Valor

I don't know where this post is going to go.

It's been a long time since you've heard from me through this particular source. You're missing out! Whatever, right? I kept a paper journal there for a while...when I had no Internet. But nowadays I waste a lot of time on my X-Box 360. I will pick it back eventually though.

Work is going very well. I'm kept fairly busy and given relevant projects. People are also very kind to me, which I need. I need support.

Being back in Parkersburg on my own (pretty much) I've begun to realize some things that I could never really be sure of before.

1. I prefer living on my own and working rather than going to school.
2. I miss the city of Cincinnati, not just the people (though I miss them as well).
3. I have no qualms about being an adult and dealing with everything that entails. I thrive on responsibility and am my own person already.
4. I need to work out more.

Those things are new. Particularly accented of late has been my complete failure to interact with women of my peer group in any capacity other than as friends. It's depressing, and as much as my good friends will disagree, it is not simply me being selective or the right person not being out there...these are all good excuses, but they can only be used up to a point; no, it is me. I am just terrible at romance. The ways I show I care and the way I express myself in that regard are not cutting it. People either don't get me or get me but decide friendship is better. This isn't me being hard on myself. I like myself. Other people don't though...as evidenced by me never being in a serious relationship. There are worse fates though, I suppose. At least I have my health.

I was home this weekend and kept pretty busy between friends and family obligations. The 4th of July is a big holiday in my family. It's probably my favorite holiday...though I think the best day of the year is New Year's Eve if it is spent with my friends as per tradition. I did find time to watch Howl's Moving Castle in English and in Japanese though. It is very good. So there.

Well, if you need to talk to me, give me a ring or something.