Just When I Was Starting To Get Comfortable...

...shit hit the fan...hard...

But why wouldn't it? Not like I was expecting everything to be easy, but I never thought it would come to me doubting I could happily go home for Christmas or anything...or even go home anytime without "getting thrown in a trunk and taken to a secluded island until I get my head on straight."

(By the way that last quote was taken verbatim from a conversation I had with my mom.)

So with that said, if anyone wants to play Christmas, exchange presents, and let me believe in Santa for a day or two, let me know...

I've had some pretty unfathomable ultimatums thrown out on the table over the last couple days, involving student loans, lease co-signings, car insurance, money, and last but not least, my family's acceptance of me as a person. That may sound overly dramatic, but let me assure you, it's real...as far as my parents being sober and with it when it was said, which I'm pretty positive that they were.

I've become an "unreasonable basket case" over the last few days...which I think is awesome, because the outcome of this situation still appears to include a new Florida resident. I'm just happy that my parents fortunately aren't able to control the decisions of others. I'll raise one up for that.

Unfortunately, pina coladas can only do so much, and only for so long, or until you run out I guess...which down here is basically when you want to stop paying for them. Good thing I told myself I wouldn't use my credit card unless it was an emergency...on second thought, what exactly classifies as an "emergency"...? Come to think of it, a credit card may have been warrented in the situation...

Ironically enough, my brother was supposed to have a 4-hour layover in Miami, during which I was going to meet up with him at the airport and have dinner or something. Unfortunately, Mona Shores hasn't stepped up on the scale of organizational skills and they ended up missing their first flight. Catching a later one only left him with about an hour here, which I found out about 5 minutes after they landed. If I continued to explain this in detail, including the time frame and the math, it would come out to this: I didn't get to see my brother today, and it made me really sad.

I do, though, have the whole day off tomorrow, so I'll actually have time to get to UPS and the bank and stuff like that...maybe if it's as sunny as it was today I'll even have time to hit the beach:) That would make me smile kind of a lot.

But with my luck, it'll be pouring rain and storming, with severe weather warnings, and I'll have to walk to UPS and the bank in those conditions seeing as how my car's still in the shop getting fixed from that lucky hit and run/engine breakdown that'll probably lead to me having to start an illegal business in order to pay for it.

Here's to being optimistic!

Breakin' my back just to know your name...17 tracks and I've had it with this game...

Sunshine State My Ass...

Tropical storms...f-ing A...I've been experiencing the awesome sheets of rain and tornado warnings they've been producing for South Florida over the past couple weeks...the rain hasn't really stopped, and unfortunately I'm losing my tan...besides the fact that the streets get kinda flooded and the wind can almost knock you over...but other than that it's been pretty:)

My parents are livid about my potential living situation...but I'm holding out for the possibility that they'll get over it. I haven't agreed with them on a few occasions recently...but I'm just hoping that it's one of those phase things that'll pass by eventually.

Anyway, I'm going to start counting my pennies to get my car fixed...I think my engine's pretty jacked now too, along wth the back door and the e-brake. I could make an extensive list of needed repairs, but I can only afford the essentials at this point. The drive to the service center today was about the same (if not worse) than my crazy drive to the airport last week.

I had some pretty wicked nightmares last night...kinda creepy. I'll save the details for the sake of morality, but if anyone out there is playing voo-doo on me, please refrain...;)

Well there's just been a warning to move away from the window and watch out for small trees and branches coming loose due to strong wind gusts, so in that case, i'll go ahead and do that...

Thunderstorms and Bliss

I love June. I mean, I have loved everything about June so far, besides going to the airport today and having to drive back alone. But it looks like the next time I go, I'll be picking up a new resident for the sunshine state...which is kind of awesome.

My car runs like hell on wheels. In fact, when I drove it to the airport the first time it was chugging like a go cart and I had smoke coming out of my vents everytime I turned on the air to the point where I couldn't see out of the windows. I thought for a couple minutes that I wouldn't make it there, but after the rain let up and I learned how to drive with my head out the window I was ok...just kidding.

