| Well what's today? January 26, 2004 A federal judge ruled that part of the Patriot Act is unconstitutional. The first of many parts to be ruled that way hopefully. Of course, this was in a state that elected Ahnuld governor. I'm going now. Well what's today? January 24, 2004 Went to a movie last night, and it was absolutely incredible. It was called Big Fish. I don't really get emotional at movies, but this one was just so great. If you don't cry or at least tear up and want to cry, you're not human. That's just an opinion though. And everyone knows my opinions are far from reality. No, I kid, I kid. Seriously, I was just joking. Anyway! I bought a new graphics card for my computer and it's pretty cool. It's a GeForce FX 5200 with 128 MB DDR. Only a few people will understand that. I think I love my computer too much, and the games I play on it. Most of what I do here in my room is compose, play computer games, and sleep. Oh well. Life is good. So, a new thing that will be going on is that I will be looking for a graduate school to go to. You can't do anything with the degree I'm getting, so graduate school sounds great, eh? I already have a few choices I'm thinking about: LSU, UO, Julliard... Yes, I said Julliard. I really don't think that's in my range, but as I was informed by Margaret Wyatt at my church, "you never know until you try". And plus I think she'll be disappointed if I don't at least try. It's nice to have someone believe in you. Speaking of composing, I've been really happy with a lot of the stuff I've done lately. I composed A LOT last semester and hopefully whatever that was will continue on in this year. Does that make sense? Anyway! Well what's today? January 23, 2004 Today is Jimmy Dixon's birthday. So, the State of the Union. Hmmm... A constitutional amendment "protecting the sanctity of marraige between a man and a woman". Sounds a little like communism to me. Especially since over half of the heterosexual marraiges in this country turn out in divorce. Oh, so sanctified. The speech started off well. He was effectively presidential and it sounded as if he had big plans for the country. But then he suddenly became his party's candidate, the conservative Republican, willing to do anything and sacrifice anyone-er-anything to "conserve" his political and religious values. Near the end of the speech, the tone that was set, was as long as you're republican, faith based and hetero, you're the right kind of American. Now, there were some things he planned on doing that sounded great. Everything he said about health care I pretty much agree with. There are a number of other things however, that are quite disturbing. It seems, that as long as you can add an amendment to the constitution, anything can be changed to suit the current administration's desires. Also, the Patriot Act has a lot of things in it that seem against some of our inalienable human rights. It pretty much takes some of the Amendments and makes adendums to them, or in some cases, a few "however"s and some "if we want to"s. Take the time to read it, it's insanely boring, but read between the lines. Because then you will start to understand big government iniatives. And no I didn't read it all. You know, this is what I believe, and you don't have to believe the same thing, but Mr. Bush had a chance to unite this country, and the world, after September 11. All we got was a big stamp on the ass that said, "if you disagree, you're not American". Yes, I'm completely and utterly excited that old Hussy is out of office and in jail, that's fantastic. But the unification of a country that has seen such sharp divisions because of one election and one war will have to wait a little while longer. Well what's today? January 20, 2004 Well, here I am, sitting at the computer drinking my French Vanilla Cafe. The State of the Union speech is about to come on. I hear it's going to more of a re-election speech though. They might as well call it that. I think we have too many elections. It would seem that the members of Congress always concentrate on getting the current administration out of office so they can complain about the next one. And the current administration has seen so much controversy over their policies it's difficult to remember what was happening in the previous one. As the election year grows more tumultuous I'm sure I'll have more to say, but that's it for now. I was sitting in my car waiting for the light to change, and I noticed that nearly all of the cars that passed had tinted windows. Think about it. Okay, the State of the Union is on. Bye. Well what's today? January 10, 2004 Life is interesting. I've been sitting here thinking of something to write and that's all I could come up with. It's nice to be back to school. And even though I have a feeling this semester will be even more busy than the last, I