2/26/25

Today was kinda interesting I guess. I started off by getting up, getting ready, talking to Janell some because she got home from her class before I left, and then leaving to go to my noon class.

My noon class is the transcultural class for the Finland trip. Today they went over more stuff that you should have done before leaving, like phone plans and stuff, and then they moved on to presentations. They also gave us some luggage tags. My group was that one guy and two girls, there was supposed to be another guy but he wasn't here. I really didn't work on the presentation a bit, I checked on it and it looked like it was already done and was only edited by the two girls. But before we presented the guy came up to me and said, "If you want your 300 points, you're going to do the food slide," and I was like, "Okay that's fine." So we were the first to present and everyone else talked for like 5 or more minutes with their slides and I read off the food slide and that took me about 1 minute. I don't know why they gave me the food slide and only that one, but whatever, I was fine with it. Then the other groups went and that was it. I still don't know about this trip. I wish I'd made friends with more people in this class.

After class I went to Nana's and Morgan was there so I said I real quick to her and went upstairs. I really only went here to get my Airpods, but I stuck around for a bit. I was here for a couple of hours, until around 4 or so. Then I left and was planning on going to the gym since I now had my Airpods.

So I got to the gym and realized it was pretty packed, like, there were no spots in the parking lot. So instead, I went to Teen Challenge. In there I got two shirts, one was a white graphic t-shirt and one was a shirt that said 'Everybody Poops' and I thought it was funny so I got it. I also did it to test myself, because it was kinda embarrassing checking out with that. But I think the cashier also thought it was kinda funny. The gym was still busy by the time I left, so I was planning on going home.

But then, when I was on my way home, Naethan asked if I was doing anything later. So I pulled over into that one Pickleball Factory place's parking lot and texted him back, "No," because I thought he wanted to hangout or something. But then he invited me to another Bible study tonight. And I couldn't say no because I already said I wasn't doing anything. So I said I would go. This would be my third Bible study in a row this week. Like, that's a little too much. But that was at 6 and it was a little after 5 at the time, so I went to the public library for a bit.

At the library I saw Mark Richey, but I don't think he saw me. I also thought I saw Pierce's girlfriend, but I'm not sure. I sat next to a window and blogged a bit and doodled some more on my animal science notes. Then I left at around 5:50.

I got to Dempster at around 6 o'clock and went in. I was really hoping this was a separate study away from the CAMO group, but nope, as soon as I walk into the building I saw Seth Fink. Dammit. I walked past him in the hallway and said I'd be right back. I went to fill up my water bottle and go to the bathroom, and then I went out to my car for a bit because I don't think Naethan was even here yet, and I didn't want to be in there alone with them. So once I saw Naethan walk in, I walked back in.

This was a weird Bible study, let me tell ya. There were like, 9 guys there and 1 girl. The first thing they had me do was stand up and swear on my right hand or whatever, that I would be there every Wednesday and that I would go up front and tell a poop story. Like, what the hell? First off, I am NOT going there every Wednesday. Second off, a POOP story? I really tried to get out of that, I said I don't think I had one. But they still made me go up front. I was going to tell the story of how I got a poop shirt today, but instead I told the one from several years ago when I was sick and pooped my pants in bed while I was asleep. That was soooo weird, why would they want me to tell them all that. And then they were like, quizzing me on it afterwards. The rest of the study was more normal.

Afterwards they wanted me to go to Blue Diamond or some place that had pretzels, I'm not sure where they were talking about. But I turned them down. Then Naethan said I should hand out with him, so I did for a bit. We drove to the Rec Center and played ping pong with some of his foreign exchange friends. So that was kind of fun. And then I guess I went home and did my little 12-3-30 workout on the treadmill.

So today was average I guess. A pretty full day. 5/10.

2/25/25

Today is Tuesday, so that meant I had animal science class, so I went to that. We talked about poultry, like chickens, ducks, and geese. And turkeys I guess. I was really doodling today. So I missed some of my notes because I was doodling instead of looking at the board. 

