The three faces of me.....

I play many different roles in this game of life. I can be considered a student, a son or a brother. No matter how many different things I can be, I am all in one person. As a student I find myself always working trying to get things done and constantly improving things. I feel that I am constantly worrying about something being due or making sure something isn’t late. Another aspect of my life is being a son. This sounds difficult but its really easy. Once and a while I have to deal with chores, but my parents are really easy going and my family is forgiving. I feel like I am doing a fairly good job at that. But the tough job is being a brother. Being a brother of three younger boys, is not always easy. Little brothers can be loud, obnoxious and rude. But I have learned to deal with these things and I feel I can cope with it. Before when I was in high school, this task was easier said then done, but its easy now.

two stores i partornize

There are two stores that i like to shop at, they are complete oposites Aeropostale and Abercrombie and Fitch. I like to shop at Aeropostale because i worked there for two years and i know the product. Another reason i like to shop there is because there clothes are very reasonable priced. The down fall of the cheap clothes though is that they are not very high quality and they rip or buttons fall off easily. They do have a good return policy though so if there are any problems, you can always bring them back. A pair of jeans at Aeropostale on average is $29.99. A pair of jeans on average at Abercrombie is $80-$100. I like shopping at Abercrombie becuase they have the latest trends and their clothes are a higher quality. I also like that there jeans fit me very well. I would rather pay the extra money for somthing that fits me good and is going to last a couple of years than pay the cheaper price for jeans that are not going to last very long.

Montana or bust

Last year my fiance and I needed to come up with a vacation spot. It was getting to be summertime and we still hadn't made up our minds where we wanted to go. We both love the mountains, and although I have been through Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Colorado several times when I was younger traveling with my parents, I was very much game in choosing one of these locations for our (adult) vacation. He had never been out west except to Colorado to visit his best friend from high school. In choosing just where to go, I suggested Glacier National Park in Montana or Yellowstone in Wyoming. Both parks offer fantastic views of mountains and roadways that literally take you right into the wilderness. Plus there is a lot to see on the way there. You could seriously spend weeks in these parks and not even scratch the surface. We had to consider gas prices, in driving out there from Fargo or to fly out there and rent a car. When looking up flights, it was clear that driving was the way to go for economic reasons. Yellowstone is actually larger than Glacier in square miles and would have more access to view wildlife. We decided on Yellowstone finally and to put Glacier on the waiting list for now. We also decided to travel in the fall so we set a date to take off in September. To get there we drove straight west to Bozeman, MT and spent the night there. Bozeman is a pretty town set in between mountain ranges. The next day we went south of Bozeman into Wyoming and to the west entrance of Yellowstone Park. We spent several days in the park driving all the way around the scenic figure eight road system. We liked this one waterfall (the Lower Falls) so much we actually went there twice to see it in different lighting (once at dusk and then at sunrise). We saw countless bison, moose, elk, mountain goats and we also got to see a grizzly bear. It was quite a drive to get there but well worth it, we've both decided we want to go back again in a few years.

Gloria Jeans or Starbucks?

I used to work as a barista, and I acquired what some people would call, an addiction to espresso. My favorite drink of all time, is an iced breve. It is espresso, half and half, and ice. I have been to every coffee shop in the Fargo-Moorhead area, looking for the best breve. I found that the best place to go is Gloria Jeans coffee. Their espresso is so smooth, and not burnt at all. The only problem is that there is only one shop up north by the Fargodome. This can be very frustrating, if you are low on gas, or short on time, especially when you pass by four Starbucks on your way. I try Starbucks every now and again, but it never works out. The price of an iced breve at Starbucks is $4.20, and at Gloria Jeans is $4.24 so its not like you are getting a better deal going to Starbucks. But the biggest difference, is that at Starbucks, they have an automatic shot puller, this ensures that the drink is going to taste the same, every time you go to a Starbucks. That is bad news, because every time I get a breve from Starbucks, the espresso is shocked, and tastes burnt, and nasty. At Gloria Jeans they pull their own shots, to maximize krema, and the great taste that comes with it. So I have found that it is worth it for me, to take the extra 15 minutes, and drive to Gloria Jeans instead of stopping at the nearest Starbucks.