Hello everyone! Glad to be back on here and updating you all with my opinions events and such (whether you like it or not). It has been a while since we last talked so I will get to the point. As quickly as I can.
The last time I updated this blog I mentioned that I was heading back to Yellowstone for the summer. And now I am in fact in Yellowstone once again working at the Old Faithful in as a Lead Host. My time here has been eventful to say the least. I have already had some great adventures, met with some new and familiar friends, as well as learned some pretty important lessons in life. I will tell you the specifics of all those as I go on with this blog, otherwise this single blog would be a bazillion pages long :P
I have been here since May 4th and overall I have quite happy here. I love the people I work and play with and just about everything else about this place, with a few minor exceptions. coming back to Yellowstone felt so natural and getting back into the swing of things was pretty much a breeze. Back home I found myself a bit more miserable and depressed then I have been here. This is just what I needed I think to get me out of that stagnation I was feeling back in Oregon. Here in Yellowstone I am loving every minute of my time here. I even have a fondness for my job. Hmm, seeing that last sentence actually written out seems strange to me. Oh well, in any case it is true.
Before even coming here I have tried to decide what I want to do after the summer season is over. One idea that I have been entertaining is too stay here for the winter season. I have already applied for winter and if all goes well I may be staying here in the park for the rest of the year. Another idea is to travel back home with a fellow Oregonian and take my chances at finding a place to live and a job before my funds run too low. Honestly though, I am liking the winter idea more and more. The reason being is that before I left Oregon I made it quite clear to my friends and family that I would not be coming back to Salem to live. My goal has been to find a place of my own, a place for me to call home, and somewhere where I can really find out who I am and why I was put on this earth. I am getting closer and closer to that goal and just thinking about it makes me quite happy and a little nervous. I do not think Yellowstone is that place though, but rather a springboard to help me get to that place I have in my mind.
Anywho, I am just glad to be back here in YNP and among people that I can call my friends. I miss you all back home and hope that you are all doing well! I will talk to you later! hopefully sooner then later haha. Take care!!!
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Thursday, July 25, 2013
The Yellowstone Times
Well, it looks like I have found myself back in Yellowstone for the summer and what a summer it has been so far. This blog I have never really kept updated regularly and for legit reasons. Or at least legit to me. my life has been so busy since I left for this crazy and amazing place. I have hardly even had time to sit down and write down about this season so far, as you can see. Now that I have my computer with me however I think doing said writing will be much easier for me now. And I will try to write my blogs as often as I can. For now though, I think I am going to call it a night and try to get some sleep before I head back to work to do it all again tomorrow. See you all!
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Meh.
Today I am not going to say much because I am tired and want to go to bed. Plus nothing really has stood out to me today so even if I did want to write something I do not think I would be able to produce a worthy discussion piece.
Anyways, my life goes on here in good old Oregon and I hope yours does for a long while as well.
Anyways, my life goes on here in good old Oregon and I hope yours does for a long while as well.
Monday, January 14, 2013
It's Adventure Time!!!
Oh my goodness, I am beyond excited right now. I can hardly keep still to type this! You may be asking why I am so happy at the moment? Well, I will tell you. Upon arriving home today after a long day at school I discovered a big box, and several envelopes on the kitchen table. All addressed to me. The first thing that got my attention was the box which was from Powell's Bookstore! The books that I ordered almost a month ago have finally come and I cannot wait to crack open the new reads. After inspecting said books I moved on to the envelopes which were response letters from fellow Yellowstoners! I enjoy getting letters from these folk and every other kind of other folk for that matter. Then the last envelope I spied in my pile of late Christmas joy was something that I have been waiting for since November. Yellowstone has finally got back to me and have offered me my old job at Old Faithful!!! This mail is the main reason why I am so excited. This means that I am really going back to Yellowstone this summer! I have been wanting to go back to that amazing place ever since I left it. Granted there are some things that I would rather forget about that place, but overall, for me at least, I thought it was a blast.
I have so much to prepare for now that my second Yellowstone adventure is inevitable! but, first I will have to get this homework assignments done before tomorrow :P No matter! The thought of returning to the land of adventure makes all other problems or obstacles seem so much smaller.
Anyway, that is what I wanted to tell you all tonight. I hope that you all are well and that you keep it real. See you all next post!
I have so much to prepare for now that my second Yellowstone adventure is inevitable! but, first I will have to get this homework assignments done before tomorrow :P No matter! The thought of returning to the land of adventure makes all other problems or obstacles seem so much smaller.
Anyway, that is what I wanted to tell you all tonight. I hope that you all are well and that you keep it real. See you all next post!
Friday, January 11, 2013
Hike Much?
TGIF BABY!!!! One does not really appreciate Friday until their week is full of things to do that do not entirely consist of having fun.
Anywho, I have been meaning to share with you a sort of New Years Resolution that I have decided to embark upon and have already begun. I see it more of a New Years Goal though. And in reality it is just that. A goal. That I have set for myself to reach by the end of this year. They goal that I have set is to take at least one hike a month. And it really does not matter where these hikes take place. The only real rule I have is that they have to be located in places that are designated for hiking and other such things.
The reasoning behind this goal is quite simple really. I LOVE the outdoors. Ever since my Great Yellowstone Adventure I have not been able to get enough of it. Hiking is what I did in my free time out there and I loved every second of it. If I could I would try to hike in a different places a little more frequently. But, seeing as I am back in school I do not have as much time as I would like. So, I thought that one hike a month would be a decent and I would have an easy enough time trying to plan and execute such adventures. For this month I have already taken a 5m hike at Silver Falls State Park. And next month's hike is already in the works.
