3-31-01

I didn't feel like doing a whole lot when I first woke up, but after a while I decided to go on over to the LAN party at the Outdoor Living Center. First, my dad and I went to Wal-Mart to pick up the van, and then I headed on over to the LAN party. They had a lot of people come from all over, but only a few people from Russellville for some reason. I didn't feel like gaming much, so I just watched everyone else. A few of the guys had a big game of Tribes 2 going, and it looked awesome. Jared Fitzgibbon and I decided to take a break, so we went over to Sonic to grab a little snack and so I could see Janine Randles. Later in the evening, back at the LAN party, they took a massive order of Whatta Burger for everyone. I stuck around after the party to help clean up a bit, although I wasn't much help. I just hung out with the guys for a little while. When they finally left, I decided to go over to Nikki Holbrook's for a bit because she was having a little get together at her place. I guess I showed up too late though, because the only two people I knew there were Christi Bauer and Nikki. I left after a little while, came home, and slept.

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3-30-01

Today was alright. Classes were fine for the most part, but I got pretty tired and bored. Between 5th and 6th periods, I climbed up on top of a Coke machine out in the hallway. People stared at me as they walked by to get to their classes. I thought it was pretty cool being way up there. People gave me all these crazy looks. After school, I walked Angie Jennings out to the parking lot to meet Matt Farrar, and then walked Rachel Trusty over to her car. Then I took my sister home, and my mom and I went to run some errands and open up a bank account for me. I found out my driver's license was expired, so after I opened my account I went to the revenue office to get it renewed. When I finally finished up there, I dropped my mom off at the doctor and went out to take pictures of the softball game. After that, I went to pick up my mom and do some more grocery shopping before heading back home. Later in the evening, Janine Randles came online for a bit. I met her at the coffee shop, but she was out with her other friends for most of the time. I hung out with Mitch Graham, Ashley Hardin, Christi Bauer, Nikki Holbrook, and Sarah Conley for most of the night. They all kind of came and went, along with a bunch of other people. Eventually everyone left me, so I came home. I had several messages waiting for me, and I talked to Chris Spaght for a while. Tomorrow is the LAN party/tournament thing, but I'm not sure if I'll be going or not. It depends on how I feel.

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3-29-01

I had a pretty good day today. Classes were alright, and I got to just lay back for most of the day. During 6th period, I wandered around for a while and finally settled in Mr. Lonon's room with Rachel Trusty. We sat and talked for most of the period. After school, I caught up with her and walked her out to her car. Chris Sanderock had apparently been by to place a rose on her windshield. After she left, I walked over to Janine Randles's car to talk to her for a bit before she left. Her brother pulled a little Sonic Wacky Pack toy out of her car and gave it to me. After that I came home myself and rested for a while. I wasn't feeling too well, so I took a nap for a while. There wasn't much here to eat for dinner, and I needed to get out of the house for a bit, so I went to Sonic to grab a chicken strip dinner. They didn't have my favorite spicy kind, but the regular was alright. I got to talk to Kelly Ross for a few seconds when she brought my food out. Later in the evening, I was helping Rachel out with her web cam, when all of the sudden Jared Fitzgibbon came on the cam. Apparently Rachel is free of the old rule that she couldn't be on the phone, on the computer, or have visitors past 9:00. I talked to Angie Jennings for a while, and then started getting ready for bed. About midway through writing this log the first time, the power went out in my house, so I got to start all over again.

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3-28-01

I had the WEIRDEST dream last night! I was on an island with a group of people, just having a good time. The strange thing about the people was that they took on the personalities of those that they dressed up as. At first they were fine as themselves, and everything was happy around the island, but then they started dressing up to look rather evil, and they began killing each other. The next time I saw them, they had horns and were all ugly looked like the devil or something. I woke up for a minute, and then went back to sleep. School was alright for the most part. Sarah Hindsman got me this cool little cow that poops jelly beans! It's the greatest thing! Thanks Sarah! After lunch, I spent a couple hours in the darkroom to develop some more film. After that, I wandered around to the EAST Lab for a while just to see what Jared Fitzgibbon and Matt Farrar were up to. It was really cold and rainy after school, but it didn't bother me too much. I walked Janine Randles out to her car, and then when I got back, Rachel Trusty was ready to head out, so I walked her to her car as well. Then I came home, dropped my sister off, and went to run some errands with my mom. When I finally got home, I relaxed for a bit, and then got to talking with Rachel a bit. I helped her set up her web cam, and set up a little spot on the Cow Cam page for her. It's kind of cool having two cams on the page there, and she seemed to have fun with the strange faces she made at her camera. One of my dad's friends from work found me on Yahoo! Messenger, so we chatted for a little while. Later in the evening, I tuned into Tech's KXRJ-FM to listen to Jared Magee and Matt Farrar on their radio show. I nearly forgot about it, but I caught the last hour or so of it. It would seem, at the moment, that life is good.

