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| Wednesday, May 5th, 2004 | | 2:08 pm |
what ever happened too....
Mike Mendoza Katie Beougher Dr. Behel Conor's Megaphone the 6 foot tall Charlie Brown reported missing from Country Creek Conor/Kerry's parents wedding day champagne bottle Gisella Coto Bucnis NATALIE PRAGAR Jamie Grady's Honda Civic SI my fucking RODEO Judith Carrico and her wizard Bob Peterson and the Yangtze River Geoff Vargish... Sabal Point Country Club drinking parties the slovakian dude who stayed with Jeff and Denise Davis...Lukas Karen Davis/Holly Caviglia/Dan/Roger/Trenton/NOVAK if you know the whereabouts of any of these people/things...please leave a comment | | 2:02 pm |
almost done
it's been a long long time since i've written anything in here...its interesting reading everyone's recent entires regarding the end of freshmen year of college. It really sheds light on the fact weve pretty much been apart for almost a full year and completely gone off to pursue our own goals/aspirations. Krystin for med school...kyle for politics/gov...conor business/politics....kerry swimmming/and who knows what else ;) cadetdick....army/lax...nicole, blaine, kaitlin...everyone... kinda sad to think how much time has gone by but pretty awesome to see summer right around the corner... may 11th in orlando... Ben | | Friday, February 13th, 2004 | | 1:02 am |
change
LOL....the three things people didnt know about me are what KEZAR wrote....i didnt change them...duh im not indiana jones...i LOVE britney spears and i forget the last one.... i can't think of answer to this... it's real f*cking hard ...will post later peace | | 12:43 am |
BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I stole this from K'zar....never done these things survey THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND 1. hatred 2. change (until it's in the past) 3. myself THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME 1. this place 2. being an unfortunate victim of tragedy 3. posession (demonic) THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN 1. fly an airplane (seaplane preferrably) 2. guitar/sing 3. Languages THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW 1. Immaculate Conception Medallion 2. Navy Lax shirt 3. Navy SEAl watch THREE THINGS ON MY DESK 1. IBC Rootbeer Bottle cap 2. pictures of friends/family 3. Virgin Islands Fish Souvenir (aqua blue smiling ceramic fish) THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE 1. Visit all 7 continents 2. scuba dive 3. speak infront of 100,000 people THREE GOOD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY 1. laid back 2. sense of humor 3. big heart THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY 1. talk too much 2. spread myself too thin 3. instigator THREE PARTS OF MY HERITAGE 1. Colombian 2. English 3. American THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY 1. tan-ability (how shallow) 2. proportionate 3. eyes THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY 1. chest not big enough 2. too much hair on legs/arms...lol 3. hard to gain muscle mass THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME 1. i am indiana jones 2. i dont like britney spears as much as most dudes 3. i was in a land cruiser that rolled 7 times--all 4 family memebers are still alive and kickin'--hard. THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST 1. holla 2. "...and the kicker is..." 3. "this place hooks you up..." THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO 1. Tahiti (South Pacific) 2. Africa (safari) 3. Alaska THREE NAMES I GO BY 1. BAllen 2. Airhead (this is new since the start of this semester) 3. Big Ben THREE SCREEN NAMES I HAVE OR HAD 1. BALLEN8....how could you forget 2. LBallenCrew 3. n/a NYC TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OORAH Current Mood:  anxious | | Wednesday, February 4th, 2004 | | 9:47 pm |
those are the wise words of Jimmy Buffett... | | 9:44 pm |
lifestyle
My garden is filled with papayas and mangos My life is a mixture of reggaes and tangos Taste for the good life I can't live it no other way While out on the beach there are two empty chairs That say more than the people who ever sit there From under my lone palm I can look out on the day Where no bird flies by my window No ship is tied to my tree Love is a wave building to a crescendo Ride if you will, ride it with me Current Mood:  cheerful | | Wednesday, January 14th, 2004 | | 5:51 pm |
routine