Also, I think I have just decided to create a second blog that is entirely dedicated to the hikes I take for this New Years Goal of mine. And all other hikes that I take for that matter. Looks like I have a lot of work this weekend haha. Keep an eye out for that new blog! I will post it all up on Facebook as I usually do for this blog.
Well, I better get cracking on it. I hope you are all doing well and I will see you all next post!
Anywho, I have been meaning to share with you a sort of New Years Resolution that I have decided to embark upon and have already begun. I see it more of a New Years Goal though. And in reality it is just that. A goal. That I have set for myself to reach by the end of this year. They goal that I have set is to take at least one hike a month. And it really does not matter where these hikes take place. The only real rule I have is that they have to be located in places that are designated for hiking and other such things.
The reasoning behind this goal is quite simple really. I LOVE the outdoors. Ever since my Great Yellowstone Adventure I have not been able to get enough of it. Hiking is what I did in my free time out there and I loved every second of it. If I could I would try to hike in a different places a little more frequently. But, seeing as I am back in school I do not have as much time as I would like. So, I thought that one hike a month would be a decent and I would have an easy enough time trying to plan and execute such adventures. For this month I have already taken a 5m hike at Silver Falls State Park. And next month's hike is already in the works.
Also, I think I have just decided to create a second blog that is entirely dedicated to the hikes I take for this New Years Goal of mine. And all other hikes that I take for that matter. Looks like I have a lot of work this weekend haha. Keep an eye out for that new blog! I will post it all up on Facebook as I usually do for this blog.
Well, I better get cracking on it. I hope you are all doing well and I will see you all next post!
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
You've Got Mail!
As many of you know, I love to write letters. especially to my friends. I love everything about it. The scratching sound my fountain pen makes on the paper, the flow of the ink with every word that I print. Even the occasional blotches of rouge ink on my paper makes it all so much more real. You will never find a letter from me typed from a computer. I just do not like writing personal things on a computer because it becomes much less, well, personal. Even creative writing I detest doing on a computer. All inspiration is sucked right out of me when there is nothing but a blank white screen starring at me, almost forcing me to write something. Anything at all. But, When I have a blank sheet of lined paper in front of me and a fully inked pen in my hand, that is when things start cooking.
Every letter that I have written by hand I have put much effort and thought into. Probably much more then is needed, but I believe that is what letters are all about. If you are not willing to do what needs to be done to get your idea or feelings across on a piece of paper then why bother in the first place? Using a pen and paper just makes what you are writing much more intimate then the same thing typed and printed out. The fact that you directly caused the letters on your paper to appear may sound simple, but I regard it highly. In a sense it is kind of like magic. One minute you have one letter, the next, you have hundreds. At least that is how I see it.
And yes, it does take a little more time for your handwritten letter to reach it's destination and in this day and age we have ways of getting the same point across at pretty much the speed of light. But, you do not get the same feeling or emotion when you read a messege on a screen that you do when you read a messege from a piece of paper that you are holding right in front of you. It is much more personal when it is physically present. Much like how talking to a person face to face is more personal than instant messaging them.
In the times that we live in, I believe that we have traded the intimacy of communication for its convenience.
Every letter that I have written by hand I have put much effort and thought into. Probably much more then is needed, but I believe that is what letters are all about. If you are not willing to do what needs to be done to get your idea or feelings across on a piece of paper then why bother in the first place? Using a pen and paper just makes what you are writing much more intimate then the same thing typed and printed out. The fact that you directly caused the letters on your paper to appear may sound simple, but I regard it highly. In a sense it is kind of like magic. One minute you have one letter, the next, you have hundreds. At least that is how I see it.
And yes, it does take a little more time for your handwritten letter to reach it's destination and in this day and age we have ways of getting the same point across at pretty much the speed of light. But, you do not get the same feeling or emotion when you read a messege on a screen that you do when you read a messege from a piece of paper that you are holding right in front of you. It is much more personal when it is physically present. Much like how talking to a person face to face is more personal than instant messaging them.
In the times that we live in, I believe that we have traded the intimacy of communication for its convenience.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Edumication
Well, today was a much better start to Winter Term than I originally thought it would be.
Despite the fact that I had to wake up at a time when I would rather be nice and toasty in my bed, I actually thought that my first day of classes went well and I actually am looking forward to them. Now, I only have two classes, but here me out. In the past, I have never gotten along with school and school has never gotten along with me. So, needless to say, going into this term I have been quite nervous and anxious along other negative feelings. Not so after today however. I only have two classes (Chemistry and Pottery Art) but I think that this should be enough for me. At the moment anyhow. If all goes well, next term will bring even more classes, pain and suffering...Why am I excited about that?
Anywho, I am totally pooped, which is why this blog is short and only about one thing. Usually I write a bit more than this, but hey you can't produce literary bloggity gold every time right? I hope that all is well with you and wish you the best of luck. See you next post!
Despite the fact that I had to wake up at a time when I would rather be nice and toasty in my bed, I actually thought that my first day of classes went well and I actually am looking forward to them. Now, I only have two classes, but here me out. In the past, I have never gotten along with school and school has never gotten along with me. So, needless to say, going into this term I have been quite nervous and anxious along other negative feelings. Not so after today however. I only have two classes (Chemistry and Pottery Art) but I think that this should be enough for me. At the moment anyhow. If all goes well, next term will bring even more classes, pain and suffering...Why am I excited about that?
Anywho, I am totally pooped, which is why this blog is short and only about one thing. Usually I write a bit more than this, but hey you can't produce literary bloggity gold every time right? I hope that all is well with you and wish you the best of luck. See you next post!
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