Posts Tagged ‘discovery’

July 13th, 2009

Road Trip Discussed: 4 Days and Counting!!!

When it came time to plan out this trip I had many options. I could have went to the west coast and visited some friends or even took a road trip on the Pacific Hwy (would have taken forever, but who cares), take an exotic trip to a beach town in Mexico, trip to Canada or visit some friends in Austin, and so on. Something about the east coast intrigued me and now, just 4 days away, will be my reality.

I still have much planning to do. I have to get my rental car situation figured out, determine the gear that is going with me and what is staying behind, figure out what I will be wearing, who numbers I have to gather for emergency purposes, and what I’ll be doing in New York. I have time to ponder those concerns.

This trip is to be planned out more than I would like to. I realized that by talking to a couple of friends and girlfriend this past weekend. This convention goes against my ‘winging-it’ ways, but will be good and prudent for a change. The reason why there is more planning is due to the constant movement I have to do, in order to reach my final destination that is 6-700 miles away.

The breakdown of the trip:

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June 3rd, 2009

The Art of Becoming: There is a Path for Everyone.

My Writing…

My writing is getting better: I’m writing everyday, and reading. To become a writer I have to tackle all things: all that I’m reasonable at and all that I’m shitty at (which is a lot). I have a friend who turned me on to Merriam Dictionary Word of the Day. I needed it so so badly, as you can see my words are basic. I have found out that learning new words helps me express myself more and specifically. Now it is time to take my diction and whatever else that I learn along the way to a new destination.

Always Trying to Improve

So far, most of the things I write about are what I see around me and have gone through in my life. There isn’t a problem with that, I just need to find a better way of expressing myself to the readers who read my stuff. Whenever I do things, I tend to go to the extreme.

Earlier this month I sporadically started reading Urban Dictionary. As the month kept moving along I viewed the site more and more, and then I wanted to see if they had a book on Amazon. I read many reviews of other books in the same category, and made the quick decision to order, Talk the Talk: The Slang of 65 American Subcultures. I also bought Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing.

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February 26th, 2009

Follow Up of Going Cold Turkey: 2 Weeks….of No Internet!

It has been well over 2 weeks since I have written a blog post. For the past couple of weeks I have been offline doing other things. For instance, watching photography videos, taking random photos with the skills I learned, reading a couple of books (The Road and Shortcomings), starting my novel, spending more time with friends, family, and girlfriend, watching a couple of movies, getting myself better due to the flu or whatever it was I got a couple of weeks ago, finish writing my life business plan, and thinking of where my life is at the moment. To some what I have done doesn’t amount to much, but I have done all of this while not being online. Also, when I was at work I limited my internet use as much as possible.

Things Realized About Myself

I have come to realize with the observation of my girlfriend are that I am an extremist. Looking back at this challenge I could have done it with ease, whenever I do anything I don’t ever have a problem of not completing it. Whether it be me being on the internet as much as possible and checking my email 20 plus times a day, to putting an excess amount of nasal drops in my nose only to cause a headache, being able to workout 5 days a week without any problem, going vegetarian for two weeks, watching a very small amount of television, and this latest installment of extreme behaviors of being without the internet for 2 whole weeks. This is one thing I am going to work on and will have to bring balance to my life as much as possible in order to live a productive, but not to one-sided lifestyle.

So What Did I Really Give Up

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October 7th, 2008

Minnesota Trip…

I have been wanting to write this review since the first weekend I got back to Houston, but that didn’t happen. During that time I quit my job, took 5 weeks off, and been working at my new job for a month already. While being off for 5 weeks I was working out, took a fiction writing course, and just recently got power back due to Hurricane Ike. This trip review will be different from my usual ones mainly because of me simply putting it off. However, this will be a true reflection of what happened and where I am now in my thoughts and in life in general because of the trip.

The Minnesota trip happened around July 11. I was there for 4 days for my girlfriend’s cousin 30th birthday party. The reasons why I went was to spend some time with my girlfriend in a different place other than Houston and see her in a different element, have a great time with her cousins that are really cool down-to-earth people, meet more of her extended family, meet new people in general, and see what Minnesota is all about.

Story Time…(In Oke’s head during the trip)

Work was just there. I wasn’t even thinking about it much. I did do my work to the best of my ability, but I felt that it was never ever going to be good enough. But hey I was going on a trip to a state and place that I have never been to before. It is 4 p.m. and I dash out of the building via the stairs and walk quickly almost running to my car and turn on some music headed towards I-10. Pick up my girlfriend, head to the airport, and wait…wait…wait. Our flight was delayed 2 hours or something like that and then we had to spend the night at the Atlanta airport. While I was sleeping my girlfriend takes pictures of me…I smell myself and notice that I smell like sweat and piss mixed together. We finally arrive in Minnesota…get to our hotel and relax. Oh yeah the car is a turtle like speed Nissan Sentra or some other small car that should have gotten 45 mpg instead of 30 mpg.

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