200 and Counting

May 12th to 29th

-Woohoo made it to 200!!
-our baseball team is now 3 wins, 2 losses...getting better.
-i ate cheddar smokies last night. dave and i barbecued them on the awesome BBQ
-I am going to Q-town to visit Lana and KJ this weekend
-she wants me to pick up a meatball press at hemingways?? ok..
-she also greyhounded me my warhammer case. their devil child ripped apart half of the foam inserts inside.
-not cool
-joining the army is also not cool
-c&m's new house is sweet! I am happy for them. love the floors and fireplaces.
-it is now after noon. and i am starving. i will close soon to go buy lunch...and a meatball press, i guess.
-that rhymed.
-I have a large bruise because kenny threw a baseball to me when i was talking to someone else, and it nailed me right on my left thigh!
-GPS really are a bunch of drunk, high donkeys...wearing skirts...apparently
-i have barbecued approximately 20 times in the last month! its the best. seriously.
-not looking forward to june...
-dead space is a sweet video game. creepy, makes you jump.
-i took a break in making points to go get lunch at BJ's!
-they had grilled ham and cheese sandwhich, and meatball soup in special. that is what i got...
-funny..last time i got lunch from there, they had a grilled ham and cheese on special also...lame.
-nothing much else going on...

198 and counting

Notes of Interest:

-it is a long weekend this weekend. hooray for a 2 day weekend.
-slow pitch starts tonight! first game of the season..
-the blue jays are still in first place almost 6 weeks into the season. maybe they CAN be competative all year...
-Battlestar Galactica is the best show ever. EVER. SHOW. BEST. seriously.
-the battlestar galactica board game is just as sweet. I have been a cylon both times I played. it is intense
-shawn is back from hawaii after 3 weeks. almost strange having him at the house again haha
-C&M move in 2 weeks!! had the last dinner/games night at the old pettman household on friday. strange it will be, when for teh first time, it is not for hanging out at the same residence as has been travelled to attend, for the last 6 years. Even stranger for them, it will be.
-could I have written a worsely constructed and confusing sentence than the last? well..yes. but that one was pretty terrible.
-april was the worse month for playing board games since i started keeping track of what i have played. 35! so far may is better, as i have averaged 2 games per day. must keep it up..
-hung out a lot with D in the last 7 weeks. like ALOT. like 4 nights a week. every week. i really like D...Alot.
-works been slow as it has all year..customers are annoying as ever. especiually dealing with warranty. not wanting to wait for soemthign to get fixed, demanding a replacement. getting pissed off when i say no. FRACK them
-i just finished getting over a stupid cold. or maybe it was the swine flu..
or its less well known, but equally as dangerous cousin, swine fever.
-Mik makes good chocolate chip cookies. Kryce makes good guac.
-taco salad is good. so is macaroni and cheese. even 3 days old, all soft and squishy. I ate it for lunch on saturday.
-i just received a text message. JUST now. it was from Brian.
-somehow the newest magic set has been out for 10 days, and I havnt opened a single pack. not sure how that has happened lol.
-I liked the new X-men wolverine movie. I know all the comic movie nerds didnt. but I thought it was good.
-now i want to see star trek. it will also be good.
-you know what other movie is good? Fletch.

188 and Counting

Apparently it is 12 degrees outside. yay! that is ever so close to being t-shirt weather. and today, im not wearing a jacket at work, for the first time in 5 months!

We all make bad choices...all we can do is hope to make the right ones in the future...

this led me to start pondering about choices I have made. and how much different things would be for me right now, had I made other decisions. Would I be in 100 mile? would I be in the city with a college degree and well paying job? where would I be living...alone? or with a significant other? Do I have a nice car? Who am I hanging out with? Am I doing the same things for fun as I am doing right now?
In many ways I am happy with my life right now, and in others, I am not quite as satisfied. I cant change choices from the past, so the best I can do is hope that choices in the future push me more towards where I want to be....

I recently was plunged into the world of the blackberry. I never want it to leave my side now. Especially not having internet at home...
Had I not have my blackberry, with its instant facebook updates, I would not have known that joel wanted to go to town for 5 cent candies and timmies coffee. it ended up being a fun night that eventually turned into drinking games, liars dice, and sorry sliders with joel, nate and dave, until 2 am.
not the best decision on a work night...but it was fun!

dallas stars hockey is all but done for the season...few games remaining but they mean nothing...
however, baseball season has now started with a blue jays season opener victory! hooray!!

