Also, in other news, J.D. Salinger died today as well. My communication arts teacher was obsessed with him last year, even though he is a freak and totally overrated as writer. His ex-wife has come out and said that he drinks his own urine and spoke in tongues. This is the same author who, after writing one of the most successful books of all time, went into hiding for 50 some odd years. Apparently he has been writing the entire time and whatever he has worked on over the years will become available, but who knows. ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ did not do a single thing for me, and I don’t think I will read a sequel if one pops up. Unless Holden dies, that could turn out to be good.

Also, Apple announced yesterday that they are going to start selling the iPad, which is a tablet PC type device in March. The device can surf the web and can also be used as an e-reader. Apparently iBookstore will soon be launching, so people will have to choose between the Sony EReader, Amazon Kindle, Borders E-Book, Barnes and Noble Nook and now Apple’s iPad. I definitely want to get one of these devices eventually, but I am definitely waiting for technology to get a bit better before I spend a few hundred books to read books. If college text books become available for sure, I am sold.

Jacqueline and I want to go to Orlando Studios this spring to see the new Harry Potter World. The probability of that working out with money, schedule and the park being open is very unlikely, but it would still be cool. We got to check out a 3D type map that came in my USA Today. Seems like it will be pretty cool.

Jacqueline is taking a nap, which is why this update is so long and full of news. Back when I had a website I used to do this nonstop for hours and hours on end. Not sure why I stopped that. Probably because I got a job and I am a bit too busy to update it as often as I should. Notice how frequently I update this blog.

Obama’s first State of the Union was last night, and I thought it was pretty good. My dad said it was the best one he has seen in his life, but a lot of people seem to disagree. It is annoying when presidents promise one wonderful thing after another wonderful thing, but never actually deliver. I understand they all have good intentions, but it would be nice if everyone could come together and get some stuff done.

I love CNN, but Rick Sanchez is freaking annoying. I cannot believe this guy has a show. All he does is update the people watching what is happening on Twitter. If anyone actually cared, they would just go on and check it themselves. He is incredibly annoying.

Well I am going to wrap this all up. Now you are updated for the day. So peace out.

My dad isn’t too fond of the idea of me trying to lose weight, he thinks my body is still growing and it will lose it on its own. Only problem is that he has told me that forever, and now that I am 18, it really is starting to prove to be untrue. I knew it was the entire time. It really was a problem and it was only getting worse. I am watching the Biggest Loser now and they are talking to all of the people that had the same habits I did that just didn’t stop when I did. And now their lives are on the line, and I never want to be in that situation. I want to be with Jacqueline in a few years, in shape, not afraid to go to the lake or the pool, and definitely not afraid that I am going to get heart disease.

I can tell you one thing, working out definitely helps sleep. Last night Jacqueline had to help Eric and call me back, and by the time she called back I was passed out and missed her call. I woke up at 3:00 on top of my phone, and wide awake. It really does feel good going to sleep that early. I guess my body is just exhausted and repairing itself. I lifted weights today and did the elliptical tonight, so really taking advantage of the ‘last chance workout’.

Anyway I am at Jacqueline’s house now and want to get off the computer. Feels good to update now though. I don’t want to say that I will continue to, because I may get too busy again. I work tomorrow night. We have a half day on Thursday. Woohoo. Anyways, peace out.

Every morning I wake up, take off the acid I put on the night before, blow with a hot hair dryer and then put aluminum chloride on the bottom of my feet to keep everything dry. I repeat this in the afternoon if possible, and at night I soak my feet in 120 degree water, which is absolutely no fun. At least I am getting to the point where I can do it without screaming and yelling because of the pain, which is quite embarrassing when Jacqueline is over. But she has been such a big help, and has helped me with everything so far. Reasons like that are why I am in love with her.

