glad you guys know what i mean. alaska justin and i had a good talk yesterday about what the heck we're going to do when we move to our respective schools in a few weeks, and how to find cool people (because as justin said, usually you meet the nice but weird and not cool people first, then after a few weeks or months you meet the cool ones). it'll be an experience. and justin, can't wait for the life talk, hopefully we'll get it in soon after you get back (keep looking at my pictures online to get pumped up!). i missed YG yesterday to hang out with my roommates, its been a while since we did something by ourselves, so there you go.
i ran 3x1600 today (1600=mile) in 5:32, 5:38, and 5:43 and my legs felt *good* surprisingly. like, i didn't even notice them for the first time in about a year. maybe it has something to do with the little shock absorber i placed in my shoe. that would rock if it did, because it cost $6.99 compared to the doctor visits and x-rays and bone scans and junk.
go here to look at my first online auction. i mean, i've bought tons of stuff on ebay but this is my first time selling anything.
jesse called me a few hours ago, he just got in from colorado, so i can't wait to see him again! and hopefully i'll hook up with andrew this weekend, too!
"I dunno, I feel like this summer is a waste in many respects, especially when getting emails from you or my other friends who have moved on and are doing something with their lives, because while the trips I've taken have been awesome, I don't think they've made up for the down times.
And no job means no money, though my parents may show me some grace with a loan so I can make it through the first month in Maryland (before I get paid and to help with books, etc.).
I can't wait to feel excited about something (and maybe someone?) again, because I haven't found that here and I better find it out in Maryland, or I'll be a wreck."
i wrote that in an email to one of my friends in NYC, and after re-reading it, realized how hollow and true it sounds. its a downer. maybe you can relate if you've spent a lot of time in BG and have prepared to move out (marr, justin, even ben soon?).
i'm at the library again, because this is how i fill my time during the day. if i go to connecticut as planned next week, that leaves me with less than 20 days left in ohio. lets hear it for anxiety!
i've been playing around with my moog keyboard a lot recently, and recording on my old 4-track. the stuff i'm doing is incredible, it really makes me wonder what pinewood could have done with some of this stuff. we could have expanded so much musically. when i'm laying down these short, 30-second 'songs', i use the modulator as a metronome on one track (boop boop boop boop), then lay down a bass line, then a little melody on top, and usually one track for some modulator and oscillator effects. it can do anything, given the right player, and that's what i'm working on now.
here's some books i'm reading but will probably not finish because of boredom or sheer confusion:
'unsafe at any speed' - ralph nader
'introduction to aerodynamics' -some dude from stanford
'applied partial differential equations' - some dude named logan from nebraska
'fluid mechanics' - a textbook
all so i can try to somehow be ready for school in the fall.
last night i went out with ashley, michelle, jim, and jen to rusty's and get this: it was OPEN MIC NIGHT. what jazz club has open mic night on mondays? seriously! the crowd was thin already, and most people come to listen to jazz, not to play it. ashley decided to brave the piano and did a sweet job, though he plays mostly classical, he still threw a few blues progressions in there.
ashely of course is one of the smartest and absent-minded people i know. last week we were playing game #2 that he's developing and has received interest from more board game makers. we had been playing for about an hour at larry hatch's house when the following conversation ensued:
larry: ashley, the phone's for you. its michelle (his wife).
ashely: (to michelle) hey, what's up.
michelle: do you have the phone with you?
ashley: no, i left the cell phone at home.
michelle: no, i mean the cordless phone.
ashley: (feeling his pockets) ...um, yeah, i do. i was wondering why my one pocket was really heavy.
*no more than five minutes later*
larry: (on the phone) a red car? ashley, did you drive a red car here?
ashley: yep.
larry: this is my neighbor on the phone, she's calling to tell you that you left your lights on.
ashley: crap.
mind you, we're playing a board game that ashley made up.
then, last night, when we were about to leave for rusty's, i told this whole story to jim while in his car. ashley pulls up next to us (we're about two miles from his house, heading to toledo), and says, "guys, i left my wallet at home. can i go back and get it?"
ashely is awesome. he's going to graduate school at yale. what a guy. and he's taking me out for dinner for my birthday tonight!
i ran 21 miles last week (four days of running) and my legs are still sore. i'm hoping to race in a week or so.
justin, i'm excited for your new movie, i would really like to help out but i won't be here. i hope it turns out to be what you're envisioning for it now. nice work on crutches, too!
friday night, brad, kurt, jenna, chris, and i met up with rick and went out on the town. now let me say this: if i'm ever at a bar, its because either i'm watching a band, or i'm playing in the band. i don't go out to go dancing and i don't go out to get drunk, i don't go out for conversation (because of all the bricks that go to BGSU) and i don't go out to see my friends make fools out of themselves.
but on friday night, we went out to have fun, we were responsible and not stupid, and i had a lot more fun than a usual friday night. we were all feeling pretty good, and saw some people i hadn't seen in a while. and i got to know jenna pretty well so all in all, it was a happening time.
i know some high schoolers read this, and some college kids who don't drink, and let me be the first to say that i respect you if you don't drink - i didn't until i was 21.
i am by no means advocating drinking. i really don't want to be misunderstood here. i was not ever associated with that crowd in high school or college, and i don't want to be so in grad school.
but let me also say that it is easy to be responsible if you are with the right people, and that it can be a lot of fun.
you can relate it to harry potter: lots of christians (and others i suppose) bring down the harry potter books because they teach wizardry and witchcraft. but as i'm sure justin would say (and me, tim, anyone else who has read the stories) that as long as you realize that they are that, just stories, they are a lot of fun and wholly enjoyable. it really bugs me when people say that harry potter is 'bad' even though they've not read it, but only listened to a conservative commentator who thinks they're bad. read it for yourself, and make up your own mind. if you read it and think its bad, that's fine, or if you think its good, that's fine too.
to sum up 500 words in one thought: figure this stuff out for yourself. don't rid yourself of having fun at the expense of what 'you've heard' - just be responsible and clear-headed. that's what God calls us to be - to live life the the fullest, but to be very careful about conduct and how we choose to live our lives.
lots of stuff has been going on, but if you've made it this far, i ought to reward you by not writing any more.
