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Sunday, December 26th, 2004
11:28 pm	Wow I'm not really sure where to start!! It's the day after Christmas :-D Christmas was amazing this year. Getting here, however, was a completely different story. I got to the Toledo airport at 840AM Christmas Morning for my 1015 Flight.... and as I was parking my car the airport called to say my flight was cancelled. Well, it turns out, all of Delta's flights were cancelled... 30,000 people. Yup. awesome. they offered to fly me out the day after out of detroit.... i pretty much told them to fuck themselves and went home. found a plane ticket to charlotte out of columbus... so I took it! Drove my ass to Columbus in a bit of a rush and made it home on Christmas! :-D Got a new laptop, which I was in dire need of. And a new jacket, tons of new clothes, cologne... very good Xmas all around :) As far as what's been going on... hmm... Starbucks is awesome. I love it. Every damn minute of it. The fraternity... I was New Member Educator this semester... and that was an experience I will never forget. Those boys were amazing. Took two new littles this semester, Brian and Zac, both of which kick some serious ass. Made a nice addition to the fam (Jerod & I) Mom and dad are awesome. Mom wants to move to D.C. in four years... and there's a law firm there that wants her... so, another move is in the works. They haven't even been in Charlotte for a year yet!! I'm not even going to talk about love interests. B (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 13th, 2004
6:42 pm	Came across two articles in magazines recently that I really liked. Allow me to share.... The first one is a little long, but it's humorous, hard hitting and communicates a lot of what I feel! Passing For Straight From the March 2004 issue of Details (was cleaning out the magazines) "In the early nineties I dated a guy who was freshly divorced - from a woman. His name was Jeff. 'I guess I've always been aware of an attraction to other guys,' he told me. 'But when I'd walk down 8th Avenue and see all those homos with the exact same haircut, same cutoff jeans with rolled-up edges, same white socks and construction boots, and I'd think, No fucking way, I can't be one of them.' Alas, he was one of them. But even after he accepted this fact, questions remained. 'Why do so many gays make sibilant sounds with a 'th'? he asked me. 'I mean, why is it you can tell a guy's a fudge-packer just from listening to him speak?' Something myself I had wondered. Back when I had an office job I was often mistaken for straight by my co-workers. 'No shot?' they'd say when they learned of my deviant homosexual lifestyle.' 'I never would have guessed.' This was usually followed by the observation 'You don't seem gay.' I was like a black girl who seemed white. Like a gay-guy Halle Berry. This made me realize there are two kinds of fags: Faggy Fags and Straight Fags. While the Faggy Fag speaks with a lisp, highlights his hair, and throws the word fabulous around like it's a boomerang, the Straight Fag dresses in outdated cargo pants, listens to the Goo Goo Dolls, and would only go to a piano bar to deliver the piano. Yet both men paid $12 for the Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly. A similar situation existed for a black person at one of the agencies where I rotted. She didn't have a trace of a southern accent and was often describes as a 'very white black.' I recall somebody asking her, 'You've never even tried crack, not even once?' My apparent straightness - and her apparent whiteness - surprised and interested people. In some way, it also comforted them by removing the perceived distance between us. When somebody goes against stereotype, it's always fascinating. Who didn't love watching Connie Chung deliver the evening news on CNN with her utterly American inflection? When we look at Connie, we expect to hear 'Bee fwi wi ana egga woll?' And when we hear her talk like Jodie Foster, it makes us clap and want to be her friend. Personally, I find it creepy that so many gay guys sound alike. 