Sorry it has been so long since I have updated. I have been couch surfing all throughout Sacramento trying to find a place to stay. Luckily I found an apartment with a friend of mine for $600 a month split between 2 people. WOOT! I move in there on the 11th.
As of not updating I have not really had internet until now. It felt so weird being away from the computer. Kinda goes to show a dependence on technology and yet I remember when I couldn't eve connect to the internet.
Exams are finally over which means the celebratory drinking can begin and oh how it has started.
In order (kinda):
1. The English major party. All the drinking and Cig smoking rumors are true. Along with the drug ones.
2. just random bars
3. New Years. Got thrown out of a house. Long story but My girls (it complicated) roommate tossed me because she had a nervous break down and I was at the wrong place at the wrong time. If I didn't like her before I sure as hell don't like her now.
After that it is pure randomness.
I'm back at my parents house packing up all my books (yes they are more important to me than clothes or furniture) in order to move into my new place that is not the dorms (thank the gods). But it feels so damn weird being home after all this time. To leave the house and be asked where I'm off to is so forigne it's weird. However the new place should be interesting and odd. I am moving in with my best friend and ex girlfriend and with a girl I adore and is an excellent cuddle buddy and gives amazing back rubs.
However next semester is sneaking up on me and the schedule goes as follows:
Science Fiction Literature (my senior seminar)
Fantasy and Romance Literature
Sociology of Pop Culture
Philosophy of Religion
Should be an interesting semester.
However I should leave you for I just got back from a pizza place/dance club and a bar and I am at least 7 beers in.
However I leave you with some music
Nick Stone this is for you. I had to post the live version because the recorded version just isn't the same. This song will stick with me forever. It's so haunting.
Their other that I love is this:
And this song is for everyone. It always makes me feel better when I'm having a bad day.
As of not updating I have not really had internet until now. It felt so weird being away from the computer. Kinda goes to show a dependence on technology and yet I remember when I couldn't eve connect to the internet.
Exams are finally over which means the celebratory drinking can begin and oh how it has started.
In order (kinda):
1. The English major party. All the drinking and Cig smoking rumors are true. Along with the drug ones.
2. just random bars
3. New Years. Got thrown out of a house. Long story but My girls (it complicated) roommate tossed me because she had a nervous break down and I was at the wrong place at the wrong time. If I didn't like her before I sure as hell don't like her now.
After that it is pure randomness.
I'm back at my parents house packing up all my books (yes they are more important to me than clothes or furniture) in order to move into my new place that is not the dorms (thank the gods). But it feels so damn weird being home after all this time. To leave the house and be asked where I'm off to is so forigne it's weird. However the new place should be interesting and odd. I am moving in with my best friend and ex girlfriend and with a girl I adore and is an excellent cuddle buddy and gives amazing back rubs.
However next semester is sneaking up on me and the schedule goes as follows:
Science Fiction Literature (my senior seminar)
Fantasy and Romance Literature
Sociology of Pop Culture
Philosophy of Religion
Should be an interesting semester.
However I should leave you for I just got back from a pizza place/dance club and a bar and I am at least 7 beers in.
However I leave you with some music
Nick Stone this is for you. I had to post the live version because the recorded version just isn't the same. This song will stick with me forever. It's so haunting.
Their other that I love is this:
And this song is for everyone. It always makes me feel better when I'm having a bad day.
The insane week of finals is so close I can taste it. It tastes like the massive amount of booze I will be ingesting come Saturday. All I have to do is edit my 10 page paper and I'm done. SO EXCITED!
Come Saturday I will be moving out of the dorms and into an apartment with my friend M (If the dorms approve my reason for leaving before the end of next semester). I've known her longer than I would like to admit and dated her for a good chunk of that time. It'll be interesting living with my ex who is also one of my best friends.
Me and M being about as mature as we get.
However before I find a place I will be staying with my cuddle buddy Megan for awhile so I have a place to crash for a bit. It should be a nice relaxing movie and booze filled week.
