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Sick

2009-02-27T04:44:00.001-08:00

Kinda sucks, ever since Andrew et. Co left, Ben and I both have been sick since Sunday.... I haven't gotten rid of this sore throat and cold, and ben's just getting over pink eye and still has one of the nastiest cough's i've ever heard. Because of that, we've been just sorta hanging around the apartment, going to classes, etc. We wandered around our neighborhood the other night and found a sick brewery, so we're going to check that out today I think.

We ended up at one of our favorite bars last night, and ended up heading back after about an hour because I couldn't stop coughing from all the smoke, and no one else seemed to be out last night. Wierd.

Haircuts this weekend are a necessity, seeing as I haven't cut my hair for over 2 months and it's a damn mess of a mop on my head. We've got to check out the apartment our parents rented for the week they're here too. Might be a long day.

Hasta Luego.

A few days away...

2009-02-19T18:26:00.000-08:00

Rome was amazing, from a history and architectural stand point. Seeing these landmarks that I’ve read about in my history books since 4th grade really puts everything you see in Rome, into perspective. The Coliseum, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, St. Peters Square and the Vatican.. it’s all very beautiful and quite peaceful at the same time.

I met Michele In the Rome Airport and we spent Thursday-Sunday morning together. It was awesome being able to sight – see and just relax with someone from home. Seeing her was a very welcome change of pace and I loved it. She’s still afloat some were in Italy and heads back to the states on Friday, so here’s to her returning safely, etc.

Now, Rome is very, very touristy. Barca is bad, but damn, this place is worse. No matter where you go, there are tour guides for each landmark. There are people selling stolen / hand-crafted shit all over the place, and people constantly trying to get your money in every shape and form. The restaurants are all expensive, unless of course you’re looking for like, a sand-which shop or kebap somewhere. But the food is quite delicious, and out of the 3 restaurants we ate at, I couldn’t find a thing wrong about any of the food.

I flew back to Barca on Sunday morning, and hurried back to get washed up and such to meet up with Andrew and his friends. Ben’s brother (my cousin obviously) flew in on Saturday with two of his friends from home and are here for the entirety of the week, leaving Sunday. Needless to say, we’re out every night having a blast. We (5 of us ) rented mopeds Monday and flew around the city. Ben and I then had until 8 on Tuesday to return ours, while Andrew/Ian had until Wed @ 3 to return theirs. We saw a ton of the city, including making it to a castle Ben and I had yet to find, and getting up into one of the mountains to take some amazing pics of the landscape of Barca.

As a side note, mopeds are fucking fantastic bikes to whip around a city in. I never had as much fun driving, as I did with the Mopeds in Barca. Lol.

Not sure what’s on tap for the weekend, but Ben and I have to book our flights to Germany ASAP and find a place for our families to stay in for their trip here.

Hasta Luego.

Off I go....

2009-02-11T17:30:00.000-08:00

Headed out to Rome in an hour and a half or so... Meeting up with Michele out there for the weekend. It'll be nice to see her, and more so, it'll be nice to visit some random city with her where we both don't know the closest bar. Ahaha.

Nothing of importance to really note. Fam is coming out in March, so that's something i've been looking forward to since the day I heard it was booked.

Ttys.

2009-02-09T12:57:00.000-08:00

Ugh...
I'm exhausted.

It's been a long week, and nothing really fun happened until this past weekend. We did the usual binge drinking that's common here in Barcelona on Thur/Fri/Sat, but last night (sunday) was easily top 5 of my trip so far. We hit up an Irish Pub for KAREOKE (sp apparently?). All together as the night went on, we had about 10-12 people from our ISA program drinking and singing the night away. A friend of mine and I did a damn good rendition of 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' by Meatloaf, and then I had to break out Montel Jordan's 'This is How We Do It' with Ben to top the night off. It seems to be a sunday staple @ the pub, so i'm pretty pumped about that.

