Ok weird. So Lately I've had thoughts to start playing baseball again, tryout for the cougs and if there is a chance... go pro and serve the Lord there if he calls... But I always think "That's crazy" or "I haven't played seriously in 5 years" or "cmon be real, you don't even have any equipment"... you know... but then tonite I started reading "Wild at Heart" again... it is a book that Jessica gave me and that is absolutely life changing. I encourage you to read it yourself... back to the story... but anyways it talks about how men are truly in touch with their hearts in the wild(maybe that is why I like Pullman... the wild out in the middle of nowhere feeling...) but anyways, it talks about how we are truly alive when we take risks and chances... and maybe that is why I have been low recently... No risks. But this baseball thought is a risk. So tonite I drove out to Moscow at 10:30 and went to a place called "daylight donuts" to read the bible and get back into the word(it's been a while). So I opened up the bible and the first thing I read is "Jesus Reinstates Peter" which was the subject heading for the end of John(21)...So I stopped reading after only three words and wrote that. Then I read the actual verses and it talks about when Jesus asks Peter(Simon, son of John) if he loves him three times. Peter replies "Yes, you know I love you" everytime. Then Jesus says "follow me"... So obviously this is a sign for me to follow, to work and try to make the team. It won't be easy but I'm feeling called. So I have to ask you Brandon if you would practice with me to help me on my way and if nothing else, it will be fun. Later tater

ok, so today(well yesterday I thought about it...) today I noticed in Julie Roberts' song "Break Down Here" She opens with the line "Mile Marker 203" and ends with "Mile Marker 215"... which means during the course of the song she went 12 miles... the thing is... the song is only 4 minutes and 2 seconds long, therefore in order to go 12 miles in that time she was going 178.527151004215 Miles Per Hour... Now that is amazing... She must have been in a McLaren or something...

Evil, like the fruits of the devil... can I get an amen? (inside joke)... anyways... so I was bored tonight... so what did I do? I put up this picture of me on HotorNot...


and then went to the "meet me at Hotornot and clicked yes on about three hundred pictures, I stopped looking at them and just clicked yes... I'm trying to see how many girls say yes back to me... man this is fun...

I am completely addicted to four cds now... Julie Roberts/Keith Urban(golden road)/Santana(greatest hits)/Ben Folds... completely addicted!

oh, and I'm saving money for my roadtrip that I'm trying to pull together SO hard, and I should be able to do it... I'm getting a car hopefully the end of this weekend the beginning of next week... JUST in time for my wednesday drive back to seattle... whew... anyways, it is a $1000 wonder... and Ryan's dreams have finally come true... it's an '87 Amc/Jeep Eagle...




so there is the beauty... well it looks like that one... isn't actually THAT car... but I personally think it is a cool car in a VERY ghetto way... it's actually built on a jeep chasis and has 4 wheel drive/or 2 wheel... A/C and it sits higher than a normal station wagon... it's tight...

Later Tater

seriously.... if I was musical in any respect, that would be cool... So what brings this on? well I went out today to Hastings(normal) and bought a cd of one of my favorite talented musicians... Ben Folds... this guy is friggin amazing... he is an absolute nut on the piano and plays every instrument for his band... just nuts... drums, paino, guitar, bass, sings... he's amazing. not only that, but his music is Good... excellent even... it rocks.

Hey! I'm sitting here watching sports center and Alex Rodriguez got in a fight with Jason Varitek... cool... oh and also talking about sports... Mike Tyson is getting back into the ring... to try to get out of his 23 million dollar dept... wow... that is unreal... also in sports news... The yankees lost today, but that is ok, because they are still kicking major ace(winning record still over .600)... but in other yankees news, Randy Johnson told the diamondbacks that he will only be traded to the yankees... that is awesome...

ummm... well I don't really know what else to write about... if you have any good ideas, let me know.... or if you want me to write my thoughts on some subject, let me know the subject.... oh! I know SOMEONE out there has a question for me... so ask it!

Well I'm a little sad right now... I returned my 5.1 digital surround sound system... but I did buy 5 cds and 1 dvd... here they are...

The Whole Ten Yards... it came out today and I returned the system to walmart, so I picked it up for 15 bucks. not bad at all... it was an ok movie... kinda funny, of course I wasn't really paying much attention to it... talking on IM during it mostly... but hey, now I have both the whole nine and ten yards! ha!

