Angelic Art in the Outfield

***Art*** · 11-21-2002, 03:02 AM

Thanks, Rach! The prayers are DEFINITELY appreciated right now... Grrr... work... and yes, I'll take a picture of me and jen. I did the last time I was here, but my camera got destroyed, and the film along with it.

Okay, my day was absolutely horrendous, possibly the worst of my life, and if anyone wants to read about it, go here.For those who want the short version, I actually sat in my car crying on my lunch break... yikes. People need to be annhialiated.

Aaaaanyhow the reason I even came here was to post a couple of new pics... the last one didn't realy manage to show the size of my tongue. Here you go.

Impressive, no?

A closeup: (wearing black... much more natural for me...)

And finally... you've all heard me rant and rave about ceiling fans... This is the reason that I love them:

I lied, one more... and injury sustained at work

Goodnight all!

***Art*** · 11-21-2002, 03:12 AM

Ohh, so I lied again. Bad Art!

Well, there was something that I didn't want to talk about in my other journal, so I'll talk about it here. Today at work, I started thinking about an old friend. Her name was Kylee. She was an internet friend, but a good friend, none the less. She was a very sweet girl, along the lines of Rach. (That's a big compliment to Kylee) She was a very strong Christian, etc. Basically, a great person. We basically knew each other's life stories, and we were compltely down. We weren't really in a "relationship", though we had discussed things like that before. This was when I was at the end of high school, by the way... Then, after High School, my plan was to eventually move to Oregon, which is where she lives. It wasn't because of here... I had been planning that since before I met her. The deal was, we'd be friends, and then if the feeling developed, great. Well, it never got that far. Suddenly, I stopped hearing from her. It was not completely sudden, but almost. She started not being around... then I would get an e-mail, saying how busy she was. But, shortly, the e-mails stopped, and I lost communication with her alltogether. I talked to her mom a few times, through e-mail (I had already talked to her), and her Mom seemed to think that everything was normal between Kylee and I. I still get a daily devotional on weekdays from her mom. I don't read it, but yeah.

So, basically, I realized how much I still feel the hurt that was caused by all of this. It is the most emotionally painfull thing that I can think of ever happening to me. I wish I could go back, figure out what I did wrong, and fix it all... but part of me is glad that I can't, because I probably wouldn't be where I am right now if it wasn't for her abandoning me. Still, I am not thankful for it.

Never do this to your friends, guys... You never know how it is going to affect them 4 or 5 years down the road.

CrazyPrincezz · 11-21-2002, 06:35 PM

HEY ART!!!!! *waves*
i just thought that since you post in my blog all the time i'd return the favor.

cya round! have a great day!

Rach · 11-21-2002, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by Art

She was an internet friend, but a good friend, none the less. She was a very sweet girl, along the lines of Rach. (That's a big compliment to Kylee)

wow....thanks Art, that means alot.

***Art*** · 11-22-2002, 02:19 AM

Laurie! Hi

I hope all is going well. I totally dig the pics with the guitar. Ahh! Your blog has SOOO many visitors all the time... but they are kinda cheap, so I'm kinda glad that it's not me

Rach! You are quite welcome... Thanks for being awesome enough to give me a reason to say it.

***Art*** · 11-24-2002, 12:43 AM

Too lazy to add color coding.

Last night, I bought a set of stereo plug adapters. They aren't right. I wasted $5. I can't afford to waste $5. Oh well, I guess.

I bought my neice an awesome stuffed animal for her birthday. Ive never felt anything as soft in my life.

That's about it for now.

***Art*** · 11-27-2002, 01:35 AM

I'm sorry that I am currently too lame to do random thoughts or anything... But that's the way it goes right now.

Just when things started looking up at work... Things are not going too well in my personal life. I'm having major doubts that I'm supposed to marry Jen... I am having a hard time even being with her. So, I finally talked to her about it last night, and she understands... she's not too thrilled, but she understands... She knows that I have to know. But one thing that has really bugged me is that last night, she disagreed that we were making poor choices in our relationship. If that's the way she feels, we are headed in completely different directions with what we want... THIS SUCKS!!!! I mean, I supposed to marry this woman in 9 months... By the way, I proposed WAY too soon. Stupid! Ahhh, it kills me.

