The Brown Sugary

7 Random Things

2008-11-20T08:53:00.000-08:00

so a couple weeks ago, i was tagged to post 7 random things about myself....so i guess i'll do that now. I'll try to think of things that you already don't know.

1. (a) I was born in Selma, California on December 26, 1980. (b) When I was born, my lungs were way underdeveloped and I couldn't breath and was all blue and purple and they had to rush me to another hospital for treatment. (c) Since I was born on December 26, I was put in a stocking when they were finally able to release me to my parents care. (d) that stocking has been used as my Christmas stocking ever since then.

2. My unoffical nickname of "quiet" goes back to highschool when I was working at Sonic. They other employees called me Silencio.

3. A few years ago, I moved up to Arkansas with my brother and sister-in-law in search of a job. My sister-in-law worked at Del Monte at the time. The very first Walmart store in Bentonville was having a grand reopening. Lots of the companies that sell products in Walmart had their mascots show up. Since my sister-in-law worked with Del Monte, they were going to send a couple people dressed up at Sweetie Pea and Fuzzy Peach. I got the job to dress up as Fuzzy Peach for a day and walk around Walmart. The costume was huge and very very uncomfortable...and I was the only costume without arms. I ended up scaring some kids and making some cry. Maybe there are pictures out there somewhere.

4. My grandparents lived on a lake most my life. We would go swimming a lot during the summer, but we would never swim under the doc that led up to the boat. When we were younger, we were told there was a troll that lived under the doc. When I got older, I was still nervous any time I got near the doc. I knew that there wasn't really a troll under the doc, but I just knew that something would hurt me or grab my foot and bite me. If my grandparents still lived on the lake today, I still won't go under the doc. I just know there is something there that doesn't want me to live.

5. I was always the 2nd fastest in Elementary school. During every field day, I would do the 50 yard dash since I was fast. My friend Guillermo would always bet that I would win.....and every time, I would lose by a hair to Aaron Matthews. Guillermo always believed in me though...sorry to let you down Guillermo.

6. My other grandparents live in Missouri. They do not have a septic tank, but they have a septic pond. We always called it The Lagoon. As kids, my siblings, cousins and I would take turns flushing toilets in the house and the rest watching the flushed water flow from a pipe into the Lagoon. Sometimes it wasn't just water if you know what I mean....we also did some bad things that got us into a lot of trouble like throwing our grandparents garden vegetables into the lagoon to see if they would float or sink....squash floats...but I know my grandpa wanted to throw us in the lagoon for that.

7. I've always had destructive habits. All through school I used to chew on my wooden pencils all the way down the lead...i would have wood chips all around my desk.....so i started using mechanical pencils...after a while, started chewing those until they broke. I would also chew pens and pen caps. I also chew apart styrofoam cups and tear up napkins. I have done these things a long as I can remember. If it's able to be destroyed, I will end up destroying it.

Five Years in the Making....or Six

2008-11-13T21:40:00.001-08:00

hello all you who still come back to my blog every once in a while just to see if I've uttered a single word in OVER A YEAR!!......Oh My Gosh....a whole freaking year?!!? geeze.....sorry..that even caught me by surprise when i just when back and looked at my last post.

So yeah, things in my life this year have not really been blog worthy too much....and when something did happen that was blog worthy, I probably wrote about it on Facebook and not here.....so that's that....but now i tell you something here.

Since I was a young child, I was blessed by parents who knew the awe and beauty of nature....and many of my vacations included going to the mountains of colorado and california and wyoming for some good old camping. Not hard core roughing it....but not luxury RV w/tv, shower, bathroom. We camped in a cozy little pop up trailer......but that's besides the point. We had still gone to more places and seen more mountains and drove over more summits and dangerously narrow passes than most people ever will in there lifetime. I gained a huge appreciation for nature and wildlife. I also loved preserving those memories in photographs.

So ever since I started to think about my future, I've always wanted to live in Colorado....to be right there in the mountains so close to all the beauty......now granted, i had never been to colorado in winter, but I was always was certain it couldn't be THAT bad. So here I am in dallas, tx. It will soon be approaching 6 years since I graduated college which is both frightening and sad. Throughout all those years, I've been saying "Some day i'm going to live in colorado.". My friend Jeremy has even lived there a huge part of that time and has tried his best to persuade me to come.....promising adventure, fun, friends, women and booze....and even a chance to spoon. (i made that last one up...or last two or three)....but he did his best.....but I always had excuses not to go. Although my excuses have been valid in my opinion, I have finally made a mental step in going. This won't be easy for me though. I love my church family at Skillman Church of Christ. I also have great friends both at Skillman and Prestoncrest Church of Christ. The thing I will miss most however, is being so close to my family which includes my 4 nephews. I love all those little guys. I have a ridiculously good looking family.

So how do I move to Colorado while still being able to visit friends and family fairly easily???? WORK AT SOUTHWEST AIRLINE!!!......so that's my goal. My very specific goal is to live in or around Denver at Southwest Airlines.....and hopefully be a ramp agent which are those people you see outside the plane driving your luggage or directing the plane into the terminal or doing other important stuff for your safety and the safety of your belongings. One kink in this specific plan is that the economy sucks right now and Southwest will be hiring a lot less than usual....but I fear not. I do believe I will get this job......but my plan as of now is to start out with a very specific job search. If a few weeks go by and nothing seems to be coming up, I will expand my search to other airlines (i prefer southwest cause they are stable, i am friends with several of it's employees, and i feel like i have some loyalty to them even though I've never worked for them).....I I still get no results, then I will look into any job in the Denver area that will get me by until something at Southwest opens up. Now this plan is stricty an ideal situation plan. I do have stuff to consider with my life here in dallas. I am in a lease that I need to find some info on about subleasing or breaking the lease....I need to watch my financial situation and know when it's smart to move. I have projects to do....and I have family to see.....and of course I have to get a job in Colorado first...cause I can't afford to live there without a job.

So, this is my goal for 2009....unless something amazing comes up between now and 2009.....but I am hoping to be in Colorado by June at the latest. I am for real. My mind is made up.

a list of why colorado is good for me
1. I feel at peace in the mountains.
2. I love nature
3. It has 4 seasons
4. I love photography and Colorado will definately help my photography hobby get a boost.
5. skiing
6. when the icecaps melt, i will be safe ;)
7. it will be one step closer to me owning a huge genuine wooden lodge/cabin in the mountains where all my friends and family can come and enjoy life.
8. I like earthy girls...but not hard core tree hugger...just a little granola (I also like Texas girls which is why i'm so late in coming to colorado.....but it's time to move on)
9. adventure
10. gold mines

My Dreams Are On Hallucinogens

2007-11-08T08:13:00.000-08:00

So throughout my life, I've had many crazy dreams. I don't know what everyone else dreams, but sometimes I believe mine are absolutely on crack. I will just quickly tell you the two very short dreams I remember from last night. If you want to know other dreams I've had throughout my life, you can ask me later....it would make for some good coversation.

First dream from last night I remember:

-----I'm swinging from a rope above a pool of sharks. They are jumping trying to eat me while I am kicking them when I can. I'm holding onto the rope with one hand and holding something in my other. I don't know what i'm holding but I am trying to protect it for some reason.-----
I wake up, roll over and fall back asleep

Next Dream

----I'm holding this little creature in my hand. (it must be what i was trying to protect in the previous dream.) It's cold outside. I look down and notice it's a 3 inch tall little Human Cat Baby i'm holding. I approach a camping trailor that I must be living in. I put the 3 inch tall Human Cat Baby in a little box mounted on the side of the camping trailor. He is a cheerful little fella. He is hungry so I spoon feed him some Marshmallow Cream. Some gets in his eyes but he's okay. He's happy. I close him in his box and the dream comes to an end.-----

WHAT THE HECK!!

I HAVE TO WAKE UP AND GO TO WORK AFTER THAT?! I ALREADY GOT TOO MUCH GOING ON IN MY HEAD WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE MEANING OF ALL THAT.

If you can interperet dreams, please let me know.

Adam Brown
-making your wildest dreams come true-

My New Car

2007-08-05T12:19:00.000-07:00

So last Saturday evening, I end up purchasing a brand new car. It's my first new car. I traded in my Camaro and got me Honda Civic. It's quite the change but it was needed. I was hoping for $1,000 trade-in for the camaro, but I only got a whopping 500......this was mostly cause the AC was no longer functioning. In Texas, I guess that's a big deal. Other than no AC, my camaro had no radio, and no lock on the driver side door, and it was over heating. The sucky part is that I spent so much on my camaro this year but it was falling apart faster than I could fix it. The dealership is getting the better deal cause the EGR Valve was new, the door window motor was new, the brake system was rebuilt, the thermostat was replaced, the catalytic converter was new.......but still, they don't care how much work I put into it.

But my new car is great. 2007 Honda Civic EX sedan. (got the sunroof and fancy wheels)..the pics are below.

I hope you liked it. I love the color...and the ride is way smoother and quieter than the camaro.....and it's pretty zippy when I need it to be. the end

Yea! I got a new car!!!

2007-07-28T21:25:00.000-07:00

See title. Pictures will come when I have daylight to take them. I'm happy and you should be also!

adam

My Photoblog

2007-06-06T20:11:00.000-07:00

hey guys,

I followed the steps of Jeremy Jackson and created a photo blog. I hope to add a new photo every day. My photo blog is at adambrown.aminus3.com . Please take a look and critique/give compliment/acknowledge my pictures. Also visit jeremiahlee.aminus3.com to see jeremy's photoblog. thanks

Adam Brown

a little known interesting fact.....about me and a cave

2007-05-14T06:57:00.000-07:00

There is an interesting fact about me...but i'm not sure of the year or date of this event...and I tried finding information about it online but there was none. It's probably kept secret to keep from scaring people away.
A few (or several) summers ago, my family went to Carlsbad Caverns because we hadn't been there since I was too young to remember. The night we got there, we watched the bats exit the cave. It was very cool. We were to go through the cave the next morning. We woke up early the next morning because we wanted to beat the crowds. We showed up before they started letting people in for the day. We waited around and we got to go in shortly behind the first of the cave guides. As we were going through we heard the cave guide ahead of us talking in is walkie talkie with a panic/excited/concerned voice. We finally get to him and there was an enormous rock that had fallen directly onto the trail...completely crushing the hand rails and blocking the path. The guide helped us safely get around the huge obstacle and we finished the tour...We seemed very much alone during the rest of the tour..it was rather pleasant.Come to find out, they had stopped letting people in for safety reasons....they needed to inspect the cave-in and see what the danger was of more rocks falling. The cave was closed the rest of the day I believe.This may not seem too interesting, but my family made history that day. Never before or since has a cave-in ever been recorded at Carlsbad Caverns, and the odds of a huge chunk of the cave falling directly onto the walking path was out of this world. And the odds that my family was a few of the dozen or so total people to enter before they discovered the rock was very very small.My family made history....we each were 1 out of 549,587,335 people worldwide who could have experienced this secret (yet highly significant) event.

