Week in Review

I guess this will become a weekly thing, or least until my head gets a lot clearer.
So what happened this week
1. My mom and I went to Joe's Cafe in Orem for the first time on Monday and then again on Wednesday. It was pretty good food (see burger above) and the atmosphere is awesome. The first time my mom and I stood still like two scared white people until the black owner named Joe popped his head around a corner and said in his Louis Armstrong-type voice "Come On In!!" There's not much selection but like I said, the food's pretty good. Well I guess on Friday it was in the news that Joe got in trouble for offering alcohol and sex to a minor employee or something like that. Say It Ain't so Joe. That don't mean I'm staying away from the Cafe for good.
2. I saw G.I. Joe (again) and bought the new Flight of the Conchords CD on Tuesday. Good Stuff
3. Been doing an application on Facebook that picks a "Friend of the Day" then I say something nice about each one and my hope is to get all the people picked to comment back. It's been quite a success so far.
4. Watching baseball playoffs, both teams I liked lost this week. Now the World Series will be Phillies vs.Yankees. I hope Philadelphia kicks the crap out of New York, even though I hate repeats.
5. Had a good weekend hanging out with my girlfriend. On Saturday, I helped out at her family Halloween party by co-running a Pumpkin Bowling Game. It was more like Pumpkin Throwing from the kid participants if you ask me and surprisingly we only lost one pumpkin.
6. Realized I've been to Taco Bell four times in the last 2 weeks- Monday and Friday both weeks. I got different stuff each time, it's just yummy stuff what can I say. Love the Beef and Potato Burrito
7. Walked a couple times this week while being bored
Me tired and can't think of any more
bye bye

Weird Week

Hey everybody, still suck at posting a lot on this blog
This week I hung out a lot (Monday through Saturday) with one of my best friends Steve while he was moving out of his mom's house. She said on Monday she wanted him out by Saturday and pretty much that's what happened. Tuesday he checked out a couple apartments, he picked the second out of two cause the first one was kind of a shithole haha. Ahhh it was fun though. I did 70% of the moving while Steve was busy being onery about the whole situation. If I had a job and his new apartment had an extra bedroom I would totally wanna move in.
Besides that, not much new this week.
Except
I passed out in the school hall on Tuesday during a lesson on Sexual Functioning for my Abnormal Psychology class. I seem to have history of this, this is the sixth time in the last 12 years of school where I feel like fainting when this topic is brought up in one form or another.
1999- 7th Grade Health- nothing happened but I felt like I was going to explode
2002- 10th Grade Health- passed out in class and slammed my face against the wall breaking my two front teeth, excused from school to visit doctor and dentist
2004- Adult Roles- left the classroom to chill out then went to read in the library until class was over
2004- Health 1010 at UVSC- left the classroom briefly to get a drink and walk around and returned without any problems.
2007- Marriage and Family- same thing
2009- Abnormal Psychology- briefly left classroom then returned where I felt faint again then went out in to the hall to chill out then the next thing I know I'm being woken up by passerbys in the hall. It's a strange feeling like you're in the middle of a damn good sleep and people are disturbing you while wanting to go back to sleep. It's weird also to have to use your brain to answer questions when you really don't want to. One student called the campus police who then called the paramedics cause it's "procedure". So I told the same story three times of what happened. "It was a lesson on  . . .it's happened before when I was . . . . I take lisonopril for high blood pressure . . . .haven't eaten . . . .this never happens otherwise . . . .I'm not diabetic (Yet) . . . . It must be police/paramedic's job to not believe me the first time. My vital signs were OK, said Hell No to going with them to hospital, and I was on my way to one more class where I felt exhausted followed by me vomiting all over myself in the hallway. So yeah- fun day. Had to go shower while my house was filled with toxins and such while our remodeled area was being spray painted.
I don't know what's up with it exactly. I can talk and joke about sex with friends and nothing happens. But the heat of the classroom, my shitty not eating breakfast before school habit, and the detailed thoughts of what's going on internally and externally during the sexual cycle just knocks me out.

