That’s where we live!
American League
National League
Angel Stadium Dimensions
Left: 330ft Left-Center: 387ft Center: 400ft Right-Center: 370ft Right: 330ft
starts 8pm on ESPN tomorrow (Monday 7/12)
Coming back home was something that I had been trying to put off, but just as i had suspected the past month of being back has flown by. I think we moved out of Cal on the 7th of May and i didn’t waste much time going back to work. I still am not sure which i prefer, being here or out at Cal.
Cal is good for many reasons, most for geographical location to my home, but it is also a nice change to go from a city to more of a small town setting. I never thought of where i live as being a city, but being away from it for so long then coming back, i realize that it is. However, life here is way more convenient. I don’t have to get on a branch of the turnpike and pay a toll every time i want to go somewhere.
As far as food as concerned, and as Bandit said in his post, the food at home is something i will never take for granted again. Not only because of the quality, but again the convenience issue of a college life at least at Cal. Also local eatery quality is by far superior to the ones at school. I wasn’t even home for an hour before i had to head down and get myself a real cheese steak.
I made the mistake of getting one out at Cal and it fell apart and was just plain horrible. Although we found a couple of nice joints this year. Our first year’s favorite, Campy’s, took a backseat to this year’s favorites J.Coles and Spuds, and lets not forget Subway. Subway was probably the go to spot this year. I’m not sure why we didn’t give it a try last year. The famous Schiddrone Sub was born this year and was introduced in the post Schiddrone Sub & The Mean Ol’ Vending Machine. We found ourselves there at least once a week.
I really thought i would miss my work out at Cal more once I came home to my hectic full time summer job. It really hasn’t turned out that way though. For some reason I am, umm I don’t want to say “happier” but i guess i am more “satisfied” with this job at home. The work out at school is pretty much the same and actually easier, but i think it is a mixture of the repetitiveness of the job along with the commute being 20mins while my job at home is about 5minutes with traffic. Pay is the same though but i get triple the hours here at home.
This past year in review would not be complete without mentioning the crazy blizzard we had. I think it was early February when Pennsylvania got hammered with snow. We got over 2 feet of snow out at Cal and school was actually cancelled for a whole week. Some crazy stuff. I like this pic. Can’t take credit for it though, got it from someone’s facebook.
I wanted to go down and clean off my car but my snow brush and such was in my trunk which was covered by 2 feet of snow. So on the way out i grabbed the broom that was left in the laundry room by maintenance and beat the hell out of that thing cleaning the snow off my car. That was only half the problem though cause i had to dig my car out. So i walked down to public safety and they were nice enough to let me borrow a shovel and after about an hour my car was out.
As far as entertainment went it was a solid one to say the least. We had another full season if The Office, 30 Rock, and Bandit found some other shows that he liked. The most important find of the year was Curb Your Enthusiasm with Larry David (Co-creator of legendary television series Seinfeld). Hilarious.
Video games we had Forza 3 which was ballin’ and we spent many hours with that rather than doing boring school stuff. I also picked myself up a new baseball game for the Xbox. Bandit had the new call of duty that he didn’t like and said there were a bunch of idiots on there.
All in all it was a great year. A little crazy at the end with all the school work (at least for me. I’m still trying to figure out how Bandit did it so relaxed). We had a lot of fun (mostly at other people’s expense), were as loud as ever, sang the Trololo song at all hours of the night/morning, threw a bunch of pennies down the elevator shaft, ripped a huge hole in our floor, had giant icicles hanging outside our window for weeks (monster icicles), and somehow managed to complete another year without accidentally killing ourselves or each other.
So without further adieu, the quotes of the 2009-2010 School Year
“BEEP!” “Titmouse!” “I’ll do it later.” “You’re doing it wrong.” “User error!” “Larry!” “Trololo!” “ You know the only way to really help him/her is just let him/her be.” “Bad chicken!” “McMellonHead!” “These are hands, not magic wands!” “My terminal server has been fucked in the schnitzel!” “Ol’ Bill S. is at it again” “Why you keep screamin’ at the top of yo’ head?” “You sir are a pioneer.” “Schiddrone: Enemy to all cones!” “MALCOLM!” “You beefin’ ?!”
Probably missed a bunch of quotes but i can’t think of anymore at 2am here. I never realized most of the things we said we yelled. No wonder none of our neighbors liked us. But you know what, we frowned upon those who frowned upon us.
