Roommate

I am not sure I can take this semester anymore. My roommate Simon is pretty unbelievable. I feel as though I am living on the TV show the real world every time I enter my apartment. There are many things I could explain to you about Simon. I will list a few:

• He is a liberal from Bethesda MD. This right off the bat is not such a bad thing, but he makes a point to tell you he is from Bethesda MD at any given chance he can.
• He moans/wrestles in his bed when he sleeps. This is not rare...it is every night, all night. If I had video footage or sound I would upload it here: I will update later when he goes to sleep.
• He sits in bed an rocks back and forth in place. He rocks back and forth sitting in his chair, in fact no matter where he is or what he is doing he freaking rocks back and forth. Luckily all of our furniture in the apartment makes noise, so no matter where he is or what he is doing, he is annoying me with rocking noises.
• He is a history major. Again right off the bat this is not a bad thing, but he makes a point to tell you it is the best major. He also tells you that he received a 4.0 last semester. On further investigation they were all base level classes and cried to the one professor to bump his grade up from a C to an A. When asking him simple history questions about the world and of the US, he could not answer any of them. He always sets him self up for an interesting conversation.
• The list goes on, but I will leave you with this. The HAIR. It is disgusting, it sheds all over the place, it is unwashed. He claims he washes it, so after confronting him and asking him what shampoo he uses, he failed to produce a bottle of shampoo. This was a disgusting realization.

I tried, I really have, but sometimes things are just not meant to work out...

Simon will no longer be attending York College of Pennsylvania and will be attending University of Maryland College park in the fall of 09

It's Always Cloudy in York PA

This weekend was one of the better weekends I have had in a while. I started it off by having a test in marketing class. I was able to secure a 93% on it in 7 minutes...not kidding. I then proceeding to get on a bus to go to VA for a track meet. We walked a mile to get to olive garden where we crossed I-95 on foot, I twisted my ankle in a pot hole but I survived. Saturday I ran pretty well. I ended up winning a Beer mug for first place haha. First place won mugs, second place won draft glasses, and third place won shot glasses. It was pretty awesome.

My assistant coach offered to drive me home to MD on his way back so I could attend to a surprise 21st birthday party...Hey I had to try out my new award right? Saturday night was about as fun as it can get with top shelf liquor and good friends. Petrone margaritas never felt so good. It was a good time for sure. I woke up Sunday where the weather became 70 degrees and sunny. I was over joyed at this scene until I realized I had to travel back to York later on. This is where the story becomes funny and ironic.

There is an inside joke for anyone that has been to York College that there is literally always a cloud no mater what over the campus. This has never rang so true. As Eric is driving me on 83 north, we approach PA where I notice a dark cloud in the distance. This is a circular cloud, surrounded by sunny skies. I tell him head for that cloud, my apartment is located underneath it. As we exit off 83 towards my school the cloud cover begins to become heavy. A storm is brewing. As we approach campus, visibility turns to zero feet. It is not raining however, it is just hailing with 60 mile per hour winds. By the time we reach my apartment there is 2 inches of hail in the back of the truck. The creek has flooded the entrance to my parking lot so we have to take the long way around. Jackson street is covered in 6 inches of water at some points.


There were hundreds of people outside playing in the rain, mostly because all of the basketball games were interrupted by mandatory tornado warning announcements. The campus really comes together in disasters.

It was in this moment of my life I realized, it is always cloudy in York PA...

Summer(not close enough)

So I have not updated anything for a couple days for many reasons. This semester could not have gone any faster but at the same time can not end soon enough...I am officially overwhelmed with running and school work it is insane.

Lately I have been up late at night thinking about what the summer will bring and I am Freaking out about not being able to do everything that I want. On one hand I want to just run all summer so when XC season comes next year I will be in good shape. However this will not be possible because I am hoping to fish in some local tournaments, and just fish in general. Also I always enjoy rock climbing and hope to compete in that this summer. And on top of all of that I want to go backpacking to some cool places this summer. This brings me to another time consuming hobby called "work?" I guess if I want to do all of these fun things all summer I have to have some way to pay for all of them, and I doubt I am going to win the lottery so working 40 hours a week is enevidible. I do enjoy being outside in the sun all day working construction and working on the farm, but it does take a toll.

I guess I really just have been feeling stressed about getting everything done and summer hasnt even started yet. What happend to the good old days when I was in elementry school and summer just meant going to the pool and hanging out in the neighborhood. This feeling of being uncontent is just simply pissing me off. I need to slow down my life before I have a heart attack.

On the school front, everything is shaping up to be ok, I just really miss being back in MD. The weather at York sucks, I am tired of cold cloudy days where getting out of bed at 6:30am every morning is less than exciting. I do love all the people I have met here and running is a lot of fun, however I am just really stressed out. Most of the time I go around acting like stress doesnt bother me at all because I have a convienient way of getting things done at the last minute no matter what. I just want to be out on my jon boat somewhere catching some bass. Or maybe a nice warm night with a fire catching cat fish and drinking a six pack with my friends. Either way summer can not come soon enough.

