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Blog Archives - October, 2003
| October
31, 2003 |
Spooooooooky...
I miss Liza... :(
Get used to seeing that line. As long as I have
to, that will be the first line of every entry from now untill...
Well, we'll see...
Good god, last night sucked. I went with Ron to
pick Bambi up, and on the way back, we hit a damn six point
buck. That's the second car I've ridden in this week that's
hit a deer. Not a good week for me, really...
Anyway, getting home by 9pm led to getting home
at 11:45. I'm tired and want to be asleep. A normal sleep schedule
would be a good thing for me, I think...
Oh yeah. Happy Halloween. Heh. Happy...
Ahhhh, Nevermind...
Posted by Eric @ 12:15am, 10-31-03 |
| October
29, 2003 |
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ctrl+alt+del
I had to make a minor change, due to personal
factors, to the [galleries].
And, congrats are in order for Derreck, who was the first
person to correctly answer the trivia question below! Good
job, dude! I won't tell you all the answer just yet, so keep
sending in your guesses...
Posted
by Eric @ 4:12pm, 10-29-03
Quiz Time!
A pat on the back and a hearty handshake to the
first person who can Shoot Me An EMail with the answer to
this little poetic puzzle. If you can tell me what movie this
comes from...
There's
no earthly way of knowing
Just which way that we are going.
There's no knowing where we're rowing,
Or which way the river's flowing.
Is it raining, is it snowing?
Is a hurricane a-blowing?
Not a speck of light is showing,
So the danger must be growing!
Are the fires of hell a-glowing?
Is the grisly reaper mowing?
Yes! The danger must be growing,
For the rowers keep on rowing,
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing!
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by Eric @ 12:30pm, 10-29-03
And These Are The Times...
...That try mens' souls. And my soul, well, it's
in a constant trial state.
You've probably noticed a lack of updates these
last few days. Well, Eric hasn't been the happiest camper
lately. I don't really want to get into it, either, so I'm
sorry if you're all kind of jaded about being kept in the
dark. The only thing that I have to say to the world is this:
Whatever I did, Liza... I'm sorry, and I love
you...
Now for some somewhat better news: Yay! I get
a trpohy and a pizza from [wil]!
Not really, but it's still a fun notion. And why do I get
a pizza and a trophy? Well, check out [this
entry] in Wil's [moblog]
(weird name). I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding my comment.
Well, back to the wonderful world of being me.
Halloween is coming up in two days, so everyone have a good
time, and don't eat too much candy, ya hear?
Posted by Eric @ 6:00am, 10-29-03
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| October
24, 2003 |
Party
Central Begins Here!
With a little over two weeks to go until the party
of the year at the Fire Hall, it's time I started covering it
in detail here on Rancho Relaxo. So, I've instituted the Party
Page!
If you've recieved an invite from either John, Breann,
Myself, or either of the bands, bookmark that page! It'll have
all the latest party updates. Keep tuned in for more news!
The Party Page will take over the slot reserved
for Pic of the Week, still coming soon as soon as I get around
to rebuilding the network connections around here. Too lazy
right now.
Oh yeah! Turns out the Ad problem was with my browser,
not Tripod. So you'll slowly see the ad headers disappearing
from the site.
Posted by Eric @ 8:40pm, 10-24-03 |
| October
23, 2003 |
Doubt
And Assurance
Lately, things have been going really well for Liza
and I. We're spending alot more time together, and we're growing
closer and closer every day.
But she has doubts about my feelings, and has told
me so. Honestly, I can understand why she has them.
Well, since I have this forum to say what's on my
mind, it's time I used it. Here's the story.
I met Liza three years ago. The original plan was
to get our friend Dave to finally lose his virginity, and Allen
and I trecked to Houtzdale to see if we could find him a lady.
Who we found was Liza. We arranged for her to come to the Skate
Station the next night so we could finally get Dave some action.
Well, she showed up, but something went wrong, and
she ended up leaving with me. That was the start of three years
of an on-again, off-again relationship between her and I.
In that time, I'll be the first to admit that I
made some boneheaded decisions and failed to see the obvious.
One night, I ditched plans with Liza to go off with some other
girl that I had no honest chance of ever hooking up with. Another
time, I had to let the whole Jill thing get in the way, only
to have it explode in my face. There are many other times where
I pulled idiot stunts like these.
And the whole time, I totally ignored the fact that
she was in love with me.
So, you can see where her doubt comes from. But
recently, I was lucky enough to stumble back into her life again.
And this time, I can see her love for me. It's grown on me.
And in the three months since, I've realized one simple fact:
I Love Her.