The storms have been pretty abundant over the last couple weeks, but it's kind of awesome to watch the lightning from my apartment:) Hurricane season is quickly approaching...I'll just bolt the door.

My cat is still crazy, but at least she's not eating internet cables...as of now...

I have a newly developed infatuation with pina coladas. I'll learn how to make pitchers at home and it'll be all over...maybe I'll get over it before school starts;) Or maybe not...it'll be like an outlet...halfway kidding.

Orange juice is kind of awesome. And I kind of like string cheese too. Together, the possibilities are endless. Sick. Maybe I should write someone's name on that cheese...

I think I successfully found a bank that doesn't suck. And it's kind of nice to have a job that has allowed me to put some money in it...it's been going well, and the managers aren't on the verge of firing people everytime I work so that seems like a good start...I got your good start right here...

The Day I Thought Would Never Come

Wow...what a week. I've been surprisingly busy, but it seems to have all come to a much needed end of bliss...after tomorrow.

I finally passed all my server/bar tests today...well, finally took them. Fortunately, I passed as well, so I can now tell you in detail, about all the Mahi Mahi dishes we have on the menu...fantastic. A skill I loved to think I would never have...

Anyways, I have a double tomorrow, two training shifts in a row. Again, the bliss doesn't start until after tomorrow. I won't get out until probably midnight...which is fine, because then I can get back, and get a good nights sleep, and prepare for the five straight days (at least) that I don't have to work!!!

And...if that isn't enough to put a smile on my face, I get to take a trip to Miami airport on Wednesday afternoon to pick up a much anticipated visitor...;) Joe will be here for a week, which will be awesome, though I feel as though I'm still in between that tourist/local status so I'll have to see what I can do:)

My car still isn't fixed...tear...but on a lighter note, I can put my hair in a ponytail which is a plus seeing as how August in Florida has been described as "a month-long heat wave." I can't wait. But I'm surprisingly used to the hot weather. I can even wear long pants like the locals...wow that sounds ridiculous.

Someone told me today that people up North have it all backwards...apparently, when it's hot, you should drink something hot, like tea, because then the heat will be "turned away from you..." or something like that. I don't buy it.

Caleb, if that tea drinking thing you were talking about is true, the fill that whole smily face cup up again!! It's so good once it hits your lips!! Everything will work out for you, I promise. Remember when you used to always tell me that? Well I'm telling you right now... maybe not now, but it will be:)

Anyways, I need to get to bed. One more busy day...one...more...day...:)

p.s.- my cat still eats internet cables.

Butterflies

So I've realized that I post a little more than usual, which probably has something to do with the fact that I go into work at 2, so it doesn't leave a whole lot of time in the morning after raging to the school and the phone company, and/or anyone else who's been trying to take away from my excitement since I've been here. Anyways, it just leaves me more time in the morning to post about random, uninteresting things that probably only I care to hear about.

I get to see Joe again next week, and I almost feel like I'm going on a first date again...I'm kinda nervous, but ridiculously excited. It'll have been about 3 weeks since the last time he saw me, I hope the lighter hair and tan will be acceptable;)

My new job is going well, training is kind of hellish, but it's alright. They surprisingly gave me a lot of time off next week, after hearing that I had a "visitor" coming into town. In that sense, they seem to be nothing like Carino's, who would've probably scheduled me doubles the whole week.

Speaking of Carino's, the self addressed envelope that I left them before I left (to mail my check in) was still sitting there next to my check when I called them last night to check on its whereabouts. Checks came out May 12...the math is almost depressing.

I was forced against my own will to eat raw tuna yesterday at work. Well, it wasn't that dramatic, but apparently it is a delicacy down here or something. I wasn't appalled at the taste, but combined with the sight of it, I felt a little uneasy.

My cat loves it here, almost too much. She even brings things to me that she wants to play with. You should see it, she'll jump almost 5 feet in the air for some little wand thingy that she has. I think she turned into a mutant during that long trip down here in the car.

