I Can't Think of a Better Way to Drown

There are old issues of the Kentucky Kernel littering the floor space underneath my bed, dating back to at least the first week of October. I haven't had the initiative to put them in the box I'm keeping newspapers in. In addition to action figures, Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and DVDs, I collect newspapers. There's something about reading printed word that does something for me that digital words don't. Also, it's never bad to have pieces of history at your disposal - you never know when that article during Sex Week at UK involving men in high heels is going to come in handy.

Hip-hop music saturates the environment I'm currently writing in. I've chosen to drown it out with a mix of Eli Young Band, Tim McGraw and LFO. Nothing combats generic rap lyrics that don't make any sense like unrelated pop lyrics that don't make any sense. "I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike!" How can you not love that?

I need to get stuff finished. I'm blogging instead of writing up a half-page assignment for journalism, a two-page journal entry for Geography and Gender and two proof problems for Logic. None of these things are difficult, yet here I am procrastinating.

Part of it has to with me still having ample time to complete each one. The journalism assignment is due Monday and the G&G entry is due Tuesday. The Logic problems were assigned for Friday. I'll do those tomorrow night. Thursday night has become Logic night.

The Geography and Gender assignment will be worked on over the weekend. This will be the only calm weekend in my foreseeable future, so I need to get as much completed as I can. Kyle's visiting family in Cincinnati and I'll have the room to myself. Erin's going to an Anime convention in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, so there'll be no one to distract me (unfortunately) from my work.

Heath and Curtis are coming down next weekend - not going to work any then.

Same goes for the weekend after that, when I'll be celebrating my birthday by visiting my family and going to a Daughtry/Theory of a Deadman/Cavo concert with Heath and Curtis.

Thanksgiving happens soon, as well.

This is going to be the busiest November in recent memory. It's fantastic though.

It's great having stuff to do, having people to do things with, having each day welcome you with opportunities to broaden your mind and explore the world.

The greatest thing I've learned so far while at college wasn't from a textbook. It's that appreciating every moment you're in is essential. It's that clearing your mind of any expectations and going along for the ride can be enlightening.

It's that you can go from having a scarce amount of people to converse with to wearing a dragon mask and making friends in a matter of minutes.

It's that walking at 3 o'clock in the morning in the midst of thirty-degree temperatures can result in you being an adopted uncle.

It's that having a broken printer is one of the best things that could have ever happened to you.

It's seizing every moment and holding on as long you can - forever, preferably.


¡JAM!
Joshua Aaron Moore