"Is this the realf life, Is this just fantasy..."

"...Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality."
I have not written in over a month. I am terribly sorry becasue I have been super busy lately. School is going well. The week of school leading up to spring break was utter hell because I had to write a term paper proposal in Economics, my actual term paper for Langauge, and my persuasive essay rough draft. They were all due within a two day span, which was the Thursday and Friday befroe springbreak. I visited Todd in Flagcastle during the last weekend in February. It was a lot of fun because it was a nice change for a bit. We were going to snowboard, but Jake's gay ass wouldn't wake up, so we didn't go. Over spring break I went camping for the first weekend at Roosevelt Lake with Samantha. It was fun and very relaxing. I enjoyed the ruggedness of it, although she may not have so much. The next few days of spring break, I relaxed a lot and hung out with friends and my family and spent a lot of time with Samantha. Then, on Wednesday 3/16, I had to leave to go to San Diego to see my brother off because he is goin to Irag at the begininning of April. I know there are a lot of people who do not agree with the war in Iraq, but they should still support the troops. And for those who are totally liberal and constantly whine about the troops, just know that they are over there so you can be disrespectful. They are defending that right. My brother's friend had to kill a 10 year old because his friend told him to the boy to halt, and he had no choice but to shoot the little boy when the little boy drew a weapon on him. So, if you are against the war because you think they are not a threat, they would easily kill you without even thinking about it. They simply hate us because we have what they do not and they try to bring us down to their level. The troops are defending us against this, so it is not only about WMD. They are taught at a young age to hate Americans. Sorry, this is a touchy subject for me. But just because I have a brother over there, I am not going to be stupid and bitch like half the country does and say bring the troops back. I support what we do over there, and I am not going to go away from that just because my brother is over there. It is his job, but I do hope he is safe. So, I got to see him for a day and said goodbye. We'll hope to see him in November. On a brighter note, the NCAA tourney has begun, and this is my favorite time of the year in sports. UA is in the sweet 16 as well as Texas Tech. We got to go to the TT game beacause they played their first 2 games in McKale Center, so we got to see Damir play. It was cool to see Damir at the hotel and to see him play the next day against gay ass Gonzaga. It was quite posssibly the greatest game I have watched in person. J Jack and Ronald Ross are amazing and pulled them through that game. And we're goin to Albuquerque to watch them in their sweet 16 and possibly Elite 8 game. Their sweet 16 game is against West Virginia, which upset Wake Forest in an amazing double OT game. I am looking forward to that. We then went to my house and watched the UA game. All I can say is that Salim is amazing. Then I picked Samantha up and we went out for the night, which was a lot of fun because I had not seen her since the prior Tuesday. I missed her. Today, I have been watching basketball all day and it has been fun. I love March: Spring Break, March Madness, my b-day, school is almost ove, etc. I'll be sure to write more often (pronounced off-ten). So I do not leave you hanging by my every blog. Just kidding. Okay, see ya next time.

SMITHg

"Baby you can drive my car, and baby I love you"

It has been 11 days since we have last met for a little Mr. Garrett's Neighborhood. First off, the weather in Tucson is so unpredictable. I mean 2 weeks ago, it was 75 degrees and sunny. Last week, it was cold and rainy. And this week is much like the 75 and sunny week. Very weird. I guess monsoon season came a little too late. Oh well, its all good. I think it means that this summer is going to be extra hot. Architecture and school in general is going well. I like my drawing class, it is way better than last season, as I am sure I have already said plenty of times. I had a good past 2 weeks with a couple of exceptions. Saturday, we went to Chandler to party. We being Samantha, her Brother JP, and myself. We went to a family party of theirs and then went to a club with 2 of their cousins. The club was in Scottsdale and was so ghetto, it makes Coconuts look like a ballroom dancing class. It was fun though. It seemed as if every guy felt he needs to hit on every girl in the building, including Samantha. They would then see me with her and would either talk shit or not say anything at all or make a comment. I always had the last laugh. I would give them the "it's over" gesture (when you move your hand back and forth across the neck), or give them the one finger wave, telling them NO. This one fag was really persistent though. I had to tell him about three times, but oh well, each time was excellently delightful. We drove back to Tucson at 4am and got home at 530am. I was super tired since I was the one who drove. It was fun though. Guitar is going well, my fingering is getting a lot more fluid and I don't buzz strings as much. So that's nice. Damir, I know you read this. That Kansas game was dope. I find it funny that you hadn't played much the past 6 weeks, then he plays you against the #2 team in the nation. Very interesting to me. I guess BK knows what he is doing. After all, he does have 800+ wins in his career. I'm dissapointed you didn't dunk on Simien though. Just messin'. Love ya man. Well, I will end on that note. TT plays next on CBS, on Saturday, 2/19 at 330 eastern. Miss all my friends. Love you Samantha. I'll talk to everyone later. PEACE.

