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Published On: May 09, 2006 10:59 PM
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Published On: May 09, 2006 10:59 PM
Tue - May 9, 2006
New Crew > Old Crew...kind of...
Current
Music: "Lipstick and Bruises" - Lit
Mood: Excited, ready for full out SUMMER
So Kennywood started on Friday and I gotta admit, I came into this year pessimistic about how fun it would be or how long I would be at the park this year. However, even after just the first three days, I honestly think this summer is gonna blow away last year in some ways. Some things can never be replaced though, like the karrousel every sunday night, tellin Darius he licks balls every night leaving the park, or going to Friday's with the old crew and watching JPH stuff 13 lemon slices in his mouth at once. Haha, or when JPH jumped in the fountain outside of cold stone at the water front, I just can't see stuff like that happening this year. Plus I'm gonna miss a few people who had been with me since my first year at the park, without them I don't think I woulda lasted more than a year. Anyway, now that I just gave a fake acceptance speech about nothing, this year is gonna be awesome, I can already tell. I wasn't sure how well I'd fit in with a new crew, because I remember my first year I was kind of just, to myself most of the first month. I think bein a manager last year and opening up and just talkin to everyone helped though. I think this summer will be better because there's not anyone that I'm like "wow, I can't stand this person." Last year I had at least 4 people like that everyday that I just DID NOT want to talk to or see. Hopefully I don't start to hate anyone this year, because I just like to chill, and have fun. Honestly though, no matter how cool the crew is this year...nothing will top my crew from summer 04...we were just fucking awesome.
On top of working rides this year I'll be working sound tech on Fridays and Saturdays. So far it's pretty sweet, and I get to work with Bill or Darius...wear khaki shorts, a supervisor shirt and have a bunch of keys to a bunch of things. So I guess getting demoted worked in my favor in a way in the end. I transferred to a new crew with rides that aren't for 5 year olds and 65 year olds...and now I'm in the sound dept. I guess I can thank the supervisors who demoted me, haha.
The first weekend of KW was sweet though...First of all, during training I said I would laugh my ass off if I saw someone fall in the lagoon...and I already got to see it, thanks Adam..haha...Saturday night we had the Racer rockin like you won a million dollars if your train ended up winning. Of course there was some drama, but seriously...it's Kennywood, what else can you expect? Sunday was the shit, we closed at 9 and the end of the night might have been the best thing ever. We're in the tent, talking about how bad it hurts to get ball tapped...and ebony asks why doesn't it hurt when guys are...and she really did this...::makes motion of guy having sex::....now keep in mind as she's doing this Tom, supervisor, just enters the tent and sits down on the bench...as soon as he sat down he stood up and just threw his arms up in the air and goes "seriously, i don't even want to know"...which led to Ebony falling over from laughing. So basically, I might have to wear a cup to work now because they tried to ball tap all the guys on the way out....remember, tittie twisters will be handed out on a regular basis if it comes down to it.
For real though, our crew acts like a crew that's been together for a few months already and it's only been a weekend. I was talkin to Erica in Racer booth and said, hopefully I can take some "kennywood friends" and make them "real friends" from this crew, like I have in the past..haha
I'm gonna get rollin though...gotta wake up at 6am in order to make it to the park by 7 so we can dig up some shit and wire in the rapids/clubhouse to the park sound....laaaaaaaater
-Steve
Music: "Lipstick and Bruises" - Lit
Mood: Excited, ready for full out SUMMER
So Kennywood started on Friday and I gotta admit, I came into this year pessimistic about how fun it would be or how long I would be at the park this year. However, even after just the first three days, I honestly think this summer is gonna blow away last year in some ways. Some things can never be replaced though, like the karrousel every sunday night, tellin Darius he licks balls every night leaving the park, or going to Friday's with the old crew and watching JPH stuff 13 lemon slices in his mouth at once. Haha, or when JPH jumped in the fountain outside of cold stone at the water front, I just can't see stuff like that happening this year. Plus I'm gonna miss a few people who had been with me since my first year at the park, without them I don't think I woulda lasted more than a year. Anyway, now that I just gave a fake acceptance speech about nothing, this year is gonna be awesome, I can already tell. I wasn't sure how well I'd fit in with a new crew, because I remember my first year I was kind of just, to myself most of the first month. I think bein a manager last year and opening up and just talkin to everyone helped though. I think this summer will be better because there's not anyone that I'm like "wow, I can't stand this person." Last year I had at least 4 people like that everyday that I just DID NOT want to talk to or see. Hopefully I don't start to hate anyone this year, because I just like to chill, and have fun. Honestly though, no matter how cool the crew is this year...nothing will top my crew from summer 04...we were just fucking awesome.
