Wow! Two Journals? Where DO you get your free time?

man sakes alive! i was just reading some of my journals from last year and i must confess... i seemed alot happier back then! i shall try my best to project a more positive light of my life than i have been lately. i'll start now. today was fantastic! why, might you ask? because i had so little to do, that's why. bush, as many of you have now heard, is headed for four more years as our president and the rest of the government just picked up a wild majority of republican representation. this makes me stupendously happy, but my professors seemed quite perterbed. my music theory professor thinks that we republicans are going to cut down all of the trees before this four years comes to an end, and she was really angry through most of the class. but that's okay. i wouldn't be happy if bush lost. what else happened today? i dont' know... it was just... good. i have very little on my mind that could carry the potential of squelching my spirit. there is of course that one thing... but i'm not even going to mention it in this journal because i desire for this to be a positive experience. OH YEAH! i was privilaged enough to whitness a hawk hunting a squirrel in the quad today! that hawk was absolutely magnifiscent, and the squirrel was freaked out! another thing i did was watch farenheit 9/11 by michael moore. i must say i've never walked out of a movie before, but i did this one. it was so full of anti-bush propaganda that it made me almost throw up on my soft and comforting couch pillows. i ended up going on a walk with Jorge around the soccer field just a few minutes ago. it was raining slightly, but i had on my trench coat and a hat, so it really was quite enjoyable. the best thing about my day though, is that there's nothing left for me to do. i can actually relax and hang out with the guys for once. i was reflecting on my past journals and my present though, and i think they are not as joyous because i no longer am experiencing new things. everything that has happened to me this year is something i have experienced before in one way or another. i also can't cut loose quite as much as i used to simply because i am bound to my authoritative role. it's a social contract, if you will. i gain powers such as a prox card with unlimited access around campus and keys that do something similar, as well as a free room. but in return, i relinquish the privilages to be wild and crazy whenever i want, to wrestle in the hall way, run around wearing nothing but a furry hat and a belt, and to scheme out attacks on the tour groups that come through campus every weekend. all of these things i did last year, and were quite exciting, but this year those things are to be put asside. i have a job to fulfill and i must take it seriously. also, i think all of my friends from last year are more serious as well. there's just so much to do this year that we're not used to and it's passifying most of us into... well... normal men. so all things considered, life really isn't that bad right now. i'm really looking forward to thanksgiving break though. i've probably said that before, but it's true. i'll get to see all the friends that i didn't get to see over fall break, and i'll get to eat... ALOT! so here's to the good times, the weekends, and to thanksgiving as well as the other holiday vacations! let us hold our heads high and keep tuned to the greater things in life, not allowing ourselves to be torn down by adversity, but rather, taking it head on by the horns and shifting it's momentum into an enjoyable experience. let people who see us question our sanity and stand in amaizement as we do... whatever it is that we do... and let us look back on the things of the past only to learn, not to lament. peace and love.