andreas jp

going into my freshman year of high school i decided that i was tired of being a theater kid nobody, and i wanted to be more popular, with more friends. for the first month i tried as hard as i could to be somebody i wasn’t. i treated my ‘old’ friends horribly and after that month i couldn’t do it anymore. so i stopped.

since that day, i have tried my best to just be myself. i did theater, i did choir, and to my amazement, i eventually got elected to the student government. all for just being me.

going into college i didn’t want to make the same mistake i did going into high school. so i didn’t. i was me, i did theater, i did choir, i was an intern for the admissions department, i made a fool of myself regularly in front of prospective students, and it felt great.

my second year of college i ran for the student body president, and i lost. but that was ok with me. i ran my ‘campaign’ with posters of Legos, Play Doh, and Crayola Crayons, and gave a killer speech that people remember to this day.  if i had done things differently, i may have won, but i didn’t want to do that.

now that i am back home, i frequently run into people from high school, or middle school, and after hanging out with/talking to them, the general response is: “you are the same guy i remember from school, only older.”

i love that response.

with every interaction i have with anyone in my life i don’t feel like i’m any different around anyone as opposed to someone else. i am me. and for the most part, people accept me for that. yes, there are those who don’t like me, but i don’t feel the need anymore to change myself to make them like me.

i enjoy theater, i love tv musicals, i love dark comedy, i love singing, i love making random public lip dub videos, i love dancing even though i’m not good at all, i love making people laugh, i like my alone time, i enjoy hanging out in large groups, i love mountain dew, i really do enjoy shopping.

in general i do not consider myself to be a very social person, but i can be. i enjoy going out and hanging out, but i do not mind just staying home by myself watching my shows.

i am myself, and no one will ever be able to take that away from me, ever.

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Today I think I succeeded in deadening the majority of the tastebuds on my tongue. This morning I scalded my tounge on some overly hot cocoa. Then today for lunch I went yo Chipotle, therein barraging my tounge with spicy salsa, wayyy salty chips, and plenty of high fructose corn syrup.
As I sit here now chewing a stick of gum from a brand new pack, I find that I cannot taste the ‘Fresh Wintergreen’ flavor of said gum.
This might not be good.

how is it that somehow, with even yet another update to it’s App, the “official” Tumblr iPhone App is the worst Tumblr App available.

Why does it have to go into browser mode to log in? Why does it have to go into the browser mode to reblog? It’s virtually impossible to add a comment to a reblog.

The Tumblr Gear App seems to have no problem with any of this, and reblogging and adding a comment is as easy as tapping one button.

Get it together Tumblr.

Today at work we were talking about wrapping gifts and such. One co-worker was telling us how it worked and said:

”..and then you fold like Chinese take out box..”

Whether purpose or not, he left out “a” , as in ” A Chinese take out box”

I don’t know why, but I started laughing and could not stop for a good few minutes.

….and then I found five dollars.

(if you get that, yay you!)

so in his book, whenever he comes to word he doesn’t know he says, “dreas whats this word ____________” then spells it out letter by letter.

it’s kinda annoying.

Just spent 5 hours putting up a Christmas tree and spreading mulch, pine cones, and moss. All for a window display.

I love my job!