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End of the (College) Road

[I apologize for this being the first post since 2/15, but you know, it's not like I have a ravid fanbase or anything like some of these other major bloggers. But anyway, I'm going to try to do it more as I hit the end of college in this final month or so.]

Well, Spring Break 2006 is officially over. And so begins the end of my college career. I have less than a month now left here (graduation is Friday May 12th) and I know it certainly will not be a pretty final stretch. I have the most important work of my advertising classes ahead of me with projects galore and many sleepless nights to go before I am through. Yes, I'm excited to be finally done with class. And no, I'm not too thrilled about leaving. It's a tough situation I'm sure everyone feels. Happy, but disappointed. Thrilled, but sad. Anyway, like the feeling of my stomach coming up my throat in cross country races back in high school when I was on the final 60 yards, I didn't like the feeling then, and I don't like the feeling now of this final stretch. Too much to do...and the quicker I get it done, the quicker I'm out of here...kind of a catch-22. I want the work over with, but I'm not quite ready to leave either.

I got to visit Scott, Jack, and Jennifer on Tuesday of Spring Break. I really enjoyed seeing all of them. Jack has gotten really big and I can already tell, he's going to be better looking than Scott. Me and Scott played some Atari Flashback games. He schooled me on the 4-bit (?) system. He harkened back to the days when he throttled me on Nintendo when I was 8 and he was 17 and made me cry because he showed no mercy. The two main games, Tecmo Super Bowl and RBI Baseball 3, were the ones he crushed me on. Since then, he hasn't beaten...I school him. Now, it looks like I'll have to start training on the Atari system for the next 10 years. I also got to go Scott and Jack's daily walk with them and was quite enjoyable. Later, Jennifer got home and we all went to eat at Midtown Cafe...it was pretty good...had a New Orleans kind of feel to it.

Scott had also gotten to visit me for two days on March 31st and April 1st. It was disappointing, we both found out, that we hadn't gotten a chance to have more visits earlier in my college career. I really enjoyed him being here and felt like we were more on the same level than ever. For my entire life, he was always in a different stage, much more older and mature. But now it feels more like I have common ground with him and I can talk with him about things that aren't trivial from when like I was 10 and he was 19.

Thought for the day: I got this quotation from a friend not too long ago and I really like it.

• "I've come to the conclusion that if having things turn out the way you wanted them to is the measure of a successful life, then some would say that I'm a failure. The important thing is not to be bitter over life's disappointments. Learn to let go of the past. And recognize that every day won't be sunny, and when you find yourself lost in the darkness and despair remember it's only in the black of night you see the stars. And those stars will lead you back home. So don't be afraid to make mistakes, or stumble and fall, cause most of the time the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. Maybe you'll get everything you wish for. Maybe you'll get more than you ever could have imagined. Who knows where life will take you. The road is long and in the end, the journey is the destination."