...For now. This Friday I finished my last semester at my community college with a 3.95 GPA and two years on the Dean's List. Although it is boastful, it is likely the accomplishment I feel most proud of so far. It feels great to write down. I met so many awesome professors and friends during my time here. Somewhere along the way, I moved out of child mode and started to become who I am as an adult. MJC will always be a significant place in my memory. Community college allowed me to do a lot more than I would have been capable of otherwise. Moving on is exciting, still.
In the fall, I will be transferring to a four-year university as a Junior. (!) I've been accepted to a few schools so far, and I'm fairly sure I know which one I will be attending. More about that later though.
Congratulations to my graduating/transferring classmates at JC. We're advancing to awesomeness. :D
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This semester is truly wonderful. Although I've run into a handful of irksome individuals, the majority of the people I've met and worked with are intellectual, interesting characters. Basically, I'm very glad to welcome them into my little story. Let's get a little personal. I kicked off this year feeling lonely and friendless--not that I didn't have any friends, but they had all moved away. Unfortunately, being a very internal person it is difficult reaching out to others or venting. I lacked belonging.
The good part: almost every class for which I registered introduced me to some awesome people. :D To all of you who are now friends, thank you for being amazing and encouraging and intellectually stimulating. Hah! You are all so kind and funny. Rarely have I felt so in tune with a group. I hope we can go on to create some great things.
And of course, to the friends that have stuck by me all these years: thank you. You bring me a lot of joy, and no matter the distance or time between us, you will always be very near my heart and thoughts. :)
Anyway, this is a weird little note/blog. I got home tonight from a new job and was feeling especially blessed.
I have neglected to update for a while, so I will tell you what I've been doing.
Tonight my brother was talking to me about poetry. He had an assignment to write a short narrative piece and was having a hard time deciding what to do. As a rule, he does not like or understand what he calls 'English major' poetry. Occasionally after one of my literature classes I'll have him read what we've been studying; I think I've subjected him to some T. S. Eliot and Hart Crane. We've argued (or rather, discussed) differing opinions on the worth of work like theirs. Earlier I made him read a few Shakespeare sonnets and a Robert Frost piece called 'Stars' so he could understand something about different forms and et cetera. He ended up writing about a sailor in old spain. After, I youtube'd up some of my favorite slam poets--Taylor Mali, Katie Makkai--to show him that not all poetry lies in that box of stuff he doesn't like. He really liked Mali.
I love it when these poets get fired up and in the moment with their work. They're brilliant. Even the hard-to-get poems come to life in a good slam poet. There is just a vibrance of emotion that comes across, and a meaning communicated that otherwise escapes.
I am just here to share a little bit of what I love. Enjoy. :)
Something--or rather someone--really cool happened this morning! A best friend of mine had her first baby! His name is Steven, and he was born 21 in long and weighing 8.1 lbs. Look at his cute little cheeks. :D Congratulations to his parents! You two are going to be so good for this little guy.
When I woke up this morning for school I got the news. The baby idea had been a bit abstract before today. But now that he's actually here, the thought that a new life just started... Life is brilliant. I can't even begin to comprehend the miracle that is a new soul in the world. God made something pretty amazing.
We're all moving into a new stage of life, gradually, one at a time. My mind is truly blown. The future. Wow.
Well, that's all I had to say today. I can't wait to meet this little guy. :D Except I'm not so good with babies. Oops.
This collection of thoughts exists to record the younger years of my life. In forty years or so I'd like to look back on an abstract image of this time, including all of the friends and experiences that shaped me. Most of the content will be my musings, new adventures and the occasional intimate thought.
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