The stars at night, are big and bright, in Montana?
We aren't really in Butte, Montana, but that's the last sign I saw before night fall. Joe stopped the coach because he was getting hypnotized by the hum of the engine so he decided to walk around for a while just to wake up. Tony and I had to watch the funny part of the movie Nothing to Lose, the one with Martin Lawrence. So after the 2 minutes of doing that were up Tony decided he need to have a cigarette. It was 2 am and I was about to go to bed. When he walked outside he came right back in and said come outside. I thought he wanted someone out there to watch his back, but when I stepped outside, I saw something awesome. Something breath taking. Millions of stars, all over. Even falling stars right in front of my face. I saw 10 falling stars in a minute. It was unbelievable. We located the big dipper, and me being from California have seen the big dipper, but this was amazing. It was right in fron't of my face, in the horizon, and as big as a cruise ship. What a sight. I really can't explain what I saw. I would have to explain it in a story. You could only Imagine it in a dream, it seemed unreal. Right above the bus was a stream of cosmic dust. You could just Imagine all the life there was in the universe for just one second. It felt like we were in a planetarium. Nothing but stars all around us. And who would have thought that you would get to see it in a rest stop on the side of the road somewhere in Montana. Now I know that someone might cry here so you better not read this. As I was standing there looking at all these stars, I realized something. I am one lucky person. I have my friends and family. My friends are there like the stars in the sky. They are always there to tinkle, make me laugh, make me remember that I'm not the only one in the world and that they are always around me in the same place. Then there is the family. Like the planet's that revolve around the stars, the family members I have are the ones that rotate around me, not that I am the center of the universe, but they are there to support me and keep me alive and working, and in someway, we keep each other working, and if anything happens to one of these entities the rest of the system would slowly fall apart and destroy itself. I know that this is really scientific, but if you go back and think about how many stars are out there you can apply this to your life too. This isn't just me; this goes for everyone who reads this journal. But the most Important thing I was thinking about was how much better this whole beautiful site would be, if I had some ones soft, gentle embrace. Someone to watch the falling stars with, someone to make wishes about. I can Imagine sitting down in one of these fields we are in with a thick flannel blanket and each other and watching the stars all night. The funny thing is we wouldn't even talk. We wouldn't have to. Our minds would be connected. We would be sitting there filling our minds with the wonders of the universe. Thinking of where we've gone and what's ahead, and what else is out there. But also thinking of the moment, what's going on right now, at that very second. How we are together and how no force can take away this moment. Doing nothing but snuggling together and feeling each other's heart beat. I miss you Katie!!!
Last night was my shining momen't on the trip!!.
Ted had been telling us that the managemen't in Spokane was a little shady. He said that these people, well, I mean our con'tact at the park had been one of the people who filed a suit against Ted for using the Barney skit. Anyway, he had some strange feeling that they might mess things up. Well, you know what. They did. I always come out to Hammer's To Legit to Quit, well, when I heard some music play I heard some elevator music. But I thought that they were playing this just before they would play our song, maybe they were about to queue the music. But nope, as I'm running out to do the skit, the music kept playing. I look over at the Chicken, and he's looking up in the press box, and he turns around to start walking back into the dugout. Now, I'm screwed because I came out to dance and now I have no one to dance with, and I'm stuck on the field with nothing to do. I was going to just walk off, but then the Chicken runs back on the field. I thought I was in trouble by the way he ran on'to the field. So I get over in position and he turns to me while he's still in character and says, They're trying to fuck with us. And I was like, yeah they are! He's like, screw um, let's do it anyway! So we did the skit to this horrible slow song. The crowd still laughed but I wish that the right music would have played because it's easier to dance. But I walk off and then I remember what he told me if they play the wrong music. He said don't go on as Barney if they don't play the right music. So I thought I would be in trouble for going on. So I was already getting in the mood to get my ass chewed out. Well, after I was done with the skit's I was in, I run over to where he should be and I was apologizing and he cut's me off, and he looks me right in the eyes and said, Mike, you did the right thing. You made the play of the tour. I was shocked. I was ready to get my ass kicked. Then he explained, he had a feeling they didn't want hI'm to do the skit. So by not playing the right music, we wouldn't do it. But since I was already out there, they were going to do it anyway, he said he was going to turn around and go back into the dugout and say he wasn't going to do any more inning breaks un'til To Legit to Quit played over the speakers. But he saw me out there and he said, you know what, screw um, we're doing it anyway. So he shook my hand, patted my back, said great call. That made me feel good. Now I know that I am a valuable commodity on this team. Even though I wen't on the field by acciden't it was the right thing to do. Cool. The thing that pisses me off, is that they played a song out of nowhere. If you are going to play a song and make it appear that the computer was the one that played the wrong song, at least play a song from our CD. They played a song that wasn't even on the Chicken CD so right there they deliberately changed the song to screw us. But we threw it right back in their faces. Screw you Spokane!!!
