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So it's midterms. Time for me to be procrastinating. I'm almost done beating Final Fantasy IX (and by beating I mean completely beating, with all the sidequests and extra things done). I might move on to Final Fantasy XII, which I've already played, so I may decide not to. But the point is that I got on Hatrack today to check the Heroes thread and realized how much I've missed it. It hasn't been horribly painful, but I have sort of been wanting something to have as a constant, something I can come home and go to to pass some time and not feel like it's coming at the expense of someone else. So ... here I am.
To catch you up on where I was, because I'm sure you all care oh so much ( ), I've been around. I don't remember how long its been since I've been on here, but I'll go back to the beginning of this year. Anyone remember my "Teenage Angst" thread? Well, on January 2nd I asked the girl I was trying (and failing) to woo to come to FSU and think about possibly being more than friends. I asked mostly as a form of therapy for myself, as a way of doing something solely for myself and not thinking "Well, she would probably have a better time somewhere else. She doesn't want to be with me" blah blah blah. I realized that I needed to recognize my worth and that I would regret it forever if I didn't make one last try. And she said yes. There have been a few rough spots since then, but really everything is going great. We're quite serious about our relationship, and once she graduate (a year or so) I'm planning on asking her to marry me. Then we're going to go galavant around the world while we're young and carefree. I am happy.
School wise ... not much interesting. I'll be graduating this summer. I was thinking about going directly into graduate school (for my Masters in History) but after thinking about it and talking to some of my grad student friends, I realized that if I were going to do it I would need to be serious about it and make it a high priority. Meaning actually doing the reading and homework. And I realized I just wasn't wanting to do that yet. I do plan on getting my graduate degree's eventually, but I think I would be better served by learning more about the world in an experiential sense rather than simply reading about it. I went to Mexico over the summer on a missions trip. Learned a lot about poverty from the poor. It's really ... interesting. It's hard to really think to hard about it because it really is sad, and when it comes down to it, what am I going to do? I mean ... it's such a huge societal problem that won't be fixed by throwing money at it. It's a mindset, degradation of dignity. I spent a lot of time with preschoolers down there (I figured they spoke about as much Spanish as I did) and just seeing them ... there was one girl who was 11 years old and responsible for 8 younger children. Jacqueline was her name. Ok, I'm gonna stop talking about it before I get myself in trouble. And the last thing worth mentioning is that I'm sharing a 2 bedroom apartment with 3 of the coolest guys ever. Mike is a big boned boisterous fellow with a mind like a sledgehammer, smashing through different ideologies and paradigms. He's a former history major. Brian is a former math major (they're all 4 to 5 years older than me) who spends his free time listening to video game soundtracks type things (Akira anyone?) and graphing ... something. I'm not sure what. All I see are parabola's and stuff like that. Awesome guy. And finally, the guy I share a room with, Scott, is a former philosophy major who is a scalpel to Mike's sledgehammer. Amazingly gifted thinker who keeps me up way later than I should be talking philosophy and religion and forcing me to articulate in a way I never have before. I am learning an incredible amount just by living in the same house with them, and it's only been 2 months. I'm gonna be a crazy parabola drawing, sledgehammer wielding intellectual surgeon by the time I move on.
Ok, this bit of catharsis was quite nice. I guess this could be considered a landmark, though I'm not really marking anything except a renewed desire to post on Hatrack. I hope no one minds me just kind of rambling. Anyhoo, I'm glad to be back.
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quote:I've honestly been dreading leaving high school until this moment.
Because you were worried about college? Don't be. Not all of it is sunshine and roses but if you can make it work for you as Dr. Strangelove clearly is, it's pretty darn great.
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Don't be afraid to leaving high school. I just graduated- am in my Freshmen year at college. Probably been among the best 6 weeks of my life thus far. I am loving it so much here.
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), I've been around. I don't remember how long its been since I've been on here, but I'll go back to the beginning of this year.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
