Ok Im not bored anymore

So on saturday morning, I opened the store and had to wait for 2 guys to come and pick up the Bookapotomus (I know I suck at spelling) fixture out of the store. Well they didn't have a furniture dolly so we had to call maitenance for one. So we lifted it on there and started to move it out of the store and as we are doing this the weight of the thing is make the wheels grind on the wooden floor. Well the wood is fine but after the whole fiasco was over with I had to go find some surface cleaner and get the rubber of the wood. Well before the cleaning, we were still trying to get this out of the mall. So we go into the service corridor and notice that this grabastic piece of shit isn't going to make it around the corner. With luck on our side another maitenance guy is coming through the hallway and says he has a better dolly for us to use. So after we get it onto the other dolly , it travels smoothly out of the mall. So then they needed help getting it in their trailer, so I helped them. After this was all over I noticed I had sweated through my favorite rugby jersey I wore to work that day. It was before the mall even opened too. So I went to Steve and Barry's and got a really cool t-shirt for like 7.98.
Then after work I call my dad up like I always do, and my mom answers and askes me whenI work next and I tell her not until tuesdays. She tells me to come up north to there camping trailer. It's a little past Duluth and just south of Two Harbors. So I said "uhhhhhhhh ok" So I did some laundry before I left and went up there. Was pretty cool up there. Last night (sunday) was like 55 degrees. I thought this was perfect weather to sleep under the stars, so I did. I grabbed my blanket and got on the porch and *slept*. It was the best sleep I have had in about 6 months.
Well 2 more days of work and then my vacation. Ocean Shores, Wa with just us Engrav boys, no mom or dad. Gonna be pretty cool. I will try to post pictures on here while we are on our trip. It all depends if we can find an internet connection. Well thats all for now, I will post again before the trip begins. Goodnight and happy Memorial day.

I am so bored

YesterdayI went to work on my day off. We got a new barge for the childrens area. Diana wanted me to come in at 0830 to be there for the movers. Well I got there at 0815 and they showed up when I did. So we got it in the store in pieces and Raulie and I put it together in about 4 hours. when we were working on it sometimes we would realize that we had to screw in a bolt before, so we had to take some parts down and redo them. My family is up north this weekend at their camping trailor in Two Harbors. I am down here looking after their house. I have to work this weekend so I cant go with them. It sucks. I have nothing to do. But I have a whole bunch of movies to watch and books to read. Later

Old Time Radio

Well the new "cold war" is still going on over here as far as I know. I was sleeping last night when she came home around 1, and then she left again after 10-15 minutes. I bet jon didn't like that. I have a pretty easy week. Monday, Megan and I are supposed to do something, dont know what though. Tuesday I have to work. Then on Wednesday and Thursday I have off and then Friday and Saturday I work. I have to start reading the ISO stuff for the bookstore again. I think the certification stuff happens when I am on vacation. So I will have to do it either before or after it. On Monday May 15th's Star Tribune, there was a section in the source page where you can send electric "Retro-grams". Basically sending a telegram only through e-mail. They also showed a website that you can listen to old time radio shows. I just finished listening to "The Shadow", it was pretty cool. I also have to work today. Kind of a short shift too, 1-6:30p.m. Normally I open and close on a Sunday. Well I think I am going to take a nap or read a book before I go to work. Later

Well this is going to be an interesting summer

Well I found out today that my friend's girlfriend who are both my roomates, sleeped with another guy. Yep, when she was at work he spilled the beans on his relationship. I feel really bad for the guy, cause he said he loves her to death. I didnt really like her to begin with, now I really dont. He said that she told him she sleeped with the other guy because she was angry at him. Well they have been on a break for about a week and a half. She even told him that he can date other women. he told me that he doesn't want to, he said he doesn't want to date anyone else but her. He even said that he is willing to give her another chance. I dont think it will work out. Then he said if it doesn't they will have to sell the house and me and him will get an apartment.
He later told me that they will have to raise my rent another 50 bucks. He said that beccause aparantly they are spending more money then they bring in. Well duh, going to target and walmart 3-4 times a week doesn't help. That wont be so bad I guess. It's just that I am going on vacation on the first week in june, so I might be late that month with the money. I told him I could do that in the summer, but when the fall comes and I go back to school (hopefully), I would not be able to cause I have to help pay for some of my tuition. He said that would be alright cause by that time they should be alright with money. That is if they are still together.
Overall, she is controlling of him and he loves her dearly. I dont know were this is going to go, but I hope it works out for him. Later

