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the only purpose of me being up here was to plug in and unplug that light. fuck! [15 Jun 2002|04:19pm] [ mood | good ] [ music | keepsake - cartoon life ] just got back from pittsburg yesterday. had a very good time, watched my friend graduate. it seems like such a long time till i do the same. if ever. not much going on in the joshosphere. i washed my car a few days ago and it looks nice now. i still need to have several things taken care of on it. i saw scooby-doo today. i give it the "eh" rating. the best part of the movie was matthew lilliard (shaggy) and all the marijuana innuendo ("your name is mary jane? like that's my favorite name in the whole world!"). i found out that one of my friends is single now. his girl left him for another man. i should probably call him sometime. i'm so bad at doing stuff like that. i'm taking my old glasses to eyemart Monday to have the lenses tinted red. they do it for only twenty dollars or so. sounds like a deal to me. i'm really looking forward to this week. i'm not working much, and my mom and sister will be outta town, so i will have plenty of time to write my screenplay, tentatively titled "Destiny's Call". it is about one-third complete. fortunately, jason and i have really detailed notes on the final two-thirds. all i have to do is make it a little more detailed and write it in screenplay format. so that should be exciting. well, that's about all that is new in my life. i'll write more when i have more to say. later. josh

destiny's call [29 May 2002|02:59pm] [ mood | nostalgic ] [ music | eagle eye cherry - to love somebody ] well, i probably am gonna shut down my website, stranded.on.the.edge.infinity. the idea of updating is just totally repulsive to me. i have so many other better things to do than sit here and try to update that bitch. so in the next couple of weeks, i'll shut 'er down. only two more days of school plus one exam day next week! score! josh

evil Erin or Erin #2? [24 May 2002|12:21am] [ mood | disappointed ] [ music | stretch arm strong - get this party started ] tired. so tired. thank the god this was the last day of lab. no more getting up at 7 am anymore. well, except for work on sundays. ugh...work. school is out in two weeks. yay. well, i met a girl in my geology class. her name is shelley and she is so cute and we are really hitting it off. i think i am gonna ask her out on a date tuesday (when i see her next). everyone wish me luck. tonight, with the help of nate, i put blue lamps in my turn signals in my car. they look real purty. learned an interesting bit of new today...i am going to pittsburg for adam's graduation in the middle of june...and it turns out that an old ex-girlfriend of mine is gonna be there: erin aycock (or evil erin to those of you who refer to her as that). now, this didn't bother me at all when jason told me, but apparently when she found out i was going to be there, she wigged out. now how dumb is that? she fucks me over three years ago, tries to turn everything on me, get me in trouble, when everyone knows i have never fucked with her. she blames me for accessing her email account and sending emails to another of her ex-boyfriends (which isn't true by the way) when she gives her password out to everyone. all this shit and yet i still do not hate her, yet she still bears some vendetta towards me. i even tried to be the bigger person two octobers ago, and im'ed her to set things straight, and she basically snubbed me and bragged about her "theater" work, and tried to diminish everything i did or said to her. so whatever, i really don't care anymore, but it's kinda sad that she does. and on that note (bitch), i'm out. josh

"friends" [16 May 2002|01:59pm] [ mood | irate ] [ music | great big sea - the night pat murphy died ] you know what pisses me off? people that say they're your friends, but only will call you when they need something. obviously, i was in a situation like this, or i would not be bitching about it. so let me relate: i was sitting on my couch, minding my own business, watching rush hour 2 on dvd, when the phone rings. so i pick it up, and i don't recognize the person speaking. the person then informs me he is...uh, just so i don't drop names, we'll call him georgelucas. anyways, georgelucas is like "hey, i was wondering what you're doing today?" instantly i became suspicious, because the last time georgelucas called me (two days after i graduated highschool, which would make it almost two years ago) was to ask if i could take him to his job. i agreed then. anyways, he then asked me if i'd drive down to the town he lives in (we'll call it etteringkay), pick him up, then take him to his former place of business to get his last check, then to another place (airbornfay) to pick up his girlfriend, then to some other goddamn place (i stopped listening and caring at this point) so he could get his car. he called at about 1130 or so. now, let's recall, i am in the middle of a fun movie, i was supposed to go to work at one (aside: they ("they" being my manager) called and told me not to come in until 2). now he probably only called me because all of his other friends were busy, and since he's getting desperate i'm the last on his list. so i said i couldn't because i had to work, which was partly true. also cuz i didn't want to stop watching tv. well, then he decided to call another "friend" since i couldn't help him out (poor nate). and i sincerely hope this person didn't help georgelucas out. now, i could have helped georgelucas out, since he seemed desperate. it would have been the nice thing to do. then i could've written a sappy journal about how i did a good deed, like a certain someone always does in their journal. but you know what: fuck him. i'm tired of doing nice shit for people that don't even care about being my "friend," except when they need something. i don't even care if he reads this. i never see his ass anyways. and on that note, i am off to workies, then to see star wars, episode II: attack of the clonies.

