Axel

has been a good day.

Cheers.

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Summer's winding down. Had a very good weekend at home. Mostly hung around with my parents and talked about various things throughout the night. It's a bit comforting to know that my dad was almost as lost a cause as I am when he was about my age (though he did have a proper job and business education going for him). on the whole it was very relaxing, it was even properly cool out the first day back, with the high temperature not even reaching 75 I don't think, I certainly remember it being in the 60s with drizzle at some points while it was still daytime. I am totally down with that.

Aside from that I got to hang out with Cory, (that is, home Cory not college Cory) which was really cool. She's one of the very few people (count on my fingers) who I've more or less managed to keep in contact with over college despite very seldomly actually meeting, and I'm glad that we have kept in contact because it was great to meet and hang out. Despite the many ways we've changed, (mostly for the better I think, too) we're still very comfortable friends who can very easily hang out, catch up and relax.

Also I got proper dinners and meals for the first time in a while, acquired a taste for melon that had lied present but very dormant, got a hair cut, picked up some cool shirts, some nice CDs, and mostly just had some good quality time. While these things are nice I unfortunately got absolutely none of what I had actually planned for done, my dentist, my eye doctor, and even my pastor who I'm supposed to speak with in regards to seminary were ALL gone this weekend. Meaning I have to go longer without my teeth checked, won't get contacts until either later on in the year or even next year, and I still remain unclear on the application process/what to look for in applying to seminary. Back to more positive things. Oh yeah, my parents are travelling by car up and down the St. Lawrence River next friday for at least a week or so. How cool is that? Also after that they're going to Dresden and Berlin for Dad's business, also really awesome. If I hadn't had school going on I'd totally get my Canada and eastern Germany on. On that note, Spike and I have to start considering our End of College Road Trip that's been in the works since freshman year. I miss the sensation of travel.

On that note, I'm looking forward to but simultaneously dreading my final year of college. I suppose there's no escaping that I'm a senior now, apparently. I'm looking forward to everyone coming back to school, which has already kinda started but will start more properly in the coming days (though most of my old, first year friends will be abroad). Meeting new freshmen will be cool. Classes should at least be interesting, if overwhelming. And finally I'll be done with work, which is good by me, I've made some nice cashmoney out of it and have had a few interesting nights, but it's likewise cool to move on.

Umm, I think that's all I have to say for now. Oh yeah, a lot of you guys, and a lot of other people have been asking about my relationship status lately, from friends to family, hell even my bosses have inquired about it. Apparently its some kind of hot topic among some people how I'm single, which surprises me profoundly. Frankly I don't think it's very interesting at all, if anything it's really rather lame and boring, but for your sakes, and I suppose for the sake of venting (while it is lame, it is also frustrating) I'll probably be making a friend-locked and lj-cut entry in the coming nights so all of you who are interested can catch up on how I can be just awful and useless, and those who don't care can avoid it, which I totally wouldn't advise against.

Cheers.

-Moving out of Musselman tomorrow into the new Humor House, which is mine and mine alone for over a week. Cheers for that. Might make a reflective post regarding my stay here in Musselman/in Gettysburg over the summer in general/my current state of mind/being this coming weekend, but no promises.

-Going home to USR next Thursday-Sunday (skipping the MUSE concert, I'll see them live eventually though). Hopefully getting contacts. Tell me a couple of you Jersey-cats will be around to hang out? Gettysburg folk in the region?

-Insane week of work, I'm looking forward to getting my pay on Monday.

-New D&D books are short but good. I look forward to implementing them into my campaign and various characters.

-Anyone in Gburg wanna see Sicko at the Majestic this weekend?

-Wanderlust rising.

To all you LJ cool-cats. Muse is playing in Philadelphia on the 10th of August. Frankly I'd like to go but I'd also rather go with a friend or two, especially someone one to drive back to Gettysburg with so I don't get all fucked up with directions/I'd rather not drive completely alone that late at night after getting my face rocked off/its always more fun to go with friends. Or hey maybe I could even go home that weekend, if any of you Jersey/tri-state area folk are interested in meeting me there. Anyone interested?

