Sitting in Clewiston.

It seems that some people are actually posting on their blogs again. Arielle and Chelsea seem to be leading the R.U.B.I.U.W.T. (Revive Ur Blog If U Want To) movement.

I guess I'll jump on the ole band-wagon and play a ditty or two and see how far it gos before it gets stuck in the mire again.

Really, I want to make my own web page. I think I'll start working on that... just need to find a good hosting service.

On to the matter at hand, sitting in Clewiston.

Mostly I came here to pitch a website design to Danny's boss. However, as his boss is not even going to be in for the time I'm going to be here, it was a mostly wasted trip. I did, however, get some of the best spaghetti ever. My mom's is much better than any at a restaurant. It's definitely the best thing she makes.

I took a nap yesterday, because that's the sort of place Clewiston is. Never take a nap... It is a horrible experience. I was slightly tired and lay down on the couch, figuring that a little shut-eye would do me good. I, however, forgot that me and naps don't mesh. I woke up feeling more tired than ever, and with a horrible headache. I did, however, have an interesting dream.

Glen's nap dream:
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I was driving around a town with Danny, Jimmy and Jenson. I'm not sure what town this was, but there were hills and some woodsy southern style architecture. We came up on a general store that was at the top of an staircase about the size of the Arena staircase but made entirely of wood.

I recognized the place and felt like it was a place that we liked to go to, though really it isn't any place I've ever been. We climbed up all the stairs and went into the store. It was a regular general store, sort of a blend of a cafe and a 7-11. raw wooden walls and floors and generally good lighting. Arielle, Chelsea and Danielle were in there already, drinking coffees. We said hi to them and then for some reason I left.

As I was leaving an Asian girl that, in the dream, I knew walked out of a pub. (In retrospect, I think she was the Asian girl from the "the next top model" or whatever modeling show Veranne was watching monday.) The pub was apparently a separate part of the general store that I didn't see before. When I walked in I went up to the bar because she offered me a free drink. For some reason you had to walk up on a stage that was behind the rack with the drinks. It was apparently near closing time. A bunch of sprinkler heads popped up out of the bar and started spraying cleaning solution, so I didn't sit down cross-legged like everybody else that was up on the bar-stage because it was wet.

Everybody who was in the other part of the general store then walked into the pub and sat down at a table towards the entrance.

The bartender handed me what smelled like a crown-and-coke in one hand and a glass with a Bahama mama in the other hand. I had to stand in a corner because the bar sprinklers were getting cleaning solution everywhere.
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At this point my cellphone woke me up. Danny needed a ride back to the house. I was excessively groggy and could barely get up. My head was killing me and even my eyes were tired.

So... that's why I don't take naps, even in the most boring city in the world.

Bahamas!

Jimmy, Danny, Nick, A.J., Emma, Danielle and I just got back from a cruise to the Bahamas! It was much fun. Lots of walking in circles and up and down stairs on a boat! The ocean is huge! There is a lot of water out there folks! The first day we ate and ate and ate and ate. As soon as you get on board, BAM!, they give you a buffet. So we ate alot of buffet. But then, after the buffet, we found ice cream! Then we had pizza! Then, there was a scheduled fancy dinner! Then.... room service? Though I didn't eat that.

that night we sat in a warm tub (it wasnt very hot) and got really cold when we got out.

Then the next day, after a buffet breakfast, we went to Nassau in the Bahamas! We got off the boat and onto a smaller crowded ferry to Paradise Island with a tour guide who spoke quite loudly about rich people's houses, Anna Nichole Smith's hospital and graveyard, and the, now defunct, nude beaches. On Paradise Island is a casino with a huge fish tank with ... manta rays! I like manta rays.

Then we went back to Nassau on another small crowded boat after purchasing conch shell horns that say Nassau on them. Then we walked past Senor Frog's and found a local beach in the ghetto.

Some dude came up and said "I have one question to ask you, Are you good? You know what I mean?" Then when Nick sort of shook his head he said "Weed man! Are...You...Good." We were apparently good because he then left without giving us any weed.

