Friday, July 1, 2011

Scream, Aim, Fire

I'm going to name all my posts using song titles from Bullet For My Valentine from now on. Not really, but they're probably my favorite band at the moment. I went and saw them at Stage AE a month ago. It was pretty cool. They're good live. I got this really good picture where the lead singer is standing on the stage with his guitar raised high in the air. Looks pretty cool.

It's been awhile since my last post. I've been pretty busy, sort of. I've just been getting home late, so I didn't feel like posting some stuff. Nothing exciting is going on in my life at the moment though. Yesterday I went golfing. It was fun, but holy fuck did I suck. I think I did better my first time golfing than yesterday. It was pretty bad. But I still had fun.

Earlier today I was playing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. It's an HD remake, since the original version was for the PS2. I loved the Prince of Persia games. I think slowly but surely, I'm getting back into gaming. For awhile, I just didn't play any games at all. Wasn't in the mood. Then, I didn't have time. I still don't have much time, but I can still play games on my day off. I hope I can get back into it. Games are fun, and I'm not really sure why I got out of it in the first place. Hopefully I can finish games now too. I have so many good games I have to play. It's a shame.

I really don't want to go into work tomorrow. I know we're going to be a bit shorthanded, and all the fuckers that are going to the Kenny Chesney concert are going to go to McDonald's. Guaranteed. Plus, it's going to be nice outside, and hey, when it's nice outside, I know my first thought is....hey, let's go to McDonalds!!! /sarcasm.

Fucking Chris Resop. I'm watching the Pirates game. Two guys on, no outs for the Nationals. In comes Chris Resop....strikes out Werth looking, strikes out Zimmerman looking, strikes out Nix swinging. What a job. Impressive indeed. The score is still tied 1-1 going into the top of the ninth, Pirates are up. We'll see what they can do.

Speaking of video games, I wanna play NHL 11 so bad. But my friend's "step-brother" lost it. Of course. The one time I actually want to play a game, and I can't. My life sucks. Kidding. Really though, it would be nice if I could play it. The free agency period started today for the NHL, and it's gotten me in the mood to play some hockey. I wouldn't mind playing some hockey in real life. It would be pretty sweet to play on a real team. Like in an adult league or something. I'd totally do it, if I could get enough people to play. I have a few friends who are interested, but not enough to field a team. Plus I don't really have the time right now. Maybe when I get out of school.

I cannot wait to get out of school. I probably said this before, but I really can't. I just want to get a real job, that pays more than fucking 7.50 an hour. And I'm tired of going to class then going to work full time. I don't have time for much of anything. I know that's life and all, but it sucks sometimes. I just want to get a job, so I can start advancing in life. Start to achieve my goals. What goals, you might ask? I'm not really sure yet. Eventually, I would want to start my own business....but that's so far down the line, I can't really think of that yet. I would like to get into the business side of the IT field, since that's where the big money is. Obviously to do that, I'd have to start out in IT. By the way, for those of you that don't know, IT stands for Information Technology. It deals with computers.....setting up networks, network infrastructure, computer security. All of that cool shit. I suppose that is what I envision for me down the road. I know I can do it, if I just apply myself. Unfortunately, that's the hard part. I could never apply myself to do much in my life. I lack the motivation. But things can always change. And that's what I expect to happen.

After school ends, I would like to move to Florida. The technology field down there is...I wouldn't say booming...with this economy, but it is good. And I expect that to trend up as time goes along. But a year is a long way from now. If I find someone here.....well...its' going to be hard to move...as much as I don't want to admit it. Of course, I don't really see that happening, but you never know I suppose.

Pirates lose. Tim Wood gives up the game winning hit to....Matt Stairs. That's why the Marlins cut you, Wood.

Well, that's enough for tonight. I'm going to go....play a game or something. Who knows. Thanks to all who read. Goodnight.

Monday, June 27, 2011

A Long Day

Working at McDonalds can really take a lot out of you. Of course, it would help if there were actually people at work. But I guess no one believes in working nights anymore. Or scheduling people then. Whateverrrrr. At least I worked with some cool people tonight. So that was nice.

Yesterday, I went golfing again. I guess I should clarify. When I say golfing, I mean pitch and putt. Which is nine holes of par 3. It's pretty fun. I had a score of 36. The par is 28. So, not that great, but hey, I'm no pro. After that I went to Taco Bell and got that....xxl grilled stuffed burrito. It was pretty good. I love Taco Bell....I love Mexican food.....and seafood.....hmm. Oh, yes. I also did nothing else yesterday. First time I did that in so long. It was fucking fantastic. I can't wait till this quarter ends, and I can go on vacation. Hopefully to Florida. My dad bought a truck down there. And he's going to sell his van. So, he's going down there in a week or two. I figure, I'm off class then, and I've been wanting to go to Florida for awhile, so why not go? It would be nice to bask in the nice Florida sun for awhile. It would also be nice to bring a girl down there.....just saying.

