A Day In the Life of Nolan: Day 13: It smelled like rain all day! And I blab about my girlfriend a bit.

It really did smell like rain all day!
I loved the smell. Rain and trees.
Makes me think of camping and backpacking.
I miss that. I hope I can go backpacking for a bit this summer.
Nothing quite beats setting up a tent and sleeping in it.
Then waking up at 4:30 in the morning and hiking 6 miles down a winding trail that takes forever to get through.
Or hiking through the infamous "Sketch Trail" that my Philmont group found on our last trek.
It was a very sketch trail. It was technically on the map! It may not have been used for.. A long time, but it was still there dammit! And we went through it.
Like bosses.

Yeah.. I miss that.

Uhhh what else happened today...
Not much. I fell asleep during the afternoon. I was waiting for it to stop raining so I could go to work.
It stopped raining after I woke up, so I decided to go! I went to work, and it was raining there, harder than it was at home.
So... I didn't go today.
Oh well. I will today.

After that, I went to see The Avengers with some of my senior class!
It was awesome.
Within 5 minutes of being around Cooper, I had laughed more than I have in the past 5 months.
Oh it felt so great. I haven't felt that... Great. In a while.
Well, I feel great all the time when I'm around Jess! But...
I don't know. I missed Cooper. I call basically 2 guys my 'bro', not being derogatory.
Shaun and Cooper. They're the 2 guys that I really feel close enough and alike enough to be my brother.
Cooper especially. I swear.. We have the same thought patterns. We made jokes during The Avengers, and it was fantastic. Every time someone looked especially shocked and confused, we made a very deep drag sound and said "This is some good shit!".
It was funny to us!
We found ourselves hysterical. Also, there was a preview for The Expendables 2.
IT'S GOT CHUCK NORRIS. And AHNOLD actually does some action-y stuff!
I'm excited for it. If it's like the first one (explosions, guns, fighting, and no plot), I'll love it.
It's truly a "guy" movie. Full of all the fun stuff. Except sex, which I found awesome.
It was an ACTION movie, not a... I don't know. But it was way cooler with no sex and lots of explosions.

Uhh.. After The Avengers.. Actually, wait.
During the movie, I'm pretty sure Acura paid out the nose for their product placement.
When the camera was panning through the wreckage in the street, there were no insignias on ANY car.
I looked! And since my job consists of watching cars go by, I'm pretty sure I could pick out logos.
And there were none! Except a couple Acuras. The camera even stopped zoomed in behind an Acura RDX. And then at the end, Tony Stark was driving a very fancy Acura. Not sure if it's a supercar they made, or just a really really fancy sports car. It was very flashy.
Not my type, but still cool.

Anyway.
After the movie, I went to Dan's house! I'm currently in the basement with Cameron, Dan and Brayden.
We're a group of friends that have been friends since... 5th grade? Or so.
So we hang out a lot.
Not really an emotionally bonding or talkative group, but we love hanging out.
Lots of video games.
Tonight, I played a lot of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.
It's really fun!
I mean, there are various things that hardcore gamers probably wouldn't like, but I personally love it.
It's SO satisfying for the Resident Evil franchise to be moving back to good ole' zombies and not biological weapons, like the "rage virus" in 4 and 5.
Speaking of which...
RESIDENT EVIL 6!!!!
AHHHH I'M SO EXCITED!
Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield in the SAME game!
Ahh imagine the strange sexual fanfiction that will result from this game.
But anyway.
I'M SO EXCITED!
I was talking to Geoff and I was saying

"I haven't been this excited for a game since... I don't know!"
"Since Trials Evolution?
"I suppose."
"Since Skyrim?"
"I guess."
"Since Brink?"
"Yeah.."
"Since the HD remake of Resident Evil 4?"
"Hmm.. Yeah."
"Since Bioshock 2?"
"......"
"Since Mirror's Edge?"
"......"
"Since-"
"I get the idea."

