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Dude, Shaq is the coolest cat to ever play the game of basketball. I just watched "Shaquille" his reality show on ESPN sponsored by Verizon and damn man, he is so cool. I hated the Lakers, I didn't care about the Magic, and the Heat are pretty cool, thanks to Dwayne Wade, Zo, D. Jones. Seriously, how can you not like Shaq? He can play, he is funny as shit, and he just seems like a good person. Alright I gotta do it. Time to make a couple lists off the top of my skull. Top Five Coolest Players of All Time: 1) Shaquille O'Neal 2) Wilt Chamberlain 3) Charles Barkley 4) Magic Johnson 5) I don't know... probably Michael Jordan See these guys are all fun, kick ass all stars, but still just lovin life. I mean those top four are easy to fill but five is hard. I can't think of another guy who can just play the game and live life like it wasn't the biggest deal in the world. I mean yeah Shaq demanded to be traded, Wilt had the loser complex, Charles was kind of a bi...

Okay so I ran 4 miles today (6.7 km). and as I walked into the rec I noticed the sign ups for intramurals, and... I want to do the ISU Triathlon. Yeah, I know, I know. That's crazy. I am in no shape to do a .9 mile swim, 24.8 mile bike ride, followed by a 6.2 mile run (if the school follows the olympic format of triathlons) but damn it! I ran 4 miles today, lifted and did a shit ton of sit ups. The sign ups for the Triathlon start like August 15th and the actual triathlon doesn't go down untilthe end of the month. Damn it, I am gonna do it. I haven't been in any sort of organized athletics since intramurals my freshman year and I miss it. I never did track, I didn't do any varsity sports all of high school but I can do it. It felt good running four miles. I only gave up because my groin muscles started to ache. Damn it, I can do it. I am 220 lbs today and I can lose 20 lbs in two months and if I am lucky I can get down to 190 by the start of school. HELL! If I keep the ...

Okay folks here it is. My parents are moving once again. Last summer I was visiting my parents for my birthday and I cracked a joke that my parents should move to California because they have lived in Chicago and New York, so hey! Why don't they move to the other coast and say they have been in all the tent pole cities of America. Crazy huh? Well they are moving in July or August. And it's looking like my cross country voyage with my animals is gonna go down. Crazy. I say crazy a lot. Well it is. My parents have let their respective bosses know and they are out of that crazy island they call long. Okay, I got out of work for tonight so it looks like I am gonna hit up the wreck center and than chill all night. Cross your fingers that Corey get's out of his group meeting early so I can go to the batting cages. Later on Day 1

This summer is a hard one man. I just ate dinner with my friend Chris. I want to call him my best friend but we haven't hung out all in the last year. We have been in a band together for 6 years and we were living together for two years. I ate dinner with him tonight and we talked and I was loving hearing about him and what's going on but as soon as I left I realized that this summer sucks. People are graduating and going to places. I should not have been this lazy in College. I should be doing the same, getting excited about my future life and shit... now I'm just sitting here depressed because my best friend is going to either A) mini apple B) Vermont or C) Italy. Who knows when I'll see him again. HE MIGHT BE MOVING THIS WEEKEND! It's depressing. If it wasn't for Corey calling me immediately as I got in my car I would probably be crying like a little girl. Maybe I'm taking this all the wrong way. I should be greatful I have the time I have left to charish...

I am staying the night at my aunt's place tonight. Tomorrow is my cousin Will's baptism and I am is his godfather. I think that's really cool and I feel honored to be it. If he is anything like his older brother Scotty or his dad Steve he is destined to be a cool kid. I love being in Chicagoland. You know how you can go places by yourself and feel alone and almost kind of worthless almost? Well Chicagoland is the complete opposite for me, I could chillin in Chicagoland all by myself and feel great. This is where I hope to end up at some point. The Bulls, Cubs, Bears, the city, my family, what else is there? It's pretty sweet. It's funny you know because a few years ago I would have fought to get back to Des Moines, mainly because all my friends were there. I can see why Des Moines is a great place to raise your kids but I am ready to split. I don't want to raise my kids where most of my history is. I'm a pretty excited guy at this point of my life. Little ...

It is 37 degrees out, raining, and overcast like nobodies business. On top of that I slept like fish out of water last night, I have a head cold, and I have done nothing today but drive to West Des Moines and back. I just wanna meeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh.... Thank god there is basketball tonight. I am going to play ball and watch it. Yeah so I havent done this thing in a long time. I guess I have gotten bogged down with school work, hanging with Chels (which isn't really work but it takes time away from BSing on the internet), and when I have time to do this I am either working out or chilling out. So whats up? Um I spent springbreak in Chicago. It was pretty sweet. I actually put the pictures on the net. I got this account thing at Club Photo here's the link http://members7.clubphoto.com/patrick972501/guest-1.phtml If you check it out you will notice that I also signed up for a new apartment. I am living alone next fall. It's my last semester here so I figure I ...

Man I didn't have class today. It was pretty sweet but now that it's almost one and I have class at eight am... I really wish I hadn't slept in till 11. It could be worse, I figure if I hadn't gone and worked out for an hour today I probably would be up till about 2 or 3 tonight sleepless. Oh well. I started playing ESPN NBA 2K5. I got it for christmas but had yet to play it until today. I was a little hesitant because I heard a shit load of bad reviews for it but man, it is way better than that NCAA 2005 game. It's fun to play, the reaction is realistic. Momentum and shit. Oh yes, it's nice. Of course, my team is the Bulls and we be throwing down. We've only lost four games. Let's see I think they were Suns, Kings, and... can't remember the other, oh well. I can't wait to go see the Bulls play the Wolves on the 13th. Chels and I are gonna go. It is gonna be sa-weet. Hell yes. i was looking at how much replica Bulls' jerseys cost. They are ex...