Funny How Things Find Their Way Back To You

First, and foremost, Jimmi Simpson is back!

In case you don't know who Jimmi Simpson is, he's an actor that went to my college and was friends with one of my roommates. He's in the movie Stay Alive, which comes out the Friday. When you see the commercials (which have been on every five minutes in the last week or so around here), he's the first blonde guy they show who is talking about this new game. I have a feeling this isn't going to be in the theaters long, so I plan on going to see this movie in the near future. I haven't seen a good teenage slasher movie in the theaters since Urban Legend, I think.

Yesterday, I was going through some things on my bookshelf and found a journal that I have been looking for for years. And I mean literally years. I went through all kinds of boxes and things at my dad's house trying to find this notebook. I thought for sure I left it in my old Le Barron (remember the bitch mobile? That was the cat's ass, or so I was told...ha ha ha). I had given up hope. And then yesterday, I moved another notebook and there it was. I've taken things off that shelf more times than I can count in the last few months. I swear I never noticed it there. Weird. The journal spans from different random times from 1991-1996. It's not nearly as full or in depth as I remember it being, but there are a few gems in it - a poem about some guy I used to hang out with, song lyrics, a list of songs that I put on a mix tape (including Grey Eyed Athena by Senator Flux...dear lord! Who even remembers that song?!?!) and the answers sex survey that doesn't have the original questions, so I can only guess what it was asking. Good times...

On my way home from school tonight, I heard "Crash Into Me" on the radio. And for the first time in about five or six years, I didn't turn it off. I've always had this on again/off again thing for Dave Matthews, especially that CD. We used to play it all the time when we played caps in college. It got to the point where I got sick of it. But I guess Dave and I are back on again now. He's like that bad boy ex that you know you shouldn't still have feelings for, but you just can't help yourself.

And since we're talking about things from the past coming back, one of my high school friends found me on here this week. I haven't talked to him in many years and it reminded me of when a bunch of us used to play hide and go seek in Jamesway.

Wow. I feel old.

So my friends, here are your assignments. Go see Stay Alive this weekend. I might not get there because I have a paper and a presentation next week, plus a lacrosse game and a concert this weekend. I want to know how it is. Sure, it'll probably suck, but I want to see Jimmi get some more work. If you're one of those downloading people, go find "Grey Eyed Athena" and tell me what it sounds like because I don't really remember. Get in touch with your inner frat boy and embrace Dave Matthews. And finally, since Wal Mart ran Jamesway out of existence, go get a group of friends and play hide and go seek in your local Supercenter. You can top it all off with an Exclamation perfume battle in aisle 4.