back from virginia.
very fun. now tired.
NOT moving to Colorado... at least, not for the job I thought I would get. am I ever going to get a break here?
one step closer to running away to alaska. i'd rather flip burgers there than here.
in the morning, if/when i wake up, i'll eventually write about the trip. it was excellent. virginia is beautiful, matt is awesome, and my bed is calling me.
Sing with me:
"I'm going to Virginia! I'm going to Virginia!"
What is in Virginia? Well besides a guy I caught fish and gave a presentation with in college that I thought I'd never see again, I'm not really sure. Shenandoah National Park, for one. Jefferson National Forest looks like it has potential too. Kevin, Beth, and I are going to find out tomorrow. Road trip time... again! Who am I kidding, the fun never ends in my life. I can't find time to work; I'm too busy playing. Ask me again about a job when I grow up (hint: NEVER).
Can you tell I'm dutifully packing? Hey, I've always done better under pressure anyway. Proscrastinator? You bet. Spontenaiety? A must. (Proper spelling of that word? No clue.)
Put the two together, and you never know what you'll come up with once you hit the road. Especially when you put me with Kevin. It's our maiden voyage together but we've talked about doing this for long enough that it's time that it happened. Otherwise I would have to kidnap him, and that would just get messy.
So the plan is to pile our crap into my mom-mobile (mini van) and drive to the general VA vicinity. Then it's Shenandoah and/or Jefferson National Forest, which is conveniently nearby Blacksburg VA where that Matt lives. Haven't talked to him or seen him in over a year, and didn't know him very well, but he seemed like an awesome guy so why not drop by and pay a visit if we are in the area?? Hope he doesn't mind. ;)
Do some day hikes and car camping, then get back on Saturday in time for my 3rd (or 4th? lost track) birthday celebration. Heather and I are having a joint birthday party; not sure if it's at her place or if it's a pub crawl, but if you know me and Heather, then you are invited!
For some reason, I was absolutely exhausted today. I felt like my body was full of molassas so I just crashed and took a couple hour nap. It was not a good nap; it was a lot like the type of sleep you get when you are sick and feverish on drowsy medication. I kept bouncing in and out of consciousness and rolling around. Very odd. So it seems fitting that I had a very odd dream.
I don't remember too much but every time I woke up and went back to sleep, the same dream happened: It was in the forest and it was dark, but not creepy. For some reason I keep feeling/thinking of medieval times; maybe it was the clothes we were wearing or had something to do with the way the woods felt (reminded me of something from Robin Hood). I was going along a trail and into an area that was a little bit sandy, and sometimes in the dream I was walking or other times running. Sometimes somebody was with me; friend or foe I don't know. I would fall, or lie down (not sure) in the sand and then I felt something crawling on me and sometimes it was spiders, sometimes other bugs... I'd brush them off and be freaked out; every time I went on the ground I had an insect on me. Maybe that's why the dream kept replaying... When I used to be able to control my dreams it was no problem, but now that I can't do it very well, sometimes what happens is that the part of the dream that I want to change will replay a few times until I get it right. This time, though, I couldn't get it right! I wanted to be in the sand without spiders or other nasty bugs on me. Maybe I was sleeping in the sand??
Odd.
Here's an article stating the top 10 most and least stressful cities to live in.
Know what I think the best part is? Detroit is one of the most stressful, but sitting a mere 30 minutes away is one of the least stressful cities - Ann Arbor. The best of both worlds! Gotta keep it real, yo. Isn't it funny that I got sick of living in Ann Arbor? And I actually would like to move to Detroit? If I could afford it, though, I would really like to move back to Ann Arbor. Who knows though - I may be moving to Boulder, which is pretty much Ann Arbor with mountains.
Detroit may be stressful, but it was an excellent day for our teams. I hooked up with Kirk and his new Ford friends and went to the Tigers game. What an excellent day for a ball game! Warm, sunny, and we WON! It was tied 2-2 (against the Indians) all the way up until the top of the 9th, we had 2 outs and I think 2 men on base and White hit a home run. That's the first time I've gone to a Tigers game and seen them actually win in a long long time. We then crossed the street from Comerica Park and packed ourselves into Hockeytown Cafe, just in time to see the Wings score their second goal against Calgary. But since Kevin decided to invite me to his graduation party about 4 hours before it started (thanks kevin! hee hee) I didn't stay and play long.
CONGRATULATIONS KEVIN!
And luckily Brian was in town so it was one big happy reunion (Brian and Kevin are brothers; I lived with both of them for 2 years and dated Brian back in the day for a long, painful time - ha! j'k MOUNT); if I'm still unemployed I told Brian to save me space on his couch again in Seattle for when head to Alaska. Don't think I'll really do it? Then you don't know me that well. ;) I am so glad that Kevin is done with school because I've been wanting to travel with him (he's one of my few real outdoorsy friends) for a long time! So apparently he just let me know, with the advanced notice he so graciously gave me about his party, that he wants to go camping in Virginia on Monday. Sounds good to me, eh!
Unfortunately Steve is in Chicago AGAIN this weekend, so he might not even get to see Mount. Plus, he might miss Deadwood and the Sopranos again! What was he thinking?!
Live life to the fullest, you say!. At your heart you are a hedonist with a great imagination and verve for life. Be careful of using this enthusiasm as an excuse to ignore the unpleasant. Your selective focus could cause blindness.
Which monkey are you?
Another pointless diversion from Bijouriel
I added a link to the Velvet Culture Playground, where I took that silly survey. It's worth poking around; good links everywhere and more goofy surveys that you, too, can post in your journal! Oh, and a Psychic Chicken too.
Anybody have any good recommendations around Richmond, VA for hiking?
Oh, and I got my newest shoes in the mail finally. Can't wait to wear them!
It's so good having you and your friend's birthdays close to eachother. At the bare minimum, you get to celebrate your own birthday once. But it's even better when you get to celebrate two, three, or even four times!
I'm up to celebration #3 tonite, with #4 hopefully happening next weekend. Tonite was live jazz courtesy of one of the musicians I used to be in jazz band with, then back to Leopold Bros for some eco-friendly organic beer in a traditional brew house style atmosphere. Well, almost traditional... they played Boys and Girls by Blur, which I can't say is very Deutsch (German) but it's on the same continent... What a great song. Brings back some crazy memories from middle school (and yes, I did say MIDDLE school!). Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, obviously I celebrated tonite. ;) Apparently it was great fun to play "throw the ice cube down the cleavage", and I just so happened to be especially busty tonite. It was like bumper bowling - so easy it would be lame, if it wasn't so much fun! Well, fun for everyone else I suppose... hee hee!
Kirkulese talked me into going to a Tigers game tomorrow. Maybe I'll see them win for the first time in years! Him and his new Ford friends. Male Ford friends who will some day make muchos moolah. Ha! Eh, I've gone out with enough engineers and been around enough Big Three people to know that there's a good chance that none of them are my type. But I'm always open to surprises... and well money never meant much to me before, but after being unemployed this long... I'm open to negotiations. Hee hee. ;)
Which means this little night owl should go to bed.
