Undertow

I read an article recently that claims individuals that regularly write blogs, but go on hiatus for a while, typically state in their next entry, "Sorry guys, I haven't updated in a while because I've been so busy!" I can honestly say that being busy is not why I haven't updated in a while. I haven't posted anything because I feel like my life is sort of at a standstill. I'm still working at the parking garage while trying to find a new job. Where are all the jobs at? Seriously?!

So lately it feels as though my life has become merely a string of days and nights. They're held together by working at a job I hate while trying to find one I'll love, and the peaceful bliss that is sleep. However, my mundane routine was mixed up a little yesterday once I left work. I've been borrowing my friend Brandon's Jeep while he's off enjoying Vegas, so I've had a little more freedom to drive around rather than ride the bus everywhere. I headed home last night to get some dinner before going to see a movie with a friend, when luck would have it, I was rear ended. Yeah, in Brandon's car. The damage done to his jeep was minimal, but I can't say the same for the other car. Thankfully nobody was injured, but it still shook me up a little bit.

Poor little bumper :(

wait for it....

wait for it...

wait for it...

BAM!

Not a pretty little BMW anymore...

Also, there is more to conclude my bad day. When I headed back into Boulder later that night to see a movie, I hit and killed a raccoon. The little shit was on highway and I was going about 60 when I hit it. I felt awful for the rest of the night.

Now that I've had an incredibly bad day, I feel Karma should pop up and bring me an extremely good day. Is there an awesome job offer in my future?? Hmmm, I guess I will have to wait and see.

Stuck on You

Today's the day I say goodbye.

My dearest friend Lauren is leaving tomorrow for a job in China. While she may be on the other side of the globe, it does not mean that she will be far from my thoughts. I can't imagine what my life would've been like without her, and I don't want to. She has been there for me through the good and the bad. So for that, I am extremely grateful. I could not ask for a better friend.

Have fun in China cupcake!

One Day More

I know that I've been neglecting to write lately, but I don't really have much going on. I've been applying for a lot of jobs, but I've also been getting rejected for a lot of them. However, I have snagged an interview to work for the city of Boulder. It's not my dream job , but it's a job and I straight up need one...

Speaking of work, I have been picking up a ton of hours at the good ol' crapshack/parking garage and it's been a brutal few weeks. Nobody should be confined to those metal death traps for 40 hours a week. Aside from the money, the only upside is seeing a billion hot air balloons in the morning when I leave my apartment. There's a place somewhere in Gunbarrel that's the launching pad for all of the balloons. I should see if I could bum a ride from them to work. How cool would that be, arriving at work by hot air balloon rather than something boring like the bus.

So I lied, I do have news. My hobag and very good friend Rachael is coming back home this Friday!

For the last year Rachael has been studying abroad in Germany, and I think it's about time that she's coming home! It's been a sad and long year harassing the cat without her. I can't wait to see that goofy face of hers!

The Gravel Road

Finally, after 2 months of sitting on my ass watching tv shows, I have found something a little better to do with my time. I'll give you a hint, it has something to do with the picture above...That's right, I'm learning how to play the piano! I love music and I've always been interested in learning how to play it.

Many moons ago (6th grade), I joined band and since then I've found it necessary to listen to good music every day. Now don't get me wrong, I listen to a lot of awful shit as well, but whatever; you have to listen to the bad stuff in order to understand what the good shit really is,...right?

So throughout middle school and high school I ended up playing the trombone, bass trombone, and baritone, and it was easy to transition between all of them because they all used only the bass clef. However, the fricken piano uses the bass and treble clef, which is really a pain in my ass. I honestly feel like a new music student learning how to play an instrument. It's one of those things that's exciting and annoying because I want to be able to read and play music quickly. Oh well though, I'll just take it one step at a time and see what happens...

Now that I have a new hobby, I will say that I have not been neglecting my old ones. I'm still addicted to television and other things. Oh, and yes, I am actually looking for a job now. I've applied to a few places, and really I'm just looking for anything that I'm qualified for that has nothing to do with fast food. The ability to watch movies and play on the internet at work are great at the parking garage, but they aren't exactly the best things to put on a resume. I think it's time to move on... :(

Cosas que arruinan mi vida:

1. True Blood (way better than that Twilight crap, way better)

2. Breaking Bad

3. Eating more fudgesicles

4. Playing Tetris...BEST GAME EVER!!

5. Still Harassing the Cat <---- This will never end as long as she is alive...

Ballerina

I really don't have anything relevant to write about because my life is being dominated by silly addictions. Yes, I should still be looking for a job, but I'll worry about that later. I obviously have much better things to do with my time...

Things ruining my life (in a good way):

1. Bones (it's quite the awful guilty pleasure)

2. Breaking Bad

3. Devouring boxes and boxes of fudgesicles

4. Coke; the soda, not the drug

5. Reading 3 books at once. The Radix, Journey to the End of the Night, and 1984

6. Kickin' some wii tennis and bowling ass. That's right, I'm a pro.

7. Oh, and I love playing real tennis too!

8. Harassing the cat.

Once I get out of this lazy phase (insert laugh) I'm sure I'll become a little more productive. Until then, I'm off to chase the cat!

