the goings on

Sorry it's been a while. Nothing too exciting to report.  This past weekend, a bunch of east coasters were in town for various things. Andy/Kendra/Sierra/Brett came out for a wedding, and the New York Masters men and women came out for masters nationals.  It was good to see everyone.

On Sunday, A&K et al and I went to a Rockies game. Good seats behind the third base line.  I haven't been to a baseball game in quite a few years so it was a really good time.  Plus the Rockies won.  Maybe I'll adopt them as my baseball team.  Only problem is baseball is boring. haha


Last week Thursday I had a phone interview with an oil company.  It went very well but inside sources tell me that they may have filled the position before they even interviewed me and were just interviewing me as a gesture.  Oh well. It was good practice.  This Tuesday I had an interview with a company called Level 3. It went very well and seems very promising. I'll know more in a few days. I find it interesting that getting a business-y job is easier for me than getting a restaurant job seems to be.  I've filled out a few applications for restaurants and have heard absolutely nothing from any of them. Oh well.

Next weekend Bent and PoNY are coming out for another tournament. It'll be good to see more east coast friends, especially because I missed them at Wildwood.

Till next time,
j

This weekend i was a loser...

So I picked up with a team for a tournament this weekend and as it turns out, we were all losers. Seriously. We lost every game. It was awful. Haha. This is where typically I'd insert the obligatory, "Well someone had to lose" line, but wow. It was a tough weekend. There was no individual problem-- and many people on the team had talent... but we just couldn't put it together. On an individual level...i played fine. Not great. Not terribly. Just fine.

There were a couple high notes to the weekend though. First of all...look at the picture of where I played. I mean c'mon. How you could you not have a good time in a location like that.  Secondly, once again...I met some decent people. I also met some douchebags. haha. I believe you'll find them throughout the world so no real surprise there. But yeah. Some cool people. I also met up with Trent, a local ultimate organizer, who clued me in to a bunch of stuff coming up. There are a bunch of hat tournaments, for starters, and a "beach" tournament on the sand dunes.  That's super exciting and I'm going to try to put a team together to play in that. I also want to try and see if I can sand surf while I'm out there. It sounds like an awesome time.

I also met up with Aneliya, a girl I knew in high school. She had a low key party where I got to sit and get to know some people. A worthwhile time. She's going to be away for a bit but when she returns, she's moving to Denver (she currently lives 45 minutes away in boulder). .This is a good thing since she'll be able to show me more stuff when she moves closer.

But yeah...that's pretty much it. Applied for a few jobs this past week. Haven't heard back from any yet. Gonna keep on that track this week...

OH. At Aneliya's party, I met a girl who works for a company that is trying to raise educational awareness and they are looking for people to help them.  Pays $10/hr. That'll be good while I have nothing else going on.

Till next time,

j

The Apartment...and life as is

Okay so it's been a while.  Sorry.  I've been setting up the apartment and putting furniture together and the likes. It's coming out pretty well. Here are pics of the bedroom, kitchen, and living room.  You saw the dining room table already.

 

I don't have too much stuff on the walls yet.  I want to fill it up with pictures of new adventures rather than living in the past. That's what this is all about right? New adventures..?  That being said...i did put up a few pictures (and will probably put up a few more) of some of the greatest people anyone is bound to meet.\ Speaking of awesome people...there's this picture from the going away party if you haven't seen it.

Can't believe i left all that behind. Oh well. Upwards and onwards I guess.

That being said, I started job hunting this week. Went on one interview so far.  Definitely not my best interview but we'll still hope for the best. I don't want to take a desk job but I'll probably end up doing that just so I have an income. I'll look for part time work in the restaurant business. I don't know...I'll figure something out.

That's it for now. Hope all is well,

j

Craigslist is Awesome

Yesterday I bought an awesome dining room table and chairs off of Craigslist for $40. It even has a leaf to make it into a full table if I want to.  Overall, a pretty awesome buy.

Craigslist can be a pain because there is so  much on there, but i'll tell you what. You find gems...

One thing about moving to CO without knowing anybody though is that there's no one to help you move stuff in.  That's a large part of why I haven't bought a couch yet.  The table was hard enough to get up the stairs...a full couch would be impossible. Thus, I will buy new and have it delivered. As soon as I have an extra thousand dollars, that is.