'The Gay Accent' is a little too Stepford Wives, if you ask me. (Both Faggy Fags and Straight Fags will reference campy movies at every possible opporunity.) But then, I always find it somewhat creepy when what you'd expect is exactly what is. But why? In all likelihood, Faggy Fags tended to stick together in nellie packs because gay people were pelted with rocks and shot in the head for years. And in some places still are. Thus, they started to sound alike. But in some ways, this homo-homogenization isn't a great thing. Jeff was trapped in a very unhappy marriage for 13 years because he felt he couldn't possibly be gay. Because he didn't feel like any of them. He didn't feel fabulous. Had he known there was more than one variety of fruit, he might have been out of the closet and into Yankee Stadium a little sooner. So that's that. Oh, and Jeff. I ran into him a couple of years ago. It's Jeffrey now. He was dressed like every other fag on 8th Avenue. He even had a rainbow pin stabbed to his Prada backpack. Another thing i've observed: the Faggier the Fag, the better the chances he was once married." I fucking love that article, and identify with every god damn word!!! Next From "The Style Guy" in the October 2004 issue of GQ Question: Every time I go to a club in L.A. or Vegas, I see all these dudes wearing designer knit caps. Isn't a gentleman supposed to remove his hat when he walks inside? Answer: My grandfather said that suit sleeves have buttons so you can't wipe your nose on them. He also said that wearing a hat indoors causes baldness. The older I get, the more I think he was right. I don't know who started this trend. Maybe it was Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Maybe it was Jamiroquai's Jay Kay. Gentlemtn are supposed to remove their hats indoors, but very few people know the meaning of the word gentleman anymore. I actually like the caps you are referring to; but, call me old fashioned, I say you should take yours off inside, unless you just got a plug job that hasn't taken yet. THERE YOU GO! TAKE YOUR FUCKING HAT OFF LOVE AND YITBOS Barrett (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 26th, 2004
1:49 pm	A whole new world... Ahh.. hello! :) Life is wonderful! Start at Starbucks tomorrow... amazing. I can't fucking wait! Life has been pretty amazing... I won a Scholarship from Macy*s last week, that I didn't even know I was competing for!! It was based on performance and final presentations, and was awarded out of the entire internship class across the country, and I won bitches! So that's wonderful! I want to go visit mom and dad! I miss Charlotte! :( Mom just bought a "halloween tree." So, y'all know how we have 5 christmas trees every Xmas... 3 fake and 2 real.. because my mother is OBSESSED with Christmas ( I can't talk. ) But the woman seriously has decorations for DAYS. The attic is NOTHING but Christmas decorations... loves it! But, now it's spreading to her FAVORITE holiday, Halloween. So we now have a halloween tree. You may ask: "What do you put on a halloween tree?" Well, Halloween ornaments of course, which my mom has been collecting for years. I LOVE it, and I want to see it! :) Katy and Chris finally got to take Josie home on.. umm.. Wednesday. So that was exciting! They're a family now!! Had some people over last night, and had an amazing time... better than the rest of the night. We didn't leave my place until like 12:15, walked to Campbell Hill.. I was a bitch for about 2 hours, then Bill, Bryan and I walked to Pita Pit, and back to my place at like 4. 3 of the girls that were over, Jackie Sarah and Danielle, played like they were going to walk from Campbell hill to Rodgers by themselves, which clearly was not going to happen... so I walked them back. No biggie. Spanish had no trouble, umm... well, ya know. So glad to hear we're back in business. Hanson took a girl home. She was hot. New interest on the horizon... not saying anything else for fear of jinxing it. Nothing else to report. Current Mood: contemplative (Comment on this)
Monday, September 13th, 2004
