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it's amazing how inspiring insomnia can be. most of the summer i've kept myself (incredibly enough) off of livejournal to do ... well, you know, real-life things. so i assume that my insomnia, or more accurately put -- my anxiety of going back to LC combined with the anticipation of finally "moving in" with my girlfriend.
as far as my summer went, i really don't know how to compare it to the others. it's sort of... out of their league. however i'm not going to glorify it and say "oh i got this done, and this and this ..." let's face facts. i planned to get a new car stereo, and that idea fell through. i planned on not working at the same summer camp i've worked at four five years, didn't work out. i planned on losing 20 lbs, didn't happen (even though my overly-supportive mother insists on reminding me i've done well on my diet and have lost a lot of weight). so i do have some legitimate regrets about how this summer went.
i have done some stuff though, not very much of it being notable, but i did it nonetheless. since i just talked about weight-loss, i'm now a 36-38 waist, instead of a 40-42, which makes me really happy. i discovered this while jeans-shopping one day. the store didn't have any nice size 40s, so i tried on a 38 and it fit with some room to spare. i then went home and tried on some khakis i haven't been able to wear since freshman year of high school, and i fit snugly into those.
i've gone from a basic, or rudimentary level of drumset comprehension to an intermediate/advanced level over the summer. i guess practicing every other day, if not sometimes every single day, really paid off. in fact, my father was so pleased that i'm actually playing rhythms now and not just banging loudly that he's made mention of helping me buy my own double-bass pedal when christmas rolls around.
this summer, i also played a ton of magic: the gathering. i don't know if this is neccessarily a good or bad thing, however i am sure of the fact that i've completely refreshed my playing career by getting back into the game this summer. since the beginning of june up until last sunday i had gone to the dragon's lair (our local cardshop) twice a week, every week. so yeah, i probably went to about 20 tournaments over the summer, placed 2nd in one of them, and made several top eight appearances. and this all comes from nearly a two-year hiatus on the game, excluding some very casual play with close friends.
while it might be presumptuous to say, especially since i know several of my friends might find a lot of skepticism in what i have to say, but i feel i have found God, after years of living in somewhat of a ... religious dormancy. no, i haven't gone to church. i feel going to the church is a personal decision of christians; my choice being to not attend. however throughout the months i have been home i have dabbled in scripture, pondered several theological ideas, and simply have come to the conclusion that there is indeed a God and that he should be praised. i'm not trying to sound preachy, this is simply the way i feel. but i felt the need to put this out there.
i know this is a sad follow-up to something as wonderful as finding God in my life, but i've changed paces and decided to let my hair grow out. i'm actually liking my hair a lot more at this length than with the same old cowlick-style short hair. i'm sure people are going to rib me, saying how i'm sporting a "trendy emo haircut", but whatever. i'm not trying to set an agenda or say something about who i am. it's just hair.
i don't know what else to say, but by my clock it's 5:04 AM now, and i definitely should have been in bed 2-3 hours ago. oh well.
wishing everyone a safe trip back to LC,
graham t warwick
as far as my summer went, i really don't know how to compare it to the others. it's sort of... out of their league. however i'm not going to glorify it and say "oh i got this done, and this and this ..." let's face facts. i planned to get a new car stereo, and that idea fell through. i planned on not working at the same summer camp i've worked at four five years, didn't work out. i planned on losing 20 lbs, didn't happen (even though my overly-supportive mother insists on reminding me i've done well on my diet and have lost a lot of weight). so i do have some legitimate regrets about how this summer went.
i have done some stuff though, not very much of it being notable, but i did it nonetheless. since i just talked about weight-loss, i'm now a 36-38 waist, instead of a 40-42, which makes me really happy. i discovered this while jeans-shopping one day. the store didn't have any nice size 40s, so i tried on a 38 and it fit with some room to spare. i then went home and tried on some khakis i haven't been able to wear since freshman year of high school, and i fit snugly into those.
i've gone from a basic, or rudimentary level of drumset comprehension to an intermediate/advanced level over the summer. i guess practicing every other day, if not sometimes every single day, really paid off. in fact, my father was so pleased that i'm actually playing rhythms now and not just banging loudly that he's made mention of helping me buy my own double-bass pedal when christmas rolls around.
this summer, i also played a ton of magic: the gathering. i don't know if this is neccessarily a good or bad thing, however i am sure of the fact that i've completely refreshed my playing career by getting back into the game this summer. since the beginning of june up until last sunday i had gone to the dragon's lair (our local cardshop) twice a week, every week. so yeah, i probably went to about 20 tournaments over the summer, placed 2nd in one of them, and made several top eight appearances. and this all comes from nearly a two-year hiatus on the game, excluding some very casual play with close friends.
while it might be presumptuous to say, especially since i know several of my friends might find a lot of skepticism in what i have to say, but i feel i have found God, after years of living in somewhat of a ... religious dormancy. no, i haven't gone to church. i feel going to the church is a personal decision of christians; my choice being to not attend. however throughout the months i have been home i have dabbled in scripture, pondered several theological ideas, and simply have come to the conclusion that there is indeed a God and that he should be praised. i'm not trying to sound preachy, this is simply the way i feel. but i felt the need to put this out there.
i know this is a sad follow-up to something as wonderful as finding God in my life, but i've changed paces and decided to let my hair grow out. i'm actually liking my hair a lot more at this length than with the same old cowlick-style short hair. i'm sure people are going to rib me, saying how i'm sporting a "trendy emo haircut", but whatever. i'm not trying to set an agenda or say something about who i am. it's just hair.
i don't know what else to say, but by my clock it's 5:04 AM now, and i definitely should have been in bed 2-3 hours ago. oh well.
wishing everyone a safe trip back to LC,
graham t warwick