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3-27-01

Today was alright. I got to kind of take it easy in most of my classes, and I didn't have anything to do for yearbook. I bought prom tickets first period while Bryan Bramlett was selling them. Sarah Hindsman was back today from her spring break trip to Italy. She was a bit jet lagged, so she stayed pretty quiet. I spent a couple hours in the darkroom developing some film, and then Thomas Hollingsworth came down and we talked for a while about LAN parties, tournaments, and such. After school, Angie Jennings and I walked out to the parking lot to meet Matt Farrar, who was also just back from the Italy trip. I stopped for a few seconds, hugged a tree, and then ran off. I passed Cassie Hilgerson on the way back to the building. She turned out to be heading towards the parking lot herself, instead of waiting for her mom to come pick her up. I walked her out to her car, and then headed back to the building for my second and final time before being picked up by my mom. We stopped by work for a few minutes so I could get a project to work on, and then we all went to do a bit of grocery shopping. When we finished there, we came home where I found a nice big brown box with my name on it. I got my USB hub in, so I played with it and my cameras most of the night. Unfortunately, I don't think I can run both cameras off of this computer. I have hooked both up now though, so it's a simple matter of changing a little setting to switch cams. I may be able to set up my program to alternate cams, but so far I haven't had any luck with that either. If you check the Cow Cam, you'll notice that it has moved, but that's the only change as of yet. Hopefully, more changes will be soon to come.

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3-26-01

Surprisingly enough, I didn't have problems staying awake today. I still didn't like having to be at school, but at least I didn't fall asleep in class. I froze a bottle of Bawls to take with me just as a backup in case I would start to get tired. Nothing special happened, and classes went on as usual. I spent a couple hours in the darkroom making a few prints for the stupid school newspaper staff because they're too darn lazy to take their own pictures and have them developed. Mr. Bradley didn't have anything for us 7th period, so I made up the test he kept for me. After school I walked with Janine Randles and Sarah Wade out to Janine's car so we could talk. After they left, I went to talk to Rachel Trusty for a bit over at her car. I dropped my bottle of Bawls, and it actually broke. I had never broken any of my Bawls before, but I guess this one hit at the right angle to shatter. The bottles are generally pretty sturdy and droppable. I picked up the pieces and threw the whole mess into the trash, and then headed to work for a few minutes before going home, and then to my eye appointment. My sister and I both had appointments there, so after we both finished up, I took her home and went off to take pictures of a softball game. On the way home I stopped by Sonic and talked to Ashley Hardin for a minute, and then came on home for the rest of the night. Now I'm tired enough that I might actually go to sleep tonight. I found out the Funny Cud page didn't upload right, so I fixed that problem and the latest addition to the page shows up now.

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3-25-01

Now who would have thought that I wouldn't go out today after all? I can't believe it's all over. Spring break has, for the most part, kind of sucked. I suppose it had a few high points, but most of it was just me sitting at home staring blankly at my monitor while everyone else was out partying in Europe or Cancún. I did absolutely nothing today. I have to start school again tomorrow, and my spring break was completely wasted. Now all I have to hope for is summer vacation after graduation.