bla...back in the routine...important semester. I want to make good grades so I can go on a cruise this summer somewhere in foreign waters. Spain would be nice. Navy let's u go on a summer cruise for training and I'd like to go see some foreign cities for free. ya, the DC/baltimore area is cold. I went running in zero degree weather the other day. and tonight it's supposed to snow and get in the negatives. floridians dont know what the F*CK a negative degree is...ok im out. gotta do some school work...goodnight world...peace Ben | | Tuesday, January 6th, 2004 | | 11:49 pm |
new year
as nicole put it, 2003 was amazing. challenging/rewarding/grueling/victoriou s/ending chapters/opening new ones/finishing/beginning/moving on/missing home. pretty much every day emotion one could feel emobodied 2003. new people/old friends/new experiences/same feelings. it made for a truly great year. 2004 prob can't top 03'. had a great break with all my friends...see you guys soon | | Tuesday, December 9th, 2003 | | 12:46 pm |
1/2 way
finals week is about to begin for me. after a whole semester with idiot space cadet at the helm in calc III it is now time to test what I know on this big make or break final exam. I have a C in the class and I need a C or better on the final, that's all I want. Calc III is so damned ridiculous it's not even worth explaining. Leadership/Chemistry and History all follow and take me to my last day in Crabtown before I go home for the holidays. it has been a crazy/good/bad/intense/different semester. its unbelievable to look back in the hot summer when we all scattered and now see ourselves coming home for a long time in the chill of winter. it will be fun. i want to fix this problem with conor badly. i want him to know we called him and did no avoid his calls and i just want everyone to be happy with one another. i know kyle and krystin have birthdays coming up soon!! and i wish everyone luck on finals. i still want to try to play beer bong and maybe be able to defeat the "undesputed" champions casey and krystin, even though sarah A claims she can knock them off their beer pong pedastal. ;) I got to see kerry two days ago at College Park. Her college is pretty damned cool. She looked great and I am real happy that she is enjoying her time in MD and succeeding in what she does. I am happy for everyone, it seems they have all found their niche. new cell # 407-312-2806...call it whenever...im out to finish studying this crap...in case you are walking down the street and happen to encounter a closed sphere with a magnetic vector field "flowing" through it, you can call me to help you calculate the perpendicular vector at any point on the damned sphere...wtf.... BAllen Current Mood:  lethargic | | Monday, November 24th, 2003 | | 9:36 am |
Good Lord
Good Lord. I've been gone almost 5 months now. My only friends from home I've seen are Nicole, Kerry, Conor, Kyle, Casey P and Sarah A and Raymond. After reading Kyle's most recent journal, it made me think about the same ideas he was talking about. Being away from anything familiar allows one to truly make their own decisions and not be influenced by your friends/family/sport/school etc. I mean, yes, my decisions are more limited, but I can begin to see myself thinking about my future more and more each day. I want to graduate from here. I want to become a pilot or a surface warfare officer. I want to work in San Diego, Pearl Harbor, Guam, Italy, Jackonsville or Naval Air Station Key West (where you just hang out). But I know I want to call Central Florida my home. I want to get out of the service and go there. And live close to Brantley, by Wekiva. It's just comfortable there. Family/Friends/School/Climate. It's this place all of us grew up together. A place we all feel comfortbale. A place I guarantee when we are all reunited in 3 days that we will feel like we never left. I want to get an engineering degree and start a firm with Duckie. I want to work with kyle and conor on those damned club/restaurants we talked about. Its crazy how quickly we grew up and scattered, but it's awesome to realize all we've done together and what we have in our future together. Yes some people have drifted away, Christy Foley, but I know our core group is still close and will be close. I cant wait to see all you guys! I have never in my life been this excited for anything, not even ISEF. Just the thought of ISEF and how we bullshitted for 5 hours at Kyle's house the night the Mormon Winter Olympics started. And then kicked Will and Huff's ass at county and those damned girls who thought their water project was the shit. How we went to International on a project that A) had no relevance to the category we