Let us start somewhere in the middle. I feel like confusing people today so that seems like a good place to start.

( Long boring update, click if interested )

Mucca Pazza. Remember them. Buy them.

So yeah, I watched the new Harry Potter movie. It was really good...but I'm sad now.

I
WANT
TO
GO
TO
GATHERING.

That's all.

*sadface*

Hi. If you're trying to contact me or make subtle snide remarks about being an "Old Friend" and are somehow bitter about being an "Old Friend", then maybe you shouldn't be anonymous. Such an act doesn't help you and certainly doesn't help me. Considering all the places I've lived in the past YEAR it's hard for me to keep up with some more than others. So, Anonymous, do yourself a favor and contact me(if you so choose to) at kazyroo AT gmail DOT com and maybe we can see what to do to pull you out of that little closet-o-grief. If you decide to do that, maybe I would even give you my phone number, that way your heart won't be as broken anymore as it currently seems to be.

I'm more than willing to remain friends with anyone I have met, but don't expect me to be the one responsible to seek you out just for the fuck of it especially when I have got a busy life to live on my own...and it certainly doesn't make me really want to seek you out when I receive such cryptic comments in my journal. At this point you(whoever you may be) may take my offer of reconnection with all seriousness....but you better be able to remain as serious.

This random rant has been brought to you by the letter H, the number 7 and support from viewers like you. ^_^

It finally happened. After 10 hours of driving I am in OKC. I think I will avoid my car now. I love Loretta, but we need our space.

I am legal once more, insurance and license plates...all that good stuff. However, I think I forgot about my allergy reactions to the glorious Tennessee flora and now I am suffering quietly. I will be combating this until after I leave most likely. I'm looking forward to sleeping in a bed and taking it as easy as possible before I have to start working once more. Yay!

So yeah, I'm moving again. Apparently the gypsy inside me isn't quite dead yet, so I'm headed to Oklahoma City. I'm moving for a number of reasons, all for good ones. The only reason I want to leave Buffalo really is because I am not a winter kind of person. I'm glad I can say with a straight face that I know what REAL FUCKING SNOW is...but I believe the experience has come to it's completion for me at the same time. On that note, I will be passing through the following locales on my journey to OKC: Morgantown WV, Nashville TN and Little Rock AK. The stop in Little Rock might be nothing more than just that, a stop to say hello to a friend, maybe grab lunch, but that's all. I'm leaving on March 6th and staying the night in WV. Arriving saturday night(7th) in Nashville and staying until the morning of the 10th(Tuesday) and arriving in OKC that evening. HOPEFULLY I will be able to leave on Tuesday from Nashvegas, assuming that I get everything done that I need to do there.

Anywayz, for those who are curious, let me answer questions now.

Yes, I have a job already there.
Yes, I have a place to live and will be getting an even better place shortly.
One reason is that I am going to be with my partner who already is living there.
Another reason is that I will be going to school(Okie State hopefully) for Political Science and Economics. I'll also be minoring in Marketing/PR.
One more reason is that OKC is actually a really awesome place ^_^

Oh, and yes, I know about tornadoes and will be sure to get a hard-hat for my hat collection.....along with a cellar.

Anywho, see you all in Nashville on the 7th. BRING PRESENTS.

Not really.

Well you can if you want...

It's not necessary

Money will suffice

I'll register at Target if you'd like.

Yeah.

Instead of being an anger stirring armchair pundit, I'm going to be starting school in the fall to major in political science. I think it's better (and more effective) to change the system from within. Harvey Milk had the right idea.

Hollah!

My roommate/landlord is telling me that it was a bad idea for me to park on out street due to the coming snow storm. When he heard some thunder AND found out that it was going to be "Lake Effect" snow, he started ranting about how we're gonna have 8 feet of snow.

Just out of curiosity....but does it matter where the hell I park my car then if we're supposedly gonna get 8 feet? I don't think even 4wd will save your ass then.

wtf-ever

Just a little note to anyone who comes to me with issues right now:

I want to apologize in advance if any advice I give you seems cold and calculating. These are hard times for everyone and sometimes the best answers that I can give are the hardest ones to listen to. Also, the material of the rant is not directed to any one person in any way...as the subject says, this is just fair warning for everyone who knows me.

