My thoughts on life and a development!

I've been moved out now for just over a month, and I'm starting to get the swing of things. I feel like I have a good grasp on how to maintain my social life and balance it with the things I need to get done. I've come out of my shell, so to speak. I bet my friends back home have noticed some drastic changes in my personality and behavior, but the only once I can notice is that I am a lot more outgoing and not as afraid to talk to strangers. It's weird to say it, but I've yet to get homesick. I've been that busy. My days are usually filled with a normal schedule that gets its gaps filled by spontaneous activities. Like today, I woke up at 8am for my 9am English class. I went to it for an hour, came back to my dorm and slept till around noon. About 3 minutes after waking up, a couple of friends walk by asking me if I want to get lunch. I went to lunch, then to my 1pm math class. Went with some more friends to eat after said class, but I just got ice cream. Then we went to our 3pm science class. That consisted of everyone presenting on different energy sources for 2 hours. After that (5pmish), I went to the financial aid office to try and straighten out my housing payment. I had maybe 20mins of downtime after that before I ended up playing Borderlands with my friend Steven for a couple of hours. After that, I went to my lady friend's apartment for about 3 hours, and came back here to type this up.

This week has been good to me. Classes have been easy, I've found a girl I really want to be with, my Intronaut pre-order finally came, I got invited to be a music critic for an online blog, I'm going to homecoming with said girl on Friday, and I'm seeing Demetri Martin on Saturday. I am quite enjoying the "adult" life, even though it comes with a lot of stress. Part of what I wanted to do after I move out was find someone to date. I've never really had a relationship, but I wanted someone to say I honestly love, I want a physical and an emotional attraction to that person, something I've never felt before. I could see myself in a relationship with this person for many months, which is the norm for her and relationships, but it's a pretty good deal to me. She wants to take it really slow, which is okay with me, we've been on about 4 "dates", going to 7-11, hanging out at her apartment, etc. She doesn't consider us dating yet, but I'm sure we'll get to that point soon. I think that she wants more of an emotional connection with me before she considers it that.

But really, I am very excited about the invitation I got to write for that blog. I've written some reviews for the forum I frequent, but I feel that I can take a completely different approach to how I talk about the ones I do for the blog. It seems as if he chose me specifically out of his friend's friend list on last.fm, so that also humbles me quite a bit.

A couple weekends ago, I had the opportunity to see Devin Townsend live. Boy was it incredible, despite the very meh opening acts. It was my first small venue show, and I was up on the edge of the stage the whole time. Nothing can beat the amount of audience interaction that happens at a Devin Townsend ("Devy") show. I got specifically given one of the bassist's picks, and Devy would come up, standing right over the people (me) and just start talking and giving out high-fives and stuff like that. During the set he walked up the stairs to the balcony to play by all the people who stayed up there for the bar. It was truly something I'll always remember, and I went to that show with my dad. He played a great mix of all of his solo material, opening with a couple of songs from the pop-y "Addicted!" and rocking the more metal-like songs from "Ziltoid the Omniscient" in the middle of the set. His encore was finished with the beautiful "Deep Peace", here is a photo of him I took during the song and a video of it!

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An Introduction

Hello all!

My name is Ian Williams, and currently I am a freshman at Central Washington University who is of 18 years of age. Now that I am in college, I lead a pretty busy life between studies, socializing, gaming, music, etc. I am having a blast here and don't regret the decision to come here at all. I am studying electrical engineering.

I am big on music, to get a sense of it, check out my last.fm. I frequent a forum for guitarists and that is how I have discovered most of the music that I listen to today.

I also love working out, though I can't right now due to being ill. I was a state-ranked runner in high school, so I obviously run a lot, along with other cardio exercises and weight lifting.

Gaming is pretty big to me, but nearly as much as it used to me. Right now I mainly play Starcraft 2, Minecraft, Halo: Reach, and Borderlands with my friends here at the college.

I have been a guitarist since my 13th birthday. I don't take it very seriously, but I would love to go a bit further with it someday. I currently have a Silverburst limited edition Les Paul custom that I run into my Line 6 UX1 and then into my Peavey Bandit 112.

As a person, I am very stubborn and pretty introverted. I used to be really introverted, but I've changed since I've gotten here at college, and I'm a lot more comfortable around people. I am a romantic, who is seeking a long-term relationship, and I think I've found someone willing to do that with me. I am somewhat picky; I don't like most vegetables and I despise mustard.

I was born August 20, 1992 at Madigan Army Center in Ft. Lewis, Washington. I was raised by both of my parents until the age of 7, when they divorced. I then lived a rocky childhood with a neglectful mother. I was living on food stamps with my dad and when I would visit her I would have to beg because she wouldn't feed me and I had nothing available that I knew how to cook. I haven't seen nor talked to her since I was around 13, and it is better this way. I have a wonderful step-family now who loves me.

And now I leave you with the most recent artist I've become addicted to, Rosetta. (Inspiration for blog title.)