I leave for ROMA! in 3 days and can't wait. It'll be a nice weekend trip, just what I need.

Until next time, hasta luego!

It's about time...

2009-02-02T14:46:00.000-08:00

Oi, it’s been a while.. I apologize for the lack of blogging, if anyone out there actually is offended for some odd reason…

It’s been a busy, fast paced, and exhilarating experience, these past 3 weeks or so. I’m going to forget a ton here, but I’ll try to recap my adventures so far… bare with me.

Ok, after re-reading over my last entries, I realized I essentially haven’t written shit here since I arrived in Barcelona. Excellent… makes the task at hand so much easier… sigh.

We arrived in Barcelona after a 9 hr bus ride , met our new house-mother, and were taken to our “home” (apartment) to be for 4 months… nice place, but very tiny. Ben and I lucked out and each are living in our own separate rooms. Score. We’re stealing internet from someone in the apartment, with the only downside being my connection to the router times out every 20 minutes or so and I have to go through the mind-numbing process of reconnecting to the router 4 times in a row in order to surf the web. Beggars can’t be choosers though, I guess.

Our house mother is incredibly nice, a great cook, and very understanding that this city has a ton to offer at night. She’s ok with us coming back late, as long as we don’t wake her when we return, are loud, or throwing up from the 10 tequila shots, etc. Pretty standard stuff. Through the first 3 weeks, we’ve seen most of the city’s districts, with a few still to be explored. I’ve seen a ton of amazing architecture, with the Barcelona Cathedral and Sagradia Familia topping the list so far.

Classes are going ok, for the most part. One awesome class, one mediocre class, one boring class, and then 3 ½ hrs of Spanish Class on T/Thur’s, which have helped me get back on track with the language. The people here are very nice as a whole, with the sole exception being the little brats that thrive on running around the basketball courts and interrupting our games. They’ll get theirs tho, sooner or later! Ha.

The life in Barcelona is … amazing. Spaniards are a very laid-back group of people. Time isn’t a huge concern for them, and it shows in the attitude toward life. They love to party and have a great time, in any setting. And boy, can they party.

The night life is amazing. Bars are generally open till two during the weekdays, later on the weekends. Clubs don’t turn on the lights to go home until at least 4, usually 5 or 6am. American music is huge here, which is hilarious at times, because you’ll be at a Spanish bar or club where no one is speaking English, but they all know the words to the Justin Timberlake or Britney Spears song playing through the speakers.

A few more things before I wrap this entry up.

I was able to witness the inauguration of President Obama in a rather nice Irish pub, along with 100 or so other students that were studying abroad from different countries… and what a feeling it was to see such an amazing day in our country’s history. The magnitude of the applause inside that bar after all was said and done was amazing. It will be a moment I will never forget.

Also, saw a FC Barcelona game a week ago or so. Amazing. Simply amazing. The skill of these players outclasses anything I have ever seen in my 21 years of playing and watching soccer. Our seats we’re great, the game itself was great, and the experience was one of a kind. We will definitely be going back for another game or two before we leave.

I know I’ve missed a ton of stuff that I could probably write about, but I’m tired and still need to do some homework. But what I am going to do, is put up a little prize for anyone that keeps on top of me for the duration of my trip.

I’m offering 25$ USD to anyone who catches this blog un-updated within a week of the last posting. So for example, today is Feb. 2^nd. If by Feb. 10^th , 12am (Spain time… 6 hrs ahead of the US EST..) there isn’t another entry, the first person to IM/Email me will get the 25$ USD. This will be an on-going thing until I return back to the states.

DeadCellKid – AIM

gregdejesus@yahoo.com – email

Oh, P.S – found the casino here… it’s a mini-AC type of Casino.. full pit games, etc. JOY!

P.P.S – I now have skype… add me! Gregdejesus is my username.

I keep on saying it...