HOWEVER

By me giving you advice that you don't want to hear/take, you do NOT have the right to criticize me in any way. You asked for advice, and I give it. I'm sorry that the advice that I may give doesn't answer every single fucking one of your problems in the way that you want them answered...but I gotta work with what I got and I can assure you that I am working on jack shit right now.

It is not my fault that the advice I give may present you with some sort of moral dilemma. As noted before, this is advice...not your only fucking choice. I'm not putting a gun up to your head and forcing you to take my advice. All I am doing is dissecting a problem as cleanly as I can and giving you the solutions I can come up with in the time that you have to work with me. If you don't want to take the path that I have offered to you, then whatever. I can assure you that I am not going to worry my pretty little head over it cuz I got shit to deal with on my own.

As much as I love to act like I know everything (and I do, really, I LOVE IT), I don't. What's more is that I certainly don't know every little minute detail about all of your issues...so you'll have to forgive me once more if the solutions I offer cause snags with other information that you neglected to tell me or that I am just ignorant about.

NOW

With all that having been said, let this also be known: Just because you have exhausted all paths that you WANT to take, doesn't mean that you have done everything. I am so sick and tired of people saying they have done everything they can. NO. You've done everything you WANT to do. It's not a matter of being lazy. Sometimes it's a matter of morality. Sometimes it's a matter of dealing with your own personal fears. Whatever may be stopping you from taking a certain path to fix your problems though is NOT my problem...and if the solution that I come up with makes you look one of these issues(fear or morality) square in the face, it DOES NOT make me an asshole or an amoral bastard.

Facts are facts and that will never change...it is on YOUR head to do what is necessary for your survival and it is certainly not the responsibility of anyone else. It is YOUR choice to follow any advice given to you, whether that advice be divine or mortal in nature. As a friend, I will do everything in my power to help you get out of your predicament. But if the only thing I can do is offer free advice, then sadly that is all I can offer. I may be a realist, but I am still an optimist too dammit.

I hope everyone can find their way out of this terribly difficult time in one piece. I wish everyone the best of holidays...whichever one you may celebrate.

Amor et Pax

I'm happy now ^_^

Baby Mama is one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time.

That is all

Okies, so I finally made it!

It actually took me around 14 hours total to get here...farking crazy. I've been in freezing rain before, but thursday was insane. 11 hours to get from Nashville, TN to Charleston, WV. That is supposed to be a 7 hour drive tops, but the freezing rain and very cold weather had caused the entire state of kentucky to be frozen. I stopped no less than 4 times to break ice off of my car....and each time it was around an inch thick and I am seriously not exaggerating. When I got to Charleston, I stopped at a hotel....I refused to go any further after that long and nearly dying twice on account of the ice.

Anyway, the last part of Kentucky was quite the experience, I knew immediately that I was in the mountains. It was made clearer with every mile I went further into West Virginia. This place is stunningly gorgeous and shockingly rural, even in urban areas. It looks as though all the towns were just carved into the sides of mountains of old mining expeditions or something. Really incredible stuff. Hills and sharp turns, ravines and mountain-sides. Everything is also dusted white still from the earlier snows. WHen I arrived it was raining, causing everything to just melt, so everything is kinda muddy now...not very pretty.

Morgantown itself is not as carved into the world as most of the other little towns along 77 in WV. What /is/ interesting about it though is that it looks as though the town had an amazing urban sprawl during the 50's and continued to do so, but remained in that 50's still. The downtown area is surprisingly dense, and there's even a monorail thingy (the locals call it "The PRT" or Personal Rapid Transit). The city sits on the side of the "Mon" river...which is actually short for Mongahlia(Mon-gah-li-ah). What's funny about this though is that all the state signs pertaining to the river and the name of the county is "Monongahla". It's been a VERY long time and the state refuses to correct it....so only the locals and those who have paid attention really know the secret of the Mon river, hehe.

