I've been kicked out of Canada for less

thanks, and come again soon

2007-12-02T20:54:00.000-08:00

it seems like this place stays empty all the time now. well i guess it means there is always an open table. i show up thinking i'll run into a familar face, but mostly i just sit here, alone, daydreaming. eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, and wheat toast please. The best coffee in town makes up for the lack of cleanliness. the stains on the walls, the beat up furniture, and half broken tile floor. WE use to come here every night. WE made this place a staple, a foundation, and a class room. WE had a time machine in the back room nobody knew about were we travelled to our futures and back again. WE were always together, now til the end. To bad the end showed up to soon, and now......well there is always open tables, and that sign on the door when you leave. If WE could only remember what it said.

oh crappy crap

2007-08-27T12:13:00.000-07:00

So i thought i should probably update this piece since it's been a minute. We are pretty much redefining everything we are doing at the Youth Center so it's been busy. I've been trying to figure out what to do with myself outside of work. It seems i have a bit of no life syndrome going on. I read, watch movies, and catch up on my tv shows. Anyone watching bb8? so i'm a lame basically. i do not "got out" in any form of the word unless it's to the gym. i have no "social life" unless you could doing stuff with the teens i work with. i do not "meet new people" unless it's through or for work. i am "a loser" in every way. I feel i'm ready for change not just at the youth center, but i my life. i don't know what this will look like or when it will take place, but i want to be ready for it. i would really like to go to africa, or india and work in an orphanage. it has always been my retirement plan, but i feel i don't want to wait any longer. i know i want to finish out my next three years here at CF and see my young'ins leave the nest and go to college, but i am dreaming of far away places, smells, colors, sounds, and tears. so dream of my future and come dance with me around in the dirt with laughter and joy on smiling faces.

hi ho

2007-06-12T15:11:00.001-07:00

a camping we will go, and camping we will go. hi ho a merry oh a camping we will go. it's june, which means i camp. i love camp. camp loves me. we might get married, or at least make out for a while then drop each other in an emotional depressive tornado. i haven't had a movie kick much. more of scrubs season 5. did go see 28 weeks later, and watched hannibal rising. it must of been camp that made me want to see things die slowly. i did rewatch.........dum dum dum.....one of my favorite movies called beautiful girls. it's an older 90's film and it's not a skin flick. if you saw the short lived show october road, yeah written by the same guy. also similar in story line, but the movie was way better than the show. nothing to major, i did find a pair of flip flops i liked at walmart and bought six pair. i am loaded for the summer. don't know when i'll be taking vaction, if anyone has any ideas for me or wants to connect this summer let me know. i've got three weeks of time to work with. that's all for now.

peanut butter and jelly and the end of the human race

2007-05-30T22:16:00.000-07:00

for some reason i have picked up an addiction for the delicous combinations of pb&j. i like them with a banana and oj in the morning and cheetos in the afternoon. i eat them for snacks every now and then or just for the fun of it when i get the shakes. it's like being a kid again. i even whet to the zoo the other day with nate, lins, and the kids. it was a treat. our zoo is horrible, but for some reason i wanted to just stay all day. then they pretty much had to kick us out. i've watched a couple of new movies. apocalypto, mel gibsons movie about the end of a mayan civialization and why it was driven to extinction caught me by surprise. i think mostly i was so sucked into the movie, and thinking they had destroyed themselves i wasn't expecting the end. my one main complaint is, if you watch the making of the film, they go so big to making it acurate, real sets, makeup, even hand woven outfits for hundreds of extras, but then he throws in lines like, "were f++ked." mayans dropping the f bomb pulled me out of the picture and into my center were i hear kids use it everyday. has the word been around really that long, did mel do extensive research to find the mayan's coined the phrase? if not then i'm sorry but it was enough to make me rant for a while. i know i'm critical about movies, most people think i never enjoy movies, or life, or people, like because i find little things i therefore i must hate it, them, or whatever. i liked this movie, i just could have been more convinced about the historic end to a human race with out the f word screwing it up for me.

call me test dummy

2007-05-10T22:19:00.000-07:00

so today was chick movie day. i have no problem admitting that, mostly because i watch to many movies and the only new releases on tuesday were three romantic comedys. so on my day off i watched all three. i found myself to experience enough sappieness to drive me to bw's to watch kickboxing, play poker, and eat flesh off the bone. incase you were wondering the movies were catch and release, music and lyrics, and because i said so. catch and release was good, not what i expected, reminded me a bit of moonlight mile (which is a way way better movie and a must see if you have not)music and lyrics i liked, hugh grant i like, and eight's music washup story is just entertainment all by itself. makes you wonder what they are really doing now. because i said so not so much. diane keaton had me wanting to kill myslef and sorry, but it was just revolting how trampie everyone is in this movie. seriously vomited in my mouth numberous times due to this movie.

my three new best friends.....

