So after the end of the world special i became immersed in a show on netflix. Heroes has become my drug as of late and between that and christmas and spending time with my girl and her family i couldnt find the time. Although i actually dont have a whole lot to say on account of all of done the past few days is hangout, meet a thousand people, christmas of coarse and watch that show.

I got a few decent gifts a brand new zippo and a double bladed knife for my collections. I probably wont get anything from my family back home on account of the fact i have been here over christmas and they have probably forgotten about me. Oh well its not a big deal.

I met about a thousand of her family members at her christmas parties and quite frankly i dont remember who any but maybe 2 or 3 of them are. Again oh well.

Really not a whole lot else to say.

But if anybody wants to have a topic discussed id love to discuss it for them.

Until tomorrow my good friends.

I didnt post yesterday cuz i was really drunk and it would not have gone over very well for anybody who reads this.

But yesterday was a christmas party at the girlfriends house. Her dads side of the family came over and we drank wine, played games and ate dinner. Finally in this family there were some people to play cards with. Nobody in my girls family will play cards iv been playing different forms of solitaire such as klondike and pyramid since i got here. When two of them said that they wanted to play cards, I hopped on that train faster then a jack rabbit on speed. We wanted to play hearts so we needed one more player. My girl played and she said she had played hearts before. She obviously had not because we had to teach her the whole game over again. Luckily we picked a game that she was halfway familier with.

Needless to say i won and from then we proceeded to get belligerently drunk and hang out with the family just shootin the breeze and swapping stories. The time came when her cousins and uncles moved along to go home, both of her brothers left and her mom went to bed. All we were waiting for was for her dad to go to bed and it was supposed to be on. So it finallly gets to the point where her dad goes to bed and she says ill be down in ten minutes. Ten minutes go by and i hear footsteps and yes its about to be on. Then i get a text message "My mom just went to get somethin from the kitchen, 10 more minutes" So ten minutes later i text her and no answer. She fell asleep. Moral of the story even a sure thing can blow up in your face.

besides that if anyone wants to hear anything talked about let me know im always interested in spreading knowledge. So like always

Until tomorrow my good friends.

I skipped yesterday because of the end of the world being today. As many of you may no, its not the end of the world. woo...

There really is nothing special about the end of the world special but it seemed to be a fitting title. There hasn't been alot going on the past couple of days but a decision was made recently (wednesday) that my girlfriend and I will in fact be moving in together in the near future. Many look at us and say we are moving really fast. On the other hand many wise men and women have dropped this knowledge on me "when you know, you just know." In all honesty nothing anybody says is going to change how i feel about her or our relationship, we figure that it will happen in the future so why wait? Why save something for tomorrow when you can easily do it today?

My days have been blurring together like crazy and its insane to think that 2012 is almost over. Only a week and a half till 2013. To be perfectly honest though all i want is for it to be the 14th of January so i can go back to school. I feel a bit out of place with this family and it seems like i should be used to it by now. I still have 3 weeks like 23 days or somethin like that before then. Besides that is hard to hold a conversation with any of them many of their views are so different then mine and this place is so foreign the only conversations i would be able to have are those that would lead to arguments. Her dad is in fact a lawyer soo not good and i really dont wanna spend a month arguing with my girlfriends family. At any rate i am a bit out of my element.

Despite all that this girl is worth that hardship, if the biggest thing i have to worry about in this relationship is how long it will take to get used to her family, i think ill be alright.

More on her, i dont know were i left off and im too lazy to check so im going to guess. I know i covered how we met and i hung out with her while she worked and im not sure if i made it to the point of where she asked to hang out with me and my roommate or not so ill pick up there.

It was just a normal regular day and i was hanging out with her at the desk, her friend/coworker greg was down there and he is a pretty cool guy fun to be around and we shared a few enlightening conversations over the past few weeks. We were talking about our regular appearance at a certain bar in town were we go. This particular bar always lets us in and drink because alot of the bouncers are ex military and my roommate and i are both in the military so they give us a free pass. Anyway one day she asked me when the next time we were going to go to the bar was and said she wanted to go with us. That day came around and we went to the bar. As it turns out they hired a bunch of new bouncers so they didnt let us drink, they let us in but didnt let us drink. Needless to say we didnt stay very long we got ahold of a friend and bought a case of beer and drank in our room. She spent the whole night drinking with us and watching star wars. Actually watching (i.e. paying attention, occasional quotes, etc.) Needless to say i was impressed. She had a bf at the time sooo nothing happened she just hung out. Both of us knew that there was a spark there that you cant ignore. We hung out multiple times over the next week before thanksgiving break. Our feelings grew fast, faster then anything i had ever experienced with a girl before so naturally when thanksgiving came i honestly didnt even want to go home. So we both went home for thanksgiving and when she got back she had a surprise for me. . .