SMITHGARRETT

Double Loser

This post does not even deserve a title. Why, you ask? It's because I'm a loser. I went to bed last night at 1100pm. Mind you that last night was Friday. Well, tonight is not much better. I am home again on Saturday night. Lati fuckin' dah. I watched TV most of the day. I guess it was cool seeing Dan Marino get inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, seeing as he is my favorite player of all time. The only worthwhile thing I actually did today was go out to lunch with Samantha, which was excellent on my shitty ass slow boring day. We went to Gentle Ben's, which was pretty good, except the service was shoddy. I haven't much more to say because I didn't really do anything today. I leave by saying this: I love my girlfriend, I miss all of my friends who are away at school, and I hate having the sniffles. Sniffles piss me off. Oh ya, and the Eagles WILL WIN the superbowl.

SMITHg

"Do you remember when, we used to sing..."

...Sha la la la la la la la la la lati da, lati da. That song goes out to a special someone. Well, it's friday night. I'm such a loser because I'm at home on a Friday night. It's OK, though, I'm not in the mood to go out tonight. I need to think. So that's what I'm going to do. I have a short blog today because I am also not in the mood to type about my week. I promise, next week I will type about how my last two weeks have gone in order to make up for this one. So until next time...

Garrett Smith

"Love is all around you, love is knocking, outside your door..."

This is a good song, as many of us know. No need to thank me. What has gone on since last friday, you ask? I will tell you. I got all of my shit for my Arc 102 class, which came out to about 450 dollars. All of it is pretty cool. I know that I will like this semester a lot more than last. Chet is my instructor and he's cool. He is funny too. Hopefully he doesn't turn out to be a total douce like my last semester instuctor. Samantha and I hung out on MLK Jr. day, which was Monday, before she had to go to work. I had a good time. Well, I always enjoy seeing her. Wednesday we came to my house and watched the debut to American Idol with my parents. I don't like the show, but I like the first few because that is when all of the shitty singers, or so they call themself, go on stage. Thursday we went to Coconuts and danced the night away. Samantha got mad at Jackie (Jake) not going with us. Friday was the night we went to The Melting Pot, which is a fondue restaurant. It was very good, but a little expensive. We got the four course meal. The desert was the most tasty part of the dinner. The melted chocolate was so good. And what cool was that we got a booth with a curtain on it for privacy's sake. It worked too. I love the hands on experience that the dinner was. I recomend it to anyone, because it's so good. After TMP we went to a party where it turns out that we saw Jon Tom and Camila. Jon is not as strong looking as he was, but he is still bigger than most. Don't you guys remember when we tried to get him to bench 300 in the weight room but he wouldn't? I then took Samantha home. Saturday night I went with my parents and grandparents to El Charro to listen to Samantha sing. She only got to sing to songs because she had to wait tables. Her family talked with mine for a while, then they all left and Samantha and I went to her house and we watched Troy, which is basically The Iliad in movie form. That's all I'm going say about that. Haha. Today, I watched the two NFL championship games and then I did some homework. I also changed my headlights because I just realized that one was out. I don't even realize how long I have been driving like that. I will go now because I do not have anything more to say, except that my language studies class is a very interesting class.

smithG

"What goes up, must come down, spinning wheel, got to go round...

...Talk bout your troubles and you never learn, ride a painted pony, let the spinning wheel turn."
Good song.

Let's see, what hass happened since we last met on December 27th? Well I was sick for a couple of days before New Years. My sister came into town from Denver on the 29th. It was very nice to see her because I always to see my little big sister. Reason being is that she is 5'1'' (little) and is 31 years old (big). My mom, dad, brother, sister, and I went to my parents friends house for a NYE party. My dad and I were the DJs for the night because we brought all of our PA equipment there. The party was excellent. We got there at about 8 pm, but I picked up Samantha at about 10 pm. She arrived and met my 3 uncles, my aunts, all of their friends, who are also friends of my parents, and she met my sister. We were dancing all night long. Shanna, Chase, and I did a dance to a song that was from the nightclub we went to when we were all in Cancun for my sisters wedding. It was a hit at the party, everyone started dancing to it. We also dance the Electric Slide, which is also fun. Everyone drank and cut loose, my dad and me, we don't drink. Everyone was definitely happy off of the alchohol because we partied til 5 am, which is when we went home. The last couple hours, we were singing along to a few really good songs. We being my dad and his 3 brothers, Bill (family friend), my brother, and I. I was the only one that new the words to all the songs, everyone else was retarded. Probably because they were drunk, except for my dad, he should have known the words. While we sang, Samantha, Shanna, Vicki, Aunt Kim, and evryone else were enjoying us serenading them. It was pretty emotional toward the end because everyone was paying their respect to my brother because he goes to Iraq in March, so everyone was giving thanks over the mic, and tears started to flow, especially for my sister and me. That's all she and I did for the whole ride home. We never meant to subject Samantha to all of that crying. She's okay I think. We took Chase to the airport on NYD, which was another cry fest, and we took my sister to the airport on the 2nd, which was also emotional. Quite the fun and sad couple of days. I relaxed for the rest of my break and spent a lot of time with my friends and Samantha. She's my friend too, but she is my girlfriend. Samantha came over for the last two days of my break and hung out with me during the day, which was a lot of fun. Wednesday was my first day of school and it went well, I like my arc and indv classes. My arc this semester will be so much better than last semester. My indv is Language which studies language and how it came to be and how it is analyzed and stuff like that. I like my schedule so far. The earliest I wake up is at 830 am througout the week. So it's not as if I have to wake up very early. But I do have school tomorrow, so I am going now. But tomorrow I am going to Phoenix to watch Trey's game, which should be fun. Tonight was fun, Samantha and I went to Old Chicago to watch the U of A game. Thanks Samantha for going with me. I love you. Alright, peace to all you.

