new happenings.
so today i was "officially" promoted to be a manager.
yay me.
i am salaried. i have stock and a 401k. which is really weird.....
and i am an adult. i guess this means i will be sticking around redding.
put in my dues for up to a year and i will have my own store.
now what i really want to do is learn how to weld so i can keep building furniture. i love power tools... drills are great, but if i could weld stuff then i think i would be able to be more creative. half art, half function. probably less function.... i am not that good.
i came home and my horse was loose, so i got to chase him around my neighbors property, which was the first time i have run in a really long time.
i ran into charity gaschler today. (not gaschler anymore, but i don't know her new last name) she is married and pregnant and having a little girl. she looked great.
joel visited me at work which always makes me happy. so did my mom.
my stepdad showed me the tatoo he is getting in hebrew. qadesh.... it means sanctified one. but one slight variance with one tiny dash and it means male whore. so i hope the artist who does it is really careful.
friends are coming to visit soon.
lifes pretty good.
no snow and NO fast food.
This morning I woke up and looked out my window, just to see pure beautiful white blanketing the trees. snow? I thought I must be decieved! indeed, i WAS deceived. it was just a bunch of thick fog that in my half awakeness led me to believe it was snow. there is no reason to get out of bed today.
last night i watched super size me with my family. If you haven't seen it yet, I think you should. it was good. Asides from the grotesqueness of watching him eat McDonald's three times a day, there is a lot of interesting interviews and media studies, such as food and nutrition programs in schools, and the effect advertising has on kids decisions to have or not have a healthy diet. Also, not only are we quickly becoming the fatest nation, but also the stupidest.... and if current trends continue, one out of three kids born in 2000 will develop adult onset diabetes. Anyways, I really liked it, because if you know me, you know i do not eat fast food. except for in-n-out which has been well decided by all of us that it is NOT fast food.
Okay all you redding cats, manor party tonight. i feel like i haven't hung out in days....
in the time we take to move 160 to go 160 below miles and styles and bright days turned blue.
it is so late i should be sleeping and i can't type.
i'm home. i'm exhausted. i'm happy. i'm nostalgic. i'm bittersweet.
my favorite trip moments.
being with noah on his birthday, and witnessing the tremendous impact he has made on so many lives in so little time. he's pretty phenomonal.
driving into my old apartment complex in huntington and feeling as if i never left.
eating at jersey joe's.
talking for hours with becca.... i miss the heart to hearts.
texas hold 'em with becca and linda.
toi.
the entire wedding weekend.
having johnny, jon, sara, melanie, paul, amy and taylor all in the same room.
being encouraged by david, and deciding to play.
walking downtown ventura in post tornado weather.
meeting gary and being reminded that dreams are significant.
driving back into redding.... the moment you hit 44 and drive west to the edge of the valley.
my favorite trip quotes.
"whenever i am really intoxicated, like on nyquil, i can smoke as much as i want" and "water! i just LOVE it!! I have to pee." -derek heule.
"come on love love and macintush" -jeremy lake.
"go left. no right, no i mean left. wait, which way is left?" - becca claire.
" i got a MUG award today!!" -linda lee.
"hows your dad?" -johnny stallings.
there. for david and jacob who accuse me of never posting.
cheers.
Weddings, Candy and Celebrations
Sara and Jon had the most beautiful wedding.... and the best part was spending so many days and so much time with friends who haven't been together in so long. We all got to play a part. We were all so close in college, and have all moved so far apart. Its painful, not being near the ones who know you better than you know yourself. In preparation for this wedding, we long ago stopped calling it "the wedding" and instead started calling it "the reunion". It almost seemed more appropriate.
Have you ever looked at something in the same way for so long that you stopped looking at it? It just becomes a fixture, something permanent and unnoticeable. Like a piece of artwork that you've been staring at for so long, that you don't even notice it anymore because you don't have to look at it to study it. And then suddenly, you look at it one day and it is completely different from what you remember..... all of the shapes and colors have changed, and it is like you are seeing it for the very first time, in a brand new light.
I feel like a kid in a candy store, and anything I could possibly want is mine if I so wish. Yet I know that if I have even one piece of candy, I could end up with a cavity. So I will probably end up sacrificing the candy to prevent my teeth from rotting and falling out. I could do without the candy, I can't do without my teeth.
I'm at Noah's apartment waiting for him to get out of a meeting so we can go celebrate. Happy 22nd Birthday little brother.
new year.
my brother is leaving redding and i'm sad. i didn't see him as nearly as much as i would have liked. just a reaffirmation that i work too much.
I leave tomorrow. i can't wait.
blah blah i have nothing interesting to talk about, but I'll be down south for a week so i hope i get to meet up with some of you fabulous people!
cheers.
