Hey guys. This will be a short introductory bit before I really delve into actual personal issues or events going on. Consider this clarification/disclaimer/warning for stuff you may read throughout future entries.
Most of what I write will be stream of consciousness, meaning that nothing is likely to be filtered and the only editing is usually spelling or to clear up a structure of a sentence. So I may say some things that are hurtful to certain people. I may say some things that contradict other things. I may even say some things I will eventually reference and say, "Yeah, didn't mean it like that." This isn't me trying to be a hypocrite. But if I get pissed or depressed about something, certain things will come out differently than when I'm in a good mood.
This is a PERSONAL blog, meaning this is where I'll discuss PERSONAL shit (mostly). In order to keep the peace at home, names of people will be changed here to keep anyone from getting into trouble. I'll have a code for how the alternate names will work and keep em straight, but you likely won't ever know it. But if you know me, you'll likely know who these people are. Have fun figuring it out, but if you do, don't publicize it. I keep the names secret for their benefit, not just mine.
Sometimes I'll talk about games, movies, or non-personal stuff. This is me ranting and having fun with topics when I have nothing in my life interesting to talk about, or if I am tired of talking about how pissed I am about my girlfriend or how bullshit work is or how happy I am with my girlfriend, etc. My rants on games will always have more jokes and references, but I'll try to keep the humor going in everything to make this more fun to read.
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All that said, I'm going to give you a bit of backstory now. Because future posts will be topical and revolve around current events in my life or in general. Ergo, I won't be posting backlog entries I've written from before to catch you up. Here's a summary of who I am, how I got here, and why you might find this blog interesting (or won't) as the case may be. Enjoy!
My name is Aaron (not a name change, it is legit). I'm currently 22, with a little over a week before I turn 23. I came from a nuclear family with two really awesome parents and a brother who had a lot of potential but ended up throwing most of it away with poor life decisions. After a recent string of events, I sincerely hope he has that all sorted out, but we'll see.
I have a job at a local grocery store chain, specifically in the kitchen department. I make really bland food for really bland people and have gotten tired of having this job after nearly five years of employment. But the job has helped get me through college, which I will be graduating here this May so long as we don't have a repeat of what happened last time (where I was told I could graduate, but couldn't because I was misinformed entirely). Once I'm done with college, I intend to look for a place back in my hometown and find a new job and place of residence there. Why?
Well, I have two roommates who are cool some of the time, and a real pain in the ass the rest of the time. Some days are better than others, but I'm ready to go on my own and have space to do more stuff with. On top of that, I miss being closer to family, my dog, some of my friends from the area. And I'm also in a relationship with a girl I used to date back in Des Moines roughly three years ago, and I'd like to be able to see her on a more regular basis with much less gas being used to do so.
What else can I say to give you an idea of who I am... hm....
I'm a nerd. I've been as such since I can remember. The first thing I really got into was Jurassic Park, and it is still my favorite movie to this day (even over such amazing works like most of Pixar's stuff, Avengers, Harry Potter, and so on). I'm a gamer, a film-geek, a comic enthusiast, and I enjoy D&D when I get the chance to play (which isn't nearly as often as I'd like). I'm not the kind of gamer who will sit and play Call of Duty for hours and say that people who play Mario are newbs and aren't real gamers. In fact, I'm almost the opposite... not really. I'm the kind of gamer that likes trying a little of everything and seeing new ideas or reworking of old ideas. I'm the kind of gamer that follows gaming news, reviews, and culture the way my girlfriend looks at fashion and music. And, no, playing ONLY Call of Duty or ONLY Battlefield does not make you a hardcore gamer. ONLY playing one game or one type of game, regardless of the game, makes you a casual gamer. To me, a hardcore gamer is someone who regularly steps into other genres of gameplay and story to see what they have to offer and likes immersing themselves into different experiences in a regular basis. This is definitely something I'll get into in a future entry. Remind me to do that later.
Relationship wise? My first girlfriend was around the age of 14 and that lasted til about when I was 16 and she dumped me. We wanted different things. I wanted a relationship and to be able to be close to her, she didn't. At the age of 18, I had my second girlfriend... that was a lesson in money management that I will not soon forget. Frankly, glad that one ended. At the age of 19 (right?) was my third relationship (I think it was actually right after I turned 20) and I'm back with that same girl now. I won't go into details there, but she ended it with me then for reasons neither of us fully understood at the time. Then I met another girl just before getting back with my current girlfriend. That was the first time I had sex (which is a long explanation on to why that's important, saved for later) and things ended because the relationship had too much drama between me, her and her bullshit ex-boyfriend she kept going back to. It was the first relationship I ended and it was because I needed to have something more stable and less chaotic (which I arguably have now).
Family wise? Like I said, Mom and Dad, been together since before I was born. Brother is an idiot who gets into trouble a lot. I have grandparents, cousins, uncles, and aunts. But I won't talk about all of them in great detail unless they suddenly become relevant to a conversation I write about here. Not because I don't want to, but there's a lot of them and I don't want this to run too terribly long.
That's all I have for now, I think. I already have plenty of ideas for future topics lined up, but keep in mind I may not get to them for a while because this is all stream-of-consciousness-current-event stuff. If it happens, it happens. See ya when I see ya!
