- Got Lucky 2002-09-10 01:33:26 So after lunch, i decide to check out the gym to see what they have on weights. I go there. It turns out they are only lettin athlets in. So, I go back to my room, get changed, and go back to the gym. I found out I should ask this guy roy about a weight routine. I ask him and he says he'll develope one for me. So i got a routine comin soon. Then he points me out to the 149 lb guy Mike. Mike introduces me to the captain, Dominick. Dominick says that they are starting runs as groups today. So, i was invited to run what ever distance we ran. It was good. The only thing that sucked was the uphill, but i survived. Although, my legs now kill me. At least i have something to do from 4-5:30 now. Im out.
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Montclair State University
2002-09-09 12:09:58
Yeah, I no i haven't written in this journal for a while. Here is a small update of what i have been up to the past week or so.
First I finally moved into college. Montclair is great. I have a lot of great friends, a good roommate who a get along with and class arn't hard (yet) I've partied a lot here. Met lots of interesting people.
In my free time, i had a chance to finally update my site, twice. Feel free to check it out. I also managed to get some work done on the video i started around last christmas. i just want some feedback about it now and i'll get that from a select few friends before its released.
Its great living on campus, foods ok. I have found a best buy and a comp usa in the area so i am happy. I get to decide my own curfew, (nothing earlier than 1. and I love it here.
I hope that i continue to enjoy myself here. I have started gettin back into shape for wrestling. I hope i can do good this season. I've mainly been running down to the track, doin 2 miles on it, then runnin back up hill to the dorms. its a great work out.
Anyway, i gtg, lunch time.
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memorial service
2002-08-29 23:11:36
the service was good. sad but good. there were over 800 people there, the church was packed and we had to have a shuttle bus to the super fresh near by. i get there and i start seeing some friends of mine. people who i havn't seen in a while. a lot of people there who i thought wouldn't bother to show up. that they didn't care about her. i was wrong. she touched all of us that showed up. i was amazed. one person. one girl, only 17 years old, was able to touch or influeance this many people. what is even more amazing, is i know there are people wern't able to show up that she affected. people like the ones she built a house for in mexico over the summer. it was amazing. the speakers were great. i remember seeing the first group of singers go up. i had a lot of friends in that group. all of which, i no fell just how i do about diana. they sung amazing grace and did a great job with it. soon after diana's sister came up to speak. i almost thought i saw i ghost. she looked almost like twins. it was scary. diana's friends came soon. most of them, couldn't hold back their tears while deleiver their speeches. After the speeches were delievered they showed 2 videos about diana, one dedication, one some clips of her after her baptism and trip to mexico. when i saw these, i couldn't hold back the tears anymore. just hearing her voice again, even though it was recorded, made me cry. you never realize how much you take someone for grantide until they are gone. diana is a perfect example. if i could just hear her voice again, have a conversation with her, I'll be extactic. After the videos, the pastor gave a great speech, and ended the service.
After that ended, I walked around, talking with friends i havn't seen in a while. I really wish i could have seen them for a happier occasion. but alas, this will probally be the last time i see them before i leave saturday for college. i sat a while, and talked with my friends who were feeling sad. i did my best to comfort them, even though i was just as sad. after i left at 9, i sat in my car and reflected on the service. the world had just lost a fine young lady who could have done great things. i thought about how much she was into soccer, and compared it to me wrestling. She missed out on her senior year. Potentially, her best season of soccer. My senior year was my best year ever of wrestling, it was possible that it could have been hers. She was looking forward to it, talking about it at lunch during work. I feel like she got ripped off. She missed out one what could have been her best season, just like i could have missed out if i died begining of my senior year. I decided right then and there, that i would work extra had this season, get in better shape and practice harder, so that I can improve my wrestling in college, and of the matches i have, the first one I win, I will dedicate to her. I know it wont bring diana back, but it will help make me feel like i did something to honor her in death. i can't exactly explain what i mean here, and i no it sounds corny, but its something i got to do.
I'd like to close by saying, don't take the ones you love for grantide, you never know how long you have them for. -
double wammy
2002-08-26 19:16:26
Well,
If at first having to say good bye to zoe again wasn't hard enough for me, my former co-worker, Diana, passed away last night. She was going to be 18 within a month or two. She was way too young to die. But on Saturday night, her car slide on the slippery road, into the next lane. She got hit on the passenger side by an oncoming car and her head hit the glass on the drivers door. The more I think about it, the more I can't believe it. I remember all the days we worked together this summer. Listening to her constantly yell at Nick, messing around the bear we found in the music room, getting locked out of her house (don’t ask, long story.) And now its all gone. I remember the last day I saw her. She had to quite work because soccer and work wasn’t possible for her. She was driving to the stop sign as we came out of the building (it was quitting time) she saw us. Reversed the car, waved and drove off. That was the last time I saw her alive. And now she’s dead. I still can’t believe it. She had plans for her college and life afterwards. She was the girl that guys loved being around because she was hot and had a great personality. Kyle, from work, said it best. “She’s the kind of girl, you hope your daughter turns out like.” I’m going to miss her. I still can’t believe she’s gone. I am going to leave in a couple minutes to go a memorial ceremony on rt 206 where she crashed.
Diana C. Rochford (1984 -2002)
Rest in Peace Diana, we’ll miss you so much.
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It's Magic
2002-08-25 12:23:15
I don't know exactly what happened, but I turn on my pc today, and the screen is all messed up. Top right is on the bottom left, bottom left is on the top right, ect. There were parts of the screen that I couldn't see. It was so f*cked up. I tried reinstalling the VGA, reinstalling bios, toying wit the settings, and nothing worked. So I call up my friends dad. I explain the situation to him, and he has me run some tests. Nothing works. So then he has me take the monitor and test it on a different pc to make sure it works. Monitor works witout a problem. So then I take the monitor back to my pc and plug it in, and like Magic, the montior works wit no problem. We were stunned, no idea what happend, but we're glad it works.
Yesturday, was my last time I'm going to my friends house. It was a good party, we watched 13 Ghosts, and talked and said our good byes. The hardest one I said goodbye to was of coarse my best friend Zoe. She's been my closest friend for 4 years, we have lots of stories that we swapped, and we know eachother like the back of our hands. Its going to be hard not seeing her as often as I did. I am going to miss her. But its not a good bye, because I know I will see her again. Its something I know will happen. Its a promise.
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