It's Been A Long Time, Very Long Time...
Holy Hell, I haven't posted on here in 23 weeks. I feel like I could write a book about everything that has happened since then. However, I'm gonna give everyone the concise version, because this would probably be even longer than my Italian Extravaganza.
-Dirty Professors and Naughty Schoolgirls party on Feb. 2nd became the party of the year. My buddy from the first summer at the mill, Eric, came back for it and told me "This is the best party JC has seen in about 5 years." It was an epic night that ended with Haney being covered in blood and having the paramedics show up (a non-serious cut on his head that stopped bleeding by the time they got there).
-Our St. Patty's day party ended roughly 45 min. after people started showing up. The neighbors called the cops, and when they showed up, the basement was almost full, the upstairs had a lot of people, and there was a line up the basement steps and out the front door onto the sidewalk. I'd say roughly 200-250 people were there. It would have been great, but even though it got busted, several people commented on how the 45 min. it lasted were great. I just went to another party and was hammered and yelled about how much better our party was than that shitty party haha. Also, Gene and I talked to the cops while we were hammered and were joking around with them and got them laughing. This was the first of several police encounters.
-Elliot, Karla, Matt, and several others ventured to some random shows throughout the state. Elliot and I saw Four Year Strong play at The Lions Den in Altoona, and they're one of the best bands out there. We also saw them play a few weeks later at LuLu's Nightspot in State College, and they played with Bayside which was great. We then went to Crocodile Rock in Allentown and saw The Rocket Summer, Forever the Sickest Kids, and All Time Low play. They were also great.
-Pigroast was phenomenal, but I leaned on a basement door at the basketball house that opened and I fell down a flight of stairs into the basement. Luckily I was wasted and didn't feel it too much, but my arm was bloody and my side bruised worse than anything I've ever seen.
-A week later, I tried to walk back from Fritz's place at Hess at 5:30am to go to bed, and was so wasted I tried to go into the wrong house, which resulted in the neighbors calling the police and a cop showing up to see what was happening. Thankfully the cop was really nice and informed me I was at 17th and Washington instead of 18th and Washington. He put me in the back of the cop car and drove me back to Mission and dropped me off with no problems. I like that guy. A few days later, on the way to Bar Walk, Zanic passed the neighbor's house who called the police, and she was on her porch talking loudly about "The Asshole Juniata student who should have been arrested." hahaha
-Graduation was May 10th, and I think it was the proudest day of my life. I got to graduate with my friends, and that night we had a big party at Mission in which the cops came again, and made us quiet down, but there were no problems again. Graduation was the end of Juniata for me, and it has been well-documented on this journal that my first year or so at JC was a difficult adjustment. However, time passed and it got better, and my last 2 years were great. Senior year in Spain/Mission was the most unbelieveable time ever. Juniata was one hell of a ride, and was ridiculous at times, but I wouldn't change a thing about those 4 years.
-This summer involved celebrating Gene's birthday at Zach's and basically being asked to leave for being the loudest/most intoxicated people there hahaha. We also went to the Field Station twice, and both times we visited Stacy and Elliot were the most insane nights of the summer. We hung out at Dana's a lot this summer and partied, and we all made the most of this quiet summer.
-At the end of June I got a job in Altoona at a Mental Health/Personal Care Home through the Home Nursing Agency. I basically help run a house for 11 residents, and we cook, clean, give them their meds, and just ensure their general care. Everyone is pretty independent, but they still have mental illnesses, so it can be pretty taxing at times. It's been a good experience so far, and it's nice to finally have an income again.
Since Summer has ended, life has quieted down a lot. I basically just work and chill at home, but this is really just a transitional period right now. I visited JC once so far and got to see all my friends who are still there, and it was a great time. I basically plan on just visiting a few times and hanging out with everyone, because I miss them all so much (Haney, Karla, the girls of 306 and 405, my friends in Mission and Terrace, and everyone else still there).