8:26 pm	Babies!!! Well.. i'm an UNCLE!! :) Josephine Adair was born at 10:15 AM on Sunday the 12th!!! :) AMAZING!! Friday night I was sick, went over to Campbell Hill for a minute... ya know, the usual. Courtney was reacting pretty bad to a spider bite, went to the hospital twice ( she was in Toledo ) but we seem to now have it under control. Saturday, still felt a bit sick.. was just lounding. Stephanie called me at 6 and left a VM saying to call Chris ASAP... so I did, and Katy's water had broke! They were at the OSU game, and were leaving at half time, heading to the bus to go to their car. Before they got on the bus, Katy's water broke! Chris found a campus police officer and they went to Riverside! I left by 6:30 and headed to Columbus. Got to Riverside around 8:30. Saw Katy.. she was in minimal pain. Mindy was there (She had left Kent when Steph called) and Chris' mom was there too. We went and got food while they did some work on Katy. When we got back, Stephanie and Michelle were there. Chris stayed with Katy and Steph, Mindy, Michelle and I went back to the waiting room. Paula went home for a bit while we stayed. At around 3 AM we went back to the apartment to freshen up and hit Meijer for some late night snacks. Headed back to the hospital around 4:30... there were people in the Maternity waiting room, and they were SLEEPING (there's no sleeping in labor!!! LOL) so we went and found another waiting room... Steph and Mindy slept for a minute and Michelle and I ate the veggie tray we had bought and watched some TV. Chris called around 5:45 to say they would start pushing in like an hour. We went upstairs. She was still pushing at like 8, and they took a break so Chris could eat and Katy could breathe. They decided at 9:45 to stop pushing and do a Cessarian section. Katy had the little (NOT LITTLE) brat at 10:15 am. 8 lbs, 6 oz... pretty big considering she's only 4'11" and 100 lbs.!!! DAMN!!! We all stayed around looking in the nursery (baby factory) until Noon, while Katy was in recovery. She was going to be in there for a bit, so I sent everyone else home to rest and shower and such, and I was going to stay and wait. Katy came to the room around 1:30... she was in minimal pain and in and out of consciousness. She and I hung out for a bit... I fed her some Jello and such, ya know.. usual hospital shit. Everyone got back around 4:30, and they were just bringing Josie to the room! I left to go shower and eat.. i was beyond exhausted. We went to Boston Market around 7 (Chris, Steph, Michelle and I) while Chris' mom hung with Katy. I held Josie for just shy of an hour.. it was amazing! I was home and in bed at 10... I was at the hospital for like 26 hours. JESUS!! I was an emotional wreck once Katy had the baby. It's an amazing experience... especially because it was her. I can't wait to be a dad ( who thought I'd ever say that? ) Love you all Barrett (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 4th, 2004
2:22 pm	Been a while... So I'm not sure when I updated last... but.. yeah. I'm all moved in. I fucking love my apartment. It's super cute. And I also love living by myself. Y'all have to come see it. So last night was.. well.. amazing. Sadie was in town. So Court, Sadie and I made a night out of it. Went to Jed's to see Gil, who was in town from D.C. Then hit Cohen and Cooke, the new restaurant/martini bar on Main St. It was so fucking cool. Loved it. Next.. hmm.. Brewsters. Saw Fat Kid and Skinny Kid... and Kimberlee.. and like 8,000 people from my legal studies class. Next was Uptown... then Downtown. Saw tons of people there again.. but by this point I was pretty well done. Saw like 10 people from my ethics class. crazy. then we went to.. Nate and Wallys. I hate that bar. sick. so Sadie and I sat outside for a bit.. Court came out and we headed back to Downtown. Stopped and grabbed some burgers @ VooDoo and some kid asked me if I had a brother.. I said no, and he told me there was someone in his legal studies class that looked EXACTLY like me and was named Barrett. LOL. That was a high point of the evening. Finished at downtown with some more shots courtesy of dirty slut molly ,and then walked back to Courts. I passed out on the couch until.. umm.. 1:00 today. Amazing. Watching the game now. NOT drinking tonight. THat's for sure. B (Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004
