Brent Pirolli's

Why my wifey is da coolest…

Cuz she gave me $600 of our savings to pay for new compooter parts…. So coupled with my saved up allowance cash, money I’ve made from helping others with their pooters…. and birthday mulah…. I’m finally able to buy all the parts I need! WOOT for building a new computer!!! I’m soooo geeked.

So a brief jaunt into nerd-land:

-Athlon64 3200+ Processor
-Asus K8T Deluxe SE MotherBoard
-1 Gig of PC3200 400Mhz DDR RAM
-200 GB Serial ATA HD
-SoundBlaster Audigy 2 (7.1 surround) w/firewire
-ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB Video Card

 So what does all that mean? Well… it means I’m about to build a $3500 – $4000 computer for a little less than $900. SCORE!

Other than that, the Lucas County Fair went well… I’m not sure the number of people that showed up, but I’m guessing it was around 3-4 thousand or so…  I threw a -1 on the BG disc golf course the other day…. followed by a stink-tacular +2 today…. It’s strange for a guy who can drive a disc 400 or so feet…. that all my scores SUCK!  I’m surrounded by people that consistantly throw -10 to -5 range… and I can’t break that -2 area…. hmm… Perhaps I need a good swift kick in the head.

Anywho, enough of my venting… I leave you with this:

What’d I Do!?!?!!

Brenty must build a new compooter…. the need is growing larger and I can’t stifle it forever.  Usually I build a new computer once every two years… well… it’s been almost 3 now and I’m getting antsy.  I had to save mulah and not build so I could get hitched and go on a honeymoon…. which, don’t get me wrong, was WAY better than a new computer, but the nerd inside me is taking over.

Best Buy and Circuit City both have ads for a Western Digital 160 gig drive at 7200rpm…. for anywhere from 75 to 90 bucks and I’m possibly interested…  But I have to look at options yet as I may go with a more modern serial ATA bus or something to give me a little more bang for my buck….  Ok, back to less nerdier topics.

I know it’s been awhile since I updated Xanga, but honestly I’m not feeling the Xanga lately… Most spare time on the computer has gone to playing Runescape now.  It’s free, it’s fun… it’s…. an online massive Role Playing Game (RPG) where thousands of players interact with each other and the made up world to gain experience in all sorts of areas, from fighting, to fishing, to mining, and even chopping down trees and lighting fires.  I first created an account and then didn’t touch it for two weeks… then did touch it…. and now can’t stop.  Beware, it can be addicting.  As my whole small group (even the ladies) has found out.

My wife just gave me crap for updating…. She was shocked….   I love her just the same.

My little sis just had her wisdom teeth out… Now she’s just as dumb as the rest of us.

I spent the weekend in Cinci for my niece’s b-day…. she’s 1.  She totally won’t remember any of it, but at least we had an excuse to go see the outlaws…. I mean…. inlaws… It was a fun-filled weekend… lots of frisbee, Hot Shots Golf 3, Roller Coasters at King’s Island, and some crazy corn-filled bag game called Corn Hole.  …. …. …. “Peter…. watch out for your corn-hole.”  My forehead got too much sun….  I feel like a potato chip.

I’ve got this bump on the back of my head.  It’s kinda creepy…. cuz it hurts when you push on it… and it feels like I was punched or something…. but I don’t remember ever getting hit.  Unless my wifey punched me in the head when I was sleeping…. and I was REALLY out of it…. or it KEPT me out of it…. I don’t know what it’s from.  “Maybe it’s a tumor….”  “It’s NOT A tumor!”  I think it’s going away though.  I’ll keep you posted in a week or so when I find the verdict.  If it goes away, all is well…. If it stays or gets bigger…. to the doc I go and I’ll let you all know that my brain is officially too big to be contained in my small skull.

Ok, I must go now…. for the wings of opportunity are soaring my way and the sands of time are falling…. as the voice of Runescape bids me closer…. closer…. closer…..

Oh… P.S.  I know weeble already pointed it out, but check out this election thing… it’s pretty funny… not all appropriate, but at least funny and even-sided.  It’s called “This land” and is made by a duo, one of which looks like Ben Affleck…. just for the record…. …. oh… and I wanna see the Bourne Identity…. then the Bourne Supremecy…. also just for the record.

Chairball is…

… life.

Learn it, like it, play it, love it, live it.

(This message brought to you by the NCL, National Chairball League.)

Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog… where no one notices the contrast of white on white.

