My life has become uber-confusing...

Yeah, long time no post in all fairness. I was on a regular schedule?

What can I say, life caught up with me. I'll give you a little bit of Filler Time of what's happening...I'll sit down and write a megablog soon about what the crap's going on, when I can concentrate on one thing for more than 15 seconds. Here goes:

• I quit poker.
• I'm playing/writing music again
• Artsy crap's going good too
• Women are confusing
• I finally told everyone at Linksys off
• I'm going to start job hunting
  
• My pies suck
• Supposedly, I'm still a stalker

More on all that to come!

Just a little more info on me

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:	Corey
Birthday:	Sept. 19
Birthplace:	Evansville, IN
Current Location:	Indianapolis, IN
Eye Color:	Black
Hair Color:	Brown
Height:	5'9"
Right Handed or Left Handed:	Right
Your Heritage:	Part French, Part English, Part Cherokee
The Shoes You Wore Today:	Black Skate Shoes
Your Weakness:	CDs...baggy/loose jeans
Your Fears:	Failure, and wasps.
Your Perfect Pizza:	Sausage
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	Visit Korea
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	haha
Thoughts First Waking Up:	I shouldn't wake up today.
Your Best Physical Feature:	I've been told my eyes.
Your Bedtime:	It changes erradically
Your Most Missed Memory:	My Grandma
Pepsi or Coke:	Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King:	McD's until BK brings back rodeo burgers!
Single or Group Dates:	both
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	DOWN WITH TEA!
Chocolate or Vanilla:	Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee:	Coffee
Do you Smoke:	No
Do you Swear:	Sometimes
Do you Sing:	Badly
Do you Shower Daily:	When I'm not going somewhere, I usually don't
Have you Been in Love:	Yes
Do you want to go to College:	Quit, but it looks like I'll be going back
Do you want to get Married:	#1 goal in life for me
Do you belive in yourself:	At times
Do you get Motion Sickness:	no
Do you think you are Attractive:	no
Are you a Health Freak:	no
Do you get along with your Parents:	My mom, sometimes, my dad, never
Do you like Thunderstorms:	no
Do you play an Instrument:	I play 4 (guitar, bass, drums, piano, bass mostly though)
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	no
In the past month have you Smoked:	no
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	no
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	no
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	no
In the past month have you been on Stage:	I wish
In the past month have you been Dumped:	no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	no
Ever been Drunk:	no
Ever been called a Tease:	no
Ever been Beaten up:	yes
Ever Shoplifted:	yes
How do you want to Die:	quickly
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	I'll be 50 and never know the answer to that one.
What country would you most like to Visit:	Korea
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:	Black, brown or blue
Favourite Hair Color:	Jet black
Short or Long Hair:	depends
Height:	5'3"
Weight:	decently thin (not annorexic
Best Clothing Style:	preppy style
Number of Drugs I have taken:	0
Number of CDs I own:	more than i could ever count
Number of Piercings:	0
Number of Tattoos:	0
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	a couple, but you can't live in regret
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I officially love screwing up on the Internet

So I was trying to go to a website that started in sta, and had typed in www.sta and accidentally hit enter.

So I was about to correct it, and then a funny thing happened. A Student/Youth travel site opened up: STA Travel. This site's purpose is to allow Students and Youth to have cheaper airfare than normal to get to places.

Well, I'm not a student anymore, but I'm certainly a youth. So, I decided to get it a shot.

And sure enough, they aren't lying. A plane ticket from Indianapolis to Seoul costs about $100 less than it does anywhere I've ever looked it up, even direct from the airlines.

Top that! Now, I know where I'm booking.

Just when you think this card's been worn out...

People can truly amaze me.

So one day, I decided to wear my Red Wings jersey to church. It's hockey. No one cares!

Was I ever so wrong.

The instant I got in the doors, I got bombarded by a guy who was a total Red Wings nut. We got to talk jerseys and stuff, but since church was just getting ready to start, I had to get in and sit down. So that was it.

Well, next week, he recognized me quickly, and we immediately started talking about Jiri Fischer, and the hopes that Steve Yzerman will hoist the cup during what will most likely be his last season. I mean, it was totally the same wavelength.

And I'm not used to that. Where I'm from, hockey is completely a touchy subject. Either no one knows what you're talking about, or they're St. Louis Blues fans. So for me to be a Red Wings fan in an area that knows jack about hockey except that they will blindly put their faith into "the local team" is not a fun situation.

So, this was totally amazing.

So pretty much it's wound up every week us talking hockey. Just what's going on in the league, injury reports, me getting scores from him. I mean, I don't get OLN or FSN, and we didn't order NHL Center Ice, so the most hockey I get is the times when I'm not busy or the speakers on the PC are working so I can listen to NHL Radio and hear the Wings games.

Which, is why I always get the scores from Mike. I had told him the situation, so he gets to talk passionately about hockey, I get to chime in with what I know and my opinions on the goings on, and we just have great talks.

Well, this week at church was one that shocked me.

So, routinely, I go over to Mike to talk hockey again. Great times. Well, he then lets me know that he tapes all the games so he can do a sort of video collage of the highlights of the season every year, and knew that I couldn't see the games until NBC starts picking up the coverage. So, he decided to start handing off the tapes to me to watch the games, and then just let me hand them back at church the next week, in exchange for more tapes. And this starts today, he had two games on tape for me to watch this week!

Wow, this was out of the blue. And I'm certainly thankful. This is certainly something I've missed.

