June 2010
12 posts
Recent.
So. Fasting sucks. But that’s the point, right?
I’ve learned a lot these past few days. When I say “a lot” I’m not referring to groundbreaking new ways of thinking, just very simple things that have a wide impact. For example: consistency. A baseball player can’t expect to be awesome during games if all he does is play the games. It’s a lifestyle;...
Summer Lovin'.
I’ve been told over and over that things in our lives happen in seasons. Not seasons like fall, winter, etc., or like football / baseball season, but more a period of time that contains an occupation, feeling, struggle, or whatever. It’s hard to distinguish one from another because you’re always in one and so we just revert to comparing previous seasons to one another and...
May 2010
1 post
April 2010
1 post
8am.
So. Typically I try to get on here and say something inspirational or deep or something like that, but I think I’m going to use this blog for what real people use it for: just talking.
So. I’m tired. I’m really tired. I’ve been tired for…3 years. Ha. Kind of kidding, kind of not. I’ve been doing a lot of deep thinking recently and I won’t bore you with...
January 2010
1 post
more like YES-stalgia!
i just recently read through a number of my old posts and couldn’t help but laugh. well, at least for most. it’s so strange to revisit your old self and jump into that mindset and that personality again. i’ve changed so much in so little time. it really is odd, but i enjoyed it. i laughed, i cried, i deleted ;) and now i’m moving on.
for a moment i thought it all strange....
August 2009
1 post
Listen
May 2009
2 posts
Hmm.
So im about to graduate from college. I think my last post was about how stressed i was about a job and work i hadnt done. Oddly enough i have the job, but the work seems to never stop. I keep thinking to myself that things will be better when i can leave work at work. But i think thats just a false premonition. Each new point in life comes with its own new challenges and none is easier than the...
March 2009
2 posts
fake bricks and commentaries.
So I’ve been sitting here at Starbucks (I know, I’m not supporting local business, but there is live music at the local coffee shop and I can’t concentrate) for close to 3 hours and as much as I’m focusing on my work, I can’t help but let my mind wander. Did I get that job? What car am I going to buy? Can I even afford a car right now? How much longer can I pretend...
Job Search Mania.
I know I haven’t updated in a while, but I’m in a particularly boxed-in mood combined with an excess of geek. So i figured I would get back on the horse and let you know what’s up.
I recently interviewed for a position at the Educational Management Corporation. They own the Art Institutes, Argosy University, South University and Brown Mackie College. The position I applied for...
January 2009
4 posts
Coffe.
The other day, I went home and skipped class and had coffee with my mom. It wasn’t about anything special, I just needed to go home and grab something and we just got to talking. About school, my car, clothes, carpets, HGTV, etc. So basically…nothing. But it was wonderful. My mom works a lot. Maybe yours doesn’t, but mine does. And I don’t really get to see her every day. I...
melpomene.
overbearing. too much. i get that a lot. but it would be awesome if that wasn’t the case right now. i think way to much, but i just don’t know the answers and so i continue to think. i wish i crawl out of my own head and watch things fall around. entropy is for optimists. failure is for pessimists. worrying belongs to the realist. happy, sad, mournful, joyus. are they all love songs?
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8.30.
Man, I’ve been really frustrated recently. Why? A number of things, I guess. I’m just rather stressed over a whole lot of nothing. I mean, it’s all something, but, I don’t know. I’m just talking in circles.
I guess I’ve been the most stressed about things that have just been sitting in my mind. All of these things that aren’t worked out, that are just...
December 2008
2 posts
ahh, to live alone.
it’s amazing to me how different i am on my own and in my parent’s house. when i live under their roof, i tend to be a bit more of a slob, not keep after my clothes, leave my desk a mess and never really come home. when i live on my own i do much the opposite: i clean up, i do the dishes, i keep my desk clear, i put my clothes in the hamper and i enjoy the silence of home. i keep...
so i cried in church today.
yup. just bawled.
i will admit i was a little embarrassed because i was sitting right next to bryan humphreys and i didn’t wanna cry in front of him. but i still did.
it was really very strange. the whole Christmas eve service i was sitting there and singing out, trying to let everyone around me know that i was better at singing carols than they were. conceited? yes. am i all the time? no....
November 2008
1 post
i am terrified.
recently i’ve been focusing on the “big picture”, thinking i had missed it while i was looking at the small things. everyone told me that. regularly. so i figure they know what’s up and i don’t. i should focus on the “big-ness” of the Kingdom, the large and extravagant things that people are talking about, that there are stories about. i wanted to be in...
September 2008
2 posts
simply put.
so it seems many people have enjoyed the song i recently put up on facebook. that, or they just enjoyed making fun of my big hair at the end of a long day. either way, a good number of people have commented on it. so that’s cool.
but for those of you who don’t know, i just wanted to let you in a little secret: this song wasn’t written for it’s musicality, for masterful...
i'm such a tool.
i just posted on a couple of these discussions from this “Christian” facebook group. i was freaking out reading everything that had been written. the thing that got me the most was when people would be asked a question, not know the answer, but still spew out some nonsense and make Christians everywhere look like tools. one such discussion had many atheists arguing with Christians who...
August 2008
4 posts
taste? what taste?
am i less of a man for listening to the band Paramore? i think not. i would actually go so far as to say that i am more of a man for listening to Paramore.
