WOW

wow is right! It has been months since I last posted anything on here. Life has been kind of insane since then. I moved out and am living with my best friend. It all kind of happened by accident. I had made the decision after receiving my Associates degree that I was not interested in continuing my education, however, after a summer of still working a shitty retail job I had had enough. So in late July I applied to a couple schools and luckily got accepted at the University at Buffalo. I filled out all the financial aid forms and found a store I could transfer to so I could continue to work, but living was still unplanned and I didn't feel like paying a ridiculous amount of money to be placed with some asshole in dorms, plus I'm 21 I should NOT be living in dorms anymore. So the house hunt began. I found a really cheap place off the 190 (that's how Buffalonians refer to highways "The" 90 or "The" 290) anywho, it was ridiculously cheap and the guys seemed chill, however, it was in the ghetto. I mean the GHETTO! If I moved into that place I was purchasing a hand gun within days of getting my pistol permit. I did not feel safe there at all. Now for the luck. I was hanging out with my friend Jordan, trying to relieve stress, when I mentioned that I was stressed because I was house hunting. We had not been able to hang out since halfway through our last semester due to our schedules, and when he heard the reason he asked why I was moving out? I told him I wasn't just moving out, that I was moving to Buffalo. He said, "No shit!? I need a roommate." My best friend, who attended RIT with me AND MCC with me was also going to be attending UB. We immediately started frequenting the Buffalo area to find an apartment and settled on the first one we visited. It's a 1000 square foot apartment on the first floor of a house. The landlords are nice and rent is cheap and includes utilities. I am so glad this happened. I am not looking forward to 2 more years of school but with my best friend here with me I feel like it will be a little easier. My life is coming together and I'll eventually mold it to the way I desire but for now I am just enjoying finding myself in a new city, at a new school, with an old friend.

Finally it's happening!!

SOO...my car is dead. A rod bearing went and the engine is going to stall on me within the next couple weeks. I haven't been driving it because my dad and I wanna see if it is just a rod bearing and not a main bearing, in which case we can patch it to make it run a little longer than it wants to. But I test drove a car today. It was a nice little honda civic ex, manual (of course) and was in good shape. The body wasn't too badly dented and the interior was clean as hell. There was virtually no rust too, which is a good sign whether or not a car will survive. It's near my price range so we'll see.

Anywho, in reference to the title of this post my life is finally happening. I'm not guaranteed any long term commitments from them, but Martino and Flynn would like me to intern on their television production for MCC's new commercial. Next Saturday and Sunday I'll be working along with several producers and directors from the company, including actors, which in this commercial are actual MCC students, and going through the stages of production and post production, only because pre production was done weeks ago. I'm going to hustle my ass off and hopefully they'll notice and be able to help me with an internship throughout the rest of the school year and maybe JUST MAYBE a position over the summer. That would complete my life right now. Cross your fingers for me!!!

Life after School

SOOO... it's kind of been a while since I posted on here. Been enjoying myself and hanging out with friends over my Christmas break. I am still trying to find a new vehicle. Kind of switched focus on that though. I think if I'm going to get my money and buy something I should buy something I've always wanted. I'm not going to say what car I'm looking at because I don't wanna jinx myself. Anywho, school is over in May. Kind of freaky huh?

I get an associates, which can open some doors for me, however I am considering returning to school for a bachelors degree. I want to graduate with a BA in Advertising and focus a little on Marketing as well. They're very business oriented and VERY creative position and I think I would excel in the world of advertising. I am trying to get internships with ad agencies in the area for the summer. I need my foot in the door, however, its not that easy.

As nice as it would be to get an internship in the area and be able to live at home and work and do the internship for the summer and maybe into next fall, I need to get away from Rochester. I have been here for over 10 years and I appreciate the town for what it's given me, my friends and great memories, but I need to get away from here. Hopefully I'll be somewhere warm where I can drive a decent vehicle all year round and not worry about salt on the roads

Careers

Some of you may know that soon I graduate with an associates. I've milled around between schools and on my third year of college I will be receiving an associates degree in Visual Communications, specifically in photography. This can lead me to many things. Grad school for multiple disciplines, or career choices. I am thinking the latter would be better as I have had enough of school for the time being. I am currently working a dead end part time job while attending school that will become full time until I find something better. Every now and then I do work for my dad's company installing telephone systems for clients and that pays well but it's not my kind of job. I have tried finding jobs at local photography studios and I am looking into an advertising agency my friend let me know about in Rochester. Hopefully 2009 will take my life in a direction that is progressing me towards my goals.

2009

So, the year has come and passed and its 2009 already. I am not going to babble on and on about my year and all the ups and downs it came packaged with instead I'm going to say something very simple. I am happy for everything that has happened last year. I know I went through everything for a reason and that eventually I'll make sense of it someday. I look forward to much more of the same in 2009 with some hopefully different details. Happy New Years everyone!

New Car Continued

So as I stated in my previous post I am looking for a car. I want something sporty that can be a project car. To start from stock and work up to something fun and enjoyable and something I have created within my mind and watch come to life. Everyday on my commute to work I pass a house with an early model Honda S2000 in the driveway. I have yet to pass the house with it off the driveway. And the last two winters I have seen it coldly left outside to brave the harsh snow without so much as a car cover. I plan on stopping in and asking if I can take it off their hands. I would kill for a car like this. It's a two seater sports car with bang. It's a 4 cylinder engine that puts out over 200 hp and weighs next to nothing. The rev limiter doesnt even hit until 8500 rpm!! Hopefully you'll be seeing pics of it posted soon. Keep those fingers crossed for me!

New Car??

I am in desperate need of a new vehicle. My muffler bracket rusted off and left a hole. Now Linda sounds like she has a dick. She went from high pitched and refined to low rumbling. Don't get me wrong I love the way the car sounds, but hearing my muffler bounce around, because it's only being secured by a hanger wire, is not worth the cool sound the exhaust makes now. So I started looking again and I found the car I wanted to purchase this summer. A '02 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V. I would love to rock the Nissan badge and I know I could have so much fun with this vehicle. There are two in the area that are similarly priced. One has considerably less mileage but is further away. Here is the one I am looking at as of right now...