Holla
Hey all.
Want to start out by saying how touched and honored I am that so many of you are coming to my wedding. I really never expected anybody from california to come out - not because you guys aren't willing, but because it's a lot of money and trouble for a college student to travel halfway accross the country to visit a friend for three days. It makes me really happy that you guys can come out here and be at my wedding. And for those of you who can't, believe me, I completely understand. I'm just saying this because I'm really happy and surprised by how many people from the CVK can come out.
I have some bad news. Well, it's good news for my dad. As you know, he's been looking for a full time job for quite a while, and he landed a great one a couple of days ago. I'm really happy for him, because it's definitely been hard on him, being out of work (even though he was teaching part time at the UOP). Unfortunately, his new job is in South Carolina.
Gwargh.
So, my family is moving from Cali and to the east coast in a mere couple of months.
Terminal freaking gayocity.
I realize I've been away from CV for a good portion of the year for army and school stuff, but it always made me happy to know I could come back to the valley to hang out with my best friends. I always looked forward to it. Even though I was getting married and going into the army, I still knew I'd be back in CV for at least 2 weeks every year, and that LiveJournal and AIM and telephone calls would keep me in touch with the CVK the rest of the time. Now it's going to be pretty hard to get back to the valley at all.
Hard, but not impossible.
I have a dream. A dream and a plan. My dream is that we, who have been friends from high school through college, some of us who have been friends since early childhood, remain as closeknit for the rest of our lives as we are today, and as we were during the summer of our senior year.
Doubters and other types of jerks think that's impossible. They naysayed the possibility that we could remain friends through college, even, since we were so far apart. "Bullshit," I say to them, "look at how often we talk even though we are so far apart. While some who were friends in high school no longer talk to each other, the CVK is as close as ever! As proof, I cite my wedding. At least four kids who have to pay for college and housing and who only have part time jobs were able to come halfway accross the country to see me married. And the rest of my friends damn well wish they could be there, and I wish they could too. See how often we talk to each other, and the joy that we bring into each others' lives!"
To this end, I hope that as we move and get jobs away from home and move away from the valley (and many of us will), we always keep each other in our thoughts; our priority should always be to hang out, and talk to each other, and see each other whenever possible or feasible. Though I move away from the valley now to pursue a a career in the military, I will be back, for just that reason. Eventually, I will open a restaurant with my dogg, EZ, for that reason. And I would like us all to dedicate one week out of every year to that purpose.
Think of it. One week out of every year. We should all have enough vacation to be able to take one week off and still have enough left over to spend christmas with our families. Those who live in castro valley can just stay at their houses during this week - those who have moved away can all stay at the local motel (the one on castro valley blvd, I forget the name). We do things together, at least one everybody-in activity a day; paintball, the beach (and bring yer shovels!), the donut shop, etc. The rest of the day can just be chilling - people play the latest video games against each other, get wicked crunk at a local bar, catch a flick at bayfair (Juwanna Mann, anyone?), talk about what's going on in their lives, etc. No pressure, just a week of vacation, laid back and fun, in the company of the greatest friends one could ask for. What do you guys think? Let me know - I think we should make it a priority.
That's all for now - I've taken enough of your time, Tulane's bandwidth, and LiveJournal's hard drive space for one night. You guys rock, and I will see you soon. Take care, yo. -G
Want to start out by saying how touched and honored I am that so many of you are coming to my wedding. I really never expected anybody from california to come out - not because you guys aren't willing, but because it's a lot of money and trouble for a college student to travel halfway accross the country to visit a friend for three days. It makes me really happy that you guys can come out here and be at my wedding. And for those of you who can't, believe me, I completely understand. I'm just saying this because I'm really happy and surprised by how many people from the CVK can come out.
I have some bad news. Well, it's good news for my dad. As you know, he's been looking for a full time job for quite a while, and he landed a great one a couple of days ago. I'm really happy for him, because it's definitely been hard on him, being out of work (even though he was teaching part time at the UOP). Unfortunately, his new job is in South Carolina.
Gwargh.
So, my family is moving from Cali and to the east coast in a mere couple of months.
Terminal freaking gayocity.
I realize I've been away from CV for a good portion of the year for army and school stuff, but it always made me happy to know I could come back to the valley to hang out with my best friends. I always looked forward to it. Even though I was getting married and going into the army, I still knew I'd be back in CV for at least 2 weeks every year, and that LiveJournal and AIM and telephone calls would keep me in touch with the CVK the rest of the time. Now it's going to be pretty hard to get back to the valley at all.
Hard, but not impossible.
I have a dream. A dream and a plan. My dream is that we, who have been friends from high school through college, some of us who have been friends since early childhood, remain as closeknit for the rest of our lives as we are today, and as we were during the summer of our senior year.
Doubters and other types of jerks think that's impossible. They naysayed the possibility that we could remain friends through college, even, since we were so far apart. "Bullshit," I say to them, "look at how often we talk even though we are so far apart. While some who were friends in high school no longer talk to each other, the CVK is as close as ever! As proof, I cite my wedding. At least four kids who have to pay for college and housing and who only have part time jobs were able to come halfway accross the country to see me married. And the rest of my friends damn well wish they could be there, and I wish they could too. See how often we talk to each other, and the joy that we bring into each others' lives!"
To this end, I hope that as we move and get jobs away from home and move away from the valley (and many of us will), we always keep each other in our thoughts; our priority should always be to hang out, and talk to each other, and see each other whenever possible or feasible. Though I move away from the valley now to pursue a a career in the military, I will be back, for just that reason. Eventually, I will open a restaurant with my dogg, EZ, for that reason. And I would like us all to dedicate one week out of every year to that purpose.
Think of it. One week out of every year. We should all have enough vacation to be able to take one week off and still have enough left over to spend christmas with our families. Those who live in castro valley can just stay at their houses during this week - those who have moved away can all stay at the local motel (the one on castro valley blvd, I forget the name). We do things together, at least one everybody-in activity a day; paintball, the beach (and bring yer shovels!), the donut shop, etc. The rest of the day can just be chilling - people play the latest video games against each other, get wicked crunk at a local bar, catch a flick at bayfair (Juwanna Mann, anyone?), talk about what's going on in their lives, etc. No pressure, just a week of vacation, laid back and fun, in the company of the greatest friends one could ask for. What do you guys think? Let me know - I think we should make it a priority.
That's all for now - I've taken enough of your time, Tulane's bandwidth, and LiveJournal's hard drive space for one night. You guys rock, and I will see you soon. Take care, yo. -G