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August 2008
Eights Days A Week or Eights Days Left...
24 August 2008 - 01:16
For those of you who've know me any length of time at all, you know that I do not get terribly excited over anything. I dunno' why, but that is just the way I am. I like to play it as neutral as possible. In a "real world" situation, I am Switzerland; which is nice I know, I've been there.
However, this evening, more so than ever, I am finding myself, for a lack of better, more descriptive terms, freaking out. I'm experiencing an odd burning in the pit of my stomach as well as extreme adrenaline rushes (that part is pretty cool). I've never felt anything like this before and I'm not referring to that BS line that guys tell girls when they are lost in the thralls of infatuation (bleh).
I've a feeling that I'm not going to get much sleep tonight because of all this. This "anticipation" of the forthcoming Czech Republic adventure/sabbatical. My mother keeps calling all this "nervous energy". If that is what it is, I LOVE it because it is the most productive energy I've every had. In the past week I have completed a leather bag I started over two years ago, completed my breechclout, finished my dance bells, made belts for my leggings and new breechclout, started and finished a warbonnet (pics of the sweet piece of action coming soon, if I have time), and finally began working on armbands. Yes, this is all part my personal regalia and if you've no idea what the aforementioned items are, Google that shiz. In essence, these are all the items I've neglected working on over the past two years in college, the most unproductive years of my life.
Earlier, whilst folding laundry, the laundry that is now all caught up and ready to be packed, I was stuck with this mess that now has me blogging for I've no other legitimate way to vent these odd frustrations, yes, it is frustrating; largely because it is still all so unfamiliar.
I suppose that is about all that need be said at the moment. So, for now, I will end this with my favorite, and only, poem I like:
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long i stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equals lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-Robert Frost-
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Visa - It's Everywhere You Want To Be
13 August 2008 - 21:08
Well, technically, mine is just for the Czech Republic, but really, isn't that all that matters? Yes, after months and months of much-to-do, I have finally received my visa.
In other news, my job at Waxworks is killing me, literally. Last Friday, at approximately 4:30 in the morning, I awoke with back pain that would've laid down a horse. I had to call into work, sick, for the first time ever. After laying in bed most of the day, I was finally able to begin moving about and packing for the camping trip.
Throughout the camping trip, miraculously, my back completely quit hurting. I thought I was home free. However, Monday at work, it began hurting again and has not stopped yet. Today was the worst, but, I've been off painkillers and I think, though it sucked, things are looking up,, eventually.
That crap aside, I bought a car today. Basically, I traded in one heap for another, but it should allow me to gain some extra cash for the CZ; a '94 Pontiac Grand Am, the closest thing I've had to a Trans Am thus far. After my Blazer sells, I should be able to gain another grand or so in profit, so long as I can get thing thing to start and then more importantly get it sold. It is still a pretty solid vehicle sans the rough starting and few rust spots. Any takers?
That brings my faithful readers up to speed in my boring life. I would write more often, as I do have the urges, but there is virtually nothing new going on that would necessitate a blog. Though everyone should be on the lookout for my upcoming blog on Miley Cyrus. I've got a few thoughts and need to get them into the public domain.
Peace
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Camping Blog
09 August 2008 - 11:09
I'll keep this short 'cause I'm in the woods camping still. I figured I would write a blog and let everyone know that all is well and I'm having a rocking good time. I have to admit that Jeff's phone is pretty hardcore as well.
Holla'
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So Many Things, Yet Nothing To Say
06 August 2008 - 18:19
It has been an interesting week thus far for sure. I started work on Monday at Waxworks, finally. It's not a half bad job and time luckily passes fast. However, the process is somewhat mindless. I will now illustrate:
-Step 1: Open a box of "reject" DVDs
-Step 2: Remove DVDs from box
-Step 3: Remove EVERY friggin' sticker from DVD
-Step 4: If wrapping was damaged in step 3, re-wrap
-Step 5: Sort sticker-less DVD's
-Step 6: Re-box now sticker-less, sorted DVDs
-Step 7: Repeat until every box of DVDs until skid is empty
-Step 8: Get new skid of boxes of "reject" DVDs
-Step 9: Repeat for 15 or so more skids at a rate of 2 skids/day, on a good day.
