'ow ya doin'?

I don't know how many people read this, but those who happen to read this then comment on this blog answering these 14 questions...
1. Who are you?:
2. Are we friends?:
3. When and how did we meet?:
4. Do you have a crush on me?:
5. Would you kiss me?:
6. Describe me in one word:
7. What was your first impression?:
8. Do you still think that way about me now?:
9. What reminds you of me?:
10. If you could give me anything what would it be?:
11. How well do you know me?:
12. When's the last time you saw me?:
13. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?:
14. Are you going to put this on your xanga and see what I say about you?:

Originally stolen from Sarah, later recovered by Eric, and stolen from Ryan hehe. Haven't done these things in a while

LAYER ONE: ON THE OUTSIDE
Name: David Brentlinger
Birth date: December 9, 1985
Birthplace: Mariemont, Ohio
Current location: My house in Amelia, Ohio.
Eye color: Hazel
Righty or Lefty: righty

LAYER TWO: ON THE INSIDE
Your heritage: As far as I know, Irish from my dad's side...that's all I know
Shoes you wore today?: my crappy black gym shoes
Your weakness: bullets to the head
Your fears: disappointing my parents
Your perfect Pizza: Stuffed cheese crust with sauce from either Papa John's or LaRosa's with cheese, onions, green peppers, and tomatoes.

LAYER THREE: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW
Your most overused phrase on AIM: lol
Your thoughts waking up: ...but I don't want to get up.
Your best physical feature: my hair
Your bedtime: After midnight
Your most missed memory (ies): my cousin and me stayin' at each other's houses

LAYER FOUR: YOUR PICK
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
McDonald's or Burger King: McDonald's
Single or Group Dates: single
Adidas or Nike: Adidas (fuckin' nikes don't fit me)
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I don't like tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: I don't like this crap either. Mt. Dew is my caffeine rush.

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU?
Smoke: cigars once in a great while
Cuss: fuck fuckity fuck-fuck-fuck
Date anyone: I have never dated...ever. And no I won't just date "anyone"...
Take a shower everyday: I usually get around to it every other day.
Think you've been in love: yeah
Like(d) high school: not as great as everyone said it was for them. aside from seeing and being with my friends damn near everyday, it was just crap.
Want to get married: it wouldn't hurt, but as long as it fulfills the whole "till death do us part" part... divorce is just rediculous
Believe in yourself: Yeah... and sometimes you gotta do things yourself if you want them done right.
Get motion sickness: can't say I ever have... I've ridden enough rollercoasters and various other rides at Kings Island that let's me know I don't.
Think you're attractive: Who can resist my charming personality?
Get along with your parents: Yeah pretty much, except I think they're still a little censoring on swearing and the like. Can't blame them, though.
Like thunderstorms: When I'm not driving in them and when they don't cause power-outages...
Play an instrument: I played alto sax in 5th grade band.

LAYER SIX: IN THE PAST MONTH
Drank alcohol: no
Done a drug: no
Gone on a date: no
Gone to the mall: yes
Been on stage: no
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: no...mother of god
Eaten sushi: no...but I want to
Been dumped: last time I checked you have to be dating someone to get dumped...so no
Gone skating: no
Gone skinny dipping: no
Stolen anything: no

LAYER SEVEN: EVER
Played a game that required removal of clothing: I don't recall
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: no
Been caught "doing something": so vague... if you mean jerkin' it, no. nothing else comes to mind, either.
Been called a tease?: no
Gotten beat up: Never been in a fight, but not to brag or anything...I'd probably be the one to beat them up.
Shoplifted: no
Changed who you were to fit in: not really, no

LAYER EIGHT: GETTING OLDER
Age you hope to be married: 28
Numbers of children: 1 or 2
Describe your dream wedding: quiet, secluded, and with the minimum guests and decoration <- Pretty much what Ryan said. What country would you most like to visit: Awww fuck...but there's so many. I guess Italy. LAYER NINE: IN A GAL/GUY
Best eye color?: can't say I favor an eye color at this point in time...however, I do like pretty eyes
Best hair color?: brunettes...guess that's why I love Famke Janssen, Shannon Elizabeth, Natalie Portman, Selma Hayek, Charlotte Church, and most recently Jamie-Lynn Sigler ;-)
Short or Long Hair: long hair definitely...I like some with shorter hair, but not all can pull that look off.
Height: My height or shorter...not to sound snooty or anything, but I don't want a woman towering over me.
Best first date location: not to sound cliched, but dinner and a movie...what can I say, anyone who knows me knows that I'm a very big movie watcher.
Articles of Clothing: not like a whore? just dressed for the occassion if that makes any sense. in other words, doesn't fear the fashion police...