It'll also be nice to have real food for once. My food points ran out at the beginning of this week so I've been living off an apple a day and the free coffee in the student union for finals. (which I doubt will keep the doctor away) until yesterday when I got some money for returning some of my books.
Also Saturday my friend Greg is throwing a dinner party for all us English Lit kids who hang out together. It's always fun to party with the Lit kids. They all drink like fishes and smoke like chimneys. The stereotype for the English major is true. I've also known these kids for like 3+ years. Greg also invited 3 of our favorite professors so hopefully they'll show and have a couple of drinks and some food with us.
All in all things are looking up and I hope things are going well for everyone else.
Come Saturday I will be moving out of the dorms and into an apartment with my friend M (If the dorms approve my reason for leaving before the end of next semester). I've known her longer than I would like to admit and dated her for a good chunk of that time. It'll be interesting living with my ex who is also one of my best friends.
Me and M being about as mature as we get.
However before I find a place I will be staying with my cuddle buddy Megan for awhile so I have a place to crash for a bit. It should be a nice relaxing movie and booze filled week.
It'll also be nice to have real food for once. My food points ran out at the beginning of this week so I've been living off an apple a day and the free coffee in the student union for finals. (which I doubt will keep the doctor away) until yesterday when I got some money for returning some of my books.
Also Saturday my friend Greg is throwing a dinner party for all us English Lit kids who hang out together. It's always fun to party with the Lit kids. They all drink like fishes and smoke like chimneys. The stereotype for the English major is true. I've also known these kids for like 3+ years. Greg also invited 3 of our favorite professors so hopefully they'll show and have a couple of drinks and some food with us.
All in all things are looking up and I hope things are going well for everyone else.
You know you're writing an academic paper when your draft has coffee stains, a beer ring, something unidentifiable on it, and someone else's room number written on the back.
The big 10 page paper is on page 9 and going strong but now my teacher wants a visual appendix since I'm writing on a graphic novel so that he can see what I'm referencing. It'll be interesting to turn in a paper with a stack of porn attached to it as an appendix. But with the revisions that my professor wants this paper is looking like it's going to be 15 to 17 pages. Normally I would be unhappy about all the work but a friend of mine was working with a group trying to get out articles on comics as literature and is publishing and was even invited to read his dissertation at comic con. So I plan on getting a hold of him and seeing if I might be able to get this massive project published.
On top of this massive paper however I have a 5 page paper coming up soon that is on the representation of feminism in James Bond films so that should be a fun project even with the massive amount of stress that it will bring.
My tomorrow should be interesting. My friend Megan will be crashing at my dorm tomorrow because she'll be studying on campus all night and she's always fun to spend time with. On top of that my friend Kristi will be hanging out to drink/finish an movie (Black Dynamite. If you haven't seen it you should. It's a play on all the Black-ploitation grindhouse films like Shaft and Super Fly)/study and then probably coffee and studying with Marilyn. I swear I spend more time with girls studying than anything else. My brain may explode by the end of the day. I'll probably pass out and drool on my keyboard half way through the day.
The past two days however have been good and involved much drinking at my favofite bar called the Shady Lady. They make the best cocktails around they just cost about $8 a piece. The price was worth it to hang out with some good people (all the girls listed above and my old friend Dylan) outside of the class room.
Well I should go pass out in order to prepare my mind for tomorrow.
Oh Amanda Palmer you sexy crazy women I love you.
And just in case you are wondering who the person in the Betch shirt is it's Kelly:
The big 10 page paper is on page 9 and going strong but now my teacher wants a visual appendix since I'm writing on a graphic novel so that he can see what I'm referencing. It'll be interesting to turn in a paper with a stack of porn attached to it as an appendix. But with the revisions that my professor wants this paper is looking like it's going to be 15 to 17 pages. Normally I would be unhappy about all the work but a friend of mine was working with a group trying to get out articles on comics as literature and is publishing and was even invited to read his dissertation at comic con. So I plan on getting a hold of him and seeing if I might be able to get this massive project published.
