Hi all and thank you for checking out my journal. This will be my first entry in, hopefully a long line of entries that both give me some place to unload my mental baggage and give you a better understanding of me... Anyway on to the journal.
Let me start with the most pressing issue in my life right now. As some of my friends already know my Grandfather passed away on Saturday. Now I know you're thinking "oh that’s not that bad, at least its not a parent" and I know you're not thinking that because you're mean people but because you're picturing the grandparents that you see once a year for holidays who live in Florida and you don't really know what to think about them. That's fine, I get it, my father's parents live in Florida and I don't see them very often, but my Grandfather who lived with me and took care of me and drove me around and taught me so much passed away this passed Saturday. He was like a father to me, since my parents are divorced and that’s another LONG story.
Yesterday, Tuesday, we had the wake and for a dead guy he looked good but I couldn't look at him for long or the pictures of him either because they brought back memories of nothing but regret. Regret for the fact that every day I would come home and not spend time with him when I could have. I never do homework at home NEVER, I just go to my computer and play games or fix my Gaia avi and talk to friends and all that time he was sitting alone watching CNN or something.
I think the best times we ever had were watching Stargate, to my mother's obvious disbelief. He was a military man and I was a Sci-fi/fantasy guy so we loved to watch the show together. I also remember the times that we used to play chess. He was much more the tactician then me at the time and won most of the games. The best one was when we whittled each other down to just kings and it was two kings chasing the other around the board to a 52-move draw. He and I also played pool a lot. I had a kiddy table and he showed me all the different shots and grips.
I said my Grandfather was a military man. He served in the Polish defense army during World War II. He achieved the rank of captain and was also awarded a medal of valor. During the war he was a demolitions expert, the guy who brought down the bridges and buildings to slow advancing infantry and this helped him in when he came to America. The connecting pass between Bridgeport Hospital and the Mental Health Center was his steel and his design. Even though he retired at 65 he consulted until he was 85. He was a hard worker, a brilliant man, a superb father, and a beloved grandfather. He will remain in my memories and my heart for all my days, as will everything he has taught me.
On to happier things. The first regatta of the year for me took place last Saturday as well. I have been conditioning myself for the past 3 months just getting ready for this coming season. I did really well too. I placed 11th out of 56 people in my division and I won my heat by 43 meters, which is amazing. For those of you who row my new split time is 1:47 and my 2k time was 7:08, which beats my PR by 10 seconds. I usually row for Fairfield Prep, which is my school team, but they are a very novice program so I went to the Maritime Rowing Club that has champion trainers. So I have been doing awesome there too. I am going back to my school team for Spring season but next fall and spring will probably be at Norwalk because I can advance myself more there. Lettin' you guys in on a lil'secret... I have aspirations of going to the 2012 Olympics as a singles rower. It'll be a long and hard road but I am confidant in my ability to take myself that far.
The rest of the time... has mostly been spent at school studying and getting good grades and such. As many of you know School=Necessary but boring. My friends have been arguing over which gundam anime is the best: the new "Gundam 00", the classic "Gundam Wing", and the semi-new "Gundam Seed: Destiny". To me all of them are great (if you prefer one pm meh and tell meh why so I can give them more stuff to fight over, watching them ish funneh whee ).
Also my friend Kenny who is part of that great debate is also a Patriots fan... yeah so you can just imagine that Sunday night about 11:30 (keeping in mind that I never have seen a super bowl even if it is as easy as flicking my TV to a sports channel) I turn on my radio and hear One More Time by Daft Punk and in-between the lyric part are little voice over quotes like "GO GIANTS!!!" and the commentary for the winning play of the game. I can picture Kenny's face in my mind and I whispered to myself that he was going to be sooo pissed come Monday morning (also keeping in mind that our school is close enough to NY to be majority Giants fans).
... and that pretty much it.
Okies that’s a wrap. Thank yous for reading my journal and I will see you guys next Wednesday. smile 3nodding
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