Life...huh. Yep. Why do people feel the need to play games? Why not just come out and say what you mean? I'll admit that I'm guilty of this as well. I don't understand it. Anyways I wonder what people think when they actually read my blog. To be honest I think they would think I have some issues. Hahaha, but we all do if you think hard about it. How do you know when you have found someone who is a person you should hold on to and how do you know when it's just not. And can someone please tell me what love is. I wish I could tell.
My title of this post is interesting, at least I think so. Wow, so for some reason I'm really frustrated right now with everything. It's kinda crazy. I think I just want my life to be settled. I'm actually really frustrated with this too.....
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Been a while....
Wow, so it's been a really long time since I've written last. I've never been really good with the whole keeping a journal thing. Oh well, I'm over it. So let's see, well, I finally have a job! After 6 months of basically waiting around I'm going to be a Professional Research Assistant. I'm gonna be studying a protein that is believed to be linked with diabetes and heart failure and trying to understand it so we can regulate it and perhaps even cure these diseases. That's a long way off though. I start on the 15th of Dec so i have no idea exactly what i'll be doing even. More awesome news, one of my best friends is moving out here in a little over a month. You have no idea how pumped i am about this!
On another note: I have a very restless feeling at the moment. I should be completely content and satisfied however for some reason I'm not. I can't really place why or what i need to do to fulfill this feeling. Perhaps i need a girlfriend or maybe i need to get HD (hammered drunk). But for some reason I need something more. Why is it that I am hardly ever satisfied. I'll be content for the moment but never an overall happiness of life being all in it's rightful place. Wow, i complain a lot, sorry about that.
So I was home last weekend for the good ol' TG and I was talking with one of my friends. He is studying to be a pastor and we obviously got on the subject of religion. He later asked me to write about my conflicts that i have with religion and science. While i was writing that down it really made me start thinking. The words that i wrote made me sound like i didn't believe in the Bible, but i do, there is just parts that i question. Is questioning the Bible wrong? Have I lost my faith? I don't think i have but to someone who read that paper I wrote they may think otherwise. Well i guess it doesn't really matter what others think as long as i still have faith.
Well, enjoy this little update
On another note: I have a very restless feeling at the moment. I should be completely content and satisfied however for some reason I'm not. I can't really place why or what i need to do to fulfill this feeling. Perhaps i need a girlfriend or maybe i need to get HD (hammered drunk). But for some reason I need something more. Why is it that I am hardly ever satisfied. I'll be content for the moment but never an overall happiness of life being all in it's rightful place. Wow, i complain a lot, sorry about that.
So I was home last weekend for the good ol' TG and I was talking with one of my friends. He is studying to be a pastor and we obviously got on the subject of religion. He later asked me to write about my conflicts that i have with religion and science. While i was writing that down it really made me start thinking. The words that i wrote made me sound like i didn't believe in the Bible, but i do, there is just parts that i question. Is questioning the Bible wrong? Have I lost my faith? I don't think i have but to someone who read that paper I wrote they may think otherwise. Well i guess it doesn't really matter what others think as long as i still have faith.
Well, enjoy this little update
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
the 13 trips
So upon request I will post the article from Men's Health of the 13 road trips everyguy must take. I agree with most of them, however some are much better than others.
Melt the Asphalt
13 road trips every guy must take in his lifetime
Illustrations by: Anthony Freda
1. The destination-unknown weekend. Bring your girl, your wallet, and your sense of adventure. Uncharted territory is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
2. The border hop. Crossing state boundaries carries all the prosaic ceremony a tollbooth can offer. Which is to say, none. But cross into Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego and you'll develop an appreciation for how different life can really be over the fence.
3. The one-way voyage. You leave your life behind, say goodbye to your friends, and set out into the world to find fame, fortune, or some combination of the two in a place you never thought you'd call home. They don't make a GPS for this kind of trip. You navigate by the pull of your gut.
4. The coast-to-coaster. Yes, it takes time. It takes money. But here's why it's essential: You will meet one unforgettable girl and never see her again. You will almost land in jail. And best of all, you will collect more immortal memories than you will bugs on your windshield.
5. The urban zigzag. Doesn't matter in which city: New York, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco. Just drive through it, fast, at 3 a.m. You'll feel like you own the place.
6. The European weekend. Pick one grand city: Paris, Prague, Berlin, Barcelona, Rome, London. Leave Thursday. Return Monday. Pack just one small backpack. It's much harder to hate the world once you've actually seen it.
7. The grid skip. Go anywhere beyond the reach of city lights and cell towers. Preferably, it requires starting a fire from scratch, catching dinner, and not showering -- things every guy should be able to do if pressed.
8. The jam session. Jerry's gone, but the nomadic, roving utopia pioneered by Deadheads can still be found on a minitour circuit. Fill your trunk with provisions and follow your favorite band for as long as vacation time allows. There's something pure, noble, and essential about a live-music tour in outdoor venues.
9. The long goodbye. Letting your grandfather die with dignity doesn't mean FedEx-ing flowers to his nursing home every Friday. When you care enough to give the very best, give yourself.
10. New Orleans. Because it's still there.
11. The three-ballpark trip. Try Baltimore (Camden Yards) to New York (Yankee Stadium) to Boston (Fenway Park), if you're on the East Coast; Cincinnati (Great American Ball Park) to Chicago (Wrigley Field) to St. Louis (Busch Stadium) in the Midwest; and Seattle (Safeco Field) to Oakland (McAfee Coliseum) to San Francisco (AT&T Park) on the West Coast.
12. The test track. There's something empowering about identifying a killer stretch of road, learning its nuances, and wearing grooves in the asphalt.
