MNXMFan's Blog

Slightly less than two years after moving in to my first apartment, I find myself packing it all up and moving yet again.  I’m happy to be moving closer to work and upgrading apartments, but at the same time, I’d be lying if I didn’t also say that I’m a tad bit sad as well, for a few reasons.

Part of this era, as I look back, ended 7 months ago.  You see, a big part of the reason (although not the only reason) I chose to live here was that I had two of my best friends living just 4 doors down the hall.  That was, of course, until they bought a house last December.  While it’s not that far away (10 minutes now, 20 minutes when I move) it does seem to have changed things a bit.  Probably not entirely because of moving, but they have been busy planning a wedding, getting in shape, and developing new friendships.  Still, this building will always have many memories as me just strolling down the hall to have a few drinks while playing WoW, or having Rose stop down when I’m sick with a care package to help me feel better.  It was probably the best part of the last two years of my life.  (And if the subjects of this post are reading it now, I propose a movie night very soon, its been far too long!).  While I’ll be a tad bit further away than I used to be, I want to make more of an effort to hang out with you guys when I move.  And as a bonus, I’ll be less than a mile from Boston Market again!  But, I’m more than happy to drive down to see you guys too!

Another part of what I’ll miss about living here is the view, the concrete walls, and the location.  Burnsville was always a city that I grew up with, being where us Prior Lakers went to shop, and worship (my old church used to be two blocks from here before they also moved to Savage).  It was something I was familular with, so it didn’t take that much time to get acclimated when I moved here full time.  It’s another stage to growing up I guess, but I am looking forward to it!

But, as I look back at the things that were great about living here, I also look forward to all the things that are great about living up there.  The shorter communtes, my own washer, being literally 2 miles from EVERYTHING, and having the change of scenery will be nice.  The great thing about renting is, if I get up there and I’m miserable, I can always move back down here in a year.

Two of my best friends over the past 4 years have made their love of each other official by getting married in a beautiful outdoor ceremony yesterday.  As long as I’ve known Rose and Mike, I’ve known that they just “belong” together.  Congratulations guys!  I look forward to being a part of your lives for years to come (now its time for me to find my ideal match!)

So, two years after moving to Burnsville, I’ll be headed out.  July 27th, I’ll be packing the truck and heading out to Eden Prairie.  Why EP you ask?  Well, I got a job out here two years ago, and after two years of sitting in rush hour traffic for more than an hour a day, I’ve finally had my fill.  I’ve always had this job in EP, but originally chose Burnsville because I could not afford to live in Eden Prairie at the time.  Well, due to me getting a few raises and the economy in general sucking right now, that is no lon

ger the case.

So, while I’ll miss living in Burnsville, I’m looking forward to a new adventure beginning in Eden Prairie.  The apartment I am moving to is a SERIOUS upgrade from where I am staying now, but because I’ll be saving $100 in gas every month by not driving all the way down to Burnsville every single day, I will actually end up SAVING money by making this move.

The best part?  I’ll be about 7 minutes away from work.  That means that when winter hits, instead of it taking 2+ hours to get home from work, it will take 15-20 minutes, at most.  And in the summer, I’ll be cutting an hour off my commute times of 35 minutes in the morning, and 40 minutes in the afternoon.  My new car sure is going to get bored only driving 4 miles a day, but I’d much rather do that and drive further to see my friends than the other way around.  At least this way I’ll have some energy left at the end of the day to actually DO something!

So, I had heard of this before, and even tried it, but I finally broke down and bought the full version of www.playon.tv and I gotta say, I LOVE it.  Finally, Hulu, Southparkstudios.com, adult swim, and dozens of other online video sources are easily available on my PS3.  And through Playonscipts.com, I have thousands of choices that I can add easily.

As if I needed more TV to watch haha

So, it seems to be circulating the social network sites, and is quickly becoming one of the biggest issues republicans are bringing to light, so what do we do about our spiraling national debt?

What kind of bothers me about the way republicans are bringing this up is that they act as if this is a new issue.  It isn’t.  The last time we were running at a net positive as a country was actually Clinton (and only for 1 year).  The last time we were running at a positive CONSISTANTLY was under Regan.  So, since that time, we have had 12 years of a Bush, 8 years of Clinton, and less than two years of Obama.  Stop blaming the Democrats, because last I checked you guys are no better.

I’ve spent most of my life going back and forth on whether I was a Democrat or a Republican, but the right answer is, I’m neither.  Some of the issues I am for lean left, and some lean right.  And in other cases, like National Budget affairs, I am absolutely disgusted with both sides of the fence.  How about you?

4 more inches yet to fall.

Really, what’s cuter than a cat sleeping in the sink?