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3-24-01

I didn't do as much today as I had originally planned, but at least I got out of the house for a little while. Not too many people came online, so for the most part I surfed around, played games, and watched TV. You may notice that if you go to this site's root page and add it to your favorites, both the favorites folder and the address bar will show this nifty little icon . I also had a short chat with someone on AOL Instant Messenger, and thought the simple stupidity in it would be good enough for a couple laughs on the Funny Cud page. I split it up a bit, so from now on each addition to the Funny Cud page will have some sort of title. My dad and I went out to eat for dinner, and then went to Wal-Mart for a while. After that, I came home and played around on my computers some more. I got my remote control program working, so I can control any of the other computers in the house from any one of the computers I choose. It's fun to play with, and quite fast over the network. I have to whine just a little bit because spring break is over. I didn't get to go out and do much, so it just sucked for the most part. Maybe tomorrow I'll try to splurge and just go out to have a good time.

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3-23-01

I worked a lot today. My mom and sister left to go to Tunica. After they left it was quite peaceful, but no fun. I had to work on a rather annoying web page. Usually I have fun with the stuff they give me at work, but I didn't like this site a bit. My sister called and gave me her new cell phone number. I don't know why she got a cell. I don't know where she'll get the money to pay for her cell. I thought about getting one, but nobody ever talks to me anyway, so the only time I'd ever use it is so my parents could find me when I'm out of the house. When it was time for my dad to get off of work, I went to pick him up and then came back home. Not many people were on today, so it was quite boring. I watched a couple movies and just sat around. I wish I had gone out somewhere, but I didn't know if anyone else would be out. Tomorrow I'm definitely getting out of the house.

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3-22-01

I feel like I've done a lot today, yet nothing exciting has happened. My mom, sister, and I went out so I could get a haircut at my aunt's house. On the way, we stopped at a bank so I could open an account of some sort. There were too many sucky options and not enough good options, so I decided to go around to some other banks to see what's available. Then we continued on to my aunt's so I could get my hair cut. When we finished, we went to the local SunCom office because my sister was nagging to get a cell phone. She has no income, but she insists she can make the payments. Nobody signed any papers, so we came home for a while. When my dad got home, we all went to pick up my aunt and then go out to eat. My mom said we were celebrating my birthday, but I really think she wanted to go out to celebrate a late Chanukah. After we finished, we took a nice family trip to Wal-Mart. I got tired of wandering around, but I did see a few things in the electronics section that I wanted. When we eventually got home, I got on to my Sprite Rocket Cash account and ordered a USB hub from www.walmart.com. It was nearly $10 just to ship the dang thing, whereas I could have picked it up while I was actually at Wal-Mart for a mere $30. Having nearly $40 in my Rocket Cash account, I decided to go ahead and use it. I should be getting my hub within the next week or so. As soon as I get it and find a place to plug the monstrous AC adapter, I'll get both of my web cams running so you can all watch me from two (2) different angles. Yes, that's right, I said there will soon be two Cow Cams up with two completely different angles on my twisted and bizarre daily life.

I was also notified that, apparently, Cox decided not to accept my upload last night, so yesterday's log didn't actually show up until I re-uploaded it this evening.

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3-21-01

I didn't do a whole lot today. I went to work from around 1:00 to 5:00. Dustin Summey was there working on some stuff, and I got to work on some fairly fun stuff. After work I came home for a couple hours. Brian Rowe got online and invited me to his work so I could keep him company. They had him staying there until 8:00 at night just watching the phones, so I went over there to cure both of our cases of boredom. After that, I came home and played on my computer a bit. Janine Randles came online later in the evening, and said she wouldn't be back from Illinois until Sunday.

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3-20-01

Not a whole lot happened today. I went to the dentist for an appointment in the morning and then came home for a while. My sister went out with some friends, and Brian Rowe came over for a little while to get a CD from me. We hung out in my room for a while talking about a bunch of crap since we haven't seen each other in quite a while. Later on, my boss called and said they were having server problems and had to go out of town to fix them. Now I get to go to work tomorrow in the early afternoon. Later in the afternoon, I went to visit Kerryn Johns for a while. She just got her tonsils out the other day, so I figured if she wasn't too tired she might like some company. I stayed there for a while and then came home. I kept wanting to go out and do something, but nobody else was around, so I just stayed home and cleaned up my computer a bit.