2009-02-01T07:22:00.002-08:00

But just haven't found the time or the effort required to put up a good blog. The SuperBowl is tonight, so idk if i'll be posting before it... I'll give my self a deadline and say tomorrow night it will be done.

Goodluck Steelers

HI MOM. haha

2009-01-19T13:40:00.000-08:00

I can barely keep my eyes open.. it's been a long day.. i've got free time tomorrow before/after class, so I'll most likely put up a solid entry tomorrow. Meanwhile, congrats to PC's Steelers for making it to the SuperBowl...sigh. haha

It's been a while, huh?

2009-01-11T07:43:00.000-08:00

Wow… What a long last two months it has been… I’m currently in Toledo, Spain and will be traveling to Barcelona (9 hour bus ride.. sigh.) tomorrow. Since I haven’t updated this blog since the end of October, I figure a mini-update of sorts is due.

I turned 21 Nov 3^rd, and promptly made my way to AC that next weekend. I had the greatest time of my life while I was there ( a huge thanks to everyone that ended up coming down and even those that surprised me down there!), but quickly learned the shitty feeling of losing money and came down a hefty sum. But like I said, I loved every second of what AC had to offer, and I’d do it all again in a second, as I plan on doing this summer. By the way, craps is the sickest game alive… the swings are huge and the action/energy surrounding a table is amazing.

So, with November passing by and once the Turkey Day weekend’s festivities concluded, December game bustling along and consisted of finishing up school, scrambling around to get everything ready paper-work wise for Spain, and the holidays etc. *Insert : I love the holiday season, because I get to sit back, relax, and enjoy time with family I don’t get to see much. If it’s one thing I’ve learned to really appreciate, it’s spending invaluable time with family and friends.*

Then came good ole January 7^th… the day I left for Spain. The worst part? Saying goodbye to all my friends/family… I won’t lie; it was hard to not get choked up watching my moms eyes fill up with tears, etc… Ima miss my fam/friends more than I care to think about right now, but I can’t deny that studying in Barcelona will be the time of my life.

So, my flights consisted of 7hrs to London (Easily the most turbulent flight of my life… we were shaking around the sky for a solid hour over the Atlantic... not fun), and then 2 hrs from London to Madrid…

We get to Madrid alive… meet a few people from the same program that were on our flight, and we all head to the baggage claim… Our group consisted of 7 people, and out of those seven, the airline had lost 2 students’ luggage. Out of the entire ISA group of 80, a total of 7-8 people had their luggage lost by the airline… Amazing that airlines in Europe are terrible with luggage. Anyway, we had arrived about 40 minutes before the bus for our program was to pick us up and drop us off at the hotel. Baggage didn’t even start rolling out till about 10 mins before our deadline, and after finding out that we were missing bags for people, we didn’t end up leaving the airport for about 2 hours… We ended up (7 of us) renting a shuttle that cost us like 7 euro each, which wasn’t too bad.

Speaking of Euro’s, the dollar sucks. Plain out, sucks. I exchanged 100$ USD and received 70.34 Euro’s. Sigh @ America fcking me over in Spain for 4 months. OH YA! That reminds me… My bank (or soon to be ex-bank) decided to keep it a secret from me that I can’t withdraw money from ATM’s using my ATM card in Europe. I had told them about 2 weeks before departure that I was going to need to make sure my card worked over here etc. They assured me everything would be normal/fine. I get here, and nope. Nada! Mom calls bank, and screams at them for a solid half hour and nothing changes. SOOOOOO, I’m stuck borrowing money for now until my parents withdraw all my money from my account and wire it here… sigh.

We were in Madrid from the 8^th-10^th, and are currently in Toledo until tomorrow. Besides the obvious language barriers making it a bit tough to get around, Spain itself is absolutely breath-taking. The architecture and colors are amazing. The cathedrals were so intricately built, you just have to stand there and wonder how it was possible to build these buildings hundreds of years ago.

