"Here is my secret. It is very simple:"

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

I have successfully found the source of one of the best feelings in the world. Contacting a charitable organization and telling them you would like to donate a large sum of money. I get to do that with seven groups this week. The money came from parking cars during the college football season. In total, we donated $8,500 to eight groups. For more info, I'd be glad to talk to you in person about them, or fundraising in general. If you need any help raising money, give me a call and I'm sure we can figure something out.

School is off to a pretty good start. I'm still adjusting a little bit to having reading for homework instead of math or physics problems. The discussions are also completely different. Opinions and feeling are more involved, and not so much anymore hard proven facts. I hope I still have an opportunity to learn in both ways.

Things I've started and hope to finish (new year's resolutions, if you will):
-Losing weight. It's just got to happen. Feel free to haggle me to make sure I've gotten outside for a little bit each day.
-Learning to play the guitar. I think it could be a lot of fun. And can you say 'chick magnet' (assuming I can muster up the voice to go with it).

That's all for now. I've got some reading to do.

"What makes the desert beautiful," says the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well."

"The winter days, they last for ever..."

...but the weekends go by so fast

Well classes started this past week. They are going well so far. Plenty of reading assignments and papers to look forward to. Nothing to mentally challenging as far as I can tell. At least not the kind I'm used to. I’ve been riding my bike and/or walking to class, which is good because I need to lose some weight. I’m still happy being me, but me just needs to lose weight, plain and simple

Things seem to be going well right now. Canterbury seems to be running fairly smoothly. No issues to speak of. Just a church doing what churches do. My fraternity (Theta Tau) has gotten off on a good foot this semester. We recently initiated five pledges. Things are more organized than they have been in a while. The family is good as far as I can tell. No news is good news, right?

I am going to be received in the Episcopal Church next month. It feels right in my heart, which I tend to follow a lot. Most times my head just gets in the way, usually messing up my train of thought.

That’s all for now.

"I hope that they're not laughin' too loud when they hear me talkin' like this to you."

"Time moves slow when you're 17..."

...then it picks up steam at 21."

Do you ever have times when you get grumpy or angry for completely no reason? Little things seem to bother you when they usually wouldn't? Well that's me right now. I'm grumpy and can't tell you why. Maybe it's because I'm starting to get a cold (don't worry mom, I picked up some medicine today). Maybe I'm getting a little cabin fever and need to get out. Maybe it's just PMS :). I usually find myself grumpy when I'm woken from a good nap. Sometimes, like now, I'm just grumpy. maybe being in a good mood and telling jokes for 98% of life entitles me to just be grumpy to myself sometimes. I need to find something to work on, to keep my mind busy. Maybe I'll actually clean my room tonight.

A snake walks into a bar. Wait, what?

"Even times that don't seem like much will be your only crutch when you're alone"