The end of 2007 and the first half of 2008 combined to be the most outrageous year of my life, and I loved all of it so much. It was the ride of a lifetime, and after that, it's difficult being in this boring, transitional time. However, there is definitely a light at the end of this tunnel. Breakout in 2009...I'm looking to return to Spain next fall to teach English for a year. It would be phenomenal. That's my main journey I want to go on, but I also have to visit the lovely Stacey Kensinger in California during the Spring. We had the best conversation at El Camp before she moved to Cali, and every one of our El Camp trips are more epic than the last. Also, a special request from Stacey...I saw Mrs. Zeoli, the student teacher for Mr. Wimer during our 8th grade year, at Friday's last week. It was a total blast from the past, and absolutely absurd.
Well, this update has gone on for long enough, but I needed to get everyone up to speed on what has been going on with me (since it's so important haha). Like I said, this past year has been the biggest growing experience ever for me, and so many crazy things have happened to me since Sept. 8, 2007 (my first day in Spain). My perception of things, and just myself in general, have really changed a lot in that time. I'm still confused about life, and as always, perpetually searching for the answers to my most pressing questions. However, if I've learned anything over this last year, it's been this: Regardless of my bitching and anger over things that have happened, times changing, and new things happening, I've been so happy with the last year of my life. I'm always looking for the answers to my questions about life, but I've learned that sometimes not finding those answers in front of my face is the best experience. I used to be so responsible and mature, but I've certainly changed a lot since that time. My life has been absolutely absurd and unpredictable, but it has been more rewarding than anything I could have ever imagined.
As always, I'm gonna leave on a musical note...
Less Than Jake
"Golden Age Of My Negative Ways"
Sit back and watch the train wreck,
Watch me jump off the deep end.
I won't lie, my mistakes take up every minute of my life.
It's been the down fall of me,
That misery just loves my company.
And this voice is scared to say that I don't really mind.
Cause it's the golden age of my negative ways,
I wouldn't want it any other way today.
I wouldn't want it any other way.
I'm just a co-dependent.
Unemployed and unimportant.
I won't lie, my missteps confuse everyone in my life.
I don't have an answer,
Of why I'm always going backward.
And this voice is scared to say that I don't really mind.
I always walk the line,
Between lows and highest highs.
And I don't mind.
Cause it's the golden age of my negative ways,
I wouldn't want it any other way today.
I wouldn't want it any other way.
More to come soon...I'm back, Baby.
Later Days,
DBowz!
-Dirty Professors and Naughty Schoolgirls party on Feb. 2nd became the party of the year. My buddy from the first summer at the mill, Eric, came back for it and told me "This is the best party JC has seen in about 5 years." It was an epic night that ended with Haney being covered in blood and having the paramedics show up (a non-serious cut on his head that stopped bleeding by the time they got there).
-Our St. Patty's day party ended roughly 45 min. after people started showing up. The neighbors called the cops, and when they showed up, the basement was almost full, the upstairs had a lot of people, and there was a line up the basement steps and out the front door onto the sidewalk. I'd say roughly 200-250 people were there. It would have been great, but even though it got busted, several people commented on how the 45 min. it lasted were great. I just went to another party and was hammered and yelled about how much better our party was than that shitty party haha. Also, Gene and I talked to the cops while we were hammered and were joking around with them and got them laughing. This was the first of several police encounters.
-Elliot, Karla, Matt, and several others ventured to some random shows throughout the state. Elliot and I saw Four Year Strong play at The Lions Den in Altoona, and they're one of the best bands out there. We also saw them play a few weeks later at LuLu's Nightspot in State College, and they played with Bayside which was great. We then went to Crocodile Rock in Allentown and saw The Rocket Summer, Forever the Sickest Kids, and All Time Low play. They were also great.
-Pigroast was phenomenal, but I leaned on a basement door at the basketball house that opened and I fell down a flight of stairs into the basement. Luckily I was wasted and didn't feel it too much, but my arm was bloody and my side bruised worse than anything I've ever seen.
