Although I’ve gone to a score of parties during this Las Vegas vacation, I found tonight (where each was canceled or neglected) to be the most memorable. I felt at peace by just sitting, chatting, and basking in the fact I have friends who love me. And that is enough.
I’m off to Asia.
Specifically Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, and China in that order.
In case you were wondering. See you in a month!
When I watch Korean dramas it pumps me up for Asia!
Even though I’m not even going to Korea. Ah well
Currently: My Love Patzzi, Heaven’s Tree
2(I’m feeling) @ the same time:
It sucks when Cards don’t lie,
you get slapped in the face with reality – once again.
But then why was I living disillusioned in the first place?
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Why should I help those I don’t like? It drives me insane to be nice.
But it’s my own fault for stirring up such ill-minded thoughts,
brooding over such insignificant things.
Rather,
Take the high road. You’re better than them and you know it.
Narcissism prevails in moments like this, the purest remedy.
Blah! Oh well. I’m taking a break from the TV so I will do Lee’s survey game thing.
If you’ve been tagged, you have to list six people you tag and list six things about you that are weird or unique or relatively unknown. Here are my sixes…
1. I have been obsessed with ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ on FOX. Haha. After I saw them do the SICKEST choreography to Neyo’s “Sexy Love” I was hooked. Since I danced for all those debuts and randoms, I can’t help but think it’s fun and addicting. Unfortunately they voted off the only girl I wanted to win today: Allison. So now I’m voting for Travis and/or Ivan. Maybe I’ll actually call in to vote for this reality show.
2. I’ve been registered to vote since the last presidential election (oh wait last year) and the local primaries are coming up. Unfortunately I’d rather vote for my favorite person on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ than any politician in these elections. Sigh to my warped American obsession with the media.
3. Some might not know but I’m going off to Asia soon since I quit Southwestern. I haven’t been to Asia since the 5th grade. Someone else can do the math. I’m not good at this subtraction mess. I’m excited yet scared at the same time because stuff I’m happy about usually gets screwed up. This whole employing a “think positive therefore the outcome will be positive“ mentality really doesn’t work for me. But I’m just going to go for the sake of going because once I’ve placed my foot on the soil of these Asian countries I would have already fulfilled my goal of traveling for this summer. That is the least I can do!
4. When I clip my toe nails, sometimes I’m just too lazy to hover over a trashcan. GROSS!
5. I had a hallway sign made for me during my senior year of high school about my Bulletin Editor Key Clubbing. After I saw it, I tore it down and hung it up, covering 80% of my wall. When my dad saw it he’s like “Paul take that down it’s ugly.” But no father too bad I love it haha. Ah Key Club, that’s the only thing I miss about high school!
6. Hanging out with my home chillin’ back in the Vegas makes me feel inferior because everyone has moved on. They’ve established more friends here. They’ve gotten trendier. They’ve grown in their jobs and stuff. I feel like an intruder sometimes and I wish I could go back to Seattle now because that’s somewhat my escape from reality: living life pretty independent. But then again what isn’t an escape from reality for me?!
Any way that is all. This felt like a regular blog.
I talk about these random type of things any way.
But from now on PLEASE PLEASE no more wordy games. Thanks hah.
I think I only have 6 friends on LJ any way:
1. Norma Jean (who probably won’t even check her LJ)
2. Vinnie (who apparently moved to Florida?!)
3. Lucy
4. Jonathan
5. Tiffany (try doing this all in Japanese)
6. Teresa
New acne medication. It’s not working.
If anything it burns my skin and I still see the same thing. PORQUE?!
I know stuff like this usually takes a week or two to start working but…eh…
There’s always this dry, flakey part around my mouth and so I put vaseline on it but then it looks like I’ve been eating greasey chicken every time I wipe it off. What a cruel world. Cruel, cruel world.
Any way, I’m waiting to go to the dentist’s office.
I haven’t been flossing. 3 years later, I’ve yet to get back into the flossing habit.
When people used to talk about life-changing experiences, I used to consider it just stock responses that didn’t really hold any substance. But now that I’ve gone through one, at least partially, my eyes are opened up to the big picture. I look to my peers in this collegey time and I think everyone is kinda on the same track. We get out and experience life on our own. We explore. We grow ourselves: spiritually, mentally, perhaps even physically in our own little ways this summer. I’ve seen little of my graduating class back here at home. It’s a sure sign we’re growing, expanding out into this vast world. Some look behind and cherish the past but know that they mustn’t let it hold them back. This is my mentallity too and now that I’ve had a taste of growth, I can’t bring myself to stop. What’s next for me? Travelling abroad? YES. Immersing in college organizations? YES. Space travel? EVENTUALLY. I feel so passionate to what I’ve accomplished this summer thus far. I’m charged up for the coming year. So I say bring it on!
