100th Post!: This Is The End Of A Blog That Had No Limits

Well, this blog had some limits. At least I think it did. This blog started on the epic day of December 28, 2004. I shoulda had the final post on the 28th, but oh well. The blog spanned from my final months in high school that covered attended sports games, my love for mexican girls, acknowledging Moises winning his most insperational award (hysterical), and just plain fun times. I did have random blogs like one about David Carter, one about Dr. Zoidberg, and even one about how Brian Shaw shares a name with a former NBA basketball player. Don't forget my Celebrity Look-A-Like post. Good times. I'm looking through the post right now and I've selected some of my favorite blog comments that you guys have left me.

Startip commenting on "Da Gang": David you ass, I will never, I repeat never be a forty year old virgin. My virginity is one thing I really want to lose, okay. Plus, I have some skills with the ladies okay.

Kibitzer commenting on "Inspired by Joel, Cindy, and Moises": thats a good list. mine sucks. i should write another one. maybe later. you should grow your hair out. and then wear a ninja headband and kick little people who remind you of the lion king. and then scream at them because they killed mufasa.

Moasis commenting on "My Relationship With Mexicans": I'm never going to eat Mexican candy anymore. I had a bad stomach ache at school today.I guess MEXICAN CANDY will be in my ALLERGIC list along with cinammon.

Moasis commenting on "Sticky Situation": I'm not inspirational. I'm just sexy.

David (me) commenting on "I Don' Know What To Call It": i'll put this in if-then terms, josh: if david and jasmine went on a date, then josh is a fag.

Kibitzer commenting on "2 Damn Good Days": $2 is more than I have at the moment. I'd have a lot of money if there wasn't a negative sign in front of it.

Flarfu commenting on "Confessions Thrice": no I'M the best scorekeeper ever. let's be cool and call ourselves "statisticians".

Those are my favorites. So yeah, now that the end of this blog is near, it's time to talk about my video blog that I'm going to start. I don't know how often I'll post. I have a bunch of videos already up on youtube. Those will be like fillers for the beginning of my blog. The first post will be on Janurary 1st. I haven't decided on a cool name, page design, etc. I'm just gonna improvise as I go along. Just check out my blogger profile, which I haven't changed since I've signed up, to find my video blog.

For everyone who has read this blog over the past 3 years, thank you. I appreciate the reading and the comments of support been giving. I had a lot of fun posting in this blog. Reading through it reminded me how creative I used to be. I hope to ignite that creativity through videos now. If you want to read more of my blogs, then check out my myspace page.

This has been great. This has been David.

2007 Rewind

This has been one hellavu year. Through the ups and downs, heartbreaks and new friends, accomplishments and failures, this has been the greatest year of my life. It has been such a good year that I will break down every month for you guys.

January
January starts off a new year, and this past January was the start of new friendships. In my communications class I met 3 solid people that I'm friends with to this day. Meagan, Jennifer, and Isidro. Meagan is one of 8 kids (2nd oldest, has 4 sisters, 3 brothers), she's really smart, and was homeschooled. She is super conservative, because she comes from a very religious family. She's very good at reading drama. She just has that great dramatic voice you see in plays. She could be an actress, in my opinion. She's 20, year younger than me. Then there's Jennifer. She's 25, but she looks 20. She was in and out of school since high school and finally finished getting her AA this past semester. She is going to transfer to Stanislaus. She talks a lot, but it's the good kind of talking a lot. Like you don't mind at all that she likes to talk. Very friendly and cool person. Then there's "Mr. Late" Isidro. That dude is always late to everything. He's a good guy though. He's 24, and like Jennifer, he just got his AA last semester. He is going into ministry. He has come a really long way. He used to be this weed smoking, binge drinking, careless attitude person. Now he's this soft-spoken, religious addict, late to everything person. He looks like he could be 20 too. They are great people. I'm really glad I'm friends with them. This is the same month that I watched my absolute favorite move Children of Men. I'm pretty that me, Shaun, and Matt watched it in January. I can't remember. The movie just had such an impact in the way I look at movies and life itself. Now let's move on to Feburary...

