A day in the Life of Jerm

No-Shave November Over!!!

2011-12-01T06:04:00.000-08:00

Here was week three's beard:

Nice right? and alas, here's the end of the month's beard:

I was going to shave everything completely off now that its not November, but....I'm gonna keep it!!!

So get ready for Decembeard, Janu-hairy, and Fur-bruary and so on! But don't worry, I'm not going to blog and post a picture every week. It'll just be me having a beard until I get bored!

No Shave November

2011-11-14T21:34:00.000-08:00

So I decided to participate in No-Shave November. I have never grown my full beard so I figured this year (with the wife's permission of course) I would go for it! I got a couple guys to do it alongside me. I did Mustache March about 3 or 4 years ago, and this was the creepy result:

me, Travis, Sean, Spencer

Needless to say, 'No-Shave' November is a tiny bit less creepy. More manly I would say. Here was after the first week:

And now its the end of the 2nd week, here's what I look like:

Just kidding! Gross. but this is my 2 week old beard:

Things are starting to get a bit hairy!

To all my fellow participants in No-Shave November, stay strong men!!!

I'll post another photo in about a week!

Wife's blog!

2011-07-22T09:20:00.000-07:00

My wife has recently redesigned her blog. It is now
called Kim's Kreations. Click this box to check it out!

I will be posting a new blog soon.

posted from Bloggeroid

Rob Bell

2011-03-25T13:13:00.000-07:00

Rob Bell is the pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church, and is known to many Christians through his NOOMA videos, and the books he has written. I remember watching his videos in youth group and thinking they were very interesting. Videos like Dust and Lump.

Recently he's come under fire by a lot of Christians for the description and accompanying intro video of a book that hadn't even come out yet. This is the intro video for the book, Love Wins:

The people concerned with Bell's theology basically said he is being a false teacher because the video he implies all people will go to Heaven because Love wins, and our Loving God would never send someone to Hell.

Of course I don't believe that myself, and I was ready to blog about how maybe Rob Bell explains that idea further in the actual book, saying God is a loving God but people choose to not love him back and there is indeed a Hell...and that we shouldn't be so quick to judge Bell and assume he is a false teacher.

Then I started researching the issue further, and I came across this post from a pastor named Erik Raymond's blog responding to Rob Bell's earlier book, Velvet Elvis: check it out here

Now I have quite a few friends who own or have read that book...I was planning on reading it myself, but maybe I shouldn't?

A lot of what Raymond comments on makes sense, and I'm wondering what you guys all think?

I offended the Double Rainboy Guy!

2011-03-24T13:39:00.000-07:00

I offended the Double Rainboy Guy. If you don't know who that is, let me google that for you.

OK, now let me explain. The guy lives in Mariposa County. My oldest brother Brandon is the online editor for the Merced Sun-Star paper. Brandon had the opportunity to interview him via phone, etc etc; The point being Brandon kind of knows the guy now.

So the guy is coming out with a movie he made with other internet celebrities called The Chronicles of RickRoll. One day my brother posts this trailer for the movie on his facebook profile.

I commented on it, saying "how much someone beat a dead horse til it comes alive again?"

Little did I know he was friends with the guy on facebook! I got a message on facebook a little later from the guy and he said,

"I'm a Cagefighter, I don't give up easily. You should be careful what you write on the Internet, somebody might take offense."

My first thought was "Oh man, I offended the guy. Now I feel bad." But then I thought, "Wait, did he just threaten me?!"

After, I just wrote him back telling him I didn't mean to offend him, and that I do want to see the movie. (I really do.) He wrote back and said "Thanks."

So it was pretty uneventful, but I found the whole thing amusing, figured I'd share.

What do you guys think? Should I be watching my back for this guy??

Welcome, Bienvenue, Wilkommen, Bienvenido!

2011-03-19T09:49:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my first blog of 2011. I believe its been about 2 and half years since my last post... a lot has changed since then! so consider this post the first post of my new blog.

I will be using this blog to talk about things I've noticed, funny things I've found, things that happen to me, current events possibly, and once in a while a post that actually takes effort and goes a little deeper. That being said, don't expect a lot of great writing out of this blog!

If you would like to read blogs with great writing and considerably better posts, you'll need to check out these blogs:

my wife- http://kimscrazyness.blogspot.com/

my brother Josh- http://joshbowers.blogspot.com/

Josh's wife, my sister in law Breeann http://breeannbowers.blogspot.com/

and last one for now, our friend Heather http://tutusandrainboots.blogspot.com/

So about the "lot of things have changed" I believe the last time I mentioned Kim in the blog we were just dating. Well now we're married! It will be two years in July.

Also, I believe I had recently started at SaveMart. Well worked there about 9 or so months, then went on to Jamba Juice in Modesto for a little over a year, then I got hired with the City of Manteca, working at the Manteca Golf Course thanks to my friend Andrew Jessee. Its a pretty cool job.

I have a post idea that I will be posting possible later today....but thats all for now!!

Nameless

2008-11-23T23:22:00.000-08:00

Hello World.

So Kim and I watched the 24: Redemption movie that came on tonight. And basically its the first two hours of season 7, which starts January 11. And its amazing. I won't spoil it for you people that haven't seen it, but I will tell you it has Jack in Africa and it centers around the terrible tragedy of African children, young boys being kidnapped and turned into soldiers for the rebel army. You want to know more about the movie, it comes out on DVD Tuesday I believe. Anyway, the child abduction/turning into soldiers is a very real situation in Africa right now. These kids are so young and are brainwashed to kill their own people and anyone their captors tell them to. Yet most people tend to either not care or refuse to believe it goes on. Kim is a member of an organization called invisible children, just one organization that's trying to help stop this horrible situation. You can talk to her, or go to the website for Invisible Children, which of course is Invisible Children.com. Apparently, the leader of the LRA (the rebel army taking the kids) is going to sign a Peace Agreement, so keep that in your prayers, maybe some peace can enter that region and little children can grow up in peace and actually have a childhood.

