Diary of Dan Frank

Well boys and girls, it looks as though my college experience has finally come to an end. I take my very last finale in about an hour and a half, then it is off to sell back my books and then do my exit interview for student loans.

I move in less than two weeks, and am scared shitless about what is going to happen to me once I do move. I am much more of a planner than a fly by seat sort of guy so moving to California with no real plan is causing me a lot of stress.

I feel like I should have a lot more to say about this topic, but there really is nothing more to tell. I'm scared that moving to California is going to be a big mistake, I am scared that I will spend months down there without finding any kind of employment having to move back up here to mooch off friends or relatives until I get my feet back off the ground. I guess mainly I am scared of failure. In college, if you failed at something you always had next semester to make up for it. Now in the real world, the mistakes I make may follow me for the rest of my life.

In other news I recently began packing up all my belongings. This really sucks; I would much rather just leave all the furniture, all the dishes, all that shit down here and start new again in California.

My Dad has once again begun pissing me off by mentioning that he had no knowledge that so much of the stuff inside the house belongs to me. Really it’s not that much.

1. My grandpas couch side tables
2. A table that goes behind a couch
3. My old bed

Those are the only things that were left in that house when my Mom and I moved out that I am actually taking with me. The rest of the stuff was either brought to the apartment my Mom and I shared or is something I don't want to bring. (Ex: the couch in the basement.)

And what right does my Dad have to get all pissy about this shit? When my Mom and Dad decided it was time to divorce my Mom created a list of everything she wanted and everything she thought my Dad wanted. Included on that list was everything that my Mom had given to me for when I move out on my own. My Dad looked over the list, said it was ok, and signed it.

Of course if you ask him he would say he didn't remember there being a list of stuff for me. AS IF I AM ACTUALLY TRYING TO STEAL FURNITURE FROM HIM!!!!!

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It looks like one of the girls I work with has decided to allow me to have a goodybye party at her place in Stillwater on December 29th. I will most likely still drink at Bonfire first, and then perhaps I will go to McGoverns (is that how you spell it?) in St. Paul for a little bit. After that off it is to Stillwater!

My last day of college classes is in less than one week!

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Graduation commencement is this Sunday. Just another reminder of how close I am to being done with college! A part of me wishes I had made the decision to walk in the commencement ceremony, however another part of me thinks I made the right decision. I really would not feel right walking in the ceremony without my mother being there.

The workload for this semester is coming to an end. All I have left is one paper, corrections for my senior paper, my acting scene, and three finals. I can't believe I am going to be done after that. I have worked hard for the last 5 years to get to where I am right now and it all seems really anti-climatic. I guess that is why this all just does not seem real.

Soon all the parties will begin for Tony's birthday, Christmas, my graduation, and finally my going away party…which by the way I am thinking I will no longer have. I have tried to plan a few different things and when I tell some of the people I really want to come from my work, they tell me that what I have planned is too far away from them so they will not be going. I don't know why I am so worried about it; if they were really my friends wouldn't the distance not make a difference?

Anyway I think the goodbye party, if I have one will be on Thursday December 29. That is my last day of work. I have requested to work a lunch shift that night, and if I do get scheduled as soon as I am done working I will be sitting my fat ass down at the bar for a few beverages. One of which will definitely be a bottle of sparkling wine, but I will need some help finishing that one so who wants to join me? Of course I don't want to spend the entire night at Bonfire so at some point I think I will have to make my way to a different bar.

I will be moving on January 1st, 2006. My Uncle, whose house I will be living in, will be driving me from Minneapolis to my new home in Anaheim Hills, California; we hope to take at least 2 days to get there.

As of right now I do not have a job waiting for me in California. I figured it would be better to move down there and then look because sometimes companies don't like to hire out-of-state employees because they then have to pay for their moving expenses. I currently have a few ideas of what I would like to do once I get down there. The first idea is to try and gain employment with something that is involved with American Sign Language and the Deaf Community in California; the other is to perhaps try my hand in the acting and modeling field. I figure everyone else goes to California to pursue that dream so it is going to be difficult to gain employment in that area, but I can always work with Deaf Californians while I pursue the dream.

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