the michael johnson experience

a blog

2006-02-28T15:11:00.000-05:00

so the only real news is that i moved out of my parents' house with nathan (brown) about 2 weeks ago. thats about it. i had been looking for my crock pot since i moved until i found it today. i am gonna make a stew tonight. it should be ready around 9-ish. everyone is invited of course.

so there is a post, i dont know what the other things are that i am supposed to do. let me know.

oh, one more thing. i heard a rumor about STOMP in concert in knoxville. i forget when so if anyone knows i would like to go.

do i win???

2006-01-21T02:56:00.000-05:00

i am trying to win the title of "Least Read Blog on the Planet" someone let me know if i am winning. actauuly that would prove that someone read this, so nobody let me know if i am winning. in fact no one read this. STOP READING!!! you are going to make me lose. i hate you.

yawn

2006-01-15T13:56:00.000-05:00

You scored as Mathematics. You should be a Math major! Like Pythagoras, you are analytical, rational, and when are always ready to tackle the problem head-on!

Mathematics

100%

Engineering

92%

Chemistry

83%

Philosophy

58%

Biology

50%

Linguistics

50%

Anthropology

50%

Sociology

42%

Psychology

42%

English

33%

Theater

33%

Art

33%

Dance

17%

Journalism

What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)
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alright, sir

2006-01-02T01:47:00.000-05:00

Ground Rules:
The first player of this game starts with the topic "5 weird habits of yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a journal entry about their 5 weird habits as well as state the rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their journal and tell them to read yours.

Tagged by Loraine

gee, i wonder if i can come up with 5 wierd habits of mine . . .

1> i remember/memorize just about everything, as long it is totally useless and unimportant

2> when bored, i do random math calculations in my head. usually percentages and/or probabilities

3> i like to invent little games for myself which i play without telling anyone else that i am playing. for example; handing random stuff to people, or quoting movie lines without other people catching on.

4> i like to learn new words and use them in the context of my everyday life to impress my friends and co-workers. example; extemporaneous -- adj Acting or performing with little or no advance preparation

5> i have a tendency to do just enough work on an assignment to barely get credit for completion. example; this blog

i tagged Dan the Man and Audrey (she had already been tagged, but didnt post) i dont know anyone else that hasnt been tagged yet :(

list of things on my desk

2005-11-28T20:17:00.000-05:00

lamp (blue), watch (silver) (broken), 4 Tamiflu capsules (white/yellow), Glade candle (blue), cell phone, 5 CDs (4 Beatles; 1 Hootie & the Blowfish), one DVD (Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess; vol. 1), 6 Atlanta Falcons ticket stubs, box of matches, AXE Deodorant Bodyspray, jar of Tylenol (500 mg), Chapstick, Old Spice Deodorant, 2 razor blades, bottle of Flonase, box of Band-Aids, glasses, wallet, keys, dental floss, pocket knife, bottle of Anbesol, electric razor, mostly empty Coke can, vitamin C, stereo, stereo speakers, computer speakers, 2 notepads, a quarter, computer moniter, 2 pens, a Sharpie, plastic cup half full with water (blue), empty orange juice bottle, another box of Band-Aides, Command & Conquor video game

the end

Home Movies

2005-10-26T00:38:00.000-04:00

has anyone seen this show?? it has been part of [adultswim] for a few years, but it has been placed at the back end of the Sunday night version (1:30am Monday morning). this is a wonderful show. it is about a 8-year old boy, Brendon Small, who lives with his single mom and baby sister. Brendon spends all of his free-time (as an 8-year old, most of his time is "free") making movies in his basement with his two friends, Melissa and Jason. Their movies are awful, but very funny because they are so random. The best part of the show is the character Coach McGurck (Brendon, Melissa, and Jason's school's soccer coach.) This guy is nuts. Also, the seldom used classmates of Brendon, Walter & Perry, are very funny. Everyone needs to watch this show.

Michael gives *****

(also, Nathan and Jesse T. and Clayton and Brent liked it)

crazy stuff

2005-10-03T20:47:00.000-04:00

that's all, i really dont have much to say

He's back. shhhhh, dont tell anyone

2005-09-20T01:14:00.000-04:00

I am posting because i am bored. Yes, i have nothing better to do than to write weblogs. Yes, you readers only get an update because i am bored. Yes, the ONLY reason i even thought of you was because of my extreme boredom. No, i never even considered you feelings in all this. This is because you dont exist. You have no feelings, no opinions, no reason to care because you are not there. I am so bored in am not directing my attention to fictitious blog readers.

I hate it here. I have 2 friends, which i never see. I live so far from anything. It takes 20 minutes to get to work, 30 minutes to get to school, and 15 minutes to get to the nearest grocery store. I miss knoxville people. I've lost touch with them. I feel like i am tucked away in some remote corner of Tennessee. Everything is mildly familiar, but the people here are not. I try to get to know people at work, but i dont have time to cultivate new relationships, and it just makes me long for my old ones. Very sad.

Final Post

2005-08-03T19:09:00.000-04:00

this is prolly gonna be my last post, largely due to lack of interest. bye.

Dear Diary

2005-07-24T17:48:00.000-04:00

i found my dictionary today. i just wanted to share this. goodbye.

Hi! Remember me?