I don't know why I didn't allow myself to do so
before. Maybe it was, after coming off of the rocky relationship
I had with Erina, that I was afraid to let someone back into
my heart. Maybe it was me holding out for Jill, which obviously
would never happen. Maybe it was because... You know what? To
hell with all the maybes. The plain and simple fact is that
I was a total, blithering idiot for not seeing it before. Or
at least seeing it and ignoring it, who knows. My point is this:
I was wrong. Dead wrong.
But now that I have another chance, I'm not going
to make those same old mistakes again. Let's call this a public
declaration of sorts. I'm telling the world that, yes, I was
a complete moron for the things I did. Yes, I was wrong. Yes,
it was one of the most stupid things I'd ever done in my entire
life.
And this, too, is a public declaration. I love her.
I honestly love her. I think about her 24/7. I dream about her,
I daydream about her. Every time I see her picture on my laptop's
desktop, I smile. Every time I call her voice mail to leave
a message and hear her greeting message, I smile. Every time
I'm with her, my senses go into overdrive, telling me that I'm
totally, 100 percent, head-over-heels in love with her.
And finally, because I know she'll be reading this,
this last bit is for her.
Liza, I love you. I promise, in front of all my
readers both locally and around the world, that I will never
betray your love again. You are the only girl I want to be with,
there isn't anyone else I'd rather devote my love to. I will
never stand you up again, I will never disappear from your life
again until the day they throw me in my box and shove it into
the Earth.
I love you. I know you love me. Let's love each
other for the rest of our lives...
Posted by Eric @ 1:30am, 10-23-03 |
| October
21, 2003 |
Here
Comes Trouble...
For those of you who are interested, Chapter 8 of
[dbz:ur]
will finally be done this week! Keep your eyes peeled!
You know, being human, we're prone to making decisions
that aren't really looked at by others as the smartest moves
in the world. Well, my brother has gone and done just that.
And what's worse, she's coming in for a visit.
Today, he's going down to Pittsburgh to pick up
his "fiance" and bring her back here for a while.
Now that's a can of worms that I just don't want to really open,
but I can honestly say that I don't like the situation one bit...
Like him, she's a bible beater. Ugh. Thankfully,
I have Liza to counteract that and keep me sane.
RAW sucked. Go figure. If you want Wrestling news
and such, I suggest you try [1wrestling].
It's my source, I'm sure you'll dig it if you're a fan of the
business.
Gotta babysit for Breann today, so I'll be a happy
guy sitting on Broadbad all day! I love broadband. So speedy,
so nice, and so not available in Houtzdale. Damn Adelphia, damn
them to hell...
Posted by Eric @ 10:20am, 10-21-03 |
| October
20, 2003 |
These
Are The Days...
What a good weekend!
On a slight sad note, I'm ceasing the "I'd
Hit It" gallery for a while. It'll still be there, but
no more updates. No need, now that Liza's in my life.
Speaking of whom, I'll have to talk her into posting
an entry here...
Back to the [galleries].
Soon, I'll be instituting a "Pic Of The Week" Gallery,
which will have thumbnailed links here on the front page. Something
to amuse you all, I guess. Also, I'll be doing a revamp of the
[fanfiction]
section, and posting all my FanFics on their own pages. A quick
linkup at the [anime
web turnpike] and things should be on the up and up!
Thankfully, tonight I'll be able to actually sit
down and watch RAW. Not like it's any good, it's still something
different that I only see once a week...
Posted by Eric @ 8:15pm, 10-20-03 |
| October
17, 2003 |
Details,
Details...
So far, the plans for the [a
perfect circle] show are going along rather smoothly. The
tickets are sitting here net to me, and so far, nothing has
gone wrong.
And then there's the matter of lodging. Since we'll
be running around the city all day, and the show will probably
run well past 10 or 11pm, we don't want to try and drive 2.5
hours back home that same night. The only option I have is to
get a hotel room.
Tough to do, since I already called in my biggest
favor to get the tickets. I'll find a way, though. It's too
important to me to let it go.
In other news, the [jmp]
was a classic! Yet aother guest bailed on John and Paul (and
their new co-host, Tyme), and wouldn't you know it, Marc and
Victoria from [bitter
bears] made the last minute save yet again! And with them,
it's always a great interview!
And I have quite the surprise for Liza, let me tell
you. Thanks to John, Marc and Victoria for making it happen!
Posted by Eric @ 1:30am, 10-17-03
UPDATE - 8:15pm, 10-20-03 - Spelling errors! Silly me! |
| October
16, 2003 |
They're
Heeeeeeeeere...
Sweet! My tickets to [a
perfect circle] just came via UPS. So now, in a month, I
get to go home to Pittsburgh for the first time in quite a while.