SMITHg

"O-O-O-O, Sweet Darlin', you get the best of my love"

It has been another couple weeks, so it is about time I enter a new blog so everyone can keep up with me. Since December 13th I have done quite a bit. I did well on my Trad test, so I think I'll be fine. I'm not worried. I tried the dairy challenge recently, I think it was on the 17th or so. I got about 110 of the required 128 oz. I did well, but if I tried to drink any more than that, I would have thrown up and that would not have been good. That night was fun though, because I took my camera over there and got some excellent footage, but I cannot show anyone, I thought I would let you know. I am going to take my camera to certain places because there are many moments that I can catch on tape that will be great memories to come. My out of town friends all came in at the end of the week, around the 18th or 19th. I had a poker tournament recently, and placed second in it to Chris Hernandez, so the second time Garrett tournament went well, but there will be a third soon. Christmas was a blast, the entire family came over. I received an Ipod and some money. From Samantha, I got The DaVinci Code Illustrated Edition, which is very cool, Napoleon Dynamite (Heck Yes), Dirty Minds board game, and a pillow with a very lovely message on it. My friends came over later, and that was fun, we hung out for a while. I wish Samantha could have been here though, but she was in Ajo with her family. Yesterday was our 3 month anniversary, which was a good occasion after Christmas. I took Samantha out to lunch today to Wild Noodle, a new place, which was pretty good. Samantha has been sick recently, which has been a bummer because I have not been able to see her as much. She now has a fever and I hope she gets better. Friday is New Years Eve and my family and I are going to a party, and I'm going to invite my friends along, but I am not sure if they will want to go. Oh ya, last night, we all played poker at Todd's house and that was fun, I came out about even, but everyone else pretty much lost. Todd was the only winner, who ended the night up about $70. Zack and I got home at about 5 am because we made a fire in the backyard and sat around it for a long time. I can play Smoke on the Water now with my guitar and my blues riff is nearing completion, it is tough to play. I just reminded myself to buy Crossroads Guitar Festival. I kept forgetting, but now I am really happy that I remembered that. I think it is the fact that an Eric Clapton song just came on my system, that may be it. Thanks Eric Clapton, you are the best (almost). I am going now because I have nothing else to say.

SMITHg

"And all the world will love you, just as long, as long as you are a shooting star"