While in Madrid, we had the opportunity to visit the Prado museum. Simply amazing. Seeing the worlds of Greco, Vazquez, Dali etc… again, simply breath taking that these pieces of art were hand made such a long time ago and still look pristine to this day. I had my camera out for Madrid, but forgot to grab it this morning for our tour of Toledo, but expect pictures to be up on facebook in the least, and hopefully on here when I figure out how to embed them.

I’ve been in the hotel lobby writing for a solid hour, so I think I’m going to call it a wrap. Keep in touch through facebook/email (gregdejesus@yahoo.com) etc and stay tuned to the blog! The plan is to be blogging every other day if I can find a stable internet connection... otherwise, as often as possible.

If anyone reading has any suggestions of things to do/places to see etc., don’t hesitate to get in touch with me!

Until next time, adios. Miss and love you fam/friends!

Greg

Update..

2008-12-30T12:35:00.001-08:00

Wooooooooooo.
It's been a while since i've last posted anything here at, "Blog Title Goes Here..." .
Well, wait a few more hours. I leave the country in 8 days, so expect something to go here over the next 24-48 hours...

Is anything better...?

2008-10-31T09:23:00.000-07:00

Then Dave Matthews Band?

Walk into a shitty situation/mood after class, and a simple click onto DMB has me smiling and singing back into what should be a great mood for this weekend and the rest of next week in its entirety.

Oh,
Made a trip to Borders yesterday to grab a few new reading materials to keep me occupied at work. Picked up Gus Hansen's book of his 2007 Aussie Millions win, A book about a stock market whiz kid's life (poor to rich etc.) entitled 'The Wolf of Wall Street', and a third book about a rags to riches story in Vegas ( see a trend here?) about 2 ".com" millionaires that sell their business and end up buying The Golden Nugget casino in Vegas. It's in the car at the moment, and the name of the third book is slipping my mind, but it's a fantastic read, only a hundred pages in. Ill be sure to edit/repost later tomorrow when I have it back in my room.

And so...

2008-10-27T23:31:00.000-07:00

The months turn into weeks...the weeks into days.. the days into hours.. All for what?

My 21st Birthday.

As I sit here, at 2:32AM, listening to Pandora.Com's DMB station and currently in one 10+1 MTT on FTP, I can only think of a few things.

1) I turn 21 in less than a week now.. and i can't wait. Besides the obvious ability to drink in public, I will be legal to RENT A CAR! Oh, and that thing called Poker...ya, I can actually play in a casino now! *Shameless plug - Reminder : AC trip for my bday, Nov 7-10th. Will be down there all weekend. *

2) I recently took part in my Major Program's huge event of the semester, the Sales Challenge. Composed of 3 events (Mock Role Play, Mock Interview, and 2-minute speed sell), companies from all over the tri-state area and as far as Boston, MA, pay WPU to come "scout" out sales majors/minors for possible internships/jobs as we grow older and move onto the professional world.
Simply put, this event routinely jump-starts Sales Major's careers, both current undergrads and soon-to-be graduates. I, luckily, was able to get in touch with a few companies after my events, all of which were interested in speaking about a summer internship for next year...
I couldn't be more excited. Two of the companies are stationed in the city, and one all over NJ (Enterprise). I really hope one of the three works out, as it would aid me greatly in getting my foot through the door in a profession I would love to be a part of once I graduate.

3) I don't know what the third one is... possibly my life in general.. If my life were to be compared to some sort of image, spanning over the last year or so, It'd most likely look like the Stock Market graphs of October... up, then down, then up, then down... some days, it looks amazing out through my eyes. Others, a bit gloomy and gray. But to a certain extent, I think you can attribute both good and bad days to growing up.
I'm learning, and have learned, a great deal about myself over the past year, and more importantly, since I've gotten to college. I've grown into a young man that believes in himself finally... I always had the cockiness, but as of late, have turned it into confidence. I've learned that people's opinions of you mean absolutely nothing, unless you allow them to. You define who you are, not a rumor nor a stereotype.
I'd be lieing if I said I cannot wait to leave on January 7th. There are people I will miss beyond any sort of able recognition, and you know who you are. Then there are those, who I sort of wish will be out of my life when I return. Maybe i'm being a bit harsh, but who knows. Only time will tell.

