Busy as hell but not in a good way
Life has been going well, except for perhaps the most important part: getting a job. Apparently people move way more slowly than i would have liked on this type of thing, and expecting responses to jobs inside of three weeks of sending out my information is unreasonable.
That being said I've been doing lots of great stuff. After the wedding I spent a week in my mother's office helping out some but mostly just applying for jobs. Doing 30-40 some jobs apps feels like crap by the way. Its really easy to identify the wet dream of a job, but my chances at getting them aren't really as great as it could be. For example, I applied for one job which would have me coordinating non profit's efforts with the philanthropy organizations who fund them. I would be responsible for traveling to see each organization I worked with twice or three times a year, and I would be responsible for five to six organizations. Clearly these business trips could be strung together. I would track their spending, make sure its legit, and give advice on how to further their goals of development with a broader understanding of the political structures of community issues i was supposedly taught in college. Now certainly I could do this job and I'd love it. But whether they'd give it to me or not is a-whole-nother story.
Last weekend was Rhode Island. Which was awesome. Really really great. I loved seeing everyone and remembering why it was we hung out in the first place. We never really did have everything in common, in fact we disagreed on alot of shit and never always into the same things, but we did have a group dynamic which I miss. Its a dynamic which must have just been a strange conjunction of people in the moment, because its something that I don't think will ever be replicable again. And thats sad, partly because i know the more we grow older the fewer times we will have to get together and relive that, and partly because i likely didnt understand what i had when I was in college to appreciate it. So thanks guys for giving my future friends and ideal to work for.
After the weekend in RI, I went to south jersey to hang out with my cousin. He just turned 14 and he is a shrimp. I love him alot, but he really needs to grow up. As an example, we were home just the two of us watching on demand TV, and i suggested a movie that was rated R. He proceeded to see why it was rated R and say, oh it has adult content, I cant watch it, and I said, Why? He responded "because there might be naked girls and I'm not allowed." Isnt hanging out with your 23 year old cousin supposed to be that first time you try to sneak a movie like that as a 14 year old instead of confessing and bowing out? I never would have known, and probably have through, "kudos to you" if i had. Anyway, we went to a water park. He played in the kiddie area a bunch. It was okay, but not too exciting.
Last thursday I went into the city with Lynn and Dave, my second parents, to meet erin for dinner and we went to a botche/library/bar. It was uber cool, as it was an ex-library where they left all the shelves on the walls but took them out of the middle and added a botche ball court and some alcohol. Anyway, we had a nice time.
Last weekend was alex's party, which was awesome even if colin was a pansy ass and decided not to come. I hung out with laura for the first few hours but after she left i was definitely drunk enough to introduce myself to random people and start conversation. I definitely had a belligerent conversation with someone about free trade and development which was amusing as hell. Anyway, Sat we hung out again, smaller group plus colin and shira, and ended up driving all the way to trenton to go to a wawa, and sunday one last time we went to play mini golf. All and all it was nice to be back in westfield. I grew up hating the suburbs, but it wasnt so bad, and seeing people was nice. I would have to say the weirdest moment was sudnay night, going over to a person's house i hadnt seen in 9 years. very strange. Anyway....
This week I spent some time at colin's in NJ and some at erin's in the city. Both work during the day, so theoretically this was a good opportunity to do more job stuff, but it ended up being a relaxing week on the last few weeks of pretty fast paced stuff for a guy who isnt working. Colin and I didnt do much, but Erin has been taking me out all over the place making drunk library botche look plain.
The first night I was here we aet cuban food and we went to an AWESOME concert for a band called Quintis. Aparently she knows the drummer, and they were great. It was on the lower east side, small venue, five bucks, perfect reason to live in a city. Last night we went to walk on the brooklyn prominade, which is a park right across the east river from manhattan and at night, when the city is lit up, it is goegeous. Anyway, erin has been showing me a good time each night in the city because my days have been kind of boring.
This weekend is husky con, I'm looking forward to actually playing some Dip, hoping I wont get my ass kicked. Maybe colin will be there, knowing him recently, he wont, or hell show just to say hi. but i could be wrong.
Dont know how many people actually like me enough to read all this, but hopefully some does, i'm on the east coast till the 25th aparently, I'll be in DC next week with my grandmother and mother after a brief detour to see laura. Give me a call if you want to see me before i go back to CA, who knows when I'll be back.
