To Tip the Scales

Dear Constant Readers,

I thought that since my last few entries have been kind of heavy, I would tip the scales a bit and write some more cheerful things. I have a bit of anxiety about what the future holds, but it is a silly thing to get anxious about, I think. What if the future is an illusion? i.e. we put things off till tomorrow and yet tomorrow never really comes.

The idea of what I will do when I'm done with college is a bit of a daunting concept, but I'm not done with college yet. I've got a lot to do before that time. People say it goes fast...but it won't go any faster that time has gone for the past eternity. It's a matter of perception. Is it good when we say how fast time flies? I'm not sure, but I hear it a lot. I don't think it should really matter though, because we are in it for the long haul, and I think it's more important to work with what we can rather than be worried about a one (or a few) of a million possibilities that can be influenced by nearly anything. It is so out of our power it makes worrying about it seem kind of ridiculous. We prepare for what we can, and hope for the best. There's only so much we can do.

I have some goals this week, and I thought I'd share them. One of them was to write in my blog, so I'm doing that. :-D

I am going to get my German and Shakespeare papers done this week! (I kind of have to.) Finally after a semester of worrying about them and procrastinating (see above). I got the research done, now I just need to write them. Dr. Cognard, the Shakespeare professor, actually gave us another week today (till the 21st) but I'm still going to try to have it done by Friday.

For the first time I'm going to be getting that scary thing called a resume done. I've already begun it, and by Thursday I'm hoping to have it done. It is also necessary now because it means

I'm going to finally finish my Peace Corps application hopefully by Friday. I'm putting a lot of weight on this, which is perhaps not a good idea. I've looked into some other possibilities for work, but I'm banking on this one the most. It's kind of a scary thought, but I think I'll like it. I'm looking forward to the adventure in it, namely.

I want to get more photos put up. I still have photos from Germany (and now from America), and no, I have not forgotten them, but it takes a lot of time for me to put them up and put comments to them, and since college has begun I haven't done it or even really wanted to bother with it frankly. But I promise (to those who want to see them) I will get them up sometime soon. I see it glaring at me from my to-do list everyday.

Those are the biggies. I would like to see some movies that have been sitting on my list for a long time to watch, but I just haven't gotten around to it at all. I also have plenty of books I want to read. I'm on book five of "The Chronicles of Narnia," "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader." I began them over Thanksgiving break, so I'm making some good headway in them.

I can't think of what else I was going to say, so that'll be it for now.

I wanted to thank everyone who responded to my last entry...I wasn't really expecting so many replies, and it was really touching. Thanks! :-)

Hope all is well!

Tristan