1. Julie roberts... a country singer... she's really good, you might know her song "break down here"... I'm actually listening to it right now... crazy... this cd is really mellow, it's very nice to just drive to... you know that type of cd... I like it...
2. Santana's greatest hits... haven't listened to it yet, but it was like 5 bucks, and he's real good at the guitar, so it should be good.
3. Reel big fish - Turn the radio off... haven't listened to this cd either, but hey, it's reel big fish, and it should be good.
4. Jimmy buffet - Fruit Cakes...Ryan sure likes Jimmy buffet, I haven't listened to much if any of his stuff, so I bought it... it was on the clearance rack and well, if my best friend likes it, I'll buy it, from a clearance rack at least
5. The Cd with the single on it that got me originally listening to music... if you can guess it, I'll give it to you.

so you may be wondering "hold on, decisions is the title, but that only makes one big decision"... well here are a few more...

so I'm making a pb & j sandwich(the only cold sandwich I eat)... but hold on... which should I put on first? me? I'm a jelly guy, for one reason... Levi... see levi is allergic to peanut butter, so if I start with the peanut butter, then dip into the jelly, then levi comes along later and has some jelly, he has an allergic reaction... not good...
BUT
you are supposed to dip into the peanut butter first... for this reason... if you get some remnants of peanut butter in the jelly, it goes into the fridge, which is fine... but if you start with the jelly and get some in the peanut butter, it goes into the pantry, and that jelly needs to be refridgerated, so it starts growing stuff... sick huh?

Now, are you a peanut butter or a jelly first person?

Take off the shirt when going #2 or not? not even going to begin with this one.

ok... so a weird story about this house... so the upstairs toilet is kinda weird, you have to hold down the handle for a while in order to get enough swirl to get it down... so I don't really trust it... but the downstairs toilet seat hits the flusher handle on it's way up, so you have to get it just right or the seat falls., but the flush is fine... so? pee upstairs, poop downstairs... but sometimes you have to go so you(or me in this case) pee in the downstairs toilet... but you get the toilet seat to stay up(kinda tricky at first)... but as you are going the toilet seat FALLS!!! which of course startles you, and well, I should just end there...

so... anyone know the cd???

anyways, onto something less embarassing and gross for that matter... oh, and funny kind of story... I was mopping the floors today on the main floor and I had the thought... " this is kinda funny, I'm mopping the poop deck"... anybody? man...

anywho... more to come later, this was a fun update.

alright, so I think that is a musical or a broadway show or something, but the only version I've heard is by reel big fish( I bought their cd and I'm addicted...)(thank you brian louie... you got me addicted)... Ban the tube top... awesome song...

anyways, the reason I'm writing this... I'm really beginning to miss all my peeps back on the westside... Kara I miss you!... and I'm REALLY going to miss them beginning sunday when my mom leaves and I'm in this house ALL ALONE!!! That is kinda freaky because I have like 2-3 weeks before my housemates(flatmates) move in... That is a long time... and the one exception will come into play during that time... I gotta make it there first...

ok, so to boost ratings for me on hotornot I put up the picture of me just out of the water on the dock(you know the one, and if not...)
Me HOT!
BUT IT WAS DENIED!!! What the heck? I think it is that I look too much like a celebrity... that MUST be it... sorry lindsay...
so I put up this one...
My pic!

yeah, so... other than that, not much has been going on around here... lots of painting, cleaning and yardwork, but it's a good workout. if that isn't enough, I decided to go for a run to safeway yesterday... the thing is... it's 2 and a 1/2 miles away!!! so I got a good paced 5 mile run in, in 100 degree weather with no shirt on... and a slight sunburn(yes!)...

anyways my legs hurt, kinda a lot... I pushed them too hard yesterday on that run... man this is an exciting entry... I'm sorry if I have failed you all... oh, and yesterday I realized...

I'm quite a catch... I'm in shape, nice, like to have fun, strong christian, cool, I can make people laugh, good looking, loveable, loving, able to cook, work on almost anything in a house(thank you this house)... will do crazy things(jump off of a 45 foot cliff)...

and now that I have realized that, I'm no longer going to sit around here feeling bad for myself, but instead I'm going to just live and feel sorry for all the girls missing out on a guy like me.

be aware I'm not saying I'm perfect, in fact I'm not even close, I'm not going to get prideful, overconfident, or anything, just no longer going to feel bad for myself for being single... because really, being single is fine.

Later Tater!, and I miss you!

well, the time has come for me to become something new, something different than I am, something that actually is responsible... Want to know the big news?