Another bit of unhappiness... we had playoffs tonight for basketball. We lost by 50. OUCH! 3 players didn't show up, and then one of our players got hurt in the first half. So we had 5 guys. Then I ran, full speed, into a brick wall. (AKA a 6'6" 350 lb man) and hit my head on his shoulder, then the ground. I stayed in, because we had nobody else, but I was disoriented until halftime... I sat on the bench, staring at the floor all the way through half time... moved at half speed for a while... and developed a headache. I was afraid that I might have gotten a concussion, but I'm sure that I didn't now. But, dispite getting hurt and all, I played pretty well. I had four blocked shots, all against guys 2-4 inches taller than me, and I made a lot of plays on defense. Offensively, I was 2-5 shooting, my worst night of the year, but I played a more agressive offensive game than normal, and that was good. Most of my time on offense was spent setting screens.

Enough of the basketball...

I've ALMOST got everything set up right to record straight into my Mom's computer... but I'm picking up massive ammounts of line noise. I think that something is wrong with the out on the amp. I sure hope not. I should have some time to figure it out tomorrow night. I hope so, at least. I'd like to get it working, and record my song. I have audio editing experience, so I can make it sound good... I just need to get rid of that white noise!

I hope we are planning on playing in the next league... just minus a couple of guys. We really could be a solid team if it weren't for a bit of selfish play and showboating. And if people would stinking show up.

ARGH! Enough of the basketball

THis is a really long post. Oh well. it continues.

The STUPIDEST movie is on TV. I have no idea what it is... I'm just catching little parts... argh. This kind of thing annoys me right now. Normally, I think it would humor me.

Ack, I'm actually looking forward to going to work tomorrow... just because I'll be somewhere other than here. That's not good. And I'm completely not looking forward to Thanksgiving... people... ick. At least I get to sleep in. And get paid for it! That's always nice.

I was supposed to maybe work on the side on my days off, making major money. I'm really glad I didn't. At least I got some rest.

Anyhow, off with my head. I mean, my head is off to bed.

Laura · 11-27-2002, 09:51 AM

Art, your life seems to be pretty sucky right now, and I really don't have any advice for you. I'll definitely pray for you, but I guess all I've got to say is hang in there! Your problems will sort themselves out eventually! And I don't really need to tell you this, but God knows exactly why and for what reason everything that's happening is. You'll only appreciate life more when it's all over.

Praying for ya, bud.

By the way, who do you play basketball for? Is it like an intramural league, or what? Sounds fun. I used to play basketball before my knees starting coming out of place all the time. That was my cue to stop!

***Art*** · 11-27-2002, 10:33 AM

Thanks, Laura. Prayers are always appreciated

I play in a local parks and rec league with my church team. Calvary Chapel. Next session we should be pretty good, I think.

Or at least better.

Rach · 11-27-2002, 04:47 PM

Hey Art!

You have totally been in my prayers LOTS!!!

Hey, did you know that CCBC has a basketball team now? Yup, i found that out while i was there!

***Art*** · 11-28-2002, 12:02 AM

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Originally posted by Rach
Hey Art!

You have totally been in my prayers LOTS!!!

Hey, did you know that CCBC has a basketball team now? Yup, i found that out while i was there!

*jaw drops* no fair!!!

Actually, we kinda had a team when I was there, but it wasn't anything official. We would go down and play at the rec department, and one time we played a couple of games against Calvary Chapel of Murrieta. FUN STUFF!

We also played intramural.

And thanks for your prayers.

SccHarpGirl · 11-28-2002, 06:10 PM

Hey Art...just wanted to drop in and say that I'm praying for you!

Hope you have a happy thanksgiving
Noelle

GLALIG · 11-28-2002, 11:45 PM

hey art, you're in my prayers too.

Rach · 11-29-2002, 01:52 AM

Hi Art

***Art*** · 11-29-2002, 02:27 AM

Hey everyone...

This is just a post to say a super huge thank you to all of you for your support and prayers right now. I really believe that they have been huge for me. Thank you all SOOO much...

Especially Rach... the IM convos have been sooo hugely helpful.

~Art