2/24/25

Today was kind of a filling day. I started by going to my labs and classes and stuff after leaving home. But before that, Naethan texted me and asked if I wanted to go swimming later today, so I said, "Sure," so I grabbed my swimming trunks before I left. Seth from CAMO also texted me asking if I want to go out to lunch but I didn't respond to him yet.

In lab we had a lab quiz that I definitely failed. Maybe I got 1 or 2 out of 30. But I think everyone failed, it was hard stuff. Then we worked on our unknowns for the rest of the time. I restarted my unknowns last time because McNew said two of mine were the same. So I got out my new TSA plates and they all looked the same and none had the bacteria I needed, so she said I should just take the 2 point deductible and only do two unknowns instead of three. So that's what I did. I re-streaked my bacteria on new plates to hopefully get better isolated colonies and did a gram stain on them. I hate using the microscope, I always get nauseous and lightheaded when I look through it. But I successfully figured out their shapes and if they were negative or positive.

Then I went to the lecture and nothing really happened there. I did win the wheel thing, so I got to go down there and get a brain shaped eraser. That's the only interesting thing I think. I also responded to Seth and said I don't really have time for lunch today, which is kinda true. My class goes from 12:00-1:15, that's kinda lunchtime gone right there.

After that I went to HealthPoint and got a good little workout in. I did my fifteen minutes on level 15 of the stair climber again. I'm getting more used to it I think. Yeah, not much happened in here either.

Then after that it was like, going on 3:00 I guess and that's when Naethan said to meet at the aquatic center, so I went there, but then after a bit he or someone texted that the pool doesn't open until 4:00 today. Colin and Nyk were also supposed to be going. So I just waited in the parking lot for like, 45 minutes. I worked on my CJ100 assignment a bit.

Then Naethan called me and said he was inside, so I went in. We played basketball until the other guys showed up. It was kinda funny watching him play, he wasn't too great. I mean, I wasn't either. But it was fun, we played for like 20 minutes. Naethan somehow knows like, everyone. He kept going up to people he knew and said hi. And I was just there.

After a bit, Nyk and Colin showed up and we went to the locker room. I actually had my shirt off this time, unlike at TKE a Dip. Pretty sure I was the fattest one there. But hey, I've actually been working on it by working out, so I wasn't too ashamed. Then we went out to the pool and played volleyball first, then tried the rock wall, swung on the rope, got in the hot tub, and laid on the pool bed thing on the edge of the pool. It was actually really fun. I was on Naethan's team for volleyball, we weren't too good. But yeah, it was like I was at someone's birthday party as a kid again. Really fun and unique thing to do on a Monday. We were there until like, 5:40 I think. Then we got changed, Naethan was taking a really long time because he also decided to take a shower. Then we left and I drove Naethan and Nyk to the Hill to go to the Bible study thing tonight.

At the Bible study, the only tekes were me, Nyk, Naethan, and Lucas. Then the two CAMO guys were there. It was an alright study though. The CAMO guys were kinda weird again. Will kept playing these cat remix songs. And then they had us play an intro song for Lucas's readings and stuff so I played the theme from Rocky. Then at the end, Seth and Will were really pressuring me to go to the Spring Retreat thing. And I kinda just said I'd think about it. They were kinda weird though. Like, "You could meet your future wife here, these people are gonna be better than any girls you would meet at a TKE event." But I'm pretty sure Seth said that he first met his wife at the TKE house. So I don't know what he is talking about.

Then I went to Nana's. They also gave me half of a pizza to take home because they always have extra pizza there. So that was nice of them I suppose. At Nana's I played some music on my TV, mainly Pink Floyd. I've been really into them lately. Then my dad showed up so I talked to him for a bit. Then I kinda just goofed off, finished my criminal justice assignment, and went to bed to the sound of brown noise.

So it was a pretty good day. Definitely more filling than most of my days. So 8/10.

