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It’s that time. A little earlier than usual but I’ve already started back up and don’t intend to stop.

For the past few years I’ve spent the warmer middle months of the year running just about nightly for a period of time. I don’t remember why I started. I’m not exactly in an unhealthy shape, aside from being perhaps a little too skinny. I’m definitely not overweight. I could be remembering incorrectly but I believe it stemmed from running to my work near the end of the night when a lady I had a silly crush on was closing so I could help her close and then hang out for a bit before she’d give me a ride back to my place. Being without my bike made it easier if we decided to go somewhere after she was off work.

That said I consider that year one of my running frenzy. Let’s look how things have gone over the past few years.

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I’ll get more into the nitty-gritty in another post but here’s some tidbits:

- I’m (finally) attending school. I was so late in getting the ball rolling that only one of the classes I needed I was able to register online and when I went to ask about getting into the other classes the professors were quite negative and pushed me away. Oops. So this term? Introduction to C Programming. Next term? The World.

- Job hunting isn’t fun. Hung out with Mandy and she was pretty positive about landing me a job at Best Buy but I applied and haven’t heard anything back. Last night I applied for a few more jobs found on Craigslist with some e-mail resumes. I’d really like to hear back from at least one of them.

- Halo 3 is fun. I beat the campaign on Heroic and need to go online with it.

And that pretty much sums things up. I’ve also been watching some TV shows I found online (The Office and Heroes) as well as my usual dabbling into different anime. I’ll get into more detail later on other stuff.

My birthday is on Wednesday. Buy me stuff. Or get me a job.

I keep forgetting about the blog but there’s actually a few things of note I could write about. Only problem is it’s now too late so I’m making this post as both a reminder that I’m still alive and also it pretty much forces me to come back and write another full entry later.

I really just need to get into the groove of writing these.

First off, I’m officially no longer an employee with Hollywood Video. I don’t really wish to write out the details but suffice it to say the manager got very upset when I decided to use a sick day and threatened to remove the rest of my shifts. I called back a little later and told her to go ahead and take me off the schedule. So I’m free.

That brings us to the second thing. I’m moving to the Beaverton area and acting as a new roommate for Corey. For anyone that reads this and doesn’t know who he is he’s a past coworker of mine when I was down in Springfield that had moved down there and later moved back up to the Portland area where he was originally from. He’s down a roommate and I’d like some change. Having someone to talk to and hang out with should help me in some mental ways as well since Jenny isn’t able to be my friend anymore so losing that has been difficult.

I intend to learn to drive as soon as possible. There’s a multitude of reasons why I wish to do so but the sooner the better.

Once I settle in over there I hope to get a job as quickly as possible as well, which is common sense. I need money to survive and as it is I’ll likely be at least two weeks without a job if not three or so.

It seems Jenny is very quickly dealing with me as someone that’s not part of her life which is still an issue I have, mainly because it really kills my confidence, but I’ll get through that I suppose. Not like I have any option, eh?

If I seem a little down or upset it’s likely something along those lines. Give me time and I’ll try to be a happier Nick. No promises.

This new game is called Walk Down the Street and Try Not to Cry. I’m doing alright at it but the pedestrians have won a few rounds.

When I got into work tonight the first thing one of my coworkers told me was, “You sound like ass.” Turns out that happens when you’re upset for awhile. Who knew!?

Anyhow, two days off so I’ll have an update related to work and possibly a tiny bit more on Jenny and then I’ll try to get at least a Part Three put up for New York. I’ll continue referring to her as girlfriend in those posts since she was at the time so don’t be confused by that.

I need sleep and to read some Potter. That helps take my mind off of things, thankfully.

So I somewhat forgot about this thing. Well, not really. More than anything I just haven’t really wanted to devote a chunk of time to writing an entry.

Suffice it to say I’m still alive. I’m also still working most the time and when not working I’m with Jenny. I intend to get another job very soon and part of that plan is already coming about with me using my vacation time in a few weeks. Once that’s used up I’ll definitely be looking for pretty much anything other than what I’m already doing. Odds are I’ll be going into more retail but I wouldn’t mind getting something that doesn’t deal with helping customers every day and perhaps just net something that’s simple like clerical.

