And I’ll be typing on a brand new computer too! Sort of. Last June I bought a MacBook and I love it. The only problem, and it was a major problem, was the fact that I didn’t have the internet at my place in Milwaukee. I figured since I was moving out in a little over a month it wasn’t worth getting it. I’m also a king procrastinator (http://ohscotty.blogspot.com/2008/08/king-of-procrastination.html) so it took me about five months until I buckled down and figured out how to set up wireless internet at my house. I’m not very technologically savvy, so buckling down for me meant calling my friend Jeremy and saying, “please do this, beer and food will be provided”. He did and it was. Fuck Geek Squad, I’ve got Phi Sig.
So now I’m in my room in a little office space I’ve made for myself typing my first blog of the new year with no outside distractions.
(It’s at this point, 5:35, that Scott leaves his rooms to go to BW3’s with some frat guys. He returns at 9:45 knowing that he only has fifteen minutes until The Daily Show starts.)
Stupid outside distractions.
I have to say I like Macs. Now that might not mean much coming from someone as technologically ignorant as I am but I have my reasons.
- I like the feel of the keyboard. Maybe not the best reason to buy a computer but when writing is the major use of your computer you should go with something you like.
- I wanted something that would last. I don’t see myself buying another computer anytime soon so I wanted something that would last a good ten years or so, from what I’ve heard Macs will do the trick.
- I love those “I’m a Mac. I’m a P.C.” ads. A horrible reason to make any purchase admittedly but what can I say? I’m a sucker for a good campaign. And in a capitalist society it’s just as important how you sell a product as what product you’re selling.
So for better or worse I’m a Mac guy and so far I have no complaints. But enough of how I’m blogging and on to the actual blog in question. 2008, it was quite the year for me. It had it’s fair share of both highs and lows and I figure the best way to start the new year is to look back at the old and see what I’ve learned. Join me won’t you?
January
- Well the new year started off with a blast. Let’s see, I lost my really nice Pea coat and had to go pick up my ex-girlfriend from some guy’s house after she had an equally bad start to her new year. And that was all before noon on January 1st.
- My parents decided that they were done paying for me to do bad at college (a choice I don’t really blame them for) and I had to get my first student loan, I’m sure I’ll fill out all those forms correctly and it won’t cause any problems in the future.
- I get the $600 back that my old roommate, Jake Smith, owes me. That leads us to…
- New Roommate #1-Justin (Krueger?) He took Jake’s room. He was a good guy. We didn’t talk all that much because he was far more focused on school than I was but when we did we always got along.
- A fire breaks out at Saz’s and I work much more than originally planned because we have to move the entire warehouse over to the Stat Fair grounds.
- I perform in the first show that I ever wrote; a one-page play entitled “Friendship is a Four-Letter-Word”. I owe a big thank you to my co-star Tracy Doyle who stepped up when the original actress, Megan Palbicki, completely bailed on me.
- A girl named Sarah Emerson keeps coming to our house parties and is entertained by the way I try to remember music.
- This Sarah girl takes me and some other friends out for Valentines Day to the most romantic spot possible, a lesbian bar. I meet girls but don’t sleep with them. I realize that lesbian bars are exactly the same as regular bars.
- I get cast as LT. Jack McCoy in a performance of the show The Crazy Quilt Club.
- I get caught speeding and receive my first speeding ticket ever! How embarrassing. It’s the worst mark on my driving record ever until…
- I drink. I drive. I get caught. Sarah picks me up from a police department and in a month I’ll have to go six months with out a regular driver’s license. There’s a longer story there but it’s for another post.
- I decide to try out a new stand up routine I’ve written at Comedy Sportz open mike night. I find out I have way more friends than I ever imagined and they seem to think I’m funny. (If you’re interested in seeing this video go to YouTube and type in “Scott Heaton Stand up”.