2/22/24

Today I didn't really do anything all day. I just did stuff around the house like burning trash, I made some taco Hamburger Helper, Janell left for a bit to go to Creative Ewe and some macaroni bar with some of her tri deltas. The snow was really starting to melt today, too. It was like, 40s all day. Then I made some protein pancakes and that was basically all I did, until the evening.

That evening, TKE was having a little informal party, it was just like a get-together thing. And I wasn't going to go, but then Grant texted me and told me to go. So then, I had Janell be my sober phone and she drove me to the thing. She actually volunteered because she wasn't doing anything, so thank you to her. Since we were down to two beers at home, I brought those two beers, plus the little bit left in our Malibu bottle, plus the little bit left of that whipped vodka stuff. So I drank a shot of vodka on the way there, and drank some Malibu. We put on 6 Feet on the way there to be my hype song. I poured the Malibu into a water bottle before I went in because I didn't want to bring in a bottle.

So I walked in and there weren't really as many people there as I was thinking. Keely immediately came up to me, along with this other tri delta, Hannah, and they were just yapping about whatever. They found out I was Janell's brother. They also had a cooler of some drinks there. So Keely gave me a Busch and said me, Grant, and her were going to shotgun. So we went out on the porch and did that, except I didn't really shotgun, just kinda sipped it out of the hole I made. I suck at shotgunning. Then Zach showed up and brought some Jell-o shots so I had a couple of those, too. Then Adriana and some friend of hers showed up. I ended up talking to her friend for a while. She was this Asian girl who was from Denmark or something. She had me hit her vape. Then I talked to Indian Naethan for a bit and we went up to deliver Jell-o shots to Simon's room because Zach told us to bring some up there. Then I took one smoke of the joint cause they were doing a bit of that outside. Then I talked to Presley for a bit because Keely and a bunch of others had left to go to Hypno. Eventually they got back and Keely talked to me some more and then she called Janell on my phone and like, confessed her love for me to Janell. Too bad I don't really feel the same about her. So that was weird. And then that was basically it, I called Janell to pick me up at like, 12:30. So that was actually pretty fun. A nice little change.

Janell got McDonald's before picking me up so she got me a cheeseburger and sweet tea (thank you). I guess I'll have to pay her back somehow. So we went home and my dad was still up. Then I got my laptop and went downstairs and played Roblox and watched Trailer Park Boys.

Pretty good night, 7/10 day.

2/18/25

I'm just gonna really quickly recap this day. It was Tuesday so I had Animal Science class. Pretty sure nothing happened this class, we went over goats. So it was just normal notes.

Then I am pretty sure I went to the gym afterwards. Actually, maybe I didn't. I don't remember and my Google Maps timeline is like, tweaking out. It has like a million lines going from home to Cape, but no stops, so I don't know. Actually I'm pretty sure I did not go to the gym, the more I think about it, so scratch that. I think I went straight home. Yeah I did go straight home, because I remember Janell was there and she was about to leave. So I don't know what I did at home, probably just goofed around.

My mom really was worried that there was going to be a huge snowstorm and it did end up snowing later that evening but it wasn't really anything too crazy. At least not yet. But then later that evening it did snow quite a bit. That's basically it.

The snow was nice today. Nothing else happened. 5/10.

2/17/25

So it's Monday today, but I'll go over real quick what happened over the weekend and stuff.

On Saturday, I didn't do that much in the morning. I don't actually remember what I did. But at 6 o'clock, they had 'TKE a Dip' at the aquatic center. Janell made enchiladas before I left, but I didn't have time to eat one. Also I was trying to stay a bit foodless in case I'd have to take my shirt off and swim or something. I also brought some alcohol with me because there was gonna be a party afterwards.

