This is Your Life

You can thank Switchfoot for sponsoring today's post.

I know I updated before I went to bed, and mentioned Dr. Who, and I actually have a lot of blog to say about that. It's more than Dr. Who, so it applies to everyone. I mean, I have come away from more episodes in Dr. Who feeling like I have better ideas of what it means to be a better person than any other show.

I'm not including video games in that statement, because contrary to popular I'm quite positive video games have helped shape who I am today. In fact, that's a whole blog rant I can always fall back on if I need something.

This blog post is more of a... Here's some advice, and I'm not expecting it to be perfect, or for you to even listen to it, but that it might one day help someone.

Everyone is given a little, teeny tiny amount of time with which to live, and there is no way to gain any of the time we've spent back.

(I got distracted by another episode of Dr. Who, for which I apologize because this post will be uber short.)

We need to all live our lives to the fullest, striving to be the best person we can be. Not the best person other people want, but the best person you want for yourself.

You have the control. You have the will.

I hope my distraction didn't mess this up too much, and I hope it can still help someone.

Love ya, and adios!

Doctor... Who?

One may tolerate a world of demons, for the sake of an angel.

I have more to say, I just really liked that quote from this last episode of Dr. Who I watched. It was really good. I'm going to sleep right now though, and then tomorrow, between Geology lab and Calculus I might update this bad boy again. We'll see.

=D

Freshman Research Initiative

I definitely had more stuff planned for my last blog post.

Sorry it got cut short.

Next topic, however.

Night out with my Research Methods class.

It was... A blast.

I won't be able to do it justice in this blog, but I will definitely try.

It started out with Enrique and I walking to the SAC, which was the designated meeting spot for the night. We showed up, and realized the SAC was bigger than I thought, and we didn't have a meeting place in the SAC designated. We saw Daniella, which is always a nice thing, and then Daniel, Jacob, and Colton showed up. Melody was on her way, and Jaira would be a little late so we waited around talking, and listening to Enrique's jokes.

A magician was driving down the street. He turned into a driveway.

Yea, that was how his jokes went. Haha.

When Melody showed up we tried making our way to the roof, which we found was locked, and then went and checked out the balcony. We stood around, talking on the balcony for a little bit, before we spotted Jaira and went downstairs to meet up with her.

After meeting back up with Jaira, Ramon finally responded to my text, telling us he would be late. The group didn't want to wait, because everyone was hungry, so we told him we were going to walk toward the drag, and tell him where we went so he could meet up with us. We got to the drag, and had no idea where we were going, so we just started walking.

We couldn't decide on a place, so we decided on Kerbey Lane after much deliberation. Ramon somehow caught up to us right when we got to Kerbey Lane (He walks fast), and we found out there was a 30-45 minute wait. No one wanted to wait that long so we went to Arpeggio's Grill. It was a cool little place, and we all got our orders placed and pushed some tables together to make room for us.

Side Note:
I just found out the prices for UT's internets for next semester. They make me a mixture of frustrated and excited.

Here's the deal in case you joined in late and missed my last UT internet rant. I paid $190 extra just so I could have some internet to use for this year, and then paid $30 at the beginning of this semester so I could have enough internet so I wouldn't run out every week.

I won't mention any more prices for internet this year, but I will go on to talk about the prices for next year.

First things first, the amount of bandwidth I paid $190 extra for is now included. You don't pay extra for it. Granted, I'm not sure if it ups tuition now, or what really, but I'm happy about that.

You can get 5 times as much internet as I got this year for $35 which is about 5 times cheaper.
You can get 10 times as much internet as I got this year for $55 which is about 3 times cheaper.
You can get 15 times as much internet as I got this year for $170 which is still $20 cheaper.

Overall, UT is actually kind of learning.

Crazy!!

Anyway, back to my evening.

We got our food, ate, and talked about all manner of things. It was really nice to see everyone.

I also got challenged by Ramon and Jaira to become a K-Pop addict, so we'll see how that goes.

It's getting late, and I'm forgetting a bunch of stuff, I know. Sorry.