2007-05-07T23:02:00.000-07:00

..stan getz, joao giberto, and astrud giberto. i've been sick for the past couple of days, just sinus stuff, but they have made it beautiful. i dream to them tonight again.

the world stops around you

2007-04-05T10:56:00.000-07:00

when you are around people, listen to them, not your ipod. if no one is around then turn it up loud.

the 10 i'm listening to on 11...

hellogoodbye
gergory and the hawk
the good, the bad, and the queen (thanks to brad)
james morrison
lauryn hill/fugees-they are my kool aid
iron and wine
sleeping at last
gym class heros
joseph arthur
ode to old school: etta, ray, frank, al, marvin, johnny

let friends influnece you, i have and i like it.

i'm selling the ring on ebay

2007-02-23T23:10:00.000-08:00

I a woke to screaming, and the smell of old cheese. I ran to my window and there he was. THE KING!?? in my front yard, and with my wife to be. Then it happened. The sky opened and the ground shook, as the brightest light i've seen came cutting through the sky. In the blink of an eye; they were gone. My fiancee was abducted by elvis. Ok, so its a little less harsh than my fiancee was hit by a car. there are a lot of sensitive people out there. I'm probally going to hell for this, but i hear it's nice in michigan. I got a little bored on valentines day.

yea kiss my...

2007-02-19T20:18:00.000-08:00

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?asphal01.wav=asphalt

IM ENGAGED!!!

2007-02-14T11:08:00.000-08:00

I DID IT!! WOOT WOOT! I GOTS ME A WOMAN!. I completely surprised her today for valentines day and she said, YES! i can't believe it!

sleeping

2007-01-07T21:37:00.000-08:00

can't wait to get back to never neverland. last time i saw you there and it was grand. you were the same, and i was the same, and for a moment we were the same. i can't wait to get back to you. back to you neverland. where it is grand.

wow

2006-12-30T22:40:00.000-08:00

well i'm lame i guess, i turned OFF word verification so at least i'd get random comments from perverts and people trying to get me to sign up for crap. a friend got me a duck call for christmas. coolest gift. i don't hunt. but it's fun calling ducks. communicating with another speices of life. there is something magical about it. apparently though i'm lame to ducks also, cause they don't come when i call. i did get a moose to stop by, but he was just lost and needed directions. apparently you can get a bear call also. this seems like a dumb idea though. duck, pretty harmless creature. bears will rip your face off. ask the bear guy, the one who thought they were all cute and misunderstood, the one who went to live with them. yeah they ate him. he's dead. don't think the bear call is a good idea. or at least you think they would put a warning label on the package. "proper use of this product could cause serious bodily harm, dismemberment or death by bear." and then underneath you could have like a little encouragment note type thank you for buying this product; "if your really good and are able to call a bear, thanks for buying this before you die." what redneck thought this was a good idea in the first place. calling bears. i know, let's go hunt polio. if we catch it, it could kill us. awesome! (wow)

unexpected suprisez!

2006-12-13T21:50:00.000-08:00

SO last may i was out in cali, on the way home we stopped at Marshalls in Chicago. i love marshalls in big cities, they have cool stuff. among the cool stuff i've found at marshalls would be two paintings that i love. one is a guy playing a trumpet along with boombox, and they other some rappers on stage with a dj, and breakdancers. they are both up in my office. i spent a long time calling marshalls asking around if anyone would have more of these paints, but no luck. The tag in the cornor is hard to read, so i couldnt' figure out who did them......until today. we deciphered the name in the conor and found out the artist, his name is DAVID GARIBALDI he's young, 23 and amazing. i love all his stuff, i will be adding to my collection. here are some samples of his stuff i don't have, but love.....

yes i did

2006-11-23T23:06:00.001-08:00

we got 4 wii's. ummmmm....i will not talk about the experience. some things people should just not need to know about. sorry to disappoint. bob and rebecca are her for thanksgiving. bw's is not open for thanksgiving in case you were wondering or have the urge to go next year. no i will not be out shopping tomarrow, but if you go will you pick me up a 2GB sd memory card for my digi camera at best buy for 23 dollars?? anyone watch grey's tonight, what the crap is going on? did they just become the worlds worst actors, i mean that episode was dog crap of acting. anyways, had lots of going on, but were they like drunk the whole time??? so i don't know what else to say. pickled hern.

this is crazy!!!!

2006-11-17T23:44:00.000-08:00

so read the previous post, don't neglect it, but this is just in. i woke up this morning at 9am, not having slept yet, i am now heading to walmart at 1:36am saturday morning and will be there til 12:01am sunday morning to get nintendo wiis for our youth center. i will be journaling, and hopefully documenting this with video if they will let me. so stay tuned and see if i make it without killing someone. there are crazy people there already.

where have i been???

