Homework for the Overactive Brain

Today's Quote--"Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to me..."

Saturday, March 13, 2004

 

Just for my taoist friend...ackhem...and the fact that I'm off again into the non-socal world tomorrow. Just finished the major packing (okay, okay, I'm just taking a backpack and purse...thanks Japan for teaching the value of not taking things with you!)...and I'm starting to get excited about going home...and New York. If only I could put Ed in my pocket, then I wouldn't want to come back...;) Lucky Sokaville he's still here. :D I'll be back...just as tired as I am now, I'm sure.

Got my new key card...still haven't paid...whatever. Don't care much. The campus already feels empty, even though there aren't a whole lot of people leaving...it's got a little bit of a quiet to it that it gets during vacations...I remember from Thanksgiving breaks. Hey, if Ed is in Spokane for Thanksgiving...hmmm, maybe I'll go home this year...But then again, maybe I'll go to Vegas with my girlfriends to celebrate being 21 finally. *rolls eyes* When you're twenty and feel 25...hemm...ah well, I think it's okay. I'll be there soon enough. And then I'll want age to stop coming so fast.

Speaking of living in the fast lane...I can't believe it's been 2 months since I've been back...and no, I still don't feel totally adjusted...though, I'm not running out of places now because there are too many white people. Of course...I haven't really gone out to those kinds of places recently...Ah, well, I think I'm better. My life this semster is totally different from anyother, and for the most part I think it's in good ways. I miss my friends, but I harass anD and K as much as possible...and I've made a few freshmen friends...never thought that would happen! But it's good. Besides...Ed kinda takes up all my time here. I let him, I should say. So, I'm not as involved as I have been in the past...and I really need to start doing more work for SOCCO! I kinda hang out in my room quite a bit...and then run off campus at the drop of a hat. At least I'm going to SGI meetings regularly...once a month. Better than what I can say for my past two years down here. Basically my life right now is Ed, Pearl, SOCCO, and class. Not necessarily in that order. Okay, okay, Ed, class, Pearl, SOCCO. That order...;)

Are you sick of hearing about my newly formed love life? Yeah, well, just be glad you aren't getting details. :P Then you'd really be sick. ;)

But anyway, the journey from here to there...from single to this point I'm living in...from soka to the world...it all happened for a reason. I am here because I was there. I am learning here because I was learning there. The past shapes today, and today shapes the future. As yet, I'm still journeying...as I think we always are. Life is a journey, not an end. Taoist may see the world as a flow that they must fit into...Buddhists know that by fitting into the flow you are changing it to fit you. A fish is one with the water in which it swims, and yet a separate entity that can move about freely within water. Philosophy is interesting. You think I can do some shakabuku? I've got someone in mind...

So, I'll be gone this next week, off to Spokane, then New York, then Spokane, then back here. I'm estimating about 10 planes this week...oy. Details? Tomorrow I fly into Spokane, then Monday, less than 18 hours after I get to Spokane, I fly to New York. Spending those 3-4 days with family...stuff to do with my Grandma and also seeing my Mom's family...then Friday fly back to Spokane. Yeah...Sunday fly back here. Definately going to be tired when I get back!!! Ah well, what can you do? I'm excited, nervous, and tired...already. I'm not that big on planes...not that many anyway. I'll be on planes longer than it takes to get to Japan and back. Oy. At least it's not all in one go...and I'll have Mom and Pappa with me...we haven't gone on a trip like this together in years. :D

Right, so go on about your lives...I'm going to go entertain myself before Ed gets off work...:D ;)

Hee hee hee hee....*evil grin*

GL 5:09 PM