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Wanted to get that old journal out of the way...

Anyways, not too terribly much has changed... I still miss my dog, but I know he is in a better place, and stuff...

Yeah, anyways...


I am having a bit of artist's block... so my submissions are slow... It also doesn't help I get distracted with work, and playing the Wii and Sims 3 on the pc...

So overall, not much... yep...

... life has been sucking more.

First I was having all these issues with the water pipe in my room leaking water all over the floor, originally mushrooms were growing in my room... then it got worse later... luckily we got a plumber... no more leak...

but what makes this really suck...

I mean, sure a lot of celebrities passed recently...

but yesterday, June 29th, 2009 around 3:30 pm... I lost my best friend.

My dog Bob had been suffering for a while with arthritis and whatnot... but as of recent had been hacking when he would drink and wouldn't eat much... It turned out he had an enormous tumor wrapped around his air pipe... and was inoperable... So recently, my family and I made the tough decision to put him to sleep... It was the single-most hardest thing I've ever had to do... Nothing is the same anymore... I miss him so much... I am just glad he isn't suffering anymore...

Rest in Peace, Bob... 1994 - 2009

Well... March 1st, as you may or may not know is my birthday...

Well it started off about as normal a day as any... though I got up a little earlier than I usually do (partially due to plans made by my brother... and the fact that I couldn't really sleep... though that's nothing new due to insomnia...) anyways, I called my grandparents to thank them for the birthday card... then around 10 or so, my brother took me to McDonald's for sausage McMuffins, maybe not the most healthy, but they sure taste good... Then I went to work at 11:00am... around 11:37, I "officially" turned 26. Work went about as normal as it always does, despite the scattered warm messages (including text messages) of "Happy Birthday"... it was a good work day... I got a really thoughtful card from everyone that worked in the front end with me that day... then after work, I was picked up by my friend Zack and my friend Ericka in tow... we were trying to decide where to go eat... and I, as usual, was indecisive... so after some deliberation we ended up going to Ciao Mambo... a place I had actually been wanting to try for a while... we ordered a pizza, which was quite good (though I felt quite sorry for Zack, due to a cold which cruelly robbed him of his sense of taste... so all he could feel was the texture... yay.) I also got a dessert of my choice after the meal, of which I chose as a molten chocolate cake... though I couldn't quite finish that (even with Zack and Ericka's help), I was quite full... then we departed towards my place, since Zack and Ericka had class the next day. My parents were eating the last bit of their dinner... they promptly had me open presents of which contained: a package of some t-shirts and a pair of jeans (I needed more clothes.) a card containing a $25 Arch card (McDonald's) and then from my brother, I recieved a $50 gift certificate to Painless Steel... which was really cool... I also recieved a card from my grandparents with a check for $100... all of which was extremely thoughtful... Then a little later I got a text asking if I was going to karaoke with my friend Dani... to which I responded, "I would like to." Then, a little later, Dani came and picked me up... we went to Harry David's... we did some karaoke and I, of course, drank a little... *I had 3 bottles of Bud Light, an Irish Car Bomb (Pint of Guiness, Shotglass containing half Bailey's Irish Cream and Jameson Irish Whiskey), a shot of Crown Royal w Pepsi chaser, and a Bull Blaster (Redbull & Jeigermeister)* ... I did a song with Dani, "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak and I did by myself "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode... All in all, I'd say my birthday went ok... I am very happy with the results...

It started out like any other day off... except that my sister and her boyfriend were here... at least until about 1:00 or so... Not much happened... then I left the house around 3:30-ish... expecting it to take longer to get to the University of Montana... where I was to meet up with my friends: Zack, Ericka, and Kelly... I brought with me, a small canvas bag containing my iPod, a clipboard with drawing paper, several pens, a small reading light, some gum, a stick of Old Spice, Excedrin Migraine and another shirt (you sweat and get sweated on during these concerts)...