2006-11-17T20:44:00.000-08:00

i've been asking myself that question. lost in a tornado i guess. what's new????? brad finally came back from the dead. hey brad, nice to have you back. i still love you even though i never hear from you. nothing changes though. i hope we can get together soon. i might be going to jail though if i can't pay my taxes, so you'll have to come and visit. i've studied prison break though so i have master plan and a large tattoo on my belly. "it's a pathway to hell." "no it's just the opposite." anyways. i have a new office. this is not a big thing, but it's red. it's cold though, next to a window with no real insulation. i'm opening a coffee house, to go along with our youth center. it will be open to the public and run by my kids. i'm pretty excited, but i'm not really a business type. it's been tuff getting things together. we are on year 2 and a half of "my dream" youth center. Christina (childrens director) and i have were able to design and plan this thing, and it's been cool to see things slowly coming together. though they are now working on the second half of the gym, it will be another year til the whole thing is open, but it's pretty freaking amazing. i went and saw "stranger than fiction" tonight, and liked it. i ran into mark and jess schmerse coming out of it, and they kind of saved it for me. i was hoping for will farrell funny, but they clued me in to expect and more serious moive. because i was ready, i loved it. i still laughed out loud, will makes the best facial expressions, and just putting yourself in his shoes of having your life narrated was funny to me. very creative has the independent film to it. though will farrell has done lots of movies on the side of his comedy stints, this one made big box office and is well deserved to notice. great movie, just be prepared for the gross old guys in shower scene, thanks for not warning me mark, since you knew i had some of my kids with me. anyways, i spend alot of time watching the discovery channel these days. dirty jobs, and mythbusters continue to be my top rated shows. i've moved away from the learning channel this seasons, with little people big world and rabbi doctor phil guy. i still love dog whisper on animal planet, though it's mostly reruns now. i'm still watching mainstream lost, though the last episode was a huge disappointemt with kate and sawyer having sex in the cage. grey's anatomey, though if grey would have hook up with mark, i think i would have been done. speaking of which i need to watch last nights episode. and my big love this year is heros. cause come on, everybody loves superheros. another great movie i saw was 'The Departed' good acting by capi, and damon. but jack baby blew it away, it's like he took his as cuckoo's nest, good as it gets, anger management,characters and mixed them with the mass murder psyco killer shinning character. who would have thought though that wahlberg, and even alec baldwin had great characters, personally i think they almost out preformed capi and damon. anyways, get past the language, and crazy violence and watch some great characters collide. while i'm done. i cant think to much more. even though i know there was something stupid i wanted to say or do. crap.

i'll never know

2006-10-19T15:21:00.000-07:00

what to blog, oh what to blog. i come here a lot thinking of things to write, but i usually leave fairly quickly. i don't know if i've spend my last quarter on homies or what. i burned myself today, that was fun. it was one of those moments you would see somewhere like a guidepost magazine of stupid moments. my dad had cleaned the shower nobs and when i got in the shower and the water was a little hot, i turned the cold nob to lessen the burn. only to my surprise the water went from hot, to water escaped from hell (if it's as hot and all as they say). under the moment of confusion and pain turning off the hot water nob did nothing more than make things worst. once i got both nobs turned off did i realize what just happend. some things in life just don't make sense, like why cold can be hot and turning off the hot only makes it worst, and when three year olds say caca i burst into joyous laughter. oh the mystery of it all isnt that deep i suppose, it has it's obvious answers. my dad, and well immaturity. CACA!!!!

what do you do about this?

2006-09-23T20:39:00.000-07:00

No es apto para menores.

El sarpullido brotó! No hay cosa más molesta que la picazón del sarampión. La enfermedad lleva la etiqueta de problema de seguridad nacional. Ama a tu vecino como a ti mismo. Pero ten mucho cuidado al eligir tu vecindario.

the most sad labor day weekend ever.

2006-09-04T15:14:00.000-07:00

i wept as i watched the end of a great mans career on saturday. Agassi played his last match at the U.S Open. it was a great moment, i thought i would write this in honor of one great man. little would the world expect that another great man's career would come to an end today. Steve Erwin, the croc hunter, killed while taping the oceans deadlest creatures. double the sadness, double the tears. this blog post is in honor of you both.

some awesome freaking questions

2006-08-19T20:08:00.000-07:00

this is what happens when you leave things in the hands of the public.
Trisha, you know darn well what you can do with an iktochi tech specialist, but if you ask me, is she doesn't want to go to the prom with you, she's not good for anything.

Tim, though i've tried killing people many times, kindness, never seems to work. i have found that sharp objects are good, though not sharpies themselves.

You can go disc golfing in flip flops just be prepared to get dirty. you can also use flip flops though for making waffles.

