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hmmm
well stuff has been kinda up and down lately. you know how it is. one moment you are flying high, then you come crashing down, then youre flying high again. and then down. and up. and so forth. but hey. in the words of nirvana, 'oh well, whatever, nevermind' exactly how i feel about so much stuff right now. There comes a point where its impossible to care about everything anymore. you have to start to choose what you want to do, get accomplished, etc. as for the rest, it would have been fun but you cant do it now so whatever nevermind.
i was thinking about all the significant things that have happened to me in my life. Most of them can be easily described. Ender's Game. SEARCH. Dating. GHP2003. Joann. Ramsey. UGA. YD. And whats funny about all these life changing experiences is that most of them i had no idea going into them what i was getting myself into. i didnt know enders game would touch me like it did. SEARCH was thrust on me and look at that. dating, well nobody knows what the hell they are doing when they first start dating. ghp i knew would be cool but not like it was. joann was certainly not what i planned but im sure glad it happened the way it did. The last three on my list, however, i did know would change my life to some degree. I knew going into 108 that this experience would alter me. I knew that winning Ramsey and choosing UGA meant a certain path different from the path i could have gone down.
So here i sit, nearing the 3/4 point of my freshman year in college. I'm waiting for the next big change in my life, and i know it'll happen soon. In one sense, college life is still changing me, but that really happened the first 1/4 of the year. By now i'm used to this life. So what's next? and even better, will i know what's going to change me? Most of the time, I can't see it coming, but the last couple life changers i could tell were special events. So what of the experience that undoubtedly awaits me somewhere down the road? I'm getting involved in stuff this semester. I'm taking more hours, going to more dinner seminars, writing for the Red & Black, and hopefully getting a pretty important position in SGA. Hmmm, maybe one of these things will change me. maybe not, maybe i'll have to wait a while longer.
Another thing i that i think has gradually changed me is travel. Although i dont think change is the right word. Maybe enlightened. Broadened my horizons perhaps. I've traveled to pretty much everywhere in North America. Nicaragua. Florida more often than i can count (including disneyworld). texas. Seattle. Portland. Washington DC. New York City. Jersey. Alaska. The Caribbean (many islands). Yellowstone National Park.
There are a few more i'd like to visit in good ole NA, such as Canada, California, Yosemite, Vegas, etc. And i want to return to Yellowstone, alaska, seattle, caribbean, NY, etc. When i think about it, i've been incredibly lucky. so incredibly lucky it's almost hard to fathom. But now my sights are set on the international stage. I've found a study abroad program that fits RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT up my alley. The main focus is economics, with a side focus of politics. PLUS, you can intern with a British Economics firm. Yes, british, because i would be taught in CAMBRIDGE by CAMBRIDGE professors. DAMN HOMEY. That would be amazing in every sense... the program, the experience with cambridge and the internship, the amazingness of having that on our resume... wow. So many places i want to travel though... England is not at the top of my list but how can you pass up a chance to study in Cambridge?
Greece, Italy, Ireland, Japan, are also must sees. Maybe go on a safari in the serengetti. that would rock my world, i'm fairly sure.
This is pretty long. If you are still reading, contact me and i will bestow on you one thousand points and another special gift that you'll only know about if you contact me. hint hint. i'm not sure what the points are for, but if you find a use for them you'll have one thousand. so anyways, this has been long but i kinda felt like writing. Good writing can let your mind wander while being incredibly focused. If you can think, speak and write, you'll be prepared to do nearly anything the modern world can throw at you.
So that's it. I could keep going, but it's time for bed. I have a 8:00 AM tommorow and that will be fun as always. I'll probably continue to think stuff in my head as a sleep that i didnt really want to write here. so later.
J
well stuff has been kinda up and down lately. you know how it is. one moment you are flying high, then you come crashing down, then youre flying high again. and then down. and up. and so forth. but hey. in the words of nirvana, 'oh well, whatever, nevermind' exactly how i feel about so much stuff right now. There comes a point where its impossible to care about everything anymore. you have to start to choose what you want to do, get accomplished, etc. as for the rest, it would have been fun but you cant do it now so whatever nevermind.
i was thinking about all the significant things that have happened to me in my life. Most of them can be easily described. Ender's Game. SEARCH. Dating. GHP2003. Joann. Ramsey. UGA. YD. And whats funny about all these life changing experiences is that most of them i had no idea going into them what i was getting myself into. i didnt know enders game would touch me like it did. SEARCH was thrust on me and look at that. dating, well nobody knows what the hell they are doing when they first start dating. ghp i knew would be cool but not like it was. joann was certainly not what i planned but im sure glad it happened the way it did. The last three on my list, however, i did know would change my life to some degree. I knew going into 108 that this experience would alter me. I knew that winning Ramsey and choosing UGA meant a certain path different from the path i could have gone down.
So here i sit, nearing the 3/4 point of my freshman year in college. I'm waiting for the next big change in my life, and i know it'll happen soon. In one sense, college life is still changing me, but that really happened the first 1/4 of the year. By now i'm used to this life. So what's next? and even better, will i know what's going to change me? Most of the time, I can't see it coming, but the last couple life changers i could tell were special events. So what of the experience that undoubtedly awaits me somewhere down the road? I'm getting involved in stuff this semester. I'm taking more hours, going to more dinner seminars, writing for the Red & Black, and hopefully getting a pretty important position in SGA. Hmmm, maybe one of these things will change me. maybe not, maybe i'll have to wait a while longer.
Another thing i that i think has gradually changed me is travel. Although i dont think change is the right word. Maybe enlightened. Broadened my horizons perhaps. I've traveled to pretty much everywhere in North America. Nicaragua. Florida more often than i can count (including disneyworld). texas. Seattle. Portland. Washington DC. New York City. Jersey. Alaska. The Caribbean (many islands). Yellowstone National Park.
There are a few more i'd like to visit in good ole NA, such as Canada, California, Yosemite, Vegas, etc. And i want to return to Yellowstone, alaska, seattle, caribbean, NY, etc. When i think about it, i've been incredibly lucky. so incredibly lucky it's almost hard to fathom. But now my sights are set on the international stage. I've found a study abroad program that fits RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT up my alley. The main focus is economics, with a side focus of politics. PLUS, you can intern with a British Economics firm. Yes, british, because i would be taught in CAMBRIDGE by CAMBRIDGE professors. DAMN HOMEY. That would be amazing in every sense... the program, the experience with cambridge and the internship, the amazingness of having that on our resume... wow. So many places i want to travel though... England is not at the top of my list but how can you pass up a chance to study in Cambridge?
Greece, Italy, Ireland, Japan, are also must sees. Maybe go on a safari in the serengetti. that would rock my world, i'm fairly sure.
This is pretty long. If you are still reading, contact me and i will bestow on you one thousand points and another special gift that you'll only know about if you contact me. hint hint. i'm not sure what the points are for, but if you find a use for them you'll have one thousand. so anyways, this has been long but i kinda felt like writing. Good writing can let your mind wander while being incredibly focused. If you can think, speak and write, you'll be prepared to do nearly anything the modern world can throw at you.
So that's it. I could keep going, but it's time for bed. I have a 8:00 AM tommorow and that will be fun as always. I'll probably continue to think stuff in my head as a sleep that i didnt really want to write here. so later.
J