The life and times of David Rodoni

7:50pm:

In the year 2006 I resolve to: Bring back disco. Get your resolution here

10:52pm:

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	7.2
Mind:	6.8
Body:	9.2
Spirit:	6.4
Friends/Family:	4.4
Love:	2.1
Finance:	7.2
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

1:26pm: ok. so.

Bad Religion is apparently coming through NYC on the 20th. Now i'm not sure how many of my NYC friends are into punk or even this band. But, im probably going to go to the show. If you want to come let me know asap.

10:30pm:

Your Taste in Music:

90's Alternative: High Influence

Alternative Rock: High Influence

Punk: High Influence

Ska: High Influence

80's Alternative: Medium Influence

90's Rock: Medium Influence

Classic Rock: Medium Influence

80's Pop: Low Influence

80's R&B: Low Influence

90's Pop: Low Influence

Adult Alternative: Low Influence

Dance: Low Influence

Hair Bands: Low Influence

Old School Hip Hop: Low Influence

12:12pm: So i wanted to say happy birthday to gobs yesterday. but i have no way of getting a hold of her. the number i have for her in WA is no longer connected. Gobs. when you read this know that you need to talk at me. And dont do that thingy where you want to but dont because you dont want to or forget. I will hunt you down if i have to! muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahah

(and i know this was pretty bad english grammar/syntax-wise but i dont give a shit i was ranting)

10:31am: i would like to point out that this is almost exactly the opposite of ryan evans.

the Prankster (47% dark, 34% spontaneous, 26% vulgar)

your humor style: CLEAN | COMPLEX | LIGHT Your humor has an intellectual, even conceptual slant to it. You're not pretentious, but you're not into what some would call 'low humor' either. You'll laugh at a good dirty joke, but you definitely prefer something clever to something moist. You probably like well-thought-out pranks and/or spoofs and it's highly likely you've tried one of these things yourself. In a lot of ways, yours is the most entertaining type of humor because it's smart without being mean-spirited. PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Conan O'Brian - Ashton Kutcher

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 27% on dark You scored higher than 14% on spontaneous You scored higher than 37% on vulgar

Link: The 3 Variable Funny Test written by jason_bateman on OkCupid Free Online Dating

12:17am: update
hey so i guess ill update you guys on whats been going on in my life. (at least till some friends show up that are coming over to pick me up.)

So i guess the biggest news is that my grandmother passed away. today was the family get together in roseville. It wasnt a service or anything, we just got together to remember her and to show our support to grandpa. It was fun.

In other news i am officially getting ready for the move to new york. Despite the trying to sell the car, which hasnt been working nearly as well as i would have liked, i have registered for all my classes. I have 15 semester units. I had 12 until tonight when i figured i would see if it had stopped bugging out in the last month and change. It had. So i got the next class i needed. My schedule is m/t/w/r i start at 4:55. On m/w i am done at 6:35. On T/r i am done at 8:35. Pretty simple and pretty nice. I know i have to get a part time job when im there so the later classes give me a good opportunity to do that. Along with the ability to have a social life outside of class, since my nights are free. In a few days i get to know wheare ill be living. Apparently some people already know, but i looked online and it hadnt been posted yet. I'll check again on the 21st. Thats when they say they will post them. I also signed up for the 10 meal plan. (which is what my awesome friend Shannon suggested.) I get 10 meals a week +250 "flex" dollars to spend through the semester. It makes sense because i wont be eating at the places all the time. I'll prolly end up eating at random restraunts alot since they are supposed to rock!

well... i gotta run.

10:02pm: Me
i figured why the hell not. and anyways i havent posted in a while. HI! here is a quiz. Im good. The weather is fine. (and my head is better). Gob's im sorry i havent called. I will i promise. (if i dont forget.)

