Blah (and other random thoughts)

Found a bar up near the train tracks and almost under the interstate to watch the Vikings game.. and low and behold.. they BEAT the cheese heads IN GREEN BAY.. for the first time in 5-6 years!! Needless to say, I’m VERY pleased! Also, while there, I met 3 other people formerly from Minnesota, and a couple other Vikings fans. Could this end up being a Viking bar this season? We shall try.

On the housing front, I checked out 2 new apartments today, and one was large, affordable (for the most part), not smelley, and but 1.5 miles west of campus (and on a flat bikable route too). New carpet was being laid while I walked around, so at the very least, I’ll be visiting again tomorrow. I may even end up moving in this week, who knows.

Jobs, my application and resumes have been distributed, no word from my future employer yet though.

And Mom, if you’re reading this.. I traded my truck in for a VW van, I’m living in it down by the river, and I got married to a girl named Viper, and I got a tatoo of her name on my forehead. enjoy 🙂

Online for a short time

Well I’m at Dan&Lori’s and they have dial-up internet access. I have been looking for apartments all week, and have applied for work at Berg’s Ski Shop, the Eugene Mac Store, Rack ‘n Roll, and REI. Hopefully I hear from at least one of them soon!

On the housing front, most of the places with a reasonable price are fairly trashy, but I’m a single male college student, so I don’t need a huge fancy house to myself, so it’ll be interesting to see what I end up with. I have an appointment tomorrow morning to check out a shared house, and I’ll be looking at a couple more apartments probably through Monday at least, unless I decide on something this weekend.

Also, I stopped at a bar close to the street I’m staying at, and they shall be playing the Vikings/cheese head game on Sunday, so that should be fun! Go Vikes!!

As soon as I get myself an address, I will be aquiring a more steady access to the internet, and a cell phone so I can get back to my chats and e-mails. Please feel free to leave comments, however, I love hearing from people!!

Cross the country I go.

Tis a strange feeling to load almost everything one owns into a pickup and set off across the country without a definate place to live yet.

Here’s how my journy begain:

Sunday
6:15pm – Left cabin
6:28pm – Get home to pick up last minute stuff
6:46pm – Leave Home
9:02pm – Fill up gas in Aitkin, MN

Monday
1:53am – Fill up gas in Jamestown, ND
2:55am – Pull over just east of Bismark, ND for a few winks of sleep
6:07am – Woke up
7:45am – Fill up gas in Beach, ND
11:10am – Fill up gas in Billings, MT
1:51pm – Fill up gas in Belgrade, MT
5:54pm – Fill up gas in Chubbuck, ID
8:55pm – Arrive at Pete&Jill’s in Boise, ID

Tuesday
12:30pm – Left Pete&Jill’s
1:28pm – Fill up gas in Caldwell, ID
2:45pm – Fill up gas in LeGrande, OR
7:42pm – Fill up in Sandy, OR
10:11pm – Arrive at Dan&Lori’s in Eugene, OR (2173.8mi)

Truth be told, my truck gets 21.32mpg, and the average I paid for gas was $1.765/gal.