February
A couple big things happened in this month. I did ask Zahiry to be my Valentine, but of course, that didn't happen. I'm pretty sure she was aware that I liked her. I don't know. When I told her the first time I said I would get over it if she wasn't interested. Obviously I never did. That's a whole different story. I got my mom a rose and a mug with a dog for Valentine's Day. i did get to finally meet Sofia. She was from Newman, in this same month after I met her she moved to Fresno. I met her best friend, Jenny. Basicaly what ended up happening was when Sofia moved and got a boyfriend, I replaced her with Jenny and we became really close friends. Of course, I'm still great friends with Sofia. It's just that her actions in this month of February opened the door to a very strong friendship. Pretty sure that was all for this month. On to March...

March
This is the month I briefly went out with Tiffany. That was forgettable. Oh so forgettable. I realized at that time that I ended up settling for a girl with no drama and had basically no dreams in life. Good thing we had a mutual break up. We are still friends. I'm pretty sure we broke up in April. There's nothing else to say about this month, really. With that said, let's go to April...

April
Me and Tiffany broke up in this month. That's pretty much it. I started my playoff beard in this month. That ended up being super effective as my Anaheim Ducks won the Stanley Cup!!! With that being said, I'm moving on to May...

May
May was seemingly pretty crazy. I had finals. I somehow passed Chemistry. Well, when a C is 55%, how can you fail? Jasmine went through some relationship troubles that if she actually went out with the guy, then I wouldn't be friends with her. Fortunately, she came to her senses and didn't go out with him. Just the thought of her touching him makes me sick. This is the month where me and my dad went to go see Spider-Man 3. I saw a guy laying on the side of the road and we saved him. So that was cool. I saved a life. At the end of the month, I finally shaved my playoff beard. That pretty much seals what I did for May. Let's move on to June...

June
June is the month that I applied to Nob Hill. They even gave me an interview, but they never called after that. I was pretty down for a couple days when I realized they wouldn't call. That really hurt me. Mackenzie Jensen died in this month. She was really nice. Never thought she was better or worse than anyone. She treated everyone equally. I went to her candle ceremony. I keep thinking that happened in July, because we messed with fireworks that day. I think. I'm not sure. My birthday is in the month of course. Here were the myspace birthday comments left to me:

Zahiry: honestly kid..oh actually i mean...loserface...my bad..umm..who is actually online on their birthday...hmmm...? weirdo..lol..jp...well loserface!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
have a good one..oh yea..who announces their birthday? freak..lol..gosh..im so mean..ok i'll try being nicer since its your b-day or whatever..lol..

Tiffany: Happy Birthday David!!!

Stephanie (Da Silva):happy birthday!!

TJ: happy birthday!!!

Andrea: maaaaannncccuuuubbb! happy birthday!!! hopefully the manticore fairy will be visiting you today!!!!

Matt Brady: Today's the day when you have to let go of those teen year. Happy b-day David the Ravid

Brian: I'm in washington DC for a while dave. I'll be back on thursday though. We might be able to do something then. IDK, we'll figure something out. And by the way, happy birthday, I'm not sure if it's belated or not but anyways, thats cool. I'll see you guys on the 28th.

Justine: hey David,
just stopping by
to wish you a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
i told your mom to
tell you earlier
but incase she didn't.
well hope you enjoy it.
take care,
justine

Allan: happy birthday man

Juanita: happy happy hapy birfday :]]]]]

Corrine: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!!! HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT ONE!!

Joseph: happy late birthday. Yeah they think he killed his family then himself.

Thanks to those folks. I think it's safe to move on to July now...