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Well there’s another year down of my “higher” education. This also marks my last year at Cal U, as I will be continuing my schooling at West Chester over the next two (hopefully) years. I decided to move back to the hometown for a few reasons, and topping that list was the housing situation at Cal. The dorms were fantastic but availability was very limited and there was no room for me next year. That left me with the choice of renting a hole in the wall in town or the university sponsored housing wayyy up north of the school – neither of which sounded pleasant during the dead of winter.
The second reason was my future. If I’m going to be living uncomfortably over the next two years, I may as well make as much money as I can. Living back home puts me only 30 seconds away from the office and 30 minutes from the WCU campus. Given the amount of travel I do for work anyway the drive to campus shouldn’t be a big deal. I’ve sure got the right car for it.
Speaking of living uncomfortably, I’m firggin freezing. I feel like Mr. Biggelsworth. This is the month of May correct? In like a lion out like a lamb?! What the !@#$ does that mean!!? Don’t think I’ve got the right month but whatever. The point is I’ve had to turn the heat on in May. I’m moving south as soon as I can. Pick a flock of birds and follow them as long as I can.
I’m only writing this post for as long as it take me to finish testing this virtual machine. I need to find another job just like the one I have now but in Florida or Hawaii or somewhere nice and warm. I’ll take violent rainstorms and volcanoes over the cold weather.
It is kinda nice being home though. Had a great pie from the local pizza joint, and nothing beats a home cooked meal. I think this desk is a little bigger than the one out at Cal. Haven’t spent much time in front of the computer machine since I got home however. That will change soon enough as I go back to work on Wednesday. That should be nice also. Finally doing some work that has meaning and money behind it.
Ol’ Schiddrone himself oughta be posting at some point. We’d like to use this as a way to keep communication open since our living arrangement has been terminated.
And With That Bombshell, Good Night!
This is long overdue. should have had this up a month ago.
Night classes don’t work for me. Let’s be honest here, there is a very small window during the day that my brain is actually open for productive/useful activity.
Another beef that I have with night classes is that they are 3 hours long. There is very little that I can concentrate on if there is not an attractive female involved in some aspect (no i’m not implying porn, you people leave me be).
Now, one wonders how anyone could get through a 3 hour class without calling it a complete wash. Here is usually how I get through it…
After this class is finally done, it is usually back to Schiddrone.com headquarters back here at the Weezy F around 8:30pm to do more homework since I have lost the last 3 hours due to the night class. This means that I am half asleep from the class, and the second half of me about to fall asleep because I don’t want to do homework.
Here is the answer. The new Rockstar Energy Cola. It drinks like Pepsi but punches you square in the nuts like an energy drink (not to mention the kick ass can). I still swear by the Rockstar Energy+Juice (orange can), but this new cola is the real deal. Last year some Red Bull representatives came to the food court here at Cal U handing out some of Red Bull’s new energy cola. I couldn’t even finish their cola in their tiny cans! It had an awful aftertaste.
Just incase you couldn’t find what I added to the desk!
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Schiddrone and I were discussing food because of my ridiculous assignment for health class. If you check my facebook status it is all explained there, which I will copy in this post.
i have to do some bs food tracking thing for my health gen ed, supposed to list all the foods i ate today. two problems with that 1)my memory is awful 2)this class is horse**it. so i wanna have a little fun with it – think of the most outlandish food and reply to this status with it
So we got to talkin’ about pizza, because my assignment has Meat Pizza listed as one of the choices which tickled my humorous. Schiddrone said he had once been to the California Pizza Kitchen located in our local mall. He was appalled by their menu choices. I couldn’t agree more, those people simply ruin pizza by piling things like chicken heads and the like (see below, some sort of crazy pizza topped with graham crackers and frog legs, their best dish apparently). Pizza is a simple food, best served with simple toppings. But I digress, and I know not everyone agrees with me on the subject.
The point is, he tried to order fries with his “pizza” at which point he was told French Fries are not served. I told him the one time I went there I got a side dish of buttered noodles. Everything else on the menu was intimidating.
This is the point where he told me he should have gone to the Cheesecake Factory instead, located in the same establishment. I explained to him that I had little to no knowledge said establishment. As I believe, the Cheesecake Factory is, in fact, and actual factory in which cheesecake is manufactured. For a small entry fee they allow you to work the assembly line. In return you are allowed to eat as much cheesecake as you like. Patrons are given uniforms and hairnets – nobody wants hair in their cheesecake. Frequent customers have custom made uniforms with their names on nametags. Below you’ll see a glimpse into the mental image I have of the Cheesecake Factory.
And yes, once you set foot into this factory, everything is black and white. Except the cheesecake of course.
And With That Bombshell, Good Night!