i wish it were nap time [30 Apr 2002|02:25pm] [ mood | peaceful ] [ music | keepsake - the way you love me ] damn i am so sleepy today. surprisingly, i woke this morning completely and widely awake! usually i am tired as shit, then take a shower, which makes me only semi-tired as shit. so today, being a loser, i went to all these websites, writing down the dates that books and cd's come out, and also the dates of shows i wanna see. two of my favoritest bands are coming to cincy this summer. the get up kids will hit bogarts on July ten, and keepsake will hit some place called the 20th century theater on June four. now i have never heard of this "20th century theater" and i don't think it exists. i think the ol' 'sake is trying to pull a fast one on uncle joshie. so i need to go buy tickets for these shows soon. so much money. in other news, my screenplay is coming along quite nicely now at twenty pages. also, my cowriter jason and i came up with some other awesome story ideas for the universe it's set in. it's gonna be epic. sigh. also i am tired of being weak and scrawny. so, with this in mind, i have started (don't laugh) to exercise and work out. for the last couple of days i've been doing push ups and crunches, and lifting these hand weights. needless to say i am sore as shit, especially my arms. but one day, this will pay off, and i'll be all ripped like edward norton in fight club!! ha, that's funny. even i can't take that seriously. well, i gotta go now. work and whatnot. see ya kids later. -z-

todd is weird [24 Apr 2002|07:05pm] [ mood | accomplished ] [ music | nena - 99 red balloons ] i feel much better today!!!! yay!!! i felt soo good, that i a) washed my car, and b) took down part of this old swingset. it was a bitch too. the posts were like cemented a foot and a half into the ground, which doesn't sound like a lot, but is. then i went with my poppa to marion's for some pizza, and now i am feeling the need to poop. so on that note, i bid you all adieu. loves, joshie

josh is in the hizilll!!!! [22 Apr 2002|05:19pm] [ mood | hot ] [ music | poo ] hi gang, how ya all doin? i've been better. see thoughi had a good time in pittsburg, it truns out i gots sick. consequently, today has been no fun at all. being sick and whatnot. i am feeling better now, and hope to be 110% by tomorrow! whoo-hoo! okay, time to go eat, seeing as i have not yet done so. so good-bye, gang! -z- p.s. - this is completely unrelated, but i will post pictures of my new wheelies soon. so yeah.

PA rhymes with K [19 Apr 2002|02:33pm] i'm goin' to pittsburg now. i'll see everyone in a few days. -z-

in soviet russia, car drives you! [17 Apr 2002|12:11am] [ mood | giggly ] [ music | jackson 5 - abc song ] i got a haircut today. it's short now. almost too short. but it is so easy to take care of. for those of you who don't like my hair short, fear not, because within a month's time, it will be the long, shaggy mop most of you are used to. i got a new camera today too...my old one sucked and was broken. hopefully this one will not be broken. or i'll take some pliers and a blowtorch to it. so yeah, camera, don't fuck with me. oh shit, i almost forgot, i FINALLY got my new wheels on Monday. they are fucking sweet, i loves them!! so so so pretty. sigh... the screenplay is still going well. i just finished writing another scene. only about 100 more to go. ha! that might be depressing, if i didn't have such a good time writing it with jason. i go to pittsburg this weekend. it will be mucho funno. shit, that's about it, i've exhausted my creative juices for the night already. -joshua p.s. - if anyone has a car and is interested in joining a mock car club called TEAM FRIENDSHIP, go to the website and email me from there.