#2

2006-11-29T20:22:00.000-08:00

i'm going for a record here...i'm sure it's been beat before, but impressive none the less.......my car radio was stolen....AGAIN!!...the second time in about a year and a half......this time it was done at my workplace...in the parking lot....about 30 yards away from a huge glass wall window that allows me and everyone else to see out into the parking lot at any time of the day(and i work at ground level).....and i work next to that window...but no one saw or heard anything....someone still managed to puncture my door and rip out the lock and then pry my radio out and close the door........don't make me explain the whole alarm and radio faceplate stuff....i know now that even 30 yards away in plain view is still not safe....but i leave the justice to God....BUT THE SWEET REVENGE IS ALL MINE!!!!....ok..sorry...i will probably get no revenge.

adam

recap:

1) my bike
2) my panasonic car stereo
3) my Alpine car stereo
4) . . .STAY TUNED. . .

my november 12 for 12

2006-11-12T22:03:00.000-08:00

okay so really, i really really want to do a 12 for 12...i keep forgetting...and well, i forgot again until like 11:45pm.....i thought, forget it.....and then i thought, you know what, i'm gonna do it anyway...i didn't have anything good to take picture of seeing as how it was 11:45pm and i'm almost in bed....so i get my digital camera and just plan on taking pictures around my apartment....boring i know, but at least it's something...anyway, after taking two pictures, my camera batteries died, so i looked for these AA batteries i just knew i bought a few weeks ago...then i realized i gave them away as part of a present to someone (little zane)...he likes sucking on batteries...he's silly...he's only 1 year old....and i'm kidding..they went inside this educational puppy thingy....anyway, so then i thought i would just use my cell phone's camera so i took some pictures with me in them..but since i was ready for bed, i had few clothes on and the internet is not ready for my sexy body....so i decided i'll just have to wait yet again for December's 12 for 12.

adam

dark friday

2006-11-11T19:53:00.000-08:00

Friday, November 10, 2006 is a dark day in my history. My manhood was challenged, but rest assured, i am still on the track of mandom.What happened to me was merely a glitch in my life...it was not typical nor unheard of....but i never thought it would happen to me....it is only something 'others' would do, not me......
I RAN OUT OF FREAKIN GAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK!...but luckily enough, i was able to sputter off of the tollway and onto royal ln....and then coast to a small uncrowded road....there, i called upon josue to rescue me...thanks josue

my clothes

2006-11-09T06:49:00.000-08:00

i think my clothes are shrinking....my pants are riding higher on my ankles and my shirts are feeling more snug.......why do clothes shrink so much?....but i sort of like the snug shirts...it's like a hug all day long.

adam

Thanksgiving 8 mile Turkey Trot

2006-11-05T22:02:00.000-08:00

So two weeks ago I had a goal. The goal was to train to run the 8 mile Thanksgiving Turkey Trot. This goal would mean serious training time to be put in in just a little over a month. I happen to be in the worst shape of my life...and every second that goes by, I break my worst shape record again. My plan to reach that goal was to run every day and be generally healthy in diet and sleep.....So here is the progress....In 14 days, I have run twice......the longest run being 2 miles before I was about to pass out.....I have eaten fast food over half of the days......and I have had a miserable cold the past 4 days which will take a while to recover from enough to do any serious running.........so the big question is, CAN I POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO RUN THE TURKEY TROT IN ANY RESPECTABLE AMOUNT OF TIME?...who knows

Take a poll!!!!

2006-11-04T13:29:00.000-08:00

Yosemite Pictures

2006-10-04T21:53:00.000-07:00

On May 21-25 I was lucky enough to get to go to Yosemite National Park with Zach Nieland, Jonathan Grubbs and Jeremy Jackson.....The trip was awesome. I had been before but this time we went with a plan and desires to accomplish things...we set out to have a great time and a great time was had. We weren't afraid to wake up early or go on long hikes, or cook good food....we had it all. It's almost midnight and i'm very tired so I'm gonna quit typing soon. I would go into detail of each day but it's already being done. For the detailed story of our trip se Jonathan's Blog . For great pictures see both Zach's Picture Blog and Jeremy's Blog .

So without furthur interruption, here are just some of the wonderful picturs from our trip. They should be someone in an order...we'll see I guess.....Some are obviously photoshopped..but mostly it's mad photography skills.

taking a poll...not pole

2006-09-18T15:04:00.000-07:00

I'm just doing some quality control on my blog. I've Had a concern that my blog text is waaay too small. It is also very small from my work computer, but i've seen my blog on other computers and it looks just fine.

How many people are experiencing very small text when viewing my blog?.....is it a browser thing?...is it a PC/Mac thing......(I think i've seen it on IE, Firefox and Safari from my computer and it all looked fine.

electricty off......then on....then eww gross

2006-09-11T21:23:00.000-07:00

so i got home from work and the electricity was off...i got home late cause i worked late so i didn't know when it went off...several buildings were out of power....anyway, i figured it would be back on soon so i went outside to talk on the phone cause i don't really get reception in my own apartment..in the middle of freakin dallas..ridiculous sprint....anyway, i talked for an hour to guillermo and the electricity was still off....then i talked to laura for a while...still off...then zach briefly..off.....then my dad briefly...off.....then texted some people and went to zach's apartment and came back...it was still off....then i overheard someone say it has been off since 3:00 in the afternoon and the electric company was supposed to be working on it at 9:00 cause they were busy messing with power outages all over i guess....anywho, I was outside at 11:06pm when the electricity finally came back on....naturally i knew that cause everyones lights suddenly came on....but i wish my eyes had gone off cause as i'm heading back to my apartment, i glance through someone elses window and there walking around in a brightly lit room was a large naked woman just doing whatever she does.....obviously i didn't stare cause the window was only 5 feet from me....and she just wasn't my type.

More with Boiling Springs Christian Youth Camp

2006-09-06T19:27:00.000-07:00

Besides 'stupid', is there another scientific or medical term used to describe one who uses part of a question to come up with an answer to that question when it's totally wrong.

I recently came across my Bible quiz booklet from Boiling Springs Christian Youth Camp 1990. I was 9 and this was my first year to attend. It was the best camp in the world...anyway. I was reviewing my scores for each days bible quiz and wanted to see what questions I missed....it was sad but very humorous what I saw. Below are word for word questions and answers that I bombed. enjoy.

Day 1 Question 5

Who else did Jesus say had been persecuted falsely?

My Answer: "Jesus"

Question 6

When our light shines and men see our good deeds, who will receive the praise?

My Answer: "before men"

True or False Question 6 (still day 1)

The right thing to do with a lamp is put it on its stand so it will give light to all in the house.

My Answer: False

Fill in the blanks Question 1 (day 1)

"If salt loses its saltiness, it is no longer good for anything except to be. . . .

My Answer: "no longer good"

Day 2 Question 2

What will a man be called who breaks one of the least commandments and teaches others to do the same?

My Answer: "the great in the Kingdom of heven"

Question 3 day 2 still

If you bring a gift to the altar and remember your brother has something against you, you are to leave your gift there and do what first?

My Answer: "heave your gift there in front of the alter"

Day 3 Multiple Choice 1

But when you give to the needy, do not let your. . . [mother] [preacher] [left hand] know what your right hand is doing.

My Answer: [mother]

Question 5 Multiple Choice

"But when you fast, put oil on your head and . . . [put on clean clothes] [wash your face] [comb your hair] .

My Answer: [comb your hair]

I am proud to say that I made a 100 on the last day of Bible quiz.

THE ORIGINAL INCREDIBLES (BSCYC STYLE)

2006-07-18T22:00:00.000-07:00

So I've been thinking it's about time that I let ya'll in on a little secret. The movie, The Incredibles, was obviously based on the adventures of my family group that I led at Boiling Springs Christian Youth Camp back in 2001. I remember vividly the day we were sitting around trying to think of names for our group. I finally thought...The Incredibles....I was very excited about the name even though the others weren't....but it was the best one thought of at the time so everyone accepted the name.....we were to be incredible(and totally awesome)....we were incredible in sports and in bible quiz/bowl. we were incredible in four square, and incredible in chapel, and incredible in friendship, and incredible at skits, and incredible at canteen.....others teams names were like, The Mustangs, or Panthers, or Goliaths...nothing too incredible. The original INCREDIBLES included: Mattie H., Melissa E., Jedidiah E., Jessica D., Britton M., C.J. G., Eric H., Unknown girl, CO Captain Michelle D., and I ((The Regulator)currently Brown Sugar)....See for yourself

Pixar has obviously perfected my idea and made it better for the big screen, but I'd like to take some unofficial credit. If you want my autograph, you know where I am.

The Incredible Brown Sugar

A Sugary Update

2006-06-21T14:17:00.000-07:00

let's see.............I still have an amazing girlfriend.....We have now been together for over a month and a week. That beats my old record of 0 days. She is the best. I don't get to see her much if at all during the week so the weekends are our time together, but I won't get to see her this weekend or next weekend so we will miss each other. I am going to Kerrville this week to go canoeing and camping with a large group laura rich is getting together. my laura can't make it to the trip because of work:(....but next weekend and the whole following week, laura is going to be in colorado. I am jelous. I will miss her but I think i'll be okay and i know she'll be happy (not to get away from me, but to be in colorado). I am still working at T.R.(thanks shea for the warning)...I put up with crap all day and am thinking of asking about a raise....i'm just trying to figure out the best way to bring that up.

here is the newest cat news...my parents have another cat....someone put her in their garage when they were gone for the weekend. Her name is Penny...she really cute and fun...but she gets a bit crazy and will bite and scratch the crap out of your hand.....but it's cool and fun...and i have a secret enjoyment of getting scratched and bitten by cats. She loves to run and fight but doesn't run away from people.....top qualities of a good cat....

i'm gonna take a nap now....there is only 30 more minutes of work.

adam

announcment!

2006-05-23T08:12:00.000-07:00

friends, romans, countrymen:

for those of you who don't know, I HAVE AN AMAZING GIRLFRIEND. Her name is Laura Ferrera. She went to high school with me and was my first date ever when i took her to prom my junior year (her sophomore year). we recently connected again over myspace. She has had a very exciting and sometimes stressful time since her highschool graduation, but i'll let her tell you when the opportunity comes. She is a beautiful genuine Christian girl who puts God first in everything. She currently lives in Red Oak and works in Waxahachie at a womens fitness gym.....she loves working out and so that will definately keep me working out myself when i have time. (i've become a bit lazy in that field:()... She is a wonderful person and I am honored to be her boyfriend and i'm looking forward to getting to know her and her family and friends a lot better. It has been well worth the wait:)

her brown sugar;)

listerine part 2

2006-05-10T20:25:00.000-07:00

as some of you may know, i had a listerine incident nearly a year ago...choking, burning, eyes, listerine mess all over my mirror and counter and face....not a pleasant moment....it took me a long time to forgive listerine for the outburst against me.....but things have gone well until this morning....

this past weekend, i went to the store and noticed a new listerine....it was Listerine whitening pre-brush mouth rinse......i have been using that the past few days and rather enjoyed it....this morning, i felt like i didn't need to necessarily brush...i mean, i just brushed before i went to sleep so what could be the use of brushing....i decided that after the listerine pre-brush mouthwash, i would then use the listerine normal mouthwash...both have different uses...one is for whitening (and kills germs)...the other is for killing germs and plaque which can cause gingivitis and has tartar control....i figured this would work in place of brushing just this once....

let me tell you now......do NOT do that...........everything was fine at first....i rinsed my mouth with the whitening pre-brush listerine..it was a joyous time...then i got the good ole normal listerine and started swishing it in my mouth.... then the attack began.....my mouth started burning horribly and my teeth felt like they were corroding away...they starting feeling like fine sand paper......and then my skin was buring off.....literally....i pulled a piece of skin out of my mouth....it was disturbing....i didnt' know what to do. i couldn't stand the feeling..my teeth did not feel smooth like normal...i felt i had burned through all the enamel and only brittle nubs were left in my mouth.....it didnt' seem logical but all i could think to do was then brush my teeth with my normal toothpaste...that actually helped...my teeth rebuilt their coating during my brushing...my mouth still burned for a while.. but i'm okay now

i learned once again that listerine is like a bully in the mouth....one is not so bad but when you get two together they cause all sorts of havok...my goodness..i'll never use 2 listerines in the same morning ever again.