4 out of 5 doctors agree.
And Then There Was One.
strange. school starts up again and i’m the least bit overjoyed. actually, not strange. i’ve got to be honest: i’m so over it. class and busy work have been the bane of my very existence since i was old enough to function. thank you, gov’t. i’d love to say that the voluntary, after high school thing is better, but i’d be lying. school will always be school and i...
hot dogs.
i had a strange epiphany today, triggered by a strange feeling. i wouldn’t call it an “out of body experience” because i was quite conscious of what i was doing, it was more of an “out of mind” experience in a way (which i’m sure some of you would say is much better for me). for about 15 minutes, while i was driving home, i didn’t just see the same trees...
small spaces, tight rooms.
either i have too much stuff or… well, i guess i just have too much stuff. there is no way to possibly fit all that i have into a room that i’m sharing. thus, i left some of what i own at home when i moved to my apartment. but now that i’m moving back, i can’t seem to find room for what once had room. and in trying to make room, i’m upsetting a number of people,...
July 2008
1 post
joe bucci's day off.
man i’ve been busy. i’ve been so busy that i’ve gotten to the point, as i often do, that when things slow down i feel like i’m being useless. maybe not useless, but i get really bored. and it’s not that things aren’t happening; it’s not like i don’t have work to do. i just tend to prioritize things incorrectly, choosing those things of least...
June 2008
7 posts
a noticeable change.
so since i’ve been sick and stuck in my apartment for the past couple days, i’ve been frequenting Stumble Upon and i made my way to wikipedia and reading up on a couple interesting locations. whilst i was reading about those locations, i said to myself, “self, why don’t you read about where you’ve lived?” so i promptly looked up cherry hill, nj and brighton...
fever.
i find it funny that some things which make us better are often so hurtful or hard to deal with. like a fever, for example: your body tempurature rises substantially above its normal and balanced state, causing aches and pains all over your body and banishing you to your cosy, albeit cold, room. if you’re like me, “simple fevers” bring out 103, 104 degrees fahrenheit from your...
fear.
all religion without Jesus Christ is only fear.
i’m glad Jesus loves me, ‘cause i suck.
May 2008
4 posts
funny funny.
i was just sent this joke by a friend of mine. it’s called “APB on God”. when i read it, i literally laughed out loud. maybe it’s because i was tired, or maybe it’s just that childishly funny. either way, you should check it out.
A couple had two little boys, ages eight and ten, who were excessively mischievous. The two were always getting into trouble and their...
spent.
i’ve spent all of my time/energy/money/resources just trying to get through the last few weeks of school and into my apartment for the summer. now what have i got? a flat tire and bunch of debt. luckily, i’m loaning from the bank of Mom & Dad, but still, i hate having to do that. things i need to do to ensure that this summer won’t kill me: 1) stop eating out 2) start a...
gain.
school’s out for the summer, but not quite forever. and the summer, as i’ve found, isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. i mean, what do we really get out of it? warm weather? a job? maybe a couple extra bucks? how about too much spare time? yeah, it’s wonderful to not have a class schedule to keep up with, but if you really think about it, are we better off without one?
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distracted.
it’s sunny. it’s warm. it’s not raining. that means go outside an do nothing. in pittsburgh, we don’t have beautiful weather and so any time that we happen to come across some, we take full advantage of it. that’s what i’m doing now, but at the dismay of my professors and my GPA. i have to finish up some papers and study some more, but i really don’t want...
April 2008
4 posts
50 Ways to Help the Planet
Everyone chek out this site. Let’s start saving the planet.
winding down.
well, it’s that time of year again. the time when everyone realizes they’re slightly behind and they become ridiculously apathetic. okay, maybe that’s just me. but there isn’t much that’s really motivating me right now. i’ve applied for a job as a student admissions counselor at Geneva and i’m hoping i get that. i’ve been through the second interview...
slow down.
sometimes i get bored with what’s going on and so i add things to my life to make it more interesting. i’d rather be moving around and running like crazy than sitting still. but there needs to be balance. this past week has been ridiculous. i’ve been going around like crazy, stressing myself out, spreading myself thin. it’s starting to get to me.
8 hours a night...
March 2008
33 posts
two decades.
whelp, i’m 20. not that exciting. i’m not a teenager anymore and i’m starting to grow up a little. at least, i hope so. with age comes a lot of things and i have neither age nor all of those things, but i’m hoping to aquire them sometime. lets just hope they come sooner than later. for now, i’ll just continue to try my darndest and keep looking to others older and...
one year.
for those that know, you know. for those that don’t, it’s not life threatening. but it’s a big deal. kinda. well, yeah. but no.
it’s still there.
i have no friends.
ever just wanted to be close to someone? just to hang out with them for a little bit and talk about absolutely nothing? just be friends for the heck of it and live with the knowledge that you are friends right here and right now?
well i do. i mean, duh: it’s my blog.
let’s start from square one: hi, i’m joe. you are? oh that’s nice. i like your hair. wanna hang out? cool....
standing still.
it would be sweet if i could somehow make enough to just drive around all the time.
maybe playing music? selling something? i dunno. i just love traveling. put me in an airplane to anywhere. i’m all about it. or in a car. driving isn’t so bad, there’s plenty to see on the way.
recently i feel like i’ve been standing still. ironic, right? i just went to vegas and nashville...