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August 22nd, 2008
01:31 pm - Some Big News
I did it. Finally. I'm back on track.
For those of you who are wondering what I've been up to, well, let's just say I've been a little lost. For the past few years since graduating from IUP, I have been a wanderer; a nomad on what has seemed to be a dusty bleak road with a few oases but mostly just the occasional dust ball zooming past my feet, caught by a gust of wind. I have been roaming the country in a search for myself - visiting friends, taking the time to learn what impassions me, and living the day for what it is.
And now, I begin to travel a new path. I'm returning to IUP, only this time as a graduate student. I was accepted to the Master's program in Applied Mathematics. So, if I'm busy this fall, you'll understand why. But please, feel free to come save me from myself and my overzealous attitude toward studies once in a while. You will be a welcome distraction.
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June 20th, 2006
10:28 pm
So, I fell in love with this online comic called Queen of Wands. The last comic in the series has this awesome thought in it that I feel should be shared with the world. So, I'm posting it here. Not that this will get it out to the world, per se, but it's a start...
Someone once said "All good things must come to an end".
... what a load of crap.
I mean yeah, sure, the good things have to end, but the bad things end too. And then they all start over again. That's just life. And you can spend your time worrying about the bad things, but it will keep you from noticing the good things, so I wouldn't recommend it.
I don't really know what I'd recommend come to think of it.
Really, the only time things END is when you die. That's pretty final, but not always.
People say they're trying to 'make their mark on the world' before they die - that's another kind of silly thing to say. You can't make your mark on the WORLD unless you've got a bulldozer or know the secret of making crop circles when no one's looking.
I figure if you're going to leave your mark, you should do it with people, rather than inanimate things.
Leave it by the words you say, or the things you do. The good things, and the bad things. They go hand in hand. I don't think there's a 'big mark' you leave, so much as little ones, all over the place. Here and there, people repeat something you said, because it was a good idea. Or you made them think something differently. Or you just loved them, is all.
All those little marks you leave, they'll add up to a big one someday. And in the meantime, you should just live your life the best you can and with what you've got to work with, and call it good.
I guess that's what I'd recommend. And while you're at it, try not to take the world too seriously, because sooner or later you're going to end up its punchline. And you can choose to be pissed off about it -
- or you can choose, instead, to laugh.
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