Anyone who knows me at all should be surprised that I actually do "active" things on a daily basis. I've only driven my car once since I got here, ironically the day it got hit, but anyway; I walk everywhere and bike every night. The beach is getting to be almost a "bearable" ride for me. The sunset is worth it. I hope the fact that the forecast for the next 9 days now, isolated thunderstorms and severe lightning, doesn't put a damper on things.

Time to find another bank...hopefully one that will screw me more than 5/3 did, cause if it's possible, that would be simply amazing. I love banks that falsely overdraw people's accounts for fun. Anyway, no use getting worked up about it, I'll just grit my teeth and write another sticky note. It may as well be my new wallpaper...

On that note, throw another pot of coffee on...

Our Verdict: Reinstatement

So I had a funny thing happen to me the other day. For a couple days, I was actually no longer accepted to Miami Law School. Apparently they had misplaced my tuition deposit, leading them to think I never made one, and therefore could potentially give my seat to someone on the waiting list. Anyway, everything worked out, but needless to say, it was kind of a scare seeing as how I had just relocated to the city. A small part of me thought I would be coming back to Michigan after all.

I start my new job today...that should be fun:) Something new to add in the schedule. The only downfall is that "Marino's" has too much of a resemblence to "Carino's," which I wanted to get away from altogether, but we'll see if they can outdo them at least a little.

It's kinda wierd, not that I left at a 'freezing' time in Michigan or anything, but to see a weather forecast that actually has flames coming off the thermometer. Kinda scary at first, but it surprised me how much I actually got used to it. It's about high noon, overcast, and a high 87 degrees, but I can't wait to get outside:)

Just to keep the list of city perks going: there is a candy store here that has more gummies that you could ever imagine. And if you know me well enough, you know how I feel about gummies. I'm talking: foot-long gummy worms, gummy superheros, tarantulas, lizards, palm trees, teeth!, bats, ABC's, man the list goes on....but drumroll for the one that sticks out in my mind - chocolate covered gummies:) I felt like I was in heaven when I rolled in there. Aside from gummies, they have enough candy to keep everyone here on a sugar high for at least a week.

Caleb - I'm drinking out of that coffee cup right now, and the smile on my face is bigger than the one on there. So thank you for that.

Wow the forecast says it's going to severely thunderstorm for the next 8 days...I'd like to see that...

Starbucks iced coffee drinks can shed light on any mood...just thought I'd share that:)

I Can't Believe I Missed It!!!

Wow...if you need another perk to this gorgeous city...it's this:

Yesterday my mom and I went galavanting around downtown...rode the metro and whatnot...and ended up at this phenomenal mall...with palm trees in it:)

But the catch is this: We walked around and shopped for hours, only to get home and realize that although we had a wonderful dinner in the food court, THERE IS A CHEESECAKE FACTORY HERE!!!

Yes, that's right, I thought that was only a blessing to be enjoyed by awesome cities like Chicago, but alas, there is one right here in Miami:) (about 5 minutes away from my house)...needless to say, I plan on making a much needed appearance tonight:)

Other than the guy next door who cooks bacon every morning that smells like decaying dead things, everything is wonderful. Although I'm tan, settled, unpacked, and a little unfamiliar, everything seems to be working out pretty well. I'm starting to feel a little more like a local. Preparing for hurricane season and everything;)

But I miss a lot too...:( So try not to forget about me down here...:)

Dumps Like A Truck?

So I made it accross the country - with all my stuff, parents, cat, and all. My apartment is starting to look a little more like home...way different than Holland - but nonetheless...it's gotta look like my home somehow.

My mom is still here, which has actually been a lot less stressful than I had imagined. I have had a pretty good time here so far, but I think it may all hit me like a ton of bricks when I'm finally alone. I'm now starting to realize how incredibly hard it is to live away from the people who mean the most to you...it's going to be absolutely hellish.