Moving on to school. I am finally out of physics! Today was my first day not in the class, and instead I get to sit next to Jacqueline and work on my stats homework for an hour. Having that nice break in between my day and right before lunch is the perfect treat. Tomorrow we are getting our topics in speech that we have to write and present a speech on. I think I will be nervous the first time, but then again I don’t know. I have gotten so comfortable when it comes to talking in front of a class over the last year in school. Today in marketing we had a mini DECA competition, which is when we role-play with a parent volunteer about certain business situations. I thought I was going to do terrible but I guess I did alright. I think I will compete with it. I get to wear my suit to the events, and I may turn out to be pretty good at it. We’ll see where it goes though. Other than that school is pretty much the same. I am giving it a bit more effort than I did last semester, but it is still pretty earlier.

The last two days I have been up and at the YMCA at 5:00 in the morning and working out. Yesterday it was the elliptical and today I just lifted weights for about 45 minutes. I get to weigh myself tomorrow and I am pretty excited. There is something very relaxing about waking up at 4:45 in the morning. I am tired throughout the whole day, and all night too, but I think it is still worth it. If I have time to throw in a nap after school it is definitely alright and manageable. I also went to church on Sunday morning for the 7:00 mass, which also felt pretty good to go to.

I just got to Skype with my mom for about 20 minutes while she is in China. Pretty awesome considering it costs like 5 bucks a minute for us to talk over the phone. I also just read Conan O’Brien’s statement about how NBC is ruining late night, and how he feels the exact same way. That’s why I watch Letterman. I am definitely not a fan of Leno and never will be.

I am going to go pick up a Subway sandwich for my dad and I and then head to the YMCA again I think where I can catch the beginning of American Idol and maybe be distracted from the pain I will be feeling. Jacqueline is at the Blues game so I am going to try and keep busy. When I get back I am going to do the foot stuff, lay in bed and do it all over again in the morning. Enjoy the rest of your night.

School was the exact same as it was yesterday. If this semester doesn’t pick up and I end up sitting and doing nothing for a majority of my day I am going to be in trouble. School days have never gone by slowly for me, but when you sit and look at the clock every five minutes it is impossible to not go by slow. I just wish I was taking classes that would help me in the future. I did see the counselor today and received my drop form to drop physics for a study hall. Mr. Taylor, an ex-engineer who helped design space ships for NASA, is a complete asshole who I have developed a strong hate for over the last semester. I tried dropping after the first quarter and he didn’t like the idea, but today he was fine with it. I guess he finally realized that a student with no trigonometry or calculus background can’t possibly do well in his class. I will now be in the same study hall as Jacqueline, which will definitely be good and help this slumping second semester out a little.

All the news is talking about tonight is the snow. I said a few days ago I wish the snow wouldn’t of happened over break but now that we are in school, and we got lucky enough to have a little bit of both. Apparently anywhere from 3 to 5 inches are going to be on the ground when we wake up, but it makes me nervous when we haven’t been called off and all the ‘big snow’ is supposed to fall when we are asleep. It makes waking up at 6 in the morning very suspenseful. If for some crazy reason we do have school tomorrow, I will be incredibly pissed. As will all the teachers and other students as well. It is incredibly safe outside, and a car hasn’t drove past my house in two hours, let alone a snow plow. Friday is supposed to be a crisp 0 degrees outside with winds up to 35 mph with a -30 degree wind chill. In my book that should be another snow day, which would equal a four day weekend.

As I just wrote that last paragraph we actually got called out, so that definitely helps. I can sleep in tomorrow and not worry about waking up to check. Wooohoo!

The bad news about tomorrow is my doctors appointment at 4:30. I am getting the crap on my feet taken care of, and I have a feeling I am in for some serious pain. I am nervous, but also excited to get everything taken care of. It will be nice to walk without a limp again. I feel bad for Jacqueline. Everyone probably thinks shes dating a crippled!

