Saturday, December 25, 2004

Happy Birthday Jesus

Lord Jesus,
Thank you for the many blessings you bestow upon me every day of my life.
Thank you for my family as crazy as they may drive me. Thank you for the food you put on my plate. Thank you utmost for the patience, intellect and drive you have blessed me with to be able to move along and experience this amazing world we live in. On this day we use to observe your birth, I send you my respects and thanks.
Amen

Sunday, December 12, 2004

first real entry

well, if I'm gonna call it a diary, I guess I should have some actual diary type entries.

it would so happen the topic of my entry has interupted my entry, and I guess in some way I invited it. I would never have said I had a large ego, but I think it's revealing itself a bit more these days. I had been dating this lady for 3years almost. I would have to say there was a time I considered marriage. Yet, in the long run I had to concede to myself that she was so nice of a persone that I felt I had to be a bad person. I would say that, that could have been something that was internal and may have passed over time, but our personalities were such that the dichotomy was constantly reinforced.

I love her, I can say that without doubt. I still love her, but I cannot believe that a relationship where one person continually is perceived to be discourteous to others because the latter is over-courteous, can be healthy or have longevity. Now I'm not saying I'm a saint or that I'm trying to be at all. I don't try to be a good person for that matter, I simply try to make sure I'm not a bad person. But unfortunately in my love's eyes, that would in fact make me a bad person. I can't agree with this, ever, and so our relationship came to an end.

Returning to the initial point of my emergent ego, I have to say that (as I'm sure most in failed relationships do) I all of a sudden am in shock at her new willingness to let it fade away. This largely because at onset she was very accusatory of my lack of desire to fight for the relationship. We had been separated geographically for 3 months or so at that point and I simply don't feel I am a long distance relationship person. That said, I believe she primarily thought that our relationship was ending because I could not deal with the geographic separation. Very upset about the breakup she felt I was quitting because it got hard and that I simply didn't want to put in effort to maintain over the distance.

Yet following a week of letting the dust settle, she was then quite quick to question why I was bothering to continue to contact her at all. And this would be where my ego began to creep out. How could someone who could lash out and call me a quitter in the relationship then simply not want to fight to continue it herself. Was this simply an, "I don't care to deal with you" response or a realization that her life was made simpler if she didn't have to spend energy on this stretched out realationship. My psyche simply couldn't match up how someone could be so upset to lose something and in the next breath not care to maintain a lesser relationship if it was possible.

I grow weary of the topic for now, less I continue to write a book. Till next time.
-mis penciones

Saturday, December 11, 2004

gettin my feet wet

finally waded in the pacific

though the air temp was near 80
the water was still damn cold

i understand the use of wet suits now

can't wait till the spring/summer when the water temp comes up a little and I finally learn to surf

it was another step in the solidification of my relocation
the sunset was gorgeous and I took some pictures I intend to make everyone jealous with

Hope this find you all well

Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Still searchin'

no calls on a job today.
i've started thinking about joining a branch of the public services.
dunno if i'd be excited about becoming a cop, but a fireman could be fun while affording an interesting schedule of work as well.
I may check in on this radio thing tomorrow as well, hopefully that's intersting enough once I find out what it really is and they're interested in me as well.
I have several times been told that I'd be good for radio.
Does that mean they simply thought I was ugly, I hope not.

Saturday, December 04, 2004

Primer Impacto

throwing it in the wind


So I up and moved to California. I've been here 2.5 weeks now. I have an apartment, a motorcycle which I've already registered and converted my license for, a local pub, and no #&*@! job.

I just needed to get away from the last city I was in. All my friends were either moving to the burbs, getting married, or both and I wasn't joining either of those clubs. So I gave up the comfort of a job, a network of friends, and easy access to family for the sunny complexion of the west coast.

I'm hunting a job with no obvious sense of urgency, but my stomach is doing a routine and a half if you could see it. My room is finally coming together and my computer has decided to stabilize itself after a period of crashing whenever it liked. I could probably use some furniture, but unless someone is giving it away, that's just going to have to wait.

I'm clinging to the Lord and lady luck right now. It'll be the first time I've ever had to fly home for Christmas, following the first time I've ever had Thanksgiving without my family. Life is changing from head to toe, I'm hoping the makeover is for the positive.

Peace.