A Morning in Downtown

2006-03-23T19:33:00.000-08:00

on febuary 19th i got a speeding ticket.....this past weekend i decided to check the ticket and see how many more weeks i had to take care of it....little did i know, i only had 21 days to take care of it...not a few months like i thought i did..i was a week late...anyway, i call this lady at the municiple court and she says it's okay, and that if i want to take defensive driving, i should show up at the court at 6:00am and be one of the first 50 people in the morning to see the judge...then i should request defensive driving and i would pay a smaller fee and everything will be fine......so i wake up at 4:45 this morning and get ready to go to court then straight to work afterwards......i figured i would get to court at six and maybe stay about an hour or so at most depending on who happens to be there before i get there......so i go to the entrance of the court and about 4 others are there already but they are standing outside and the door is locked....it's cold..about 36 degrees i think....anyway, i just thought someone was a little late...i didnt' think anything of it....6:15 comes around and the door is still locked...6:30....locked...about 20 peole are there at this time......6:45...nobody.....finally at 7:15 they unlock the door..there are about 50 of us waiting by this time.....i should have been one of the first 5 in but they opened the door that nobody guessed would open....anyway, i got number 16 to see the judge....we are finally inside the warm...but then we are told the judge doesn't start seeing people till 7:45.....and then since i'm number 16, i have to wait another 30 minutes on top of that because it takes a very long time apparently to process the paperwork....anyway, i get out of the court room around 10:00ish and i wait in line for another 20 minutes to pay my court fee and then leave.............it was the most ridiculous waste of a morning....now i'm very tired and a huge job is supposed to come into work........but luckily i will take defensive driving within 90 days and my record will be clean....i did have to pay a 103 dollar court fee......

OH..the best part...i used all my change at the parking meter...i thought surely 2 hours will be fine....it wasn't....and now i have a $20.00 parking ticket.....maybe i should fight that one.

i just don't get some people

2006-03-21T09:11:00.000-08:00

i've been thinking today about something that really iritated me......i can not stand it when people don't acknowledge and ignore others and ignore me especially......sever instances......during the heavy rain on Sunday, a leak in our living room ceiling developed...we are on the first floor of a 3 floor building so obviously my concern is that the people above us are flooding or something....anyway, i go up and knock on their door and don't get a response...so i walk to see their window and the light is on and tv is on and i hear noise....so i knock again and no response....so i ring the doorbell and no response....so i leave..forget those bewitches...they are supposed to be our cares team also..they've never said a word to us....SO CRAPPY!

another instance....i find a 5$ bill on the ground just ouside my apartment and next to our neighbors door....it is noisy and smells like smoke so he must be having a party....i knock loudly on his door several time and no one comes to see who it is....little to they know i have 5 dollars that probably belongs to someone in that party....so i knock again and get no repsonse....IDIOTS!...i kept that 5 dollars.

yet another instance with the same girls from the first paragraph....my roommate tim is cooking a gourmet meal and he is needing to use some wine so he needs a corkscrew...we had one but is lost somewhere so tim goes to neighbors apartments and doens't get responses so he goes upstairs to the cares team apartment and knocks only to have their ignorant boyfriends answer the door in which they quickly and without any thought say "no, they don't have corkscrews"....they should all be slapped for these reasons (they are our cares team and don't answer their door, they have their boyfriends answer the door, and their boyfriends are stupid and didn't actually put in an effort to see if their girlfriends actually had a corkscrew)...sure there is a possibility they didn't have one, but please make an effort for crying out loud...i at least want an answer from the girls who actally live there....PEONS!

even another instance.......i few months ago, i did a logo for a guy my dad knows...anyway, i had him send the logo to my aparment, but after a whole week, i never got the letter....since the letter was important and contained a check, i did what anyone would do and politely went to ask my neighbors if they just happened to get mail that was supposed to go to 1201 or to Adam Brown......i get no response from two of my neighbors (but i really don't think they were home)...but the neighbor next to us was definatley home...i heard him walking around and messing with stuff....i knock at his door and no one comes...i knock louder in case he didn't hear me and no one comes....i know that he knows i'm there, but i ring the doorbell and no one freaking comes to the door...all i want is to ask a simple question....STUPID OLD HAG.

WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT...IT'S ONE THING TO BE SAFE AND NOT OPEN THE DOOR TO A STRANGER, BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN ME...THEY KNOW I LIVE NEXT TO THEM....WHY BE SO RUDE AS TO NOT ANSWER WHEN I'M AT THE DOOR...I CAN'T STAND IT....I DON'T DEMAND A LOT OF ATTENTION...sorry...i dont' demand a lot of attention, but i hate to be ignored especially when i need help....maybe that's the difference between the Christian lifestyle and non Christian lifestyle..but it's really not...treat me the way you want to be treated...for real people...i'm not gonna rob you or steal your girlfriend, or raid your home...i just need to ask a simple questions.......does anyone else feel this way where they live....is there something wrong with people these days where they don't feel they should acknowledge others in need...especially their literal neighbors....

I think a jail cell would be comfy enough

2006-03-17T21:07:00.000-08:00

okay..so not to get off track with the california trip, but a humorous issue has come up....i still do want comments on my previous post....anyway

so i got a speeding ticket on febuary 19th....it was the first time i had been pulled over in like 5 years...but i have had a ticket before...anyway, so i put off taking care of the ticket because you know...i got time....i figured i would wait for a rainy day when there is nothing better to do.....anyway, today i remembered the ticket and thought i would check up and see how many more weeks i had to take care of it.....to my suprise, i had -1 weeks to take care of it...THE FRICKIN COURT DUE DATE WAS 6 DAYS AGO..... i only had 21 days to take care of it....i thought i had like a couple months..anyway, i'm in a pickle now....i have to wait till monday to call the court and and ask about payment (my fine could have doubled to $500 dollars which really really sucks....and i need to find out if i'm still eligible for defensive driving.....sometimes i'm so stupid...this is one of those times....it will be an embarrassing day for me(funny to you) to be arrested out of my apartment for an unpaid ticket....but at least i would have a funny story to tell...but my parents probably won't think it's funny....now i'm just nervous about the police....i will not let them take me...i will not go quietly into the night!....if you are experienced in this situation, give me some good news.

Roommates?....or more..(Roommate Reunion 2006)

2006-03-16T22:28:00.000-08:00

okay...to the best of my knowledge were roommates and friends..nothing more, nothing less.

a few weeks ago i got a much needed break, but it was way too short. I got to go to California and have a roommate reunion. I hadn't seen jonathan and shea or travis and jeri since their weddings. i see jeremy often enough...if that was possible...anyway, it was a funfilled weekened. Just some background information. Jonathan and Shea live in N. Hollywood- he edits movie trailer, she is acting...they have a kid who is a cat named Hurley..hurley plays............travis and jeri live at Pepperdine in Malibu- he is in law school, she is taking classes and working at the school......jeremy lives in chicago and is a flight attendant for southwest, i live in dallas and work for thomas reprographics....anywho

Jeremy was able to hook me up with some sweet pink passes so i could fly to california for free, but i have to be on stand-by which is just fine with me....i left early in the morning on a friday..i had to fly from dallas to el paso, to phoenix, to burbank. Jeremy and I meet up in phoenix and eat a small lunch...we get to burbank in the early afternoon and jeri and travis are their to pick us up...that was nice...it's crazy though...my family alwasys drived everywhere...it usually takes a coulple days to get to cali.....but i got their in half a day with this space age technology called airplanes.
After we leave the airport, we meet up with shea and then go eat at In-&-Out..that was alright...then we went into hollywood and saw some theater with celebrity handprints, footprints, and signatures...some Graumman dude owned the theater or something...i dunno...i have pictures of that but i left my camera in travis' car when i left cali...who knows what's gonna be on that camera now....anyway, we also when to this hollywood wax museum...we saw a scary version of leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet from Titanic...

also a weird combination of stars...like nicolas cage and mario

after that we wend to the Guinness Book of World Records Museum...this was more fun but a little outdated....the girls made their dreams come true.

after that, we went to this mall area and there was this room that had all the oscar statuettes in these displays. they were the real things...very heavy too..i was suprised....here is a picture of some of us in front of the Brokeback Mountain Picture...

and next is our Academy Awards for best acting like we really like Brokeback Mountain

I am very tired and need to go to bed now...THIS IS TO BE CONTINUED....for real...next episode, GRUBBSIE JOINS THE FUN AFTER A HARD DAY AT WORK....more good food and good times to come ...and it's not even Saturday yet!

the time is here....err..near

2006-03-15T22:09:00.000-08:00

you guys are in luck....almost.....i just received the pictures that will illustrate my time in missouri.....no..california....sorry......anyway,but i have 417 pictures to sift through and pick the best 15 or 20 or so for my blog...hopefully i remember the details still...but, if you have Myspace, you can check out some pictures of me on my profile..but you gotta be a registered member to view my the others besides my default picture...anyway, you can go to http://www.myspace.com/adambrownsugar . i will do my best to have it posted by late thursday night...it's the best i can do...don't give up on me....i never gave up on you......peace

take a chill pill

2006-03-08T18:28:00.000-08:00

i'm so sorry..i really am waiting on pictures....my trip is going to be old news before i'll be able to post..but i'll try to post with the same excitement and enthusiasm as when i first got back from cali..but it is funny to get more comments from a post-post rather than my real posts...maybe i should just stick with unfulfilled promises of future posts...that way i can see everyone who actually cares to read my blog..i do feel special.

here is a test. EVERYONE WHO READS THIS POST, PLEASE COMMENT BY SAYING "HI". I WANT TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE FOR REAL ARE AWAITING MY NEW REAL POST AND SEE WHO IS STOPPING BY FOR THE FIRST TIME.YOU CAN SAY MORE IF YOU WANT, BUT AT LEAST SAY "HI"...IT TAKES ALL OF ABOUT HALF A MINUTE TO DO.

REMEMBER, NO ONE IS TOO COOL TO JUST SAY "HI"....although this does have the feel of one of those daggum chain letters that demand you do something...but at least i have no promise of something good or bad to happen to you....the only thing that happens is that you waste 30 seconds of your time and i get excited about all the people who read this. that's all.

Coming Soon to a Blog Near You

2006-02-28T21:44:00.000-08:00

A new and good post is bound to happen soon...it will be full of pictures and random things...good pictures = good post...get ready for the scoop on my california weekend vacation, my thoughts about colorado part 2, airports and airplanes, my Lack-Of-A-Love-Life-And-Why-It's-Probably-My-Fault Part 9190(the number of days i've been single since birth to this exact moment of me writing this), a picture of a cat, maybe a very random Bible verse of the day (cherese:))... a new fashionable picture for my profile, and anything else you request of me. ok bye

words i hate

2006-02-02T21:30:00.000-08:00

nougat
nuke
pail (referring to a bucket)
puke
caramel
fuel
bosom
orange (when pronounced arange (mom))
dumplings
biscuit (unless in the phrase "biscuits and gravy")
whiz
pork
cola
seltzer
reynolds wrap
poem (when pronounced poim)
the song title "Classical Gas"..but the song is good
mute
word that have the unnecessary "e"
shoppe
towne
tyme
olde
custard
flatulence
linen
pamphlet
hip
barf
uncanny
sneaker
and many others i shouldn't say and too tired to think of

okay...enough nonsense for now...sleeping would be so much more productive..later

technology hates me

2006-01-30T13:57:00.000-08:00

so i'm just now getting around to my first job all day (it's 4:00 now and i got here at 8:00am).....this lack of work is not because it's been slow, but because technology doens't want me to stay caught up....i must always be scrambling and working my butt off to make the customers happy. i went to missourie a couple weeks ago...i was gone for 2 days and apparently work was extremely slow so my asssistant had nothing to do for those two days i was gone.....but when i get back, she gets sick....but when i'm by myself, we get slammed hard....i can't keep up...2 jobs come in i work on one....another 2 jobs come in and im now on the second job...it just builds up and builds up......well, this past friday we finally get caught up by the end of the day...caught up as in i have no jobs pending...all jobs are completed......but now it's monday and when i get back to work glad to be caught up, technology lets me down....the network is jacked up...i can't print to any printer or access important harddrives that i need to operate...the tech people come in at around 8:45 and work until after 3:00 to fix the problem...but now that it's fixed, i have 6 jobs piled up on me that i otherwise would be able to knock out as they came in......but now i have to start a new week behind on jobs again...just whe i thought i was caught up.....oh and i just realized my mail is not working now...i need to call the tech guys back i guess..........but everything will be okay....my customers like me and i always find a way to make them happy...i'm just good like that......and if things do go wrong, i can just blame my assistant...that's the best way to handle all problems.

