Wearing Thin
That’s what school is doing: Wearing thin. Quite thin, in fact. It always seems to happen every year, but this year seems much worse. Usually as the end of the semester approaches, you get assigned a ton of work that the professors have neglected to give you earlier and you are usually so tired that [...]
Lousy School
School is such an easy scapegoat for not pursuing outside interests. It consumes entirely too much time and right now, it’s kicking my ass. Like, kicking my ass hardcore. Actually it’s just one class in particular. All my other classes are going well, but this one class (one of the last of my Bachelor studies [...]
Words of Wisdom
Today I utterly embarrassed myself (which happens quite frequently, believe it or not). At the aforementioned funeral, I was talking to someone and called them by the wrong name. I called them ‘Kevin’ instead of their actual name, ‘Keith’. At least I had the ‘Ke’ part correct. Unfortunately he did not correct me, so either [...]
Pallbearer Duties
I always find it a little intimidating when asked to participate in a funeral. Thus far in my storied life, I’ve only been apart of a funeral as a pallbearer. I served in this position for my brother’s father, for my grandfather, an extended relative, and today I reprise the role for another extended relative. [...]
Down Time
It’s been extremely nice not being in school. I’m actually pretty upset that I only have about two and a half more weeks left for my summer vacation. The past few days I’ve had a steady dose of golf, video games, and rest. Unfortunately, as you all have undoubtedly noticed, this has caused my creative [...]