Day In Review

So today was a pretty good day. Woke up at 10:30 AM to go and run errands with Will. We went and got some shorts for him at Mervyn’s then he got a haircut. Then came the interesting part, the Marine Recruiter. I took a pre test to see where I qualified on the scale of which jobs I can get while in the Military. I got 90/99 which qualifies me for any job. And y’all didn’t think I was smart. So then I talked to them for a bit longer about what to say to my parents and just in general why I want to join the Marines.

After that Will and I went and got some food then headed to Sam’s Club so he could get a flat of Energy Drink X. He ended up getting the Java Monsters, I wonder if he’ll like them. So then as we were walking out guess which game was on display. Rock band. Oh, my, God how I love rock band. We spent probably an hour, hour and a half jamming out on the game and then we decided it was time to take off. So we headed to Fry’s to get some cereal for him. We did that, then decided to just go walk around the mall for a bit.

I’ve missed the mall. There’s so much eye candy there it’s ridiculous. We looked in random stores for shoes to see if there were any we liked. We talked to our old manager from Pac Sun for a while just to see what’s up. We also went and hung out with Chris Singer for a bit over at Macy’s. It was fun just being the mall, although all the girls there are like 16-17. All the girls our age are at clubs and whatnot nowadays. So then Will dropped me back off at my house because he was going to dinner with his parents to discuss the Marines. That left me to contemplate what I’m going to do to talk to my parents about it. It’s never been something I was gung ho to do, but now.. I am. I’ve been so focused on going to the Marines these past few days that I’ve completely gotten over Felicia. I mean, I do still love her, she is the best thing that’s ever happened to me, and essentially the worst. And I do still care about her, but I’m done grieving over her. That’s got to be the most amazing feeling ever, not hurting when I think about never being with her again. Because if I think we can be, I’m just fooling myself.

So I also found out that in order to make weight for the Marines I need to cut down to 237. That’s the max. I’m currently 301, I know I know I’m one fat mother fucker. But I’m doing a lot to lose weight. Saturday morning marks the first day that Will and I are going to go running. I’m cutting out all liquids other than water from my diet unless I’m eating a meal, then I’ll afford myself milk. I need to cut down on my calorie intake and drinks is a big part of that. Combine the water with running and exercising as well as lifting weights at Will’s house in the morning and I think I can drop this fat in no time. Wish me luck. I’m going to bed, I need to be at Will’s at 8 AM.

Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease,

-Jin

 

Day In Review

Thursday was relatively uneventful. Got to English about 5 minutes early, just in time to lose my seat to Brian. Talked to Lilly for a while and then watched the rest of the Evil Wal-Mart video. Then I got out of class early and went and hung out with Will. Came home, ate, then went to Math. I found out I only have a 16.5″ vertical. It’s the second highest of my class to a black guy.

When I got home I talked to Felicia for a little bit. Then I’ve pretty much vegged out all day. I cleaned up my computer some more and went to the store for my parents. I’ve got a busy day ahead of me tomorrow though. I’ll be sure to let you guys know all the juicy things that happen.

-Jin

 

Day in Review

So today was a pretty blah day. Got the magic 9 hours of sleep. Went to Math, hung out with Will. Then ran poker.

Nothing interesting for you fiends right now. But tomorrow that might change, you’ll find out.

 

Day in Review

So today was a pretty good day for me. I got to bed at around 12:30 AM after helping William with his homework and finally completing mine. So I woke up at 9:30 AM, I got nine amazing hours of sleep. I woke up and hopped right in the shower. Did my thing, hopped out and shaved. When I got out of the bathroom my Father presented me with breakfast, bacon and eggs — my favorite. So by the time I got done with eating and getting dressed 10:45 AM rolled around and Will told me he was almost at my house. So I grabbed my Monster from the fridge and went to the car.

Classes went by pretty smooth. In English I watched a movie “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices” which pretty much dealt with all the ways Wal-Mart is bad. I agree and disagree with it. It presents slanted facts. But overall, I’ve concluded that the only people Wal-Mart actually provides a benefit for are the students that work there, like me and my buddies when I worked there. I made $1,000.00 per month when I worked Full-Time over the Summer. That equates to $12,000.00 a year give or take a penny. That’s about $5,000.00 below the poverty level. Now for me that was amazing, I live with my parents, I am a Full-Time college student, and I don’t have any major bills. I have no Health Insurance to pay for and I have no dependents to pay for. But for those who do, do you think they can afford Health Care based on a salary about a third below the poverty level? Nope, guess what Wal-Mart does to compensate for this? Nothing. They tell workers to apply for state funded health care. Gee, amazing.

Anyways, after English I went to Macroeconomics where I had a quiz. I knocked that out quick and left early to go see Felicia. Her and I talked about a lot of stuff for the little amount of time we had before I had to head to Math. Finally I had to head to Math. I got there, sat through class, hung out with Will and then went back to see Felicia.

So then we hung out in the library for a couple hours. Talked about more stuff and then watched a video that dealt with what we were talking about. So then she got hungry and we decided to go get food. We got pizza, went to the Islands park and ate and talked some more. Then we went and got ice cream, ate that, and talked even more. Then I came home.

What I’ve realized in this whole thing with Felicia is — she’s pretty much over me. While I’m pretty much still in love with her. I don’t know what I need to do to get over her, but I need to. All that happens with us is her hurting me, whether she wants to or not. Maybe I need to date someone else? I don’t know.. this whole thing just sucks. I want to be with her but she won’t let me. I want to try to be with someone else but.. I won’t let me. So what do I do? If you’ve got answer, I’m all ears.

As for the rest of the day, it was blah. I hung out with the parents for a while and cooked chicken, corn, and mashed potatoes. Mmm, mashed potatoes. And I’ve been sitting in my room writing, drawing, photoshopping, and just doing a lot of other things.

So right now I’m in an odd place. I don’t want to let go of Felicia but I know I have to. Yet, other than this crap with her my life seems to be on an upswing. I still want to join the Marines, Will and I are talking to a recruiter on Friday. When I get out of the Marines I’ll be in shape, I’ll have a good mindset, and I’ll feel accomplished. Then I can continue my education to get an amazing job. As of right now I don’t know what I want to do anymore. I do still want to be a Computer Systems/Science Engineer, but I also want to do something with Psychology. On top of that I think I’d like to try out acting as well. Watching a lot of George Lopez does that to an hombre.

So the Day in Review thing is pretty much going to be a daily journal. I’m going to just recap my whole day, for those of you that care. But I’m also going to do my normal posts and whatnot.

Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease,

-Jin