2DCC

Two Door Cinema Club was a new band for me introduced by a friend. The moment I heard one of their songs, I fell in love. MJ recently heard them (without knowing that I have), and she recommended it, figuring it would be something I like. I didn't know she knew my music that well! I'm impressed. And just last night, Justin asks me the same thing. Oh the coincidence! My new band, I guess. They just released their album last year, so they have much room to grow. I'm looking forward to it, gentlemen.

My Shadow's the only one that walks beside me.

I enjoy walking my doggy. Maybe it's because I do it rarely, that it's not that much of a chore. Maybe it's the stupid things we do when nobody else is around. Yeah, that's it!

• I chase him.
• He chases me.
• We race.
• I tell him to come and he'll randomly lie down in the middle of the sidewalk (rare).
• ...I talk to Shadow.

This morning I was talking to him while zigzagging down the middle of my street only to find out a woman was watching from her car. She asked what kind of dog Shadow was. Then she asked the weirdest question. "Can I hug him?" I said "suuure," right away, since I'm used to people asking to pet him all the time. The lady looks at me in a weird way, then it hit me. She had said, "Can I have him?" I quickly came up with the lame excuses that she could since he's a little messy then we do our thing. Oh boy.

Quotable Quote (QQ)

Nobody will ever bother you when you do things properly.

Thicker than anything.

He runs upstairs, tripping over everything he possibly could: chairs, garbage, stairs. A fight has broken out. For once, the next few minutes of his life were not planned. There were no thoughts behind each action. Blinded by rage, all his screams almost made no sense. Frozen by fear,all his strength is used to hold tight.

It felt good to use all of his energy. His heart was beating fast, words usually held in explode. He was throwing all the weight on his shoulders and in his heart at the other. He thinks to himself, "Is this my way out?"

He regains control from his momentary bliss. His expression quickly sours when he realizes none of it took effect. Everything he had kept barely made a notch. A rubber ball to thick ice. Throw it hard enough, and you have a chance to break through, but any less and it will hit you back hard.

Chop chop.

'Twas a long weekend of overnights. I came home Sunday morning with my new tulips. They're red with white edges... I call them dragon tulips in my head.

I was dead tired, but I decided to bother my dad in the backyard before I relaxed and slept. The remains of our tree-cutting day stood in the middle of the ground, making it's last stand. My dad was slowly digging away at the roots, making the stump bigger and bigger. I grabbed a tiny hoe and just scraped away at the other side. We were unaware of how hard this seemingly simple task was.

We started to hit bigger roots, ones that the shovel couldn't punch through. I was asked to take out the chainsaw, and we hacked away at the tough roots. They were still quite alive, after a month of not having much to supply to. This made it harder for us to cut through. After a trip to buy some oil, the chains coming off several times, the blade just dulling out, we gave up. Who knew that cutting down the tree was the easy part? I went inside and literally collapsed on my bed. Tired, sweaty, smelly. I think fatigued is a good word for it. By the time I woke up, my dad had managed to go buy an axe and get it out before the snow hit. Next stop, fill in that hole! But that's for next time.

I was already tired by the time I got home, but when I started digging and getting messy, a sense of adventure came over me. I might get into this whole gardening thing a little.

Ape real

I've always hated April Fool's Day, nobody I know has ever made a decent enough joke to make it memorable. Most of us are left with terrible horrible attempts at jokes. Yesterday, I've heard someone's friend "died". Seriously? Seriously. That has to be the absolute worst joke. It's not even close to being funny. Disgusting.

That aside, I read a tweet from Raisa telling me she's working with me, like usual. I was hoping it were true, but it was just an AFD joke. That was actually a good joke, though it weren't so funny at the time. Earlier Anthony and Mike tried pulling one on me, telling me I missed an exam question on the lecture. I didn't even flinch at that one.

But the best "joke" ever was made by a dork. Right after I finished my pre-shift for work, I get called up to the front. "These people wanted small fries with a side of Glenn... but they disappeared." They'll be ba--

"APRIL FOOLS!"

Made my night. Overnight just became bearable. Thank you, MJ. She acted like a fool to make me smile.

Inner-net

I need to get new internet. This one keeps shitting out on me.