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The other day Doug, Kim and I had the oppurtunity to deliver a thanksgiving food basket to a struggling family of three. Our church is partnered with a local organization called LOVE inc, and they set it up so people in our church (and the other churches in manteca that are participating) can form groups and take a basket to a family. Our family was Frank and Monica and their daughter. Both Frank and Monica had lost their jobs recently and were wondering what they were gonna be eating when the food runs out, so this basket was a huge blessing to them. Monica mentioned she might be getting a job at the new theatres, so I'm praying that happens. Despite all of the stuff that has happened in their lives so suddenly, both of them never seemed to blame God. Their struggles are so great yet their faith was even greater...It really was inspiring to talk to them.

In light of this post, as the holiday season is coming up with Thanksgiving this week and Christmas in December, I encourage all of you to show love to others. Be slow to anger and judging. Theres struggling people all around us. All over the world, yet even in our own town. Help someone. Help them do anything. Its not that hard. People need us. Let show them Christ's love, not man-made condemnation and hatred, or equally worse, the indifference; that seems to be ever present these days.

Have a good Thanksgiving everyone.

Oh and Happy Birthday to my brother Josh (On thanksgiving!)

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies EVER

2008-11-19T16:42:00.000-08:00

So I decided that these cookies were so good they deserved their own mini-blog. Save Mart sells these cookies, and they are simply amazing.

Heres a pic:

Yea, they will change your life. Next time in youre in Save Mart, get a bag, theyre like 4 bucks or so.
OK enough free advertising from me.

More substantial blogs to come in the near future

Save Mart

2008-10-17T16:16:00.000-07:00

Hello all.

I thought I'd update all of you on my work situation. A couple posts ago I mentioned I was applying to Save Marts because I was finished with Big Boy. Well I actually got hired at the Save Mart in Ripon back in June.

Grand Opening a year ago or something

Big Boy Market was a good job to have-during Highschool. But after, it was just time to get out. I stayed there a good 4 plus years, because it was comfortable and I was just lazy. There was good people that worked there, and a lot of the customers were pretty cool- Pastor Dan would even shop there once in a while. I made min wage tho, and my hours werent the greatest. After 4 years somewhere, you think that would not be the case. I dont blame them though, I mean they couldnt really afford it, seeming how they closed down!
So when I got offered the job on the spot during the first interview, you bet I took it. So I put in my two weeks notice to Jen and told Save Mart I could start after the 2 weeks. I took some pics on my last day.

Thank you for working?

Front of the Store at Night

You know, I thought i would miss the customers and my co-workers at Big Boy, and the freedom and laid-backness of working there, but let me tell you, its a world of difference. I do miss the people somewhat...

At Big Boy, sometimes I kind of liked my job, but now that I'm working at Save Mart, I LOVE my job! My co-workers are all pretty cool for the most part; I've made a couple of friends already. Yes, its not as laid back, but thats okay, I needed to take my job seriously and grow up in that area. The majority of the customers are amazing. I think this is due to the fact that its Ripon, where everyone is generally in a great mood 98 % of the time. The hours are significantly better, and I started at 8 35, somthing I wasn't even making at Big Boy. Another reason I feel blessed is a few of my co-workers are Christian (and one of my managers) , something I didn't really have in common with my Big Boy co-workers.

So adding to all of this, Save Mart does the secret shoppers program, (to make sure were doing our jobs) and I recently passed mine with flying colors. Which isnt hard, if you do your job, something I tend to do very well. (Not to brag or anything) Theres incentives for getting good scores, and I got a $5 gift card to use at the store, which is cool.

Wait, thats not it!

One of managers, Rick, came up to me on Tuesday and asked if I wanted to be an extra in a training video that corporate was making Wed night at the Riverbank Save Mart. I said yes and it was loads of fun. I was there from 11 pm to 6 in the morning. (We will get paid for a full 8 hour shift) There was about 10 or 11 of us, all Save Mart employees, 3 of which were my co-workers. I was an extra in the background for several scenes, and I had a small speaking part as well, where I had to 'win the right' to take a customers' groceries out to their car. Every Save Mart employee will have to watch this video the week before Thanksgiving, so that means it will be seen by hundreds of people. Pretty cool.
One of the corporate ladies said we will probably all get a copy of the video, so I'll try to put part of it on here if I get it.

Pic I took of the Director prepping Bob for the scene

I'm sorry if this blog came off as me bragging, but I figured you would all like to know about my new job. I truly feel blessed to have this job, especially after Big Boy closed a little over a month after I got hired at Save Mart. Thank you, Lord.

Rest In Peace, Reese

2008-10-13T13:09:00.000-07:00

So once again I apologize for not posting in like a gazillion months. I really want to post reguluarly, I do. Anyway, I thought I would put this up to start up the blog again. As many of you know, the best rabbit in the world, Reese, had to be put to sleep recently. I was upset the day it happened, maybe a few days after. I'm good now though. Still miss him here and there. However, I thought I would put this up for you people to see. Enjoy.

RETURN OF THE BLOG

2008-05-26T15:27:00.000-07:00

Hello intrawebs!

So its been a while. 5 months and 11 days to be exact. I decided to keep blogging. So what has changed in my life?