You know that speech I mentioned a few days ago? Didn't happen. So now I have to give it tomorrow. It pretty much sucks. I'm ready to look like an idiot in front of a bunch of random people. That's just what I love to do on a Tuesday morning. Speech class sucks...it really does. But to be honest, I think it's necessary....if taught right. Speaking in front of people is necessary. It's basic communication. Something that I lack, but that's beside the point. Still, people should get used to speaking publicly. Just in case you have to do so. This reminds me of a saying that I like to follow....jack of all trades, master of none. I like to be well rounded in everything, even if I'm not particularly great at one thing. It contradicts a statement my father once told me, "pick one thing and be the best at it....you'll always be successful then". And I agree with that. But I'm not really great at one thing. So, I like to be good at everything. Just my personal philosophy.

I'm going to Ohio Pyle next Thursday. I'm pretty excited. I love going to Ohio Pyle. For those of you that have never been there, it's a state park of sorts...actually it just might be a state park. Anyways, it's that sorta thing. You can go camping....kayaking, you can even swim in the river if you want to. What I always did was I went down to Cucumber Falls, and down onto the rocks by the river. Then I'd climb on the rocks along the river. I always did that with my brothers and my dad. It's a blast. This time, I'm going with my friends, so I'd hope to explore more of Ohio Pyle this time. Actually go down those natural slides I've always heard about. That would be a blast!

Son of a bitch...Shawshank Redemption is on tv. Looks like I turned it on just in time. Great movie. I'm surprised I like it though. I usually don't like older movies. But this one is awesome. Tim Robbins is quite good in it.

Well, I'm going to go watch this movie now. To all who read, I thank you. Good night to all.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Fun day....sort of

Well today was rather interesting. To start things off, I went and saw my dad on his birthday. We went golfing at Scally's with my brother. Always a fun time. He beat me, which isn't surprising even though he's 65. It's impressive for someone of such age, I hope by the time I'm that old, I can still do athletic things with my kids. If I ever have any. I don't even know if I want any, to be honest. I kinda do...I like kids...just not when they're infants. They always scare me. Maybe that'll change if I have one. I would hope so at least. After golfing, I went to McDonalds (I always seem to be there) to meet my friend Alex to go to the Pirates game. The Pirates game was rather exciting. They won, again, against the Red Sox...again. They're now 2 games over .500 and three games back of first place. If you would have told me that before the season started, I would have laughed in your face. It's quite remarkable to see, given who the Pirates have on their team. I'm just enjoying the ride. After the game, they had fireworks. I always have loved fireworks. The bright colors, the loud boom....very pretty. These weren't any different....it was nice to see. To start off the fireworks, PNC Park played some classical music. Seeing the flashing colors and big booms, to go along with the classical music, it was all so...serene. Then the music switched to some summertime song, which lessened the mood....then a rap song....which wasn't great either. But then it switched to the song Summertime, by Rascal Flatts. I like Rascal Flatts, despite not liking country music. And that's a good song. So I was happy. Then the song switched to Kid Rock....whom I despise. His music at least....he seems to be a good guy. Sooo that's cool. The fireworks finished up with a good finale, always like to see that. And afterwards we left. How exciting, no?

Random fact...I like Red Bull. I like a lot of energy drinks actually.  But for whatever reason, they make me more tired. I have no idea why...or how. I swear I could drink five of them in a day, and I'd be fine. Or, I'd have a heart attack. Either or. The reason I'm saying this is because I just had one. And the more I drank, the more tired I got. Weird stuff indeed.

So the bad part of the day was......well you know. Typical girl drama, ha. It's quite simple actually. I like a girl, and she's not interested. Ohhh my godddd, my life's over!!! Hah. Yeah, not really. It just sucks, but hey that's life I suppose. Normally, I wouldn't write about stuff like this, but hey this is why this blog is here...so if you don't like it....fuck off! I might as well state that she works with me....so it makes work....fun.....and at the same time, it's not. But I look forward to work anyways. And hey, whatever gets me though the day there, I guess. She's pretty awesome though, I must add. Just saying.

