Welcome to Greerland

I'm going to stay the night in Chicago with Greg and I'm very excited. We're going to go check out the Home Alone house, from the movie of course. It is about 20-30 minutes north of downtown Chicago. I never had realized this until recently and I decided I really wanted to check it out before I move. That's right. I'm moving again. Back to Phoenix. I thought when I moved back to Indiana, things would change and get better. I'd find a job, I'd smile more. But then I realized, the only thing that made me smile was the thought of Charlie. And Charlie is who I want to be with forever. I guess it took me moving back home to realize what I was missing. So back to Phoenix I go to restart my life. I just need to sell my car first...if only people had money.

That's the moral of today. I just don't understand why some people don't follow this rule. Why say mean stuff that is hurtful to people? Just keep your lousy comments to yourselves. If you aren't happy with your lives, that's not my problem, so don't take it out on me.

I'm going to Chicago today! I haven't been there in what feels like a year - and actually, it probably has been about that long since I've been there. Sure, I've been to the suburbs in that time, to IKEA and what not, but nothing beats downtown Chicago. I just love it. I just moved back from Phoenix and their downtown has NOTHING on Chicago. I love that city and someday I'm going to live there with a big effing smile on my face!

Today was one of those days where you wake up and as soon as you open your eyes, you aren't "feeling it". I just can't find the motivation to do anything. I just feel beyond lazy. Thank god Jessica came over this evening and entertained me for a few hours, or I probably would have just laid in bed all day! It's just been such a long week and I haven't even found a job yet. I feel like I don't even have the time to go looking for one. It's been nonstop from morning to night every day. I've been cleaning, helping my grandma, helping my mom, collaborating with Rachel before she moves to Arizona. I'm also so very sad she's leaving. I always enjoy hanging out with her and we always seem to be so spontaneous together. I also enjoy working on videos with her...we seem to work very, very well together. Our minds compliment each other. So I'm really going to miss all that. I'm just having a weird, emotional day. If I were a girl, I'd so ...

So, today, I went to my mom's house to refresh her landscaping. I don't believe it had been weeded or trimmed in about 2 years, but what can you do. She can't get up and down like she use to, so I went out with my grandma and we tackled the weeds in about two hours or so. While I was there, I went to visit our old golden retriever/hound dog, Copper, who my brothers and I grew up with. When he was a young puppy, he was hit by a car and his front right leg was amputated. So, he has grown up with three legs. I walked over to him and he nestled his way onto my lap and I looked into his eyes and I just started crying. He looks so weathered and old and I'm not even sure why I started crying. I guess because I wasn't around him more in my adulthood and he very much so seemed to remember me and was excited to see me. He could run very fast as a young dog with his three legs, faster than you'd expect him to. And now he barely makes it from here to there. He has arthr...

Answer: A movie director or the owner of a theme park. Walt Disney is my idol. I use to try to build amusement park rides in my back yard and I'd make my little brothers ride them. I'd also make them be in funny videos I'd make with my VHS camcorder. I still want to be either one of these things, that has never changed. I thought this would be a fun way to get to know me, if you don't already. I will try to answer one question a week on this blog. I'll answer random questions that I find or if you want, send me a question of your own and I'll try to answer it. Eric

Do you ever feel like life is cruel and unfair? Well, it is. I'm going to keep this brief, because there is way too much detail to go into, but I just had to get it off my chest. I met the most amazing guy of my dreams this year after I moved across the country. From the moment we started talking, we just clicked. When we actually met in person, we were so comfortable with each other. We related on so many things on so many levels. We laughed together. Made dinners together. I thought about him constantly. I never felt this kind of connection before, I thought it was only something you heard about in sappy love songs. He was happy. I was happy. Then, due to a financial situation that was out of my control, I had to leave and come home. And all I can think about every day is how much I hurt him. I mean, I'm beyond heartbroken myself, but that's unfair of me to talk about. I feel like a monster and I don't think I can ever make it up to him or apologize enough. I wish h...

Welcome to my new blog, "Greerland". Yes, yes, I'm going to continue creating videos on my YouTube channel , but I felt like I needed an additional output. Sometimes writing is just easier for me than shooting a video and taking hours to edit and get perfect. So. Here we are. I was thinking recently about the new digital age. My grandma also mentioned something about it last week, too. Don't get me wrong, I obviously love the new age we are in. Social media is amazing - I love connecting to my family and friends instantly, sometimes, too much. I also love eBay, Amazon and other online stores. But it has to make you wonder - are we going to forget how to interact with each other in person one day? Or are we just going to sit in a room together and tweet each other? This is so random, but I was driving the other day and I saw a sign for AC Delco, a name that GM still uses for auto parts, but I believe at one point, it was a big company that provided stereo/radio equ...