The young Shake-n-Sear

For English class we had to write three sonnets on a topic of our choice. We most likely associate the sonnet with Shakespeare because he was the dude that more or less invented it. it is 14 lines that have every other line rhyming and follows a beat (duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH) -helps to tap your finger when you read them. Of course he talked about love and beauty and all the romantic stuff that gets the girls, but how often are they on realistic stuff that people understand? I am sure some people out there understand and enjoy his work, but i have a real tough time following it. That is why when I wrote mine, it had nothing to do with the romantic side (surprised?) and all about the funnier and more realistic side ('nother curve ball at ya). Here are my three sonnets that talk about the sequence of events leading up to my first (awkward) high school dance.
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Sonnet 1:

A: And so it is the morning of
B : my very first dance of public school
A : where rumors of joy and finding love
B : come even if you are a fool
C : With little time before it starts
D : yet stuck at a cross country meet.
C : less nervous is the thought to fart
D : then dance and show my two left feet
E : but first I must find what to wear
F : Dads suit; Dad’s shirt; why not his tie?
E : they all will surely stop and stare
F : must I go? I prolly will die
G my mom dropped me off and said;
G: ”ya' don’t have to dance, drink punch instead!”

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Sonnet 2:

A: The hour before the dance draws near
B : but first we must go out to eat
A : Tis still the dance that I do fear
B : And it be known by my wet feet.
C : The food looks and smells so good,
D : shame it was to bring ten bucks
C : Afford two plates, I wish I could
D : it seems my date is out of luck.
E : But dinn’r is done and time to go
F : Away to this event I dread
E : a dance awaits, for this I know
F : an’ girl I ask I will turn red.
G : But could this be my night of fame?
G: Or will the school think me as lame?

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Sonnet 3:
A: We walk in through the school’s front door
B : And hear the music which filled the air.
A: I lipped a prayer, “please save me, Lord”
B: Who would have thought I’d be so scared.
D: I search in vain for quick escape
C: If only I could find a place.
D: Where is the man in the red cape
C: to take me into outer space.
F: Agreed to dance to just one song
E: I waited for “Y.M.C.A”
F: I knew the dance, what could go wrong?
E: But halfway through, “Get out th’ way!”
G: Away from my first dance I walked
G: with signs of fatigue and pure shell shock

I'm Alive!

Hell week is finally over. It has been the longest series of 7 days I can remember thus far. We have had a Chem lab, Chem quiz, math WPR, and a history WPR. Not to mention a SAMI, uniform inspection, Army equipment lay-out inspection, a 05:00 piss test, and a 05:30 check of our rooms to see if we were hiding anything illegal.

This week is also somewhat special because I am not longer a bachelor. As of....4 days ago (?) I have been dating Hannah Metheny. She was in my chem class last year but we honestly never spoke until the last day before Christmas break. Then, started talking over Christmas and realized how much we had in common. The deciding factor came when she decided to join us for spring break down in Panama City Beach. Aust and Dad couldn't join so it was just me stuck with the 3 girls for a week. It was a lot of fun and she got along great with Mom and Joce. I figured if she could stand a week with half the crazy fam then she must be alright. Pretty happy with the decision so far considering she has already brought me a hot dog and hamburger from her cook out! (She came trained!)

Last night I spent almost nine hours cleaning for the SAMI. Got about 3:20 mins of sleep which zapped most of the energy out of me yesterday. Still am pretty tired actually. The SAMI was pretty pathetic. We should have failed one more then one account but they let a lot of it slide. I know I am not the best cleaner but is truly shocking to see where some people fall on the "common sense cleaning" scale. Regardless, we passed and our room already looks like there was a bomb that went off in here....so relaxing.

Sorry for the long and boring post. I will try to come up with some funny ones soon.

"Creative" Slogans

I first want to apologize for taking such a long break from the blog... for a while it was "Cat Man Doesn't" but hopefully back and at 'em now.

I am down in Panama City Beach for spring break and loving it. I will follow up this post with another talking more about the PCB experiences and stories, but there is one thing that I need to get off my chest before I do, and that is slogans that girls wear.

