by the crowds of people
The priests who sing Your praise
I hunger and thirst for Your righteousness
But it's only found one place

Take me in to the Holy of Holies
Take me in by the blood of the Lamb
Take me in to the Holy of Holies
Take the coal, touch my lips, here I am

Take me past the outer courts
Into the Holy place
Past the brazen altar
Lord I want to see Your face
Pass me by the crowds of people
The priests who sing Your praise
I hunger and thirst for Your righteousness
But it's only found one place

Take me past the outer courts
Into the Holy place
Past the brazen altar
Lord I want to see Your face
Pass me by the crowds of people
The priests who sing Your praise
I hunger and thirst for Your righteousness
But it's only found one place

Take me in to the Holy of Holies
Take me in by the blood of the Lamb
Take me in to the Holy of Holies
Take the coal, touch my lips, here I am

Take me in to the Holy of Holies
Take me in by the blood of the Lamb
Take me in to the Holy of Holies
Take the coal, touch my lips, here I am
Take the coal, touch my lips, here I am

Back then it was my prayer to God. And tonight, ten years after originally hearing it, it remains my prayer to God.

I am a Christian.

I am studying to be a pastor and although it's slow going, one day I'll finish my degree.

I love Strongbad/Trogdor, and pretty much anything to do with the HomestarRunner website.

Foamy is the ultimate squirrel

I've been told I'm over-eager. Which means if I like you, I like to call/text/IM/go out with you. Often. It doesn't mean I'm a stalker, or that I'm weird. Just means I like communicating with you. Take it as a compliment.

I go to church on Sat nights. Yes, this is when most people go out on dates. I don't care. If you're really my kind of girl, you'll love going to church with me.

I'm overwieght, but working on it. And I still think I look good.

I work at a bookstore and I love to read

I don't watch much tv, but I do love: House, Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, and Smallville.

I like to pay when I go out on dates. I don't care if you're independant-just let me pay.

I've had a bad history with girls. My self esteem is shot. There is no such thing as too much validation in my world.

I get bored alot, so if i'm not hanging with my friends or at work, I'm online. This doesn't mean I'm lazy or have no life; it means alot of what I do in my free time means using a computer.

Just because I'm a guy doesn't mean I'm into sports. Watching a bunch of guys run up and down a field carrying/kicking a ball is not entertainment to me. In the same way, watching a bunch of cars go round and round in a circle makes me wanna scream.

I don't smoke, and I think it's absolutely nasty! If you want to die that badly, there are much cooler ways to do it.

I am not an anime freak, but I will download and watch the latest Naruto every Wednesday night.

Well, this is a pretty good list to start out. I'm sure I'll be adding more later.

nickness OUT!

This past weekend was so awesome.
But now it is over.

I am sad.

and this time, ladies and gentlemen–she actually liked the fact that I was 'over-eager'. Sigh. If it's not one thing, it's another.

I'm no longer paying for eharmony(and technically the girl this past weekend was a random meet from myspace), so no more matches for me. No more prospects. Looks like it's the single life for me, bubs.

This is the part where I tear off my shirt and start flexin', much to the delight of my lady-friends.

Thanks Bubs. Now hook me up with some of those wireless extension cords.

I need a good laugh.

So yesterday at work this lady comes to the counter to check out, and I reconized her instantly as someone I used to know. However, I wasn't too sure, so I had to find a way to make sure before I said/did something embarassing. She didn't have her perks card, so I got to ask for her name. “Shirley Thomas” Ahh. I was right. And now I get to look like a stalker infront of her. “Do you have a son named dave?” her response-yes. “Did you ever live in England?” her response-um…yeah. (by now shes shifting her feet back and forth and I can tell I've made her nervous) Then I lay it on her. “I'm Nick Clark. Ed and Mari's son” With those words all worry leaves her face and she explodes: oh wow! I never would have reconzied you. Blah blah blah. Yup. Shes my best friend's mom. Well, my best friend when I lived in England about 10 years ago! Why do I tell you this? One, because I got the chance to freak a customer out today at work. And two–because I reconized someone I hadn't seen in about 10 years in less than 2 minutes. I swear, I will not get alzheimers when I'm old.

As of March 11th, I'm no longer a paying member of eharmony. I tried it, didn't have much luck, and I'm not paying 65$ a month so some nameless computer search engine can try to find the love of my life. There is someone out there for me. Someone who will love me for me, despite my quirks and idiosyncrasies. How does Jerry say it? You. Complete. Me. Yes, that is what I'm looking for. And yes, that is what I'll find. Man was not made to be alone.

I love my mom. No Golden Acres for her; once she is too old to live by herself, I am so claiming her to live with me and my wife. Melissa and Jonathan can argue over dad. Hehehehe.

I love laughing.
Oh, and I am now officially addicted to Michael Buble. Seriously. 10 songs downloaded in less than 5 minutes. I love my cable modem.

Seriously pom pom. I'm about to pee my pants.
hehehehe!

