I know I've been a major douche in A) not posting as often as I should and B) not keeping up around here
but, my life has been BUSY! (well, kinda, I guess)
I just wanted to drop a line to those old-schoolers who know me and haven't heard from me in a long time.
So this last Feb I lost my job with the great fortune 500 company I had been working for for the last year or so, and my life kinda changed, as it usually should.
I went to the mountain, learnt to board and smoked hash on top of pot and worked as a lift operator. (the three things I got paid to do!
) since that ended in april, I've kinda been doing nothing -- didn't quite see the need to really have a job (not to mention there isn't much I'm interested in doing, anyway) so I dawdled and hungout, spent quality time with my brother, Trevor. Fast Forward to this august:
on the 22nd (bout a week ago) I moved to Port Richey, FL. A friend I had met in spokane got transferred down there after she graduated college, and since we hit it off so well, she wanted me to come be with her. so I did. I shipped all my clothes and shit down there and off I went!
I've been in this small town for about a week and a half now, and although there isn't much to do, its alright to be in a new place doing something different. I still don't have a job, hehehe. but I'm working on that.
I know there was a lot of you back home that I didn't get to see before I left, and unfortunately, because it was raining the weekend before I took off, all my group plans failed. I want to apologise to all of you I didn't get to say goodbye to. I really am sorry. to make it worse, I'm still pretty homesick for the one place I know best: the northwest. if any of you are comtemplating leaving far far away, do as you wish, but there's no place like home. (josh, maybe you feel me on that one?)
I miss my car. I didn't get to take it with me, so Trevor is driving it around puyallup, as people roll up on it expecting to see me behind the wheel -- ''Hey Tris-- wait, you're not Tristan!'' hehe, yeah, my baby has to stay behind until I can arrange a transport for it. (coming soon!)
on the other hand, I get to drive a brand new 07 civic! yeah, I know, its a civic, but I actually like driving a brand new car where everything works in it. the hydraulic clutch is great (not so much on the double shifting) and its so quiet, its hard to tell I'm doing 90+, as opposed to my car where it gives a pretty good audio indicator as to how fast you're going. Also, there's no winding roads here. everything is flat, and spread out so much, theres nothing to do 'cept open it up wide to see how fast you can go before you hafta stop. and its true, florida drivers are HORRIBLE! I see like 5 accidents a day, and that's just leaving my apartment!
I miss all of you and I promiseonce I get the damn ibook fixed, I'll be on more regularly and posting. so I wanted to let you all know I'm okay, and that I still think about the bbs often, even if I'm not around and posting.
best,
tristan
. Again, good to hear from you and hope things continue to go great.
Sad day!