On top of working rides this year I'll be working sound tech on Fridays and Saturdays. So far it's pretty sweet, and I get to work with Bill or Darius...wear khaki shorts, a supervisor shirt and have a bunch of keys to a bunch of things. So I guess getting demoted worked in my favor in a way in the end. I transferred to a new crew with rides that aren't for 5 year olds and 65 year olds...and now I'm in the sound dept. I guess I can thank the supervisors who demoted me, haha.
The first weekend of KW was sweet though...First of all, during training I said I would laugh my ass off if I saw someone fall in the lagoon...and I already got to see it, thanks Adam..haha...Saturday night we had the Racer rockin like you won a million dollars if your train ended up winning. Of course there was some drama, but seriously...it's Kennywood, what else can you expect? Sunday was the shit, we closed at 9 and the end of the night might have been the best thing ever. We're in the tent, talking about how bad it hurts to get ball tapped...and ebony asks why doesn't it hurt when guys are...and she really did this...::makes motion of guy having sex::....now keep in mind as she's doing this Tom, supervisor, just enters the tent and sits down on the bench...as soon as he sat down he stood up and just threw his arms up in the air and goes "seriously, i don't even want to know"...which led to Ebony falling over from laughing. So basically, I might have to wear a cup to work now because they tried to ball tap all the guys on the way out....remember, tittie twisters will be handed out on a regular basis if it comes down to it.
For real though, our crew acts like a crew that's been together for a few months already and it's only been a weekend. I was talkin to Erica in Racer booth and said, hopefully I can take some "kennywood friends" and make them "real friends" from this crew, like I have in the past..haha
I'm gonna get rollin though...gotta wake up at 6am in order to make it to the park by 7 so we can dig up some shit and wire in the rapids/clubhouse to the park sound....laaaaaaaater
-Steve
Posted at 10:59 PM
Tue - May 2, 2006
I'll Russian Leg Sweep Your Mom
So training at Kennywood has come and
gone, I think I'm good to go on all the rides. I'll probly end up screwing up
something, although it's kinda hard to screw up at boats, and Racer is kind of a
joke...but Skycoaster is crazy. We open this weekend, so hopefully I can smooth
everything out that I'm unsure about then. I dig my new crew, everyone seems
pretty cool so far. However, I also thought the same thing in my first year at
the park when I met everyone. So hopefully everyone stays cool, and they don't
fag it up, cuz then I'll be real
pissed.
I started up a website recently that Sean, Mike, Nick, JP and I will be posting stuff on. I posted something small to get the site off the ground, and am just waiting on everyone else to start sending me shit so I can post it. I have a feeling though, that nobody will send me anything, and this will be another useless attempt at getting a cool website going. Everyone always bitches that they want a place to post stuff, and they don't have anywhere to post...well here's a website, here's where you can post...let's get some shit rolling. http://homepage.mac.com/sikntwstd8/irlsym check it out, lemme know what you think. If you wanna contribute to the site, lemme know and I'll see what I can do.