think I will be less stressed out. Teresa, I hope you feel better soon. Maybe I'll write some more later. Well what's today? January 3, 2004 Well, it's finally official, there is a big problem with my new email account. So if anyone who reads this has sent me email over the past month, or maybe even over the past two months, I may not have got it. So if you were expecting a response and didn't get one, that's why. So, now I have to get a new email, but not a Yahoo! account. Apparently it's too easy to break into a Yahoo! account even if you don't have the person's password. So if anyone has any suggestions on a better email host I'm all ears. I guess I'll have to look around. Or I could quit email all together. If you'd like to know more you'll have to come and ask me personally. By the way, everyone remember we have choir on the Wednesday before school starts. It's gonna suck ass so get ready. And practice your Bach! |
| January/February 2004 |
| Well what's today? February 28, 2004 Well, my birthday was a few days ago. It was a good birthday I suppose. This past week has been one of the busiest in recent memory. There's been something to do every night and that's been weird. But I don't worry about being so busy that I go crazy. All I have to do is read Mary Craig Caruthers sermon again. Well, I don't have to read it because I remember it, and she's right. I'm sure I'll complain about being busy at some point in the near future, but I won't let it bug me. 'Cause life is always busy. Or some shit like that. I just noticed that I didn't write very much at all in this journal this month. I apologize. It's been very busy, as I just stated, and I guess I haven't had time for it. Here comes someone. It's Teresa, she's telling me about her SAI Province Days that went on today. Well what's today? February 15, 2004 Well, the site has been changed back to its original neutral-dingyness, Valentine's Day is over, and I have to breath before final words in a song line. I have to go to the library to finish my Vocal Lit. assignment today. I have to do a report on Franz Liszt. He's interesting. Well what's today? February 14, 2004 Well, it's Valentine's Day, and for the duration of the day and possibly tomorrow, a couple of pages on this site will be altered so as to produce an atmosphere conducent to love. In other words, I just want to say Happy Valentine's Day especially to my sweety, Teresa Balloun. And also to my other, more minor sweeties; you know who you are. Even the guys. Besides, it is a day of love, right? And that means you can give love out to whomever you wish. Even if you don't want to have mad passionate monkey love with them. But that's just my wonderfully sentimental opinion. Well what's today? February 10, 2004 Ugh. I'm thinking about something and the more I think about it the angrier I get. I hate that. I was going to talk about it and I had this wonderful little paragraph all set up to prove my point. And then I erased it. After I erased it I wanted to go ahead and write something. I mean, I did get on here for a reason. Moving on. I miss my friends. I miss the ones I never get to see. I think about how wonderful my college experience has been, and sometimes I wish it would last forever. But then I realize I'm only thinking about the first few years. I have enjoyed the past couple of years, I truly have. I've grown so much and I'm happy for that. But I think back to all the people I knew during my "unseasoned" period that are gone and that I won't see again and I just get sad. I've met a lot of cool and good people; and a few not-so-cool and not-so-good people. Or some shit like that. I honestly cannot wait to move on out of UCA and start my life...in graduate school, but having a whole bunch of awesome and real people around helps the time pass so quickly. And that's really what I don't want. Time is short. Sometimes at the end of a school day, I feel like I'll be walking toward Reynolds parking lot to get into that ugly ol' F-350. I use to love that drive believe it or not. It gave me thinking time. Now days I don't even have time to think, what with school and the incredibly addictive computer game I have now; that someone needs to take away from me by the way. Ugh. No, I'm not depressed, just incredibly reflective. I'm not much into astrology, but maybe being reflective is part of being a pisces, what with the water and all. Water..reflection...get it? I've written enough. Well what's today? February 7, 2004 It's been a while, and it's February. The month of Feb. The opera is next week and it's going to be scary. So is Valentine's Day and that's pretty scary too. I've been so busy and I really hate it. Well, I don't really hate it. I don't really have much to talk about except to keep people up to date and to say I haven't forgot about my website. Well, bye for now. |