'fnkpni,' is not a cuss word it is eskimo for grandmother.

thanks for the questions. and now the news....

my trip to bobby's was flippin sweet. we hung out in lake michie, it was quite cold. like freezing. though the next morning we went fishing on lake mich for salmon, or that fish you can buy in a can and make paddies. it's like deep sea fishing with out the deep sea. just big lake fish. i loved it.
eric, bobby and i did not get arrested, though smacking him across the face in the asian resturant was a great moment. the train ride sucked on the way up, and we got stuck on the way back because of a wreck that i could have possible been in but i pulled a final destination. ok. i don't know what else to say.

dusty and nat are married. that's cool. got to see some old friends.

tim and i played no mercy on n64 last night. we are cool.

I'LL WAIT FOR MORE QUESTIONS>>>>>>>

things you may not know, but why i'm a nerd (a small glimpse)

2006-08-06T21:47:00.000-07:00

current events:
1)my best friend from high school gets married friday. wow, it's just a little crazy.
2)i'm going to grand rapids to bobby's and eric is coming up also. it's going to get crazy, and possibly we will be arrested at some point.

favorite current album of all time:
lauryn hill: miseducation of lauryn hill

movies i love you may have missed:
the absolute best: northfork
the close second: twin falls idaho
both by the brothers though i don't care for jackpot.

all time most rewatched movies: (which i hate doing)
legends of the fall
empire records

a board game you may have not heard of: (i even play on the computer)
catan

tv shows i currently watching faithfully:
big brother 7 (watch them all online if you want to get caught up and join josh and julia brunet and i for disscusion afterwards)
runs house

tv shows i love to watch on dvd:
SCRUBS!!!!!
Lost
Grey's antomey (spellcheck)
x-files (i'm currently tring to get caught up. i stoped watching after season 7.)

anything else you would like to know? lets play ask dave something you would like to know. i'm just trying to open up a little, my therapist said it would be good for me.

sweet home alabama

2006-07-23T20:26:00.000-07:00

so i came down here to break up with my ex so i could start a new relationship with my shnazzy new girl, but i'm starting to fall again for my broken up ex. we went to a barn dance and it sparked up old feelins. i can't believe she still has the dog. i can't hardly stand her, but i feel as if we still have some fire between us. or i'm down here visiting family. went to my great aunt's 100th birthday party today. she is the neatest lady. she use to work for western union back in day writing morris code. she use to travel all around transcribing everything from news to ballgames. she was also quite the acomplished painter. she's a sweet heart. when i was six we stayed at her house for a couple of nights and she taught me how to play poker and send me home with the chips. i blame my addiction to poker to her. we are travling up to tennesse tomarrow and i will hopefully be able to visit joshua and julia burnnet and the kids. well i feel like i'm actually writing to much actually stuff for my blog. i think i need to stop.

hate fireworks, love to fish

2006-07-05T22:13:00.000-07:00

july third tim and i went fishing out at the camp. i must say. i love our lake. working at a place that owns it's own lake that is stocked with wonderful fishes will keep me here for awhile. i love to fish. fireworks on the other hand not a big fan, unless, i'm the one getting to blow stuff up. i could spend 5 mins with a small pack of firecrackers and be just as entertained as watching fireworks for an hour. tim had some raheally cool things called speedballs that would spin then launch in the air think craziness. i don't recommend standing over them looking at the pretty colors, cause you'll take it in the face. besides that my highlight was blowing up the homemade dq chipper sandwich that marie made. that was a good ol time. wish i could have gotten my hand on that whole bag. so here are some pictures of tim and i go fishing. enjoy.

not for the weak stomached

2006-06-23T14:35:00.000-07:00

so recently things have been busy. it's camp season. high school is done. i leave for jr. high on sunday. camp is fun. lots of other things on my mind, like what you did last summer. i still know, i just can't find my waiters. speaking of scary stories. i should make a movie. have u ever heard of scary sally. she lives in a barn on the farmland by our camp. she had some mental handicaps and her parents didn't want to deal with her so they use to keep her locked in the barn. when she was 12 or 13, on a record breaking hot night in june, she broke out of the barn and dragged her parents to the barn with hay hooks and cut them up with an axe. one of the neighbors found the bodies, but since they didn't even know about sally she was never found out. they say she returns every summer to barn, and those who have heard her cries and screams from the barn are never the same.

the only picture documented of the case is of the mom's body. so it's a little gross.

stuffed animals? how much have they ate?