Besides that the weather was topsy turvy, it was my Fall break from school which felt more like a week break, I went nuts eating what seemed like everything in sight, and the list goes on. Just strange and I feel like I won't be sane until I turn in a big assignment that's due on Tuesday.

Updates

Remodeling is almost complete. Just some last plumbing and electrical stuff mostly. 

Music is cool. Excited for Tuesday when the new Flight of the Conchords CD featuring most of the songs from the 2nd season of the HBO show comes out.


Movies are good too. Saw Zombieland which I thought was a lot of fun after the excessive gore of the beginning.Whoopee I'm gonna see G.I. Joe again this week.

Later dudes, I'm sleepy and confused about everything, yes every thing!
I weigh in tomorrow, hopefully I didn't gain too much

Gradually getting sadder

Ok, just to get the title out of the way, I dunno I just felt a little sad last night. This is the time of the year that if I'm alone on a Friday night then I feel a bit lonely and I haven't felt this way in a while. I've cried in parking lots on nights like this in the past. It just feels like nobody wants to invite me to do anything and all my friends are doing fun stuff with their other friends. What I did do was go to Shopko where I got a couple cheap DVDs, got 5 Buck pizza with my mom, watched a little baseball playoff action, and retro gamed with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Monday was an awesome day but then the rest of the week got dumber and dumber . . . Just ate a bunch of food and stuff I already don't remember

Anyway, here are the updates
Remodeling- got the new countertops this week, finally!! Next week some painters will come in and do their thing, then we finally put in all these new appliances which are just sitting there after being delivered this week.

Movies- Finally went to the theater last Saturday with my girlfriend, we saw Whip It. I was pretty excited for it and I was not disappointed at all. Got several DVDs in the last week including Death At A Funeral, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Rock-n-Rolla (which I watched some of today), and Frequency.

Music- Anticipating the October 20th release of the new Flight of the Conchords album, until then I got a CD by Sufjan Stevens and an album from The Decemberists from an amazon.com order made two weeks ago. Already excited for a couple releases in 2010

well that's about it
can't think of much else
my fall break is next week
hooray, maybe

Getting loads off the back

Hey stranger, been a why-le

Music
-Like I thought, I loved the new Monty Are I album, making the race for my Album of The Year choice very close.
-Speaking of new releases, bought the new Paramore album today, I have yet to fully listen to review and such.
-Currently listening to- Geekshowpodcast.com lol
-In My Car CD Player- Nickelback Essentials Mix Cd made by me.
-My 50 Favorite Albums of the Decade List has been changed to 60, that's coming to my blog in December

School
-Took the first Exam for Abnormal Psychology, pffew now can move on with life with a couple more exams in the coming week

Remodeling
-Everything's almost done, doors and other stuff were added over the weekend. Still waiting for countertops, new painting, and a new staircase most likely since the old one is gone.

DVDs
-Bought a bunch of stuff from people on Amazon.com, got item 1 of 9 yesterday- Katt Williams American Hustle. "Do you have any drugs? No Shaq!" look it up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ASALoD3OO0
-Also added to the collection Point Break from the Wal Mart Patrick Swayze section (not even kidding) and Mystic River at a yard sale in new condition and only $3

TV
-Finished Dexter Season 1 a while ago, ME WANT MORE
-Been watching plenty of TV shows premieres lately- NCIS: LA, Heroes, Family Guy, Californication, and The Cleveland Show (which is way better than American Dad can ever try to be).Thanks Hulu!

J-Ray
-Tracks  for "Terrable"are all recorded, post production stuff may/may not be added

Movies
-Excited for Whip It to open Friday, finally a feel good looking movie for the first time in like a year.