July
In this month I went to Comic-Con. That was a lot of fun. Me and Shaun got to see the Heroes cast, literally 30 feet in front of us. It was awesome. We got to see the The Simpsons and Futurama panels. The Boondocks was hilarious again. We didn't get as much free stuff, because we were so devoted to staying in line for what we really, really wanted to see. We saw my favorite actor Clive Owen. I was excited about that. Kate Beckinsale was looking fine! Jessica Alba was looking super fine! Shaun got a good look at her. I wasn't as lucky. A swarm of people got around before I could take a gander. Me, Shaun, and Matt went and looked at colleges too. We checked out University of San Diego, UC San Diego, and San Diego State. I HATE it when Shaun calls it CSU-SD. Freaking call it SD State, SDSU, or San Diego State. That's what everyone else calls it. Why does he have to use the complicated acronym? All great campuses, by the way. So July was a pretty sweet month. Let's move on to August...

August
I started school in this month. It sucked. I hated this past semester so much. This is the month where I infamously got played by Vanessa (view post 8/11: I Got Played). If there was a time my heart was broken I think it was that time. I broke down that day. When something finally seemed to be right it all went wrong. I really thought this could be the girl that could get me passed Zahiry, but she erased that idea. Thank God she did, now that I look back on it. Bitch. Ok, let's move on to September....

September
I looked through blogs and such to refresh my memory and this month sucked. It seemed to be unimportant and uneventful. How sad is that? Whatever. I guess I should just move on to October...

October
I think October was another month where nothing really happened. I was really focused on school, and not hanging out too much. This was a month where Zahiry left me ridiculously long comments on myspace. That's when I started to realize to not go after Meagan, because she wasn't the right girl for me anyways, and finally work hard on getting the girl I've wanted since what feels like forever. That's what October gave to me. This sets up the greatest 2 months of the year...

November
Let's start this month off small. Alan threw a small Halloween party at his house. He threw it because Kassandra was sick on Halloween and didn't get to wear her Halloween costume. She was a bee. Andrea was Dorothy, Kent was Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Chubbs was a 50s Greaser, Josh was The Crow, and I was a broken down businessman. Oh, Andrea is Kent's gilfriend, Kassandra is Andrea's best friend, and Alan wants Kassandra. I want to pause and acknowledge what I think was a really great year for Kent. He has a girlfriend that everyone likes as much as he does, he's really got everything well put together. He has work and school wisely planned for next year. He had a great 2007. Ok, back to me bitches. I spent the whole night talking to Zahiry, and the next night we did the same thing again. This time I typed in 'i like you' into yahoo messenger after she logged off. The next day she asked me about it and November 16 will live in infamey to me. We expressed our feelings to each other and rightfully decided to take it slow. One of the Saturdays in this month was spent at Renee's house. Renee was a girl in my comm group. Us, and 3 others had to make a board game. Me, her, and Lacee were at her house to make the board game. That was a fun day. I liked hanging out with Renee. She's a really cool person to chill with and eat Taco Bell. We always wanted to go to Taco Bell. I'm gonna miss that group. We had great chemistry, and had a lot of fun together. We were easily the best group in the class. After Zahiry and I shared how we felt, my ways changed. I went home early when hanging out with the bros just so I could talk to her. I still do this. I want to do this. So let's move to December...

December
It has been a December to remember. Me and Zahiry had our first date. I went to her house and she made us enchiladas. We gave each other our Christmas gifts. I gave her gloves, a sweater, and 2 letters that I wrote for her. The sweater was too small. She gave me 2 ordament balls that she made for me. One has a picture of her in it, and the other has cool designs on it. I really liked it. She really liked the gloves. I remember one night while on the phone I really expressed myself to her. I don't know what came over me, but next thing I know I explain why she makes me a better person. hristmas was good. I got a acoustic guitar. Andrew needs to teach me a few things. I also got Seasons 1 & 2 of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. I'm thrilled about that. And I got a couple much needed long sleeve shirts.

