St. Louis
So my friend Scott is staying in St. Louis working for Boeing, so me 'n David drove over there to visit. That's totally the furthest West I've ever been, so that was cool. Scott's apartment was really nice, too, and apparently Boeing pays for the rent, but Scott pays for utilities. So that was nifty.
St. Louis itself was really, really spread out it seemed, at least compared to Cleveland and the big cities I'm fairly familiar with. We didn't do too much, went to a restaurant called Blueberry Hill, something to do with Chuck Berry, I guess, and partook in some good drink and food, played some darts, then went to a bowling alley/movie theater. Scott wanted to take us to see a midnight movie, 'cause apparently they show older movies that aren't in theaters anymore, but they decided to stop that for 2009 and only do it so often. So we just bowled instead. It was all kinds of hardcore.
The next day, we hung around, ate at a sweet chili dog place, and went to visit the St. Louis Arch. I really didn't know what to expect, I've obviously heard of the thing before, but I didn't really know what the story behind it was. It's this crazy tall thing with these funky pod elevators in the ground that swoop up and take you to this narrow viewing room at the top. We didn't go up on Saturday because it was uber foggy outside, but we came back Sunday and had a clear view. It was pretty trippy, getting closed into these tiny pods, then feeling them adjust as you went to the top, so that you weren't sideways at the finish.
We finished off Saturday with a trip to the Busch Brewery. This place is crazy huge. It's like its' own little town, really, and the only thing I can compare it to is Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Only with booze. Our tour guides were this old guy who just looked really depressed and didn't say much, and a young guy I could barely understand unless I focused really, really hard. Seriously, who gives a guy a job giving tours whose sole purpose is to TALK to people, when he can barely be understood? I guess things like that make me feel better about keeping a job for myself...
Anyway, it was sorta interesting. They didn't have the production line running, and that probably would have been the most interesting part to see, so that was a slight bummer, BUT the tour WAS free, and we got some samples at the end, so I tried a couple of beers. So it was a success in the end, anyway.
The nice part of this trip was that all other driving trips for the next while will seem ridiculously short. It took about 8 hours to get to St. Louis, and another 8 driving back. I got pulled over for the 3rd time in my life somewhere in Indiana, but yet again, the fates were on my side. It was the fastest pull-over I've ever heard of, I just said some basic things about visiting a friend in St. Louis, he checked my ID and registration, and I was on my way. He simply stated he was just trying to get everyone down to 70 (I made the mistake of trying to pass in front of him, because he was hovering diagonally behind me and it was starting to piss me off. I have a feeling this happens all the time.), and sent me on my way. Thank you, traffic Gods.
I've been sorta anxious to get back to Akron, because I've had practically no social life over break other than Emily. However, I was in for a rude surprise when I got back, because Emily decided she was tired of our fighting ways, so she dismissed me. I was quite taken aback by this, and I told her I wasn't ready to end the relationship, but I'm pretty sure she's already got a plan with another guy we know. I guess more power to her, if I wasn't doing it for her, then why stay with me? But I found it pretty frustrating, I prefer for people to just tell you how they feel instead of playing little games. You can't always have what you want, I guess.
So now I'm sorta at this impasse. The GOOD news is, all of that neglect for my ex paid off, as I got all As (except one C, but considering I wasn't positive that I was going to pass Theory III, I'll take it for sure) and made the dean's list. So my parents are happy with that, as am I. But I'm hoping I can push myself to the next level this semester, I still feel like I have potential that I'm not realizing. But last semester was a really good step considering the mess I was before. So if I just keep taking some small steps, maybe I'll get to where I want to be eventually. Just gotta keep focused.
So anyway, I PROMISED myself that I was going to just write something, no proofreading, no well-balanced writing, none of that fancy stuff, 'cause that's where I start to get discouraged and then end up abandoning the post. But I like having a blog, it's just a lot of work to write something that's fun for other people to read. HOWEVER, as I am not alerting anyone to this new post, I'm pretty sure noone's gonna read it. So it doesn't matter. I'm just dictating some of my memories to give my brain a rest, 'cause my memory is terrible. So, before I continue all of this nothing, I am done.
