Without a doubt, I find the life around me altering, changing. Like a mutation coursing through an organism causing it to protrude and pulse with the vibrations of the shifting world.

I've decided to spend some more time up here at school. I need to talk to career services about a job hopefully involving writing. If not, I'll probably go back to bar tending when I move back to Pittsburgh. I don't really see a problem with this, but it gives me the overwhelming feeling that all my education was for nothing, but I can get a job because I worked at a dive bar. Yay?

Let's see, other than that I need to make a website. Most places like to have your resume, work and other shiz all in one, neat location. What's nice about school is that I have access to all these very expensive programs to do and make this stuff that I will never likely be able to afford again. So website, ahoy!

Plus, I get to be up here for Art's Fest which is something I've always wanted to do. It should be a good time.

Post-grad life is coming fast and I am so unsure of everything. Hopefully I will find something to entertain myself with while I wait a year and apply for my Master's.

How is life with everyone else? Tell me something fun'/interesting/secretive/scandalous. I'm a gossip queen like that. I can even reply on your blog with "SCAANNDDAAALLLOUUSSSS "

Getting close now to graduating. I just got an e-mail about repaying loans which is to say the least. I'm looking for apartments with friends back in Pittsburgh for the next year, before I (hopefully) go for my Master's. I'll probably bartend part time back there and it will nice to be back in the 'burgh rather than butt fuck nowhere central PA.
I'm getting absolutely wrecked by racquetball. People in that class are so good and clearly have been playing for awhile now. Me, on the other hand, just started. Plus, it doesn't help you are caught in a tiny room with no a/c, when its usually 80-90 outside, chasing around a tiny blue ball. Still fat though, so that's good.
Public speaking is going....well? I guess? My professor is blind so the whole class is kind of awkward and she grades really harshly. Its upsetting, because I was hoping for a nice, relaxing summer and I spend most nights working my ass off researching, studying, memorizing, and preparing for my next speech. Oh well, it'll be over soon.

In other news, I wish I was back in Europe:

I've been reading a lot of comic books lately. My friend who works at Marvel has been telling me about a lot of indie comics. When he came up to visit for the weekend, we wandered around my local comic book store, The Comic Swap, and I found it had a great selection of indie stuff. It's just a fantastic store in general.
Here is what I have been reading:

I guess this is my little comic review for the day. Hope you check some out and enjoy them as much as I did.

Sometimes I feel like the world that I live in is very much fake. As if, at any time the people I'm talking to, the surroundings I live in and everything else material in the world will fade away at any second. In a crowded restaurant, the murmurings of other conversations fade into the background as we much on our food and sip our drink, my friend turns to me and says "Nothing is real." Then, everything begins to fade, to drip. The colors and shades and shapes all melt into one another as the flow down, the toll of gravity gripping them leaving only blank whiteness behind. And after all the color, the reality pools at the bottom, it all slips away. Then, it is just me. Me and the white.

Musings of someone who probably has problems, over and out.

I kind of graduated college. A little.

Well, not really. I still have to take two summer classes (Public Speaking and Racquetball, both which I should have probably taken during my freshman year) which I am currently attending. Then I will be done. But! I walked during the spring graduation ceremony because apparently the summer ceremony is 5 hours long and in a room with no air conditioning.

Other than that, Not much else is going on. To put it in iTunes terms, weekdays are repeat item and weekends are shuffle. Job prospects are none, but I think that is a problem most recent grads are having. I hope to be a screenwriter (along with everyone else in the world) so we'll see how that goes. I need to start applying to Masters programs which will involve me moving to NYC, CA, London, or Finland.

In a lot of ways, the summer is depressing for me because this time last year I was having the time of my life in Europe and now I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere PA. Plus, putting on weight. Blah.

Another rare update for me. I dunno why I have been so distant from the site and the community here. One day soon.

Me getting a shot of rum right after a shower in the hotel provided robe. This is in our villa at Cancun. All that liquor was included! All were full when we got there, but we managed to at least get half on most, and finish off the rum.