I haven't written since December 1st so it is time that I did this. I am re-reading "The DaVinci Code," which is an excellent book by the way. If you have not read it, I suggest you do. I don't usually like to read, but this book had me hooked from the beginning. So, if you do not like to read, just read this one anyway. Anyway, I am doing that and school is also winding down. And that makes me so happy because I need time off from school, Architecture im particular, and it means that all of my out-of-town friends will be coming home for x-mas. If you don't know who they are, then read my previous blogs and you will get an excellent idea of who they are. Architecture was over this past Friday 12/17 and I got that tingly feeling that one gets after feeling like he/she has accomplished something. Architecture was fucking hard, plain and simple. I drew for about 10 hours straight the day before the final portfolio was due. Every student in the first year architecture college looked like they had been run over by a bus. Samantha and I went to the Nutcracker, in which Danica was performing. After that we went to Danica's house in Rio Rico, where I met her parents, Prospero and Pati, her brother, Pedro, and his friend AJ. They were very hospitable towards me and were very nice people. Last Thursday, I met Samantha at Coconuts where I had so much fun. Yeah right, it took me fucking 30 minutes to find Samantha, but it was fun after that. We had to "round up" Danica in order for me to take her back to her house because she did not want to go home. Good thing her brother was there, because he helped me out, otherwise I don't think she would have listened to me. Just know that evrything worked out just fine. Friday night, I went and hung out at JJBZ's place with Samantha. My brother came in Saturday from San Diego where he was taking survival traning. I went out with my family that night and we went to parties of friends of my parents. Last night I went to JJBZ's again after going to Mi Nidito with Samantha. That was quite tasty, I reccomend it to all. Today I had a NATS final, and I made it my bitch. I tore it up. I came home and played some Halo 2, read some DaVinci Code, talked to Samantha for a bit, and here I sit, watching Temple and Wake Forest play, while I listen to music. A rather relaxing night for me. Only one more final until my freedom is totally redeemed. Then I can do the things that I desire. Oh, only a few days away. But my final will be very easy. I am progressing nicely in the guitar department. The next step in the furthering of my guitar knowledge is to learn the 12-bar blues riff. I am sure you all know it or would recognize it, but probably not by the name. Guitar is only getting more fun because I was stuck in a rut for a while where I was not sure if I liked it, but now I do. Soon I'll be busting out awesome solos. And I have decided that I am going to learn a song for each of my friends that he/she likes. That won't be for a while though, so all of my friends will have to bear with me. Only a few days til the feud and more games, and more games. And, oh yeah, Christmas. Samantha said she would call me back and that was 1 hour and 45 minutes ago, so I don't think she is gonna call me before her party starts, because her thing starts at 6, and it is 6:30. Oh well. I'm unimportant.

SMITHg

PS- Who closes the damn door when the bus driver gets off?

"Hot blooded, check it and see..."

http://collegeball.blogspot.com

Go here and read about college basketball. This guy on my blog asked that I do so. So I did. For my readers, I will type a new one soon.

SMITHg

"You know the time that you left me, you put me in my place, got you in a stranglehold, baby, you best get out of the way"

What a good song. It's Stranglehold, by Ted Nugent. Very excellent song. Van Halen occured last Friday, 11/19 and was sooooooo cool. They encored with "You Really Got Me," and "Panama." I wish they had performed more David Lee Roth songs. DLR was their first lead singer. Sammy Hagar is now their lead singer. He is good, but not as good as DLR. The concert was amazing nonetheless. Thank you so much Danica and Robert. That happened a while ago and I haven't followed up with my blogs, but deal with it. Here it is now. Thanksgiving weekend was awesome as well. Zack, Trey, Todd, and Lauren came into town. Wednesday night, Todd, Zack, Hemay, Lauren and I went to Old Chicago and ate dinner. It was good to see all of them for the first time in a while. Well, not Hemay because he lives in Tucson. Not Lauren either, because her, Emily and I had lunch earlier that day at Intermezzo, which was delicious. Thursday night was Thanksgiving and we went to my g-ma's house and ate there. It was so so so delicious. That word doesnt describe how excellent my g-ma's food is. Also, my brother surprised me Thursday morning by waking me up. We had no idea he was coming, he simply showed up. Thursday night, we went to Jon and Jake's place, and Lauren and Todd came too. We hung out til i got home at about 3:00. All this time Samantha was in Ajo from Wednesday until Friday. Friday Zack, Tood, Adam, and I went tailgating before the huge ASU/UA game. UA won 34-27 and the game was absolutely amazing. We played so well, that it doesn't even matter that we had a 3-8 season, as long as we won that game. ASU had 8 turnovers, and we had 2. That is amazing that ASU had 8 turnovers. If they did not, then we would have lost. But we won. The basketball team then lost to Wake Forest by 3, which was bullshit because we shot 3 free throws, and they shot 26. Fucking bullshit if you ask me. Oh well, we played them close enough for my approval. Zack, Trey, Emily, Todd, Lauren, and myself went to Sakura and it was sooooo good. All of us then went to my house and we played board games when Samantha showed up. We played Cranium, and Zack and Chase won because they had two guys on the team. But then the girls fucked the dudes up at Taboo. I was on the girls team and Icarried the team. Just kidding Samantha, Lauren, and Emily, you were just as much the team as I was. Well, Lauren you did get an 8 in one round, which is a record. Every one then went home. That was a fun night. There will be more of that over break except Damir will be there too. Saturday night, Trey and Zack came over and we played ESPN Baseball. Zack beat both of us, which is unusual because he is the worst of all of us. Not worst, but, least good. Then I met up with Samantha and hung out with her the rest of the night. It is now Wednesday and school gets out in exactly one week and I am so excited because my friends all get to come home again. It will be so fun this break. Well, I will go now because I have said a lot.
gSMITH

"I'm you ice cream man, baby stop me when I"m passing by, cuz all my flavors are guaranteed to satisfy"