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3-19-01

When I woke up, I stepped outside my room to see that my sister had visitors. I hid in my room until they left. Around 3:00, I went to work for a few minutes to see what they had for me to work on. After I finished up there, I went to pick up Angie Jennings, and we went to Old Post Park to hang out for a while. We walked up to the tennis courts to see Matt Saunders, and Kendon Lawrence came along to talk with the three of us. After they left, Angie and I went off to the swings for a little while, and then went for a walk around the park just to talk for a while. Then I took her home, stopped by Sonic for a couple minutes to get some cheese sticks, and went up to Jon Robison's house again. I decided against packing up and taking my computer up there, because I don't have any hard drive space to install any other games. After hanging out there for a little while, I gave Thomas Hollingsworth a ride home and picked up a case of Bawls while I was there. I finally headed home and just laid around the house for the rest of the night.

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3-18-01

I spent all day sitting around at home watching movies and a very small amount of time online talking with random friends that would pop up. My aunt came over in the evening, gave me my birthday present, and took my mom and sister out to eat. I wasn't too hungry, so I just stayed home. Later in the evening, Thomas Hollingsworth called to see if I wanted to go hang out with him, Jon Robison, Gary Metz, and Blake Lawhorne. Not having a car, Thomas and Gary came to pick me up. They were surprised to see that I didn't have my computer packed up, but Thomas had failed to mention that it was a LAN party at Jon's house. I decided against packing up my system, and instead just went along to watch them play. We stopped by Sonic on the way over because Thomas wanted a specialty drink. They were closed, but Janine Randles happened to be there, so she hooked him up. Right before she left, she said she'd go to prom with me, so I guess now I have a date. She made sure to remind me that we're merely going as friends, though. I was rather surprised how she just pulled the topic out of nowhere as she was leaving, but I'm satisfied. She gave me a quick hug, and then Thomas, Gary, and I continued on to Jon's house. I watched the four of them play Aliens Vs. Predator for a couple hours, and then Thomas and Gary took me home. I guess today wasn't a complete waste of time, considering I left the house to go hang out with the guys, and unintentionally gained a date to my senior prom.

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3-17-01

My dad and I went up to my grandparents' house in Heber Springs today to celebrate March birthdays. I think it was just my grandfather and me. It was a bit of fun going up there to visit, but I got pretty tired and a little bored after a while. When we got home, I slept.

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3-16-01

Today was crazy. My calculus test was insanely difficult. Mrs. Heflin even let us all take the tests with us and then just return them at the end of the day, but it didn't help much. I was screwed anyway. After much debate I finally asked Janine Randles if she'd be interested in going to prom with me. Before she said she would go with me if I asked, but today she said she'd have to think about it. After school I went to pick up a paycheck from work, and then went home to rest until I had to go take pictures of soccer. When I did, it was freezing outside. I spent a good hour or two out there, which wasn't fun. When I got back home, I talked to Kerryn Johns online for a few seconds before her brother kicked her off the computer, and then I called her to talk for a little while. She said she needed to call someone else and asked me to call her back in 10 minutes, but I just told her to call me back when she was done. It's 3:00 in the morning. I don't think she's calling me back.

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3-15-01

Not a whole lot happened today for me being so busy. During first period I went down to help Mr. Murdock make a web page. I went to work in the darkroom for a while during 5th period. I spent most of 6th period studying for the physics test I had coming up, which I wound up doing alright on. I could have done better, but instead of a comprehensive test, we took our 9 weeks test over some material we've been covering since the beginning of the week. After school I came straight home because I didn't really feel like hanging around for too much longer. My dad took my car in to get new tires, and gassed it up while he was out. Matt Farrar got me talking to Jared Fitzgibbon for a while despite the fact that I didn't really feel like talking to many people tonight. Now I need rest for my calculus test tomorrow. Maybe I'll survive high school after all.

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3-14-01

Most of today was alright. Lunch was alright. I spent a couple hours in the darkroom and then wandered around for a while. After school I took my sister home before I had to go to work. When we got home, the Navigator was gone. My parents sold it back to the dealers back in southern Mississippi. Then I went to work for a little while to make a quick little Flash animation for them. Later in the evening I went on over to visit my good friends at KXRJ. Matt Farrar promoted my site and my Bawls, and at one time Jared Magee was on the phone and Matt was gone, so Jared let me on the air for a while. I just had to wing it since it was a split second decision that got me on. I left about an hour before the end of their show so I could get some sleep, so instead of working on this page more I'm going to go sleep.