come what may [01 Apr 2002|12:36am] [ mood | pleased ] [ music | mark knopfler - sailing to philadelphia ] all right. i know it may seem like a long time since i last posted anything of substance...even like several weeks. but it hasn't been that long. if it seems like that long to you, you must immediately turn yourself in to a mental hospital and seek treatment. briefly: -vacation was good. went to universal studios, rode the back to the future ride and the spider-man 3d ride, which kicked ass. got hit on by a girl wearing a pink abercrombie shirt at the back to the future ride -hate work, may be getting a job at barnes and noble soon, pays seven an hour, better than the hell that is walmart -worked on the screenplay more tonight, going extremely well. hopefully i'll get a mad cash flow and get the hell outta dayton. oh yeah. -school is surprisingly nice this quarter, likes all my classes i does -getting the new wheels put on my car either tomorrow or Wednesday. exciting shit -hung out with nate, sarah, adam, and jason this week, which was a lot of fun as usual -feeling very content, if slightly horny -got a new star wars book, area 51 book -watched moulin rouge, realized yet again another movie that i loved was robbed on oscar night -just watched rat race...not a bad movie at all -going to bed -goodnight

just when you thought it was safe to eat your children... [22 Mar 2002|10:50am] hey kids, i'm back. more to follow.

POP goes the eardrum [07 Mar 2002|02:07pm] [ mood | sleepy ] [ music | the lillingtons - oh boy ] okay i am so fucking tired right now. i was absolutely fine so far today, i got up fine and everything but now, an hour before i go into work, i get tired. damn. i saw bands last night, the most notable being glassjaw and alien ant farm. alien ant farm rocked so much, considering i thought they were okay before, but they put on a helluva show. and their singer dude was so nice. he was all like "thank you everyone for coming out on a Wednesday to see our rock and roll show" and "it's okay if you don't like me, because i still like you." just a nice guy. now adema (whom i just remember we saw as well) is a highly overrated band. they were okay, just more screamy rock that hurt my fucking ears because they had it to loud. i really did not like their singer. he had his last name tattooed down his spine and spoke like a girl, and also said "fuck" every other word. LAME-OH! and one of the first things he said when he came out on the stage was "we're from bakersfield CA and there everyone does whatever the fuck they want!" it would have made my day if he'd just died right there. anyways...i go to work tonight, then to school tomorrow, then directly up to cincinnati tomorrow, so i'll see everyone that reads this (translation: nate and maybe some random midget) later.

look at that, little faggot is a millionaire... [04 Mar 2002|10:53pm] [ mood | geeky ] [ music | gorillaz - clint eastwood ] today has been an odd day. well, not really odd. just weird. good, but weird. i got my tax refund back today...it was $398, where i thought it was supposed to be $491. so i called the IRS like a big boy and after agonizing over the plethora of options on the menu for fifteen minutes, finally managed to talk to someone who told me i filled out the form wrong, that i wasn't eligible for some rate reduction thing. not anywhere on the worksheet did it say i had to not be a dependant of someone else to be eligible for this credit. but whatever, $398 is a better than a kick in the ass. i also called the wheel source to inquire about the wheels i am gonna get. they said if i came in and ordered them today, they would arrive Friday and i could have them installed on Saturday at eight fucking am in the morning. this would not be a problem, except i am spending the night in cincinnati on Friday night and would have to get up way too early to make it there. then we tried to figure out some mutually beneficial time to get them installed next week, when i got irritated and just said i'd get them when i get back from florida. so now i don't even have to deal with it for a while. it's not that i don't want the motherfuckers; on the contrary, i want them really badly. but the wheel source is so fucking inflexible in their hours and when they can install stuff. so i will just deal with it in a few weeks. i've waited this long, a few more weeks won't kill me. tonight i watched the goonies on dvd, and i finally got to see the legendary scene with the octopus!! i was so excited, until i watched it, then was disappointed. it was very dumb, and i can see why it was cut out. but still, that movie rocks. well, time to go search for more screenplays so i can remember the format for mine. night!

