Range of Emotions…

This weekend was just a huge mess of emotions. It all started out horribly early Friday morning when I woke up to an email. I put that aside and tried to work my best as I could and got through the day. Got home and just wanted to lay on my couch and cry and be sad. But Manny called, so I went up to Manhattan beach and we hung out for a few hours in the steam room/sauna, etc. Came home and saw Ben online and I had finally had enough of his not replying to people when trying to talk to him. So we then ended up in a HUGE fight that ended with him saying. “Just add me to your list of people you don’t talk to any more.” I called him after that and we yelled/talked for another 30 minutes on the phone and that ended with me saying, “Ok just call me when you are ready to talk” and him then saying. “Ok fine” and hung up. UGH! HUGE crushing blow. That happened at midnight and I had to be up at 6am to get ready for a hard ass ride. I didn’t sleep and laid in bed just wanting to call him back and tell him out I feel and how much it hurt me and blah blah blah. But I just don’t know what to do! :'(

Anyways, so Saturday morning I got up and went on one of the hardest rides I’ve ever been on.

10 MILES of climbing.. Up, up, UP! There was no end in site. And after the night I had, I wasn’t mentally ready for it at all. But the group was great, we all stuck together and once we got up the 10 miles of climbing one of the guys was feeling dizzy and stuff so we all rationed the water we had left and gave him food and waited till he felt good enough to move on.

We stopped at this GREAT biker bar out in the middle of no where for lunch. HUGE hamburgers for only $6.00. And I have to say they were some of the best burgers I’ve had in a damn long time! Though that could have just been because I was tired and really hungry and what not. For the last week I’ve been chatting with this guy Steve on myspace, he bikes (as in motorcycle) Mulholland a lot and I could have sworn I saw him there. If it was him, damn he’s HOT. haha. If not, then that biker boy is hot too! lol.

Got home from that about 6, made myself a pork chop. Replied to an email from Ben (just a continuation of the argument) and then went to bed and didn’t sleep worth shit.

Got up early Sunday morning and JC picked me up and we headed down to LB for pride. Had a great time there. Lots of randomness and drunken ness and what not. I was pretty drunk by 10:30 in the morning, we watched the parade and talked to cute boys, etc. At one point the apartment party we were at was playing porn and there was this nasty old man rubbing his cock through his pants and it was gross. But the party was tons of fun in general! They had GREAT food. Went to the festival and met up with Johnny who I hadn’t seen in a long while, so that was fun. Got home from that about 6 again and I watched the season finales on FOX and then went to bed. I again didn’t sleep worth shit.

This whole thing with Ben is really pissing me off. :'( And I’m sad that I didn’t get to go to Andrew’s graduation and all the events there and what not. UGH. Why is it that whenever I try and do nice things for people they always back fire on me. This whole situation with Ben only happened because I was trying to be a caring friend and when he was an ass about it all and didn’t care to reply to people, etc it pissed me off. I know I went about confronting it in the wrong way, but how to go back and fix it now is not going to be easy….

Anyways, there are lots of great pics from this weekend. Sadly other people have them all. So hopefully they will send them to me ASAP so I can share the decent ones. Haha.

Jon McLaughlin – Human

Can you tell me how we got in this situation

I can’t seem to get you off my mind

All these ups and downs

They trip up our good intentions

Nobody said this was easy, right?

After all, we’re only human

Always fighting what we’re feeling

Hurting, instead of healing

After all, we’re only human

Is there any other reason why we

Stay instead of leaving, after all?

Can we get back to the point of this conversation

When we saw things through each other’s eyes

‘Cause now all I see is ruin and devastation

Well, it’s someplace we can hide inside

After all, we’re only human

Always fighting what we’re feeling

Hurting, instead of healing

After all, we’re only human

Is there any other reason why we

Stay instead of leaving, after all?

I’m smart enough to know that life goes by

And it leaves a trail of broken bones behind

If you feel I’m letting go, just give me time

I’ll come running to your side

Can you tell me how we got in this situation

I can’t seem to get you off my mind

‘Cause after all, we’re only human

Always fighting what we’re feeling

Hurting, instead of healing

After all, we’re only human

Is there any other reason why we

Stay instead of leaving?

After all, we’re only human

Always fighting what we’re feeling

Hurting, instead of healing

After all, we’re only human

Is there any other reason why we

Stay instead of leaving, after all?

Any other reason

Stay instead of leaving

After all?

Random Links And Complaints

Images of the latest Tornado in KS Pretty cool before and after. Sad. 🙁

Shooting off 800 model rockets at once! Damn cool!

Fiber Optic Grass

Mexican Petunia

Agapanthus Midnight Blue.

