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As Orientation starts to come to a close, I have become fairly sad. This has been one of the greatest months of my life, and also one of the fastest. We are a few days away from our last program of the year, and I can see the emotion in everyones faces. No one wants to leave this, but we all know it cant last forever. Joyce left today, which was sad, she is a really cool girl who has meant a lot to me as well as countless others on staff. I am glad i got to know her well and realize that she is not really gone, since im sure ill be up here a lot gettin dragged to her room to give her a massage, as with Beff and Laura and whoever else is here for the summer. Yeah, im the back massage whore. Everyone gets a turn. Well i just wanted to thank everyone on staff in advance and over and over again for such a wonderful time i have had with you all. I have made a lot of strong connections which i feel will last a while, and Dean Taylor, i think that some might agree that this year IS BETTER than last year, despite what your "failing dynamically" has tried to teach us... hahaha..... Now I just want to say a few things to a bunch of people on staff. To the Coordinators and DTT and Karen, thanx so much guys, you have really made me find a love of this University that i didnt know was there before, and you all did an excellent job. Fred, Jackie Chan and Yellie, you guys have definately got me hooked on this program and i wish that i had joined it years before. If it wasnt for you all and your excellent qualities, this month would have been a lot tougher than it was. Thanx for everything. To everyone i knew well before this thing started, Rob, Ros, Chris K, Chip, Paulo, and Kevin - Im glad i got to know you all better, if it werent for you guys in the beginning, I would not be in this Orientation Program. You have all helped make me become what I am at this point and i thank you for it. JT, Dougie Fresh, JP, Chris C, and Nick - I think ive made strong connections with you all, its been a great time and i cant wait to see what beyond orientation and even next year will bring. You guys really do feel like brothers. Trish, Tin, Katie, Nneoma, Toomey, Nikki, Laura B, and Becca - I feel the same way about all you gals, you feel like my family in a way and im glad i have made such bonds with you all and become friends with each of you. Many of you i owe a lot to for helpin me out and making sure i was ok, especially with my first "hell" group. There are a few people that i owe a lot of thanx to, and also some i have made some really strong connections with that i just want to acknowledge and thank. Joyce and Shaunna, Shaunna and Joyce - you two have been great people to talk to and you cant even imagine how glad i am to have met you, you have both i think been there when it counted, even just to listen. Even though you two are much alike, both of you have your own values that make you each unique and awesome. Drew - you and i have been the person to hold each other up this month, and i have gotten to know you really well. I think you and I will have a strong friendship to follow from this month-long "job". Thanx so much for bein there, bro. Beff, you are the one that I think really convinced me to want to do this program in the end. I have gotten to know you very well and ur such a good friend, good luck with everything, congratulations again and im so glad i got to work with you. Laura W, you and i have had a strong connection as well. You dont know how glad i am to have met you, and both of us have been there a lot for each other this month. Thanx for everything. Jose, we knew each other a tad right before orientation started, but after it began you became a close friend of mine on staff. You have taught me so much about diversity and im so glad i am good friends with such an incredible person as you. Last but definately not least is Derek. Dude, you were the first one i knew... i actually met you during my own orientation, if you remember that far back. Ive been friends with you for years now, but never really got into this school till now, its sad that you will be leavin as i am finally getting into this program, but I thank you a lot for bein there for me at times and being an awesome friend. Good luck and congradulations again. To everyone again, you all are my family - if not by blood then in spirit. This has been the best job i have ever had by far, and this has probably been the best group of people i have ever met. I cannot believe such a phenomenon came to be in a timespan of one month. I love you all and cant wait to see what Orientation 2003 brings. Thanx again everyone.
First off, let me start by saying this is the best job ever! I love orientation and i love everyone here. I never thought that so many great people could work at one place at a certain point in time, but its happened. Sadly, it is only going to occur for a month. This isnt even a job, really, its more like getting paid to hang out with ur friends for a month. Thats the best way i can put it. Its been so great since last semester, cuz i actually feel like i fit in on this campus now, and i love it. At first, actually for the first two years of ULowell for me, i never thought i could learn to love it, but now i do.... and i love it a lot, i wouldnt give it, and everything near and dear to me here away for anything!!! This month has been such an experience for me, I mean, i turned 21, i have gotten a better grasp on what it takes to be a leader, a public speaker, and a team player, and i share a common strong bond with 29 other people my age. My life has been hard because much of it was spent not feeling accepted anywhere, and when i joined staff here, that seemed to all change. I fit in, i didnt have to even try to fit in, it just happened. This month i came into Orientation wanting to better myself, and basically take a break from reality for a month and come out 10 times better of a person, and i think i am very close to on my way to accomplishing this goal. Sadly, other pieces of my life have waned in this small span of time, which i do not really understand. Since this is such a demanding job, and trust me, only orientation leaders can understand what i mean by that, i have lost touch with the outside world, which i feel bad about, but realize it is only a month away. Anyway, i am not going to let being almost ostracized from the rest of my life destroy my awesome experience i am having here, because i feel that i can fix everything else after this is over and make everything back to normal, not really normal, but better. I feel changed, but for the better. I feel confident now. A feeling that has been lacking to my emotions for some time now. I am also very confident about the rest of Orientation 2002, and hope to make it the best experience possible. I have so much to thank you all for, and I am so glad i have gotten to meet you all and get this close to you. Thank you, everyone on O2K2.... Love ya all. You feel like my family, even if only for a small amount of time. I already cant wait till O2K3.
