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...when you stay true from beginning to end.
I was supposed to write this thing up on the day my blog was officially one year old, but I'm late to the party by several days. That's alright though, I can still get the same point across in this post. The two pictures are to show me from now and me from a year ago. The first of me in the purple was taken today just for this post, and the second is from almost exactly a year ago at the Miami-Georgia Tech game. I can't really tell, but I don't think I look any older now.
So much has changed since my first blog post here, it's ridiculous. I had a girlfriend named Jordan when I was first blogging, and I was in a really shaky relationship. I was in total denial of how bad things were, and I'd let the relationship continue on even though it was completely unhealthy. I've been single for a year now, and it feels pretty great. I'm having an amazing time with it. I kind of lost any sort of interest in girls I had, and honestly did not want to date this entire past year. Just recently I finally had my knees buckle on me with one girl, and though I'm not entirely sure about her, I guess it shows I still have plenty of time to enjoy my single life.
Blogging has been a very therapeutic experience for me, it's awesome. I really love the community here, I never had a place to lay out all of my thoughts, and it's made my life a little easier a lot of the time. I'm really thankful for all of you guys I talk to on a [semi] regular basis. This is a place where I can really express myself, and I'm glad there are people out there who appreciate that through my whining and my good times.
I'm still in school at Georgia Tech and learned a lot from my first year. I have a solid group of friends here now, and I try to hang out with them as much as I can. I'm as busy as ever here though and things haven't gotten any easier. I'm trying to pull my GPA up as high as I can before the end of spring so I can be eligible for a scholarship. As hard as things are academically, living in an apartment with 3 guys [2 I didn't live with last year] can have it's toll too. It's alright though, things are working out well this year, and I've been doing great.
2008 was a terrible year for the Alex Sohani saga, but 2009 has treated me fairly well so far, and I hope the trend continues. I've learned now the steps I needed to take towards living a more consistently happy life, and I'm really grateful for Mindsay being part of that picture. I think I've finally started getting a grip hold on the miserable, bummed dude that came here, and am working on improving myself to the best I can be. I can't believe it's already been a year that I've been blogging, and while I haven't met a lot of people on here even still, I've met some great friends.
I'm still the same old guy as before.. just with a much more mature mentality on the world, I've cut down a lot on how sensitive I can be sometimes, and don't wear my heart on my sleeve like I used to. I'm still the same rock loving musician as always, just much wiser. I hope this next year of change for me is as rewarding as the first, and I plan on being here next year doing a similar post to this. Love you Mindsay.
...when you stay true from beginning to end.
I was supposed to write this thing up on the day my blog was officially one year old, but I'm late to the party by several days. That's alright though, I can still get the same point across in this post. The two pictures are to show me from now and me from a year ago. The first of me in the purple was taken today just for this post, and the second is from almost exactly a year ago at the Miami-Georgia Tech game. I can't really tell, but I don't think I look any older now.
So much has changed since my first blog post here, it's ridiculous. I had a girlfriend named Jordan when I was first blogging, and I was in a really shaky relationship. I was in total denial of how bad things were, and I'd let the relationship continue on even though it was completely unhealthy. I've been single for a year now, and it feels pretty great. I'm having an amazing time with it. I kind of lost any sort of interest in girls I had, and honestly did not want to date this entire past year. Just recently I finally had my knees buckle on me with one girl, and though I'm not entirely sure about her, I guess it shows I still have plenty of time to enjoy my single life.
Blogging has been a very therapeutic experience for me, it's awesome. I really love the community here, I never had a place to lay out all of my thoughts, and it's made my life a little easier a lot of the time. I'm really thankful for all of you guys I talk to on a [semi] regular basis. This is a place where I can really express myself, and I'm glad there are people out there who appreciate that through my whining and my good times.
I'm still in school at Georgia Tech and learned a lot from my first year. I have a solid group of friends here now, and I try to hang out with them as much as I can. I'm as busy as ever here though and things haven't gotten any easier. I'm trying to pull my GPA up as high as I can before the end of spring so I can be eligible for a scholarship. As hard as things are academically, living in an apartment with 3 guys [2 I didn't live with last year] can have it's toll too. It's alright though, things are working out well this year, and I've been doing great.
2008 was a terrible year for the Alex Sohani saga, but 2009 has treated me fairly well so far, and I hope the trend continues. I've learned now the steps I needed to take towards living a more consistently happy life, and I'm really grateful for Mindsay being part of that picture. I think I've finally started getting a grip hold on the miserable, bummed dude that came here, and am working on improving myself to the best I can be. I can't believe it's already been a year that I've been blogging, and while I haven't met a lot of people on here even still, I've met some great friends.