-A week later, I tried to walk back from Fritz's place at Hess at 5:30am to go to bed, and was so wasted I tried to go into the wrong house, which resulted in the neighbors calling the police and a cop showing up to see what was happening. Thankfully the cop was really nice and informed me I was at 17th and Washington instead of 18th and Washington. He put me in the back of the cop car and drove me back to Mission and dropped me off with no problems. I like that guy. A few days later, on the way to Bar Walk, Zanic passed the neighbor's house who called the police, and she was on her porch talking loudly about "The Asshole Juniata student who should have been arrested." hahaha
-Graduation was May 10th, and I think it was the proudest day of my life. I got to graduate with my friends, and that night we had a big party at Mission in which the cops came again, and made us quiet down, but there were no problems again. Graduation was the end of Juniata for me, and it has been well-documented on this journal that my first year or so at JC was a difficult adjustment. However, time passed and it got better, and my last 2 years were great. Senior year in Spain/Mission was the most unbelieveable time ever. Juniata was one hell of a ride, and was ridiculous at times, but I wouldn't change a thing about those 4 years.
-This summer involved celebrating Gene's birthday at Zach's and basically being asked to leave for being the loudest/most intoxicated people there hahaha. We also went to the Field Station twice, and both times we visited Stacy and Elliot were the most insane nights of the summer. We hung out at Dana's a lot this summer and partied, and we all made the most of this quiet summer.
-At the end of June I got a job in Altoona at a Mental Health/Personal Care Home through the Home Nursing Agency. I basically help run a house for 11 residents, and we cook, clean, give them their meds, and just ensure their general care. Everyone is pretty independent, but they still have mental illnesses, so it can be pretty taxing at times. It's been a good experience so far, and it's nice to finally have an income again.
Since Summer has ended, life has quieted down a lot. I basically just work and chill at home, but this is really just a transitional period right now. I visited JC once so far and got to see all my friends who are still there, and it was a great time. I basically plan on just visiting a few times and hanging out with everyone, because I miss them all so much (Haney, Karla, the girls of 306 and 405, my friends in Mission and Terrace, and everyone else still there).
The end of 2007 and the first half of 2008 combined to be the most outrageous year of my life, and I loved all of it so much. It was the ride of a lifetime, and after that, it's difficult being in this boring, transitional time. However, there is definitely a light at the end of this tunnel. Breakout in 2009...I'm looking to return to Spain next fall to teach English for a year. It would be phenomenal. That's my main journey I want to go on, but I also have to visit the lovely Stacey Kensinger in California during the Spring. We had the best conversation at El Camp before she moved to Cali, and every one of our El Camp trips are more epic than the last. Also, a special request from Stacey...I saw Mrs. Zeoli, the student teacher for Mr. Wimer during our 8th grade year, at Friday's last week. It was a total blast from the past, and absolutely absurd.
Well, this update has gone on for long enough, but I needed to get everyone up to speed on what has been going on with me (since it's so important haha). Like I said, this past year has been the biggest growing experience ever for me, and so many crazy things have happened to me since Sept. 8, 2007 (my first day in Spain). My perception of things, and just myself in general, have really changed a lot in that time. I'm still confused about life, and as always, perpetually searching for the answers to my most pressing questions. However, if I've learned anything over this last year, it's been this: Regardless of my bitching and anger over things that have happened, times changing, and new things happening, I've been so happy with the last year of my life. I'm always looking for the answers to my questions about life, but I've learned that sometimes not finding those answers in front of my face is the best experience. I used to be so responsible and mature, but I've certainly changed a lot since that time. My life has been absolutely absurd and unpredictable, but it has been more rewarding than anything I could have ever imagined.
As always, I'm gonna leave on a musical note...
Less Than Jake
"Golden Age Of My Negative Ways"
Sit back and watch the train wreck,
Watch me jump off the deep end.
I won't lie, my mistakes take up every minute of my life.
It's been the down fall of me,
That misery just loves my company.
And this voice is scared to say that I don't really mind.
Cause it's the golden age of my negative ways,
I wouldn't want it any other way today.
I wouldn't want it any other way.
I'm just a co-dependent.
Unemployed and unimportant.
I won't lie, my missteps confuse everyone in my life.
I don't have an answer,
Of why I'm always going backward.
And this voice is scared to say that I don't really mind.
I always walk the line,
Between lows and highest highs.
And I don't mind.
Cause it's the golden age of my negative ways,
I wouldn't want it any other way today.
I wouldn't want it any other way.
More to come soon...I'm back, Baby.
Later Days,
DBowz!