2006-06-03T14:56:00.000-07:00

well let me explain what is going on across the street from the center. there are selling stuffed animals into slavery. it's a horrible gross thing it is. see this guy spends his time building carnival games in his basement. he then proceeds to practice the games, learn all their little secrets, and go pro. he then travels around to all the little fairs, and carnivals that come to town, and rape the carniey games of their prizes. he then sells them into slavery in his front lawn twice a year in the summer time. do you admire a guy who knows his carniey games? does he know they'll never add wack the frog onto the lily pad as an olympic game? oh the things we do to finding meaning.

so do you like stuffed animals? ummmm. warm and fuzzy. get yours today across from 3928 12th Ave, moline, IL.

you believe were i've been and where i am

2006-05-17T21:51:00.000-07:00

i was in chicago last night, dallas texas this morning, and pasadena cali, right now with the one and onlys sam, roise, and eisley bills. i was watching sam study his greek today with his toungue half hanging out his mouth and had college flashbacks, though in college if we were doing homework it was because it was three weeks late and we wouldn't be going home for break til we got it done. just wanted to give a big shout out to the orange batton men who helped park the planes today, you persons matter. thank you for your dedication, and being sober this morning.

it's a good day to be tim

2006-05-13T12:05:00.000-07:00

failed

2006-05-07T21:18:00.000-07:00

so i went fishing, completely forgot eecummings at home. i'm a failure. though i've spent the last three hours watching little people, big world on tlc. great show. now i shall retire.

not frozen

2006-05-07T13:01:00.000-07:00

the soda didn't freeze. i'm glad things have thawed. it's spring, the grass has been reduced to half and i'm going fishing with friends and eecummings in my back pocket. i'm glad things have thawed.

six more days til tims birthday.

this sucks.

2006-05-06T21:22:00.000-07:00

the pop in the fridge was not cold. so i put it in the freezer and i'm waiting...

makeover

2006-05-04T11:56:00.000-07:00

come check out my new blogspot look. warning, this is for entertainment purposes only, please don't be offended, but instead laugh your butt off with me.

you'll have to cut and paste it in your browers, couldn't get the link to work.

http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdavehodge78.blogspot.com%2F

american idol....(question mark)

2006-05-01T20:42:00.000-07:00

snap

2006-05-01T19:44:00.000-07:00

going home

2006-04-26T22:01:00.000-07:00

i always knew i couldn't trust them rabbits. i bet they're the ones behind cottage cheese. there is no way mankind was like, "huh....clumby milk. now that is a good idea."

pet store

2006-04-22T15:30:00.000-07:00

so some excitement in my life. went to the pet store and it happened to be feeding time for the pirana.

still missing

2006-04-17T12:44:00.000-07:00

i'm getting worried. i haven't seen 9 since before easter. i hope he's ok, though today some werid looking squirrel showed up.

missing

2006-04-12T15:58:00.000-07:00

please don't send me a rabbit in the mail thinking you've found 9. I'm sure 9 will come home when ever he or she is ready.

yes i am dead serious

2006-04-11T16:57:00.000-07:00

so i once thought these were cool, i've forgotten, but thanks to the web, this can be relived. i'll post a few every once in a while. for a fun little break from adulthood you can go to http://www.garbagepailkidsworld.com/ and build your own virtual gpk.

getting a little chunky?

2006-04-11T10:31:00.000-07:00

9 has been enjoying the carrot, a little to much. at least the sun is out and the weather has been great. number 9 has nothing to do with easter. i'm simply trying to befriend the enemy. if they are studying us, i might as well study them. 9 could save the world one day.

que the music

2006-04-10T21:39:00.000-07:00

i've taken a liking to blogging. after some deep thinking about the whole thing, i've found myself to be a regular doogie howser. taking the day, with all it's ups and downs, ins and outs, and wrapping it up with profoundness. i've metioned my love for hosptial shows, and doogie being the first i ever dated. back in the day, being so young and thinking, a kid is doctor, that is very believable. now of course, there was nothing real or believable about any of it. . at least we had ALF. i'm glad the poor guy finally made it home. to bad ALF never got a craving for rabbits, nothing against ya 9, just there are a lot of ya just running around out there. so turn up the computer journaling music, we are wrapping things up. folks, take in the world around you, let nothing of greatness slip by, drink in creativity, pee out creativity. mum.

number 9

2006-04-09T21:40:00.000-07:00

i've decide to name my rabbit friend because trisha told me to. i've name "it" (i'm not checking to find out the sex) number 9. number 9 has nicknames like 9, 3squared, or my favorite, sabertooth. 9 hasn't moved in two days, but is enjoying the carrot very much. so yes, yesterday i just got plain lazy. i thought why write my own entry, when the web is just whole of other peoples entires just waiting to be stolen. why spend hours of writing when you can spend 2 mins just cut and paste someone's wonderful ideas. props to swift, it was a fare piece of writing. well, after the showdown in the old west tonight i think i'm heading to bed. i'm watching the first season of grey's antomy. after the first episode, i'm looking forward to more. though it's no scrubs mind you.

