A Fritrick Presentation

Hey guys! I got a flickr put together with all my travel photos. I’ve never used flickr before and it was confusing as fuck. I couldn’t figure out how to arrange the photos the way I wanted them but I gave up and just made a “set.”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritrick/sets/72157622326496024/

Enjoy! All photos were taken from the car window so they’re not exactly wonderful quality, but I did my best.

Make sure to catch up on my previous blog entries if you haven’t already.

Love,

E.

Still trying to figure out those cartwheels…

I’m looking through you, where did you go
I thought I knew you, what did I know
You don’t look different, but you have changed
I’m looking through you, you’re not the same

So I suppose an update is necessary! Ideally I would make a video update at this time, but I haven’t had any alone time to make a video.

First and foremost, I made my trip safely. It took 6 days and was 3,000 miles, but about 2 weeks ago I arrived in Oregon. The road trip was amazing, and a huge eye opener for me. I learned a lot about myself and what I want out of my life. It is one of the best things I ever did. And all the places I saw were amazing; I’ll have to put together a little photo album to show you guys all my trip pictures. I think my favorite pre-Oregon places were Utah (the mountains!) and St. Louis, Missouri (the arch!).

Oregon is beautiful, I absolutely love it. It’s like a postcard everywhere. I went into Portland a few days ago, and it was just as incredible. Everything is living up to it’s expectations.

I also am now reunited with my best friend William, who I haven’t seen in 4 years. I’m having a great time being around a friend.

In other news, James and I did break up, as some of you already know. I’m dealing with it just fine, mostly because I saw it coming the minute he joined the military (which is why I begged him not to do it). There are multiple factors in why the relationship ended, but I think you can break it all down to him being in the military. He chose his lifestyle, and it was a lifestyle that goes against my personal beliefs. It was two people who wanted different things out of life, and that’s just how it was.

I still believe James is my soulmate, and I still think the world of him. But we’ve taken different paths now. I’m okay, I’m moving along just fine. I have gained a lot as an individual so I do not have much need to mourn. I have accepted what’s happened, and I’m moving on with my life. I know a lot of you are going to be disappointed by this, and (even worse) a lot of you will be pleased by this…

I think that’s all for now. I will update with a photo album of pics later, or something. Hopefully a video soon!

Love,

E.

Greetings, my faithful friends!
If you are reading this then I expect that you are one of two things: A new viewer, in which case I welcome you, or an old viewer. If you are the latter and are still checking on my blog when I have not updated it or made a video in months, then obviously you are one of my most prized viewers and I appreciate you so much. We all just want to be loved, right? I know I do.

Much has happened since I last connected with you all. At first it was partially due to lack of motivation or lack of opportunity. Then after late June it was due to lack of a computer, a problem that has yet to be mended (RIP Woodstock).

For those of you who don’t really care about my personal life and only want to know when I will have a new video, give me just a couple weeks and I’ll be back!
For those of you darlings who care about my personal life, I will quickly update you on the events in my life from May until now.

* First, I got a job at my sister’s church taking care of kids whose ages range from newborn to preteens. But usually I am with the 5/6 year old class. They’re my favorites. This is the best job I’ve ever had and I really enjoy it! I love kids so much, and being around them helps me be patient until I can have my own.
* Second, James joined the air force. As a hopeless pacifist, this completely rubs me the wrong way. But James is my soulmate and more important to me than all of that, so I support him as much as I can. He left for Basic Training on June 23 and is there for 8 weeks. Then he goes straight to Tech School. We write letters to each other (doodles included) as much as we can, and they are always sweet. We miss each other terribly! He expects to come probably sometime in December for 2 weeks.
* As some of you already know, James and I did get engaged, ring and all, in May.
* As none of you know, some of our family members reacted unhappily to our engagement. The stress became too much, so we called it off. We still plan to get married one day though.
* While James is away with the military, I am trying to enjoy my own life. I have decided to move all the way across the country, from NC to Oregon, in a couple of weeks. My reasons are many. Mostly because Portland is a cool city that I can have a good experience in, and because my best friend lives there. I am excited to get there and have a good time and experience new things. I don’t think my parents believe that I am leaving though! Everyone thinks I am crazy.
* August 5 was mine and James’s 3 year anniversary.

I think that is all for right now! Like I said, my computer is broken so you probably will not hear much (or anything) from me until late August or early September, but be looking out for me! I miss my subscribers. Send me Youtube messages! I read them all, and reply if they are interesting.

Love as usual,
Em

^ Even though it’s been called off, the ring is still beautiful! A replica of Galadriel’s ring (called Nenya) from Lord of the Rings.