Anyway that is all I am in the mood to type tonight. Everything with weight watchers is going great. Kinda cuttin close on the points today but I was hungry. Oh! We also bought a punching bag which is awesome and will most likely get my arms in shape. That damn thing is a work out. I recommend checking one out if you need to relieve some stress. Enjoy the snow. Night.

Anyway speech class consisted of a 50 minute long speech by the teacher about the class. Played Tetris in marketing, drew pictures in stats. Drew more pictures in physics. Came up with a possible tattoo idea while doodling in trigonometry. Learned the structure of a five body paragraph (topic sentence can and usually does include main idea of the paragraph). And lastly, read about law stuff. Notice a trend in my day? Every freaking hour is completely pointless. Aside from the 50 minute AP stats class, and trigonometry, I spend 5 hours at that school and learn absolutely nothing to my benefit. This is of course because so many people at my school are absolutely retarded and are so far behind in school work that the teachers have no choice but to slow down or alter their entire curriculum to make sure it isn’t too difficult or even, god forbid, challenging to any students. SCCC (St. Charles Community College) should really start a high school that these dumbass kids can check themselves into, so they can do their pot and drink their beers, and on top of all their partying maybe learn what a thesis statement is here and there, and then the rest of us could maybe use the ‘most important years of our lives’ to our own freaking advantage. There is nothing more frustrating than not learning or being held back from learning because a good majority of my lovely public school just cannot get it together.

Anyway enough complaining for the night. The rest of the day was good. Came home and played some Call of Duty, went to the Y with my mom and hung out with Jacqueline. You did read that correctly. I did make it to the gym. Sure it was only 40 minutes on a bike, but I still feel good about it. There is a TV in front of every elliptical, bike and stair stepper things. Pretty shnazzy, and helps with the working out for sure. Nothing beats burning off fat and watching Seinfeld at the same time. I definitely plan on going back, and will most likely become a member. I was so worried I would be surrounded by some macho men and people who look like they could kill me, but it was nothing like that at all. I actually looked like I was in shape compared to most of them, which is a pretty good feeling.

After the gym I came home and showered and Jacqueline came over (escaped) again. We went to Target of course, the mall and Chik-Fil-Et. Which filled my up with only a 9 or 10 point deduction, which isn’t too bad. I found out hot sauce is a very small amount of points, which is handy. Then we watched the Biggest Loser for a bit and she headed home.

Weight Watchers for the day is the same, which is exactly how I want it. I am still on track and feeling better than ever. Tomorrow I get to start my new book and weigh myself for the first time in a week. I really don’t think I am going to lose any weight, but I will definitely not gain a lot. I did pack my lunch today, which consisted of a Speck K bar, turkey sandwich, cookie, and a bag of popcorn. Very filling, and when I am full at school, I am a happy camper.

That’s pretty much all for the day. Tomorrow I will definitely report on the weigh in and how everything went on the ending of the first week. Anyway Jacqueline will be calling soon, and I am sure she will be glad to hear that I am done writing this before she called. Wish me luck tomorrow morning. Goodnight.

So definitely a movie worth checking out. I kind of wish I could see it in those D-Box chairs at the Ronnies theater that move with the character and stuff, but it is quite a bit of money per ticket.

At this very moment I am using Genius Mix on iTunes for the first time and it is absolutely amazing. I click on Classic R&B, and it takes all my music and makes an awesome playlist and I am totally jammin’ to it. Currently ‘Nothing from Nothing’ by Billy Preston.

I am completely organized and ready for tomorrow, which is the first day back of second semester. And by organized I mean I have thrown away everything in every folder for every class. The only papers that I actually saved were all of mine from my stats class, because they will probably be valuable when it comes time to study for the big AP test at the end of the semester. Tomorrow I plan on turning my physics book in and getting the hell out of that class for the rest of my life. I will then take yet another study hall, making the last semester of high school almost a complete breeze. Honestly though, I do think that if you gave the first three years an honest effort, you should be able to take a few months off towards the end of the year. Or in my case, the entire senior year off.