We later showed Melody, Jaira, and Ramon these Professor Layton videos that are semi-sorta kinda funny.

It was a very great night, and I am looking forward to the time we all decide to meet back up and do this all over again. =D

Guess what I just found...

One Youth Market Lunch/Dinner Ticket.

That is right, I still have my meal ticket from Disney last year.

Take it with me everywhere I go. How's that for reminiscing. =D

With that, I will leave you readers, and go do other nerdy things/sleep. Sound good? Good. =D

Record Here I go!

I have like... 8 minutes to post this, because I have plans at 7, so here goes.

I have had a billion things flying through my head recently, and I need to get some of them out, before tonight, because my next post after tonight will probably be documenting tonight. I hope??

Ok, so, I couldn't sleep last night because I literally couldn't stop thinking.

It made me think about all those times people say they turned their brain off because it was the weekend. I wish I could turn mine off. I wish I could just not think. It sounds really nice.

Sometimes, I can narrow the thoughts to one specific thing, like a game, or Calculus, or whatever else, but I have to always be thinking about something.

It may be connected to my inability to sit still, which I still can't do. Hrmm...

Anyway, at any one point in time I have a ton of ideas zooming through my consciousness.

Also, I can remember being told that my creativity wasn't as much, because I was more mathematical and logically based. That's a lie. I know that, because at random points in time I can imagine live out entire lifetimes in my head assuming I had done something different.

I have ideas for books randomly hit me throughout the day, characters form every second I learn just a little bit more about life, and plots thicken as I find myself living through yet another day.

I see poems in the littlest things around campus that most people don't notice.

Ahhh... I gotta go. I had more. Bleh!

Oh no my conservatism's showing!

So, I've been thinking about this post for a long time now, and I can't quite think of how to start it now that I'm actually starting it, so bear with me.

I'm not ridiculously conservative. With that being said, I am also not ridiculously liberal.

I think that either end of the spectrum, as with any spectrum, is a bad thing. So, I personally decide to sit somewhere in the middle.

That's about as political as I get. Haha. =P

Anyway, on to the real reason I post this, and you will find it is actually less conservative than it sounds at first.

Today I was informed, as were the entirety of Les Chanteurs and then some, that Les Chanteurs is no longer allowed to sing The Lord Bless You.



AHHHHHHHHH!

The story, as I was told:
Someone told the freedom from religion foundation about Mr. Talley leading Lord Bless You, and now Les Chanteurs isn't allowed to sing it anymore.
*Edit* Camron Matschek: apparently they took a picture of the sign at the choir trip in dallas, the sign that said "Tascosa Choir Optional Church Service" and cut out the word 'optional' so it looked mandatory, and they said that Mr. Talley made them hold hands and bow their hands when they sang the lord bless you and keep you.

This just more so backs up my theory that whoever did this didn't do it for a religious reason. GAH! He never makes anything mandatory! We don't even bow our heads. =/
*End Edit*

I don't know how to phrase this, and I've been working on how to all day.

Whoever went and cried about it... Sorry, that sounds mean... Hold on...

People who complain about things, and ruin them for the majority bother me.

It's not even that it's Christian. The person who went and told the foundation sure as heck didn't do it because it was religious.


I waited too long to post this. I'm sorry. A part of my rant got swallowed up in this Smash Bros Brawl Tournament that is going on.

Anyway, I'm gonna go, and play around with Linux, possibly.

Yea, it's interesting. =D

Love you guys, and adios!

Life Source

Everyone on the face of this planet has something that makes them tick. Something that can determine how their day goes before it's even began.

I would venture to say the majority of you are thinking coffee. If no one is then I know I didn't do a good enough job of describing this thing. It's bigger than coffee though, so maybe I actually described it right, but expected people to think more along the lines I was when I was writing this thing (Not that I'm really a fan of coffee).

What I'm talking about here is something greater than coffee. I'm going to stop trying to explain it because, maybe, for some of you, it really is coffee.

Anyway, I've recently realized that I am strangely connected to the state of my laptop. I assume that this could also carry over to other electronics (PS3, DS, and any video game I'm currently playing (Primarily Fire Emblem)).