Im really tired i honestly dont know why i decide to type these things at 2 o clock in the morning but what are you gonna do right. Oh well. but with that i am going to go to bed.

So any topic, im your man, PM, comment whatever you please

Until tomorrow my good friends.

Today was not a very busy day. Last night there was a bit of a hiccup with her parents. Usually I lay with her till she falls asleep then I move to my own bed. Well last night i dozed off right about the same time she did while i was still laying with her. Her brother got home at about 3:30 this morning and came in there and asked if we wanted the light off. When he got home he woke their parents up and her mom was trying to figure out what was going on. At this time i had gotten up to leave and go to my bed. Her mom walked in her room and caught me leaving. It wasn't all that big a deal just a minor hiccup. Im really good with parents and really good with words so we didn't get into trouble but it could have been a lot worse then it was for sure.

We spend most of the day here at the house and just watched movies i played a lot of cards today just because i was nervous about the night before and this is before i talked to her parents. Her ex-boyfriend wanted us to come over and hang out with him. Weird right? She wants to stay friends with him but doesn't believe me when i say that he isn't okay with that. At least not yet. Either way sooner or later im going to have to hang out with her and her ex. To her he's just her friend now and i dont have a problem with that at all because she's mine. I won the game but i do kinda feel bad for the guy. I was in his postion once and she doesn't yet realize that its not going to work out how she wants it too. At least not for a long time.

Her dad took us and her brothers to an indoor go kart racing track and it was a really good time. We had karts that went up to 50 mph and we were there for about an hour or two driving these little cars around. It was a blast. I drank soda for the first time in 2 years and i remembered why i decided to stop drinking it. I didn't realize it when i was drinking it regularly back in the day but today it was just nasty. Which is weird considering i used to be like addicted to soda. Oh well though nothing i can do about that now although it was a huge mistake.

I got to meet one of her good friends tonight. That was also fun i hung out with her, 2 of her friends actually and her twin brother. It was a pretty good time and i found out that if she ever gets upset with me all i would have to do is buy her some cheetah print clothing and everything will be good from then on out. She LOVES cheetah print.

All in all it was a pretty good day. Im not gonna drag this out any more because there is a thread that i want to open really fast before i go to bed and im really tired

So same as always hit me up with any topics that you may want discussed and i will do my best to shed light on it for any of you

Until tomorrow my good friends.

Since iv been In Chicago i have been NEGLECTING MY PLAYSTATION. She's angry with me but i played her quite a bit today so she's happy again. All is well

In other news yesterday was the first time i ever decorated a Christmas tree. I felt like an intruder on this wonderful families special family moments. Christmas is a big deal to my girlfriend and her family. When she invited me i didn't hesitate to say yes but then i realize that i was going to be staying the whole break and going to be here over Christmas.

So they had me help them decorate their tree and it seemed like a very foreign concept to me. Whats the point of hanging all of these ornaments on a fake pine tree? Is it just an old tradition? If so what makes hanging ornaments on a fake pine tree part of Jesus' birthday? Whatever the case may be i felt akward and it made me feel like an intruder on this process of theirs. Weather or not i understand the meaning of the decoration of the Christmas tree i would never patronize a family that takes it so close to the heart. The point is i felt unwelcome. But its done and over with now.

I also got to hang out with her twin brother and a couple of his friends. I seem to be adjusting well and quickly to this family, much more quickly then any other family i have ever met. So with that aspect of things everything is well.

Not a whole lot more going on today im actually spending alot of time with the father and he seems to be warming up to me very well the mom on the other hand is a more difficult story but i have a plan to change her outlook on things so we will see how that turns out.

so let me tell you a little bit more about her. We are actually a model couple meaning that we do shots together she was the one that got me into the modeling business and she has become very successful in that field. Actually she recently got a 5000 dollar shoot so everything is going well to say the least. She is very small and the most beautiful being on the planet. Just being in the same room as this girl will give anyone a reason to be happy.

Well thats enough for today, any topics that anyone would like to have discussed im all ears PM, Comment, whatever you please. Other then like always,

Until tomorrow my good friends.