That being said I've been doing lots of great stuff. After the wedding I spent a week in my mother's office helping out some but mostly just applying for jobs. Doing 30-40 some jobs apps feels like crap by the way. Its really easy to identify the wet dream of a job, but my chances at getting them aren't really as great as it could be. For example, I applied for one job which would have me coordinating non profit's efforts with the philanthropy organizations who fund them. I would be responsible for traveling to see each organization I worked with twice or three times a year, and I would be responsible for five to six organizations. Clearly these business trips could be strung together. I would track their spending, make sure its legit, and give advice on how to further their goals of development with a broader understanding of the political structures of community issues i was supposedly taught in college. Now certainly I could do this job and I'd love it. But whether they'd give it to me or not is a-whole-nother story.
Last weekend was Rhode Island. Which was awesome. Really really great. I loved seeing everyone and remembering why it was we hung out in the first place. We never really did have everything in common, in fact we disagreed on alot of shit and never always into the same things, but we did have a group dynamic which I miss. Its a dynamic which must have just been a strange conjunction of people in the moment, because its something that I don't think will ever be replicable again. And thats sad, partly because i know the more we grow older the fewer times we will have to get together and relive that, and partly because i likely didnt understand what i had when I was in college to appreciate it. So thanks guys for giving my future friends and ideal to work for.
After the weekend in RI, I went to south jersey to hang out with my cousin. He just turned 14 and he is a shrimp. I love him alot, but he really needs to grow up. As an example, we were home just the two of us watching on demand TV, and i suggested a movie that was rated R. He proceeded to see why it was rated R and say, oh it has adult content, I cant watch it, and I said, Why? He responded "because there might be naked girls and I'm not allowed." Isnt hanging out with your 23 year old cousin supposed to be that first time you try to sneak a movie like that as a 14 year old instead of confessing and bowing out? I never would have known, and probably have through, "kudos to you" if i had. Anyway, we went to a water park. He played in the kiddie area a bunch. It was okay, but not too exciting.
Last thursday I went into the city with Lynn and Dave, my second parents, to meet erin for dinner and we went to a botche/library/bar. It was uber cool, as it was an ex-library where they left all the shelves on the walls but took them out of the middle and added a botche ball court and some alcohol. Anyway, we had a nice time.
Last weekend was alex's party, which was awesome even if colin was a pansy ass and decided not to come. I hung out with laura for the first few hours but after she left i was definitely drunk enough to introduce myself to random people and start conversation. I definitely had a belligerent conversation with someone about free trade and development which was amusing as hell. Anyway, Sat we hung out again, smaller group plus colin and shira, and ended up driving all the way to trenton to go to a wawa, and sunday one last time we went to play mini golf. All and all it was nice to be back in westfield. I grew up hating the suburbs, but it wasnt so bad, and seeing people was nice. I would have to say the weirdest moment was sudnay night, going over to a person's house i hadnt seen in 9 years. very strange. Anyway....
This week I spent some time at colin's in NJ and some at erin's in the city. Both work during the day, so theoretically this was a good opportunity to do more job stuff, but it ended up being a relaxing week on the last few weeks of pretty fast paced stuff for a guy who isnt working. Colin and I didnt do much, but Erin has been taking me out all over the place making drunk library botche look plain.
The first night I was here we aet cuban food and we went to an AWESOME concert for a band called Quintis. Aparently she knows the drummer, and they were great. It was on the lower east side, small venue, five bucks, perfect reason to live in a city. Last night we went to walk on the brooklyn prominade, which is a park right across the east river from manhattan and at night, when the city is lit up, it is goegeous. Anyway, erin has been showing me a good time each night in the city because my days have been kind of boring.
This weekend is husky con, I'm looking forward to actually playing some Dip, hoping I wont get my ass kicked. Maybe colin will be there, knowing him recently, he wont, or hell show just to say hi. but i could be wrong.
Dont know how many people actually like me enough to read all this, but hopefully some does, i'm on the east coast till the 25th aparently, I'll be in DC next week with my grandmother and mother after a brief detour to see laura. Give me a call if you want to see me before i go back to CA, who knows when I'll be back.