What should I say that I didn't say a few days ago?
So I suppose I could write a little about this summer as it, sadly, winds to an end. Summer is my favourite season of the four and, to me, it always feels like it's the shortest. I love the warm weather. Even lately when the weather has been oppressively hot and it feels like it is about 100 degrees, I still prefer it to the bitter chill of winter. At least when it's too hot I can wear less clothes (woo, woo, sexy I know), I can go into the air conditioning, I can take a cool shower and even if there's nothing I can do, the heat doesn't hurt as much as cold. In the winter, it just hurts to go outside sometimes. But enough about the weather, let's move along.
While I have enjoyed this summer overall, I suppose I'll complain about what I've whined and complained about all summer long. It still bothers me that I could not get any work. I applied to several places, a few food stores, stores like FYE, Blockbuster, and Hollywood Video, restaurants like Texas Roadhouse and Uno, and I even did what I didn't want to do and called Taco Bell again and they weren't even hiring. I understand that the whole country is in a major economic recession but it still seemed absurd that I couldn't even get work waiting tables or making tacos. I wasn't the only one though. I do know of a few friends who couldn't get work at all or got work later in the summer. One friend just graduated college and she's using her double major to work in the illustrious field of waiting tables in some restaurant. So yeah, it's tough. Anytime people complained about their jobs to me or on Facebook or something I just thought about how I didn't want to see or hear about it. I realize that not many people enjoy their jobs or even if they do they still have some things about it that bothers them but when you're unemployed and would like some money, it becomes very tough to sympathize with these people.
Ok, enough moping about the no job thing. I'll have work again once I'm back at school so it's not the end of the world. Let's look at a couple of positives about the summer. I was glad to catch up with a few friends from home. To be perfectly honest, I've lost touch with a lot of people from high school since going to college in another state three hours from home. Perhaps it was inevitable to lose touch with some people so I was happy to go to a few Orioles games with some friends. I love baseball games so I was happy to get to a bunch of those with friends and with my dad and sometimes my brother and sister. Seems like a good way to spend a summer afternoon or evening, especially going with my dad when he'd be nice enough to buy me some of those overpriced beers. Even without any alcohol though, I had lots of fun at the games even though the team sucks. Maybe one day they'll have a decent team. As a Philadelphia fan, I've grown conditioned to disappointment in my favorite sports teams.
Speaking of Philadelphia (man, I'm good at these segues), I got to take a little day trip up to the City of Brotherly Love to go watch the Orioles play the Phillies in Citizens Bank Park. One would think that seeing my two favorite baseball teams would mean that I can't lose and in a way this is true, It also means, however, that for me to cheer for one team means I'm rooting against another and it was hard to do. This will seem weird but I loved that the Phillies stadium had a kids concession stand. I didn't want beer or soda and instead I could get little cartons of milk to drink. Along with the baseball though, I got not one but two real, honest-to-God Philly cheesesteaks. My dad and I went to 9th and Passyunk where the two famous cheesesteak places, Pat's and Geno's, are located. Our preference is Pat's because they are the original (or at least make a good claim to be). After a steak there, though, we both discussed how we had never tried Geno's so we walked across the street and had another one! Yes, we ate like fatasses but we just had to compare while we up there. Plus the rolls in Philly are amazing compared to the mushy ones where I live now. Really though, there wasn't much else we did up there besides eating and the game. There just wasn't any time.
Well, what other stuff can I write here about this summer? I suppose I'll make a little mention of my trip to Harrisonburg in July. A friend of mine wanted me to visit/give her a ride back home so she could go to Otakon. Normally I would be hesitant about going down there just to give someone a ride home but it almost felt like a mini-vacation. It got me out of the house, which is good because I've noticed that this time at home has led to some increased tension amongst myself and my siblings sometimes. Also, going down there gave me a great opportunity to clean up the apartment. I know, that sounds like so much fun but the place definitely needed some work. I also got to see some of the incoming freshmen wandering around campus for their orientation and realizing that it wasn't that long ago when I was one of them. Foodwise, I was happy to go down there and get Jimmy John's again. But that was a fun couple of days, plus a nice feeling being the only one in the apartment.
I suppose I'll start to wrap this up. Perhaps the biggest highlight of my summer came a little more than a week ago when I got to go to the Paul McCartney concert at FedEx Field on August 1st. The best part was that the ticket was absolutely free thanks to my friend's parents and their connections. All I bought that night was a hot dog for dinner so the cost to see Sir Paul McCartney, an ex-Beatle: 5 bucks. That was a great weekend overall.
Now summer is quickly coming to a close. Earlier today (I suppose now it was technically yesterday) I took the GRE. I feel like it went pretty well, could've been better but not bad I think. I feel like I nailed the two essays though, so uhh, enjoy the read you good folks at the ETS grading center. I've got to get a start on packing to return to school. I'm going to a couple more Orioles games this week to wrap up the summer before heading back to Virginia where I can't watch them on tv anymore. Hell, I can't even watch Nationals games down there. It kinda sucks but I may have found a local radio station that carries O's games so I could always listen to them whilst doing homework or whatnot. This time next week I'll be back at school, enjoying that last week of summer break before classes resume. I'd like to have at least one party before school starts to get in some last-minute summer shenanigans.