Other than that the clubbie for Spokane, Travis, was a great guy. He hooked us up with everything. Food, water, drinks, towels, ice. Whatever we needed. It was great. He is a champion, and that guy is going places. He asked Ted if he would give hI'm a reference if he wanted to get a new job and Ted was more than happy to. If I could have been a reference I would have definitely done it for hI'm. I would have written hI'm a million letters of rec if I was someone I'mportan't. He was a great clubbie and I hope he leaves that organization and makes it to the big leagues. So I gotta go, Katie called me and she actually want's to talk for more than 2 minutes. We are actually having full conversations. Sometimes we even talk about nothing. I don't want her to call me because she has to or because she has to check on me. I want her to call me to talk to me like she had something to say. Even when she calls me about something little, I like that because she sounds so excited to talk to me. I just wish she would hold all those tiny calls and then call me with a big long call about all the tiny things she wanted to tell me. But I guess I'm just old fashioned. When she calls me late, I don't even feel like answering the phone because she does the sleepy tired talk. I don't want to hear that you're going to bed, just go to bed and talk to me in the morning. But this time she's calling me to keep talking I hope. We were having a good conversation and she wanted to go so she could work in the garden. So I let her go. I know how it is when you want to do something and then someone calls in the middle of it. I would start cleaning the apartmen't at home and she would call and I would be like, I'll call you back, and she would get a tude. But hey, you just want to finish stuff and know it's done before you relax. Anyway, I'll go call her. Take care all. I'll be in San Bernardino and Lancaster soon, if anyone want's to come to a game. Just make a commen't on one the pictures and I will get it and get you ticket's. You better be there Kreg! Laters!
Even though we have less than 25 games to do, it feels like 50......
Sitting in Spokane makes you think. There are alot of places in America with nothing interesting to do. Maybe I feel like this because I've had only 6 hours of sleep. I was up last night putting in pictures for the website and didn't get to bed until 3:30. Then I have to wake up at 6 to get on the bus. Then I fell back asleep after sewing the chicken suit (yes, I sew), and then I woke up at 11 to get off the bus and into a hotel that didn't have any rooms available yet. Figures. Now I'm just a bitter man wanting to sleep but knowing if I lay down I'm just going to get back up in an hour or so, to do a game that will last all night. I am so glad this is the last show before our travel day. But can you believe we are traveling to Casper, WY next. That's a ways I thought. It might not be though. I have no idea. Sounds far from Washington. But I know this is probably wrong. Talking to my sister right now and she is telling me about the game and how much she liked it. I'm glad. I'm really glad she liked it. It was good to she her. It makes me want to see her more. It makes me want to see all of them more. But just like boot camp, I will get to see them soon. I've got 35 more days and we're all counting down. We're getting 10 days of for travel, or what I like to call good behavior. I bought a video game for the computer a couple of days ago, and I'm really glad I bought it. It keeps me busy when I'm bored. I think I'm not going to play it right now though. I think I'm going to watch the back of my eye lids for a while. I know I said I wouldn't fall asleep but I really want to because my mind keeps telling me noo, but my body, my body's telling me yes!! Props to R. Kelly. Take care all, after tonight I will probably want to get back online and write another journal. It depends on how long tonight's game takes. If it takes forever I will say, nah! Later!
We were in Seattle, but now we are in Port Orchard!!..