and the lights of the goodyear blimp said... [02 Mar 2002|11:33pm] [ mood | ecstatic ] [ music | five for fighting - superman ] today was a good day. no....make that a great day. it started off wonderful: i FINALLY sold my old rims to mark at work. he gave me a down payment of 100 bucks, i gave him the wheels. i have another 150 coming from him, but i know he is good for it. and if he doesn't pay up, i'll kill him. just kidding, mark...or am i? after that went to the wheel source and found the new rims i am gonna get. they are totally dope...i am so excited. i'll probably order them on Monday after school. hell yeah. after that, i went to ryan's with nate and erin. it, of course, kicked ass. had some good food, stole like five sugar cookies and took them home. damn, their sugar cookies are the bestest sugar cookies in existence. seriously. after that, i went up to barnes and noble with my friend, jason, where we spent nearly four hours working on our screenplay. it is coming along so nicely. actually, that is an understatement. it is coming along fucking great. i am so excited about it. i don't even know if i will be able to sleep tonight i am so excited. also (remember, i am a huge nerd) i found out that two of my favorite authors, michael swanwick and Kevin J Anderson, have recently published new books. the one author (swanwick) hasn't published a novel in like five years, so i am understandably excited. so i bought those up in a heartbeat, and now have something to read on the drive down to Florida. damn, i don't think today could have been any better. well the only way it could get better is if some hot girl stopped my house right now and gave me some loving'. then this would be a terrific day. well, i have to go wait for a hot girl to stop by. laters!

whew [02 Mar 2002|12:22am] [ mood | happy ] [ music | reggieandthefulleffect - everything's okay ] okay so i went to this show downtown tonight, and it was okay. there were five bands that played: ankhara, which was interesting but they didn't have any lyrics written and they sorta dragged after a while, then some other band, strangers as heroes i believe, and they were okay, nothin special. then some other band who i can't remember, then this band which i thought i didn't like. shady side. i was mistaken. they had a beautiful blend of screaming and singing (which i love), and just pretty much rocked. then came simply waiting. i felt bad for them cuz they were being made fun of a lot by some people in the back, but they played a really good set. matt (the lead singer) doesn't sound as girly live as he does on their little sampler. but they were pretty solid. it was funny though, how matt and the other guitarist sat on stools while they played. i guess whatever works for them. i felt so old at this show...there were all these high school kids there...and people that looked like they were thirty. oddly enough, i felt more comfortable now than i used to feel at shows. maybe it comes with being older and more secure about myself. i spent a good bit of the night (especially during ankhara) trying to remember this girl's name that came up and hugged me when i got there. it was so frustrating, because i should have known it, but since i am horrible with names, i could not recall it. after about ten minutes i'd narrowed it down to beginning with an "h." another five minutes passed, and then it came to mind: "holly" was the girl's name. and then i felt much better, because i knew somehow some situation would arise where it would be imperative that i know her name and i wouldn't. but enough of this blathering i'm gonna go search for something to eat. g'night, all.