Ya so, a little while ago i found out that the spelling of my first name is really "Keven". It was a misprint on my birth certificate.... or was it?? Anyway, this is a big change for me, I mean... i have been living a lie... what the hell? Do i start over? Do i continue on? Do i have a total change in personality? Or do i just take into account that this semester i have changed anyway, so it is kind of like a symbolic representation of how i have changed? I think the latter sounds appropriate. maybe i will even start spelling my name this way... or at least always refer myself to this, my new, better personality and life. I feel very complete right now... like things are finally going in the right direction for the first time in a long time, in a direction that i have never had. I have the greatest friends at school now, gettin to know someone very dear to me really well, figuring out what i wanna do with my life, and im having the most fun ever doing it all! Such a difference from the rest of my childhood and life.... it all comes full circle i guess.... Hope this trend continues.... and i do believe it will only get better from this point on as i write this
I turn 21 in a little over a month... how fucked is that??? i feel old, but at the same time i feel young.... like i cant wait to get out there and finally do the stuff i been doin since i was 15 legally now... I cant wait. Im sure it will change my way of life, but only slightly, and even then it will probably be a phase. I will just have a good time goin to buy booze for myself for a few weeks... go get drunk.... spend a lotta money at bars and such... then it will be over, cuz i know i can go out and drink anytime i choose, legally! Not that i drink a lot anyway, i never really have... its been a social thing for me.... but its strange cuz in retrospect, i am growing up.... wow.. wierd concept....
I have decided there are two kinds of people in this world. One is those who listen and then react to what they hear, and the other type is those who wait to speak. This second type seems to be very rude, as they seem to be more closed-minded and stubborn. It is really hard to have conversations with these types of people, because they have already decided how they feel about some certain topic. I feel it is so much more rewarding to go through life as an open-minded first type of person, because sometimes your opinion is not right, or is not the only opinion that matters. Sometimes if you just listen to what others have to say, you could learn a thing or two and make life a little more worth living by seeing other peoples scopes of reasoning.
Ok, why is it that whenever you go into a restaurant, you must order with the menu open and read what you want to eat to the waiter/waitress? Even if you have completely memorized the menu or know what you want, it still seems that the menu is always open.... Is this due to last minute changes, or to picture recognition or what? I know everyone out there has had this experience themselves on many occasions
When I get rich, I am gonna have a Mideval Weaponry room. It is gonna rock. Just a whole room full of broadswords, battleaxes, crossbows.... How cool would that be? If anyone ever came into my house and broke in.... i could kill them with a big 6 foot battleaxe, or a crossbow bolt thru the chest! Awesome!! Well, that of course is if i get to the weapons before the burglar does.... Also i want to have a ninja weaponry room too.... man... i cant wait to be rich!!!
Its strange... this semester has really been different for me. Living at Lowell again has definately been a good thing, but going into this semester i wanted to be somewhere else. I wanted to maybe transfer to Amherst or to Dartmouth or something, but i dont think i wanna do that anymore. I have had such a good time this semester and i am only a few weeks into it. Fun times with Seventh Ring, taking pictures, with my roommate, RAs, playin games and watchin movies with my friends... i cant ask for more. So why do i have this urge to be somewhere else? Well i did have that urge. I think i had that urge because it felt like my mind and my body were in two different places, but now they have finally found each other again... here in Lowell... now that i think about it ... this place isnt too bad.... and i can always go visit other places to see friends.... Yes i think i might stay now.
Even though you will all laugh at me for this... i never realized the symbolism between the fact that the Pats are named the Patriots and the success and togetherness that they have brought and the patriotism that is sweeping the nation right now.. I realized this sometime during the 3rd quarter today and a feeling of great pride for our great nation and great team.. there could not be a better year for a team called "The Patriots" to have a victory such as this... quite ironic and special... and even though this team is our team... it should be the nations team right now... and instill even more patriotism and help out our troops over in afghanistan to beat those terrorist bastards! God Bless The U.S.A. !!!!!!!