There are a few catch phrase words that girls use for everything. This is just an example of a few: Love, Laugh, Live, Cutie, Joy, Peace, and Pink. These are not all of them but some of the more predominant ones. I cannot figure out why girls put these slogans on everything, regardless of if it makes sense. For example, I say girl walk down the beach with a shirt that read "LOVE Panama City Beach 2012". I could understand if she meant it like, "I love Panama Beach during 2012", but the 'Love' was so separated it had nothing to do with the rest of the shirt.... it was just added because it is one of the words that makes things cooler. And these slogans are not limited to shirts either. They have spread from sandels, shorts, bracelets, pants, mugs, EVERYTHING!

Feb 29th

I just had my birthday yesterday and I cannot decide if I feel like an old man or a little child. Guess that's the beauty of having a leap year birthday; I can be both and justify it. There was an actual 29th this year so turned an even 5. Always fun to get out of the fraction numbers....or for that mater, the teens. Its really weird to think I am not longer a teen.... wow, scary.

It was pretty funny with the gifts I got from everyone. I must admit, I feel kinda brutal right now. Austin got me a Boonie hat while mom got me Oakley Assault gloves, a Crossfit shirt, and a mini hammock!

I have this company Steel Maker thing this weekend that requires a 7 mile ruck, pt sesh, clearing some rooms, and SFR lanes so I decided I'm definitely going with the SEAL/SF look wearing all of it.














On the side of the hammock, I am hoping that it will be a little more succesful then our summer hammocks.... I think most of us remember that story. If not, shoot me a comment and I will make a post about it... its a fairly long story to just quick say, but basically we failed.


Of course Jessie and Jocelyn spoiled me last night as well. Jess told me that there was going to be a home cooked meal at Col Mac's house with a few other people. There were some warning signs that were going off because usually I get an email saying that there is something going on but I figured there was food so can't pass that up! As we walked closer I saw all the lights off and, again, I knew something wasn't exactly right but figured I'd just roll with it. Then as soon as I walked into the kitchen COL MacDonald flipped on the lights and there stood Jocelyn, Shuel, Fryc, Olsland, and Wilson. It was pretty awesome. I was not expecting to see them all there. funniest part was I stopped at Olsland's door to see if he wanted to join but didn't see him so just left. In general It was a great day. I appreciate all the birthday wishes, cards, presents, and all the effort every one put into it.

Ski Trip

Last weekend I got to escape West Point and go skiing in Smuggler's Notch, VT. It was a lot of fun and fairly inexpensive considering we got a condo, ski ticket, and pool access for only $130. Another awesome part of it was I got to stay in the same condo as Jessie and Brandon. We ended up having the more relaxed room compared to others, but we still had plenty of fun. The entire condo bought separate meals and snacks before arriving so when we unloaded everything we had enough food to last us a week. It was incredible. There was a point I actually got sick of eating because It never seemed to dent the inventory.

The skiing itself wasn't the greatest but anytime I can get out on the snow I am happy. I swear the entire mountain was once a giant water fall that froze over for the winter. There was pure, bullet-proof ice everywhere! Nothing like a little East Coast packed powder for ya. Here are some pictures of the trip. They are from my phone so excuse the quality.

(This is what the first and last day looked like. Got pretty luck)

(Thomas Wilson and I. He was my ski partner for most of the weekend)

This is Jessie and Brandon cooking the first night. It was awesome because we orchestrated
a sit-down dinner with salad, rolls, meat, pasta, and even some fruit.
Its pretty sad when we all got excited over playing house for a weekend.

This is the very last run of the first day. If you listen closely, you can hear the skating rink that Wilson is try turn on. We accidentally found a double - triple black diamond glade that was just a mess. It really wasn't fun because there were points my skis were to long to fit through the trees. In this clip, we got stuck on a one-way-down path that was completely ice, but also had a rock in the middle of it. So instead of sliding down the ice, you had to go straight to get past the rock and then stop on a little mogal, and then do the same thing off the mogal. The video doesn't do justic to how steep it actually was. In fact, to the right of us there was a 30ft drop off from a frozen water fall. Kinda intimidating

By the last day, this is how we all felt. A few late nights, plus a lot of food leaves you begging for a nap regardless of where you are.