When I was little, we got the original AOL and just kind of rolled with what we had on our crappy now but super cool dial-up connection at the time. I definitely went in to a crap load of chat rooms that were way too mature for my age, considering the first thing people typed to the masses was "Hey Everyone A/S/L?" Which for newberts that means Age/Sex/Location which was always really funny to see everyone hop on answering that question. I'd just sit there and watch people lie about everything, it was quite interesting... this was of course until my parents found out about parental controls that had a kid internet that limited us to like one cartoon looking homepage.. There was no instant messenger, myspace, facebook, blogger, twitter, notable cell phones for the masses, people didn't even really have pagers until I hit middle school but the cell developed quickly and within that same amount of time the pager fad which was pretty much our AIM when I was a kid because you'd just sit up at night and text on ur pager all night, which is what I think gave LOLs and ROTFLMAO etc. their start. Anyway the internet kinda sucked... I mean compared to now... The only website I can really remember spending time on was Nickelodeon and making homepages and things even though no one ever came to see them haha it was still fun getting to write things and put pictures up even though I had no idea how to work it.. i think the thing was called 1-2-3 Homepage or something.. it was through whoever AOL worked with at the time but I don't know it looked like poop and the url's were always super super long so there was no way you could even tell anyone where they could find you unless you wrote it out, of course they always said You've Got Mail which was fun cuz that was the only way to talk to someone other than the chat rooms, this was all until my Aunt Sybil told me about this game called Slingo which was freakin awesome cuz you could play a game and talk to people at the same time, I got pretty good at it and would rush home from school just to play it haha lame I know but it was cool to have the internet when not a lot of people did. Anyway I'm just glad I kept with it and that it's not like that anymore because being able to talk to my friends now on iChat and so many other technologies is just freakin incredible. This was also before computers came with any type of CD burning function, no iTunes or anything either. I had to go out and buy a CD burner when they came out (I got it for Christmas one year) but that's another story hahaha
RIDICULOUSNESS!!
- Christopher Coghill
- McAllen, TX, United States
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Number 10: My First Cross Country Experience
This took place in the summer of 2004! Fort Mill, SC - Fountain Valley, CA
Day 0/1?!
My first trip across country is really what made me see how much I love the road! I took I-40 pretty much all the way. After spending my senior year in South Carolina, my best friend at the time, Bryan, flew out to drive out with me. The day we were supposed to leave we had decided to stop in and get an oil change at walmart. After about an hour and a half, I heard my name over the intercom only to tell me that they screwed up and dropped the washer into the oil pan and if you know anything about cars you know that you have to replace the pan, which is a lot of money, annnnd time. So we had to postpone our trip another day, which by the way was super stressful cuz we were both so pumped to leave.
Day 1/2
Finally when we did pick up the car it was already later in the day again, but nothing was going to keep us from leaving.. we made it just past Asheville, NC, entered into Tennessee and stopped and stayed at a motel right next to a huddle house that we conveniently had breakfast at the following morning.
Day 2/3
I'm not sure what time we got on the road the next day but it was eearrrrrlyyy and the fun just got goin. We drove into Nashville walked around their main street downtown, went into cowboy stores, tried on vests, boots, and hats... unfortunately all the pictures turned out too dark in that store because we were idiots and didn't use the flash. After getting lost trying to get back to the interstate and wasting a lot of gas we got on the road for a bit and stopped at some giant gift shop/ gas station and bought a bag of fireworks, for no apparent reason. After hoping back on the road we made one more Tennessee stop in Memphis and check out the King's place (Graceland)... which was freakin awesome by the way! Little did we know that was the last truly awesome thing to stop and see for a while because I'm not sure we saw anything in Arkansas except a lot of fields with fences and powerlines all at angles from crazy winds being blown through. Oklahoma was a lot of the same, however, we did get to see a huge Adult Factory if you know what I'm saying, and a huuuuuuuugeeee Cross on the side of the road which was awkward because they weren't far from each other and I'm not exactly where we stayed that night.