these boots were made for KICKING YOUR ASS! [28 Feb 2002|02:07pm] [ mood | pensive ] [ music | keepsake - she hums like a radio (the GOOD version) ] damn, i ain't written in this bitch in a while. but now i'm back...hopefully! you see the problem is i get so focused on other things, that i forget to do certain things. like this deadjournal thingee. for the last ten days or so, i was getting on line basically to just check my mail. the reason for this lapse in new entries is that i have been busily working on ideas and concepts for my screenplay with my friend, jason. WHEN it gets made eventually, it will kick so much ass. i am lovin' it. just today, i was able to come up with a really good idea for the middle act. i am so excited, i can't wait to get to work and tell the kid about it. but enough about that, what else has been going on of vague interest in my life? hmm, there is of course my vacation which i will be on, two weeks from today. that is very exciting. universal studios and MGM will kick so much ass, because i am a nerdy fan-boy. also, i am going to a thing called a "sno-core concert" in cincy next Wednesday. a "sno-core concert" consists of bands i am vaguely aware of (glassjaw, alien ant farm, and some other bands i can't remember). i believe i will have a good time though...i just hope it isn't as cold then. but it probably will be. oh well. tomorrow, i am going to see my friend's band, simply waiting, play. it's at the K of C (kudos to you cool people that know what that stands for. and since nate only reads this, go you, buddy!), which is a pretty good place for shows. it's at least stable, meaning you don't have to worry about it going out of business in the near future. on saturday i am going to this kid's house that i work with (i work with the kid, not the house. his name is mark. i mean the kid's name is mark) to see if my old rims will fit his bizarre truck. if they do, and he actually buys them from me that day, i am then going over to the wheel source to buy my new ones. i hope he buys them. oh, i almost forgot: i am going up to sarah's dorm in cincy next friday to hang out. i is excited! oh, and i am getting a haircut on tuesday. cuz i really need it. i also need to shave, which i may remedy after i get offline. that's pretty much it, except that i have final exams coming up in two weeks, which i really don't feel like studying for, since a) i hate school, and b) i am so excited and filled with a renewed zest for life ('zest' as in zeal, excitement, not 'zest' the soap. though i do partake in the soap on a daily basis, just so you know)! yeah get this, on my birthday (march 11), instead of going out and having fun and celebrating my no longer being a teenager (yes, i will be turning 20) i get to stay home and study for my two hardest final exams, calculus and accounting, which i have the pleasure of having the following morning. go me go! i also saw "the brotherhood of the wolf" last week and it was AWESOME! i definitely recommend it. damn, i just realized how bad of a writer i am. i thought i was good, then i read nate's journal, and it is ultra-witty and much better written than mine. also, todd is a hell of a lot better, too! this seriously undermines my hopes at being a writer one day, realizing my writing sucks and other people's don't. perhaps i should take classes on writing. but they'll want me to take all this boring english shit (which i already am the shit at) so i'll get bored, and drop out, then kill people for money because i am poor. damn the system! damn it to hell! sigh. oh well, better go find my gun.

snorks vs. smurfs [19 Feb 2002|10:25pm] [ mood | pleased ] [ music | the lillingtons - oh boy ] yaay!!!! i finally get to go on a vacation!!! on march 14-21, i'll be sweatin' my ass off in orlando, florida!! but i don't mind it, because i won't be here in ohio! go me go!

nachos [19 Feb 2002|02:38pm] [ mood | pensive ] [ music | neil diamond - sweet caroline ] ahh today has been a good day. i really enjoy not being online for a while. reason being, when i do get back an internet hiatus, there is stuff for me to look at. i took two big fuckin' tests today, and i think i did well on them. i may actually do good in school this quarter. how ironic that i despise school. hmm...listened to some new stuff by simply waiting, my friend's band. it is actually pretty good. much much better than their old stuff, which was SO long and boring. not that i don't like listening to 10 minutes songs with only two lines of lyrics in them. but like i said they are much better now. got a little bored, and went through all my old bookmarked sites, deleting the ones i don't ever go to. i happened upon my old site, elephantitic monkey. damn it is a funny little site. i recommend going there if you are bored. it is quite humorous. enough of this chatting, i have to prepare for work! [joshua]

ho hum [18 Feb 2002|01:55pm] [ mood | accomplished ] sitting in computer science, waiting to take a test. hopefully it will be easy. got a lot of studying to do later tonight for tests in economics and calculus tomorrow. i should do well on both, i believe. got a 95 out of 100 on my accounting midterm. i am the shit. i don't know why i care though, since i claim to not care about school. my weekend kicked so much ass. i dyed my hair on friday it is a neat purple, hung out with sarah, went to adam dietch's house, which was fun. saturday, went to the mall, went to disney on ice which was the shit (i got a neat safari hat), also went to johs guild's b-day party for a bit, which was fun. also watched jet li's the defender, which boasts some of the dopest fight scenes i've ever seen. sunday i worked, so nothing exciting there. teacher is talking, test is heading towards me, see ya kids later!

grozit [12 Feb 2002|02:30pm] [ mood | relaxed ] man, the fellowship of the ring snagged 13 oscar nominations. that's crazy. i hope moulin rouge kicks its ass in the best picture category. i registered for classes today, and got into all of them except for this crappy english class. but that's okay i found out later that the teacher is awful, so i'm filing that little tidbit away until i register again. next quarter will be much easier...i'm only taking four classes (which is still 13 credit hours) and i don't have to be at school until 1100 each day. well i need to get ready for work, maybe i'll try and write some more there. haha, there is nothing better than being paid by walmart to sit on my ass and write. oh yeah, one more thing, i feel much better today. let's hear it for good health!

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