I have a good life.

And I really do. I'm in a contemplative mood right now, but not in a bad way. I think over the course of the summer and now back at school, I've come to realize just how blessed I am by the many great gifts in my life. And even though some things tend to get me down more often than not, the abundance of good things has tipped the scales time and time again lately.

Work for the Black Swamp is continuing, and I'm starting to feel a lot better about it. It looks like we're going to be able to get everything together in time for a good performance. And Lisa (and possibly Danielle!) will be coming up that weekend as well, so it's basically going to be non-stop good times.

Mike and I perfected some songs for the show and also worked on a new one, to be released some day under whatever joint moniker we decide to call ourselves by (I've had to resist the urge to say "LOL WE SHOULD BE CALLED M&M" at least twice today). But in all seriousness, I had forgotten how amazing and interesting it is to compose and perfect music with other people. Just knowing that both of you are in the heart of the song, and are molding something creative and meaningful out of nothing... It's a great feeling, and I love it. It makes me feel like I'm really doing something with my talents, and sharing it with somebody who understands what it's like.

In conclusion, I just want to say that I'm really, really happy that there is now a Chipotle in Bowling Green, OH. Qdoba is going to go down the tubes faster than a one-legged man in a three-legged race. And my life is at least 50% more glorious, just knowing that gourmet burrito goodness is literally right around the corner at all times.

You know you love it.

Existential Ramblings (not really)

Well, my plan for the weekend has kind of worked out so far. I did manage to get a bit of the way through The Scarlet Letter. But, Grant invited me over to Crunk Manor, so I went over and hung out with him, Mike, Alex, Steve, etc. for awhile. There's nothing quite like sitting around listening to Sufjan Stevens with a few of your closest friends. I also won the "Is it cancer of the mouth or cancer of the bone in Casimir Pulaski Day?" debate. But to be fair, "mouth" is a rhyme that's present in the song. Yeah.

Then I came back to my apartment to read some more and get some sleep, but Mike called and wanted to hang out, and I graciously agreed since that's usually a fun time. We ended up sitting around playing GameCube until after 4:30am. I don't think I've ever existed in more of a half-asleep state with anyone else in my life. But, it was still damn good times.

And now today is (srsly) devoted to homework and practicing more keyboard parts for the 9th. Also, I may have to go ahead and sell Xenosaga I and II to C&C Games today. I mean, the first one is good IMHO (lol), but the second one, frankly, bites. It's not a terrible game or anything, but it's just surprisingly unfun to play in almost every way. I guess I can just read a FAQ or something to figure out what happens in the storyline. Of course, both of those games aren't going to get me more than, like, ten dollars at the most, but that could be enough to buy something interesting for my nerdy video game posse (Erick/Mike) to play.

But the real question of the day is... Dare I get back into WoW? Am I ready to put myself through that kind of blissful torture again?

LOL BL0G 3NTRY

I've been asked to play keyboard/sing harmonies in a band for my friend during the Black Swamp Arts Festival in a few weeks.

Hopefully I'll be able to learn all the parts and such in time.

And, for the sake of having something to say, my weekend is going to be spent doing homework, playing video games, and settling down with a nice cup of coffee and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. And maybe something from Piaget. kbye.

Blogging.

So, it's back to blogging for me, now that the new school year has started up. Except I think I've decided to permanently disassociate myself from Xanga (save posting comments for my friends), mainly because of how asinine that entire online community has become. I'm a high-class individual, and only high-class blogging will suit my purposes! I mean, yeah, I probably won't get any comments on Blogspot, but that's okay. This is more just to amuse myself anyway.

Classes have been time-consuming, but easy so far this semester. Four hours of class in a row on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday may have been pushing it a little bit. But at least I can stay up semi-late those nights, which is always a plus. I've been spending most of my free time slowly unpacking my apartment, sitting in front of my computer for hours, playing video games, and hanging out with Emily and Mike Edwards (the latter of which is indirectly responsible for the fact that my AIM buddy icon is now a picture of a basketball). However, it's good to see everybody again, especially the good ol' UFO crowd.

Living in an apartment is a lot different than living in the dorms. It doesn't feel like I'm really going to college anymore, per se... I mean, yes, I attend classes and do homework and everything. But really, it just feels like I'm living in small-town America. But don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining about this at all. It's nice to be out of the hectic dorm life and on to something a little bit more adult. And also, nobody will vomit or urinate on my sink this way.

Really, life continues without any major obstacles, save my own mind bringing up existentialist questions at inappropriate times (i.e., during class when I should be paying attention and being productive). That's not difficult to handle, though. And I have a feeling that this year is going to be the best one at BGSU yet.