Well I am no longer on the market. I am spoken for by an amazing girl, Kimberly Erskine. We've been dating for just under two months now. I haven't been happier. :)
Heres a picture:

School wise, this was a terrible semester for me. Terrible. I've also realized some things about myself and some other people..but I'll get into that on another blog. For those of you who have been begging me to get another job and to leave Big Boy, it should please you to know that I've been searching for jobs; I applied to Trader Joe's in Modesto and Im submitting applications to the different SaveMarts around.

My niece Aimee turned 1 last week. The joy she has brought to mine and my whole family's lives already in just this past year is incredible. I love this little girl and I want to be an awesome Uncle to her and to be around as she grows up into a young woman. To celebrate we had a birthday party at Brandon and Amanda's (her parents) house in Merced. Great food, lots of people, good time all around. Here are some pics from the birthday party on Sunday:

Kim and I talking to Aimee

Aimee being a little piggy.

Beginning to open her presents

Center of Attention

Getting love from her cousin Elizabeth

With her other grandma Donetta (Amandas Mom)
and Cassidy and Kiely (my 2nd cousins once removed)

Last but not least, heres a picture of Josh being, well Josh.

Thats all for now. Expect a few more blogs outta me very soon. :)

So I've been thinking.

2008-01-15T00:18:00.001-08:00

I write blogs. I know theyre not important or anything. But I really dont get all too much feedback on this blog, and thats what I enjoy. Whereas with myspace, I always got feedback. More people are apt to read them if theyre right there on my profile too.

So I'm wondering... should I just use myspace only from now on?

I'm going to transfer a few blogs from here over to my myspace...but tell me what you guys think as far as me deleting this blog.

let me know, anyone can comment on my blogs now.

Thanks.

Thurrrsssday (Yes I realize which day I wrote this is)

2008-01-04T02:06:00.000-08:00

Good Evening, actually Morning, Ladies and Gents!

I'm really tired but I'm gonna write a short blog before I go to bed. So today I cleaned out my closet, a few skeletons, nothing too terrible. I also cleaned out my desk (with the shelves and such.) Those two things were so messed up, it took me all dang day!

A bonus was finding some pictures from my senior year of highschool photography class. I loved that class, and the teacher was one of my favorites. That being said, I pretty much sucked at developing, so I apologize in advance for these poorly executed pictures:

***Also, for some reason Whenever I put pictures in a blog, they look fine when I preview them, but then i actually look at my blog when its posted, the pictures are cut-off from the right, as you can tell with all of these pictures. Theyre not supposed to be cutoff like that, I'm not THAT bad at framing. Anyone have any ideas on a fix?***

This was our "Drawing with light" assignment. Two Jerms are better than one.

Forsaken on the Stairway to Oblivion. Actually its just Spencer lying down on the steps by the MHS pool.

I believe this was our Juxtaposition assignment. This elf worries me.

Still Life assignment. This is what I used to be about. well sorta. You'll notice the Five Iron, Relient K, and Roper stuff, the glared-out Best of Will Ferrell DVD, a picture of Kristin and I (we were dating at the time) and my Bible, among other things.

Portrait assignment. Spencer was yet again my subject.

Last but most certainly not least we have the Texturing assignment. I believe it was taken through a tissue. I could be wrong. Anyway, I like it because it makes David look like part of the tree; some pretty sweet camoflage.

Yep. In the evening Doug came over and we watched an episode of Heroes. (I bought Heroes season one at Target for 19 bucks!) We were shortly joined by Cassie, and we watched another one. Josh also came over. After a while Cassie left and we were joined by Anna, her sister. Tim also came over a bit later. We watched the musical episode of Scrubs, then episodes 3 and 4 of Heroes, and a short Comedy Central sampling of comedians video I got for free on iTunes. Fun times were had.

OK im going to die from exhaustion so that about wraps of this latest edition of Jerm Gone Wild. (Did I mention I'm really tired?)

It's New Years Eve...

2007-12-31T14:26:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. I have not updated this in a while. I figured it was time. Christmas was amazing, got to see my family, some of which I have not seen in quite a while. I managed to buy all the presents for under 60 dollars! That was good because of my rough financial situation. (lousy paycheck and ticket fine from october occuring at the same time) I'm very satisfied with the gifts I received. I got a new bike! Needed one of those. Others included gift cards, clothes, some books, all great things. Also, its been great spending time with my buddies who are all home for Christmas break.

So its New Years Eve again. I'm looking forward to spend the entirety of the night with some of my closest friends. I'm not gonna say 2007 was a good year. Actually, it wasn't a bad year either. Like any time, it had its ups and downs, and somehow I managed to come through each one unscathed. I'll tell you one of the best things of the year was meeting my niece Aimee for the first time when she was born, and subsequently watching her grow.

***EDIT*** I can't believe I didnt put this in here when I wrote this. Definitely the 2nd best thing this year was my trip to Europe!!!!! I spent a lot of time in England and France, something I thought I wouldn't be able to do at least until I was my parent's age or around. I saw lots of beautiful places such as castles, towns, and the Eiffel Tower to name one! So yea, that was a HUGE thing for me. Why in the world did I not think of it the first time I wrote this blog?? Silly me. ***END EDIT***

Also awesome was becoming better friends with Doug, Tim, and Josh. I know I've mentioned that in another blog, but it was definitely one of the highlights.
Oh, and if you're reading that and thinking, how come he doesn't mention me? Trust me, if you're my good friend, I think about you all the time, and I greatly value our friendship.

School was definitely better for me this last semester than the previous two. Better grades, got to hang out with one of my best friend, Scot, and I got a whole lot closer to Justin, another good friend. etc. Just in general, I enjoyed going to school. Sort of a new feeling, hah.