I found out that there is a wal-mart, sam's club AND target less than 2 miles from my house....along with a TJ Maxx, handful of other little stores and a billion restaurants including an Olive Garden, Logan's steakhouse and some place called Cheddar's. Never heard of it, but everyone I've talked to says it's good. I found out that wal-mart is hiring starting at 6.50, which isn't so bad in this town from what I gather. Also, considering that my new financial responsibilities aren't that high...that's not terrible. However, I think I am gonna try and be a server at one of these restaurants. OH! There's also a handful of graphics and print places here as well. Surprised the hell out of me. I'm gonna see if they are hiring first...cuz that would certainly be a boon to my career of choice.

I think the biggest thing I am gonna have to get used to is that fact that I am now on the eastern time zone. This is pretty cool, but pretty bad also cuz I have a lot of friends in california...so now I am /3/ hours ahead of them instead of a much more manageable 2. Ah well. I'm sure we can work something out. Anyways, got more work to do...so much more stuff happening! Can't wait to let you all know!

and then I'm on the road. I am seriously freaking the fuck out. There is a wal-mart sized conglomeration of emotions I am feeling right now and I couldn't even describe which one is the strongest. I'm excited, scared, anxious, worried, nostalgic, sad, happy, optimistic, afraid, ecstatic...it just keeps going in these loops. The feeling of knowing that I won't be in Nashville tomorrow is still just too indescribable. I haven't even cried yet. I know I will, I don't know when. Probably tonight while I /try/ and sleep. Maybe on the road once I am out of city limits. And maybe even not at all. I'm still wondering what that means.

This is still so surreal for me. It makes me wonder if I felt this way when I moved here the first time back in 2001. I honestly can't recall my feelings of the day...just the day itself. I think I was more excited then...certainly more naive and innocent to it all so maybe it wasn't anything like this. It's almost as if I am watching it all still. Like my mind is completely outside of my body and this is all just unfolding before me. I felt this way on my last day of work. As I was leaving it suddenly dawned on me that I really am moving and not just talking about it. No longer a plan of action....but an actual action. A very distinct and palpable difference.

I love you all. I will see you all again. I am sure of it.

Kazy Roo

Lately I've been questioning my position of happiness in the fabulous Music City, USA. While this place will always feel like home to me, it's beginning to feel like the magic is wearing away. This was my very first city to live in after all, and it only makes sense for that initial sense of wonder to finally start melting away. Granted, I'm not trying to keep that feeling going...the last thing I need is wanderlust. I like having stability and that wouldn't help one bit, but I /am/ starting to see that maybe this isn't the place for me to stay for as long as I'd previously thought. I'm sure my recent break-up has something to do with it, but I'd say that was simply the awakening more than anything.

For these reasons and others, I've decided on a place to move. There are many different factors that went into it...finances were a big part of it for me, cuz I'm kinda BROKE right now. The other would be my surroundings and potential travel times to other friends. Nashville was ideal for a while because it's in the close to what my usual visiting places were: Atlanta, Florida, Birmingham, Memphis, and Little Rock. Since that has changed for the most part (except for Florida, my parents live there), I wanted my new home to be close to cities I may want to visit along with having a good number of friends there already to keep me from losing my mind.

*Drum Roll*

The place I've decided on is Morgantown, WV. What's funny is that I know everyone is going "WEST VIRGINIA!?" and thinking of mountain folks and kissing cousins..or maybe siblings. HOWEVER, my location would be 45 minutes to an hour south of Pittsburgh, PA and is the home of West Virginia University. So, in a way, it is to Pittsburgh what Murfreesboro is to Nashville. Sort of. Kind of. A little bit. It's also within 3-5 hours of: Columbus, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Louisville, Baltimore and DC. 7-9 Hours from Nashville, New York and Chicago, and around 10 hours to Boston. And those are just car drives. Being not far from Pittsburgh I can actually catch trains to these places and save myself some heartache ^_^. Yay!

I'm gonna be moving up there fairly soon as well...this will be my last month here in fact. I'll be leaving around the end of February....so yeah. I'll be trying to see everyone by then so that I can say "see ya later", cuz this is by no means a goodbye. Maybe we can plan a sexy party somewhere, who knows.

OH! I got a new cell phone finally. It's a Florida number(amusing now that I'll be even further from Florida), but it's a contact number nonetheless. If you are interested in grabbing it from me, hit me up with a comment of your IM info or email info and I'll send it your way.

Love you all!!

RON PAUL!!