My first weekend in Greenville

Woke up at 8am, was on the road by 9am, was at Kevin's by 11am. We hit the road by 12pm and got to Darlington, SC by 3pm. Took some race photos and he delivered some stuff. We were headed back by 6pm and to his house by 9pm. I schooled him in Rock Band 2, and then left for Greenville around 12:15am. Home by 2am, bed by 3am.

First full week of school

Finished my first full week of school. It looks like it is going to be a busy semester. The class I switched to instead of Pricing sounds like it is going to be easy though, so that is good. After class I napped, cooked Sloppy Joes, watched stand up comedy and played RS:V. Tomorrow I'm driving to Kevin's house and then we are going to a race in Darlington, SC.

Classes started Tuesday, and it looks like it is going to be a tough semester. I had 3 classes with this woman named Mrs. Lawrence, but that was going to be hell, so I switched it out to only have two. I'll have to take one with her next semester, but it'll be better to spread them out. The rest of my classes don't seem too bad, but I'm going to have to be on top of all of them.

I'm still cleaning all kinds of stuff. Yesterday I cleaned the shower really well. Today I cleaned out the kitchen. I washed 2 loads of dishes, cleaned out the freezer, and washed the inside of several drawers. I also cleaned out the laundry room. There was all kinds of crap stuffed in the cabinets, and even a duffle bag that was full of garbage. Literrally things that should have been thrown away years ago. They came and took pics of his room and hopefully next week they are going to paint the walls, replace the carpet, and whatever else is needed to get a new roommate in here.

Cleaning

I'm slowly getting this place cleaned up. It looks as if he stuffed a bunch of shit into a drawer, and once it was full, he just went to the next drawer. I've thrown away 3 trash bags full of shit from the kitchen cabinets, freezer, and bathroom. There was a frozen turkey that had been in there since probably march. Liquor and shit that was older than that. I got new fixtures for the bathroom and a bunch of cleaning stuff.

I talked to the apartment managers and they are going to clean up his room (fix the wall, replace the carpet, etc) and bill him for it. They were able to fix the AC today, so it is at least cool now.

I hate Greenville

The air doesn't smell right. There is nothing here for me.

Dynamic Weekend

Saturday morning I got up and was at the beach by 9am. The surf was huge! Skipper had 10ft waves and they were throwing. It wasn't as crowded as I expected. As soon as I hit the water I got stung by a jelly, but it wasn't a man-o-war, so it wasn't too bad. My first wave was the biggest wave that I had ever caught. At least 2ft overhead. I only got about 5 more waves throughout the day, and ended up snapping my my Perfection.

Saturday night we had a cookout at the house and Bradley's family, Big Cheif and his family, Shane, my aunt and uncle, Misty, and our neighbor Thomas came.

Sunday I went surfing for a little bit and then came to Greenville. My apartment is in rough shape. Bradley didn't clean anything and his room is trashed. Holes in the walls, carpet is stained and burned by an iron, etc. It is going to take some work before I can rent it out.

busy

Allen took my to this climbing place called Climb On in Dutch Square. It was a hell of a lot of fun, but shredded my hands.

Hurricane Bill is pushing some huge swell this way. Swell Info is talking about 15ft waves. Usually they exagerate a little, but if the waves are much bigger than 8ft or so, I won't be paddling out. I know my limits, and 15ft is well past it. Sunday should be still head high though, and the clean up swells are usually more fun anyways.

I leave for Greenville for my last year at ECU on Sunday. I'm ready to be done. I still haven't found a roommate, so I need to get on that soon.

Great day

Misty and I tried to go to Tangerine, but they're lunch menu sucked, so we went to Longhorn. Stopped by the new Surf House surf shop & cafe. It is the new place that took over The Cove location. It was pretty chill and the owner Brad seemed cool. I'll withhold my complete judgment for later. After Longhorn we went to Kohl's and the Mall. Then it was time to go to the Donovan Frankenreiter show.

We got there probably 30 minutes before the doors open and had front row seats. I went to get us snacks and Donovan was just chilling next to the bus drinking a beer. I shook his hand and got a photo with him. Gary Jules opened for Donovan and was great. He was funny too. When Donovan started playing everyone started running to the stage in front of all of the people sitting down. Eventually they were right in front of Misty and I. We ended up moving to the back so that we could see. Donovan still put on a good show, although it seemed a little less enthusiastic than when my brother and I saw him last year. During the show I went to the Bathroom and Gary Jules was standing by the bus. I went over to shake his hand. I figured he'd give me the typical, "thanks for coming out" and leave. Instead he started talking to me, asked me my name and we talked about Sanuk's and photography. He was a really cool guy and I'm glad I got to meet him.

Afterwards Misty and I grabbed some dinner from Antonio's and came to Misty's house for the night.

Photographed Eddie and Natalie's wedding today. I think I did well.
The trailer for Rob Machado's Drifter is out and I can not wait. He is one of my favorite people on the planet. http://vimeo.com/5840530