Midnight

OK, I got a good story for you.  Well, I can't say good, because it is probably somewhere in between decent and good.  Which apparently makes it dood (not to be pronounced like dude, it rhymes with good).  So back to my dood story, earlier this week, I decided to start buckling down on my school work and really start to focus.  Naturally, I chose to eliminate all the distractions that have been surrounding me for quite some time.  On my Mac, I have all the web pages that I visit daily in what us "Macions" (pronounced Mac-e-ons) call the "Bookmarks Bar."  So I took out all those websites.  Those websites included, centsports.com, facebook, my own blog, espn.com, and my hometown newspaper's website.  In addition, I unplugged my PlayStation 2, and yes I am aware that I am rockin' it old school, and quite frankly I will still be rockin' it old school until Sony decides to quit making new games for the PlayStation 2.  In which case I will be forced to move on to bigger and better things (and more expensive as well).  I say "forced" because it's really not that fun to play old games all the time.  You gamers out there can relate, and I appreciate it.  Ahh, sorry, now back to my dood story.  Since I took those things I call 'distractions' out of my bar, I didn't go to my pages that much.  The thing is, with Facebook, if I don't have easy access by being just one click away, then I won't go to it.  Seriously, I think I have a problem.  I say this because I refuse to type in websites.  I only go to websites if I can just click on them.  So anyway, I thought that meant I wouldn't be on Facebook anymore for my remaining 4 weeks at the time, but now it's down to three!!!!!  So I got bored, I still have some websites on my bar that I never go to:  YouTube, Apple, Yahoo!, Google Maps, Wikipedia, etc.  I have two drop down bookmarks on my bar, one is called news, and the popular.  I never click on news or popular, mainly because with all my other previously bookmarked pages the drop down bookmarks got pushed out of the bar.  So like I said, I got bored and started to venture and click on those drop down bookmarks, that I will now call tabs, because writing bookmarks has just gotten old.  So when I clicked on the news tab, guess what came up?  ERRR, wrong.  I know you are thinking Facebook.  And this is when I make you feel stupid.  I said the news tab, why in the world would Facebook be under the news tab.  Come one Gibson.  I got you didn't I?  Speaking of Gibson, I think I told you about this blog a couple months ago when I started and I am a bit hurt because today is the first time you have read it...you should be ashamed of yourself.  Alright, now that I have mentioned Gibson, like I said I would, I would like to move on.  So, ESPN was on the news tab.  And I still continue to visit that site daily.  When I clicked on the popular tab, guess what came up?  No, still not facebook people.  EBay...  Just to let you know, none of this really has anything to do with my story.  To finish my story though, as I told you I deleted my pages, including my blog page, I had nothing to do.  Tonight I got a bright idea to write a new post, and like I said earlier, I don't type in websites.  But, I was forced in this situation to do so.  I tried typing the website, and the funny part is I forgot what it was.  I literally went to five different pages having to do with random "Club Dynasty" things, like night clubs or something.  Because I couldn't remember MY OWN WEB PAGE, I had to go to Facebook.  I lied to you a little bit ago when I said that Facebook wasn't under the popular tab, because it really is.  Which is why I went to Facebook to find my web page, which means that I still go to Facebook daily.  Meaning, all these "distractions" I tried to eliminate, are haunting me, it's a curse.  And that is my dood  story, see it's in between decent and good, a little long and I apologize for that, but something tells me that I don't care and you'll get over it.

I also said earlier that I unplugged my PS2, which I did, for 2 days.  Actually, I just got done playing it.  I know someone out there is thinking "Hmm, I wish he would tell us what game he was playing because I really want to know."  Well today is your lucky day, because that is EXACTLY what I'm about to do.  I have been playing wrestling games.  I know what you're thinking.  You are thinking, "Wrestling? Come on, you can do better than that, no you can WAY better than that."  And this is when I tell you to watch your mouth.  I tell you this only because, well, because I just don't want to hear it!  Anyway, it's old school wrestling.  Back when Goldberg, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Ric Flair, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Kevin Nash, and Big Papa Pump Scott Steiner were still wrestling.  I know I said old games aren't fun to play, but this game is colossal.  I mean come on, you put all those names in the ring, and you got yourself a damn good Royal Rumble.  Which by the way, I am in a season with Goldberg, and the Rumble is coming up in 3 weeks.  I'm hoping to get the last position to enter because I'm not sure if I can last through 30 guys.  Right now Super Star points with Goldberg is maxed out at exactly 100!  When I started the season, his Super Star points totaled 80.  I know that's only 20 points difference, but sometimes, if you lose you will lose anywhere from 1-4 points, and if you win, depending on who you play, you can anywhere from 0-3 points.  So, it's taken a solid 8 hours of game play to max out his Super Star points.  Of course, when I say 8 hours, I don't mean 8 hrs in one day, I do mean 8 hrs in 2 days though.  But yeah, if you get a chance, play SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain (It's the one with Brock Lesner on the front cover).

I decided in this past week that when I write papers, not blogs, I write best after midnight.  I have theory about it too.  My theory is... when I write after the hour of midnight, I am so tired, that I can't focus on anything but writing.  I know you are thinking I'm crazy right now, but it's the truth.  I get so tired I only focus on one thing.  And, to top it off, when I turn off the TV, and write in silence, it's game over.  In fact, I would go as far as guaranteeing that I will get an 'A' on my research paper on Amy Hempel in my english class.  Bold statement I know, but I'm telling you.  After midnight, when I write, I'm lights out!

I know I already talked about her, but I'm serious, Amy Hempel is an amazing writer.  She doesn't write novels.  All her stories are short stories, except for her two novella's but that is a different story, literally.  Sisters, take notes please, for Christmas I am asking for one of the following:  Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel, The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel, or At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom by Amy Hempel.  If you know me, you know that I don't read, but I could read Amy Hempel everyday for the rest of my life!

HA, the Lakers lost! YES!!

Oh my, look at the time, just past midnight.  Looks like I gotta get to writing my research paper!  

The quote for this post is as follows,

"Sometimes I have to lie a little to tell the truth."

-- Mark Twain