2006 was a different year, some good and some bad. Probably the highlight of the year was going to see my favorite band of all-time in concert on September 19th, Lostprophets. Their music is awesome. They have different sounds, and their lyrics are very thought-provoking I usually have a lyric of there's on my MySpace (myspace ID is chaz8180).
Things in 2006 really set the stage for 2007. I get things squared away with my school loans and everything, 6 days later my car blows up. I have worked at a local sub shop for 5 years and things built up that led me to leave in Janurary. Sadly I should have left 4 1/2 years before that. Wasted my life, professionally, met some great people, many who I still call my friends today. So good things did come of it. Quitting there was a big step for me although basically the group of us all quit because things were getting "out of hand". Thinking I had a job in the bag I quit blimpie, but the job fell through so I have spent the last 2 months trying to get a job. So today I get a job offer and I took it. I was hoping to get in at Starbucks but I'll deal with working for another Fortune 500 company. Unfortunately I don't start right away though.
The next big thing is friends. I began hanging out with some new friends later in 2006. Anyways this couple I am friends with has been rocky to say the least. The boyfriend who hated me at first because he thought I was trying to take his fiance away (in like septemeber of last year), not quite. Funny is I would become his best buddy until recently, but I will pick up on that in a minute. It got to the point he would rather stay at home and play video games or sleep then go out with his girl. He would always say go hang out with Levi and the guys. Well throughout the past few months she began to fall for me, but told no one other than her "girl" friends. She joked about it several times, but my friends and I always joke. He had a couple of tantrums he threw in front of me, my friend and her. It kind of changed my opinions on the guy. Finally about 2 weeks ago she came out and told me how she felt about me. This was 2 days after she tried to dump her b/f, but he asked for 3weeks to "change" she complied. She was afraid on how to handle it figuring I am like her best friend. Nonetheless the following saturday he told her to call up "the guys" so she did. Well they came by and picked me up, I felt bad vibes from the phone call because he was in the background complaining about not wanting to drive around all night. After he picked me up all he did was complain to us both, we suggested all kinds of different things to do, he declined them all. So he dropped me and her off at her house, and of course he acts all childish peeling out in her driveway. Think its over? Not even close. He calls her up and threatens to hold her bowling ball and shoes so she can't bowl in league the next day. She tells him she'll just get rentals and a alley ball. Then he follows us around until we stop at a car wash. He tells her to come home with him. He drives his car crazily through the parking lot. Then he calls again says his engine locked up, hangs up and you can hear him driving when he calls back. We go pick up my friend. Meanwhile he sent us both text message insinuating that he's going to commit suicide, and leaves her VM's saying the same. We leave our friends and we decide to go see a movie in Alliance away from him. Meanwhile he is calling her and threatening various things. Finally he decides to call me and blame me saying "you made up her mind for her". Usually when he rants I just sit there, I just lay into him and he hangs up on me. Until this point I felt bad because here she is unhappy with her b/f and has a crush on me, and I feel guilty to some degree for their relationship heading south. Although considering he already spent a week in jail and had a no contact order on him a year ago I guess the blame is where it belongs. 2 hours later we all come out of the movie, and as we are heading to the parking lot he comes walking in demanding a ride home. He says his car is dying plus its low in gas. Meanwhile he was stalking her for the past few hours. He said I was sitting in your car. Give me a ride. She tells him no. He starts kicking her car, and punching the window. At this point I have really had enough of this drama so I start to open the door to get out, he punches the hood and says come on. I am ready to go and she tells me don't. He then comes around and says "he started it" and asks for a ride home. She eventually agrees to follow him home. We drive off and he starts calling saying I have money and if you come see me I will give you some. He wanted her to drop us off before she came, she was afraid of him, I was afraid of myself and what I might do. Anyways he gave her 7 dollars and then asked her to come home with him. She says you asked for 3 weeks and after 1 you are getting worse. He then makes it a point to tell me and my friend that he isn't afraid to go back to jail and he pulled out a thing of mase and said he will use it if he has to. She tells him its over, like she said the week before. He tells her he will go home and fire up the (imaginary) 12 gauge. The next day we had our bowling league. He shows up and tanks the first 2 games. I didn't even acknowledge his existence the whole 3 hours we were there, not even eye contact. So after bowling me, her and my friend went to a movie and hung out. From about 8pm to midnight he called her ATLEAST 200 times. He couldn't find her this time and kept driving by her house. It ended badly for him as the cops got called and he got a speeding ticket. He asked her for money to pay for the ticket. This relationship is completely backwards, she makes a good bit less than him and she pays for him 90% of the time. The next day he gets sent home from work because he is unable to work. He shows up at her work and starts bawling, then he chokes himself out with his belt until his grandma told him to stop. He then sent me a text message that night saying "i'm sorry". The rest of the week goes fairly uneventful. He tries to get us to hang out last weekend no one was interested in that. So sunday we go bowling and I thought I will be civil. I was probably too nice to him. Anyways he says he's going to take the next week off, and threatened to transfer to PA. So I get a call from her last evening saying she was with him.
