Had a quiet birthday recently, quiet life in general really. Not much going on, just wanted to post again since it's been awhile.

New update, since I suck at updating. I had a really great day/night! Need to chat on the chat far more often. Enjoyed chatting with a lot of cool people.


Yes, short and sweet...but i'm having a good day

I've been having on and off days lately. I'm not happy at the place I'm at in my life, but I don't have a lot of options to change it. I think I'm going to try and finish out my bachelor's degree in the near future, if I can figure out how to fund it. I was in my junior year when my heart condition hit and knocked me out of school and pretty much everything else in July of 2000. I managed to finish up an Associate's degree a year or so ago, thanks to having scholarship money left over. Now, I'm kind of stuck in limbo. On the upside, I've outlived the general life span of folks with my condition(3 years in general, I'm on year 11). I try to stay positive about things, but I just feel stuck.

And an edit...I'm disappointed in my state by massive amounts. There's an upcoming Life-at-Fertilization initiative on the ballot in November. It basically would make abortion illegal no matter the reason(rape, incest, or threat to the mother's life all wouldn't matter), and eliminate the morning after pill as an option as well. It's basically an attempt to challenge Roe v. Wade and overturn it. I usually try to stay out of abortion debates, but I'm very much against this idea. One of my friends who swore he'd never register to vote signed up specifically to vote against this measure. I'll be voting against it as well, and I hope it fails.

Just came back from an awesome week in Northern Michigan. Went to visit a friend there, spent the week smoking pot and enjoy other happy making things. I don't think I've had a week that free of stress in a long time!

Things are going...well, they are just going. It could be worse I suppose, but I'm in a "Meh" sort of place. I hope things start looking up.

Well, it's less than 2 months after I moved to NYC and I'll be moving back to MS as soon as I can. I moved to try and see if Stephanie and I would work out, a chance she said she was willing to give me. Today I find out she's decided she wants to date someone else. So the sole reason for me being in NYC is now gone, and I can't get out of here fast enough. It's not that I don't like the city, but I know next to no one up here and she was really the only reason I was here. I just can't justify staying, especially knowing she's dating someone else and I'd likely see them together. I can't handle that at this point. So I'll be gone as soon as I can get the money together for a plane ticket(Most likely this weekend). I wish I'd have had more time in the city, maybe then I would've made friends and had a reason to stay...but without her, it's pointless and too expensive. I'll chalk this up to an expensive life lesson and try to move on with my life from here. I can't even bring myself to be that pissed at her...I care too much for her, and I just want her to be happy. I wish more than anything that it would've been with me, but I guess not. See you NY, it was fun while it lasted.

I spent yesterday evening having a wonderful time with someone special to me at the 5th annual Time Traveler's Picnic on Governor's Island. It was a pretty decent sized gathering of Steampunk enthusiasts, Dr. Who fans, and others of similar interests. I look forward to attending more events like it in the future! One moment was a bit surreal as we encountered a couple whom we had seen at Dragon*con over the past few years. Always a bit odd seeing someone crop up in unexpected places. Anyway, I'm going to try to keep in contact with the folks from the picnic, and hopefully have many more steampunky adventures in the near future. Now I just need to work on a few more costumes and accessories!

I can at least cheer for high speed internet access. I'm averaging at least 30+ mbps down and 6-7 up...closer to 50 down/8 up during non-peak hours. Now if I could get my damn Team Fortress 2 working right I'd be even happier.

Past couple of days here in NYC have been a pain in my ass. Lack of air conditioning is getting to me, as well as not knowing enough people. I was very used to being able to hang out with a pretty large group of friends back home, and the one person I really should be able to count on up here is...less available than I hoped. I have met a few new people, but not to the level of being able to call them up when I'd like to hang out. Mostly it's acquaintanceship by proxy. I'm sure things will ease up as I spend more time here and get to know a few more people, but right now it's not very cool(in any sense of the word)

NYC is treating me fairly well so far. I'm acclimating slowly, and picking up new friends as I can. Going out with a few of them tomorrow for a birthday celebration. Looks like we'll be catching Horrible Bosses and then hitting Max Brenner's for food and Heartland Brewery for booze. Should be a good evening out, I'm looking forward to it.