J-RAY UPDATE- Terrable Track Listing

I'm announcing the track listing for my 3-Disc 17th Album named Terrable, most likely the longest J-Ray album to date

I'm still hoping for it to be done and released in November

DISC ONE
01. Intro
Episode 1- The Virgin Menace
02. Chapter 1
03. Chapter 2
04. Chapter 3
05. Chapter 4
06. Chapter 5 Part 1
07. Chapter 5 Part 2
08. Messing With Terrable Music

DISC TWO
Episode 2- Attack of The Hos
& 3- Revenge of Her Shit
09. Chapter 6
10. Chapter 7
11. Chapter 8
12. Intermission
Episode 4- A New Hope (For Her to Get Into My Pants and Vice Versa)
13. Chapter 9
14. Chapter 10
Episode 5- The Empire Breaks Up
15. Chapter 11 Part 1
16. Chapter 11 Part 2
17. Intervention [featuring Andre (The Dirty Mexican) & SJ]

DISC THREE
Episode 6- Return of My Love Life
18. Chapter 12 Part 1
19. Chapter 12 Part 2
20. Chapter 13
21. Chapter 14
22. Things I Forgot to Mention Part 1
23. Things I Forgot to Mention Part 2
24. Final Words

Geez, I sucky at posting

Hello
Just gonna list off stuff that's happened or thought of in the last week
-Remodeling update- we got our new kitchen flooring put in thanks to my brother and his wife, tomorrow we are supposed to get our new cabinets FINALLY, they've been sitting somewhere for a while now haha.
-Tomorrow also, -giddy schoolgirl squeal- New Monty Are I album! My review coming next time
-Congrats to the Orem Owlz, they won the Pioneer League Championship over the weekend. It's their 3rd title in the last 5 seasons which is how long I've worked for them.
-I've jumped on the Dexter bandwagon, I'm watching the whole first season while it's on demand, I'm halfway through it and I got about a week to finish it up before it's taken off. Episodes are on sale right now on iTunes, which is so tempting cause I could catch up with the rest on my iPod. . . .
-Last week I saw two movies, My Sister's Keeper and The Informant
MSK- Of course it's very sad and had a lot more to offer than I thought which is good
Informant- I was expecting the funny, and unfortunately didn't get it
-I continued my work on the J-Ray "Terrable" album, still aiming for a November completion date
-Mmmmmmm Jimmie Johns, so glad to have you closer to my home
-Ohh yeah, I weighed in today and lost 1.5 pounds in the last 2 weeks which was unexpected but awesome

Peace Out everyone
I'll try harder to post

Ummm Kanye?!

Here's my two cents on what happened at the VMAs on MTV last night when Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.

1. Taylor Swift was the clear underdog in my opinion for the Best Female Video category which she did win. She was clearly surprised that she had won and it was becoming another fantastic VMA winning moment until Mr. West had to screw it up. Beyonce did an awesome thing later by giving her Video of the Year award winning time to Taylor so she can actually give her speech cause she knows how amazing it is to be young and win one of those awards. If there's not a lot of hope for most things in America right now, there's hope that people, even the rich and powerful, can do great things and be good examples for us all.

2. Kanye West just had to pull of the most annoying things to do on a music award show, interrupting the show during an acceptance speech which has happened two other notable times in the last 11 years. Most know that Kanye is an extremely sore loser at these things but to do this for an award he's not even close to being eligible for astounds me. His whole interruption was to just make a point that Beyonce should have won the Female Vid category. I thought it was just a tiny joke at first making fun of himself in a way. Now as much as I praise Beyonce for what she did, I don't think her video was all that great. It's black and white and she's dancing in an empty room with a dancer on either side of her as far as I know. My question is, Who let him on stage??? seriously. He wasn't about to perform, he's wasn't a nominee for any awards in the show's beginning, WTF? I'm glad he got kicked out of the show and didn't win any big awards anyway. I'm not satisfied with his half assed apology on Jay Leno's show tonight (which I didn't watch, I just saw the clip of it online minutes ago). Oiy get help man

umm I dunno

What's been up?