Most of what I write will be stream of consciousness, meaning that nothing is likely to be filtered and the only editing is usually spelling or to clear up a structure of a sentence. So I may say some things that are hurtful to certain people. I may say some things that contradict other things. I may even say some things I will eventually reference and say, "Yeah, didn't mean it like that." This isn't me trying to be a hypocrite. But if I get pissed or depressed about something, certain things will come out differently than when I'm in a good mood.
This is a PERSONAL blog, meaning this is where I'll discuss PERSONAL shit (mostly). In order to keep the peace at home, names of people will be changed here to keep anyone from getting into trouble. I'll have a code for how the alternate names will work and keep em straight, but you likely won't ever know it. But if you know me, you'll likely know who these people are. Have fun figuring it out, but if you do, don't publicize it. I keep the names secret for their benefit, not just mine.
Sometimes I'll talk about games, movies, or non-personal stuff. This is me ranting and having fun with topics when I have nothing in my life interesting to talk about, or if I am tired of talking about how pissed I am about my girlfriend or how bullshit work is or how happy I am with my girlfriend, etc. My rants on games will always have more jokes and references, but I'll try to keep the humor going in everything to make this more fun to read.
============================================
All that said, I'm going to give you a bit of backstory now. Because future posts will be topical and revolve around current events in my life or in general. Ergo, I won't be posting backlog entries I've written from before to catch you up. Here's a summary of who I am, how I got here, and why you might find this blog interesting (or won't) as the case may be. Enjoy!
My name is Aaron (not a name change, it is legit). I'm currently 22, with a little over a week before I turn 23. I came from a nuclear family with two really awesome parents and a brother who had a lot of potential but ended up throwing most of it away with poor life decisions. After a recent string of events, I sincerely hope he has that all sorted out, but we'll see.
I have a job at a local grocery store chain, specifically in the kitchen department. I make really bland food for really bland people and have gotten tired of having this job after nearly five years of employment. But the job has helped get me through college, which I will be graduating here this May so long as we don't have a repeat of what happened last time (where I was told I could graduate, but couldn't because I was misinformed entirely). Once I'm done with college, I intend to look for a place back in my hometown and find a new job and place of residence there. Why?
Well, I have two roommates who are cool some of the time, and a real pain in the ass the rest of the time. Some days are better than others, but I'm ready to go on my own and have space to do more stuff with. On top of that, I miss being closer to family, my dog, some of my friends from the area. And I'm also in a relationship with a girl I used to date back in Des Moines roughly three years ago, and I'd like to be able to see her on a more regular basis with much less gas being used to do so.
What else can I say to give you an idea of who I am... hm....
I'm a nerd. I've been as such since I can remember. The first thing I really got into was Jurassic Park, and it is still my favorite movie to this day (even over such amazing works like most of Pixar's stuff, Avengers, Harry Potter, and so on). I'm a gamer, a film-geek, a comic enthusiast, and I enjoy D&D when I get the chance to play (which isn't nearly as often as I'd like). I'm not the kind of gamer who will sit and play Call of Duty for hours and say that people who play Mario are newbs and aren't real gamers. In fact, I'm almost the opposite... not really. I'm the kind of gamer that likes trying a little of everything and seeing new ideas or reworking of old ideas. I'm the kind of gamer that follows gaming news, reviews, and culture the way my girlfriend looks at fashion and music. And, no, playing ONLY Call of Duty or ONLY Battlefield does not make you a hardcore gamer. ONLY playing one game or one type of game, regardless of the game, makes you a casual gamer. To me, a hardcore gamer is someone who regularly steps into other genres of gameplay and story to see what they have to offer and likes immersing themselves into different experiences in a regular basis. This is definitely something I'll get into in a future entry. Remind me to do that later.
Relationship wise? My first girlfriend was around the age of 14 and that lasted til about when I was 16 and she dumped me. We wanted different things. I wanted a relationship and to be able to be close to her, she didn't. At the age of 18, I had my second girlfriend... that was a lesson in money management that I will not soon forget. Frankly, glad that one ended. At the age of 19 (right?) was my third relationship (I think it was actually right after I turned 20) and I'm back with that same girl now. I won't go into details there, but she ended it with me then for reasons neither of us fully understood at the time. Then I met another girl just before getting back with my current girlfriend. That was the first time I had sex (which is a long explanation on to why that's important, saved for later) and things ended because the relationship had too much drama between me, her and her bullshit ex-boyfriend she kept going back to. It was the first relationship I ended and it was because I needed to have something more stable and less chaotic (which I arguably have now).
Family wise? Like I said, Mom and Dad, been together since before I was born. Brother is an idiot who gets into trouble a lot. I have grandparents, cousins, uncles, and aunts. But I won't talk about all of them in great detail unless they suddenly become relevant to a conversation I write about here. Not because I don't want to, but there's a lot of them and I don't want this to run too terribly long.
That's all I have for now, I think. I already have plenty of ideas for future topics lined up, but keep in mind I may not get to them for a while because this is all stream-of-consciousness-current-event stuff. If it happens, it happens. See ya when I see ya!
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