Day 3/4
We saw tons of signs for free 72oz steaks the next day in Amarillo, TX and went to check it out, I had my mind set that I could do it, but then I saw it was $99 if you didn't finish it, so I backed out cuz in the event that I couldn't finish it, I didn't have the money to pay for that.. ssoooooo we went across the street to this mom and pop restaurant, which reminded me of a western movie where you walk into the saloon and everyone stops what they're doing, you can hear there chairs move as they turn to look at you... The hostess came up and said "what can i do for you boys" we said "we'd like to eat?!"... after being seated everyone pretty much creeped us out and stared at us the entire time we were there. We left in a hurry and didn't say a word to each other until we left... after we ate of course....! We stopped in Albuquerque, NM that night and all I really remember about that place was it was hot even at night and super super windy!
Day 4/5
The fourth/fifth and final day of our journey home was really cool we drove through the desert, went to this indian-style sweat shop where I bought a dead tarantula in a paperweight, and Bryan bought a belt buckle made out of rattle snake skin (with half the head and fangs sticking out of it). We then drove through a huge storm which soaked the straps on the top of my car that held the surf board on top of the car, and eventually ran down the straps and into the car giving us a nice shower inside the car ..haha we had to move everything to the back so it wouldn't get wet. Bryan and I jumped out of the car due to the biggest cockroach i've ever seen crawling around on his side of the car in the parking lot of where the meteor hit in Flagstaff, AZ... we never found the thing we just decided to get back in the car and made the trek through the mountains and on home. . . . . . (Little did I know two years later I'd make that trip again in reverse taking I-10 alllll allonnne well just me and my cat!... still super fun!)
Friday, March 6, 2009
Number 9: Three overplayed songs I love anyway
This is random, but I was bored... so enjoy hahaha!
This song just makes me pretty happy, you can take that in any way you want it haha, but jammin' out to this and really any pop song in the car especially with friends in the car is something that's fun, cuz you can sing and laugh and be lame!
I love this song for pretty much the same reason I love Taylor Swift! Not to mention the last two people I did this with I love very very much and it makes it soooo much better! (We were on our way to see Marley & Me... Great Movie)
Show Me Everything You've Got by The Rocket Summer
This song I don't think is overplayed to most but in my circle of Carolina friends, I'm not sure we can hang out without hearing this at least once. We play it a lot, but it always brings really fun memories rushing back, and it's like we never apart, and we just pick up where we left off.
Number 8
you know that I would sing to you, i'll sing to you
the sun goes down and the moon comes up
we can stare outside until it comes back around
you like to write and tell great stories
i like to sing songs about my life even if they're not true
i wrote the prior lines in a state of mind but i've changed
lets just use our powers and try to move the earth
if we end up in the rain dont worry about an umbrella
i'll give you my jacket so you dont get cold
and we can dance and give a show to those inside
im doing what i love and fucking the rest
little miss sunshine did portray that best i think
i havent met everyone in the world and dont really need to
i know you're great though and am glad that i know you
im quite sure about this, im content as friends
even if we do things that may be questionable to some
if im here and your there we know where we stand!
Number 7
FOOT ON THE GAS
BY: Christopher Coghill
Nothing ever happens until the sun goes down
At least not in this town so let's pull the blinds closed
Try to trick each other into believing something false
Who knows maybe we can fool the world while we're at it
We can travel the world just to go, so let's go right now!
Are you there? You didn't come with me!
I know it was short notice but we share dreams so I expected!
The offer still stands like a statue not to be torn down
The cobwebs can be dusted off from the time we haven't spent
Push down on the gas a little longer, come to nowhere faster
Small towns don't collapse big dreams; I've still been going strong
Life is a one time deal and we both want to do the most we can
If you jump, I'll get water so you don't fall too hard, ok?
I know the pain you have experienced and most I've gone through too
Believe me though I swear, and swear I won't abandon you
Friends are friends forever it's said, but what if we're more?
What if we're brothers?