Google Earth

2006-04-08T22:46:00.000-07:00

Google Earth is one of my favorite internet musings. You can go absolutely anywhere in the world. It's the next step from the Atlas, but truthfully by "next step" I really mean next Universe. Who would've thought the "next step" would be so outstanding. I have always loved maps. I've actually had people become fearful and desperately mindful of the time when the question falls from my lips, "Where's your Atlas"... Replies range from the innocent and polite "Um... you know, haven't seen it in ages" to the more aggressive and blatant, "No. We cannot do this right now!" I just spent the last two hours with Google earth. I remember places well and my sense of direction is fairly strong so I can navigate myself pretty decently anywhere I go. I don't forget places very easily, either. I just spent a half hour in Munich (summer '03) retracing my steps from a walking tour a friend and I took of pertinent places in Hitler's rise to power. I visited the meeting place of our group's gathering and took a walk through some main streets to get to the main train station. Found the art store I liked there. Found the toy store I had the most random coversation with a woman in (we discovered we knew a mutual friend from New York - maybe I'll write about that tomorrow). I strolled to the BMW pavilion and took the above ground route to my host home in the more suburban area. I went to Munich tonight because of Google Earth.I also went to Prague. I found the Jewish ghetto where Franz Kafka was born and revisited my hotel. I found Jan Hus' monument and took a walk over the Charles Bridge to the Cathedral overlooking town because of Google Earth.I went to Moscow just for a bit and saw Red Square and St. Basil's. Jess, I have a funny picture of you in front of Lenin's tomb somewhere. I forgot to look for the IKEA I remember off the expressway leaving the city. I forgot to look for this on Google Earth.I went to Split, Croatia and walked through Diocletian's palace . Tried to go to Livno, Bosnia but the image was bad. I went to Krakow, Poland. I went to Vladimir, Russia. I went to Vienna, Austria. I went to Sudan and Kenya because of the book I just finished. On a more local level, I went to the spring of the Mississippi river and followed it home. I would like to revisit London and Dublin, Victoria Fall and Durban. I may visit Tokyo tomorrow. I may not. But I can.It takes seconds to cross and ocean and get somewhere other . My mind is gone in moments. It takes no time at all... thanks to Google Earth.

for you.....

2006-04-08T11:23:00.000-07:00

i've ending my dumping streak, and now stand with those who are fighting to be heard.

im so sorry

2006-04-07T11:09:00.000-07:00

well i thought i'd take a personal day off from work today. just a lot going on right now. i've spent quite some time today in reflection. it hit me, when i came on today and realized how sad my little rabbit was. i felt so bad for the critter, so i hooked him up. now that balance has been restored to the world, i'm going to run to work for a bit. enjoy my little bunnie buddy.

please cover your puck

2006-04-06T23:11:00.000-07:00

i went with tim and trisha (and some others) to see A midsummer night's dream preformed by a little quad city acting troop. i must say my hats are off to them. i enjoyed it a lot. jeremy, if you read this you did great, hats off to ya. it had it's unsettling moments though of bits and pieces being exposed. puck needed a little bigger covering for his trunk. i'm not going to be able to sleep at night. i don't think i can go to CS anymore with out having flash backs. another exciting moment of the evening was the fact it was held at a masonic hall. qutie interesting those little masons are. or is creepy better way to state it. we found super secret documents from 1968. the broken key to the culdron cabnit, and the daughters of the rainbow not getting clearence before using the great hall. Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's! what a let down. the lift chair.......it works! i am beginning to wonder if it is save to share these things. should i fear for my saftey. mason's could be anywhere, or anyone. MASON backwards is NO SAM. I must warn him. Plug your ears, protect a mime!

my day off

2006-04-06T16:06:00.000-07:00

i wanted to go fishing today. it rained. i couldn't find anything cool for my first picture posted so i made one. oh the joys of windows 98 paintbrush.why am i botherd by rabbits lately? be aware of the rabbits in your yard. keep an eye on them.

i once loved fran

2006-04-05T23:21:00.000-07:00

Random things for random people. i don't know why i'm doing this, i was getting ready to respond to an email, yes it is coming, and i stumble into the junk mail file. i may have gotten these before, but i havent notice til tonight. as a matter of fact i had completly forgotten this. it was an email from a sitemeter for a xanga i started in 04. i guess some random person had stumbled on the dumb thing and it tripped the ol meter, sending a reactionary email to me. after reading the thing i almost closed it down. but it brought back so many memories. well i kept it. i'm a little shy, i can't write for crap, as you can tell, and rarely get serious, but it has some meaning for me. so i've linked it off the linkage. you can find it here also: http://www.xanga.com/davestarrunner
what really did it for me was the verse and crap i wrote while in San Fran right after graduating college. (i should really go back and polish up the grammer and typo's) I, for the first time (maybe not the first) have experienced the power of writing. it's not to say much, but i was taken back to every spot and moment in franny when and where i wrote the lines. i saw it all again. i was stirred, by the power the words had in my mind to take me there again. so for that i must keep them. cause when i need to get away again or i'm older and need that salty sea water breeze i can find myself there here. so here is me opening the door for you to a piece of me. feast on it, and if you need to spew later. feel free.