So for those of you who don't know, I got a job giving ghost tours, further I gave out my first tour today. It went pretty well, Wismer was shadowing me and making sure I didn't screw it up, for the best as I would've probably been lost without her. Upon introductions, I said that she was there to make sure I didn't scare anyone too much, "...which is ironic because she is one of the scariest people I know." I'm gonna get hit later. My tour went a little fast and I was a bit nervous, forgot a bit, even one of the stories I practiced right before leaving. Grumble. But on the whole I think I did okay, and will be getting better quickly. So cheers for that.

I had my first proper DMing, too, which went pretty well and I'm really looking forward to playing again, and hopefully I'll better figure out some of the finer points of it. I've got neat, DM maniacal laugh-y stuff planned, though. More importantly my party seemed to like the quest, so that's good. (I was pretty happy with my first encounter specifically, even though I only thought up designed it like an hour before game time but I won't bore non-DND people with that here).

I'm going to Otakon with a number of cool-cats. I don't really know what to expect, but i'm sure that it'll be neat.

This weekend I'm either going home or my parents (maybe my brother?) are coming down here for an early celebration of my mom's b-day. I'm looking forward to this. Maybe they'll go on a ghost tour. The thought of my dad on one is rather amusing

I picked up the Angel season 5 dvd from Lisa, and started watching it. It's really rather good actually, this is the only season of the program after the first that I watched and actually liked, and I still like it. It's kinda like Firefly but instead of cowboys in space it's good vampires in an evil law firm. The dialogue is fantastic.

Things seem to be getting pretty okay right now. I think that's about it when it comes to stuff I'm going to mention. Cheers, all.

Negatives
-Gettysburg is too hot and humid for my liking. This is a problem with summer in most places where humidity≠really cool storms at all times.
- It is difficult to sleep in said heat.
-Allergies are not fun, and near bed-rid me this past memorial day.
-I do not have the job that I was hoping to get, and now must look for other ones, meaning I have to go back out in the heat this weekend.
-I don't hang out with people as much as I should.
-Food takes too long to make, goes bad fast, and I lack the right equipment with which to make it.
-What equipment I have tends to get dirty. It tends not to get clean.
-Research can be slow, and the librarians seem stern.
-With no definite job, I have no definite source of money and I don't like living off my resources like this.
-My fan is loud, but does not keep me very cool (it does keep me awake, though).
-I really want to take time to watch the video Anders sent me, but somehow keep lacking the time.

Positives:
-My room is really neat (when it is clean)(this is an odd statement).
-Internet connection is BLAZING.
-While I lack air conditioning, I have friends who have it, and the library does too.
-I plan to start properly writing my D&D campaign this weekend (and pick up a set of dice)
-I'm starting to not be so allergy-y anymore
-Pastor D is arguably the coolest pastor ever. And people who don't do the whole church thing should still really give a listen to one of his services in Gettysburg, because even if you don't believe, he is REALLY good.
-Alicia's here, and she drops by often enough so I'm not TOO unsocial.
-Keith's apparently coming back after this weekend.
-Dave and I are rocking several faces in Norrath.
-I'm really looking forward to Jess' campaign.
-Jess, Kelsey, Stephanie, Cory, Megan, Lisa, Jessie and other people here who I don't really mention otherwise in the post are all good folk and good company.

In other news. I need a hair cut. Any suggestions?

Somehow I got straight as (if you include a minuses), and I also moved into my sweet new room. Though it is kinda weird/lame having to leave Carlisle/Tumor House.

It was a damn good semester, fellas.

I got a job/internship here for the summer! It's at the chapel, which is nuts! And I have housing over the summer! So (finals aside) I'm pretty much good right now.

Finals involved, I'm still pretty okay I think. Not a lot to do, just a lot I don't want to. Little else could be expected.