Haha…on the down side, I still have 2 months of summer left, I don’t know why (or if I even have the right) to be talking like this right now. But it’s just a thought I wanted to get out there.
….my Mom called and I totally lost my train of thought. Thanks.
As a note: I don’t remember the password to my crabinfested website so I’ll post thoughtful entries in my Livejournal for a while. Good day for now.
i’m home.
but i find out that i’m coming back to a dangerous neighborhood.
apparently, my neighbors have been periodically robbed night after night.
now i have to hide my digicam and cell phone at night due to fear.
that sucks…i can’t even find comfort in my own home anymore.
my dog needs to pee but i’m hesitant to bring her out, perhaps this will be the night where i get mugged in the backyard. urgh!!! total contrast from the no fear-esque suburbia of the east coast.
I wrote a letter to my district sales manager:
Dear Ron,
The past weeks have been extremely rough, although I didn’t really let my face and attitude show it. Inside I was really struggling with my emotions and self-purpose. During the past week, I admittedly had to sit down and read Og Mandino’s The Greatest Salesman in the World, looking for an answer that might rid my depression.
I wish I would have read it sooner, but I can’t change yesterday with “shoulda, woulda, coulda’s.” But what the book got me to realize was that my heart lies elsewhere.
Yesterday I made my first sale, hit my top day of demos, and commit 14 hours to work. I thought I’d feel accomplished. Instead I felt apathetic: apathetic toward myself, my work, my town, and the families I had encountered that day – whether I loved or left them. That night I thought to myself in bed, “How much longer can I continue to lie to myself?”
What’s keeping me from leaving is the promises I have made to so many. To you, to my team, to the new friends I’ve made, to myself. But I’m driven to the point where I am devastating myself which will eventually end up hurting those around me. I have to go.
But through leaving, I regret the result of my actions on Eric the most. Being selected so early in the process, you’d figure that I knew what I was getting into. Perhaps I was enticed by the benefits but never really rationally thought about how serious this job actually is. Eric has been my student manager for a long time, and even living with him thus far makes it even harder. My betrayal to him is the ultimate shame that I know he will surpass, but I will always remember as the most pitiful aspect of my character. He has been, through my eyes, like a big brother. Yet I ask that he forgets me in order that everyone stays positive as a whole.
Og got me to realize that success comes from determination, purpose, and passion in your work. I lack all of the thereof. In actuality, I am a sheep in no position to enter the role of a shepherd. Og taught me not to make excuses: I won’t. I’m weak and have failed in my heart. It’s time to go home rather than waste the time and energy of those around me, trying to revive a bird that’s already been dead.
Although I’m leaving early, that does not mean I have not learned from this experience. There are countless examples but you’d already know them all. So think three good things about this situation: now it’s easier to find housing for two guys rather than three, the dinner bills will get smaller, and there will no longer be a beacon of negativity.
Lastly I apologize to you, Ron. I crossed that chord in your office with a foolish heart. I know my case is not unique. You’ve probably heard of situations like mine a thousand times before. The difference is that others have endured. I cannot for I am not ready.
But in leaving, I hope I’m not completely banned…
If allowed, perhaps when I have become mentally capable and mature enough, I’d be allowed to try again? As a first year stripped of any recognition that I might receive or any privilege that interns could possibly get, could I be allowed to reattempt? Not for anyone else but for me alone. If not, that’s okay. Whatever you decide is fine by me. Southwestern has already affect me so much.
Thank you yet sorry for your time.
Sincerely,
Paul B.
I miss home with every fiber of my being
I can’t stand this country life any longer. I’m a true city kid. Once I get back, I’m going to explode with my loud tendencies and shake off the pollen and boredom collected from f.ing Danbury, Conneticut. alksjf;alkjsdflk;as!! At least bring me into New York City. That’s what the weekends are for. Sigh… I suppose I’m just really, really homesick. I hate my job. It’s hot. Physically and mentally demanding. I guess it’s kinda like the stuff that breaks you down then builds you up. I’m still waiting for the ‘build you up’ part.
Oh well. I’ve neglected my work for long enough.
Back to the world I love to hate.
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