2005-07-24T00:41:00.000-04:00

let me begin by listing all the fun stuff i have done since the last post:
+ work (nearly everyday; this isnt actually fun)
+ go to IHOP at midnight with nathan and billy (twice!)
+ last Wednesday i ran all over Chattanooga looking for my high school transcript (never found it)
+ got my wireless network working (the day after my last post)
+ bought The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide (more on this below)
+ thats all

that book i bought is a compilation (sp?) of 5 or 6 books/stories by Doulas Adams. it contains The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe, and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish; Young Zaphod Plays it Safe; and Mostly Harmless. it is a very nice looking hard-bound book with expensive looking gold edges on the pages and a very helpful ribbon bookmark. i have almost finished the first story (two chapters left) and i have only had the book 4 days. i am pretty proud of this because this is the first full book i have read since reading The Hobbit in the the spring of 2001.

what else. . .

working at this roadhouse is weird. they keep things in different places and they do things slightly different, but only subtle (sp? i have lost my dictionary) little things that i dont notice all the time. its just weird and hard to explain why.

the end.

p.s. by the way, i am not gonna proof-read this thing, so we are all gonna have to live with whatever spelling and grammar mistakes i have made :)

so now he lives in Chattanooga

2005-07-11T22:03:00.000-04:00

actually Ooltewah, but whats the difference? i've decided to try working as a server again, but not for Texas Roadhouse. My TRH experience ended when i moved. due to my high rib-sales during my last couple of weeks, i am in the company-wide drawing for a 42-inch plasma TV!! i wonder when the drawing is. i have set up an interview with Big River Grille here in town so maybe i will work there. i've never even been there before, but my sis knows a few people who work there and she says they make pretty good.

i went to a movie last night (Fantastic Four) with nathan brown last night, at least i know someone here in town, and i am still working on finishing up my network here at my parents house. when i get done, it will be pretty sweet, but right now it is very VERY unstable. so far this has kept me pretty busy. thats enought for now.

wha' happened?

2005-07-03T02:27:00.000-04:00

i dont know what it is, but something isnt right. i can sense it just beyond understanding (ok, so i can already feel that this may be a very deep post with not-so-easy-to-understand imagery. i will do my best to paint this for you, but i make no promises.) i guess it started at work on thursday night. around the last hour of work that night, roughly 9:30ish EDT, i realized that i just cannot do that job anymore. i can no longer put up with poeple being whiney and disrespectful and self-centered. by the way, this applies to both co-workers (i.e. other servers and kitchen staff) as well as customers. while it is possible that i just need some time off, i feel like my "career" as a server has run its course. i gave it four years; that is a pretty good run.

also this week, i have been struggling with small anxiety attacks. at first i thought it was caused by being over-stressed at work. but they have persisted over the past few days. usually what happens is my heart starts beating really fast, unprovoked, like some has just scared me. imagine you are looking over a cliff or over the side of a really tall building, and just for a split second you think you are about to fall...thats the feeling. so, anyways, my heart is beating really fast and suddenly i am all confused like i just woke up from a 10-second nap, like i know what is going on, but i have forgotten what i was just writing or trying to say or why i just walked into a room. (this is getting more difficult to explain, but i am trying to associate what this is like in as many relatable examples as i can, so bare with me.) so couple this with an underlying feeling of detachment and random bouts with dislexia, and you have an understanding of where i am at right now.

this isnt the first time i have had this stuff happen. the most recent was last November during finals, but the difference between then and now is that then i was obviously stressed about finals. this time the antagonist is something of an enigma. i am not in school and i dont currently have a job. indeed, i should be the least stressed out person i know, however the anxiety remains. something doesnt feel right.

another thing that has been on my mind, and i will pose it as a question (because it is just easier to do so): have you ever wanted to be someone else? not necessarily someone else specifically, but just another person that isnt you. i sure have. it isnt that i dont like who i am, or that i regret my choices in life or my morals, but i sometimes i just wish i didnt have be so different from everyone else. again, dont take this that i find being a Christian to be burdensome. most of the time i am very proud of my morals and the fact that i have never once smoked or drank or done any type of drug whatsoever. i was very fortunate to have some great friends at work who accepted me for who i am and they never tried to peer-pressure me into doing anything i didnt want to do. i did go to several parties that they had as well as applebee's after many times to hang out with them. sometimes they would offer me something to drink or whatever and even to pay for it if i just wanted to try it, but they were never condesending or irritated when i would decline. having said that, there were times when i felt like and outsider and i wanted to be part of the group. it is interesting how Satan doesnt tempt you as much with the things that you are strong against, but he knows where your weaknesses are and that is what he attacks.

dang, this thing is long and it has taking me forever to type with my sudden dislexia problem. i am not going to proof read it, so we will all just have to live with my spelling errors. just so you know, if a sentence doesnt make any sense try replacing "or" with "of" or "is" with "in". those usually give me the most problem.

i wonder

2005-06-28T14:31:00.000-04:00

...if anyone would notice if i stopped posting all together. my guess is "no", but i could be wrong. anyways, i've been working mostly and just hanging out with David and Loraine when not at work. my last day at Texas Roadhouse is this Saturday (July 2). i've been there for 4 years and i am really gonna miss that job. it will be weird when i move to Chattanooga and go to work at that Roadhouse. it will be weird going to the same job in a strange building without knowing anyone who works there. enough of this, i need to go to work.

back by popular demand!!

2005-06-22T12:46:00.000-04:00

not really. actually, i dont think anyont noticed (myself included) that i havent posted in a great while. there just hasnt been anything to say. i have been spending most of my days bored and waiting for whatever event is scheduled for later that evening be it softball or work. this down time has been extra difficult to fill over the past week since all my friends work or have school during the day and we dont have cable over at David's place. Mostly i have been playing internet games and old Nintendo as well as watching the bonus feature on every DVD we own to pass the time (so far i have watched the bonus stuff for all 3 Indiana Jones movies, all 3 Back to the Futures, A Knight's Tale, Top Gun, Seinfeld seasons 1-4, O Brother Where Art Thou, and many others). But all day yesterday, and so far today, the internet has been down at the apartment so i am now at the CSC watching cable and playing internet (also, text-messaging Loraine...if she will ever reply. what, is she working or something???)

it seems that blog lists are something of a trend so i will go ahead and make a list, too. but what will i list? hmm, i guess i could do a TV show list as well. this will be divided into pre- and post-college years (some will appear in both lists and my first year in college at UTC will be included in pre-college...its my list and i can do what i want)

Pre-College:
Ned & Stacy
Seinfeld
the Simpsons
MacGuyver (sp?)
Star Trek: Voyager
Get Smart (Nick at Nite)
Dick Van Dike Show (Nick at Nite)
Rocko's Modern Life
Ren and Stimpy
Freaks and Geeks
the Wonder Years
Beverly Hills 90210 (just kidding)
SportsCenter
Letterman

