migblog

it's been a long, long time.

finals went and kicked my ass and kicked my ass again and again, yet i persisted, and for a few days i was exhausted and burnt out and yet somehow exhilarated and relieved that my second year was finally coming to a close. i procrastinated by redesigning the phonez website, visiting the san francisco museum of modern art, and having random dinners at some quaint restaurants along college avenue in rockridge.

i saw my good friends graduate -- the instance always a surreal experience -- bade them well in their future endeavors, and lost some brain cells as i drank my frustrations away for two days. the greek theatre took away about seven hours of my life (significanty less from the fourteen last year), listening to speech after speech, watching ph.d.s get hooded and b.a.s rejoicing that college is over. i kissed, i smoked out, i had dinner, sated my libations, and forgot to throw away the recycling. i was finally free from test-taking and worrying about turning in portfolios and writing samples in time.

i began to yearn for southern california.

but when i got here, it only seemed vaguely familiar, with the freeways seeming a little emptier, the landscape a little more worked, and the air a lot less aggravating. for once, during my first day here, my headaches didn't act up, and my body isn't as exhausted as it usually is. the flight down wasn't that spectacular, either; just your standard fare of jetblue performance, but i was glad that david and allie were there to accompany me.

maybe it's the lack of sleep i'm going on. i have a good feeling i'll be sleeping somewhat well tonight, considering how over the past three days, i've had a combined twelve hours of sleep. but the lack of sleep came with "i'll miss you" and "i'll see you when you get back" and "we'll hang out when we're down there" and "congratulations," pleasantries and polite exchanges of such affirmations that i really will miss being in someone's presence.

i just found out we got a new car, that my stepfather had installed a wireless dsl router in the house, that my grades are looking somewhat better than last semester's, and that i'm actually in the running to be part of the new tour guide class.

things are atarting to look up, but i'm going to be just a bit guarded. (i mean, diana degarmo could win american idol, and that's just going to spoil everything.)

i need these two weeks to recoup and re-evaluate. i haven't done that since last year.

i'll be back in two weeks, berkeley. for now though, southern california better watch out.

i'm back.

posted by Open Source Food @ 9:11 PM