Such a nice day to take a...

Take it easy...

Home

A quick trip home and next stop the gym

Freds Dinner

Its Our brother freds dinner!

State in the Union

What is the deal with Pennsylvania?

I think out of all the states in the union Penn may be my least favorite and let me explain why.

1) It is Too Big. I dare anyone to name more than three things in Penn worth actually going to, Hersey park, Philly, and Pittsburgh. If you just said the Amish or the Poconos then you have never actually been to those places because in all reality they suck. And although I get a chuckle out of the town Intercourse it doesn't actually mean you are going to have intercourse. I say, take Penn, cut it into east and west, and then send all the criminals to the future fenced in West Pennsylvania.

2)The Roads suck. Every highway is always under construction, and they are SO long.

3)What area does it belong to? Where does it belong... it's not New England, it's not on a coast, it isn't Central America, where does it belong.

I don't know, maybe i shouldn't trash the state but it really sucked to drive through it this weekend, twice. I'm sorry Pennsylvania, but it was a LONG drive.

The DTs

The Party doesn't stop

If boston was any more dead..

It would be a grave yard

So Lonely

Drinky time

The Lasaracinas

Most tuesdays I hang out with my buddy AJ and the Lasaracinas. These kids are the Craziest family I know, funny stuff

SPIDERS

The biggest accomplishment of my life. I won Hard Spider Solitare!!!

When does it get sad

I don't know if there is anthing sadder than going to the movies alone... Except going to the movies alone frequently. With my friends all in different areas and on different schedules makes it alost impossible to hang out and catch a movie. Also movies are usually date activities and I have not been on a date in a long time.

So I sit here waiting for my feature presentation so for those 2 hours I can pretend that my life isn't so bad.

also kids should not be alowed in theaters

It's like your here

Another night drinking

Friends and Mothers

drinking with friends of my brothers... and their mother

Casino sucks

you lose all your moneys then they screw you with beer prices... the casino sucks

Paulie

this is how you know you have a kid... 300 dollars in 1s

Summer Day

An early start to my first summer weekend. Let the summer begin...

Late Afternoon Sun

At a certain point everyday the sun points almost directly into my office. This used to happen at about 2 o'clock in the winter and now it happens around 5 o'clock. Now that it is so nice outside my will to work is very low. So I close the shade and go on with my day.

Once Again Across Connecticut

twice a week I make the drive across CT

Pain in the Volleyballs

The last picture was taken at a volleyball tournament I played in. It didn't go that well and we didn't play very good. But, I did get to play some volleyball and it had been a while since I played.

Today I woke up sore as hell. I have been playing volleyball for about 9 years now and would like to say that I am a good player. Since I finished college (kinda) I stopped being involved with a team, this was the first time since 5th grade that I did not have an organized team to work out and practice with. Over the 2 years I started putting on weight, since I am a taller guy it never looked too bad. Until I put on about 50 pounds over my peak performance weight, then it went too far. Over the last 6-7 months i have been working out and dieting (loosely) and loss about 20-25 pounds of the weight. I thought since I was paying with 25 pounds more the last time I played volleyball I would not hurt as much this time.

Well that was an untrue statement, and i can say that my playing was better but today i am sore. Painfully sore. I think the fact that I could play better made me play harder and since i have been working out i never used the muscles in a combination like in a volleyball match. I need to start combining my working out with sports to use the muscles that i am training for more of a variety of uses.

Volleyball Tournament

Playing in a VBall tournament @ Bryant college

Another Bar Pic

we keep drinking, this is Ross's friend... :wink:

My Buddy Ross

having some drinks with Ross

Summer (at least on weekends)

Finally consistent warm weather in New England. This is the time that i think everyone can exhale out and relax. The stress of the winter and finally proof that the summer is on it's way, weekends are nicer when it's nice out. i have high hopes for this summer, things are different from before, i am working and won't have a full summer to blow off. This may actually be better. It's exciting to see the summer coming, like a new beginning because you never can tell where a summer day will take you and what new stories you are going to have afterwards.

Thinking back to the past, one summer in particular, my friends and I just got out of our junior year in high school (this was LONG AGO). My friends where all people I really just got to know over the past 3 months, and as we entered the summer we all where together all the time. Some of us had relationships, others where working on relationships, and even others where ending relationships. The core of our friends where never shaken by others coming in and out. There is no specific moments from that summer that stand out, just one long memory of friends hanging out, doing what we wanted to do and always having fun.

I still have that core of friends but we are all in different locations now, the summers after that where still fun but we always had something else on our minds, money, school, and relationships. The trouble was we had to plan our time together, plan what we where going to do, plan around our other life issues. And now, with us all having jobs, our old entire summer has turned into weekends. Weekends that have to be planned out to maximize the fun before Monday comes back to haunt us. People say that is growing up, and people say that is being responsible.

I guess people are right, but I plan on jamming as much fun into my weekends and holidays as possible. When Monday comes and i am tired, sore, and most likely hung over, i will take my penance (with some Advil) and push through for Friday afternoon. And do it all over again.

Fun with Windows

so i'm at work and the fax server isn't working. fast forward 3 hours later on the phone with Tech Support reinstalling any program to even use the same letters as fax. On hold with tech support makes the day just fly.

theater

waiting for an oil change, alone in a theater waiting for the movie Next to start