'Til next post!
-Jim
St. Louis itself was really, really spread out it seemed, at least compared to Cleveland and the big cities I'm fairly familiar with. We didn't do too much, went to a restaurant called Blueberry Hill, something to do with Chuck Berry, I guess, and partook in some good drink and food, played some darts, then went to a bowling alley/movie theater. Scott wanted to take us to see a midnight movie, 'cause apparently they show older movies that aren't in theaters anymore, but they decided to stop that for 2009 and only do it so often. So we just bowled instead. It was all kinds of hardcore.
The next day, we hung around, ate at a sweet chili dog place, and went to visit the St. Louis Arch. I really didn't know what to expect, I've obviously heard of the thing before, but I didn't really know what the story behind it was. It's this crazy tall thing with these funky pod elevators in the ground that swoop up and take you to this narrow viewing room at the top. We didn't go up on Saturday because it was uber foggy outside, but we came back Sunday and had a clear view. It was pretty trippy, getting closed into these tiny pods, then feeling them adjust as you went to the top, so that you weren't sideways at the finish.
We finished off Saturday with a trip to the Busch Brewery. This place is crazy huge. It's like its' own little town, really, and the only thing I can compare it to is Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Only with booze. Our tour guides were this old guy who just looked really depressed and didn't say much, and a young guy I could barely understand unless I focused really, really hard. Seriously, who gives a guy a job giving tours whose sole purpose is to TALK to people, when he can barely be understood? I guess things like that make me feel better about keeping a job for myself...
Anyway, it was sorta interesting. They didn't have the production line running, and that probably would have been the most interesting part to see, so that was a slight bummer, BUT the tour WAS free, and we got some samples at the end, so I tried a couple of beers. So it was a success in the end, anyway.
The nice part of this trip was that all other driving trips for the next while will seem ridiculously short. It took about 8 hours to get to St. Louis, and another 8 driving back. I got pulled over for the 3rd time in my life somewhere in Indiana, but yet again, the fates were on my side. It was the fastest pull-over I've ever heard of, I just said some basic things about visiting a friend in St. Louis, he checked my ID and registration, and I was on my way. He simply stated he was just trying to get everyone down to 70 (I made the mistake of trying to pass in front of him, because he was hovering diagonally behind me and it was starting to piss me off. I have a feeling this happens all the time.), and sent me on my way. Thank you, traffic Gods.
I've been sorta anxious to get back to Akron, because I've had practically no social life over break other than Emily. However, I was in for a rude surprise when I got back, because Emily decided she was tired of our fighting ways, so she dismissed me. I was quite taken aback by this, and I told her I wasn't ready to end the relationship, but I'm pretty sure she's already got a plan with another guy we know. I guess more power to her, if I wasn't doing it for her, then why stay with me? But I found it pretty frustrating, I prefer for people to just tell you how they feel instead of playing little games. You can't always have what you want, I guess.
So now I'm sorta at this impasse. The GOOD news is, all of that neglect for my ex paid off, as I got all As (except one C, but considering I wasn't positive that I was going to pass Theory III, I'll take it for sure) and made the dean's list. So my parents are happy with that, as am I. But I'm hoping I can push myself to the next level this semester, I still feel like I have potential that I'm not realizing. But last semester was a really good step considering the mess I was before. So if I just keep taking some small steps, maybe I'll get to where I want to be eventually. Just gotta keep focused.
So anyway, I PROMISED myself that I was going to just write something, no proofreading, no well-balanced writing, none of that fancy stuff, 'cause that's where I start to get discouraged and then end up abandoning the post. But I like having a blog, it's just a lot of work to write something that's fun for other people to read. HOWEVER, as I am not alerting anyone to this new post, I'm pretty sure noone's gonna read it. So it doesn't matter. I'm just dictating some of my memories to give my brain a rest, 'cause my memory is terrible. So, before I continue all of this nothing, I am done.
'Til next post!
-Jim
Labels: relationships, vacation
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