My laptop recently started telling me that my copy of Windows was not genuine. ACK!

It is, I promise, unless Dell has a pirated version of Windows that they give out to people. That's their problem not mine.

So, it got really annoying, and Windows started acting up more and more as time went on, and I couldn't update it at all, which was beginning to bother me. I called Microsoft, and Dell, and tried using my Google influence* to get something done. In the end, I had to put up with a crappy resolution on my laptop for the weekend, while I got an external hard drive, and copied my stuff over.

In that time, I gathered a pile of books and stuff on my bed, that I've had to move every time I decided to finally go to sleep. I've been uber spacey and not wanting to work but just get out and  explore. I even texted Brian the other day, telling him how much I wished he was here so we could get in my car and just explore the deep unknown that is Austin.

Today, I finally called Dell back to talk about re-installing Windows on my laptop, but ended up just reverting back to Factory Defaults.

I have since spent my time copying files back over, re-installing vital programs like Chrome, and Trillian, sitting in Jester East while Jester West got evacuated on my way back, and all around trying to focus on homework but just getting distracted by fixing this bad boy.

After this blog, I finish Calc, and finalize the file copying, and then from there my laptop is new again. Learning new things about what I do with it, and adapting.

That's how I see it anyway. =D

Love you guys, and I'll get back to ya later!

Reclassify Recess

I started this blog last Thursday, and this is all I got:

"So, in my Fire Emblem game, I found out that you can reclassify your units.

I am quite the fan of this, but that's not what I'm blogging about.

I want to inform you on all the awesome going ons of my first week back, minus Friday, that I may not have ever  commented on before now.

Just today, I think I may have walked back to my room happier than I've been in a while, which sounds weird now that I'm saying it because I know I was intensely happy just a week ago, but shh...

It really feels like I've been here for ages, but that's not bad."

I can't exactly remember where I was going with this bad boy. I am quite positive I had just gotten done having dinner with Enrique, Sara, and Mario. It was a good night, and I remember feeling a sense of home. It was really nice.

I'm trying to remember what it was that distracted me from that blog, because I was in a really happy mood. I can't think of it though, but I think I might have gone to do something, but I'm not sure what since it was after dinner. I probably just started doing some homework. =D

Just now I got distracted by a Facebook post. Oh my! I can't focus to save my life. Gah!

Umm... Since that last blog... Attempt at a blog, I have hung out with Jacob and Daniel a ton this weekend. It started out Friday night, because our Research class from last semester was supposed to hang out, but plans never actually got made, so Jacob and I decided to get dinner at J2. Whilst there, we ran into Daniel, and moved to the Jester West Lobby to hang out after we got done eating.

This consisted of nothingness, trying to update graphics drivers, getting annoyed by the large group of asians who were being ridiculously loud, failing, Fire Emblem, fixing, still annoyed, Girl-Who-Ate-Apples-That-Day, wishing we had said something back, more random internets, success, finally moving to Wendy's, eating, more random internets, awesome car generating program that evolved better cars, loads of drunk people, Daniella, more drunk people, stench of alcohol, and then deciding it was time to go to bed.

It was fun, and that doesn't quite sum up the night like I would like to. Haha.

I'm getting uber distracted, and Calc is about to start in 20ish minutes, so I think I'm just going to leave it at that. If you can figure out where I was going with the title of this bad boy then you win. I'm not sure yet, but I'll let you know what the prize is when you get it.

I hope my next post can clarify what I wanted to say.

Fun Fact: My next post might be after I've re-installed Windows. Yea, that's a story.

Also, my room and state of mind seem to reflect the state of my computer. Currently my room is pretty much thrown together, and my mind is kinda spacey, so we'll see once I get everything fixed. =D

Logic, Series, and Foundations of Geology in Game Design

That's a lot to take in, and that's just pieces of my classes.

The full titles of my classes are as follows:

Logic, Sets, and Functions - Which the professor, Professor Klivans, has renamed Mathematical Tools for Computer Science.