Good movie, stupid audience

2006-01-21T20:37:00.000-08:00

I saw Glory Road tonight..it was a good movie....you know....fun, emotional, intense, inspiring, movie about a team overcoming obstacles....can't go wrong..and it didn't go wrong...it was worth going although the people behind us seemed to try their best to make it suck for everyone else......if you are one who talks on your cell phone, or throws ice, or carries on your own conversation, laughs at unfunny parts, or leaves and comes back about 10 times, you should seriously think about eating rat poison...cause dealing with me is worse....okay okay...i didn't kill anyone but i actally had to get up and get theater security to do something about it...that's after they were already told to "sshhhh" and "shut up"...where they replied "there are 5 of us and 3 of you, what are you going to do about it".....little did their little brains know that it would have been the whole theater vs. 5 half-witted teenage thugs....(there werent' threatending me by the way..it was someone else who told them to "shut up"...but i would have backed him up fo sho......anyway....when i walked town to find theater security, the two louder trouble makers actually followed me down mocking me....if i wasn't such a nice guy, i would have wailed on them seeing as how they were saggin so low they probably couldn't run away.....but i jsut kept walking....but when i got back, the theater security came up afterwards...but everyone was quiet then so they couldn't kick anyone out of the theater.....after security left, the thickheaded thugs came back and made more noise....but eventually the whole group got up and left for good.....i dont' even know why they came.....they all wasted their parents money...i don't think they paid attention at all......anyway, i didn't let them ruin the night........go see the movie....sorry it's been so long since i've blogged....nothing much has been going on...no seriously.

New Year, Same Resolutions

2005-12-31T12:37:00.000-08:00

well, my title says it all really. Seeing as how i didn't actually accomplish most if not all of my resolutions, i decided to keep the same ones.....like stay in shape, get a woman, keep a maintained and civilized dwelling in which to live....so if you can help me or encourage and instruct me kindly in those things, that would be spiffy....maybe this new year will have great things in store for me...hopefully i take all opportunities that come my way....oh and i just diagnosed my "..." disorder...it's my a.d.d......i don't like pausing after a sentence or thought so in order to keep moving i put ..... at the end and i continue until a start typing my next thought....luckily i've controlled it enough to not separate the same though with .... so at least i won't confuse you...i don't think ..anyway...uh....sigh-a-nora mi peeps.

What's your nickname?

2005-12-17T17:38:00.000-08:00

Hey ya'll. I was just thinking about my nicknames and decided to give you all a brief history of my nicknames. I have had a few real nicknames in my time. These are names that were widely used for me..not just one or two people. I think a real nickname needs to meet some or all of these requirements. Created by or approved by another person who deems it an appropriate name for you to be labeled with.......it needs to be used by more than your one or two best friends.......it needs to last at least a year.......it can't just be a variation or shortened version of your real name and it can't be your middle name if you go by your middle name.............ok.....so obviously my real name Is Adam Ryan Brown......that name was given to me by my parents......Adam is not a bad name....it's not totally unique but it's not the most commonly used name.......however, when i was little, i was teased a lot....my brother and his friends would call me ADUMB! OR ADAMN!.....OR ..ADUMBO (because i had large ears as a kid....i think my ears are the same size as when i was 5..i just grew into them now.).....anyway, my brother is not that mean anymore and neither are his friends.....Andy is rather soft and docile now that he has a kid.....but back then, i was so fed up with the teasing that i decided to change my name......It happened on the way back home from some family freinds with my family....i was trying to think of a name....first i went through names you would give a pet....my parents didn't like those name....i thought Rex would be cool....glad i didn't go with that.....anyway, Someone (maybe me) though of Scout......i don't know why....it had nothing to do with boy scouts...or girl....i just thought it was nice and no one could make fun of it....so my family and i agreed on Scout as my nickname.....i was probably 8 years old when given this name and it has lasted even well into highschool......everyone would call me Scout...my parents, church family, and some friends....i will even now respond if someone calls me Scout as if it's still my name......i think my Dad and my friend Butch will still sometimes call me Scout...i think it's cool.........
While some were still calling me Scout, I was on a soccer team called the Raiders......i was the youngest and smallest on the team so my team gave me the name Keebler.......I thought this was funny and cool cause i was actually known as something.....my whole team knew me by Keebler....since most of those people went to my school, my normal school friends would call me that......i was Keebler.....this name lasted almost 3 years(6th grade through 8th grade).
then i entered high school......some of my soccer friends would still call me keebler...as well as Guillermo....however some other factors created a change in name...My brother was a Senior when I became a freshman in high school....my brother was very smart and was valedictorian........he was shorter then me and had a rounder head(or his hair made it look so).....anyway, we both played soccer that year......everyone thought they should call me Pinky and Andy was The Brain......this caught on really quickly and it became official....I went all four years in high school being called Pinky. It was funny.....people only knew me as Pinky.......when i became a junior, the freshman and some sophomores had only heard be being refered to as Pinky so they though my real name was Pinky....they never questioned it.....I responeed to pinky just as naturally as Keebler and Scout.......it was funny...occasionally someone would refer to me as my real name and others around me would seriously not know who they were talking about.......people honestly thought my name was Pinky........either that or Mrs. Brown's son....or Kara's brother.....or brother of The Brain........I bet if i were to run into any of those highschool people, they would yell PINKY!!..and then sing the song...pinky and the brain pinky and the brain...one is a genius, the other insane....
Then college time....i didnt' really have a nickname in college...at one point i was known as The Regulator......i don't really think that caught on enough to really be on my list....oh well......
But now, I am Brown Sugar......this name is fun to have....It is obviously because my last name is brown and i'm sweet as sugar....and i love to cook with and eat brown sugar.......this name is impressive to the ladies and makes the men jealous.....although this name is fairly new, i think it will last for a long time.......my closest friends call me Brown Sugar all the time.....more often than Adam......it is spreading to those others in the church as well.....even older (not too old)...people like kris wilson will call me Brown Sugar.....I even have Brown Sugar on two different Softball jerseys....Brown Sugar is definately a real nickname for the list....I wonder how long that will last......Brown Sugar even has nicknames...sometimes it's known as Sugar Brown which is cooler to use in some situations......

What are your nicknames and origins?

My Space

2005-12-09T13:56:00.000-08:00

hey ya'll....in case you didn't know, i also have a myspace account. I will still use blogger as my blog but other randomness may be going on at www.myspace.com/adambrownsugar so go check it out. peace...

oh...and hopefully i'll have another real post soon...

Thanksgiving, Zane, Turkey Soda, Big Spider, G-mo= Good Times For All

2005-11-28T20:02:00.000-08:00

hey guys...sorry for the way past due post....Thanksgiving was a much needed break from work....I only went to my parents (about 35 minutes away) almost all weekend but i stayed as long as i could.....The best part by far was getting to hang out with my new nephew Zane all weekend...he really is the cutest, coolest baby....and he really takes after me as well so i know we will be good buddies when he gets older....take a look at how he makes fun of me already....

Once again, sister Kara did not get to see Zane so she has to wait till Christmas...but she has seem him before so i dont' feel too bad..

Now another interesting thing was added to this years thanksgiving....it was the tasting of the Jones Soda Holiday pack...with my cousins husband...brave man...

Thats right...Corn on the Cob Soda, Broccoli Casserole Soda, Smoked Salmon Pate Soda, Turkey and Gravy Soda, and Pecan Pie Soda......Now, Jones Soda is the maker of many unique and delicious flavored drinks...check out the site....but they decided to make this holiday pack....like a complete Thanksgiving dinner in Soda form....it never sounded good..but it was fun to talk about and quite the experience.....I tasted all five Sodas.....all of them were really unbelievably bad....My mom took pictures of me tasting them...but i dont' have those pics yet....anyway...it comes with a serving spoon cause that's all that you will be able to drink....if you smell the Salmon Soda, you will get sick......anyway...I do honestly recommend you give Jones normal flavors a try...their strawberry limeade and green apple sodas are really popular...

Guillermo also came home this Thanksgiving....we hung out some...and drove his truck...it's ridiculously fast....will beat you gauranteed....we saw the movie Just Friends.....it's really funny...stupid funny...but funny still......

we also put started the Christmas decorating...put the lights on the house and the big wire tree outside......but we will definatley have a big REAL tree in the house soon enough......

i leave you with this years "Spider in the Corner of the House"

bye

i suck at this title stuff

2005-11-09T20:21:00.000-08:00

sorry..maybe harpooning your mothers was a bit harsh...but i could have thought of worse things...today started out good and quickly went to the dumps with the failure of technology..i also had my share of clumbsy mistakes which i really hate..one thing i hate worse than others stupid mistakes is my own...i would have punched myself in the face if it wouldn't hurt so bad.....anyway..i'm just looking forward to my annual camping trip..hopefully i can get off work the whole day on friday the 18th...even a weekend trip would be great. i also get to see the MLS championship match on sunday with 7 others...that will be great fun......then soon enough it will be thanksgiving and then christmas and then my birthday....all that with the addition of cooler weather....that's why late fall and early winter is my favorite time of year....so much fun packed into a short amount of time....maybe with all the good things i'll forget about the crap at work...anyway i gotta go...my head's a killin me.

oh yeah, how do you like my new blog title bar...i used real brown sugar...do ya'll have any suggestions for me...(i've already thought of me swimming in brown sugar)....if your lucky, i can make you a kick booty blog bar

i need some change

2005-11-02T22:50:00.000-08:00

well....things are the same at work. some okay days and some days that make me want to harpoon your mother. Those days I stay away from people whenever possible so i won't harpoon them...I know, that sounds bad, but i don't think it will ever happen...i like your mom...

anyway, i'm really needing some change right now...of course living in a wilderness area and having a girlfriend and leaving the country for a couple months would be a great way to change things up, i'm talking about smaller changes....i don't feel older or more mature than i did when i started college. sure, i have a job, an apartment, and a degree, but i don't feel any wiser or experienced in life. i have no discipline in tidyness despite all the chores i grew up having to do. I know how to clean, but i just don't care...i have horrible eating habits (either nothing or fast food for breakfast and lunch)..sometimes i get a decent dinner via TND and Grace Cafe, and occasionally eating out other than fast food...i have reallized food and/or lack thereof directly affects my mood and health..of course health. I am in the worst shape of my life..although i'm still like a cheetah in short sprints (older possibly injured cheetah), I lose my energy in about 5 minutes.....like when i played basketball the other night and started seeing grey spots and vision was going within 5 minutes of playing...it's ridiculous..

anyway, i need to make some changes...i know marriage must force maturity to rise a couple levels so i have a disadvantage there, but i can make some better choices in my personal habits. I really need to make breakfast..either eat cereal or actually turn on the stove and make an egg and some bacon or something....I even bought coffee today...i need to make lunch and dinner more often...but it is very difficult to cook for one person...i don't like leftover too much..i need a few days in between eating the same thing twice.

I need to get back into shape. I don't wanna pass out playing ball with guys twice my size running circles around me...it's bad..real bad...running is boring, and so it lifting weights....so i need to play sports or something....

I need to clean my dang room...my drawers are empty and my floor is full...at least the living room is clean sometimes..and the bathroom get cleaned for company.

I also need to increase my spiritual discipline....i hardly ever read the bible...and when i do, i'm always hurrying myself so i can do something else instead. i need to pray more....for more than just my needs and wants.

anyway, as you see, i need to change a lot..i want to be someone who is admired for their balance of maturity and humor....who is disciplined enough to make good decisions with food, money, and time....who gets stuff done...even outside of paid work.

i need prayers..no seriously....i need joy...i need happiness...i like those things..but most the day i spend irritated and have said things i shalt not say(believe it or not)

so this has become almost a confession of my life...despite the great friends and family, and possessions, and gifts and experiences i have had, there is still more to gain for a more satifying life..