I'm still the same old guy as before.. just with a much more mature mentality on the world, I've cut down a lot on how sensitive I can be sometimes, and don't wear my heart on my sleeve like I used to. I'm still the same rock loving musician as always, just much wiser. I hope this next year of change for me is as rewarding as the first, and I plan on being here next year doing a similar post to this. Love you Mindsay.
Mistress of the Universe
I wonder if I can control the universe with the power of my mind?
I am starting to think so. Doesn't it seem like I have an awful lot of moments of synchronicity? No one else seems to notice these as often as I do--or if they do, they don't report it as often as I do. And I often have episodes that I don't blog about because of time or whatever. Which leads me to wonder, am I more observant than others, thus producing the synchronicity effect more often, or, do I, in fact, control the universe with my mind?
Today, I was sorting a cart of books for reshelving. One of the books (and only one) fell off the cart as I was pushing it. They were packed on there pretty tightly so I was surprised that one fell off. Before I could pick it up, one of my bosses grabbed it and got all excited. It was a book called The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. She started telling me all about this book and how much she loves it and on and on. That's fine. It isn't my cup of tea, but I am glad she was so excited about it.
-THEN-
About 10 minutes later the phone rang and I picked it up. It wasn't busy at all and this was the first call I got today. The woman says to me, "do you have The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood checked in?" No freaking kidding.
Obviously I knew that it was checked in since I had held it in my hand minutes before.
Okay, so that is weird enough, but then.....
A guy called me over to his computer and told me he was having trouble making the page load. I checked it out and I couldn't make it work, so I switched his browser and we went to the site he was at. He told me he was trying to load a television show in case that makes any difference. It doesn't, at all, but I had some time to kill so I said, "whatcha watching?". He said, "Bones."
Bizarre? Not really....
...but then I said, "Oh I love that show, are you watching the new ones?" And he said, "no, I am trying to catch up and I am watching the old ones." I said that I am doing that exact same thing and asked where he was and he said, "the one I am trying to load is called The Passenger in the Oven."
Now, that is weird.
I actually told him about the blog I JUST wrote about that episode and while this might have fallen under the category of TMI, he did agree that this was weird.
Now, both of these episodes happened within a couple hours of each other. That's fairly unusual, right? So I have to think that it is somehow me that is causing these connections. So I am going with Mistress of the Universe.
That will now be my official title and, henceforth, I expect to be addressed as such.
P.S. Apropos of nothing, the title of the blog makes me think of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series from when I was a kid. My brothers were big He-Man fans and I usually played the role of She-Ra. I also had a She-Ra doll that was about half the size of a Barbie Doll--I taught myself how to french braid hair on that tiny little doll and that is still a skill I retain today. See how educational toys can be?
I am starting to think so. Doesn't it seem like I have an awful lot of moments of synchronicity? No one else seems to notice these as often as I do--or if they do, they don't report it as often as I do. And I often have episodes that I don't blog about because of time or whatever. Which leads me to wonder, am I more observant than others, thus producing the synchronicity effect more often, or, do I, in fact, control the universe with my mind?
Today, I was sorting a cart of books for reshelving. One of the books (and only one) fell off the cart as I was pushing it. They were packed on there pretty tightly so I was surprised that one fell off. Before I could pick it up, one of my bosses grabbed it and got all excited. It was a book called The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. She started telling me all about this book and how much she loves it and on and on. That's fine. It isn't my cup of tea, but I am glad she was so excited about it.
-THEN-
About 10 minutes later the phone rang and I picked it up. It wasn't busy at all and this was the first call I got today. The woman says to me, "do you have The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood checked in?" No freaking kidding.
Obviously I knew that it was checked in since I had held it in my hand minutes before.
Okay, so that is weird enough, but then.....
A guy called me over to his computer and told me he was having trouble making the page load. I checked it out and I couldn't make it work, so I switched his browser and we went to the site he was at. He told me he was trying to load a television show in case that makes any difference. It doesn't, at all, but I had some time to kill so I said, "whatcha watching?". He said, "Bones."
Bizarre? Not really....
...but then I said, "Oh I love that show, are you watching the new ones?" And he said, "no, I am trying to catch up and I am watching the old ones." I said that I am doing that exact same thing and asked where he was and he said, "the one I am trying to load is called The Passenger in the Oven."
Now, that is weird.
I actually told him about the blog I JUST wrote about that episode and while this might have fallen under the category of TMI, he did agree that this was weird.
Now, both of these episodes happened within a couple hours of each other. That's fairly unusual, right? So I have to think that it is somehow me that is causing these connections. So I am going with Mistress of the Universe.