Sequence, Series, and Multi-variable Calculus - Which sounds as awesome as you think. =P

Foundations of Computer Science - Which Professor Mike Scott said is a bit misleading as to what we'll do in there. It's Java programming, and I'm excited for a challenge.

Physical Geology - With a really funny professor who gladly informed us that we could donate our bodies to be turned into synthetic diamonds.

Computational Intelligence in Game Design - The class I am most looking forward to. I will discuss this later though.


So, I'm back. Which is true in multiple senses.

A) I am back in Austin (although I've been back for 5 days now).
B) I am back to school.
C) I am back to blogging.
D) I am back to being generally happy.
E) I am back from my mental coma that I went into after yesterdays load of classes.

First things first, or more like third...

Anyway, I apologize for the depressing tone my last few posts took on. I want to clear up any misconception that I am not happy here. I realize that trying to be completely honest about how I feel about UT and being in college can come across as though I never have a good time here.

I do, it's just that my life here hasn't solidified like my life back in Amarillo.

For example, I just wrote a fake letter of recommendation for a friend to work for the CIA. It goes as follows:
"_____ is an adept private eye. Using meager tools (See Facebook), _____ is able to find secrets people didn't even know they were broadcasting. There's more, however. She has expansive knowledge about sites where she can enter the information she learned from Facebook and track down the person she is looking for. Revealing where they live, when they were born, and much more. If you were to allow _____ to work for you at the CIA there would be no person who could hide anything from you. Heck, she could even tell you when their birthday was from memory."

If you were in my Research Methods class last semester that made a ton of sense, and if you weren't you know a fraction of what we joked about in the hardest class known to man.


Let's back up a bit. Last Saturday, the fifteenth, I drove down here. I listened to my TomTom, which was voiced by Yoda, and ended up making the trip in about 8 hours, instead of 9. Yoda took me down a different route, and I got to see a ton of towns I didn't even know existed. It made me a strange sort of happy for some reason, and the only downside was the lack of Sonics. Also, the path it brought me down went through Cedar Park, which is where the brother lives, so I went and stayed at his apartment for the night. Jessica had made Enchiladas, and it was great!

Sunday and Monday were my two days to readjust to being here, and then Tuesday I started my whirlwind of classes. Here goes...

I started Tuesday at 8:00, when my first alarm went off, but decided I'd wait till A) my second and third alarms, and B) my roommate to finish getting ready and leave. So, I really got out of bed at 8:30 and started getting ready. I showed up to my 9:30 class 30 minutes early, which was Geology and in the same room as my Calc final.

After the class, which Sara showed up late to, Sara and I had 3 hours to kill because here CS and Calc discussions got cancelled along with my CS discussion. We then ate, and showed up to our class way too early, where we watched the first 6 parts of A Very Potter Sequel. =D

The class was my Logic class, and the professor seemed like a really awesome guy. It's going to be a really challenging course, but I'm really excited for it. After that class I got to talk to Enrique for a bit, but Mario and I had to run to our next class which was Computational Intelligence in Game Design.

That was a ton of fun. We got to listen to the head of the Stream talk about what has been done with it. Also, I found out that this guy, who I sorta met last semester, thought he reminded me a lot of Brison, and later found out he was friends with Brison (Fun Fact: When talking to each of them, they said "He's nifty." in reference to the other one) is in there with me, which further solidified the idea that he's Brison's doppleganger.

After that class, I rushed out and went to my Calculus discussion. Only a few people showed up, and all we did was do some quick review. I couldn't help but equate some of the stuff we learned in there to CS. By some of the stuff, I really only mean one thing, and it was nested for loops that I equated it to.

After that, I was pretty much brain dead.

... I think that's end of story.

Unless you want info on my two classes today, the first which made me a few minutes late to my second because it was all the way across the world. Pretty much next door to Mordor, and we all know that one does not simply walk into Mordor.

Also, Emily (S. (Smirl (Not Stumme))) was thoroughly stumped by this:

Yea, and I have nothing else. I should actually do something productive, like make a page for my Game Design class. Now that will take a few hours. =D

Adios, and love you guys!

The Day...

The day I can say goodbye, and not be affected by it is the day I have lost myself.