1:12 pm	All you had to do... So I haven't updated the whole time I've been in ATL... so here goes! My internship with Macy*s so far has been AMAZING! My Coach, Megan, is the Group Sales Manager for Ready To Wear (all of womens clothing) So she has like 5 managers and over 250 associates under her. My store is the biggest outside of NYC and is the Flagship store. I've had an amazing time. They offered me a job as an assistant manager, but if I come back with my degree i'd go straight into management, which really makes more sense for me! So with that said, I'm moving back to BG on the 19th of August, into an apartment on 4th street! I can't wait! Katy's baby is due on September 20th (please pray for a boy) because NONE of us can handle a baby girl.. jesus. I'm so excited for her and Chris, and I'm glad I'll be back in Ohio for that! Mom is loving her new job in Charlotte, and dad just took a senior management position with Galyans... so that's exciting!!! I really miss everyone in Columbus and BG... Courtney is moving into her own place in a week, so that's exciting. I'm ready to get back in the swing of things. Chad and all those boys move into Campbell Hill soon... and Mary/Kimlo move into their Slut Hut soon! :-D Speaking of Mary, that hoe made me a Build A Bear last night, so I can't wait to get it! Erica has been in Europe with her family, so I can't share the good news about BG yet... not until tomorrow! But I can't wait to see everyone! I'm registered for 4 classes ( you try and get into classes less than a month before school starts ) but I'm waiting for one of my old AMPD prof's to get back to me about squeezing me into one of her classes. ATL is a nice town, but I'm not sure if I'd ever want to live here... I suppose if the money is right we shall see. I took a vaca to Ohio a couple weeks ago and flew into Ohio on a whim to surprise Katy for her baby shower.. that was fun! :) I can't wait to be an uncle! And I decided that I love Ashlee Simpson! But more importantly, I love her boyfriend, Ryan Cabrera! Rob's birthday is the 20th of August, we'll just let him think I'm moving back for his birthday, it's easier that way :) I felt like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman on Sunday night... ask for details if you dare. I've made tons of friends down here, and hope to carry them with me to Ohio! Lauren and I (another intern from F A&M) have really clicked, so that'll be nice! But that's all I've got for now... going putt putt and to dinner 8:-) Love y'all Barrett (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 5th, 2004
2:34 am	Ready Every success begins with one step... Packing the room = sad. Packing pictures = sadder. Reading all the cards I've gotten this school year and my going away book = saddest. This year is going to be rough. Moving to Atlanta is going to be HARD! I'm leaving behind every safety net I know... my family, my friends and my fraternity. ROUGH. I have fucking amazing friends though, amazing family members and amazing brothers as well. If I didn't have the support of those people I'm not sure I would make it to ATL. So, thanks to everyone. Your cards, calls and IM's have given me the strength to leave you. Just know, I'll be back. Love Barrett (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 2nd, 2004
8:12 pm	Well well well.. it's been a long fuckin' time, eh? My going away party was Friday night, amazing! Plenty of people there.. in the 3 hours we were all partying before the bar we managed to kill 6 cases of beer and 5 bottles of liquor... good night overall. Saw ALMOST everyone I would've wanted to see, and some people I could've gone without seeing. Moving is gonna be rough, but it wont hit me up until September when I would be back in school, ya know? I'm gonna miss everyone more than I expected, but I'll be back soon enough. I move to Columbus and in with Katy on Thursday, for 3 weeks until May 28th... Then going to Charlotte for a couple days to see the new house and the parents, and moving in with Lisa on like June 3rd. Start work @ Macy*s on June 7th!! Can't wait!! My 21st birthday is June 13th, gonna be hard not having anyone around, well other than Lisa & Ben, but... that's what happens I guess. Really thinking I'd like to come back to BG Fall '05 and finish school.. I have my roots here and such, and I'll miss everyone too much!! That's all for now... love y'all Barrett (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 13th, 2004