Anyways enough about school. It is freaking cold outside. Tonight when Jacqueline and I went to Target for the third time it was 9 degrees, and it felt much colder. It is terrible how cold it actually is, and it is only getting worse this week. Actually we are about to get some snow on Thursday, and there is a chance of a snow day which would be absolutely awesome. That is the day of my doctors appointment, and it would be nice to miss that whole day of school. I also only work one day this week, which is good and bad, but mostly good. I am pretty sick of bread co.

Anyway I am rambling, and because I want to call Jacqueline I am going to wrap this up.

Weight watchers info for the day is still on the up and up. I bought a 3-month notebook for six bucks to track my points for the next few months, which I think will help. My mom, Jacqueline, David and I all went shopping and got a bunch of healthy stuff. I really do think this is all going to work. I am anxious to step on the scale on Wednesday. I really do not think that I am going to lose weight, but I feel absolutely great. Tomorrow morning my alarm is set for 5:15, and I think I am going to try and do the elliptical. It will be tough to get out of bed in the cold and do that without headphones, but I need to start working out. I think it will definitely help, and I will feel even better.

That is it for the day though. Three trips to Target, one to Shop N’ Save, Schnucks and Dierbergs and Jacqueline bought the Sims as well. I am really not sure if I am going to get to talk to her much now, or if she is going to be sleeping as much. Only kidding, of course, but I do think she is going to love the game. That is enough though. I am going to give her a call, listen to her giggle while she reads this, and then head to bed. Goodnight.

Today I woke up, grabbed a shower, and then went over to Jacqueline’s to have breakfast/lunch, which is PBJs, of course. Now I have to say there is no better day in the world than one that starts with me waking up and going over there for lunch, and the fact that I get to do it again in a few hours is awesome. I am pretty darn excited. It is our last day of break, which does kind of suck, but being a senior in second semester helps a little bit. I know it is going to fly by, I am just a little nervous about my two new classes, speech and trigonometry. Not really sure why I am, I just get nervous about changes.

Anyway so after lunch we ended up playing the Sims 3 for a few hours which I bought the other day, and we made each other and had a baby and all that Sims jazz. Then we dropped the car off at my moms, went to Gordmans (where there was nothing unexpected), and back to her house for chili. I ate all the beans, which is a personal record, and I am pretty excited about that. Then we went to Wal-Mart for stuff to make Banana Surprise cookies, which ended up tasting delicious. As I typed that sentence I realized I left mine at her house, which is a total bummer. But as I said, I’ll be there again in the morning, so all is good.

The Rams lost the last game of the season, just a side-note. Not that it matters, but when I read this again a long time from now when the Rams are no longer in St. Louis, or a team at all, I can remember that I was a fan until the end.

As for weight watchers, today I felt absolutely great, but that’s because I ate every meal with Jacqueline. When I do that I have no choice but to eat right, and I learned a lot hanging out wit her and eating all the meals with her. We went to Shop N’ Save tonight and I bought turkey and bread and an orange to make it through the next few days. The 10 days that I spend at my dad’s house while my mom is in China are going to be incredibly hard, but I will have to come up with something. Also I have to come up with a lunch plan that I can stick with when I am at school. Eating right and not a lot there is definitely hard, but it is going to be difficult at first.

Also, just to add, I did call off work tonight because the crap on my foot is incredibly bad. My appointment is on Thursday, and I am so nervous and scared to hear what the doctor says that he has to do. But at least I am getting it fixed, and at least I have the most amazing girlfriend to take care of me while I am recovering. I may have to miss my first day of school on Friday, which would be weird/exciting. Also, there is about a 5% chance of a Snow Day on Thursday. I do capitalize Snow Day because they are as important as anything, by the way. I take them very seriously.

Anyway, I am ready for bed, and this is really all I have to say. More tomorrow. Night.