Goodnight.

It's official...

2008-10-16T09:07:00.001-07:00

I'M GOING TO SPAIN MUTHA FUCKAS!

Ha. Now that we have that out of the way, I received my acceptance email from ISA yesterday morning... What a great thing to wake up to, after a month and a halfs worth of work etc. Now, I get to fight the Spanish Consulate in NYC for my student visa earlier than "expected" delivery so I can still be eligible for my selected program. Sigh.

Also, time to find a cheap flight, and get my course assignments done so I can fight my academic chair person for credits. Weeeeeeeeee.

In other news... there is none. I'm working a ton still trying to pay my bills and build a roll for AC which is in three weeks. The countdown to my birthday (21 baby) is now at 19 days.. or 18 if you don't count the actual day? Idk how that works.

Holla atcha boy

2008-10-14T21:59:00.000-07:00

I had one of the best, most intelligent, well thought out talks in my life tonight. It was simply surreal to be able to sit down with someone, and talk about everything, without the before-thought that it may sound mean, or harsh, or fake, etc. Just true feelings and emotions and honesty. And it made me realize, there's more to my life than what I sometimes perceive to be. I feel as though lately, my life is a huge blur... but not in the "everything is moving too fast" sort of way.

My life is confusing, to say the least. Like i've written before, school/work/spain/poker.. it's confusing. And tonight really set a few things "right"... and if you are reading this, thank you...

Was going to write out a good entry...

2008-10-13T17:03:00.000-07:00

But all of a sudden, I lost the motivation to bitch and complain for the night... sigh. Let's go Rangers.

Frustration... Anxiety...Excitement...

2008-10-01T10:26:00.000-07:00

Sounds intriguing, right?

Let's go down the list.

Frustration :
William Paterson's International Studies office, sucks. Secondly, New Jersey's "way" of handling applications, sucks. Put 2 and 2 together, and I'm frustrated as hell at the fact that I have to wait an extra 3 weeks to find out if I'm accepted into my program of choice of Barcelona b/c it's an ass-backwards process. Fan. Fucking. Tastic.

Anxiety :
This semester will either prove to myself, that I can handle a large workload along with a large chunk of my time spent working (making $), AND extra-curricular actives ; or I'll fall flat on my face as I hopefully board a plane to Spain. Either way, I'm nervous/anxious as hell about what I'm taking on this October and November.

I'm scared I will fail terribly in my sales classes, even though this semester's schedule has made me happier than ever with what I've chosen to do regarding my choice of major and my future post-college. The sales challenge is something I KNOW i can do well at, it's just executing that has me queezy at times.

Due to my AC trip ( which will be explained in greater detail at the end of this post..), I'm working close to 25-30 hours a week to try to make a nice G for Cards... This may seem nothing compared to what other students do, but for myself, working 30 hours a week, plus Sigma Pi, plus RA'ing etc... I'm impressed with the workload i've accumulated, but at the same time, know it's a daunting task and one which will help define my character/work-ethic if I follow through with everything.

Excitement :
It's finally official. I , along with Rob and Joe, and whoever else decides to trek down to AC for my bday, are going to be there from Nov 7 (friday) - Nov 10th (monday). Yes, Friday-Monday. What's that mean? I'm paying a lot for my hotel for that weekend, yes. But more importantly, there are AT LEAST 2 nights where people can come down and celebrate the fact I'm legal. Also, the oppurtunity to be able to say "I saw / knew Greg De Jesus when he wasn't a degenerate gambler" is very possible.

