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             In life you usually know what is coming next, what tomorrow will bring.  As of now I have "butterflies" for the future.  I find myself on the edge of a cliff... No, you know what, that is a horrible analogy.  How about a game show where I have already chosen my door, but it hasn't opened yet and I dont know the grand prize.  I love it.  Staring the unknown in the face.  Trying to conceive the inconceivable.  These have always been my favorite experiences, the most enjoyable times in my life.  These are going to be the times that go by too quickly.  I have to remember to cherish each day of the next year and a half.  It is a short time in my life that will change me.  I know that I will look back fondly on my time in the Americorps where I will say "Those were the days" and "I remember when."  Fortunately I know it, can go in loving every day and give and get the most out of this.

Warren's editorial

Misunderstanding of Nietzsche

Short post. My buddy Warren's editorial was published. I'm so proud.

Thoughts 1/11/11

When I thought about writing this I was going to start it with "Misery unites." The more I thought about it the less I attribute todays events to misery. Today it was the new, unfamiliar and partly troublesome that united us all in Raleigh. Plainly put, this morning was wonderful.

Ice covered the streets so I walked to work. I tried to at least. The sidewalks and grass were also covered in ice. After falling a few times a kind woman stopped and offerend me a ride. Her 2 kids, jj and han, said good morning and han shook my hand as i hopped into the backseat. We turned the corner off of the main road where a PT Cruiser was in the middle of our side of the road. A little math, brakes + ice = nothing. Weglid into the PT and took out a brake light, our car was unscarred. No big deal, we got out and made sure everyone and the cars were okay.

Anyway etc, etc, the point is that some kind stranger stopped to pick me up and we crashed. The problem was that, well not problem, but everyone I met while walking the rest of the way was happy, excited, smiling. Things you dont expect to see on a miserable day where people are crashing into each other, 18 wheelers can't get up hills and put cat litter under their tires, pedestrians falling, chaos. But the whole time we all laughed and smiled at each other.

It wasn't the shared misery as I originally thought, though that is a small part of it. Something was shoved into our everyday dull routines. It was the new event/challenge that was put into all of our lives that we were forced to overcome together. And we loved it!  I got 3 good mornings, 2 "this shit is crazy, huh?" looks, and 1 ride from a kind stranger.  The point is... Well I guess there is no point.  It was a just great day.

            On an unrelated note, I started watching Battlestar Galactica on Netflix.  Its awesome!