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 Archive -- Week 4: 7/20/02 - 7/27/02
Song of the week: Avril Lavigne - Unwanted
Which superpower would you want? Flight with 6 votes.
July 21, 2002 - perceptions
After talking to Leslie in the car last night, I realized exactly how absolutely AWESOME all my friends are. We all can be open with each other and we never have to try to be a certain way around each other. I guess sometimes when I see people, it just seems like they're trying to come off like someone their not or something. I just find it so... relaxing, I guess to be able to be myself.. 'nuf said. If you didn't get the message yesterday, the Music section is up. And don't forget to take the new poll.
 
Image of the Day

I would have shrunk this image down, but it just doesn't have the same effect when it's smaller. It speaks for itself.

Quote of the Day: "It's music. Don't analyze it, just shut up and listen to it."
I wish I remembered his quote exactly, but that one's from Chris. People analyze things way too much these days. I think music is kinda like life... if you're too busy trying to figure it out, you miss out on the whole point of it.
July 22, 2002 - this thing sucks
So yesterday, I went to Betsy's aunt's house... and initially, I didn't really want to go, and I'm not really sure why. Maybe it was the fact that it was gonna be her family, and I was kinda nervous to be around all of them or something... or maybe it was that we were gonna go swimming, and I'm a scrawny pale guy. I actually don't think it was either of those. Maybe I just was in a bad mood. Anyways, on with the story. I told her no, and then I realized how I had been telling her for the past 2 weeks that I wanted to hang out with her, and that this would be a perfect opportunity for that. And so I went... and I am soooo glad I went, because I had an awesome time. And guess what? If I didn't go, I bet you an infinite amount of money that I would wish I had gone. What's the moral of the story? Look at the song lyric of the day.

And to tie todays's entry with yesterday's entry about my awesome friends... After I decided to go to Betsy's aunt's, I had 15 minutes before they were picking me up and I had no swimsuit. So I called Steve-O in a panic, and the AWESOME dude that he is, he rode his bike to my house as fast as he could just to bring me one. So thanks Steve! The site is dedicated to him for today.
 

Image(s) of the Day

Sheesh... check this out! I'm getting so popular that I'm gonna have to make a fan art page pretty soon. The one on the left is from Chelsea, and the one on the right is from Stephanie. I guess it's not really "fan art", considering I kinda told Chelsea to draw a picture, and that Stephanie's is titled "this thing sucks".

Lyric of the Day: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Deep Kick

"It's better to regret something you did that something you didn't do"
That would be the chili peppers quoting the Butthole Surfers. And that quote is soooo right. In my opinion, a "whoops, I shouldn't have done that" is better than a "what if i did do that?"... "what if"s suck.
July 23, 2002 - baby light my fire
And of course, just when my website seems to be coming together pretty well, it catches on fire. Luckily, I have insurance against this type of thing! Anyways, last night, I went to Leslie's house and played Cleveland monopoly. It was actually "Cleveland in a box" and not the legitimate form of Cleveland monopoly. I was the hot dog, and I won. And yeah, winning is cool and all... but it was only when I won that I realized the downside of winning Monopoly. Once you win, you have all that money, right? And then you put the game away and look at your wallet. That's when you realize you only have $3 and you're just a poor bastard. 
 
Image of the Day

Sheesh, I can't believe Larry set my website on fire. I mean, you think you know a guy, and then he goes and does this. When confronted about this, Larry released the following statement: "Ross, you're so gay... what the hell are you talking about?" Sheesh, first arson, now he plays dumb about it.

AIM Conversation of the Day - Ross and Leslie
Sweety355: Hey Ross
therosser1022: hey leslie
Sweety355: where do you get the AIM Conversations for your website?
therosser1022: ah, I make them all up.
Sweety355: even this one?
therosser1022: yup.
July 24, 2002 - that little 'extra'
Well, not much is going on in the world of Ross today. Life is good. It has its ups and downs, but it's good. Speaking of ups and downs, I started writing an entry the other day about them, and how every down has its up and vice versa. The entry got too long, so I cut it. But it inspired me (as do a lot of things)... I'm gonna put up a "Ramblings" section, where I'll put longs entries of sorts about what I think. Sure, it may not be very interesting... but maybe one of these days, someone will read a ramble and actually kinda understand the way my mind works. Alright, that's it for today. The ramble section will be up probably by tomorrow.
 
