Denver was awesome! Kim and I spent one afternoon in Breckenridge. At first we did a little bit of shopping and then shortly after that a local told us to go hiking up on Borea’s Pass. We took the advice and went. It was amazing. The pass is a gravel road that was once a railroad track. It climbs gradually up a mountain and the entire time there are amazing views down into Breckenridge and other mountains around there. The leaves on the trees (the non evergreen ones) had changed to a bright gold color, which contrasted very nicely with the evergreens. I have some amazing pictures that I will have to scan sometime. We also went to the Great American Beer Festival while in Denver. I’ve never had some many different beers in such a short amount of time. It was a great time though, as was the entire weekend. Thanks to Kim’s friend Josh for it all!

I got on a hockey team out here in KC. We had our second game tonight, and lost again, but this time it was only 1-0. The last game we lost really badly, but I had 2 goals. :) I’m enjoying it so far, and we have 11 more games still!

I still have no job news, but I’m getting some feedback from the web design stuff. It is looking very nice so far.
Oh yeah, I may have a position with Hickory Farms for the holiday season. The Pioneer District Supervisor (Kiko) is looking for an assistant and I may have filled his position. I should know more in a week or so, hopefully…

The trip I had home to fix Kim’s windshield was nice. I got to see most of my friends and even have some pretty good nights out at the bars. I was ready to come back to KC though, since Kim wasn’t with me on this trip.

This weekend we are riding a bus with many others 4 hours away to some small town’s Octoberfest. Everyone that has gone on it before loved it, so we are looking forward to that. And then the weekend after this, we are back in Ohio. This time for a wedding…

I think that is about it for now.
Prost!

Pig-Fest was incredible as always. It rained, but other than that it was fun for everyone. Check out the pictures: http://pigfest.edpaffjr.com

My Aunt Stefanie had her baby! A little girl named Elizabeth Ann. She is the first Busch cousin in quite some time!

Kim and I have planned some trips. We are going back to Cincinnati for Labor Day and to see the fireworks and everything. Then the weekend after that we are going to Chicago to party with all of my O.A.R. friends and see a show! Later in Sept. we are going to Denver to visit her friend Josh and to go to a beer tasting festival. That should be really cool and fun. I’ve never been to Denver or anywhere in the west before, besides California…

We are also going home again sometime in October and going to a wedding for a friend of hers. There is always stuff to do!

I’ve actually had a little luck with my job searching. I may get a temp position with H&R Block staring Sept. 8th and going through January or February, with another position becoming available at that time as well. It sounds like something that will be alright to do for awhile. It’s a job in quality assurance, so I would be testing software and web forms. Easy enough. :) Wish me luck for that. I need to find something to do…

That is it for now, hope everyone is well!!!

So yeah, my cousin Lauren was in the hospital here in KC with a case of mono and strep. Kim and I visited her one night while she was here, and Lauren gave me shit for not writing about it. So there ya go. :)

O.A.R. show tonight, with 311. Two of my favorite bands sharing the stage. It should be a great time, as long as we have enough money for beer. :)

I get to go back to Cincinnati tomorrow. My bags are already packed, I’m ready to go back for a weekend. Pig-Fest is really shaping up to be a great one. The weather looks great, and everyone is calling about it. They seem very excited and so am I!!!

I might go to a G Love show tomorrow night with Sarnovsky, the old roomies, and whomever else wants to go. That should be a good time, if it happens…

Well, still no job for me. I’m really pushing everything here, but it still isn’t helping. It may be time to start looking at temp agencies.

Liam and Bobbi came to visit this weekend. We went to an OAR show, and had a blast as always. One thing I know after this weekend, I’m not a big fan of Steak and Shake.

Pig-Fest is this weekend!! I’m really excited for that. The drive might suck, but it will be worth it when we get home! Everyone better show up!

School is almost over. This is getting pretty scary. I guess I really have 3 more days left. Tomorrow we have senior project demo day, where we get judged on our projects. I have a Psych test Thursday, should be easy enough. Friday, I have a database quiz. I like the term quiz and not final, so hopefully that will be easy. I think our Prof for that class is trying to take it easy, she is also our senior year advisor. Then I have like 3 or 4 programs due next week. That will be the worst part of all. It is for my pass/fail class, so I just hope I can pass the damn class.

I guess I’ll be working at ITI until mid June and then from there, I don’t have a clue. I keep sending my resume out, and sending out replies to people, but I rarely hear back on anything. I got one job that I might be able to get, but it pays in the mid 20’s. That is awful. So not much has changed in the job search.

We are trying to finalize a day for this years Pig-Fest, which is the 10th annual. Either August 9th or 16th. On the 9th OAR is playing riverbend with 311, but I will be seeing the same show a week or two before. I’m thinking I could skip this one if need be. On the 16th Fate Hates Us already has a show, so playing at the party wouldn’t work out. That is the one problem, and it all comes down to me. :)

That is really about all that has been happening. Lots of partying for the end of the year, which I’m sure will only increase once we really do graduate. Too much fun!