6:21 pm	Really long... Haven't done this in a LONG time... so here we go... just a warning, this'll probably jump all over the place. Spring break was fun... was in San Diego for 6 days, and Charlotte for 3... had a great time. Applied for the Chanel internship, find out on April 19th. Mom's birthday is this weekend, she's flying into town! :) So much has happened.. this is weird The way the summer looks now... I'll be in Columbus May 4th through the 28th, then Charlotte for the weekend, and moving to Atlanta on June 1st. Staying with Lisa for 10 weeks, then getting my own place in Atlanta for a year. Got an iPod for Easter, fucking love it Had a great weekend with my dad. We didn't fight ONCE!!! So I started this thinking it'd be really long, but it's.. not. Gotta go Love (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 17th, 2004
2:43 am	Portfolio So some people are confused by the new Webshots site for my Chanel shit... Chanel is offering an internship opportunity to five students to work for 3 days in NYC on a photo shoot in the areas of: Fashion Styling Art Direction Photography Makeup Artistry and Hair Styling I'm applying for the "fashion styling" position... and these are the photos that I am submitting... basically my friends in clothes that I put on them. Thanks to Chad & Courtney for helping with the pictures, and Allen for the backdrop... I did the lighting 8-) So.. let me know what you think. Constructive criticism is welcome. Love Barrett (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 25th, 2004
11:58 am	Weird Probably shouldn't have gone out last night, because I still don't feel good this morning, but it was totally worth it. Courtney and I had a little fan club that followed us around all night; was flattering at first, then annoying. HOWEVER, my future husband was part of this aforementioned Fan Club.... tall, short hair, full sleeve on both arms, not too much color in the tattoos, as well as ink on the neck, striped A&F shirt and denim with cute shoes. HELLO!? I mean really. So that was that... Have 2 exams today.. 1 down 1 to go! How fun. Apparently we have new siding, new trim, a new front door and a new garage door at the house in Columbus. With new tile downstairs, carpet up and down and different paint in the foyer. Isn't it weird that people do all that stuff right before they move? I mean yeah, it'll help the house sell, but really... how annoying. Leave for San Diego next Friday morning @ 4... gone until the 11th.. then go to Charlotte the 11th through the 13th.. then back to school. Gonna be a LITTLE stressful. Courtney's cousin is throwing us a party on Saturday night in San Diego.. how fun! Our first party in our honor in CA! :-D A couple weeks ago when Toby went to Columbus he met 2 of my 5 ex's... and he knows the other two from up in Toledo... and he made a good observation. The two that I was with for a good deal of time, being the two he met in Columbus, are pretty quiet, masculine, down to earth guys. Whereas the two up here at school are pretty femme, loud and annoying. Well, Jon isn't annoying, or really all that femme, but he is loud. I don't know what I was thinking dating the people I did up at school. I know I bitch about this all the time, but what am I doing when I date people that like aren't educating themselves, or even working for that matter? This is where I talk about myself because i'm affirming myself, so if you don't want to read, then dont ;-) Am I fucking kidding myself dating these community service projects? I have a well off family that I get along with famously. I have a job. I have an internship with one of the top 4 retailers in the nation. That same internship only hired 4 people from the applicants around the country. and I'm one of them. And they're moving me to Atlanta to do it. After that I'm moving to San Diego. I'm not gonna be that kid that stays in the same place becaus people expect him to. I have everything in the world going for me, and all I've done recently is date people that ride off of it. It seems fine at the time, but hindsight is always 20/20. I just don't understand some people. Yesterday I was shopping in J. Crew and met the store manager, Angel. She and I talked for a good 10 minutes and had a very educated conversation about the retail business... and it just reaffirmed the fact that i'm confident in myself. Another side note... while I do wear the occasional abercrombie article of clothing, i'm getting more and more annoyed at seeing everyone in the bar wearing almost the same abercrombie shirt. why not wear something that takes a LITTLE more thought. Like perhaps some cute shoes.. even an original belt. SOMETHING. This is