Zipcar

On Wednesday I decided to rent my first Zipcar.  They are running a promotion right now where you can rent a car from 6PM to 830AM for $36!  I was looking into renting one earlier that afternoon because it was so frickin' nice out I just wanted to go for a drive.  I called the customer service because I wanted some assistance, with my first rental, they told me about this promotion so I decided to wait until after 6.  I picked one up close to my school so it would easy to drop off before school Thursday morning.  I got a very nice Volvo

I drove to the OMSI for the After Hours.  Then I drove all around town and I had a great time.  This was much needed!  I didn't realize how much I missed having a car until that night.  I decided to go grocery shopping that night too because some things are just too heavy to care a mile home when your walking.  Then the next morning I drove myself to school. 

I am looking forward to my next Zipcar rental! 

Portland

Let me just say I love this City!  There are so many cool things here, sights, bars, restaurants, public transportation,etc. I could go on forever.  there are 2 huge downfalls though one in which I can not change and just have t accept it that way it is- It rains  A LOT and it's GLOOMY a LOT!  The second thing is My family is not here, and I don't have the best social life.  I can't get my family here and that is fine but I can make new/more friends.  I have always been a social butterfly but for some odd reason since I am here I find myself keeping more to myself.  I think it is because I am alone here.  Don't go feeling sorry for me this was my decision; I am just not sure why my internal"ness" made this decision.  personally I do believe it is because I know how I get when my friends want to do something and I have school and or work.  I tend to blow off the lather to hang with them.  Maybe this is the mature side of me that is making this happen so I can concentrate on my studies and keep up the good work ethic I have here.  Either way, sometimes it does make me sad.

Someone drew this on the ground where I wait for the max at night.  I thought that is was pretty cool.  The next few pics are just some random pics from the past month.

This is an awesome sculpture that I walk pass every Saturday morning on the way to my meetings.  I just love seeing it!  It just really makes me smile.
About 2 weeks ago now I went to a gaming expo and met some pretty awesome guys.  The following are some pictures from the expo:

This was a pretty cool event.  I had a really good time and met some really awesome people that day! 
Then this past Wednesday I went to the OMSI which is the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, they do an after hours event the last Wednesday of every month.  This weeks theme was 80's and I just so happened to be off work that Wednesday so I went.  the next few pics are from this event:

I had such a good time, one of my friends from school met me up there and we walked around played a bunch of brain teasers, drank some whiskey, some vodka, and ate.  They had food and talks about food.  In one of the pictures you can see where they had a station set up for hair crimping hahaha!  This was a GREAT night!