I've tried to keep busy to take my mind off feeling sad about leaving, though it's not working all that well, I have managed to:

a) witness my dad get a ticket for 35 over in a u-haul
b) move-in and set up my apartment
c) look for a job
d) get my car crashed in a sweet hit-and-run parking garage incident
e) meet some people who won't come close to being adequate replacements for friends
f) get tan
g) get a bike, and ride it a lot
h) learn to hate smoking

The AC is cranked, and it's a cool 80 degrees here right now - I feel like I've taken living in Michigan for granted all this time...but it's amazing here. But then again, I love palm trees, and I love summer. My cat seems to be enjoying it here too - though she's sleeping most of the time, at least she's not chewing internet cables.

The bars are all open until 3 a.m., so that's one downfall of wanting to bartend in a big city, though a perk for prospective visitors;) I'll miss celebrating my birthday with the people I love, miss, and care about in Michigan- but don't worry...I'll hopefully have a couple drinks to toast to you...you know who you are:)

By the way, if anyone's interested in acquiring a cat...don't bother buying one cause they wander the streets like creepy people here...for free...

All the Times I have Sat and Stared...

Happy...Graduation, Mother's Day, Move Out Day, and Birthday...all in one week. What happens next? It's been an amazing week...I've got to see a lot of people for probably the last time, but it's been awesome.

I'm on my second 4-cup pot of coffee within an hour...and that means I may be going crazy in about another hour, but so be it - my headache is slowly going away...I've been trying to cut back, but that's gone down the drain along with a lot of other things. Oh well. May as well live it up the last couple days right?

My apartment now only consists of things that are coming with me, everything else is either sold/given away, or in the dumpster somewhere...so if you're thinking about tagging along, you may want to get packed in an empty box or suitcase and get ready for the ride...

This will for sure be my last post before I leave, because the next thing to get packed is this computer...and unforunately I have a comencement ceremony to attend tomorrow afternoon. That leaves Monday, my last day in this lovely Dutch town of Holland...that may sound bitter and pesimistic, but let me assure you, I'm only taking happy memories with me for trip down...along with my cat, and parents...it may be a bumpy ride, but we'll make it.

"Welcome to resistance,
The tension is here...
Between who you are and who you could be,
Between how it is and how it should be...
I dare you to move,
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor...
Like today never happened
Today never happened...before..."

Goodbye with a Lime Twist

Seeing as how my interenet is already cancelled, and I'm only posting through the miracle of an unsecured wireless network that only works 20% of the time, this may be my last post from this good ol' state of Michigan.

It's been a blast this week so far, i've had some good conversations, and some hard ones...but regardless, after I think about it, I think it might actually all work out. Guess it won't be long until I find out for real though.

It just seems like pieces of my life are coming to and end one by one...but unfortunately I don't want that to happen to the whole thing. I know I'm starting over but I'm not planning on forgetting what I started here either...stay in touch:)

I think my only chances of making that happen simply include the act of advertising the city. "Miami: bikini's, sun, beaches, and Stephanie's apartment." Sounds like almost as good of a magazine ad as "my caught you looking jeans" doesn't it...

Well I guess that's it. That's my story right now, goodbye's and graduation. Kinda depressing, but I'm about 75% there to being excited to get down there. That may spiral back to 0% when I realize it was a one-way trip, but who knows.

Ok well this unsecured wireless internet is failing me, as it this post and the hopes of finding that 300 dollars...

Can I have a damn lemon for this drink already?

Let the Fun Begin...Then End...

Welcome to May:)

With Carino's coming to a long and rocky end last night...there's going to be nothing but good times ahead, at least for the next week. I'll be here until next Tuesday saying goodbyes, so if you want it on it, hit me up.

On another note, anyone looking for a couch, a big one, I want mine out of here...for a small amount of money.

Pancakes are awesome. But I wish I would have had strawberries or something...:)

I have a kind of busy week now that I think about it. Besides having to move my life out of here, I have to do all those last minute random things that sometimes only your parents can think of to remember. Needless to say I'll be making lots of random trips to Muskegon over the next couple days cause I now have to move out of there completely too.

