Soulless & Feral

Despite having traveled across and indeed, outside of the country, I’d never actually been to what is one of those most iconic cities in the United States… New York City. That has now been corrected. New York City is now on my list of “places I have visited.”

So, first impressions, first day? The city smelled like old garbage and the streets were dirty. The layout in the area adjacent to the Port Authority Bus Terminal was reminiscent of cities like downtown Baltimore, with shops and small businesses crammed together with little break between them. Leaving what one might term the “back streets” and entering the touristy Time Square area made the city more spacious, though the smell of garbage did remain. Speaking of Times Square… while impressive in that it was Times Square, I somehow expected it to be bigger. I suppose that television and my experiences in Las Vegas had prepared me to expect something larger than life… and it was not larger than life. It was interesting, though!

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I’ve been admittedly slack on my fitness routine this past month or so… I’d love to attribute it to having too much to do, or being injured, or anything that does not involve me being a lazy bastard, but… I can’t. Because that’s what it -is-; I’ve been a lazy bastard. I mean, I -have- been busy, but no so much that I couldn’t have made the time to work in some runs and some weight training. So that’s that. I’ve been a lazy bastard. What’s more, my diet had gone to shit, so combining my lack of exercise with my lack of proper eating made me gain a wee bit of weight.

Repeat after me: UGH.

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Some quick, preliminary goals for my year long montage.

Montage of the Mind

I’m going to finish up as many credits toward a Bachelor’s degree as I can handle. Depending on my workload, I hope to get through at least the first year. I know, I know… a full credit load is a lot to shoot for. I won’t be disappointed if I can’t get to that point, but if I -can- get to that point, well… rock on. At this point, I have no idea what I’d want to study, though. Information Technology is the obvious (and thus boring) choice and Business Administration is general purpose and generally not interesting. I’d love to do something medical, but access to medical courses in Iraq may be somewhat limited. Failing all else, I will knock out the non-specific courses and work on the actual study focus ones later.

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This entry is going to be a little bit different.

I’ve recently been asked by more than one person whether I intend to have children. I suppose I’m reaching the age at which I am expected to have children already; most of my friends who happen to be my age already have one or two kids, so I guess it is a valid question. -Do- I intend to have children, aside from H? -Do- I feel the need to spread my DNA throughout the I’m universe to propagate my specially coded interpretation of humanity? Don’t I feel the urge to procreate?

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So, Plan X is back on track! My revised GTFO date is the 13th. So…

…let’s talk about something completely different!

Jennie (@jennie_z on Twittah) and I have a lot of internet friends who’ve been inconsiderate enough to have the same first name. The nerve of those people! As awesome problem solvers, we’ve determined that the most correct way to refer to our same-named friends is to use an awesome “Silence in the Library” model. If you’re not familiar with “Silence in the Library” from the Doctor Who series, go smack yourself in the mouth and lament your folly. You lamer. When you’ve finished, come back and read this entry.

We name our friends thusly:

First friend we knew OR our bestest evar friend what has the first name: “Proper (Name.)” So if we know two Hanzos, the first OR the bestest friend Hanzo gets to be ‘Proper Hanzo.”

Second friend we knew OR our acquaintance what is overshadowed by the Proper one: “Other (Name.)” So the second OR the acquaintance is “Other Hanzo.”

Third through infinity: These people get a name associated with their actions, jobs, or hobbies. So we might have “Paranoid Hanzo,” “Stripper Hanzo,” and “Anime Hanzo.”

And now you know! if you want to be different, either become our bestest friend (boob pics work, hint hint) or change your name to something else! Stupid same named people!