I'm not saying that I'm completely lost and hopeless, and that my life is going down the toilet...There are many things in my life that i'm lucky to have...There are things i love about me, and I have talents, and discipline of many things. I just want to be more than i am....i'm tired now...goodnight.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Zane Walker Brown

2005-10-09T17:29:00.000-07:00

As of Thursday, October 6th, 5 something p.m. , I became an uncle for the first time. My brother and sister-in-law had themselves a baby named Zane Walker to expand the Brown tradition....of...expanding the Browns. Zane, being a boy follows a pattern in the family of boys. My sister broke that pattern in 1983 when she was born...She was the only girl on my dad's side of the family. I got a brother, four boy cousins, 3 or four boy 2nd cousins, my dad had two brothers, no sisters, and maybe all his cousins were guys...maybe a girl in there somewhere but you get the picture. Anyway, my mom's side of the family is all girls so that manly trend may not make it too far. I don't know all the details of genetics anymore so i shall move on.

Anyway, my mom, dad, and i went to go visit them this weekend. we decided to fly because it's cool. We left O'Brien airport on flight Cessna N5244L when it was still dark outside...nice chilly calm dark morning.

we kept of flying....it got lighter outside

the sun finally came up enough to see all the terrain

we eventually past over the Red River

and even flew over some small mountain like areas..i don't what you call them

finally after 3 hours, we were ready to land in Bentonville, Arkansas (the home of walmart and many other companies)

Andy, my brother, picked us up from the airport and took us to their place...only about 10-15 minutes away. We were very excited to meet our new family member. We stayed with them all day...we talked, examined the baby, took lots of pictures, ate, and slept and held the baby more, and ate more....it was a fun time. Zane really is a cute little baby with the funniest cry... The bottom part of his mouth will shake really fast when he cries....sort of like a daffy duck laugh...but not the duck sound...anyway, zane pretty much slept the whole time were were there...occasionally he opened his eyes long enough for a picture...but usually he was upset if he opened his eyes because he would cry...it was tricky finding a time when his eyes were open and he wasn't crying at the same time....i did get some good pictures of him. I do wish Kara could have been there on this trip. I almost feel bad that I got to see the baby before her. She is a girl, and this is an emotional time for her. I think she wants one of her own or something..she cried when she heard about zane being born....i guess it was a happy cry. anyway, here are some picture of zane.

Zane's supposedly very large hands and feet

Zane with mommy and daddy

Zane with Papa and (I forget what my mom wants to be called)

Zane with me

Zane with Kara and Zach (neither who could not make it)

After our exciting trip, we headed back home..I just listened to my ipod and slep...it was very cool..and cold...but i was okay..we are all okay.
flight back and some city lights

nothing

2005-09-29T22:31:00.000-07:00

sorry guys...i promise i'll post something soon..i just really feel like i have nothing to say...yes yes...feel sorry for me...it's okay...i'm just writing this so you know that i still exist and that i do read ya'lls blogs...every day......i need to get my numbers up so i need to write something extraordinary.....something about cats..or my Lack of Dating Because of Putting in No Effort Extravaganza....that should be both boring and depressing.....or maybe i'll write about how i really want to leave the country..or at least state, for at least a couple months because i feel like i'm ticking away till the day i blow up..soon..but some days it feels like someone wet the fuse and cooled me down....those days are good...anyway, i really want to go to homecomeing....it's sad...going to abilene will feel like a great vacation to me....and a great opportunity to find a good freshman girl to date.....here's the way i see it....i get hooked up with a girl who is fresh into college (notice i did not say fresh out of highschool cause that would just sound bad.)..anyway..we would agree not to marry till she graduates...by the time she graduates i should be advanced in my career making a good income and i could immediately start buying her everything she wants(which will luckily not be much cause the girl i marry will be happy enough just experiencing me as her fiance)....then i could have my three kids....after having our fun time first(living in colorado, wyoming, idaho, or montana first for a few years while i work a relaxing job and snow ski, and hike, and rock climb, and travel, and camp the whole time...even make money doing photography on the side...i'd have my own little store at Yosemite or something. i'd have a good barn cat..but short haired so it doesn't get all scraggly full of burrs...i'd also have an alaskan husky cause they are beautiful...but intimidating..i'd probably breed it with the cat to make a superpet of sorts....umm...oh...i'd have to have an RV too...but i dont' wanna drive it cause it's big so i'll hire someone to drive it but he would take the job for free just so he could travel....anyway, i'm going to bed..goodnight

finally..i'm ahead of the game

2005-09-14T22:24:00.000-07:00

I bring you my latest fix to satisfy my electronic needs...here now I introduce my nano...don't drool on your keyboard

the end

Ode To Red-Eyed Tree Frogs

2005-09-13T23:07:00.000-07:00

thanks to zach, i used my creative talent to give my ode to red-eyed tree frogs.

dangit...i've been tagged

2005-09-05T19:38:00.000-07:00

First memory: umm..my first memory takes place in california, where i was born. I remember a party...it was at night and their was a campfire type of thing. everyone was dressed up all country like..i remember a lot of the kids had these horses on a stick and we were riding (running) around the campfire like a bunch of cowboys...anyway, i was probably 3...or even two.... .

First kiss: ummm...assuming my sister or mom does not count, i have yet to lock lips with a hottie..or even a not so hottie...but one day it will happen, and then cows will be coming home, and fat ladies will sing, and it will be snowing in hell.

First concert attended: this is a tough one..i never really went to any concerts...i did see some banjo band play songs in a town called lipan....but that's hardly a concert in today's standards...i would say the Carmen concert i went to in junior high..it was fun...at reunion arena.

First love: well, it would probably be my 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Laritzen (Mrs. North now)...but my first love that was attainable would be a girl named alicia from 5th grade...we were on a field trip when i first noticed her...she was wearing a long pretty dress and she had such a pretty face..i was pretty giddy about her...but then there was amy reed from church camp...she really got be frazzled...she the first that i actually spoke to in person...besides Mrs. Laritzen.

First thing you think in the morning: Lord, give me the strength to push away the masses of single, hot, christian girls that flock to me on a daily basis...Help them understand that I can only pick one.

First book you remember loving: of course it was The Pokey Little Puppy...it was very comforting to read or have it read to me...it was one of those books with the gold spine on it...and cardboard pages.

First pet: well, when in california, we had a dog named charlie...i don't remember anything about him, but apparently he was a huge dog that loved to chase gofers...he protected us but also got hit by cars or sprayed by skunks or maybe even stuck my porcupines..i forget...the first pet that was a big part of my life was a cat that my dad got from a coworker....her name (the cat) was Mrs. Roosevelt...she was a very good natured cat..ugly as sin, but very sweet and motherly...she got even uglier when her tail got chopped off by belt or fan in a car...we were on vacation and she went to a neighbors house and got up under the car where it was warm, but they started the car and it chopped off her tail...she just had a scabby nub from then on..she lived quite a lot of years..i need to find a picture of her.

First question you'll ask in Heaven (If that's allowed): Is there like really awesome camping spots here?

First place you think of when you hear the word vacation: i would say Colorado..or California. My family has gone to colorado almost every year i can remember..it's so awesome to go camping..so relaxing...their is nothing better than colorado in the summer...perfect temperatures, beautiful places, great camping...awesome.

First best friend: well, i don't like putting my friends in an order..i love the friends i'm with here in dallas. they all are a huge part of my life...there would be no reason to be here if they werent' here....but if i had to single a person out, i would say Guillermo Gonzalez....he's up in baltimore working at johns hopkins now...but i've been friends with him since kindergarten...we grew up together we know more about each other than anyone else. we can say anything to each other...we are like family sometimes..if i went to his parents house they would feed me and treat me just like guillermo...his dad would even make me do some work for him..my mom is his second mom......it's cool.

Last time you dressed up: i don't know what dressed up means...i mean, i have to wear sunday type clothes to work...but i guess at my sisters wedding was the last time i really dressed up...being a groomsman, i was in a tux...and very hot.

Last thing you ate: Mexican food with the neilands and nathan gray and bethany powell. see the futures blog for this question.

Last CD bought: um..Jars of Clay Redemption Songs...and Moby 18....then Jars of Clay got stolen as it was in my car CD player when it got stolen. stupid freaks.

Last time you cried: when i watched Remember the Titans the other night...the end is emotional..very sad..my eyes watered a little....my last actual cry was when i lost job i got right before i moved into my first apartment...i didn't know what i was gonna do..i needed a job fast so i could actually pay my rent. yes i cried...boo hoo...then i got my revenge...not so much.

Last time you told someone you loved them: to my mom..on the phone..yesterday

Last really fun thing you did: oh man...same as the futures blog again...playing keep away in the pool with some of the youth group...so much fun..my feet hurt..and zach almost broke my nose..it's bit crooked and bruised but it was worth it....we swam again.

Last thing you watched on T.V. um..an awesome Discovery HD program about Tigers of the Sunderbans...very freaky...man eaters

Last Halloween costume: I was a Snow Skiing Hobo this year. It was very original and entertaining. I need to find a picture of that so you can see the splendor.

Last Concert attended: Well, when i was in New York this past week, I saw Ciara perform a few songs. It was a 7:00am concert so i didn't know who would actually have a concert at 7:00am...but it was for Good Morning America, so that's why it was so early...it was okay...i didn't relaly pay much attention..but i have pics to post of that.

Last time you had a really moving spiritual experience: i don't remember exactly..but ive prayed really hard at night then slept and had a great sleep and woke up feeling very refreshed and lively and knowing that all is right...it feels like God has appointed that day to be a great day.

Your Brown Sugar Update

2005-08-04T23:25:00.000-07:00

It's been a while...i've just been lazy so i apologize....There have been several notable events in my life that past few weeks, and there are things coming up for me.....So a few weeks ago, my bike was stolen.....it was a good mountain bike. only had a it a few months....i had it locked up to my apartment stairs and someone done come and snipped the cable and took the bike....it sucked....it was only a hundred bucks or so but i still just want to run over the guy that took it and then beat him with the cable and lock he left behind. I never had anything of any value stolen from me before it sucked.......anyway, a couple days later, I woke up to go to work, but when i got in my car, i noticed the middle console was open and stuff was laying around....then i looked to my radio and it was gone....some homo jackass thug took my radio.....two days after my bike....i could have been the same person..but i just don't know.....i put in a police report and contacted apartment security but nothing has come up yet so i guess i'm out of luck on getting anything back....and i don't have any of that covered under insurance....it really sucks...so every drive in my car is silent and really dark at night..my radio provided most of my light in the car..........oh...and i deactivated my car alarm a long time ago because it was annoying and causing problems, and i never had any problems, but i reactivated it now....but there is nothing else to steal.

umm...work is going okay...we were bought out by our biggest competitor, but i won't say much about that except that we all kept our jobs and things haven't changed much yet....i'm almost afraid to talk about work related events just in case i have to keep things confidential.....so...you will hear more on that later....but i am in no danger of losing my job...sooo..that's good......ummm....i am going to an FC Dallas soccer game this weekend...It's the grand opening of the new Pizza Hut Park in Frisco....it's the first soccer complex of it's kind in the U.S.......a soccer sadium that holds about 20,000 with suites and clubs, and all sorts of cool stuff......and 17 other championship grade soccer fields......It's gonna rock....My good friend Megan and I will be going so we will get to witness history in the making.....awesome.......................ummm.....coming up for me is a trip to Baltimore to see Guillermo....I haven't seen him in a very long time and I've never been in that part of the country so it's gonna be fun....we are actually going to spend most the time in New York where there is more stuff for us to do...or like to do.....I will be leaving wednesday august 17 and come back sunday night.....almost 300 dollar tickets...plus whatever i spend in new york.....i'm gonna be soo poor....i hate worrring about money but i have needed to go see him for too long now......i'm spending too much in too short of time....in two weeks time i'll have spent money on phone bill, credit card bill, utilities, rent, plane ticket, soccer game tickets, dinners and attractions in new york, place to stay in new york, clothes from the mall, eating out here in dallas, and grocery shopping....oh and gas that's horribly expensive....i'm sure when i get back from New York, i will be broke......but hopefully not....

i have been procrastinating a couple projects that will get me some money...i really feel bad for doing it but i just have no discipline to work once i leave my actual job....i really need that money....i'm not really rolling in dough anyway.....but i am Brown Sugar and I do have my ways. anyway, that's it for now...sorry...i want to add links to some stuff but my browser doesn't support that feature for some reason....maybe i'll add them later....peace.