Image of the Day (click for bigger)

This is a plane that people have actually made (or so it seems). It actually looks pretty awesome, so if anyone does this, let me know. This is one of those things to do during "one day when we're bored..."

 

Quote of the day - "I need to believe that something extraordinary is possible."
That one's from Ron Howard's "A Beautiful Mind". Personally, that's what gives me hope a lot of times. I have this belief that not everything is fact-of-the-matter, and that there is a capacity for extraordinary things in all people. No one likes to think that our lives will always be ordinary and see ordinary things and live through ordinary times (at least I don't like to think that).
July 25, 2002 - boring update
Battlefield Rumpelstiltskin got together yesterday to record a bit. We didn't get much accomplished, but check out the Download page to get the two "songs" we did record. As far as my rambling goes, I don't have the Rambles section quite ready to be uploaded, although I have been rambling a bit lately. Keep your eyes open, it'll be around soon. That's all for now.
 
Image of the Day

Brian sent me this a while back, so I figured I should put it up here. I guess squirrels like to get down-n-dirty, too. Are any of them girl squirrels?

 

Link of the day - http://www.dancingbush.com/
Ah of course, what's more amusing than our useless president? Seriously, we need to get someone in to power who actually knows what he's doing and isn't afraid to do it. Like father, like son I guess.
 
July 26, 2002 - a biblically climactic enigma
Well, the Rambles page is now up, although it's kinda empty. Don't worry, I have a LOT to ramble about, so it should fill up eventually. As for other news, yesterday I was up at the school, and I saw the principal Mr. Seymour. He said "Hey Ross, how are you?" And I thought that it was awesome that he knew my name. After that, I was supposed to go out to see a play with Betsy, and I had no money, so I called my dad, and when he got home, all he had was $13, and quarters, but I refused to take quarters. He went next door and borrowed money from my neighbor. So that was pretty awesome. And then I went to the play, and it was AWFUL. But I still had fun, b/c I was with Betsy. Sometimes I look at her and see everything I could ever want in a girl. Ah well, see the realization of the day.
 
Image of the Day

I think this image speaks for itself. This is an actual item being sold at ebay. Yikes.

Realization of the day - 
Anytime something good happens in my life and everything is happy, something comes along and crushes it all.

Lyric of the day - 'Pippin'

"Well I'll sing you the story of a sorrowful lad
Had everything he wanted, didn't want what he had"
Link of the day - What movie symbolism are you?
Well, I took this quiz, and it says I'm best represented by the symbolism in the movie "Magnolia"... I don't know what that movie is about. I think I want something like a message board on here, so that you can post what symbolism you are and such.
July 27, 2002 - depression, a broken plane, and world destruction
Since everyone and their mom went to warped tour yesterday, I hung out with Steve-o... we didn't do a lot, but we never do, so it was cool. I helped some lady with computer troubles. I take back everything I ever said about hicks in Ohio. Anyways, life gets a lot of people down these days. So much good time is wasted being sad and upset over things that aren't too important in the long run. And then there are those who are dealing with self-issues, which ARE important in the long run, and some of the hardest issues to fix. And I wish there were some way to show people what others see in them... what I see in them. "Look into my eyes, and tell me you can't see you mean something to me." It's just... there's SO much out there for people to enjoy, and it's so hard to enjoy it when you can't stand being with yourself. 
 
Image of the Day

Well, if you look at the entry from July 24, you'll see instructions how to make a plane using flies as engines. Sure enough, someone tried it. And that someone was Paul Serwatka. According to him, the plane didn't work, because the flies wouldn't fly at the same time. Nonetheless, this still establishes him as the biggest loser in the world. (just kidding)

Wold Destruction News of the Day - "The chances of any asteroid as big or larger than 2002 NY40 hitting Earth sometime in the next century are put at about 1 in 400."
2002 NY40 is an asteroid passing kinda close to the Earth (but not TOO close) sometime in August. It's smaller than 1 km in diameter. But even an asteroid that small can cause many deaths and a temporary shift in climate. So anyone who's planning on being around for the next 100 years, you better hope 1 in 400 odds are good enough, and if they're not, you better hope  the asteroid hits somewhere you don't care about.... like the south.