were in and B) we just completely fabricated. The fact that Kyle, Conor and Liz were all there and we did NOTHING in that boring ass city. It was awesome. And that guy, Squirrel?????? And that Alabama hoe that I woke up to next to me? geez....what a trip. I cant wait to reminesce with everyone and just go insane. I want to be uncontrolable. I want to try to outdrink everyone. Mission definately Impossible, but I want to just chill. I want to play beer pong, something I hear is just awesome. I want to do the Edward 40 hands where you duct tape 2 40's to your hands and u have to chug em before you can have them untapped...whatever...collegehumor.com shows me what real college is like. I cant wait to go to the UF/FSU game and see all that and have one completely INSANE night of fun with all you guys! AHHH, I need to shut up because it will all happen in 2 days! I cant believe it. peace Jigga's let's light megan mullins' house on fire this time, bitch BEN A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Current Mood: excited | | Wednesday, November 5th, 2003 | | 1:25 pm |
Funny
Here are some pics to brighten everyone's day...lol  wow  wow! | | 1:22 pm |
Funny
Here are some pics to brighten everyone's day...lol  wow wow! | | Monday, November 3rd, 2003 | | 8:00 pm |
halloween weekend recap
yo...sarah came up this weekend, it has been the best weekend i have had in 4 months. we had an awesome time. she got to eat with us, visit the dorm, come to a halloween party, go bowling, watch a football game, parade, marchover, flyover, overnight, movies, food, crabs, oysters, annapolis. i was awesome! it was a perfect weekend. halloween was fun. i dressed up as a shit bag...stand by for pictures later...im in a great mood 22 days till i come home and see everyone...'rah! i smell like the ocean and have nothing to do tonight...im in a great mood...tah tah ...christie foley i miss you BAllen Current Mood: grateful | | Friday, October 24th, 2003 | | 9:25 am |
HoMeCoMiNg
This weekend is Navy Homecoming weekend. It should be interesting/fun and hopefully we get an overnight cause we should beat Delaware. This has been one those weeks that I would like to erase. The past two days especially...Wed morning up at 5am to do a 6k erg test!!!!! yuck...then I had boxing and all this stupid crap to do and a paper that I started at 10 and finished at midnight. Yesterday was just the same ...full of stuff to do and NO time to sleep..whatever...its part of this place. im stoaked about going home in 33 days...cant wait to see everyone. nicole, kerry, kyle, conor..try to get over here before we go home for thanksgiving...oh ya...nicole might be my date to the Marine Corp birthday ball...it should be a good time...maybe we can get her to say "oorah" a few times to some marines. this kid in my company looooooooooves nicole...by the pictures alone..he thinks she is so hoooooottttt. ok...today we have a parade...and its freakin like 50 degrees out...as i say "its already icy" shout out to everyone...cya real real real real real soon... luv ya peace BAllen Current Mood: anxious | | Monday, October 20th, 2003 | | 2:18 pm |
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Test
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Swamped
Now bring yo ass over here hoe and let me see you get low if you want this Thug Now take it to the floor (to the floor) and if yo ass wanta act you can keep yo ass where you at -Lil Jon and the EASTSIDE BOYZ These lyrics express how I feel. Line 1- I need a girl to bring her ass on over here hoe. Line 2- and i need to be in the club getting low Line 3- She and everyone else better "take it real low" Line 4- This ghettoness I dont understand I cant wait to come home and dance my ass off is all im saying. I heard conor brought his good friend, Oliver, an italian from USC home and him and sarah amat went out and had a blast with the italiano...i wish i could partake. We were rowing today, and our coach decided to again brave the elements, and i was never that close to sinking a boat, and we almost sank 3. I was sooooooooooo cold and glad that practice was over. We were rowing into a head wind, and like...it took us 30 minutes to go 500 meters...that's like real slow. Otherwise I got an A on my calc III quiz, that should boost the D, lol. I have a high C now. 'Rah. I start boxing class tomorrow, I just finished wrestling. I just dont know if im in the mood to get punched in the face every wednesday for 8 more weeks...whatever...it should be entertaining....holla im out jig Current Mood:  sore | | 1:06 pm |
Been awhile...