That will now be my official title and, henceforth, I expect to be addressed as such.
P.S. Apropos of nothing, the title of the blog makes me think of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series from when I was a kid. My brothers were big He-Man fans and I usually played the role of She-Ra. I also had a She-Ra doll that was about half the size of a Barbie Doll--I taught myself how to french braid hair on that tiny little doll and that is still a skill I retain today. See how educational toys can be?
I'm still awkward around people
even after years and years of knowing people, I feel like I'm a terrible friend... it's just that every response I feel like I could have said something better.
plus I barely ever contact people... blehhhhhhhh
does anyone even read this?
if so, my apologies. checkout this neat band called Bowerbirds on a neat website called The Hype Machine.
much love dear children,
JaDV
plus I barely ever contact people... blehhhhhhhh
does anyone even read this?
if so, my apologies. checkout this neat band called Bowerbirds on a neat website called The Hype Machine.
much love dear children,
JaDV
Random thoughts
I saw moths dancing in the rays of sunlight in the graveyard today among the trees. It was quite beautiful. I enjoyed the walk around the oh so familiar place. It feels very alive there not dead. I always say a few words at some of the graves even though there is no relation to me. I like to be a visitor for the no longer visited. I often feel as if there are spirits listening back. Maybe there are? who knows. Sometimes I certainly feel as if I do feel and sense spirits.
It's hard to always know what to believe and if you can believe your senses, your heart, particularly in this world of solid facts and closed minds. Where a mundane answer for everything is always what is sought. It's sometimes difficult to know what really is real or what is beautiful make believe. I'd love to know for sure or maybe I wouldn't, maybe I wouldn't get the answer I desire. I want to believe... oh never mind. I'm just tired and a bit stressed.
(Oh, and my 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' DVD's arrived today. *does the fangirl squee* 4 DVD's, 13 episodes and a booklet with 94 pages and some amazing pictures. I Love Jeremy Brett! <3)
It's hard to always know what to believe and if you can believe your senses, your heart, particularly in this world of solid facts and closed minds. Where a mundane answer for everything is always what is sought. It's sometimes difficult to know what really is real or what is beautiful make believe. I'd love to know for sure or maybe I wouldn't, maybe I wouldn't get the answer I desire. I want to believe... oh never mind. I'm just tired and a bit stressed.
(Oh, and my 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' DVD's arrived today. *does the fangirl squee* 4 DVD's, 13 episodes and a booklet with 94 pages and some amazing pictures. I Love Jeremy Brett! <3)
Libraries, Librarians and Other Odd Things
I'll have you know I cleared it with lovespirit to go ahead and blog this in lieu of the blog about Christian Kane. (I am at work and don't have the time to dedicate to his blog that I will need, PLUS I don't have the video uploaded at work, it is on my home computer).
So, just another delay--
But I will try and fill it with interesting tidbits.
FIRST:
Libraries- A man came up to me and in broken English, described that his son needed a book. He was assigned to write his life story at school and he had no idea how to do that. The dad didn't feel he could help him because his English was not good enough. So, they were wondering if there was a book, written for children (the son is 12) on how to write an autobiographical essay for school. I was a little concerned--I mean, that's a pretty specific topic. But, I dove into the catalog head first and after a bit of digging, I found:
How to write your life story by Ralph Fletcher. Written for kids! AND, it was checked in at my library. Isn't that amazing? I love the library. It was so incredibly cool and they were such a great family. It is always nice to see people turn to the library when they need help. And even more so when we can deliver.
THEN:
Librarians- This one was kind of cool, too. You see, this little girl (I'm gonna guess 4th grade) came in to the library. She was so petite (her backpack was bigger than her!) and darling, I just wanted to hug her. She told me her teacher was reading a book to their class. She really liked the book and wanted to read it herself because she didn't want to wait for the teacher to finish it. I asked her what the name was and she said, "Shallow". I looked it up and didn't find anything. So I asked her again and again, she said, "shallow". I said, "shallow, like the shallow end of a swimming pool?" And she got this HUGE smile on her face and started nodding frantically and said "Yes!". But, unfortunately, there isn't anything by that title in our catalog. So I asked the girl if she knew anything more about the book and she said no. No author or anything...just the title (which she confided she had been remembering ALL DAY!). Without anything else to go on, I was worried this little peanut was going to go away unhappy, until she said, "the cover has a picture of a boy holding a dog".
And Wham!, something clicked in my memory banks. I immediately typed in "Shiloh" and this came up:
I showed it to her and she jumped (actually jumped) and said, "that's it!". And it was checked in. So she got to take it home with her tonight and can read it before bed. No more waiting to see what will happen next.