How obnoxious!
I did earn all the money I needed for that day with James, and extra… but then there was a screw up with my bank account. Basically I was mistakenly billed multiple times, that overdrew my account, blah blah blah.. but my bank account will be cleared as soon as the company writes them a letter explaining that it’s not my fault. And that’s taking a while!

So I still don’t have my money annnnd I’m supposed to go out with James again tomorrow but if I don’t get that money you can pretty much strike that out. It’s looking like that’s how it’s gonna go.
It just sucks because James has two jobs now, plus he’s working on a CD cover for James B., PLUS he’s going to be recording music this week, so there’s not many opportunities to see him.
It’s all good though. I’m really proud of him for working so hard, and I’m starting to re-learn that money isn’t that important.

James and I did see each other last Friday though, and it was really awesome. We spent a lot of time laughing. We even went to go visit my sister at work. She has some secretary type job at an eye place and dresses all stylish~~ and cute for work. Actually, you guys haven’t seen/heard from Amanda in a while, have you? Not since, like, 2007?… She’s doing well. She’s got this new boyfriend (well he’s not really new anymore, they’ve been together since last year) and she’s living with him. She also has cute new bangs that make her look adorable.

ADORABLE, right?
And my other sister Aubrey is doing well but I can’t show you how pretty she looks because she shuns cameras. >:{

Anyway… so unless my bank account is magically freed by tomorrow morning (unlikely) my weekend will be pretty boring. I’ll probably just talk to friends online and do some ChaChaing. I love working for ChaCha, I just wish my computer loaded faster so I could make money faster.

This has been a pretty boring entry, huh?
Oh well, sorry.

Peace,
Em.

P.S. My sister Aubrey got me hooked on General Hospital and now I have to watch it every single week day at 3. DAMN. I don’t even like the show, I just really want to know what happens! And it goes on and on and on and on and on…

Augh, sorry I have not updated this or made a video.

I am better now. I was very sick for two weeks but I am better now. I have a busy week though.
I haven’t seen James since Valentines Day so this Friday we’re going to see each other and have his belated birthday celebration. Sooo I have been working hard on ChaCha, really trying to focus, so that I can earn the money to take him out!

I have to have…

$20 to take us both out to lunch at Crazy Fire
$10 to take us both out to dinner at McDonalds
$10 to buy him a Premium account at Megavideo
$10 for Starbucks because I HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT NOT BUYING THERE BUT I AM DOING IT NOW, OK.
$10ish for two bags of Reeses cups… because I crave them
$5 for a bag of sugar
$2 to press the “pay me now” button on ChaCha
+ Preferably a little extra

I’m halfway there. But I have to babysit for my sister twice this week, so that means I have to work EXTRA hard every chance I get.

Which meeeeeeeeans that I should NOT be here writing this right now, I should be working! I don’t know if I’ll get to do a video this week but hang in theeeere.

Peace and love,
E.

I am speaking a lot of Elvish lately. Moreso in writing than in speaking, because I am better at spelling it than pronouncing it.

I’m currently waiting for a video to process. It’s taking ages but I don’t know why. It’s only about a minute long and is basically just to let people know that while I am almost dead (*feels lymph nodes*), am not quite without a pulse. And to direct them on over to here!

So some of you may have remembered, though I doubt you did, that February 24th was James’s 24th birthday. Sadly enough, we were unable to see each other. But we did have a hell of a time talking to each other from 30 miles away. 30? That doesn’t seem like a lot, does it. Well, in my defense, it’s about an hour’s drive and that is gas money that we don’t always have to spend.
We plan on having his “real” birthday celebration whenever we see each other again. I think I’m going to see if I can treat him to his favorite restaurant.

Other than that, I have no news. I’m not in a very thoughtful mood, probably due to the fire-like feeling in my throat and the dull ache in my neck (wahh wahhh wahhhh), but maybe on another day I’ll have some opinions to share or something.

Keep on laughing!
Farewell,

EK.

I have stuff all about Valentines Day!

Well FIRST! James got a mohawk!! I LOVE IT! He’s not sure if he likes it, BUT I LOVE IT! I think he looks so damn hot!

And then our VDAY!!!


