Thoughts on The Loss Of A Dear Friend

I am currently wearing a PMT brand cervical section neck brace. It's job is to support my neck while my blown C6 vertebrae rebuilds itself. It is also ridiculously annoying and restricts me from looking left or right. I figured out that this limitation on my peripheral vision is the cause for my new found butterfingers. I drop everything these days. I did not think much of this until yesterday morning. There I was, drinking my Emergen-C, making sure I got a billion percent of my daily value of vitamin C and every other vitamin and mineral known to man. When all of a sudden, said cup of vitamin juice blend flies out of my hand and spills alllll over the table. Now if you know me very well at all, you would know that breakfast goes hand in hand with some morning internet time.

Flash back to 3 years ago, Christmas time. There my whole family was sitting in our living room. My parents had huge grins on their faces that morning. As my mother would later recount the great feeling she had of actually pulling of a Christmas surprise. Northwest Airlines offered their employee's an awesome deal on Mac-book Laptops. I was over joyed. I had always wanted a laptop. I used that laptop so much. Whether it was writing papers or wasting time on YouTube, I was on this thing constantly. Through the Florida and New Jersey times, it was on of my only friends. But it was a great friend. She even excelled here in Madison. I got her a new battery and installed Linux on her, which she worked wonders with. She let me do all my computer science homework in the comfort of my own dorm room, avoiding the crappy CS labs. She was especially helpful recently, because I am not able to look down and a sheet of paper to write on.

As you probably guessed the Emergen-C spilled all over my beautiful laptop..... I flipped it upside down almost instantly. Pulled the battery out and yelled for my mom to get the hair dryer.... It was a horrific experience. She is currently sitting in a bag filled with rice, in hopes that the moisture will be sucked out and she will be revived. I am writing to you from my mothers laptop.... Crowded desktop and Internet Explorer.....
Pray to the computer gods for me......

I am pretty sure I have posted a Cranberries song before. I am also pretty sure I don't care. This is literally the only song that fits right now....



-KGM

Thoughts on Murder She Wrote

I used to live in Celebration, FL. It was a small little Disney town on the cusp of Disney World. After I moved to New Jersey there was like a double murder suicide thing that happened in Celebration. It was a shocking thing for the small town and pretty unusual. Now I live in Brick, New Jersey, specifically Lions Head. Lions head is a retirement community for people 55 and up. A large majority of the people are in the 80's / 90's. So my aunt heard on the news, then called my grandma, and she told me that some guy was arrested in Lions Head for supposedly killing his step-dad. The guy who was arrested was in his 50's and the man who was killed was in his 90's. The guy was arrested at his home, like a block away from mine. What the hell man...Why do murders always occur where I live. It is starting to creep me out.

On a cooler note, I am addicted to Dubstep again. getting really nitty gritty with it.


-KGM

Thoughts on DUMB (WITH FACTS!)

It's my break. I love watching the news, to see what is going on in the world. More importantly to see what bad stuff is going on (usually all news is bad, dramatic or exciting [not surprising, gotta entertain people these days]) Besides the end of News Corp, one down! five to go!. If you don't get that you should look at this link: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho39kncp_USFtjLwepvpbjJmBQyC9YblyBjREYvn7TXYPGlpmKcus8pYJ_7-w_s7gkybTZEeZfUazcrhv00isB3XflCz7qN4NnNMG_FthtcUOgBpseWSzRUvAoJeL7OF3iHR16JtUPsBRX/s1600/media2.png. See look I make facts into blog. Like citing sources, BOSS. Anyways onto the real topic. I was watching Nancy Grace, because it is an intelligent and unbiased show. Some co-host is standing by a memorial for Caylee Anthony and she says, and this is a direct quote, "Standing here out front of the memorial. This is probably the saddest place on earth right now." Like holy shit.

"A child dies every four seconds from HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty often before their fifth birthday. 15 children die every minute. Over 22,000 children die worldwide every single day. About 8 million children die every year.  (Source: UNICEF)"
http://cozay.com/


Yah I bet aids probably got acquitted on most of those. So stop making such big deal about one persons death, 1000s of people die everyday. The entire country of Mexico is being torn apart at the seams and the majority of the African continent is in bloody civil war. Yah Casey got off, get over it. Maybe a giant earthquake will destroy Florida and cause serious radiation leakage. She will be one of the casualties. Yah then justice will be done, and Caylee will be avenged.



-KGM

Thoughts on Spades and New Jersey Redux

Rainy all day today. Played spades with mom, dad and grandma. Spades should be renamed "Stress". I am pretty new to the game, and my Grandma is, well, an advanced level player. She enjoys going nil just about every chance she gets and then I am freaking out trying to make sure I cover her. It is the most stressful thing ever. I am on vacation, I should not have to keep track of every face card and spade that has been played for like 3 out of 4 hands. Thankfully I had iced Coffee and Mt. Dew so I managed. Grandma and I ended up winning a bunch, even with her "riskier" play style.

