Current Mood: Content.
Current Song: None.
Random Quote:
EXCELLENT QUOTE, that I came upon. (It's long)
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The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.
DO GOOD ANYWAY.
Give the world the best you have, and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU'VE GOT ANYWAY.
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
LOVE THEM ANYWAY.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
BE KIND ANYWAY.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.
SUCCEED ANYWAY.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY.
What you spend years building, some could destroy overnight.
BUILD ANYWAY.
If you find serenity and happiness, there may be jealousy.
BE HAPPY ANYWAY.
People really need help, but may attack you if you help them.
HELP PEOPLE ANYWAY.
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=).
Anyway. I'm back from my longest gap of not posting. Some days I didn't organize my time well enough to have the time to post on here, but mostly I held off from posting because of the general feeling of "I have nothing really interesting to post". Of course, that's false, as there's always something interesting to say, I just wasn't in the right mood to find it. I was suprised at the mood I was in,as I did have a relatively good weekend.
Friday I did not go out, but I did have fun playing Guitar Hero with my Dad and Brother, and browsing through TCNJ related things, such as facebook groups and the like. I'm trying to get a general opinion of what the school is like/ what I should expect there. I still haven't comfirmed my admission with them, as I want the security of having a secure bus/train route to take to and from, because I will most likely call upon that option very often on the weekends.
Saturday was the best day overall. I went down the shore (a proud NJ statement), and searched for a house to rent during the summer. Every year my family rents a house in the Lavellette area, and WE ALWAYS have a good time. This year, we found a house on the other side of Lavellete, so I'm excited about that, a new enviroment (Wow, I'm a tool sometimes). We're going to stay in the upstairs of a small, but confomrtable house that is three or four houses away from the beach. We were deciding between a few other houses, some of which were probably nicer, but in the end, it comes down to one thing: Location. A decent, affordable house on a beach block is ideal. We got that this year. Also, I'm excited that the house has a deck that you can easily see the ocean from. I haven't rented a house with a deck for many, many years (Probably 10 or so), so I will put good use to it this year, and probably spend most my time at home on it.
Another awesome moment down the shore was when my brother and I went on the beach. Yes, it was cold, maybe even freezing. But I don't care. I only get to see the ocean a limited amount of time each year, that one week in the summer, and that one day in the winter when we choose a house. The beach was beautiful. My brother and I were the only ones on it (I wonder why), human-wise. There were a bunch of seagulls also, but we didn't bother them. The ocean was a sight to see. I took few pictures with the camera of my phone, but they aren't very good quality. My brother and I were on a boardwalk adjacent to the beach (the best kinds of boardwalks) and a car rolled up in a parking lot near by, an event that spurned the end us hanging out on the beach. My brother yelled in a very funny voice when the car came by, and we both ran as fast as we could away. Maybe we will be known as "the beach kids" who people see glimpses of from time to time... but no one knows who we really are. I'm just weird.
Saturday continued to be very enjoyable after the shore, as we went to my grandparents house. I got to see my cousin Kaitlyn, and hang out with the family. The most fascinating part of the night is when I went into the basement with my brother and grandfather. We were looking through old albums, and other old documents of my uncle's high school days. Very interesting. I never realized how big the basement is, it definitely can be considered a small apartment. It did seem kind of empty though, without Tiger (my grandparents cat that was put to sleep early last week if you didn't see in an earlier post). My grandparents are planning on putting up pictures of Tiger on the wall in memory. I liked that idea.
Saturday night was O.K. I went to Dunkin Donuts with a few of my friends, and to 7/11 for a little bit. Nothing really exciting happened, but it was fun seeing my friends who I didn't spend time with yet during the weekend up until that point.
On to Sunday. Went to the gym with my dad, nothing new here. I had a basketball game in the afternoon. I haven't written about basketball yet, as honestly, its the one part of the week that draws the most apprehension out of me. The feelings of "dread", although I wouldn't go THAT extreme, are from my awareness of my "poor" play. I don't play particurly well. The people I play with are all very skilled, and I have a lot of respect for them. I guess that feds into the intimidation that I feel when I'm at basketball. I'm not trying to make excuses here, just logical reasoning. I never played basketball competitively until last year, doing the same rec. league. I made some improvements over the season, but then, for no explicable reason, I didn't really continue to practice. From last march, to late fall, I didn't really play basketball. So I'm very raw when I play, I'm not use to the high level of competition. But I try my best. I'm learning atleast. I may not make an impact right now, and my poor performences are going to continue to make me not look forward to go to basketball, but I am not going to stop trying. I'm going to play through this season, find some sort of other league after this one, hopefully some private lessons, and commit on becoming more respectable. My goal is to be confident enough in my play by college, so I can play on a club or intermural team.
I was thinking of leaving the last paragraph out, because it kind of took on a negative tone, with deeply contrasted the rest of my post. But you know, this is my blog, and my philosophy is, it should contain a little bit of everything, good and bad. That's how you readers will get to know me.
I'm out. Going to bed.
-Chris
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