I know we are at least real close to Seattle but I'm not sure how far it is but I know we went to the East to get there. We went to a Mariners game today. It was a lot of fun. It's fun to hang out with all the guys. I'm having such a good time with everyone. Even Ted. Yes, you heard me. I'm even having a good time with Ted. He has loosened up so much; he is fun to hangout with now. I think he had a lot of bad group before and he wasn't used to us. It's really good to know that he is having as much fun as we have been having during the year. He acts like us now. I'm not sure if that's such a good thing though. Anyway, he's running around yellin' holla, and stuff. It's like he's a kid, but he's still our boss and he balances both roles very well. Like today he had an interview and he was talking to the reporter who was a girl, and he was describing what he looked like and he said what he was wearing and I told hIm to tell her that he was cute, and he was laughing hard, and then he was like, okay see you soon, and then when he got off the phone he was laughing his ass off, and was pushing me saying, I can't say that. It's good to see that he has a great sense of humor and I always knew that. I knew he was a fun guy and he knew when to let loose. I was just waiting for the time I could see it. I'm having a great time now. The guys are really into this. They definitely would do it again next year. I just don't think I can get away for this long again. I mean it's a great thing to do. It's a lot of fun, and I'm having the time of my life, but it's kind of like the fraternity pledge semester. You do a lot of things that were memorable and you wish at sometimes that it would never end but when you are done with work week, you look back and say that was fun as hell, but I never want to do it again. Now it's not that bad, like if I really wanted to do it again, I would. But the travel is killing me. It's not the hotels, and it's not the people, or the travel itself. I just think I'm too much of a momma's boy. I like having my friends around me. I like being safe and comfortable and knowing that I can get help from somewhere close and if I need anything the store is right there and I can drive my car where I need to go. I have no problem for short trips, but this 3 month journey is much. I like it very much and trust me, I'm not whining like a little girl right now, I'm down to do what ever but I just prefer having a job that is stable where I go into work and sit behind a desk and teach. Like I was telling Joe, I like this job I do. And when I put that I traveled around the US with the San Diego Chicken for 3 months on a resume, I might not get the job but I will get asked to come in just to talk about my experience, and that's a foot in the door. The experience from this trip is great. But really the only thing I see out of this for me is possible tickets to upcoming games around the US later on. But for a teaching job I didn't see to many people doing logarithmic functions. This is a perfect job for Tony and Dave; they already got job offerings in Buffalo and New Britain and Frisco. I mean, that's great. But when I tell people I'm a mat major they look at me funny, like what the fuck are you doing here? Pardon my language. My mother might be reading this so I want to say that now. I hope she does read this. It's nothing she wouldn't see watching her favorite movie Ocean's Eleven. So, I love this job to death and I am going to be sad as hell when it's over. But I'm going to see Ted on Friday the 26th to do the farewell to the Padres game. That should be amazing. Performing in front of a sold out major league stadium will be a highlight of my life and I would definitely want someone to film me. So anyway, I am getting so many opportunities out here, I think I should start acting. I would love to start acting now that I'm kind of in show business. One thing I have to do it talk to someone at EA sport's and get the Chicken in the MLB game. That would be cool to see him as a character. But I'm writing this down so I don't forget to do this once this thing is over. That would be awesome. I don't consider it selling out at all either. It would be I'mmortal if he was on a game. If he made his own game, like the Chickens Crazy Adventure, that would be selling out. But if he was a mascot in the game that would be cool. I have to talk to a representative. Okay enough financial talk here. I hope everyone js having a good time reading the journals. Supposedly they are. I hear nothing but good things. Hey if you want to send me Comments please send the e-mails to sdsucheer@hotmail.com My first e-mail address won't get other peoples e-mail in my inbox unless I know who you are and I have you in my address book. If I don't have you in the address book, you are deleted immediately. Send it to the other one, because I want to hear feed back from the site. I hope my sister picks me up tomorrow. We are going to do a cameo appearance for the show tomorrow in appreciation of the tickets they bought us. So I will see Robyn maybe for lunch and then meet her again later that night. I can't wait to see them all. Anyway, I'm going to bed now. Have a good night everyone and keep the website alive! New word of the day--Bumble-fuck: noun. A person or description of a messed up situation.
So it's Tuesday morning and I just don't understand what's going on!!
Ted, finally decided to spend a whole night with us. I hope that he had a good time. Supposedly he has had a good time with the whole group. I asked him what he thought about the group and he was telling me he wish he had 30 of us. Not to say that was bad, but he said he could do so much more with the same energy we had. He said we were all that and more. I talked to Tony and he said that we the ultI'mate group. Tony was saying that we were the best group he had. That makes me feel good. I mean, we try our hardest to do the best that we can and we make sure that everything runs well. Tony said that his evaluation said that as soon as he makes a mistake that he fixes it right away. I think that's so true. I wonder what he said about Turd Ferguson. I mean Dave Barac. We all know that he has a soft spot for Dave. It doesn't bother us, Dave is a great guy and he is someone that no one would forget. I really think this group has great chemistry. I wonder what will happen to us when we are done with this summer. I hope we all keep in con'tact. I definitely want to talk to these guys again. I know Ted will be in San Diego, so I'm not worried about that but I wonder about Dave and Tony and Joe. I hope we keep in con'tact. Anyway, I talked to Katie tonight. While I was on the phone, Tony keep saying, blah blah blah blah. It was pretty funny. I had to laugh. But Katie and I talked about some good things.
