I joined a Bowling League. Its fun. I'm now consistently bowling over 100, and hoping to continue to get consistently better. Before I could have a massive game, followed by a game of under 60. I want to be able to bowl and know I'll break 100 (unless I'm half a bottle of vodka in).
My job has given me some extra benefits which makes it more manageable. If I do well at something I used to train people at, I can make bonus money. I still hate customer service, and I hate the fact that I have this awesome degree and I'm not using it. But, I might start making $50k/year, or just about, and that's one of those life goal kind of things Adults aim for and stuff.
I'm still doing my comic book. I like it. If you are on the facebooks, like the Facebook page or follow @DameonStrykes on twitter. Or just read my comic book.. I just released my favorite page so far. Image was too big to link.
For physical health, right now I feel cruddy. The sickness hasn't knocked me out, but its making breathing fun. As an asthmatic, breathing is always fun. But, I have a race tomorrow (12k, or just about 7.5 miles), and I have a race nearly every month this year. YAY racing. Also, I've started the p90x work outs, so I can start kicking my ass doing that.
I finished my tattoo last night. A total of 6-8 hours went into this baby.
My living situation is awesome, but my roommate is planning on potentially making some big life changes. Every other month, I get told "in a few months I might be moving. I'll let you know." The opposite months, "All is well, I'm staying!" Personally, she's the best roommate I've had (that hasn't been a GF), so I'll stay as long as possible. I'd like to try to live somewhere for more than a year. I haven't done that since I was in High School.
I was going on dates with this girl, but that kind of flopped. The first night she was on, flirty, and into me. Since then she's kind of been meh. We've gone on 3 or 4, and I invite her to join me on things I go to, and sometimes she shows, sometimes she doesn't. *shrug*
In more positive news, there's this bartender I've been crushing on for over a year. She's an awesome person, works at my favorite bar, hosts my favorite night, and when the bar is empty we'll just chat it up. While I think dating her would be awesome, just being her friend would be a pleasure. She's the Bees Knees , if you will.
I had asked her out once. We never could get plans together, and after awhile she decided she "shouldn't mix business with pleasure."
Well, I asked her out again recently, and she gave me her phone number. I'm super excited and happy. Its awesome that she trusts me with that. But now... not sure how to proceed. I'm not sure if I did something last time that made her change her mind from "Yes" to "I shouldn't hang out with patrons," or if there were outside factors. I don't want to abuse the power of having a phone number, but neither do I want to give up after a few "Sorry, I'm busy"s. So far all I've done is made sure her number worked, made sure texting was cool, and let her know what my schedule is.
Again, she's a cool person. I've had some good conversations with her, we're into similar things. I'd like to get to hang out with her, see if anything happens, and if not...I'd be happy either way. But I do want a shot, and I want to make sure when I take that shot I don't blow my foot off!
It'd also just be nice to broaden my horizon of friends. All my friends in Portland are of the LGBTQ group. I fucking love them, its great. But, I'm not super into gay dance parties, It'll be really hard for me to meet someone in that crowd*, and some people in the LGBTQ crowd don't like hanging out with guys that are obviously straight. It makes them uncomfortable, and that discomfort makes me uncomfortable as well. I understand why, and most of the time its cool. Still, it'd be nice to get to hang out with people outside of that group, such as have friends who want to go to rock / metal shows with me, or go to bars that play industrial and goth music.
*On a note, I don't go or hang out with those friends with that intention, and when I'm hanging out with them its rarely on my mind. But, it is on my mind when I'm bored.