Random Stuff
A lot of crazy stuff happened this year to people close to me. Joseph got all emo, because of some stupid fat chick. Josh got fired from Coast to Coast, but he works at TA now. I opposed the ways of Alan when he went after women. He found a good one in Kassandra. I was kinda disappointed in him when he went after her again, after she rejected him the first time for her emo ex boyfriend. I think only because I'm a guy who only gives one chance. I can't see myself giving Zahiry one chance. I don't know. We'll see. Bubba met Kalyn and lives with her now. I predicted he would propose to her on Christmas. I don't know if he did. I'm not ruling it out until I have confirmation that he did or didn't. Joel broke up with Alana. Wow. Shaun still hasn't changed, and he needs to if he wants to have a better social life. Brother Matt is kicking ass. Evan is getting by. Andrew is unemployed in Turlock. Matt Dudys is doing his thing. Chubbs is loving the post-high school life. He needs to stop smoking. I forgot to mention this in one of the months, but Ria is pregnant and now married. That's pretty cool. I like hanging out with Moises' family. They are so calming. It's so different from the usual crew I hang with. The crew I hang with is constant insults and never any silence. I don't mind that at all. I'm just glad that all my friends aren't the same. But Josh, Alan, and Chubbs are basically the same person now. Joalubbs is what I should call them from now on. I almost got in a fight in front of a Denny's. I saw a lot of fantastic movies this year. I wanna do a video blog about it. So this all sums up to be the greatest year of my life. I'm glad I'm sharing it.

Merry Christmas To Everyone!

I'm still confused on what number post this is. The end is near for this blog, then I move on to my video blog. I'm excited for the video blog, because I've already made like 10 videos. What's unfortunate is that I can't make my videos very long with my digital camera. I need to figure out how to convert my .mov files so that I can edit them using windows movie maker. So today is Christmas. I really don't know what I'll be getting. Hopefully lots of long sleeve shirts. I also need some more pants. I hope my parents didn't get me any video games. I don't need any. They get me one every year and I never need one. But last year I traded in NBA Live 07 for NHL 07, because I already had NBA Live 06 and was playing my franchise. I'm still playing that franchise! Anyways, I'm looking forward to getting some new cds that I asked for. I haven't bought a new cd in over a year. I bought The Killers "Sam's Town" off of Matt for $10. The last cd I bought from the store was Muse "Black Holes & Revelations". Yes I do listen to that cd religiously. Well, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Next post should be the 2007 Rewind. This has been a phenomenal year, whether it was all the great movies I've seen, new people I've met, breaking up with one girl, another breaking my heart, and then finally getting the girl I only dreamed of getting, or just growing more as a person emotionally and intelectually. It's going to be a good post. I can't wait to type it. Once again, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

One Month Anniversary

Something I've been doing badly on lately is counting. I thought I was 2 away from 100 posts, but this is apparantly the 98th post. There is 1 important # that defines the 16th of December. That # is 1. I'm trying to be creative here by putting the #s in #s instead of words. See what I mean? Is it working for you? Probably not. So why does the #1 have significance on this 16th of December, you ask? Well, I learned around midnight today that today is the 1 month anniversary of when Zahiry and I told each other how we felt. I didn't know I was suppose to keep track of that. I found out in a weird way. Minding my own business online, and Ashley comments me on myspace saying today is 1 month anniversary. She was on the phone with Zahiry when this happened. So yeah, maybe when we are official I don't have to keep track of this day. Or do I? I don't know. I'll find out when Janurary 16 comes around.

Since Zahiry doesn't read this blog I'm going to share with you her Christmas presents. I went with Evan last Tuesday to JCPenny's and bought some gloves.


So after that we walk around the mall and check out a couple stores. We are leaving Hot Topic and plan to leave the mall when we run into Ashley and Kiashira. I point out the nice gloves I bought for Zahiry and they both say, "That's all you're getting her?!" I respond, "Well, yeah. We're not even offical. I just wanted to get something small." And so next thing i know i'm getting an earful about how i should walk down to this store called Wet Seal and buy her a sweater. I was seriously forced. I don't know how I got talked into this. Evan probably doesn't even know how I got talked into this. So we go to Wet Seal and take a look at the sweaters. I'll be honest with you guys. The sweaters looked tacky. I'm no fashion expert on women's clothing, but these sweaters did not look bueno. But there was this one sweater. Evan and I both noticed it, but it looked too nice to be on sale for $15. So to make sure, I went and asked one of the girls that work there. She wasn't sure either, so she went and did a price check for me. Sure enough, the sweater was $15. Price is not that much of a factor, but I wanted to make sure I was getting a good deal. I woulda $30 tops for that sweater. I bought the sweater and this is what it looks like.