Baseball

I use to follow baseball all the time. I folllowed it when I was a kid. I used to play in summer league and collected baseball cards. I still have them and should probably look at a becket price guide and see how much they are worth. Then I think it was after 7th. or 8th. grade I just quite following it. Then when the Red Sox were in the ALC games against the Yankees, I followed it all 7 games and then the world series with the Cardinals. My mom was actually in Boston before the ALC chamionships and got us all Red Sox hats and t-shirts.
Then on Saturday, I got home from work and saw that there was nothing on tv but a baseball game with the Washingtion Nationals and the Atlanta Braves. So I watched it and enjoyed it. I then wondered why I had stopped watching it. I thought I would give it another try. So the next day at work I went to lids in the mall and bought a new Red Sox hat. I also bought MLB 2006 for PS2. I also told my dad that we should go to a baseball game this summer. So We are definatly going June 14th. or 15th. to go see the red sox play against the twins. My dad taught with a guy who played with the twins in like the late 70's. His name is Craig Cusack or Cusick. I think I have his last name spelled wrong. If there is a datebase for past twins players you guys should check it out. My dad also said that we should invite him with, I said that would be really cool and that I would have to stow away my red sox hat.
Now I have nothing against the twins. I enjoy seeing the twins play. Just somehow I have payed attention to the Red Sox more. I think I know what dawn is thinking as she reads this, lol. So I am going to start watching baseball again. I can tivo the games I miss when I am at work because we have a DVR at our place. In fact there is a Red SOx game on tonight against Baltimore. Well I have to go get ready for work. Later.

Im Punk in drublic

I sawe a hole bu8nch of peo-ple doin dubnk post so I thoght I do one tooo, I fukin gradamatated yesterday. is fuikn awsum i hadddd a 40 and lik 4bears and like 3 shots of wisky is si awsom. I dont guv a fuk no more. im doneee. im don wih wormin for the futre man. I dont fookin care \. igot wrok toomorrrroww, prolly show up hung ovedr. good ting i oopen and dana aint working. good nightttt. Johnf Rengtrav

Sitrep (situation report)

Ok almost done. I have to do one more lecture guide and then the quiz and I am done with finals. My god I cant wait till I am done. I just saw an ad for the New season of Rescue Me with Dennis Leary. Its on May 30th. at 9 p.m. central on FX channel. I love that show I have the first season dvd. I think its hilarious, well theres alot of crude humor, so if anyone has a problem with that stuff probably shouldnt watch it. Okay back to work. Well, after maybe a beer or two. Later

Even Moses couldn't stop this flood

I went camping with my scout troop this weekend. Friday It started off on the wrong foot. I went to my car and noticed I had left the lights on. I called my dad and told him what happened, he told me he couldn't pick me up so I got all my gear together and hiked it all the way to the scout room in town. It was only 2 miles, but still, I felt like a hobo. And I think everyone that looked at me thought I was. It was raining while I hiked to the room, it rained all weekend. In between raining, it rained. Everybody was cold and wet. Then the scoutmaster wanted me to lead a hike in the rain. So I took the new scouts and the adults on a small hike lasting about 5 miles. It wasn't that bad, if it was sunny we would have done about 8-10.
So I get back today more tired than I should be from sleeping in water all weekend. And I start to do my homework. Well let me give you the schedule of events for this week, oh and remember this is finals week for me. My first one is friday:

Chemistry- Final is on friday, girl in my study group want to study after classes every day this week to be ready for the final. I have all my quizzes (12) and the answer keys that the teacher provided for us, and the 3 exams. I hae to look at those by friday.