This is a continuation of my last blog. I wanted them split. So read the below one first, before reading this one. I went to school Monday and I was dead tired form Mexico and I had a portfolio due the next day. I had to map a portion of campus. I was doing that all Monday. i got it done, no worries. I also met this guy, Robert, who works for the marketing agency that has right to AVA Amphitheater. And I asked him if they were putting on the Van Halen show, and he said they were. He said he has never heard of them, and I was thinking "WHAAAAAT?" Oh well, weird I guess. So it was cool to meet him. This guy owes Danica a favor, so he calls her, and she calls Samantha (who I was with at the time), and Danica asked her if we wanted tickets to Van Halen. My jaw cracked the concrete floor. I was dumbfounded that I was actually going to see Van Halen. Very cool, I know. Samantha and all her connections. Then, Wednesday, Samantha calls to verify that we have tickets, because we were not totally sure we did, and this is our phone conversation.

Her: Garrett, I have bad news.
Me: ( Feeling a little bit worried and heartbroken, thinking I won't be able to go) What is it?
Her: I'm so sorry, because WE'RE GOING TO VAN HALEN.
Me: (Now Jumping with joy) What?
Her: Yeah!
Me: You b&^%# (for pulling a fast one on me. I did not really say this)
What I really said was, "Holy fucking shit."

We began to laugh over her joke on me, it was a good one.

Last night Samantha and I went to Olive Garden and it was delicious, then we went to Jake, Brad, Jon, and Zack's place. Our tickets were moved to Friday night, so we planned dinner for our free night. Then tonight is the night that Eddie Van Halen, a guitar god, will rock the AVA Amphitheater, and I am looking forward to every moment of it with S-dog. We might even have backstage passes. I would be awe-struck to meet them. But that is a maybe, so I am not getting my hopes up. It will be so cool to just go. I must stop typing because I am getting jittery just thinking about it.

gSMITH

"Gonna hitch a ride, head for the other side"

This blog starts with last Tuesday, 11/9, the day that Halo 2 came out. I picked up my Halo 2 and played for a few hours after class. In one week my next architecture portfolio is due. Tuesday I hang out with Samantha and Danica and we go to a few parties, I think. I am not totally sure because it was a while ago. I just remember having fun because I did not have school the next day. Oh yeah, and we got Thursday off for Veteran's Day. On Wednesday, Samantha and I went to my friend's apartment and just hung out there. I took Samantha to meet Danica in the morning because Danica was her ride. I went home and did some much needed work before leaving to Mexico with Samantha. We left after I got off of school to Rocky Point. It was a blast. Seafood everywhere, a neat motorcycle convention, and the beach. We went Kayaking and ate a lot of good food from her Manina. We got home late on Sunday night and I went home and slept because I had school early the next day. I really had an awesome time and I am happy that her family liked me, because after all, who does not like Garrett. There are some people I am sure. That concludes this blog. The blog above this was written right after I finished this one. I just felt like splitting them up.

SMITHg

"Squeeze me babe, 'til the juice runs down my leg. The way you squeeze my lemon, I'm gonna fall right out of bed."

I'm am currently listening to the song that contains the baove lyrics. It is called "The Lemon Song," by Led Zeppelin. A very good one. One of my favorites.

Anyways, my weekend was good, Todd came into town. Thursday we went to Coconuts, but only for about half an hour, but we had our reasons for leaving. We had a good talk, that's all! Friday I went to school and then went home and waited for Todd to call. He called and we arranged to go to the Firefighters Chili Cook-Off with Samantha and her cousin, but after I went to my Architecture lecture. That did not work out because I ended up eating birthday dinner with Todd and his family, instead. Which is fine, because I enjoy his family, and we played Euchre, which is a card game that is a lot of fun. Then, we played poker and I won 10 bucks or so. Then Todd and I drove over to Sterling, so to hang out with Brad, Jake, Jon, and Zach. There was also a party I went to at Sterling, which Samantha happened to be at. We just ended up going back to Brad, Jon, Jake, and Zack's apartment. We played Halo from about 12:30 am to 3:30 am, then Samantha and I left at 3:45 to pick up Los Betos for everyone. We returned at 4:45 or so, don't ask. Todd, Samantha, Jake, Jon, and I were eating, when, Shelby and Cara, two of their friends showed up and were so loud and obnoxious. Cara was, Shelby was not really. Jon ended up sleeping with Shelby. Literally, the girl wants to sleep in his bed, but nothing else happened. If anything, he scored points with her. Jake, Todd, Samantha, and I stayed up until about 6:30 am. Todd, Samantha, and I woke up at 9:00 am and I took both he and Samantha home. While I was driving home, I decided that I would go for a run for the hell of it. I ran 10 miles, and in a pretty good time of 69 minutes. I was proud of myself. I took a half hour nap, and then I went to B, J, J, and Z's apartment. Todd and Hemay came too, and Jake was out of town. We played Halo for a couple hours, then we went to a party. I walked to the bathroom when I got there, and when I got out, the cops had shown up, so I wasn't there for long. I called Samantha to see her, but she didn't want to hang out with me. She was hanging out with Matt, it's alright. So we played more Geilo (spanish spelling). I left at about 2:30 am. I woke up and showered and visited Samantha at work, and then drew afterwards. It sucks that she didn't get off sooner, but that's how it is. Today is monday and the weirdest thing happened to me. I went to the ATM to withdraw cash in order to pay for my parking pass. I got my cash, and the machine wouldn't spit out my card. I was thinking "Kayyyyyyy." So, I went inside and told them what happened and if they could manually have the machine fork over my card. They said no, and that I had to talk to my financial institution. Fuck that. So I went to WF (my financial institution), and told them and they said that it was weird, and that I should have been able to simply show ID and get it back. But nooooooooooooo, I had to cancel it and order a new card. Shit, I was pissed. But I wen to Gamestop and paid for Halo 2,so I can pick it up anytime after 12:00, which is a few hours away. But I have to get my arc done, but I thought I would type this during a break. I have been doing this all day. I must get going. And to everyone out there, hold your head up, everything will be alright.