Peter Schatzer is going to start being smart with his money!!!

do you know what this is going to do to me? I don't either, but it sounds bad... up until now I have always gotten money and spent it just as fast if not WAY faster... here's the condidtions... I'm going to spend only 5% of the money I make from now on until I have over a thousand dollars in the bank... btw, I don't have a bank account because a few years ago I finally got out my last 31 cents that had been there for over two years, by itself... fun stuff huh? so anyways... yeah 5%... tithe 10% and save 85% until I have over a thousand.... there is one exception which I won't talk about... so here I go into a life noone thought I could do, but everyone hoped I would...

so... Peter... what made you finally realize that you are absolutely terribly horribly excrutiatngly bad at saving money(and typing btw)... well let me explain.

Out here in cougar country there is a nice little place called WalMart... I like that place... there is also a place called Hastings... both of which take a vast majority of my money... but these last two shopping trips were different.

The First(always the worst)
well, I walk into Walmart and have the thought..."hmm... I should buy some(maybe a) dvd that I haven't seen... that is a good idea" well it wasn't a bad idea... I like the movies I bought, they just really shouldn't be owned by anyone... I bought 5 dvds... 3 movies and 2 saturday night live "best of"s... will and chris.. you know... the other 3 movies you ask?

1. There's something (more) about mary... ah this movie is awesome... so friggin hilarious! man...
2. Confessions of a teenage drama queen... alright now before you yell "what the hell?" eventhough noone is home listen... this was a funny movie, I enjoyed it... although kinda lame it was a fun movie.
3. How to Deal... ok you can stop laughing and shut up now... this also was a quality movie... although a little weird, it was good, I enjoyed it and it added to my mandy moor collection... now onto find "chasing liberty"... but I need to ear 300 bucks just to buy it... shoot this money thing sucks... and if you were wondering... the mandy moore collection is not the exception... although a good cause...

yeah... so I like the movies I bought... may not be your first choice, but whatever...

The Second!
ok, so... this was today, I worked 24 hours in the last 3 days... so it's been tough... BUT, since I decided to go on this money saving thing, I thought "well I have to go insane and buy something crazy... so I did... here's what I bought... a phillips 500 watt 5.1 digital surround sound system with progressive scan dvd player in it... it is SWEET! set me back to not having money, but that is what saving is for right? anyways... that is sweet, so right now I have two surround sound systems in my room because the living room is getting ready to be painted and I don't want my new(or old) system to get paint all over it. yeah. so there...

oh, I also ran into hastings to pick up a movie to listen to really loudly in 5.1 digital surround so I was looking around... picked up "nine months"... ok, so whatever, NOT a surround sound movie, but I needed it for my hugh grant collection... ok shut up yes I have both a mandy moore and hugh grant movie collection, so bite me, or date me... one or the other... No dating for guys though... or biting for that matter... anyways... so I had to find a quality surround sound movie... looked for the Matrix... they didn't have it... they had the second and third... but the first has the shootout scene... so I FINALLY picked up "once upon a time in Mexico", but that took me like a half an hour to find... so I was just walking around the store aimlessly with nine months... awesome.... then I get to register and the lady says "would you like to get three for 21?" DAMMIT! now I have to go find ANOTHER movie to buy because I can get it for about 3-4 bucks... so I walk back and grab the first thing I see... "Cheaper by the Dozen"... ok shut up... I liked that movie a lot... and I'm GLAD I bought it... maybe I'll start a hillary duff collection...

anyways... I'm tired. later. oh and yes that was a rather abrupt ending.

yeah, that's me... the mack... and I have returned.... much love to the haters, or the lovers, whatever.... anyways, here are two posts I wrote while I didn't have internet and didn't talk to anyone outside of my mother and grandmother for four days.

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Do you believe in fate? I'm sitting here watching serendipity thinking about some stuff... fate... is there someone out there that I will meet in some random serendiptious moment and fall in love at first sight? Will I lose her? Will she not feel the same way?... is it healthy to think about such things? Should I just forget about the whole thing and live and maybe it will happen...? well I'm going to think about it some more because this is kinda fun... maybe I'll walk into a video store reach for a movie... my favorite movie... or maybe the goofy movie... and she's reaching for the same one, but she's never seen it... and I talk to her and she ends up being deaf so she couldn't understand anything I said... but somehow I communicate to her that she is beautiful... then her fiancee comes up and gives me a dirty look and starts talking to her, she then turns to me and says “come back with us to watch this movie, I've got a suprise for you”... me being lonely and dumb go with them and the suprise? She has a sister who is absolutely gorgeous and was the one who wanted the movie in the first place but didn't want to go to the store, because she feels that noone wants to even be around her(she was hanging out with her sister and her sister's fiancee earlier, that is why they offered to go to the video store)... makes perfect sense to me... I was going to add something about her talking to her sister on the telephone, but then it hit me that she was deaf... so that wouldn't work... that's why they were hanging out... ok, got it?

