Oh lady, lady, won't you share this spaghetti with me?
I have to say, I've actually been mostly satisfied with the way things have been going recently.
This weekend was nothing but great. I entered the doors of my old high school, Conwell Egan, twice: Thursday for the talent show, and Saturday for Spirit Night. Both were very fun, and everyone who we went to support for on those occasions did very well. It was also nice to see some faces and teachers I haven't seen in a long time (I got to talk to Mr. Firmonster for a minute!). Forever is Fleeting also played 2 shows, both of which went over VERY well. It felt good to have people dancing to our songs and other bands telling us they legitimately enjoyed us. Heck, a guy who had to be in his 50's at our Trenton show told us we had "great melodies", and said "if you get out there more, you could really go somewhere". Not bad for a "shitty band that gives people headaches", eh? =)
Lately I've been feeling this exciting, youthful energy that I haven't felt in a long time. Maybe it's the fact that my weight loss is still going great. I lost around 165 pounds total now, and I'm aiming for maybe another 20 by summer (I really need to start doing weights as well though, to get rid of all the unwanted flabbyness haha). Or, maybe it could be the fact that I've recently became obsessed with Pokemon again, and it feels like a little part of my childhood has been restored (and I love it). Whatever it is, it's really making me optimistic.
I feel like this summer is just going to be so much fun. It's weird, I think summer '10 is going to be what my summer '07 (my "graduating" year) SHOULD'VE been like... Only it's a bunch of my friends who are graduating, and not me. I gotta admit, looking back on things, I never quite had a "group" of friends up until last year or so. It was always kind of just... "hang out with these 2 people here", "hang out with this friend here", and "play some music with these people". Now things are very different, and I love it. It feels much more comfortable, and for the most part, it feels like we can ALL hang out together now and not have to feel like we're leaving anyone out or separating anyone. There's people who I'm already super close with, and there's also some people who I'd love to get closer to and get to know better. Hell, somehow my best friend of 7 years ended up in the same social circle, which just completes things for me. It just feels great to have some sort of a sense of belonging, and I just hope they all feel the same way.
So for all those times that I missed out on in the summer of '07; when I was stuck in summer school, couldn't drive, didn't have a job, had to select between certain circles of friends, was morbidly obese, and spent my time sulking around (well ok, I still do that)... I feel like it's all going to be made up this summer with this new family, and this newfound sense of adventure and energy.
Here's to hoping my optimism is right.
This weekend was nothing but great. I entered the doors of my old high school, Conwell Egan, twice: Thursday for the talent show, and Saturday for Spirit Night. Both were very fun, and everyone who we went to support for on those occasions did very well. It was also nice to see some faces and teachers I haven't seen in a long time (I got to talk to Mr. Firmonster for a minute!). Forever is Fleeting also played 2 shows, both of which went over VERY well. It felt good to have people dancing to our songs and other bands telling us they legitimately enjoyed us. Heck, a guy who had to be in his 50's at our Trenton show told us we had "great melodies", and said "if you get out there more, you could really go somewhere". Not bad for a "shitty band that gives people headaches", eh? =)
Lately I've been feeling this exciting, youthful energy that I haven't felt in a long time. Maybe it's the fact that my weight loss is still going great. I lost around 165 pounds total now, and I'm aiming for maybe another 20 by summer (I really need to start doing weights as well though, to get rid of all the unwanted flabbyness haha). Or, maybe it could be the fact that I've recently became obsessed with Pokemon again, and it feels like a little part of my childhood has been restored (and I love it). Whatever it is, it's really making me optimistic.
I feel like this summer is just going to be so much fun. It's weird, I think summer '10 is going to be what my summer '07 (my "graduating" year) SHOULD'VE been like... Only it's a bunch of my friends who are graduating, and not me. I gotta admit, looking back on things, I never quite had a "group" of friends up until last year or so. It was always kind of just... "hang out with these 2 people here", "hang out with this friend here", and "play some music with these people". Now things are very different, and I love it. It feels much more comfortable, and for the most part, it feels like we can ALL hang out together now and not have to feel like we're leaving anyone out or separating anyone. There's people who I'm already super close with, and there's also some people who I'd love to get closer to and get to know better. Hell, somehow my best friend of 7 years ended up in the same social circle, which just completes things for me. It just feels great to have some sort of a sense of belonging, and I just hope they all feel the same way.
So for all those times that I missed out on in the summer of '07; when I was stuck in summer school, couldn't drive, didn't have a job, had to select between certain circles of friends, was morbidly obese, and spent my time sulking around (well ok, I still do that)... I feel like it's all going to be made up this summer with this new family, and this newfound sense of adventure and energy.
Here's to hoping my optimism is right.