Creative Writing- We have to have 20 pages or more of poetry and fiction done by wednesday. I have more than 20 pages, but 2 of the stories I haven't had time to edit yet. Then we have to have a place were we want to send our stuff to get published ready to go by that day also. We also have to have all of our journal assignments done out of 2 books. She has said that she will accept them on monday the 8th as well. but that might not help anyways. read on kind reader.

Holocaust fimlms class- last class is on wednesday. Have to have our final typed up and be ready to hand in on that day also. Wont be too hard, a couple of pages I can get done in about an hour.

Biology of Woman- has been a thorn in my arse the whole semester. No offense intended ladies! I am learned more about the female body then 10 common men this semster. I have sent in the assignment that was due today. We have a final test that is worth like 63 points. Doesn't sound much does it? Well it covers 4 lectures and their guides that go with them. the last 2 guides are 13 pages and 15 pages. I think that might be due this coming sunday. She hasn't released it yet. Then with our powerpoint presentations that we made and the guides get evaluted by 3 people in our groups that were assigned. I have to evaluate the 3 other people and ask them 2-3 questions about there presentation. They also have to ask me 2-3 questions and I have to answer those as well. All that crap has to be finalized by sunday and sent in to her. She has repeadedly said that there will be no exceptions.

Again on Sunday my brother is getting his Eagle scout award. Its really great, now all three of us brothers are Eagle Scouts. And the first ones in our troop to have three brothers be Eagle scouts. But getting back to the story, his court of honor is from 12-2 my dad said. So make it around 3 or 4 because some of the extended family will be there as well. My dad also wants me to give a speech about my brother mike. It'll be a funny one alright. It will never top my other brothers though, I really reemed him a good one that time. But again, it's just another thing to add to the list. But there is good news on this long walk. Monday for the final in our creative writing class we are supposed to bring food and/or drinks for a little party. We are also reading off something to the class that day as well. Then on May 11th I graduate. I will probably be way to burned out that day, But I qill be happy. Ok enough of the chit chat, I have to get plugging away or I will drown in this great deluge. I might be able to post later to tel you guys what happened so far. Later

Ok seriously this time

I really fixed the comment thing. All with the help of Dawn. Yes thank you dawn for your help it is much appreciated. I hate spelling. Oh well back to drinking and playing loud punk rock to annoy my roomates and neighbors. enjoy all

I'm graduatig bitch

I will graduate may 11th. This is the last day for me at Inver Hills Community College. It has been too long. I think that day or one of the next days I am going to get roaring drunk, I mean roaring drunk. I fixed the comments thing so leave some, so I know people are reading this lol. Things have changed in my life. When I graduated from high school it was weird not going to class everyday and seeing all the friends I have had for my whole life. Now I am graduating from college and hopefully going to the U of M in the fall. This was a good experience and am almost sorry it has to end. But life goes on, so I do too. I have so many things I have to look forward too, mainly my road trip with my brother to Washington state the first week of june. Oh I just remembered I have a cuban cigar stowed away, so that will go with graduation night. Wow it still surprises me I will not go there anymore. Well I am going to go have a pint of Guinness or two and go finish up my work for school. Slainte`