It was raining pretty bad when I left and when I got to the aquatic center. I saw Colin walk in when I was in the parking lot, so I also went in. Luckily there was no one at the front desk, because I forgot my SEMO ID to get in. So I just walked past the desk and back to where the aquatic area is. So I go back there and go into the men's locker room expecting to see some people, because it's basically 6 o'clock, and no one is there. But after a bit, some people do get there and they start changing and stuff. So I kinda start changing too, but I leave my sleeveless shirt on. Luckily I'm not the only one who left their shirt on. I would've taken it off if I knew if I was a coach or not, but I had no idea. But yeah let me just quickly say what happened. It was kinda awkward at first, we went out to the pool area and some of the sororities and stuff were there. I actually talked to the new Grant some for the first time. But yeah, I'm pretty sure I wasn't even a coach. But then the old Grant had me join Tri Delta, but that was also awkward because I didn't know any of them and they didn't know me. So they started and Tri Delta got out like third or something. Then they did two more rounds, with the last one being with the coaches. But it was only two of the coaches from each team, so from ours it was Simon and Alex. They also lost. So yeah I was just kinda standing around during all of this. Doesn't help that like, everyone around me was drunk so they were probably having a bit better time than I was. Then we took some pictures and that was it. After that got out I drove Owen and Kevin to the Gamma Phi house I think because that's where their cars were. Then I drove to Nana's.

Dad was at Nana's when I got there, so I talked to him for a bit. Then I went upstairs and had a beer or two. Then after an hour and a half or so, I called Gavin to pick me up for the party tonight. Then I hopped on Roblox and he was here in like a second. Time always goes by so fast when playing Roblox. So I went out there and he was like, turning around in a circle by the barn and he was spinning and stuff, because it had been raining all day. So I went out there and got in and he eventually got out, with a lot of spinning. So the ground out there is kinda torn up, but what else is new. So he drove me there, we talked about The Walking Dead and Star Wars, it was kinda nice. But I think him getting almost stuck kinda scared him so he told me to have someone else take me home. He drove pretty quickly so we were at the house pretty fast.

This party really wasn't anything too special. I spent the first bit of time sitting in the living room talking to Presley and her friend. I went downstairs for a bit to the actual party, but was never down there for too long. Katelynn was down there for most of the night and asked why I hadn't snapped her back. I made up some excuse so then she gave me her number. Ay ay ay. Then this one girl came in and started talking smack about my braces or something, but then later that night, she gave me her snap. And then even later that night I was sitting on the couch and these two other girls asked for my snap. Too bad they were both low-key chopped. And I think one of them might be Logan Wendell's ex. But that's basically it. I also talked to Sarah, the tall girl who apparently is always shaking ass on people at these parties. So I was talking to her for some reason and I remember I complimented her teeth and she really appreciated that. And Nyk sent a picture of me talking to her in the group chat. But it was just an alright party. At the end I went out and smoked a cigarette with Naethan. Then he told me I should come to the Bible study on Monday, so yeah, smoking and Bible studies. I also almost brought my cigarette into the house and Mason had to tell me no, my bad. This was the end of the party so this was the time I was the most out of it. But that kinda embarrassed me. Especially cause I don't normally smoke. Then Lucas Gaskill drove me home and Naethan came with us to get dropped off at towers, but he went with me to Nana's first. It was snowing really hard by the time we left, I didn't even realize it was supposed to snow tonight. But we made it back safely and I went inside and played Roblox until I decided to go to sleep. I also did some Omegle but didn't meet anyone interesting. That stuff is only fun to do when you're a little drunk.

Then Sunday, also not much happened. I stayed at Nana's until it was time for chapter at 4. At chapter I don't even remember what happened. I'm writing this on Friday now. Was this the one where Grant was inducted? I think that may have been last week. I think this weeks was just a normal boring one. They wanted us to clean house afterwards, but I went home.

Then on Monday, I had my normal classes and stuff, nothing special happened. I sat next to Mason in lecture because we had to do a Quizziz together. Then I went to the gym for a while, I think this was when I started going for 15 minutes on the stair climber. I've done that a couple of times this week now, I upped it from 10 minutes. And I had 6 Feet by Hamzah on repeat. Then I went to Nana's and slept I think, and made some pretty nasty Cajun rice that I had to add some pepperoni to to get a little flavor.

