• 24Jun 07

  Where the hell have I been?

  The hell if I know.

  Wait, I'm me. I know who I am.

  And that's the kicker right there. In the time I've been absent from this site, I've seen and done many many many things.

  Well, for one, when I left the site I was...hm...18? 19? I forget.

  I turned 21 last month, and have taken advantage of that. I'm a two drink limit guy (Well, three drinks) unless it's a huge party (of which only happens once every few months at most), but I definitely do enjoy my whiskey.

  Since leaving Gamespot, I've grown an addiction to Guitar Hero, and have gotten fairly good at the game, I guess. I suck compared to my buddies at scorehero, but I'm still an expert difficulty player, so that counts for something.

  As far as personal life goes, though, I've been through a bit. I ended up dropping out of school for awhile due to a COMPLETE lack of direction in my life. I had a crappy job at a crappy store (which I may have mentioned here once or twice, I didn't check). I dedicated myself to that job like no other, and was working full time for a year or so. I worked more 12 hour shifts at a store that was only open for 12 hours a day than I care to count. I could do sales, returns, customer service, furniture loading and unloading...hell, they even gave me the keys to the safe!

  I saw some crazy things there. It's amazing what it was like to work with that group of people. To give you an idea: outside of two buddies I helped get jobs there, the youngest person working there is 27, and then the age ramps up heavily from there. Most people, at the youngest, are in their late 30s. It was interesting to see what they were doing to get by, what stories they had from their lives, and what life could be like.

  Also, it was intersting watching a guy whip it out in the back of the store to try on condoms. (No, I'm not making that up.)

  Well, after working all winter and all summer, I said enough is enough. I'm going back to school. So, taking the money I had made, I enrolled myself in school. I started working part-time at the store (was supposed to be 4 days a week, ended up at 5 days a week without me consenting, but more on that later) while I attended school. The first semester I was back was lackluster at best, but I chalk that up to being an underachiever my entire life coupled with missing an entire year's worth of school.

  While going to school, I kept getting told by the management at the store that I wasn't doing as well with my job as I used to be. If you were to ask any of my co-workers, they'd tell you that's a COMPLETE lie. The only thing I wasn't doing was putting that job first. I was in school now, and that was my top priority. To them, though, working less than 50 hours a week just wasn't enough.

  Cutting to the chase, on December 23rd, I lost my job. As I'm being told this news, the store manager told me she'd give me a good recommendation for a future job. I wanted to say, "They why the hell are you firing me?" but really, that place was sucking the life out of me. I don't miss the job in the least bit.

  After persuaion from my parents, and some self-reflectoin, I decided to not work during this past semester. I guess it was a good decision, because not only did I choose a major, but my grades drastically improved, with my lowest grade being a C. Needless to say, I'm thrilled with how that's turning out.

  As far as my personal life goes, I saw my fair share of issues there, too. Last fall I was feeling some sort of jetlag when I got back to school. I still knew enough people there (It's Rhode Island...everyone knows everyone else), but I just felt...out of place. Everyone had been there forming friendships while I was gone, and I ended up in the deep end, but I couldn't swim. I did my best to fit in, but I still felt out of place.

  I actually went through a phase where I tried too hard to figure everything out. I ended up cutting myself off from the internet almost entirely, convinced that that was the problem. It wasn't, I just needed to grow the hell up.

  And I did.

  Eventually, though, I came to peace with myself (Something I haven't done since I was a toddler), and things just started working out better and better. I settled in well with my friends again, and met a lot of new people. Now I have an abundance of friends who I genuinely enjoy being with.

  I met a girl who I liked, but nothing ever materialized. It didn't really get to me, though.

  These days...if a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night (or any night during the summer, really) goes by that I'm sitting at home, something is terribly wrong. I'm constantly out having a good time.

  As I said, I lost my job, and am currently hunting for a new one. It's been kinda tough to find one (Seems like no one's hiring), but I'm still looking around.

  In extremely less significant news, I bought a Macbook laptop, and am being converted to the ways of Macdom. This laptop is just so much nicer than any Windowss PC I've used. Windows just doesn't hold a candle to OS X.

  Overall, I've had a bumpy road the past couple of years, but it's all working out right now. I still don't have everything in order as far as after college goes (I'm a music major? Aw crap, I'm screwed.), but like Nietzche said, anyone who has a why can endure any how.

  I'm ready for all of the hows that are coming my way.

  Have a good one, everyone, and I hope to talk to some of you again real soon.

  • Posted Jun 24, 2007 4:42 am PT
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• 28Apr 06

  Moving ze blog

  Between the censor(not a huge issue, but I tend to swear a little too liberally), the cut and paste issue(which I do a lot), and the various bugs I run into when navigating GS, I'm moving all my crap to livejournal.  Sorry peeps!
  
  Feel free to check me out there, though:
  
  
  http://alatombo.livejournal.com/
  • Posted Apr 28, 2006 9:09 pm PT
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• 26Apr 06

  What a joke.

  Alright, this one isn't being copy-pasted from elsewhere, so hopefully it'll be a little easier on the eyes.
  
  I've got a lot to share, but for now, I'll tell you about dreams and oppurtunites.
  
  Y'see, I've had a huge question in my life the past year or so on what the hell I'm going to do with my life.  Granted, I'm 19 going on 20, so it's not like I'm having a mid-life crisis.  That being said, I would like some direction to know what classes to take in college.
  
  Well.
  
  A childhood dream of mine was always to become a stand-up comic.
  
  If you laughed at that, I'd say I'm already doing a good job.
  
  So a few weeks ago (or maybe less, I've lost track of time), I'm particularly down over anything and everything.  I was pretty miserable.  Definitely not the life of the party.
  
  My mother comes into my room where I'm talking to some buddies, and gives me a link.
  
  I poke around a bit, and end up finding this:
  
  Whammo.
  
  I don't think the timing for that could've been better.
  
  I'm still waiting to find out exactly where the class will be held, but it starts on Monday, so I should find out soon.
  
  I'll be chasing after a childhood dream, and seeing if this is anything I could do for the rest of my life.  (Not to mention I gotta see if I have the talent for it.)
  
  Wish me luck, all three of my readers.  It's going to be fun.
  
  
  • Posted Apr 26, 2006 9:18 pm PT
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