I am Spartacus

Yesterday was among one of my great days at work. Yesterday I caught a shoplifter red handed. This guy had tried to steal from us before. I was walking around the store to see if anybody needed any help. I saw this guy round a corner in the kids non-fiction section. So I went ahead a bay and then went to the otherside of the bay he was in. I slowed down to hear if he was doing anything, and sure enough he was. I rounded the corner really fast and caught the guy with 3 hardcovers in his hand, he also had a Marshell Fields bag filled with harcovers (religous ones even). Then it was like and eternity. I stared at him, and he stared at me. It was like that for at least 15 deathly silent seconds. Then this is what happened next: "Sir, this is what we're going to do; We are going to go up to the front desk and call security". Then he responded "I wasn't stealing, I was just going to go up front and pay for these". Then I told him "Okay then, I am going to take this bag and we are going to go up to the front so you can pay for those books". I had him walk in front of me, then he set the books on a shelf and took off. I would have gone after him, but he could of had a pistol or a blade hidden and that would have not done me any good. We called security and then had an officer come into our store. The officer asked how many books and how much money was it worth. It was like 10 or 12 hardocvers and like 296 dollars worth of books. he said it was a felony. So I gave him a description of the guy. After that I bought a new harmonica, and little instruction book. Well I have to go do the rest of my homework and studying for finals. Later.

They say If you dont want to be found, move to North Dakota

Well I got a letter from my bank in the mail coouple days ago. It says that my loan application to get a new car got denied. From what I read, it was because of my dad, he was the co-signer for it. The letter said he was late on some kind of a payment in the past. Doesn't matter though it wasn't really his fault. It said to put what other extra expenses you have so I put down my monthly tuiton. It ends after May, but yeah I think that got me shot down too. So my dad called around and checked on Jeff Belzers on some cars. They said they have a new Chevy Cobalt, and for first time buyers they have really good lease packages. Like no money down, but the payments were killer. 230 a month for a 48 month lease. I couldn't swing that, come on i'm a pour college student living away from home. Oh well If I dont get into the U of M, that means I can get a second job and save up for a new car. I would just apply for the spring semester also.
So far this week end I have just done homework and studied. I have so much crap I have to have done, before school gets out. Here is a list: Finish up writing for Creative writing class (1 more 2-page paper, and probably more more poem for good measure), Write up final for Holocaust films class, Biology: start and finish powerpooint presentation, study 3 lecture and there guides that go with them, study for the quiz on those lecture guides, then do assignment for Biology, Then got to study for one more quiz in chemistry, and study for the final exam. It's comprehensive, I have all my quizzes and tests so I can just study from them. I am gradutaing from Inver Hills this semester. After way too long of being there I am finally done. I cant wait for summer and my road trip, it's gonna be reall bitchin'. Well ui have to get ready for work. Later

Pitching a Tent

I bought a new tent today. It's a 3 person, 3 season tent. It's made by Jeep (the car manufacturer0. Origanlly it was 130 dollars but I got it for 50 bucks. I go tit at Dick's sporting goods in the mall. It has an all encompasing rain fly and a sky light in it as well. I am so psyched to camping with my scout troop in 2 weeks. Then after that I am going out west with my brother to Washington state. So I will use it there as well. 2 days ago I went out to the mall and got some new shoes. They're Etnies and the color is black. Well I am going to go to sleep, cause I have'nt really had a good night sleep since, well, last july. later gators

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Oh Danny Boy

Well he got the call. He's heading to Iraq. I'm talking about my friend Dan Heintz. we meet in scouts and have been friends ever since. He goes to scout meetings when ever there isn't school for him in mankato. He also comes on all the campouts he can. He signed up in the national guard as soon as he turned 18. He is a Cavalry scout. That's were they go behind enemy lines and scout the enemy positons. He told me that he would probably be a truck commander or a gunner. He's going to be in a humvee running security for convoys he tells me. Also that he might be part of a Quick reaction force or something like that. Basically he told me that when shit starts to happen he'll probably be there. Well I hope he invests in some Kevlar stock before he leaves. He also told me that instead of the standard 6 months desert training, they are only getting 2 months. Stating that they can get everything learned in 2 months. Well I'll be sending him books upon books to him over there. He said he'd really like that. Well Dan I hope you stay safe over there and get home
A SAP. When you do get home we'll play with some airsoft guns and and go get liquored up pretty good at a nice pub.