When I looked at the catalog entries, I saw that this book has been issued with multiple covers, and this is the ONLY one that features a boy holding a dog. The others pretty much only feature the dog. So how is it that this book, which I haven't read since I was this girls age, would pop into my mind based on so very little information?
Isn't that craziness? Either that or else I am just an undiagnosed savant. Clearly, those are the only explanations.
FINALLY:
Other Odd Things - Today is 9/9/9. Did you know that? According to LiveScience, this is a pretty special day. They claim it will be the "last set of repeating, single-digit dates that we'll see for almost a century (until January 1, 2101), or a millennium (mark your calendars for January 1, 3001), depending on how you want to count it." I personally think that is crap, because why is 9/9/09 more special than 10/10/10 or 11/11/11, etc?
But, what is cool about this day is that nine is a pretty special number in numerology, which you can find a bit more about if you read the article. I've always found things like that to be interesting. What's way weird about this? Well, while in the midst of typing this up, a student came up to me with a math question. She needed to know how to figure out the question:
If a student got 90% on a math test and only missed 3 questions, how many questions are on the test?
Did you notice how the question deals with 9's?
Yep, that's a pretty odd thing.
Okay, my "power of the library" stories are now complete. I shall go and lock the building, hustle home to watch the season finale of Leverage (Christian Kane's tv show!) and then I will finally get around to posting the blog of the concert.
Adieu till later....gator.
So, just another delay--
But I will try and fill it with interesting tidbits.
FIRST:
Libraries- A man came up to me and in broken English, described that his son needed a book. He was assigned to write his life story at school and he had no idea how to do that. The dad didn't feel he could help him because his English was not good enough. So, they were wondering if there was a book, written for children (the son is 12) on how to write an autobiographical essay for school. I was a little concerned--I mean, that's a pretty specific topic. But, I dove into the catalog head first and after a bit of digging, I found:
How to write your life story by Ralph Fletcher. Written for kids! AND, it was checked in at my library. Isn't that amazing? I love the library. It was so incredibly cool and they were such a great family. It is always nice to see people turn to the library when they need help. And even more so when we can deliver.
THEN:
Librarians- This one was kind of cool, too. You see, this little girl (I'm gonna guess 4th grade) came in to the library. She was so petite (her backpack was bigger than her!) and darling, I just wanted to hug her. She told me her teacher was reading a book to their class. She really liked the book and wanted to read it herself because she didn't want to wait for the teacher to finish it. I asked her what the name was and she said, "Shallow". I looked it up and didn't find anything. So I asked her again and again, she said, "shallow". I said, "shallow, like the shallow end of a swimming pool?" And she got this HUGE smile on her face and started nodding frantically and said "Yes!". But, unfortunately, there isn't anything by that title in our catalog. So I asked the girl if she knew anything more about the book and she said no. No author or anything...just the title (which she confided she had been remembering ALL DAY!). Without anything else to go on, I was worried this little peanut was going to go away unhappy, until she said, "the cover has a picture of a boy holding a dog".
And Wham!, something clicked in my memory banks. I immediately typed in "Shiloh" and this came up:
I showed it to her and she jumped (actually jumped) and said, "that's it!". And it was checked in. So she got to take it home with her tonight and can read it before bed. No more waiting to see what will happen next.
When I looked at the catalog entries, I saw that this book has been issued with multiple covers, and this is the ONLY one that features a boy holding a dog. The others pretty much only feature the dog. So how is it that this book, which I haven't read since I was this girls age, would pop into my mind based on so very little information?
Isn't that craziness? Either that or else I am just an undiagnosed savant. Clearly, those are the only explanations.
FINALLY:
Other Odd Things - Today is 9/9/9. Did you know that? According to LiveScience, this is a pretty special day. They claim it will be the "last set of repeating, single-digit dates that we'll see for almost a century (until January 1, 2101), or a millennium (mark your calendars for January 1, 3001), depending on how you want to count it." I personally think that is crap, because why is 9/9/09 more special than 10/10/10 or 11/11/11, etc?
But, what is cool about this day is that nine is a pretty special number in numerology, which you can find a bit more about if you read the article. I've always found things like that to be interesting. What's way weird about this? Well, while in the midst of typing this up, a student came up to me with a math question. She needed to know how to figure out the question:
If a student got 90% on a math test and only missed 3 questions, how many questions are on the test?
Did you notice how the question deals with 9's?
Yep, that's a pretty odd thing.
Okay, my "power of the library" stories are now complete. I shall go and lock the building, hustle home to watch the season finale of Leverage (Christian Kane's tv show!) and then I will finally get around to posting the blog of the concert.
Adieu till later....gator.
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