We talked about how sometimes she talks to me for 2 minutes and then she gets off the phone and I wasn't happy about it. I guess I wrote that in my journals. Actually I know I wrote that in my journals. I didn't think she would actually remember that. I am glad she actually said something about it. We talked tonight and I was really happy about what we talked about. Even though we got off the phone in 10 minutes. It was a good conversation. We talked in substance. When she told me a story it was about what she did and how she felt and what the repercussions were. Not just who what when where why and how. I hate when that's all we talk about. I'm supposed to talk like that with my guy friends, but not with my girlfriend. I like when my girlfriend rants and raves about absolutely nothing. I love to hear her talk. I like her voice. It's calm and soothing. I miss her voice a lot. I don't know if she knows this, but the last night I fell asleep at her house, I fell asleep on her stomach. I fell asleep watching her fall asleep. It was great. Sometimes I think that I am too in love with my girlfriend. I guess that isn't bad if you like were you are in life. I wish I was better financially, but I am happy where I am in life.
The weird thing is my mom asked me when I am going to get married. My brother supposedly asked my mom if I was getting married. I have no idea when that's going to happen, but I think I already said, if I got a million dollars today, I would go home and marry Katie today. She is great, I couldn't imagine what I would do with out her. One thing I think about is how she makes me be a different person. What I mean is that I have to have an open mind about life, because if I don't I wouldn't agree with a lot of things that happened in her life. She clues me in to a lot of things I would never understand. Things I have never done and things I just haven't heard of before. I think about how me and her got together and it is a tragic but a true story of struggle. But I think that's just how I feel. I don't know. I get mixed feelings about the story of how we met. I think it's a good story just because it's my story. But I think it's a story of pure drama. I think if anyone heard it they would think it was a story for a movie. I wouldn't tell it online, unless I was really drunk, but if you know me, you can ask me what the story is. It's really good but really sad. But don't worry, it's a happy ending.
Now Turd is trying to put posted notes on Tony and I'm trying to take pictures of it. Nothing to do and I was just informed that it is 4am. I need to go to bed, because it is late and my sister is supposed to pick me up. This has been a really fun night, and this may not make any sense but I will know that Seattle has been a good place to hangout. Especially when people like DeShawn tries to fight Joe because he is a car dealer. And he got the phone number from the bartender Trish on the inside. He sucks and he wants to fight Joe so Tony makes sure he doesn't and we decide to walk home. So weird isn't it. Anyway, I love my girlfriend, and I can't wait to see her when we get into San Bernardino. I am going to have so much fun with her. I have a lot of family coming in. Anyway, I'm going to bed. Keep reading the journals even though some of them are nothing but babbling words of wisdom. Take care all!!!
I have no clue where we are, but then again, I really don't care!.
Yes, I'm back again. We have been on this bus now for 8 hours and I have no idea what state country or planet we are on. But as I said before I just don't care. My girlfriend has told me that she misses me and I am always glad to hear that. I miss her too. I wish I was at home with her right now sitting on the couch doing exactly jack crap together. One thing I noticed when we were together is that we do exactly the same things. We will both sit on the couch together and do nothing; if I make a drink she will drink it. If I am hungry, she is hungry. It's really cute. She just wants to do what I want to do. Most of the time. Then sometimes she just does stuff to piss me off. Like hey babe, where do you want to eat tonight. I don't know what do you feel like? I could go for some pizza. Let's go get some Mexican food. Nice babe, if you had an idea why didn't you just tell me that. Or say I don't know and think about it. But hey, I love her! I love her to death. Speaking of Mexican food, we just ate Taco Bell. Or how we like to refer to it as, Taco Hell. It's the worst, but most available food around. We are in the middle of nowhere. Anyway, let me tell you about the little adventure we just had. So we walk to the drive through of Taco Hell and we get the guy at the window to let us order from the drive up. He was cool. So we were dancing around and we were being idiot's. I wonder what the people in the drive through were thinking. Anyway, we came back and now we are watching Minority Report. I think this movie is cool. I say cool a lot. A whole lot. Well, now we aren't doing anything again. I have now heard that we are now in Washington. We are in the same place we have always been. Oh yeah, I also lost 20 bucks at a casino called Cleopatra's Wild Grizzly Casino. So it made us believe that we were in the middle in BFE. Pretty funny huh. So the only thing left to do is sit here and write some more. I think I'm going to stop writing now. I'm going to watch the rest of the movie. Then I'll come back to writing.