I'm going to throw a coup at Barnes and Noble

Stupid Barnes and Noble. We now have to follow what B&n does as way of the store operations. After my store manager came back from a meeting in chicago she told us we are going to do this thing called Internal Store Operations (ISO). We have to follow what B&N does as: shelving, recieveing, zoning, Returns, and bunch of other useless crap. This is going to generate a whole bunch of paperwork that doesn't make sense and just eats up time and wastes paper. For example: After I zone a bay of books(scan a book with our ray gun, if it beeps it gets returned), I have to sign off on a sheet of paper saying I got let's say bay 23, rows 1-6 done. Since I am a key holder I have to get certified on how to do my job. I have been doing it close to 2 years now without being certified. This is the biggest load of shit I have ever recieved from B&N. This was mean't for a store the size of B&N, our store is way smaller compared to them. They want us to get more work done, with less people, and they won't let alot us enough hours to get all of this junk done. Oh well, I have to roll with the times.

My plan of attack

I just got done with a heavy week of school and work. I worked every night this past week. Blah! I stopped a major theft from our store. A guy was trying to steal like 100's of dollars of books by stuffing them on the back wall and then while were not looking stuff them in a Marshell Feilds bag. Then after a grueling 3-hour chemistry lecture, my base group got together and worked on our poster topic for the class. Then on friday my base group and I worked on some homework at Caribou coffee. Then today I work on my biology lecture and guide that goes with it for about 3 hours and only getting half done. Then I went to St. Thomas to watch my brother run in his track meet. Tomorrow I have to finish the other half to the lecture guide cause I have to take an online test which I get to use the guide by midnight tomorrow night. Then following that I have to start working on my powerpoint presentation for my online biology class. Plus studying for my chem quiz and have to finish a homework asignment by wednesday. Aw crap I totally forgot about all of the shit I have to do for my creative writing class. I have to have 20 pages of poetry and fiction done ( I have around 13 or 14), have to have 2 creative papers that have to have a length of 2-4 pages. Holy crap!!!! After getting through this hellish semester I better get into the U of M. I think another can of Miller guneine draft followed buy a pint of Guinness is in order. Later people.

Well, Doesn't that fucking suck

Alot has happened since I last updated. Last friday night I got a letter back from the U. It says that I am on a waiting list and will have to wait up to July 1st. until they make there decison. So I wait 2 months to find out I have to wait another 4 months. the letter said that they don't want to over enroll people, which is understandble. It just sucks being in limbo until July. They even suggested I apply to another college inside the U incase I dont get into The college of Liberal Arts. Well were am I suppost to go? The farm college? Learn to shear sheep? there that's what I want to do. Yes be a sheep farmer.
The next time I work I work with Kelsey. She's fun, her friend is going to bring in Inta juice. I guess it's like a fruit smoothie place. Then the next time I am working with her after that, I am going to to Mrs. Fields and getting us some chocolate chip cookie smootie's. We have a buy 1 get 1 free coupon at work. I really dont like my Biology class. It is really technical and is almost like a medical type class. I am really struggling with the class. I think I am going to go to the professers office and see if I can get some help. TOnight I went ot Half Price books and got some more records. The one that I cant wait to listen to is the Steve Miller Double album. Space Cowboy oh yeah! Well I better go I got to go study for my realy lame chem class, because I got a test tomorrow. Later