Well that's enough for tonite on that subject... maybe I'll start doing that... coming up with some story full of serendipitiousness... fun times... anyways, today I was coming home from lewiston/clarkston(named after lewis and clark)... and saw one of the most beautiful sunsets I have seen in a long time... and right then I knew that God wanted me to be here... see the last few days I have been wanting to stay on the west side with Ryan and Alex and my other friends instead of come over here where I won't hang out with anyone for at least two weeks, but God made it clear tonite that this is where my new home is and it is where it should be. I do miss my friends immensly, but this is where I'm supposed to be... gnite."

second... sorry if this is too long...

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Hey everybody again! Alright, well today I totally ran a yellow, but as soon as I get TO the intersection it turned red light with a sheriff behind me!!! it was so freaky! But nothing happened, he was going to follow me, but then he decided better of it... whew, that was scary... alright, so maybe this is what is going to happen...I'm out buying shoes at a store when all of the sudden I get tackled by this huge chick... so I'm lying there in my pain and up comes this beautiful girlto help me up... well it ends up that she didn't see me and trips on me... and then yells at me for being a perv(she was wearing a skirt)... then I apologize and offer to take her to starbucks to make up for it... at starbucks I explain the situation and we start to talking... ends up she lives across the street from me and we had just never seen each other... so we hit it off right from the start and make lots of babies... end of story.

Yeah, so there you go everybody.... the story of the night.

Anyways, I need a friend right about now... I haven't talked to any of my friends in two days... complete separation... that is so weird... nothing in person, no phone, no IM... so weird... I should call ryan... alex would be asleep by now... sad... gnite buddy... anyways... time to go do my bible study... maybe I'll do more than normal tonite... that seems like a good task to keep me busy."

later everybody, I will update tomorrow when my computer is not on the living room floor... man I need a desk... oh and if you want my new house phone number, either ask ryan or I... over the internet... please don't everyone call ryan... he has no more minutes on his phone... ooh, just send me an e-mail or somethin'... maybe an IM, or whatever... maybe even a telegraph... a songogram would be even tighter... especially if it was from the lawyer from scrubs and his peeps... ah, that would be awesome... later everybody!

alrighty, well hi... just wanted to start off with that... seems like a nice way to start. shut up. well ryan and I got the pictures up... it was almost completely him alone, I sort of butted in... heh... anyways, the pictures are fun... of course, I was there. whatever.

on to bigger and better things... I'm moving to Pullman on Sunday... that is crazy! like, for a long time... crazy... that means I won't be able to see a lot of my dear friends from back here... and that makes me sad. but I have new responsibility to take care of a house and that is sort of exciting to me. yeah, so I haven't quite figured out whether or not I'm going to come back to the west side for breaks and stuff... like, I'm sure I COULD, but I also COULD stay... hmm? hmm?... yeah, so I don't know... I will make the journey out here a few times, but for how long is the big question. yeah. alright, well... meh.

anyhoo, I'm super tired... sleep is sounding nice right about now.

anybody know what I'm talking about? yeah, that's right! A goofy movie! alright, well just wanted to post... don't really know why... I am hanging out with ryan and peeps tonite, work tomorrow and then I don't know what... you know... alright, well there is a post... lata

well let us start with my trip to pullman... my mom and I in a car for 5 hours there and 5 back... whoa... first of all, as most of you know, we don't get along very well and we usually piss each other off a lot. but this trip was different. I was honest with my mom about stuff and it was hard, but we worked a lot of things out and we are now a whole heap of a lot better than we were, which is awesome! but this trip was different, for one reason and ONE reason alone. God. I prayed for my mom and I and I also asked others to pray for us, and the Lord answered! SO awesome...

now for some brutal honesty...
here is my journal entry from saturday night on orcas island. oh and no I don't keep a journal, I just wanted to write a blog entry saturday night, but no computer, so... down on the ol' pad and pen...(pad of paper, not like to one that was on kara's van's window.)... nevermind that.

title: fun and lonely
here we go!: This weekend was awesome. I had a great time and it's purpose was fulfilled. "purpose?" you ask- Jump off something high(into water). I did. twice. before either of the other two. It was a 45' cliff. tight yo. I loved it and that was the highest thing I've ever jumped off of. So... I see lonely in the title... well that needs it's own paragraph(or a few).