Then she texted me asking if we wanted to go to the Legends game this friday, my friend was vehemently against it, I thought about it. The more I think about it the sicker I get. I talked to her a few times today (tues) but he was always around. I hope she doesn't give him another chance. I guess I felt guilty because she likes me, but that is her choice, not mine or his. Now I feel guilty that I am letting my friend be used by a manipulative, mooching, ungrateful piece of crap (and thats keeping it PG).
This latest development has made me lose more faith in people. I think girls like being screwed over. I mean they complain nonstop about their boyfriends, but are too afraid to cut the umbilical cord so they take senseless crap time and again. Guys like this almost make me want to not be nice. Because they ruin it for all the other guys. Regardless of what you think of my yappi.com antics I consider myself a nice guy. I don't expect anything in return other than friendship, if anything else develops so be it. Guys like the aforementioned absolutely disgust me. Maybe I forgive stupidity, but I will never forget it.
I would love to hear what people have to say about the second to last paragraph.
Things in 2006 really set the stage for 2007. I get things squared away with my school loans and everything, 6 days later my car blows up. I have worked at a local sub shop for 5 years and things built up that led me to leave in Janurary. Sadly I should have left 4 1/2 years before that. Wasted my life, professionally, met some great people, many who I still call my friends today. So good things did come of it. Quitting there was a big step for me although basically the group of us all quit because things were getting "out of hand". Thinking I had a job in the bag I quit blimpie, but the job fell through so I have spent the last 2 months trying to get a job. So today I get a job offer and I took it. I was hoping to get in at Starbucks but I'll deal with working for another Fortune 500 company. Unfortunately I don't start right away though.