Thanks Everyone!

2005-07-19T22:39:00.000-07:00

I'd like to take this time to post my thanks and appreciation for viewing my blog. I never knew I was gonna be such a hit. It's you, my audience, that are the real heros. My life has not been full of exciting things to post. I do not write debateable posts or really anything worth the precious time God gave you, but you still come to my site, seeking meaning to life and answers, and maybe some humor. I do what I can to raise the quality of life for the common man..and woman.

My blog has almost reached a milestone in blog history. I'm am approaching the 20,000 visits mark, and I have only had the counter for about a month. Somewhere out there must be thousands of strangers who don't know me, but make it a priority for me to be a part of their daily routine. If you are one of those incredible strangers, then please feel free to comment with a word or two....kind words only...please......if a negative word is typed, then i will imagine you being severely wounded from a rabid cat....trust me, you dont' want that...

ok..here is another Ode to La Gato.
here is pokey. pokey was a wonderful pet...a pure joy. but don't be fooled by the name....he was quite the rambunctious character when the mood hit him. His favorite activity was to run and pounce on your back if you were working in the garden. sure it hurt, but you can't help but love it. he lasted for a good while. he died peacefully in his sleep on the porch...it was sad, cause i was petting him for a while before i realized he died.....i knew he was sick, but whatever sickness he had, it came fast and hard....i'm sad thinking about it.

here is pokey and another cat...we must not have kept the siamese long cause i dont' remember it...but he looked pretty cool.

the end

autographs

2005-07-14T22:18:00.000-07:00

so this is cool....when i went to my parents a couple weeks ago, i was searching in my old closet for stuff i want to keep with me at my place....and i found my autographs of the i believe to be 1992 US National Soccer Team. They were training in dallas one night, and my sisters soccer team got the hook up on the info so they went to the practice and we all got autographs. it was most cool. here are the autographs...all i had was paper..no cool soccer stuff with me for them to autograph on.

WAIT A MINUTE THERE!.....I knew my old roommate had a hidden talent he never told me about.....Travis Tidmore DID play on the US National Soccer team......i knew it...i lived with a sports star for two years....how sweet is that.

Cruisin

2005-07-05T23:00:00.000-07:00

Yes...we are cool and we do mean business....you betta watch yo self!

Diary of a Strange Boy

2005-07-02T22:47:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago, I went home and searched my old closet for things I would want in my new apartment. Mainly, I wanted to find my autographs of 14 of the US National soccer team members from the early 90's. I did:). I also came across my old diary (i will call it journal to be more manly). I received this journal on Christmas 1990. I never was good at writing stuff in it. There are only a few pages that i actually wrote something on.....except for the flip page stick figure animation that goes from half way through to the end of the book....It's a stick figure falling from the top of the page to the bottom and big explosion happens...anyway, i read through most of the d..journal in a couple minutes...it was frickin hilarious....i'm sure it's more funny to me than it would be for ya'll...cause..you know.....anyway, i decided i will do the no no and show ya'll my journaling....ok....here is the first page...this must of been written near Christmas of 1991, a year after receiving it.

ok..as you read, you know i am obviously in a state of remembering. I'm remembering the other gifts I received the Christmas before, when i got the journal...the keyboard was great, but i doubt i actually played neat music on it...except cool sound effect..and a song from the water dropplet effect that was pretty and made me tear up......now the bebe gun was awesome...we shot many things...mostly empty cans, occasionally bad stray dogs or cats...and i killed a bird which i've always felt bad about...it wasn't even a crow...it was a blue bird of some kind i believe....i said it was an accident...i was really skill....i even "shot a pez away"...the candy dispenser.

Now the second paragraph is the Christmas that's near....i'm guessing Christmas of 1991....that christmas i guess i "wand"ed lots of stuff. I must have used up all my bebe's that i received the previous year...i needed to shoot the gun again..you know how it is....i was also into lizards...it's weird...i'm afraid of them now, but if i didn't hurt me then, i guess they can't now......anyway, that's all i wrote on that entry....more to come..i hope you enjoyed.

Moving

2005-06-24T23:53:00.000-07:00

Well, this weekend, I am moving out of my efficiency apartment and going across the street to The Cliffs. I will be rooming with Tim in a two bedroom apartment....in the process i will be saving money too..yay. I think it's gonna be good for the both of us.....we have a cool backyard too....a lake and green grass to play on. I should be packing now but instead i've made a cool new title picture and stuff...I will be without internet for a couple days after we move until the cable people come...then i will get internet the honest way...instead of "borrowing" it like i am now. I also hope I get better phone reception...i keep forgetting to check every time i've gone to the new apartment....if i dont' get better reception, i would be tempted to get new service...or gripe out sprint for being sucky in this part of Dallas. i've almost destroyed my phone cause of it's cutting out...but it's not the phones fault i'm sure...he just gets stuck with the blame.....let me know if you want my new mailing address...i don't want to post it here in case there actually is a psycho stranger or freakishly obsessed stalker girl who would like to hunt me down...but then again...that may be a good thing. ok bye.

Ever Wonder?

2005-06-21T12:01:00.000-07:00

Don't you guys ever wonder how i became such a world class athlete?....where did i start?.....what is the origins of my awesomeness....well...today you still have to wonder because i can't find my pictures of me on The Scooters......but you will see a slightly later time.....maybe a time when i realized without my parents telling me, that soccer was the ultimate sport....this was the time that i began my path to manhood and no longer was a weenie girly boy....this photo marks the beginning of my journey. see those girly legs, those inch thick shin guards, those Tops cleats, that blond hair.

as you can see, it all started on the A-TEAM. That's Right!..not the B-Team or JV Team....but the A-TEAM!!..i so wish i still had my A-Team jersey...not this one..but a later one that had 3 stars on each sleeve..it rocked...anyway, soccer is what developed my skill as a human being...it made me an ultimate man....soccer gave me incredible strength and agility......i can run to and fro like a gazelle...i can kick small animals farther than most....soccer made me a new man....one that pictures can hardly express, but it's the only thing that comes close.

BOOYAH!....LOOK AT ME NOW!!!!

read

2005-06-13T23:45:00.000-07:00

IM A TECHNO DANCIN FOOL!!!!!!!! RIGHT ON!!!

MORE FUN WITH GIF ANIMATION!!!

Random Picture Story On Crack(little sleep but lots of sugar)

2005-06-07T00:23:00.000-07:00

This is a story by Adam Brown to all who accept me as me.....

So while in New Orleans, we were all in search of the magical crawfish....this crawfish was magical cause it was of the jeremy jackson breed. After going through many many ordinary crawfish, I found the magical one. He was happy as all get out....I was relieved yet ticked for how smiley that little guy was for hiding so long....i felt like thumping his little head.....even doggy was a bit suprised at him. He said, "by golly, that little feller done smiled at me."......cat was a bit less amused...he stayed his distance not knowing what crawjackson could do......even mr. snake wanted in on the action(jackson).

the end.

my daggum counter

2005-06-06T00:48:00.000-07:00

so about two or three days ago, i put the counter on my page (below all the links on the right). now, earlier today, it showed like 27 hits to my page....now, that could have been real...but no one wrote any responses to my blog.......but that's besides the point...well....2 hours later i checked the site and it said 600 something hits....then 10 minutes later it said 800 something.....then now like 30 minutes later it says 1000 something its......i don't think that's right...there may be like 20-30 people that even know my blog exists...and only half of those have probalby actually looked at it....something is wrong with my counter....what the heck.......anyway that all.....i'm not as popular as you would think i am looking at the blog......well, i guess the counter isn't gonna do me any good.

Gothic, Colorado....almost paradise

2005-06-02T20:26:00.000-07:00

Hey guys..sorry, cats will have to wait till I gather some pictures....anyway, this post is meant to be informative. Maybe I was inspired by Jeremy's pictures, but I felt like letting you know of a wonderful place all should visit. I introduce to you gothic Colorado...that's my sister in the picture.

Gothic Colorado lies north of Crested Butte on a dirt road. We had never heard of Gothic but a kindly person told us of some great camping up that road...We almost didn't take it cause it was a rough muddy dirt road that went on forever. It was a beautiful drive. It was like the most green lush and beautiful place I had seen in a while, but little did i know what Gothic really was like.

After driving a while we started noticing strange things....wonderful things happening. We saw people wandering through the woods. They were walking slowly, looking around, then we would see more people and more people..back deep in the woods randomly wandering around....we didn't know what was going on...it was like something weird out of an X-files episode. Then I noticed the wonderful part as we started getting closer to the people...all these people we saw were young women...they very very attractive young women...we saw probably 15 beautiful young women walking around...It was like some weird paradise....I wanted to get lost out there and run across one of these mysterious people.......anyway we make it to the camping site and it's awesome...so peaceful, great trails, great views. We went on some hikes where I took this picture.

The next day we wanted to find the actual town. Finally we find the sign (in the first picture) that reads,"Gothic Colorado, site of The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, founded 1928." This sign was the explaination of all the weird things we saw....this whole town is basically a school for studying and experimenting biology. All those incredibly beautful women walking around were students or scientists. (we did eventually see men for you ladies out there.)...These people we saw wandering around were examining plantlife, and wild life...they planted plants, and tagged animals, and did all sorts of biological stuff...and they do it deep in the woods in random places. They were all attractive people and in shape cause they all hike and bike ride, and ski for excersice. Gothic, Colorado was a very interesting and beautiful place..they even have a gift shop and post office for those who need those things. I believe everyone should camp up there some time...i know single guys would love it....(by the way, Gothic was named because of a mountain that looked like buttresses (spell?) on a gothic cathedral. I leave you with a view from the dirt road near Gothic. I have many more great pictures...(sorry no Gothic babes were photographed)

correction

2005-05-31T17:24:00.000-07:00

i do have a correction to make...Calamity was in fact a male and he was named before the attic fan accident occured. He was named Calamity because of it's hard times as a kitten who was abandoned. His name had become a hint of what was still to come through the rest of his life. please read previous post if you don't knwo what i'm talking about....i still want your feedback about cats. thanks......more cat stories to come...cat's like Mrs. Roosevelt, Pokey, Agent Orange, Toby and Lulu...maybe even Smokey if i have time. Please stay tuned...hopefully i can find pictures of them all.

i like cats, alright...geeze

2005-05-28T12:56:00.000-07:00

what can i say, i like cats....the title bar cat is my grandparents cat.....it's really cool....an outdoor cat, like cats should be.....it likes to take walks.....but it stays behind you a little ways so it appears that he's independent and doesn't need protection....he's gray soft and cute....i just don't understand you cat haters out there who think they are evil.....tim, josue, debbie, you know who you are...you think they are useless........some cats are mistreated or they are not raised by cat lovers, and throughout time they become bitter and hostile towards humans....there are some cats i'm afraid of....i don't like that cats that you can't get 20 feet from without running...those cats are giving other cats a bad reputation....i dont' steriotype all dogs just because my friends pitbull amost bit my face off......or my neighbors dog almost got a piece of my backside..........or my other friends dog that has known me for 15 plus years and has growled (in a bad way) at me for the whole time........i don't hate dogs...just those dogs....so why do you cat haters hate cats.....what experience made you turn from all cats.......my cats have been nothing but pure joy for all who come near them...they are nice, they are kind...they are giving and and never ask anything but love in return........so, i'm gonna post pictures of cats that have come through my life. this first picture is Calamity or Cortez....they were of course later in my life....sadly they didn't last long...they were people loveing and very fun. we nursed them back to health. Calamity (solid white long haired) was named after getting caught in the attic fan. my sister thought it was a mouse so she turned on the fan to kill it i guess...next thing she knows is fur, blood, and meowwwing!...broken tooth and chopped ear but okay otherwise....the vet drugged and stitched and she became better....Cortez (solid black short hair) was built like a panther...looked dangerouse and could do some damage, but knew people were good and so was he....he was name cortez because he loved to explore...he adventured the farthest from our house at a younger age than other cats we had.........both cats are no longer....calamity must have had more calamity with bad dog or coyote...she will be missed....cortez adventured too far away and decided he liked it better across the street...i haven't seen him around....if he is around, hes probably protecting lady cats....he was nice like that.

testing

2005-05-24T23:22:00.000-07:00

hello....if you are reading this then my blog must be working again.

