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| This blog way old. Seriously. I haven't posted in over about one year.
Today, I looked back through about four years of past postings. I have made some startling discoveries:
1) I thought I typed way cool, using words such as "Woot!" and "Zoinks" and even "Snap yo fingas!" (of course the last was a mockery of real people trying to be cool).
And you know what... it was cool. I was so bomb I was practically a terrorist.
2) I was pretty depressed and clueless when it came to women. I had crushes that I didn't understand how to handle, as most young men do. They were all friends that I wanted (or figured I wanted) to become more than friends. Interestingly, I married a friend, but she was different. I didn't just suddenly want her to be more than a friend, which confused me at first because she is a total hottie and really fun. I just didn't feel it. Sure enough, love snuck up on me and hit me upside the head like a wet catfish.
3) I had a lot of fun. More fun than I have now? Absolutely. The reduction in fun isn't because I got married, though that did significantly reduce the embarrassing and often humorous encounters with women I have (but to be honest, I still have plenty of awkward moments with Heidi.). No, the reason is because I have graduated college, work full time and have begun becoming a responsible and mature grownup.
When I was in college, I would go to Zaxby's and Phat Dogs when I didn't have the money. I would take late night trips with my friends when I should have been getting sleep. I watched old and/or independent movies when I should have been studying for class. Heck, I even skipped class to play video games with people. I don't regret any of it, because that is a part of college: the last hoorah of boneheadedness and irresponsible behavior before becoming an adult. I loved it.
4) There are a lot of things that I did, that I haven't done in a long time, that I want to do again. Such as:
- Play Axis Ball
- Go downtown and footbag
- Play Big Booty
- Eat Phat Dogs and wings (although Wings on the Run has closed, which is why "wings" is not capitalized.)
- Spend an evening playing Smash and Worms and Mario Kart and Mario Party (the memories of playing video games with Rachael and Tatianna are very warm and fuzzy).
- Have a movie night with snacks and a totally ridiculous movie, like Kill Bill or Dr. Strangelove or Casablanca
- Jump on a trampoline
- Participate in a completely ludicrous movie, like the one I played a corpse in. The name of it escapes me, but it did include everything that makes a grindhouse movie: gore, violence, sex, foreign metrosexuals, and electronica musical numbers.
- Play video games again. I just don't do it, which is fine and everything, but I am pretty lazy. I don't get much done during the day... so why not save Hyrule while I'm not doing anything?
5) I really enjoyed making references to things that only one or two people understood. Most of these things were inside jokes with friends or really dumb things that we said. It also included quotes from funny internet videos, Homestar Runner or The Brak Show.
6) I miss a lot of my old friends, like Rachael McAlister, Tatianna Hunt, Jeff Baden and Rosanna Garcia. I do see Tatianna some still, but not the others... and I miss them.
7) I was much more intelligent than I am now. Heck, I was doing research papers and reading intelligent papers and books, learning tons of facts and stuff. Of course, I didn't have a choice - I was in college. But I do miss college from an academic standpoint.
8) I really need to dance more.
9) Bryan and I had a plan so cunning that you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel in college - we were going to transform our dining room table into an Axis Ball table, or for the laymen, a pool table. It never even came close to happening. What a total bummer, man.
I miss Xanga. It was really fun in it's prime. More fun than Myspace and Facebook for sure.
Well... if I don't see you again... good afternoon, good evening and good night.
ClayC
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| It has been a very long time since I wrote here. Since my absence, a lot has happened. Here's the low down:
- I am engaged to a beautiful, wonderful girl named Heidi. We are to be married in June.
- Graduation is approaching very quickly. I am feeling the strain of school as I struggle to keep my internal peace and complete everything needed for my diploma.
- Around the New Year, I made a choice to pursue an internship in Memphis, TN with Campus Crusade for Christ as a staff intern working on different college campuses. Heidi wanted to join with me as well.
However, as of recently, we have both been having doubts about going. Heidi has especially been having great feelings of doubt, even saying that she doesn't want to go any longer. This leaves me very confused. We have been planning for the past three months around our moving to Memphis... and now it seems that dream is dying. And that confuses, frustrates and leave me wondering, "What now?"
Are we destined to do one particular thing? Or do we have the free will to decide what to do with our lives? I don't want to make a decision to join the ministry because I had better feelings about it earlier, but I don't want to not pursue it because Heidi and I are afraid.
But are we ready?
I haven't got the answers, but I know who does. Still, I worry. I want to be a part of this great commission. I want to do something spectacular... not spend my life behind a desk or selling consumer goods.
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| I'm not sure. After watching Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, I'm not sure about anything anymore. That's just one of the many films I've seen over the past few weeks. Others include Some Like it Hot, The Shawshank Redemption, The Illuisionist, & Muppet Treasure Island. I love movies. But I feel myself becoming a total movie nerd. The kind of guy that analyzes the movie based on novel adaptations, director history, and actor/actress weakensses/strengths... and no one likes to go to a movie with those kind of guys. Well, that's the price I'm willing to pay.
News: my internship may turn into a paid position, i'm hoping for it. I'll be on Hangar Radio Z 104.1 at 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. this coming Saturday (Oct. 21). Just about three parts but something, eh? I'm still jobless, but looking with hope. I also aquired a bruised eye thanks to myself not catching a simple throw by my friend Jobean.
I believe that covers it. Thanks for having me, folks. I'll be back soon
Clay C.
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| School and the Spartanburg Journal have been keeping me busy. I've still found time to make use of our five video game systems. Goes without saying: I'm having a great time here in Spartanburg. I haven't found a paying job yet, but I'm still prowling.
Games beaten: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario World
Video Game Systems: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Nintendo Gamecube
New Movies Seen: Un Chien Andalou, The Gold Rush (Chaplin), Sherlock Jr. (Keaton), The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Black Dahlia
Books Read/Reading: Stephen King's "Dreamcatcher", Stephen King's "The Dead Zone", DiMarco's "Marriable", Marloe's "Dr. Faustus", Roger Ebert's "The Great Movies"
Well, most of the movies above were seen in relation to my History of Film class. The Black Dahlia sucked. Bryan bought us a Gamecube today  w/ Mario Kart Double Dash and a controller.
By the way, check out www.myspace.com/phileobythepound and check out my fake band for Music Business class.
Phat Dogs next weekend! Film noir this week. Come to Axiom on Tuesday night if you can!
I'll update as necessary.
Clay C
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| I'm sure the teeming millions are wondering how the life of Clay is going. Let me break it down for ya:
- Working for the Spartanburg Journal is going well. Doing several briefs a week, a couple of shorts. But I haven't picked up a copy of the paper yet! It's seemed like I've only been working there for about a week, when in reality it's nearly three.
- Getting experience at Hangar Radio Z. I was sick this past week, so I had to cancel a voice-tracking session. But hopefully I'll be on air soon.
- Classes are good. British Literature may prove to be the hardest. Film may prove to be the easiest. I hope to prove I'm not dumb.
- Friends and I have decided to film a footbagging documentary downtown in Greenville.
Doesn't seem like much in print, but it sure does feel like a lot. But now, it's time for morning coffee, a rundown on the news, and a quick exhale before starting on this exciting day.
Clay
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