Adventures of the Santa Fean!

So I'm moving out of Santa Fe, this time for good. My parents are moving to Los Angeles, that cancer upon the face of mankind, because my dad got a job out there. So this is it. I can't come back, because I can't make my parents pay for another year of out of state tuition. So it looks like I'm gonna be a californian. God, that's depressing. I've got to take off tomorrow, and the only thing I'm looking forward to is seeing Cam. Well, I am looking forward to meeting up with some of the RAs, and meeting the newbies. But compared to Travis, Luke, Jon, Joey, Chris, Emma, Mia, Thomas, Mana, Sarah, I mean, it doesn't get any better than those guys.

Nothing interesting seems to happen in SD. Last night I was sitting on top of a derelict water tower trying to light a cigar in a driving wind. We went through a whole book of matches before just giving up. SD I'll suggest going out and everyone will say 'where? what are we doing? why don't we just stay here?' Thank God Travis is coming to visit at some point.

I mean, I'm looking forward to being in SD, kinda. I just want to either be there, or be here. And I don't like that I practically don't get to come back here, ever. Not to work, not for any substantial period of time, nothing. So, I'm a little angsty, like all the times I post to this thing.

This is my first official drunken Livejournal entry. Aren't you all proud of me?

I'm done with finals. I'm kinda worried about how they came out, but nothing can be done about it, so why bother? I've still got to move kids out, which is obnoxious, but other than that, I'm free and clear.

In about 8 or 9 days, I start my 40 hour a week job. Here's to fun at that!

Why the fuck should I bust my hump all quarter if I can just choke on the final and fuck myself over again?

I should just go into history and waste my life there.

So I spent most of the weekend working in the conference room, interrupted by occasional visits to OVT with Courtney and company. Because I'm just that much of a nerd. Things are good though, I'm even observing my lenten promise to not swear!

Heck darn!

Oh, too long, fair livejournal, too long. So what's new? Not much. I'm doing okay in school, all right in fencing, I just got a summer job lined up, and the RA thing has been keeping me busy as heck. But winter quarter is almost over, and I've got plans galore for spring break. You better bet I'm going to Vegas, with my girlfriend and 4 friends. Can you say 'Star Trek The Experience'? 'Cause you can bet they're gonna have to haul me away from there clawing at the ground until my hands are bloody, and full of merchandise. Can you also say 'Romulan Ale six pack'? You can bet I'm making off with more than a few of those. I'm going to spend so much money in that place, it's almost not funny. Then after my Vegas excursion and the subsequent hangover, I'm heading back to SD, and then up to SLO to visit with my friend Travis, and then to LA to visit my other friend Emma and hang out with Travis' family, who will apparently be swinging by for the weekend. So, suffice to say, it's gonna be a crazy week. And awesome.

So at the end of winter break we had an idea to make a run-on story that everyone would contribute to, and it would be awesome if it worked out that way. It didn't, so I think I might start making my own posts, and completely bucking the system. That's right, system. I buck you. I buck you all night long. Did I mention that I gave up swearing for lent, and so far I've only messed up 20 times?

And now for fanboy time: I haven't played World of Warcraft in a while, and I'm starting to goof around with it again, just for kicks. It's still fun, and I still like it, but it's good to know that schoolwork will always take priority, quickly bumping off the more fun computer-oriented activities. And, for something even nerdier, I've got to say that I'm kinda excited about what they're doing with Spider-Man these days. The Other storyline right now I figure has a 50/50 chance of making permanent changes to the character without changing his essential character. I'm not sure how I feel about the new costume. Yes, it's cool, but I'm afraid it'll just be a novelty for a while until the classic red, blue and web makes its grand reappearance. What I think would be awesome? If he changed between his various costumes. I mean, he's got the classic red & blue, the black costume, that overcoat/booted one shown by Straczynski so many times, and then the badass armor one for suitably badass situations.

Too nerdy? Too much? Well, that's the way I roll. Clockwise to the nerdy. And yes, I am listening to a World of Warcraft podcast. Try and stop me.

Well, it's now 2006, and the new year was rung in with much drinking and holding buckets under puking friends. God willing, it will only end with drinking in more moderate amounts.

And so far, my new years resolutions consist of a couple of things:

1) To do something physical every day. Either run, go to the gym, or fence. So that pretty much means that I have to find some form of exercise for 3 days of the week.
2) To read more. As in, books. Heck, maybe even actual literature. I mean, more than my standard fare of science fiction novels and occasional bits of nonfiction. And by some miracle, maybe even the reading for my classes.
3) To get the FUCK out of my room, and to stay away from the internet when I need to study. I will hide out in the conference room as much as need be in order to actually get my work done.
4) To go to mass on a semi-regular basis.
5) To put in plenty of time calling friends & family.
6) To try and become a polite, decent human being once again. I find as time goes on that I've stopped saying 'please' & 'thank you', which are really necessary in my opinion, as much as I tend to forget them. I might even try to swear less.

