Day 4

Water is awesome!

I feel as if I have cheated, because I was at Mc. Donalds the other day and I drank an orange Hi-C. I know it isn't pop, but still just as bad. I'm gonna have to watch my intake on stuff like that.

I have been drinking a lot of bottled water, so that's good. I smile, because I know how much pop I would have drank in the last few days.

So lets bring on... the milk and the juice and more water. I'm just gonna have to cut back on the orange Hi-C, but that's usually what I get when I eat breakfast at Mc. Donalds because it's cheaper.

Go Cubs Go!(something awesome could happen. if not, then it's all about the Rays)

Rays The Roof!

With the Chicago Cubs having one more loss before they are out of the post season, I find myself pulling for another team. An AL team and nope, it's not the Red Sox. I sit here right now, wanting the Tampa Bay Rays to pull through and make it to the World Series and win it all. I personally think they deserve it. They are a team that kind of came out of no where and just rose above everyone during the season. They seem to play as if they really want it, unlike some other MLB teams, *cough, cough*, the Cubbies.

They are playing the Chicago White Sox(a team which I hate the most) right now and they are down few runs. I hope they come back and win and the win the next series, followed by the World Series... well, unless there is some miracle in which the Cubs win three in a row and move on to win the NLCS and eventually play in the World Series, then I will say "Go Cubs Go!" But for now, I'm cheering for this fairly new Tampa Bay team.

So...
GO RAYS GO!!!

Yes, I am still a Cubs fan, but if they are out, I've gotta have something to look forward to!

Hmm...

I've stated before that I'm giving up soda, well now would be a great time to pick up drinking... ok just kidding.

Some bad words.

I'm gonna admit there were some bad words said about the Cubs tonight. Out of respect for my viewers, I will not repeat what was said.. by me and others.

The End.

Here We Go!

Brewers vs. Phillies starts now.

Tonight: Dodgers vs. Cubs

Late Tonight: Red Sox vs. Angels

I say, "GO CUBS GO!"

I will say softly, "Go Red Sox"

It's What Starts(or ends) on Oct. 1

Ok, So I've put a lot of thought into this and I have decided that it is the end of soda pop for me... well, maybe not the end, but more of a break from drinking pop. This will begin on Oct. 1 and I guess my goal will be one month and then so on and so on. The big goal would be for me to go until the start of 2009... the bigger goal would be a year... we'll see how this goes.

Why?
Well, I've noticed others giving up pop or fasting from it or something and I've decided that it is my turn to try something different.

Some Reasons for "no pop":

• need to enjoy this tasty liquid called, "water"


• Healthier/Lose some weight - I've seen people give up pop for awhile and end up losing some weight. I think that would be great. I'm not saying that it's a big weight loss, but I do drink a lot of pop. Anyone who goes out to eat with me will say that I always ask for several refills... That's a lot of calories and such. I know drinking other stuff can be just the same, but I think water is gonna be my main choice.


• Saving some $$$ - since I drink a lot of pop, I do spend a lot buying pop. Water and other beverages can be cheaper.

So the next few days I'm enjoying some sweet, sweet, nectar before it is bye-bye. When I'm done with this pop break, and I'm back to drinking Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, etc., I'm gonna start drinking Diet Dr. Pepper, Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Diet etc.

So to you I say... "Cheers".

No More Doctors, Mountains, or Pep!

That's right... It all starts(or ends) on Oct. 1...

More on this later!

May the clues, pop into your head...

The Hours are Counting Down...

For the season premiere of The Office!!!

THE GREATEST SHOW...EVER!!!

The Weekend.

Friday Night
-Got to hangout with the Martin Ufkin

Saturday
-Worked
-Nate, Jolyn, and Austin were in town for the weekend
-Watched The Office Season 4 with family
-The Cubs Clinched their Division
-Notre Dame lost(that's a good thing, because I strongly dislike the Irish)
-Apple Festival
-watched and fell asleep during Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

Sunday
-Church
-Bears game, a loss(very frustrating and I'm very upset with the team)
-Colts lost(a good thing, because I strongly dislike the Colts)
-Slept from like 5PM - 11PM and just went back to sleep and slept all night

So..a pretty good weekend.

NL Central Champs

Time to get excited... again! Lets hope for more than last year!

GO CUBS GO!!!

NO-HITTER

BIG Z THROWS A NO-HITTER AND THE CUBS WIN 5-0!!

A No Good Football Weekend

First, Michigan got killed by Notre Dame.
Then the Bears get beat by the Panthers.
But... speaking of Panthers... NorthWood did beat Goshen, so that's at least one good game!

Switching sports...

Lets hope that the Cubs get back on track and put some more games between them and the Brewers!

Sweet Victory

The Bears 29
The Colts 13

Hilarious!

That's all I've got to say about The Office. It truely is one of the best shows ever!

Fun Run

Went up to the Bethel this evening and then over to Target, to pick up this.



Then it was back to Bethel, to hangout and watch it. Now I sit here with a tied Cubs game. Lets see what happens. Stay tuned.

Happy Labor Night

I hope everyone had a good weekend.
I had a good weekend.
I got some much needed sleep.
I got to hangout with my family.
The Cubs lost all weekend. Lets just hope for more wins and more Brewer losses.
I wanna continue the Cedar Point memory deal, but it's kind of late. Soon it will come.
I'm looking forward to visiting Cedar Point again next month.
The Office Season 4 comes out on DVD tomorrow. SWEET!
Well, I'm out.
Later.

Bye bye beautiful.

