Quarters

I'm officially old. I turned 25 on Monday. And now: a fairly random collection of thoughts from the past month or so!

The Fall semester begins tomorrow. I'm nervous and excited. Even though the majority of my classes are online, I feel antsy - but I'm definitely looking forward to doing most of my schoolwork while sitting around in pajamas. Another school update: after studying for something like 14+ hours, I got a 96% on my PreCalc final and an A for the course. Current GPA: 3.96! And yes, I'm trying to get that even higher.

I feel deeply disturbed by the whole New Orleans situation. I truly can't fathom the magnitude of human suffering that's going on. It's such a deeply helpless feeling, to see so many destroyed lives, hopes, and dreams. I'm frightened at the notion of some sort of disaster taking place in my area - would we receive the help we needed in time? How do you protect yourself and the ones you love? Most people have the attitude of "I'll worry when it applies to me", which I think is severely flawed. Maybe by the time "it" applies to you, nobody will be around to support you when you need it. Blech, rambling.

Six Feet Under has ended. I feel like a part of me is now permanently gone - it's amazing that an HBO series could affect a TV-hater such as myself in such profound ways. The character I most identified with was Claire, especially towards the end - the lost artist trying to find her way, questioning herself at every step. I guess one fundamental difference would be that I opted for a total career path change into something more "practical" while waiting for something that may never come back to me, instead of taking a chance and seeing what the world had to say about it. Anyway, if you haven't seen this series yet, do it. If you enjoyed the warped dark humor/irony of American Beauty, you'll dig SFU.

Anthony and I are getting along really well. We see each other pretty much every weekend, and do interesting stuff when we can. I think the things we enjoy the most involve food. Or I'm just typing this while I'm hungry. Sometimes we'll drag either my sister or his brother along, which is fun. We're supposed to try and go to Six Flags at some point, but we have yet to find a weekend that's going to work. This weekend was spent playing old video games, and celebrating my birthday.

I have a job interview tomorrow, for a small workstudy position at my school. It sounds like a pretty basic computer lab job (i.e. sitting on AIM most of the time), and the hours are short enough that it wouldn't interfere with my highly obsessive study habits. I definitely need some cash flowing in, because my credit card debt is starting to feel overwhelming.