You know what really grinds my gears?
"Lindsay Lohan!"
Sorry... just had to throw out my Family Guy reference. No seriously. You know what really bugs me?? It is November and all they talk about in the news is presidential candidates............
.... the elections won't be for another year!!! You mean I have to listen to this crap about Iowa and New Hampshire and conventions and nominations and fund raising and campaign promises for a whole year?!?!
I understand the importance of politics and being involved in the political process, but seriously... I could care less about the 1.3% of an increase in the polls that Obama gained on Hillary over the weekend. The media offers great benefits to making informed decisions when it comes to voting but this is too much.
Sorry... needed to vent about that. I can be happy though because today is pay day. Yay bills!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
New Employee
Oh yeah -- for work they issue everyone an ID badge we have to wear everywhere. They say that nobody likes their picture and I can see why. Nobody likes taking a mug shot. Well, this is how mine came out. I've had worse pictures taken of me...
Closer to work - further from home
I finally found an apartment! I moved in this past Monday and have everything set up for the most part. I get the 3rd floor of a house in West Newton to myself - like a studio apartment. I share a kitchen, bathroom, and living room with 2 other roommates on the 2nd floor. One girl who's 23 and a guy thats 36. So once again, I'm the youngin. But the awesome part is that it only takes me 20 min each way to get to work - as opposed to 1hr 20 min from Plymouth. "You mean I don't have to fill up my gas tank every other day??" Perfect!
I was busy for the first few days setting up the room, doing grocery shopping, building a new desk I bought. Now that most of thats done... I'm not sure what to do with myself. Last night I spent most of the evening in front of my computer - as if 8 hours a day at a computer at work isnt enough! I'm determined to set goals for myself and not waste all my time once I get into my apartment. Maybe practice more guitar, write letters to friends/family, read a book (not my favorite), lift some weights, etc.
On occasion I def need to get out of the house. But where do begin? I'm not about to start going to local bars to meet people at night. I'm hoping to get plugged in with a church sometime in the next few months. A new home means new opportunities to build good habits and surround myself with positive influences. It was too easy to become lazy and build bad habits in Plymouth.
So its hard to say where my life will head from here. Most of my friends are gone, and I have begun a new job and moved to a new area. Where do I want to go? Who do I want meet? What am I gonna do about it?
I was busy for the first few days setting up the room, doing grocery shopping, building a new desk I bought. Now that most of thats done... I'm not sure what to do with myself. Last night I spent most of the evening in front of my computer - as if 8 hours a day at a computer at work isnt enough! I'm determined to set goals for myself and not waste all my time once I get into my apartment. Maybe practice more guitar, write letters to friends/family, read a book (not my favorite), lift some weights, etc.
On occasion I def need to get out of the house. But where do begin? I'm not about to start going to local bars to meet people at night. I'm hoping to get plugged in with a church sometime in the next few months. A new home means new opportunities to build good habits and surround myself with positive influences. It was too easy to become lazy and build bad habits in Plymouth.
So its hard to say where my life will head from here. Most of my friends are gone, and I have begun a new job and moved to a new area. Where do I want to go? Who do I want meet? What am I gonna do about it?
This is your life, are you who you want to be?
This is your life, is it everything that you dreamed
that it would be when the world was younger,
and you had everything to lose?
Friday, November 2, 2007
Dear Pop
For all the times growing up that I swore I'd never be like my Dad:
Thanks for always giving me your best advice even when you know that I don't want to hear it and may not agree. Thank you for not majoring in the minors (most of the time) and for thinking about how things will play out in the long run. Thanks for always being very approachable and never putting me down when I've messed up or have asked a stupid question. I know that I can ask you anything, even if its awkward for a father and son to talk "heart to heart."
I'm out of school now, just started a new job, and will soon be living in an apartment in a totally new area to me. You (and Mom) have been very encouraging to me and helped out in every way. More than ever, as things have been radically changing, I realize that you are not only a great resource to me. As I become an adult, you are also becoming a good friend.
Ok I can hear the symphony reaching the crescendo to a tear-jerking arrangement right now so I gotta stop all this sappy confessing. I hope I can come up with this sort of stuff next year for my father's day card I give...
Thanks for always giving me your best advice even when you know that I don't want to hear it and may not agree. Thank you for not majoring in the minors (most of the time) and for thinking about how things will play out in the long run. Thanks for always being very approachable and never putting me down when I've messed up or have asked a stupid question. I know that I can ask you anything, even if its awkward for a father and son to talk "heart to heart."
I'm out of school now, just started a new job, and will soon be living in an apartment in a totally new area to me. You (and Mom) have been very encouraging to me and helped out in every way. More than ever, as things have been radically changing, I realize that you are not only a great resource to me. As I become an adult, you are also becoming a good friend.
Ok I can hear the symphony reaching the crescendo to a tear-jerking arrangement right now so I gotta stop all this sappy confessing. I hope I can come up with this sort of stuff next year for my father's day card I give...
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