Now onto something else that inspired me to write this blog entry...the movie, Silent Hill. I don't care who you are, that was a damn good movie. Sure, it may have been a little difficult to understand at times, but come on people! When they show people walking in the same place, at the same time but in different environments...you gotta understand, THEY'RE DEAD. I hated the ending too, there was noooooo need for that ending, but I'm told that the studio decided to add that in, because the general public wouldn't understand it if they ended without that cheapness. Well, BOO HOO!! There's a ton of movies that end and people are like "wtf?" kinda like ahh, THE RING(1). That movie was fucking TERRIBLE, like...FUCK! I've never seen more loose ends and confusing turns in a movie than were in The Ring. I absolutely hated it, but I loved the 2nd one, so oh well...if you're gonna go see a movie like Silent Hill, take someone who is partially knowledgeable about movies so they can explain it to you. Or you can just not see it at all, your choice, your money.
Another thing that pisses me off...Tina(new KW crew), mentioned this to me the other day and it fired me up. So you're in a grocery store right, and you're lookin for some chips. Yeah, you found the perfect bag and you pay for it, get home and open the bag and....WHAT?! HALF OF A BAG OF CHIPS?! That's some bullshit right there. Either fill the rest of the bag, or make the fucking bag smaller, quit faking me out. It would probly save the companies money if they made the bags smaller too. If they want to make the bags that big, fill them with more chips and sell them for a little more. I just want a fucking bag of chips, that is full. Is that so hard for a company to do? To NOT rip someone off? I guess so...
The Flyers are losing 5-0 right now, and I NEVER EVER EVER thought I'd be pissed off that they're losing. I am though, and it's f'n weird. I hate Buffalo with a passion, and I gotta cheer for RJ because he's the hometown kid playing in the NHL. Fuck Buffalo, and Ottawa...I hope they both get smoked in the next round.
-Steve
Current:
Music: "XO" - Fall Out Boy
Mood: Chiil style, ready for "The Wood" this weekend...
I started up a website recently that Sean, Mike, Nick, JP and I will be posting stuff on. I posted something small to get the site off the ground, and am just waiting on everyone else to start sending me shit so I can post it. I have a feeling though, that nobody will send me anything, and this will be another useless attempt at getting a cool website going. Everyone always bitches that they want a place to post stuff, and they don't have anywhere to post...well here's a website, here's where you can post...let's get some shit rolling. http://homepage.mac.com/sikntwstd8/irlsym check it out, lemme know what you think. If you wanna contribute to the site, lemme know and I'll see what I can do.
Now onto something else that inspired me to write this blog entry...the movie, Silent Hill. I don't care who you are, that was a damn good movie. Sure, it may have been a little difficult to understand at times, but come on people! When they show people walking in the same place, at the same time but in different environments...you gotta understand, THEY'RE DEAD. I hated the ending too, there was noooooo need for that ending, but I'm told that the studio decided to add that in, because the general public wouldn't understand it if they ended without that cheapness. Well, BOO HOO!! There's a ton of movies that end and people are like "wtf?" kinda like ahh, THE RING(1). That movie was fucking TERRIBLE, like...FUCK! I've never seen more loose ends and confusing turns in a movie than were in The Ring. I absolutely hated it, but I loved the 2nd one, so oh well...if you're gonna go see a movie like Silent Hill, take someone who is partially knowledgeable about movies so they can explain it to you. Or you can just not see it at all, your choice, your money.
Another thing that pisses me off...Tina(new KW crew), mentioned this to me the other day and it fired me up. So you're in a grocery store right, and you're lookin for some chips. Yeah, you found the perfect bag and you pay for it, get home and open the bag and....WHAT?! HALF OF A BAG OF CHIPS?! That's some bullshit right there. Either fill the rest of the bag, or make the fucking bag smaller, quit faking me out. It would probly save the companies money if they made the bags smaller too. If they want to make the bags that big, fill them with more chips and sell them for a little more. I just want a fucking bag of chips, that is full. Is that so hard for a company to do? To NOT rip someone off? I guess so...
The Flyers are losing 5-0 right now, and I NEVER EVER EVER thought I'd be pissed off that they're losing. I am though, and it's f'n weird. I hate Buffalo with a passion, and I gotta cheer for RJ because he's the hometown kid playing in the NHL. Fuck Buffalo, and Ottawa...I hope they both get smoked in the next round.