- I buy THE WEST WING the complete series. I know that doesn’t sound like a big deal but it turns out to be one of my favorite shows of all time which was lucky because I’d only seen one episode of the show before purchasing the entire set. (I was depressed because of the D.U.I. and wanted to distract myself with something, anything.) I decide I want to write like Aaron Sorkin, which is kind of like saying, “I want to act like Johnny Depp.”
- My other roommate, Steve, moves out because living with me is too stressful. He moves in with his girlfriend instead which I’m sure was much more relaxing for him. (Sorry, mean joke) That leads me to…
- New Roommate #2- Brian (I don’t remember his last name). We get along even better than Justin and I did. He’s thrilled with my movie collection and everyday when I came home from class he was watching a different movie I owned and I would watch the end with him. He also loved SEINFELD, and watched my entire set at an alarmingly fast rate. Justin and Brian are actually old friends and I find it interesting, and more than a little ironic that I got along much better with two strangers than I did with the two people I originally started living with whom I’ve known for a while.
- I perform in THE CRAZY QUILT CLUB, some of my friends like it, some don’t. I was just happy that I finally did a show that my Grandma could come see.
- Bill pisses on my couch and quilt, doesn’t clean up after himself. Andy Dupree coins the brilliant phrase “How come everyone pees on you and all your stuff?”
- I lose my regular license and instead receive a occupational license and find out just how long a time six months can actually be.
- I find out that both Justin and Brian will be leaving at the end of the month but have still agreed to pay rent for the two months they won’t be living there.
- I turn 24, I have very little to show for it.
- I once again don’t get promoted at Saz’s.
- I go to a midnight screening of THE INCREDIBLE HULK and get very drunk. Good times.
- I buy a Mac but decide not to use it very much until January.
- New Roommate #3- Bill (Decaire) The couch pisser himself needs a place to stay for a month I let him stay at my place but only after insisting that he pay for a month’s rent instead of just taking Justin’s money. I find out Bill loves THE WEST WING as much as I do.
- I go to a midnight screening of THE DARK NIGHT (sober this time), best movie of the year!
- I move out of Milwaukee…
- …And back to Germantown. This makes going to work more difficult because I can only drive in my occupational hours and when I lived in Milwaukee I could take the bus. Long story short, I hung out at the mall a lot.
- I take a vacation and visit my friend Lauren up at her cabin. She makes me chug a can of beans (also available on YouTube.)
- I start a blog making a goal to update it daily. I fail miserably.
- School starts again but I’m not going. I messed up on my loans from January and never paid for the early semester. Before they let me back I have to pay them for last time.
- I spent time on Jaz’s porch and Molly ordered a pizza, end of story.
- I get my full licenses back. The first place I go to is a bar (my friends are dicks), I decided soda taste just as good as beer.
- I go as Bristol Palin for Halloween, Will doesn’t laugh, which means it’s the funniest costume ever.
- I decide I’m not quite big enough of a geek yet so I drive to Chicago so I can see THE DARK KNIGHT on the IMAX. It’s amazing!
- My dog Samantha has to be put down, I still find myself wanting to give her slices of ham when I make a sandwich.
- Sarah and her boyfriend break-up at eleven o’clock at night. I find myself in a Chicago hotel room at three in the morning with a guy named “Phil” who’s not going to let a small thing like a complete stranger in the same bed as him stop him from getting laid. It’s my favorite night of 2008 (seriously).
- I sign up for classes for next semester and decide now’s as good a time as any to actually put an effort in to school.
- I attend my friend Jennifer’s wedding. She looked absolutely beautiful.
- Will, Amber, Kate and I go out for New Years, I don’t know how it ends.
Well, there you go. A year in review. What have I learned? Well for starters I learned that living a year is a lot more interesting than writing about it (or reading it I imagine). I’ve learned that I have some amazing friends that I can truly count on for anything and I hope they feel the same way about me. But most importantly I’ve learned that I’ve made some mistakes and that’s ok. The important thing isn’t dwelling on them but figuring out how to pick yourself up and making yourself a better person because of them. The past is past but the future is whatever you make it. Here’s hoping I make 2009 something great.
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You've got a great writing style, I was entertained!!
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