If that doesn't get you going, I dunno' what will! I can't complain, its only an eight hour shift in a heavily air conditioned "warehouse" with bosses that are always running on a +/- twenty minute schedule. So, in the end, its all good, just mind-numbing.
Other than that, I've been doing a lot of leather and beadwork so much to the point that my hands and wrists are to the point of excruciating pain thus rendering my unable to complete the few remaining projects I've left. Bummer. When I get finished with all those, I will be sure to get some pics up 'cause, at this point, they've all turned out pretty awesome; not that I want to toot my own horn, but I own. I also have intentions to find a good wooded area where I can fully dress out in regalia and get some awesome pics of it all before I leave. Then maybe my mother will hush up about those "senior photos" I never got. Oops.
Speaking of wooded areas, I am to be camping this weekend at Lake Malone with some old scouts buddies and whomever else would care to join me. Its been almost a year since I've been and I think it will be comparable to a really good blow job seeing as how long its been since I've had a fix. Ohh, I can feel it already. Matthew and I plan on recreating our Czech treehouse and staying in that. I suppose it is not only awesome but helps cut down of the cost of $14 per tent per night fee, be it that we shall not be in a tent.
I suppose now that my mother is yelling at me, it is probably a good time to wrap this up and help her fix supper.
Nazdar
[edit] PS - A few lyrics are finally up!
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Strippers Ain't Cheap
03 August 2008 - 21:30
This weekend was rather interesting what with the strippers and the drinking and the 1:30 in the morning phone calls...
Saturday afternoon I went to a car show here at the local community college and ended up taking many awesome pics. I will post them here as soon as I have more time. After that, Jeff, his parents, Brian, and I ended up at Cheddar's for the first time. It was okay though by no means spectacular. The details get somewhat fuzzy (yeah right) at this point and I remember ending up in Evansville at Stephanie's Cabaret - A Gentleman's Club by 19:30. $50 or so dollars later, around 1:30, I receive a phone call from Gabby to which I answered, "Do you have any idea how late it is?"
She knew that I had not been woken by the phone call and reversed the guilt back onto me for accusing her of such dastardly doings. My bad. Seeing as how I was in no need to go back inside, talking to her was a much cheaper alternative. Plus she had many good questions; several of which I had answers to and many I did not. Those regarding strip clubs, I could answer. Those regarding her student loans, I was clueless. Towards the end of my conversation the guys came out, broke, and ready to leave at three minutes past two in the morning. This is the point at which I discovered, someone in our party (not me or Brian) had spent ~$250 in the previous six and a half hours. Oops...
As for the drinking, all I can say is that my sister works third shift (late night) at McDonald's. Brian, the one previously mentioned, happened to drive through on Friday night. The only thing Brian had to say to me about this occurrence was, "Your sister told me that your mother had just came through and asked her is she looked drunk."
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Summer's Unproductivites
01 August 2008 - 01:13
Today was equally as unproductive. Well, technically yesterday since its one in the morning. I did manage to get two more photo galleries uploaded, check em'. I also finished everything for that Church website that has been asked of me. In the last few hours, I've been coding a lyrics database to be added here. At the moment there are no lyrics in it because I had a few bugs to work out after implementation, but I think I've got it now. I'll add some songs in the morning and then ya'll can check that too. As always, any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated, even if negative.
The highlight of the day was the walk I got in. It was only two miles or so, but it was certainly the best part. Though, a dude, who I believe to have been drinking, stopped and asked me if I needed a ride. That's Southern Comfort hospitality for ya'!
In regards to my upcoming sabbatical, I have no new news, which at this point is a good thing I suppose. At the very least I have not received a rejection letter for my visa. My friend, Gabby, has recently obtained her visa to France. C'est bon! I suppose, if I do think I may actually be going, I should be starting to pack or begin preparing those other ugly details one should take care of before leaving the country for a year (give or take), but I just can't bring myself to it. Besides, I always do everything by the seat of my pants anyway. I've got ample time so I'll just continue wasting time reading that which very few will read. It's entertaining to someone, right?
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