You scored as Goofy. Your alter ego is Goofy! You are fun and great to be around, and you are always willing to help others. You arn't worried about embarrassing yourself, so you are one who is more willing to try new things. </td> Goofy 88% Sleeping Beauty 81% The Beast 69% Peter Pan 56% Donald Duck 44% Ariel 31% Snow White 31% Pinocchio 25% Cinderella 19% Cruella De Ville 19% Which Disney Character is your Alter Ego? created with QuizFarm.com

10:32pm: sooo. i have a concussion. Long story short, last night was crazy and i got home from the hospital at 8Am thanks to zeke and Adina. WHO ROCK!

4:49pm: 2 years... and thanks for the shoes
So, as i write this i am getting ready to take apart my computer and pack it into the car. My tenure in san diego has been very different and very similar to how i thought it would be. I hesitate to say that i rediscovered myself but i did create a more complete persona of who i think i am. In the end though it always comes down to the things i wish i had done and the things i wish i hadnt, as is life. I am now a college graduate and am going to be attending a VERY different institution for my graduate work. It's crazy how time goes so slowly sometimes but then you look back and its gone too quickly. It feels like yesterday that i was moving in, or on stage naked, or losing lots of money at vegas. But, at the time they were happening i was happy that things were taking a while to unfold. It's such a fucking conundrum.

To all those people who i have learned to love thanks for always putting up with my singing. (i know that it has been annoying sometimes.) I guess i hadnt thought about the leaving part until now, or i had put it aside, but i have caught myself getting faklempt. I will sincerely miss everyone down here for different reasons.

Stay Classy San Diego.

6:11pm: College is now officially my bitch! I slapped it around, roughed it up, and i'm done with it. haha... i humor myself so much. Now its time for graduate school....

10:31pm: sooo what does it mean when i nearly forgot my OWN birthday. I got home today and people were like what are you doing for your birthday... all i could respond was, i have NO idea. We'll see whats going to happen.

8:32pm: Rather true i'd think

Your Birthdate: June 1

Your birthday suggests that are executive ability and leadership qualities in your makeup. A birthday on day 1 of any month gives a measure of will power and self-confidence, and very often a rather original approach. This 1 energy may diminish your ability and desire to handle details, preferring instead to paint with a broad brush. You may be sensitive, but your feelings stay rather repressed.

6:48pm: Hey all. So im killing time before rehearsal for my musical cabaret.

So i'm gonna tell you about a wierd dream i had last night. First of all this is kinda a big deal because i hardly ever remember dreams and it kinda tells of my current state of readiness to get on with the next portion of my life.

--start

So i dont remember the beggining of the dream to well but ill pick up where i do remember. I walk onto a campus that looks like one of those REALLY nice highschool campuses that looks like a restored church or mission. The kind with lots of one or two story buildings with a big bell type building in the middle. Of course it has a huge patio/cement thing. Now, in the dream this is understood to be harvard, and it also understood to be in boston. Now i'm on the phone with me madre and i confirm that i have arrived at school from CA and that im gonna look to find out where to go. Where i'm supposed to be going i dont really know. So i start wandering around. I wander into one of the buildings and inside its FULL of people. It has a similar feeling of technology and is dark. Kinda like a futuristic mall that is understood by me to be a really good campus. The lecture halls all just have 3 walls and where the fourth should be is an absence of space that connects to the hallway. I wander around KNOWING i'm in the wrong place. Then this guy comes up to me and says something like, "Hey you look lost. let me take you to where you need to be." So i start following him. Now im thinking to myself, "whats this guys name" but i never bother to ask, which was a big deal in my inner monologue of the dream. Somehow we get seperated. But, i now KNOW where im supposed to go, but i STILL head back to that first building i was in even though i KNOW its not where i am supposed to be going to get this thing im supposed to do done. I see the guy again and we nod at each other kinda and i keep walking around with a goal in mind of getting to the place with my confidence that i know where i'm going, but i really dont and i understand this. This entire dream is also understood that this is my graduate school... but its Harvard, not NYU. NYU wasnt even a part of the dream.
Another big theme in the conversations with the guy was the fact that i'm only here for the weekend because i have to get back to my undergraduate studies. (it wasnt clear where i was going to school for undergrad but i had to get back in some timely manner. But, i was aware that i hadnt ended my undergrad before i started my grad work.