Ok people. It's about 2:30am. I'm still very much awake. At the moment I'm randomly clicking peoples' myspace accounts, viewing thier profile, and listening to the music they have posted. And I've come up with two very different songs that for some reason seem to capture my attention. I'll lj-cut the lyrics behind each of the titles. *sigh* I'll start with the obvious christian one first. I have no idea as to why I'm posting this, but I'm sure some of you will draw your own crazy wacky conclusions. Feel free to share them!

“Praise You In This Storm” by Casting Crowns

I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say “Amen”, and it's still raining

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
“I'm with you”
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry
You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can't find You

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
“I'm with you”
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth

“Hate Me” by Blue October

I have to block out thoughts of you so I don’t lose my head
They crawl in like a cockroach leaving babies in my bed
Dropping little reels of tape to remind me that I’m alone
Playing movies in my head that make a porno feel like home
There's a burning in my pride, a nervous bleeding in my brain
An ounce of peace is all I want for you. Will you never call again?
And will you never say that you love me just to put it in my face?
And will you never try to reach me?
It is I that wanted space

Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me so you can finally see what’s good for you

I’m sober now for 3 whole months it’s one accomplishment that you helped me with
The one thing that always tore us apart is the one thing I won’t touch again
In a sick way I want to thank you for holding my head up late at night
While I was busy waging wars on myself, you were trying to stop the fight
You never doubted my warped opinions on things like suicidal hate
You made me compliment myself when it was way too hard to take
So I’ll drive so fucking far away that I never cross your mind
And do whatever it takes in your heart to leave me behind

Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn’t do for you

Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what’s good for you

And with a sad heart I say bye to you and wave
Kicking shadows on the street for every mistake that I had made
And like a baby boy I never was a man
Until I saw your blue eyes crying and I held your face in my hand
And then I fell down yelling “make it go away!”
Just make a smile come back and shine just like it used to be
And then she whispered “How can you do this to me?”

Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn’t do for you

Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what’s good for you

nick OUT!

So this morning I was supposed to be at work at 8am to get ready for the VP visit. I overslept and got there at 9:30 to find out that nothing had been done yesterday! Shelly and I were both stressed and upset. I mean, when we're not there nothing gets done. Grrr. So anyways, we preped for the visit that we thought was happening at 10. However, we were then told(by phone call from the DM) that the visit isn't happening until noon. Well, back and forth, back and forth, things kept happening, and we didn't have the visit until 2:15. It was a good visit. Made us all really happy. Shelly took me out to lunch to say thank you(for coming in on my day off) and I just got back home about 20 minutes ago. So yeah. My '3 hour go to work for the visit trip' turned into a 'waste my entire day off at work trip'. Bah. And mens's CORE starts in about an hour and a half (which I still need to get ready for) Oh! Shelly just called with my schedule for this coming week. As you can see, I have Friday and Saturday off. Yay! So without further ado, here is my work schedule:

sun- 11:30-5:30
mon- 9:30-6
tues- 10-5:30
wed- 12-9:30
thurs- 12-9:30
fri- off
sat- off

I gotta go drop off the vhs tapes I borrowed from laura now, so she can use them to record House and Boston Legal tonight.

I'm tired.

I'm sure I'll update later. til then…

nick OUT!

Looks like he's underwater witnessing to the fishes off the florida coast. *thanks mom!*

In other news, the past couple of days have been great! Friday night after work I hung out with Pamela, Franklin, Connie, Kelly, Genevieve, and Fred and we all went lasertagging! Well, ok-we didn't actually lasertag, but we did hang out at the arcade and watched some air hockey games. A few people did DDR, and then Pamela totally kicked butt against Franklin and myself in foosball(and I have a foosball table in my apartment!) After that we went to Genevieve's house and talked about old skool television shows for a couple of hours. *sigh* It was much fun.

Saturday rocked as usual: Denny Nissley preached at Mosaic, which was way cool. He used many of the same scriptures as Pastor Scott did last week, but ofcourse it still rocked.(and in my opinion, much better than Pastor Scott's sermon) Sadly, it was also Justin's last mosaic before he heads off to be a missionary to Ghana for six monthes, so the night was bittersweet. Hanging out afterwards was cool, and I met a few new people(and convinced them to attend mens CORE this coming Tuesday) After Mo a group of us(Josue, Nilsa, Laurita, Jose, and Rodolfo) went and watched Ultraviolet at the Manassas Regal. Ultraviolet? More like Ultrasucks! Do not go watch this movie. I don't think I heard a single person say anything good about ti as they were leaving the theater. Even strangers were agreeing with me and my pessimistic comments on the movie.

So far today has been cool too. I'm trying to relax as much as possible before I pull my 8pm-5am shift at FCS. I hung out with my mom and my sister, introduced my mom to ApologetiX, ate some lunch at IHOP, and now I think I'm gonna take a nap so I can prepare myself for the onslaught of work that I'll be enduring tonight.

I'm gonna go for now. Before I do, however–I did promise to post a comic, didn't I?

nick OUT!