The Highway to Hell

Who thought that an evening consisting of Sushi, Watchmen, and Boston Pizza, could turn out so horribly wrong...well, I, John Johnson, am here to relate the events of that faithful night, which occured, only a few short days ago....
It was a sunny day. The sky was blue, and the cold wind chills had died, creating what looked to be a possible first day of spring. The was good news, to the crew, who were embarking on a what was going to be the best night of their lives...Little did they know, things were about to get out of hand... Clouds rushed in, snow billowed from the fluffy white weightless masses, blanketing the streets. "Please!" John pleaded. "We must reschedule the trip! Its too dangerous to drive on these roads!" No one seemed to care what John had to say. "shut up John" they all yelled. "Go fuck a squirrel, you dirty shit heel"

Cautiously, John stepped inside the dark blue trap of death. 30 minutes later, he wished he hadn't. The snow storm had worsened...The car slowly plowed along the highway, as Chris tightly clutched the steering wheel. Without warning, a band of Rebel Nomad Deer leaped onto the road, forcing the car to a hault. They began banging and jumping on the hood, trying to smash the windows, and gain entry into the car.
"What the sh*t are those things?!" Mikara cried, frighteningly.
Chris pressed the automatic door locks...
"do you REALLY think that is going to help?" John quipped. "I told you we shouldnt have gotten in the car! Now we are all going to die!"
And with that, a large heavy hoof came crashing through the rear window....

TO BE CONTINUED.....

174 and Counting

Good Day,

John here.
What do I blog about today? Well I recently had a birthday...(there is a picture from it). It included such things as turning a year older. A birthday party. Friends. Gifts. Games. Fun. Overall it was a fun party. Quite a few people came...probably over 15, which i think is pretty good considering how many friends seem to move away each year. Two friends from out of town (merritt) came tho! yay

I received boardgames and graphic novels, multiple of each. Which is good. I love boardgames, and can never have enough. And i really want to read more, and graphic novels seems like the perfect place to start.

On wednesday we went out for dinner with the 'rents. Since there was no time to go our for dinner for the birthday over the weekend and beginning of the week. We ate at casa romas, and they gave us free chocolate mud pie! with a candle and sang happy birthday! haha. then old people sitting near us were all clapping, asking questions like "how old are you now?? oh 26? thats the perfect age..."

it was kinda creepy...the way they were staring...almost like they wanted to suck the youth right out of us..
26 seems old..But of course i still feel young. i wonder at what age i will start to feel old, because of actually being old...not just feeling old because of a number...

Im getting sick of this stupid weather. Its FRACKIN cold. then it warms up..yay!! then it gets -20 again...then OMG its +8!!! winter is over!! horray!! then I hear last night that its supposed to be -20 again next week. WTF COME ON. honestly, just go away. no one likes you winter.

I hate when this happens....(ok..this is the first time...)
Especially when its someone who lives 5 hours away...that you hadnt talked to in over 2 years but used to have feelings for....and then they add you to facebook...and then you start talking...and then you cant get that person out of your head...all you want to do now is talk to that person everyday...while at work though...since you have no internet at home...but then you find yourself wanting to come to town late at night to use the work internet, so you can talk to them again....and then you start to worry that maybe you are trying to talk to them too much...and they will get annoyed and start ignoring you...so you slow down...and dont message them...and you sit there waiting for them to message you...but then you get antsy, waiting...so you crack..and message them...you want to be back in their life...in their world...but so much time has passed, and you know nothing from the last 2 years.. what they have done, how they have changed...the initial flurry of questions and conversations about life for the past 26 months..what happens when its over? is it, well that was nice catching up, talk to you again in another 2 years? Or does this person also want to rekindle the friendship from that past that was seeminly out of our control that it ended???

155 And Counting

There will come a time, in the near future when my title will not rise. For now though, I will enjoy it in all its glory.

