Current mood:	energetic
Current music:	Pearl Jam - Present Tense

An entire sand volleyball team consisting of strippers?
That's correct. There has been a late entry into the sand volleyball tournament at Goldberg's for the 4th of July extravaganza. In addition to the roid-heads, and us college kids, a team consisting of all strippers has been added to the now 3-team tourney. Word on the street has it that they will use many 'distractions' to capture themselves a championship. We'll have to see about that. I'm not gonna lie, this year's party looks like it'll be 9999999 times better than the past few years, considering the events, and the expected turnout. Pretty exciting stuff.

I'm still keeping up with my workout routine. And I'm still very proud of myself. I lift for 2 days, then take a day off, lift for 2 days, take a day off. You get the point. I run 1-2 miles every day, depending on how I feel or how tired I am. I also jacked up my crunches workload to 200 a day. 100 wasn't tough anymore, so I decided to do more. I guess that means I'm getting more fit or some shit. And it rhymes too. And on top of all that, I've lost 7 pounds and some of the gut I had since I've been home, even with all the beer I've consumed, and only being sober for 3 nights since I've been home. I'm not even mad...that's amazing. But the alcoholism could turn into a problem.

This summer's a lot different than last. Part of it has to be because I'm 21 and able to go out and booze legally, while the other part has to be that I'm not working as much as I was last summer, so I'm not as tired and lazy. I've been pretty busy with work, but I've had plenty of time to do things I want to do, and go out whenever, which means every night, and I'm not as worn down as I was last year. I worked 6 days a week, 48 hours last summer, and this summer I have 5 days and 40 hours. Doesn't seem like much of a difference, but it really is. 2 days off is huge compared to 1. Huge.

Live 8 is on Saturday down in the city. I think it's pretty cool that Philly's the only US city to be hosting a show. I wish I could go, but it'll be unbelievably packed. There was talk about Eddie being there, and even possibly the whole band. Then I would definitely have to go. Even if I was 9 miles away from the stage, I would make sure I was there. I don't think it'd be a good idea to call out from work again though, after the shit I've been going through since then. The Jolly Green Giant makes me put out the apples every day now. I hate apples. They always fall. Fuckin apples. I never ever do them, until the past week as part of my 'punishment'. Ha. I feel like I'm in 1st grade. I love 'work'.

On the topic of Live 8, I was listening to MMR the other day, and the DJ said about Live 8, "Don't be afraid of the rappers. Go out and celebrate diversity." Awesome quote. It's true, too...everyone should.

So I was watching the Discovery Channel the other night, on one of my rare sober nights so far this summer, and I was watching the show about 'The Greatest American'. I caught the last 15 minutes of it, and numbers 5 through 3 were George Washington, Ben Franklin, and MLK Jr. Understandable. I'm not sure who all was in the running though. And then, I became dumbfounded. At number 2 was another one of my favorite people ever, Abraham Lincoln. The guy was 1 step short of being a living God. He did so much for this country, and for all of mankind, and he finished number 2 to.....Ronald Reagan? Are you fucking kidding me? What bullshit. Did Ronald Reagan even make a movie about freeing slaves, let alone do it? Did he do all he could to bring a nation together? He supposedly 'brought down the Great Wall', but that's bullshit. That thing was coming down anyway, more sooner than later, too. He just glorified it and pushed the fact and pushed it and pushed it, making it seem like he was the one that did it. Those people were bringing that thing down regardless of Reagan. He wasn't even a good actor either, let alone a better president or 'American' than my man Abe. The only thing I can think when trying to figure out why and how he won is because he was so popular, and most of the people that probably voted for this thing were alive during his time, as opposed to Lincoln who died on April 14, 1865. I've read a lot about Lincoln for the past few years because I've always been interested in his life and history. You should too. Very cool stuff.

Damn, that was a long paragraph. I like to keep them short because they're easier to follow, and keeps the reader interested. Sort of like this.

In other news, I was watching Family Guy that same night on Adult Swim, and apparently there's a straight-to-DVD Family Guy movie coming out September 27th. September 27th, hmmm...that day rings a bell. Anyway, it's apparently about Stewie having a near death experience and then deciding to search for his real father. It better be good. I really don't have any doubts that it will, but it better be.

Saturday night when we were supposed to go to Flatspin for the Boog's birthday, plans changed and we went to Kat-Man-Du in Trenton instead. Turned out to be an awesome time. Really, it was awesome. I didn't have to dance. Huge plus. Not many people did dance, and the ass-load of us that went had a great time. I might actually have to go there again. I thoroughly enjoyed the outside deck/tropical area. That place made it into my top 5 favorite boozing places. Although the specials did suck that night.

Longest journal entry ever. Maybe not. Either way, I'm heading over to Petey's so we can all practice a little bit for the volleyball tournament. Hope all of you are having an awesome summer. I love Langhorne.


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