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Well the arrangement I had to stay with a friend here in Seattle have kind of gone south on me.
Not sure what I'm going to do at the moment, but I'd like to find somewhere to stay that's more long-term while I continue my job search. I have a couple of leads with temp agencies for some positions, but it doesn't do me much good to pursue them when the rest of my life is such a mess.
Starting to think maybe coming back to Seattle wasn't such a good idea after all, at the rate I'm going.
Tempted to just work my way back to Ohio somehow. At least there I had a roof over my head.
Well the place to stay I had all set up in Seattle for next week fell through, so now I'm scrambling to find somewhere else to stay. The people I've been staying with since I got here are awesome, but they have stuff going on and don't need me in the way, so if ANYONE has crash space available for a guest for a few weeks it would be greatly appreciated. Prefer downtown Seattle/lower Queen Anne/Capitol Hill area as that's where my job search focus is at the moment.
I'd be willing to help out a bit around the house as much as I can with my health issues in return. I don't mind doing that at all.
Excited about my trip on Saturday back to Seattle. For those of you who have been following things for the last month or so over on Facebook, I have been trying to get back to Seattle for a bit now so I can find a decent job and work on getting a place to live for my fiancee and myself and her son. I want to do right by them because they mean the world to me.
I have to work hard if I want to pull this off. I have newfound purpose in life now, and I have someone who loves and supports me in everything I do and that means more to me than anything ever possibly could.
So I'll be in Seattle on Saturday morning. Should be a fun trip given that I've never flown by myself before, and am very unfamiliar with TSA regulations. Thankfully, I've been doing a ton of research on it so I think I'll be quite prepared by the time I'm ready to go.
Since I have been out of work for so long and am in the middle of relocation to Seattle I have put together this donation page. Everything donated will be put torwards purchase of a bus pass for the month of October as well as clothes and other supplies for the purpose of job hunting. I really want to do this because this will help me get closer to my goal of bringing my fiancee and her son out to Seattle.
And that's just the start of it all. I know I said I was enjoying being in Ohio, but I really just want to go back to Seattle.
My fiancee and I have discussed it and if I can find the means, I'm going to try to get back home. I don't know what I'll do once I get back there, but I need out of Ohio. My health and my sanity are suffering here because I can't get around. I'm tired of walking to the same places. I need access to public transportation.
Nice thing is though, I found a flight on Orbitz going from Dayton to Seattle with one stop for under $200 if I fly after Labor Day. That was pretty cool.
Anyways, yeah... I needed to vent because I feel like I'm just plain stuck here. I'm not remotely happy about it, but I figure after a year and a half I would have gotten used to it, but no, not really.
The man had such an incredible career. Airplane! and the Mission Impossible series (especially the 80s one) were such a part of my youth growing up. He was such a brilliant actor and will definitely be missed.
Pete, you were one of the first people in the Seagoth community I ever met, and I'll still remember hanging out with you helping set up for Sarah's rooftop party. One of the most memorable nights I'll ever have and you were a big part of that.
Okay, well I guess I should probably post something here since people are likely wondering what the hell happened to me :)
Like I've said before - things in Ohio are great. It's going along slowly and I've been here about 3 months now, and it feels like I've belonged here all my life. My girlfriend's ex not withstanding, her son is a pretty good kid and fairly easy to deal with for the most part (he's mildly autistic, so that's presented a few challenges).
We spent the 4th of July over in Mason watching Huey Lewis and the News. I took some pictures, which I will likely upload to my Flickr account and link to here.
I've just been keeping pretty quiet because things have been moving along at a leisurely pace, and while I don't always respond to people here, I still do read quite a bit and do my best to keep up.
Oh, and I guess I should mention the big news - I proposed to my girlfriend on July 1st, and she accepted. We're tentatively shooting for next October 1st, but that depends on a number of factors (finances, employment etc.)
Other than that? I couldn't be happier.