The Ladder

Summer is the season for many things. One of my favorite activities to do when school isn't in session is to read for fun! Today I went to my very first book signing, and I've gotta say, it was pretty sweet. The author happens to be my former psychology professor, Dr. Brett King, and he recently published his first novel, The Radix! Intro to psychology is one of my most memorable classes at CU and from what I can tell about Brett King's personality, this book is going to be an awesome read. So I'll do King a favor: get your ass out there and buy his book!

Static Waves

My room in August '07

It's official; I'm no longer a homeless crumbum!

So after a few months of talk and debate between myself and the roomies, we have decided to remain in our apartment! However, that decision came after we signed something saying that we were going to move out and Meadow Creek had already rented our apartment to someone else. Things became a little crazy when we realized that there was a real possibility of having nowhere to live once our lease is up next month, but everything managed to work itself out. We are now in the process of applying again to live in our current residence of 3 years, and the new people agreed to move into a different apartment.

Ahh, so now that the living situation is figured out for at least the next year, I still have the daunting task of finding a real job. Let me just say, "NOOOOOO, I don't want to!!" Do I want money and real benefits? Hellz yeah! Do I actually want to work?...I think you know the answer. I have no idea what I really want to be doing for a living, but I've narrowed it down to something in the government. Eh, I'll think more about it once I actually start a job hunt for realz.

Instead of looking for employment of sorts, I've been doing what I do best; playing on the web! I'm still working in the crap shacks/watching youtube videos/watching shit on netflix, so that means I'm very unproductive...I guess I'm still trying to cling to my college life, lol.

My Current Addictions:

Glee

Freaks and Geeks

Drawn Together

United States of Tara

Nurse Jackie

Bones

The Way it Ends

My what a glorious few weeks it has been. My trip to Germany was ultimately a blast! I met a ton of new people, visited cool historic landmarks, and fell in love with giant soft pretzels....yummmmmmmmm!

Now that I'm back at home it feels like I have to stop being a crumbum and face the "real world." My lease is up in the beginning of July so I need to figure out my living situation and my ass also needs to find a job. I don't even know where I want to start with the whole job hunt thing, however, I do know that I don't want to work at the parking garage forever. Why, oh why, can't I be a student forever?? Also, my definition of student means that I can legitimately be a crumbum while never ever having to do homework. EVER.

So my life isn't exciting at the moment. I'm still jet lagged and I don't know what to do with all of my free time. Now that I'm finally experiencing some warm weather I want to do shit outside, if not for attempting to be more active, but to gain some color. I am sooooooo pale; I need some sun! Ahh, I love warm weather!

Left Behind

Ahhh, I have only 3 more days left in Germany! It's crazy how time flies...seriously, it seems like I just got here yesterday. Although I've stayed pretty busy in the last week and a half, it still seems like there is so much more for me to do and see!

On Friday a few friends and myself took a little day trip to Munich. We went on a free walking tour of the city, and oddly it was educational and fun. I never thought I'd be saying that, but it's true. Our tour guide mostly told us shit about Hitler running around in Munich, so I guess that played a part in my paying attention. Apparently throughout the city there are small, and I mean small, memorials dedicated to those that should never have died because of Nazi rule. We only saw 3 of them and sadly, I don't think I took a picture of any of them... However, I do have other really good pictures so it's not a total loss in the photography area. Also, by some freakish miracle the sun came out! I definitely take Colorado's sunshine for granted. So of course the weather doesn't get better until I'm about leave...stupid Germany, lol.

So after a long day of walking through Munich we decided to head back over to Dult to have some fun! There was beer, table dancing, good music, and no barfing. We stayed until Dult ended for the night, but we weren't tired yet so... we went to a german club! I think it was called Suzie Wong's, but I could be completely wrong about that...anyway, it was an odd comfort to find that german and american clubs are really not that different. People dance, drink, and "enjoy" themselves while listening to american pop songs...awesome.

So now that I have only 3 days left I've got to do some more shopping, send off stuff in the mail, and go on another trip tomorrow, but I don't remember the destination...oh well, I'll worry about it later...in the meantime, I'm off to eat!

Dream

Ok, here it comes;

the Debbie Downer aspect of my trip...

I visited the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial.

The camp was intense to say the least. We walked through the bunkers, barracks, gas chamber, and the crematorium, and it was totally unreal to imagine that so many died there. I think the official number of people that died there was in the range of like 40 something thousand people. It was insane.

The weather yesterday was gloomy and rainy, and we were all really cold walking around the site, but how could we complain about that in a concentration camp??? We had layers of clothing, decent shoes, snacks, etc., so I can't believe that prisoners were actually able to survive there.I wouldn't have made it. I've always thought that camp survivors were heroes in their own way, but after actually visiting a camp, I feel like I haven't been giving them enough credit.

To survive such atrocities is miraculous.

While it may have been a depressing day, I'm glad that I went to visit an important place in history. The experience is something I will never forget. I'd write more but Rachael's computer is pissing me off (sorry Rachael).