You see... Zack had bought tickets for Avenged Sevenfold feat. Papa Roach and Saving Abel in Great Falls.

and so we left around 4:00pm or so... having to get to the show by 7:00pm... and still having to drive from Missoula to Great Falls which takes about that much time to get there... so we piled in the car Zack rented and made our way there... arriving just in the nick of time (and parking behind a car with the license plate: "MYCURSE" which I thought was funny... its a total Killswitch Engage reference, lol).

Saving Abel started out the show... playing such hits like "18 Days" and "Addicted"... they weren't too bad... during this show, we all made our way towards the stage trying to get close... it was nuts... people got more amped when Papa Roach came on stage, very charismatic... they played new stuff and old stuff it was really cool... during this the concert hall was getting very hot, a couple people were carried out due to heat exhaustion... then after they were done we waited for Avenged Sevenfold to take the stage... during this time they turned on ventilation or something... that cool breeze was refreshing to say the least... and some girls flashed their breasts at people, before security told them to keep it under wraps...

... then A7X started... during the beginning songs... Zack and I became separated from Ericka and Kelly... I didn't see them again until the end of the show... although Zack and I managed to get very close to the stage... and left to deal with the usual mosh pit events... crowd surfing, losing your balance (I actually toppled over in the midst of it, almost losing my hat, only to be grabbed by Zack and pulled back up... good thing too.) and during the whole concert, occasionally getting beer poured on me. Then things got a little more insane with the crowd... and I ended up being pressed against Zack for quite a while... I kinda felt like a sardine, more so than when we had gone to the Saliva/Drowning Pool/Tantric/Jet Black Stare show in November... eventually we made our way out of the crowd... so we didn't get crushed or pass out... or both. Zack and I went to concessions and he bought some water for the both of us... we continued watching Avenged Sevenfold perform from the side of the Sound/Visual booth, which was kinda cool to see how they were controlling the lights and whatnot during the show... then eventually the show came to a close after they performed "A Little Piece of Heaven" and some other songs.

So we made our way back to the car... it was cold and slightly windy, especially being soaked made things a little more cold... we all changed into dryer and more clean clothes... then the subject of a meal came up, along with finding a way out of Great Falls... I was being indecisive/passive as usual... Eventually a decision was made to go to JB's restuarant... Missoula had one a long time ago, but it went out of business... anyways, we discovered they closed at 11:00 and it was about 5 minutes until... so we opted for the choice I actually had suggested, Wendy's' (because I wanted a Frosty)... which took a little ways to get there... the roads in Great Falls are a little confusing. We discovered they had NO fries... what a travesty... we ordered our food, with myself getting a number 2 sandwich and a cheeseburger and a burger, to make up for the lack of fries... and a large frosty... then eventually we made our way towards the exit back to Missoula... I was exhausted at this point... but I wanted to try and stay awake... mainly, to help Zack keep and eye out for deer and stuff... plus I don't sleep the best in cars, its kind of uncomfortable... then eventually a migraine set in... luckily I came prepared and took 4 pills... though it took a while to kick in, and the winding roads weren't helping... I was slightly nauseated, though not so much where I would actually lose it... So I tried listening to some music to stay awake, which during this time, the meds kicked in I think... I was listening to a song called "Motteke! Sailor Fuku" from the anime series, "Lucky Star"... after that I felt very awake... anyways, we got back to Missoula in one piece without any problems around 2:00ish... save for a very slow driver in front of us on the pass... Zack dropped me off, and I went inside my house... My brother came home shortly after me... started working on his taxes a bit more... and he ate my leftover burger from Wendy's (the #2)...

...I decided to try and go to sleep... which unfortunately took a long while... I was actually still awake as of 7:00am this morning, the 11th... not exactly sure when I blacked out... but I woke up at 11:00am, since my sister texted me... haven't been back to sleep yet... so I am a bit drained as of this point... Today, I really haven't done much... check email and such... do dishes, change the cat box and get some towels washed... very uneventful compared to yesterday... but that's what happened/is happening...