Anyway, We'll be down there from friday morning till mon morning. We are staying at the Showboat the entire time. The only minor snag up, is the fact I'm so broke, I can only afford a room for myself /w Rob/Joe. This means, if you decide to come down, unfortunately plan on finding a place to crash that most likely, isn't my room's floor. I'm not 100% on Rob/Joe's feelings, so I'll have to pass it by them if we're going to have any "crash" space. Regardless though, I HIGHLY suggest that if you are coming, find someone else (or 3 or 4 people) to split a room wtih.. It IS Atlantic City on a weekend, so any boardwalk casino/hotel's will atleast be 200 a night.. there are always the Motels/Hotels off the strip that can be had for around 100 a night, so do some research if your coming down. Again, i'm sorry I'm not baller enough to host people, but I hope it doesn't deter anyone from coming to celebrate and have a fcuking awesome time down there with me.

Also, the general plan seems to be, to do one Birthday Dinner down there either Fri or Sat. night. If you're interested or definitely planning on coming down, please drop me a line with which day your coming down and I can get a general idea of what day is best to make a reservation somewhere on the Strip. Most likely afterthe dinner, hit up Casbah or one of the clubs down there to get in my required night of fist pumping per NJ rules.

Hm... what else...

Oh... Mary, aka best friend from Vernon, requested to be in this blog. I'VE GOT FANS! Haha. I feel for the young lady though.. she's an employee @ Weis's in Kutztown, and it's fucking idiot central. Poor sap.

Hit me up with questions/ideas etc for AC...

DeadCellKid - AIM
gregdejesus@yahoo.com - Email

It's been a while...

2008-09-23T15:42:00.000-07:00

And not much has changed..

I know I "owe" a post on my teacher's quote,but tonight's not the night for it. Deal.

I'm sitting in my building's office on duty, and all i can think about is the amount of work I have for financial accounting tonight, that I obviously don't want to do. At all. Period.

Rush week is this week, and I'm missing every fucking event due to staff commitments or work. FML. It looks like we'll have a decent sized class for a fall pledge class, but we'll see Thursday night.

My application for studying abroad goes in Friday, and I couldn't be happier to have it all done finally. Fuck the NJCIS or w/e it's called, they added more stress to my life than i could imagine being given in a damn day. Congratulations.

OH!
My 21st Birthday Celebration.
It's going down Nov 7-10th, either that friday to sunday, or saturday to monday. We are going to Atlantic City for the weekend to gamble/drink/party etc. All are welcome to join me and my brothers/friends/family etc... I will be posting the casino we're staying at and the dates etc. when they are finally booked. The general plan seems to be - Go down early fri or sat, gamble all day, then a nice dinner that night and then to a club. The next day or two will consist of me losing my bankroll or building a gigantic one. Who knows!

Let me know if you have any questions etc.

An interesting quote from my professor...

2008-09-11T08:25:00.000-07:00

Leads me to post it now, and write up a blog most likely tomorrow about it..

"In life, you can be one of three things... Positive, Negative, or Neutral... pick one, as long as it's not neutral... Have some passion, be it positive or negative, just don't fall into the neutral."

I'll explain more later.. Now though, is time for my chapter's "Pie a Pi" fundraiser.

'I get knocked down...

2008-09-09T17:04:00.000-07:00

But I get up, you aint never goana keep me down'.

Oh, Tubthumping... How well you fit my life right now.

Regarding my previous post a few days ago... I really don't know still... It has set in, but to what extent, I have no idea. I fucked up, enough to lose it all. Just as I would never wish death on anyone, I would never wish someone to feel "true heartbreak". Worst feeling in the world, especially when it's your fault in the end.

I'm planning on studying abroad in Spain next semester, and completed my online application for the program last week... I needed to get a credit transfer form signed by the International Studies office on campus, and in typical William Paterson fashion, I had to set up a MEETING to get it done.. ONE FORM, ONE SIGNATURE.... Wait a week, for a 2 minute meeting. Awesome.

