I have moved out of San Jose

My home for the past five years.

It's official now: I have moved out of San Jose. Today I moved out of the house known as Da Crib. It was a small little place between two apartment complexes two blocks away from SJSU. I moved in after my freshman year and lived there until Wednesday.

The house was discovered by me by reading an ad in the school paper. With that, I grabbed two of my friends and BAM!, we had a place to live in while attending SJSU for our sophomore year.

Over the years we've gone through a lot of different roommates, but us three remained. Had a roommate that went through serious depression. One roommate that went through an emo phase. Had other random people that just were passing by and needed a place to stay... for a few months each.

The place was a house. We had baller stuff everywhere! We've been through four HDTVs, a Pioneer sound system, an original XBOX 360. We've had a handful of different couches and extra furniture grabbed from the streets. We collected a lot of crap over the years.

I think the best part about this house was the fact that it was a house. Because of that, people could come over and hang out at almost any hour of the day/night. We would have movie nights, cookouts an whatever else that was out there for us to do. The people made this house great.

At this place, I was able to be comfortable while attending school. None of that dorm life, but my own life. I was just at a happy place. It's pretty interesting that I was able to live in a house (with a backyard and a BBQ grill to cook up anything) for five years. Five years of my life in a place where I changed for the better.

And now, it's over. I've moved back home with my parents and the search for a better/full-time job is at hand. I love San Jose and I actually will be in the South Bay often enough just to still cover the 49ers. But now I have to crash at people's places instead of having a place to call home in San Jose. I have a lot of friends there and the travel will suck too.

It was hard to say goodbye to a house that allowed me to grow and mature. Now I'm back at home with my parents ad trying to find the next step. Time to move on...

If you want to see pictures of the house, go here.