still here, kind of
I just glanced back through my friends page for the first time in weeks... I feel like I've missed out on so much, which then made me feel guilty, which then led me to post an update. I'm still here, kind of.
Lists are pretty great!
- I bought myself an early graduation gift: a MacBook Pro. After years and years of stubbornly insisting on PCs, Windows, and extravagant cooling systems, I finally let it all go and went Mac. It's strange how such a seemingly innocent change -- from desktop PC to laptop Mac -- can have such a profound effect on a person's life. I'm no longer chained to my bedroom, stuck in a rut that lasted damn near four years. Now, I spend afternoons on the porch, have LAN parties in the living room, and generally live a more mobile life. It's some sort of technological euforia.
- I passed the last part of my Spanish comps, so I will indeed be graduating with two majors. Just in case anybody doubted it. There's no need.
- I'm pretty sure that I should completely eliminate Clif from my life, but I'm also pretty sure that there's no way that will ever happen. We're bound together somehow, and I for one am unable to undo it. But it's terribly sad when somebody I once considered priceless has cheapened himself so much that I have a tough time biting my tongue and not showering him with disapproval every time he screws up/around. And worse yet, he's dishonest with me, and I know when he is, but he doesn't seem to know that I know, but you don't spend altogether too much time with a person and not learn how to read him like a book. I value honestly above most everything -- some say I'm honest to a fault, but what the hell does that mean, anyway? -- so to have one of my closest friends telling me lies is painful. How can I be friends with somebody I don't trust? Should I bother?
- Being a senior about to graduate has its perks: lots of free dinners, the ability to count the number of assignments left in one's undergraduate education on one hand, no need to be nice to people who I disdain, and an increasing sense of satisfaction and closure with all those loose ends that are slowly but surely getting tied up. Being a senior about to graduate also has its downfalls: being a senior about to graduate. Eek.
I think that's enough for now. Two weeks left. To infinity and ---------> beyond?
Lists are pretty great!
- I bought myself an early graduation gift: a MacBook Pro. After years and years of stubbornly insisting on PCs, Windows, and extravagant cooling systems, I finally let it all go and went Mac. It's strange how such a seemingly innocent change -- from desktop PC to laptop Mac -- can have such a profound effect on a person's life. I'm no longer chained to my bedroom, stuck in a rut that lasted damn near four years. Now, I spend afternoons on the porch, have LAN parties in the living room, and generally live a more mobile life. It's some sort of technological euforia.
- I passed the last part of my Spanish comps, so I will indeed be graduating with two majors. Just in case anybody doubted it. There's no need.
- I'm pretty sure that I should completely eliminate Clif from my life, but I'm also pretty sure that there's no way that will ever happen. We're bound together somehow, and I for one am unable to undo it. But it's terribly sad when somebody I once considered priceless has cheapened himself so much that I have a tough time biting my tongue and not showering him with disapproval every time he screws up/around. And worse yet, he's dishonest with me, and I know when he is, but he doesn't seem to know that I know, but you don't spend altogether too much time with a person and not learn how to read him like a book. I value honestly above most everything -- some say I'm honest to a fault, but what the hell does that mean, anyway? -- so to have one of my closest friends telling me lies is painful. How can I be friends with somebody I don't trust? Should I bother?
- Being a senior about to graduate has its perks: lots of free dinners, the ability to count the number of assignments left in one's undergraduate education on one hand, no need to be nice to people who I disdain, and an increasing sense of satisfaction and closure with all those loose ends that are slowly but surely getting tied up. Being a senior about to graduate also has its downfalls: being a senior about to graduate. Eek.
I think that's enough for now. Two weeks left. To infinity and ---------> beyond?