Anywho, I'm watching my friend play Batman: Arkham Asylum. Very good game. One of the few games I've actually beaten. I have a bad habit of not finishing games. Very bad habit. One day, I'm going to finish all my games, I swear. Whenever I get time. I have about....12 games here that I need to start playing or finish. 12 games!! Good games too. I just get bored of them real easily. I have a short attention span, I swear I have ADHD or something. I'm surprised I'm still writing this.....hey look a squirrel. Ha, ha. Speaking of video games, I'm a big nerd. I like to read comic books too, specifically Spiderman. I'm a huge Spiderman fan. HUGE. He's pretty much the most awesome dude ever. If only he were real.....sigh. Haha. I'm a Marvel fan though. Captain America is awesome too, and Ironman is cool. DC pretty much sucks except for Batman. I'm reading the new Batman Beyond comic though and it's pretty cool. Batman Beyond the tv show was awesome when I watched it as a kid. I didn't like the concept of it at first, but I warmed up to it. I wish it was on TV again. I'd totally watch it. Speaking of cool TV shows, the Spiderman tv show was the best. I actually have the whole series on my computer. I love that show so much. I should go watch it now....

I'm not going to watch it now, I'm going to go to sleep soon. I'm not usually up this late, but I'm off work in the morning so I can stay up for once. It's going to be nice to sleep in again. Very nice. I can't sleep in during the week because of class. I can't wait till I finish that. So I can get a real job and get good money. Not this minimum wage bullshit. I'm going to miss McDonalds though.....at least the people I work with. When I first started there, I didn't think I'd be there that long. But now I've been there for a year, and I'll probably be there till next April. Holy fuck. That'll look good on a resume at least...working at one place for awhile. Until of course they see....oh you worked at McDonalds? You must be a loser then. Yeah, not really, but alright. Working at McDonalds isn't that bad, despite what most people think. It does get annoying when it's packed all day and people like to order everything on the menu at once. But it's an okay job.

See, ADHD kicking in again.....I'm watching the Batman movie....with Heath Ledger as the Joker. I'm not a big movie buff, as I've said before....but his acting performance is probably the best I've ever seen. I can watch this movie a million times and I swear that's not Ledger who's playing the Joker. Just seeing what Ledger has done in previous movies, then going to this? It's truly incredible, at least in my opinion. He made this movie....even though it's about Batman.

I'm hungry. On my way home from the Pirates game, I realized all I had today to eat, was a ham sandwich. And I wonder why I'm so skinny. Maybe I can go somewhere for lunch tomorrow. That would be pretty fun. I think I will do that. As long as I don't have to drive. I've driven enough lately. Back and forth between Robinson and Bridgeville. Then to Pittsburgh and back.....and gas still isn't cheap. And I still don't have money. So, I can't afford to keep driving everywhere. Although I like to drive. I'd drive everywhere, all the time, if I could. Driving is peaceful....listening to music. It's a time all to myself. I like doing that a lot. I may have to drive to Florida here soon....so that should be pretty fun. Although I know I can't stay up and drive straight through to Florida. Not like my dad. At night I get tired when I drive. So, I'd probably wreck if I did that driving to Florida. Ohh yeahhh.

I bought the remastered Prince of Persia trilogy two days ago. I should probably play it. Those games were awesome back for the PS2. When I saw it in Gamestop, I was shocked because I knew they were remastering them, but I didn't know when. They did the same thing for the God of War games, so I hoped they'd do the same for the Prince of Persia games. I never finished the last one though....or maybe it was the second one. Hell, it probably was both. I rarely finish games, as I said before. Except ones that I really like.....like Golden Sun. God, that series is the best. And Pokemon games....I finish those. Unless you count catching them all as finishing them...then in that case, I've never finished one. Maybe when there was only 150 pokemon...but there's over 600 now. Fuck that. It's boring anyways. I'd rather just beat gym leaders and the Elite Four. If you don't know what that means, shame on you. Go back to your childhood!

Well, I'd love to keep writing, but the human body needs sleep. Unfortunately. It would be so nice to not need sleep. All those extra hours to do whatever you wanted. Oh, how nice that would be. But we weren't designed that way. Disappointing. Goodnight, all.

Friday, June 24, 2011

My First Post

Well, I figured I'd start a blog. Just for the hell of it. Lately, I've been wanting to jot down my thoughts and I thought...what better way then to blog it. Oh, the wonders of technology these days. I think it would be remiss of me to not introduce myself....to anyone that would read this. My name is Nate Magera. I'm a 22 year old male that goes to college at the Pittsburgh Technical Institute for Information Technology. I also work at McDonalds in Bridgeville. Are you already excited to know about me? I know I would be. I like to play sports....you name one, and I probably like to play it. I'm particularly fond of baseball and basketball. I love to pitch, and it would be nice to do that professionally, but being 5'6 130 lbs will only take you so far I suppose. But enough about introductions, because frankly, they bore me. Yes, I'd love to know all about you in a short amount of time, but I'm afraid it just shouldn't work like that.

