good day gone bad

Today stared off as a good day. I went to Westgate this morning (I'm a fiend) and had coffee while walking around. I walked to the area where the NFL Experience is taking place but it was still to early so it was rather empty. Today was the first day of the major events taking place there. Kicking it off was a company called Promises which is a cardiologist approved butter of some kind, giving out free lunch to everyone who was there. Among other things there was a concert tonight at the Pepsi Smash Superbowl Bash where you could find Maroon 5 and the ever so famous Mary J. Blige. More important I came across to of my favorite things at the moment. Tom Brady and SmartWater.

The rest of the day dragged because I had to go to work when all I wanted to do was hang out with Tom Brady and drink SmartWater. But at work we're having Superbowl week so I took a picture of our fabulous countdown! Its weird how it seems like the Superbowl is making the community "come together" if you will. Everyone is excited even if they are not interested in football. Thats all anyone talks about when they come in.

So the Suns played the Spurs tonight and I was supposed to meet up with Sam and our friend Rosas to watch it but i was so exhausted and irritated when I got home I chose to stay home and watch the game. Biggest mistake of the day. Sam blew up on me and told me how bad it was that I bailed on them. I was livid when Sam wasn't being understanding but sometimes I think I expect too much from him.
I felt bad but I was falling asleep on my way home from work I couldn't imagine driving up to Hooters and sitting there when in the end the Suns lost to the Spurs with a really close game. We would have gone into OT if Nash had not missed the three but what can you say. It seems like the sSuns do not put much of an effort to play defense at times and thats probably why they have not won a championship yet.

Well tomorrow is going to be a fun day I hope. We're going out to the FBR Open which should be fun! Tomorrow is the Second round and many people are expected. I just hope that after school and the FBR I'm not too tired to go to Westgate...I'm addicted... Adam Sandler is supposed to be there alongside with Dion Sanders and Emmitt Smith at Margaritaville.

One last thought

I forgot to mention how awesome Westgate looks at night. I also took more pictures of the stadium because it was lit up with blue and red lights which I thought looked pretty neat. It almost looked like a UFO but I've never actually seen one so what do I know.

Dave Munsey Quest 2008

Last night my friend Cesar asked me to go to the Suns game with him. He said his cousin had suite tickets and we just had to go pick them up. Being a somewhat avid Phoenix Suns fan I obviously said "HELL YA!" (Not knowing what I was getting myself into...) We had to pick up the tickets somewhere in Mesa and we were already running late. Once we picked them up we read the tickets and learned that they weren't suite tickets. I think Cesar misunderstood "cheap tickets" for "suite tickets" so we ended up sitting in the nosebleeds which is totally fine with me because thats where I usually sit anyways. So after almost getting hit on the freeway by and old man and almost hitting a COUCH that was just sitting in the middle of the road we finally made it to what I still call, the America West arena.
The game was pretty slow because we were playing Atlanta so that was a given. Everyone cleared out pretty early and I can't remember the exact score but we ended up winning by almost forty points. After the game we went to the Bud Light Paseo which is on the east entrance of the arena to try to get on T.V. but ended up leaving because well, everyone looks ridiculous jumping around and waving their arms wildly behind Tom Chambers. We ended up having a lot of fun eventhough we missed almost half the game.

Today after work I met up with Alicia and Sam at Westgate which is right by the University of Phoenix. There were a lot more tents for the big game set up and most local news stations had their reporters out.
We hung out at the Coffee Plantation and helped Alicia build her resume. She went to the bathroom and when she came out she told me she saw some guy from the news but she didn't know his name. My first guess was Dave Munsey because I absolutely love him. Eventually we figured out that it was in fact Dave Munsey and quickly began our quest to finding him. We walked around for a bit but I became discouraged and cold so we went back to finish the resume. After getting bored we went out searching again and found him talking to two guys outside the Fox Sports Grill.
We started talking to them and one of the guys said he used to be a Fire Dept Chief in New York during 9/11. I think his name was Mark Jerome but with the thick New York accent he might have said Mike. They were all really nice guys but I think I was just fascinated with Dave. I have been watching him since I was little so I was super excited. Plus he looked way hotter in person. That was probably the most exciting part of my day.
I'm hoping I will wake up early tomorrow so I can go walk around Westgate again before I have to go to work.

