It's been awhile since I have plast written. A multitude of things have been going on in my life that had to be dealt with before this. It's official: Dan and I are done. In the end it just came down to really poor timing for the both of us. It sucks but he did what he had to do and I respect him for it. I will miss him though. He brought things out in me that I didn't think I had. I'm thankful for that.


Anyway! I (hopefully) just completed my last series of medical evals for the PC...after they drew blood for the wrong test and I had to go a random clinic. Talk about annoying to the max.

The past two nights I have been one hot mess aka a total shit show...so if you saw me any of those nights and I offended you in some way, please forgive me! I wasn't going to drink much last night b.c Thursday was an experience that I clearly do not remember but since I was going through post-break up shock coupled with Leslie insisting on doing a "power hour"...did I really have a choice?! All I remember about last night was the song "shake that ass bitches, let me see what you got" and there I was shakin away with some woman I can only relate to a crack hoe...but a really nice crack hoe nontheless! Good times!

So now I am in Amsterdam waiting for my sister to come home from Utica so we can go get some dinner together...this will be the first time that we will be going to dinner alone and I'm really excited since I havent really talked to her much recently. But tonight I am going to see Dave in Albany!! I am super pumped! I miss him a lot and lets face it people when we both get together it is like the dynamic duo...throw in his roomate Brittany and the three amigos go to town...!

Have a good day everyone!
Jon

Waiting.

This past week or two has been one hell of a ride. So much has gone on...but I wont bore you with all the details. I have been spending a lot of time with Dan which is awesome...!! So far so good. Of course that was until the convo regarding me, the PC, and him came along this morning. I'm not going into it but we'll see what happens. I like him a lot, he likes me....everything's going great in our relationship but it's for that very reason that we may be thrown off. Only time will tell and now I'm just waiting to hear what Danny-boy is thinking. The wait is killing me..........


This whole application process regarding the PC is totally awful...I wish no one has as bad of an experience as I have had so far with it. You have to get many tests and exams done on you and then all you do is wait. And wait you will...you wait until they send you back a form telling you what you forgot to include....half the time what they said wasn't included in the first packet, actually was. Such is the case in my instance. Now for their obvious folly I'm guessing this will set me back until a post-September departure.

You know, they ask in your PC interview if your involved with anyone at the time and then they go on to tell you that it's advisable that you don't get involved with anyone between now and the time you leave. What is that like 9 months?!!? Thats really difficult! Well at the time I was as single as they come...and then I got involved. It sucks what this whole waiting game can do to you and the people around you.

Sorry to rant again, but thats a gist of the going-on's in my life at the moment. Have a good day!

- Jon (still waiting...)

Crazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzy

These last few days have been crazzzzzzyyyy. So much has happened! My life changes so fast I can barely keep up with it, let alone my poor friends. So after going to the Drag bootcamp last Wednesday with Dan I slept through my alarm and missed 1.5 hours of work and of course to my dismay my boss found out and asked me what was up and I had to tell a white lie (the power on the block went out). Thursday was just ac crazy b.c even though I had to open the next day I still went out with Dan. It was so late by the time we got back (they turned on the lights even before we left) I had to go to work in 2 hours...I pulled an all-nighter came back showered and went to work. After work I took a 4 hour nap and went to the East End Fest. What a horrible experience. Usually I am a huge optimist about this stuff but when I have to wait 30 minutes to get a 5 dollar beer in a 90 degree bar I am not all too enthused. Dan, Orlinda, Jen Lindsey and myself went to O'calls and then to LUX. It was my first time there and I absolutely loved it....Jen and Dan popped my LUX cherry, lucky them!! haha. Can anyone say Crackhead?!?!?!

That night is when I decided that I loved being in the ROC too much to move back to Amsterdam...even if it is for 2 months. I simply don't want to move somewhere where I am going to feel like the best thing to do is slit my wrists and poke out my eyeballs. My life is not in Amsterdam anymore. I know Dave and Ang will not be pleased (and I wish that they could live here!) but I have to do what is best for me....and that does NOT include me living in Amsterdam watching TV on a Saturday night.

So the search is on. I posted an ad on craigslist.org and have gotten back some really cool responses. Basically I have a choice between a woman ("Karen") and her cat "Pookie," a french foreign exchange student and his gf, or a house with 3 other guys....I'm leaning toward the Karen or the Frenchie. We'll see...an adventure, I'm sure, is sure to follow and I'm super excited for it.

Dan and I went to dinner at Country Sweet on Monroe and anyone who knows the city knows that it is rare to see two white boys in there despite it being 6:30 pm. PS - the food is absolutely amazing...everyone has to try it!! Saturday night Dan and I went to the T-shirt opening/soirée at Thread, this really awesome "one-of-a-kind" clothing store. Super expensive but super cool nonetheless. After having a few beers and some champagne we decided to go to Two89. If anyone doesn't know, this is the new and much improved Jungle. Despite this place doing a total 18- and going from dive to hipster hang, it still flooded my mind with memories from my freshmen and sophomore year. It was our bar...and by that I mean Nazareth's!! So many AWESOME memories that I will NEVER forget, ever! **sigh** Soon after we went to TiLT and I met up with Liz N. and her gf, Laura A., it was so awesome to see her again...I miss her! All in all it was a great night and the two drunk ladies we encountered on our travels was awesome. Number 1 was some woman asking to buy our belts b.c her friends husband didnt have one and apparenly needed one. She then proceeded to ask us if we were gay. Of course we answere truthfully...bad idea. As soon as she heard this she kept going on and on how she loved gay men and she clutched us as if we were her new best friends. We politely said goodbye and started to walk away, at teh same time this crazed woman is screaming at us telling us she loves us!! HOLLA. Drunk woman number 2 was apparently from Miami and "hated" it here b.c she drank by herself and knew no one. After just barely helping her over a chain rope she pestered us for a ride to her house. It wasnt far so we gave her one...she nearly puked. I would have been so pissed if she had done that. Thankfully for us and for her she didnt.

Well I just had to get that all out and document the crazy times that went on these past few days. I hope everyone has had a good weekend! BTW, the pic posted is the first one of Dan and I...presh, we know!

Jon