yo this is like my third or 4th post...whatever dont do it much its been a really crazy past 110 days. i left june 30th and i go home november 26th. i bet that is a lot longer than most of you will ever be away from home during your college career. i will never be gone that long again (thank God) but plebe summer interrupted my summer. i really enjoy it here. i can tell when you graduate from this place you have a lot, you have been trained to lead and these lessons will carry well into my civilian career after the military, however long that will be. im just begining to think of the most random high school moments and it really makes me feel nostalgic. i wish we could all go back to that time around freshmen/sophomore year. where we were growing up, but still ridiculously naive. remember the JSEHS, biotech trips? Drinking some vodka/rum on the Sabal Point tennis courts (krystin, liz) remember messing with the golf course, TPing houses? homecomings, football games, being able to call up a friend or jump in your car and be at their house in 2.2 seconds. remember hanging at the delaney's, always? carlos? those were the days. and then junior/senior year were awesome. we became more mature yet still had a blast. skiping biotech III every single day to go get food, and always rushing past Toni. I would pretty much give an arm and a leg to go back and do that again. those were the days. and i just hope that when we all reunite this thanksgiving, we feel like we never left one another. remeber TPing nicole's house and being chased? (sorry nicole) remember wanting to throw ackerman into the little pond at the bus stop EVERYDAY? remember when conor and kerry wanted to kill eachother for the Jeep? remember when conor drove the jeep? those were the days. $, cars, freedom...it was all at our fingertips. times change, bla bla bla, but we all went to high school together and graduated from boothe's laboratory. i just really hope we always remember that's our alma mater and who we shared that experience with. let's make the most of when we're home and make sure everyone stays in touch.... HOLLA!~!!~! remember bucnis? wtf...does anyone ever see her? | | Tuesday, September 16th, 2003 | | 9:39 am |
Its Been awhile
I continue to read everyones journal entries, but rarely find any time to post one myself. But now in between second and third periods, I have like 5 minutes to type. 3 weekends ago Kerry, Kyle, Nicole and Conor went WAY out of their way to come visit Ben and I in Annapolis. The excitement that ran through me when i found out they were actually coming is indescribable. And when I saw them for the first time in 9 weeks standing outside Buddy's CrabShack...I just couldnt stop smiling! And Conor out of nowhere shocked us with a surprise appearance all the way from South Carolina. The all looked great and unusually everyone looked so happy and healthy. We all seemed so much more grown up but at the same time, the same old Lake Brantley High school kids we have been for the past 4 years. I feel like I had only been away for a week or two. It seems like nothing monumental happened since I left, which I am greatful for. I hate being out of the loop. We had sushi at some Kobe like place, the chef was hysterical and it brought back so many memories just sititng there with my best friends. Yes, we were missing tons of people (Krystin, Blaine and everyone) but I was so fortunate to get to spend at least half an afternoon with those 4 people who have had an incredible impact on my life. And they happened to give Kerry a really hard time for making their 40 minute commute last 4 hours!! It was real sad to see them go, but to see Conor's little silver Audi speed away and hear the all so familitar horn blast and "HEY!!!....(explicitive)" put me at home! I am jealous of my friends in a way. They are living the life. But I see this sacrifice I am making as beneficial in the long run, and I constantly need people to remind me that as well as remind myself! It is so interesting to talk to everyone and see how they are adjusting. It seems like everyone feels swamped with new responsiblities. I hate this week. I have two papers due, unlike my roomies who have to write about an extended metaphor that is comparable to themselves, I have an actual research paper due on Admiral Nimitz and King during the Pacific Wars of World War II. I then have a Calc III exam from Space Cadet Professor Turisco, and I hope to not fail. And then I have a 6 weeks history exam and a 6 weeks Common Chemistry exam that the entire freshmen class takes together. So I have my work cut out for me. David Robinson is speaking to the Brigade tonight and I am looking forward to that, incase you didnt know, he is a 1987 graduate, but the NBA paid off his service time so he could play basketball. Isabel or whatever her name is is headed straight for the Annapolis/DC area. So, we are in for a doozie, but I feel comfortable cause my dorm is a fall out shelter in case of nuclear war. Good luck everyone else. Ok, I am off to Calculus then Leadership...and then I am going to take a Nap at the Boathouse. |
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