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Someday
Wow. Today I had the realization that I've been learning Chinese for almost a year straight, and it's numbing me... I don't even remember days or weeks even. It's the same thing all the time. The only real break in the monotony is on my trips home. For as much as it's going to be very difficult for me to leave my home and all my friends next April ( Read more... ) -
Welcome to Silent Hill
Santa Cruz is on fire, and my car was covered in ash this morning. It's still falling... -
Bad Things
I went to a party last night. It started at the bar and moved to a friends house. I had a lot to drink, but I played my cards right and was coherent for the entirety. I really wish that last statement was not the case now. Sometimes you just don't want to remember stuff. So, all of my friends and I were out smoking except this one guy that had ( Read more... ) -
Good Movie
Wow. So I just saw an absolutely amazing movie. It's a Finnish movie, called Ben X, about a teenage boy with slight autism and his life as the brunt of terrible bullying. The really interesting thing is that he is also very involved in an MMO called Arch Lord, and through this game he mentally attaches all aspects of his life. This is shown, for ( Read more... ) -
My new friend
I bought a snake! It's a ball python. Her name is Winston Christmas Hammond. She's only about 18" long, but she can grow to be about 5-6' long. She's pretty chill. Pictures coming soon. -
I'm Sad
A friend of mine left today. She graduated from her Spanish course, and I will probably never see her again. I shouldn't feel that terrible, because, to be perfectly honest, I didn't really know her that well. We talked now and again, mostly in passing, saying things that bore no actual weight, yet I feel as though a piece of me is gone. The best ( Read more... ) -
An Interesting Discovery
There is a girl who is giving myself and my roommates $100 a month to crash our couch, because her roommate on base is crazy, and she's not a stranger or anything (she's actually in one of my roommate's class), so we're all cool with it. This past Sunday, when she came home, she had a lot of crumpled up small denomination bills that she began to ( Read more... ) -
I made something amazing
Today, my friend Rose was over, and she saw some bananas that had gone to the dark side. I was about to dispose of them, until she said that she hated to see fruit being thrown away. So, me being conscious of other people's feelings asked what should be done instead of throwing them away, considering the state they were in. She then told me to ( Read more... ) -
It Still Waves
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