We stood on some sort of tree stump in the water for a while. The water in Nassau is awsome! It is seriously blue and extremely clear. It was like an ocean sized swimming pool. Local kids were jumping in the water from a dock, so danny and jimmy and emma went and jumped with them.

I sat on a piece of broken cement with AJ and watched the stuff. Some lady was there when I walked up (AJ was sitting there already, still watching the stuff while I was on the stump) She tried to put a bracelet on my wrist and I said "Whoa!... how much is this.." and she said "people are givin 5 dollars" I said "Pfft... I'll give you a dollar.." She then said "why are you jokin it's for the school this is my first day" and other things to sell me a bracelet. AJ had been trying to get rid of her when i walked up and already had on on his hand. I gave up, because I'm soft, and gave her 5$ and got the one she gave AJ... but I didnt get another one which she was trying to get me to get two. I'm actually happy with this bracelet .. it matches my necklace.

Then we went to Senor Frogs... and i got a Yard of Bahama mamma for 20$ after tax... but i lost the glass on the way back to the boat. Then we went to some side tavern and had a few fruity drinks and talked for a while. Much fun heh.

Then we went back to the boat and sat around outside the boat for a while... then everybody else got onboard.

Me and danny went back to the flea market to get some gifts... But they were closing so we only went to one stall with lots of wooden things. An old man was tending it. I chose a dolphin and a wooden alligator> I asked the man how much the gator was ... he said 35$. I said 'Ill tell you what.. how about 15$? ... the old man looked at me and said he couldnt do any better than 20.
I put both of them together and said.. How about I give you 25$ for the pair!... he said pfft what ... er.. fine i'm only doing this because we are closing today... so i got them both for 25$ when they would have been 60$ ^_^

Then we were walking back and some little girl was selling those plastic arm bands that were popular last year. I got one because i felt bad passing her up, then some other kid said he would sing me a local song for a dollar. So I gave him a dollar for a song, it was very Bahamas sounding. Then I bought a painting from an old lady. It was painted on a tile that was obviously pried off of some building. But it was black/yellow but had a blue background so i was happy.

Then we got back on board and it was time for the fancy Captain's dinner. So I dressed up and we had a fancy captain's dinner with two helpings of escargot.

After the fancy dinner, everybody was tired... so they went to sleep.

I went to the midnight buffet alone and got some dessert.

Then I sat on the back of the boat and relaxed as I watched the lights of Nassau slowly recede and disappear over the horizon.

Then I went to sleep.

The next morning we had more breakfast buffet and we were on Coco Cay, a small island owned by the Royal Caribbean company. We swam in the ocean with lots of little jellyfish, then sat out on a floating platform for a while. The water was crazy clear and the most awesome colors of aquamarine, blue and green.

We then went and played volley ball... We got second place out of 18... people. ^_^ there were only 3 teams. shh.

then we ate some bbq on the island, sat on benches and overfilled an hammock. Then we went shopping for a little bit.

After that we got onboard and took a nap for a bit. Some of us walked around the ship before the fancy dinner. We went way up to the bow and watched the water for a while. Then I saw a flying Fish! It jumped out of the water and flapped and glid for a hunded feet or so and then splashed down in the water. It was most awesome! Then we kept seeing them every 30 seconds or so. After watching fish for a while we got kicked off that level by the cleaning crew, so we went up to the top Viking Bar and sat for a while and had martinis. then we left for a bit, and got everybody else and came back to the viking room to watch the sunset... but there was no sunset because of the clouds... so we had more martinis and went to the last fancy dinner of the cruise. I had Lamb... fancy fancy lamb...