I am officially leasing a place in Miami...starting right now...but still haven't found that lost money. I'd put out a reward, but I'm not sure if it would be worth it.

P.S. - I have to cancel my internet soon so don't be scared if you don't hear from me for awhile.

"I believe the term 'made out like a bandit' would apply here..."

Ching Ching

It's been an eventful past couple days...I picked up a truckload of extra hours at Carino's, and it was totally worth it, until all the money I made suddenly vanished out of my bag. I wouldn't have cared if it were only 20 bucks, or some petty cash like that, but it was basically my savings for that week and a half 'hoop-la' I was planning to have before I left.

Anyway, somewhere between lunch at Culvers, an afternoon run to the liquor store for screwdrivers, blitzcreek 2005, Jeopardy 2000, an afternoon "nap," and dinner at applebees, I lost a significant amount of money. Needless to say, I acquired a GINORMOUS life-size, stuffed elmo, and a good time that night to take my mind off it. I still want to find it though...

Two weeks from today, I'll be in a hellish U-haul, trucking my life accross this lovely country to live. Kinda bitersweet. I can guarantee I'll be blonde in a couple months for a couple reasons:

a) I can't afford hair dye
b) It's way to f-ing hot and sunny to not get your hair bleached
c) I'll eventually stop caring about being a rebel without a cause

Anyways, it's going to be another afternoon of bliss. Movies and coffee, and then hopefully a good night at work since it's kinda not nice outside.

Countdown T-minus 4 days until I'm done at Carino's, then I have to graduate and who knows...

I'm going to keep looking for that money...

And So It Is...

It's getting down to the wire, and I knew that the awesome times/conversations I have during these last couple weeks would make it nearly impossible to get in the truck, but nevertheless...

I've been trying to save money lately, and have surprisingly been doing a good job, since I want to be able to have fun the last week I'm here and not working - which, by the way, is this coming up saturday...someone get me a witness:)

I would've put up a new post over the weekend, but I was simply too appalled by the winter storm warning conditions that I actually had to experience. I hear there's a place in Florida where that B.S doesn't happen, and weather like I saw this weekend actually makes me want to leave in some small way.

I've put packing on pause simply because if I packed anything else, I wouldn't be able to live here anymore without tearing through boxes everyday.

I got woken up by a credit card company at 8:30 this morning, so that was kind of awesome. I truly love when those people call me, it's so meaningfull.

Well me and this Honeycomb have a date, and non-stop rock is going to be here soon, so I'm out.

You...you're good you...I see what you're doin' here...

Nicotine and Gravy

So I decided I'm going to walk...graduate College the right way, right? Anyway, I picked up my cap and gown today, and it's surprising to me how depressing that simple task can be.

It's like, you walk away looking at campus, the dorms, and everywhere you've been, and realize it's all over. I decided that the perfect cure for my meloncholy feeling would be a McFlurry...it seems to have solved all the problems for the moment.

You know what else gets me? Packing. It's like pretending to move everything in the same condition it is now, and have it be the same. Not the ticket. I know that when I take this shit out of boxes in Florida, it's not going to have anywhere near the same meaning as it does to me now. Who's going to appreciate me having a chalkboard to write on the wall when I don't want to erase what's already on it?

And one other thing. My precious cat has no idea what she's in for...No idea. Oh well, like I said, she can find a lizard to play with while I'm gone.

90 bucks to extract a hard drive? You've got to be kidding me.

And so it is...
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me...
Most of the time...

Sign here on the dotted line...

At last, the day I loved to hate to think would never come...my two-weeks notice at Carino's. I can only half-smile at that though, cause that only means that the afternoons of bliss are approaching an end that I'm not quite ready for...tear...and the apartment I now call home soon won't be mine anymore.

