nothing changes, nothing will

Does anyone still use livejournal?

Is it weird that I'm envious of married couples?

I always wanted to live somewhere other than Birmingham. Now that I'm gone, there's nowhere else I'd rather be.

I just want to be done. I dread most of the week and hate the relentless barrage of homework and group assignments. Only another month and its over. I'll miss the people, my surroundings, and the fun times but I sure won't miss the academic aspect.

April 21 - End of Classes
April 27 - Last Exam/Assignment Due
April 30 - Destin until May 5
May 8 - Graduation
July 13 - Job Starts


Have you ever had an amazing weekend only to look back on it later and wish you had done almost everything differently?


As graduation nears I've been thinking more about my friends back home and the good times we used to have. I know I don't keep in contact very well but sometimes I really miss the people back in Alabama. My friends up here are cool but it just isn't the same. Everything we do involves school or drinking or something along those lines. Nothing spontaneous and original ever happens and it kind of sucks. Hopefully this summer will be well spent with old friends before I head off to Texas. Anyone want to go on a trip?


I've been drinking way too much Diet Coke lately. I am mildly addicted to online poker. Girls make absolutely no sense to me. The end.

Things are pretty good right now. School is still pretty much kicking my butt though. 18 hours is rough. Luckily all that is dwarfed by the job offer I recently received and accepted. The pay, perks, and benefits were all substantially more than I was expecting and had received up until this point so I really couldn't turn it down. I will be working for Baker Hughes' chemical division - Baker Petrolite. My position is Technical Support Engineer/Account Representative and I will be doing a bit of what they call technical sales. I have to train in Sugar Land, TX (outside Houston) for 4-6 months and then will be placed somewhere in the United States. I was hired by the manager for the Great Lakes area (who is really awesome) but was told by the time I go through training and everything they may need me elsewhere. I don't really mind because I'm ready for a change and to travel and see different parts of the country. After a couple years I will be able to work abroad which I'm really looking forward to doing. All in all, I really couldn't be more excited.


In much lesser news:

My laptop recently broke but with the partnership Dell has with Vanderbilt I was able to get a replacement. It's refurbished but 10x better then my old one so I can't really complain. It's been a pain reinstalling all the programs and whatnot. I'm really liking the wide screen high resolution though. Speaking of things breaking, somebody snapped my driver's side mirror off my car when it was in a parking lot at school. I have no idea how they did it. People suck these days. Right now duct tape is holding it on. I ordered the part online and will attempt to fix it myself.


I also want to say that I'm glad an African-American was elected President of the United States. However I am less than enthusiastic about most, if not all, of Obama's plans and policies. I am somewhat worried about this country becoming a socialist state. I think a good portion of voters cast their ballot for Obama for the wrong reasons. However I was pleased to see how many turned out to vote. When I went to the polls, the line was out the door and down the block. That's pretty awesome. The next four years will be interesting to say the least. Please don't call me a racist simply because I do not agree with the man.


We (Vanderbilt) still suck at football - apparent from our most recent loss to Tennessee. I don't understand how we lost to the two worst teams in the SEC. At least we're going to a bowl game. I'm looking forward to a more successful basketball season. Jeff Taylor is a beast.



I'm in Birmingham this week for the Thanksgiving holiday. I'll be heading down to Tuscaloosa for the Iron Bowl festivities. I need to get some homework done this week but would like to get out of the house if anyone's in town.


That's all I have for now. Listen to Jaguar Love.

I'm not a big fan of this whole being single thing. And furthermore I dislike the dating process. It's such a pain and things never work out the way you'd like them. I'm attracted to girls who aren't attracted to me and vice versa. But I guess that's life.

Welcome to Canada, it's the Maple Leaf State.
Canada, oh Canada it's great!
The people there are nice and they speak French too.
If you don't like it, man, you sniff glue.
The Great White North, their kilts are plaid,
Hosers take off, it's not half bad.
I want to be where yaks can run free,
Where Royal Mounties can arrest me.

Let's go to Canada, let's leave today,
Canada, oh, Canada, I Sil Vous Plait.

They've got trees, and mooses, and sled dogs,
Lots of lumber, and lumberjacks, and logs!
We all think it's kind of a drag,
That you have to go there to get milk in a bag.
They say "eh?" instead of "what?" or "duh?"
That's the mighty power of Canada.
I want to be where lemmings run into the sea,
Where the marmosets can attack me.

Let's go to Canada, let's leave today,
Canada, oh, Canada, I Sil Vous Plait.

Please, please, explain to me,
How this all has come to be,
We forgot to mention something here.
Did we say that William Shatner is a native citizen?
And Slurpees made from venison,
That's deer.

Let's go to Canada, let's leave today,
Canada, oh, Canada, I Sil Vous Plait.

I know nobody really uses livejournal anymore, but I thought I would let any interested parties know that I am back in Birmingham for the summer. Do with this information as you will.

"all hope abandon, ye who enter here"
said the sign i read that was hanging above her bed
and the sirens all were wailing
but a man can't ignore the signs
you gotta keep a good eye
on the winding road ahead
and my first sin was a young american girl

and i spent time 'neath the tressels
with the punks and the dimestore saints
kept faith and a switchblade tucked beneath my coat
and i ran with dirty angels
slept out in the rain
we were scared and tired and barely 17
and my first sin was the fear that made me old

and i walked down by the shipyards
near the place where i was born
saying "ah maria, if you woulda known me when..."
but she only smiles by the light on the navesink banks
saying "listen baby i know you now"
and she steps into the river
and i just stand by the moon
thinkin' 'bout a ghost i hear at night
and she says your first sin was a lie you told yourself

Do you ever feel like you are just going through the motions?