A ghost like substance

I woke up thi morning and decided to make some coffee and work on my biology class stuff. Well about 20 minutes into studying liz wakes up and lets the dog out and came up stairs. I was at the kitchen table studying. I said good morning and then she mumbled something, I saw earlier that they had got a new cappichino maker. I told her that I saw that they got one and it looks nice and then she mumbled something about it being broken. I thought well ok I think I will go back to studying. Well the whole time she was there she talked to her cats and dogs and fiddled around the place. Not once did she act like I was there. Not that there wasn't anything wrong with that. I really didn't want to talk to her, but I was trying to be nice. Oh well, screw it. I really dont spend much time over at my place anyways I am either working or out with friends or my parents want me over. If I am home I am in my room listening to my records or studying.
Today in my Holocaust films class we had a speaking of an old little woman that was a polish jew but had gained fake papers to pass her off as a catholic. Her and her sister traveled to a town called Regensburg or something in southern Bavaria in Germany and got work working in a high class hotel untill the end of the war. She had also wrote a book called "Hiding in the Open". Her name is Sabina S. Zimering. I bought a copy and it is really good so far. I suggest anyone read it and learn about a survivor of the holocaust. The ISBN# is 0878391711. It truly is really good.
The class is a really good one. I can stand blood and gore. I deer hunt and butcher my own deer. But the stuff in some of the movies is just down right horrid. The worst part is, is that all of these happened for real. 2 weeks ago we watched the movie "Escape from Sobibor" It's about one of the only mass break outs of a concentration camp. Out of 600 that fled 300 wear mowed down from mg42's (machine guns with a high rate of fire) in the gaurd towers. And of the 300 left like only 17 or 20 made it to saftey, all the rest were re-captured. What really bothered me about this movie was one scene. It started out as the trains got to the camp and the men and women seperated into 2 lines. Then the nazi fucks asked people if they had any special abilities. One young man stood out and said that he was a goldsmith, and showed him his tools. Then he mad sure that his littler brother stood out as well stating that he was a goldsmith, and he was. Then the older teenager asked nazi fuck if he could had his father come with. The father had his arms around his two sons and look hopeful. Well the godamn nazi said no and that for the fathe rto get back into line. Then the line of the women moved down a road. Then the line for the men moved down the road. The father was next to the last in line. As he was walking away towards the gas chambers (unknowingly to everyone except the fucking nazi's) he turned to his boys and shook his fist not that high in the air, like showing to keep tough. Then the man walked past the bend in the road.
The older boy kinda looked like me and the younger boy looked like my borther mike. The father character looked exactly like my dad. As soon as I saw that I immediatly got choked up and had trouble breathing. If something happened like that to my family I wouldn't be able to handle it. After that class it took me like 2 hours to calm down. It was just that guy who looked like my dad, that drove me over the edge. I am still glad I am taking the class. I am truly learning alot more of the Holocaust then what I knew before. It's really sorry to see that we really havn't learned from past mistakes. In the Darfur region of the Sudan, genocide is occuring as of right now. The world is aware of it, alot of the news media has covered it, but no one has stepped in and tried to stop it. Later folks.

John Engrav

I need a new place to stay

Well this is starting to sound like a broken record. Today I made a pizza for lunch, after I was done I put the rest on a plate and was going to put it in the fridge. Well there was no room, so I decided I would free up some space. There was a fridge pack of miller light (hey it was cheap ok?) and it only had 6 cans left. So I got it out of there. I decided to put the cans in the vegetable crisper, because before we had our beer in there. Well when I had to go pick my brother up, I was just about to leave when liz started to pitch a fit. She yelled out loud for everyone in the neighborhood to hear "Beer does not belong in the vegetable crisper, I am sick and tired of fixing stuff after you guys" Well i immediatly told her that it was me and I was just trying to free up some space in the fridge. I think I caught her off guard by telling her that because she was really quiet afterwards.
Saturday my dad was telling me if I get accepted to the UofM twin cities I could possibly stay on campus. I told him If I did I would have to give up my manager position at the bookstore, because to be a manager I need to work at least 18 hours a week. If I did that I would only be able to work on wekends. But living someplace else away from the beast from the east does sound really appealing. I told my mom what happened and she laughed and said I should move someplace else, like back home. I told her thanks but no. Then she suggested some apartments in farmington. Well I dont make enough money to live out on my own yet, so I would have to get another roomate. Oh well, after we pick tom up on friday night from St. Thomas my dad wants to go to this pub called O'garas. Its a brew pub, so we'll see how good there beer is. Later