The greatest conversations in the world seem to be when u are on the phone .. or in person... with one of those type of people that u can just talk to about anything. These conversations occur really late at night maybe from like 12 to 3 in the morning or something, 3 hour long conversations that u really get to experience the bliss of this person you are talking to and see how well you connect and their view of things and the random but thoughtful insights that occur at this time. Simply and amazing feeling.
Why is it that you really get to 'see' people when they are stoned or drunk? You can really figure out what someone is like when they are in this state. Yes, they may be a tad tipsy and may not always act this way, but if you sit down with someone who is just plain "buzzed", you can see deep into their inner person and sometimes have the most amazing conversations in the world. Granted, you forget them the next morning as you experience your hangover, but in that moment, it feels like you and your drunken/stoned friend are the most intelligent people that walk this fine Earth
I really wish i were in the Italian Mafia.. yes i know i will probably live a short life... and yes i know that it is wrong and i will be doing a lot of illegal shit.... but who cares? i get to talk with an accent, hang around with the fuckin coolest guys in the world, wear suits all the time, get hooked up with shit all the time... it dont get better than that!!
Its always hilarious to see someone come in the gym that acts like they go there all the time but is only there for about 5 minutes.. once every couple months or so. Ya u know what i mean. Its those guys who obviously dont work out by looking at their build, but these guys come in there for one minute, dressed up like they are going to a business meeting or to class. The guy uses the ab machine.. once, benches about 60 pounds.. once, and then uses the lat pulldown.. once and leaves. I mean, what is the point of even coming unless u are gonna make a commitment? You are only fooling yourself man....
I think it would be better for all us college students if they just shipped us off for 4 years to college so we can just hang out. Screw the classes.... dorms would just be a place to put the crazy youth of America somewhere where they can party, do drugs and have sex... well ya.. a lotta people do that anyway... but it would be great if that was the purpose of college... wait... isnt that the purpose of college? damn im confused now...
Whats the deal with powerwalkers? They look so dumb.. i mean wouldnt u just rather run or jog or even walk? ya i know it is supposedly good for u or whatever but still..... they look like chickens with their chests in the air and with their arms flailing..... dammit im so annoyed whenever i see one...... just jog dammit.... its much better for u and u dont look like a moron!
What if the phrase "Oh Billy" were used in everyday conversation? Instead of saying "oh my god" or "can you believe it?", you would say "Oh Billy". An Example might be: "And then i went to the store and oh Billy, i found the sweetest deal on tube socks."
How cool would it be to get a dog and name it 'dog'?? Ya, i know it takes no creativity, but just think... "Here dog!! come here dog!!" Well, i thought it would be interesting.
I think id like to marry Gwen Stefani. Not the new pop Gwen, but the old 'tragic kingdom' and before Gwen. I think she is one of the hottest women in music, and since shes all punk and stuff... you know she is cool and freaky. Well i guess now ill have to kill that Gavin Rosdale character....
What the hell is wrong with saying "God Bless You" when someone sneezes? Damn Kuji... Its not me tryin to preach a relgion on you or anything. Its just common courtesy you dick.. HAHA.. Im proud that i was brought up to be considerate to other people. What am i supposed to say? "ACHOO"... "Fuck off!!".... Hows that sound??
A friend told me (was it you, Tash?) that i am in love with music so much that if i were a girl id be a groupie. I think she is right. I have actually met my share of rockstars... people from Pennywise, Sevendust, Bosstones, Vandals, Chevelle, Hoobastank, Sublime and more...
Whats up with Moose crossings? They say "Moose crossing: Next 10 Miles". How does one know where to put the signs and how to control the moose from staying in those borders? Wouldnt it be funny if there were people in the woods with cattle prods that shock the moose if they try to get out of the borders? Can you sue the state if one hits you out of the border?
Yankees suck.. Im glad that they lost. I dont care if we are supposed to feel sorry for them cuz of what happened in New York, they always friggin win. I feel bad of what did happen, but the Damn Yankees deserve no remorse...
I wish i had a Kimoto Dragon or a lobster for a pet. The kimoto dragon would be so cool, it would probably eat me, but still. The lobster wouldnt live that long though. Id love to just put him on a leash and walk him down the road. When people would come up to me, they'd say "hey what a cute lobster, can i pet him?" then the lobster would snap at them and id laugh. Ill call him George. You're with me on this arent ya Christie?? But you would prob call him Pinchy
My Canada Story.......