Dreams are wierd. Everything in it was CERTAIN. there was no maybe's in it. I knew for a fact that i didnt know where i was, but i also knew that it wasnt that big of a deal and i wasnt frustrated for being lost.

Well time for rehearsal. talk to you guys later.

8:43pm: So, i just watched "Super Size Me". That movie ROCKED! and helped me in my current motivation to actual get better. Now i had started running regularly last week. Out of the last 7 days i have ran 2 miles a day for 6 of them. I am really trying to get better. And now im gonna start trying to eat healthier without going out as much. But, the problem is that going out to eat is a LARGE basis of my social life. So, i'll be trying to cut out alot of the REALLY bad stuff (like the Taco Bell i had today). But, if you haven't seen this movie DO IT!

12:49am: so tonight i went to a dueling piano bar with my roomies. IT FUCKING ROCKED! The musicians fucking rocked and the entire night was full of people just having a good time to music. I DEFINITELY want to go again!

Oh and 2 piano guys trying to play "bohemina rhapsity" without the extra instruments makes a fucking awesome time... lots of Doo Doo's where guitar solo's should be. Just like home. HAHA

For everyone THIS STUFF WAS AWESOME!

6:37pm: Nails
So, as many of you might know i bite my nails. It's something that i've done ever since i can remember and lately i've decided to try and stop. The reason why i have finally decided to stop biting my nails is for two reasons. 1. your fingers look nasty... and no one likes nasty. 2. (this is the big one) It has started to show in my teeth. This is not a good thing. and its something that i noticed a while ago, but figured that i had chipped my tooth/teeth at some point and couldnt remember. But i eventually figured out that it was definetly the nail biting that was grinding my teeth. While noticable now it will become a big problem in the future.

Now you might think that just not biting your nails would be a test of willpower. The problem is... it's not. While it is a test of willpower, one that is actually pretty difficult, that i have had some success in fighting, it hasnt been working all that great. The big problem is that most of the time i dont realize that im actually biting my nails till im deep into it. Then the fight, in terms of willpower, becomes SOOO much more difficult to stop.

The Solution! I bought a bottle of this bitter nail solution stuff. It's pretty much a NASTY ass tasting nail polish (no shine) that will give me a shot of "EW!" so i can actively stop ALL nail biting. This is something i hope will work... otherwise who knows, maybe hypnotherapy.. haha. Here's hoping!

4:22pm: Hey, so im updating before one of my classes to let everyone know. I've decided to attend NYU for my post graduate program. I sent in my check for $200 to reserve my place today. It will be there tommorow, well before the 4/15 deadline. This will definitely effect a lot of my plans for my future and even some of other people's plans as well. The reason that i have decided to is mainly because of financial aid. It was enough tht i could feasably go to NYU, not have to rely on my parents, and still not be completely broke afterwords. Pretty sweet! Ill update when i know more. but, for now know that i have decided. I'll talk to you all later.

11:47am: still no word from stanford and a quick survey

iTunes Survey:

How many songs in total? 2161


Sort by Song Title; first and last?
First: 'Merican (by descendents)
Last: YSC (by Pulley)


Sort by Artist; first and last?
First: DMV (by 2.0)
Last: In my Room (zebrahead)


Sort by Time:
Shortest: ALL (by descendents 0:03)
Longest: Decline (by NOFX 18:21)

Sort by Album - first and last?
First: 'merican (by descendents)
Last: Yesterday Rules (by mr. t experience)


Top 5 Played Songs:
1. 'merican -Descendents
2. Coffee mug- descendents
3. Exit - Joey Cape and Tony Sly
4. Track 1 - Frenzal Rhomb - (off of Sans Souci)
5. Track 2 - Frenzal Rhomb - (off of Sans Souci)

Find "sex" - how many songs show up? 6


Find "death" - how many songs show up? 3


Find "love" - how many songs show up? 80 (most of which are from Mr. T experience albums names)

10:04am: STANFORD!
The School of education has received all of the materials you have sent which are necessary for the review of your application. We have either received or are anticipating the receipt of, official GRE scores which are sent directly from ETS. [b]you will be sent official notification when a decision has been made on your application. Notification will be mailed on or around march 15[/b]


EVERYONE CROSS THEIR FINGERS!! I MEAN EVERYONE!

