A Place to Call My Own

Lately, I've been too lasy to update this blog. I read something that blogs are just for self-involved people to vent. Well, I guess I'm not very self-involved since it takes me weeks to update it.

Since we last spoke, I bought a co-op. For everyone that don't know, a co-op is an apartment that you own. With a co-op, you have to be approved by a board and, on top of a purchasing price, you pay a monthly maintainence fee. In purchasing, you buy several shares in the corporation that is behind the co-op community. This means that when the time comes to buy a house, I can sell my co-op and walk away with some money, depending on how much is left on the loan. Everyone is already giving me advise how to decorate. It'll be fun decorating the 5 rooms (bedroom, dining room, living room, office, and bathroom). There's a kitchen, but, in my opinion, you don't decorate a kitchen.

On Sunday, I ran a 5K for Breast Cancer. Since my grandmother passed away in 2000, I try my best to do what I can donation wise in the fight against breast cancer. Sunday was a 5K run and in October I will be doing the breast cancer walk. So enough, I'll have the link to contribute online. Much more has happened in my life, but today I am off from work and I'm going to go enjoy it. Coming up are Third Eye Blind at Mulcahy's and the Pizza Eating Contest at Adventureland on Saturday. We'll see how long before the next update.

Guess it's time for an update

It's been some time since my last update, so I guess it's time to let y'all know what's up. Since I've last posted, things have been going pretty good. I've been keeping busy. Coldplay was amazing. I had made an agreement some time ago to only see the best groups at MSG and Coldplay definately fits in with what I consider the best (previous shows were Radiohead, Pearl Jam, and REM). The next concert up is Foo Fighters and Weezer. I bought the tickets online and actually got them. General Admission is going to be awesome.

In other news, I got the word that the promotion will start as of 10/1. I don't have to move my desk, but I'm losing my computer and office supplies. Guess I'll just have to settle for the laptop that I found out I'm getting. My current boss actually sent me an e-mail asking for the supplies back in 2 weeks. I just laughed and started giving supplies away to co-workers.

In home news, I went for my pre-approval meeting with Dennis from Commerce Bank's loan department. He said I had the kind of scores that would make anyone want to lend me money. I now have the pre-approval letter to show my real estate agent, so I can start seriously looking at places. Not too bad for some in his early 20s. Dennis actually said he was very impressed at the fact that I was in the position I am now and the fact that I wanted to buy a place rather than rent.

Like I said, things have been pretty busy and I could go more into details, but there are somethings that I'd like to keep private. If you're important enough to know, I've told you already. Until the next post, be well. See ya when I see ya.

Concert Watch and Everything In Between

Lately, I've been busy and haven't taken the time to update this thing. Rather than update it, I'll start from today forward. I won't mention the Cyclones vs Staten Island Yankees Game, the multiple 5K races, the new TV show interests (Firefly and the OC), or the new people in my life. Let's start at the Green Day Concert tonight. It was so amazing. The first open band is a blur since I wasn't there for that one. The second open band was Jimmy Eat World. I never realized how many hits they had. They weren't half bad. Finally, the greatest band touring came on stage. As always, Green Day performed a great show with pyrotechnics, audience participation, and a tour of the band's music spanning 16.5 years. They started with the first 5 tracks of the newest album (American Idiot) and ended with the pop favorite Time of Your Life (Good Riddance). The show was at Giants Stadium in NJ. It was worth the trip to the worst state in the Union. Next on deck is Coldplay next Tues. I recently made a daring move buying Foo Fighters/ Weezer tix on ebay. If it all pans out, I'll have GA floor tix to the show at Continental in October. We'll see how that turns out.