Canada was a really fun time... it was different from the U.S., but at the same time it was not. I went with my friends Jay, Frado, and a kid i met Chris. On the way up... it was very boring of a drive, but we had fun anyway. We stopped in Burlington, VT... and got some food..and i saw cows so i was satisfied. When we got to the border, Jay said that we should just say that we are here for 'leisure' for a few days. If we said that, then we will not have any problems. Frado said that, but when the mounty asked what nationaliy he was, Frado was like.. uh .. um.... We whispered to him that he was American, and we moved on. Montreal itself was a 'dirtier' version of Boston, and by dirtier i mean strip joints every five feet. Now, dont worry... i did not go in any.. i was too busy going to bars and clubs. Overall, it was a city with cleaner streets, and even nicer people. The bums are even nicer. Although, that was just because they wanted our money... but they were a good source of information. Man, i have never seen so many good looking girls in my life! The music scene there was killer as well... mostly all punk and hardcore.. what a place! The first night there was awesome.. We first went to walk around the street and check out the stores and such. Went to a place to eat dinner, and ordered a round of beer. Seeing as how i have never done this before... it was such an experience.. i mean i am only 20 years old and will be 21 in a few months... but it was still wierd but awesome! We then went to the 'American' bar there.. peels pub.. and had a fuckin great time... lotta shots.. lotta beer... lotta fun... After stumbling out of that place.. we found some Irish pubs and listened to a live Irish band or two.. then after gettin really gonzo.. decided to take a cab back to the Days Inn. Upon gettin back, we were really loud, i was told i was jumping in the elevator.. and Frado ran into a wall or something.... the security guard called our room and told us we had one more strike and we were out... o well... i guess u only get two strikes in Canada... damn "queebs".. (queeb was the expression that Jay said not to call people there.. luckily i did not). The next day, we went out to breakfast.... Jay and Frado started their drinking that day there... haha... then we went to a pub after breakfast in the damn blizzard we were having.... then went back to the room... and took a nap and watched the croc hunter for like 3 hours... its wierd... like half the damn stations in there are in french and half are in english... what the fuck make up ur minds dammit!!!! I watched the Simpsons in french for 5 minutes.. then the Tick... they just werent the same.... it was sad.. it was funny for like 5 seconds then i was like.. um.. ok this sucks.... English please! Before we decided to go out to the bars again, we had some dinner down at the pub in the hotel. I decided to try a custom i heard that French people do... eat their french fries with mayonaise.. i heard about it in Pulp Fiction... it was kinda nasty actually..... On our way out... two girls came over and gave us their room number and told us to come by later tonight.... So we went out.. got a taxi cuz it was like wicked cold... and went to the Casino... cuz Jay wanted to gamble..... we had a shady cab driver on the way over there... and i lost my damn camera in the cab... o well.... Oh yeah, about cab drivers.. the first one we had was cool.. but he just tried to drive us around to waste more money... He was a rastafarian i think though, and he said he loved to go to Boston because they sold gallons of milk that he liked to drink... whatever... The other drivers were jerks though.... Ok well anyway.. i spent 3 dollars at the casino on actual gambling.. but like 40 on drinking... and the thing with this Canadian "funny money" was that you got like 1.5 Canadian dollars for each American dollar... it was great.... Anyway, I found out that my new favorite drink is Sambuca because it tastes so good and it goes down really easy in shot form. Im not too good at taking shots, i just cant do it I dont know why... o well.. i can just take shots with that stuff... Soon enough after having a few shots we left the casino, and Jay was 85 dollars richer.... we then went back to Peels pub where we spent most of the night.... We walked in the place and Jay started buying rounds... We werent complaining..... we had a few more drinks and were pretty gone by around 1, where all the fun happened... Frado had to go to the bathroom and then he came back with his knuckles bloody and said that we had to leave... he said that he just had to rip this dispenser off the wall and that we should go soon..... So we decided to take one more shot.. i think we dedicated it to the "queebs" and then we drank. Frado then threw his glass on the ground and we decided to leave. When we got back we tried to be quiet but it was very hard. We decided to go into the girls' room to see if they were awake. After hangin out for a bit, Frado decided to tell the two girls to punch him in the face. He said that they should pretend that he was every guy that fucked them over and just punch him in the face. They asked us if it was ok and we said go for it. So one just kinda knicked him and the other one cold-clocked him in the head. He still has a small bruise on him. After that, Frado and Chris decided to go to sleep. Jay and i talked with the girls for a bit and then around 5 in the mornin i was sober and really tired. I decided to hit the sack. When i went back to the room, i knew that Frado would be snoring up a storm. I walked in the room and heard snoring, but there was no Frado to be found. I figured he was asleep on the toilet after throwing up or something. I walked towards the bathroom and opened the door and did not see him on the toilet. I opened the door a little more, and found him, face down, sleeping in the damn bathtub. What the fuck????? I ran back to the girls room, got Jay and said they had to come see this. This was basically the highlight of, well, a long time. After seeing this i decided to go to bed, because my night was long and strange enough. In the morning, we packed up our stuff and headed back for a long, boring, trip home. Well, that is a boring way to end a story, so im just gonna end it with... what the hell was Frado doing sleepin in the damn tub?????
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