Post-College
Futurama
the Simpson
24 (first season)
Seinfeld
Family Guy
SportsCenter
Star Trek: TNG
MXC
Last Comic Standing
Monk
Modern Marvels
The Science Channel Programming (only had this channel for 2 weeks in the summer of 2004)

so there it is. Mer is here now and the Fischer's have the baby downstairs so i have people to talk to....hooray!!

cool kids navy

2005-06-09T03:33:00.000-04:00

i have made some changes with the navy. if anyone cares enough to go read it, the messages appear in reverse order, so start reading from the third-most recent post and then go up (i.e. to the second-most recent post and finally to the most recent post).

he came back

2005-06-08T23:17:00.000-04:00

so i stopped writting on this thing due to lack of intrest (whose lack of intrest, whether reader's or writer's, is unclear so let's just say "general" lack of intrest) but as i am pretty bored right now i though i would write something for my own benefit. sadly i still haven't thought of anything to write about. maybe i will think of something to say tomorrow night (or later tonight).

i'm bored

2005-06-02T22:21:00.000-04:00

where are all my friends??

list of things on my desk

2005-05-28T00:25:00.000-04:00

i am gonna do this list again because it is fun:

computer moniter, speakers, mouse, keyboard, half a cookie, glass of milk, chapstick, and my dictionary. the end

disclaimer

2005-05-27T01:26:00.000-04:00

just so (both) my readers know, i am in the process of moving across the yard to David's place so i prolly wont be posting over the next few days; starting right.............now!

quick update. . .

2005-05-24T03:23:00.000-04:00

i got the chervil and some white pepper from work tonight, so i decided to go ahead and try to make the soup now. of course, i forgot to buy flour last night, so i had to make a trip to Kroger after midnight for the 4th consecutive night. . .

Quote of the day: from Dumb and Dumber
"what's the soup dejour?"
"its the soup of the day"
"that sound great, i'll have that!"

chervil? anyone??

2005-05-23T00:57:00.000-04:00

i am trying to make the broccoli cheese soup that we have at roadhouse. i got the recipe from a coworker, Freddie, and i went off to Kroger tonight around midnight to get the stuff for the soup. (BTW this was the third consecutive night i went to Kroger after midnight.) one of the spices i need is called "chervil", but i have never heard of it. i couldnt find it anywhere, so i asked someone who works there;he didnt know either. at one point i had myself and 3 kroger employees looking for this spice that none of us could find. anyways, to make a long story short (too late!) i decided to make the soup without chervil. alas, i picked up red pepper instead of white pepper, so i cannot make the soup tonight after all.

so, let's see, what else is new??? audrey went fishing. thats about it...go see Star Wars 3!

Favorite song of the day: "Rubberband Man". i forget who this is by, but it came on the Seventies on Seven the other day...good song

Futurama quote of the day: Leela, speaking about the professor's last crew, "The only thing they did better than us was suck and die!"

3 things i think i think:
1) i dont think that this chervil stuff can possibly be all that important. according to the recipe i need 2 tablespoons of the stuff in 3 gallons of soup. that means, in each tablespoon-sized bite of soup, there is 1/384ths tablespoon of chervil....that makes it seem pretty insignificant.
2) i think David Duchovny is a really good/funny actor and i find it very odd that he doesnt get more work than he does. i am watching Evolution, that is why this came to mind.....
3) i think that NFL Europe is not nearly as interesting and the regular NFL. i tried to watch some NFL Europe today....booooooring!!

Random person of the day: the graveyard shirt cashier at kroger. for the third consecutive night i was the buying random items (one night i was returning a gallon of defective milk) and none of those times did he recognize me :)

blah blah blah

2005-05-19T23:42:00.000-04:00

worked wednesday, nothing special....

saw Star Wars: Episode 3 today. it was actually very good in my opinion. it has much more plot that the previous two new ones and it isnt just a bunch of action scenes and special effect. that is not to say that there isnt a bunch of action of effects, but it doesnt seem like the movie is built around them like the other two. also (prepare for spoiler) it turns out that Oni Wan becomes Darth Vader....jk

after the movie (10am) i went home and took a nap then went early to softball so i could try to get into the early game in case either team doesnt have enough players. i do that so i can get some extra playing time and because i like to play. i got to play first base for Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the early game. then, in our game, we won 26-9...another laugher.

Favorite Song of the day: "Counting Blue Cars" by Dishwalla. why not?

Quote of the day: one of my favorite lines from Groundhog Day, "This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather."

3 things i think i think:
1) i think that something has happened to the competition level in our softball league this year. while it is true that we were undefeated last season and won the "championship", we didnt absolutely kill every team we played. some stats of intrest: we have scored 78 runs in 4 games (avg 19.5 per game) compared to allowing 18 (avg 4.5 per game), assuming that all runs are earned (which they arent, but its church league and we dont have an official scorer to count errors) our team ERA is 6.00 (this means that we allow 6 runs per full game, 7 innings) while our opponant's ERA is 26. anyways, we are killing teams that were good in the past. i know this is dull reading, but its my blog and i want to post it :)
2) i think i dont like being treated like i am an idiot. i know when something is going on and when things are being kept from me, so please dont treat me like a moron. thank you.
3) i think i need to get the DVD edition of Stripes when it comes out.

Random person of the day: lets go with the crazy Asians that live across from me. i dont think they sleep. no matter how late i get in or how early i go out, both of the bedroom's lights are on. very odd. maybe they are super heroes. but why would we have Asian super heroes in Knoxville?? GASP!! maybe they are super VILLAINS!!! i need to move........

sunny and warm

2005-05-18T02:13:00.000-04:00

posting every two days is much better, this way i dont feel obliged to write every night, but i still do it often enough to keep my reader happy. last night we played tackle baseball at some park out in Farragut. it was Holly and Becca and Cynthia (Becca's sister) and Brian (some guy from Holly's work) and myself. the girls won again (as always; i think that "Girls winning" is actually a rule). one time becca tackled me by herself!!

today i did laundry and went in to work. while i was eating before my shift, another guy (Seth...the guy with the party) called and wanted my shift, so i got out of working and came home. later i met Ben and Holly and Becca at the UT baseball game (they won 7-6). after that i went home to watch Star Wars Episode 1 with Loraine. then we went to Waffle House to eat......the end