10:45pm: Update
hey all, sorry for the long time between updates lately.

i guess you deserve an explanation. See i've been in this show. HAIR the musical. Its a hippie musical from 68 that is about sex drugs rock and the hippie experience. And the first question that everyone asks... Do you get naked? the answer. Yes. I will be getting naked on stage. The thought process is that its not a sexual thing. We get naked at the end of the first act while singing a strong chord where the word is "FREEDOM." In fact the first time we are going to be rehearsing the naked scene is tommorow night. Crazy huh. This show has been dominating my life. I really havent seen my roomates in a few weeks and my otyher friends are starting to get ansy as well. But, its totally worth it. I also have been growing my hair out for the show as well. It is now covering my ears completely and i already had to go through "operation mullet control". SOOOO EVERYONE SHOULD COME SEE MY SHOW! EVEN IF YOU LIVE FAR AWAY! you'd have a place to crash for free and it would be awesome! SO, i expect to hear from people SOON about wanting tickets... right? Right! (april 7 - 9(we only get one weekend cause of money, shitty huh!))

In other news IM ALMOST A THIRD QUARTER SENIOR!.. again?

all i know is that im definetly starting to slack off. and i need to stop. It might actually start effecting my grades. But im definetly excited to almost be done with my undergraduate and hopefully i get accepted into the master of education programs i have applied for. (stanford and NYU) i still have a bunch of decisions to make about that but knowing if im in or not will really seal the deal.

Well i have to wake up for work tommorow at 6:30... so im gonna head to bed and watch some "Daily Show" till i fall asleep... I LOVE THAT SHOW! Good night and ill try to keep you guys up to date more often. I swear im not ignoring you on purpose.

5:30pm: i had a REALLY funny thing written. Honest.... but stupid LJ was in Read-only mode... so im not writing it again. But, you can just imagine how funny it was.

10:31pm: song in heart! operation optometery is going well solo! operation get to know will start commensing hopefully followed closely by operation go on date!

5:58pm: hey so a little food for though. it's odd how when a relationship becomes really close its for two completely different reasons on either side. Precicely because the inhibitions get lost but not through the expectations or goals that either party has. Think about what that means then write a report. That means something to me, but im not the most eloquent person and the school's keyboard is pissing me off so i dont want to get more into it. (im writing this to kill time, now im off to look at fark.com (or org.... i dont remember but will soon find out.)

8:49pm: UPDATE
so its been a month.

HALLLLO!

My last post is just before the beggining of winter break so alot has happened. But alot hasnt really happened. I went snowboarding twice and caught up with alot of friends from home. So im not gonna focus this entry on any of the catching up with my life type stuff. The real reason im writing this is 'cause im feeling pensive. About.... girls. At the beggining of the quarter (last monday) there were tons of girls who i thought were really attractive, not in that JUST hot way, but in that normal really cool i want to get to know you way. Here's the thing. almost all of them have LONG term boyfriends. But, there is one that i had met before the break. I had been really attracted to her before but only saw her once. Well long story short, she is in one of my classes and i got to hang out with her. She is REALLY cool. Kinda quiet, so i dont know if that is a nervous thing or an uninterested thing or what. For those who know me i am absolutely horrible at reading people when it comes to their interest in me. I'm not quite sure what to do. I could talk to our mutual friend, i could just ignore it. Especially since their is this thing that could really complicate things throughout the entire quarter. But man... i thought about her all day today.

So its out. Im still pensive, but now people know about it. I didnt feel it was right to talk to anyone in SD about it yet. because i just dont know what is going on yet. Im not sure how hardcore this is inside me and if ill just forget about it in a few days or figure out i really dont want to approach the situation. Or she turns out to be the opposite of what i want. But i had to talk about it to something. SO to the world i go.

For some reason it just feels better to have put it out there and have it read by people who i know wont judge me, or by people whom i dont care if they are judging me. Any who...