the surprises life brings

tonight i had the most pleasant surprise. there's has been a lot of contention in my house between my roommates and it seems im out of the house more because i dont want them to get hurt. i had been to work, class and babysitting all day so when i finally got home after 10pm i hurried into the shower and then had some dinner. while sitting at the table i noticed an old, wet newspaper chillin on the table.

exhibit A:

exhibit B:

on this news paper i noticed some scribbles and thought, "thats weird. who would scribble on a wet newspaper? creepy" then i noticed the first letter was a big "T" which always catches my attention. next i noticed the smiley face. i was intrigued enough to take the band off and read the message.

exhibit C:

as you can see the message was for me! it reads, "Tristan Ray says --> HI! =) "

apparently my good friend Ray had dropped in while on his way to work and left a note for me in one of the weirdest ways i think i've ever seen. i was thoroughly excited when i saw it, however. even called megan to squeal to her. i just love that guy soo much.

exhibit D:

hello again. i changed my mind. i bought this phone, the Droid Eris, last week and i could NOT be happier! it's so awesome!!! i have yet to find one thing i cannot do on it. its even a flashlight!

the silver lining of every day

I don't know if I've ever been so elated. At the beginning of the fall semester 2009 I moved into a new place and took all my things out of storage. Unfortunately my magnovox VCR/DVD Player must have gotten a little too banged up. When connecting the cables I heard the telltale buzz of transference but was unable to get any kind of power response. I was heart broken but able to use my old X-box for the purpose.

A roommate of mine will be moving soon and taking the dvd player out of the central entertainment room. So I got my broken piece of machinery out of the closet and hooked it up, fingers crossed, holding my breath all the way. And, no surprise here, it still showed no sign of life. I kept it plugged in, however, hoping to call a repair shop or the manufacturers the next morning.

18 or so hours later, I'm sitting on the couch watching a movie on my roommates hardware and i happen to look over at the machine.

The lights are on.

I say again-- THE LIGHTS ARE ON!!

My breath stops in my throat. I literally can't blink. Until, finally, the nerves in my brain relay the message. Lights on means Power transference. IT'S WORKING!!!!

So much joy. I started crazy laughing and if I hadn't had homework to get to I probably would've started crying. I opened up the dvd drive and my favorite MIA movie was hiding within. Connie and Carla, it's great to have you back!

woopie!

i got the new camera yesterday. havent taken any real pictures yet but dont worry...i got plans.

my journey of humorous leonard discovery

main cast of the 2004 ABC Family hit The Brendan Leonard Show

kevin sheehan, kevin carlson, brendan leonard, pat mohr, and michael carney.

as some of you may know, the brendan leonard show had a huge affect on my sense of humor as a teenager and later on as an adult. the show was a cleaner, more creative version of the popular mtv show "jackass" and frankly, BLS was Waaay better. i recently started doing some homework in regards to the leonard family in a "where are they now" kind of way. i've discovered a whole lot. im pretty pleased with myself actually. i found out that the leonard family has its own production company called PictureShow. they have a family blog basically called Camp Jinx and the videos have recently been put on iTunes in podcast form. yes- i've downloaded them already. shut up.

after watching some videos and reading some articles i realized something verrrrry interesting. brendan's dad is mike leonard. yeah, big deal--i hear you saying it so lemme tell you why its a big deal. because mike leonard is a video journalist for good morning america! thats right--no wonder brendan had his own show when he was 19--his dad was already in the business! he had been forEVER too.

now i've come to adooore every member of the leonard family. they are my newly found special friends. they make me laugh- hysterically- and they've given me some very "deep thought moments" as good ol' mike would say. below is a quick link to a summary, if you will of the brendan leonard show provided by the PictureShow website itself. once the site is located scroll down and click on the BLS video on the bottom on the right hand side. thank you for reading. please follow the link and continue to smile and laugh after watching these attractive, amusing young men make absolute fools of themselves. you'll catch yourself thinking, "now THAT looks fun," more than once, i guarantee it.

http://www.pictureshowfilms.com/work-samples#featured-work14

the camera blues

so i have to vent a little bit to you guys.

i bought a pink sony cybershot digital camera about two years ago. its been great! but for the past 10 months or so i haven't been able to use it because i lost my battery charger during one move or another. i finally got enough funds to buy a new battery charger and an extra battery last week.

yay, right?

no.

i put the battery in and turn it on....and the screen looks blank. not the black kind of blank but the white "somethings-seriously-wrong-on-the-INSIDE" kind of blank. thats right. almost a year of chillin' behind my record player must have jumbled stuff up and it won't even turn on all the way. *huge sigh*

so...since i received my federal tax return and it was more than i expected i bought a new one on overstock.com. its 12 megapixels instead of 7 like my old one. and it was only $112. thats with shipping, tax and a 2 year warranty.

right on, right?

RIGHT! i thought so too.

here it is...so cute. :D

great news

my new laptp. bought it for $180 on ebay this morning. SOO STOKED!