The next big thing is friends. I began hanging out with some new friends later in 2006. Anyways this couple I am friends with has been rocky to say the least. The boyfriend who hated me at first because he thought I was trying to take his fiance away (in like septemeber of last year), not quite. Funny is I would become his best buddy until recently, but I will pick up on that in a minute. It got to the point he would rather stay at home and play video games or sleep then go out with his girl. He would always say go hang out with Levi and the guys. Well throughout the past few months she began to fall for me, but told no one other than her "girl" friends. She joked about it several times, but my friends and I always joke. He had a couple of tantrums he threw in front of me, my friend and her. It kind of changed my opinions on the guy. Finally about 2 weeks ago she came out and told me how she felt about me. This was 2 days after she tried to dump her b/f, but he asked for 3weeks to "change" she complied. She was afraid on how to handle it figuring I am like her best friend. Nonetheless the following saturday he told her to call up "the guys" so she did. Well they came by and picked me up, I felt bad vibes from the phone call because he was in the background complaining about not wanting to drive around all night. After he picked me up all he did was complain to us both, we suggested all kinds of different things to do, he declined them all. So he dropped me and her off at her house, and of course he acts all childish peeling out in her driveway. Think its over? Not even close. He calls her up and threatens to hold her bowling ball and shoes so she can't bowl in league the next day. She tells him she'll just get rentals and a alley ball. Then he follows us around until we stop at a car wash. He tells her to come home with him. He drives his car crazily through the parking lot. Then he calls again says his engine locked up, hangs up and you can hear him driving when he calls back. We go pick up my friend. Meanwhile he sent us both text message insinuating that he's going to commit suicide, and leaves her VM's saying the same. We leave our friends and we decide to go see a movie in Alliance away from him. Meanwhile he is calling her and threatening various things. Finally he decides to call me and blame me saying "you made up her mind for her". Usually when he rants I just sit there, I just lay into him and he hangs up on me. Until this point I felt bad because here she is unhappy with her b/f and has a crush on me, and I feel guilty to some degree for their relationship heading south. Although considering he already spent a week in jail and had a no contact order on him a year ago I guess the blame is where it belongs. 2 hours later we all come out of the movie, and as we are heading to the parking lot he comes walking in demanding a ride home. He says his car is dying plus its low in gas. Meanwhile he was stalking her for the past few hours. He said I was sitting in your car. Give me a ride. She tells him no. He starts kicking her car, and punching the window. At this point I have really had enough of this drama so I start to open the door to get out, he punches the hood and says come on. I am ready to go and she tells me don't. He then comes around and says "he started it" and asks for a ride home. She eventually agrees to follow him home. We drive off and he starts calling saying I have money and if you come see me I will give you some. He wanted her to drop us off before she came, she was afraid of him, I was afraid of myself and what I might do. Anyways he gave her 7 dollars and then asked her to come home with him. She says you asked for 3 weeks and after 1 you are getting worse. He then makes it a point to tell me and my friend that he isn't afraid to go back to jail and he pulled out a thing of mase and said he will use it if he has to. She tells him its over, like she said the week before. He tells her he will go home and fire up the (imaginary) 12 gauge. The next day we had our bowling league. He shows up and tanks the first 2 games. I didn't even acknowledge his existence the whole 3 hours we were there, not even eye contact. So after bowling me, her and my friend went to a movie and hung out. From about 8pm to midnight he called her ATLEAST 200 times. He couldn't find her this time and kept driving by her house. It ended badly for him as the cops got called and he got a speeding ticket. He asked her for money to pay for the ticket. This relationship is completely backwards, she makes a good bit less than him and she pays for him 90% of the time. The next day he gets sent home from work because he is unable to work. He shows up at her work and starts bawling, then he chokes himself out with his belt until his grandma told him to stop. He then sent me a text message that night saying "i'm sorry". The rest of the week goes fairly uneventful. He tries to get us to hang out last weekend no one was interested in that. So sunday we go bowling and I thought I will be civil. I was probably too nice to him. Anyways he says he's going to take the next week off, and threatened to transfer to PA. So I get a call from her last evening saying she was with him.
Then she texted me asking if we wanted to go to the Legends game this friday, my friend was vehemently against it, I thought about it. The more I think about it the sicker I get. I talked to her a few times today (tues) but he was always around. I hope she doesn't give him another chance. I guess I felt guilty because she likes me, but that is her choice, not mine or his. Now I feel guilty that I am letting my friend be used by a manipulative, mooching, ungrateful piece of crap (and thats keeping it PG).This latest development has made me lose more faith in people. I think girls like being screwed over. I mean they complain nonstop about their boyfriends, but are too afraid to cut the umbilical cord so they take senseless crap time and again. Guys like this almost make me want to not be nice. Because they ruin it for all the other guys. Regardless of what you think of my yappi.com antics I consider myself a nice guy. I don't expect anything in return other than friendship, if anything else develops so be it. Guys like the aforementioned absolutely disgust me. Maybe I forgive stupidity, but I will never forget it.
I would love to hear what people have to say about the second to last paragraph.
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