what a year. i was just reading my old posts from this year, skimming, extracting hundreds of memories, unique, crystallized in my brain and brought back to life through my written records of them.
incredible how much can happen in one year. i’ll always think that. and when i’m 80-some years old, i hope i can remember exactly how amazing and indefinite and changing life is, especially during this age.
off the top of my head, some things that happened this year:
acquired recording equipment to start my studio
started working out (and kept it up)
spent my summer at a job for the first time
went through several stages of emotional turmoil
joined a fraternity
broke up with my girlfriend twice
passed all my classes
played music with more people than any other year
developed a tremolo technique on guitar, enough to incorporate it in a composition
met Meryll, a special new friend
wrote my first song with lyrics, and several other instrumental pieces
continued the hurricane season legend
drove more than 8,000 miles
won (and sold) a guitar
saw Bela Fleck and the Flecktones in Atlanta
saw Ingram Hill in Baton Rouge
finished my formal Mathematics education with Multivariable Calculus and Diff.Eq.
stayed up at night later than ever before
started buying clothes from stores in the Mall
got a savings account
spent over $5,000
planned and took my own summer vacation with just the guys (jon and pierre @ Gulf Shores)
went duck hunting for the first time
been so in love that i couldn’t see straight
been so jaded by pain that i couldn’t stand it any longer
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You are a geek liaison, which means you go both ways. You can hang out with normal people or you can hang out with geeks which means you often have geeks as friends and/or have a job where you have to mediate between geeks and normal people. This is an important role and one of which you should be proud. In fact, you can make a good deal of money as a translator.