I think that's another lengthy read about the goings on in my life at least for the summer. I don't know when I'll write another one of these things. I'll probably give it a few weeks to see if some things happen that are worth mentioning. In the meantime, stay thirsty my friends
While I have enjoyed this summer overall, I suppose I'll complain about what I've whined and complained about all summer long. It still bothers me that I could not get any work. I applied to several places, a few food stores, stores like FYE, Blockbuster, and Hollywood Video, restaurants like Texas Roadhouse and Uno, and I even did what I didn't want to do and called Taco Bell again and they weren't even hiring. I understand that the whole country is in a major economic recession but it still seemed absurd that I couldn't even get work waiting tables or making tacos. I wasn't the only one though. I do know of a few friends who couldn't get work at all or got work later in the summer. One friend just graduated college and she's using her double major to work in the illustrious field of waiting tables in some restaurant. So yeah, it's tough. Anytime people complained about their jobs to me or on Facebook or something I just thought about how I didn't want to see or hear about it. I realize that not many people enjoy their jobs or even if they do they still have some things about it that bothers them but when you're unemployed and would like some money, it becomes very tough to sympathize with these people.
Ok, enough moping about the no job thing. I'll have work again once I'm back at school so it's not the end of the world. Let's look at a couple of positives about the summer. I was glad to catch up with a few friends from home. To be perfectly honest, I've lost touch with a lot of people from high school since going to college in another state three hours from home. Perhaps it was inevitable to lose touch with some people so I was happy to go to a few Orioles games with some friends. I love baseball games so I was happy to get to a bunch of those with friends and with my dad and sometimes my brother and sister. Seems like a good way to spend a summer afternoon or evening, especially going with my dad when he'd be nice enough to buy me some of those overpriced beers. Even without any alcohol though, I had lots of fun at the games even though the team sucks. Maybe one day they'll have a decent team. As a Philadelphia fan, I've grown conditioned to disappointment in my favorite sports teams.
Speaking of Philadelphia (man, I'm good at these segues), I got to take a little day trip up to the City of Brotherly Love to go watch the Orioles play the Phillies in Citizens Bank Park. One would think that seeing my two favorite baseball teams would mean that I can't lose and in a way this is true, It also means, however, that for me to cheer for one team means I'm rooting against another and it was hard to do. This will seem weird but I loved that the Phillies stadium had a kids concession stand. I didn't want beer or soda and instead I could get little cartons of milk to drink. Along with the baseball though, I got not one but two real, honest-to-God Philly cheesesteaks. My dad and I went to 9th and Passyunk where the two famous cheesesteak places, Pat's and Geno's, are located. Our preference is Pat's because they are the original (or at least make a good claim to be). After a steak there, though, we both discussed how we had never tried Geno's so we walked across the street and had another one! Yes, we ate like fatasses but we just had to compare while we up there. Plus the rolls in Philly are amazing compared to the mushy ones where I live now. Really though, there wasn't much else we did up there besides eating and the game. There just wasn't any time.
Well, what other stuff can I write here about this summer? I suppose I'll make a little mention of my trip to Harrisonburg in July. A friend of mine wanted me to visit/give her a ride back home so she could go to Otakon. Normally I would be hesitant about going down there just to give someone a ride home but it almost felt like a mini-vacation. It got me out of the house, which is good because I've noticed that this time at home has led to some increased tension amongst myself and my siblings sometimes. Also, going down there gave me a great opportunity to clean up the apartment. I know, that sounds like so much fun but the place definitely needed some work. I also got to see some of the incoming freshmen wandering around campus for their orientation and realizing that it wasn't that long ago when I was one of them. Foodwise, I was happy to go down there and get Jimmy John's again. But that was a fun couple of days, plus a nice feeling being the only one in the apartment.
I suppose I'll start to wrap this up. Perhaps the biggest highlight of my summer came a little more than a week ago when I got to go to the Paul McCartney concert at FedEx Field on August 1st. The best part was that the ticket was absolutely free thanks to my friend's parents and their connections. All I bought that night was a hot dog for dinner so the cost to see Sir Paul McCartney, an ex-Beatle: 5 bucks. That was a great weekend overall.
Now summer is quickly coming to a close. Earlier today (I suppose now it was technically yesterday) I took the GRE. I feel like it went pretty well, could've been better but not bad I think. I feel like I nailed the two essays though, so uhh, enjoy the read you good folks at the ETS grading center. I've got to get a start on packing to return to school. I'm going to a couple more Orioles games this week to wrap up the summer before heading back to Virginia where I can't watch them on tv anymore. Hell, I can't even watch Nationals games down there. It kinda sucks but I may have found a local radio station that carries O's games so I could always listen to them whilst doing homework or whatnot. This time next week I'll be back at school, enjoying that last week of summer break before classes resume. I'd like to have at least one party before school starts to get in some last-minute summer shenanigans.
I think that's another lengthy read about the goings on in my life at least for the summer. I don't know when I'll write another one of these things. I'll probably give it a few weeks to see if some things happen that are worth mentioning. In the meantime, stay thirsty my friends