I hope everyone has enjoyed the blog being back up and functional, but I feel it is time for the blog to return to its normal service: pointing out flaws in our world. No, we aren’t here to discuss politics or global warming or what Barack is doing right or wrong. This is our world, the real world, the one we experience everyday.
Usually once a week my lady friend and I go down to Subway in town rather than go to the horrible Gold Rush for dinner. I had never been to a Subway before I came out to Cal, but it has been a pleasant experience thus far. The quality is decent, but it really depends on the workers that night.
After a few trips down there, I realized that I needed to find a sandwich I look forward to getting. The quality of their food is probably a C (but compared to the Gold Rush grade: F, it is nice switch now and then), but it is nice to be able to do some customization. After about 5 or so trips, the “Schiddrone Sub” was born.
A foot-long, toasted sub (on whatever bread. It is on Hearty Italian in the picture) with grilled chicken, pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, banana peppers, onion, oregano, their Chipotle Southwest sauce, and finally a quick hit of hot sauce.
It sounds complicated, but each ingredient accents another. Bandit thinks I’m crazy and says he has no sympathy for me should I find myself taking multiple trips to the bathroom afterwards.
His taste for subs is pretty simple. He gets a foot-long toasted BLT with oregano. But hey, to each his own, sauzeeech and provolone.
On to another subject, the blasted vending machines in the Weezy F here. Last night Bandit and I made a vending machine run at like 1am. Usually I grab a small snack or something, but I was really thirsty so I decided to go for a drink. I decided on a Lipton Iced Tea (although I would prefer a Rosenberger’s or Guer’s) However, the damn machine didn’t give me my drink. The stopper let go of the drink for a half a second only allowing the drink to slide a measly half centimeter (if that).
Now, myself being stubborn, loopy, and kind of stupid at that time of the morning, I decided to go up to my room, get another $1.75 and come back to try again, only to get the same result.
What is nice though is that you can walk over to the student center and tell them that the mean ol’ vending machine ate your money and they will refund your money.
Damn AVI Food Services, not only does their food suck, their vending machines suck as well.
One thing that really doesn’t fit in as a topic of this post, or anywhere really for that matter, is a song that we came across recently by Chris Cornell (lead singer Soundgarden/Audioslave). Apparently he did a rap/hip hop album not too long ago. Only listened to one song. It is very catchy, but its just silly. He’s a goofy looking person but he is a good singer so we respect him for that. Problem is this song is annoying but just too darn catchy. “Why you keep screamin’ at the top of yo’ head?”
Its like 2am right now and its snowing. Hopefully we have a delay in classes starting. I can’t stand my 8am class. Not only because it is earlier than any human should have to wake up, but the professor sucks. When he talks it is slightly above a whisper and you have to strain for an hour to hear him. And he looks like Mr. Clean, only with glasses and a goofy almost-handle bar mustache.
Speaking of not hearing people, Bandit just asked me a question which I didn’t hear, so I just said “Yeah.” And then I was curious what he said so I said “What?”. Got a good laugh out of it.
Schiddrone.com “Critiquing the world, one post at a time.”
I suppose I should explain my earlier post. I will do that with another post. That post will be this post. I was speaking with thebananashuttle who informed me that our good friend Cone Bone, or CoCo as he is known to many has started twittering, or twattering, or however it is said. He is using the site twitter.com.
Thebananashuttle said he was thinking of swallowing his pride and joining twatter in order to follow Conan, I told him “heres the deal. If you join then I’ll join.” To which he replied: “but only if there is a write up on schiddrone about how much pride is being swallowed by us right now.” So I posted as he requested.
You can follow me at twitter.com/therealknewman
Alot of pride is being swallowed by us right now.
So we’ve been watching a good bit of the Winter Olympics. I have been a pretty big fan of the Olympics for awhile, but I especially enjoy the winter ones. I feel they are more exciting. Contrarily to the last statement, my favorite winter Olympic event by far is Curling. If you haven’t seen it I suggest you try and watch. To the untrained eye it looks boring, but once you watch and understand it the sport becomes pretty entertaining. I’ll try and include a short clip from youtube or something if anyone is unfamiliar with the sport.
Another thing that has caught my eye in these olympics is the amount of attractive female athletes. The two I would like to mention are Lindsey Vonn (skier, picture below) and Clair Bidez (snowboarding). Here is a link to Sports Illustrated’s photo shoots of them (and also some other honorable mentions).
(click to enlarge….that’s what she said)
It is nice to be back on the blog. A new feature is the weekly podcast which you can find in the post under this one where we discuss some current events in the world and around Cal here. Give it a listen. Hope to get the other bloggers in on some future ones.
Schiddrone.com “Critiquing the world, one post at a time.”