Uncle Austin

Ahh, Tuesday afternoon. Time to explain a few things.

Tuesday, September 8, at 4:30 PM, my uncle Austin Greene was found dead in his Pittsburgh apartment. A friend of his (his only friend, incidentally) decided to stop by for a visit after work as a surprise. He definitely got a surprise, didn't he?

Honestly, when I heard about it last Wednesday, I wasn't too shocked. Austin was a very distant uncle, and a very eccentric one to boot. He was in his mid-thirties, could never keep a job (Though Danny fails here as well), and as far as I know, never had a single notable love interest. He never called my mom, and she never called him. I think the only time we really met was on my 12th birthday, the terrible year my birthday cake got ruined (Some kid who I thought had been my friend decided to fuck with it for some reason) and everyone had pretty much a miserable day.

Nonetheless, it still hurt. Death is seriously tragic, I tear up a bit when I read about someone dying in a news story, or something. So, while I didn't know the man well at all, he was still family, and it shook me up quite a bit.

The cause of death was quickly determined as a heart attack. Austin wasn't old, but he certainly hadn't been in the best shape. I left to see my parents on the 11th, and Danny followed on the 15th (good thing we had Diane to keep the place safe for a few days), the funeral took place on the 17th. It was pretty small, and really only had my immediate family + Danny. I heard my uncle's friend had planned to attend as well, but financial and time issues caught up with him. That kind of bugged me... Austin's only friend couldn't even make it to his funeral, while Danny and I, who were very unfamiliar with my uncle, were able to :(

But anyways, despite the situation, it was nice seeing my parents again. My mom had obviously been crying quite a bit, but at least I was there to comfort her :)

I don't want to hear about any more funerals for a very long time, ugh.

(Oh and Zeke made a comment on my blog! That is so exciting~)

Let me tell you a bit about me

I've found it nice the past few days to take a some time out of my morning to peruse these blogs and write a little blurb here. I'm glad I found it. I think I'll go lurk around at some nice, non-fake blogs soon. ;)

Buuut, my initial idea of commenting on just those other blogs wasn't such a good idea, when I will probably feel like updating faster, and may feel like talking about other things (Like romcoms obv). :D

So, first of all, a little about me.

I'm hardly remarkable. I have to wonder how I came from my parents, who are extremely wonderful people. My father's a doctor, and my mother's a college professor. Yeah.

I on the other hand SUCK (SUCKSUCKSUCK) at academics. Well, most. See, school was a struggle for me, and I wasn't a very athletic girl. Danny was a lot better at this stuff (Despite failing at everything else xD) and helped me out a lot. Thankfully, I eventually realized where my niche was (More on that another day) and have been working toward it since then.

Anyways, the reason why I'm out in Arkansas and not NYC (Where I grew up) is because an online friend (A real damn awesome one who may or may not be introduced to this, lol) said she could hook me up with a nice job down here, a good school for what I want to get into as well. After a few months of deliberating with my parents, I decided to go for it (This school is making me nervous, just started!). I was a bit worried when I moved down here in February, but my friend has been WONDERFUL at settling me in.


Now I know it may seem a bit far and extreme, Danny was quick to point this out, but me and my friend had been in contact for years at that point, and always DREAMED of living near/with each other. We talked about it a lot after we were both out of our respective high schools, and eventually she informed me of a school she had in mind for me. I almost got her to come to New York instead (and I do think this might have been better) but she really didn't want to leave her state. i love her to death and I'm glad I did this, though.

Of course Danny came with me because he can't do nuthin' without me :P

So yeah I'm living with that friend I was talking about, sharing the rent. Danny was too for a bit but he wanted to get one on his own (he's foolish like that) but I'm over there every weekend anyway! :D I think I can convince him to move back in... he's not doing so good with jobs, it makes me worried.

Also I have green eyes and brown hair.

That enough?