13. The reconciliation. Against all reason, you set out to win her back, showing up on the doorstep in her new town, new dorm, or new apartment. If you succeed, you get the girl. If you fail, at least you've learned how strong your will can be when you're reaching for something you really want.
Melt the Asphalt
13 road trips every guy must take in his lifetime
Illustrations by: Anthony Freda
1. The destination-unknown weekend. Bring your girl, your wallet, and your sense of adventure. Uncharted territory is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
2. The border hop. Crossing state boundaries carries all the prosaic ceremony a tollbooth can offer. Which is to say, none. But cross into Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego and you'll develop an appreciation for how different life can really be over the fence.
3. The one-way voyage. You leave your life behind, say goodbye to your friends, and set out into the world to find fame, fortune, or some combination of the two in a place you never thought you'd call home. They don't make a GPS for this kind of trip. You navigate by the pull of your gut.
4. The coast-to-coaster. Yes, it takes time. It takes money. But here's why it's essential: You will meet one unforgettable girl and never see her again. You will almost land in jail. And best of all, you will collect more immortal memories than you will bugs on your windshield.
5. The urban zigzag. Doesn't matter in which city: New York, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco. Just drive through it, fast, at 3 a.m. You'll feel like you own the place.
6. The European weekend. Pick one grand city: Paris, Prague, Berlin, Barcelona, Rome, London. Leave Thursday. Return Monday. Pack just one small backpack. It's much harder to hate the world once you've actually seen it.
7. The grid skip. Go anywhere beyond the reach of city lights and cell towers. Preferably, it requires starting a fire from scratch, catching dinner, and not showering -- things every guy should be able to do if pressed.
8. The jam session. Jerry's gone, but the nomadic, roving utopia pioneered by Deadheads can still be found on a minitour circuit. Fill your trunk with provisions and follow your favorite band for as long as vacation time allows. There's something pure, noble, and essential about a live-music tour in outdoor venues.
9. The long goodbye. Letting your grandfather die with dignity doesn't mean FedEx-ing flowers to his nursing home every Friday. When you care enough to give the very best, give yourself.
10. New Orleans. Because it's still there.
11. The three-ballpark trip. Try Baltimore (Camden Yards) to New York (Yankee Stadium) to Boston (Fenway Park), if you're on the East Coast; Cincinnati (Great American Ball Park) to Chicago (Wrigley Field) to St. Louis (Busch Stadium) in the Midwest; and Seattle (Safeco Field) to Oakland (McAfee Coliseum) to San Francisco (AT&T Park) on the West Coast.
12. The test track. There's something empowering about identifying a killer stretch of road, learning its nuances, and wearing grooves in the asphalt.
13. The reconciliation. Against all reason, you set out to win her back, showing up on the doorstep in her new town, new dorm, or new apartment. If you succeed, you get the girl. If you fail, at least you've learned how strong your will can be when you're reaching for something you really want.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Random thoughts on Life
Life is nothing but change. Constantly, to quote the cliche the only thing that is constant is change. All our lives as we grow up we are changing class rooms and grades but for most people the one thing they always cling on to is their friends. Then when you graduate high school that all changes and you are forced to adjust and become strong and meet new people or never leave the comfort zone you have made for yourself. Those bonds created is grade to high school are strong, however there is another friendship that is even stronger in my eyes. My journy through college has introduced me to some of the best people i have ever met. My roommates in college are more dear to me than almost anything. I talk to them more than i do some of my family. I miss those guys and that time dearly. Life was complex but simple. But then you are thrown out into life as they call it. That change is one of the hardest things i've done so far. To leave everything i know and have come to know, and move to a new place with no job, few friends and leave all that i have come to hold dear. My friends out here are unbelievable but they will never replace the memories i shared "growing up" with my friends.
On a lighter side, I'll be turning 23 in a week. Scary, it's that age where you are no longer a kid but don't feel like a grown up either. The memories of college still fresh in your head but the fact that you won't be doing anything but working for the next 50 years is depressing. Let alone to a man who doesn't even have a job. HAHAHA wow.
On a lighter side, I'll be turning 23 in a week. Scary, it's that age where you are no longer a kid but don't feel like a grown up either. The memories of college still fresh in your head but the fact that you won't be doing anything but working for the next 50 years is depressing. Let alone to a man who doesn't even have a job. HAHAHA wow.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Looking back and forward
As I sit here looking back on my life so far, and the exciting events planned for the months ahead I can't help but think of how weird life is. I was reading an article in a men's fitness magazine about the 13 road trips every man must make in his life. As I kept reading down the lists I kept realizing that I have completed 7 of the 13, I'm 22! I've lived a lot in my short 22 years here. What else is out there for me? The thought definitly fills me with a lot of excitement. If I've had this much fun now, what does the future hold? Is it like karma? Where I had all the fun in the world for the first part and now or soon Karma will release the other half? I doubt it. Life is what you make of it right? Bah, this is getting too deep for me, haha.
Anyway
-Nick
Anyway
-Nick
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Start to the "Real Life"
And here I am. For anyone who reads this and you don't know already, I've made the move from College life to the real life. I've currently residing in Denver. Life here has been pretty non-stop since I got here and I love it. I've seen more concerts in the 2 months i've been out here than I ever have before. I went skiing on a glacier on the 4th of July!! how damn crazy is that!?! I've climbed up to 14,267 feet above sea level as well. I've also been to more Baseball games than ever before too. Basically all I have to say is that I love it out here!!
This is St. Mary's Glacier where we went skiing on the 4th of July. Afterwards we went swimming in the glacial pond at the bottom, the temp was about 36 degrees. It was a blast.
This is St. Mary's Glacier where we went skiing on the 4th of July. Afterwards we went swimming in the glacial pond at the bottom, the temp was about 36 degrees. It was a blast.
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