On top of this massive paper however I have a 5 page paper coming up soon that is on the representation of feminism in James Bond films so that should be a fun project even with the massive amount of stress that it will bring.
My tomorrow should be interesting. My friend Megan will be crashing at my dorm tomorrow because she'll be studying on campus all night and she's always fun to spend time with. On top of that my friend Kristi will be hanging out to drink/finish an movie (Black Dynamite. If you haven't seen it you should. It's a play on all the Black-ploitation grindhouse films like Shaft and Super Fly)/study and then probably coffee and studying with Marilyn. I swear I spend more time with girls studying than anything else. My brain may explode by the end of the day. I'll probably pass out and drool on my keyboard half way through the day.
The past two days however have been good and involved much drinking at my favofite bar called the Shady Lady. They make the best cocktails around they just cost about $8 a piece. The price was worth it to hang out with some good people (all the girls listed above and my old friend Dylan) outside of the class room.
Well I should go pass out in order to prepare my mind for tomorrow.
Oh Amanda Palmer you sexy crazy women I love you.
And just in case you are wondering who the person in the Betch shirt is it's Kelly:
Life is insane but I got to be lazy this holiday. Which is nice because finals are coming up and they are going to kick my ass. The project cramming starts tomorrow at 8am and ends when I pass out or start hallucinating from lack of sleep (and even then I might not be able to stop)
Thanksgiving was random. I spent it with a family of COMPLETE nut jobs (not my own) and then had a second dinner with me ma's boyfriends family which are actually really good people. I stuffed myself with two dinners and spent desert talking to a girl soon to be out of grad school about post modern theory so it was nice.
After all that I got a ride back to Sacramento and since I can't be in the dorms for Thanksgiving break (without paying extra which is some bullshit for four days) I spent the next three days on my friends couch under a warm blanket watching movies, drinking, and smoking while she did a paper. I tried not to be to much of a distraction but the massive bottle of rum seemed to draw her attention away at times.
So now I'm back in the dorms recovering from a week of pure lazy which means come 8am I'm going to need a shit ton of caffeine (especially since I probably wont even get to bed till 5am).
Drama is calming down. It's just not worth the stress and insanity when I have enough of that in my life with school right now. If it works out it does and if not fuck it. At this point that's all I can do as it is and sometimes that's the best thing you can do.
Another song I love that I've had stuck in my head for the past few days. I hope you all enjoy it
Thanksgiving was random. I spent it with a family of COMPLETE nut jobs (not my own) and then had a second dinner with me ma's boyfriends family which are actually really good people. I stuffed myself with two dinners and spent desert talking to a girl soon to be out of grad school about post modern theory so it was nice.
After all that I got a ride back to Sacramento and since I can't be in the dorms for Thanksgiving break (without paying extra which is some bullshit for four days) I spent the next three days on my friends couch under a warm blanket watching movies, drinking, and smoking while she did a paper. I tried not to be to much of a distraction but the massive bottle of rum seemed to draw her attention away at times.
So now I'm back in the dorms recovering from a week of pure lazy which means come 8am I'm going to need a shit ton of caffeine (especially since I probably wont even get to bed till 5am).
Drama is calming down. It's just not worth the stress and insanity when I have enough of that in my life with school right now. If it works out it does and if not fuck it. At this point that's all I can do as it is and sometimes that's the best thing you can do.
Another song I love that I've had stuck in my head for the past few days. I hope you all enjoy it
My 10 page paper is out for blood it seems. Although it is not due just yet it stalks me from behind just waiting till I am weak enough to pounce.
Me and the girl are having problems as well. I'm not sure if it is going to last much longer. We met up and talked and she basically ended things but she still wants to meet this weekend if we can get together and talk about things. So one can only hope.
Me and my friend Megan are about to watch shitty horror movies, eat popcorn, and get drunk. We're both kind of a mess from school and life.
