Shit, damn, muthafucka...

Well damn... it's a bitch to have to disconnect my cable TV just so I can get online and take care of my business. You see, I have something called a cable splitter. For those who don't know what the hell I'm talkin' about... follow me one time. I have one cable that connects to the cable outlet on my wall... at the end of that short cable I have this splitter... on the other end of the splitter there's two more connections, one I use to run another cable to my cable box, the other to run a cable to my modem. Ya underdig? OK, I found that if I run a cable directly from the wall to the modem, I get internet. I also found that if I run a cable from the wall to the cable box, I get all of my cable channels. But, with the splitter hooked up, I get none of my digital channels and no internet service. Ya still smell me here? Basically, the splitter is the problem.

The puzzling shit is that it worked fine 4 days ago. After that... shitty.

So, I'm writing this entry with absolutly no background noise from the Eagles/Steelers game that I'd rather be watching right now. *sigh*

So, if yall don't hear from me for a couple days, you now know why.

Peesh.

It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at

I've heard this saying over and over throughout my life. Another one is "you can take the dog out of the junkyard, but you can't take the junkyard out of the dog". Through the last 10 years there's been an ongoing conflict within me with these two phrases. One side of me still likes to keep a sense of Southern pride where I cling to anything I knew growin up in Pensacola... manly being Southern and Cajun food and sports teams. Then, there's this other side that realizes that I've lived in Lincoln (10 years) almost as long as I lived in Pensacola (14). In this I do notice in alot of ways I've adapted. I catch myself with the double-r syndrome when I talk. Then there's the Huskers memorabilia that vastly outnumbers the Gators memorabilia.

Anyway, as I'm sure you've noticed, I'm reppin' Lincoln with this page now. Infact, I think I might keep this for a while. I had a couple inspirations. One being the old page for Common's Like Water for Chocolate album. Check out okayplayer.com for that. Second was the coming of fall and along with it football season. This is the time of year where Nebraska is on a high from a pride standpoint. Nebraska lives for Husker football... it's second only to God. I even concider Memorial Stadium to be the "mecca" of college football. It's an arogance we have here, much like fans of Notre Dame, Texas, and Ohio State have.

So, welcome to my world... welcome to Nebraska. As I say, "The home of cows and corn". Beyond that, it's the home of Malcolm X, numerous NFL players, Kool-Aid, Crunch-N-Munch, soul food, and, yes, five national championships.

One love,
Skoo

It's been a long time...

I shouldn't of left you, without a dope post to step to.

Ok, let me stop biting Rakim for a minute. Thought I'd write a lil' bit on here before I went to bed.

Obviously, I changed the page. Accually lost some sections in the process, but that's ok. I can always add those in later. Anyway, I just loved this layout so much I had to bring it back. I've had the Nuggets on my mind a lil' bit anyway. For those interested... if you ain't heard, the Nuggets did snag Kenyon Martin from the Nets in exchange for three future draft picks. So, the Nuggs are lookin' really nice for this coming season. Also, I found out about a new TV network owned by the owners of the Nuggets and Avalanche that vows to show at least 65 games of each team this year. The only thing I have left to do is pester Time Warner here in Lincoln about them adding that channel by October.

Anyway, not much else going on with me this summer. I'm taking it off from school, so I'm mostly workin if I'm doin anything.

So, I guess that's all for now.

~1~

Made some changes...

A couple days ago I switched back to Mozilla, an excellent alternative to Internet Explorer. In doing so, I noticed some flaws in the script on my page. So, I used Mozilla's webpage composer to make some edits, so now, things should look right on all formats.

Another change you may notice on the front page is that my "favorite" teams have changed. I've inserted the logos of the Chicago Cubs, Bulls, and Bears. Now, I don't have a love affair with the city of Chicago or anything like that. I've never visited the place infact. Infact, it's pure coincidence that those three teams play in Chicago. I'll explain...

I've started following the Cubs for a couple reasons. First, Eastern Nebraska is home to a lot of Cubs fans. Many of my co-workers are Cubs fans. My cousin and second cousin in Columbus, NE are Cubs fans. It's basically the team here. If anything, I just got sucked into the whole love affair with the team.

Secondly, I've found it to be rather difficult to watch the Mariners. This is not a new idea to me. It's just that now my daily schedule doesn't permit for me to wait until 9 pm every evening to watch baseball where most of the games run to around midnight. I'm working earlier in the day, so, I need my sleep. The Cubs, however, are in the same Central time zone that I reside in, making it much easier to pay attention to the team.

And lastly, Wrigley Field is just plain cool.

Now, the Bulls. I've simply fell out of love with the Seattle Sonics after Gary Payton was traded to Milwaukee in February of 2003. Since then, I've watched the NBA with little interest. So, I decided on draft night a few nights ago to pick a new team. That's when I said "I'm going to root for the Bulls". They have a wonderful history with Michael Jordan and the six NBA championships to fall back on. Besides that, they're the biggest underdog outside of the L.A. Clippers that I could think of. So, when they do good, at least I can't be called a bandwagon fan.

As far as the Bears go, I'm a Florida Gator fan down to the bone marrow. It just so happens that the Bears have 5 former Gators on their roster, including one of my favorites, Rex Grossman, the Bears' starting QB. It's really that simple.

So, now you know what's going through my head.

Anyway, hope you all are enjoying the page. Please, take the time to sign the tag board and always remember I'm willing to look at any content you'd like to submit.

~1~

No cure for boredom

A few days back, about 4 I think, I decided I was going to work on my fairly counterproductive internet addiction. It's not so much the internet I'm addicted to, but the chat lines, Yahoo! in particular. See, the thing is, I would sit there for hours upon hours staring at the screen, chatting with people, who the majority of these folks have no damn sense.

I've found that chat lines are basically where the stupid people go. It's almost like watchin Springer... you go there only to find that there's folks way more fucked up than you are. It's to the point it becomes a relief that your issues are minute in stature to a lot of the Yahoo! population.

So, this is what I've been trying to avoid for the last few days. I'm proud to say I've done this successfully.

In the meantime, I've tried to occupy myself. This is something that's rather difficult on my days off.

It becomes an endless cycle of Xbox, browsing ESPN.com, and playing with the cat.

I'd like to hang out with my folks, but when your best friend has 1) a new girlfriend, 2) an evening job, and 3) priorities with school... that option bites the dust. Lucky, class is out June 8th so hopefully something opens up there.

But, in the meantime, I did take the opportunity to see Shrek 2. Really, it's not a bad movie. It has it's childish parts of course being a cartoon (i.e. a villain and a hero to save the day). But, there's enough adult humor in the movie to keep me entertained. I'd probley give it a 3.5 out of 5 if I wasn't too lazy too put my page back together.

well, guess that's it for now... 2 fingaz