So I arrive today at 1pm in the lady's office. Five, Ten, Fifteen, Thirty minutes pass, and the lady is still not in her office... Turns out, she was still on LUNCH. FUCKING LUNCH WHEN I SET UP MY MEETING WITH YOU A WEEK AGO. If it's not obvious yet, I wasn't too pleased when she finally showed up and beckoned me into her office, without an apology. At all. Not once. Fantastic.

I explain my situation, i've applied already etc... just need this filled out yadda yadda yadda. She turns to me and flat out says "No, you've done it all wrong." I honestly had my jaw open in disbelief the entire time she explained to me that apparently, theres ANOTHER step BEFORE you apply through the program that I was never told about... You need to FIRST apply through the fucking state of New Jersey to study abroad. Ok... doesn't seem so hard. But then, she laid upon me, the great part of today's conversation.

The application fee...to the state... to go somewhere else... outside of the USA...Having nothing to do with the state basically.. IS FOUR HUNDRED FUCKING DOLLARS.
*Instert " BEND ME OVER AGAIN New Jersey. JEESUS H F'ING CHRIST"*

BUT WAIT.... Theres MORE! 3 references, a health exam, etc...

Fan-fucking-tastic.

Oh, the best part. Everything is due Oct 1. Now, if i had been told about this first step last year when I was in her office, it'd be ok with it, etc. But nope... lets frantically rush to get everything done that usually takes a month to do... in a week and a half essentially.

AWESOME.

Besides that, life is life. School is here, i'm working 20 hours a week, being an RA never changes.. etc.

How's everyone else doing?

It's gone...

2008-09-04T16:16:00.000-07:00

...and for the first time in my life, I've lost it all.

Hindsight is 20/20, but I wish I could change the past.

2-day hell is finally over..

2008-09-01T16:34:00.000-07:00

And by 2 day hell, I mean check-in for residents. The longest two days of the year basically, where the we (the RA's), work 8am-7pm each day checking in residents. We ALSO get the luxury of dealing with irate parents, students with IQ's the same as a damn rock, and are fed boxed lunches etc.

So ya, 2-day hell is pretty fitting.

We're all done, which is nice to know/hear after your 20th hour.

Now, tomorrow brings a whole new list of shit to get done... Need to run and find the accounting and/or law offices to get squeezed into a class since apparently, I only registered for 12 credits, not 15 like I thought, last May. Then running around campus trying to find brothers and get us on schedule. Then trying to find hours for work. Exciting, exhilarating, enticing? Naw, enticing doesn't seem to fit. But i digress...

The semester is finally here... the students/brothers/staff are back in full force and it's a nice and a comfort at times, to hear and see so many people in one place.

Until next time..

It seems like..

2008-08-28T20:26:00.001-07:00

This past week has gone by at a snail's pace... damn.

Training ends tomorrow, and depending on my decision whether to be a RA next fall, this may be my last training, and my last semester as a RA. It's only my second year, but after last year's experiences, I feel as though it's my fifth or sixth. And to be blunt, training has dragged on. I don't regret being a "Trainer" for the returning and new RA's, as it's been a great experience and excellent practice for presenting in front of a large group of people. But the sessions run into another as the week goes on, and it's tough to really have that enthusiasm as the week progresses. Regardless, it's bittersweet this could be my last semester as an RA.

College football starts tonight, and I'm very curious to see how the top 10 shapes up once week 4 or 5 finish. The general consensus seems to be Georgia, USC, & Ohio State at the top of the BCS polls... should be very interesting, and a ton of fun to follow/watch.

My Mets took back first place, and now the drive to the post season really begins. With Maine on the DL, I'm assuming they will call up Jon Niese to pitch, which should be a quick glimpse into the Mets future, as Niese has been labeled the next "home grown pitcher" in their system.