Other than that this song has been stuck in my head for the past 3 days
Arq's set OMG
So these past few days have been kinda crazy. Besides all the reading for school and my final papers starting to sneak up on me I also got in a car accident (don't worry I'm fine). The insurance company said it probably isn't my fault but I am for now without a car so I've been having to bum rides around Sacramento to get things taken care of. Luckily I have nice friends who don't mind carting my ass around so I can take car of errands and see the girlfriend.
I'm actually quite excited about my final paper. I'm doing it on adaptaion of childrens tales to erotic stories in Alan Moore's Lost girls. The 3 volume graphic novel was and exspereament on whether or not porn can be art and each panel is hand painted. Here is an example of the full page paintings in the books.
The Twister that brought Dorthy to Oz
Other than that I went out the Saturday before Halloween (I had a paper to finish on Halloween) and had a blast. I went bar hopping with my friend Megan and my lover Lex (Zebra, Old Tavern, The Mercantile, and Badlands. Anyone in from Sac will realize only one of those is a straight bar. Drag Queens just know how to party). and ended the night dancing. I ended up getting in a fight with the ground on the way back to the car. I lost but I think I taught it a lesson. I woke up the next day with bite marks, cut up a little, and glitter on my face which was just further proof I had fun.
I hope everyone had a good Halloween
Oh and I'm probably the only one excited about this but I thought I would share.
I'm actually quite excited about my final paper. I'm doing it on adaptaion of childrens tales to erotic stories in Alan Moore's Lost girls. The 3 volume graphic novel was and exspereament on whether or not porn can be art and each panel is hand painted. Here is an example of the full page paintings in the books.
The Twister that brought Dorthy to Oz
Other than that I went out the Saturday before Halloween (I had a paper to finish on Halloween) and had a blast. I went bar hopping with my friend Megan and my lover Lex (Zebra, Old Tavern, The Mercantile, and Badlands. Anyone in from Sac will realize only one of those is a straight bar. Drag Queens just know how to party). and ended the night dancing. I ended up getting in a fight with the ground on the way back to the car. I lost but I think I taught it a lesson. I woke up the next day with bite marks, cut up a little, and glitter on my face which was just further proof I had fun.
I hope everyone had a good Halloween
Oh and I'm probably the only one excited about this but I thought I would share.
Went out for a Johnnie Walker whiskey tasting with EJ at the Fort Mason Center in SF. (which only cost us $5)
We were served Kobe beef blue cheese sliders, eggplant caviar, shrimp quesadilla, and a free old fashions made with Johnnie Walker Black.
The bar:
At the tasting I got to try the $225 bottle of the infamous Blue Label and learned a ton about whiskey tasting. I learned that 1) adding water/ice to whiskey can completely change the flavor (which I knew) but so can chilling it in the freezer (which I did not know) and 2) They had us but a drop of Green Label on our hands and rub it between our palms in order to "rub off" the alcohol smell and get to the true smell of the whiskey. It was an amazing change in smell.
Our tasting table:
and then went and had some great food and cocktails at Absinthe for dinner. Pretty pricey but they made a great sazerac and we had brought enough money for a fancy dinner at the end of the night.
All in all it was a great night and a nice way to spend time away from my desk and school work.
We were served Kobe beef blue cheese sliders, eggplant caviar, shrimp quesadilla, and a free old fashions made with Johnnie Walker Black.
The bar:
At the tasting I got to try the $225 bottle of the infamous Blue Label and learned a ton about whiskey tasting. I learned that 1) adding water/ice to whiskey can completely change the flavor (which I knew) but so can chilling it in the freezer (which I did not know) and 2) They had us but a drop of Green Label on our hands and rub it between our palms in order to "rub off" the alcohol smell and get to the true smell of the whiskey. It was an amazing change in smell.
Our tasting table:
and then went and had some great food and cocktails at Absinthe for dinner. Pretty pricey but they made a great sazerac and we had brought enough money for a fancy dinner at the end of the night.
All in all it was a great night and a nice way to spend time away from my desk and school work.