Favorite Song of the day: "Good Intentions" by Toad the Wet Sprocket

Quote of the day: this might soon turn into "Futurama Quote of the Day". but the quote is "Who will make Bender waffles just the way he likes them now?" this is in honor of the Bender shirt i wore today

3 things i think i think:
1) i think the Braves need a new closer. Dan Kolb blew another one tonight, and the bullpen blew last night's game, too. whats the deal???
2) i think TDOT has gone completely crazy. they have started up with rolling road blocks now on I40 at Papermill. that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard of. at least they are working on it. for awhile there, everytime i drove through the area, i NEVER saw any workers.....
3) i think that this Coca-Cola t-shirt i caught at the baseball game tonight is too small.....yep, its too small

Random person-o-the-day: mmmmmm.....Loraine. why not?? i rubbed a "bounce" sheet on her tonight, now she is not all static-y

none

2005-05-15T23:50:00.000-04:00

was out late last night, so i didnt post; also i think i am gonna make posting an every other day type of thing. let's see, saturday i worked all day then, after work, i went to seth's party. it was ok, i was there for about an hour and a half, watched everyone get smashed, got bored and left. actually, i didnt really like seeing all friends like that,i mean, i know that this is how these people are, but i dont have to like it. anyways, i will still go out with them to applebees and whatever just to be more social, but i am not sure that i will be attending anymore keg-parties.

today, sunday, i hung out at my pace with troxler and cleaned up my apartment and watched the Braves game (they won 5-2) while he painted. then we were gonna go do something foolish, but it was a little too cold out to go swimming in the river, so we just went and got food and came back for muffins.

soon, my life will become more interesting. either by cool things happening around me, or by me going crazy from the monotony and running off to join the circus or something...probly neither

Favorite song of the day(s): "Trubute" by Tenacious D. this is Jack Black (Saving Silverman, High Fidelity, Shallow Hal, etc.) and his brother's band. i came home last night and the video for this song was on comedy central

Quote of the day(s): "hey Fry, its me, you old friend, Big Face..." Bender trying to get fry to vacate his tent by pretending to be big foot...

3 things i think i think:
1) i think my attempts to become more social with my co-workers is about 3 years too late. however on the other hand i am be a little too mature for keg-parties. it feels weird to say that i am too mature for something.....
2) i think i slept too late today and now i am not gonna be able to get any sleep tonight
3) i think i had something really good to put here, but i forgot what is was......

Random person of the day: Audrey, because i am King of "The MJX", and i do what i want.

jimmy johns

2005-05-12T23:49:00.000-04:00

i dont really like them, but that is where went for dinner (only because i got out voted). this was after Sundown in the City (my first time. . .) i had never been to Sundown before and i found that i really havent missed much. i mean, if that is where everyone is, i will go too, but i could think of several things i would rather do. let me say it this way; it wasnt the worst thing i have ever been to, nor the best :)

we won at softball again tonight and that makes us unbeaten after 4 games. last year we went undefeated throughout the regular season, but we didnt destroy everyone we played. this year we have won 18-3, 19-4, and 15-2 (the other win was a forfiet). i guess we are building a dynasty, or something.

i dont think i have anything to say or relate tonight, so let us get down to running items

Favorite song i heard today: i am gonna put down two songs; first is "Caught Up" by Usher. as a rule i dont much care for hip-hop music, but this is a pretty good one. next i just want to give a shout out to Hootie and the Blowfish and the song is "Let Her Cry". this was a great band and i wish they were still together.

"Your Song" by Elton John: i am gonna replace this running item with a spot for the "Quote of the Day". this can be something i said, i heard, i read, or a song lyric. its my blog and i will fill it how i please :)

3 things i think i think:
1) i dont think i have ever made someone laugh so hard that they cried, but i did it tonight. what i said wasnt really all that funny either, but holly is a strange girl, and i guess i just got her tickled
2) i think Hootie and the Blowfish rock and they need to come to Sundown in the City. i would absolutely be there!!!
3) i think i dont care that Kenny Chesney just got married. why do people keep telling me??

Random person of the day: Seth, from work. he is graduating on Saturday from Carson-Newman. he is having a huge party saturday night and i am gonna go. never been to an actual "kegger" before, so i will fill you (the loyal reader) in on how it goes. (just so you know, i am obviously not going to be drinking for anyone who was wondering. . .)

---edited 15 minutes later---

Quote of the Day: couldnt help but put this line from the Futurama i am watching...

Fry: you know what i like about you? you find me interesting even when i am not claiming to be a jewel thief or a lion tamer.
Umbrielle: there are sealions of the land??
Fry: yep, they're called "land-sealions", i tame them. . .

post #2 tonight

2005-05-10T02:56:00.000-04:00

got this off Alicia's and for the sake of beating boredom. . .we'll see how this goes (i havent previewed all the questions)

LAYER ONE: On The Outside -
Name: Michael Lee Johnson
Nickname: none :)
Birthdate: 10-29-1981
Birthplace: Augusta, GA
Current Location: Knoxville, TN, 37919
Eye Color: i cannot see my own eyes right now, but i would
guess green with really cool splotches of gold
Hair Color: dark brown
Height: 6 feet even (i tend to slouch)
Righty or Lefty: Righty
Zodiac Sign: the scorpion one

LAYER TWO: On The Inside
Your heritage: Dutch Romanian (i dont know)
The shoes you wore today: the same shoes i wear every day, my lucky New Balances
Who you look like: George Clooney
Your weakness: i have a hard time telling people "no"
Your fears: needles
Your perfect pizza: a free one
Goals you'd like to achieve: i want to succeed

LAYER THREE: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Your most overused phrase on AIM/MSN: moo
Your thoughts first waking up: "crap"
Your best physical feature: you tell me
Your bedtime: i dunno, i will tell you in the morning
Your most missed memories: neighborhood football in the street in front of my old house (usually 2-on-2). also, high school drama classes

