There's 'Hell' in Hello, but More in Goodbye

I haven’t written anything in awhile, so here it goes.

Pittsburgh summers are usually gray and monotonous, though the past 2/3 months have been rather eventful. Besides working everyday in this miserable office (where I’m currently writing this), I’ve been able to catch up with a lot of friends around town, see a few (rather interesting) shows, play some music w/others, read a few books (though not as many as usual), and just walk around and enjoy the horribly humid air.

As far as movies go, I haven’t really seen too many (my attention span is dwindling at the moment). I HAVE been listening to a lot of music though. I’ve been craving electro dance/electronic sort of stuff, but have also been receiving a heavy dose of shoegaze and
your standard indie pop. Some things never change.
I’ve been reading a lot of travel writing, along with a few select novels (yes, including Harry Potter). The best book has probably been “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh” though. Yeah, I can realllly identify with the main character, though the upcoming movie sounds like they’re really fucking up the plot.

Relationships…..hmmmm ok next subject.

One different activity I’ve been indulging in is drum corps...not playing or anything, just watching and experiencing. I’ll try to write another entry solely about drum corps, but seriously, it’s wicked. I’ve been kind of searching for some kind of subject to possibly make a documentary on in the near future since I’ve gotten back from SAS, and so far, this seems to be the most interesting. There’s this whole world containing thousands of drum corps members and fans, but the whole activity has failed to break it into the mainstream (though if you’re bored this weekend, you can definitely watch the DCI finals on ESPN, PBS). It’s seriously insane (and yes, it generally takes a lot to really impress me).

So school starts in a few weeks, and I’m NOT looking forward to it. I’ll be student teaching, and even though I’ll be at CAPA (Pittsburgh’s performing arts school downtown…which is awesome), I’m still utterly terrified and simply uninterested in completing this semester. I don’t really want to teach… at least high school kids anyways, and that’s upsetting, because I for one believe that one must really desire to teach in order to effectively do the best job. Teachers always just seem so…old. I’m still young! I can’t imagine people calling me ‘Mr. Moslen.’ Ewww. I don’t want that. Luckily I’m double-majoring so I have other options of course. I was kind of hoping to start a graduate degree soon (in another city), but I’ll have to work alittle bit before starting that; not only because I’m planning on moving into my own place later this year, but also because I need to save up for traveling in the future! That or I should just move to Japan and teach English…we’ll see.

This summer I’ve been to Erie, Allentown, Philadelphia, Toledo, LA (after this weekend), and DC/Baltimore for our little SAS reunion last week. Honestly, this past weekend in DC/Baltimore was easily the most enjoyable weekend I’ve had in a long time. I really do miss a lot of people from the Semester at Sea trip. It’s also a shame, because I’m not too sentimental and don’t care for expressing many feelings/emotions out loud, but I really do miss certain people a lot and it’s most difficult to express at times. Though it was a fun weekend, saying goodbye is always the worst. Feeling somewhat depressed at the moment.

Well, after work today I have a 21st birthday party to attend to at least, and still must find time to pack some clothes, for I’ll be leaving for the LA area tomorrow immediately following work. So I’m still sad, but still very excited.


Current listening music: “Neverland” by The Knife