I am up late, which is dumb. I have to get up early to depart this wonderful sunny state, back to good Ole' Jersey. I have been slacking on my GTL anyway. I sure missed frigid winds and insane traffic. The 85 and sunny has really been getting old. At least I can be reunited with my Vizio. I sure do miss the old girl. With the Montana trip and the Florida trip she must feel pretty abandoned. It's okay old girl...I can delay getting a job for a few days of Netflix. Goodbye Florida!!

-Kyle Griffith McChesney

Thoughts on Taxes and Slow Internet

I spent the majority of my afternoon doing all my taxes and stuff. Being a gypsy I had a little extra work then most, income in two different states and all. I began to question how everyone gets their taxes done. I had a crazy math teacher who made us fill out fake taxes every year and graded us and stuff. I guess it is a good thing because now I can do them by myself for the most part. good thing Scooter has a hella tax skills as well, otherwise I would still be doing it. Filling out your taxes is kind of interesting though, you get to see exactly how much money they take from you. I was kind of mad because I made like 1000 dollars in New Jersey and according to their kooky tax bracket I owed 21 dollars. Now in my paychecks it automattically took out state tax, to the amount $20.22. I now have to write a check for like .70 something cents to the state of New Jersey. As for Montana, I will get all my taxes back, which is good because I don't have any desire to give the state any money at all. Either way though, today I feel like a functioning member of society, paying taxes and stuff...a weird feeling. I think I am still to young for all this buisness. Childhood seems like such a short time ago.
Oh Well...

On to the internet. The wireless here in Flow-rida has been super duper slow. It all started on April 1st so I convinced my self that hackers slowed down the internet as an April Fools prank. Obviously wrong, but when resetting the modem doesn't fix the problem I get really pissed off. I am very impatient about slow internet so you are all lucky I am even enduring it long enough to write a blog. Back to Jersey soon, were the weather is cold...but the internet is fast.

-Kyle Griffith McChesney

Thoughts on Thunder and Lightning

So I was woken up this morning at around 7 by the whole house shaking. I have never in my life experienced such intense thunder and lightning as I saw today. It has been pouring rain the entire day with some of the most amazing looking lightning ever. According to my grandma Florida is known for having nuts lightning and it is a reputation well earned. I took advantage of this horrible weather by not getting out of bed until around 4 o'clock. My aunt's boyfriend hooked it up with a Florida Rain Storm Emergency Kit...a little black bag with an xbox 360 in it. Very much apprreciated.

To top of a wonderful day of doing absolutely nothing we all went out to El Tanempa for dinner. It was at dinner, half way through a delicious taco, that I diecided that I was going to marry a Spanish or Mexican girl. I am in love with their food, their culture and their dark hair. The Carne Asada tacos at that place were off the hook. All and all a wonderful and lazy day. Peace and Love

-Kyle Griffith McChesney

Thoughts on Mini-Golf and the Florida Otter

I saw an otter in the pond by my grandma's house today. I first thought it was an alligator, but upon further investigation I discovered it was an otter. It was the cutest thing I have seen in a long time. I stood right by the shore and watched him frolic in the water for a while. He would dive underwater and do cartwheels underwater for a while, then come up for air, and stare at me, while flashing his little white teeth. Cute as hell. I am continually surprised by the amount of wildlife encounters I have here in Florida. I found a show that sums all the Florida wildlife. It's called Swamp People, basically they go out and hook alligators on fishing lines, then shoot them in the head and sell them. Best part of it all is that Swamp People is on the History Channel. Got to love TV...
After seeing the otter we went to play mini golf at Congo River Mini golf. Every time I get the idea of mini golf in my head it goes something like this.
"Darn, I haven't played mini golf in a while"
"God, I really love mini golf'
"We need to go play mini golf"
"Yes, we are finally playing mini golf"
(put my ball in the ridiculous water trap 3 times on the first hole)
"God, I really hate mini golf
(lose to my mom by like 10 strokes)
"I am never playing mini golf again"

Theme of this post, I hate mini golf. It is the devil's sport

-Kyle Griffith McChesney

Thoughts on the Beach and Cooking

Went to Cocoa Beach today. It was pretty darn wonderful. It is one thing chilling by the pool in nice Florida weather, and it is a completely different thing to actually be at the ocean. I am in love with the ocean, it is so relaxing to stand in the waves. At the same time, I will never swim more then like ten feet out, I am terrified of sharks. I am such a pansy about it, but there is something really scary about them.
Anyways, walking up and down the beach looking at all the crazy people sure is enjoyable. My mom, being a mother, was all "wear some sunscreen...you will get a sun burn...you'll shoot you eye out...blah blah blah" Now, normally i never ever ever wear sunscreen. I think it is stupid, I barely ever get sun-burned. I have always said when it comes to terrible diseases, cancer and the like "Oh, they will have that cured by the time I get it." All that aside I finally caved in today and wore sun screen. So I get home today and I have the most fucked up tan/burn/pale splotches. I have red, white and brown patches all over my stomach. If I had not covered my body in that gross mayonnaise looking goop I would have been burned red like a lobster. Tomorrow, I would have been all dark and handsome, thanks mom.