Transatlanticism

I'm stealing more of Rachael's pictures...mwahahaha! Don't tell her that I posted this pic of her...

So the other day I finally had my first taste of some german brew. To be quite honest, I have no idea how good it is or not. There are so many things from that night that I don't remember and I probably never will...On Saturday some peeps and myself headed over to a little festival called Dult. Apparently Dult happens in Regensberg twice a year in May and in September, so I think I picked a good time to travel out here.

http://www.kulturjournal.de/story/regensburg-celebrating <-- A little more info about Dult

So yes, back to beer. I chugged a beer that was roughly the size of my head (there are pics of that) or if you want to be exact, one liter of that shit. That stuff gave me the worst hangover of my life, BUT I had a lot of fun that night. I met a ton of new people and had an authentic german experience...barfing on myself in public. Ohhh yeaaahhh...good times.

I'm sorry that all of the text is running together in one giant blob...computers just don't like me today...Errrrrrr

Make It Without You

Regensberg Germany

Photo courtesty of Raquel/Rackel/Rochelle/Bitch/Rachael G.

Hallo folks! My crumbum made it to Germany! The flights were long, people were smelly, but overall it wasn't too much of a hassle to get here. The time difference still feels a little weird (Germany is 8 hours ahead of Colorado) because I want to sleep all of the time, but hey, who doesn't love to sleep?

When I finally settled in at Rachael's place we ended up going out to some restaurant that I can't pronounce, and I had some weiner schnitzel. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. We didn't do too much last night because it was a long day for the both of us, but I'll be here for two weeks. I think that is enough time to see a lot of stuff, and hopefully the weather will clear up a little bit. It's raining and it's supossed to continue at least through the weekend. Shitty weather or not, it's actually really beautiful 'round these parts. I love seeing everything green and alive, rather than dead and dried up.

On another note, I am remembering to take a lot of pictures, HOWEVER, I forgot my stupid adapter for my memory card, so I can't upload anything. I know, bummer. Well, on the flipside I learned a teeny bit of German. I can say hi, thank you, and like 2 other real words, and I can also count to 10. w00t w00t! Well, I'm off to go get either some soda or a...shall I say it...beer?? auf Wiedersehen!

Trapped In The New Scene

I can't believe I've finally finished college! w00t w00t! For the longest time it seemed as though this day would never come. As of yesterday morning I officially ended my college career and gained a degree in sociology. The ceremony time took longer than expected because it snowed Thursday night/Friday morning and they had to clear it out of the stadium, but it was definitely something I'll never forget.

When I graduated from high school back in '06 the only thing that I can remember is that it was sooooo fricken hot outside. I sat in the back row of the bleachers, so naturally my body was used as shade for someone else. Also, Stephanie (pictured above) saved me from having to give a speech at the ceremony as salutatorian (thanks for messing up your perfect GPA). Other than that, it was all one giant blur.

While CU's ceremony was very large and unorganized, I feel that it was the perfect ending to these last 4 years. After spending eight semesters stressing over papers, tests, and presentations, it was kind of nice to sit there, relax, and take in the moment.

I'm still taking it all in.

Frederick High School

May 27th, 2006

So fuckin' hot

University of Colorado at Boulder

May 7th, 2010

So fuckin' cold

CU isn't that much bigger...right?

Cold Shoulder

So classes are over and my finals start tomorrow. So why, oh why, is it when I need my computer the most, that it fails me? The little shit turns off on its own, won't turn back on, and the fan is ridiculously loud. I've had it for 4 years, so why can't the damn thing survive another week?! I've decided that when I buy a new laptop, I'm going to have some fun with my old one...

Here are my options:

1. Throw it out the window

2. Set it on fire (Hendrix style)

3. Throw it in a lake

4. Feed it to the cat/Maggie/bitch

5. Attempt to flush it down someone else's toilet, and then leave it there...

6. Run it over with a car

7. Drop kick it

8. Smash it with a baseball bat

9. Punch it...A LOT

10. All of the above

I'll be pondering more options until that special day of destruction happens, but in the meantime, I guess I should actually do my homework before I see the blue screen of death.

From the Valley to the Stars

If writing a blog is anything like writing an academic paper, then I want to establish that I have no idea how to start this. Lucky for me, it isn't a paper at all! I can do whatever I want with it! Yay! I don't know why it's taken me this long to create one of these bad boys considering I LOVE reading them. Whenever I see that someone has a blog, you bet your ass I'm going to read it at least once.

So I decided to start actively writing shit down because I think I have one of the worst memories ever. I mean, I literally forget what happened 30 seconds ago all the time. With less than two weeks until graduation, and my trip to Germany afterwards, I feel like I might miss something. I want to be able to at least look back on this time and cherish it (even staying up all night to write papers).

Now that I'm so close to being done with school, I'm realizing that while maybe I didn't learn a whole lot in college, it has definitely changed my life. I think I'm ready to move on and find out what my future outside of school is going to be like.

Well, this concludes my first post, and I've gotta say that writing this was a real pain in the ass, BUT it's worth it. Let's just hope that for the sake of my brain cells, I will keep up with this shiz.

T.