So now that Joe has moved the bus we can't watch the end of the movie and therefore I shall keep writing. Words that we use, Holla, Baby, and Put it on Me. But you have to say it as Ja Rule. We just had a 10 minute laugh session because I was explaining what I was writing to the guys, and how would I explain it to someone instead of writing it. We are all really tired so I am going to babble until I have nothing to babble about. My typing is really getting sloppy. I wish I was a better typist. So anyway, I have some things I would like to talk about but I can't for fear of persecution. But there are some questions that I would like to put out in the open and some things I would like to get off my chest. But I can't, for fear someone will feel bad. And may not want to read this anymore. I am just tired. I wish I had it easy. I wish I could just have a journal journal that no one reads and I could put whatever I wanted to put down. Well, I know you are thinking why not just write separate journal entries. Well, I could, but I am lazy and I just don't want to hassle. I know my woman would want to read it later. And that would not be good. Even though I really want to talk to someone about this stuff. I would talk to the guys on the bus, but they can't help me cuz, they really don't know me. I mean they know me well, enough but they don't know the people involved in my life. It's just really hard and I wish I was at home so I can deal with this. I only think this is hard because I am bored as shit and stuck on a bus. But hey what else is there to do. Now Tony just put on Joe Dirt. A great quality movie. HA! THERE IS NOTHING TO DO!!! I am so tired, and it's only been one day off. I really want to do something other than spending the money on worthless stuff. I gambled away 10 bucks after the first 20 on the bus. We were bored and that's what we do. Lose money to each other. Sorry babe. I know you want me to keep my money. But when you are amazingly bored you would want to gamble and have some kind of excitement. And trust me, when you have three of a kind, you are going to get excited. So anyway, I miss Katie, I had a good time with her last week, I wish I was there again at home with her, and I'm glad this trip is almost over. I registered for classes and I'm ready to go. I should do some push-ups tonight to keep some strength. But the one thing is I would really like to start stunting again. I miss working out with the cheer squad. But nope. I have to start kicking ass in school. I have to take all 500 level Math classes and pass the with like at least B's to graduate. How much is that going to kill any chance of having a good last semester. That sucks huh. Yes it does! Anyway, my head is starting to hurt so I think I am going to go to bed. Or pass out. Check you all later!
Finally another day off.....
I'm actually being sarcastic considering that I have had more than just a couple of days off. I had a great time while I was at home. I just wish I could have seen more people. I saw a couple of friends but I wish I had my car so I could get out to more people. Anyway, I'm really tired. We only had two games to do since my time back, but I am sore as hell. I am just beat. I don't know why but I am. Anyway, I had a great time at Mike and Candace's wedding. It was great. To see two of my friends get married was a great thing. I think Candace surprised I even came to her wedding started to tear up when I was dancing with her. I hope that she had a great day. It was a great wedding, it even made Mike look like he had a clue. Just kidding Mike I love you man! Anyway it was a lot of fun. I just wish I could have seen my brother. He's the one I never get a chance to see. But I hope at some point he gets to see me. When I go back to school I am totally going to make sure I come home just to hangout with him. Also the best part about going home was seeing Katie. We had such a good time together. We went to the wedding together and I totally forgot to tell her that she looked great that day. I'm so dumb, because she looked great. I hope she knows that I would never think she didn't look good but if se is reading this now, babe, you looked amazing. We had a good time together. Then after that we checked into the hotel and stayed the night. The next day I took her to Disneyland!! Cool huh. I haven't been there in a long time, but I told her that I wasn't going to be impressed. And as I thought, we weren't. But let me explain something, I practically lived in Disneyland through my high school career, and she expects me to look at a Disneyland map? I was very pissed when she opened the map to find where the Haunted Mansion was. I was also upset when she wanted to walk to New Orleans Square from Tomorrowland. Everyone Disneyland local knows you take the train because it's easier than walking and takes the same amount of time. But she would never ask me for help. That's one thing about Katie. Even if I was a Math Major, and taught math for a living, she would still use a calculator to figure out what 4 plus 4 would be. She just knows how to push my buttons. Not to get upset, just to make me sit back and go, what the hell is she doing? Did she forget I was here? I don't know. I love her though. I'm glad to see that there are more people checking the website. It's good to hear that people have been glued to see what happens next. I was just informed by Turd that his girlfriend was pissed because I wasn't putting anything up on the website. Well, not 10 minutes before I was on the phone with my girlfriend and she was yelling at me to log some journals online. I was so taken back that people are rioting in the street's for my journals! That's cool. Well, I will keep all the readers riveted. At least I'll try to keep my journals coming. Well anyway, I'm going to bed, I'm going to get up tomorrow and get some more journals written. I also need to put down some captions on the pictures I took. And make Tony put the pictures I took on his computer and I need to get some from his camera. But don't worry, the picture from the wedding will b online. And you won't believe this. The last game we were at in Sacramento, there was a shortstop on the Rivercats team. His name is Bobby Crosby, and I went to high school with him. He is playing AAA baseball one step below the majors. I thought that was great. The cool part is we are going back in August. So I hope we will be able to meet away from the park. I had to say this, maybe someone from my home town will be like, hey that's great. But we shall see. Okay everyone, take care! Pictures and more journals are on there way!