-more ceiling scraping after moving a bunch of stuff around, I will finish scraping tomorrow morning
-new fridge delivered that will have to just sit and be ignored for a while
- worked the last two nights, tonight was pretty busy and crazy with lines for most of my shift (in which I came to work an hour and a 1/2 late cause of school), a couple new ice cream containers that were still frozen solid, hats (that the ice cream goes into) running out, co-workers bored enough to shout "HEY!" over and over which was annoying cause I couldn't even hear some of my customers along with the noise of the Owlz beating the crap out of the Ogden Raptors.
- school
- Food from Rumbi and Taco Bell
- Listening to new The Used album a couple more times, my Coheed and Cambria Essentials Vol. 2 mix CD, and MSTRKRFT's Fist of God album which came out earlier this year
- My weigh in results (which I mentioned last time) is that I lost 6 Pounds in the last 2 weeks which I'm very excited and proud about

Weekend's almost here!! yay
no stuff is due tomorrow at school
no work until Saturday
Thursdays are like my Fridays

That is all

Yesh!!

Before getting to a recap of stuff (sorry it's been while) I'd like to note that I kinda pulled a Homer

homer- achieving something without really trying (from a Simpsons episode obviously)

I took an online multiple choice quiz for one of my classes which only had 5 questions and without any rigorous study or anything I got a 4/5. I will however try to really understand the material in the future, but I'm still relieved that I didn't bomb the thing. so school's still going well at the moment

Anyway
Remodeling progress- I have been doing a lot ceiling scraping at my (parent's) house in the last few days that gives it a totally new look. Some people would refer to what we had as having a "popcorn ceiling". I also pulled out some carpet and the wonderful things underneath it yesterday. It will still be another week or so before any major improvements can be done is what I'm guessing.

Pet Peeve- I hate fast food drive thrus that have stupid little sidewalks to the right side of where your car goes. I was at Carl's Jr. a couple days ago and as I was leaving with my window rolled down I could hear my car going SCRRREECH over some god fosaken sidewalk mostly because there was a car in front of me that had a big or long enough order that they need to move out of the way so people like me can get their smaller and less expensive order. So to avoid hitting the person in front of me and trying to get the hell out I hit the stupid patch of cement. I can also remember a similar thing happening at a Weinerschnitzel a couple years ago. I hate that drive thrus have to be such damn traps. Just one of many ways that they "Fuck you at the Drive Thru"

I was stoked that BYU beat #3 Oklahoma this past Saturday. Yayyy! hopefully they do well this season even though I don't go there.

Weight Update- I haven't done my weigh in due to the holiday but I got on an old bathroom scale this morning and I hope it's not lying to me cause if it's not I may have lost 7-10 pounds in the last 2 weeks, which hasn't happened since March 2008. That will brighten up my days a little more.

Work- Today and tomorrow are the last two regular season home games for the Orem Owlz and by the looks of things they have a playoff game on Saturday so at least I have those days guaranteed to be working.

I'll end on that note
Later

Welcome to September- New Music Month

Like the title says, 3 of the most long awaited (at least I've been waiting) albums come out this month. The first came out yesterday and it is the latest album by Orem, Utah's own The Used who in a matter of a couple years have gone from a band I barely noticed to one of my favorite bands to listen to. I listened to their latest titled Artwork and I give it an A- which is a VERY good score for a first listen cause I'm usually pretty mean on first listens. Coming up later is the new releases by Monty Are I and Paramore. On a side note all 3 bands will appear on my 50 Favorite Albums of the 2000s list that has been a work in progress for a year now and all three have really high spots on the list with past albums.
Anyway on the remodeling side of things we finally got a dumpster yesterday for all the garbage that had previously been living on the front lawn. Hopefully there will plenty more changes in the next few days in our kitchen. Besides all this i've just been working and doing school stuff this week so far.
Get back to ya later blog readers