Then I went to the Bible study. Naethan called me when I was on the way there to make sure I was going. It was at the Hill, which I'd never been in. That's just like the Greek housing by towers. So I parked in the residential lot, which I'm not supposed to, but there was no commuter parking around. Then I kinda walked around a bit and sat on a bench near the place until I saw Naethan and then we walked in together. I was really surprised at who was in there. There was Darrion, Nyk, Ryker, Eddy, two guys from CAMO, and Lucas. Apparently it was also Eddy and Ryker's first time going to this. The two guys from CAMO were the ones leading it, their names were Will and Seth. It was pretty good, they also had free pizza. We went over Romans 6:23 and talked about how the only way to get to heaven is through Jesus Christ. So that was pretty good, we had a little paper that we filled stuff in on. The only weird thing was this little outburst that the two CAMO guys had when they were asking us if we truly believe that, and I said "Yes" and they were like, "Are you sure?" and then they started going crazy, they were like, "Okay now imagine CNN walks into this room with a camera on you, what would you say, then the camera crew bursts out of the closet, blah blah blah, and then Bronson stands up and says, 'Actually yes I do believe that.'" I actually don't know what that was about but it was a little awkward after that. I don't remember what all they said. Once the actual study was over we talked a bit about personal life and stuff. I told them I went to a Lutheran church and high school and that I'm a nursing student. Then I left and went home and my dad was really interested in what happened. He liked what they were teaching, so that's good I guess. My dad has been wanting me to join a Bible group or something so hopefully this makes him happy.

So that's a weekend recap. Pretty mid honestly. Weekend was a 6/10.

2/13/25

Okay so I missed quite a bit of February, but literally nothing happened so I'm not going to try and fill in those days. I'll write a quick recap of the month so far below with the days I missed, and then I'll go on with today.

So to recap, I've played Roblox quite a bit. A couple of weeks ago I played with Faith for the first time in a long while, that was fun. Played pretty late into the night. And then also Chapel Road, the weird guy who just last night I found out was a gay white boy. I always thought he was black and also was on the fence whether he was a girl or not. So that's weird. I also played Elden Ring for a couple days early in the month but haven't gotten on in a bit. It's kinda an overwhelming game. Also GTA 5, I re-bought that for my Xbox Series X, so I started replaying that. I also got Spotify Premium. It was a dollar for one month of premium, and it has been so worth it. I don't know if I'll be able to go back, I was getting so tired of the ads. I've been listening to Hamzah's 6 Feet a lot recently. I've been taking without paying some this month with Lego Minifigures. It's just so easy, and they are so overpriced, but so fun to collect. So I've gotten like six or so without paying. I haven't done it in a bit, I'm leaving that life behind, but yeah, that happened. The Slushy Noobz boxing match was last Saturday on the 8th. That was kind of life changing. I tuned in for the whole thing, it started at six and went till like, 10? It was so good. Aldo was there, the fight was awesome, and the Noobz are back. It was inspirational really, it got me into working out again. Then Quen Blackwell posted a Feeding Starving Celebrities video with them the next day or something, and that was one of the best videos I've ever seen. So basically, we are so back. Then the Super Bowl was the day after on Sunday. We had it at the Craigmiles' of course. It was alright. The food was good. I didn't talk to anyone much, cousin-wise. I talked to Chevy Chapman's dad some, can't think of his name. I referred to him as 'bro' when we were there. There was also an old guy who I didn't know, so he was referred to as 'unc'. I mainly talked to Janell. Kendrick's half-time show got all the white folks there riled up. Mainly Chevy's mom. Can't remember her name either. Chevy made an appearance when Janell and I were leaving. Then I had Janell go to Dollar General once we left because I wanted to see if they had any retired Lego sets (they didn't). Then on the 11th (Tuesday), I went to Family Dollar and another Dollar General in Cape to look for my retired Lego (didn't find any). It's just kinda fun to look for, though. And those are the places nobody checks. So while I was in Dollar General, my mom called me and had me go to the bank to try and set up my online banking. This was the most annoying trip to the bank I've ever had. The lady helping us had the worst computer experience ever. We were in there for probably an hour, and she was doing all my stuff publicly, that's what pissed me off. She was asking me to make security questions, but she would type them in. Like girl, let me do that part. So I was like, "Let's do my first car. It was a Chevy Cavalier." And she was also the worst speller ever. I'm pretty sure all the security questions were typed in wrong, so let's hope I never have to do those, because Lord knows what she was writing. And she would never press save or whatever, so we had to redo a couple of pages. And then once she had to redo it, she said, "Let's pick a different question," for the car one because she didn't want to spell 'Cavalier' again. Like, it's not that hard. That pissed me off. And my mom was having a blast in there because she loves little one on one meetings and stuff. And then they set up my notifications and my mom and her thought I should have notifications on for everything. So anytime I use the card, I'll get notified. Anytime my limit goes under 1,000 dollars I'll get notified. Like, LET ME SET THAT UP MYSELF. Then after that fiasco, my mom wanted me to get my flu shot, so I met her at the Mercy pharmacy. And I guess that probably about sums up the recap.