such a weird entry. wow. so Eric is back in my life, and I like it that way. When I move to San Diego he'll be less than 4 hours away. we tried, or at least I think we did, the relationship thing before, when he was in dayton and i was in columbus... and it didn't work... but the friendship lasted. who knows. chad is working @ uptown/downtown now. how fun! thanks to courtney he's our new fav floorwalker :-D apparently some people have a problem with it. i don't get it. as the semester winds down, this being my last one @ bg, I'm starting to realize who i'll miss and who I'll never want to think of again, and i'm so happy to get away!!! :-D talked to Lara the other day, and Holly. definite blast from the past. miss Katy and Lisa... can't wait to live with that bitch again. court, rob, eric and neidra are all going to vegas after we go to san diego, how fun! if only i was 21 :( Rob is such a big brother figure, it makes me smile/laugh. Kim is hopefully getting a job with the Gucci Group.. amazing! Gotta go for now. Love Barrett (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 21st, 2004
11:20 pm	Things We Hate 1. Braided leather belts; especially black leather. 2. Fat rolls 3. “Trashy” hair 4. Weaves 5. YooHoo “chocolate flavored drink” 6. St. Louis 7. Gold jewelry 8. Massive amounts of body hair 9. Chipped nail polish 10. Facial hair longer than 2mm 11. The #22 12. Grimace & the Hamburglar 13. Restricted numbers 14. Geology 15. Bloating 16. Senor Frogs 17. Laziness 18. Tardiness 19. Aeropostale 20. Big Lots 21. 10-10-220 22. 1-800-COLLECT 23. 1-800-CALLATT 24. Carrot Top 25. Canadians 26. Flexfunds 27. The lottery 28. Wooly mammoths interrupting our romantic evening in Paris 29. “Wife beaters” 30. women with leg hair 31. People who hold their bags in their laps during class 32. People who don’t know Kate Spade 33. Old Navy 34. Jack 35. Aaron Kuhns 36. Will Smith’s musical career 37. Female condoms 38. Fire cracked rock 39. Beavis & Butthead 40. Tiger Woods 41. Jump Day 42. Fun-noodles 43. Freshmen 44. Friday classes 45. Syllabi 46. Chili & Cheese CheezIts 47. Saturated fat 48. People who live in SoHo 49. Reese Witherspoon (only because she’s married to Ryan) 50. Jessica Simpson 51. **** 52. Armadillo sours 53. Back acne 54. Dead people 55. People who wear pajamas to class 56. Men that don’t know Tiffany 57. Rosh hashanna 58. Ivy – the person, we love the plant 59. Rat tails 60. Dreadlocks 61. People who don’t respect their parents 62. Bill Clinton and his entire administration 63. Mormon reproduction rates 64. Seafood 65. Children 66. Malthus 67. The word “fornication” 68. Darwin 69. Cancer 70. Wearing hats indoors 71. Guys that don’t open doors 72. The word “neat-o” 73. Test tube babies 74. Straight guys that should be gay 75. American Eagle 76. Doxens 77. Reynoldsburg 78. Lobster attacks 79. Sharing 80. Everything about Wooster St. 81. Radiohead 82. Denim outfits That's just the beginning... (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 17th, 2004
1:54 pm	Final Decisions So there's been some final decisions made.... mom signed the final offer from Wachovia Bank... starts on March 29th. Last day with Bank One is March 19th. The relocation package seems pretty nice :) Vote for which house you like for the new one in Charlotte: The White 5 Bedroom ( my fav ) http://www.carolinahome.com/findHome/report.cfm?mlsid=402997 The 4 Bedroom Brick ( mom and dads fav ) http://www.carolinahome.com/findHome/report.cfm?mlsID=413835 Or the Brand New 4 Bedroom ( no opinion ) http://www.carolinahome.com/findHome/report.cfm?mlsID=414565 So there that is... Now, here's the link to my apartment complex in GA... This is where I'll be living for ten weeks while I do my internship with Rich's-Macy's. http://www.hollandparkjmg.com/j/s/i/iFrame.jsp?p_usid=&p_pgid=9&p_poid=GFJKN1545F&p_fpid=IPGI1474E And.. here's the link to my new mall in GA where I'll be working.. seems like they have some pretty nice stores :-D http://www.simon.com/mall/directory.aspx?ID=207 So.. that'll keep y'all busy for a while :) Spring Break is Courtney and I going to San Diego the 5th through the 11th of March... then the 12th through the 14th is Charlotte with Mom & Dad to finish house shopping and such... BUSY BUSY BUSY Love y'all Barrett (Comment on this)
Thursday, February 12th, 2004