SMITHg

"Dancing days are here again, as the summer evening glows..."

Okay, it's back to putting song lines for my title unless I think of a good title. Monday morning I was dead tired because I went to school at 10:00 am, and I got home at 4:30 am, the morning, or night before. It depends on how you look at it. I came home and had to paint. It fucking blew because I hate painting, but if it helps me achieve my goal as architect, then it is worth it. Tuesday, I went to class that Emily left a wee bit early for so she could finish her paper, and I helped her with it. It was about Harry Potter, so I thought she should have named the paper: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Bone." That's catchy, right? I thought so, but she named it something else. I was pissed on Tuesday as well because I had a mid-term the next day and I wanted to go tothe first basketball game of my friend, Trey. I did not get to, instead I studied for my mid-term. The next day, Emily tells me he played most of the game, and scored 13 points, and they only lost by 6. Then I say, "Ooooooh, good job, Trey," in my Dr. Nelson voice. Emily repeats, as to concur with my statement. I miss my four friends who are out of town, well, three, out of state. It'll be nice when Todd, Trey, Zack, and Damir come back, because it's not the same without them. I have fun, but it is not the same. I miss all of xbox competion and me going "Dah," all the time. Those fun baseball and basketball games, and FUZIOOOOOON FRENZYYYYYYYY. Ah, good times. I miss Lauren, too, with her and I arguing all the time, and Todd being in the middle. He could not have possibly agreed with me, Lauren being his girlfriend and all. In the end, we are very good friends. We put aside the petty stuff, although we do agree on many things. And, Emily, I know you read this, so tell Lauren that we will dominate you two in Family Feud any day, because she won't call me back (she's very busy). Me, Todd, Trey, and Zack, that is. And Samantha can be on your team Emily, to make it more fair. We'll keep it battle o' the sexes. And then there's Cranium, tell her she's no match for me. Heck, I'll call her and tell her myself. Todd's birthday was Monday, but he has yet to call me back. He's in the snow in Flagstaff right now. Damir only gets to come back for three days, which sucks because he is part of our "crew" as well. But he'll be too busy playing basketball. It's okay, life goes on. He'll be practicing 17 times a day and not got a day off. He enjoys it, though, I imagine. Today is Wednesday, and I took my mid-term and just tore it up. That test was sore after I got done with it (figure of speech, not literal). Then, I drew, came home, spoke with Samantha for a little bit on the phone. Now, I have to finish drawing, so I must go.

gSMITH

My Halloween Weekend with Samantha

I had an awesome weekend over Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It was a good long weekend. Where to start, hmmmmmm.

Okay, I picked Samantha up at Murdock's place at I don't know when. We then went to Hemay's to get him. Well, actually, I was already at Heamy's waiting for Samantha to call after she's done with whatever at Murdock's. So, Hemay folows us to Coconuts and we meet Heather there. Bubba and some other ex-salpointers were there too, so it was an okay surprise I guess. Samantha and I danced and danced and denced. Yes, dencing is just dancing spelled incorrectly. Everyone else was dancing too, except we couldn't get Hemay to dance with any of the 1000 single girls there, who just go there to dence and probably make out with dudes. His loss. I took Samantha home at about 1:00 am because she had to open, although I wish I could have spent more time with her. It's okay though, I understand.