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3-13-01

There were only a couple tiny, somewhat-exciting things that happened to me today. I borrowed Olin Rankin's digital camera near the end of 5th period and went around taking some pictures. The Pictures page has been updated with them near the bottom of the "Random Pictures of Friends" section. A couple of the captions need to be fixed, but they're up for the most part. I had some problems uploading to my server, so some things may be a bit screwed. About midway through 6th period I got called to the office. Mr. White, the principal, talked to me for a bit about my selling of Bawls at school. He was very nice about it, so I'm not in any sort of trouble over it. He simply asked me to stop. Look for a "Bawls" page on this site very soon. I'll have a nice form set up so people can order Bawls from me. I can still sell the stuff, for example, out of the trunk of my car. I just can't make the money-for-Bawls transaction on school property any longer. I'll be happy to sell the stuff to people stopping by my house, or maybe sometime in the future make deliveries of larger quantities. I'll just have to see how things go. After school I talked with Rachel Trusty for a bit. She said she was going to the prom. I guess now I'll just ask Janine or something, who knows. At least I know Janine won't turn me down. After I got home, my boss called and said we were having a meeting at work. Dustin Summey and I were the only two there, I guess because Sarah Hindsman wasn't feeling well. I got some stuff to do, so I'll be nice and busy over spring break. It's not like I had anything special planned anyway. Later in the evening I went to take pictures of both girls' and boys' soccer at school. It sucked, as should be expected.

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3-12-01

I don't have much stuff to ramble on about today, which is quite a relief I'm sure. Before class started, I met Cassie Hilgerson standing by the wall by herself, so I went to talk to her until it was time to go to class. Most of the day was quite easy with little work to be done. I left near the end of 5th period to go visit Rachel Trusty and Jared Fitzgibbon in art class. After that I wandered around for a while and then finally settled in the EAST Lab during 6th period. After school, I saw my mom standing out in front of the school. She had driven the Navigator, and didn't have a garage door opener or house key with her, so she came to get my garage door opener. She took my sister, and I stopped by work to see if there was anything to be done. I talked with my boss for a while there, and then went home until I had to go take pictures of a softball game. On the way there I drove by Melanie Cork and stopped to talk to her for a bit. Then I passed Justine Fitzgibbon and Kasey Garrison out for a jog, so I talked to them for a bit as well. Then I continued on to the game, finished a roll of film, came home, discovered my newly delivered case of Bawls, and thus ended all notable points of my day.

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3-11-01

I'm exhausted from today. I got up and immediately started work on a bunch of crap for school. This is going to be a long, rough week. I called Janine Randles around 2:30 and then met her at Sonic at 3. Our first stop was Sequoyah park. We didn't stay very long before we went to Subway to grab a bite to eat. Next we stopped by Hastings for a while. Janine got a couple CDs, and I picked up a Foxtail. Then we went to visit the home of Kerryn Johns for a bit to see what she was up to. She was on her way out to work though, so Janine and I headed out again. At first we were going to go to Old Post Park, but she changed her mind and we went to Lake Dardanelle State Park. I hadn't been there in years, but it was great fun. We walked down the dike and sat down for a while to look out over the water. It would have been nicer if the sun had been out, but it was still pretty cool. We didn't stay too terribly long before we decided it was time to head on back. I dropped her by Sonic and then headed home myself. This week is going to be killer. I wish I had an extra day or two off. I just know spring break's going to be too short as well.

