Nonsense, Drivel, and Balderdash

Well, I am cursed. Every time I try to take a trip somewhere, something happens. I spend so much time in airports and train stations I cant believe it. I should get a job a janitor for public transportation, I may as well get paid for all the time I spend in those places. But I digress... My time in Florida was a good one. Real chill. Many movies, much chill time, much time spent annoying the heck out of Jen, , but mostly I spent my time hoping that the newlyweds weren’t fulfilling their conjugal duties.... ejem ejem... By the way, Jen did a good job with Thanksgiving dinner. Oh, did I mention that I saw some sting rays? Yeah, it was a highlight of my week. I had never seen those things. And you all know what I am like with cool nature stuff like that.... There were a whole bunch of them. They came up to the shore when the water was calm. They came in a big group, looking like a flock of underwater birds, gliding in the shallows. Overall coolness factor: 9 Anyway, once I left Florida,...

Land of old people, bad drivers and nude beaches. And I have seen all three... except the nude beaches. I am in the house of Charles and Jen William, two good friends of mine from high school. Charles had a hernia operation last week, which means that he walks like if he has a bad case of the hemorrhoids... Yeah, we cant really play soccer or go sky diving right now, but I don't give a rip, 'cause I cant play sports and I hate heights. So we have just been hanging out, watching movies and stuff. By the way, if you have never seen "The Jerk," I suggest you see it. It is really funny. So I will be spending thanksgiving here tomorrow. It will be a little strange not spending it with a family. Well, I guess that they are a family in a way... but not really. Kids are a prerequisite for a family. Or not. I dont care. I am entitled to my strange opinions. Either way, I am happy to be here, it is nice to be with Charles. I had'nt seen him for about a year now.

Well, here I am. Sitting at my computer again, typing out another meaningless piece of cyber-tripe. But that is the appeal of this blog, is it not? Well, I have had to do 5 1/2 projects in the last 5 school days. I had to write an idea for a screen play. Thisconsisted of a synopsis of the story... 4 pages. And a scene written out (3 pages). It was a lot of work, but it was also kind of fun. I had to do the rough draft for last wednesday, and then I handed in the final on friday (1 1/2 Projects). Then I had to give a class presentation on thursday. It was about the portrayal of media in the book A BRAVE NEW WORLD. It also was an enjoyable assingment, and I had forgotten how good that book is. But it was a long and arduous job of slowly reading, and analyzing. Oh and 3 pages of writing. Then I had to do about 7 pages of writing to hand in class today... And tomorrow I have to hand in a one page reflexion of the presenation I did on thursday. Tomorrow I have to hand in a research paper ab...

Yesterday I played trumpet at a semi formal dinner with a group of friends. We played for this dinner that was to be the final event in for a conference that was held here at Gordon. Again, I suprised myself, and I played quite well, especially toward the end. I really need to keep playing. Today I went for a walk in the woods once again. It had been quite a while since I had done so, at least a week. The weather has not been kind up here, and the rain had not allowed me to go for my walk without coming back to my room soaked and shivering. Fortunately, today the sun was shining and the cold was not as visceral as usual. So I walked around the pond. I felt like I was seeing an old friend who I had not seen in years. The forest that I once knew had aged. The change of seasons has stripped my woods of its leafy clothing and left only a wooden frame. It was interesting to see a place which I once knew very well looking so different. The places which were dense with folliage were now easy ...

Well, for the first time in over a year I took my trumpet out of its case and I jammed. Yes it is true. I had taken it out and played some scales a couple of months ago, but lets face it, I stunk really bad. I have kept wanting to play regularly, but after that discouraging practice session, I didnt ever get motivated to do it. Tonight I was reminded why I love music. My friend Alex, and two other friends from ISO (International Student Organization), Jonathan (from Costa Rica) and Joel (from Brazil), were asked to put together some music for the upcoming multicultural conference that is going to be held at Gordon this weekend. They said that they would play for a dinner on saturday night. They realized that they needed some more instruments and so they recruited Brian (who plays the upright bass and is Alex's roomate), and asked if I could play the trumpet. I was skeptical, for I have not touched the thing for over a year and from what I had seen, my skills were greatly diminished...

OK, I love movies and music so here are my recomendations for the day: "Los Lunes al Sol": Known in english as "Mondays in the Sun", this is one of the best movies I have seen all year. Bardem does an oscar winning performance, I dont know why this isn't the spanish entry for the best foreign film. Whatever, some people dont know what they are talking about (not me of course, I am a genius)... It is a film about some unemployed men in northern spain. It is apt for anyone really, but it isnt a kids movie, its a drama, kind of heavy one (well, light for spain, heavy for most anyone else), but really really good. It was released in the US, so you can probably find it in Blockbuster in a couple of months. Starflyer 59 "Old": This CD is so friggin good. You dont understand how good it is. The whole thing plays like one giant mood. It is excellent. More melodic than their older stuff, but it is still as good as anything they have ever put out.

First of all, I would like to say hi to all of you who read this blog when they should be doing their work... melissa .... Now to daily news with Ryan: I set up my classes for next semester. They should all be good. I have not changed my major yet, but I did talk to my advisor about it and she was very understanding. She is very nice. I think I am going to change to.... ... English major, French minor, Communications minor. Olé! Yes, that should be good. English can take you around the world... I know third world countries are always looking for english teachers and professors. Also, It provides a major where I can express myself.... which is essential. No desk jobs, where you have to kiss your bosses rear end to get somewhere in life. Nope. I guess if I am going to be an english major.... I will have to learn how to spell and all of that... Bummer, now that the French is also mingling with the Spanish and English... spelling is at an all time low... thank God for spellcheck.

OK... This week has been rather... well, how to say it... depressing? I can deal with external stress, but internal stress really gets to me. The internal stress is that which relates to my self. The "who am I"'s and the "where am I going"s, those are the ones that kill me. I was so sure of what I was doing with myself and where I was going; until two weeks ago... Then the whole purpose of my life slowly started unraveling. "Why am I here?" became the theme-song of last week, this week was "Why should I go on?" Right now I am just wondering what the next step is, but when your goals have been eradicated, then your motivation is wiped away as well. So I was feeling blue. And alone. My RA staff tried to help, and it did some. I must say that I am doing better today that I was on monday. Unfortunately, I was still sad. I went to see "West Side Story" at a local theater this afternoon, and that was fun (even if it was kind of crappy...)...