HOLLY SHIT —— FOR FUCK SAKE. Just learned a very valuable lesson, research something before you agree to do it. As we all know I am Austin bound this summer, which I am still a little shaky about, so add to that the fact that I agreed to drive down in order to have my car there, I now come to learn that Austin is 22 FUCKING HOURS away. How the hell did I miss that? Now the smart ass in you wants to ask, “has Austin gotten farther away since you last checked” and “do you make a habit of agreeing to things you have no knowledge of.” And the answer to both is a resounding…FUCK YOU! I don’t know what I was thinking….. other than, my hesitation in going is leading to my hesitation in making rash and uneducated decisions. What to do now, the only thing that can be done —- fuel up and hit the road I guess —- but still I ask, what the fuck was I thinking. So FYI if you going looking for me during the next few days, I’ll be……
On the road again Goin’ places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again And I can’t wait to get on the road again. On the road again - Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway We’re the best of friends. Insisting that the world keep turning our way And our way is on the road again.
“Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?”
“It’s not the greatest country in the world professor, that’s my answer….. you, just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day, there are some things you should know. We are 7th in literacy, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, 4th in labor force, and 4th in exports. Now none of this is the fault of a 20-something college student. But when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about, ….Yosemite!”
oh Aaron Sorkin, thank you. I was mad at you for taking West Wing away from me, but with this all is forgiven.
I headed West, I was a man on the move New York had lied to me, I needed the truth Oh, I need somebody, needed someone I could trust I don’t gamble, but if I did I would bet on us
As my date with Austin and TX gets closer and closer - the questions and the uncertainty about this little adventure become sizable. Though at this point there is no turning back, ships are ‘full speed ahead to Austin’. Now the question on my mind is how the hell do you make new friends in a city where you know no one??? I mean it’s not like I can ask the first person I see ‘if they want to share my lunch with me, my mom packed me an extra fruit cup.‘ so here’s the question I have - as an adult, how the hell do you meet people in strange city without coming off as creepy and semi-stalkerish????? Suggestions????
So I made it through this past weekend, but definitely not without it’s cost. I wish things were better - but I’m so guarded around those people there is no way I can be anywhere close to my real self, and since I have absolutely no plan on being who they want me to be - I’m left with this extremely awkward, out of place, intensely secretive, emotional bitch - who just wants to be as far away from them as possible before midnight when I turn back into myself. Good news is the weekend is over - and other than some minimal damage done to my overall ego - I think I’ll live!
my friend, Josh.