-Steve
Current:
Music: "XO" - Fall Out Boy
Mood: Chiil style, ready for "The Wood" this weekend...
Posted at 08:34 PM
Tue - April 25, 2006
So it's been a while...
Wow, last time I wrote was really
December 4, 2005. I really had nothing important to write about between then
and now, but it's almost summer again, and summer is the shit. We had a shit
load of cool ass parties at Chesterfield and I'm sure a few of you were there to
experience them. If not, there will be a ton this summer, so you'll get a
chance to be there. This winter was pretty cool though, finished up another
semester at CCAC and I'm headin to Cal U in the fall for Communications -
Radio/Television. So I'm lookin forward to goin there eventually. I'm on a new
crew this summer at Kennywood, and so far it seems like it's gonna be the shit.
Yeah, I'll miss workin the AutoRace cuz it was fun as hell and I knew it like
the back of my hand. However, it'll be cool to get away from those rides and
move onto some new rides. You'll be able to find me at Skycoaster/Racer/Paddle
Boats...so if anyone is comin to the park and wants to visit me, you'll know
where. The playoffs are going on now, and neither the Pens or Leafs are in this
year, which is depressing as hell. The worst part is, I've found myself
actually hoping the Flyers win, but ONLY so RJ can get his name on a cup.
They're down 2-0 in the series, but I think they can come back and pull off the
win. For the record, fuck Ottawa. ECW is coming back, that's easily the best
thing I've heard in years. For those of you who don't know what ECW is, you can
just go ahead and dive off a cliff. If it comes back in the capacity I'm
imagining, it's gonna
be....extreme....
Yeah, this entry sucks so far, but I just gotta get back in my groove and I'll be good to go. First time I hear of some shitty story, or something that's funny as hell...I'll be sure to update....g'day mates...
-Steve
Current:
Music: "Touch The Sky" - Kanye West
Mood: Content with life.
Yeah, this entry sucks so far, but I just gotta get back in my groove and I'll be good to go. First time I hear of some shitty story, or something that's funny as hell...I'll be sure to update....g'day mates...
-Steve
Current:
Music: "Touch The Sky" - Kanye West
Mood: Content with life.
Posted at 12:16 AM
Wed - November 30, 2005
I'm a freakin insomniac
So it's 4am right now, and I sit here
at my keyboard..not tired, not even phased by the time of night/morning. I can
never fall asleep till this time of night anyway, so I might as well be on here,
right? Well, whatever...it helps to pass the time, rather than just lay in bed
and stare at the ceiling. I've been doin a lot of thinking lately, and there's
somethin in my life that's getting really redundant, and I'm almost to the
breaking point on it. A few people probly know what it is, so if you
do...CONGRATULATIONS! You don't win jack shit, other than knowing what I'm
talkin about, haha. This song just came on that reminds me of Phantom Fright
Nights because I would sing it while I was bored at work. Every time I hear
this song I get kinda sad because I wish it was still during Fright Nights
because everything was so much easier back then, and I got to see a lot of
people who I haven't seen since the last night at Chad and Ashley's house. I'm
sure I'll see them over Christmas break though...well, I thought I would over
Thanksgiving too, but that didn't happen, due to prior commitments. We'll see,
it's only about two weeks away, and I hope to see them soon so I can get drunk
as hell with them again, haha.
I sent an e-mail to the VP of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh today to see what I have to do in order to go to school there next year. I applied once and got in, so I figure they can just reinstate my application or something. So we'll see how that turns out. Had I just started going to school there from the start out of high school instead of trying RMU, then leaving there, I would be graduating this June. How fucked up is that? I'd be 20 and graduating from college already. Oh well, shit happens. I want to just get my degree first, and honestly give wrestling a shot. I'm very interested in it, and even if I would just wrestle at independent shows, and never make it to TNA or WWE, I'd be happy with that. Jeff, Sean and I all are interested in getting into the industry. Sean wants to be a writer for WWE, and personally, I think right now he could do a better job than 99% of that shit hole writing team that the WWE has. They don't hire anyone with prior knowledge of the business, and even hired someone who asked "how do you keep the blood flowing from your head like that." Fuck those people. If I do end up going to school at the Art Institute though, I'll probly move out of good ol Plum and try to find a place down in Oakland or somewhere close to school. If that happens, I might end up living with Sean, Nick and....well, no Mike is probly going to Nepal next fall..so not him....just Sean and Nick. That would be sweet, since we're all tight and enjoy the same stuff 90% of the time. They move down to Oakland in about two weeks, and I'll party the shit out of their place before Mike even gets back from London this year. Hell yes!
