I’m having one of those stupid “I can’t sleep because I’m thinking about stuff” nights. I am the current grand champion of the “what if” game, and no matter how hard I try to put stuff out of my mind I can’t help but think how different things would be if I had just made different choices.
I’m pretty sure I have the ability to always make the wrong decision in any given situation. You get used to it, but it still bothers the fuck out of me.
After thinking about how I consistently make the wrong choice no matter what, I’m trying to decide if I should still go to Europe or not. On the one hand, I really can’t afford to spend 5 weeks over there right now. On the other hand, it’ll be an epic trip and all my friends will be there. I just have to figure out how to get from London to Berlin AND how to feed myself on virtually no money. I’d be set if it weren’t for Antarctica, that kinda came out of nowhere and knocked me on my ass, financially speaking. This brings my poor decision making abilities to the forefront, as I have to choose between going and being broke the entire time, possibly dying of exposure while sleeping on a park bench because I couldn’t afford a room for the night just so I can go to Europe again vs staying home and maybe saving a few dollars for the trip to Antarctica and missing the chance to party like crazy with all of my friends in Europe.
Plus I truly hate flying. Claustrophobia + intense fear of heights = always fun times in the plane.
I’ll figure it out later. Right now I’m going to try sleeping again because I have school in a few hours.
So I’m not there yet, but I now have more than half my deposit. With any luck I’ll be able to sneak it in just before the deadline (see penguinproject.net/). I sold my MacBook Pro to get that money too. I have a ton of other stuff I should probably spend money on right now, like paying my parking ticket or car insurance or credit card bill (the list goes on), but really, how often do you get a chance to go to Antarctica with all of your friends? If I missed this I would regret it for the rest of my life. I probably shouldn’t get too far ahead of myself because I haven’t sent in the deposit yet, but I should be able to manage.
I’ve decided that I’m going to drive there too. I figure why not go for the gold? Starting in Prudhoe Bay Alaska, heading to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego Argentina. It’s around 16,000 miles and will probably take a solid month and a half to two months to drive the entire distance. Ever since I got my Jeep I’ve wanted to go on ridiculous roadtrips and this is about as over the top as it gets. The real question is will I be able to swing enough gas money for the trip after paying for the trip itself. If I need two months to get down there, I’d have to leave here for Alaska in early August to be safe. That only leaves me with 8 months from the time I get back from Europe until it’s time to head north to pull together enough money for the trip + gas and equipment. Also it kind of sucks but that 16,000 miles is only half the trip as I need to get home too. I’ve never let little things like how I’m going to pay for a trip like this stop me before, I figure why start now?
So I figured out that the only people who read what I say are people who I already talk to on a daily basis. That kinda makes having a blog redundant. I really don’t have anything substantial to say either.
Maybe I’ll work out in the long run, but I stand by my original stance that this “blogging” thing is just a fad.
So there I was today, driving along on my way to school. I was already running late so I was trying to drive quickly. I took the exit for the 126 eastbound and had to slam on the brakes to stop in time, traffic was at a dead stop. It took 45 minutes to travel this distance:
Someone had lost their trailer and forced the traffic to funnel down to one lane. That wouldn’t be such an issue if people in this country new how to drive, but they don’t even know what side you’re supposed to pass on. If you don’t know basic shit like that, you’re not going to know how to merge either.
Also, I’m freaking out about the Antarctica trip. I have till the 22nd to get my deposit in and I just don’t think I can do it.
Trust me, the fact that this post is here is amazing.
Godaddy is fucking lame as shit. I mean they rule on pricing, but the UI for their system is not what I would consider intuitive. It took me around 3 hours to figure out how to actually use godaddy hosting with my godaddy registered domain. I haven’t used it in the 4 or so years I have had it registered, so I don’t have high hopes for using it now. But I’m paying for hosting, so that’s a start.