Then we left.. and went to the back of the ship and sat for a while and watched the moon. Then we went back and watched a comedian. After the show the boat started rocking. We were heading twards a storm, this was the first time during the trip that we could feel the ship move. It was slightly distressing to be in the rooms while the boat moved... so we went back to the back of the ship and sat for a long time and watched the moon again. Then we moved under some shelter in case of rain and watched the lightning of the storm... I love lightning and storms. Then we ate more pizza at the late-night pizza place (it was near two oclock. ) We didnt stay there long because of the rocking, so we went back to the back of the ship and sat tehre till it started raining and we were all nearly asleep... so we went back to the rooms and went to sleep... the rocking was almost over anyway.

The next day we ate breakfast in the fancy dining hall, and then the trip was over so we got off and went home.

Over all, an awesome trip to the Bahamas!

I like boats. ^_^

Hmm

Well I havent added anything in a bit. Mostly there has been alot of eating out too much. Always get the steak, you will not regret the steak, pay 5$ more and get the high quality one, make it medium rare so you arnt eating char grill but it is warm all the way through.

but now im fat again at 190something .. i need to start eating tuna only again. and make sure i rock climb at least once if not twice a week.

It seems i may be getting ferrets. they are like furry snakes.

I am also trying to decide whether to get a:
RC helicopter ,
new laptop,
new desktop,
digital camera,
or more steak

just kidding.... im definitely getting the steak no matter what


i dont really play games... so i guess i should go for the laptop... though i should get a digital camera.. except everybody else has cameras so i can just steal their pictures off of ringo heh so if i get a camera i should get an SLR so i can make artsy shots

bush gardens was fun. i need to walk more.. my legs hurt for a little while after and i used to be able to walk for miles with no ill effects at all.

now i have another call .. peace

A couple of weeks, Patriots vs Giants, and some other things

The last couple of weeks have been interesting...

Unfortunantly, I only made it out rockclimbing twice in the last couple weeks. once with Jade, danny, and jimmy and jake came too but didnt climb. That was really fun but going on a saturday afternoon ended up way too hot and crowded. Evenings after 7 are much better.
I went by myself on wednesday... mostly just bouldered and tried to work on my grip.

The Superbowl happened. I had to work though so i missed all but the end... I don't much follow the football, but i think it would have been interesting to have seen that game. I was going for the Patriots, mostly for statistical reasons, it would have been interesting to see a record breaking season of 19-0... oh well... so it's a forgettable 18-1. It was rather exciting to see the end of the game at jimmy's house with a bunch of people who apparently cared alot more than I did about the outcome. I enjoy sports in general, but mostly i like to watch other people be excited about sports. It amuses me. Jade and DJ and Kris ended up with their patriot cake in their faces, I was going for patriots too.. but not being exactly a fan, and as i came in late, i managed to avoid the cakeing.

Monday we went to gators... they have great wings. and that fancy touch screen game where you find the differences between two pictures. Thats pretty fun. Candice rocks that game. I get the high score every time I play though. ^_^

Thursday we didn't go to Natura, so we pretended to play volleyball but soon quit in disinterest and went and had fancy icecream at jerimiahs. later that night we went back to the volleyball court .. but ended up sitting around and sumo wrestling against DJ... I won a couple times but mostly he won. I should have started with a lower center of gravity and rushed harder. We tried to get emma and arielle to wrestle.. but they would have none of it. it was all pretty fun... I think i prefer relaxing at natura though. But as everybody went every week for the last couple of months... im not surprised other people are tired of it. I should probably try to find a new cafe with an open mike night. It would be nice to mix things up as we keep hearing the same acts every week, though some are worth hearing multiple times, others (mostly the "comedians" )i could do without.


Friday, we burned things, namely jimmy's futon and wicker chair. futons make good fires. Though apparently Jade taunts the futon fire, because it kept attacking her with coals and flinging sticks. I still have dark yellow lines burned into my hand, I think from the wood stain mostly. DJ and Jimmy rocked the rhymes with some impromptu rapping. It was most diverting.

