Turning point

So it's tuesday today, two more weeks and I'll be back in Chicago. Yesterday I was planning on hanging out with dad for the day, but things quickly changed. No one told dad that he had a charter, so he asked me to help. We had a harbor cruise for the kids that goto Lynn Tech. Because it was such short notice, me and dad were the only ones who noticed. I was the first one down at the boat, and because the lines were slacked (loosened) so no one could easily get on, I had to jump on board. All the school kids were there, and it was really cool to have all of them gasp. Dad showed up, we got all the kids on board, and I had to take care of all the lines. All the front and rear lines were easy, it just involves me jumping off and grabbin everything. The hardest line was the spring line, the main line ties the boat to the dock. Pretty much you have to loosen the line and throw it onto a nail. A god damn nail sticking out of a piling on the dock. As you can imagine I missed the nail, and a hailstorm of shit came flying down from my dad for it. The rest of the trip went relatively easy, I have several beautiful pictures of Boston, I'll post a few of them. It was really nice to sit around and talk with my dad about stuff, I got to steer the boat a lot too (which is cool, I'm a friggin certified navigator by the coast guard and I never get to use it anymore). We got back in the middle of the afternoon, and I cleaned the boat pretty quickly. Jared met us to rescue the lost spring line, and help me tie the lines. We had a bunch of time until I had to babysit, so me, dad and Jared went to go see Batman (which was time #3 for me). Batman was great, and it was off to babysitting at night. This is about the time where things get shitty. I hadn't really eaten all day, and my body just totally fucked up. I got my stomach sickness, but much worse than normal. For some reason, there was a lot of pressure on my upper chest, which has never happened before. I was also ridiculously cold. I was up all night long, and didn't goto sleep until like 6:30. I'm feeling much better today though. My stomach is still being fucked up though. I don't know what happened to make this happen. I think my body is just very angrily reminding me that I'm not superman.

Today I did a couple of house cleanings, and babysat again. I'm so tired. So sick of this. I need to work, because I absolutely need the money for next year, but it's killing me.

Underneath

So we're coming up on the halfway mark of my homestay here in Boston, and a lots been going on. Most of my time has been devoted to the Knights, whom I babysit for quite often. My other time has been taken up by a few special people (IE Gabie and Snake, hahaha). I've come to a realization about a lot of shit, especially with regards to myself. It's funny to come back to home and see the ridiculous amount of drama and politics that still lingers between people here This was shit I thought I'd see fizzle out at the end of highschool, yet is still happening. People want to know why (especially in highschol) I used to act weird and totally out going, it was because there was no way in hell I was going to let these people know the real me. At least if I was never really accepted being goofy that I could play off the goofiness. I would just take it too deeply if they knew what is really me. I still do that a lot today. There are very few people in Chicago who I really open up to, and the reason why is simple. I don't want to subject myself to all that bullshit.

In other news, the vacation is going quite well. 90% of the time when I've been hanging out with someone, it's been my brother. We've been on pretty good terms while I've been here. He's helping me develop fights for the National Fight Directors Workshop. It feels really good exposing him to this level of stuff, you can tell he's really interested and its serving as a good motivator. He's got so much potential, and I really don't want to see him fuck up like some one we know (I won't say any names, but if you're in the loop I'm sure you've heard by now). I really wish that I could spend more time with my dad though. I'm gonna be up in a few hours to head over to his house for the day (probably to work).

Going batty

Saw Batman today. If you haven't seen it, you damn well better. You owe it to yourself. Meanwhile, it feels like a damn train hit me. Yesterday in martial arts I got pushed wayy harder than usual, which is ridiculous for me (considering the running). My shoulders, thighs, everythings hurts soo bad. I've never felt so good. I can't wait for next week. The past few nights I've had trouble sleeping. Not really sure what's goin on, but the other night I was up till like 3. Tomorrow is fathers day, so in celebrating the holiday in the wonderful Walsh tradition, we'll all be spending it working. I hope you at least have a great day! hahha.

Details on the FDW

After checking my email for the first time in for ever, I finally have received details on the national fight directors workshop! I need to design fights for a bunch of different classical plays like Henry VI, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. They've also given us specific weapon and fight style requirements too. I'm so excited! It's going to be a lot of work though. I'm not a fan of the classics (well I am, just not a buff), so I've got a lot of catching up to do. They want all the actors on point, and you know me, I'm probably going to learn the majority of the lines myself too. I'll be working with the leaders in the industry, and definitely want to make a good impression. I'll be leaving from Chicago on July 30th, middle of the day. More details to come!

PS- The song of the day is Pressure by Skindred. Download. Listen. Now.

I'm back.

The plans were set Monday night, and everything was ready to go. I was going to hit the hay at 10:30, wake up at 5:30, and be on my merry way. Things didn't work like that. Anyways! It was a friggin fantastic night. I got in at around 3:30, and continued to pack till like 5:30. Cleaned for a good 40 mins, then took off for the airport.

I watched the sun rise too, the last time I'll ever see it from there. It was gorgeous.

I took my time and just tried to relax, ya know what I mean? I had so much shit, oh god it was ridiculous. Especially because I took my camera and all my equipment home, I wantd to make sure nothing could possibly break. The flight was great, almost nobody was on board. We made it 40 minutes early.

Came home, and slept for the latter part of the day.

Anyways I'm home now. If you want to chill, just gimmie a call.

Chicago's last sunset

It's almost six o'clock, and I'm just sittin around and making sure everything is packed. The computer will go last, probably tomorrow morning or really late tonight. My flight is at 8 tomorrow morning. Wes left this afternoon with all his crap. I've decided to pack up all the film equipment and take it home with me. I really would like to do a project back in Marblehead. All my home buddies, you know how gorgeous it is. We're gonna brainstorm in a few days, so if you'd like to be in on the project just drop me a line.

In other fantastic news, the language program is doing so well that I've expanded it to include Mandarin chinese. What can I say, I'm fucking insane ;).

This may be my last sunset in Chicago for a while, but it doesn't mean I'm going away for good. Don't get friggin mixed up! hahha. I'll be back before ya know it.

Change in the wind

Within these next few days I'll be approaching a cross roads. This weekend is becoming more and more difficult for me, and I'm not sure what I want to do. It just feels like I'm leaving too much unattended here. When I go home I will not be able to help Jared and Yusuke move into our new apartment, I'll be forfeiting two roles that I wanted to do here, and most importantly of all I'll be losing the chance to develop some relationships that I really feel haven't gotten as much attention as they deserve. No one is going to hire me for a job though; I still have the national fight directors workshop on July 30th. Home is really where I need to be. Bah! What do I do?

Summer 1.25 update

I know I know, it's been ages since I've updated. Sorry about that! I'll try as best I can to seperate all this into little packets of news that you can ingest easily.

School wrapped up really well. I GOT ALL A'S BABY. Because that's how I take care of business.

A friendship with an old friend began again. It really feels good to know she's doing well and be able to talk to her again. I missed her a lot, so it put a lot of stirring trouble in my heart to rest. You friggin crazy red head.

The language program is still coming along really well.

We got the River City Apartment!! 2 floors, 1600+ sq feet, 2 and a half baths... alls I can say is it's going to be nuts next year.

We finally found Lando.

I can't divulge too many details, but Wes has successfully inherited my long term nickname. He's also become ridiculously obsessed with the name Nicole.

I'll be going home for a month very soon.

Trying to think of other stuff that's happened....yea ok just go read the next stuff.