into the airwaves

I can't believe im doing this. But yes, im this bored

2009-02-21T19:14:44Z

A - Age: 19
B - Bed size: Full
C - Chore you hate: Laundry
D - Dad's Name: Leonard
E - Essential start your day item: Cereal
F - Favorite actor(s): Steve Carrel and Kirsten Dunst
G - Gold or Silver: Gold
H - Height: 5'7"
I - Instruments you play(ed): Trumpet
J - Job title: FSU Student Senate President
K - Kid(s): not yet
L - Living arrangements: apartment
M - Mom's name: Elizabeth (Betsy)
N - Nicknames: Jackie-O, Rabbit
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: No
P - Pet Peeve: When you go on a yellow light and you think to yourself "I shouldn't be doing this" and then SOMEONE ELSE goes after you. Those people suck.
Q - Quotes you like: "That kid and I are going to change the world one day. Me a little bit more than him"
R - Right or left handed: Left
S - Siblings: Two, Andrew and Christopher
T - Time you wake up: 9 or 10 every day.
U- Underwear: Fruit of the Loom or Banana Republic
V - Vegetable you dislike: Onions and Peppers!
W - Ways you run late: Oversleeping!
X - X-rays you've had: Teeth, thumb
Y - Yummy food you make: Scrambled Eggs and Grilled Cheese.
Z - Zodiac: Aries

commie_000 @ 2009-01-09T10:04:00

2009-01-09T15:05:49Z

Today is Deck Day. And I'm pumped. Too bad I'm considering giving up alcohol for a while.

Haircut

2009-01-08T18:08:55Z

Before

After

Not that different, but a change nonetheless

commie_000 @ 2009-01-08T10:35:00

2009-01-08T15:54:44Z

So everyone in the world is updating their LiveJournals again (some people longer than others, but me not realizing it because I was unknowingly logged out of my account for six months.) So I guess I'll start to update mine.

My "Economics and the Law" class hopes to be interesting. My professor is one of those people who thinks they're funny, but people laugh at his humor for a reason completely different than he is laughing at it. Regardless, the subject matter and text look promising and it should be one of my more enjoyable classes. Nothing notable to say about Poli Sci Research Methods or Politics of the EU.

I really want to see Frost/Nixon, but I'm afraid I won't be able to handle Frank Langella's terrible impersonation of Richard Nixon for two hours. There really are very few movies out there right now that have any promise in them, except for maybe Slumdog Millionaire which I'm sure I'll never get around to seeing.

I Watched "Wanted" at the fraternity house last night - a movie about a fraternity of assassins is much funnier sitting in a room of fraternity men aspiring to be assassins.

I made a Roland Burris joke in Senate last night and it went over well, surprisingly. I've gotten much more comfortable being Senate President in the sense that I'm starting to make the position more of my own and adjusting the office to my personality instead of purely basing it off of the traditions of my predecessors. People took me really seriously my first term in Senate and now that I'm chair I think people understand me more and the levity I infuse into a lot of situations.

commie_000 @ 2008-05-26T08:02:00

2008-05-26T12:03:19Z

This town gives me so much life

Life plans: never come back to South Florida.

I never want to leave here.

haha

commie_000 @ 2008-01-14T16:41:00

2008-01-14T21:41:39Z

Who would have thought simple logic would be so confusing?

commie_000 @ 2007-12-03T01:50:00

2007-12-03T07:22:34Z

I'm so restless right now. But I'm in such a good place.

I feel completely different than I did in high school. I feel like things are just naturally working out for me, and I'm learning every day that accomplishments and failures are meant to happen, they happen for a reason. Almost everything that was really important for me to accomplish in this semester, I've succeeded at. I probably met my best man. Got elected as a Student Senator (something that seemed like an unrealistic dream 9 months ago when I first walked into the Senate Chambers). Managed to garnish respect in that Senate after only being in office for a few weeks. Made a strong group of friends. Got an internship in Charlie Crist's office. Finally made friends with my roommate and suitemates. (Most likely) Started college off with a 4.0. Taken time to stop and enjoy the blue skys and cold air.

I find it funny that I've really grasped ahold of politics and am seriously considering going into that arena one day. I spent four years in debate feeling that I was inadequate compared to my teammates because I did Interp instead of current affairs debate. Granted, I won a lot more awards than any of my teammates did so it was a pretty good strategy, but I still always felt like they looked down on me because I didn't flaunt my knowledge of policy and politics like they did. I just sort of feel a sense of justice. I'm someone that wants to be taken seriously and really respected, and I feel like I am at FSU, as opposed to some other place I went to school. I think that's my point.

So now I'm at this point of happiness, but I'm still restless enough to know that I have a lot more to accomplish. So much more.

commie_000 @ 2007-10-18T01:47:00

2007-10-18T06:01:53Z

I should be sleeping but I feel like writing instead.

I was elected to the FSU Student Senate last week and tonight we were inaugurated and it was awesome! Sitting in that big leather chair for the first time was really exhilarating and everything was just happening so fast.

