A little clarification please.
So I want to take a moment to look back at 2008 and see what [if any] has changed.
I just read my lj written at the beginning of 2008 and I got a few good laughs out of it.
But anyway, without further adu, 2008:
[Off the top of my head] I moved from the apartment in the Reserve to a house closer to campus. Krystle, Phil, and AJ remained my humble roommates.
These past two semesters I took some of the most enjoyable classes yet (Greek Myth, Intro to Education, World Religions). I took a Careers in Psychology class which inspired me in the opposite direction, and now I have decided to become an english teacher. Am I 100% sure? No. But I am going to major in English Education and some sort of writing minor. So education has replaced psych in the year of 2008.
I got my eyes pried open in World Relgions. I loved learning about the different cultural religious beliefs. Did it help me discover my faith like I wanted to in the beginning of the year? I don't think it can ever be that simple. My religious predicament is unknowingly lasting. But I don't feel the need to pin point a classification for me. I think I would side with my prof who described himself as a Radical Agnostic (radical meaning root). Basically he has no religious views, no claim to knowledge of an afterlife, no proof of impermanence, and he's cool with it. Maybe that's it. There is no way of knowing anything real, and maybe it's supposed to be that way. The mystery of life? So I guess until I see proof of anything supporting something, I'm fine being just John.
I joined the Pride Student Union at FSU in the Fall and was shortly put on the Board of Directors. I love it. Kind of like a life calling? One event I hosted was an LGBTQ Current Events Potluck, and I really enjoyed talking about issues relating to the cause(?). Anyway, the point is that I branched out, made new friends, and learned to expand my bubble a little bit.
I've discovered some knew amazing artists this year including: Ingrid Michaelson, Idina Menzel, Taylor Swift, Augustana, and others.
Steve and I are closing in on two years here in a few months. We've developed a neat long distance routine, with both of us working at Target.
Now for 2009:
I'm quitting smoking for good. I've never tried to quit before, because I knew once I did, I wouldn't go back, and the time has come. I went to Bobby and Chelsea's New Years party drank and smoked to my hearts content, and after the ball dropped, I pulled Steve outside and let him know that this would be my last cig.
I decided I was quitting in like Sept or Oct. I just knew it was gonna happen. And every cigarette that I've smoked since then has kinda felt like an annoyance, because I knew I was quitting. But January is finally here, and I had to live up to my own promise.
That's my only real change I'm making this year. I figured its the biggest one yet, even bigger than losing weight or becoming a vegetarian. Cigarettes have been the one constant in my life for the past 5 years or so. Now what? ...
I'm gonna end this entry with a quote from a song I discovered some time in 2008, that I think really speaks to me as a person. I think it fits in with my resolution from last year pretty well.
"I Stand" - Idina Menzel
I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
'Cause I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
I stand for the strange and lonely,
I believe there's a better place.
I don't know if the sky is heaven,
But I pray anyway.
<3
I just read my lj written at the beginning of 2008 and I got a few good laughs out of it.
But anyway, without further adu, 2008:
[Off the top of my head] I moved from the apartment in the Reserve to a house closer to campus. Krystle, Phil, and AJ remained my humble roommates.
These past two semesters I took some of the most enjoyable classes yet (Greek Myth, Intro to Education, World Religions). I took a Careers in Psychology class which inspired me in the opposite direction, and now I have decided to become an english teacher. Am I 100% sure? No. But I am going to major in English Education and some sort of writing minor. So education has replaced psych in the year of 2008.
I got my eyes pried open in World Relgions. I loved learning about the different cultural religious beliefs. Did it help me discover my faith like I wanted to in the beginning of the year? I don't think it can ever be that simple. My religious predicament is unknowingly lasting. But I don't feel the need to pin point a classification for me. I think I would side with my prof who described himself as a Radical Agnostic (radical meaning root). Basically he has no religious views, no claim to knowledge of an afterlife, no proof of impermanence, and he's cool with it. Maybe that's it. There is no way of knowing anything real, and maybe it's supposed to be that way. The mystery of life? So I guess until I see proof of anything supporting something, I'm fine being just John.
I joined the Pride Student Union at FSU in the Fall and was shortly put on the Board of Directors. I love it. Kind of like a life calling? One event I hosted was an LGBTQ Current Events Potluck, and I really enjoyed talking about issues relating to the cause(?). Anyway, the point is that I branched out, made new friends, and learned to expand my bubble a little bit.
I've discovered some knew amazing artists this year including: Ingrid Michaelson, Idina Menzel, Taylor Swift, Augustana, and others.
Steve and I are closing in on two years here in a few months. We've developed a neat long distance routine, with both of us working at Target.
Now for 2009:
I'm quitting smoking for good. I've never tried to quit before, because I knew once I did, I wouldn't go back, and the time has come. I went to Bobby and Chelsea's New Years party drank and smoked to my hearts content, and after the ball dropped, I pulled Steve outside and let him know that this would be my last cig.
I decided I was quitting in like Sept or Oct. I just knew it was gonna happen. And every cigarette that I've smoked since then has kinda felt like an annoyance, because I knew I was quitting. But January is finally here, and I had to live up to my own promise.
That's my only real change I'm making this year. I figured its the biggest one yet, even bigger than losing weight or becoming a vegetarian. Cigarettes have been the one constant in my life for the past 5 years or so. Now what? ...
I'm gonna end this entry with a quote from a song I discovered some time in 2008, that I think really speaks to me as a person. I think it fits in with my resolution from last year pretty well.
"I Stand" - Idina Menzel
I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
'Cause I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
I stand for the strange and lonely,
I believe there's a better place.
I don't know if the sky is heaven,
But I pray anyway.
<3