The Gingus Chronicles

Sunday, July 27, 2008

This is my good, addictive side

Does this picture mean anything? No? Well, your right. I was feeling the pressure of taking more pictures of myself and I succumbed to temptation. What you see up above is, sadly, the result. It's half boredom, half stupidity, and half bad math.

OK... so I have to admit something. I really like the show Big Brother. Please understand that I generally abhor reality shows. And I use the word "reality" very loosely. I started watching the show with season 8. I had no real intention of getting involved with the show. But, with most ill-conceived ideas, I was bored. I noticed that the show was premiering one particular evening so I decided, "Hey, I have nothing else to do." What happened was I became addicted, like a second game of Jenga. So, three hours per week I am unavailable to the general public.

Bad news: school is starting soon.

Good news: football is starting soon!

That's right! Football season is upon us! I can't wait. Football is probably my favorite sport. I know, I coach basketball. But football is my favorite to watch. Basketball is a close second, however. So, Basketball, if you are reading this, it's not that I don't love you, it's just you aren't "the one".

OU is my team, like anyone who knows me knows that. If a video game is any representation of real-life future events, then OU will win their first game 147-0.

So, to end post #402, here is a video related to picture up above.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Any kind of 'capade', really...

I was so caught up in telling you of my escapades from a couple of weeks ago that I forgot to say...

HAPPY 400th POST, ME!!!

OK.... enough of the shameless promotion.

I remember a time when I posted on my blog nearly every day. Now, I'm doing well just to post twice in a month. OK, what's worse? Being too lazy to post or being so lazy to do anything else that all you have to do IS post. Either way it's bad.

Most of my week consisted of watching coverage of E3, which stands for "Electronic Entertainment Expo." Basically, it has a lot to do with video games and such. I am a Sony guy, so I was mostly concerned with what Sony had to show. I don't really like Microsoft and I can generally stand Nintendo. But, I will not go into that kind of rant on here (probably because I know nobody cares).

All this laziness..... Maybe that is why I am gaining a few pounds. To combat this I've been going to the gym a little bit to do at least something. Mainly shooting the basketball.... very poorly I might add. And in the last few months I have had a bad pain in my right knee. THIS is why getting old sucks. More years on your life = more pains in the, well, backside. Then again, staying in shape would have helped the whole "health" thing.

School/work/no-more-freedom starts up again in a couple of weeks. I'm kinda looking forward to it, oddly enough. I need a routine again. And sadly, that routine will be with a bunch of teenagers.

Update on my head,.... it's still there.

Until next time, vaya con Dios.

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Is That The Light At The End Of The Tunnel? No, wait, that's just a bad driver.

July 4th was one one day I will NOT forget any time soon. Let me tell you a story...

After spending some time at my mother's house with some family friends, I decided to go to an old friends house for some Holiday fun. When I arrived the water balloon throwing already started. Naturally, I jumped right in. By the way, water balloons are freaking hard to tie. Maybe I just don't the technique down. Practice, practice, practice... And these water balloons were small enough that when they hit you, they didn't bust. So, you might as well have had someone come up and slap you right in the face, because that's what it felt like.

Anywho, the guys decided that it was time to go for some good ole' county 4-wheelin'. There were 4 of these rides, so to get them we needed 4 guys. 3 of us hopped on the tailgate of the hosts' pickup. The truck was full of pallets. So, the only room for us to ride was the tailgate. THAT will play an important part of this story.

The 3 of us were set to go. So we thought.... The driver backed up pretty close to a tree. Everyone was thinking, "Oh, was a goofball," or something generic like that. Then he took off down the dirt road. He MUST have forgotten the rules of physics, because when you take off pretty quickly, you must compensate for that forward motion. Again, I was on the tailgate and there were wooden pallets in the bed of the truck. There was nowhere for me to lean. At this point I knew I was in trouble. I was about to "hit the ground runnin'", so to speak. So, I thought I could "Superman" it by running backwards with hopes to stay upright. Let's just say that didn't work. As soon as my feet touched the road, I fell back with my head taking most of the impact. I slid for who knows how far. It wasn't very far because I guesstimate we were only going about 15-20 mph at the time I fell out. But, fast enough to generally suck.

As soon I stopped sliding I got up in a daze. There was dust all around. I knew that whatever happened probably wasn't good. My head hurt, so I took my left hand and touched my hand. The wife of the driver rushed over and said, "Oh my God, you're bleeding." Then I looked at my hand and there was blood all over it. Again, not good. So, she took my inside her house and helped me take care of my wound.

4 hours later, the blood finally stopped. I look back on all of that and I consider myself extremely lucky. Considering what happened, I came out as good as you possibly could. There weren't but a few scratches (not very deep). I didn't have a concussion, which is what I was most afraid of. The driver appologized time after time, which he didn't really need to. I knew he didn't do it on purpose. I think it scared everybody who saw it. Well, except the other two guys on the tailgate. The told me that they had a good laugh, until they knew I wasn't exactly "peachy". Oh well, I can't say I wouldn't have done the same.

4 days later there are still some sore spots. But considering what could have happened, I am very thankful.

Until next time, vaya con Dios.... and maybe I should be more careful.... so should you.

Thursday, July 03, 2008

3rd Person View

What do we see when we look at ourselves? Do we see what we hope we are? Do we see a loving, caring person? Do we see an inconsiderate jerk? Perhaps we are so caught up in the idea of what we should be that we don't see what we are.

There are so many things to distract us from seeing ourselves. Is it the people we choose to be around? Is it our family? The sad thing is that not very many people are who they are. Just take a look around. I'm not going to give specifics about what I'm talking about. I want those who read this to figure that out for themselves.


 
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