Saturday we went to see DJ get baptized. Congratulations Brother Graves. Then we stayed for the rest of the assembly and went to eat at olive garden. I should have gotten the steak, I like my own spaghetti and meatballs better than theirs.

another week... and no steaknshake

Well it's been another week

This one started out fairly well... with watching Serenity at Becky's house ... the week before we were supposed to watch Serenity... but it was missing from wal*mart... we even dug in the 5$ bin... but no Serenity... so i bought The Dark Crystal, because anything Jim Henson did was awsome... and I subjected a room full of people to a late night showing of Dark Crystal... but unfortuantly I must be the only person who thinks this movie is awesome and everybody else was left puzzled and dissatisfied by the movie... I still say it is one of the best movies ever and I like it better than Labrinth (which is also an awsome movie) because i like that it is completely done with muppets with no human actors... at any rate i digress. We watched Serenity on monday night and that was awesome..and more people were happy with the movie.

monday night after i got home... i started feeling pretty bad

tuesday night I had a fever and a cold... and so i stayed home and watched The Ultimate Avengers I and II

wednesday night i was almost over feeling bad.. but i still had something of a cold so i didn't go play volleyball so i stayed home and watched Jabberwocky ... I love gilliam films... I wish Terry Gilliam had directed Hitchhiker's Guide.


thursday night i was feeling really good again. That night being Natura night.. we went to natura for cards and live original music and questionable comedy acts... I enjoyed myself much and turned a lot of dollar bills into pictures of skeletons and other fancy things. I played Rummy to 300 with Jade, DJ and Jenson... and was whipped soundly by Jade, though I did come from behind and managed second place.
Then we left.. and we courageously avoided going to Steak n shake

On friday i went to the doctor... this time I had my insurance card.. so they decided to check and see if i was dieing of anything... I guess i'm not so they let me go... and i went to eat sushi at bukkuri sushi ... it was very good sushi.. and about that time Chad came into town.. so he met us at bukkuri and we all ate sushi... I got a single roll .. but then two rolls chad got was actually cheaper because he got the lunch special... oh well. Then we walked around and i went into a art shop to see if i could find better pens to deface money.. but i couldn't ... so off we went back to my house. Then we went to aguille and climbed on the wall. I actually got to the top of the 5.11 wall i'v been trying to climb for a while.. but it wasnt clean because i fell off 3 holds from the top again.. but this time i got back on and actually made it to the top when usually i'm too worn out by that point.

Saturday was good too. Ann got to the house in the morning and ann and me and chad went to the bookstudy at jimmy's house. then we ate at denny's .. because all me and chad ate the day before was a couple rolls of sushi... sushi is surprisingly filling.
I ordered a carrafe of orangejuice .. because denny's is the only place you can do this.. and i drank almost all of it.. even though it is supposed to be "family sized" ... i spent alot on orange juice. Then we went to Target and got a cookiesncream cake from the bakery and went off to the congregation picnic.. there was much fun at the picnic.. with throwing footballs and eating nick's cheesecakes. Then we went to aguille again.. chad belayed ann and she got up a few walls.. very good ann. and i did a few walls in a row and wore out my arms.chad left then to go home. Then me and jimmy and danny and ann went to Danielle's house and played pool with abunch of other people there. then we went home and ann went home and i went to sleep.

a rather busy week and nobody went to steak n shake.. take that late night diner

a week at steaknshake

i spent a week at steaknshake .. well not exactly a week ... but i was there past midnight every night since thursday

thursday we went there after going to natura till 11ish... jade and dj and jake and chelsea and arielle and nick and me ....

and i had some sort of shake and cheesefries and a burger

then friday... after we played volleyball and tennis in the rain.. there was more steak and shake... with a simular group... though we had alot more people as well... it was much fun

then on saturday after the party at jake's house.. we took over that back section of steak and shake with more than thirty people

then again on sunday after the party attony's house.. we had jade and jimmy and dj and jake and me and nick

I think overall.. we've kept steaknshake open this week... but being the only place open past midnight for eating.. well except dennys and house of waffles and international pancake imporium....hmm well i guess there are other places.. i guess people just really like shakes