All things considered I believe (and obviously hope) 2008 will be a fantastic year for me. I will be attending Fresno State in the fall, sharing an apartment with Scot and possibly Kevin. Definitely some changes. For instance, my brother Josh is moving out to an apartment in a couple of days, because he's getting married on Feb 23. So the first half of the year it will be me and my parents in a house that will no doubt seem a lot bigger.

What would a blog about New Years Eve blog be without some discussion of resolutions for the new year? I actually have some serious ones this year! In reality, there just things I should have always been doing but this year and the years I have not done so well.

Heres to...

...excercising. (Now that I have a bike I actually plan on doing this daily if I can)

...giving up soda (I already started this with Justin and Scot and now Doug a month ago, slated to stop March first, but I'm going to see if I can go longer!!!)

...considering myself better than no one...

...living not for myself but for God.

..learning to choose Joy over Happiness, that I may have Joy in God and what He has done and promised me, rather than basing my mood on the circumstances of the day, hour, or even minute.

I hope that 2008 is blessed year for all of you. May your damaged relationships be repaired, may your hopes and dreams come true, and may you never take anything for granted.

I now leave with you some words that seem relevant, at least to me. Heres 'New Years Eve' by Five Iron Frenzy:

"It's New Years Eve and I'm full of empty promises, I half pretend to keep this time, just like last year. The band is loud and I'm wandering the shadows, wishing I was never here. I persevere. A crowded room, these whitewashed tombs, they raise their glasses high, they kiss the past goodbye.

This New Years Eve, I'm waiting for tomorrow. My heart is on my sleeve, and yes I still believe, this New Years Eve, will turn out better than before, I'm holding on, still holding out, until they close the door... on me.

It's New Years Eve and I feel my insecurities, are haunting me like ghosts, this sinking quicksand. And then with thunderous praise and lofty adoration, a second passes by, yet nothing changes. I hate my skin, this grave I'm standing in. Another change of years, and I wish I wasn't here. A year goes by and I'm staring at my watch again, and I dig deep this time, for something greater than I've ever been, life to ancient wineskins. And I was blind but now I see.

This New Years Eve, something must change me inside, I'm crooked and misguided, and tired of being tired. This New Years Eve, I'm waiting for tomorrow. My heart is on my sleeve, and yes I still believe, in You."

Prince Caspian!!! (New Narnia Movie)

2007-12-06T17:57:00.000-08:00

Here's the first trailer for the new narnia movie, Prince Caspian, set to come out in May. I hope its as good as the book was.

Looks pretty good I say.

Long Time No Blog!

2007-11-30T13:08:00.000-08:00

I figured it was due time to post. I'ts been a while.

Lets see...Thanksgiving Vacation was fun and...interesting in some aspects. Ask me how it was interesting if you're wondering.
All the family came over, Aaron and Eryn, Brandon and Amanda with Aimee, Grandpa and Grandma D, Josh, Breeann. It was great seeing all of them. Aimee is getting so big! She's about 6 months old now. She can clap now, its amusing.

Here's a pic of her in mid-clap:

Josh had his 23rd birthday on Tuesday (the 27th). I went to Hot Topic on Black Friday with Kevin and got him a shirt. Actually this shirt:

Thats Christopher Walken as The Continental, a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live. Good buy i thought. There was special going on, so I was able to get a T-shirt of my own, I got a Darkwing Duck T-Shirt. Pretty Rad.

Lately I've been spending a great deal of time with Doug, Tim, and Josh Thomason. (And Brad too!)
I mean, Ive been friends with these guys for quite some time, except Brad, but its only these last couple months we really started to all hang out toegether. These guys are great, I can talk to them about anything... and they keep me in line, especially Doug and Tim. So thats one blessing God has given me recently.

Yesterday I was at school, and mind you, I was really excited about the next night (tonight now) because I'm going to see Motion City Soundtrack, Mae, and Anberlin in San Francisco. Justin was telling me how he's eeing Relient K and Switchfoot with Julia and Jamie that night (last night) and he offers me a free ticket! Apparently the ticket he bought for a friend from work, and the friend canceled! Obviously I said yes.

So yea, last night I went to San Jose with Justin, Julia and Jamie to see Ruth, Relient K, and Switchfoot. It was amazing, great, and wonderful. (Thought I'd throw in another series of 3)

It was the 6th or 7th time I've seen Relient K. They played 'In Love with the 80s', but for the intro to it they played 'Head Over Heels' by Tears for Fears, and that cover was amazing. They also played a song off their Christmas album, it was Sleigh Ride. For this they brought out blow up lawn decoration snowman, penguin, polar bear, and a Christmas tree. They even had snow machines up top on the lights that made it snow during the song. It was scrumptralescent to say the least. One of the best parts of their set was when the played the Office theme song! They had a Jim look-alike come out on stage, dressed like him, and he played this instrument, I forget what it was called but it looked like a piano/flute hybrid. Matt thiessen sang a couple of lines about scranton, Micheal, Dwight, Jim and Pam...then they broke out into the full fledged song. Here's a video of them doing the office tribute at another show. The sound quality isnt all that great for this video, but here it is:

Towards the end of their set they played Sadie Hawkins Dance. Before they started that song though, they brought out 4 kids from the crowd, one kid who could play guitar, and the others to sing along with them on the last part of 'Sadie Hawkins Dance'. Another good show by the RK.

It was the first time I saw Switchfoot, and I was impressed. They put on one heck of a show. I mean, I've heard their popular songs, and liked them, but I never had or listened to any of the whole CDs. Now I will.

