I miss you...

Almost a month has passed already?!

Time really is a frightening thing, you blink and your life has passed you by. Ok maybe I'm way too dramatic but it sure feels like that sometimes.

Two more weeks of school and I still haven't really found my groove. I am doing very well though but then again, who wouldn't if they had as much time as me to dedicate to school. Actually, I should be researching/writing my part for a project that's due soon right now but somehow I convinced myself that blogging is more important at the moment. Then I think I'll wash some dishes, play the piano, watch some TV, wash my hair and dust the top shelf in my room before dragging myself back to the computer to attempt it again.

A cool chic named Sally came to my class yesterday and told us about some great volunteering opportunities abroad http://www.isvonline.com/. I was VERY interested until I saw the price tag. Why can't I find a place where I don't have to pay to help people? Isn't my committment, dedication and passion for the cause enough?! I guess not. But speaking of helping people...

I wrote my first CV this past weekend and sent it in to World Relief! Very exciting news indeed. To summarize, World Relief provides aid to immigrants and refugees in the US and abroad. Hopefully I can intern there this summer and get my foot in the door.

I was also thinking about GreenPeace. Sounds interesing but also intimidating: 2 years committment, assigned location (you can't choose where you go) BUT you don't need to pay them, they provide you with transportation, accomodations, and give you some $ when you're done with your service.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow, we're celebrating at my uncle's new house. His wife is cooking her first turkey so that should be VERY interesting...

Today I chopped off my hair

I haven't gotten a proper hair cut in the longest time and my hair really needed it so I cut more than half of it off. I love getting hair cuts, it always feels like a fresh beginning.

The Sox are playing today and I am proud to say that I am not watching. Why jump on the bandwagon? I don't like baseball and I'm not ashamed of that fact.

I am graduating with a degree yet I'm still unqualified, go figure. There is just so much bullshit bureaucracy no wonder this world is going to shit.

Plans for next year are underway and involve Europe, possibly Asia.

Right now I'm thinking about black holes, light, time, the unifying theory. Anyone care to chat?

ani difranco said it best...

lying on the floor four stories high in the corridor between the asphalt and the sky i am caught like bottled water the light daughter i wonder what you look like under your t-shirt i wonder what you sound like when you're not wearing words i wonder what we have when we're not pretending it's never-ending, haven't you heard? i don't need to tell you what this is about you just start on the inside and work your way out

time flies!

October is nearly done and I still don't have a Halloween costume. Maybe I'll be the same thing as last year...a man.

My little sister turned 15 last week, I still can't believe it. She's growing up which means I'm growing old. But I am a firm believer in "you're as old as you feel" and I feel like I'm still a kid.

School is more than half way done, unbelievable! I'm trying to work out some kinks dealing with graduation, my school is the most bureaucratic place I've encountered thus far and I hate it. Music classes are MUCH harder than I anticipated and not as fun either.

On a more positive note, I'm going to Poland for the holidays. My sister and cousin are coming also so it will be a lot of fun. I am thinking about bringing my snowboard but I don't know if I want the extra baggage. I was hoping that we go to Amsterdam as well but my sister is not the traveling type (yeah I know, gasp!) so I don't know if that will go through, I mean I don't want to leave her behind.

A friend I met in Greece sent me pictures so I'm excited. My albums are finished but the extra pictures that I receive from friends are great additions! I've been thinking about my trip a lot lately. I don't know, it might be the weather (I tend to get a little down in the winter) but it makes me sad. I miss everyone I met and I wonder what they're going, if they're safe...I think this is the only downside of travel, you meet cool people and then they/you leave.

I can't believe I wrote so much, I think I'm sleep deprived, it's WAY past my bedtime.

some random jibber jabber

I can't help but tilt my head when you're speaking
maybe to see you from a different angle
maybe to keep your words from leaking out

I really don't need to hear this
it's like your trying to convince me
that this is bliss or better

I've traveled on too many roads
to believe the stories you tell me
don't ask me to kiss toads to see what happens

back to school

I've began my second week of school and already have my hands full! Group projects, papers, readings...don't teachers know we have a life? There are so many things I could be doing right now but nooo, I have to study. It's really quite sad. I'm even neglecting my television, which I love oh so much, in order to finish all my work. Well, if anyone really knows their music theory please be my tutor, I think I might go crazy in that class before the semester is over! Peace out, g/g be a geek, it's what I do best =)