Anyways, we came home and made fajitas for my family, grandmother, aunts and uncles. I slayed it up in the kitchen. Made some delicious guacamole and then cut like four pounds of assorted vegetables. I felt pretty damn good about myself. I wonder if like in 15 years or whenever I am like looking for a serious girlfriend can I say I know how to cook. Then like three months into dating shes all like "So I thought you could cook, all you have made is tacos, burritos and nachos....what the hell?"

I love Mexican food

-Kyle Griffith McChesney

Kyle McChesney's Thoughts on Grandmas

So down here in Florida is where one of my Grandmother's lives. I am lucky enough to still have both my grandmothers, and I love both of them dearly. My New Jersey grandma is the kindest, sweetest lady who knits and bakes cookies. I love her with all my heart. My dad's mother, the Florida grandma is a little bit different. She left this morning to go to D.C. to visit my Grandpa at the Arlington National Cemetery (rest in peace grandpa). So after she left I found a note she left for me. The note was a list of "chores" for me to take care of while she was gone.

"Kyle:

1. Daily: Pogo-

do the 1xday games.

2.Wed: Do the weekly games. 

Usually 2 plus personal (CHOOSE Cribbage) "

This note probably takes some explaining before the true humor comes out. So Club: Pogo is an online gaming website. There are hundreds of games on it from card games to puzzle games and everything in between. It cost like 15 dollars a year or something to be a member and get all the benefits. You win tokens playing games and supposedly can use them in cash prize raffles. So every week Club: Pogo releases Badges, usually two or three. These weekly Badges are the exact same thing as achievements on XboxLive. It says for example: "Earn three Bingos in Safari Bingo Bash". You go, play Safari Bingo Bash and once you earn three bingos you get the badge and some tokens. New badges are released every Wednesday along with two personal badges. The personal badges allow you to go back into the yearly albums and complete any badges you might have missed. My chores from Florida grandma consist of doing the weekly badges, the personal badges for the 2006 album (Yah she has every one since 2006 completed) AND they added a new thing since last I was here which are daily bonus challenges to earn extra tokens. I have been playing Bingo, Majong and Cribbage all freaking morning, I think I deserve the "Best Grandson Ever" award. I was thinking about it, and if she played Xbox her gamerscore would be like 10 million. She is the worst achievement hunter I have ever met and I think its super awesome.

Getting to the pool for quite possibly the most important component of GTL.....the tanning.

-Kyle Griffith McChesney

Thoughts on Flying to Florida

Woohoo, awesome, horrible quality, cell-phone slide show of my journey to Florida. Ready...Go!

That is me, looking all snappy for the flight, have to represent the McChesney family well. Driving through New York, getting honked at for having Montana plates.

That's New York City (some part of it) as seen from the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Great camera work going 70 miles per hour, if i don't say so myself.

Kind of a lame looking picture, but there is a story behind it. On the left are some Brooklyn Apartment buildings, where they filmed much of Requiem For a Dream. Never ever going to do drugs after that movie. The Ferris Wheel on the right is none other then the Coney Island Ferris Wheel....wwwaaarrriiiorrrsssss...cccomee ooutt too pllaaaaaaeeeyyy!  WARRRRIIIIOOORRRSSS. Such a great freaking movie.

That's what it looks like being me...At least when I look at my feet. Don't quite know why I took that one...

There is my wonderful father, Scott. From this moment on he will be called by his true name: Scooter. This is a wonderful picture of him being a jokster on the bus to the terminal at JFK.

There is my mom, Lorel, clearly very pleased with my dad's antics.....or maybe not.

There is the airplane I am going to get on too soon. If anyone has been to JFK they will know that it is kind of a dump. There are all these old remnants of airlines long since shut-down. They build new buildings around the old T.W.A. airlines terminal and just left it stuck in the middle of everything. It is a weird place. It is like a Frankenstein airport, old run down bits spliced together with new and futuristic parts. It is an interesting place.

There is the weather report for Orlando, Florida. It says 80 degrees and sunny as the forecast, which is freaking surprising. I lived in Florida for four months and not once was it 80 degrees and sunny. I can't keep that joke going, it is always sunny here and I love it. The snow in Montana was too much for me, and even that chilly Jersey wind was getting to me. I love nothing more then hot, humid weather, the cool pool ready to be swam in, and the friendly alligators waiting to greet me in the front yard.

Finally arrived, way better then last time traveling. Got on the first flight we tried for, and sat first class. God I love my dad's job. Thankfully, the flight was shorter then expected, and i was not forced to endure anymore Inception.