It sucks when you go to a stadium and they don't even know you're coming!!..
As in the case with the Frisco Roughriders. We get into Corpus Christi the day before and just before we leave to go get ready for that night, Ted comes on the bus and says that Frisco has advertised that he was coming on the 10th instead of the 9th. So that puts us in a dilemma. So are supposed to do a game on the 10th somewhere 700 miles away. So we can't postpone. Which brings us to today. We did the deed, but the crowd was not into it as much as they would have been, knowing that we were coming. So we did the show anyway, and they even tried to cancel us for that day. But we are all firm believers that if we are supposed to go and the players go that we go too. It's all about business, and I am learning a lot about being responsible for actions. I didn't think I would learn much on this trip but I think I am learning a lot more than I think I know now. I think I'm more on line and a better problem solver. I can talk to people like I've known them for years, and I can be known and blend in at any time I feel. The only thing I need to do is talk louder when meeting people. Which I think I'm getting better at that. I can talk to people with authority now, but I still feel that I can still be in'tI'midated. Not by all people, but people who become hard asses towards me. It sucks, but I just try to work through it. And I can bullshit with the best of them, and I can also hear bullshit even before it comes out of there mouth. I'm surprised at myself. I can also hear when people's tones have changed, and I can tell what they are thinking. The only person I still can't understand is my girlfriend. She calls me every night to talk for 10 minutes to get off the phone and go to bed. I don't need someone to call to check up on me, I need someone to call to talk to me. I don't want to hear about her day, even though I do, but we are really doing the same things everyday. I go to a baseball field I do a song and dance and then we get back on the bus eat, sleep, or drink, be merry, watch a movie and pass out. That's about all we do 24/7. She calls me, says she went to work, didn't like it, how her ankle hurts, what she wants to do tomorrow, how she worked out, and then she kind of asks me what I did. Then wonders why I don't ask more questions, like I know what's going on at home to ask a question about. No I don't want to talk about Iraq, no I don't want to talk about Liberia, I don't care about the world, I care about her and me. But we never talk about us. It's like she is afraid to talk about us. About her feelings. Every time I start to talk about my feelings she changes the subject. And that really pisses me off. Anyway, I'm done with that. I'm going hoe in 2 days. I haven't even packed yet and I have no idea what I am going to take home. Even though the bus will be in Cali, I still need to get stuff of the bus. I have no idea what to take though and it's getting close to the end of the line. Hopefully I will figure it out. Well, this Denny's is making me sick, that or the bus jumping up and down, or the combination, so I'm gonna go. Check you all in Cali!
We are in another city of racism and yet I feel nothing!!
Well, I'm not sure if the city is that racist, but I believe that Alabama itself is a racist state. I could be wrong. But once again the place where I thought that there would be a problem with me being black, there wasn't that much noise. I asked the guys why they think I didn't get that much static. They think maybe the people that go to baseball games are a little bit more educated. Then I thought about that. I have seen some assholes in the stands that yell at little kids for being on the dugout when there is a game because they can't see the play, forgetting that it is also dangerous to be up there. I've also seen people get angry in line for an autograph for the Chicken. I don't think some of these people are at the highest point of intelligence. But some of them are. So there is a valid point. I think it's because since they see me in a point of authority I am not just a typical black person. I have been raised to a stature of acceptance because I have a job with responsibility. I think they see me in that light and see how I act around people and see I'm not a thug, and respect me. Then again I could be all wrong. It could be just a fron't, but when I leave I get the same racist thought they would have said to anyone. But Huntsville was different. They were really cool guys. When we got there, we met the GM, and he was very cordial. When he shook my hand he looked me straight in the eyes. That's what I like, when someone shakes my hand and looks me in my eye, because I am looking at them straight in their eyes too. After the show they all invited us out to a arty and they even gave us beer to drink when we were packing up. We sat with hem in the concession stand and were drinking beers. It was the funniest time we have had after a game then any game so far.