I've asked Allan, Ashley, Melanie, and Evan of how this shopping turned out.

Allan: Gloves are nice. The sweater looks really good.

Ashley: WOW!!! Well then I'm impressed!!! You even got the jacket to match the gloves!!!! Aww she'll love it David!!! GOOD JOB!!! (exact words)

Melanie: You should do my shopping for me.

Evan: The gloves are nice, and you got a sweet deal on the sweater.

Something Insightful

Normally, some of us post something insightful and deep. I never do that. It's not that I can't, rahter I never chose to do so.

So yesterday I went to my second 49ers game. It was, of course, a massive disappointment. They played the Vikings. What was awesome was the Niners held the rookie sensation, and leading rusher in the NFL, Adrian Peterson, to only 3 yards on 14 carries. The kick and punt returning was great! So things look good, right? Wrong. We lost 27-7. Not only that, Trent Dilfer got injured right before the half. This means our 3rd string QB Shaun Hill was gonna play the second half. Do you want to know something about Shaun Hill? Ok. Here we go. The dude has been in the league since 2002. This is his 2nd year as a 49er. Until yesterday, Shaun Hill has never thrown a pass in the NFL. He actually ran the ball twice in 2005, where he gained -2 yards on 2 carries. Yep. And I have historical footage ya'll! Here is a video of Shaun Hill's first ever throw:



How awesome is that? He was 22/28 in the game. Amazing for a guy who has seen literally no playing time. I hope he does well this Sunday. I really think he can give us a chance to win. My dad told me that a fan died at the game yesterday. I just found the article. Check it out:

Man dies in fall during 49ers game
Contra Costa Times
Article Launched: 12/09/2007 09:26:49 PM PST


SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco 49ers fan fell 20 feet to his death Sunday at Monster Park, from an upper concourse railing down onto a ramp, a team official said.
The death was ruled an accident by police and medical examiners, said Lisa Lang, 49ers vice president of communications. Authorities were withholding the adult male fan's identification pending notification of family, she said.

"It's a very unfortunate incident and everyone with the 49ers is upset about it," Lang said.

The fan was on the upper concourse level near concession stands during the second quarter of the team's game against the Minnesota Vikings. The fan somehow fell over a four-foot high, six-inch thick wall, with a top that slopes toward the concourse to prevent people from placing drinks on it, Lang said.

The man landed on a ramp leading to the mezzanine level, Lang said.

Emergency crews reached the man immediately and treated him for about 30 minutes before he was pronounced dead at the scene, Lang said.

The fan attended the game with a group of people, but it was unclear who they were. There were witnesses who spoke with police, Lang said.

The last accidental death at the park was in 1985 during a Monday Night Football game, Lang said.

That is sad. This made me think. I was in the same building as someone who's life was unfortunately cut short. That's never comforting to know.

So my grandma is gonna live at my house now. She was found wandering the streets Saturday morning. We can't leave her by herself anymore, cause we just plain don't know what she's gonna do if we aren't around. We're afraid she's gonna wander off and get lost. And that is clearly a bad thing in this kind of weather. I had to take care of her this morning. I didn't realize how much Portuguese I've forgotten off the top of my head when I speak it. I need to brush up on it. This is kind of a big change in my life. We're talking no more home alone for me. What the hell? This might be a sign. Maybe it's time for me to move out. Or maybe this means I need to stay here and help take care of my grandma. I'm so not family oriented. I never have been, and maybe someday I will be. I don't hate my family. I just have problems interacting with them. I never grew up with many cousins and family members to hang out with. My grandma is the only grandparent I grew up with. How lucky everyone else is to have family around them, and to have grandparents too. I never completely had that honor on a consistant basis.