Cedar Point Memories

So I've decided that I'm gonna start posting some memories from my experiences working at Cedar Point in '03 and '04. I will have like the "CP memory of the week" or something. Some will be fun, others funny, some maybe sad, some probably stupid, and at least one memory from that time probably makes me wanna pull my hair out and scream! Well, maybe I won't talk about that one, because it's a sore memory that a lot of people don't want to hear again(lets just say that one specific memory I'm thinking about doesn't really have to do all with Cedar Point. It really has nothing to do with Cedar Point. It's just that I was in my CP dorm room at the time. Lets just say I was still employed at CP on Oct. 14, 2003. Confused? Look it up.) So here starts the first big memory of 2003 and it is pretty big!(but it's not Big Bash)

This memory or event rather, happened two months prior to my for mentioned unspoken memory. The date was August 14, 2004.(Figured it out yet?) Lets just say it was a pretty hot and humid day. Wait... lets back things up a bit. You might be wondering what I did when I worked there. Well... when I worked at Cedar Point I was a sweep and I also did a little bit of other stuff. "Why a sweep?" you ask. Well... I'll explain another time. Anyway, back to this memory...
So it was a very hot and humid Thursday afternoon and I out sweeping just outside of the park, (if you are familiar with Cedar Point, I'm talking about the area between the parking lot and the main gate turnstiles.) I was just walking around doing nothing really. After awhile of just walking around and people watching, I began to notice that it was pretty quiet. Cedar Point has music playing all over the park, but the music they play in the front is louder than all the stuff in the park. I guess I really never thought about it, but after a few minutes, a lady came up to me and asked, "When are the rides gonna re-open?" I kind of had this look like, "What the heck are you talking about?" I then turned and looked into the park and I didn't believe what I saw. First thing I saw was the Sky Ride sitting there and not moving. I thought,"Ok, the Sky Ride has stopped. That normally happens." I look over to the Raptor, stopped on the brake run. I look back at Magnum, stopped on the hill. I look at the Space Spiral, stopped just about 40 feet from the platform. I then think to myself, "What the heck is going on here?" I turn the lady and say, "I'm sorry mam, but I have no idea what's going on, but I'm gonna find out."

So I ran back into the park to try to find one of my supervisors or team members. I couldn't find anyone at first, so I just came to the conclusion that the Cedar Point lost it's power. I had no idea that it was bigger than that. ...What am I talking about? The Northeast Blackout of 2003.
... It was probably the weirdest thing walking through a crowded amusement park with no power. The only sound was the blend of all voices from guests in the park. The only other background noise, was just the feet of all the people walking. I was still walking around the park trying to find some other employees that I worked with. I walked through the thick crowds of people and listened to what they had to say. Most of the guests were getting mad at Cedar Point and I mean, really ticked off at Cedar Point. Others wondered if it was just the Sandusky area, while others talked about how it could actually be much bigger and maybe all of the US. I still needed to know what the deal was, so I could explain to the guests what was going on.

I eventually found another team member talking with our supervisor. I went up and asked them what's up. Standing there, I remember my supervisor with a very serious face(not really a serious guy) stood there and said,
"Jeremy, have you been informed about what's going on?"
I told him I had no idea and that I really wanted to know whats up.
He said, "This thing is bigger than just Cedar Point and Sandusky. The power is out all the way to New York!"
I'm like, "No way!?"
He then goes on to say, "We aren't totally sure yet, but there is a big chance that this whole thing is related to a possible act of terrorism. I want you keep it on the down low for now. But tell other employees when you see them."
I thought he was joking at first, but he was seriously telling me what he has heard from the upper management. At that time all kinds of thoughts started going through my head. "Was this true? Are we in the early stages of a terrorist attack? What's gonna happen in the next 24 hours? I'm in Ohio and my family is in Indiana. Am I gonna see them again? I've gotta call them!" My brother was one of the supervisors for his department and he was also working that day. I had to find him, for I knew he had a cell phone for calling home.(I didn't own one back then)

To be continued...

Man, I never really plan on telling long stories. All I was gonna say, was that I worked there during that major power outage. I just decided to make a story of it. I hope it is interesting. So enjoy. But yeah, I guess I'll finish tomorrow or something. Hmm...why does this story make me think of the beginning of another similar, but fake, story entitled The Cedar Point Zombies of Chaos? Haha... good times.

Ok then, I'm out. I need a roommate! The quest continues!

Go Cubs!

Mr. 100? More like Mr. False!

So under the blog entitled Mr. 100 I stated that it was my 100th post. I thought it was my 100th post, due to the fact that when I selected "new post", it said that I had 99 posts. But after looking over the "Take a Trip to the Past" on the right side of the blog, the number of posts from the three years added up to 102. So that would make I'm Here my 100th post and Mr. 100 being the 101.

I apologize for all the misleading information. I am a disgrace to the blogging community.

Back to the Point! (cue, "The Power of Love")

So recently I have received an e-mail from Cedar Point, saying that I've been invited to attend a Back to the Point Employee Reunion. The event is held during the last weekend of the month (Labor Day weekend) and I guess it's a pretty big deal. They are having admission discounts, hotel discounts, a cookout, entertainment, and ERT(extended ride time after the park closes) all for past employees and their guests. Hmm, this event has been planned for awhile and it's kind of weird that I just now got the information about it.

I still wasn't sure if it was some form of e-mail spam sent to all ex-employees, so I decided to do a little research. I came across this web site and found this. Reading both the article and the e-mail made me start to think about all the memories of working at Cedar Point for two summers. They had all kind of stuff for employees, such as parties, employee ride nights, cookouts, movie nights, trips and other fun stuff. Sitting here, I kind of miss working there. Yeah, I guess I could share some of my fondest memories another time.

Unfortunately for me, I won't be able to attend, for I have plans on going there in October with Nate, Jolyn, Austin, and Kayla. However, if for some reason I do go, it will be on the Sunday, but still very unlikely.

I'm not sure why I used this as a blog post, but oh well, it works.

Mr. 100

This is my 100th post!