All work is over for this challenging semester, and I’m looking forward to taking a break. Five weeks until school starts again, and in those five weeks is plenty to do:
Christmas and birthdays, one of those being my 21st. My friends have promised an exciting time. I’m looking forward to being able to go to bars, and generally just being able to get alcohol wherever I want to, and more generally just being an actual grown-up.
Back in the early fall I suggested to the family that we all get cheap tickets to a Nets game. I pointed out a game that looked pretty good at the time: Nets vs. the very promising Boston Celtics. Back then, the Nets were supposed to be OK, and now they’re just sucking up the court. I hope Jason Kidd’s still there so it’s not a complete boredom festival.
A few of my friends turn 21 soon after I do, so this whole break will be defined by bars.
I’m still down at school until Wednesday evening, though. Good ol’ Intro to Writing Arts has mandatory speeches, which actually won’t be a complete pain. The speakers include a graduate in Writing Arts and a freelance writer, so…yea, relevance. But I’m peacin’ at 8 sharp.
Until then, I’m left to figure out something to do with my time. The semester had a respectable flow of work throughout, and now that I’m just sitting around, I’m frankly bored. Aside from this blog (which might get touched more than once daily now) I have two new magazines to read: Time and National Geographic, which I get delivered here. Not as hip as Motor Trend, but it’s good reading and it keeps me in the know. NatGeo has a depressing story about the disappearing population of rural North Dakota. Not surprisingly, people don’t like the weather and the isolation, so there are now virtual ghost towns all over the state. The pictures of abandoned homes and schools showed the state of affairs best, though. Great to read.
