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Tonight I lay below the open sky on a blanket with some of my closest friends, talking and laughing and watching shooting stars fly past in awe.

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Wow, so hi.

I'm in Maryland - have been for a month. It's great spending time with Kyle, because he's awesome. We'll be here until the close of August. In the meantime, we had the traditional camping trip, which proved great (and included the awesome erecting of a tarp - there was shimmying). As well, I went to a God's meet for Lusternia in D.C., where I ended up winning 1,000 credits because I dressed up and did this. That was nice. Currently, Kyle and I have the house to ourselves, during which time we're largely naked. Also, I hope to finally have a license by the close of the summer.

In other news....I dunno, man. There's never any news, or it's all so much idle chatter it's hardly worth putting out there.

Last night I had a few dreams I could remember. They got me thinking about some things I used to really value thinking about - and still do. I'm glad I got the refresher. Honestly I think so much time with Kyle is impacting my regular lines of thought and behavior. I suppose that's to be expected.

-whistles idly-

So life has been nice. I'm finally doing English justice, but slipping in Spanish. Whatever; I'll live.

So I've been playing a ton of Lusternia, and some nice things have happened. I won ownership of a neat inn, with which I've been having a ball and for which I have big, hopeful plans. We'll see how things go.

I've begun going to Specialty's each morning around 6:30 (after sleeping at 2 PM and waking up at midnightish), and having a large white chocolate mocha.

In a couple weeks, Kyle and I both will bus across the country to dear ol' Maryland, where we'll be for some part or all of the summer. It'll be nice.


So that's my long-overdue update. Hope things are well.

And some things.

I might just be infinite.
I might just be crazy.
Either way, the Universe is brilliant.

So classes have been chugging along and I'm consistently being just good enough to be considered better-than-average, or so I assume. Hopefully I don't sleep through class more than the once. I'm rediscovering writing, and enjoying it immensely. I'm also rediscovering some other things that were once very dear to me, but which I suspect will need to simmer for a while if they're going to regain any influence in my life more substantial than spiriting my fancies away for some moments every few days.

Because let's face it: everything spirits my fancies away all the time.

The other thing to report is that I've bought the first half of Kyle's trip to Maryland. I've bought all of it, actually. So far he's destined to be stranded there, but I'll settle the other half of that before long. It remains to be seen whether I'll make it to Star. I think I could definitely go; I have to check with some people to see whether it's a recommended idea. I think I'd love going. I know I'd love going.

I should stop procrastinating on the tiny amount of work I have to do. Goodnight.

Fun fact: I used to sort of know how to draw a little. Maybe I still do.

One, Two, Skip a Few...

I'm glad painting still exists.

Painting and acrobats and rocking chairs.

I'm glad they exist because...fuck it, man. The future is coming at us, fast.

Really, though. When I came around the Internet barely existed, and not nearly in the public eye. Today, though, I can fit an immersing world that displays in three dimensions on a little device in my pocket (which also plays music and takes pictures and goes online and all sorts of neat things). One my-age-now from before-I-existed ago, color television was pretty fly. A span of now-since-then before that point in time, radio was awesome. We're going quickly. Today I heard about a pair of glasses Google is developing that just does run-of-the-mill Google things (everything) from your eyes. Also, a private company is working its ass off to get us to live on Mars. This shit is real. It's amazing, too. I'm thrilled that I get to live in modern comfort with all these grand and exciting developments. The world is amazing and it's only going to get better.

As cool as all our new stuff is, though, I'm a little distressed. There's certainly a lot of technical skill going into all our development, but I feel like we're losing out on the real art we can make. I'm not talking fine art. There's plenty of that, and it'll last for a long time. Actually, I am talking about fine art. People will always know how to paint, but since it's so digital these days, the ability to create a realistic image just isn't as impressive. Just as much work is put into making those images today, but a lot of the work of making the pigment and the canvas and the brushes and using it all without making mistakes...that's all been coded in and will henceforth be accessible forever - it is no longer a particular trade skill somebody needs to possess. I guess our ability to archive is the real culprit, then. We're little squirrels, storing up our acorns and going to them later. Only we never eat them. We just add more and more forever until we're living on Mars with Google-goggles. It's awesome - don't get me wrong. I just don't want to lose out on some of the simpler things.

Sunsets, for one. Have you ever seen those? They're beautiful. People dancing, too. Also, hand-made ice cream is delicious. All that still exists today, and will for a long time, but it's less commonly appreciated now. People are all caught up in their daily rush, with their smartphones telling them anything and...what else do you need? I'm subject to it for sure, but I'm not entirely consumed - not yet. I was alive early enough to know a world that's really beautiful in its non-electrodeath form. We're making big strides these days, and I'm glad I was in before I would have been unable to love simple things like enjoying nature. Basically just...as nice as things are getting, and as rough as things were before, they were also really splendid before, in an entirely different way.

Though I have to wonder...I consider myself on the cusp because so many incredible advancements have happened during my lifetime. The things I grew up with, though, must have been just as incredible to people 50 years ago, and their everyday was just as amazing to 50 years before them. Everybody must always feel like they're on the cutting edge of human advancement. That makes the future even scarier. I do think we're in a particular shifting phase, though, as electronics really march in and overtake the mechanical. I suspect there will be other paradigm changes like that, but I'm pretty sure this is one of them.

Anyway, was just thinking about that. I should probably do some homework.

Experimental music in a text-based world

So I'm through with finals. I feel pretty good about them [both] overall. Now I have to register and maybe get my life in order within the next week. Meanwhile, life is certainly going to involve a lot of Lusternia and maybe Skyrim and definitely Jackie Chan Adventures and hopefully Kyle if he gets better. Also random food, since that shit's awesome. I hope to go to Sushi Infinity again soon. <3

OHGODWHY

So I started playing Lusternia again.

I'm sorry. I know I've become an invalid human.

Whatever. So that's happening, and it's been taking up a ton of my time. I hope I'm not ignoring Kyle tooooo much. I'm certainly ignoring studying for my optional final in ten hours. I should get on that...and maybe sleep? We'll see.

I also have a final tomorrow and some work I'll have to do before then. Wish me luck. I should pass every(two)thing.

Other than that, Kyle is great, D&D is nerdy and fun, and I'm an awful diabetic but a mighty bastion of whimsy. C4p®1C3-4LyF

Oh, fun fact: I've befriended a girl from my math class. I invited her to play Betrayal at Denny's, and to kill some time beforehand we went to The Sunnyvale Art Gallery, which I've mentioned here before. I hadn't been in ages, but by chance open mic night was on, and we walked into a beat boxing workshop. That was kind of ridiculous and awesome.

So anyway, this math...catch you later.