And the best part is, I get to share the whole thing
with the girl I love. How sweet is that? Too sweet, if you ask
me.
Yeah, I'm a giant sap. Sue me. He he he he he.
Posted by Eric @ 1:10pm, 10-16-03
And
So It Begins...
I'm happy. For once, I'm honestly, genuinely happy.
It's been quite a while since I've felt that way, let me tell
you. And why am I so happy? Well, I think it's fairly obvious,
don't you?
So here I am, totally blown away by the whole thing.
Happy! Me! And I'm not the only one who's happy, either. Liza
is, as far as I can tell, just as happy as I am.
Finally. I can finally get things started. This
is where I've wanted to be for four long years. And this is
the way I intend to keep things.
In our three year history, Liza and I have traveled
an odd, rather bumpy road. Because I was afraid to let someone
new into my life, I ended up hurting her on more than one occasion.
And for that, I'm terribly sorry. And for that reason, Liza
has decided to test me, to see how far my feelings go, and just
how honest they are. Really, I don't blame her.
But, you know what? I intend to pass that test.
I'm in love, and I'm loved in return. I don't ever
plan on screwing that up. Not ever again...
Posted by Eric @ 1:12am, 10-16-03 |
| October
15, 2003 |
Falling
Off Of The Cliff
Well, since Erina seems to be mighty interested
in my little cliffhanger, here's the whole story.
I decided to walk up to Ryan's around 7 Monday night.
Trouble was, he wasn't home. So I waited for him to get home.
And waited. And waited some more. Four hours later, he was finally
home, and I could finally put my plan into action.
Originally, the plan was simply to do what I had
done before: write Liza a letter, and stick it in the door handle
of her car for her to find when she left in the morning. This
I did. But then, Ron gave me some information that proved most
useful.
Given the fact that I'm a terrible insomniac (just
look at the time stamps on my entries), I stayed up all night.
Around 6am, I discovered that tickets had in fact gone on sale
for the [a
perfect circle] show, and were nearly sold out. That's
when I went into hurry-up mode.
Originally, Kathy said she'd help me get the tickets,
but then a miracle happened. Well, more like bargaining. I talked
to my mom about my birthday gift, originally I wanted the Lord
of the Rings: The Two Towers 4 disc special edition. Amazingly,
she agreed to forego that in favor of me getting two tickets
to the show.
Once I had the tickets, all that was left to do
was wait to hear from Liza. When she called, I told her that
she should come over, because I had some news for her. Honestly,
I just wanted to see the look on her face when I told her that
she was going to see one of her all-time favorite bands.
In the end, yes, it was worth all the effort. Liza
and I will be spending the day together in Pittsburgh on November
18th. I get to share my birthday present with someone I love,
and get an even better present in return: time together with
Liza. It doesn't get any better than that...
Posted by Eric @ 2:15am, 10-07-03 |
| October
14, 2003 |
Cliffhanger!
Readers of my [fanfiction]
know that, as I release chapters of a story, I tend to leave
some serious cliffhangers at the end. Well, today, it carry's
over to my blog...
I've been up since around 4pm yesterday after a
small power nap. Last night was spent getting things started,
and was very very rough on me. Early this morning, I discovered
a harrowing time-race of a situation. By 10am, I had beaten
the clock. A quick trip out for some errands, and now, I play
the waiting game.
What will happen? I don't really know. But this...
This could turn out to be a VERY good day, the total antithisis
of [last monday]... Tune in tomorrow!
Posted by Eric @ 1:58pm, 10-14-03
Yellow Alert, Shields Up...
So far, things are going well. But now, everything
enters the "hurry-up" phase. Trouble is, I have no
clue how much time I have. It all hinges on how fast I can get
this done and set in stone. Oh, the things I go through...
Posted by Eric @ 8:30am, 10-14-03
UPDATE - 1:58pm - New Entry Title
The Things You Do...
...When you're in love.
Tonight, for me, was no exception to that rule.
Though it took a little more effort on my part this time as
compared to the last letter I left Liza, I think it was most
certainly worth it.
I'll know more this afternoon, most likely around
3pm. Wish me luck...
Posted by Eric @ 2:05am, 10-14-03 |
| October
13, 2003 |
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Rancho
Relaxo's New Sponsor
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I'm
going to hell for this one... Ha ha ha ha ha...
Posted by Eric @ 2:40pm, 10-13-03
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| October
12, 2003 |
Misc.
Well, it's been a pretty slow weekend, nothing of
any real noteworthy stature. So, here's some random goodness.
Band practice went well today. We're on our stuff,
and ready to pollute the music scene (which sucks, thanks, Justin
Timberlake) with our own brand of good old rock n roll. Three
new songs are in the works, plus some new covers.