Right now, I'm watching the Incredible Hulk. The second version, not the first with Eric Bana. I refuse to watch that monstrocity of a movie. And I'm not a big movie buff. I like this movie though, Edward Norton is the man. He's a cool dude. Liv Tyler is also hot. Yes, indeed. Wow, I can already imagine anyone who's reading this thinkin, "Jesus, this dude is fucking boring"....it will get better, I promise. I'm new to this writing thing....well not really I guess. All through high school, you have those English classes where you write every day. I don't see myself as a good writer, although I've been told my writing is good. Speaking of writing, I have to give a speech on Tuesday. Oh yes, I stutter, so I'm really looking forward to that one. I have to talk about whether college athletes should be paid or not. I personally don't care, I just picked a random topic, but I don't think they should be paid. They get enough through special treatment and scholarships and grants. Sure they bring in millions of revenue for the colleges, but I think they'd be just fine with tuition alone. Especially the more expensive colleges.

I started this blog because as I said earlier, I've been wanting to write down my thoughts. A few days ago I read an article about this really high tech family. They all had blogs. Blogs have always intrigued me, I started a Pirates blog a few years ago, but I wasn't dedicated enough. Writing has always been tough for me, no matter what it was about. So, I hope I keep this up. I figure I write a few random thoughts a week or something...maybe it'll catch on. We'll see.

I'm a really big Pirates fan. The Pittsburgh Pirates. Yes, those Pittsburgh Pirates. The team that has a record 18 straight losing seasons. I've always had hope for the team, and this year that hope may finally pay off. They're 38-37...I think. Something like that, I know they're one game over.500. And hey, that may not seem like much, but for a Pirates fan, it's pretty much everything. Personally, I think they're getting rather lucky, and the bottom may fall out sooner or later, but I'm enjoying the ride for now. And who knows, maybe things will stay this way and they'll finish over .500. Or more. Playoffs, dare I say? Everytime I think of the playoffs, I think of the Jim Mora playoffs interview....playoffs...playoffs?!?! You know what I'm talking about sports fans. Gets me everytime.

Things are a bit different for me in life nowadays. I moved out of the house I lived in for 21 years. I'm living with my friend for now. It's a fun time usually. We want to move to Florida after we finish school....I do at least. I'm gonna miss everyone up here in PA, but Florida is a great state, and it's where I want to be. I know I can find a job down there even with the unemployment rate being 10% there. Somehow the....how can I put it....I can't think of the word at the moment....well anyways, the economy about Pittsburgh hasn't been affected as much as the rest of the US. That's good for us around here. I expect the economy to rebound eventually....I mean, how much longer could it last? I'm not really big on politics, so don't ask me much about it. I always wanted to learn about them, so I could have those fancy discussions about foreign policy and whatnot. Perhaps someday when I get old(er).

Well, this is nice....me rambling on about nothing for a few pages, but then again...the blog is called random thoughts in life. Catchy title isn't it? I wonder if anyone will actually read this. I'm definitely going to advertise it....so that people can read all this nonsense....cause that's how I roll, bitches!

I'm pretty excited about tomorrow. It's my dad's birthday (he turns 65), so my brother and I are gonna take him out for golfing. I've taken a new interest in golfing lately. It's pretty fun. Definitely challenging though. Gotta keep your emotions in check....ahem, Tiger. Anyways, after that I'm going to the Pirates game with a friend. I've been planning this game for months, so as much as I'd like to spend time with my dad.....sorry man. Pirates game vs the Red Sox!! Does that make me a bad son? Perhaps, but I think he'll be fine with it. I'm off on Sunday too. Glad about that, because no one works on Sundays, so we usually get fucked over. Speaking of getting fucked over, I'm glad our store manager schedules everyone in the morning, so the night people get fucked over. We got slammed again tonight...and lack of people hurt us. Then again, it's McDonalds....so who gives a fuck?

Well I'm getting pretty tired....it's 12:00. I was excited to finally get to stay up for once...I have class in the mornings and work early on the weekends, so I never get the chance to sleep in. Hence why I miss class a lot. Oh well. A lot of it's easy anyways. I should probably start going though. Employers aren't gonna like that factor on a resume. I should probably be heading to bed now. I'll try and have another post up sometime tomorrow....we'll see! Goodnight, all.