Sunny Days

Well, unlike Monday, it's not snowing. In fact it's sunny and low sixties. This weather makes my days so much better. Dio and I have made it to the A street court every day we can. Just an hour or so every day, but it makes my day so much more stress free. B-ball is kind of like a replacement for the gym (since the gym takes so much damned time). Clint came to play yesterday, but we didn't get much playing done. He's got some good stories, a lot of them.

Heather started working out yesterday. She actually has time for it now, which is awesome. She's worked so hard she deserves to relax her last quarter. I really want to get back into the gym, but basketball and biking are a nice substitute for now. I rode my bike for nine miles yesterday. I usually average about four and a half, but I went all the way up Siskiyou to go to my internship. The bike is wonderful, but it's killin' my knees. Which were initially destroyed in my longboarding days. My internship is actually moving right along. I'm working with the IT guy up at Blackstone and he's helping me so much. Yesterday I made a tentative capstone schedule for the rest of the term. I'll stick to it and crank out my project ! I'll get 'er done. I cannot wait to be done so I can graduate. I'm going to start applying for jobs in the Portland area so I can have some kind of financial security before I move up there. SOU has a career services site that I can take advantage of. I think I'll stop by there today after classes. . . .

Bring it

I bought my cap and gown today. It made me think: "wow, is my life ending or just beginning?" Either way it's a scary thought to be graduating, but also satisfying at the same time. Yes, I am sick of being a student. Yes, I want to get out to the real world and do something that I value and enjoy.

The real world, as I have heard it put many times before, is not that different than the world I live in now. Many say that the real world is ruthless and unforgiving. It's a place of structure and intimidation. Nay I say to them. The real world is just like my current world except a bit more serious. I don't think that my life could be more structured than it already is. I mean, damn, I could tell you what my I'll be doing three weeks from Wednesday. Maybe not in detail, but the basic structure is easy to recite: I'll work at the Y from 8 - 11:30. Digital photography class from 12 - 2 and internship from 2 - 4. If the weather is nice I'll play some basketball with my roommate and then eat dinner with my girlfriend and do some homework afterwards. I'll get to be around midnight and then wake up and do it all over again. I challenge you, real world, to structure me anymore than I already am ! Bring it on !

I must say, Sunday

So today was a good day. Upon waking, around 11, I cleaned my room, did some laundry, took a shower, ate lunch with Heather, ya know, everything that's good. Later on I played some ball with my roommate. We went over to A-street court and shot around. What a great day.

I didn't get as much homework done as I had planned. I'm still goin' on that. I have to study for my business test on Tuesday and do some other things. Erik came home today and he had a great time in San Fran. He also had some other good news: he got an interview for the economist position in Salem, which is not an easy task. Congrats to Erik. Yee haw. I need to pay some time towards applying for some real jobs.

The new roommate, Ryan, came by to drop off some of his belongings. He instantly added a new, bigger TV to the living room. Maybe he's not such a bad guy afterall. Only time will tell. Now that Chris is gone I am responsible for paying the majority of bill and the rent too. I have probably 6 checks in my wallet from different people for different bills. It's a lot of work. I really need to devise a system to keep track of it.

I had a good weekend too. Last night we had a bbq over at the house. We played some cards, drinking cards to be precise. I was drinkin on some Jim Beam all night. We later went over to our friend's house and sat around a bon fire. Heather and I had a great time. She's so cool lately. We're really getting along well. :-). Not like it's unusual to agree with Heather. It happens the majority of the time really. She's a perfect companion for me. We have a great future together.

My laundry is beckoning for the dryer and my conscience is telling me to keep studying. So, faithful readers (of which I have a few that accidently stumble upon using Stumble Upon and then quickly dismiss, I bid you adeiu.

Breakfast Blog

It's the morning of April 12th and I just got an e-mail from the library saying that my the book that I've been reading (1984 by George Orwell) is terribly overdue. Apparently the due date was on the 2nd and at fifty cents per day, that's a pretty hefty price tag.

In other news I have to go to work at 1PM today. Can you believe that?!? The weather outside is rapidly approaching 80 degrees and I have to sit on the pool deck until 6 PM ! I'm going to miss out on the whole day. F' the Y ! Another thing: I just talked my manager and I have to show up at 12:30 PM instead of 1. That means that I can't go to breakfast with Heather either. I mean, yeah, we probably should've gotten an earlier start. Most people eat breakfast before 10, I know that.

Omelette Triumph !

So I actually did it today. I got up at 8 AM and made myself an omelette supreme. It had onions, avocado, bacon, and cheese, topped off with sour cream.

Procrasination_Nation

Well, it's still April 10th, I got out my digital photography class at 2 and went to my business class 'til 4. Since then I've done absolutely nothing to further my academic success. I go to my classes and I negate the rest. It's really going to kick my ass in the end. Especially with my capstone. I mean, all I do in my free time (aka the time in which I'm not in class or at work) is play video games or basketball. I should be focusing on academics more, but that just would drive me crazy. The ironic thing is, though, that it bothers me more that I don't do these things. I'm just really lazy this term. Why, you ask. Well for a couple reasons:

A: the weather outside is sensational

B: The halo box is leaving us soon and I want to spend as much quality time with Master Chief as possible

C: Basketball is one of my favorite past times and it takes me back to a better time

and D: I'm just lazy, I have been my whole life.

I suppose I'm not lazy with the big things, I go to every class and I work thirty hours every week. It's the little things from which most of my lazy habits are derived. Just look at my eating habits. Before I go to bed at night I know that I'm going to want to eat the next day, but I never ever ever pack a lunch. Also, I never cook breakfast in the morning, I just don't. I can't explain it. It would take about thirty extra minutes to make a lunch at night and an additional thirty minutes to get breakfast in the morning. That's an hour I can easily spare, but I just don't. Take this morning for example. The alarm went off at 7:23 AM exactly, I stayed in bed for almost an hour an a half longer. And the funny thing is that I was wide awake at 7:23, I just didn't want to start my day for some reason.

Chris is moving his shit out today and it's just kind of surreal. It's actually happening. He's going to Yackima. He has an adult job. I'll probably see him like maybe three times a year at best. I really hope he likes his job. It seems to me that he was kind of thrown into the whole deal. All I'm saying is that I've never known him to fancy production management. . . .

Heather is out at the bars with her friends. I was going to go, but I'm just straight broke. Other excuses include that I have a lot of homework to do, I have to clean my room, I should take a shower, I need TO MAKE A LUNCH for tomorrow, the house needs to be cleaned up. Take your pick. I mean, all those excuses are true, but none are legitimate. I like Heather, I like her friends, but it's all ladies and we don't have much in common. Oh well, I'll see her tonight around 1 or 2 after last call. I have a lot more to blog about, but I'll save that for a later time.

Cole_Blog_1

Well, this is my first blog. I'm sitting here in my digital photography class at SOU and my teacher, Arnie, is at the front, standing in front of the projector screen, telling everyone things they already know.