| Merry Christmas. I'm just sitting here in the library, waiting for the other library to open up so I can use their cutter. Right now I've got something like 200 pages saved up, each of them hand-selected from magazines for their bright colors or interesting patterns. These magazine pages will someday become stars. Little origami stars, that is. By my count, those pages should be enough for.... something like 4,000 stars? That'll be enough to last me till summer. Maybe longer. Hey do you guys know where people go to dispose of magazines? I could really use a stack of free magazines, for you know... future star making. Man, so what to report about myself? Well I gotta say I'm pretty fab. I've just finished up a not-so-awesome semester. My club dissolved, I still don't have a job, and only one of my classes was very challenging or interesting. So instead of having any real responsibilities or concerns, I wound up cultivating a pretty active social life, which includes an avid awareness of interweb pop culture (can't you tell, from my recent posts?). I can't really complain though. If it hadn't been for all that internet in the last few months, things probably wouldn't be going as well as they are with Kenya boy. Goodness that sounds silly. I don't really feel like explaining. Anyways, I'm doing pretty well. Rethinking the whole Peace Corps thing. Next spring I'll be graduating, so that's exciting. I'm ready. At the moment I'm applying both for Peace Corps (I requested Kyrgyzstan, or at least Central Asia), and Teach For America (I requested Denver, Houston and Baltimore, although I might have to rethink Baltimore...). At this point, I'm about 90% sure I'll go with one option or the other, depending on which program accepts me, and which one makes me a better offer. Or if neither works out, there's still the option of laying low for about a year. I kind of want to do a Fullbright Teaching Assistantship in East or Central Asia. I was a day late and a buck short on the application this year, but if the other two things don't work out, I suppose I could always work for a temp agency for the next year, passing time and saving money until I can apply again. Things are looking pretty good. I feel like such a grown-up these days. You know what's important in life? Loyalty. Before I read the Harry Potter serises, I really didn't have any working concept of what loyalty means in today's society. Even after, I didn't really get it. But the older I get, the more I'm beginning to understand what it means to be there for a person. I used to think that real relationships are based on intillect and common interests. Turns out that's not true; I have tons of friendships that aren't based on those things at all. No, the real determination of who is important in your life is proxemity. I mean your relationships are with people who you are around. Those that you're not around, well you work hard to bridge the gap in time and space to CREATE a sense of proxemity between you. Looking back, I've learned a lot of interesting things and changed in a lot of interesting ways. But the people I care most about are the ones who were there through it. Even if that doesn't necessarily mean they were my closest confidante, or that I just LOVED their company. I mean take your family for example. People always say that family is important because no matter what, they'll always be around. You don't have to like your family. You don't even have to want your family, but the simple fact is you can't get away from them. Proxemity. They will always be there for you, and THAT'S why they are important, not because you share a deep emotional connection with them (although that's nice to have too). I guess it's time for me to go cut paper. Library opened at 1 pm. I'll come back and talk to you again later Xanga. I still kinda like blogging, even if it doesn't happen as frequently as it used to. thEnd |
