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Life has been mostly uneventful. I've been organizing a game of D20 modern, and discussing playing D&D with other people. Undfortunately, that's all it's been so far; planning. Also, I have made some progress on my AP English summer reading assignment.
We bought the new Harry Potter book, which i proceeded to read through for many hours straight. This was somewhat of a mistake, for when I finished and put the book down, I had been so absorbed in the book for so long that returning to reality was sort of a shock. I think I gained some valuable insights from the adjustment.
Today I went with my brother to the DMV and we got our learner's permit. So that's one thing I was planning on doing over the summer that's finally done.
The realization that it's near the end of July has made me realize some things about this summer. What I've done so far isn't even what I'd hoped to have done by the beginning of July. Some things I have wanted to do have been planned, and then had to be waited for. Others simply never really got planned at all, and remain vague concepts of things that should be done sometime. This leaves most of summer as boring days alone in the house, thinking of future events, but in the meantime looking for worthless distractions like old video games.
After this, there's only one summer before college. I feel these last precious summers should be full of activities, fun, and excitement. When I think of summer vacation, I think of playing around with my friends. I think of sleepovers in my basement. I think of hanging out someplace outside, with games life CTF and Ultimate Frisbee and also just goofing around. I think of us around a camp fire. I think of goofing around at a beach or something.
I do not think of me rarely leaving my house, spending each day with only my family and sitting in front of the video games and computer.[/livejournal angst]
We bought the new Harry Potter book, which i proceeded to read through for many hours straight. This was somewhat of a mistake, for when I finished and put the book down, I had been so absorbed in the book for so long that returning to reality was sort of a shock. I think I gained some valuable insights from the adjustment.
Today I went with my brother to the DMV and we got our learner's permit. So that's one thing I was planning on doing over the summer that's finally done.
The realization that it's near the end of July has made me realize some things about this summer. What I've done so far isn't even what I'd hoped to have done by the beginning of July. Some things I have wanted to do have been planned, and then had to be waited for. Others simply never really got planned at all, and remain vague concepts of things that should be done sometime. This leaves most of summer as boring days alone in the house, thinking of future events, but in the meantime looking for worthless distractions like old video games.
After this, there's only one summer before college. I feel these last precious summers should be full of activities, fun, and excitement. When I think of summer vacation, I think of playing around with my friends. I think of sleepovers in my basement. I think of hanging out someplace outside, with games life CTF and Ultimate Frisbee and also just goofing around. I think of us around a camp fire. I think of goofing around at a beach or something.
I do not think of me rarely leaving my house, spending each day with only my family and sitting in front of the video games and computer.[/livejournal angst]