Yeah.. I get excited for video games easily.
But I think I might save up and get the 100$ collector's edition for it.
I love video games.. I'm going to have to eventually buy a fancy version of the game.
Cameron got the collector's edition of Guild Wars 2.
That'll be a fun game.

I'm more excited about Resident Evil 6 though.
Yeah..
That's my day.
I miss Jess.
She has to finish schoolwork before we can see each other.
Which should be by Friday or Saturday.
So I'm excited.
It's our 1 month anniversary on Saturday.
I already have a silly little present.
Yes, I know it's stupid and silly to be excited for that.
But.. I don't know. It just makes me really happy. That I'm with someone who wants to track our time together.
It's been a month? That's really fast. We started talking in March.
Barely.

Hah, our first time hanging out was great.
We'd met on Facebook (Definitely something that happens in my generation), and we were....
Insanely, crazily, disturbingly AWKWARD. I mean, we were going to Meghan's house to hang out.
And... We got there early, so we sat in my car and listened to music.
Oh god, I've NEVER had something so awkward in my entire life. Seriously.
The first 15 minutes of our relationship was filled with awkward silence and awkward small talk.
But we eventually warmed up and were talking normally.
And.. Obviously, things between us went well. Very well.
It's absolutely pitiful, but I asked her out over text.
Let me explain! It's not because I was too awkward to say it in person.
It's not because I didn't think it was important.
It's because... Well, that night, I just.. Well, I couldn't stand to NOT be hers.
I really couldn't. That night, we were talking and.. I just.. Yeah. I wanted to be hers. Right away.
So I did that.
I've made up for the awkward "asking her out" bit. I've done other cute stuff for her! Like buying her favorite candy and driving to her house at a random time during the day when she just got out of the shower.
I didn't realize that. Until I got there and she texted me "Uhhh.. Let me put some clothes on before I answer the door."
But she liked the candy. So.. I'm glad!
I've done other stuff too. Random and various things.
So.. I think I've made up for asking her out over text.

Yup. 1 month.
It seems like we've been together for a week.
We both think... Scratch that, we KNOW that this will last a good while.
It's just.. A feeling we have. That things will go very well and last a while.
Yeah.. So that's me blabbing about my girlfriend. Silly, I know.
But I felt like I had to.
Not had to, that I wanted to.
My therapist and I talked about the various things in my life on Monday.
We talked about A LOT. And some things I had to get off my chest were said, and.. Well, he helps me calm down and approach things better. That's.. Kind of his job. And he's very good at it.
After the various therapists I'd been through, I definitely found one that fits me.
We have the same taste in music (kind of), the same sense of humor, the ability to laugh at ourselves, and we even make fun of people in the same way. Obviously not to be hurtful, but just for the lulz, so to speak.

Hah. Lulz.

Uhhh.. Yeah.
That's my day! It was good.
I took my medication, so I should be sleepy. However, I think once I pass a certain time, I don't fall asleep as fast. I think that time is.. 3ish.
So we're hanging out and drinking Mountain Dew (Our choice of soda when we hang out), playing Minecraft, and we've been listening to video game soundtracks for the past... Lots of time.
It always works. From 8-bit Megaman, to Legend of Zelda, to more Legend of Zelda, to more Legend of Zelda, to Pokemon, to more Legend of Zelda.. Yeah. We like Legend of Zelda. Quite a bit.

Yup!
I always say "Yup. So Yeah. Uhh... Mhmm. So.."
Those are the ways I finish off sections of my blog that I don't know how to set up.
I think today was quite good.

Whenever I go to sleep, I'll be passed out most of the day.
I'll be sleeping quite a bit today. Like a sir.
Not really like a sir, but for a long time.

My mood has fun fluctuating.
I feel a little.. Not as happy right now. But I'm sure it will pass.
Oh well....
Well, I'm done for now!

Have a good day everybody!
And Jess, good luck on your math test! You'll do great.

-Nolan

We've taken TONS of photos. And when I'm upset, I look at some of these just to make myself smile.
They always help cheer me up when I'm feeling... Meh.