Thankfully, I have yet to lose myself.

I love you guys more than you could ever imagine, and I can not wait until I get to be back with you again.

Helps?

It's officially Thursday.

Which means I have approximately... 57 hours until I leave Amarillo.

Which means I have approximately... 46 hours until I go to bed, knowing I will wake up, and leave as early as possible.

Which means I have approximately... 28 hours, tops, of being awake in Amarillo.

28 hours, of which, I will spend at least 7 waiting for something to do...





I can't do this. I'm not strong enough.

I mean, I will do this. I know it's going down. I'm leaving Saturday morning, and nothing can really stop that.

I wish something could though. It really, to be blunt, sucks loving home as much as I do.

I have a ridiculous connection to this place. I don't get tired of it. I get tired of people asking me if I'm ready to be back. I get tired of my mom telling me I'm ready to be back.

I pray to God that I never get tired of being where my family is, where my friends are. This applies to UT. One day, and I'm hoping it happens this semester, I won't want to leave to come home.

I don't know if I talked about this next point previously, but I know I've ranted a lot about it in my head, and maybe out loud some. Being ready to go back to college, requires me to be tired of home. I would have to quit cherishing the moments I had, and just stop caring. I've been home, for periods of time, twice since I started college. Each time, I have been uber excited to see all of my friends. I have hugged, and messed with my sister as though it had been ages. I have excitedly gone to get togethers, because "Oh my gosh I haven't gotten to do this in a while!" even though we hung out and bowled just about a week ago.

The day I stop getting excited to see that friend I've seen four days in a row is the day I start losing myself. Extreme? No. True? Yes.

The day I stop finding a positive thing about each day is the day I can no longer claim to be William Combs.

Even Saturday, when I leave, I'll know that I'm going back to college. I'm going back to learn more about Computer Science. I know I'll get to see Sara, and Leslie, and Enrique, and Summer, and Ramon, and Jaira, and Jacob, and Eric, and Mario, and Bethany, and Zach, Brittny, Ann, Samantha, Lysette, Ozzy, Adam, Melody, and several more people! I'll get to see my brother! I'll get to give Lindsey's gift to Ryan, and my gift to Jacob. I'll see Jessica!

Granted, I won't want to get in the car. I'll probably be in tears before I get out of Amarillo while TomTom shouts out the directions to my other home.

So, where does the blog title "Helps?" come in?

I've prayed about Saturday, a lot, and I know that alone I am not strong enough to make the trip. I know that with the help of God I'll be able to.

So, "how can I help you?" right?

Well, it'll be a lot easier if I have your... best wishes? I think that's what I'm looking to ask for.

Thank you, for everything.


You Never Let Go - Matt Redman

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Your perfect love is casting out fear
And even when I'm caught in the middle of the storms of this life
I won't turn back
I know you are near

And I will fear no evil
For my God is with me
And if my God is with me
Whom then shall I fear?
Whom then shall I fear?

Oh no, You never let go
Through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go
In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go
Lord, You never let go of me

And I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on
A glorious light beyond all compare
And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
We'll live to know You here on the earth

Yes, I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on
And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
Still I will praise You, still I will praise You

Not Ready

It's late, I'm tired, all I really want is to sleep right now.

This is exactly why I'm blogging.

I'm behind on my daily updates, but I was reading a friend's blog, and what they said struck home.

I don't like stopping to blog when I know I can be out doing things, and having a good time away from my computer screen. I'd rather wait till it is late and I can't be out, or when I'm not going anywhere because of whatever reason.

It's late, I just got home from my friend's surprise birthday party and I won't be leaving again tonight, so instead of sleeping I can take the time to blog.

The past couple of days have been great. I'm not in the mood to run you guys through everything that I've done, but know that I have enjoyed it.

I'm not ready to go back to UT. Once I get there, I'll love my classes, I'll probably catch up with everyone and it'll be fun. I have no doubt I will enjoy it once I'm back.

It's just that getting back is not as fun as it sounds. I'm ready to have classes, and I'm ready to program more. I am not ready to be 9 hours away from the gang though. To be 4 hours away from Chelsea. To know I'm only 2 hours from Caitlin and Reagan, but still not managing to see them.