Seeing Kara and Alex(karex) and Ryan and Lindsay(bc) hang out all weekend while I sat there by myself got to me. They are both so cute together. Like lindsay will come up to ryan and hug him lightly and put her head on his chest and just hold him. Which is SO cute. And well to completely honest, I'm jealous. I wish I had a woman that wanted to be around me all the time because she really loves who I am. I wish I had a woman that would come up and hold me. I wish I had a woman that would laugh at my jokes, someone that likes my little quirks, someone that will tell me jokes, someone I can have a deep conversation with, someone I can pray with, someone I can read the bible with. NOT only that! but someone I can hold and she won't be annoyed, but she'll like it, someone I can hold hands with, someone I can compliment, someone I can trust. I wish I had someone to love and someone to love me back.(you may be saying "holy crap he throws around the word L-o-v-e around a lot there... I'm not talking about being IN LOVE right now... I just want to show love to a woman who is special, IN LOVE can wait for later, when we are both ready)...

It also really doesn't help with the confidence when ryan says "you are so great, honestly, you're so awesome, you truly are"... because the first thought that ALWAYS pops into my head is "yeah, and it really shows, I'm the only one here without someone." I totally see the Devil trying to get me down, but it is hard to stay positive when that is so true. I keep telling myself "your time will come, it isn't now, and you need to be ok with that." so I'm trying. It is ok that I'm single, it is ok that I am.

Oh and another thing that helps the confidence is when both your best friends find it amazing how many blackheads they can find and squeeze out... they seem to like the big ones and apparently it is not hard at all to find some... oh and some comments such as "sick","gross", and "everytime I look at you I want to pop something new" were all said this weekend.

Yeah, so I'm kinda lacking in the confidence area right now and it will take a while to get over. Like, I'm not trying to grow blackheads or zits or anything, they are just there, I can't do that much(trust me I've done almost everything), they will go away with time. I also think I'm a pretty fun and loving guy, sure I say some bad or wrong things every once in a while(sometimes more often), but I have a good heart and want the best for everyone. It will just take some time to recover, jeez I almost started crying while writing this... oh well, still 15 under quota.

the end

alright, so I wrote that on saturday, I didn't change it. that was how I felt, and now, I feel good... I'm smiling because I know that I am loveable and loving. God also provides when I am lacking... such as in the confidence area this weekend, but somehow I was able to talk with my mom without ruining everything we were working towards...

Thank you Jesus.

"Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose."

thank you robin williams.

now that that is over with, let me tell you something. I think I've found my ultimate snack... see I have a problem falling asleep at any reasonable hour, mostly because of my sugar intake during the day, but now... I've found the ultimate snack... pre-grated cheeze... oh so good, yet NO sugar... how do they do that? I dunno, but it is bomb.

yeah, so other than that, I also figured out something a little more serious... The bible is a freakin' cool book... I mean people have been reading and studying it for centuries(of course not the same people) but yet it is still being studied. crazy, plus... every week I go to church and I hear a different sermon. A pastor could preach for his whole life and not use the same sermon twice... now that is a book.

well, yesterday was tight. blew stuff up and almost died a few times... fun. well not died, but lit on fire at least... ah I love roman candles and the gauntlet.... awesome... but anyways, today I woke up and my mom and grandma were in the living room chillin'... My mom wanted to use the cell phone for while she was here(without letting me know beforehand of course)... and she had already given out that number to a few people so that they could call HER... wow, awesome, but whatever, I gave it to her willingly and hope that everything works out... and if you want to call me, sorry, you can't. I'd say call levi's phone or ryan's... of course I may be around neither...

tonite I was picked up by the beautiful couple(aka the bc)(aka ryan and lindsay)... they picked me up from my brothers and took me to Kara's(where they were beforehand but I'm just SO cool that they came to get me) for dinner, mm spagetti, salad and bread... mmm SO good, thank you VERY much kara and alex and whoever else helped... after that we went to the cove(normal for monday nights) and hung out for around 2 and a half hours... goodtimes, I like the cove a lot, but even more I like the people there, they are all quality people. I will miss you all a lot. oh and I'm going over to pullman next sunday(after camping), coming home monday, and then going back the next weekend after erin(my cousin)'s wedding... craziness... after that, I'm livin' fulltime in Pullman. sad, yet exciting. gnite everybody.

well ryan and I worked things out and it just happened that we were being jackasses to each other but neither of us confronted the other. crazy. but, we talked it through, and he is still my best friend, so, for that I am thankful. Thank you all for praying(the ones that did)... and if this was weird or awkward for you, I'm sorry, but life is weird and awkward sometimes, especially sitting on the toilet after only eating all day a venti starbucks mocha, cinnamon twist, two krispy kremes, and a jamba juice. on a completely different subject than the toilet, ryan is tight, and he's my best friend, we understand each other and I don't know what I would do without him...honestly.