New interests are sparking up for me...we'll see how that unfolds over the next few weeks.
-Steve
Current
Mood: Content
Music: "XO" - Fall Out Boy
I sent an e-mail to the VP of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh today to see what I have to do in order to go to school there next year. I applied once and got in, so I figure they can just reinstate my application or something. So we'll see how that turns out. Had I just started going to school there from the start out of high school instead of trying RMU, then leaving there, I would be graduating this June. How fucked up is that? I'd be 20 and graduating from college already. Oh well, shit happens. I want to just get my degree first, and honestly give wrestling a shot. I'm very interested in it, and even if I would just wrestle at independent shows, and never make it to TNA or WWE, I'd be happy with that. Jeff, Sean and I all are interested in getting into the industry. Sean wants to be a writer for WWE, and personally, I think right now he could do a better job than 99% of that shit hole writing team that the WWE has. They don't hire anyone with prior knowledge of the business, and even hired someone who asked "how do you keep the blood flowing from your head like that." Fuck those people. If I do end up going to school at the Art Institute though, I'll probly move out of good ol Plum and try to find a place down in Oakland or somewhere close to school. If that happens, I might end up living with Sean, Nick and....well, no Mike is probly going to Nepal next fall..so not him....just Sean and Nick. That would be sweet, since we're all tight and enjoy the same stuff 90% of the time. They move down to Oakland in about two weeks, and I'll party the shit out of their place before Mike even gets back from London this year. Hell yes!
New interests are sparking up for me...we'll see how that unfolds over the next few weeks.
-Steve
Current
Mood: Content
Music: "XO" - Fall Out Boy
Posted at 04:21 AM
Thu - November 3, 2005
So I got demoted...
Wow it's been a long time since I
wrote in this here blog. It's been almost 3 months actually. So I've got quite
a lot to talk about and I probably won't even cover it all. To start, Fright
Nights has come and gone and I had a ton of fun being there this year and
working with everyone again. Met a few cool new people and I'm glad that we
became friends in the short amount of time we did Fright Nights. I guess a
party at the end of Fright Nights will become the new tradition, and I have no
problem with that at all. Last year it was at Mark's, this year Chad and Ashley
were nice enough to host us. I'd say everyone had a great time and got pretty
drunk, so that's always fun,
haha.
School is school, there's not really much to say about it other than I hate my soc. class. This lady is a complete whack job. Not one single way to describe her otherwise. I really dread the days I have to go to her class. Other than that my classes are fine; I kick ass in the computer class I take(obviously), the math class I take is fairly easy, and my English class consists of write a paper....do nothing for 2 weeks....repeat.
The Penguins are nowhere near what people thought they were gonna be this season so far, but they're showing signs of improvement which is always a good thing. We're 2-5-5 right now, started off the season 0-4-5. Hopefully by the end of the month we're up there competing for a playoff spot.
Now onto the main topic, and what made me decide to jump back on the blog waggon. I got a letter in the mail today from Kennywood stating exactly this....
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Stephen,
We are writing to inform you that we have reached the difficult decision not to ask you back as manager in the Operations Department for the 2006 season. However, we would like for you to return as an Operations team member. Our decision was based on your unsatisfactory performance in the following areas: motivation, attitude, and leadership in a managerial role within the Operations Department.
We decided to notify you of our decision at this time, so that you will have ample time to pursue other options should you choose not to return.
