December 13, 2004
Today i got a piece of spam that said i could feel 20 years younger by taking some kind of drug. All i gotta say is to feel 20 years younger all i have to do is put on some depends and shit myself. Ok, back to studying.
December 8, 2004
It's been awhile since I updated. It's kinda funny, I havent been updating for the reason I stated earlier. I have been playing a lot of World of Warcraft, i logged in something like 4 days of playing time (this isnt just the time you are awake and playing, this is true, real time). With that many hours you would think I wouldnt be updating but over the opening weekend, where half the time i couldnt even connect to the server, i logged in around 51 hours worth. Over the past 2 weeks is how i got the other 48 hours.
Anyway, I have actually been meaning to update for awhile. There has been shit going on in my life that I shouldnt have just ignored to tell people. Before i really go into it, this reminds me of my public speaking class where I won one of the persuasive speeches we had by being the most pathetic person in the class (the speech was on why i could use a promotion/raise). Anyway, a few weeks ago I was let into a job with McNeil Pharmaceuticals. I'd tell you what i'm doing there but i have a feeling that breaches the non-disclosure agreement that i signed with them. So anyway, I go to diving and talk to my coach about it, she seems mad but seems to understand that i need to take this job. After like 3 days she tells me to tell the swim coach that I am not going on training trip. All this time i thought she would be handeling it. So i did, and this is after a shitty 4 hours of physics so i was in no mood to deal with people. He tells me he's angry with me and i reply 'that sucks' and left the office. He was not joking around with his anger because he made it so i couldnt go to a swim meet and let me at least finish out the semester. My diving coach tells me its because he would rather not waste money on the hotel and food for me.
This is where things escalate. I get pissed off that he isnt bringing me to a swim meet so i write an email to him. The thing is, i never sent the email because i was contemplating if it's really worth it. A week or so goes by and i am angry every time i go to practice and every day i contmeplate sending that email. Then the straw that breaks the camel's back is that one of my housemates gets to go to the meet even though he is currently injured. Therefore it's going back on the reason why i'm not going. I completely go ape shit when i hear this and write an email to the associate athletic director, bitching. The next day everything is resolved. The AAD talks to the swim coach. Then the swim coach calls me and tells me we have to talk. After a lengthy explanation on why he runs things the way he does, and why I was pissed off because i thought i was being punished for taking an alternative academic path, he decides to give me the choice if i want to go. Unfortunately this is about a week and a half too late because now i have work to do over the weekend and haven't practiced diving for over a week. So to sum it up, i won, i beat the system but couldnt even take advantage of it.
In other news, I have a feeling that there are some things that every college student has that is memorable in its own category. Each student has a particular funny story, sexual encounter story, and fight story. That fight story happened monday night. I cant really elaborate on it because of the unsafe audience of the internet but it was truly a fight to remember. Besides that I'm just trying to finish out this semester (3 days of classes and a week of finals). I'll try to update again before i move back home for winter break, but of course, no promises.
November 22, 2004
Real quick because i gotta go to class in 5 minutes but my brother told me about this site. It basically follows up on my last post. Check it out here.
November 19, 2004
I know this is really late, but I cant get through reading the news, which i do every day, without getting pissed off about the election results. Then the inherant bitching of my conservative roommate about the liberal teachers is forcing me to post this on the internet. When i was at the library "taking care of business" i was reading Philadelphia Weekly and came across this picture (click to get larger)
November 8, 2004
Whew beat the buzzer by 22 seconds (11:59:38). Right about now i should be sleeping but i was under the misconception that i had more work than i really did so i drank caffeine up to this point. I'm not really too happy about it. Anyway, i dont know why i listen to Tim but here it goes. Today is the start of World of Warcraft open beta. This could very well be the end of my life. The game is scheduled for release on November 23 (just 1 year, 11 months and 23 days after it was suppose to be released). I already preordered it. This is so sad that its the only thing i'm looking forward to in awhile. Anyway, i guess this is an excuse post, i wouldnt expect any posts from me for awhile because of this game and school. That is, unless something spectacular happens: e.g. i lose my foot running into a burning building to save a woman who is mid-child birth. Anyway thats all i got to say... let me leave you with another WoW picture.
October 31, 2004
Well, its time for one last post in probably one of my most pathetic posting months. Yesterday we had a Halloween party at my house. It was a little weird haveing it on the eve of halloween but it was fun none the less. Really nothing eventful happened (unlike last year when an aspiring athelete jumped out a window rather than hook up with a girl). The only thing that really happened was some fights broke out. Surprisingly, it went out pretty well. I guess this party ran so smoothly was because most of the shit was planned out. Two nights ago we went out and bought 2 black lights, a smoke machine, and a strobe light. Then we proceeded to throw laundry detergent on the walls to make them glow in the black lights. It was pretty damn sweet looking and this is where this picture came from. All i have to say is, that although my official costume was 'monk' it sure looks sweet as hell and i should have been a jedi.
October 27, 2004
I love how i say one thing and never go through with it. Haha, oh well. Weekend is over, i played a shit load of WoW and that was about it. I'm pathetic.
October 21, 2004
Sorry, its been awhile, i've been busy with school and that stupid game, and it turns out i've had bronchitis for the past 3 weeks (along with an acute sinus infection). Anyway this weekend is mid-semester break, so i'm going to try to put up like 3 or 4 things i've been meaning to do over the weekend.
October 8, 2004
Well other than that small post i havent really done anything to this site lately. I guess this can all be attributed to playing World of Warcraft. Lindy actually won the beta for this game but because of his lack of time, he has let me play it. With that much said, so i dont waste anyone's time who doesnt want to read this looking for something funny or stupid, let me warn you, nerdy post ahead:
It's funny, i saw this game and i wanted to play it but i couldnt really justify spending money for it (50 initially and then a TBD fee afterwards that is monthly). When i got the game, all i really knew was that it was an RPG and it was going to be pretty slow moving. I quickly realized though that this game is amazing. To someone watching it being played it looks boring as a presidential debate (but never a vice presidential debate). But honestly, even when you are running from place to place (and there is a lot of that) you always have something to think about, some kind of quest to complete, or looking for monsters to kill. The game is literally huge, and there are what feels like an infinite amount of quests. I have been to 3 towns, a city, and a village so far (probably totaling up to 12-15 hours of play time), and i have not even made a dent in the continent I'm on (there are 4 continents). I can honestly see why these games are considered digital crack. When i log out at night, i am about ready to quit diving and e-mail all my teachers i am not going to class and play all night... and then all the following day. This game is addictive as hell. I guess you can see by this point that i completely endorse the game, and its completely worth the money (whenever it comes out). Now here is a random screenshot when i was running around trying to press num-lock but for whatever reason i pressed print screen.
October 4, 2004
I should start introducing myself like this: Hi, I'm Matt Starr, I go to La Salle University, rape capital of the US. Jesus. Blame Lambda house. I say they should arrest that entire house. They are all fucking morons.