Dave Barnes (seen below): I know a few girls who are actually getting pregnancy tests after watching this guy perform. Somewhere between the screaming and the shrieking for Dave, he might have impregnated them with his lusty, soulful looks.
Lunar and Dan...
Why I don't skydive...
Lucky and I, the real living duck that lives in Jessie's dorm room...
As we were sitting on Grace's deck (Lake McQueeney), John Mahoney noticed people were slowly dissapearing. Someone wondered aloud if the rapture had taken place... The conversation, with the CRU members who were left behind, would be possibly the most awkward one I can imagine...
"Uh... man, you're still here." (nervous laughter) "Me too. Hmm. How 'bout that?"
Grace (21!) and Marisa P...
Corrie nursing her Chipotle burrito to health and maturity, before attempting (and failing!) to eat that massive thing...
I'd date these things if it were socially acceptable (and not an inanimate object-that kinda prevents dialogue amongst other things... but other than that, mmmmm boy)
Andy in his (Independecne Day) sketch...
Best band of the night, Wide Awake performing...
Good hair day to say the LEAST!
Bri, A, Corrie, and Moriah before Jars of Clay (they were boring) came on...
This shows just how boring Jars of Clay was...
No idea...
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Party Central!
i heart andy!!
Andy Petruzzo is the best... That robot stole the show in the play.. (oh, and John, is that you???)
Looks like allot of fun!
jarsofclay mustve been really boring. wow.
you have no idea... flood was okay, but I wanted to drown myself in it.
no, john was not the only other person at hard rock that fabulose evening when dave and wideawake were there.
Oh boy. My bad... Hard Rock is the best...
I was at the last couple of hours of the Island Party. I looked around for TX State people...only saw a couple where were you guys at?
I took off right after the show to go to another show. Jars of Clay were indeed boring...the only really interesting thing was trying to count the number of years since I've heard the songs that I did recognize.
My streak of missed birthday parties is at 7...6 of them due to work and one other that I just plain didn't find out about. But of course in my case short notice is no notice...I'm planning on asking off work for close friends birthdays next semester.
- Jordan
Sidenote...it seems like the percentage of people actively involved in CRU that have jobs (most of them seemingly at the San Marcos Baptist Academy) is lower than that of the Texas State students as a whole...I have no numbers to back this up, it's merely a theory.
Also the percentage of people active in CRU that live in Austin is...as far as I know, 3 people counting Paul...about 3%. The percentage of Texas State students that live in Austin is somewhere between 30-40%.
The two are most likely related. The students who have to work are more likely to move to Austin in order to live where the have a more than slim chance of finding a job that pays the bills...which, if you're lucky enough to find a job in San Marcos, is not a guarantee because wages are so minimal.
This is getting long so I'm going to contenue this as a blog entry. You read it first on the Daily Rice.
- Jordan
By the way those are some great Austin pictures. Living here has inspired me to buy a camera finally when I can afford it.
Jordan,
Boy oh boy. You have won the award for longest comment. Then, after winning the award, you proceeded to outdo yourself and re-win the award. That was awesome...
On a serious note... It seems like a hard position. I've been really lucky to not have to work this semester, a trend that is soon to end. Also, the whole Austin thing compounds the problem. I guess it ultimately comes down to the choice of driving to work or school... I'd choose drive to work, because friends are better than work anyday. Of course, it's probably not as simple as that. But is there any possibility you could move to Marcos?
I'm sure if you wanted to it would work out... things have a way of doing that you know.
And we do miss you at the surprise parties!
Moving to San Marcos means (most likely) paying more for rent and either driving 35 minutes to my current job (Which is a drag when I have to do it right after school) or getting a job in San Marcos where I'm all but guarenteed to make less...while having to pay rent in the most overpriced market in Central Texas (housing cost studies have shown this).
Then in the Spring, I will be getting an internship...and the last time I checked all of the media outlets in this area are in Austin. That will mean 2 out of 3 things.
I would personally much rather live WHERE I can work...it made it much easier to get a job and when I have to go to work on the weekend (like today), I have to drive 15 minutes, instead of 35.
It's essentially a choice between the occasional birthday party, and financial responsibility. Plus, if I'm working my hangout time is pretty limited already. If I'm working out of town that means work actually takes away more from the time when I can hang out. You guys wouldn't see me as much anyway because the cru system isin't tailored to people who have to work in the service industry...but that's okay life isin't fair and it can't be in this case.
But yea to close moving to San Marcos would be a bad decision for me to make for a number of reasons. Number one, likelyhood of being overly stressed trying to drive home from work at 2 AM on a school night....number two, much higher likelyhood of going broke. I've survived school so far with minimal debt (aside from student loans) and I want to keep it that way.
New longest comment award eh? Feel free to ask me about this anytime because I gather that most people don't understand my situation becuase there's is very different, and, in general, much more comfortable and I would even venture to say...easy. Within CRU at least...a lot of upperclassmen students in my program are in my situation...but they aren't in CRU. CRU is made of of a majority of people a nice safe little parentally supported bubble where college students can still be kids. I don't begrudge that at all but it's frustating sometimes when people assume that things are as easy for me.
Thanks for reading this, if you did.
- Jordan
Jordan,
I understand what you're trying to say. Just try to remember that frusturation is okay, but never feel resentful of your friends simply because their situation is different. And man, you need some sort of reward for the longest comments ever. Really... I have never read such a long comment on ANY blog. It's pretty sweet actually. I met a guy who wrote a 45 page blog, single spaced, in one sitting. Though I'm frequent, I'm not at that level. But you've raised the bar my friend. :)
PS-and it's cool that you are so open with your feelings. It's admirable.
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