For me, probably the best part of the night was towards the end of Switchfoot's set, whn they played a song they made along with Ruth and Relient K called 'Rebuild'. It was the theme song to to the tour, which a percentage of proceeds go to Habitat For Humanity. The bands also volunteered along the tour to build houses for Habitat for Humanity. Pretty cool. Anyway, for this song, 'Rebuild' , Ruth and Relient K joined Switchfoot on stage to perform the song. I don't think I've ever seen a better performance of any song by any band on stage in all the concerts I've been to. Which is a lot. Anyway, you can download the 'Rebuild' song by going to this page on Switchfoots website.

I'll be putting up pictures (and a little video) of the show on my myspace shortly, just waiting for Julia to upload them first. We were pretty close, say 6 or 7 feet from the stage, so we were able to get some good shots. Oh, we met this guy Ken while waiting in line and he hung out with him during the first half of the show. He's from Australia, and around my age, on his way to Canada, and wanted to stop in California so he could catch some bands he likes in concert. He ended up being a really cool guy, and get this, Hes going to the San Fran show tonight, the same one I'm going to! I hope I see him there again.

So yea, thats whats been happening with my life; I'll update you guys on how the MCS-Mae-Anberling show went tonight in a day or two.

-Jerm

The Office is closed until further notice.

2007-11-07T22:16:00.000-08:00

Yep. Another favorite show affected by the strike. Watch this.

oh and the new season of 24 (season 7) is gonna be postponed till after the strike as well. Even though they have a lot the season already filmed. It was supposed to be starting in January...not anymore.

sad face.

Hollywood Writers Strike.

2007-11-05T11:23:00.000-08:00

Freakin a man. What at first made me midly annoyed is kinda pissing me off now.

Ok first things first. I believe writers should get a bigger cut of the profits from shows and movies and what not. Especially movies. but since the studio execs arent bugding, no deal was made, the studios are all freaking out. I mean, can't they find decent temporary writers that would be overjoyed to write for these popular shows?

In my earlier blog, I mentioned how NBC canceled the spin-off of Heroes, which was Heroes: Origins, a highly promising spinoff. But now that the strike is pretty much official, theres worse news!!!! Instead of the normal season run, theyre making the season finale for December!!!! Thats half a season theyre throwing away. thats potentially 4 months of shows that are thrown away.

You don't like Heroes you say? Well you better believe other shows are gonna be affected in similar ways. Were talking The Office, 30 Rock, etc. I'm hoping SNL will be spared from harm, but im not sure... Be prepared for a buttload of Reality shows next season, as you don't exactly need writers for those.

Hopefully, a deal is reached somehow during this strike, or else I will be watching significantly less amounts of T.V.

Which I guess could be a good thing for my health, bad thing for my enjoyment.

*******************UPDATE

So I did a little more searching and found out the writers are actually on strike to get a bigger cut of the profits made from DVDs, and also the potential profit the internet brings in. Hmm. interesting.

Also. looks like the office might be in trouble. sadface to the max. :(
look at this link- Closing the office?

Madness? THIS IS MY BLOG SPOT!!!!!!

2007-11-01T18:30:00.000-07:00

Yay. November is here!!!!

Halloween was fun last night. Worked 11 to 5, then our neighbor Josephine took me and Josh out to In N Out and ice cream from Mickey D's. Its kinda like when we were little. We appreciate it though.
After that I went to Andrew's and Bridget joined us. We just hung out, went to Sicily's, and watched T.V. at his house. At around 8 45 ish I went and met my brothers at Aaron and Eryns house in Modesto. We were all there for about half an hour, Brandon had brought Aimee with him. We left Aarons a short while after. Brandon with Aimee, Josh and Breeann, and I decided to drive over to our grandparents house for a bit and visit. FINALLY before I went back to Modesto I stopped by Scots for a little while.

So busy but simple halloween.

I came across this preview for Sweeney Todd.
This is movie looks great! Its adapted from a stage musical, Ill be seeing it.

In other news, NBC has canceled the upcoming spinoff of Heroes. Its not official yet, but its a pretty sure thing. Heroes: Origins was supposed to air during the break in the regular Heroes season. However, with the upcoming writers strike happening in Hollywood, NBC pulled the plug!!! I'm pretty ticked about this.

My parents come home saturday!!!! I'm looking forwards to nice home cooked meal. and to see them of course. haha. Thats all for now. peace out homies.

My niece is cuter than yours.

2007-10-25T15:18:00.000-07:00

Heres a short clip of my brother Brandon making my niece Aimee (his daughter) laugh. Ive never seen her laugh before this video, so it was pretty cool to see this.

I'm only a man....

2007-10-24T00:44:00.000-07:00

Hey you guys. Its been an extremely long time since my last post. I apologize.

Whats been happening in my life? Ah not toooo much. I'm single again. yeaaaah.

Oh! Last week I got into a minor accident. turning left out of a parking lot, the two lanes closest to me were nice and were waiting for me to go. so i proceed to turn left around the cars in the lanes waiting for me to finish my turn. I was attempting to go in the middle lane so I could merge over and be on my happy way. but as i round the car, going normal turn speed mind you, a car comes driving in the center lane. She was going to make a left at the traffic light intersection. Which is like a million miles away! so we hit low impact, basically we scraped bumpers pretty good. no one was hurt. The lady
stopped in the lane and i pulled into the empty lot across the street. she calls 911 and before I know it theres 3 cops, community service officers rather, and a fire engine responding to the scene. The lady is fine by the way. but yea, I'm taking care of that situation with Geico, its under control. still, its not something I really needed.

In spite of these events, I'm happy. for the time being.

