Hiking: Newport Coast to Ridge Park

Yesterday was kind of, way cool. I woke up at 8, ate breakfast, and decided to go hiking. I left around 9:15 ish, and got to the trail head at 9:30 and started. I got off to a good pace, and walked along "No Name Trail" for 4 (ish) miles to get from the Ridge Park trail head to the Newport Coast end. I was fine and dandy at that point, The trail was mostly made up of steady up and down hills. The dirt was pretty loose which made it a little more challenging.

Coming back from Newport Coast to Ridge Park, that was a completely different journey. I decided to take the lower trail which winds through the mountain portion, so basically all you see are plants, and dirt, and the blazing sun. I ended up going from the "No Name Trail" down to another trail that I can't remember the name of... then up "Slow and Easy", then another trail, until I finally ended up back at the trail head. According to the map it'd be shorter, and I didn't think it went down hill that much. I was most definitely wrong. It took me about 6 miles to make my way through steep inclines and slopes to get back to my car, and I was ready to about die in the end. Literally.

It was fun though. Just being out in the sun. Excercising, and taking pictures. I got pretty badly sunburned though. I forgot to put my sunscreen in my bag after I put it on in the car, so pretty much the last 6 miles of my hike I was unprotected from the sun. Let's just say I'm pretty red on the upper body, and it hurts to lift my arms over my head. I'll manage though. As long as I don't start peeling I think I will be happy.

The ocean view was pretty amazing. I really wanted to walk to the ocean, but I think if I did, I wouldn't have made it back to my car. It was really nice there, I admire the mountain bikers there. They are hardcore. I could never do that. Props to them.

Random Fact 002

(I am trying to do this often...)

I like to workout in extreme weathers. So either I like running when it is raining, or when it is blistering hot outside. Anything inbetween is just a little bit boring... Kinda stupid really.

Irked

So move-out is done and gone with... pretty much. Arroyo Vista still has to move out the last of the HAs, but They are pretty much all out, and tomorrow the summer kids move-in. Fun stuff.

I think this time of year irks me. ALOT, because kids are so fracking useless. They complain about not being able to move their shit on their own, so they need friends or their parents to help. and parents are of no help. One set of parents came in mad because their daughter had to move her stuff from one house in AV to another by herself later this week, and couldn't understand why she couldn't just move into the more permanent house asap (just FYI, they came in on move-out... custodial needs to clean still and all, DUH!)

I guess I just have a hard time seeing people so... helpless. At the end of my first year, I packed my car, by myself, and drove up to norcal at 9am. At the end of my second year, I not only packed my stuff up by myself, and moved it into my car, I then checked myself out of middle earth, worked a 5 hour shift, and then had to move all my stuff into Ambrose THE SAME FRACKING DAY, and then I had to go out and buy furniture for my place that evening and the next day. So people should stop their fracking complaining, and deal with it. I guess it just pisses me off that America is such a lazy nation and that its kids don't know the difference between having a good life, and a bad life. Life isn't eff-ed up. Not if you are getting a college education, and have a place to live. You even have a computer so you can complain about how eff-ed up your life is. Be eff-ing grateful. Arg.

We have it good. So why are we so helpless? Why?

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Due to anger issues, I am not really communicating to certain people. I have deactivated my facebook for the time being, and can pretty much only be contacted via e-mail or twitter.

Random Fact 001

I like to eat popcorn similar to the way a frog eats a fly. Not that throw a popcorn in the air and catch it, but I will have the bowl in front of my face, and use my tongue to grab it. This way my fingers don't get oily. I only do this is I'm not sharing... don't worry.