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3-10-01

I'm surprised at how very little life sucks lately. I laid back to watch movies for a while until I had to take my sister to a French club party. On the way home, I didn't really feel like just going home and doing nothing, so I went to Sonic and hung out with Ashley Hardin while she was on break. When she had to go back in, I went home for a while. A guy from the Courier called to say I was getting my picture in the paper tomorrow, but they didn't have a picture of me. I went by to give him a copy of my senior portrait on my way to pick up my sister. A little while after we got home, Matt Farrar called with computer problems. Neither he or Jared Fitzgibbon, who was there, could figure out what to do, so I went over to check it out. On the way out, I stopped by Sonic again to see Janine Randles. I ordered some cheese sticks and was on my way. Matt's computer was really screwed up, so I wound up reinstalling Windows. Then we all sat back to play video games. It was a grand old time for a while, and then Jared and I left for home. A little while after I got home, Jared came by to pick up his partial case of Bawls. A bit later, I went to Sonic again just to hang out for a while. When they got too busy, Janine suggested I just come back after she got off work, so I went home. I was perfectly happy watching The Mummy when my sister called and said I had to go pick her up. I had to go all the way out to her friend Lyadonna's house, get her and her friend Andrea, and then take them home. It was getting late, so on the way home I stopped by Sonic yet again to make sure Janine wouldn't wonder where I was while I had to take my sister and Andrea home. We decided to just go on home and then go out to do something tomorrow when she doesn't have work. I took Andrea home, and then came home with my sister. Just when I was about to head to bed, my parents drove up with the Lincoln Navigator. I suppose it's kind of cute. At least it's black and not some hideous color like neon green or purple. I guess I'll go to bed now so I can get some rest before tomorrow.

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3-9-01

Today's been pretty fun. Classes went on as usual. I went around to some places with Janine Randles during yearbook. She was pretty jumpy and hyper today for some reason. Then during the next period, I went to Mr. Lonon's class and hung out with Rachel Trusty since Mr. Lonon wasn't there today. After school I went to work to pick up a paycheck, and then came home. I talked to Thomas Hollingsworth for a little while, and then we decided to go and hang out somewhere instead of just sitting at home doing nothing. First we went to Sonic to eat and see Janine and Kelly Ross. Ashley Hardin and Rebecca Luebker stopped by to grab a couple drinks, and sat down with us for a little while. They were only there for a little while though, and then they were off to the Legion Hut. While Thomas and I were still at Sonic, Janine kept coming out and talking to us. At one point in time she said to call her Sunday, and she started to give me her number, but I told her I already had it. She seemed rather shocked to hear that, but I guess she forgot that all the people on yearbook have their phone numbers posted in the class, plus everyone got a sheet of paper at the beginning of the year with everyone's phone numbers. She went back into the kitchen, and when she came back out she gave me a slip of paper with her phone number on it. After we finished up there, Thomas and I went to Picwood to hang out for a while. He went off because he had to talk to a guy that was there, and I just hung out in the lobby. It got pretty fun just hanging out there. After that we went to the coffee shop for a little while. There were only a few people there, so I took him home and picked up a couple cases of Bawls. After that I went on back to the coffee shop to hang out with Nikki Holbrook. A little while later, Ryan Roberts and Jacob Blalock showed up. We stopped by the Legion hut for a little while to hear the bands, then went back to the coffee shop for a while, and then we all went to Nikki's house to hang out. We stayed there on into the wee hours of the morning, and then I came home to my nice, warm bed.

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3-8-01

I had a rather good day today. Classes were alright, I did well on the tests I took yesterday, and things just seem to be going nice and smoothly right now. The seniors got out of 2nd period early to go take a few class pictures in the gym. We took several regular shots, and then a few silly poses. For a couple of the silly poses, a bunch of Jason Huynh's friends lifted him up, so it was like he was crowd surfing or something. I talked to Cassie Hilgerson a few times throughout the day, so things seem to be working out fine in that area too. She's quieter than she usually is, but things may still be weird for her. I spent some time in the darkroom developing film. After that, Thomas Hollingsworth came down to the journalism room and we sat down to talk for a while. I filled out my form to be a counselor at 5th grade camp, but I didn't get to turn it in. I'm hoping I can beg my way into turning my form in tomorrow, the day after the due date. After school I went to work for a meeting, then went to Hickey Park to take pictures of a baseball game. When I got home from that, my whole family went out to eat at New China. Among others, I saw Robin Barr wandering around a couple times. I haven't seen her since the last Dungeons and Dragons game we had over at her house with Nikki Barr. I would have gone to say hi to her, but I was kind of tucked away in a nice corner of the booth my family was in. After that I went to take pictures of the soccer game. Noticing I had left my film at home in my backpack, I made another trip back. When I got home from that, I talked to Nikki Barr for a little while online. Now I'm pooped. I really could use some Bawls, but I'm saving my last two bottles for an emergency.