Sad to hear about the passing of the wonderful vorona, or Ivy Green as many of us knew her. I met her back in 1999 and she was such a wonderful person to talk to. While we hadn't really spoken over the years, I would always try and make an attempt to say hello whenever I saw her. She really did have a huge impact on a lot of people's lives, and really was a great sounding board for a lot of people. Outspoken and generous to a fault, she was more than willing to help out if someone needed her assistance. She will definitely be missed.
Alright, that's enough of my jabbering. I'll try and post more often, I promise :)
Argh. I hate getting screwed over. I just lost out on $150 because the client is not getting back to me in time and is now on vacation for two weeks. Now I have to scramble just so we can make rent.
I now have an account on Dreamwidth. I also have two invite codes, so if anyone wants to check it out, comment here and I will send you a code :)
I know I've been pretty quiet lately, but between moving to Ohio plus trying to keep up with school and trying to find some work, I've been stretched pretty thin. Hopefully things will calm down in a couple of weeks once I finish this quarter of school, but I can say that I am the happiest I've been in a long time thanks to a wonderful woman who means the world to me. Life in Ohio is pretty good... there's not a WHOLE lot to do in our area (we're about 20 minutes from Cincinatti) but we're planning on going to Columbus sometime next month after her son leaves for Colorado for the summer to go see Dismantled/Aesthetic Perfection/Combichrist so I'm looking forward to that.
But for now, not a whole hell of a lot going on. Hope everyone is doing well, and before you ask, yes I still miss Seattle and all my friends, but I am enjoying my new life quite a bit.
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I haven't really had internet access until now, so I haven't been able to update on my trip. I left Seattle yesterday morning, after staying in town for a week thanks to the generous hospitality of purgatory_138 and nsobject. I want to thank them both for being such wonderful friends and putting me up on such short notice. We're currently in Fargo, North Dakota and it looks like we'll be heading out of here shortly and heading torwards Madison, Wisconsin and then Minneapolis before reaching Chicago. I don't quite know when I'll have access again to post, so I will make this short and sweet while I wait to reboard.
I'll post when I get home in Ohio, and let you guys know I made it OK. Take care for now!
President Obama's speech on MSNBC in the background
... the reign of error is officially over, and a new era for President Obama, Vice President Biden and the rest of the Obama administration officially begins. I actually feel proud to be an American today. This is a landmark moment in the history of our nation, and I am proud to have been a part of it in some small way.
You will definitely be missed. Your voice was such a contribution to the series from the beginning.
(for those who don't watch Star Trek she played the original 'Number One' in The Cage, Nurse Chapel in the series, and Deanna Troi's mother Lwaxana Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation. She was also the voice of the ships computer in every single Star Trek series.
Considering this is coming from a UK tabloid, I have absolutely no faith in this rumor. Christopher Nolan has already said they don't even have a script yet and even if they did, that's the LAST two actors they'd choose for those roles. Besides, this Batman franchise doesn't NEED a Robin.
If there was any more clue I needed to move out of Bremerton, the local transit agency here just voted to cut Sunday service COMPLETELY starting February 15th. Which means no more going to Seattle on Saturday nights because I won't be able to get home unless I can find someone to pick me up from the ferry, or move into a place in downtown Bremerton.
The amount of incompetence in the transit agency here is astounding. There's a lot of high-level management at Kitsap Transit making WAY more than they should be, and they're not taking ANY cuts at the management level at all.
Plus, they just voted to raise the fares another 50 cents (from $1.50 to $2 a trip). While I don't have a problem with that, it just means they're going to save cutting even more service until they run out of money for their budget again.
A few years ago, they were running busses every half hour. They eventually cut back service so it was running every hour, and then earlier this year cut out most of their late evening trips due to low ridership. It's bad enough that they don't run busses until 8am and they pretty much stop after 8pm, but these cuts are not happening where they should be - on the executive level.
She'll be staying behind for a few months while her son is in school, and once I get settled and find a job and a place for us to live, she'll come out and join me :)
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