I got invited to a surprise birthday party. It's for Meagan. Meagan is a girl that I'm friends with from school. She turned 20 a few days ago. She's part of my communications crew. Me, Meagan, Jennifer, and Isidro. We are actually really close. We have great chemistry as a group, and are always helping each other out. Jennifer is 25, but she looks my age. Isidro is 24, but he too looks my age. I kinda had a thing for Meagan, but quickly got over it. I didn't want to pursue her any further after a few weeks, cause I didn't want to settle.

Something I've been doing for a while now is settle. Why should I settle for something when I should be going after the big enchilada? Yes, I am referring to Zahiry. She's the big enchilada, and she makes a mean enchilada too. I've been scared to tell her for a really, really long time how I felt, so it's really great to finally tell her. I told her I believe 4 weeks ago? I forgot alreay. Whatever. Anyways, for her to tell her she liked me too was a massive lift to my spirits. And I swear, every single day it get's better and better. She makes me 100x more excited for this vacation to come around. I want her more than anything I've ever wanted in my entire life. I deserve this. I deserve the best. I deserve her. All the bullcrap I've been through with girls, this girl right here finally gives me something to look forward too.

This turned out to be a really long post. This is almost the end of this blogger. If you don't remember, then let me reinform you. I'm gonna stop blogging on this blog when I reach 100. I got 1 more random blog, then I'm going to do a 2007 Rewind post, and the Post 100: The Finale. How exciting. If you read this whole post, then you kick major ass!

A Special Thanksgiving What Am I Thankful Post

A long, confusing titles suits what this blog is about. I am thankful for a lot of things. I'm thankful for my family, and for my friends. But what I am thankful for most is finally having the strength to tell the girl that I've crushed on since my senior year in high school how I feel. And for her to say, "I like you too." That was probably the most relieving moment in my life. So far I don't know how much she understands what she means to me, but I can see the influence I've had on her. I kept her up 3 nights in a row till 5 a.m. It was the first night that I realized that basically no girl would do this and not like the guy as more than a friend. So i did tell her how I felt the next night, right before she went to bed. Then that afternoon we talked about it. She wants to take it slow. Thank you, God! That's exactly what I wanted. Jumping into things without taking it slow screws everything up. Let's be grown ups and go on dates, then see where we go from there. Long distance might be a problem. I don't care about distance. I know it's hard, but relationships are hard anyways. We can figure it out. It's extremely exciting to know that there is that ray of hope, finally. Those frustrating prayers that were finally answered. The sleepless nights of 'why me?!' gone in a blink of an eye. I want her more than anything, but if it doesn't work out like I really, truely hope it does, then so be it. At least I can say I finally dated the girl of my dreams.

Don't Tread On Me

If you hang out with me a lot, then you know that I've been using the term 'don't tread on me' a lot lately. I am going to explain why I do.

I got the term 'don't tread on me' from my favorite comedy, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. That show is so hilarious. If you haven't seen it, then you need to catch an episode. It's on FX on Thursday at 10 eastern. Here is the scene in the episode when Charlie from the show uses 'don't tread on me'. It's in the episode "Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass". Scratch that, the video isn't on youtube anymore. This angers and confuses me. I will check myspace then. Oh baby, I found it:
Charlie - Don't tread on me

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Now here are some flags. This first flag is know as The Gadsden flag. It is a historical American flag with a yellow field depicting a rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike. Positioned below the snake is the legend "DON'T TREAD ON ME." The flag was designed by and is named after American general and statesman Christopher Gadsden.


This second flag replaced the first one by the current Stars and Stripes flag. Since the Revolution, the flag has seen times of reintroduction as a symbol of American patriotism.


The Gadsden flag has become an important symbol to many libertarians. A Gadsden flag was presented to the town manager of Killington, Vermont, by a representative of the Free State Project after that town's 2004 vote to pursue secession from Vermont. The Free State Project has also adopted a unique version of the Gadsden Flag as the flag of their organization. Their flag bears a porcupine rather than a snake, as the porcupine was chosen early on as a mascot of the Free State Project.


There is your history on 'don't tread on me'. I hope you learned something today. I love using that term.