I'm An Emo Kid
Today I made a rather unfortunate discovery. Looking back on all of my previous entries, there is a staggering imbalance between the number of positive versus depressing posts in my journal. Realizing this, I now shudder to think what an innocent random reader must think of my life viewing this blog. Therefore, I decided to update to set the record straight.
As surprising as this may sound, at the moment I am very happy.
I have a job working at Java Detour, and while it's not perfect, I'm employed and usually enjoy what I'm doing. Free coffee while I'm working helps the situation of course.
I'm in our Summer Stage production of RENT, and while I'm just in the chorus (an originally lamentable fact upon my first viewing of the cast list), I was given quite a bit to do and for the most part I'm enjoying myself and am excited to open this coming Thursday.
The summer season seems to have brought out the best in my friendships and while one of my best friends, Natalie, is gone it has given me more time to spend getting to know people I had only been acquainted with before. I miss her a lot, but I'm not as lonely as I had thought I would be and that's encouraging.
I have become slightly obsessive about buying albums on vinyl. I now own records of such fantastic artists as The Decemberists, The New Pornographers, and Lady Gaga (who I have grown to love)
Lastly, I've lost weight! Like, a lot of it. Since the beginning of this year I've lost about 25 pounds and now I think I'm thinner than I've ever been before. I have also become a pescatarian for the summer (translation: I've given up meat, but allow myself fish). Mostly it was just to shake things up and to try something new, but I'm fairly certain it has contributed to my continued weight loss.
There have been ups and downs as always. Life is still life after all. But for the most part, I find the view from where I sit is generally a pleasant one. And for that, I am thankful.
Best,
Andrew
As surprising as this may sound, at the moment I am very happy.
I have a job working at Java Detour, and while it's not perfect, I'm employed and usually enjoy what I'm doing. Free coffee while I'm working helps the situation of course.
I'm in our Summer Stage production of RENT, and while I'm just in the chorus (an originally lamentable fact upon my first viewing of the cast list), I was given quite a bit to do and for the most part I'm enjoying myself and am excited to open this coming Thursday.
The summer season seems to have brought out the best in my friendships and while one of my best friends, Natalie, is gone it has given me more time to spend getting to know people I had only been acquainted with before. I miss her a lot, but I'm not as lonely as I had thought I would be and that's encouraging.
I have become slightly obsessive about buying albums on vinyl. I now own records of such fantastic artists as The Decemberists, The New Pornographers, and Lady Gaga (who I have grown to love)
Lastly, I've lost weight! Like, a lot of it. Since the beginning of this year I've lost about 25 pounds and now I think I'm thinner than I've ever been before. I have also become a pescatarian for the summer (translation: I've given up meat, but allow myself fish). Mostly it was just to shake things up and to try something new, but I'm fairly certain it has contributed to my continued weight loss.
There have been ups and downs as always. Life is still life after all. But for the most part, I find the view from where I sit is generally a pleasant one. And for that, I am thankful.
Best,
Andrew