LAYER FOUR: Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke: either, i dont like Sam's Choice or RC Cola
McDonalds or Burger King: McDonalds; #3 with a coke and 2 pies is $6.23
Single or group dates: whichever, you pick
Adidas or Nike: too much $ i like outdated New Balance
Chocolate or vanilla: chocolate, actually i like vanilla ice cream with hot fudge
Cappuccino or coffee: no thanks

LAYER FIVE: Do You?
Smoke: not ever
Curse: only if it is funny, and only if the people in the area know i am just being funny
Sing: all the time in my car, and i am AWFUL...just ask Holly
Have a crush: always
Think you've been in love: i hope not...if so, i have a very bad opinion of love
Want to get married: i dont even know you, we should date first
Believe in yourself: um...not really
Get motion sickness: easily
Think you're attractive: sure why not??
Think you're a health freak: define health freak....no
Get along with your parents: yes
Like thunderstorms: outside? yes inside? YES
Play an instrument: piano, trumpet, halophoner, drums, and fench horn
Speak another language: je ne parle pas autre language

LAYER SIX: In the past month...
Drank alcohol: not ever
Smoked: not ever
Gone to the mall?: maybe for a hair cut
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: no, but i ate a whole box of graham crackers
Eaten sushi: no, please cook my fish
Been on stage: not, but i miss acting
Gone skating: all the time
Dyed your hair: not in the last month

LAYER SEVEN:Getting Older
Age you hope to be married: > 23
Numbers and Names of Children: CHILDREN?!? we havent even dated yet
Describe your dream wedding: a girl will be involved, beyond that i dont care
How do you want to die: whenever, however.....i am invincible until God wants me
What do you want to be when you grow up: happy
What country would you most like to visit: Italy, Canada is nice, want to visit Alaska

LAYER EIGHT: In a partner
Best eye color?: i dont know how important this is to me, but green eyes
Best hair color?: i like dark maybe dark red, not bright red (like orange)
Short or long hair: long, easy
Height: whatever, tall is good so she can reach stuff; but with short, i am always useful :)
Best weight body type: um.....there is no best weight
Best articles of clothing: i have no answer for this

LAYER NINE: In The Numbers...
Number of CDs that you own: do blank ones count?? prolly like 200
Number of piercings: no thanks; see fears. needles
Number of tattoos: no thanks; see number of piercings. fears. needles
Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: um, my name resprenting me?? prolly never, but "michael johnson" is a pretty common name
Number of things in my past that I regret: 3.6

yay...still no one online...where is everyone???

full contact baseball

2005-05-10T01:35:00.000-04:00

had a very uneventful day today until i went to World's Fair Park for full contact baseball with Jesse and Zach and Becca and Holly. that was fun, although my knees really hurt now from rolling around in the grass (also, my back hurts from being blind-sided by zach, this lead to the rule that zach has to made train noises when he is coming). i am also very itchy from little grass cuts. . .

gotta work tomorrow (tuesday) and wednesday. . .come visit!! (please)

Favorite song i heard today: "Whats Up" by the Four Non-Blondes. really great song by a really awful band. runner up tonight is "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" by the Crashtest Dummies

Favorite song i didnt hear not titled "Your Song": lets go with my favorite They Might be Giants song, "Istanbul, not Constantinople"

3 Things i think i think:
1) i think. . .what happened to the underline function?? i hit "ctrl U" like four times and the html source page thingy came up. . .whats up with that??? now i have to use italics. . .booo
2) i think. . .what happened to my late-night chat friends?? i used to talk to becca and holly and loraine, but no one is on tonight. . .i'm lonely :(
3) i think it better not rain on thursday or i am really gonne lose it. . .this is a warning

Random person of the day: the bartender at the Chili's on the strip. i called in a to go order there and went to pick it up around 7:30 this evening. the place was EMPTY, i mean DEAD. poor guy, i tipped him like $4 just for going into the kitchen and carrying my bag out. . .prolly wasnt much help, but i can totally relate to his problem. . .

it's been a while...

2005-05-07T22:51:00.000-04:00

since my last post. this was for various reasons:1)was studying for finals, really, i was studying...for finals...studying...ok, not really, but i was TRYING to study for finals, 2) lazyness, yes, i am lazy. i wanted to give my brain a rest from all the thought that goes into this (this is a joke, there is, in fact, very little thought that goes into these things), and 3) i forgot, this the only true reason for the time lapse between posts. i've done very little productive this week. i missed another softball game due to rain (grrrrr) and i finished another year of school. i am soooooo tired of school.

lets do running items

Favorite song i heard on the radio: i dunno, i heard "Your Song" this week, but lets put "Midnight Train to Georgia" here...why not?

Favorite song blah blah blah blah "Your Song" blah blah Elton: moo

3 things i think i think:
1) i think Back to the Future Part 3 is my least favorite of all the Back to the Futures. there just isnt enough time travel
2) i think i couldnt be more bored right now (i am in August, GA, visiting grandparents......)
3) i think my head hurts

Random person blah blah monkey:
no person of the day.......get over it :)

fore!!

2005-05-02T23:16:00.000-04:00

i came to an important realization today; i am really, REALLY bad at golf. i always knew i wasnt very good, but i think i have reached an all time level of futility. but, in order to not harm my own opinion of my athletic ability, i am going to chalk this up to a lack of practice (i have only played 2 times in the last 3 or so years). the following is the list of sports i am bad at. this is only inclusive of sports i have played with one being the sport i am worst at; games dont count (bocce, croquet, ping-pong, etc.):

5) Bowling (because of my screwed up elbow)
4) Tennis
3) Soccer
2) Basketball
1) Track stuff

that was fun. . .running items is next

Favorite song i heard on the radio: "Sloop John B" by the Beach Boys. if you havent ever heard of this song, you need to check it out because it is my favorite song by the Beach Boys. . .right up there with "Little Duce Coup" (check my spelling on that)

Justin Acuff heard "Your Song" by Elton John today: on XM Radio at least once, i think he may have heard it twice.

