Wednesday

Ranking the days of the week

Sunday. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. Saturday. Let’s take a look at the days of the week and how I view them currently and in my personal past.

7. Friday.

Friday is the worst day of the week because that’s when I found out what kind of scum I am.

6. Thursday

I mean…Thursdays have been kind of boring compared to the other days. This is especially true for my time as a Sixers fan. See, Thursday nights in the NBA are usually reserved for the best teams and/or best matchups (think Monday Night Football for you NFL heads). Sixers haven’t played well enough since I became a fan in 2000 so…yeah. But, even other areas of my life, this isn’t my favorite day but I also don’t dislike it. It just…is.

5. Monday

I’m not sure what it is about Monday. Corporate American hates this day since it’s the “back to work” day. But, I don’t really dislike…oh wait. Band practice was always on Monday. Oh yeah. I didn’t like band. F band.

4. Wednesday

I was born on this day so there’s a reason not to be excited. Also, I got my blood drawn by these vampires although people tell me they were nurses or something. Also, when I was a kid, Wednesday was the longest day of the week for my, mom, and sisters. Just…a long day from home. Even today, Wednesdays are busy and usually not enjoyable. One of my best relationships sparked from Wednesday so…huh. This has always been a bittersweet day which is why it’s in the middle. I mean, the middle of my list but coincidentally it’s also the middle of the week. Okay then.

So far, each day has been not so good. Do I even like a day, or am I ranking by which ones I don’t hate as much? Grief.

3. Sunday

Sunday is when I go to church. I either teach or do lighting, and I enjoy doing both. That’s been a really fun ride.

2. Saturday

The last day. The 7th day. I don’t know what it is but I really like this day. Maybe it’s because historically, I generally get to chill on this day. No school. Um, okay actually when you worm in retail Saturday is your day, but I love working retail so it was fine with me. But yeah, Saturday usually had something I looked forward to.

1. Tuesday

I really…it’s like Saturday. I don’t know exactly why I enjoy Tuesday, but I do. I really did. Boy Scouts was really fun and that was Tuesday nights. Then again, band concerts were on Tuesday nights. Currently, I use Tuesdays as my “day at church”…day. I would go to the morning staff meeting, and then spend the rest of the day working on my lighting. Wednesday also was a day to spend all day at church but Tuesday historically felt…productive. It was during a Tuesday night class that I began writing my book. It was a Tuesday that I decided I wanted to start my own blog (this blog right here). I really like Tuesdays.

Daily Good News 38: Seven Year Old Donates $750, Six Year Old Saves Life

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A 7 year old leads a charge to donate to a family that is supported by a woman’s shelter.

By the end of the year Kathryn had saved more than $54. “We thought that Halton Women’s Place in Burlington would be excellent (to donate to),” wrote John. “In late November we found out about the program that HWP offers whereby you can sponsor a family who needs it the most.”

Healey’s Allstate office team wanted to contribute to what his daughter had started. “Through passion and dedication we were able to cover off all of the requests on the family’s list,” he wrote. In the end, the effort raised a donation of $750 to the family supported by the shelter.

Good job, Kathryn!

Next, a little boy jumps out of a moving car to save his grand father’s life. Not kidding:

Sullivyn Vedaa and his grandfather Ronald were driving to a relatives home for Christmas dinner on Wednesday night when Ronald went into diabetic shock.  Sullivyn, who was sitting in the backseat of Ronalds Chrystler 300 noticed his grandfather acting strangely and very sleepy.  When Sullivyn realized Ronald was not responsive, he decided to jump out of the moving vehicle and run to the nearest house to call for help.

Yeah…there’s your action movie star right there!

Did I mention that kids are awesome? Because, they kind of are.

-DALANEL

10 More Things You May Not Know About Me

So, a few weeks ago, I presented a list of facts about me that I’m sure one at least made you say, “wow, didn’t know that”. Welp, here’s another list of stuff.

1. Technically, I am a high school drop-out

Yes, I have my high school degree. I’m in college now. However, during my high school days, I couldn’t be bothered with the work so I just stopped doing it. Oh, and yeah, I was home schooled. Now, how did I manage to pull that off? Welp, I didn’t. My mom/teacher was not pleased and she tried so many things to punish me. I remember at least three things. One was take away my video games and TV. I didn’t have a cell phone a the time. And, if I did, I couldn’t do anything with it anyway because of the plan. Anyway, I lost that stuff. Didn’t work. Then, she tried this little thing: If I didn’t finish all my work by a certain time…normally 9 pm, I would get beat with the belt. Wait…I would get beat with the belt, while butt naked. I’m not kidding; my mom is crazy. And I got whipped too! Why? I didn’t finish my work because I simply did not care. In fact, my skin got used to getting beat it didn’t even phase me anymore. Lastly, she kicked me out. Yup, I packed a bag and was on my way out. I guess she was bluffing because she stopped me. I didn’t care; I was done with school. Family tried to talk to me. Nothing worked. So, how did I finish? What pushed me to complete it? Welp, my mom said I couldn’t go on vacation. Yup, that’s right. The lack of games, the beating butt naked, and the almost getting thrown out to the street didn’t wake me up. I wanted to go on vacation. To this day, as you know, I still don’t care for school. I credit my start of high school as starting this mindset.

2. I have no friends

I have a lot of acquaintances. However, I really can’t say I have any friends. There is no one I hang out with or talk to on a consistent basis outside of my household. Try as I might, I can’t see to step up and start a friendship with anybody. I prefer to sit on the couch and type posts like these.

3. I managed to steal from a department store…and then I busted myself like an idiot

Yup, I’m a former thief. Hey, I’m not perfect. I was a young lad, perhaps 8 or 9. I was in the store with grandma and my sisters. Well, I saw this Pokémon top spinner (I know right!?) and I had to have it. So, I did what any normal kid would do, I stole it. I put it in my pocket, still in the plastic packaging and all. And we made it out of the store and went home. That should be the end of the story but it’s not. Technically, I didn’t go home; we went to grandma’s house since we were staying with her for the day. So, I had this toy that I just got. Obviously, people would start to wonder how I magically got this toy. I had to make a plan. How could I explain this to my folks? Well, it just so happened that my uncle, who is only 7 years older than I, was living with his parents, my grandparents. The plan was simply this: Claim that my uncle left the toy out in the open for me as a gift. Yeah, like a fool I laid the toy out in the open instead of keeping it in my pocket. My grandmother didn’t buy it, then she told my parents. Jesus. I denied it of course but I eventually confessed. As a kid, I never got in trouble so I shocked a lot of people. I took the toy back to the store where there were police cars outside. Oh snap! I’m thinking: I’m off to jail. This is it. The end. I wish I wrote my will. Instead, I told the policeman what I did and he gave me a nice talk about how wrong it was to steal. I guess since I was a kid and brought the toy back, I got off easy. One of the scariest days of my life. The darn had to have been $1 or so. Really, Dante?

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