I went to school Friday and then went home waiting for Samantha's call. She called and then I went with her to drop off her sister, her sister's fiance (who apparently I made a bad impression on because I asked, "What's up? What are you guys doing out here? Lame, I know), and their friends. We dropped them off at Maloney's, a downtown bar, and then went to Hemay's. It was alright at Hemay's because there were some people I really did not like, but I just did not talk to them. We left and hung out with eachother, wating for her sister to call to pick her up. We picked them up and her fiance kept making rude comments to me because I guess I am some sort of dickhead. Yeah right. We went back to Samantha's house and I went home.

I woke up on Sunday and relaxed for a bit, then I went to the football game with Jake, Jon, and Paul. We suck, that's all I can say. We left early and I helped Jake hook-up his surround sound. I basically did it for him. We then played Halo and Hemay came over top play with us. I then went to Samantha's to change into my doctor costume and she put on her amazingly hot nurse outfit. We went to Chuy's after going to Heather's to meet her. After yummy Chuy's, we met Heather and followed her to a party. Heather ran I red light, but it's okay. Trey and Emily met us at the party as well. It was nice to see Trey because I had nto seen him in a while. And Emily had her bee costume on, sans stinger. We left that party early too, because Samantha had to open again. I got home at around 3:00 am.

On Sunday, I typed until it was time to serve candy to the little trick or treaters. I served candy until about 8:30 pm, then I left to meet Samantha at the coffee shop, Starbucks. Oh wait, I mean It's A Grind. We picked up Heather and met Danica at the loft to go to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. After that, I drove all of us to parties, but not before them making fun of me in the parking lot, calling me freaky sober and fag. My feelings were a little hurt, but I didn't let it bother me. If I was not there, Samantha would have lost her purse, her stethoscope, and Danica's hat. I was the caretaker. We went to a party where Danica's friend was. When we left it turns out he was coming with us, really random I thought. We went to a frat party and there was dencing, there's that word again. It's funny watching guys try to dance up on her, and then she just turns to me. It's hilarious. Or I'll go over there and take over for them, I relieve them of their duties. It doesn't bother me, because I know she is just dancing. We were outside when some guy, actually his name was Hugh, came up to Samantha and Heather and told them they were hot. So Samantha turned to me and kissed me. Aparrently, he then said "Fuck that bitch, she has a boyfriend," or something along those lines. Samantha got a little more than slightly miffed at his comment, you could say. I didn't hear him, I just saw her get mad. So, I went over to him and asked him what he said, and he said he didn't say anything to her. So I told him that she wouldn't flip out without good reason. So I told him to tell me what he said and apologize and everything would be okay. He didn't tell me what he said, but he did apologize, which struck me as a little bit odd. I found out what he said when we were on the way home. We went to Los Betos and got some food, and then I dropped Heather off, and Samantha and I spent some time together until I took her home. I got home at 4:30 am and I had class at 10:00 am. So, of course, I went to sleep.

I woke up and went to class, and here I am now, typing this blog. It feels good because I have not typed my blog for a while. Sprint shut my phone of again, so I am pissed, but it'll come back on soon.

gSMITH

COCONUTS

Did you know that coconuts kill more people than sharks? In a study, 15 were killed by shark attacks in 2000, and in that same year, 150 people died due to coconuts falling on their head. That's so fucking interesting, one would never expect to by a coconut. So watch out next time you are at the beach. Speaking of cocnuts, we are going there tomorrow night because Samantha is going to Mexico, so I will not get to see her all weekend. YES! But, my thursday night will consist of coconuts and jumping, right Katie? This week has been very well to me and has gone by so much faster than I have ever thought possible. It feels like Monday when tomorrow is actually Thursday. I guess I have to dress up all nice to go though because it is "dress up nice night" I guess. I don't know who is going with us, but I hope it is fun people who she invites to go with us. We'll see I suppose. The Red Sox just won the AL title in the most amazing fashion. I will not go into it because it is so amazing that the whole world know about it by now. It is almost unfathomable what they did though. Guitar is going well, even thought I have not played in a couple days. I ahve to draw now, so I must be going. But I'll do a quick sum up of this weekend. My parents were out of town, so I was pretty much free to do whatever over the weekend, even though I don't drink or smoke. Everyone who is just finding this out is thinking what a loser I am right now. Anyway, I hung out with my friends a lot, and Samantha and her friends a lot. Samantha, Danica, Claudia, and I went to a party or two (Icannot remember) and they were some fun, but Samantha danced with everyone else but me. And it seemed like the other three had fun as well, it is because they drink. Just kidding, they would have fun either way. I really do have to go now, and sorry Samantha for not talking to you while I write this.

gSMITH

"Freedom is just another word for nothng left to lose"