there are rabbits in my yard again

2006-04-04T22:42:00.000-07:00

i'm still up, don't know why. i went to walmart and came back before going inside. i went to the video store to get a movie, but now they apparently close at 11pm. that sucks. glad you close an hour earlier, but your still standing around inside doing nothing. can't you just scan me a freaking dvd or is the man to tough on you these days that you need a free hour to fart around the store. yes i'm a little bitter. so why is it when i come home at night there are always rabbits in my yard hanging out. and it's just not tonight, it's every night. and then they all just scatter. it's a little creepy. if i came home and there where a group of strangers in my yard congergating then at first alert of the car entering the driveway, scatter, i'd be having me some neighbor watch meetings, and putting the 5-O on patorl. but bunnies in our yards at night seem unalarming. i think we better put some research teams on this one. i'm packing me a shotty in the cutless just in case. them cottonball tails freak me out. i think they are running drug deals out of my back lawn. or some kind of support group meetings about not fitting through certain small spaces. i've tried communicating, "guys, come back, i've got carrots, just want to make friends." i've tried disguises too. all attempts have failed. i need solutions. it might be a storm apporching of holocust proportions. the squirrls seem to be on the frits too. i'm calling animal planet.

links

2006-04-04T20:29:00.000-07:00

i just want to say thanks to all the people who have helped me figure out this blogging stuff. big shout outs to MYSELF, ME, and ME again. people may have notice that my links have not been linking anything. will my nonlinking days are over. i done did it. i caved in. got tired of the blog jumping to find people i know. now i can just link your butt right off my page. its a good day for me, and you and me and you. so if you'd like a little linking off me page, i'd be more than happy to give ya a spot. unlike MOST PEOPLE that pretend my blog isn't worthy enough to be linked, even though it's been advertised over and over again on their own pages. i've got a punch in the face for all ya. that's you too sam bills. now trisha miller, you get props for being the first person to link me. jason heron you get second place for coolest next linker of me. thanks for caring. i thought this was very INTERESTING every time you click this link below you donate 5cents to starving children in africa. plaese go. go now and click it. you should CHECK THIS OUT SAVE STARVING CHILDREN HERE>>>>> http://www.davehodge78.blogspot.com did you like that? look mom i used color.

frzlopsi

2006-04-03T23:25:00.000-07:00

This is not a word. yet when i post comments on other bloggers sites i am asked to pass through the blogger super secret experiemental exsistance proof program to make sure i am real and not a junk post comment. their creative juices flowed and came up with word verification. good idea it works, but one problem, these appear not to be real words. the super secret password will never be understood by anyone, or will it. "fizquiis" can't not be found in any human dictionary. there for i believe, and am asking you to join me and prepare for war. aliens from an unknown planet are behind blogger.com. they are watching us. collecting our thoughts with our ever finger stroke. it is not random lettering it is an alien language. they are real words, just not from this planet. we are not alone. V for victory. go. tell your friends. leave no trace of your mind behind. fight for freedom, break the code.

married people

2006-04-03T10:12:00.000-07:00

married people are cool. i like them. they get a bad name sometimes for being snobbish, or jerks for abadoning all their friends. Of course i've heard people throw around snotlickerpoopiefacesquared a couple of times but it's all lies. well at least for some of my married people friends it is. so this is for you happily married cool couples. make love under the sheets and hold on to your peeps. happy day you got married tim and trisha. your a great couple. thanks for letting me lay in bed with you, eat your food, hold your guns, playing board games, and passing down your jesus collectables. to all the other married couples. you suck. just kidding i like you too.

some kids get to have all the fun

2006-03-13T17:21:00.000-08:00

i have some friends that are cool. some friends are too cool. this one kid i used to know, used to and all cause he got hit by a truck. i'm over it and all now, but i felt gulity for a long time after it happened. i knew and all i wasn't suppose to be driving, but my parents were out of town and i didn't see him chasing that ball out into the street.

I like fish

2006-02-23T09:18:00.000-08:00

i hate fish. not all fish. just some. i like to sort them out by the ones i like, and the ones i don't like. some fish i love. some fish i love to hate. i like to sort them by the ones i love, and the ones i love to hate. i ate fish. a fish ate me. i'd like to punch him in the face, or spleen.

Saving my promos from extinction.....