   

So for actually today, I don't think much happened until the evening, when there was the Red Carnation Ball. I had no idea what that was, it was a TKE thing. So I wore normal clothes but brought fancier clothes along, because it kinda sounds like a fancy event. It wasn't, it was like a talent show thing with some of the sororities. I sat in the back kinda near Grant, Mason, and Kyle, behind the Tri Deltas. And it was at Dempster. It was alright. Someone made a rap, the Deltas played a flute clarinet duet, someone made a cake, someone made Mexican street corn, and there was probably some other stuff. Nothing crazy though. Then I guess I went home after that. I'm writing this six days later as of today, so I don't remember anything else.

So this was mainly a February recap. But the actual day was like a 5/10 I guess. Don't remember.

2/4/25

Today was pretty fun. 

2/5/25

Today was Janell's birthday.

2/3/25

Today I woke up at like 8:30, luckily I woke up a little early because I had no alarm set and I had to finish my lab questions before class today at 10. So I got up and did that, got ready, and left.

Lab was a little awkward because I did the make-up lab yesterday and I think Evan threw away our little petri dishes because his lab was before mine. So I just sat there for a bit until telling the instructor that I didn't have my dishes. So she let me borrow someone else's, but then I had to change all the antibiotic information that I did yesterday. Then we did the actual lab for today, which involved little spheres of Staph. aureus and disinfectant and stuff. I didn't really get to do much except use the stopwatch because my partner was taking initiative. My little chime stopwatch was cute though.

After all that I went to my car and chilled for 20 minutes because we got out early. I actually put my rubber bands in because I have an orthodontist appointment on Wednesday. Then it was time for lecture.

2/2/25

Today I woke up kinda early from downstairs. I didn't do much that morning until I went to church with my parents, and that wasn't too eventful. There was a baptism for that baby that I said looked like a bulldog. So that was sweet. Then my dad was there talking for like 20 minutes after we got out because the Kelpe's were there. So my mom and I just waiting in the car.

After church we went home and Janell got home shortly after from her church work. I played some Elden Ring that I started yesterday I guess. I still don't know about that game. Seems very confusing. I kept dying at the Gate Ruins. Then my dad called me away from the game because he needed help on the roof. So I had to hold his feet so he didn't slide while he patched the skylights for leaks.

After that I don't really know what I did. I started reorganizing my Legos. It's kinda therapeutic sorting all of them. Then I left at 3:30 to go do my make-up lab, since I missed lab on Friday. The door to Rhodes was locked and I tried opening it but obviously it didn't open and this girl that was sitting at a table was like, "Microbiology?" and I was like, "Yeah." So I sat at a table near her until it was 4 and the professor came over and unlocked the door.

The actual lab wasn't too fun. First we did the quiz, which was all I thought we were doing. 

2/1/25

Slept until 1 PM at Nana's, drove home.