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3-7-01

Today's been quite a bit better overall. Classes were alright. I got to help set up the EAST Lab's new Dell Pentium III 1 GHz system. It was quite nice. Angie Jennings came by at lunch to tell me she had talked to Cassie Hilgerson for me. She said she didn't really say much, so I figured nothing would really change. After lunch, Janine Randles and I talked for a while in the journalism room. Then I went to the art room to see Rachel Trusty for a little while. That was the last class of the day because we got out a couple hours early. After school I went to hang out in the parking lot for a while. A few of my friends said they were going to meet at the park because it was so nice outside, so I was going to catch up with them there later. Jessica Brown's car wouldn't start, so I gave her and her cousin a ride home, along with my sister and her friend Andrea. We got through alright. Then I went to Old Post Park to meet my friends, but I didn't see any of them there. I did see Rachel Trusty there though, so I stopped by to talk to her for a bit. She was out hanging out with James Bowie, so I didn't want to bother them for too long. It was a nice day out, but I spent most of it inside. A little while later in the afternoon, my sister's friends Lyadonna and Sam Bishop came by while my sister was gone to a dentist appointment. I just sent them into her room and went back to my TV watching. Later in the evening, Cassie Hilgerson actually called me. I was quite surprised to say the least. She apologized for dissing me for the past week, and I tried to reassure her that I had no hard feelings against her. Later still, I tuned into KXRJ-FM to listen to Jared Magee and Matt Farrar. I eventually called in and asked for them to send a song out to Cassie for me, sort of as a peace offering. I'm just glad to have my friend back. I can finally sleep at night now.

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3-6-01

Most of today was pretty bad. Classes were alright, but I just still wasn't feeling really great. At lunch, I passed Cassie Hilgerson twice. She completely shunned me both times. Things will be better soon, though. After school, I got to talk to Sarah Wade for a little while about her. I was right all along. Cassie heard from somewhere that I had a huge crush on her, so she freaked out and just started avoiding me. Angie Jennings is going to try to talk to her sometime, and then I'll try to talk to her sometime so we can see if I can get my good little buddy back. I didn't like the whole "lets not look at Michael and maybe he'll disappear" phase. After lunch, Mrs. Little had brought cupcakes for the class since she forgot to bring them yesterday for my birthday. At the time I wasn't feeling quite well though, but I survived. Sarah Hindsman came in to tell me that plans had changed, so our meeting at work was moved to Thursday. Near the end of 7th period physics, Casey Jones got on Mr. Bradley's computer and brought up this site on the big TV that was set up as a display for the computer. Several people came up, and Rebecca Brown said she'd have to visit the site sometime. I guess this means I'll have to behave myself when I'm on the Cow Cam from now on. After school I had to go take pictures of the soccer game. Before that, I went by Sonic to get a bite to eat. Just as I had wished, both Janine Randles and Kelly Ross were working there, and Ashley Hardin was working inside. Kelly said she and Janine had to fight over who was going to bring me my food. The two were really sweet to me, so they totally turned my day around right then. I was even borderline happy. Janine won the fight, so she brought out my food. Kelly came by later and asked if I wanted something to drink, since I hadn't ordered anything. I declined, but she insisted and gave me one on the house. I made sure to tip her for that one. I love those two. I should go eat at Sonic at least once a week. After that I went to Wal-Mart to get some film, and saw Rachel Wilson in the checkout line. We talked for a little while because we haven't really had the chance to ever since Cassie decided to start avoiding me. Then I went on to the soccer game, shot a roll of film, and came home to watch TV and rest. Right when I got home, my mom called and said, "Happy birthday." I'm so glad she remembered.