LAYER TEN: IN THE NUMBERS
Number of people I could trust with my life: 11...give or take a few
Number of CD's I own: not including all the mixes I've made in my life of all the downloaded music I have, I'd say about 30 to 40.
Number of piercings: 0
Number of tattoos: 0, but I've been thinking about it though
Number of times my name has appeared in the Newspaper?: I've lost count...and I have my dad to thank for that. As far as I know, only the Cincinnati Enquirer and Community Journal, but both a numerous amount of times.
Number of scars on my body: Let me see here... 5 different spots on my body.
Number of things in my past that I regret: taking that last beverage from a person at a party..... j/k :P. Honestly, I don't know.

Well the results are in

Now that the first quarter is over with, the grades are in and they are actually a little better than I expected...especially for my computer science class.

Spanish 102.66: A-
Math 150: A-
CSE 201: B+
Survey: S

Overall my GPA is 3.54 for now. I have a total of 20 credit hours including the EM credit I got for Chemistry 121 for passing my AP chem test, I guess? Sure I might be smarter than your average bear, but with my work ethic (for schoolwork, at least) I'll always be a B student. If you were to sit me in a solitary cell with my schoolwork, then maybe...just maybe I'd be an A student. I guess that explains why I was such a great employee at Hollywood video...there wasn't anything else for me to do other than work. No video games to distract me and shit like that.

Whenever I do get a nice job and start making some of that preverbial fat cash, I might go explore other countries and stay there for a little bit at a time and actually do something with my life. Probably head to the countries I want to visit on my to-do list.

Now that Ryan's home, we can do some hangin'.

It's my birthday...my b-b-b-birthday.

Making me 19...no milestone or anything, but that makes me one year closer to the ultimate milstone of 21 :P.

On a side note

I have begun rehab for MMORPGers Annonymous or simply MMORPGA. In all seriousness, I have taken a step back from Star Wars Galaxies and have cancelled my subscription. After a little over a year of gameplay, "leveling up" my character wasn't really all that fun anymore so my Jedi character, millions of credits, hundreds of rare items, etc. will all be gone in a few months when they do a server sweep. A couple of my real-life friends stopped playing and the clan I was in and had lots of friends in starting growing distant from one another, nobody logged on, etc. etc. Besides, college is much better without it...I've got Halo 2 right here in front of me, I've started playing KOTOR again and dammit I'm going to beat it this time, other assorted games I may play from borrowing and/or downloading, one hell of a playlist to listen to on my computer, and other... ummm... stuff to focus on.

So I survived...no big whoop. Talk amongst yourselves.

It's obviously been a while since I've posted, but I figure that the end of my first quarter at college deserved a blog post.

After my Math 150 exam tonight at 5:30 pm the Autumn '04 quarter here at OSU is at a close. Wasn't as difficult as I expected it to be...maybe just the getting up early part, but I must say I've become much more responsible living here by myself.

As for x-mas break, it's going to be grand because it'll be nice and long AND there's no work for me to do or stupid book for me to read. My x-mas list consists of nothing but DVDs so it's all good in the neighborhood. It'll be good to be home. See family, friends, and hopefully my cousin who goes to Full Sail in Florida (directing school).

Upcoming classes for next quarter:
Engineering 181
Physucks 109
German 399 (it's a film and literature class on the holocaust, not the language :P)
Math 151

Looks to be such a fantastic quarter.

As for the new song, it's from one of my new favorite bands Rammstein even though they've been around for a while. After downloading their entire discography they're just great to listen to. Not sure what anyone else thinks of them, but that doesn't matter. Deutsch ist über!