This college is rejecting me like a bad organ.

Math disabled people should be exempt from having to fulfill that damn requirement.

We all have things about our friends that make us slightly envious. Not in a bad way, but in a 'Wow! I wish I had that person's hair/eyes/money/relationship/toenails/whatever.' So tell me what about me makes you envy me... then post this in your LJ and see what makes me envious of you

What the fuck, guys?

With great frustration,
Axel

Sociology Department, add yourself to the list too. What the fuck?

Everyone who reads this post should post a question for me in the comments section. Something you've always wanted to know, something random, something personal, something deep, something absurdist - whatever. It doesn't matter. I'll answer it as best I can.

Yup. I wish I didn't have to give up the old one so soon, and I REALLY wish I didn't lose all of the information on it (fortunately I have everything before the start of this semester backed up). But I did

That said, this new one seems to be pretty much fantastic.

Oh yeah, and the roads in my town are life threatening. I do not intend to be driving again any time before sunday.

it eats nails and goes foraging for wolves by night.

It's true except for the pride thing, I really don't care much, and I almost never go to the shore.

The beginning wasn't so bad, until I recieved word that my car was towed. For no good reason. It was parked in a place surrounded by plenty of other parking spots, the location was not illegal, it was just on what is technically someone else's property.

I can see why this would bug someone, however, the boundaries between the college's property and the house's property are not clearly marked, furthermore, after I paid for my towing and parking ticket (205 USD together, by the way, more money than I've personally spent in a long time), but it wasn't even the residents of the house (who I spoke to in order to apologize, as I really shouldn't have been parking there, even if I didn't understand when I did) who complained, rather their landlord, who isn't personally affected by my parking in a place that doesn't get in his way at all. Furthermore, if he had asked me or the college to move my car I would have gladly done so. This would have taken me a few minutes and no money (aside from I suppose nominal gas prices).

After I made it to the impound lot, I got my car, it was making funny noises. Of course at that point I was thinking "First my car is towed, now the towing has broken it. What is wrong with today?" Fortunately there wasn't a real problem, just something on the drivetrain that was fixed immediately gratis.

Then, finding my way to the place where I could pay my parking ticket, which was a bummer.

This is all on top of my general work and the fact that my computer still isn't running as properly as it should. It doesn't recognize when it's being booted up, it's been force restarted and hard shutdown too often recently and I need to reinstall OSX. I can't do that here, I need to do it at the apple store at home (long story).

Oh yeah. Homework too.

It's also not a good day to be a bit disappointed and upset about oneself in an emotional sense.

Today has been a difficult day.

I haven't updated in a long time, but I have an excuse, that is my computer has been broken for 3+ weeks and Apple computers and the Apple accredited store I went to were both being incredibly inept. In any case. Yeah. I've been working. I've been having a bit of fun. Things are well. Except my phone broke as soon as I got my computer back. Gain one lose the other I suppose. If you want details as to what I've been up to, you can ask. Later.

Break was good. I went out a couple of times. Slept a lot. Played the new Zelda game. Hung out with some college people for a weekend. There's not too much to say, though.

Moved back into school on Sunday. It went well enough, it turns out my room(s) are fantastic. I got a split single, meaning one resaonably sized room and another smaller one, which as it turns out is perfectly sized for a multimedia room/lounge (I believe Amanda coined the latter term, which I'll probably be using because multimedia room is a bit overly lingual). This room currently houses my new IKEA chair and footstool, my fridge, bookshelf, TV, and video game stuff. My other room houses my bed, desk and clothing. It's a bit less interesting. All I need now is stuff to fill the walls. Also good is the fact that I'm right next to a couple o' crazy-face buddies (ya hear that, buddies? Your faces are crazy!) of mine, and very close to a number of other friends. Of course, my friends in Apple are a bit further away. Also, Ike's is back to Mexican food, meaning: quesadillas and tacos.

It's very good to see friendly faces again. We'll see how good it is to be back in school at the end of my classes on friday.