Thank you for your understanding. We hope to have you back next summer. Whatever you decide, good luck in your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
(Ops supervisor name)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now, I'm not exactly sure what they mean by motivation, attitude or leadership issues because well, I motivated the hell out of my crew to do their jobs every day. During the competition between crews I was probably the one who cared the most out of anyone that we do well. I definitely got on people about cleaning and other things because of that. Attitude? I guess coming into work and being nice as hell to everyone I saw puts me at a disadvantage there. I was even nice to a kid who threatened to kill 4 of my team members, and said he was going to kick my ass. Leadership? I guess leading by example comes in here. I'll admit, I wasn't the greatest leader at times, but the majority of the time I worked my ass off and did exactly what I was supposed to be doing. I guess I'm a terrible leader though when already, a few hours after getting this letter, three of my team members have told me they're not going back if I'm not manager. Terrible manager, huh? Or...is it because of that same team member that threatened lives, that I got demoted? Every year the managers are evaluated by a select few team members, and of course he was one of them. Most of the summer we got along fine, until he started threatening people and not showing up for work. That's when the problems arose. I found out that he gave me shitty scores on my evaluation, so I gave him shitty hours. If it indeed ends up that I got demoted because of this one person, I just will simply tell Kennywood to blow me, plain and simple. I'm going to pick up my pay stub on Friday and hopefully talk to the head Operations supervisor to see if I can get this straightened out, or at least get some answers as to what lead them to demote me. I will have more on Friday....
-Steve
Current
Music: None
Mood: Confused about life in general...
School is school, there's not really much to say about it other than I hate my soc. class. This lady is a complete whack job. Not one single way to describe her otherwise. I really dread the days I have to go to her class. Other than that my classes are fine; I kick ass in the computer class I take(obviously), the math class I take is fairly easy, and my English class consists of write a paper....do nothing for 2 weeks....repeat.
The Penguins are nowhere near what people thought they were gonna be this season so far, but they're showing signs of improvement which is always a good thing. We're 2-5-5 right now, started off the season 0-4-5. Hopefully by the end of the month we're up there competing for a playoff spot.
Now onto the main topic, and what made me decide to jump back on the blog waggon. I got a letter in the mail today from Kennywood stating exactly this....
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Stephen,
We are writing to inform you that we have reached the difficult decision not to ask you back as manager in the Operations Department for the 2006 season. However, we would like for you to return as an Operations team member. Our decision was based on your unsatisfactory performance in the following areas: motivation, attitude, and leadership in a managerial role within the Operations Department.
We decided to notify you of our decision at this time, so that you will have ample time to pursue other options should you choose not to return.
Thank you for your understanding. We hope to have you back next summer. Whatever you decide, good luck in your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
(Ops supervisor name)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now, I'm not exactly sure what they mean by motivation, attitude or leadership issues because well, I motivated the hell out of my crew to do their jobs every day. During the competition between crews I was probably the one who cared the most out of anyone that we do well. I definitely got on people about cleaning and other things because of that. Attitude? I guess coming into work and being nice as hell to everyone I saw puts me at a disadvantage there. I was even nice to a kid who threatened to kill 4 of my team members, and said he was going to kick my ass. Leadership? I guess leading by example comes in here. I'll admit, I wasn't the greatest leader at times, but the majority of the time I worked my ass off and did exactly what I was supposed to be doing. I guess I'm a terrible leader though when already, a few hours after getting this letter, three of my team members have told me they're not going back if I'm not manager. Terrible manager, huh? Or...is it because of that same team member that threatened lives, that I got demoted? Every year the managers are evaluated by a select few team members, and of course he was one of them. Most of the summer we got along fine, until he started threatening people and not showing up for work. That's when the problems arose. I found out that he gave me shitty scores on my evaluation, so I gave him shitty hours. If it indeed ends up that I got demoted because of this one person, I just will simply tell Kennywood to blow me, plain and simple. I'm going to pick up my pay stub on Friday and hopefully talk to the head Operations supervisor to see if I can get this straightened out, or at least get some answers as to what lead them to demote me. I will have more on Friday....
-Steve
Current
Music: None
Mood: Confused about life in general...
Posted at 02:27 AM