FIRST! James and I had agreed not to exchange gifts but HE SURPRISED ME AWESOMELY!!! I discovered a gift bag, right, and it had CHEDDAR CHIPS AND RICE KRISPY TREATS! My favorite yummies!! And then it was full of confetti but not just any confetti!! The confetti was like… two little plastic gold wedding rings tied together with white ribbon, and there was tons of them in the bag. It was so adorable. And then in the confetti was a necklace! He knows me so well, he was like “I got it because it looks like Lord of the Rings jewelry!” And we decided it was something Eowyn would wear and oh my god I love it – it’s even from my favorite little handmade/unique accessory store. Here it is:







THEN… my parents had a bad experience at Outback Steakhouse and got a coupon for a free meal of up to $45!! And they gave it to us! So we went and had a GREAT time. Our waitress was hilarious and we were talking and joking with her and having a great time. She helped us pick out things to spend our $45 on, lol. And then this woman came up and was like “Hey do you want me to take a Valentines Day picture of you guys? It’s only 3 dollars!” and I was like “I don’t think I EVER WANT TO REMEMBER THIS DAY” and we lol’d and then got our pic taken (which they printed on a card):

We did other things like saw a couple of friends and stuff, but the above was basically most of the day and the highlight of it. He is amazing!




It was a really amazing day, my best Valentines Day so far.

Greetings, grasshoppers.

Of course we’re all pleased to see Obama in office this week, right? RIGHT? We all know I am. But alas! That is not the point of today’s lesson. Today, although it be only an hour away from tomorrow, is Blog for Choice Day 2009! I would have written earlier but time escapes me.

This years question for Blog for Choice Day is…

What is your top pro-choice hope for President Obama and/or the new Congress?

http://prochoiceamerica.org/choice-action-center/bfc09-main.html

My top pro-choice hope for Obama and Congress is to get the Freedom of Choice Act passed, and to undo all of the damage that the Bush administration has done to women’s reproductive rights, as well as to sex education.

I’m sure that those of you who are pro-choice understand me and I don’t need to explain. For those of you who are pro-life, I am sure you’ll find something to argue about regardless of my explanation.

So I will provide you with these links to occupy yourselves with, if you are unsure about FOCA.

This is the FOCA bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.2020:

This is an Snopes article on FOCA: http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/choice.asp

As an intensely pro-choice feminist, I will be pleased to see what Obama can do for us.

Hope you’re all doing well!

Peace and love,

E.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch has so much classic 90’s tackiness, it’s awesome.

So for the past month I’ve been spending a LOT of time at my sister Aubrey’s house. I sleep over here for days on end, go home for a few days, and then come back. Haha. It’s fun (and hello, Aubrey, because I know you’re going to read this). She’s got two awesome kids, my niece who is 4 and my nephew who is 2. I have a lot of fun with them, plus it’s just a pleasant atmosphere around here.

However, the internet seems like somewhat of an inconvenience when I’m here, because my computer refuses to connect to her internet so I have to use her computer. That explains why I haven’t been responding to video comments, messages, or updating my blog. Actually, I haven’t really been communicating with anybody except for Aubrey and her family, and James.

Things are okay though. Or, well, not really but I figure I’ve just got to deal with it.

I’m really quite tired of people lately. I’ve been having a good time with Aubrey & her family, as well as James, but everybody else is just… I don’t know. I don’t have the best outlook on humanity to begin with, but watching people eat each other alive is making me sick to my stomach.

At least I have buck eyes and two toddlers to drown out the melancholy.

So that’s that, I just wanted to reassure everybody that I am still alive. Do you ever think about what would happen if I died, or somebody who you pay attention to, or even yourself? Would anybody ever notice I/they/you were gone? Would anybody ever notify you/people of what had happened? Would all the people that were ever mean to me/them/you feel guilty? Would anybody be glad? Who would come to the funeral? What would be said about me/them/you?

I have spent hours on end imagining the death/funeral of myself and the people I love. That’s part of my morbid side. There’s something about it that I really enjoy. I don’t want to die, nor do I want the people I love to die, but I get some kind of enjoyment out of envisioning the idea until I am curled up in a sobbing ball. But I guess that’s just part of being an INFP.

Anyway, I’ve really got to get some sleep now because I have to wake up early and babysit the kids while Aubrey and her husband go do some stuff. Let’s hope they’re good for me.

Peace and love,

E.

Mae govannen. I’m aware that I haven’t uploaded a video or responded to any comments and messages in over a week. I kind of overloaded on socialness when I was responded to all the comments I was getting, and now I’m in complete anti-social mode. Did I mention I have social issues? Yeah.

So my parents bought a Wii and a Wii Fit. This is a very unusual purchase for them. They do not usually have such things in their household. However, my mother says we can’t use it for gaming, only for exercise. But at least the exercise games are fun.

Yesterday it told me that I weigh 98 lbs with a BMI of 17.50, and am underweight. But said I my Wii Fit age was 20 so I was in good shape. Then today I got on there and I had lost 1.8 lbs, my BMI is down to 17.16, and my Wii Fit age is 31. It got mad at me for losing weight. Apparently I’m supposed to be building muscle.

Thanks to Wii, one day I’ll be able to benchpress James.

Anyway, peace.

-E.