I disagree with this comment, freedom is so much better. But I was listening to this song at the time. I am totally jacking this idea from BF by putting song quotes in my title. But I like the idea. Well, my architecture portfolio deadline is coming up, so I have to get that done and turn it in. I have to redo about every drawing that will go into this portfolio, but it is alright, it must be done. I had a conference with my arc. professor today. He really likes my AME building perspective drawing and that made me feel very proud. It also motivates me to put the same effort into every homework I have for that class. So I will. I am talking on the phone currently with Samantha, and she's talking about something, I wasn't listening. Just kidding, she is talking about her friend Kristen not being able to get a new car because of stupidity. Guitar is coming along well, I can almost play WILD THING, by THE TROGGS. I can almost switch between chords without much trouble, I just need to learn to get faster at switching chords, then I'll be able to play any song. I will have the skill to do so, I just have to learn the notes to the song. And I will just keep getting better. Emily, that poker song by OAR I think is totally applicable to this game I just played. I was almost out of chips, and I came back to win $25. Pretty cool I know. A Crazy Game of Poker, it was. I'm out. Peace.

gSMITH

One Flight, Two Filght, Three Flight Rock...

Sorry, I am listening to that song, not that any of you know which song it is. I'm old school like that.

I am now going to wrap up my weekend and my monday:
This weekend, school wise, I had to re-draw my one-point perspective drawings that were stolen. I got McClelland Hall done on Friday (oops, Friday's not the weekend. So fucking what.), and the AME building finished on Sunday (I was a lazy shit on Saturday, as I did not do a damn thing). I was pretty happy about the AME building. I feel I did an outstanding job on the AME building. The fruition of my drawing made me realize that it is not that bad re-doing something. The reason being is that I expected it to take 9 hours again, but it only took me 3.75 hours. Do some math whores. And "Sassy" is a harridan whose life goal is to suck the life out of all her students. If you do not know her, I apologize. And today, I drew on the other side of McClelland Hall. It was not too bad, I was in the shade. Then, I came home and drew my "towel." That is the hw portion of my summary.

Now for the rest of my weekend:
I went to nightfall with Samantha. It was fun, but these 3 younger girls in front of us were pissing the hell out of me at this one haunted house we went into. Oh, they were ghetto mexicans by the way. "Don't act like you know me," and ,"Stupit," said the ghetto mexicans. Anyway, it was fun all-in-all, especially when the scary man came up behind Samantha and started to dry hump her, I mean, scared her. Yeah, I meant to say he scared her. So bad that she almost dropped her ice cream. That is a good dry humping, I mean scaring, if she almost dropped her ice cream. Then, on Saturday, I went to my friend's place and we went out to parties. We went to this one party on mountain and edison. It was the one that Samantha and Kerrie could not get into, which means that I am cooler. Right ladies? Right. It was a fun party to sum it up quickly. Then I went back to my friend's place and we got Los Betos. It was oh so good. Then Samantha and Kerrie came to see me before they had to go home. It was more Samantha coming to see me. Upon their departure, I acidentally called Kerrie, which I apologized for many times by the way. Well, at least it's not as bad as when Sam called Maeve, Mark, or so they tell me.

Well, I have to go, my duodenum is acting up.

gSMITH

I'm an asshole...Sorry

Today, we had to draw outside for 2 hours in the hot sun. I had nothing to eat nor drink the entire day. So, I was dehydrated, hungry, and hot. I did not get much shit done because it was so hot that it was hard to focus. I was getting pretty irritated at this point. Upon leaving, Samantha called me and did not sound happy. Then, she called back said I was being short with her. I'm sorry that I was grumpy, I did not mean to be at all. I had a snackypoo and a drinkypoo and I am feeling much better. My guitar skills are improving, though my fingers hurt. I will get better in no time (hopefully), in order to play "Brown Eyed Girl." That will be my first song I've decided. Halloween is coming up and that is awesome because 1)Halloween is cool, and 2)The weather begins to not be so hot. And also, the movie, "The Grudge," is coming out, so I suggest that everyone go see it because it looks scary and good. Scary and good, excellent combination. I will go now and practice towards playing "Brown Eyed Girl," because it cannot wait any longer, nor can I put it off any longer.

gSMITH

It's Called the Pita Pit

I went to the Pita Pit today for the first time and it was very good. I went with Samantha because she wasn't too busy for me at the time. So we went. School was good. Our architecture hw was not good enough, so we have to redo it, and not to mention that we have to do our hw for thursday to compund the hw that is to be redone. My english teacher complimented me on how well I can point out contexts and thesis statements in literature. I guess this is a good thing, or everyone else in my class is just retarded because it really isn't that hard. But you know what is hard? Learning to play the guitar, that's what. I know 3 chords now, they are g major, c makor, and d major. I also know the chromatic scale, but my fingers F-ing hurt playing. Oh well, I'll get better at it. I am going to take off now and do some more guitar playing in order to get good.
So, until next time, eat all of the french fries and milkshakes your stomach can handle.

G

PS- I like the Chairway to Heaven myself, if you know what that means.