Monthly Archives: July 2005
Another Day
Another day almost finished, and another day closer to being back in Austin; that’s really been on my mind more and more these last few days…
Today was my dad’s b-day. Even though we gave him his gift, a new electric guitar and amp, a week or so ago it was still nice with cake and cards and what not. We went and played raquetball this afternoon; he may be getting older but for some reason I still can’t beat him in that damn sport (lost 5 in a row today)… But it was still fun, a good mix-up from the cycling and helps keep staying in good shape interesting.
So what’s on the schedule for tomorrow? Lets see…roll out of bed at around 10, eat a little breakfast, 20ish miles on the bike, shower, lunch, maybe run some errands with my mom, sit at the computer and do some volunteer work, _________, dinner, __________, sit at the computer, go to sleep by 12. I don’t know about you, but to me it seems like someone who can completely lay out tomorrow’s schedule is missing something in their life. I mean where’s the thrill of knowing exactly what you’re going to be doing the next day? That’s the dilemma I’m facing right now… Sure, when I’m at college my life is anything but planned. But what’s going to happen afterwards? Am I going to be stuck in some seemingly endless cycle of total predictability? And what do I have to do to avoid it down the road? Through my friends? My career? Although its troubling thinking about it right now, maybe its a good thing I don’t know those answers. Then things would really get boring, right? I guess I’ll find my answers eventually…hope I get em’ right in the first few tries…
Here’s to no time machines…
Daniel
Two More Weeks
Two more weeks until the next chapter of my life unfolds…
I can’t wait to return to Austin and begin my second year of college at UT, getting to see my friends again, and getting back to life on my own. Its funny to think about how before I moved to Austin in no way would I describe myself as someone who needed friends and others around me; but now that I’m home away from everyone I’m finally realizing just how much I’ve really changed over this past year. Maybe it’s because of the number of different “sets” of friends I’ve went through in my life; I don’t know… But what I do know is that until now I’ve never really appreciated just how much my friends are truly worth to me.
Anthropology should be fun this fall. Life as a biology major was pure torture, but now that I’m actually studying a subject I enjoy studying things should be much different. Now if I could only figure out what someone can actually do with a Bachelor’s in Anthropology from UT I’ll be good to go.
I wish things were better in London right now; that’d be a fun place to hang out for these last two weeks. But after one terrorist attack, one failed terrorist attack, and a murdered Brazilian I think I’ll stay away for now… If you were in London, suddenly surrounded by a group of men (not dressed as police officers) with handguns (people don’t have guns in the UK) would you run for your life?!?!? Damn right… And shot seven times in the head?!?!? That’s just plain irresponsible. Yeah, sacrifice one for the safety of many… What if it was your brother/husband/son? I guess that’s the world we live in though; as long as we have our McDonald’s and our false sense of security we’re happy…
Signing off for now,
Daniel
