On Phil finally getting his life together
Haha So wow, this is officially the longest (hehe) I've been with out updating. Sorry, but I doubt any one will actually read this until i tell someone that i've come back to the light side... Any who, Quite a bit has changed in my life since my last entry. I'm eighteen, in college, play lacrosse, and succeeding in school.
First, eighteenth b-day was nice, i don't really remember anything about it... it was quite a while ago. It is nice being 18, though, free to be out late at night, able to sign for my own stuff, have a Credit Card, can by lottery tickets, and of course... Gamble!!!
Second, college. Wow. I don't know what else to say. It's amazing! I live on my own, do homework (or don't) when i want, eat when i want, and forced to be completely and solely responsible for all my actions. I love it! I live on campus in a Dorm on the southside (far away and downhill from everything), with 2 roomates, and 7 other suite mates (that makes 10 in one suite, for those of you counting). There are several suites on each floor so lots of people always around makes it a very social setting. My roomates: Nick and Adrian. Adrian and i met at orientation and requested to live together he kicks ass and is everything you could want in a roomate. Nick is just annoying, I won't go into the long and short of it, but he brought it on himself when he didn't even meet the suite until week 3 of the quarter.
Third, on kinda a subsidiary of #2, Lacrosse. Remember that journal entry back on June 29, 2004 (http://snowwolf3388.livejournal.com/2563.html) when I first saw a Lacrosse game played out? Little did I know, that single moment would become a huge part and turning point in my life. I think its really cool that I actually did end up playing lacrosse. Its a lot of fun and I love the team and someone forcing me to run. I will probably be posting quite a bit about Lacrosse mostly because it's really crazy and there's new things happening all the time and the team is just plain nuts. Not to mention the fact that its something new that I am trying and i love learning something new. Lacrosse is a primitive game, played on a Field much like a soccer field. However, similar to Hockey, you are free to move behind the "cage" (an area known as "X"). There are 10 men on the field at all times with free substitutions (again similar to hockey) in positions: goalie (1), Long Pole Defense (3, they use a 6-foot long pole while everybody else gets a measly 3-footer), Middi (3, this is my position), and Attack (3). One runs around on the field trying to catch the very hard and dense rubber ball and put it in a goal. It is full contact, we wear essentially hockey pads from the waist up, and it is legal to beat someone with your stick. So awesome!!!
Fourth, School is really going well. Now this might not seem like a change, as i did do decently well in High School (hey i got into UCSD didn't I?). However, its a change in that i totally expected to fail... When I look back on High School, I don't remember ever trying hard at all. I always waited until the last possible moment and did enough to just scrape by. From what everyone was saying about college, i would have bet against myself as far as grades and such go. My first Quarter of college started out pretty bad and realized that my fear had come true. Homework was optional, so F that! And tests seemed like no big deal until you realize that there are only 4 of them that make up your entire grade. About 4 weeks in, I somehow kicked it into high gear and found time to do all this optional homework and study for tests in advance, and suddenly everything seemed to click. Now, someone was definitely smiling down on me, because I had F-ed most of my grades up pretty bad, fighting for C's and B's. then came finals. I certainly did not do as well as I hoped in any class except math. So I went home for break looking at a poor showing my first stint in college with maybe an A, hopefully 2 B's, and a certain C (my first ever). Then the grades start coming out online. I ended up somehow with 3 A's (not even A-'s which are worth less) and a C+. Again I say someone must have been smiling down on me and made every single one of my classes curve like Nolan Ryan. Woot! 3.6 GPA!!
Finally, I just have to say that, while its not a change in my life, I LOVE LYDIA BROWN. I can't believe how lucky i was to find such a perfect woman for me! We are happy together and have been for 2 years now!! And i don't foresee anything coming in our way that we can't overcome! I would bet my bottom dollar that I will marry this beautiful girl!
"And thats the way the cookie [has crumbled]"
-Bruce Almighty
=p
First, eighteenth b-day was nice, i don't really remember anything about it... it was quite a while ago. It is nice being 18, though, free to be out late at night, able to sign for my own stuff, have a Credit Card, can by lottery tickets, and of course... Gamble!!!
Second, college. Wow. I don't know what else to say. It's amazing! I live on my own, do homework (or don't) when i want, eat when i want, and forced to be completely and solely responsible for all my actions. I love it! I live on campus in a Dorm on the southside (far away and downhill from everything), with 2 roomates, and 7 other suite mates (that makes 10 in one suite, for those of you counting). There are several suites on each floor so lots of people always around makes it a very social setting. My roomates: Nick and Adrian. Adrian and i met at orientation and requested to live together he kicks ass and is everything you could want in a roomate. Nick is just annoying, I won't go into the long and short of it, but he brought it on himself when he didn't even meet the suite until week 3 of the quarter.
Third, on kinda a subsidiary of #2, Lacrosse. Remember that journal entry back on June 29, 2004 (http://snowwolf3388.livejournal.com/2563.html) when I first saw a Lacrosse game played out? Little did I know, that single moment would become a huge part and turning point in my life. I think its really cool that I actually did end up playing lacrosse. Its a lot of fun and I love the team and someone forcing me to run. I will probably be posting quite a bit about Lacrosse mostly because it's really crazy and there's new things happening all the time and the team is just plain nuts. Not to mention the fact that its something new that I am trying and i love learning something new. Lacrosse is a primitive game, played on a Field much like a soccer field. However, similar to Hockey, you are free to move behind the "cage" (an area known as "X"). There are 10 men on the field at all times with free substitutions (again similar to hockey) in positions: goalie (1), Long Pole Defense (3, they use a 6-foot long pole while everybody else gets a measly 3-footer), Middi (3, this is my position), and Attack (3). One runs around on the field trying to catch the very hard and dense rubber ball and put it in a goal. It is full contact, we wear essentially hockey pads from the waist up, and it is legal to beat someone with your stick. So awesome!!!
Fourth, School is really going well. Now this might not seem like a change, as i did do decently well in High School (hey i got into UCSD didn't I?). However, its a change in that i totally expected to fail... When I look back on High School, I don't remember ever trying hard at all. I always waited until the last possible moment and did enough to just scrape by. From what everyone was saying about college, i would have bet against myself as far as grades and such go. My first Quarter of college started out pretty bad and realized that my fear had come true. Homework was optional, so F that! And tests seemed like no big deal until you realize that there are only 4 of them that make up your entire grade. About 4 weeks in, I somehow kicked it into high gear and found time to do all this optional homework and study for tests in advance, and suddenly everything seemed to click. Now, someone was definitely smiling down on me, because I had F-ed most of my grades up pretty bad, fighting for C's and B's. then came finals. I certainly did not do as well as I hoped in any class except math. So I went home for break looking at a poor showing my first stint in college with maybe an A, hopefully 2 B's, and a certain C (my first ever). Then the grades start coming out online. I ended up somehow with 3 A's (not even A-'s which are worth less) and a C+. Again I say someone must have been smiling down on me and made every single one of my classes curve like Nolan Ryan. Woot! 3.6 GPA!!
Finally, I just have to say that, while its not a change in my life, I LOVE LYDIA BROWN. I can't believe how lucky i was to find such a perfect woman for me! We are happy together and have been for 2 years now!! And i don't foresee anything coming in our way that we can't overcome! I would bet my bottom dollar that I will marry this beautiful girl!
"And thats the way the cookie [has crumbled]"
-Bruce Almighty
=p