So many different things have come together over the past two months. I'm changing, my life is changing -- in 10 days I'll be leaving Saint Andrew's behind for good. I've spent the past three weeks thinking about where I am in life and what I'm going to do, especially in regard to my Uncle's death. I think I've found a secure sense of peace, ( Read more... )

Things fall apart,
the center cannot hold. -Yeats

I'm still alive, although I can't really explain how I'm feeling or what I've been up to... it's kind of just one big chaotic blur.

Ben's funeral is on Saturday morning at 11.

Uncle Ben died this weekend from complications due to his surgery. It was completely unexpected. I'm flying home this afternoon to be with family. I'm so completely and utterly exhausted that I don't know what to think.

Please keep my Uncle Ben in your thoughts and prayers. He's undergoing surgery tomorrow morning to remove a malignant lung tumor. The procedure is somewhat complicated, but we think everything should go fine. He'll spend some time recovering, but in time everything should be as good as new. He's in good spirits, and that really makes all the ( Read more... )

I don't really have anything to say. I tried watching The Godfather for a while, but I didn't really like it. I don't have any work for tomorrow and I don't feel like reading or watching a movie, so I'm playing with GoogleEarth instead. If you haven't checked it out, you should ( Read more... )

Back to school.
Two months and its over for good.

So, even though I thought I destroyed my future, it turns out I just have to go to a couple of meetings. In other words, I'm still going to Kenyon -- it's offical. If you don't know what I'm talking about, that's okay... it's a loong story.

Hamlet -- hero of Willy Shakespeare's Hamlet: Prince of Denmark -- and I have a lot in common ( Read more... )

I've spent the past three days and two nights at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. I considered applying to Hampshire until I toured at Kenyon (and decided THAT was that). Nevertheless, Hampshire was a lot of fun, has a lot of interesting people, and the food isn't too bad either. PLUS, they don't have grades -- only evaulations (a very good ( Read more... )