If you like Emery and havent got their new CD "I'm Only A Man" yet, what are you wating for? what, did you hear it sucked? Why dont you listen for yourself. prepare for a somewhat different take though. I went into listening to it with an open mind, and I love it. It definitely grows on you.

I'm excited for this saturday cuz I'm going to Fresno to hang with my buddies, Kevin, Matthew, Vincent, and Kristin. Were gonna watch movies and eat food. sorta of like pre-halloween get together. Its cool cuz I'll get to finally stop by and see the girls apartment too, maybe see Lisa and Marri there! I'll be staying in matt and vince's dorm. Good times.

one more thing, if you're reading this and you're my friend, even if you used to be, lets hang out if possible. There are lots of people who I may have lost touch with. and I wouldnt know where to start! so message me or whatever and we will get together. ya ya ya.

Jeremy

Even if it Kills Me...

2007-09-19T15:05:00.000-07:00

...I'll post a blog.

Its been a while since I've posted a blog. about 4 days to be exact. I had an interview with Raley's today. They said I was a great fit for them, but theyre looking for someone who has more availability. Meaning someone who can work mornings, which I cant. The manager said if they have anything open I'll be one of the first they call.

The upside of today was when I went to pick up my paycheck from Big Boy. I got a raise! Yay! well, only a 25 cent raise, but now I'm making 8 dollars instead of the 7.75. Its a start eh? My check was pretty decent too. So I actually have money in my bank now.

And when the money I made from selling my textbooks, like 300 dollars worth, is transferable (im a new seller so i have to wait before the money goes from amazon's payment account) Ill be well off!

I bought Motion City Soundtrack's new CD, Even If It Kills Me. Its great I already love it.
You should buy it:

so...

I miss everyone... A majority of you guys (my friends) are away, and it sucks!

No offense to my homies holding it down still in Teca Town.

I wish I saw Tina more often... :(

PIGDOG EPISODE 4!!!

2007-09-15T10:29:00.000-07:00

So the series is done. Here is the conclusion to Pigdog All-Stars.

let us know what you think.

PIGDOG EPISODE 3!!!!

2007-09-07T23:16:00.000-07:00

Here it is in two parts:
Episode 3- Part 1

Part 2-

tell me what you think.

TGIF

2007-09-07T13:55:00.000-07:00

hello all.

Soooo last friday, which was the end of the first week of school, I had my applied comp graphics class. blegh!!! I got there and it wasnt what I hoped it would be. It was all about presentation, and not as much about the graphic itself. Plus she said we needed either to have Adobe Illustrator experience, or sign up for that class which was later on fridays. Being that I couldn't do that, and I had no experience with Illustrator, I decided to drop the class.

That left me with under 12 units, which is bad. I need to have at least 12 units a semester to stay on the Insurance. I talked to scot, and looked it up on mjc's website, and signed up for Contemporary Film, a class Scot's in that meets friday mornings. At Brenden Theatres!!!! Basically this class involves seeing a new movie currently in theatres every friday morning, then discussing it with the class, with a review/essay due the next friday. This is like a dream class!

Today was my first time there, and we watched 3:10 to Yuma. Its really good, I recommend seeing it, especially if you like the old westerns or are interested in the Ol' West. Russel Crowe and Christian Bale are excellent in it.

Russel Crowe is the "bad guy" if you were wondering:

But yea, so I think my Fridays will be infinitely better. Before it was just work every friday. Now its movie and work! yay!

I'm going to see Tina tomorrow in Sacramento, so if you need me, thats where I'll be.

UNTIL NEXT TIME, BLOGWORLD!

P.S. I believe Pigdog will be releasing Episode 3 tonight, probably while I'm at work. I will post it when I get home.

Pigdog Episdode 2!!!!!!!

2007-08-31T22:14:00.000-07:00

Enjoy.

School, etc

2007-08-30T22:14:00.000-07:00

So the end of the first week of school is upon me. I have one class tomorrow, Applied Computer Graphics. I hope its as fun as the Intro to Comp Graphics class I took the first semester I was at MJC.
Hey its like 2 hours on Fridays, I figured it cant hurt.

Heres the lowdown on my other classes.

On Mondays and Wednesdays I only have my morning math class, Applied College Algebra. I like the teacher, He seems to be a pretty nice guy and good at what he does. The class description pretty much says "For students who need a transferable one semester math course that is not pre-calculus, etc" So hopefully I do well in this math class!

Tuesdays and Thursdays are probably gonna be my favorites, not because of the classes. I have Human Lifespan (a type of Psych class). It seems to be okay so far, the Teacher can be amusing. Thats from 930 to 1050. Then from 1230 to 150 I have my speech class. The one class I've been putting off my whole time at MJC. I think I'll do okay though.

That reminds me, you know what sucks? A coworker of mine, Trisha, has a different speech class in the same room right before mine, so I see her when she leaves. Anyway, she was telling me that her teacher decided they weren't gonna do speeches. They're just gonna analyze other speeches and see if they're good arguments and what not. THATS NOT FAIR!!!! :( Figures that its too late to change. hah.

But yea, the thing that makes Tuesdays and Thursdays my favorite: During the long break between my two classes I get to hang out with Scot and Justin!!! Today we went to Sonic for lunch. Its cool because this is the first semester where I just don't sit by myself talking to no one during breaks between classes...haha kinda pathetic eh?

This is a very promising semester...

Oh and I love these guys, they're so bizarre:

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Endless Summer?

2007-08-26T15:20:00.000-07:00

???

Not quite. Maybe weatherwise, but other than that, No.