I feel that this blog has made me out to seem like some sort of emo drama queen, but I guess it may really be that way. Actually, I'm really not a drama queen, but I can't help but feel emo about the fact that I have a lot of goodbye's to say in the next couple of weeks...and that kind of makes me sad. Actually it makes me sad kind of a lot. "Kind of not awesome," eh?

One good thing, is that I don't think I'm actually going to have to put the miles on my car for the trip down, because my parents want to trailer it. Which also means they're going to see the extensive damage on it from:

a) the golden retriever accident that wasn't my fault
b) the light that got stolen
c) the rust that has suddenly spread over my passenger side door

Anyways, I can always hope that a new car comes falling from the sky and lands safely in front of me with a set of keys and a title with my name on it right?

I am kind of excited to catch a lizard in Florida and keep it as my new pet, to keep my cat entertained while I'm not around. Or maybe 2...we'll see what kind of luck I have once I get down there.

Becky, pitchers of Margarita's need to be falling from the sky over the next couple weeks, and the egg-roll express should know us by first name. I bet we could even talk them into delivering...

p.s. I came pretty close to being kidnapped this past week and almost totaled a car that wasn't mine...I guess I am kinda lucky in that sense.

Long...Long...time...

Add - On

Just in case the previous post didn't scare you enough. I go to get in the shower, and what do I get to see? Yea, a roach. Ew. I'm not all that scared of bugs or anything, but I had never seen one and this thing was huge.

The entire hotel staff was in my room as if there was a bomb threat or something, and tried to offer me things like I was going to cause an uproar. I just wanted to take a shower.

Sun's up, I'm out...

Hell Exists...I was in it...

Not so awesome of a place when you're alone in a parking garage for about an hour and a half at 1 a.m. is it...that's what I thought when I got to Miami last night. Cause that's where I was. Apparently, one shouldn't expect to be able to operate a vehicle unless you're over 25? What state has a law like that? Honestly...

So I get to the rental place, and they couldn't have told me that before-hand, I had to find out at 1:30 in the morning. Alone, without transportation, in a parking garage, in heels. A night of pure bliss. But alas, it gets much better. I finally get a car, that I may as well have amputated my left arm for, but nonetheless, I'm on the road searching for the hotel I have reservations with. After driving up and down the same road for literally a half hour, not seeming to be able to find the sign, I soon realize why.

I think if the people on death row built a hotel for the people who put them away, I imagine it would look something like this. Now I've stayed in crappy hotels before don't get me wrong; I can deal. But when I get to my room at 3, and wake up to pounding on my door at 6 a.m., and numerous police cars in the parking lot (with flashers mind you), I start to get a little nervous. Not to mention I'm still sick, and overtired at this point, and already tried to take apart the smoke detector in my room that makes a "nails on a chalkboard" screeching noise every 15 seconds...that I got about 2 hours of sleep to. Eventually, I get in my car and start driving toward what I think is a safe place. Local time: 6:32 a.m. Nearly in tears cause at this point im a straight up drama queen of a wreck (and look like it at this point as well), I got everything done that I came here to do.

The deposit is made, and I don't feel like I'm in any state of emotion to disclose my tenative one-way departure date...but let me assure you, I know it, and it scares me. The chain-link thingy is getting made tonight, and it won't take very long.

On a lighter note, I filed all my financial papers with the school, and am registered for a full-load of socratic hell this fall.

p.s. I'm only on this computer and not on the beach for a few reasons:

a) I've been outside all f-ing day and can't handle it anymore.
b) I wanted to take a shower.
c) If I fell asleep in the sun right now, I may not wake up.
d) I'm currently trying to figure out how to get myself home.

Also, my parents are mad at me for all this too. They tell me to get down here and get shit done, and I do, then my dad feels like I'm jumping into things too quickly. I feel like even the slight incline in someone's voice right now could send me over the edge, I even thanked the lady at the complex where I signed for being so nice to me:)

Anyway, this screen is getting a little blurry...so I think I'm going to order myself my first meal of the day (a gi-normous one), and curl up under my covers and try to think happy thoughts.

"The results are in...there's nothing left to ponder..."