Weekend Review

Friday the 28th of August 2009
Day off of school like I've mentioned before. Won a free drink from Walkers that I didn't redeem until Sunday afternoon. I finished the second season of The Mighty Boosh on DVD, highly recommend the show to fans of British comedy and just surreal/creative shows in particular. I then witnessed my parents trying to scrape off the glued vinyl flooring in their kitchen and they just didn't have the time and/or patience to do so. So I got addicted to scraping the floor for about 5 hours or so getting around 70% of the kitchen floor scrapped off. Diet Pepsi never tasted so good after doing such tough work for a while. I got some food from Costa Vida and took a pain pill cause of the soreness/pain in my hands. Watched The Soup and then my DVD copy of The Weird Al Show Complete Series (1997) which I watched all weekend.

Saturday the 29th of August 2009
I went for a morning walk which I was aiming to do for a while. Then back home I finished a project that I have been slowly working on for 7 months, and that is syncing the music on my iPod. In January, a hard drive mishap cause me to lose all my music files and the album artwork that goes along with them. Ever since I've been slowly adding music and artwork back on to the computer and now I'm all caught up  . . . .
Meanwhile my brother and a few helpers were destroying a part of the kitchen ceiling and just as it was expected, a crap load of old insulation snowed everywhere. Currently there are about 9 full black garbage bags of insulation just sitting around and huge piles of garbage are on the front lawn as we wait for a big dumpster to arrive. Anyway, later my parents got a shopvac to help clean all the mess. i love that bad boy, it makes me want to vacuum the whole house with its sucking ability. Also, my dad and I got some Chadders in Provo. I just ordered a burger and a drink of course, no fries. It was a little tough to watch my parents eat fries in front of me, not that Chadders fries are anything to write home about anyway but the aroma is powerful. 

Sunday the 30th of August 2009
Woke up with not much time to do anything profound before church. Church was slightly boring (I'm an unofficial librarian) cause I forgot to bring any books to read for the 3rd hour where not many people stop by.
I got some homework (reading) done before going to see my girlfriend. It was so nice to see her again and be held by her  . . . . we went out for a drive ending up at the movie theater to see G Force. There's was nothing really wrong with the movie but I can admit to being a little too tired to get into it. Then went home where I did some organizing with my mom which is something we both like to do. Before typing this blog I got to work on a school assignment that I've been blowing off all weekend so this is my reward for getting some work done.
Other Note
-I love Coke Zero!!!! Got it in a fountain drink from Maverick on friday night and Chadders the next night.

Later blog readers

No Kitchen

Hey, finally have some time now to type
Today ended the first (short) week of school
it's looking to be an alright semester, some things are looking like very familiar to other classes in the past so I know what I'm in for. So glad I don't have to buy any further books and should be all set. Now just the usual as long as I don't slack off too much I'll be just fine. I got my parking permit today yipeee
Another item, my parents kitchen remodeling started today with the removal of all the cabinets, the sink, and the dishwasher that doesn't get used. Now all the stuff that lived in the kitchen is crowding the space in which I hang out mostly. Slight adjustment when it comes to eating stuff but I'm trying not to eat a bunch anyway.
Random notes
- I ate pizza from three different places for dinner; Little Caesars, 5 Buck, and Pizza Hut. Oh how I love pizza night
-CD currently in my car- a mix CD I made for a friend and it was so good I had to make it for myself
-I played Super Mario 3 for the NES on my Retro Duo not too long ago tonight
-watched some more Mighty Boosh Season 2 Episodes today, hilarious! I'm about to watch the best episode- The Legend of Old Gregg
-I have Fridays off of school, I have at least one class the other 4 days of the week

Well that's it for now
Peace out

Last Day of Summer

Hey bloggers,

don't wanna take too long, I wanna get as much sleep as possible so I can be alert in the morning to do my hike up to the Y (in Provo, UT) that I've been doing every Wednesday morning for a month now. Tomorrow is my first day of school to start off this last year of classes that will be required for my Bachelor's. My first class is at 2 p.m. so there's no rush to sleep when it comes to that. But yeah school, I've been going to school for 18 years now total and after this one I think I'd wanna take a break before doing anymore, that is if I can stand anymore. I love school but it does get less fun/interesting as every year passes.