In other news, I went to pickup ultimate yesterday and met some cool people. The level of play was frustratingly low, but it's an easy price to pay for meeting cool people. Some of them do improv as well and I might get into that.  I also met this other guy who has a good friend who owns a couple Red Robins a few towns a way.  Do I smell a job brewing???

Anyway...I'm sure most people want to see pictures of mountains, or flowing streams, or me doing crazy things at 10,000+ feet.  Sorry, but I haven't done any of that yet. All I've been doing is watching movies and setting up house.  There's been a bit of going to the gym (here in my building) and ultimate, but we're just not there quite yet.

Soon kiddies...soon.

j

A New Apartment

So I'm finally in to my new apartment. Brian and I got in on Monday, I signed the lease, got the keys, then went and booked a hotel room. Haha.  Funny how not having any furniture makes an apartment effectively  useless...

The apartment is smaller than the model home that they showed me which is pretty annoying.  Still a good size and worth the money but yeah...I feel a bit cheated as far as that's concerned. The central air is nice though...

So Tuesday and Wednesday I went out and bought a bunch of things. Right now I have a bed, dresser, full kitchen, and bathroom essentials.  The living room and dining room are still completely empty.  Oh well...one step at a time.

Burning through cash on large purchases is not a good feeling.  I'm going to up the time table of getting a job.  I am working for SMI still but they're making me go through a whole approval process before I do any work. I guess that's not too surprising but kind of a pain.

Anyway, living alone is cool so far.  I think i'm going to like it.  One goal will be to not become an alcoholic.  It'd be easy to sit here and drink and set things up all day...but that's not exactly productive (in the right way). Gotta get out there and see the world (and get a job).

Pictures of the apartment to come, once it's a little more set up and cleaned up.

j

Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

Morning All,

It's 7:30 something here in Abilene, KS.  I haven't quite made it to Denver yet but will be getting there soon enough. The goal is by 3pm mountain time (5pm EST). So by the time you get out of work, I will hopefully be signing a lease and sitting in my furnitureless new apartment!  Today is a big day. :)

The trip so far has been good. Barely any traffic and pretty decent weather. A few times it has rained so hard that you couldn't see the front of the car, but those storms usually lasted 10 minutes or less. Not really a big deal.

So far I've stopped in Columbus, OH, Louisville, KY, O'Fallon, IL, and now, Abilene, KS.  The only thing to report about Columbus is that gas was only 3.17 per gallon (wow!).  Other than that, we didn't see much of it and it was kind of boring.  Sorry LD, your city gets a 3/10 stars.

On the way out of Columbus, we drove through Cincinnati which seemed like a pretty cool city.  Lots of cool architecture (from the highway).  I wanted to stop and get some chili but first of all, it was 10am and secondly, Bryan didn't pick up his phone in time to tell me where to go. Oh well.

Louisville was a good time. I didn't do too much there besides see my cousin AJ and meet his 2.5 year old daughter Abigail.  She's incredibly cute.

AJ is going through a rough time right now but overall seems to be doing alright. He's happy with his daughter and was in high spirits when I saw him.  It was good to reconnect with my long lost cousin (it's probably been a decade) and his daughter.

After Louisville it was on to O'Fallon, IL to see my uncle and his family.  They made some incredible St Louis style ribs.  After several plates of ribs and more beer than i should have had (try the new 6.0% black crown), I went to bed fat and happy.

Upwards and onwards to the Arch in St Louis.  It's pretty freaking huge.  It's pretty impossible to get the whole thing in one picture from anywhere near it, but Brian got a good shot from the highway.

After St Louis, it was on to Kansas City.  Let me tell you...driving through Missouri is pretty damn boring.  If we hadn't stopped off to fuel up, and gotten a little lost off the highway, we never would have found these two guys!

1.21 gigawatts?!?!

Giant gorilla in front 

of an Adult Novelty store.

Andy would have loved them both...

After that, we stopped in Kansas City to get some of the barbecue that I had heard so much about.  Unfortunately, Monty wasn't around so we didn't get to see him but let me tell you what, the pulled pork sandwich that I got might have been the best I have ever had. Jack Stack Barbecue (jackstackbbq.com) ships nationwide, and honestly, I may order it when I get to Denver if their bbq isn't up to snuff.

Like i said, now we're in Abilene, KS.  There's not much here to do but drink so alcohol is super cheap.  Last night I got a $4 liter.  Yum.

So yeah...that's been the trip so far. Like I said...Denver a little later today.  

I miss everyone terribly and can't wait to see a lot of people in late July and early August.  Till next time,

j