As you may or may not know already (mostly because i dont remember if i put it in my last 2 entries) I am spending Christmas break up at my girlfriends. It will be a month that i am going to spend here and in that month i get to meet all of her friends and most importantly her family i met everybody in her immediate family already the last member being her twin brother today (not identical)

She has an older brother and a twin brother who technically is older then her. All three of them go to different schools and her family lives in suburban area close to chicago. Me and her both go to school in southern illinois. Im originally from around there and this is were i met her at school this past semester. In the race for the family to get home me and her were the first ones to make it to her parents house. Her father works in the city and we met him at his office and then we were going to get lunch and head back to their place. So the first on the list to meet is the father. This wasnt like meeting any other father though, it was much easier. Her father is a very easy going, comical kind of guy. The downside is he is a lawyer. While that may mean that he has got a fat bank account it also means that he worries alot which is okay because he is her father and if i had a daughter or even a son id worry a lot too im sure. When i say worry i dont mean about me. Just being a lawyer he seems very skeptical of different situations. All in all it was good, easy he is very easy to get along with and its nice that we have already started to bond a little bit.

Next was her mother. Her mom is easy she is very worrisome and quite sweet. She is very generous and hospitable and aims to please everyone. Meeting her was nothing more then hi how are you and then conversations flourished between all parties.

Her oldest brother goes to Notre Dame and he studied abroad for a semester in London. When he got back from London was the first day that i got to meet him. He was the on i was worried about because he was the older brother. I know if i had a little sister then people would worry about me. It wasnt bad though he is a really nice guy and so far seems to like me at least a little bit we get along good and everything is going well.

I met her twin brother today that completes the meeting of the family. Her twin brother was very much like her she said not to worry about him at all. So i didnt. He was definatly the easiest person to meet considering his whole family was there when i met him. I actually met a few of his friends this evening we all went bowling. Awful, i did terrible.

Not a whole lot else going on today though. I played a game called risk for the first time, then we decorated their christmas treee then went bowling and we watched scooby do after that now im here. So really wasnt a very productive day aside from the fact that as of now less then a month into the relationship i am at her house liveing here till the middle of January and i have met her entire family. Things are moving quickly But all is well.

On that note i leave you. Like always feel fere to PM me or leave a comment of something you would like discussed. I would be happy to drop a couple knowledge bombs. Aside from that stay healthy out there and drink a beer.

Until Next Time my good friends.

Today was the day of my girlfriends shoot. She is a model btw. We went to some hotel in Chicago called the Hyatt. It was a whole day ordeal. In the morning we drove from her house in palatine which is a 45 minute drive to downtown Chicago. We got there an hour early and ended up having to rent a get a room. To stay in until the shoot and afterward. So during the shoot I took a little nap in the room. 147 dollars for the room and parking. I have never been to Chicago so when i woke up i went on a little adventure. I walked about 4 miles around the south side of chicago and didnt know what exactly to expect. Three major events happend the first occurring right after i started walking. A large black man was walking towards me and just giving me the look down. I expected the worst and all that happened was he asked to bum a square. So disaster avoided. Luckily. As i continued my journey i came across the couple who had also never been to chicago and they needed to use a phone. The man was blind and they were waiting for someone to pick them up sooooo i let them use my phone. also i helped a blind man to his home. Long story short i was pretty helpful today, made me feel good about myself after it was all said and done. We had already paid for the room the whole night so we decided to stay a little after the shoot. We went to check out and since it wasnt 3 a.m. yet we got a full refund since we were only there for half a day. Parking included. The drive home was longer then the drive there since there was a bears game today the roads were pretty packed. we got back to palatine and just relaxed.

now we are sitting watching rugrats in paris....

I wanna talk for a minute about the CT Shooting. I know there is a thread in Intellectual Discussion but now i talk about it.

So the story is if you havent heard. There was a man who apperently had a mental illness that stole his mothers gun and then killed 26 people 20 of them being elementary students and then turned the gun on himself. I have taken part in the thread in ID and there are a couple of things i wanna talk about with this.

The first thing is gun control. The conceal and carry law is an important to me in America. I believe that if the teachers would have been able to have a weapon on their person or somewhere around them, then i think that the damage and casualties from the shooter could have been prevented or at least minimized.

The second thing is the apparent disease that the man was diagnosed with. It is said that he was suffering from a split personality. I dont know much about this buut i do know that this can cause alot of suffering within somebodies brain. My brother actually believes that he suffers from the same thing while i thing not he believes it. As with all illnesses this there can most likely be many different types of for example: a man might "suffer" from this condition merely by talking to himself and holding entire conversations with oneself. On a more extreme level is 2 minds in one body that being that there is a control which is the original mind of the person then one day something snaps because of a strong emotion. This is commonly associated with anger and what people mean by "seeing red" or "blackout rage" were the individual preforms a certain action through rage and when he comes to he has no recollection. In my experience with this type of anger the individual almost always has a motive. What this mans motive for shooting up this school could have possibly been i have no idea. This doesnt seem like that kinda of case. Some people are just deranged and past that line where you cant come back with any type of help.

