First Day Thoughts

Alrighty, well... I guess here I am, world!

I was told that I should start chronicling my thoughts via blog recently. I mean, I am gonna try to do something with a Creative Writing major, so might as well get my thoughts down somewhere, right? Yeah, that's the plan at least.

So here you will find personal insight, reflections on life, reviews of pop culture, music and other media recommendations and just about anything else I can fit in here. I just want to get my ideas down somewhere and have a place to discuss. I guess FaceBook and those things are a little too open to the world for my kind of commentary. :/ Just dump that all here, right?

Well, at the moment I'm working on a Calculus project (obviously due within the week), pondering a scene for my final project in Theatre (rough draft also due within the week), trying to fight through the bureaucracy we call college... and just basically trying to fight off my boredom until Assassin's Creed 2 tomorrow! Yeah, total nerd-dom, but hopefully it'll give me something to fill my free time with for a while. Besides homework. And writing. And designing my game. And my girlfriend.

Shit.

Anyways, here's the major story and thought for today. I'm currently wrestling with my second semester class list here at UNL. Oh boy, it's fun when every class you want to take is full. English degree, I'll see you... in the next five years, gods willing. I finally headed down to my advisor to attempt to plead my way into the already full class rosters. No luck there, but at least I got to talk to her without having to set up a real appointment (late lunches ftw! Glad I got mine out so early!). So I still can't break into ENGL 200, which I NEED for my major, or ENGL 230A (SHAKESPEARE! A requirement, but it can be filled in other ways... I guess....), but I got a bit more view on what else I should take. Uggh for Cultural and Gender Studies courses... I SO do NOT want to take a Women's Lit or African-American Poetry course... But I guess I have to. Oh dear, who knows how it'll end up, I guess.
But this isn't what was so amazing. As we were discussing my class list, Mrs. Jarvis (my adviser) kept talking about how she hoped the snow would hold off. I agreed, though I didn't let her know that it was mostly only so I could turn in paperwork today, pick up AC2 tomorrow, and then ol' Freya can do whatever she likes with the Northern Winds. Snow me in so hard I can't even make it down the stairs to my Honors classes, for all I care!
Well, I walked out, Matisyahu blaring in my ears, thinking little happy nothings about my music and the conversation I just had, and not 5 seconds later... it starts to snow. Not heavy, not even hard enough that you could see the crystals, but just a cold, slightly solid rain. It was beautiful! I laughed so hard! At the wonder, at the beauty, at the irony of it all! And as the cool rain hit my face... I felt pure, I felt at peace. Like Mother Nature was crying for me, just hoping with all her might that I could feel at home once more.
And I did.
Now here I am, back in my dorm, nice and toasty warm, working on homework and just about to make myself the last of my Smores Pop-Tarts. Life is good now, and whether that changes in a few minutes, a few days, a few months... I don't care! I am happy in my moment, and I will keep it.

Song to ponder: Rob Thomas "Someday"
Quote to meditate upon: "An Inch, it is small and it is fragile, but it is the only thing the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us."
Yes, of course, the Communist Nerd quotes from "V for Vendetta." So sue me for unoriginality. :P