Yes It's that time again. School starts tomorrow. Yay, I'm SO excited to have loads of homework and tests to do. I've been waiting ever since last semester ended!!!
Sh'yea.
A lot of the friends I hung out with all summer are either already back in school, or going to be very soon.

In fact, these faces in gray are the ones that left or are leaving soon:

That leaves Doug, Tim, Travis, Andrew, Josh, Scot and Nathan. Which is totally cool, I love all those guys and theyre my good friends. but sheesh! heh.

At least I'll get to see Tina throught the semester, as shell likely be able to come home about once a month, and I'll be able to drive up to sac probably once a month or more often.

So, my friends that left, I hope this semester is a blast for all of you whether youre going back to school or starting somewhere new. Cheers.

Stephen the Warrior.

2007-08-26T01:36:00.001-07:00

So the other day I was at blockbuster with Matthew and Vincent looking for a movie to bring to Stephens house. We were scanning the shelves and found this movie called Nomad. I took a cellphone pic of it

The quality isnt very good on that, but upon looking at that we all instantly thought, hey that looks like Stephen! If Stephen was in the movie 300.

That's Stephen for you guys that don't know him.

If you were wondering, we didn't rent that movie. We rented The Ex, starring Zach Braff. Which was a little dissapointing. Some funny parts though.

Annnnyway. Expect something a tiny bit more substantial out of me tomorrow night. Well, actually tonight cuz its already Sunday.

Blog on fools.

Pigdog All-stars

2007-08-24T23:36:00.000-07:00

Pigdog Productions has released the first episode in a series called "Pigdog All-Stars" It features all your favorite Pigdog characters from films past: The Axe Murderer, The Magical Hobo, Squirrel Boy, and many more. Heres the first episdode! Enjoy:

Day 1 (part 1 of 2)

Day 1 continued

The episode, "Day 2" will likely be released next week.

Vive Le France (French Photoblog #1)

2007-08-22T08:41:00.000-07:00

(blog orginally dated August 13, 2007)

So I finally got my pics of when I was in France with my dad, cuz we got his laptop fixed. So i decided to make a quick photoblog before work! It most likely won't be as good as the four England photoblogs, but I'll do my best. Here it is:

FRANCE

We took the subways to get pretty much everywhere.

This is the street our hotel was on. There were like 3 crêperies all near eachother. The French sure love their crêpes.

What trip to France would be complete without visiting the Eiffel Tower?

Waiting in line to take the elevator up the tower.

Looking up the elevator shaft. I thought this looked pretty cool.

View from the top

Spying on French people is always fun.

That's a French sun...

OoOo Nightfall!

So there were statues, monuments and fountains all over Paris in streets, parks, etc. Heres some of them.

This Turtle ate some bad turtle food.

We also saw Notre Dame!!!

I didnt find the hunchback tho. :(

Detail of one of Notre Dame's walls.

More sculptures from a Notre Dame wall.....somethings not right in this one..

They actually had a service going on while hundreds of tourists walk around the inside of Notre Dame. (sorry, all the inside pics came out blurry like this)

Heres some random pics:

Who can tell me what movie this is? (this isnt hard at all)

French breakdancers!!!! Someone should tell them its not the '80s anymore.

Davey Jones in France? but I thought he was Dutch?

Street shot, Thats the Arc de Triomphe in the background. Its blurry, but I still like this.

Thats all of France I have to offer as of now. I still got a buttload of pictures, so I'll make another blog or two probably later this week. :)

England Photoblog #4

2007-08-22T08:40:00.000-07:00

(Blog orginally dated June 10, 2007)

Well this weekend my dad didn't have to work the whole weekend, so we took advantage of that. Saturday we went and saw another abbey, Fountains Abbey, in the morning. After that, we went Knaresborough for the annual parade and "Bed Races." Those were very amusing. (Basically, a "bed race" is just a flat surface with wheels, one person sits on it, and theres bars for about 4 people to pull and push the cart.) Today we got up and early and did a 3 hour drive to Scotland. We went to the city of Edinburgh, mainly to see the castle. Alright enough chit chat, heres the pics. Prepare yourselves, this may be a long one.

Saturday

We got to Fountains Abbey before it opened, so we walked to a nearby deer park to pass the time. After some short walking along the path we found the deer:

The females wouldn't let us anywhere near them.

But the males let us get pretty darn close. I'm thinking they could feel the strong bond of being male. Either that or they were thinking of how to kill us.

Fountains Abbey

We found this medieval grave/coffin. I found that it was just my size!

They got mad and put in me a holding jail...ok not really.

One of my favorites.

The Great Knaresborough Bed Race (and parade)

The beginning of the parade.

Heres a couple of the "beds" that I enjoyed.

Pirate themed. How original.

Scooby Doo. Getting closer. :)

GHOSTBUSTERS! We have a winner! (Bonus for the U.S. Flag)

Toward the end of the race, every team had to cross a river. Pretty intense if you ask me.

"Beds" in action.

Sunday

Edinburgh, Scotland

Some shots around town:

This bird has no respect. NO RESPECT!

So yea, I found William Wallace. He's actually a pretty nice guy.

I found a scottish king, He was kinda like those robot guys in San Fran. I put money in his basket and He knighted me! So its now, Sir Jeremy Bowers, thank you very much.

Welcome to Edinburgh Castle. Once home to Mary, Queen of Scots.

Unfortunately, I have terrible aim.

Weapons Room

Dampsel in Distress.

Dad enjoying the castle

Thats all folks! Now I probably won't have another blog for a long time, cuz I don't really have anything planned until Friday. One of the days my dad has a different shift we might go see another little town, but other than that, We leave for France this Friday. So, the next blog might not be until I come back!!! We'll see though.