Anyway, today I went for a walk near Utah Lake which is like an end of summer tradition. Then I bought a drink at Walkers- didn't win this time -sigh-. Then bought Adventureland on DVD which I just barely finished. Of course I saw it opening day and I enjoyed it enough to buy it.

I finally went and saw 500 Days of Summer which I enjoyed very much. With my experience of falling in love with people, the film was really accurate in how things are and were for me a couple times. I may not have acted like the character of Thomas or got to experience the same things that he does in the film but it really does hit the nail right on the head with guys like me falling for a girl that we fancy. There were some females sitting behind me and I tempted to yell "Yep!" a couple times to make the point clear that that's how things go and blah blah blah

Rest of the day consisted of 20 minutes of recording for the J-Ray album, prescription refill, Gandolfos, and a couple Mighty Boosh season 2 episodes

Well gonna sign off now
Thanks for reading

No Fry Week

Justin Business

Hey People

Didn't do much today, I weighed myself and I have gained a couple pounds since the last weigh in 2 weeks ago. So when I went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch with my mom (Monday lunches with my mom have become a routine thing ever since March 2008) and I just got 2 sandwiches and a drink, No Waffle fries. I want to lose weight and I will do any drastic things that need to be done. So this will be a No Fry Week. Now I know that just staying away from french fries won't solve all my problems but it's heck of a start. 

Anyway, then took a trip over to FYE to look for good priced movies and music whether it be used or new. I should never go to these places without my list of things that I want since I can only think of a couple items every time I go to a place that sells movies and music.  Then went to Walkers (Convienient Store) to redeem my free drink I won through their Freedom Rewards Plan. Then went home and my cousin Andrew called me up and we chatted about nothing. Not much else to report

Movie Business

Shockingly as a movie buff especially with comedies, I have never seen the original version of Airplane (1980) until today. I got it really cheap while at FYE. I laughed several times catching the jokes that I didn't see during the many times the movie is shown on TV. My mom would always make the movie sound so horrible growing up just because of 2 seconds of tits on screen. Nudity ruins movies for her I guess. 

After typing this blog I'm going to catch a 2008 comedy special from comedian Eddie Griffin that I have never seen before called Freedom of Speech. I absolutely love his work especially Undercover Brother and his theatrically released stand up movie Dysfunktional Family. Speaking of him, I would like to re-consider a movie that I have dissed before on this blog and that would be The New Guy where he had a supporting role in. I watched it several months ago with my girlfriend and had some fun espcially reminiscing of how things were when that movie came out which was when I was in high school. 

Music Business

I finally bought an album that always seems to pop up during the last few summers, and that is the self titled release by the band Flyleaf. I first heard them in the summer of 2006 with the single "I'm So Sick". Then in 2007 I would always hear the album when I arrived at work most likely because one of my co-workers kept a copy there. I've borrowed it in the past and now I finally have it. The album has 4 very good songs and the rest flows nicely. They are the other band besides Paramore in the topic of rock bands with female lead singers that have rocked the last 5 years. I don't find the lead singer "hot" as other people I know do. Ehhhh she's alright in a elfish way, like the good looking girl (in the form of a fairy or something) from a fantasy movie.
 

 J-Ray Business
This morning before going out to do all that I've mentioned above, I recorded the last portion of the story that makes up the bulk of my next album Terrable. So now the running time is 3 hours for the project. What's left are a couple collaborations with Andre (The Dirty Mexican), an intermission track based on the title, a Messing with Music edition, and numerous background vocals so the album won't be super boring. I want to have the album completed and released by November.