Already as Senator for only twelve hours I am gaining the benefits of being in Student Government. Already I got invited to T.K. Wetherells (FSU's President) SportsPlex Opening Ceremony, I get to go to TK's house for a pizza party with the other Senators, and as a Senator I get to go to a super exclusive banquet called "Clock and Seal" which is held by FSU's secret honor society "The Flaming Spears." I guess they're not so secret... but it's really difficult to become one and no one really knows much about them.

I also went to this really nice bar/restaurant called Cafe Cabernet. And I felt really cool and sophisticated. I like that feeling.

commie_000 @ 2007-09-24T13:49:00

2007-09-24T17:54:25Z

So in the end I got slated for Senate (I find out if I get elected October 3rd) and I'm not going to join a Fraternity. It was a long, drawn out process, but I'm now sure more than ever that everything happens for a reason, and I know things will turn out alright. Now I have the money to study abroad among other things, and I'm going to be going through college a lot less restrained in one little social area than I would have been if I had joined a frat.

This is definitely a confusing time, but a great one. This is one big great confusing time.

commie_000 @ 2007-09-09T01:34:00

2007-09-09T05:36:22Z

Today I got really drunk with friends and the Seminoles won.

Yeah, it was a good day.

commie_000 @ 2007-09-07T00:56:00

2007-09-07T04:58:25Z

Life is good, borderline great here. This is definitely my new home.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to be slated/win a seat in student Senate and I'm really excited, but lets hope I'm not just counting my chickens before they hatch. And school is easy. And I'm excited for Rush/joining a Frat. The end.

commie_000 @ 2007-08-30T23:01:00

2007-08-31T03:05:41Z

Is it weird that I email Mr. Ruth on a regular basis like we're good buddies? I don't think so either.

In other news I'm rushing and plan on ultimately joining a frat, and I think it's a good decision, I just don't have the energy to explain my reasoning. Classes are so easy and the most work I have in any class is Modern Popular Music if that gives you any indication of how hard school is for me right now.

I need more snack food in my dorm, I'm fucking sick of Peanut Butter crackers and Famous Amos cookies. The end.

commie_000 @ 2007-08-22T15:50:00

2007-08-22T19:55:42Z

I played ultimate frisbee for the first time yesterday, and I wasn't that great. That could have been because it was 10 oclock at night and the frisbee was black and I was soaking wet though. I've been so active all day for the past four days that I am completely wiped out. I went to bed at midnight last night and woke up at 9 and could barely drag myself out of bed, it was bad. Today I went to the library, got a book that I'm not going to be able to finish before classes start, and started reading it in the fifth floor common room. There was a girl playing classical music on some type of guitar, maybe a lute or something, and it was so pretty. A very Dreyfoosy moment. A good Dreyfoosy moment.

I've been hanging out with a substantial amount of people, and even though I will never become good friends with a good percentage of them, I have one over a lot of people by already making friend's with a kid that I could see myself being friends with for years.

I need to take a shower and a nap.

commie_000 @ 2007-08-18T17:37:00

2007-08-18T21:40:35Z

So I'm in my dorm, I moved in at 8 this morning, and it is amazing. Pictures can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2003741&id=1109040019&ref=mf

It is so much bigger, brighter, and roomier than I thought and it's just exactly my style. I already took a walk around the campus and even though it says its 96 degrees out, it's not that bad. I already feel like a different person, kind of a mix between my middle school self and my high school self, which is a good thing. I kind of wish my roommate would never show up because I feel so comfortable sitting here by myself with my computer and my tv and just having alone time. I should be going out in a little while, but for now I'm just enjoying my space.

More updates later!

commie_000 @ 2007-08-14T15:37:00

2007-08-14T19:48:42Z

I have never been so bored in my entire life and in 3 days I will be more un-bored than I've ever been in my entire life. The sudden shock might give me a heart attack.

After realizing that I have iChat, AIM, and telephones to communicate with my parents and brothers, I've come to the conclusion I'm going to miss Patrick and that's about it. It kind of pains me that I'm going to have to come back for such a long time at christmas and summer, because there really is nothing here but my family and a few friends.

Who's pumped for Seminole Sensation week!?!

commie_000 @ 2007-08-02T21:39:00

2007-08-03T01:39:56Z

Can I just tell you how amazing it's going to be to live in a city where the median age is 26? And only 8% of the population are 65 or older. And there's only 150,000 people! Also, 45,000 of them are college students (thats not counting most undergrads since most don't have permanent residence's in Tallahassee.) The majority of houses were built in the 1970's or earlier, about 90 percent are native to Tallahassee.

This place is going to be so different from Palm Beach County. I think it's finally starting to hit me that I'm going to be living somewhere other than South Florida for the first time in my life. I'm not going to be living on a peninsula anymore! It's going to be colder earlier, just walking to class will be more exercise than if I walked around my entire neighborhood (hills!), there will be more vegetation, less traffic, less annoying old people who don't know how to drive, less cookie cutter houses, more mom and pop shops and restaurants, and best of all thats where FSU is. In 15 and a half days exactly I'll be moving into Landis.

