these tears stain the wood like cups and condensation.
I'm pretty sure it's been about 2 months or so since my last update. There is nothing going on in my life that is exceptionally noteworthy, except that I've probably had the most boring summer of my life.
It's amazing how fast 4 months go by. I started this season off with a summer class (Adolescent and School Learning) and since the completion of that on June 27, I have officially done nothing of significance since.
I broke up with my boyfriend (and by that I mean he broke up with me) at the end of June. After 3 weeks of crying and starting to get over it, partying way too hard and trying to make the memory of him a little less fresh and a little more non-existant, he convinced me that we should try again. Of course I succumbed because I am a sucker for a relationship, and ultimately I think the true test of us will be this upcoming fall when I move back to Kalamazoo. I want it to work out so badly, and any doubt that enters my mind I push out dismissively and without hesitation. It's hard when you know what can go wrong, and you know what ended the relationship the first time, and knowing how it looks from the outside. But truth be told, he's making me happy... happier than he has in a long time. And that's really all that matters and I think that sometimes you just have to take the wait and see approach to situations like this. I can't predict the outcome, but I can make an effort to keep my emotions a little more stable than they've been in the past with him.
I saw a total of two concerts, which is completely disappointing. Not the shows themselves, just the lack of live music that surrounded my dull summer. Ryan took me to see Rusted Root about a month ago, so that was amazing. It was a jam packed dance fest that lasted for what felt like hours, and we danced and drank Seagram's and Newcastles' until the last note was sang.
I saw 311 with a crew of good people when they came to DTE a couple weeks ago. It was my 5th time seeing them and the show is always rockin and somehow tickets for 311 seem to fall into my lap every summer. This summer was no exception. The difference in this show and previous ones is that it started raining towards the end, which turned the hills of DTE into a drunken slip and slide. I watched as people (including those I came with) tumbled and slid down the slanted, wet hill. Great, great, great night.
Okay, make it 3 concerts. Free Element definitely played with Obie Trice at the Emerald Theater not too long ago, and that was a concert that was unlike any other. It was ghetto fabulous and there were about 8 rappers that performed before Obie came on, which made it about 3 1/2 hours of drinking beer and hanging out with the band before I got to see them share the stage with a famed rapper. What's interesting about this story is that when I first saw Obie I knew I had seen him but couldn't put a face to a name. He had come to the end of Free Element's last show before Andy was to undergo chemo, and promptly asked Max if they wanted to collaborate with him.
So that's pretty sweet, and when my brother told me it was Obie Trice I realized I knew his face because I had seen him in music videos with Eminem.
Hmm. Well I start school really soon, and I can't wait. I am so sick of having nothing to do it's really almost laughable. I miss having a routine. I'm going to be working at the english department on campus, and I think that will be really good for me because I won't have to work past 5 as well as having weekends free.
After this year of school I'll have a year left, which includes one semester of classes and one semester of student teaching. And THEN.. I plan on teaching somewhere in Asia, preferably Seoul or somewhere in China. I'm gonna be getting paid to teach english to K-9th graders, as well as a 10 day paid vacation to anywhere I want in the world.
I decided that my life is going to start once I graduate college. Because I have friends now who have already seen the world or at least have traveled a lot more than I have, but none of them are in school. Or if they are, they have about 12 credits to their name. Upon the completion of my college career I'm taking off and I am not looking back, and that's what's keeping my head up during these days of routine television watching and a huge lack of money.
Call me.
[Julie, I got your text. I still have the same number.]
It's amazing how fast 4 months go by. I started this season off with a summer class (Adolescent and School Learning) and since the completion of that on June 27, I have officially done nothing of significance since.
I broke up with my boyfriend (and by that I mean he broke up with me) at the end of June. After 3 weeks of crying and starting to get over it, partying way too hard and trying to make the memory of him a little less fresh and a little more non-existant, he convinced me that we should try again. Of course I succumbed because I am a sucker for a relationship, and ultimately I think the true test of us will be this upcoming fall when I move back to Kalamazoo. I want it to work out so badly, and any doubt that enters my mind I push out dismissively and without hesitation. It's hard when you know what can go wrong, and you know what ended the relationship the first time, and knowing how it looks from the outside. But truth be told, he's making me happy... happier than he has in a long time. And that's really all that matters and I think that sometimes you just have to take the wait and see approach to situations like this. I can't predict the outcome, but I can make an effort to keep my emotions a little more stable than they've been in the past with him.
I saw a total of two concerts, which is completely disappointing. Not the shows themselves, just the lack of live music that surrounded my dull summer. Ryan took me to see Rusted Root about a month ago, so that was amazing. It was a jam packed dance fest that lasted for what felt like hours, and we danced and drank Seagram's and Newcastles' until the last note was sang.
I saw 311 with a crew of good people when they came to DTE a couple weeks ago. It was my 5th time seeing them and the show is always rockin and somehow tickets for 311 seem to fall into my lap every summer. This summer was no exception. The difference in this show and previous ones is that it started raining towards the end, which turned the hills of DTE into a drunken slip and slide. I watched as people (including those I came with) tumbled and slid down the slanted, wet hill. Great, great, great night.
Okay, make it 3 concerts. Free Element definitely played with Obie Trice at the Emerald Theater not too long ago, and that was a concert that was unlike any other. It was ghetto fabulous and there were about 8 rappers that performed before Obie came on, which made it about 3 1/2 hours of drinking beer and hanging out with the band before I got to see them share the stage with a famed rapper. What's interesting about this story is that when I first saw Obie I knew I had seen him but couldn't put a face to a name. He had come to the end of Free Element's last show before Andy was to undergo chemo, and promptly asked Max if they wanted to collaborate with him.
So that's pretty sweet, and when my brother told me it was Obie Trice I realized I knew his face because I had seen him in music videos with Eminem.
Hmm. Well I start school really soon, and I can't wait. I am so sick of having nothing to do it's really almost laughable. I miss having a routine. I'm going to be working at the english department on campus, and I think that will be really good for me because I won't have to work past 5 as well as having weekends free.
After this year of school I'll have a year left, which includes one semester of classes and one semester of student teaching. And THEN.. I plan on teaching somewhere in Asia, preferably Seoul or somewhere in China. I'm gonna be getting paid to teach english to K-9th graders, as well as a 10 day paid vacation to anywhere I want in the world.
I decided that my life is going to start once I graduate college. Because I have friends now who have already seen the world or at least have traveled a lot more than I have, but none of them are in school. Or if they are, they have about 12 credits to their name. Upon the completion of my college career I'm taking off and I am not looking back, and that's what's keeping my head up during these days of routine television watching and a huge lack of money.
Call me.
[Julie, I got your text. I still have the same number.]