I have enjoyed every minute of being back. I've felt more emotions here than I have felt all last semester.

I've held video game controllers. Sounds stupid, but I like that. I like having my games back. I like going to Chris's to play CoD: Black Ops, and watch him and Brian play Madden.

Don't get me wrong, I'm going back. I'll go back for as long as they will let me.

It's still just as hard as it was last time to leave, and I don't think it'll get any easier. =/

School Again!

Well, on the last Bananagrams thing I got:
             z
             e
       vixen
       o
       t   hun
wake   u
       rate

I hope that makes sense. Haha.

Well, I have two days to catch you up on here, since I cheated, and did yesterday's at midnight, and so the day hadn't happened yet. Luckily, my day today consisted of almost nothing, so I really only need to catch you up on yesterday.

Yesterday, after going to sleep at midnight, I woke up at 6 to start my venture back to high school... Again.

It was great. I picked Chelsea up, and we got to school prior to 8, which apparently breaks the college kid rule, of not showing up before school starts. Silly "rule". However, Riekenberg beat Chelsea and I there, and even Camron, so there! Haha.

Well, Chelsea, Brison, and I ended up spending first period in Mr. Dunn's band. They left after about 35 minutes, but I stayed through the end. I really miss being in his band and listening to him on a daily basis. I feel smarter around him for some reason.

During second period, Chelsea, Riekenberg and I went to hang out with Mr. Cline, our economics teacher. That was really fun. He is one crazy guy, and talking to him brought back all the memories from his class.

We went back to the band hall, and talked for a bit before we decided to go to McDonalds. We got back, and went to Mrs. King's until the end of advisory, and then spent third period in the band office again. During this stay, Riekenberg left. He showed us the TomTom videos with Darth Vader and Yoda. It was awesome.

Fourth period was spent in the Choir room. It was cool getting to be the college student for once, but sadly they didn't sing much. During sight reading Mr. Talley scared Brison, Chelsea, Kylie, and I be telling us we were doing the last one. We could have, it just caught us off guard. Haha.

We hung out during Freedom Singers also. It was really cool to get to be in that class, and see how crazy they all are. They were taking down the tree and singing what they might be doing later.

Afterwards, we went to lunch at Sharky's. It was Brison, Chelsea, Stefanee, Clint, Kylie, Kristen, and myself. That was cool, and very tasty.

We got back, and Brison, Chelsea, and I sat through Mrs. Herr's English class. They're starting Hamlet, and that was a lot of fun. She singled us out a few times, to ask us some questions. During this period, Dr. Pulliam found us, and said hey.

Afterwards, Chelsea and Brison went to Theatre, and I went to the Choir office. It felt good sitting in there, and just listening to everything that was going on. They were talking about contest music, and music for New York. Fun stuffs! =D

We then hung out in the Choir room after school, until about 4:45, like a bunch of nerds, at which point I drove Stefanee up to church.

After I got home, I ate, and then waited for a bit, before heading over to Chris's house. We played Zombies, and made it to round 18. We owned that round. Haha.

We also made a trip to Long John Silvers. Brian and Chris got a 5, and I broke the pattern with a 6. Haha.

Today, I hung around the house. I took Linz, and then myself to the Dentist. Then went to watch her game.

They won, but it was bittersweet, because I think she was the only one who didn't play. Silly coach doesn't know what he's missing. Now I'm home, and done for the night.

Today's Bananagram calender is:

Same as yesterday, just add a P. Good luck!

Carry The One

So, Chelsea wanted to go back and see if she could find when she first watched A Very Potter Musical.

It sounded like fun, so I decided to go through and look at me. See what silly things I put on my status, and what I commented on pictures. I do that from time to time, and I'm just surprised I haven't read through the year books I pulled out the other day.

I found the video from my first assignment in my poetry class. George Watsky's "Carry The One"

It's actually good. It took me a billion listens though. I finally heard it, and I think the message is a really good one.

