In the aftermath of my grandfather's passing, our house has inherited lots of things and odds and ends. Among them I found something really special: a poem my grandfather wrote to my grandmother who passed away 16 years ago. It appears over top of a framed picture of my grandparents on their wedding day. My grandfather loved her more than anything ( Read more... )

I don't think I've had a relaxing Monday night in a long time. I had a 2 hour exam today which was the last of the really big things I have to do before break. In addition, my night class was cancelled. Therefore I spent the afternoon and evening just talking and watching/playing video games, watching 2 eps of 24, and generally lounging around ( Read more... )

A huge bombshell fell on me tonight. The one person I thought was my closest friend at this God-forsaken piece of shit school wants to move out. It's basically just forced me to re-evaluate the purpose of being here, and no, classes are obviously not the only one. But now I'm starting to feel like that's where it's heading. I can't leave now, I'm ( Read more... )

I want to help, I really do, but I find myself helpless when I try. Maybe I should chalk it up to the winter getting people down. Maybe it's the pervasive incandescent light screwing with people's heads. I don't know. But too many people are unhappy, and that sucks! The good: People are generally willing to ignore their own problems temporarily to ( Read more... )

I don't know what it is, but I'm beginning to get tired of the extremely played social scene at Lafayette. I can't attribute it to any one person or even a single organization. The whole thing is just... old. I'm really discovering that having a good night has nothing to do with the type of party you're at, whether it's a frat event or a trip to ( Read more... )

An excerpt from a discussion with Kyle concerning the nature of Karma:


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Give it a couple months and I'll be a fine tuned human being. Or a poor drunken slob, but hopefully the former. The goal is to not repeat last semester. Not that last semester was bad, because I had about 50% fun and did about 85% as well as I wanted to in school. The fun number has to increase; bah to the school number. Friends, gym, and hookah ( Read more... )

Well, I tried.

I don't even know how to write about what I'm thinking. When I actually do write, which is seldom, why do I write? I don't set it so that only I can read my entries, because I'm just not the kind of person who writes for his peace of mind and keeps it to himself. But then again, why do I want others to read it? I suppose it's because I want an ( Read more... )

So it's quarter of 5 in the morning and I decided to write a new entry after like 5 months. It won't be troubled, dark, or tormented as is the livejournal tradition. I don't really have anything to bitch about. I mean, I could testify that school blows and is slowly sucking the life out of me through a combination of 8AM classes and obscene amounts ( Read more... )