SO that was cool. Now we are on our way to Texas. I think we are in Texas already but we are going to the middle or the outside end or something or other. I have no idea. I'm only thinking of one thing. I am going to go home soon. I'm going to hangout with friends soon. I am going to have so much fun. It's going to be great. So many days off are going to be great. One thing I have to start doing is preparing to come home. I have to have money to get things and pay for stuff. Like I have to get a train ticket back home on Wed or so. So that's going to suck. Save 25 dollars there. I should have plenty of money though for that. I just need to spend smartly. Then I have to chill for a while. I have to also return a lot of spoons to my mom. I'm trying to get more before I leave but I wouldn't worry about it, I think I got her a pretty nice collection so far. I have 6 or more. Something like that. I think she'll like it. And I'm only half way through the season. Hopefully I will be able to get more for her. It's hard sometimes though. Because sometimes the hotels we stay in don't have gift shops and sometimes we don't stop at all, except to do a game. But every time we stop I try to get a spoon. I have no idea what I should get Katie. And it's really hard to keep up with Sean's request. Man it's hard as hell to find stadium postcards. I have only ran into 1. That's all I got for you. I don't think your Dad is going to be that appreciative. Sorry man.
I'm going home soon!! I am so excited. I'm going to a wedding, and I'm going to see the family. Wow, that's going to be cool. I can't wait. One thing that's going to happen is that I'm going to sleep in my own bed, with Katie. Katie thinks it's disrespectful to my mother. Well, I think my mom will understand that I would like to spend the first night with my girlfriend. Nothing will happen. I would just like to sleep with her, instead of in my sister's bed, or even the couch. I want to sleep in my bed, in my room, with my girlfriend. I know it is in my mom's house, but it's one time. Then the next night she is driving back to San Diego, then it won't happen again. It's all good. I think it would be fine. I think my mom is cool with that. Or at least she should be. If she isn't I'm not going to throw a fit, but I really don't want to ask her. My mom was never a person I could talk about girlfriends with. She just always seemed to know what was going on with my girlfriends, and she definitely let me know which ones she didn't like. But with Katie she seems way more relaxed and less worried about me. It's a cool transition I think. She has Katie's address and all of her phone numbers, which is really cool, and I guess she even talked to Katie a couple days ago. I like that. I really think that's cool. What can I say, I can't deny it. I am a momma's boy. I love my mommy! She's great. She has always been there for me. Sometimes I don't think I give her as much appreciation points as I should. I always seem to put her last when I know I should put her first. Sometimes I feel like I disappoint her, but sometimes I feel like she doesn't need me to be around her all the time. I don't know, it's like she wants me to be free but still hang with her. I really would like to see my mom more. I remember when I used to come home every weekend from college to see her. It was so much fun. Well, actually it was to see Tessa too, but mom was always there. So it's hard when your girlfriend is in San Diego and so is her family and my family is in OC. I really try to make it home, but lately everything has been study study study. Now that I'm gone it's nothing but hey, I can't get home. It kind of feels like prison. Not the same thing as dropping the soap but it's kind of like you are stuck. You do the same things everyday and see the same people everyday and you are in the same cell every time you open your eyes. The only difference is you have some fun. It's a job, but it's a pretty repetitive job. It's still cool though. The only thing that keeps us going is the fact that there is someone to talk to. There is never a bad argument between the three of us. If anyway is upset you know you can go to either on of the guys and we will stick together no matter what. It's a really tight bond, and we've had it since the first week. I'm having a good time with these guys. I know I say this all the time, but I have no idea what we are going to do the last week when Turd is gone. We are going to be so short staffed. I think we will make up for that by going to the stadium an hour early. That will give us time to set up the booth and then give me and Tony time to set up everything else. It's going to be incredibly hard. I think we will have to work ten times as hard the last week. And there are games day after day. Wow, I pray everything is will well. Anyway, there is some work I have to do. Like stitch together the strip suit. It broke yesterday when I tore it off. Sometimes I don't know my own strength. I'm just too strong now. So I hope mom taught me how to sew well enough that I will be able to fix this problem. We will find out tomorrow! Love you all and keep reading for more adventures of the chicken bitches!
The south was supposed to be full of racial differences.....
