Nine Weeks Til' Adulthood

Hey gang,
Been wondering where I've been? I took a little detour to write Nine Weeks Til' Adulthood a blog  to capture the last sprint toward the end of my degree.  Unfortunately, it was the last sprint to my degree, so I was a bit busy...  In any case, the Monomyth continues.

Living among the Trees

I've slept on a lot of couches.  I pride myself on the fact that I am just likable enough for my friends to offer me the couch for the weekend or after an evening bingeing on Quantum Leap.  When my friend Megan permitted me to stay with her while I was in Portland, I was very grateful, but had no idea the extent to how awesome it would be. 

She lives in a forest! It's like a little woodland bungalow.  This is the view.

Just look at all those trees!This morning I stepped outside to bask in it and make a few phone calls and this squirrel gave me a piece of his mind for a while, but the joke is on him, I think squirrel chatter is hilarious.

I spent a very relaxing morning watching birds flutter over to snack from the feeder and am just so tickled to be here.  Top all this off with a little bonus room and futon to sleep in and I am in weekend away heaven. 

Welcome to Portland

I'm in the fanciest car I've ever driven, surrounded by evergreen trees which are like a dream compared to the southern california July from whence I came.  Portland is such a welcome escape for the weekend.  I am just reaching the point of concern about where I am and how many freeways I have already been directed to since leaving the airport when a bridge comes into view.  A beautiful bridge, and I'm headed right for it.  As I drive onto the bridge I feel so light, the song on the radio changes.  It's that scene in the movie where the wide-eyed girl comes to a new city. It's an exciting montage that alternates between magical city pans   and enthusiastic facial expressions from the main character set to a song that is going to make a killing on itunes.  I am completely lost in my moment.  So lost that I miss the exit I am meant to take.  

At that point, I'm looking around and all the supposed exits just look like entrances onto more freeways.  I keep going, assuming an exit will eventually pop up and be obvious, until off in the distance: my bridge, and I'm heading right toward it.  I laugh to myself and enjoy the ghost of my movie moment.  On the second pass I'm not distracted, but I'm still a little confused, so I pull off and park to recollect my sense of direction.  I have no real destination, I'm just starving so anywhere with food will suffice.  My iphone tells me where to go and I'm off again.  Left, right, under a freeway, and first right… wait, was this the first right?  I'm not positive, I think I'm going the right way but I can't be sure, and then I see it: My bridge! …and I'm heading right toward it.

The Rain Song

This is one of my original tunes :-)

Kim Possible Cover

Girl Power.

The Monomyth Continues

The Monomyth continues.  I have dropped off the map recently due to a spring semester packed with crazy amounts of writing!

Last semester I took:

Creative Writing

Rewriting the Screenplay

Sit-com Writing 

Literary Analysis of Harry Potter

Shakespeare

So much writing!!  It was a blast, but this blog definitely suffered.  A lot has transpired, and it is my intention to catch you up with adventures that span from new songs to bike oriented crimes all before next Thursday when I will be heading to Portland and begin documenting that adventure! 

Free Food

I'm not sure if I have just been looking a little malnourished, or maybe people can just smell the starving college kid on me, but lately I have been given free food left and right. In fact, within the last week and a half, I have been given food for little to no reason on three unrelated occasions.

The first time it happened, I was at one of my favorite pizza places, Pie-ology. When my pizza was ready, the woman who gave me my pizza apologized again and again because they had accidentally put a dollop of marinara sauce on my otherwise sauceless pizza, and would I mind waiting for them to remake it?

Don't remake it! This looks delicious! I assured them.

When I was finished and just about to leave, the same woman came out holding a boxed up second pizza for me to take home. She thanked me for "being so sweet" and sent me on my way with lunch for the next day.

A few short days later, I was teaching a guitar lesson in one of my students' home. When I was leaving, his parents bustled out to give me a giant tupperware of homemade Korean noodles. I was touched, but already a little confused, if this kept up I'd never get to go visit my pals at the grocery store again.

Today my fears were confirmed. I stopped into The Monkey Business Cafe (conveniently located down the street from my apartment) to taste one of their newly advertised waffle sandwiches. It was delicious, and once again, as I was gearing to leave, the cook came out with a box. He told me he accidentally made two waffles when he only needed one for my sandwich, so he thought I would like the second one (packets of butter and syrup and all!). Needless to say, I have breakfast tomorrow covered.

I don't want to push my luck, universe, but I'd love a cup of coffee if you've got a second.