**Written for Jody
Number 6
Venn Diagram
BY: Christopher Coghill
The thought of abandonment in heads of friends
3000 miles of land and objects creating distance
A chord struck in the head moving a body away
Understand that reminiscences won't be ripped
Won't be torn like pages from a magazine that
Some child in 6th grade needs for a school collage
Leaving was never easy; no one said it would be
Overlapping train tracks that both run in circles
One just started departing for another trip
Snow falls down here, but the sun still shines
The
Are the life, love, and pursuit of my happiness
Listen to the music and see where I'm coming from
I hear something you may or may not understand
I want to be great, I need to be heard, I am…
I will return, I must see you again, I swear…
** Written for all my friends in CA
Number 5
Underneath The Ink
Stained shades and colors of ink is
The suitable fashion for this musical life
Representations of my past and future
Melted like American demographics
Good and bad, we the people experience both
I choose to display mine in harmony, as one
Sheltered behind the art though is a mind
Wild and tame, you may choose which to see
Either way I'm here always to be an escape
From nightmares and a vent for emotions
We can be paint for the gods
As the alcohol streams through our bodies
And later on sleep hand-in-hand
As our silhouettes dance across the walls
Then rise after the sun just to create
More memories to never forget
*Written to be Written (Not for anyone special)
Number 4
Life is a fragile web
Fragile like glass
Glass water before the sun wakes up
One small step in any direction
Will certainly change everything we know
Wakes from destruction of pasts
And corporate construction from memories that last
It is a sink or swim world
And we need to stay afloat
We need to be Rose on her board
If our ship takes the plunge
Which by the way it always does
No matter what we do
We will always hit ground zero
We will always feel like things will never get better
But if we hold on tightly and never let go Jack
Never let go
Then things will turn up someway somehow
Life will get better but then we start over because
Life is a fragile web
Number 3
Crimson Fortress
BY: Christopher Coghill
Standing in the middle of a crowded ruby palace
Everyone is invited but you're the attraction
The door is open for more to pass by and stare
Share thoughts on how they wish it were them
Teach about yourself everyday, he is here to listen
Learn constantly of your interaction with life
Show the important and highlight the nonessential
He has a credential in loving the thought of you
Closed eyes like windows for the winter
This scarlet stronghold continues; pumps with energy
Not wanting to miss a thing his eyes stir in dreams
You're a guest of this place and you never have to go
Rush on the outside but still and serene in this red hotel
The key to room number one is for your door
Breakfast starts when you're ready for the adventure
You made all the headlines so enjoy the paper
The door is still open and will forever remain
So all may pass and take shelter; get to know the scene
Everyone is invited but you're the attraction
Standing in the middle of this crowded ruby palace
*Written to be Written (Not for anyone special)
Number 2
PUNCTUATION
WRITTEN BY: CHRISTOPHER COGHILL
I cannot fully say how much love I have for you
Knowing that what I say will not be enough to fill what I feel
And will probably sound terribly cliché
I cannot fully stand here day to day with out trying though
Not to retrieve what was lost
But to create something much stronger and better and new
That one thing is constant
That one thing I am sure of
That one thing is most certainly true
You see my lady I have been a hypocrite a charlatan a fraud
For when people walk up to my door I am sure to tell them
Never settle for second best because they will never be happy
And everyday I preach but apparently do not hear it for myself
Nothing makes me truly happy
Well of course except getting to spend my days with you love
The days that are oh so long ago
Only a distant memory it seems
A memory so clear but far away from our present day lives
Light up my life more than an eastern sunrise
And your beauty alone is greater than the sunset it the west
Warm my heart better than a
Which from my days I must say is the hottest around
Need I go on
I will choose above all
But again I find myself a terrible liar saying these lines too
For it is most definitely true
That I would cut off all the strings to my guitars
For one more go with you love
To our home
I love you again as I always have
Even though we have both faltered along the way
But I am ready today to settle no more
Except to settle down with you my love
The one, The one that I adore
*Written to be Written (Not for anyone special)
Number 1
LINES
WRITTEN BY CHRISTOPHER COGHILL
One thousand times it seems
That I've tried to write these divine lines
They may rhyme they may not
Lines that might try to hide the meaning
In deep readings or they might just skim the surface
The surface seems to be my best friend
Not that I'm afraid of the deep end but when it comes
To the words that I write to you
When words in lines just won't do
So I'll keep writing and maybe one day
Lines will be made to capture the true meaning
Of the feelings that I have for you
But baby until the day that the sun really shines
And Webster defines new words for my lines
I'll just have to show you the ways that I do
And I'll tell you every day until the day finally comes that
I am head over heals in love with you!
*Written to be Written (Not for anyone special)
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