Somebody! Anybody, quick..pay that fine!!

"Is this Mr. Chris Cockrell? "

...." Uh, yeah, who's this??"

"This is Cindy from Movie Gallery in Cabot and we show that you have a late charge of 5.90$ on your account."

"....AND????"

" Well sir we were just informing you that if you came in and rented a movie today, we would drop that charge for you!"

'' You would do that?"

"..of course Mr.Crockwell''

"Sorry mam, I'm in the Virgin Islands for a year, so I don't think I'll make it in today, but what I can do for you is send someone over there to take care of that little fee"

...."Oh, ok"

"Yeah, well have a nice day mam!" *Click*



ahemmm...are you freaking kidding me! haha, well i guess things haven't changed much back there in Cabot, people still care way too much about the smallest things..umm if I could get a good samaratin to swing by and take care of that late fee, from who knows when, ha they didn't even have it on record what movie it was...so it had to be really "recent"...whatere' it may have been, it was important enough to call me up..haha i laugh, and mean no disrespect to the girl who was just going down a call sheet, but its quite humorous on the whole..

..its been a while since last i posted, there has just been a little bit of not much going on..

the race last weekend went..errr..ummm...not quite how i had it all planned out, in fact it didn't work out anything close to it...my team fell through completely, and i was the only one who showed, and eventually got paired up with a biker, but no swimmer, so he was the last biker out but came in the middle of the pack, which enabled me to catch a few people on the run..i ran like a bat outta hell, and got lots of compliments, but it wasn't what i wanted..i've figured out the best way to do these tri's is just on your own..i could get into something deep and not so simplistic, but id really rather not at this point...suffice to say things when done by yourself, have a tendency(sp?) to go much smoother/better/more awesome(r) than if you try and get a group along..even if the group idea wasn't yours...anywhoo it should be noted that kenny chesney's latest musical creation is veraniiiice, and even though it was pirated, somehow it still sounds like it would sans the 17$ tag..
..."tut, tut..looks like rain" yeah, we've got ourselves a little tropical storm passing through paradise, oh well, give the sun a break will you, he gets a little winded im sure..(maybe someone caught the irony in that, being on an island with a constant sea breeze or "wind"......and yeah *cricket,cricket*)
anywhoo i went out for a ride this morning since i didn't have class in the AM, i figured why not be up before 7?? lots of people do it.... yeah..and they have jobs....errrhmmm...anywhooo i had a plan today, and thus far,everything is falling right where it needs to be (picture the little wizard giddily playing with his fingers and smiling'perrrfect' )
..sunday, aside from the minor mishap at the race was a great day..3 beaches and as many bars in one day, just isn't any other way id like to spend a day...its very strange,here on the island each establishment is unique,granted they all have basically the same thing..but some keep the elements on ice, others just in a "coola' " and well no one will hand you a warm something or other, so in a sense its rather uniform...but the interesting part is that each bar has their own special shot..sprat net,over on the northside/cane bay area, has "papa woana", while dominoes in the rainforest has the "mama woana"....you would be surprised how different they are, but still in the same family....ok so this is rambling..here's the point: you can go all over the island and not get the same drink, each person makes it differently, but that doesn't make it a bad thing....uh oh, (he's not about to relate drinks to people is he??...stay tuned) if you think of the assorted beach bars on the island as a microcosm of society, you can see some very basic similarities...everywhere you go, you'll find people wanting something, granted some want nothing but to do absolutely nothing, and they can be found in abundance both here and in the states...then you have those that work for things, they have a goal, something to do, somewhere to go..these are the unique ones, they stick out in life...but thats not a bad thing...you can find people doing the regular things they do all the time, but if they do it in a different way, show some pride, and really enjoy what they get the opportunity to do, they are that special drink...the papa woana's of the world, make life a little brighter..sometimes they give you a warming sensation inside that trickles all the way down *ahhh yeah i mean people can do that too, but i was referring to something else, ha....love you mom :) * basically i just think that you don't have to be living life in paradise to be happy with where you are...i hate to touch back on the everything is what you make it, but i found that to be the case again today while i went out riding...granted i nearly wiped out riding down the beast, but from that i learned that, well thats not the smartest thing to do...but it got me where i wanted to go and its not the point ha..point is that i had to get out in the cool morning air and do something so i could plan out my day, and i did...but how does this relate to life and making choices about how to keep a positive outlook??? im gonna have to go with... the importance of being able to sit down and clear your head, organize the ole thought machine for a minute or two and think about what is important that day...figure out what you have control over/can change and do something about that...can i change the fact that its raining, cloudy and a tid bit huuuumid, not in the least..but i can remind myself that im on a beautiful island,even though this school (as all do) sucks in the rain, ill find some hope in knowing it'll stop raining and eventually ill get back to the beach...(ok bad example)..umm to apply it more to you home/stateside folk...you can look at rush hour this way: all that junk on the side of the road isn't another possible IED, the car behind you isn't waiting for traffic to (invariably it will) slow down so they can blow you up...things can always be worse, but think of how good we(myself included) actually have it...i never really understood how great it is to be an american until i came to a place where not everyone knows what it feels like to be a citizen of the greatest country in the world *granted its a US territory, anyone who comes down will attest to my assertions (sp?) that this is a different country, with almost a different language* i've had several lengthy discussions with a guy who is convinced that america is full of racists (thanks to the jena 6 stuff goin on in Louisiana) and its hard to hear someone say things like that about home, when i know thats not how it is...he isn't a citizen, but has a chance to become one, and doesn't want to...he's also in rotc, but doesn't want to have anything to do with the military..to say he's an odd case would be an understatement..but yeah he's a strange one...complains a lot, but everyone does i guess....i dont know there is something about the whole "absence makes the heart grow fonder" bit that holds some type of truth in it....don't let this be taken as me saying how homesick i am, beacuse thats not it at all...im loving it down here, just observing..the different attitudes down here make me wonder sometimes how much people actually realize how good things are, despite all the problems around...
..im not trying to get deep, just putting some thoughts out there, im also not looking for any kind of recognition,because its just me throwin down whats running around betwixt my ears...but i do think its important to note that some things are the same everywhere, as in the types of people...and if we all were warm draf beers walking around *people who didn't try and find something to be happy about* this place would suck...its the papa woana's of the world that make me smile, and it doesn't take much to be papa woana (only about 2oz's actually...ahemmm, but i digress)

so take that as the musings of a barhopping quasi-philosophe trying to clear his head
.....18 is the magic number in the VI.....and is only employed friday-sunday, and usually just saturday due to PT and ranger challenge...so yeah