Awesome!

I just got word from Amazon that not only is my copy of NCAA 10 going to be three dollars cheaper than they originally said it would be, thus being $11 cheaper than retail, it's going to arrive tomorrow, when the original estimate was that it wouldn't start shipping until the 20th. I'd say two days late is a fair price to pay for getting it $11 off.

Kevin's got a Twitter

http://twitter.com/thekevinshow199

I'm not using it for the same reasons as everyone else. I'm a member of Blogshares and it helps to be able to see who's linked to who on Twitter, since those are counted as valid blogs on the market. Since you have to be a member of Twitter to see those links, I joined. I might as well have some fun while I'm at it, though.

Current Blogshares net worth is $54,383,396,902,107.62. #95 in the composite rankings out of who knows how many thousands of members.

Life is excellent

Two days ago, I was told by my dentist that he was extremely happy with my oral hygiene and that I should keep doing what I'm doing vis a vis brushing and flossing. Better yet, I no longer have to wear my retainers (awesome may they be, seeing as though they're red and blue) during the day and only have to wear them when I'm sleeping. Excellent.

The only downside is that over the past year, due to the fact that I've worn them constantly and the only time I ever took them out was to clean them when brushing my teeth, the roof of my mouth hasn't experienced the feeling of solid food in about a year. It's not exactly a pleasant feeling.

Oh well.

I have seen the Promised Land

It is called chocolate-covered bacon.

You may think heart attack on a plate, but I only janked about two bites' worth from my brother, so I didn't have that much. It won't be the bacon that'll kill me.

It'll be the funnel cake, fried chicken and cream puff with about a can's worth of blue raspberry whipped cream on it that'll do the trick.

Also, I got to try deep-fried White Castle, though it was clearly the frozen grocery store WC. Good stuff anyway, as was the hot dog within zucchini within fried corn batter.

I am going to take such a long walk tomorrow. Thank you San Diego County Fair.

Fishing and the pool

So my brother's (Jason) girlfriend's (Nikki) dad has a boat docked down in Mission Bay. He invited his daughter and in turn, my brother, to come fishing with him. In turn, my brother asked me if I wanted to come. Knowing full well that, though I don't get seasick, I'm a poor swimmer and I don't eat seafood, I said hell yes. After all, why would I want to turn down spending the day out on the ocean as opposed to cooped up in the house for most of the day?

Well, things didn't go exactly as planned. We didn't catch any fish because nothing was biting. However, the few hours we spent out on the water were a lot of fun. We watched as Bill, an extremely good friend of my brother's who he's known since they were children (and is about as close to family as he can get without actually being family), who was sitting on the bow, got splashed like crazy by a rough patch of waves we encountered. It was particularly funny because as he was coming back around the boat to get back under cover, the waves got even rougher and he got soaked even more. Good times. We ate lunch on the boat and really enjoyed the sites. We saw a Navy submarine surfaced off the coast; for what we don't know why. Seeing a massive group of dolphins swimming around was cool too. Not so cool was the seagulls who were harassing us due to the bait tank on the back of the boat full of anchovies.

After we got back to the dock, we took full advantage of the hotel (people whose boats are docked there can use the hotel) and lazed around in the pool for an hour or so. The splash pool at the bottom of the slides (which we used quite a few times) was only three and a half feet at its deepest, so I just sat around and relaxed while I stretched my legs and let myself be submerged up to my chin.

All in all, it was an absolutely great day, and Nikki's dad has already invited to come with him again when the weather is better for fishing. My parents see no reason to say no and even though I can't stand the smell of fish, I see absolutely no reason to turn him down.

I am not dead yet

I admit that I've been having some trouble recently with keeping this blog updated, but things have just been rough. I had to deal with the move back home from school, and I've been really absorbed in work around the house and job hunting, which is unfortunately not going so well. I'm not even getting to the point where they reject me. A lot of the places just aren't hiring. It's a sign of how crappy the economy is.

However, I will press on and I will keep applying. There's got to be some place out there that's hiring, but I'm not going to find it unless I apply.

Also, the TeamBuilder website is online. I should have some images of UC Oceanside's jerseys soon.

Sorry for the lack of recent posts

Finals have been rough. I promise I'll get back in the swing of things real soon.

My last final's tomorrow and I go home on Saturday. I'm currently studying The World is Flat? by Aronica & Ramdoo. It's a very interesting critique of Friedman's work, even if it does seem a tad short.

Also, for some reason, I'm still sick. Bleh.

Lots of things

First of all, it's looking more and more like laryngitis than bronchitis. Also, I'm getting better. Thank God.

Furthermore, Arizona beat Cal both Friday night and last night. I should have a roundup of the entire series later today or tomorrow.

Finally, as I seem to be musing about life's unfairness quite a bit lately, and since I talked, in my first post, how it's unfair that Phil Hartman and Chris Farley are dead, I'd like to talk about another person who should be alive but, unfortunately, isn't.



Greatest singer of all time. Bar none.

God bless you, Freddie. The world misses you.

Well now, this just sucks

I'm not totally sure of it since I'm not a doctor, but the symptoms, to me, seem to match bronchitis. Yippee-freaking-ki-yay. Right before finals.

Have I done something lately to greatly offend God? It certainly seems that way.

Apologies

Sorry for the lack of recent updates. I've been sick.

Don't worry, it's not the swine flu.

Happy Easter

May the continued blessings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ continue to shine down upon us all.

Happy Easter, everyone.

Happy Good Friday to everyone

While I admit I'm not a perfect Catholic, I'd just like to wish a Happy Good Friday to those observing it.

Just as it went well on Ash Wednesday, the fasting is going fine. I had a bagel with cream cheese for lunch and two cups of applesauce before that. I'm managing.

First musings

I've been thinking over the past few months about the average unfairness of life. My life's pretty fair, but I think life overall just isn't fair for some people. Some people just really get the shaft and some other people don't get the shaft but definitely deserve to get said shaft.

Case in point?

Chris Farley and Phil Hartman are both dead.

Andy Dick is still alive.

I rest my case.