Lets Put the Gloves Away...

I'm sensing a little bit of hostility over the past couple posts...and it's kinda making me nervous. I love anonymous advice, I really do, but I can say with confidence that I'm sure that everyone on this planet has heard at least something about the McDonalds coffee uproar. Even if they didn't know the case, everyone who has gotten coffee since then has at least read the "caution - this beverage is hot" label that now exists on the cup.

On a side note - their coffee sucks anyway, who are we kidding? But really, it was a hypothetical situation, with a literal referance, so let's stop making stabs at people we don't even know over it eh?

Anyways, I had the best girl-talk gab fest in a long time last night, and it really got me thinking. I'm still only halfway there to being exited to move, but times like last night make me realize how hard it's going to be to get on that one-way plane, or take that long road trip without a place to turn around to. On that note, anyone looking to sub-lease a Holland apartment for the summer?:)

This is what I hear in the background...

"I got my ticket, and I got a straight road,
But I'm passing the same signs over and over.
And my world falls down...and I'm there calling out...
But it's something I can't say, though it seems the other way.
But it's a game that I can't play...not today."

Sounds kinda emo, but whatever. My hopes got higher when I realized that a round-trip ticket to Miami can be purchased for around $250 right now. Kind of awesome. And I will be stopping in Virginia Beach on my way down sometime, you can count on that. Kind of a detour, but it'll work out I think.

Anyway, I know I'm leaving, and I'm almost done ranting about it, and being down about it, so i've come to the conclusion that I think it's a good idea that I make the best of this po-dunk town while I'm still in it. Nothing but that life-long party train ahead, even if it's only for a couple more months.

Don't you think you're a little big for a sidewalk?

Round 2...Deja Vu

Yea that's right, I'll be on a plane again in about 4 days...and this time it's under my parents control. My return flight may or may not be extended/cancelled if I don't find a home away from home in Florida this time around.

The second obstacle is to figure out how I can get some money from the government to pay for this little excursion. That counterfitting checks joke is starting to sound like a reality of paradise, no just kidding, but i'll have to figure out a "legal" plan B at this rate.

If I had money right now though, I wouldn't be working, and I'd be buying shots for all the people that have helped make this smile on my face grow just a little bit bigger...

I don't have any clue how i'm going to clear out this apartment and move it 1200 miles away without renting a ridiculously large trailer to take with me. $5000 later, I may be there with everything in pieces...awesome.

It's kinda sad to think about hitting the books again, I'm kinda used to this relaxation thing, only having to worry about what time I have to be into work...but I guess if you only got a couple more years left, you only got a couple years left...

Hello reality check, my name is life-long party train, and I see you've come to ruin my plans...

McFlurries are the whip!

Im goin' to hell....who's comin' with me...

Just kidding. But I decided that my "grade 'A' ridiculous" plan correlates quite well with my grade 'A' ridiculous self. Basically, I'm suckin it up, and shipping out to Miami. I don't know when for sure, but there's no backing out this time.

My gato and I are psyched (kinda) about year-round summer, but I think if I could bring the contents of the state of Michigan along with me in my carry-on, there would be no doubt in my mind that I'm making the right choice.

Random question: if there's a "no swimming/fishing" sign on the pond behind your apartment building, does that also mean "no jet-skiing, water-skiing or tubing?" I'd kinda like to find out...any takers?

Well, Carino's, you can take this as your indefinate notice - I'm out. And I can't wait to make the chain-link thingy to symbolize my excitement about that.

According to a wise source, once I take out a loan, I'm going to have money coming out of my ass, not like I won't have to pay it back, but once I can win a ridiculous case like "McDonalds makes their coffee too hot and I'm too incompetant to realize that on my own-and therefore am going to sue them for an outrageous amount of money," I don't see myself as having a huge problem paying that money back. Until then, I've decided to hit the books and live it up tan/warm/palm tree-style for a couple years.

Anyone else who wants to get the hell outta Dodge...hit me up.

I'm in a glass case of emotion...