Whenever I hear about the South, especially Alabama, I hear don't go there if you are black. It's the worst place you can go. Well, when I went down to Alabama, I had no trouble at all. I was in a place where there are mostly a mix of races, but I had no confrontations and I felt comfortable. I know I was supposed to be aware of my surroundings, but everyone has been real nice to me. I believe it was because I was supposed to be with the chicken everyone was real nice, but I thought I had it coming to me when I was in the chickens autograph line. This old lady was yelling about how her children had been waiting in line and then some of the baby chicks came up and got in front because we had told them too. Now I don't know if this is PC or not, but mostly I would think that the older generation would be the racist. But I explained to her that they were baby chicks, and immediately she said, oh I loved them, and she was very nice. I even came back to apologize when a person with a disability was moved to the front of the line and she had a big smile on her face and said she was sorry for giving me stuff in the first place. I smiled and I left the line. Now she could have said anything once I left, but how do I know. But I say overall, I was treated with the same respect anyone else would have gotten. I don't know if I would come back but I think I would, just because just to see if it would be different.
I'm waiting to see if my girlfriend is going to call me at 2:30am again. She did last night so why should she fail again. I think I might call her before I go to bed. I have plenty of time to sleep on the bus. I am feeling good. I might have the energy because I am taking vitamins or it just might be because I am going home soon. I am so excited. I can't wait. Next I am going to have to find out what happened to my bank account. I got 300 dollars taken out of my account and I don't know why. I'm going to check right now. But I probably won't be able to check until tomorrow. Which is fine. There is nothing much going on, we are off to Nashville, home of the Harris clan. My dad gave me the number to my cousin's house and I will call her and maybe she can get some of the family to come to the game. I will try at least. Well, I'm going to call Katie. So I'm gonna go, today was pretty boring. We did the game, we came back now it's time to go to sleep, and get up and go to the next place. The next week should be pretty boring. Hopefully it will get better and I will have something to write about. I'll tell you one thing. This whole trip is really starting to fly by. I mean, figure this. 4th of July is tomorrow, I will register for classes in a week, I will be home in a week and a half, and then it's the middle of July, like half way through the summer. Then just another half and we're done. And the last half of the trip is full of open days. We had some bad days here where we go from town to town in a day, but the last half it's like town, open, town, open open, town, open for 3 days. It's going t be cake. It's going to be hard remembering how to do a show we will be so out of practice. But anyway, it will be nice. Then I can go home to my family and friends, while still having such a great memory and one of the best summer job, and best summers so far!! Bass in your face means peace, see you later!!! Hope you are still reading these Tony!
"The Real World" is a crock of crap.......
The only thing The Real World does is give horny college age students the chance to break up with their significant others and have as much sex as possible on televison. It's a shame how bad it's gotten. It was cool when it first started. When it was The Real World in New York it was so much better. It was fun and it wasn't about being popular. It was about all these people living together. Now it really feels like it is rigged. I am on a trip like that right now. At least it feels like a Real World/Road Rules type show.
So anyway, I talked to Katie today during the day and it was nice. We talked about a lot of stuff and it was good. It was while I was doing laundry though. I hope things go well with the rest of the trip because I am having a good time. Well, I just want to have a good time. Hopefully we get through this trip with a good attitude. Enough of the trip let's talk about money.
We all got paid, and now my financial situation is taken care of. I have money in my bank account and I also have money in my hands. I'm even making a excel file with my money managed. I don't think I will do a good job, but I'm going to try to take care of it. I really need to put some money in the chicken bank I have on board, but I think I'll need the money later so I keep it handy. Plus all of the people on board need money sometimes so we try not to spend it all, for the sake of someone else on board.
Me and Dave figured out why we always run out of money. It's because we go out drinking whenever we get a chance. Whenever we have nothing to do we go drinking. I really wish we had other things to do. We can't sit on the bus, it's boring, we can't sit in the hotel room, it's boring. I just want to be able to do something cool. The only sad part is everything cost's money and the money part is not always available. I wish it was, but we need to save money to go out and eat. Figure we get $20 a day. So we use 11 for lunch, we can only use 9 for dinner. And we don't eat breakfast because we are not awake at that time. But that's because it would be a waste of time to eat. It's weird, we really need to conserve money. Really. I'm just talking. I am alone in the room. The boys are probably out drinking, and I am just not interested. I wasn't a drinker before and I'm not going to start drinking now. I get hungry and I eat but that's all I want to do. I don't want to drink all the time. Maybe one night of fun but not 2 or 3 in a row. I really want to just go and see a movie or something. I just got a call from Tony. He's going to rent a movie and he wants to know if I'd come up. I'm debating, cuz I really want to wait till Katie calls so I can talk to her. It's 7pm in Cali, so I hope she calls soon. Dave just got here so I am going to go. I hope everyone has enjoyed the past journals I have written so far, and don't worry they will keep on comin'!! Later!!