According to plan

January 08, 2007If all goes according to plan, 72 hours from now, I will have been on the road for about an hour on my way back to school!

Hooray!

Secret

January 04, 2007I've got a secret, and tomorrow's going to be fun!

New Year

January 01, 2007It's a new year now, and, as I am wont to do, I spent the evening looking back over the past year at how I've changed and grown.  Since this time last year, I've dated two more girls, lost my viriginity, had my first drunken night of puking, had my first drunken night of fun, been to Philadelphia, seen a few plays, worked my ass off, goofed my ass off, seen about 30 movies, earned a few thousand dollars, spent a few thousand dollars, made some new friends, lost some old ones, and alienated a few more family members (they deserve it).  As for my spiritual and emotional development, well...I can't really describe that, but I have a feeling that people around me can tell, and that's what's important.

So, my new year's resolutions are these:
01. Keep this girlfriend; she's my favorite thus far (as indicated by the fact that I'm still with her)
02. Lose my fat
03. Build some muscle
04. Re-attain full membership in the Honors Program
05. Get along better with my parents
06. Whine less
07. Spend a few more drunken nights with the girl in Resolution #1  ;)
08. Play soccer again (hopefully!)
09. Let my knee heal (before I do #8)
10. Finish the books I've started
11. Start new books
12. Spend more time with friends who will be leaving in 2008
13. Canoodle
14. Write some more songs
15. Get the hell out of the dorms
16. Improve my piano skills
17. (vastly) Improve my singing skills
18. Start scoping out bars in preparation for April 7, 2008

That should start me off well...I can probably keep 3 or 4 of them.

Less bitchy

December 29, 2006So I've noticed that I've been in a negative mood lately in my posts.  I'm going to try to be better about that this time...

I got a knee brace, and it makes my knee feel better whenever I'm active.  I also finished Season 5 of 24, which is a totally rocking show.  I enjoyed Christmas, more or less; I could have done with much less interaction, but it was nice to play piano for Granddaddy.  I've started writing 3 different songs, probably for my musical if I ever get anywhere but the intros.

See?  I can be positive.  Now for the complaining (since I'm much better at it due to my continual practice)...

Just kidding!  I'm good, aside from missing my friends in Cookeville.  I can't wait to get back up there.

I'm not (usually too) racist, but...

December 27, 2006I went to see Dreamgirls tonight.  I went in hoping that it would be a great movie and wonderfully received and the like.  WRONG!

The song numbers were uninteresting and stereotypical, the character development was nigh non-existent, and the crowd was terrible.  Read my title, and if you want to continue, go for it.

I tend to be fairly non-racist.  I will make many racist remarks for humor, but I don't really hold these ideas to be true.  Tonight was one of the nights that push me that way.  In my dealings with African Americans, the only two emotions I observe are amusement and anger.  For example, in the movie, it's a particularly heart-breaking scene that had me slightly emotional.  However, because a black woman just told a black man off, the crowd erupted into laughter and applause.  After that wonderful scene of beautiful acting, the best the actors get is the rowdy guffaw of an overly zealous ethnocentric crowd?  I wanted for this movie to be the one to offer more than typical Black Movie fare (i.e. Soul Plane, etc.), but I was sorely disappointed.

So, coming from this movie as uninspired and disappointed in my fellow Memphians, I can't recommend it.  I'll try it again later on my own, but I'm not sure if it can save my hopes.