Superbowl Frenzy

After having what I like to call a "Depressed Fest," which consisted of watching four very depressing movies The Truman Show, The Number 23, The Green Mile, and The Shawshank Redemption, and not going out at all I decided to take a drive after school. I usually hate driving but today was one of the most beautiful days this year. It was partly cloudy and about 61 degrees and it felt awesome!
With all the Superbowl hype going on this week I decided to take a drive around the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale to see if I could bump elbows with any hotties like Tom Brady. I drove all around the stadium and took lots of pictures before actually parking. The area around the stadium is called Westgate which is full of little shops like The Body Shop, a Puma store, Quicksilver, McFarlane, and some other boutiques. There is also a movie theater and some new restaurants. Among those restaurants there is a Margaritaville, The Yardhouse, Kabuki, Motus and some others that have not been open yet.
As I did some "investigating" I came across a lot of people from out of town. Must be nice to take a whole week off work to come to the Superbowl. Anyways, I encountered some people from Minnesota, Colorado and Michigan. They were really nice people asking me if I could take a pictures of them and making small talk with them.
It was actually pretty exciting being there. The Superbowl will bring a lot of revenue to the city and maybe some potential homebuyers so that's always a plus. Its kind of funny how everyone is taking advantage of the Superbowl being here. Its too bad we (my family) didn't take advantage of it. People that live in the area are renting out their homes for the week for people that are not staying in hotels for as much as $175,000. Others are shuttling people from their houses, hotels, etc to the stadium and back. Everyone is out to make some money. There will also be charity events, concerts, and exclusive parties all over the valley hosted by celebrities and athletes.
Now if only I can figure out where I will be watching the actual game. I live kind of close to the stadium but seeing how many people there were there today in the afternoon I can only imagine what it will be like on game-day.

hit and run

I don't consider myself to be a good friend. Yes I'll help you if I can depending on what it is, who you are, where you're at, where I'm at and well pretty much like I said, what you need. BUT if I need help you have better be there and help me with what I need. Why? Because I hate being dependant on anyone that is not my immediate family so I will probably never ask for help. I'm too proud and stubborn to do that. Which brings me to another close subject.
If in fact you are ignoring me, blowing me off, bailing on me or any combination of the above please tell me so that I am not playing the guessing game with you. Please. I'm the type of person that would rather you call me or text me and say "Hey I really don't feel like hanging out with you tonight" or "Hey do me a favor and fuck off" because I much rather hear that then not hear from you for a month. Not only do I feel like an idiot for actually making plans or keeping my hopes up but now you have wasted my time sitting around guessing if you are still alive.
Seriously just be straight up, no guessing games.
Oh and one other thing. Guys always say that girls are complicated which OK they can be, BUT guys are so much more complex. True Story. If they could just tell girls how they feel instead of having them run around like idiots in fairyland while you sit there and have no feelings whatsoever for this person. This would make things so much easier. Kind of like that book, "Hes Just Not That Into You," yeah just tell us how you feel or don't feel.

ex. Yes, I really enjoy spending time with you... unless I find something better to do.

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well on a lighter note. I watched Cloverfield tonight. I was hesitant at first to watch it but my friend said the ending was "wack" (that was the only way he could describe it) and with that description I totally had to watch it. To my surprise I really liked it! I hate not knowing what exactly the creature was or where it came from but I liked the movie overall. The one and only thing that I was kind of weird about was the part how Manhattan was destroyed and all the dust in the air and stuff like that. It made me think of the images from 9/11 when dust clouds filled the streets and people were running from it and dodging into stores and anything that was open.
oh yeah the story line was cheesy but they always are.
goodnight

too much thinking, not enough sleep

Thinking about the past five years of my life I realize I have lived many experiences and have been satisfied with my life. For the most part. I have made some decisions that I am not necessarily proud of and now I am paying for the choices. For example: I chose to slack of my first two years of college so now what should have taken me two years to accomplish has taken me four years. I spoke to an academic advisor and the college and learned that I had TOO MANY credits. I can see why this may sound like a good thing but its not. I have wasted too much time and money messing around and now that I want to get my life in order and get on with my career I am not sure where to begin.
In those past five years I have been working at the same job which I love but lately I have been thinking of just never showing up there again. I told myself when I started working there that I would only work there until I finished school since the company offered tuition reimbursement but now the job is starting to become routine. I have always told myself that I didn't care how much I made as long as I was happy but sometimes when I go to work I just want to cry or I think of reasons to call in sick which I am to much of a wuss to do but I always end up at work. So now this past week I have been looking for jobs online and I am kind of scared to apply anywhere for fear that I will fail at a new job. I have it so easy at work and most people are fun and easy to work with and not to mention the hours are great. So now I sit and think of what my life holds after this semester of school that if I do pass all my classes, it will be my last at community college and on to the State University.
I feel so lame at times because people my age already have careers and families established whereas I still live at home with my parents. I know that a lot of people whether its my friends, some of my extended family, and just random people I know think I am just spoiled because I live at home and my parents do not make me pay bills but that does not make me irresponsible. or does it? I greatly appreciate my parents and everything they do but sometimes I also wonder if they spoil my siblings and me too much. If they didn't offer us such a luxurious life would I be at a stage in my life? And by luxurious I am not talking about a lavish lifestyle with name brand clothes, extreme vacations and a live in maid but they did teach us to work hard in order to have nice things in life and conserve them.

Sometimes I wish I would go out and do the things that I used to dream of when I was little but I am too scared to fail.