This past school year was one that I will hardly forget. Like all things worthy of being written about, this year was filled with good times, and bad.
The year started off bad; I was lonely straight from the get-go. Regardless of how many people I was around I felt isolated and alone. The feeling lasted for quite some time, as I wasn't making any friends at all it would seem. I spent-- wasted most of my time doing not much of anything at all. Sure I would do my homework and such, but when that was done I would have nothing to do.
My classes were dull, for the most part they were filled with quiet people who did not want to take the risk and talk and get yelled at; a lot of people still thinking this was high school and that they would get punished for speaking up or out. I finally got fed up with it in my computer science class and basically said, or as Adam would say "look, fuckers, talk 'cause I'm getting bored." I was a bit more verbose and a tad less rude.
After that, however, things began to pick up. I made some good friends in and out of my computer science class. It is true what I was told, once you are into your major courses, you become close to those who are around you the most. I think I have made my "best friends quota" in just one year. (If you're wondering if this includes you, ask yourself if you are on my cell phones contact list)
I really began to have fun as I would stay out with friends until god knows when, just laughing and having fun. It sucks that finals have ruined that right now, but the summer is starting soon and we all live relatively close, and for the most part my friends are taking summer courses.
But that is beside the point.
At the turn of the point, from winter break on it felt like I had shed a lot of dead weight, I felt free and able to do whatever I felt like. My life was my own again, and I realized that I had made some decisions that I did not agree with, I had become a jerk in all senses, far from the nice person who I wished to be and who I once was. It was a side effect from the people who I was with at the time; people who had slowly turned me into that jerk. It did not mesh well with me inside or those who I was spending time with; so I reevaluated my positions on everything and went back to being nice, or so I hope.

Freshmen year ('cause lets face it, that is what this year was for me) is a year for people to figure out who they are. In my case it was figuring out who I was again. A lot of people have focused on how others want them to be, and college is a shock to them, as they continue to look to others to guide them into who they should be. The process of finding oneself can take as long or as short as it needs to, but I believe that it is essential for people to do this before they can figure out what they want, from life and others.

It is rather hard to know what you want if you don't know who you are.

I did not work at all this year, and I am rather broke now. However I feel that this was the best decision, as I was able to meet and make all the friends that I did. This summer, however, I will be working 40+ hours a week so that I will not have to work again next year.

This wasn't a specific event post, because far too much has happened and I don't have infinite time to go over everything; however I enjoyed play teim with my harem, Little Tokyo Fridays, midnight 7-11 runs, skipping german class with Haley, having my first bouncer job, making my teacher feel bad for "hating" me, the countless hours spent playing video games and watching movies of all kinds. Wario Ware, Super Smash Bros., Naruto, Death Note, Dragonball, all the *pat-pat* jokes, preventing people from playing The Sims over break, planning the opening night of Alien vs Predator 2, BIG MONKEY COMICS, computer science and one ton of Won ton.

All my thanks for making this a fantastic year go out to:
Adam and Margaret for being awesome
Renee for putting up with me for 12+ hours daily
Ryn for bein' so darn cute and aggressive
Kathleen for taking it all in stride, and giving it back 10x worse
Lacey for breaking more things than me
Jessica for bringing it to my attention that I am a jackass
Joe for the router and all the laughs
Tom the milkshake dance and being up for nearly anything
Diane for the fan, which saved my life
Amanda for never showing up to psychology so I could say hey
Haley for always wanting to skip German class
Alex for all the hugs
Dooley for being a good sport at being molested

Oh dear, I'm rambling aren't I? Well lets just say I had a fantastic year once I started to live it. I'll see you all over the summer, you can't escape it.