Counting Crows are stuck in my head:

Round here she’s always on my mind (cuz I love my wifey)… Round here hey man got lots of time (but not enough)…Round here we’re never sent to bed early (on fridays)… And nobody makes us wait (cept for Sarah waiting for me to get home from work)… Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late (but not since we’re married and work full-time)…

So married life is great…. but we never seem to have much time together… I’m getting used to it though, and I realize that we’re learning how to cherish the time we have together.  We’re both so busy working and it seems to consume our entire day!  Sarah gets up for work at 6:30am and I don’t see her till I get back from work around 6pm… Then we have to go to bed around 11pm for work the next day.  So we have a 5 hour window to do stuff each night… and those nights fill quickly as well.  Tuesday is our small group, wednesday she volunteers at the Creek, Thursdays I play hockey, Saturdays I work nights, and Sundays are filled once a month with work also…. So we have Mondays and Fridays to enjoy married life together for more than an hour in a row.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d take this over what I had before in a heartbeat… at least now I’m not working two (sometimes three) jobs, taking full-time classes, and trying to have a relationship on top of that.  Now it’s just work and marriage…. So… you know… rock.  And with the amount of money we’re making now (two full-time jobs), we’re able to pay off quite a bit of debt over the next two to five years that will put us essentially debt free until we buy a house, and it will also let us invest enough money into our Roth IRA to retire at 65 with a few million dollars….. so you know…. in the year 2047…. Rock.

ANYWAY, as I mentioned earlier, I’m playing hockey again.  That’s a blast and I’ve really missed playing.  I play on Thursday nights and on Wednesdays (my day off of work) I try to play some disc golf to keep my game from going too far down the toilet…. I shot a +1 in the rain today.  Not that great…. but what are ya gonna do when 3 of the holes are literally 3 inches deep in water.  Ok, I must go finish making dinner.  In the meantime…. love peace and hair grease.

The time for heros has passed… and all I’m left with is a brief memory of a day gone by, and chocolate pudding spilled upon the cement.

I know you’re thinking… “WHAT?” to the title… to answer you… I reply… “Nevermind.” Moving on, I’m totally married now.  My beautiful wife is amazing and I love spending all my waking hours in her presence…. (I know, I know… ::gag::)  I’m sure time will take its toll and we’ll be sick of each other in 30 years, but either way this journey should be exciting and I am thrilled to have such a good friend by my side as we explore what Christ has in store for us.

The honeymoon was great… Never a drop of rain.  We had rain all around our city all week, but it never hit us.  We went parasailing and snorkeling… we played putt-putt and had the occassional rummy game in a random airport.  The Gulf of Mexico is beautiful.  The water is crystal clear with a green tint and the sand is powder white.  They call it the emerald coast… now I know why.  Myrtle Beach can’t even stand against the ocean of the Gulf.

The resort was awesome too… we had 15 shuttles on call to take us anywhere.  The rental car company forgot to charge us the under age fee…. and for $140 off, I’m not about to point out their shabby accounting… besides… they were a hassle anyway.  They didn’t have the car we reserved in when we got there, and they forgot they were “closed” at 4pm despite our 5:30pm reservation two months prior and my confirmation call 6 days prior.  At least they had someone stay after to help us, but either way… I’ll take the $140 and be happy!

We ate at a local restaurant on the marina and watched the boats tow past us and the waves break on the shorline… We ate at a pizza place on a dock surrounded by small shops and watching christmas lights reflect off of the still water…  We even ate at Cracker Barrel and Red Lobster just because we could!  The food was great everywhere.

I was sunburned on monday as we went to the ocean and I didn’t listen to my wife…. “No honey, I don’t need sunscreen yet… we’ll only be out for an hour…. I’ll get a base tan first….”  Yeah…. whoops.

At least she loves me and took care of me despite my ignorance.    Trust me honey… You’ve got a lot more of that coming….

I start full-time work at Cedar Creek after Memorial day.  Sarah is working full-time at Cooper Tire in Findlay right now.  Between the two of us, hopefully we can pay off our student loans in a couple of years!  We’ve got almost $21,000 in student loans and that’s not including if she gets anymore this year.  I’ve also got another $6,700 in a car loan I owe as well…. So… you know…. $30,000 of debt is always a good way to start a marriage…. … …. right?  Gosh, why couldn’t I get on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and suck like most contestants and still walk away with $32,000?  That’d freaking ROCK!  Oh well…. for now we’ll concentrate on buying a kitchen table.  Maybe someday we’ll actually pay off our debts…. then buy a house…. …. … …. and have kids…. ….. then be REALLY in debt…. Isn’t capitalism great?

