Tuesday, September 27, 2005

I haven't been blogging much lately because I have been spending time with my girlfriend. Last week I posted about our Tuesday morning date and how she cooked for me. Well, once again this Tuesday she cooked for me and it was simply fabulous!!! I definitely found me a keeper!!! Here's a picture from her cooking me dinner sometime last week:


We also hung out the other night (I write that as if we haven't hung out almost every night, which we have been) but anyway, she was over at my place and she was studying for her Abnormal Psych. class, and so I had to snap a few shots with her awesome camera...

Here she is studying hard:


And here she is posing for the camera and NOT studying hard:


Anyhow, I just wanted to share a few pics with you all since some of you have been asking to see pictures! Hope you enjoy!

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After living in Las Vegas for 18 years, I grew accustomed to enjoying amazing lightning shows during thunderstorms... then, when I moved to Reno, you really didn't see much lightning when it rained, and even when you did, it wasn't that great of lightning. Well, here in Lincoln yesterday, we had a thunderstorm and the lightning was just awesome... amazing brightness, many branches, loud booms... I was loving it...

Just yet another reason why I love California!

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Tuesday, September 20, 2005

So Amanda and I had our first Tuesday Morning Date.... it went well. I woke my butt up and went to the chapel service at her school. (She goes to a Christian college and she's required to go.) The chapel service was good.... I enjoyed the worship and the message. Then we headed on up the road to her house and she cooked me eggs and waffles. The eggs were great, she put some seasoning stuff in them, and then scrambled them, and they were very good. The waffles were good too, they were thin, so I ate 6 of them... yah, I am a pig! Strawberry syrup and whipped cream... mmmmm. And "orange juice" which was really Sunny D, but she calls it orange juice. I had to educate her, and correct her with regards to her calling Sunny D "orange juice." Don't get me wrong, I like Sunny D, it's just not orange juice! It's "orange flavored citrus punch." Anyhow, then we just hung out and talked, and I tickled her and made fun of her for drawing blood from me last night.

As she was leaving my place, we were hip checking each other, and she knocked me right into the little metal "security alarm" sign outside of my house. At first I thought I just kind of scraped it, but after I kissed her goodbye and went inside, there was blood coming out... I'm fine, but it's fun teasing her about it!

I look forward to more Tuesday Morning Date's with her. =)

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Saturday, September 17, 2005

Well, a lot has happened... or one major thing, and a lot of minor things...

First off, I have a girlfriend... yes, you read that right, R.J. has a girlfriend. After 4 years and 5 months of me not having an official girlfriend (sure i dated, but no actual g/f's) I finally broke the streak, asked Amanda to be my g/f (the girl i was taking out on a date in the last post) and she said yes. Some may think it's too quick since I haven't even known her for a week, but Thursday we spent 11 hours together just talking... and when you spend that much time together just talking, you really get to know someone.... she is an awesome girl... she's funny, she thinks I'm funny, she's cute, she cooks, she likes to cook, she loves God, she likes me (what a weirdo). Speaking of her being a weirdo, she's doesn't know who Al pacino is (except the little bit I told her about him when she told me that) and she's never had chocolate covered cherries... but, she's a really cool girl, we get along great (we spent quite a bit time together on friday too)... it will be hard, because she'll be working Sun-Wed, and she has school, and I'll be working Wed-Sat, no school, but still.... but, we're going to make it work... and we'll be patient, and hope next semester she can get the same shift as me, and so we can have the 3 same days off... then all we'd have to work around is school =) So, I am excited.

Also, the house I am living in finally has grass in the backyard... when I moved in they only had the patio done, and had been waiting to get grass put in, and I looked back there this morning and it was like 85% done, and now it's done!!! We're going to be having a BBQ soon!

So, yah... i am supposed to start work wednesday, so I am excited about that... it's nice to not be working, but knowing that I will have a job to be able to pay the bills.

'Till next time!!!!

