I realized today that I didn't have any plans for New Year's Eve. This was bothersome to me. A few weeks ago I was considering going to the Flobots concert in Denver on the 31st, but hemmed and hawed over it too long and now it's sold out. Meh. Then I thought about my Springs friends... Steven was working, Susan was probably going to be with her ( Read more... )

Saturday was fun in so many ways. My life is full of fun coincidences and crazy people, and I wouldn't have it any other way ( Read more... )

So, ever since Amanda and I started going to Eden (which is a Colorado Springs nightclub for those of you who don't know) our joke has been that we should try and get into the VIP room. Why? I'm really not sure... Just because ( Read more... )

So, my first class went well. I was glad to have Beth as a co-teacher. As usual, I freaked out for nothing, at least in regards to that. I think it's going to be a good semester. The students are really cool... The ones that showed up anyway.

Afterwards I decided I needed to make a trip to Barnes & Noble ( Read more... )

The past couple of days have been weird... On Thursday night I hung out with Steven and his friends... We took a nice long drive up to Gold Camp Road. Gold Camp Road, aside from being an awesome vantage point to view all of Colorado Springs, also happens to have some spotty history to it... Quite a few murders and deaths and the like. It's been ( Read more... )

Those damn grassfires were not too far from my house. They kept saying one was west of 360 in Arlington, but they never said WHERE west of 360, so my Mom was flipping out. I told her that I wasn't going to be worried until I smelled smoke in the air and heard both helicopters and fire engine sirens coming down the street. I figure my house has some ( Read more... )

It's really weird to see someone you met in the dorms on a new MTV show. That's what I get for channel surfing.

Well, it looks like I'm finally beginning to build up a group of friends and aquaintances here. I know that its finally happened, because for the first time in the months since I've been here, I unexpectedly ran into people I knew in public places. I ran into my classmate Kim, at, where else but Wal-Mart. It must be a universal rule that if you are ( Read more... )