3 things i think i think:
1) i think FOX should bring back Futurama instead of Family Guy. dont get me wrong, Family Guy is a funny show and all, but it just isnt as consistantly funny as Futurama. also, i really like Dr Zoidberg. he is way funnier, as much less vulgar, than Stewie.
2) i think i need a thesaurus for my desk. i have a little dictionary, which i use rather often, but i would like to have a thesaurus to go with it. it seems i used to have one long ago, but i dont remember what ever happened to that little guy. . .
3) i think i need to have dinner, but it is too late. this is the second consecutive day which i have waited to have dinner until after all the good places have closed :(

Random person of the day: no one came up with a very good argument as to why they should be the "person of the day", i will just continue to pick people at random. today it will be. . .clayton because he is in the room. congradulation, clayton, for being!!

toooooo tired

2005-05-02T02:04:00.000-04:00

. . .to make a full post. entertain youself by reading past posts or the latest addition to The Adventures of Zach Amazing.

FYI, annonymous comments are annoying and will be deleted, i have better things to do than try to figure out who the annonymous person is. ok, so i dont really have anything better to do, but i am still not gonna do it

it never rains in northern Tennessee

2005-04-30T12:05:00.000-04:00

i was really tired last night so i waited to post until this morning (afternoon). just a forewarning, i dont anticipate posting tonight after work, but it is possible.

i played in my last hockey game last night. it was fun, i scored a goal (YAY!) and we lost by like 6 because our goalie quit on us. after that, jesse and audrey and alicia and i went out to campus and made the s'mores on the torchbearer (i think this is the last time i am gonna have to type the word "torchbearer" for awhile). that was fun because, jesse and i made alcia and audrey put on these life-jackets when we picked them up and they werent allowed to take them off until we dropped them off (so, for the rest the story, remember that alicia and audrey are wearing blue and green life-jackets, respectively.)
next, we walked over to the Humanaties Plaza and had audray and alicia race to climb up the bull fountain, audrey won. after that we went back to jesse's truck and decided to see if the football practice field was left unlocked. on the way there, we made the girls stick the canoe paddles out the windows of the car and paddle while jesse drove (remember; life-jackets) and when we turned the car, they had to paddle like they were trying to turn a boat, they werent not particularly good at that part.
next, we went to the practice field and kicked field goals with a rugby ball. i made one from about 20 yards, pretty much a point after on a touchdown. audrey's kick just got over jesse head, and alicia almost got her kick off the ground.
next, we went over to the worlds fair park and had alicia and audrey race across a bridge on jesse's roller blades. actually, each girls had one of jesse's skates and one of jesse's mom's skates (also remember; life-jackets). alicia won both races.
then we went home and i went to bed. . .the end

running thingies:
Favorite song i heard on the radio: "In the End" by Linkin Park. i dont know if it was my favorite from yesterday, but its the only song i can remember that i heard.

Daily Mention of "Your Song" by Elton John: question, since i have already mentioned it in the title to this segment, am i required to say it again?? just to be safe; "Your Song" by Elton John.

3 things i think i think:
1) i think my hockey career has come to its end. thank you and goodnight
2) i think i am really not looking forward to work this weekend. saturday i have to work in the kitchen and sunday i have to be a food runner, boring. i wish i wasnt a push-over and was able to tell people "no" sometimes. . .
3) i think it needs to stop raining

Random person: there is no random person because i have forgotten most of yesterday already. actually, the random person of the day is you. leave a comment telling everyone why you should be the person of the day. have fun. be good.

the NEXT BIG POST! ! ! !

2005-04-28T23:55:00.000-04:00

ok, thank you everyone for you patience. i needed last night off so i wouldnt tell you about this just in case i didn't do it, but i have decided to get a tattoo!!! isnt that exciting?!? this guy at work just got one the other day of a flaming skull with wings coming out of his back. he drew it himself and had the tattoo artist copy his drawing. he said that he would design one for me and he would recommend me to an artist so it wouldnt hurt so bad. plus this girl at work is gonna go with me. i figure i will get it on my back, between my shoulder blades, and not something too extravagant. Maybe a cross with a Bible verse like Philippians 1:21, "For tome, to live is Christ, and to die is gain." or maybe just the reference to a longer verse like Philippians 3:10, which is my favorite verse; you should check it out (actually the whole book of Philippians is really good). now it is just a matter of paying for it. if i get it as big as i want, it will cost like $160, but i fugure that if i am gonna do it, i should do it big. thats about it, i dont really have much else to say so let us move on to the running items. . .

Favorite song i heard on the radio: i have thie "Broadway" channel on my satelite radio which i almost never listen to, but i was flipping throught the channels and i saw a song on that station that i had to listen to. "Master of the House" from Les Miserables. this is the song that Gearge from Seinfeld gets stuck in his head in the episode where they have to go meet Elaine's unappraochable, abbrasive father. great episode, i think i will watch it before bed

Favorite song i didnt hear (henceforth to be refered to the daily mention of "Your Song" by Elton John): today's song in the "Daily mention of "Your Song" by Elton John" section is "Rocketman" by Elton John. . .NOT!!!

3 things i think i think:
1) i think it is amusing how many people have asked what i am doing for my mom for Mother's Day. i said i was not gonna tell, but people insisted on asking anyways like i was gonna let them, and only them, in on my little secret
2) i think i am not gonna be able to play in my hockey game tomorrow because of my arm problems. it was so bad tonight at work that i was unable to hold a tea pitcher with it and was barely able to hold drink glasses. unless, there is drastic improvement in the morning, i think my hockey career is over :(
3) i think that anyone who believed all that stuff about a tattoo is about the most gullible person on the planet. i would tell them to look up the word "gullible" in the dictionary, alas, there is no entry in the dictionary for "gullible"

Random person of the day:
the UT Torchbearer, i want so badly to make s'mores on his torch. . .

no post is good post

2005-04-28T00:04:00.000-04:00

nothing happened today. i would love to sit here and tell you all about it, but i'm not going to. . .it builds the suspense for the next day :)

on second thought

2005-04-26T23:59:00.000-04:00

i had originally planned to take the night off from having to make this thing up, but had a better idea. how many times have you been sitting at your computer or your desk or lying awake in bed trying to remember what movies i own? a hundred times? a dozen? three? well i just want you, the reader, to know that you are in my heart, and i want to oblige you with one of my famous lists and tonight's topic is Movies I Own (for the sake of this post, i will not be underlining titles of movies):