Relationships

Disclaimer: Due to my dating history I am in no way qualified to any of the following advice

This week has been filled with relationship problems, beginnings, and endings between many of my friends. Maybe it is a God thing because I have been actively seeking advice on dating in my own life...but who knows?

Why as humans are we so worried about having a significant other. It is almost like we live and go to school only to excite our inner wants and desires of having someone else. There is so much emphasis in our day to day lives on finding someone to love that we focus so much energy towards reaching that goal. I have noticed not only in my own life but in those I have been around how much effort we really put into reaching out to the other sex. By the parties we attend to, or the way we text our fingers off trying to talk to that "someone." I completely understand the feelings and emotions behind finding someone to love, but when is it too much. There is a cliche saying that we generally find what we are looking for when we are simply not looking at all. I think this is almost 100% true. If we are constantly setting up situations to "collide" with someone else, we are simply fabricating a relationship. This is not to say that being romantic and planning special events is not a good idea; I think we sometimes go too far.

Facebook, text messages, online in general.

I am willing to say that I have multiple relationships simply based on technological communication. Honestly I have even texted a girl in the same room. Our basis for communication has changed drastically. I think to the point that we don't even know how to interact with the opposite sex anymore. Maybe this is why we fail so horribly sometimes. When you can't wall post your way in or out of a situation, you freeze, and then Fail. If you like someone, just tell them, preforbably in person. Talk and interact with them in person, you will learn so much more. 90% of communication is non-verbal.(do not get the wrong idea)

Sex, Drugs, and Rock&Roll

I hate to say it but the chances of having a relationship derive from a night of partying is unlikely to happen. A meaningful one anyway. People have constantly asked me for advice dealing with a drunken hook up and how to transform that into a relationship. Religious views aside. When you have sex with someone drunk, how awkward is that going to be the next time you see the person. You skipped to the last step in one night and then have to actually get to know each other the next time you hang out. For you ladies out there, if a guy hooks up with you one night, there is no guarantee he is going to want to get to know you the next time you hang out. If he already got what he wanted, what makes you think he wants to put any effort into talking to you? Men and women constantly say they are just out looking for a good time...However those good times create emotional attachment in women, and sometimes men. You can see how random hook-ups can lead to an unhealthy and unhappy lifestyle. So think about that the next time you are partying it up with your peers. No one wants to take the walk of shame...

Self Respect

This is self explanatory. Please respect your self. Do not define your self by who you have hooked up with, who "wants" you, who is too good for you, etc...You are an individual, you don't have to rely on other peoples feelings about you to be happy, in fact this will make you extremely unhappy. Too many times we judge our lives by those who "like" us. Its crap. Don't settle for someone because they are there, or they make you "feel" good in the situation. A relationship should never be based on the physical side, it should be a best friend situation, and maybe you have benefits. I hate seeing girls so depressed all the time because they are banging some deuchbag guy that treats her like shit. So what if he is popular. He treats you like shit. This is the same for guys too.

The Ex-factor

This one is big. The EX. How many stories have I heard, experienced, and seen. The ex rarely becomes a best friend in our life. The ex rarely gets back together with you. This is why you need to move on...I am tired of hearing sob stories about ex's. Break-ups suck, they really do. In no way do I want to down play that in your life. But after a reasonable time, you need to get OVER it.

Mind games with ex partners just leave both parties pitiful and hurt. If you have an ex, don't mess with their head and feelings. It is just a low blow. If you really want to get them back, "The best revenge is being successful." You don't need to have petty arguments with them or their friends all the time, it is not going to help you in the long run. You also do not have to wallow in self defeat. Stand up, do something with your time and find someone else. Obviously your relationship did not work out for some reason, or many reasons. You deserve a relationship that is going to work out and make you happy. Chances are if you feel miserable because of a break up, it was not worth being in. To quote a great movie. "You are not the exception, you are the rule." How true is this, yes there are many stories you can compile about how ex's got back together or how that person really still loves me....but that is not you, do not rely on these stories.

In general, if you have an ex, and you focus all this time and energy thinking about them or getting them back or whatever. Stop, you are only hurting your self, and possibly other people as well. Focus on your own life, make your self a better person, be successful in whatever you do best. Someone will come along and make you happy. But if you stew on the past you are only going to bring baggage into another relationship and repeat the vicious cycle.

In conclusion of this quickly put together blog posting. Be true to your self, dont worry so much about the other sex. If something is meant to work out it will. And if it is not meant to work, its not going to. Someone out there loves you, you just dont know it yet, and maybe if you stop searching so hard, you will find them. Enjoy being single, it can be a lot of fun, build friendships, maybe something will derive from that.

Where to begin

I often read the blogs of my friends and think to my self, how do people become so good at the art of blogging. Each one I read sounds more and more like something that could come out of a professional magazine or something. I figured I would give it a shot and start blogging about my life.

Right now I am simply avoiding going to sleep because I know tomorrow(Monday) means a week from hell with the first outdoor track meet, papers being due, and the usual tasks required from the average college student.

Hopefully this blog will help me track my crazy life and in the process make you laugh or cry, or maybe both at the same time.