So this is where I spend my life now doing almost nothing but homework. I just keep telling myself it'll be worth it in the end so I'm not doomed to customer service.
Other than that things are going well so far in life. Me and my girlfriend (Lex) have worked things out after a crazy bout of drama which is quite nice. I love her so much and I don't know what I would do without the girl.
Me and Her at a masquerade party my friend Funky threw at his house.
He has at least one every year so a lot of my friends have some really intricate masks. They're a nice reason to get all dressed up and drunk. I wish I could show you some of the masks but for some reason I don't have any pictures of them.
Well I better get back to studying. I hope everyone is doing well.
I'll leave you with some humor.
Other than that things are going well so far in life. Me and my girlfriend (Lex) have worked things out after a crazy bout of drama which is quite nice. I love her so much and I don't know what I would do without the girl.
Me and Her at a masquerade party my friend Funky threw at his house.
He has at least one every year so a lot of my friends have some really intricate masks. They're a nice reason to get all dressed up and drunk. I wish I could show you some of the masks but for some reason I don't have any pictures of them.
Well I better get back to studying. I hope everyone is doing well.
I'll leave you with some humor.
I just made 200 flash cards for German. This class will be the death of me.
However I have started reading Tom Stoppard's play Travesties for my 120A class and I love the play. Although you need a dictionary, thesaurus, some knowledge of James Joyce, the Dada movement, Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest and the Russian Revolution it is a lot of fun to read.
Midterms are coming up which means the madness will start soon. Time to stock up on energy drinks and open up the caffeinated soap (thank you Thinkgeek.com).
I wish I had time to have a life. My friends are going out to a show tonight and I'm here in the dorm staring at white index cards. Oh social life how I miss you.
Something funny for you. Besides Picard is the best Star Trek captain.
However I have started reading Tom Stoppard's play Travesties for my 120A class and I love the play. Although you need a dictionary, thesaurus, some knowledge of James Joyce, the Dada movement, Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest and the Russian Revolution it is a lot of fun to read.
Midterms are coming up which means the madness will start soon. Time to stock up on energy drinks and open up the caffeinated soap (thank you Thinkgeek.com).
I wish I had time to have a life. My friends are going out to a show tonight and I'm here in the dorm staring at white index cards. Oh social life how I miss you.
Something funny for you. Besides Picard is the best Star Trek captain.
Classes are still going well but German is kicking my ass. I can't seem to keep all the words in my brain so I believe it's now time for me to make flash cards and study. Goodbye weekend.
Actually I take that back. Saturday will be spent drinking wine and eating pizza at a new place that just opened up by a friends house here in Sacramento. Apparently the two sisters who own Zelda's split and the sister Lucy just opened up her own place with all the same food. (I know that doesn't really interest anyone except the people from Sac who may read this.) But Saturday I plan on being full of wine and pizza in the company of good friends.
I'm such a good student (but yes German will get done. I just might be a little drunk/hungover when I'm doing it)
Lack of sleep is slowly killing me. I'm living off coffee and energy drinks. My schedule and my roommates schedule are opposite so on days I have to get up he stays up late. Kinda sucks but I'm learning to be able to sleep through just about anything. He's a good guy though so I don't mind that much.
Hope everyone is doing well but i must be off to be productive.... kinda
Actually I take that back. Saturday will be spent drinking wine and eating pizza at a new place that just opened up by a friends house here in Sacramento. Apparently the two sisters who own Zelda's split and the sister Lucy just opened up her own place with all the same food. (I know that doesn't really interest anyone except the people from Sac who may read this.) But Saturday I plan on being full of wine and pizza in the company of good friends.
I'm such a good student
(but yes German will get done. I just might be a little drunk/hungover when I'm doing it)Lack of sleep is slowly killing me. I'm living off coffee and energy drinks. My schedule and my roommates schedule are opposite so on days I have to get up he stays up late. Kinda sucks but I'm learning to be able to sleep through just about anything. He's a good guy though so I don't mind that much.
Hope everyone is doing well but i must be off to be productive.... kinda
