Week 1 of school has been remarkably difficult. Not for the reasons you would suspect, because it has nothing to do with academics. Life has been difficult because I’ve made it difficult. I’ve taken out the fluff and reduced it, I’ve boiled out the impurities and I’ve reduced it, I’ve hammered out all the air [...]

     I ran about 2 miles to Krannert today to undergo barefoot training. I didn’t know exactly what I was going to do, but it was going to involve the pebble/rock beds ontop of the building.      What I ended up doing was walking 10 large circles around the top of the building. My feet prickled with [...]

I just won an entrenched battle against Apartment 21.      The war began long ago in the annals of history, but the final, decisive battle started last night at 9pm and only just ended. Last Night – The Cleanup      I came back to an apartment literally filled with trash. Not even the trash that had been [...]

I took a little hike. THAT LASTED THREE DAYS AND 130 MILES. Here’s how it happened.

     I woke up today instilled with a sense of foreboding.  I was hopeless, friendless, and with a long road before me, all I wanted was for someone to tell me that they believed in me.        I was having a crisis of faith.  Faith in myself. Because what I’m planning this Friday and the ensuing [...]

I just saw Inception, which was an excellent movie, but at the same time, I didn’t like it. …what? The acting is great.  The action is inventive.  The plot is a bit contrived. The cinematography is good as well, but beside all of these details, what makes Inception a good movie is the fact that [...]

People First.

     I guess it’s time for an update.      Let’s have a quick run-down of my summer, shall we? Got a motorcycle license. Got to a third interview with a brand spanking new marketing company. Got a haircut…then cut the rest of my hair off. Still have to go completely bald, though. Got a job at Meijer…then [...]

Nightmare storm

All business and play today.