snowpupgirl says….

It’s been said it’s easier in this society to be straight rather than gay.  Joel and I had this conversation, and I gave him my view on it all.

I say sure, perhaps for some people.  However, it doesn’t apply to all.  Straight people have that pressure to get married.  To HURRY and get married, to then have kids.  It’s *expected*, it’s "common."

I never had that desire to hurry up and get married, nor the desire to have children.  Some of my friends got married…MOST of them are divorced now, or going through a divorce.  Divorce sucks, and is very messy for those not aware.

Or those who I graduated with back in my hometown who got married, if they’re not divorced, then they have children (whether married or not) and say how they feel "stuck."  Some even bought their parent’s houses, or live near their parents.  Or would feel guilty if they got a divorce now because they’re so "set in their life."

That’s why I’m not married. 

That’s why I moved far, far away from that area.  All the way to Colorado.

That’s why I decided, I don’t care that I’m 27, I’m going to go camping this weekend with a ton of friends, end up topless around a campfire Friday, and then the next day do some shrooms, then Sunday have an outdoor breakfast of bagels, fruit and Mimosas (Champagne and Orange Juice.)

That’s why I still have fun.  Because I don’t want a sucky life.  I don’t want to be "stuck," or feel like I can’t have fun, or that all my friends are too busy or whatever.  I like hanging out with a group of 18 people drinking around a campfire, playing guitar and bongo drums and singing in a field of wildflowers at an altitude of 11,200 feet, only miles from Vail, World-Famous Ski Resort.

Hell yeah.  So that was my most recent adventure. 

I’m going camping again this coming weekend.  I don’t think it will be like this past weekend, but it’s sure to be fun times.

I was asked by my Madame DeFarge group what my dream wedding is (they’re trying to plan mine for me, since I haven’t even started planning.) 

I realized I never had a dream wedding.  I never really thought about being married.

So now I’m debating.  I’ve been proposed to and accepted, have an engagement ring, and as of tomorrow, I will have been engaged for THREE years.

Will I ever get married?  What’s the hurry anyway?

I know I’ve found my soulmate, that’s all that I need, right?

I just had to type out an envelope to a John August in Los Angeles, CA.  His mom lives in Boulder, and we’re meeting with her about her trust set up with us, and we’re doing some correspondence with the son.  Wondering if he was in film (as everyone in LA seems to be), I looked him up.

Well, he *is* into film.  He wrote the screenplay for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, in theatres RIGHT NOW.

Huh.

Wonder what his mom is like.

Oh…I haven’t posted in awhile on here!

Too many trips have been going on to keep up, I suppose. 

Well, and other things.  Like a graduation party and birthday party the weekend after I last blogged here.

Let’s see…I’ve had a second trip to New Mexico (the first being in Amy’s van and going to hot dance clubs)  This second one we passed through Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and onto White Sands and into Texas and Mexico.  That was one awesome trip.

The next weekend was a hot Salsa Party.  That was an experience.

The weekend after, Elan and I decided it was time for us to buy a kayak.  We’ve went out on it a few times now, and we get better and better.  We’ve already broken one paddle

I also went to Telluride, Colorado for a bluegrass festival.  It was amazing, but it was also a reminder to me of how shallow some people really are.

My brother entered rehab, and got out of rehab one month later.  I wrote to him every day that he was in rehab, and I’ve written to him at least every other day since he’s gotten out.  He’s called a couple times and written twice, as well.  That’s saying a lot for him.

Fourth of July we watched the fireworks for Fort Collins from the top of the reservoir.  We could also see the fireworks for Greeley and Loveland from up there.  It was awesome.

Elan had a conference in Tilton, NH to go to for some Biochemistry stuff (Gordon Conference, for any Science freaks) on July 10th, and we decided to make an adventure out of it.  Her stuff was paid for (plane ticket, lodging and food for the conference), so I decided to join her in New England later, on July 14th, and we could tour around.

We were checking out as much as we possibly could from July 14th through July 19th.  We got back July 20th around 2:00am

Whirlwind tour of New England, then popping up to Canada into Montreal.

It
was
amazing.

Some thoughts:

Maine is ok. You can definately tell the whole economy is tourism, though, which is always a yuck with me. I felt it was a little on the creepy side. We met some girl who was pumping us for information about "the west." She is planning on moving to California, because she is tired of having a degree and waitressing. Let me tell you, though…Maine Lobster is the best.

New Hampshire was cute. I think it’s funny that they have boarding schools, one of which Elan stayed at for the conference, which she had fun at.

I really really like Vermont. Lots of touristy crap as well, but good stuff that they actually make businesses out of (Ben and Jerry’s, Vermont Teddy Bear, Grandview Winery, Cabot Cheese, Champlain Chocolates, Small Dog Electronics). And yes, I visited all those places in Vermont. Vermont gets lots of points in the "places I could possibly move to" category. So far, Colorado and Delaware are the only other two states, with California having possibilities.

MONTREAL rocked my socks. I really really liked it there. It falls into the possibilities category, because 1. I don’t know French 2. I really suck at the metric system 3. Different Country! 4. Humidity/snow factors. Everyone was so friendly, though. And everyone drives like me (crazyfast but careful and safely). The city is right up my alley. Elan and I went on a "Hot French Date." The waitstaff was awesome!!! Our food was delicious! Whoa. Funny when they told us our dessert was "strawberries and white cheese"…it was creamy yogurt, not white cheese, and it was really good.

Connecticut is not my favorite. It is way too crowded, way too pretentious, too humid (and foggy!), too unwelcoming. No offense to any from this state, it’s simply not up my alley.

Rhode Island seemed ok. Again, the crowding factor is definately going on.

Massachusetts was alright, Boston gave me some stress. Cambridge (where Harvard is) was soo crowded…but they have Pinocchio’s Restaurant, which has the best frickin’ Cheesesteak there is…despite how little I eat meat, it still was AWESOME!!!! But overall Massachusetts was fun.

I ate McDonald’s at one point when we were on the road and wanted to grab food and go…I haven’t had McDonald’s since I don’t know when. It made Elan and I both SICK!!! I think that may be the last time in my life I have it. Nothing else made me sick.

The entire trip was pretty awesome. Whoa. And to top it off, we "volunteered" our seats for our flight to some folks at the airport (because the airline overbooked our flight) and we took a later flight out of Philly, PA back to Colorado…FIRST CLASS since we volunteered our seats! So we got the big cooshy seats, the trays and such that fold out all over the place, free alcohol, free food, all the blankets and pillows we wanted, TWO WINDOWS for my window seat…I’ve never flown first class before that, and let me tell you, Elan and I were having a blast. We didn’t even notice it was a crowded flight We weren’t squished at all.

And…since we were volunteers…we have two air vouchers for free tickets (good for up to one year) to ANYWHERE in the US and Canada.

Heck Yeah.

I heart US Airways.

What a roadtrip. That rocked, I can’t wait to see my photos.

This weekend Elan and I are going camping up in the mountains with a bunch of girls and Joel (I really think he’s the only guy going!)  So more adventures to be had, more awesome photo ops, more fun!

I’ve been busy.  It’s been good times.