well, i finished my last two finals, and the semester is over! i plan on enjoying the woods and my bicycle more often this summer.

i just applied to UGA Spring 07' semester for Landscape Architecture. we'll see what happens.

i get an insane amount of encouragement from: exploding dog, c.s. lewis, henry david thoreau, and trees.

what a sweet t-shirt.

Lots Of Pictures and Some Words

today i went to the Ecumenical Earth Day celebration. it was pretty sweet. there was a lynx and a sweet owl and a very nice aquatic critter exhibit by Dr. Lugthart (Dr. Death) from Dalton State College. i got to see Paul Buchanan, Jeff Jaggaditch (The Edge) and i ate a free hotdog, drank a free Mountain Dew and just talked to Paul about life and God and trees and Landscape Architecture. then i came home and wrote about the monotheistic beliefs of the ancient Hawaiian people and "The Great Awakening" that followed. my paper is due on wednesday. as of friday this week i will have graduated Dalton State College with an Associates Degree in General Studies. i wont attend the ceremony because it would cause me to purchase some stupid cap and gown and all that crap. hopefully i will be eligible for the Hope Grant/ Scholarship for the Spring 07' semester at the University of Georgia, Athens. who knows, maybe i will do it.

Today was a very beautiful day. A misquito hawk landed on my hand when I was walking at the college and I just looked at him and wondered if a blast of wind from my mouth would deter his study of my hand. It didn't. I guess he found some other more suitable specimen to check out because he decided to leave. About 100 feet later I saw a groundhog. He was eating some grass. I cut off his route to his water drain home and he just kinda stared at me like "Dude, no one has ever dared to take such a bold move against me." and I was like" Dude, you look neat and fluffy and fat, why would I not block your transit route?" He was like "Dude, well I will just go to another one then." and I was like " O.K. man, I'll just stand here and stare at you for a while."

Animals are kind of like people in that they don't like it too much when you stare at them. I didn't know animals could be offended by the observance of their private lives. Apparently they are very private, unless they invite you in for bread and butter.

Rejoice

Every now and then I peer out through my sick sadness and post a self-pitying depressed message on here. I usually laugh at it, but then again I realize there is a reason why I'm write these things and think this way. Either way, here is a thought that has been pursuing my mind for a few days:

"Wouldn't it be so wonderful if everything were meaningless, but everything is so meaningful, and most everything turns to shit. Rejoice."

As I sat in Coolidge Park today in the midday sun I just watched and thought and wrote. This is one of my observations, as recorded in my journal:
A lone bird sits on a desolate tree crying out his song. No one has arrived yet. He seems just as content as he did thirty seconds ago. Nine pigeons sit on a cool shaded stone wall. The jackhammer sings his song off in the distance. A pigeon flies by with a branch in his mouth.

Word

Cap A Fool
I hops and I rans,
jump jump-
Blam! Blam!


Upon further testing, J.P. was right, Death Cab For Cutie is good any day of the week! "It's Sunday, so what chew gonna do? Go to Mom and Pappa B's for some Bar B Crew, grab me a brew, MAYBE ONE OR TWO!"