Thanks for reading

3 1/2 Years Later (What's been goin on)

Hey Bloggers, did ya miss me? pfffff naaaah
OK, just want to point out that watching the movie Julie and Julia made me want to get back into my blogging besides my social networking blurbs on MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook which I will still update with more personal posts. This is going to be the more fun blog posts from now on.

To re-introduce myself my name is Justin Shields, I am currently 23 years old and I am a big music and movie buff as I hope to show on future posts. Besides being immersed in those two things, one of my favorite things to do in my spare time is recording real events (or the stories of real events) and comedy tracks which I've done for over 13 years and that's where the J-Ray portion of this blog comes in. To get a better explanation of J-Ray, go over to J-Ray's MySpace (link on the side) or even go to the very first posts of this blog.

Cell Phone Pic of Me 

April 2009

Soooo it's been several years since I've really touched this blog and it has been the most interesting years of my adult life especially the last 2 years. Well, I could just say to check the links to my other sites on the side to get a taste of what's been going on in my life and what I've been doing all this time. Here's a listed summary of what my life has been like since February 2006.
-I feel I got out of the social coma I used to be in. I did this by just being myself again by going out and enjoying the world. I made new friends or getting to know past people a lot more, got back in touch with my high school buddies, made a habit of going on long walks which helped me lose some weight, etc. I will admit that I am still shy at times.
-I've been working a little bit. A few months of Custodial work in the spring of 2006 and then concessions jobs for the Orem Owlz Minor League Baseball team where I've been Ice Cream Guy for the last three summers including the current one.
-I've been continually going to school except during the summer. I recieved my Associates of Science Degree in Communications in April 2007 and currently on track to get a Bachelor's of Science in Sociology next spring.
- As for Movies- Hard Candy, Into the Wild, The Dark Knight, Superbad, Lars and the Real Girl, and Brick have been some of my favorite flicks.
-And Music- Panic! At The Disco, Monty Are I, Chromeo, Justice, Mindless Self Indulgence, Paramore, and MSTRKRFT have been notable artists coming to my attention in the last few years. I've also had major music crushes on The Used and Coheed and Cambria by getting all their albums and listening to them over and over and even making mix CDs of their work.
- One of the major topics that comes to mind is becoming more interested in the opposite sex in recent years. I've had some major crushes on women that I couldn't have which gave me two week splats of pure happiness with a couple of them leading to months of lonliness. In December of 2008 I had an offical girlfriend for the first time but the relationship only lasted around 10 days. Then on January 13, 2009 I met the current love of my life who was a friend of the girl I had just broken up with. Seven months later my girlfriend Anna and I are still together and things are going well.

CURRENTLY- I am about to attend my last year of school at Utah Valley University in 3 days. Til then I have time off work to get some more summer fun in while I can.

On the J-Ray side of things, if you don't really care just skip this part:
-I've been putting tracks and videos on Youtube since December 2007 with the help of my cousin Andrew AKA Andre (The Dirty Mexican), including my Walking Diary Series and Car Videos made for my friend Steve.
-I made 6 albums called Balogner (2006), King Size Tube Nuts (2006), Hand Me Down Skits (2006), Don't Bother (2007), Call It What You Want (2008), and Quest For The Unused (2008). The latter two were made but a hard drive mishap in January 2009 caused me to lose the audio files. Some of the tracks from these two still live on YouTube.
-Projects I was planning to do never got done which is normal haha including re-issues of my first six albums
uncut and in stereo.
CURRENTLY- I am recording my long awaited 17th Album titled Terrable which is concept album all about my experience with my first girlfriend.

So there's your recap or wrap up or whatever. Starting tomorrow I will let my blogging juices start flowing again along with my other many juices.

I'm gonna go watch my DVD copy of I Love You, Man, it's my favorite comedy of the year so far.
Later