The Matrix, Ocean's Eleven, The Usual Suspects, Ghostbusters 2, another Ocean's Eleven, Saving Silverman, Behind Enemy Lines, A Knight's Tale, The Mighty Ducks, High Fidelity, Evolution, Con Air, Gone in 60 Seconds, Memento, The Princess Bride, Spider-Man 2, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dumb and Dumber, Miracle, Along Came a Spider, 28 Days Later, Patriot Games, The Musketeer, UHF, Resident Evil, Spider-Man 2 (again), The Sum of All Fears, Bourne Supremecy, Scream, Bourne Identity, Scream 2, Scream 3, Mystery Men, The Rock, X-Men 2, Big Trouble in Little China, Mission: Impossible, Dogma, The Replacements, Spaceballs, White Men Can't Jump, Independence Day, The Usual Suspects (again), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Top Gun, Mighty Ducks 2, The Sting, Bean, Evil Dead, Chasing Amy, Fletch, Evil Dead 2, Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness, Clue, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Groundhog Day, Joe Dirt, The Jackel, The Ring, The Mummy, Rush Hour 2, The Mighty Ducks (again), Can't Hardly Wait, Austin Powers 2, Airborne, Maverick, Star Wars: Episode 1, The Usual Suspects (yes, i have 3. . .its a good movie), Caddyshack, The Breakfast Club, The Avengers (which i have had for 3 years and still haven't seen), Gladiator, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Men in Black, another copy of Men in Black, American Beauty, Ghostbusters, Jurassic Park, Big Touble, Stripes, and Rushmore
[fin]

since i made a post i guess i should throw in the running items

Favorite song i heard on the radio today: "Piano Man" by Billy Joel; whenever i heard this song i find myself singing it over and over again for the next 36-48 hours

Favorite song i didnt hear: i move that we officially change the name of this section to the "Daily mention of 'Your Song' by Elton John", its just easier

3 things i think i think:
1) i think i stand corrected about no one reading this, but i think my greater point went unobserved. i meant that regardless of who reads this thing, i am gonna continue writing these as much, or more, for myself as i am for anyone else, but thanks for commenting. at least i know youre out there
2) i think i am really, REALLY glad i made this "3 things i think i think" instead of "10 things i think i think" which was the original plan
3) i think i am annoyed at how we cannot control the weather. humans have spent their entire history making things easier for themselves; relocating or destroying anything that presents itself as a nuscence, but when a low-pressure system meets with and carries a pocket of warm, moist air, all of our science goes running for an umbrella (this outburst has been brought to you by the letter "R"; "R" is for "Rained out", like my softball game)

Random person of the day: today's random person is my mom. i thought of the perfect thing to do for Mother's Day (May 8th). she is gonna be soooooo excited. wanna know what it is??? forget it, you gotta think of something this perfect on your own

i smell apples

2005-04-25T23:37:00.000-04:00

today was boring so let us just skip into the running items. . .

Favorite song i heard on the radio: "All the Small Things" by Blink 182. this brings back fond memories of working at the candy store in the mall. that was a great job. not because of the money (i made $5.15 an hour) or the free candy (jelly beans. . .yummy) but because i worked there with two of my best friends (there were only like 5 total employees). we just hung out listening to radio turned up real loud and traded candy for stuff from other places in the mall (Johnny Rockets' milk shakes, Barney's coffee, movie tickets, whole meals at Steak Escape). . .good times

Favorite song i didn't hear: . . ."Your Song" by E.J.

3 Things i think i think:
1) i dont think anyone reads these things so i question why i keep making them, but i find myself thinking about stuff to write about each day, so i guess i'll keep making them for my own entertainment and nuts to everyone else.
2) i think i should have worked tonight instead of getting someone to pick up my shift, but then again, it was nice out and we have been very, VERY slow on weeknights when its been nice.
3) i think that tonight it will just be "2 Things i think i think". . .wait, that makes 3. HOORAY!

Random person of the day: today's person is Prof. John Reaves, my American Liturature teacher. i feel bad for the guy because no one in class ever does the reading for the day (which would explain why i sincerely believe i am the only person with an A in the class), and he just has to stand up there and lecture every day instead of doing discussions which he would obviously rather do. i've gotten to where i do the reading out of sympathy for the poor man just so he can have someone to converse with. i am a such a great person!!! :)

no title

2005-04-25T00:59:00.000-04:00

woke up at like noon b/c i was up late with insomnia (also, because i took like a three hour nap saturday afternoon), watched baseball (Braves won 4-0) until work at 5. pretty uneventful day until i got home from work when i talked to Holly on the computer for a few minutes then we went for a late-night food adventure. we got Krystals and drove around knoxville for like an hour and a half eating and listening to the CD i made for her. it was fun singing along and stuff; she has a great voice. i suck, but we had the music pretty loud; also she was singing pretty loudly so i could barely hear myself, which is good! when it finally gets warm for good, we still need to make s'mores on the torch bearer.

running item department:
Favorite song i heard on the radio: i made a specific point to play "Your Song" today so i could move it out of the next segment, but i heard another song on my way home from campus that passes "Your Song" just for today. When i reveal the identity of the song, i realize i will be open to much ridicule, but, because of its involvement with Napoleon Dynamite, i decided to recognize "Larger Then Life" by the Backstreet Boys. Let the hate mail fly. . .

Favorite song i didn't hear: since "Your Song" has been disqualified from this spot, it is opened to anything and today i want to give the honor to my favorite hymn of all time "Come Thou Fount".