And just when you think that just going out of your way to do something nice for people is completely a taboo thought, something like this happens to remind you that it's not so taboo after all.

So this is definitely going to be fun.

Well, today's agenda, is to watch one of the games on the tape tonight. Wow, I've really missed WATCHING hockey. On top of that, gonna play some Limit Hold'Em later tonight (you can check the results of that effort on my Poker Blog later), and try to bonus clear. Plus, I'm going to start work on a epic writing project that has been in my mind for a couple of weeks. It really stuck out at me as I was sitting in TGI Friday's last night to do, so I must do it. What is it? That, I can't say yet. It's kind of personal to me right now. And it may never get displayed to the general public. Now if it does, I'll let you guys know, and you'll understand why this was of importance for me to write.

If not, then I wrote that above just to remind myself to get on it.

Also, on a side note, come to think about it: This is not the first time that the clothes I have worn to church has brought about great friendships. In '01, I wore a Stavesacre shirt to church, and wound up inadvertantly getting a conversation struck up with some dude who LOVED Stavesacre. We kept talking, and wound up finding out that we had way too many common musical grounds.

Those common grounds, and good musicianship, led me and Jason Barr to start Stick Shift, which in turn allowed him and Mitch Mayberry to start Right-Hand Man.

Prop bets are fun...

So Jake bet me $5 bucks that I wouldn't be able to beat the first part of the final level of Mega Man 8. For those of you who don't know, it's where you're sliding on this sled at a rapid rate, and have to use Mega Man's jumps and slides and time them correctly in order to get through it.

Needless to say, Jake had been trying for days to beat it, and failed miserably, and couldn't believe anyone could do it.

In the car home from getting lunch today, we were talking about it, and I said, "No sweat." So he says, "5 bucks says you can't."

Don't bet against a betting man who wins.

Well, I underestimated that level. It was tougher than I expected. I mean, this thing gives you a split second reaction time between obstacles. And I saw where Jake was having problems, but quickly found the solution to it.

After that, it was all about figuring out the timing.

Easiest five bucks I've ever made.

I own a piece of music history

In 2001, the year after I first discovered P.O.D., I started picking up whatever P.O.D. merch I could find. That started with Fundamental Elements of Southtown, continued with the soundtracks they appeared on, and continued on through the old Rescue Records CD they released, and straight on through to the singles that was sent to radio stations (Funnily enough, everyone of them says "Not For Resale" on the CD).

This was the last piece I collected, barring the latest CDs. I got this in May of 2001 off eBay. I was sitting in class, surfing the net after I got done with my work, and I ran across The Warriors EP on eBay. Now, to go into a P.O.D. history lesson for you guys, this was released just before their Atlantic debut, and only a few thousand were made. And I found this on eBay for $5: $3 less than the retail value. Now, the auction had a buy-it-now option, with 3 days left in the auction, and the buy-it-now option was reserved to credit card bidders. Now, I'm 16, and my mom wasn't going to consent for a credit card for me, but I wanted this CD so bad, and knew that if I bid, I would get outbid. I had the money too. And then a brainstorm hit me.

Me and the teacher whose class I was in was always really cool. We could discuss all types of crap, and just kick back and have some fun in class. I mean, he had an old-school Nintendo in the room, for crying out loud. This guy was awesome.

So I went over to his desk and asked him if he would come over to the PC for a second. When we got over there, I explained the situation to him, and told him I was good for it, and if he'd buy this CD for me with his credit card, I'd instantly pay him back. Without even another thought, he sat at that PC, and bought it.

One week later, the CD came, and it instantly became a priceless treasure.

Just now, I was looking on Amazon, and pre-ordering P.O.D.'s newest CD, Testify, and ran across The Warriors EP, which I knew would not be sold new there, but used, so I looked at the prices to see how much they were going for.

My jaw dropped through the floor, and into the basement. There were three copies available, with the cheapest one going for NINETY-ONE DOLLARS! I was flipping out! In 5 years, this CD's value has increased by $86, at least. The other two were selling this for $100+!

I love this CD, and in my opinion, it has the best versions of the songs that were featured on Snuff the Punk & Brown, but wow. NEVER when I bought this CD in 2001 would I have expected to go sniffing around the internet 5 years later and see the price for it soaring that high!

Not that I'll ever sell it. It's priceless to me, and always will. I just found that interesting.

Not exactly the best wording one could use...

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Well, hopefully you're as fast as I am and figured out what I'm talking about here.

I know for a fact he means an eraser (since I actually know more than modern slang), but I know 70% of today's population are going to think of something else...which is what I thought for the first 10 seconds after reading that.

Happy New Year!

Nothing really impressive to say, but I just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy New Year.

To breaking the resolutions (I'm hoping that I manage to keep mine for the second year in a row), and the Ice Cream & stupid that will come this year, I hope 2006 brings everyone some fun times and some unforgettable experiences.

My resolutions:

• Manage to update Josh in the Ghetto without delays.
• Make it to the WSOP this year.
• Get in a band, and stay there.
• Play a Raw Deal qualifier.
• Don't get called a "Nigga" during Black History Month.
• Get to Korea (the one I really want to keep).

My resolutions from last year

• Speak my mind instead of bottling everything up (Did it!)
• Learn how to play Omaha Hi/Lo with some success (Took me up until Christmas, but I did it)

I'm hoping I didn't overdo it with all my resolutions this year. But I think that I'll be fine.

Oh, and just as a present to everyone:



And just so you know, you can see all of these very gravy comics at Josh in the Ghetto (see the right, genius!).