What a weekend. Marchtober as we affectionately called it came and went like that. It was one of the best times I’ve had in such a long time. Two wonderful shows with big ass parties whenever we weren’t at Bogart’s. It all started at 3 on Friday for me, when I got out of class. A few people we’re already there like Vedder and Peccer. Soon after however, JStella shows up, I pick Stigs up, etc etc and we have a party on our hands. I have briefly met most of the people that showed up at one time or another, but never actually spent lots of time with them. Let me just tell you how cool each and every person truly was. I am so glad that me and my roommates decided to open up our house, because it was well worth it. From staying up all night with Jordan and Tim, to listening to all of JackStraw’s stories, to poo dollar, to DMX at waffle house, to Corn Whisky, to Swoothie making shirts for us all, to the beerings, to the random people we had on saturday, etc, etc, this was one hell of a party. I summed it up best apparently when I said that I was going to cry when everyone left. I never really did, but I really wish it wouldn’t have ended so quickly. We are definitely going to do this again, it was a blast!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Well, since the last time I wrote, Christmas happened. It was a great one for me. Here are some of the coolest things that I got:
A turtle tank (and now I have 2 little baby turtles as well, hopefully I can get some pics soon).
A new 80 gig hard drive
A new optical mouse
A new wallet
Clothes of course
and Best Buy gift cards

I love my little turtles, they are so much fun, and I keep learning more and more about them. One of them is a Peninsula Cooter, so I had to name that one Hudy, since Liam had an old guys ID and his name was Randal Hudy, but we called him Cooter Hudy. That was easy. The other turtle is a Red Eared Slider. I’ve tossed many names around, but wanted to go with something sort of unisex, since it is hard to tell their sex at this age. The one I’m going with as of now is Terry. If you have some ideas, let me know. Kate gets the best gift award. :)
The funny thing about all of this is I got a fish tank for Kate. We are so damn goofy…

I finally got my computer working with the new drive, it was quite the pain, but my buddy Doug helped me through it in the end. Me and my dad just couldn’t work it out talking only on the phone about it.

New years was kind of shitty. I think I had a 24 hour flu or something. I woke up on the 31st with the worse stomach ache. It went on all day, and made me pretty miserable. Funny thing is, I woke up on the 1st feeling fine for the most part. Pretty damn strange, but apparently this was happening to all of Kate’s family. That’s the last time I visit them on the holidays. :)

Well I’m at work, guess I should go do some work things. Basketball game tonight, go CATS!!!

Last week was nice cause I only had 3 days of work. Those went by pretty quickly, and I hung out with Kate a bunch! For the 4th Liam, Kate, Steph and I went up to Buckeye Lake for the Fate Hates Us show and some fireworks. The night was really cool, except for I got something in my eye that would not come out. My eye swelled up real bad, because I couldn’t leave it alone. At least that eventually went away but now my eyes are constantly watering, my allergies must have finally caught up to me. The show was sweet, something like 3 or 4 hours long. Friday we went drinking at Liam’s house for the first time in awhile and had fun as usual. Nothing really all too exciting, but fun regardless. Saturday Liam, Fighty, Callsen and I went to Cleveland for the Feeling Better Than Everfine festival show featuring OAR. The show was sweet. OAR played two incredible sets to start and finish off the day/night. Red Wanting Blue was fun to see again, and I really can’t wait to see another one of their shows. I was introduced to a band called Carbon Leaf that was really cool. Pretty jammy, and they had a mandolin player along with the occasional upright bass. I look forward to seeing them again in the future. We of course got drunk cause Weeba and Kraut were there. :) What a great time it was. Last night I relaxed with Kate at Lilo and Stitich, that new Disney movie. It was a fun one, and I tried to catch up on sleep last night. Oh well, a little tired now but I seem to always be anymore…

This weekend summed up in one line…
Pig-Fest IX
It was a great time once again. My family all got drunk and so did all my friends. I think the wiffle ball tourney completely ended this year for the first time, and Kate’s team almost won. Instead it was my brother and Liam’s team that took home the trophy. The fireworks were sweet, and my finger has a reminder that I was one of the two people shooting the damn things off. Fate Hates Us was sweet, and I got up and sang Poker with Pete playing some guitar on it. Then of course the Tea Bag Song chants broke out, so he played that one and we did some of Sail Away. Then let the band continue with their set until the cops came. That was another first for the roast. :) Kate made it back into town much earlier than I thought she would, so that was great! It is very nice to have her back with me. I went to bed at 2 AM I think but it felt much earlier than that. What a great night, and I think everyone else had a blast too…

Kate did call the next day, so everything is cool. :-) Let’s see, the VACO show was excellent as usual. I saw most of the Columbus folks out at the show and Pat even started to pay me back for all the beer I bought him in Pitt. Well, Pig-Fest is tomorrow and we still have quite a bit of stuff to take care of. I think I’m only going to work for a little bit more, then it’s time to go home and work my butt off. I am very excited for this years party though, I think it should be the best one yet. Guess it is time to take some more screen-shots so I can get out of here. Have a nice weekend, I know I will…