Intro

I suppose the time has come for me to create a place for me to collect my personal thoughts and aspirations. I consider myself a rather normal and average guy, with a hobby issue. Although average, I have a great deal of interests that I occupy my time with. I dable in many different things, I am not particularly fantastic nor a failure at anything. I seem to have an addiction to hobbies, rather than a particular hobby in general. I constantly find myself wanting to learn or do new things, but never master anything completely. I am a guitar player, a skateboarder, automotive enthusiast, artist, motorcyclist, motocross racer, business man, architect, conversationalist, music enthusiast.......and the list goes on.

I'll try to sum myself up in a few key sentances, and elaborate in following posts on myself and my experiences.

I base my life on the notion that "Everything happens for a reason". This simple idea is what helps me rationalize and stay positive in the most negative of situations. I manage to stay a relatively happy individual even though I am completely discontent with where my life currently stands. Its been quite a rolleroaster ride of a journey, but without the ups and downs where is the fun right? I work a job I hate to sustain myself until I get back into my field. I have completed a Bachelor's degree in architecture, and have since been layed off from the firm I had been interning at....and coincidently now work at a dealership parts department. This is something that bothers me but I guess it's all part of the process. With the country in the economic state we are in I know I'm not alone in my situation. After spending six months searching for another architecture position locally, I took what I could get and have since expanded my search to country-wide, still to no avail as of yet.

I am a truly dedicated friend, to those who are deserving. I do not consider myself to have MANY friends, as I prefer to have ones so close they are more like family. I do not believe in the kind of friend you only spend time with occasionally and don't know anything "real" about them. Those are "aquaintances" in my opinion and hold a different value. I beleive in quality over quantity. My true friends would go to the ends of the earth for me and I would do the same for them. It's these people that are most influential in my life.

I have been through more hardships than most other people my age, and those situations have hardened me. I am the type of person to do a lot for others, and sometimes get nothing in return, and sometimes even pretty heavy negative effects due to it. I have some crazy stories to tell, maybe I can write them out later.

To leave off, I'll describe the present.

I have moved back with my parents to get on my feet, and began rebuilding my life and relationships that had suffered in a period of time where I went through some difficulties. I have thankfully been able to revive a lot of my "old self" while improving on other things, and recently have finally found myself coming back into my own. I am finally comfortable taking some risks again and putting myself out there in various situations, and I'm ready to trust again.