By any definition this is a tragedy and this is repetitive from one of my posts in ID but my heart is with the families that lost loved ones. Especially so close to the holiday season. My prayers sit with these families may god bless there soul.

On a lighter note its time you here a little bit about the new girl in my life. I will reveal just a little bit each day so you guys dont get bored reading so much about her because i could talk about her for days. I met her at school this past semester. October 11th was the date and for weeks i talked to her as she sat behind the desk each time swiping my ID so i could get into the building. I spent hours talking to her 3 at a time and then one day in november she decided that she wanted to go out with me and my best friend.

Thats all for today. be sure to comment or send me a PM if you would like me to discuss anything any and all topics. I know a little bit about just about everything and if i dont already it wont trouble me to research it a bit for you guys. so like always.

Until Tomorrow my Good Friends.

Okay so i don't have the link to my previous journal "not your average kid from the midwest" at the moment buut. . . ill be sure to post it with one of my posts in the following days

Anyway lets get down to brass tax here. . its been awhile again so its time to fill you guys in on what's been going on since April. Long time i know but here goes nothing. First things first, everyone remember Michaela? Well a few months after the star incident i moved and started going to college and we eventually drifted apart and mutually ended our relationship to save our friendship. In the end it worked out and we saved our friendship. But most of my days between April and august were a lot of the same ill i did was deliver pizza and play video games. Nothing wrong with that. In June i went to annual training which was only a two week ordeal were we built a low water crossing for the town. There was a girl i met just before who is obviously not very important i can't remember who she is. We talked for a few weeks and hung out a couple times but nothin serious. Me and my best friend took a few road trips over the summer to visit families and then started school at SIU Carbondale in august. The first two weeks of the semester were really easy. So easy that i decided to get lazy i ended up failing 2 classes but it was a wake up call thats for sure next semester is going to be a lot different. My best friend who was also my roommate this past semester is now transferring schools and going to a school near his house which he shares with his brother. But now that we have covered the boring stuff time for the fun part .

The next section of this once you read i want opinions so PM me what you think of the situation at hand here.

In the beginning of October right after my birthday i met a girl. She goes to school we me and lives in my building. She works at the front desk and lives four floors down from me so i see her on a pretty regular basis. When this started she had a boyfriend back home to be fair i couldn't control how attracted we would become to each other. I talked to her when she worked and every time i got a pizza she got my pepper out of the box. I went down there quite a bit after she told me her work schedule and could have had a job myself their basically. Then came the four days before Thanksgiving break. The first might we all went out to a bar and ended up turning in early and just getting drunk and watching star wars and it was obvious to everyone around that we were attracted to each other. The next night me and coire went to hang out with her and her roommate at a party another great night with her lots of laughs and almost kisses but she never cheated on her boyfriend. That night was very accident oriented lot of minor injuries between the four of us. The next day was a bum day but we just spent the day together watching tv and movies and just enjoying each others company. Same thing the next day and i really didn't wanna leave especially when she was telling me she didn't want me to go. Over the past 4 days our feelings grew strong and quickly for each other. She told me she wanted to be with me but there is no way that could happen because of her boyfriend. I pretended to understand but of coarse i was upset. She talked to her parents when she went home for break and they convinced her that the should break up with her current boyfriend and move on to bigger and better things. When she got back and told me i was awestruck and speechless and then she asked to try something we shared a first kiss and we have been together since then so only a little less then a month. She has met my family iv met hers. The catch is her parents invited me to stay an entire month at her house and spend Christmas with them along with the rest of the holiday season. Now i have been here 2 days and things seem to be going smoothly so far.

People tell us we are moving to fast while both of us being adults and knowing how to take care of ourselves say no one of the happiest couples i know zero married with a kid on the way by my age. The have been together close to 30 years so i want your honest opinion about this situation.

As always of coarse any discussion topics are always open give me a topic and ill spend a day talking about it for everyone.

Expect my posts to be much more frequent over the next month and feel free to PM me with any requests, comments, questions, concerns and/or and this is a big one opinions on todays post!

As always, Until tomorrow my good friends (forgive typos and grammatical errors, sending from my android.)