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3-5-01

Today hasn't been all that great. I woke up late and had to rush to get ready and head to school. After I cleared my head of all that, I realized that today was my turn to take the step from childhood to a real-life consenting adult. I feel so proud. I can finally buy porn at local gas stations, vote for idiots that think they're competent enough to run for president, and fight in a freaking war. God bless America. I ran into Cassie Hilgerson on the way to lunch, not literally of course. She said all of 5 words to me, and those were only to acknowledge the fact that I had asked how her weekend was. I just continued to walk on after that.. I saw her a couple more times throughout the day, but she simply walked by me each time. Once, somehow I managed to procure a smile from her little face, but I couldn't help but feel its pretense. During 6th period, I tried to go to Mr. Lonon's class to see Rachel Trusty, but he was busy teaching and his doors were closed. Since I couldn't go there, I decided to check on Mr. Payton's class to see if I could go see Cassie or something, but his door was shut too. I caught Thomas Hollingsworth in the hallway on the way back to the journalism room, so I took him along to talk and hang out for the rest of the period. After school I had an overwhelming urge to sit on my butt and do absolutely nothing. I really just wanted to go out somewhere to relax by myself. I didn't actually do anything more than just sit on my computer, though. Later in the evening, someone called and said my mom had won a Lincoln Navigator in Tunica. I was under-excited, still annoyed at the rest of my day. I decided if my mom was going to bring this new car home, I may as well see what it was. I was left staring at a huge family car, an SUV. Disgusted with that, I went to find a price tag to see how much we could get if we tried to sell the thing. Immediately after that I figured that if I only had $200,000 more, I could buy the car I really want, a Lamborghini. I doubt I'll be able to raise such a large sum of money within the next few years, so I figured I could build a fairly decent computer for $44,000, the price of the Navigator. If the $44,000 won't cover the price of the computer, I'll just chip in some extra money from my scholarships. Who needs school when you've got a desktop gaming computer that dwarfs even the fastest super computers of today? After dreaming a bit about the computer I could buy, I figured I could buy around 1800 cases of Bawls with the money from the Navigator. If I were to buy 1800 cases of Bawls, and sell each bottle for $2, I could easily make around $40,500 in profit, which would raise my total cash amount to a nifty $84,500. This number is much closer to that which I would need to acquire my dream Lamborghini. I'm told, however, that money can't buy happiness, so instead of getting excited over this, I'm just going to go to bed and have myself a nice cry or something.

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3-4-01

Not too much happened today, but I wish weekends were about twice as long as they are. A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my good friend Nikki Holbrook, who turned 18 today. I hope she's had fun throughout her childhood years. I played around for a short while with the new version of this site. I've got a lot to learn. Nobody got on for most of the day, so it was quite lonely online today. Kerryn Johns got on for a bit to talk, along with Jeff Green and Justine Fitzgibbon. Those were the three main people I talked to all day long. I guess everyone else was out partying or something.

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3-3-01

I got up really early this morning, watched a little TV, and then went back to sleep until around noon. I love weekends. Later in the evening, Sarah Conley and I went to go shopping to find Nikki Holbrook a birthday present. We found all sorts of nifty stuff, but we're still not sure what to get her. It seems like she already has one of everything. After that, I took her home and then came home myself. When my dad and sister got home, they ordered a pizza for dinner. Way on into the night, I finally decided to go take a shower and head for bed. When I went out into the living room, what did I see but my sister sitting on the couch with Sam Bishop watching TV. My immediate reaction was, of course, to wonder, "WTF is HE doing here?!?" After a few moments of consideration, again I thought, "WTF is HE doing here?!?" Unable to solve this strange mystery after several minutes, I decided to just go back to my room and sleep the confusion off.

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3-2-01

Not too much happened today that's worth mentioning. I went to school early to take my sister to morning detention, sat around for a half hour until class actually started, and then went on about my day. During 6th period, I went and sat by Rachel Trusty in Mr. Lonon's class. Surprisingly enough he didn't throw me out this time. After he finished teaching, Rachel and I talked for a while. After school, I walked her out to her car while we talked a bit longer. We hadn't talked much in quite a while, so we had a bit of catching up to do. After that I took my sister and her friend Andrea to the middle school for some band thing and then came home. My dad mentioned that the Russellville ham fest was tomorrow, so we went in for a bit today to help set things up and look over what some of the people had brought so far. We spent a bit of time there, and then came home. I watched Lost in Space twice because it was on TV and I didn't feel like doing anything else.

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3-1-01

I think I'm on the tail end of my sickness. I've gone through the whole fever/stuffy head phase. My head's starting to clear up, and now I'm just coughing up all the crap my body's made for the past few weeks. I went to school early again because my sister had morning detention. It was a typical day for me. Nothing special happened. When I got home, I got on the computer for a little while and then laid down in bed to rest. I wound up sleeping on into the night, so I should be well rested for tomorrow.