It Could Have Been Your EYE!

2005-05-09T01:53:00.000-07:00

alright guys, so i have also put carmex in my eye....it runs in the family...at least between me and my cousin (who is currently attending ACU)...Carmex does hurt so you better be thankful it wasn't your eye.....I was demonstrating the effect of haveing carmex in the eye so ya'll would know not to do that when so urged by peer pressure to do so. I didn't want anyone to learn the hard way. I was placing the life of my eye in danger for ya'll....it's all in love....and what do i get?..i get harrassed and made fun of. Isn't the eye pain enough?...must i go through personal humiliation from ya'll too.........my goodness gracious....someday i will be thanked.....if not for saving your sight, at least for a good laugh.....But, i have grown out of that stage. I will not be posting pictures of carmex in my eye...just cause i don't wanna get carmet from my finger onto the camera....you know.....BYE.

Funny Story (Treadmill of Death)

2005-04-27T09:32:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, I have yet another funny story. Its on up there with my listerine incident. So I was at the weight room last night. Zach and Melissa went with me....or I went with them...whatever...anyway, I was doing my rounds on the weights. First my legs, then my pecs, then legs again then arms, then the treadmill. So I was on the treadmill doing what I do pretty good and that is run....I started slow then got faster and faster. Some very kind Indian dude was on the treadmill next to me. There are three TV's in the room. One on the corner to my right side, one in the middle and one in the corner to my left side. I was scanning bits in pieces on each TV. One playing basketball, one playing news, and the other some political comedy. I'm pretty good at quickly looking while staying straight on the treadmill, but that night had a different fate for me. i had the treadmille up to 7.5 miles per hour....a rather fast speed for doing a mile. I glance up and to the left to see the TV on the left corner. I mean to just glance but I end up paying too much attention to the TV. I end up running crooked on the belt and my left foot steps half way off the belt causing my left leg to spin quickly. I loose my balance and fall forward after trying to save myself. It happens so fast that I cannot grab the rail on the front and I fall on the spinning belt with my head on at the front. Then it shoots me backwards on my stomach and off the treadmill. That moment it became an angry beast...or the giant fish/whale that spit Jonah out. It spit me out....at 7.5 miles per hour. I have the knee scrape and knuckle scratches to prove it. I quickly stand up flustered and look around to see if there was anyone who saw...Of course Zach and Melissa and the kindly Indian dude saw. The incident was loud and I made some panicky moan that could not have gone unheard. The Indian dude quickly got off his treadmill to assist me, but I told him I'm okay, then I made some stupid joke to lighten the situation. I'm just so glad that there were no more people in the weight room. That would have been really embarrassing....only nerds fall off of treadmills. So I have become a nerd.

i have no clever title

2005-04-06T12:24:00.000-07:00

so here's what's been going on as of lately. As you know, i've managed to purchace a new computer and software. I currently has two small design jobs already set up. Both of them are logos and stationary. I love doing that stuff. I have also bought a new digital camera it's a Nikon 4600. Now I can add pictures to my blog. I know that's what ya'll have been waiting for. In fact, I have added a picture to my profile. I don't like my pictures much, but it'll do. I'm thinking about getting an underwater case for it....not because i go in the water much, but because it would be cool to have...just in case. Later on when i start making my millions of dollars, I'll buy the best digital SLR you can get.

For some other news, my lease is almost up so I got some planning to do...whether i will renew the lease for the same apartment, or swith to a different place, or room with somebody. Either way, I still plan on living in the village. I love it here, except when my friends want to tell me that cats are horrible usless animals. That hurts me...I grew up with cats. They are entertaining, affectionate, soft, and playful animals. They purr....and they they bury their poo for crying out loud. What other animal buries their poo. Dogs sniff their poo....i guess cats do too but it's only so they can cover it up better. Dogs also go back to their vomit....it's Biblical.....Some people are emotionally effected by cats. They say cats are arrogant...My goodness, can a cat's arrogance really have that bad effect on people....They aren't arrogant....They just don't put up with crap...People just don't know how to deal with cat.....anyway, I'm sure there are many arguements against cats..but i haven't heard a legitamate one. I do like dogs..i'm not dissing dogs...but cats can be great pets...all mine have been very welcoming and people lovers.

anyway, i gotta go

bloody fun

2005-03-26T00:53:00.000-08:00

alright...so this post is made to annoy my coworker who doesn't care that i am a natural born lifesaver. so, as you may have read in debbie's blog, there was a blooddrive at skillman church. I have never given blood before and thought it would be a good time to start.....so i arrive moments after debbie and josue.....i boldly answer the questions and let the nurse prick my finger...no problem....i'm not afraid....then i sit in the chair and they squeeze my dang arm till it's about to pop....i guess that makes the blood flow better...not sure...anyway, after they rubbed some sterylizing stuff on my are, i figure i would watch the process......and i did.....and i regret ever looking at them put the needle in my arm....that thing was ginormous......like a straw into my arm but i did well........never got dizzy or sick or anything.....i drank my juice and left......i was to wait 5 days to get my blood type.......then i knew it.....i had the feeling all along...but i never had the proof.....I'm a natural born life saver!......my blood type is O neg. I can give my blood to anyone...i'm compatible with all of you....you should feel safe around me....if you get hurt ask me for some of my blood....you gotta have a doctors note though...anyway, but with good news come better new.....i'm not only a natural born life saving machine.....i'm also naturally selfless and humble......i can't accept anyone elses blood except another O neg..........Surely God will consider my bloodtype when he let me into Heaven.....he did make me this way:).....alright....enough talk.

um...i dunno

2005-03-23T16:02:00.000-08:00

geeze...it's been almost a month since my last post. Not much has changed in my life. I'm still working, breathing and what not....I did make another big purchase however....a couple months ago i had purchased a brand new imac G5...it's so awesome...lots of ram and a dvd burner, 17 inch flatscreen.....really sweet...i also bought speaker that mach.....but last week i finally made my only other major purchase for the computer and i'm so glad that's over with...i now own the Premium version of Adobe Creative Suite....it rocks..and it was as expensive as the computer itself. Now i own photoshop, illustrator, indesign, golive, imageready, acrobat professional....now all i need to do is build up some graphic design jobs to make a little money on the side.....that was the whole point of getting all this anyway....so if anyone needs a logo made or some other design work, feel free to ask me about it....but please...don't gaurantee someone that i'm gonna do some job for them...i need info first.....anyway, now i'm really wanted a digital camera...i'm a bit behind the rest of the world in that regards..........and cable internet in my apartment is much wanted...but i gotta pace my spending some....anyway...i'll finish later..i'm at work..

Music....and the Weekend

2005-02-28T17:20:00.000-08:00

alright, so my TJ McCloud CD finally came in...I had to wait all weekend......torture....anyway, i got it here at work so i haven't got to pay attention to it much, but what i did hear was good stuff......it was a good change from what i experienced this weekend....I rarely go to concerts...and the only ones i have been to are caedmons call, jars of clay, and maybe a couple others....Those are good bands to see...This weekend, i got to see Stavesacre at The Door in Deep Ellum...The Door is the Christian club and Stavesacre is a Christian band out of southern California. They were pretty good but a little harder than i prefer....Stavesacre wasn't the problem, it was the opening bands...It's funny..my dad would say Stavesacre is a bunch of people yelling and screaming and make no sense at all, but I say they are just loud....but the opening bands were those i would say just yell and scream in the microphone.....literally, that's what they did..supposedly they were screaming words but i didn't hear any....I thought i knew what hardcore music was, but i was mistaken.......now, i know that those hardcore bands reach out to those few hardcore people....it is possible that they are a good ministry, but geeze...it's hard for even me to understand that stuff.....and i'm not that old.....it was a bunch of behemothic sounding screaming and the guitarists almost hurting themselves while they spaz on the stage.....i was sure some singer was gonna get whacked by the kneck of a guitar being throwed around.....anywho, like i said, the main band was pretty good.....even the last hardcore opening band was someone musical......my ears were still ringing untill about noon on Sunday....well, that was my weekend......oh...i did go bikriding around whiterock lake...very fun..okay...i'm done

guess...

2005-02-17T17:04:00.000-08:00

so i found myself yesterday making small talk to rather attractive (daggum gorgeous) girls yesterday.....5 years ago, i would have been fidgety and shaking and studdering and possibly make an embarrassing noice if a girl of this beauty said a word to me, but i was confident at that moment for some reason....enough so to know they were sort of sophomores but they didn't know cause the art institute doesn't do normal semesters..they are interior designers and one is interning at a company and the other is not working currently......this knowlege may be insignificant but it's one step up from where i used to be....after they left i reallized i didn't even get their names....that's one of the harder things for me to do...if i ask their names, in my mind, that means that i am telling them, i want you..........i do want them..or one of them at least, but i didn't want to come across that way for some reason.....my boss says that they are out of our league....i dont want to believe that...if so , i hope i can expand my league in that direction. i need a recruiter to do some searching or something...but i get the final say whether they are in or out.....anyway, i'm searching for a girl who is of course a good Christain. I know the church is the best way to do that, but it's always girls outside the church(my physical church group) that want to get to know.....should i go on a date not knowing if the girl is a Christian or not....should i invite her to church as one of our first things together......iv'e always thought the first person i really seriously date is the one i will marry....if i'm always interested in girls i don't know....how do i get to know them without dating them.......anyway, i don't know anything about girls i talked to except for what came up in that conversation....and that they were extremely attractive and seemed nice at that moment......of course they left without a hint that i was attracted...what if she was a good Christian girl and i let her go like that....how am i supposed to know who to date without dating them first.(unless i know them already)....i know i know. i need to pray about it.....God will provide...but how much do i rely on him, and how much part do i take in finding a girl. do i just sit back and do nothing and God will show this girl with flashing lights and arrows pointing to her......does he require me to pursue someone and He makes them accept my pursuance....what does it mean to rely on God to provide the perfect girl for me?...does that mean i need to be idle or does it mean I just trust that God will make my actions a success...any comments any feedback....i could also use prayers too.....thanks...

recent news

2005-02-16T12:35:00.000-08:00

i haven't written anything in a while so heres the recent news....I'm still at blaylock reprographics. I should be able to pull out money for medical insurance soon and i may be getting a raise soon...i don't know how much, but i'll be happy with anything right now. I have also been making some purchases for myself. The coolest thing i bought was a new computer a G5 imac...fast with over a gig of ram. i'm saving up now for software....and i really need to get internet at my apartment...maybe the raise can help with that if it's enough....i've also had some overtime lately that will help...I have also bought a new bike....99.99 at target...a Vertical mountain bike.....21 speeds and shocks..and front and rear brakes....totally cool.......i guess i'm still doing well....my guitar skills are slowly coming along....a bit slower since the computer and i've been watching the 1st season of 24 on dvd...i've watched way too much but it's so good a can't quit watching....i've watched about 17 episodes since saturday....but i'm not a loser.............anyway...i gotta go....no girl talk this time...sorry.....