Cali Traffic… Gotta love it:

Total Route Length (miles): 14.7

Total Route Travel Time: 58 minutes

Seriously, I could bike that faster! So I am going to kill some time at the office before heading out. The worst part is that’s with NO REPORTED ACCIDENTS! Clear traffic ahead! UGH!

Well the last two days I have been home sick off my ass. But we have a huge deadline so I’ve also been working my ass off. I’ve got all the bugs squashed right now, so I can take a minute to write about a few thoughts I’ve been having lately.

1) Andrew… His graduation is coming up this weekend. Amazing, I can’t believe it’s already been 3 years of me being here in Cali. I can’t believe how fast it’s gone by. I also can’t believe how much we’ve fallen apart. He’s been posting all these nostalgic posts and it’s honestly been really pissing me off. Three years ago, I moved here for him. If you had asked me what I’d be doing right now three years ago. I would have told you we’d be preparing for his graduation and I’d be looking for a place to live close to wherever he was going…

Well reality is so much different. We haven’t even spoken since January. Why? I honestly have no idea. Another point that’s really pissing me off. You know, he was supposed to be such a great friend and what not. Christmas he got his new laptop, we talked on and off for a couple weeks after that about it and stuff like that. Then all of a sudden he stops talking to me. I keep sending him links and tips about his new laptop through email. But never once does he reply to them with a “Thanks” or “How’s it going” or anything. So one day I just email him one last link with the line. “Why do I even bother sending these to you?”. He never replied.

Why? No clue. I guess Chris A was right though when he said that Andrew had no intention of keeping in touch with me. Because that’s exactly what he did. Cut me out. Sure would have been nice for him to grow some balls and tell me that to my face though.

2) Boys in general. What is it about me that I can’t keep one around. Ben has made it clear this week that things aren’t going to heat up again there. So whatever. But you know. I keep getting people telling me I’m a great person and blah blah blah. Buy why don’t any of them stay around? What do I do to scare them off. I keep seeing the same pattern over and over again. We meet, we hang out a lot for a few weeks and then they disappear. WTF? Does something better come along? Do I annoy them? Do I push too much? What’s the fucking problem?

3) The ride. It’s in 2 weeks! OMG. I’m freaking out. I think I have everything ready for it, except for a place to stay. I’m going to try talking to JT tomorrow to see if the company will donate vacation time! Because honestly. I’ve already spent nearly $2,000 on this ride. I don’t want to use up my vacation time as well. I like supporting this cause, etc. But my god.

3b) The ride donations. I’m really very annoyed that some of my “great friends” haven’t donated yet or some of my family, or a lot of other people who SAID they would. I keep reminding them. So where’s the fucking money? SHOW ME THE MONEY!

I really want to get out of here for the long weekend next week. But I know that I can’t afford to do that. :'(

I’m out!

Black Lab – Mine Again

There’s a place I used to go,

There’s a world I used to know,

There was a light and it was you,

Every word I say is true,

I say…

Every day I will wait

’til you’re mine again

I will die every day

’til your mine again

There’s no words to explain,

No beginning and no end

I will dream, I will pray

you’ll be mine again…

I can see you dressed in red,

All the secret things you said,

I am barefoot in the grass

And my heart is in your hands…your hands….

Every day I will wait

’til you’re mine again

I will die every day

’til your mine again

There’s no words to explain,

No beginning and no end

I will dream, I will pray

you’ll be mine again…

It’s just time that runs between us,

It’s the oceans underneath us,

It’s the picture that wont fade…

Every day I will wait

’til you’re mine again

Brings me close to the day

when your mine again

There’s no words to explain,

No beginning and no end

I will dream I will pray

you’ll be mine again…

you’ll be mine again…

you’ll be mine again…

you’ll be mine again…

you’ll be mine again…

The Big Show!

So Friday we went to the Big Show for Charles Phoenix. It was really funny… But getting there was not so much.

First off. You can have a picnic there. So I emailed Ben early in the day to see if he wanted to do that or grab something before hand. He never replied. So I didn’t cook the picnic stuff that I had bought and what not. So I get to his place and ask him what he wants and he says he doesn’t care. So whatever. We drive all the way to Hollywood and he hardly says a word all the way there. So I get really grumpy and what not. We stop at Ralphs and get food and then go to the theater. During supper we hardly talk. We go in and sit down and we don’t really say anything. Ugh. What is going on here.

The show itself was great! We saw Cybill Shepherd there and she was singing the Hokey Pokey. Drunko! This site has an interesting story about the night.

Saturday I woke up sick and sat on the couch all day. Sunday I was still sick and sat on the couch all day as well. UGH!

I can’t be sick right now! I have to be out training for this fucking ride!!