I'm not going to wax philosophical. Or wax poetical. Or wax sentimental...

Or wax anything really. I mean, its the winter time and I'm not currently dating, so there's no need.... ;-D

I try to reserve my blog as an unwinding tool and a way to get thoughts out. I don't flesh out any of my writing here, its mainly sketches of thoughts and ideas. Why choose to do it in blog form, when I've done it my whole life in a journal? Well, figured I'd try something new. Eventually I might join an online community of other writers to discuss ideas and such to get feedback, but right now I'm content with my pseudo-anonymity. Blogs are apparently trendy (I missed the whole livejournal/blurty era of online self-disclosure) but none of my friends read this one because frankly, its not about my life (much), therefore, not juicy. ha! I like it.

But like I said, I'm gonna indulge for a moment my excitement over the upcoming break. I'm so excited about so many things, especially the following:

-Seeing the baby (ok, US Marine, but still) Broski
-Seeing my jr. high best friend, who I havent seen in three years!
-Reading mah novelssss
-BAKING COOKIES
-Re-watching LOST season 5 to prepare for Feb. 2nd....
-Working, having a little bit of $$
-SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. Seriously. There are two things I don't get enough of in life, and both of them involve a bed. At least I can catch up on one of those this break ;)
-RAGTIME in NYC with momma and my aunt bobbie. My favorite musical and I've never had the chance to see it live until NOW! (It just got revived in November). I'm going to bawl like the lily-livered sap I really am.


Yeah....life is good. Final presentation at 8am tomorrow (not ok) and then....FIN! END SCENE! So thankful.


Ok, I'll wax philosophical a little bit. Er, meaning I will just reprint someone else waxing philosophical In the honor of the end of the semester, a little gem from Neil Gaiman (Admittedly the only novel I've ever read of his was Stardust and I was introduced to the Sandman series by a former flame, but I havent exactly gotten through all 75 issues, ha) but this quote, which I love, is from one of the earlier ones. I tried to remember it, but ended up having to google to find the whole thing. ANYWAY.

“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.”

Neil Gaiman

Veritas.

-J