I cant even begin to comprehend how slow this month has been. I managed to match the sales in january from last year, so I was happy about that...considering the whole "recession" that supposedly is going on. And poor 100 mile being hit harder with the mills doing so bad...

then february rolls around. I was optimistic, as i had a couple sales in the first 2 days...and then BAM. nothing for 4 days. The one sale. Then BAM. nothing for SIX days. Then 2 small sales yesterday. It has been hell. the month is half gone, and Ive made 4 sales. FOUR. not even large ones. This will actually be a month where its not worthwhile to the company for the store to be open. There will be sales to cover the expenses. But not enough profit to cover the expenses.... Which once again, stirs up the worrysome thoughts about my job, and the store closing down...and the lack of other available jobs. *sigh* Makes me wish I had a job in something that didnt sell luxuries. Things people dont need. Things they can very easily do without, or not spend on. Not a good time to be a furniture salesman methinks.

It is another depressing day, in a so far depressing month, in a so far, depressing year. I was watching the fan590 radio sports show yesterday afternoon on sportsnet, and they had 2 female sports anchors on the show. Talking about all sorts of topics from past jobs, to whats on your PVR. They talked about dream jobs. and having jobs in the past, that they got up, went to work, came home. Didnt like the job. just did it because it was their job. Then they said screw this, im going to follow my dream. Work in the sports industry. Get on TV.
Follow your dreams.
What are my dreams? If I could have any job in the world, what would it be? I dont really know. I know I did really like running a dollar store. Planning everything out, ordering stock, going to trade shows, seeing all the new stuff. Orders arriving, tearing through boxes, merchandising it onto the shelves. I liked that. I did not like all the stress and headaches that came with it.

I also used to want to be a professional baseball player. I still think that would be very fun. I would love to do that.
Being a video game tester would be fun....stupid chumps at IGN who get to preview, play and review every single new game that comes out. "i played through final fantasy 12 for a 3rd time"

what??? how do you have time to do that? I dont even have time to get through it ONCE. Oh thats right. Your JOB is to just play video games all day long.

After seeing lots of articles, and reading a lot, i think owning a board game company would be great. Doing my own designs, as well as accepting designs from anyone else looking to get a game published.

Speaking of Board games, this week has been a much better week boardgame wise. 22 games played from feb 6th to feb 12th. Inclduing 4 plays of the 3 hour descent!!!
At game night we played caylus magna carta, followed by cosmic encounter. Im really liking cosmic encounter right now.

But it doesnt matter how much I spend on games, I cant seem to be satisfied with what I have. As long as im playing them, I will keep buying them I guess. If i stop being able to play all my games regularily, then I probably would significantly reduce the amount of money i spend on games in a month...

154 And Counting

Unlike the previous week, this week has been a very slow week for games. That makes me sad. Somehow I was convinced to play munchkin on game night. Not just any munchkin. SEVEN PLAYER munchkin. After an hour and a half, I just wanted to shootmyself. by then it was 7:30, and chris and anna left for home. Followed 5 mins later by kristina and her sister, and then Roxy, who had to go to the gym...??? On GAME night!!! sheesh!!!
so its 7:30 and only me and wheeler are left. Thank gosh for the hardcores. we played arkham horror, and we won. We fought back the evil minions of Yig, and sealed all the dimensional gates, before he could awaken from his slumber. Arkham is safe for another few hundred years.

and...thats about it. a whole week. TWO games played. Very lame. Very Lame indeed.

Last saturday, we were lucky enough to have a window in our house smashed out! yay! some crazy psycho 19 year old bitch girl who is, did I mention, psycho? The police tracked down the girl and her BF, whom we will call Ted. but they claimed they were at the bar. The police then said well...we cant really do anything. Its just "he said, she said"

In karmic news, however, last night, Ted's truck (the one we saw in our driveway that night) got smashed up, and windows smashed etc etc. they saw who did it and got the guys license plate, so they phoned the police. I guess they realized that this was the third time in the last week, they had talked to Ted, for 3 seperate incidents. so when they pulled the culprit over later, they just let him go. then they told Ted, "sorry. cant do anything. Its just he said, she said" :)
that was awesome. Thats what you get you dumb fucker.

Week 1 of february has been SLOOOWER than all hell slow at work. its very lame. very very lame. Makes me just want to close up and leave! REBEL!! take an hour lunch break every day! if no ones coming in anyways, who cares if im gone for an hour.....