In Cancun with my three friends from high school on spring break
On my computer for some reason
Watching The Office and Tom Goes to the Mayor
Not getting any "action"
Being awkward on the beach
Drinking tequila with breakfast
Drunkely telling all the girls that I love them

Its nice to pretend your drunken antics in Mexico are prose. Or that I can even write prose.

Sigh, I'm getting fat. Oh well. Probably too much alcohol.

Thanks for listening guys.

Oh you pretty thing.

Hello SG land, I can't believe I haven't updated this blog since November. Hell, I thought my account would run out but I guess I had it on auto-renew. When I set out buying myself this account, I really wanted to get into the community and get to know people on here. For awhile, I was on that path but somewhere I strayed. I think life, college, and all the other things I did last year were fantastic, but did get in the way of that original goal.
Now, this isn't to say I'm back and ready for action. That, I will probably save for later. I just figured I would update this world to what's up with my life.
I'm a bartender now at a dive bar. It's fun, entertaining, and sometimes causes me to drink. Draft beers are only a $1 so I don't get tipped that well or often, and I get paid minimum wage, but it works out.
I'm going to graduate in the Summer. Scary. I don't know what I'll do after; a lot of people have been asking me what I'm going to do after and it is hard for me to answer since I don't even know.
I want to travel again. I'm going to Cancun for spring break, as it is typical for college kids to do. I don't really even like beaches, but my friends are going so we'll see how that turns out. I want to return to Europe, visit Portugal again, and check out some other countries I never got to visit (Sweden, Iceland, Poland, Russia, Italy)
Once I get the money and the time. I'm there.
Other than that, I've put on weight which is....uhm...good I guess? Not like I'm terribly fat or anything but its mostly because of drinking. Which I probably shouldn't do so much of. So, now I'm going on jogs and runs again to try to mediate it. Oh well.
I don't really know what else to tell you world. But thanks for listening.

Its kind of funny that I seem to only update this when I am home from break, but in most ways it makes sense. Finals week is over and I got a 3.55 which is pretty good for such a hard semester. Finals week I was up until 3-4 every night and got up at 8ish everyday. When I was finished, I went and saw The Princess and The Frog with a friend, but fell asleep during it because I was so tired. I missed most of the movie

Speaking of movies, I saw Avatar yesterday and the fact that children can see that movie kind of scares me. The not-so-subliminal racist messages in there are frightening. It is especially damning when the stereotypical army colonel says "How does it feel to betray your own race?" despite the fact that the Navi are an entirely different species, not a race of human beings. It just means that James Cameron had a white vs "racial Other" dichotomy that he was trying to hide but miserably failed. Most of the characters are stereotypes like "The Wise/Mystical Elder," "The Noble Warrior," "The Savage," and then we basically have the Pocahontas character which is nice. I think a lot of people will argue "Its just a film" but it is a PG-13 film that millions of people will see across the globe and media does have an affect on people. Think "The Triumph of the Wills" or "The Birth of a Nation."
Other than that, it is just plain a bad movie. It runs a half an hour too long. The plot is completely unoriginal. The only upside is that it looks pretty, but even then has an MMORPG art style to it that is completely obvious.
Don't go see Avatar.

Well yes, other than that long rant. Uhm...nothing much new in my life. I'm bored at home, like always and looking for an escape. Maybe if there is an SG event in Ohio soon I will go there for a weekend. That could be incredibly fun.

Thanksgiving break is always interesting. You come home, see the family and fill up on food. Often enough, I drink a lot so I can deal with seeing the extended family. I get along with some, but others....not so much. Such is the unfortunate ordeal with families.
And now, the fridge is crowded with leftovers but devoid of beer. Its strange, we had a myriad of desserts that my sister cooked but I refused, wanting to have more room for the sweet sweet nectar of alcohol. Most of the other family members decided to take several pieces of pie. I also don't really even like most traditional thanksgiving food, so my plate is mostly vacant during the holidays. Stuffing is good though, I like that.
And now today is black friday. I went out to Best Buy to just check it out, but apparently not waiting in line for 4 days is a bad idea. Arriving at 1pm is an even worse idea. Nothing really interested me, but it was good to at least check it out, because I am a consumer whore.
I might go see Ninja Assassin today or The Fantastic Mr. Fox. We will see how that goes.
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving and enjoy your weekend!