Okay, anything else and I'll be making shit up. But that's the basic guideline. Does any of it seem familiar, long-time readers? Well it should, it's basically the things I've known I should be doing for a VERY long time. So God willing, this time I'll stick to it. Or, rather, me willing. Which is always a lot harder than getting God to will it. That's usually a matter of luck and hope.

And on a more philosophical note, is it just me, or is Eurotrip the ultimate rebound story? I mean, seriously, guy gets broken up with, and immediately goes to a foreign country to try and pick up a girl whom he thought was a guy before being horribly dumped. Kind of a stupid plan, right? Although he does get laid in the Vatican, so I guess I can't criticize him over much.

And I spent today hiking up in the Jemez with Emma, Jon, Luke and Chris. And then we went to a hot springs, which was not that hot, but still quite adequately warm. I wanted to take a bunch of pictures with my shiny new camera, and the batteries die at 8:30 am, just as we started getting up into the mountains. But yeah, it was good times nonetheless. I mean, it's a good day that involves both snowball fights and sunbathing.

And today my good buddy Travis took off for school again. He got the short shrift on break, and he will be missed.

Well, last night was a fun little 21st birthday party, even though there was no alcohol. Suffice to say we were all dressed in cowboy boots, hats, joggings shorts, and nothing else. Which was WAY hot. And the night before I managed to win 20 bucks at poker, which was cool. It's sad to think that Travis is leaving the day after tomorrow. And then I've still got a week here, which is fun, and I've been reading alot, which will likely continue. But I haven't managed to play any World of Warcraft, which I miss pretty badly.

I find myself, once again, feeling really enthusiastic and optimistic about the school year. Which always happens. I mean, I feel hopeful and happy at the beginning of the quarter, then, as time goes on, the drag occurs, and I lose all hope of being the straight A student I had once aspired to be. I start settling for less, and less, and less. But now I have a plan. I have a secret weapon. And I also am apparently graduating in 4 years, which puts a damper on my plans for 5 years, which means I now have substantially less time to raise my GPA to something acceptable. Then again, my new hero is Steve Robinson, the astronaut who got C's in college. Well, him and Mal Reynolds. I just like his tendency to punch people in the face.

So now I have 5 quarters to raise my GPA, and a sad tendency to lose focus halfway through each quarter. I suppose the only thing to do is, you know, lose the annoying tendency to lose focus. Or gain a tendency to stay focused, one or the other. Which should be a piece of cake, right? Right? Ah, poop.

Well, I suppose it's time I start taking this thing seriously and making it all pretty-like. Anyhoo, updates! My dad hauled me to an exercising-cycle class that was an hour long yesterday. I felt vaguely like death. Last Tuesday Chris, Travis and I hiked up Santa Fe Baldy, starting at around 5:30 AM. It didn't get light until around 7, and we kept hiking until around 10:40 when we hit the summit. Apparently it was about 12,600 feet. We all feel like we have giant penises now. Although it may be because the low pressure and nitric oxide supplements we took caused unfortunate . . . physiological affects which made hiking more difficult. Anyhoo, I have rediscovered the wonders of letter writing, and other fun things, such as pleasure reading, although I should extend that to more than old fantasy novels I've previously read. Ah well.

So it's Christmas Eve, and I'm less spastic than I usually am this time of year. I still have to buy one or two Christmas presents, but they can definitely wait until after Christmas. In the meantime, I'm just relaxing in Santa Fe, having a good time. If you're on the Facebook, I'd recommend that you take a look, and see me in my natural environment. And also laugh at me and my friends.

Last night we went down to Albuquerque to watch a play our friend was in, and as we were standing in line to buy tickets, a lady gave us 5 front row tickets. We were really spastic when he came out for bows, largely because he was awesome. Yep. And that's my world.

That pretty much sums it up. I wrapped up finals (I don't even want to think about how I did. We'll see) and six hours later, I turned 21. It was amazing. I came home and found a giant fridge in my room from the guys and Cammie, which I appreciate beyond words. Then my actual birthday rolled around, and Wilhouse, the RAs, and the team made my birthday an absolutely amazing event. Thank you so much, guys (despite the fact that no one reads this), it was easily the best birthday I've had in years.

I got a little drunk. Say, six drinks drunk. If you're on the facebook, I'd recommend looking at the pictures. And in that one picture, I'm playing a game about vikings. I'm the viking and Kerry and David are rowing. I swear.

And I'm back in town, hanging with Travis and Jon and company, having a good time. It's sweet.

By the way, it's frikkin cold here. Send warmth!

Well, thanks to one of my residents, the site of the day is here. Let us all be touched by his noodly appendage.

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