(Week 9) Late As Always. Like This Post.

This post is "student choice" so I decided to do a little self-examination.

College has made me realize that I have a lot of things to work on. I, like every other person, have flaws and I am becoming more aware of them on a daily basis. I have always had some very specific expectations for the kind of person that I want to be and I even have certain quotes and phrases that inspire me to fulfill this goal.The only problem is the Father Time and I have never been real close. Infact, we're kind of not related at all. I'm obviously adopted. I mean, look at this guy, how can you not be concious of every single second of your life when you have one of those huge clocks with you at all times. It would be nice of him to share that once in a while...

Anyway, the great thing about me is that I am positive of exactly who I want to be, how I want to act, and the disposition I want to display to those around me, but I always remember these precise attributes AFTER I have done something or said something that is contrary to this potential vision of myself. It's always a little too late and I try to tell myself that I will remember next time, but I never do. I think about who I want to be and how I want others to view me as a person quite a bit, but never in the time that I need it. I am starting to think that my expectations are resideing somewhere just outside this universe, but I refuse to believe that they are out of reach. I will continue to remember my goals and my expectations for living my , "Good Christian Life," even if they are accomplished a little later than I had planned. As the saying goes, better late than never.

(Week 8) D'Oh!

When I was younger, my family would always sit down together in the living room at 6pm every night to watch The Simpsons. My dad used to love it and he doesn't watch it very much anymore, but my brother Henry and I still do. My brother has purchased about 8 seasons of The Simpsons and he and I can quote those lines at the drop of a hat. Even though Henry and I both live at home, we don't see each other very much because I work early in the morning when he isn't awake yet then go to school and back to work in the afternoon until about 6:30pm. By the time I get home at 7pm he is usually at work and stays there until about 11pm. Of course, I'm already in bed by the time he gets home so some days we don't see each other at all. But, I can usually bet on about 3 text messages from him during the week. Not something like, "Hey sis, hope your day is going well!" But rather, a Simpson's quote that he finds hilarious and know I will appreciate. It's the kind of show that makes you wonder, "Who comes up with this stuff?" After a long day of intellectual focus and responsibility at work and school it is so nice to come home to a show that doesn't require any kind of intelligence. At All.