3 things i think i think:
1) i think i like late night rides with Holly. they relax me even after a long night at work.
2) i think the Braves are gonna win the World Series this year because their starting pitchers are so much better than the rest of the league. John Thopson, the Braves 4th starter, pitched 7 shutout innings today and gave Atlanta pitchers their 13th quality start in 19 games (a pitcher is credited with a quality start if he pitches at least six innings and allows three or fewer earned runs). If the Braves make the playoffs, there is no team that can match up in a short series with Smoltz, Hampton, and Hudson, and when Chipper gets hot (which always happens in late September), he can carry a team.
3) i think i am really going to miss working at the roadhouse when i move this summer. i will have been there almost 4 years when i leave (my previous record for time spent at one job was 10 months) and i have made a great deal of friends there. it just hit me tonight while i was there how much those people mean to me and i just hope that i was able to show Christ to them in my personality, work ethic, professionalism, and lifestyle. that was something i tried everyday to show. i wanted them to see Christ living in me and i tried to impart that on them every chance i got. but, now i fear that my time with them has nearly run out. . .very sad

Random person of the day: i had the best time at work tonight talking to this little old man who came in by himself for dinner tonight. he was passing through from Indianapolis on his way to visit his grand daughter in Macon, GA, who had just had a baby. i completely neglected this other table i had (fortunately, Seth had my back and helped keep their glasses filled), but this is my favorite part of the job.

i'm returning some pants

2005-04-23T23:47:00.000-04:00

i was on the phone with my friend, Bob Sacameno, and i realized that i needed to take back these pants i had bought. when i got to the subway the train had just left, so, since in was only going a couple of stops, i decided to hoof it though the tunnels. suddenly i slipped and i fell into some mud ruining the very pants i was returning.

i dont know why that story came to my mind.

i had a very uneventful day again. i had fun playing poker with everyone, i sorta wish it had lasted longer, we were done in under 2 hours and we had 11 people playing.

running items:

Favorite Song i heard on the radio: "Canned Heat" by Jamiroqui. its from that movie Napoleon Dynamite, which happens to have a bunch of really good songs in it

Favorite Song i didnt hear today: again, "Your Song" by Elton John. i think i am gonna have to play the cd one day in order for me to hear this one, or i will have to get a new favorite song od all time

3 things i think i think:
1) i think i need to stop playing hockey. i really like it, but my teammates never show up and i have gotten into the habit of hurting myself while playing. the playoffs for our league start next weekend, after that i think i might hang up my skates. . .very sad
2) i think i am ready for football season to start again. i watched the NFL entry draft for about 5 hours today and it just made me want to watch more football.
3) i think i want to move somewhere (not chattanooga). lately i have been feeling that i just dont really fit in here very well anymore since most of my friends have left or are leaving after this year (Nathen, Matt, and Brent left last year and Clayton and Jesse will be gone pretty soon).

random person of the day: today's person is Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves. today was his birthday and he hit a 3-run homer

notes/thoughts on my day: April 22, 2005

2005-04-23T00:32:00.000-04:00

it was raing like gangbusters when i woke up. actually a rather loud clap of thunder woke me up from a particularly pleasent dream i was having (and have since forgotten) 4 minutes before my alarm went off. by the time i got out of the shower, however, the rain and all but stopped. i went to class. i got a 93 on my last Amer. Lit. test and i was kinda disappointed. i mean, yes it is a 93, but thats my lowest grade so far in the class, but i felt better later when i over-heard people talking about how they barely passed.

the rest of the day was pretty uneventful. i took a nap, went to hockey, got myself hurt again playing hockey and came home. my friend has been having a very difficult week, so i attempted as best i could at cheering them up, although i dont know how much help i was since it was a series of problems that i dont really relate very well with, but its the effort that counts i guess. . .

i have decided to start start a series of running items for this web log, this should be entertaining, to me at least:

Favorite Song i heard on the radio today: "All I Want" by Toad the Wet Sprocket

Favorite Song i didn't hear on the radio today: "Your Song" by Elton John i have a feeling that this song is gonna be in this spot pretty often. . .

3 things i think i think:
1) i think i am really ready for school to end. . .not just this semester, but forever. i am seriously burnt out and now i think i am gonna have to go back to Chattanooga which i am not looking forward to
2) i think ice cream places like Ben and Jerry's and Marble Slabe should be opened all night instead of all day
3) i think i am gonna have a hard time thinking of 3 things i think i think every day. maybe i will make this a weekly running item, but since this is only the first day i will at least give it a couple of chances

Random Person of the day:
today's random person it the guy who lives below me. for some reason he called me "Chris" today and wondered why i didnt recognize him by name. i mean, i have only lived here 8 months and i've seen this guy like 200 times. he has never called me "Chris" before; i wonder why he started that today. . .

list of things on my desk

2005-04-22T01:59:00.000-04:00

lamp, computer speakers, American flag pin, "Iraqi Most Wanted" playing cards, republican elephant patch, computer moniter, 2 republican pins, tiny stapler and refills, tube of 8 ABEC 7 bearings, 3 bigwords.com bookmarks, 2 razor blades, mini john smoltz bobblehead, y-plug adaptor, printer, UGA drink coozy, small American flag, box of check books (4), triangle highlighter, 4 markers, 3 pens, graphing calculator, alarm clock, 3 seperate stacks of cds (124 cds total), 3 rolls of pennies, Windows XP disk, unopened package of pencils (8), Command & Conquor cd-rom set, old coin bank, 2 more bigwords.com bookmarks, a pellissippi state catalog, i found another marker, a computer mouse, two mouse-pads (UGA one and a Falcons one), keychain pocket-knife, blank casette tape, a zip disk, "Madden NFL 2002" cd-rom, "Starcraft" cd-rom, scotch tape w/despenser, mailbox key, spool or white thread, a threading needle, 2 empty glasses, a notebook divider, satelite radio brace, an officeMax notepad, a pencil, 2 blank sheets of notebook paper (college ruled), first aid cream, "Webster's Dictionary", Bible concordance, 2 quarters, box of push pins (32), roll of duct tape. . .thats all

welcome

2005-04-21T23:10:00.000-04:00

come in. . .this is my place. look around, check it out, take a seat, bookmark me. . .whatever it take to keep you coming back.

while it is not a done deal, it is very likely that i will be moving back to Chattanooga (well, Ooltewah to be exact, but be honest....do you really care?) i feel that i am gonna want to remain connected to my good buddies back in knoxville. also, i find it very reasonable that i will find a great deal of free time while i am listlessly wasting time there as i decide what to do with my life, so this should be a hoot.

joey and loraine are over right now watching Monk, so i reckon i should talk to them some, but i plan to tidey up the place (the blog spot, not my house); add a picture, organize some stuff, add links, etc. . .