2:21 am	Some final answers... So yeah... today got a Valentines Day package from Macy's... umm, HI! Could I feel anymore welcome? Can't wait to start my Internship... Mom accepted the offer from Wachovia.. so they'll be moving to Charlotte before April. How fucking exciting. Spring break is all taken care of, flights and hotel wise, so that's exciting. Leaving Friday the 5th, returning Thursday the 11th... fabulous. Staying at The Bristol Hotel (super fun) should be a good time. My Internship in Atlanta is from June 7th to about August 15th... and as soon as that's over I move to San Diego. Courtney and I are gonna scope some places casually this trip, do some more research, and then go again the first week of June to sign a lease. I'm super pumped about living with Lisa for the 10 weeks I'll be in Atlanta. I miss her, and I miss Ben too... but i'm so ridiculously ready for San Diego with C. Working/playing hard will be great, and i'm getting away from all the negative energy in Ohio. I've also recently come to conclude that I fucking LOVE my family. AMAZING. And, contrary to the popular belief and/or wishes of one mister Seth D., I am, always have, and always will be a Republican. SORRY. Love Barrett (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, February 2nd, 2004
10:25 pm	Update So.. what's going on lately? There's been so much shit happening!! Mom and Dad are still moving, but to where we don't know. Wachovia Bank still wants mom, but there's a new offer from Hudson Cooke, a law firm, that would put her in either LA, DC, or Baltimore. More money in this offer, so it's the one they're considering a little more seriously. As for me.. Spring Break will be San Diego, CA... househunting and such with Courtney. The first week of May will be my last semester at BG. Be in Columbus for a month, then taking the Internship with Macy's in Atlanta, GA.. moving in with Lisa. It's a 10 week internship, pays well, and I'll move to San Diego in August when it's done. That's all for now. Love Barrett (Comment on this)
Saturday, January 31st, 2004
2:22 am	Getting out of Ohio So... mom's been offered several jobs. One to do pretty much what she's doing at Bank One, only for someone else in Charlotte, N.C. Another to become a partner at some firm... either in Baltimore, LA or DC.. for.. well.. plenty of $$... about 6 figures, the first one being a 2 (she wont tell me, that bitch) So they'll definitely be out of state soon On to my news: I'm moving to San Diego in August. I've been thinking and finally had "the talk" with my mom and dad tonight. This'll be my last semester at Bowling Green. Moving with Courtney in August to SD... and starting school in January at UCSD (been talking to some admissions counselors and doing transfer apps and such) So.. this is a lot of news, so take some time to digest Love you all Barrett (Comment on this)
Friday, January 23rd, 2004
12:05 pm	Brief update Sitting here before class, thought I'd give you a brief update... Courtney's new hair is great, pics will be up tomorrow. Busy weekend... going out in Toledo tonight... Mickey Finn's... then staying the night in Walbridge with Rob & Courtney... then Columbus tomorrow night with Toby... going out with everyone from work. Saw Joey on Tuesday night. I knew he would be there, and on the way in I tried to decide if I hated him or if I could be civil... decided I could be civil, so said hi and hugged... Toby intervened and said "Barrett, you don't have joey do you?" So... we can at least be friendly, even though things ended, well, less than amicably (spelling?) I can't wait until we move into our house this fall... my own room, finally.. a senior. Get me out of the fraternity house!!! Chad and I went to the bar for a bit last night to see Courtney and CJ and Eric and Molly while they were bartending... Dean showed up and had a drink or two with us.. then as we were leaving saw Allen... I just had a really calm/relaxing/nice night with Chad. Then had to drive to Toledo and pick Kim, Laheta and Leslie up from Eclipse.. they were all drunk; fucking super. That's all for now. Time for some statistics. Love Barrett (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 20th, 2004