I miss Liza...
Other than that, it's been pretty quiet around here.
Small town America sucks, really. Nothing much ever happens
around here. About the only neat thing that will happen is,
on the night of the big party for Bre, John and I, there will
be a total lunar eclipse, the second one this year. Makes me
feel good, since I got gypped out of the first one by clouds...
Did I mention that I miss Liza? Oh, yeah, I did.
Oh well. I miss Liza...
I get the feeling that this is going to be a slow
week...
Posted by Eric @ 8:12pm, 10-12-03 |
| October
09, 2003 |
So
The Story Goes...
[fanfiction] is
something I've been doing for a few years now. It's fun and
relaxing to write a story based on a TV show or, in my case,
an Anime series. So far, I've written 9 stories, some short,
some long.
The newest of these is based on Trigun, and is called
[right there in front of
me]. I had this story bouncing around in my head the past
few weeks, and only recently decided that it would fit into
the Trigun universe. It's loosely based on a recent event from
my personal life, that being me finding myself in love with
Liza, and finally letting her know.
Now, I'm going to warn you. I'm a hopeless romantic.
I'm a giant sap, a big softie, and it shows in my writing. There,
you've been warned. Ha ha ha.
Posted by Eric @ 6:05pm, 10-09-03
Into The Light
First of all, I'll be fixing the problem with the
Terror Level block over there. Guess Tripod doesn't like ASP,
just like they don't like my titlebar...
Anyway, it's time I let you all in on a little secret.
Over the past few weeks, I've been talking about a certain girl,
but haven't mentioned her name. Well, it's time I do.
So, without further delay, I have someting I want
to say:
I love you, Liza...
Posted by Eric @ 3:10am, 10-09-03 |
| October
07, 2003 |
You
Gotta Have Friends
OK, so yesterday wasn't one of my better days. I
really don't know what to call it. It wasn't bad in the classical
sense of the word, and part of it was actually a welcome surprise.
But then again..
It's days like that that make you glad you have
good friends to back you up and come through when you need it
the most.
So, Ryan and Ron, thanks, guys. What help you provided
me yesterday, I thank you for.
Noone ever said life - or love, for that matter
- was easy. And if you're me, I'll be the first to tell you
that my life is most certainly not easy. In fact, it's one twisted
roller coaster ride after another...
Posted by Eric @ 5:00am, 10-07-03 |
| October
06, 2003 |
It's
Official. God Hates Me.
It's OK, though. I'm not too fond of him, either.
Sometimes, you have one of those days. You
know, the days where the most farked up things in the world
happen, usually at a time when it isn't really helping matters.
For me, today is that day.
It started with a phone call. It ended with me getting
out of the car and cursing whatever gods I could think of at
the moment, wondering how this could all be explained.
I'm... Sorry. I just can't think of anything more
to say...
Posted by Eric @ 4:35pm, 10-06-03 |
| October
03, 2003 |
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Homeland
(In)Security
Wil put this on [wwdn],
and I just had to have it for mine, too. So I swiped it. Ha
ha ha ha ha! From now on, it'll appear here on the main page,
over there on the right column.
We all know about the Homeland Security Department's
color-coded Terror Alert System. Well, here's an even better,
more "kid-friendly" version, with each color represented
by a Seasame Street character. Please note: The highest Terror
level? ELMO! NOOOOOOOO!
Posted
by Eric @ 2:42am, 10-03-03
The Best Of The JMP
I'm a regular viewer of the longest running, most
watched webcast on the 'Net today: [the
john miller program]. I participate in nearly every show
with ICQ messages, and sometimes I even call in. Well, on
particular Thursday, John tells me to call in, and I do. He
then tells me my mission: to call the [pc
chat] radio show on [kxam]
and get in as many plugs as I can for the JMP. Mission: Accepted.
The result? I made the Best of the JMP archive! [click
here] to listen in on my clip ([real
one] player required)! Hopefully I can talk Ugly Bob
into hosting the MP3 John sent me on his site...
Posted by Eric @ 2:42am, 10-03-03
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| October
02, 2003 |
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Love-Struck
Teddy Bear
Yeah, that's what I am. A big old love-struck
teddy bear. When it gets right down to the heart of it all,
I'm a giant softie.
So,
to prove it, I'm posting the poem I wrote for the certain
lady friend I've been talking about these past few days. I
would have posted it earlier, but she came to visit me, and
just left. He he he. Anyway, [click
here] to read it. It's kinda long text wise, so I didn't
want to make the main page long by posting it, too.
Posted by Eric @ 4:15pm, 10-02-03
...My Anti-Drug
It's funny. Laugh, already.
Posted
by Eric @ 12:40am, 10-02-03
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