Back to Business.

After all the recent excitement, I am happy to be home from the tournament.  I know I was only gone for two days, but it felt like much longer. Now that I'm back, I get to reunite with some of the best people in the world, like the homies at right.  I know that most people think that the stuff Shane and I do are not to be done by high schoolers, but just check out MLIA.  It's full of stories of kids and adults that do awesome stuff that make Shane and I look like we are the normal ones.  It's great.

I've been tracking the days, and I can officially say... we are 18 days away from the 3 month birthday of the blog!!  Be sure to mark your calenders, because we are having a week-long celebration with stories and advice and other fun shit before we have a Thanksgiving recess.

Also, Wednesday is Halloween!!  Share all your ghost stories, memories, and plans on the "Talk to Me" page (as comments!)

Well this is CA, signing off.  Stay tuned... and be good humans.

One Month!

Got the cutest note today from my girlfriend!  Awwww!  It made my day so much better, because I was leaving for a water polo tournament and wasn't going to see her for the entire weekend, and I was really feeling down.  I had the stupidest little smile on my face, and I was happier then I have ever been.  <3 you, Judith! ;)

PICTURES!!!

I am the King!

My loyal subjects, it is I, Connor the Awesome, your almighty King of this land! ...  :D  ...  Sorry, couldn't resist.  That little blurb was in honor to my new title, but it comes from an event that many of you will shake your head at.  It has no official name as of late, but it consists of a beach ball, a trash can, and a whole lot of room.  Oh, and some obstacles  like chairs and long tables (or, for you Righetti guys, Debo's room).  But the most important thing you need?   SKILL.  And I has it.  Across the room, curve to the right, rattle the rim... boom.  Hahahahahahahaha ya see, that is what happens when you give me and Shane (See right -->) free time to hang out with each other.  Thanks Mrs. Debo for being gone the entire week!!

Well, in other news, there are some pictures from homecoming that I am posting on the blog (as soon as I figure out how to do it) so be ready for that, along with some water polo pictures.  It'll be awesome!

Well, this is CA, signing off.  Stay tuned.... and be good humans.

A New Chapter.

I think that having a girlfriend could be either A.) the best thing that can happen to a guy, or B.)  the cause of the guy's complete destruction.  In all my experiences, however, there seems to be an ideal balance of the two.  At the start of a new relationship, everything takes some getting used to.  You have a person by your side that really cares about you, and you spend as much time with them as you do with your regular friends.  You learn a lot about their likes, dislikes, hates, loves, and secrets (Dudes, this is only if your super lucky.).  Usually, though, my relationships barely extend beyond this point (Which is only about three weeks, four if I really work at it, but girls tend to do exactly what the picture at left explains).  I finally felt some hope Freshman year in February, when a girl that I had known since grade school asked me to a dance.  You know, as friends.  It turned into a nine-month relationship that was the best experience I had had up to that point in the whole "dating" arena.  After we broke up almost a year later because "we're to busy to stay together" (she was cheating on me), I went back to my old ways.  I dated a girl I had gone out with twice before for about three months, then we had a massive fight and broke up.  That relationship left me bitter and upset, but I found courage to ask out a girl I had been chasing since I first met her (we were in Spanish 1 together and she was terrible!).  I had no idea what I was getting myself into.  It was the hardest relationship I had ever had.  We lasted about five months, then she said (again) that "she was to busy for me.  You deserve better."  I'll admit, it was nice the way she put it, but it crushed me.  I swore I wouldn't go into another relationship, and I didn't for a whole year.  I was involved with on-and-off flings with a few girls during that period, but one stuck with me.  She was a senior, and we had a good time while we were together, but I was just not feeling it.  Ridicule from teammates, friends, and family finally took their toll.  We broke up after four months.  Again, I promised to remain single for the rest of high school, but an amazing thing happened; a surprise question that rocked my world.  You all know that story.  :)   After that, I found the happiness that comes with a new person.  I'm enjoying every minute of it.  Thank the Lord for shy girls ;).

Well, this is CA, signing off.  Stay tuned.... and be good humans.

Let Me Explain.

Ok, so I know I posted a Poke'Mon picture in the last post, and I said I would explain that.  Well, this is me, explaining.  When I was younger (like 13), I would play Poke'Mon day and night.  I had all the games, quite a few cards, and the knowledge to fuck people up in Wi-Fi battles.  Seriously, I wasn't just good, I was freaking AMAZING.  Me and my cousin (who is now 9) would play everyday when I would go to see him in Phoenix, for four days at a time.  I was obsessed. This guy was a big inspiration to me cause he's like twenty or thirty and still kicking ass in Poke'Mon.  I know this sounds, like, really stupid, a guy in high school raving about some stupid game for kids, but I am a true Poke'Advocate, if you will.  Playing the game was a great experience for my young life, because it had so many lessons to teach.  Don't focus to much on one strength, because you are only as strong as your weakest link.  Save your money for things you need, don't spend them on the bright and shining scams.  There are many types of people in the world, some that are there to lift you up, others to challenge you, and still others to break you.  Friendships endure every hardship.  And that's only a few that I can pick out.  If you want to look it up, Joseph Tobin wrote a book on the subject called Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Poke'Mon and in it he brings up a few points that would prove my parents wrong that it was just a dumb game.  That "dumb game" was the highlight of my childhood, my life, if you want to be extreme.

Well, this is CA, signing off.  Stay tuned.... and be good humans.

Hold On to Your Horses....

I know that I haven't been keeping up to date recently, but I have a perfectly good reason (or two).  One, life is just fucking great, and two, life kinda sucks.  Yes, that's contradicting, but just let me explain.  My life rocks right now because my friends, my girlfriend, and my family all want the best for me and I am succeeding far beyond anyone's expectations.  NaNoWriMo is almost in full swing, and my novel is going great (But I can't show you!!).  Well, I guess you could see a preview.  But that's it!!  But the downer of these past few weeks has been, not joking, my parents and teachers.  Well, mainly my history teacher, all the others rock.  I can never seem to get ahead in his class.  He won't let you do the quiz if you didn't do the ten pages of homework from the night before.  I mean there's like fifteen or so of the thirty-five kids in his class that are actually taking the tests.  It's fucking killing my grade.  Any way, to cheer myself up, I resorted to YouTube yet again, and found PSY, and he made my life so much better.  Thought I would share that with you...

Well, this is CA, signing off.  Stay tuned....  and be good humans.