Thirty-three

Speak to me in a language I can hear. Humor me before I have to go
Deep in thought I forgive everyone
As the cluttered streets greet me once again
I know I cant be late, suppers waiting on the table
Tomorrows just an excuse away
So I pull my collar up and face the cold, on my own
The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet
At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk
Steeple guide me to my heart and home
The sun is out and up and down again
I know Ill make it, love can last forever
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth
And you can make it last, forever you
You can make it last, forever you
And for a moment I lose myself
Wrapped up in the pleasures of the world
Ive journeyed here and there and back again
But in the same old haunts I still find my friends
Mysteries not ready to reveal
Sympathies Im ready to return
Ill make the effort, love can last forever
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth
Tomorrows just an excuse
And you can make it last, forever you
You can make it last, forever you

last week

This is the first day of the last week of school. I'll be on vacation until August. Wow, what to do with all that time. I've been so busy with college and what not that everything has kinda snuck up on me.

Alot of not-so-good things have happened recently. Some of them I can work on, some of them I can't. I have an idea for a few of them, but I doubt anyone I'm partered with would trust me enough to let me try to make anything good happen.

I'd like to make some of my own dreams happen, I'd like to build my own legacy and I'd preferr it not be on a foundation of misery.

winging it...Goldwinging it

I'm currently riding an '85 Goldwing around. Not my preferred bike, but nice and cheap on gas to the tune of 40+ mpg. I've noted that my "true biker" streak is re-emerging. I feel more at home on a bike than I do driving a car or truck. I've come to learn my preferences in what I ride though, I like my bike to be low to the ground. Not only does the improve the center of gravity for slow-speed balance, but it makes it easier to get off and on. I like some sort of winshield, it helps keep too much wind off you so that you get a nice breeze and not a windstorm....fewer bug-related mishaps is also good. The gas mileage alone is a good reason to ride $72 in gas compared to nearly $300 every month in a lot of cash saved. I might could afford to stop eating out of the trash. Now I need to find how to cut corners everywhere else.

My exercising has gone in the toilet. We must work on that.

Forensic Chemisrty is rough. I know I bombed out the first exam, but not completely. I can still make good if I prepare for the next two properly and do all the lab reports correctly. I will do it, and I'll do it better than the rest of the class. Damn it, I won't fail again. I will graduate next Summer. I will make the most of this opportunity. July '08.... 59 week countdown to a new way of life.