Day 351 | Tuesday, December 14 | 2010

Mt. Bonnell...

Day 58 | Thursday, February 26 | 2009

Through the Looking Glass...

It's been a pretty good day.  My Documentary Genres class went well -- we watched a film about the Vietnam War called The World of Charlie Company.  Great film.  It's particularly interesting to see the composition of the origin and later development of mutiny amid the soldiers in the movie.

This weekend could turn out to be a perfect storm in terms of work load.  I have a 6-8 page paper in Personal Values in Media to do, a 6-8 page paper in Spanish American Civilization and Culture to do, and an additional 2 page paper in Spanish to do also!  On top of all that I have committed to perform on Saturday and I also have to perform for University Band on Sunday too.  What a headache!

Oh well...good thing is that none of this stress matters.  I still have people in my life that are so important to me.  For example, ... take a good look at these lovely ladies (pictured above).  I took this photo of them while I was walking around the Café Biblio-tech on the library's second floor.  I like how Caitlin's earnest face seems to say This is me; this is how I truly am and, at the same time, Leslie's face hints at a voice that would seem to say Hee hee; I'm up to no good!

Speaking of important people, .. my brother Dustin finished his New York Bar Exam yesterday.  I am so very proud of him.  He has worked so hard for the past 3 or so years and I am hugely impressed by his accomplishments.  I wish I could be in New York to congratulate him on a job well done, regardless of if he passed the Bar or not.

Well...I am tired and I think it's time to go to bed.

Day 47 | Monday, February 16 | 2009

Café Biblio Tech...

Another gut-wrenching day.  I was thinking about the general work and sacrifice that goes into earning a degree today in order to try to convince myself that all of this toil will pay off.  And I came to a resounding 'yes'-like conclusion after thinking about it.  One day this will all pay off.  I will be doing something that I truly love and life will be good.  Dealing with all of the pressures of society will also always be hard.  But there are ways to escape.  I was reading this today and it made me feel a little better.

The Laughing Heart

by Charles Bukowski

Your life is your life

Don't let it be clubbed into dank submission.

Be on the watch.

There are ways out.

There is a light somewhere.

It may not be much light but

it beats the darkness.

Be on the watch.

The gods will offer you chances.

Know them.

Take them.

You can't beat death but

you can beat death in life, sometimes.

And the more often you learn to do it,

the more light there will be.

Your life is your life.

Know it while you have it.

You are marvelous

the gods wait to delight

in you.