My prediction? Mets win the East, but not by more than 2-3 games. I do believe that the 1-2-3 of Santana/Perez/Pelfrey can really carry them into the playoffs and then some.

Lastly, NY Rangers Hockey starts soon, and i cannot freaking wait. I plan on going to a few games this year, and being 21 at the Garden is like a dream come true.

Lost.... pt.2

2008-08-25T21:17:00.000-07:00

The earlier post was about someone and myself... obviously.
They may read this, they may not. Regardless, I've got to get a lot out there to someone, or in this case, something.... Enjoy.

So It's been almost four months since I've really felt like we were "ok". We were great leading up to your graduation... I came to see you in the city, and after that, It all came tumbling down. I don't know how, or why, or what... Basically, I'm still lost, four months later. We talked on and off from that point... we even had a few talks about what had happened... we said we'd work on it.. we'd try to make it work... and unfortunately, thus far, It hasn't.

I sit here, and wonder, what happened? We seemed so .. good? It was a feeling for you, that I've never felt before in my life... and I still feel the same, albeit combined with a lost feeling now.

I'm lost in all of this and cannot for the life of me, find my way out. We can't even seem to find the time right now, to get together and talk face to face... I can only imagine it'd be so much easier to say what we both need to get out in person, rather than abrupt, untimely, and seemingly unproductive text messages.

I don't know why I've sat here, for four months, and just waited.. I've never done it before...ever. I've pretty much asked myself the same question, every day, these past months... "Why?" There's never been that guarantee that it'll fix itself... or that we'd get that chance to fix it. You've never asked me to wait... let's get that out there.. It's always been my choice. I don't regret a single day, to be completely honest. I've asked myself why I don't regret it, and I think I've finally come up with an "ok" answer, at least for myself.

I believe in us. I believe that You and I, are meant for more than this. Over the past two years that I've known you, we've become closer than I ever could have imagined, and obviously at the same time, have become farther apart, than I could have ever imagined, or wanted for that matter. I also believe, that we've helped each other grow as adults, beyond anything we could have thought would come about from us being friends, and then some.

Thats the start of it... I can't lie, this felt good.. to get it out there.. I know people, who don't know me, or do know me, be it well or not, can/will read this. So be it. This is my life as it is. Welcome to it.

Lost...

2008-08-25T14:29:00.000-07:00

When you think that you've got life, or love life to be more exact, figured out... it's only a new door to a new hallway in a building your not familiar with. More to come later, if I ever do figure this out...

Where to start...?

2008-08-24T18:08:00.000-07:00

I've always been a huge fan of blogging, so I figured for the next few days,weeks,months (We'll see how I like this), I'll try it out. Should be interesting, to say the least.

Where to start... ?

I guess a quick BIO wouldn't hurt...
4th year of school at William Paterson University, Sales Major.
Brother of Sigma Pi Fraternity, International. Theta Tau Chapter.
Resident Assistant for WPU.
20 years old, soon to be 21 (11/3)...
Sports Lover... more importantly Die Hard Mets/NYRangers/Packers fan...
Recreational Poker player, but I have begun to see a nice profit over the past year and have taken the game much more seriously since.

That about sums it up for basics... Anyway..

School starts in about a week, but I've been on campus since the 17th for RA Training... it's that time of year again, and although I can't say training has been terrible, it is the same basic policies etc.., and it can be monotonous at times. I cannot wait till school starts though; seeing brothers who I havn't seen in a few months, friends I haven't seen, and finally getting back into that school grind again will be a nice change of pace from the summer...

I worked for PSEG this summer, as I had 2 summers ago (broke my leg last summer to a alcohol-induced jump off of a roof at a Sigma Pi Cinco De Mayo extravaganza at Kutztown University...) and I can honestly say, I do not miss waking up at 6 am every day, nor working my 40+ Hr weeks in summer heat. Hence, bring on that school grind.

I don't know what else to write. I'll leave my first blog post ever at that.

Adios