I have plenty to actually add but I don’t want to make one massive entry. I’ll try to get a couple more out really soon, perhaps all in a row, but at least split in some fashion so everything is a bit more categorized.

The only thing I’ll note now is that I’ll be taking a flight somewhere in a few weeks and it’ll be pretty fucking awesome. More details will come when I write next.

I’m sick and haven’t felt like writing for the past few days. I may try to type something interesting tonight or perhaps tomorrow. Otherwise everything is going swimmingly.

So I may have a girlfriend. Or maybe not. Really it’s just a matter of semantics. I think last night we sort of agreed that we might as well just go with the official titles and say that we’re girlfriend and boyfriend.

In the end I believe it’s safe to state that I have a girlfriend.

This is quite a development for me as I’ve been without a girlfriend since I was eighteen. And I’m twenty-two now. It’s been awhile. After enough time I built up a resistance and hadn’t had much interest in really going for a girlfriend but there’s some things you can’t control and this would be one of those things.

To veer away from excessive schmaltz or going into unnecessary detail I’ll note that she’s a smart, cute, and nerdy girl. In some ways even nerdier than me. A shocker, that. Oh, and she’s a bit taller than me so I have to stand on my tiptoes to kiss her. That makes me feel childish and ridiculous, but not enough that I’ll complain.

I figured I should at least put this into some writing since one of the reasons I keep a blog is so folks I moved away from can keep up on my life and see that I’m still alive. So now you know.

On a related bit we went to Olive Garden today as more of an official “date” like thing since we haven’t done anything like that. At the end of the meal I divvied up our mints and learned that she doesn’t like mints, so I nabbed it while the waitress was still nearby. I got scolded for doing so and after a quick explanation that it would have gone to waste otherwise I expressed my love for the mints. The waitress came back to the table soon after with about a dozen more mints. This was the best thing ever. I gave her a nice tip, a bit nicer than my usual 20%+ I give to most.

I’ve been toying with the idea of regular updates in the area of what new things I’ve come across in my hobbies but I realized before I take the time to write up just what I’ve done in Guitar Hero or why Busou Renkin is nothing all that special that I should sort of flesh out the general history of my current hobbies and what I feel about them. This sounds incredibly lame as I’m typing it but I hope it’ll be moderately decent to read.

I’ll apologize now that this is another picture-less entry. Sorry. Late nights and work have killed that aspect of my posting enthusiasm. Give it some time. Things will be marvelous. For now go and read the pretty words that follow.

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I don’t intend to go on too long for this entry. This is me trying to push myself to start writing blogs again due to the upcoming lack of communication between myself and just about everyone else.

Might be news to some but I’m moving to Portland. Perhaps I’ll write a later blog about exactly why and all of that sort of thing, but for now just accept that I’m leaving and have no plans of moving back anytime soon. I’m gone.

Well, not yet, and that’s what I wanted to briefly touch on.

My last night in town will be busy as I’ve procrastinated to the point that it’s midnight, we’re planning on leaving between nine or ten in the morning, and I still need to box up about six more large boxes of stuff around my room. I should also clean up a bit and take everything off the walls and that sort of thing.

The act of moving is quite terrible. I’ve confined myself to this room for over the past decade and being a packrat of sorts I’ve collected a large number of everything. I’m finally tossing my magazine collection. Well, I’m bringing myself to cut it down considerably with keeping around three to four hundred magazines while ridding myself of at least a thousand other magazines.

But there’s everything else. I’m finding clothes that’s from ‘95, stuff under my bed that was previously lost, and an uncountable amount of items that are truly trash to everyone but me, yet I still have to throw them out for there’s absolutely no reason I should carry them with me. I already feel like I’m bringing way too much as it is.

Whatever. Like I said, I’m keeping this short. I need to go back to finish up so I can get some sleep.

I may not be online after tonight for awhile if we don’t get internet immediately in the place I’m moving into. I’ll make sure to post something once I’m up and running, though.