This town is so fucking boring.

commie_000 @ 2007-07-29T22:52:00

2007-07-30T02:54:32Z

If the Founding Fathers were a collective person, George Washington would be the head, Alexander Hamilton would be the brain, Thomas Jefferson would be the heart, Benjamin Franklin would be the body and Aaron Burr would be the dick.

Sorry, I've been reading too many Founding Father's books.

commie_000 @ 2007-07-22T19:30:00

2007-07-22T23:40:50Z

They should definitely bring back political dueling. I would love to see a pistol duel between Nancy Pelosi and George Bush. Or even Barack v. Hilary. That would be so much fun.

And I miss Harry Potter already.

commie_000 @ 2007-07-20T00:23:00

2007-07-20T04:24:22Z

today i ordered a "textbook" online for 5 dollars and thought a lot about college. surprise.

commie_000 @ 2007-07-13T11:18:00

2007-07-13T15:22:57Z

I've known my AP Scores for a week or couple days but I figured I'd tell them anyways. 4 on Euro!!! yay. 3 on Government and English Literature and 1 on Statistics!!! WOOOO! GOOOOO STAT!!!!

I'm going to be going into college with 24 credits so that's pretty exciting and I'll be a sophomore by January. Um, yeah. I think that's about it. Oh yeah and I'm pretty much jobless which rocks (sucks)

commie_000 @ 2007-07-10T19:25:00

2007-07-10T23:26:15Z

I'm back and theres nothing to do. At least im going to Harry Potter tonight.

All I have to say is that I love the Office, I love the Beatles, I love the Shins, I'm teaching myself guitar, and I can't wait for school.

Bye

commie_000 @ 2007-07-02T17:01:00

2007-07-02T21:17:23Z

In what has been a thought provoking couple of months I am prepared to make some statements about what I want out of my college life which is less than 45 days away.

I've decided sticking with double majoring in Political Science and Communications isn't going to be all that bad. Making that commitment seems like it will be a commitment to law school also, considering those two majors are too vague to put to any good use with just a Bachelors degree. When thinking about law I have mixed emotions. Knowledge of law is important, exudes power, opens many doors other than becoming a lawyer, will set me up to make a good sum of money in my lifetime, and going to FSU Law School should be relatively cheap and provide me with an excellent education. On the other hand, everyone hates lawyers. Oh well, I've come to notice that I'm not as loved by people as I would like to be regardless, so becoming a lawyer shouldn't change that too much.

Also, I'm definitely going to study abroad. I'm estimating getting about 6,000 in Bright Futures, Florida Pre-Paid, and the other FSU Scholarships I've gotten as of yet, and will hopefully earn another 3000 or so in International Studies scholarships. The overall cost will be around 12,000 (maybe more), but it's 15 weeks in any location I want to choose and overall will give me the opportunity of a lifetime. I want to say I'll have plenty of time to go in my lifetime, but why take the risk. Along with this subject I think about possibly learning a foreign language. If I somehow get the balls to do this, I would like to choose a country in which they speak the language I'm learning, but if not (and probably not), London seems like the main option right now. Not only is it and easier environment to adjust to, but also offers internships at places like the House of Commons and other world renowned British organizations.

I want to get straight A's, have a girlfriend, and a core group of guy friends by the end of the first semester which are all effected in some way by if I choose to join a fraternity. The pro's of joining a frat are instant brotherhood, friendship, constant social opportunities, and connections for a lifetime. The con's of this are that its a major commitment to a group of people I'm not even sure I'll actually like, the lifestyle doesn't exactly match mine, and it can be expensive. The jury is still out on frats. I'll probably rush for the experience, but joining a frat will be a day of decision.

In other news I'm in Massachusetts right now overlooking a river that leads to the Atlantic Ocean and pretty much waiting for my life to start up again. I'm still desperately, painfully on pause.

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commie_000 @ 2007-06-24T00:21:00

2007-06-24T04:22:26Z

Life is uncomplainable. Not much is going on, but just enough to keep my pulse going.

I still have so much to figure out. But I don't want to.

commie_000 @ 2007-06-18T19:15:00

2007-06-18T23:19:50Z

I just realized that my life is paused right now and I'm watching myself just sitting here waiting for my life to begin in August. Its actually a really bad thing, but I mean... its true. I'm not looking for romantic interest from anyone until school starts, I have a one shift a week job, my friends live an hour away or aren't in town ever, and I just have nothing to do. It's really unhealthy, I'm like getting sick over this lack of life.

Here's to things spicing up in August.

commie_000 @ 2007-06-15T22:20:00

2007-06-16T02:24:41Z

Right now I'm sitting on my new black macbook and I have to say it's all that I hoped it would be. It really makes me feel a sense of independence and I'm happy to know that all my nagging to the FSU computer store (who doesn't have their act together at all) payed off.

The past few weeks have been busy... and not so busy. FSU Orientation was awesome and I got my schedule which I'm very happy with. I've worked a bunch and got a raise, and hung out with friends as much as you can when the closest one lives 20 minutes away (excluding Katie I guess). But the not so busy part has been spent watching way too may early morning talk shows and Food Network.

This day was good, eventful, and capped off with an unexpected visit from the past, which has really got me thinking...