Lifeaholics Anonymous

Credit cards are wicked psychotic devices.  They trick you into not concerning yourself with how much you spend, so that you will spend more than you have and go into debt.   I’ve been a victim of this trickery as have millions of Americans.  I pay my balance off every month, but spend way more than I should.  When you stop caring about money is when you get into trouble.  I’m cutting up my credit cards and going back to go old fashioned cash and my debit card wont let me overdraft.  Another way to simply life and stop paying bills, dont spend so much!

To be honest baseball is really boring and hard to watch. The kid in me is still a die-hard mets fan.  Over the next 3 weeks Ill be privileged to see them in 3 different ball parks. San Diego next weekend, Queens the following and here in lovely Anaheim on my birthday, the 18th.  That will probably be enough for 2008.  By the way, did you hear the giants won the super bowl? When does football season start

Its great living near disneyland. Its really nothing like reality. Its clean and everyone is in a good mood. Its a nice escape.  I went there again yesterday, starting with california adventure.  Its extremely lame and undisney. I’m not sure what the target is with that park but they missed it. Time to overhaul it completely in my opinion as other than the tower of terror the place was worthless.  Around 1pm we switched over to the disneyland park which was very crowded as one would expect on memorial day.  We werent able to get on many rides until the evening as we were not trying to stand online for an hour for one ride.

The best part was that I upgraded from a single day pass to an annual for a minimal charge. Now I can go back there and be a kid again whenever I want.  Looking forward to it!

Every time I go out and party pretty hard, the next couple days I get this overwhelming sense of guilt. I’m worried that the party animal personality I board has done some kind of irreperable damage to someone I care about.  I try to very sensitively approach the events of the evening with the people who were there.  Always thinking that I did something completely outrageous but did not realize how bad it was at the time.  The funny thing is that nothing that bad has happenend in the last couple years. The one time I got accused of doing something bad it turned out to be a hoax.  Moderation and staying under control are part of growing up.   I figure I’m a good 5-7 years behind the curve but as far as outlandish behavior goes, it might be time to stop worrying so much. Anyone else feel that way?

Just got back from a weekend in SF in which I did more socializing than I do in about 2 months in Orange County.  Overall a great time.

Weather - awful. Not sure if I could hang with it. Changes way too much and generally its not pleasant.  Saturday it was sunny and balmy, everyone was out and it was cool.  Then the fog rolled in at night and it was freezing. I immediately felt less energized. Maybe its just me but that vitamin D gets the blood flowing.

Girls - noticeably more personable and intelligent than in southern california. sat down next to a table of early 20 year olds at this beer garden and proceeded to talk to them for the next few hours about all sorts of things, mainly traveling. This would never happen in Socal, never.  maybe one or two would be engaging but the whole group was in this instance. Also approaching strangers and striking up conversation is not seen as strange and is painless. I’m a schmoozer so thats important. They are also less attractive and concerned with appearance.  Take that for what it means to you.

Guys - really dorky.  for some reason lots of my friends live there though. I guess that makes them dorks too.  Nice dorks though, not the weird ones that act out attention. I’m off those people.

Transport - the muni trains were packed all weekend so i didnt ride. its convenient having public transport and not sitting in traffic. It sucks to be around the drunks and assorted maniacs who ride it though. Everyone I talked to had some horror story to tell about an experience on muni or bart.  Jury is out on this one.  The main advantage is most of the city is walkable.   I was staying over by Nopa/Dolores park and it seemed like anything you could want was within walking distance and if not certainly cab-able.   I can see why the neighborhoods get a bubble mentality and people dont leave their immediate area much.

Entertainment - tons of stuff going on, people are extremely active in that city.  I didnt go out a ton but whenever theres that many young people in a confined space its pretty easy to find a good time.  There are great museums and there are always festivals or some other social event going on. This is probably the best thing about the city that really makes it tough to come back to Newport where there is shit to do if you dont own a boat.

Work - could not possibly be a place with more going on in the tech field.  employment would never be a problem if youre a nerdy or a social worker.  outside of those areas its probably tough.  Also most companies are not in the city itself but in the surrounding suburbs, which really sucks. If I were to live there it would necessitate a job in the city itself. Commuting is for the birds.

I was able to hang out with like 8 different friends in different places in the two days I was there. You cant really beat that. I guess ultimately who you spend time with is the most important thing.  With the right people around anything you do is going to be fun.  Right now it would be tough to let go of the sun and sweet lifestyle here in OC so I’m not ready to move yet. But theres always 2012 Until then it will be the quarterly adventures up there for this guy

Its been 6 months since I’ve been in San Francisco, 2 years since I’ve been in New York. I’ve got the itch for some city life real, real bad.  I was supposed to go to chicago last weekend but missed my flight because it left from the gate 10 mins early. I’m used to flying southwest and showing up right around departure time, apparently that doesnt work on JetBlue.   Fortunately I’m going to SF Saturday and I cannot wait.  OC is an amazing place to live and I really love it yet, but the people are so drab and there is little excitement to be had. SF this weekend and then NYC for my birthday in a month should do quite nicely.