England Photoblog #3

2007-08-22T08:39:00.000-07:00

(Blog originally dated June 7, 2007)

yes, i know i may be going overboard with all these blogs. but you dont have to look if you dont like them! haha.

So yesterday my dad didn't have to go work until around 5 pm, so we spent the day in York, a town not too far away from Harrogate. We visited an ancient church, older than the Bolton Abbey from the last blog, and in way better condition. Also we went to a train museum, and explored the Marketplace. Check these pics out!

York

me atop the city wall

city gate

Its official, the Devil lives in York.

National Railway Museum

Of course I had to study ALL the trains...

York Minster (built in 1063!)

Inside the Minster

Chop!

ceiling golden lion head is watching you...

Danger. Mind your head. seriously.

Indeed

On my grave I want a statue of me posed like this.

These guys don't look too happy.

I love this, I dunno why, I just do...

I was enjoying myself. really.

Thats all of York. But wait, theres more! My dad and one of his friends at work arranged for his friends son and I to go on a little trip today. My new friend Tim is 20, from Texas, and we got along well. We like the same music, humor, etc. Yay for meeting new people. We took at train at 10 in the morning to see Knaresborough, another little town like 8 minutes away. We took a guided tour of the ruins of a castle, another old church (not quite as old as the other two), ate lunch, and just walked around before taking the train back. We got home around 3.

Knaresborough

The ruins of the old Knaresborough Castle.

View of the Nidd River that runs through town and right by the castle

Now I was surprised by this

but THIS was in the driveway. haha

Where we had lunch

Pirates? anyone?

Ok. Im going to bed. Its 40 minutes past midnight.

England Photoblog #2

2007-08-22T08:37:00.001-07:00

(Blog originally dated June 5, 2007)

Soooo last night when my dad got home from work we went out of Harrogate a ways to see this old abbey called Bolton Abbey. Its an 850 year old church, that still operates today! It was pretty cool. After that we went a little further to a village called Appletreewick. This place was tiny. Were talking 4 or 5 houses and a pub. (With more houses further out in the countryside and such) We at the pub, called The New Inn. The food was excellent. We talked to this friendly english man who was having dessert in the same room as us. The old couple who ran the place and did the cooking came out and talked to us, it was cool talking to them because they had actually been to Northern California a few years ago...

Today was much like yesterday. Did a lot of wandering in the town. Bought some shoes for 8 pounds (16 U.S. dollars), pretty cheap if you ask me. Also got a kinda expensive shirt. 25 pounds. not too bad tho. Anyway, here are some pics from last night and today.

Bolton Abbey

Scenery on path to Abbey

Abbey from a distance

I almost fell..

Dad did alright though.

People are DYING to get in here

Graveyard and part of the ruins of the abbey

See? Told you it was over 850 years old.

Another cool view of the Abbey

Beautiful Scenery

I guess money DOES grow on trees...

Dad let me drive on the way home. ok not really.

awwwwwwwwwwwww

I think the little guy is sick.... :(

The Pub we ate at in Appletreewick

Today in Harrogate

Heres a few more pics.

I finally saw one of these in real life!

random building

BLACK CAT! RUN! no. In England, black cats are considered good luck.

I'd like to see signs like these in parts of Manteca...heh

I'd hate to see the plant this seed produces.

Another resturaunt with a not-so-appetizing name.

Cool statues in one part of town.

Part of town

Well thats all for this session. Tune in next time to see more!

England Photoblog #1

2007-08-22T08:33:00.000-07:00

(Blog originally dated June 04, 2007)

Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.

So I made it safely to England after a 9 hour plane ride (well, hour and a half plane ride north from San Francisco to Vancouver, Canada, then the 9 hour ride from Vancouver to London.) From the London Heathrow airport it was 4 hour drive with my dad and his friend Neil. Beautiful countryside all the way to Harrogate. I had to get used to everyone driving on the left side of the road. creepy. So anyway, my dad is at work till about 5 pm today (9 am for you guys back home) , and I spent today exploring most of Harrogate, the town I'm living in for about 2 weeks. Here are the pics!

I'm such an American....

The Hotel we're staying in is called Cedar Court, its actually part of Best Western. It was built in the 1600s:

Instead of "For Rent" they say "To Let" weird.

View of the city:

Some stone people up on a building. I feel bad for the guy with the bird on his head.

Me and Dad are gonna see if we can get a free meal here later in the week:

Theres this place called Valley Gardens across town. I walked through and took some shots.

Some ducks just chillin.

World War 1 memorial in the center of town:

This restaraunt doesn't look very appetizing.

After feeling a little homesick, I turned a corner and was instantly relieved:

An old church:

Their police cars could be mistaken for circus vehicles:

As I was walking back to the hotel, I passed a window and was a little frightened when I saw this:

Someone should really tell English people that they're driving on the wrong side of the road.

Haha. Well thats all of Harrogate for now, I'll make another blog when I go on my next adventure!

Photoblogs.

2007-08-22T08:32:00.001-07:00

I'm gonna put all the photoblogs from my Europe trip on here now. You know, the ones that I have on myspace. There's about 5 of em I think. Enjoy.

1ST POST!!

2007-08-22T02:03:00.000-07:00

So Spencer and Travis both got blogs here, so naturally I had to get one too. and being that its hard to find my blogs on myspace thanks to my new flash layout , I figured I'd make my blogs on here, and make a banner linking it to here. Seems simple enough eh? Well anyway, I plan on writing about anything and everything. Random events in my life, important ones, my buddies, stuff happening in the world, movies or shows I like, you get the picture. This could be the beginning of a beautiful thing.