I want this post to be a lot of throwback. Maybe after I throwback I'll do something else, but I just have a lot of stuff on my mind right now. =D

First point of throwback? Step Up 3D.

I don't like 3D, I can't see it. It sounds weird, but I just see the same 2D image. =P

Anyway, it is a great movie! Granted, I saw it in California, with some of the coolest people ever, but that isn't the point. Haha. It's good, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. =D

Also, I really miss editing videos. By the way, I ditched the vlog idea. After blogging I didn't have anything for the vlog, and no one watched it, and I like writing more than I like talking. Also, a picture may be worth 1000 words, but not a lot of thought. I like to think. Hence, the writing. =D

As for editing, I miss editing videos for Brian and such. It is a ton of fun, and I wish he'd film something already so I could do something. =P

So, now for not throwbacks, and I'm sorry that really wasn't a lot, I just got distracted whilst talking to my brother.

I'm uber lucky. When I leave Amarillo, I'll be going to Austin. To a different set of friends, and family, that I love just as much as the ones from Amarillo. Then, when the time comes, I'll leave Austin for Amarillo, and come back to this set of friends and family. Then, when FUSE comes I'll leave for New York, where I'll be with a different set of friends who I love as much as the rest.

Granted, each time I leave somewhere I have to leave that set of friends and family, but I have the joy of knowing I'll go somewhere where I have people, and I won't lose the one I'm leaving, because we have technology.

I really do love that.

The more I've been asked about how I like college over the break, the more I realize I like it a lot.

I find myself being honest, and telling people, "Well, I'm liking it more as time goes. I didn't really like it at first, because of the distance, and everything, but I think it's growing on me."

It really is though. Every time I say that I realize I like it more and more.

Then, when bowling, I realized how excited I am to get back, and program. I'm ready for the challenge.

I'm ready to start the semester feeling like I belong. It's definitely a good feeling.

I plan to post everyday, and my new bananagrams calender should help me keep track. =D

Speaking of which, here you go.

The rules: Use all 21 tiles in this bunch to create a collection of connecting and intersecting common words in the grid below. The words may be horizontal or vertical, reading left to right or top to bottom.
V, W, Z, O, T, U, K, U, X, T, A, N, E, N, E, R, E, A, E, I, H

Good luck guys! By the way, it's a 10x10 grid.

I love you all, and hope that anyone who is back at school today has a great day.

Also, I missed saying adios to Stickley in person. I already texted him, but I want to do a shout out to him real quick.

Stickley, I hope you have an awesome semester at Austin College. You are without a doubt one of the coolest guys I know, and it is always an honor. Thank you for the many great Marvel Mondays we have had, and I look forward to the many more in the future. =D

Night guys, love you, and Have a Great 2011!

I'll have Resolutions up one day. Maybe.

A Whole New Year

Well, I never got around to posting my "First" Blog.

At 12:10ish... maybe earlier, our cable went out, so I wasn't able to access the internet until 2 or 3 pm.

By the time my internet came back, Emily Smirl was on her way so we could hang out, watch Dr. Who, and do a puzzle.

It was grrrrreat!

We got the first series of Dr. Who, minus the first disk, because we had both already seen all of them. We started with the 5th episode in the series, and made it through 5 episodes in the time we were at my house.

It's really awesome, because now I can talk to her about it, and we can be all nerdy and what not about it. I mean, it's exactly what I need, another show to get roped into. =D

We got the border of the puzzle, including the white border in the picture, and then spent a lot of time trying to figure up the inside of the puzzle. Stupid New York Buildings all look the same!! Gah!

After that, we went bowling, which was a lot of fun.
Chelsea = Y U No
Stefanee = Gwen
Emily = Oprah
Brison = Phoenix
I = Merlin

Oh yea, we are that cool! Kelcey, Brian, and Taylor were all there also.

As for now, I want to play me some video games. I'll finish this blog up later today. I promise!

So, I watched Enchanted, and The Forbidden Planet.

Enchanted is such a great movie. I love it. =D

Now, however, I am going to go to bed, so I can wake up and be at school tomorrow. I'm a nerd, going to school even when I don't need to. Haha.