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Thursday, September 15, 2005

Hey guys!!! I FINALLY got a job.... I will be working in a group home, basically being a parent to teenage boys. I make sure they eat, do their homework, do their chores, etc. etc. I am excited... it will be challenging, but I think I am up for it.

And, the girl who got me the job, I asked her out on a date and she said ya, so I am excited for that... I don't know when we are going to go because our schedules conflict or at least they will bigtime when I start working next week.... but we'll see how it all works out.

I figured I'd update all of you who read my blog. =) Adios!

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Monday, September 12, 2005

Hope you guys enjoy this......

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/12/firefighter.arrested.ap/index.html

It's a short article, so not a bad read to see what I'm writing about. I hope this guy gets prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. It's obviously blatant racism... and not particularly attached to the Sept. 11th attacks... let me explain. If it was just based on the attacks and the nationality of the attackers, then why don't those types of crimes mentioned in the above article happen towards ex-military members. Timothy McVeigh was a white, ex-military man and he was the man executed for the Oklahoma City bombings... do many people even remember that? If people were so fired up about such attacks on 9/11, why aren't they with regards to the bombing in Oklahoma City... it's blatant racism... and it disgusts me.

Using that idiot's logic in attacking the guy that he did, does that mean that we should now attack NYC firefighters?

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Sunday, September 11, 2005

Okay, maybe it wasn't 'spooning' instead it was playing Spoons, but I had a great time... there were seven of us playing and I got second place.... either way, it was still pretty awesome... We even had a video camera going, so I may do some editing of the video to kind of spice it up....

Other than that... I may be able to get a job working in a group home... could be good.

Adios

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Friday, September 09, 2005

Yup... it's finally happened... I put it off for long enough..... no, not finding the girl I will marry, no, not changing my wardrobe, no, not sky diving..... becoming a Halo player... for those who aren't in the know, Halo is a game for the Xbox system only, and you shoot people... I first never played because the concept of using the 2 joysticks at the same time to move and aim was too much for me to handle... then, i didn't play because everyone was so good and I sucked so it was no fun... then i just didn't want to play at all.... then i got hooked... it's been a slow process but now I like Halo... who knows... i just may buy it.

In other news... over 3 months ago i decided that after i bought my "Hitch" DVD i would go on a 2-month fast from buying DVDs... i owned a lot so i figured it'd be a good thing.... next friday will be 3 months... i am excited that I not only met my goal, but I am surpassing it. I can walk by the movie aisle now without having to buy something i've wanted for a while and "it's only 7.77?!!"... so yah

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Wednesday, September 07, 2005

... posted a new blog... just kidding. No, this blog is about the wonderful game "Cribbage." The last time I played cribbage was the Winter of 1994... which was the last time I was in Canada and my grandma was still alive. I used to play against her a lot... then, being at my pastor's house for a game night, he said he had a cribbage board, and he re-educated me on how to play, and we started playin'. It's good times. Then I started playing online at Yahoo! Games. Then, him and I went to It's A Grind coffee house and played there. So, that's my post about cribbage!

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Monday, September 05, 2005

Sorry guys for not writing these last four days, but I just really haven't done anything special enough to write about. Today, Labor Day, the group of people who are starting the church got together and played some games (dominoes) and ate some food, hung out, had some laughs, and heard some stupid jokes.... I also played Cribbage for the first time I think since the Winter of 94 when I was in Canada and I played against my grandma.... it was a good time. We went to the park also, and threw the frisbee around. Our pastor's sons love this game where we say Go, they run, and we try to hit them with the frisbee when running... it's a great game, and it was the kids' idea... honestly!

Anyhow, that's all.... until next time...

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Thursday, September 01, 2005

.... for one reason, and one reason only.... I lied about my weight on my driver's license... after kicking butt on the driving exam a week ago, I finally got my license in the mail... the pic wasn't too bad compared to my previous driver's license and school ID cards... but yah, I put 185 instead of the 195 that I was when I filled out the info. But, I am down to 193.7 according to the scale at the gym, and I've steadily gone down for two days in a row.... by minor amounts, but it's something!!!

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