Ok, I’m off to collect my hockey equipment from my mom’s house… I’m actually gonna get slaughtered…. I mean… play tonight.  I’m so not in shape and 4 years out of practice.  This ought to be interesting.

Domestic Violence Fee?

Today Sarah and I picked up our marriage license from the court house in BG… I had to pay a $40 fee for it.  This wasn’t anything special, until I read the breakdown of the fee…. it was something like this:

$1 Business Conduct Fee
$3 Computer Usage Fee
$19 Marriage License Fee
$17 Domestic Violence Fee

I think that means I can beat her $17 dollars worth….. but I’m not sure….

When I told her that…. she used up $4 dollars of it on my arm….. suck.

Nah, not true… but anyway, she’s had a rough day… lots of bumps on the road to paperwork freedom…. between her internship, scholarships, and marriage stuff…. changing names… etc…. she’s about to blow a tire.  I just hope she holds out for another week and a half.  11 days left and we’re officially HITCHED!

Ok, back to my review for my exam in an hour…. spose I should look at SOMETHING for it….

The End of an Era…

So I walked out of my last class session today.  The last time I’d ever step food in a classroom for the sake of college credits…. minus the three final exams I have next week.  WOOT!  No more homework, no more studying, no more group projects, no more research…. well…. at least none of that for something that I don’t get paid for or don’t care about…

I confirmed all the honeymoon reservations today… car rental, airfare, condo… all good.  heh heh heh… I’ll be in Florida in 16 days!  YEEE HA!

OK, well, the Red Wings have a crucial game 4 tonight against the Flames in which they are down 2-1 in the best of 4 series…. I must go finish CSI and then watch the wings until 1am.  Yeah…. life’s tough.

Are we there yet?

Graduation is so close I can smell it.  So of course I’ve had a sore throat for two days now…. Go figure.  Finals week is in 4 days and I’m getting married in 16 days…. Hope I can kick this by then.  Be praying for my quick recovery here.  AND that I don’t get Sarah sick too.  That’d suck to be on our honeymoon and be fighting a cold!

Anyway, I’m off to eat a late lunch and to shower…. I’m smelly. heh heh heh…

Finals Week Craziness!

So it’s that time again… Finals are next week, which means for a VCT Major like myself…. This week is the week of suck.  All final projects are due this week.  Today was probably the hardest day of my college career.  I got up at 7:15am and got ready for a presentation of a semester’s worth of group work.  The presentation lasted until 10:30am, but I think we did well.  The commercial aspect I had taken charge of got a lot of compliments not only from the instructors, but also from the other groups we were competing against!  So that made me feel good.  The next six hours I spent giving another presentation on the HP Indigo Digital Offset Lithography Printing Press, and then screen printing some various items for a lab I’m in.  At that point, I’d been in labs and giving presentations for 8 hours.  I then had the pleasure of going back to my room and figuring out what topic to research and write a report on for the next night.  I skipped my last class so I could finish my report and then I emailed about three other projects to various instructors and other students I’m in groups with….. ::deep breath::  ::exhale::

Around 11pm I finished running around and I actually got to see Sarah today!  She came over and took a nap while I worked on my report, then when I finished writing we watched Simpsons…. 30 min later and she left for work at midnight.  SO, I’ve been actually (get this) relaxing for the past hour and am about to go to bed.  Tomorrow I’ll have the pleasure of leading ANOTHER discussion in a class so I suppose I’ll read the chapters for the day and make up some questions…. ::sigh:: ALMOST DONE!  ALMOST DONE!  ALMOST DONE!!!

I just keep telling myself that.  After this week of classes, I have 3 final exams, 2 final lecture/activities and then I graduate!  School….. over….. To quote the highly esteemed philosopher Beavis, “School ends?”  Yes…. yes it does.  In 11 days…  WOOT!

THEN, in 17 days, I get myself a hottie wife!   Heh heh heh…. Sarah rocks and I can’t wait to be her husband and to devote my life to serving her and making her happy.  She’s my best friend and I love being with her.  God is so freakin awesome to have brought us together!  I totally don’t deserve her or all that God has done for me…  ROCK!

With that, I’m off…. I gotta finish watching American Chopper and then sleep.  Thankfully the long day is behind me and the rest of the week combined isn’t half as rough as today!

Pretty Site Go Bye-Bye

I’ve lost Xanga Premium…..   How sad….. it’s only 25 bucks a year, but I don’t have that kind of money to be throwing around right now…. the wedding and all… so ….. my posts will now be bland and sucky looking….

DEAL WITH IT!