3:19 pm	Democrats So this afternoon I made a catty little away message in regards to Senator Kerry and his recent success in the Iowa Caucus... and you would think I had killed someone with all the bitchy messages I came home to! First of all, if you can't respect that I'm a republican, how are you better than I? I don't judge by your political affiliation, but I will have an intelligent conversation with you about it. I don't call you a "stupid bitch;" I will, however, repsect your decision to have a brain and think with it as you choose. I am a republican. Always will be. I'm also a baptist. There's two things any homo usually doesn't say. But I do. And I'm proud of it. So please, if you want to discuss political thought, monasticism, federalism, whigs, democratic republicans, southern baptist thinking.. whatever, let me know. But don't coward behind the shield of calling me a stupid bitch on an away message. You're just silly. :-D Love Barrett (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 14th, 2004
5:15 pm	Hey Y'all Biggest news ever: KATY IS PREGNANT!!! I went baby clothes shopping today, and got a little newborn "BGSU Baby FALCON" thingie.. it's so cute! And I got some yoga DVD's for her to start working out! I'm gonna be an Uncle!!! I love it! :-P Last night was so great.. went out with Kim, Courtney and Dean... had a nice time at the bar. Made out with some really cute kid!!! There's new pics up... I think I'm starting to like.. well.. I wont say now 8-) Gotta go Love y'all Barrett (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, January 9th, 2004
1:52 am	It's My Life Since I've been home, I've realized a lot. 1) Home life I have the most amazing parents, at least to me. When I came out, what did they ask? "What do you need us to do?" And I told them to continue to support me the same way the did for the previous 18 years, and that's what they've been doing. My parents are so encouraging and accepting. They both have amazing jobs, and expect me to achieve the same. Sometimes I think my mom really wants me in law school, so I can follow in her footsteps (Senior Counsel for Bank One)... but she would never push me, because she knows it's my life... she'll support me in anything I do. My dad pushes me in any way he sees fit... by push, I mean strongly encourage. He's very demanding, and I thank him for it. 2) School I've got so much going for me in school right now. I can't wait to graduate. That's really all I have to say about school. 3) Friends All my life I've had the most amazing friends, and it continues to this day. There's 7 or 8 people that I can count on at all hours of the day or night. Two of them I've known through high school, the rest I've met at school. I have no control over how long they are in my life, although I suppose I do have some say in it, but the way things are right now I would want nothing more than for them to be in my life for the long haul (however long it may be) I surround myself with beautiful happy people, because why would you do otherwise? 4) Love So... let's see. I have a wonderful job with a promising future. I have a car. I come from money. I'm getting an education. I don't have any serious addictions. I have a family that respects and adores me. I have wonderful friends. So, why do I date the cocaine addicts that don't speak to their parents and have no ambition in life? Honestly. I've worked hard to become the person I am in the place I belong. The one person I could see myself spending the rest of my life with, died. That was one of the hardest things I've ever had to deal with. After being together for two years, he was just gone. Made me grow up pretty fast. But it's made me a better person. People wonder why I obsessively say "be safe" or "love you" when I'm leaving. It's because it may be the last time to say it. I'm just ready to fall in love. No matter how many times I have this conversation with Courtney I never feel like I'm explaining myself fully. I want to be someone's other half. I know how good I can make someone feel, but I can't find the person to make feel that way. And when I do, I'm too scared that they ARE what I want and that I'll fuck up, so I end up with the community service projects that I usually date. Now, not everyone I've dated has been a community service project, but recently that's held true. Just thought I needed to get some shit out... glad I did, and glad you read it, if you made it this far. Love you all Barrett (1 Comment |Comment on this)