blogging if flippin hard

2005-01-21T17:08:00.000-08:00

i've tried my best to keep up with this blogging stuff..but it's hard. I thought I would have one everyday when i first signed on to blogging, but i just don't know what to say. It's hard to come up with something just because you feel like you should.....as if people are relying on my blogs to get them through there day. I do enjoy jeremy's blogs but i don't keep up with sports. I'm not living in hollywood either...I am also a man of little black and white and a lot of gray...i don't hardly have favorites of anything, or strong opinions about many things...only in the past year have i made any strong political opinions. I don't have any favorite band, or favorite food, or favorite song, or favorite movie, or ice cream, or color, or Bible verse..........If you were to ask me "Do you like blue or green better?", I wouldn't be able to give you a straight answer. I would break it down to shades or categories, or transparencies...i love emerald green...but i may like cobalt blue just as well....i don't even know....steak it great to eat for dinner and breakfast...but grilled cheese and tomato soup hits the spot some days......i can't tell you a favorite Bible verse cause i feel bad leaving other verses out....i can't tell you a favorite movie cause i have to categorize into comedy, action, drama, cartoon.........even then there are subcategories i can't explain....i just sense....So how does a guy like me engage in good conversation....how does a date learn about me if i can't anser any question cause i don't know...or can't make up my mind....the hard thing about being a man of much gray is that being a Christian requires more black and white than i an often willing to express (if thats the word i'm looking for)....sometimes i questing things....if something is a sin, is it a sin in all situations.....if something is good, is it good in all situations....even solomon some gray areas in all his wisdom....some verses say one thing and others say the opposite....maybe he isn't gray about it...maybe he is black and white depending on the situation.........but these are just thoughts...i didn't necessariliy plan to go in a religious direction.....anyway i hope i can be a little more black or white and a little less gray...but i've seen some that need to go the other way........anyway, i gotta go..i'm at work and i've lost track at what i'm saying so i better stop before i confuse someone....ttyl...DATE ME IF YOU'RE A FINE YOUNG CHRISTIAN LADY!!!

2005 The Year of Brown Sugar

2005-01-03T14:53:00.000-08:00

Alrighty, so the holidays came and went. I didn't buy anybody's gift this year. I didn't even finish making the gifts either. I had the flu for Christmas, but I tried my best to enjoy it anyway. It's not the best way to end a year, but i'm hoping for much for the new year. 2005 will be a great year. I can tell already. I don't care much for new year resolutions, but I believe great things will happen this year. Afterall, 5 is my favorite number...and my fifth birthday in 198FIVE is one of the few i remember. anywho.....like i said, i don't do new year resolutions but there are some things i hope happen anyway....i hope they happen at some time in my life that is. I'm in the worst shape of my life. I need to run more and work out more and play sports more. I'm still skinny but i'm sure my time will come. I need to officially "date" a girl...the same girl........I hope to advance in my job(get a raise at least.)I hope to reconnect with friends that i havent talked to in a long time. I should apologize to my DXP friends who i have sort of put out of my mind for too long.....I got a guitar for Christmas so Jim Drachenburg should teach me...cause he's the man who got the skills. Well, these are some things i neeed to do, but i'm at work and i'm being rushed off the computer so that's it for now...i'll finish later

next step

2004-12-16T14:33:00.000-08:00

hey everyone, you need to get ready for my next phase in life. I done the school thing, and got the job thing, my family and friends are ready....My courage is growing, my eyes are wondering.....I am now ready to be in a dating relationship with some girl. This phase in life my have been mixed in with others phases in ya'lls life, but for me, it has come after everything else. Seeing as how i don't have the dating experience from earlier in life, i need ya'll help in this adventure. I need contacts, and encouragement, and options, and money, and compliments, and warnings. You know the phrase "It takes a village to raise a child."...well there is also a lesser known quote- "I takes a village to help adam go on a date with a really hot, really good Christian girl."....i don't know who said it first....Now, don't think of me as shallow...i just have a certain taste in the ladies....and since i'm so late on starting this phase in life, I dont' have all the time in the world to date around. I'm not for dating around right now. I think the first person I steadily date is the person i'll marry. I mean ones a girl gets to know me, surely she won't back out....and it's hard enough for me to ask a girl out, so it's gotta be so much harder and not worth it to break up with her....unless she is psycho....but i can probably tone down psycho to be "just a little crazy". So guys and girls, you know who I like....and i know that i need to do some work on myself to make me more ready for this....i need to be more daring, take more chances, and not constently think of the worst that could happen....I have a lot to offer a lovely lady. And she has a lot to offer me...I may be shy, but that doesn't last forever....I'll do the best i can to make the changes i need to make to be a successful boyfriend, but i need that lovely lady to give the chance.....if you need my contact info, just reply to this post:)......but you probably know me anyway, and have stalked me enough to know what you need to know. I guess that's it for now...sorry for the long wait on the blog, i'll try to get some out quicker.

Abilene High vs. Southlake Carrol

2004-11-27T18:30:00.000-08:00

today i saw one of the best games of all times in any sport. Abilene High against #1 in the nation Southlake Carrol. Even though Southlake won 35-30, Abilene played one heck of a game. The most exciting part was being down 35-23 with about 2 minutes left in the game. Abilene scored a touch down and extra point for a 35-30 game, then Abilene got their own onside kick and everyone was yelling for joy. it was sooo awesome....we came so close to winning...about 10 yards away but a couple fouls brough us back to 1st and 30, and sadly they intercepted the ball to end the game. I am proud of Abilene for not giving up and scaring the pee out of those rich show off Southlake stupid heads. I wish so much that the small west texas town would have killed the city boys of southlake. oh well, maybe next time. i know abilene would have made it to the finals if they had played any other people in the running. Now Southlake has to play Denton Ryan whom I don't care for because i've played them in soccer. those giants annoy me. anyway, way to go Abilene!!! You made my 10 bucks worth it just in the first quarter.

My Camping Extravaganza

2004-11-22T20:47:00.000-08:00

alrighty then, so i went camping this past weekend. This was the second rainiest davey crockett camping trip in our history. The worst time by far was camping in the fall of 2000 with jeremy (the juice) and zach (prophetic future). That trip, it rained literally nonstop from friday evening to sunday noon, and it was about 40 degrees at most. That was rather miserable. On top of that, on the first night of rain, our tent collected a couple inches of water on the inside soaking all of our pads, sleeping bags, and clothes....and we endured it the whole night. we moved to another tent aftarwards. Also, we created a creature of a heinous sort. The mixture of smoke, water, breath, body odor, and our 70 year old tend yielded a malodorous monster we proudly call "The Stench". The stench inhabited anything that lay rest in it's path. It had the power to reproduce itself on anything. I threw away a rain coat after it got infected. I tried to rid it of "The Stench" but hot water and soap could not slay that ghastly beast. A hazmat team had to come and disinfect all who could not escape it. I have a respect for that thing now, but I never wish it upon me or anyone else.

This past trip was not so bad....It got up 70 degrees and only rained half the time. The stench was nothin more than my tent mates feet this time. I would have to say the best part of camping this time was sitting under the tarp that was hanging above the campfire and listening to Zach S. and Kelly P. play the Guitar. Something about campfires and guitars is so peacful. Maybe it's the peacfulness. Anyway, I was inspired to play the guitar again. I hope to learn now myself. I am convinced that being able to play true good ol' campfire music on the guitar makes a person a respectable guy. People look to you to draw the day to an end, to calm the hearts and minds and provide an escape from the rest of the world. Also, i'm sure the chances of getting any girl i want would increase by at least 40 percent...putting me up to 40 percent chance of getting a girl i want. so i will strive to teach myself the guitar which means i gotta find who has my mom's guitar and take it back....Butch!.....i also need to learn words and music to great campfiry musics people....like john denver...and many others. okay i know this was long, but thanks for reading.

Camping!!!

2004-11-17T20:39:00.000-08:00

it's so cool to have thursday's off work....cause this week i requested to have friday off so i can go camping with the ol maypearl church group. We go camping every year and it started with my grandparents. My grandparents love to go camping. When i was just a little baby, my grandparents would go camping at davey crockett national forest in east texas. They got my family to go with them. Them my family decided it wold be cool to go every year. So my family started going. Then we invited our close family friends, the owens. Then we went with the owens and the bucks. Then we added another church family. Then we openly let anyone who wanted to, to go camping from the church. And now, probably over 15 years later, the tradition still continues and my family's camper is the focal point of all the other camping sites. It so cool and this year we are going again. I hope it don't rain the whole time.....The worst year ever what when it literally rained nonstop from friday night until Sunday noon...and it was 40 degrees at most. my family has also gone camping in colorado most of my life.....it's a great tradition for families and i encourage everyone to go camping and make it a tradition in your family.......especially if you are starting yoru own family.......if you don't like roughin, it's still worth going in a camper. It's peacful and very fun. I'm done.

listerine and stuff

2004-11-15T20:44:00.000-08:00

i'm glad you all get to laugh on the expense of my well being. i am rather traumatized by the listerine, but i have decided not to file a lawsuit. Afterall, I did choose to relax my throat to allow the listerine to go deeper for even more citrus fresh breath....that's the price you pay i guess. i may change back to scope however. scope is not as intrusive and mean to me, but it may not have the germ killing, plaque ridding power of listerine. What are y'all thought's on that? That's all i gots to say today. until next time, whatever..

one week and stuff

2004-11-13T20:00:00.000-08:00

hello my people!..i have successfully made it through one week of work and haven't wrecked or been totally lost yet. soon i will be comfortable driving throughout the trickiest of dallas rodes.........enough about work. anyway, i've been thinking that i can't compete with zach and jeremy on the amount of stuff i have to say so i'm gonna ramble about things that come into my head. First off, tonight there is a large amount of movies on tv that i would like to watch and it's not even on cable....saturday rarely has any movie i would care to see but Harry Potter, Men in Black, Red Dawn, and Beverly Hills cop are all on on one night....my parents voted Potter boy.......um...i'm going to maypearl for church tomorrow cause i actually have a job and good news to tell people........um......i really want a cat or dog or both.....i like the loyalty of dogs...but i like the easy control of cats...but really i want a siberian husky when i move to colorado in several years....um.........i had a bad mouthwash episode this morning...as i was gargling, some listerine went too far down my throat and triggered a gag and coughing fit that led to listerine coming out of my nose and mouth and going all over the mirror and feeling like it was about to come out my eyes causing a horrible eye burn and then heart burn for the amount i swallowed.....overall a very uncomfortable experience....good thing it was the milder citrus rather than the cool mint.

i'm the man

2004-11-10T21:47:00.000-08:00

hey guys,

today was my third day at work........after i made a delivery, a lady called the office and complimented me on how nice and well dressed i was. i wasn't back at the office yet so she told the mananger so i'm already on the good side of customers and managers. i dont' know why she complimented me....i didn't think making out was such a big deal.....haha..j/k...i wouldn't do that ......on the third day:)

BaRdOaWmN

SRT-10

2004-11-09T18:37:00.000-08:00

well....today was my second day at work.....and i parked next to a black SRT10....it was really really sweet.....if you don't know what an SRT10 is, your probably wouldn't care......if you do know, then i have no reason to explain my joy....so...i made deliveries all day long...but it's okay still

adam

first day on job

2004-11-08T20:51:00.000-08:00

hey hey

My first day on the job was today. It went pretty well. The location i'm at specializes in blueprint and architectural printing and reproduction. My job to start is to be a delivery guy. I spend all day making deliveries of our jobs and picking up new jobs from customers. Eventually I'll work my way into the shop....if i want....but delivery could get pretty fun..anywho, that's what i'll be doing for a while....as long as i don't wreck one of the company cars, this should last a while. okay bye!

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