Saying Goodbye

Ever since I was a little kid when my dad would leave the house I would say goodbye and get corrected and told it was only see you later. I think the reason for this is goodbye's are sad, where as see ya laters didn't hurt quite as bad. As I have grown up though there has been more and more times where a simple see you later wouldn't work, because that would have been lie. All growing up is is learning about yourself and knowing who you are enough so when you do have to say good bye you can carry on without them. I have had to say good bye to both my parents so you would think it would start to get easier. I had to do it again with most of my friends back in Utah, I will see some again but for the most part we will have grown so far apart that its almost as if we are strangers. The most recent time for me to say goodbye was today, I finished school for the semester and moved out of Paty, and on my way out I said see ya later to everybody because I knew we would both be back next year. My roommate helped my take all my stuff down to my car and when I left him he said well goodbye man, I knew the proper response was just to say goodbye because he wouldn't be coming back next year. I couldn't though, throughout this year he was just about the only person I could trust and I was just going to never see him again? So I corrected him, and told him it was just a see you later. Now whether thats true or not I will find out, but it made me feel better.

Miss Paty?

I left Paty today for what I hope to be my last time. When I was driving away all the memories I had from Paty were running through my head and I started to wonder if I would actually miss the old building others considered their home. Almost Immediately I got my answer in an immediate hell no. The happiest thing about being done with my first year of school isnt that I wont have to take another test or go to another class all summer, its that I wont ever have to sleep on those beds made of plastic again.

Cleaning up

This past weekend I started the grueling process of packing up my stuff and cleaning my room so I would be ready to check out of Paty. I was reading over the checklist they gave me for what all we needed to do before we could leave and one was vacuum. That wouldn't have been a problem except for the fact that Paty has a strict 24/7 quiet hour policy going on for finals. So just to vacuum my room I had to get my RA and have him watch as I vacuumed my room so I wouldn't get into trouble. That just seems a little rediculous to me, and it also just another example of how horrible it is to live in the Paty Projects.

Skateboarding

I found out yesterday that it is illegal to do skateboard tricks on campus. A friend of mine was threatened to get SNAM'ed if he didn't stop showing us how much better he had gotten immediately. The officer proceeded to tell us that it is legal to ride your skateboard as a transportation device but not to do tricks do to the fact that if you were hurt doing tricks on campus you could sue the school. I wonder if you could also sue the school if you were just riding your skateboard around and was injured. I could use some extra money...

Crawfish Boil

The Schaefer Eye Center Crawfish Boil happens every year in Birmingham and is always a good time. Its a huge concert with quite a few big stars that wouldn't normally be there together and probably the most craw fish you will ever see in your entire life. This years cast included Fergie, 3 Doors Down, Gavin DeGraw, seether, t-pain, and a few other great bands. This one is over now but I would definitely encourage you to go to next years if you love good music.

Childs play

A few friends and I went to the local chuck e cheese this weekend. Go ahead and laugh it up but we had a reason behind it. We don't enjoy over-priced pizza that tastes like cardboard or the creepy massive robotic mouse thats in the building. We also didn't go for all those wonderfully spoiled children running around with slobber and cake smeared all over their faces. We went for one reason, the video games. Tuscaloosa doesn't have one arcade in it besides the one inside chuck e cheese. Think about the amount of money that could be made by opening up an arcade for the older kids and young adults to go to. In fact don't think about it, its my idea, and Im dropping out of college to do it.

evil empire?

I just found out that a new wallmart just got approved in my hometown in Heber City Utah. While nice things like always low prices and the more options that wallmart provides are nice, it is going to put our local grocery store out of business. This is horrible news because I am really good friends with the owner of that local store. In years past my hometown always voted against a new wallmart being built but it looks like a combination of move-ins who dont value the small town feel as much as others and sell-outs have voted to have my friends business to be run out of town by wallmart. My logo would be a smily face too if i knew i could go into any town and take it over.