Drugs, Friends, Food

I went to #btv this weekend, always quite a trippp man....
but no I did not trip. I did take a trip yes, to burlington but no drugs for me, although they were, as always, everywhere.

Burlington really is a drug friendly city. Good drugs, clean drugs, dirty drugs, mild, hard, they're all there. I'm sure you can find a mutlitude of drugs in any city and maybe it's just the people I know... but I just always encounter drugs in this city.
Even when I first visited Champlain college with my mom the smell of pot was evident. Sometimes whole streets in Burlington reek of pot.

Burlington is obviously a trigger for me. The people I don't want to see, the houses I use to get fucked up in, the drama, the drugs...
I am at a point now, though, where that stuff doesn't matter. I am really happy with life and I don't want to get fucked up. Don't get me wrong the smell of sweet mary jane is so enticing but I know what I have to lose and that I have very little to gain with that stuff.

It is nice to be in VT and see old sights. Old places I loved, like My Little Cupcake, and people that have helped me be a better person.

Although people are constantly fucked up in Burlington they still manage to be cool humans, most of the time...
Every time I go to burlington there are at least three people that give me props and tell me they admire me for my sobriety and what I'm doing, which is really cool in my eyes.

I don't know how many times I will go back to Burlington, VT. The number is definitely limited. There's not much left for me there.
It's an interesting vibe this last visit.

People are either still in college- about to enter the real world, lingering in burlington after college, or have entered the real world in Burlington. Some people love where they are at, emotionally and physically, and others absolutely hate it.

I am really glad I got out of Burlington. I'm glad I don't pine for it anymore. It's good to miss it because I really had something to miss but it's fading now, it's not the same.

I will say though, I am extremely proud of my best friends in Burlington. They are doing amazing things. From putting on music festivals, start up business projects, to landing jobs and being dedicated and working hard to finish school. I am so happy to have them in my life and love that they are doing amazing things with theirs.

I am happy to be in Philly. I am happy to have a life I care about building and making better. I am happy to have friends, and that I am constantly making new ones.


Life is good for now. And I'm really happy about that.

I will say, I did a lot of eating this weekend, and everything was delicious. NOT JUST CUPCAKES, but mostly the cupcakes.

Bike and Build

A lot of people that I know have been working on, and putting into motion, some seriously cool projects.
As I mentioned a few months ago a couple of my doods started getting together funding for their Mongol Rally endeavor. There project just ended and they were wildly successful.

My dads project is also on the funding website Indiegogo.

And now one of my Besties MISS MELANIE HESS is working on a project! Melanie has been raising funding for a while and I've been meaning to endorse it SO I AM NOW

CHECK OUT THIS LINK

Mel is going to bike across country but she needs your help! Check out her project! It's super unique and is going to be quite a life changing joruney for her!
Mel's no stranger to adventure.

She is going to do fabulous on this exciting trip. I wish her the best of luck and I hope you will support her!

Also another project I want to mention real quick if youre in the Philly area, or even if you're not is Brian walkers new album! Check it out if you have the chance!


Major props to all these people who are out there putting their ideas and goals into action. I salute you.
May the odds be ever in your favor


Xoxo#groundedbyglitter