M.etaphysical E.xistance

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Get Ready

Sep 14

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There’s a collaborative post coming soon from Andrew and I.  Oh, if you don’t know me, my name is Stacey and I am currently and supposedly being fantastic here in North Carolina as a music therapy intern.

Basically, I just want my dang degree so I can do something else with my life.  If you get bored with the pace of this blog, I am not sure if mine is the best to suggest but you’re welcome to check it out.  ;)

Oh, and the most important thing about me that I like to crochet and I also am currently cheating on Andrew with a grey female cat who thinks she is the center of the universe.  ;)

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Now Jump

Sep 5

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Here we are, the lavish life in North Carolina ended and the student life starting again. Nine months ago I thought I would be the victim to more random and unintended adventures in such a strange and foreign land, but for myself I managed to stay in good, boring shape the whole time. Home, work, Harris Teeter, work, home, etc…

There were some unexpected things that happened in that time however. Such as about 6 months ago, this girl insisted on being my loving, devoted and epically-fantastic girlfriend. So that was a happy surprise. She is back in North Carolina being epically-fantastic in her own internship now, and I am here going to classes. Yay me. Yay us.

Life has a way of being randomly unexpected at times. People say things like that a lot. I see that it makes sense. What we call “life” in this context and all the things it consists of are “controlled” by a countless number of separate variables/people/things/events. There is no way at all we could predict it all. (Not until Skynet takes over that is…) Given this situation, the logical person adopts a philosophy of “Hakuna Matata” and moves on. This is what I have done for the last several years. Up until recently, this hasn’t been an issue for me really since all the random and unexpected things in my life were either trivial or really good/fortunate happenstances that I was able to gladly accept.

A while ago I was talking about a method of emotional self-protection I’ve observed which causes a delayed reaction to major changes. This major change is still in the process of reacting. The delay was assisted by the fact that I have had unfortunate amounts of shit to shovel and deal with (professionally, scholastically, domestically) in the few days since and it isn’t going to slow down soon. Some would say that is a good thing. Others would rather there be nothing to distract the mind and soul from dealing with the present. Honestly, I once thought I knew but I don’t know on which side of that argument I stand.

Here are some things I do know. I do know that if I were the kind to profess my undying love and infatuation for someone on a public medium this would be the time. (Whenever I see it, it just looks and sounds tacky and a little ridiculous. I guess I can understand it but still, some things are better left in private.) If I were in a movie with a low special effects budget and they were in for a close up of my face, there would be stars and little hearts and puffs of pink smoke in my eyes. If money and future stability were not an issue I would be in a different state right now. If the world were kind enough to work the way I wanted it to, I would not have to be in classes to get a diploma to get a job to get success and all the toothpaste I’d ever want. I could instead spend the rest of my life with the one who makes me happy and her willow tree.

But the world is not that perfect. Here we are in reality, and here I am with my next little chapter of existence. Here I am with my next obstacle on my sprint to success. Now jump.

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Nutritious Lifestyle

Mar 29

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Bananas fresh from the store

Due to the typical schedule I work down here, I only meal I eat at my own apartment is breakfast.  I wake up late enough that there isn’t usually time for a lunch before leaving for work.  We also usually go out to eat on our “lunch” break, which is a dinner to most people.  I get home well after midnight and try to have a little snack before going to sleep.  That’s as much of a third “meal” as I get.

Yesterday I got some bananas as I was shopping.  It was completely spur-of-the-moment.  (Well, not entirely because a co-worker brought one in a few days before and the idea was in my head already.)

See how nutritious they look???  My mommy taught me well.  I do what I can to stay healthy and promote good habits for staying that way.

Well, not that well.  I can still have fun.

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Hang on, things are changing

Dec 4

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Oh, look at that.  New post and new layout.  Maybe this new prettiness will attract new people here, or at least attract me here.  I like it so far.

So, things have changed in the last several months.  I finished my third/second quarter at RIT.  (how do you count a class durring summer quarter?)  With all that out of the way I’m not on co-op working for Cisco in their CALO lab.  (Think of a really cool internship you get college credit for, for those  non-RIT people out there.)  I start Monday.  I’m just about all settled in my new apartment in Morrisville, NC.  (didn’t I just move to Henrietta in the last post?!)  I may post pictures of my new place here.  I’ll decide later on how large a scope I want to brag on.

In these last several months as all this was happening I’ve gotten lots of ideas for posts here.  Some nice yummy topics for us all to chew over.  (it’s about lunch time for me at the moment.)  I even started a few draft posts to get some ideas down.  I think over my 9 months down here I’ll be making a concerted effort to come by here more often and write some more.  Sort of like an online journal of me and my thoughts in this new era of existence.  (did that sound too grand?  too corny?  probably.)

People keep telling me I’ll do well down here.  Either I’ve done a really good job over selling myself or I am some kind of technological prodigy child.  Or something in between.  I’m leaning towards the latter half of that spectrum.  Hope someone’s out there to watch me stumble through it all.

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