2006-01-29T19:57:00.000-08:00

So last night I went on a promo tour for my blogspot. Unfortunately there as already been some casualties. So I this special edition portion of my blog is subtitled:
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Promos for davehodge78.blogspot.com

Posted on samuelbills.blogspot.com 1/28/06

Dave wishes he was cool and took a dump said...
dear Sam, I thought I would write and invite you and all your smart friends to come and check out my knew blog. It will bring us yet another chance to discuss the deeper means of life, theology, politics, music, and more. I looking to grow a community of people that can life live together and grow closer with a common cause to bring true wisdom and social justice to the world now. Hope to hear from you soon. davehodge78.blogspot.com
10:52 PM
Dave wishes he was cool and took a dump said...
please don't hold the fact that I can't spell or use grammar for that matter in any way shape or form sway you from visiting my blog. I was drinking when I typed it. No, no I wasn't. I have no excuse. Sam bills has nothing on me.
10:57 PM

Posted on lifeproclaims.blogspot.com 1/29/06

Dave wishes he was cool and took a dump said...
I'm never really compelled to comment on things people actually write in their blogs. Normally I would just leave a random comment like, "you smell like goose poop," but I could resists on this one. You wrote:"I kept thinking - though this movie is set in the 1940's [I think] the amazon looks identical to what it does today."now even though the movie was set in the 1940's i don't think they went back in time to actually shoot the movie. either do i think they constructed a 1940's rainforest on a lot somewhere. No the rainforest in the movie are most likely the actually rainforest of today. But I easily see why you might have mistaken them for the rainforest of the 1940's. They do look so darn a like. On the other side of reality, I'm having a baby girl. Check out my new blogspot davehodge78.blogspot.com to get all the amazing updates and see the exclusive video of my wife's forbidden places. It's a hoot.
1:18 AM

Posted on jennylaneswift.blogspot.com 1/29/06

Dave wishes he was cool and took a dump said...
I use to keep things in my bungholio until I discovered my pocket in a pocket. and you can find out even more crazier things about what I use to keep up in me at davehodge78.blogspot.com I truly am full of useful stuff.
2:27 AM

unfortunately two of my pormos were put to rest today by heartless men. Summers and Kind, I am sadden but such acts. I only wanted to be friends. These concludes the special edition portion of my post. and cut. (fade out to black)

Today consisted of IHOP breakfast: eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, and toast. more like something hopped on my plate and died. italinano beef sandwich, domino's canadian bacon and pineapple pizza, and whitey's smurf ice cream (I love them berry little bits).

I am moving up in the riches of artificial wealth in online poker. My current worth is $17489 This still doesn't not cover the money I owe iwu for college, but when I can I plan on sending them an email to let them know my bank accounted for pokerstars will be sending them a check.

MAD props to this website: www.transparent.com where you can find stuff like this:
The Spanish word of the day is:
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Ventana

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Click on the word above to hear it spoken by a native speaker.
English Translation: window
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Example Phrase: Voy a cerrar la ventana.
English Translation: I'm going to close the window.

I am working hard at making this blog child friendly. My next post will be "How to load the gun in daddy's closet"

.......... .......... that was a joke. ha ha. (i am in no way encouraging children to play with guns. guns are bad. please get your children signed up in gun safed classes at your local DNR office. Parents remember to never keep a loaded gun in the house, it could save your childs life)

For an excellent read on gun saftey for jewish children check out:
Kids on the firing line -- Synagogue gun-safety class. www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/9768/edition_id/187/format/html/displaystory.html

so moving on....

I don't give a flip on who beat who in what sporting event today, but I am going to win tigers car. wait, did he win? Crap now a care. I dislike myself. I leaving tomorrow for Puerto Rico.

it's like saturday or something

2006-01-28T22:28:00.000-08:00

today i ate mexican, carna asda tacos, and some sweet and sour chicken. the mexcian was for breakfast, not a great idea. i guess if i was mexcian then my stomach would be happy to have tacos for breakfast. yeah so. I play online poker a lot. my winnings right now are 17868. I play mostly on pokerstars.net. if you would like to join me some evening, feel free to ask, "dave, how may i join you some time?" I would be more than willing to help you get started. Jeremy Summers got me started. he plays strip poker a lot, but i told him i wasn't in to that kind of stuff. So we play online together. i think he still strips when he loses, but i can't bring it to myself to tell him nobody else is. except that one guy that sent me that picture. wow.

i think i'm getting the hang of this and all. i couldn't figure out how to post so i got some advice from Jenn Swift on how this works and all. i need to figure out how to put up pictures. you guys should see this picture i was talking about. I would like to talk about sunflower seeds for a minute. I like them. They are salty and in a shell. When i eat them, i like to pretend i am a squirrel. I have a big bushy tail. My name is Charlie. I live in a tree. I'm glad there is no snow it is easier to find nuts. I like it when people leave me nuts to eat in little houses. they are like little oasis of nut happiness. thank you kind people and your little nut houses.

next time your at the store, by some nuts for your squirrels. let them know you care.

Greens and cornbread

2006-01-22T20:50:00.000-08:00

i ate greens and cornbread today.