Travelers Welcome

So yeah, new year. Thank god. 2008 was getting boring and worn out. The ends were starting to fray and there was a gaping hole near the top that always let in a draft. Ugly color, too.

So. Just got back from a 4 day, 3 night vay-cay with my best cuzins. All around the same age an' stuffz. Was gooood. Nice. Loved the city. Coming home, I felt like I was coming home from a semester at university. At least, that's what I kind of imagined as my mom opened the door and proceeded to yell my name every 3 seconds to answer a question or explain parts of the trip in more detail. Liked it a lot, actually. A lot a lot. I mean, it really put the final dots on the I's in my plans, if ya know whattI meann.

Been watching a buttload of youtube vids of peoples vacations in Europe. France, Naples, Helsinki, Austria, Germany. Fills my head with such Romantic thoughts and fantasies that it's almost frustrating not having the resources to fulfill these...desires, I guess..BLEHH

I actually want to get out of my state. Go north. Start fresh. Meet people. Live life.

I was reading about Zach Condon of Beirut, and he supposedly dropped out of highschool at 16 to travel Europe with his brother. I don't think I could do that and it makes me mad in a way. It's what everyone fantasizes about - dropping every mundane thing and having a glorious adventure. The kind they write novels about. But how many actually WOULD? See, most everyone tries to get to success and happiness by neatly and carefully placing stepping stones in front of themselves to get there, with education, financial stability and all that. Most don't opt to choose adventure because then they're placing themselves on a tightrope--more than likely it's going to end badly. But some, and those are the ones you hear the most about and are the most glamorous, walk the rope and end up in the same place as the boring others. The ones that make it get all the awe and envy of everyone. I don't know, it's depressing.

Need to do SOMETHING.

Happy Birthday, Jesus. Sorry your party is so lame.

Hello all.

Felt like updating....well, it's more like I don't want to get up and get ready for bed, but whateverr. It's all the same. :)

So new stuff:

Bought new books. Mostly classics. I'll list them, maybe yous guys have read some (probably) and can tell me your opinions.

As I Lay Dying
Teh Catcher in the Rye
Teh Illuminator
Teh Metamorphasis
A Farewell to Arms
Jane Eyre

I also have and need to read:
Frankenstein
The Inferno
Murder in the Cathedral
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy [interesting story]
The Jungle
Beowolf
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

...Listing all those, I probably shouldn't have bought all those books. I've got enough to read as it is.

The interesting story being the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (put in upper cases mentally, please) is that I found the book on a midnight tour of my campus in a ziplock bag and a note reading, "I'M NOT LOST! PLEASE READ ME! DETAILS INSIDE!"

Inside, it gives you the address of an organization's website that distributes books. People find the books, read it, log the location they found it in onto the website, and then "drop" it somewhere else. I think the farthest this book has been in California. I'll record the address if you're interested. I'm guessing it was a professor at my university..or something, IDK. But the night I found it and logged into the website, I found a comment from a man who had just posted the he dropped it off outside the Chemistry building of my uni. So that was exciting.

Here it is:
bookcrossing.com
and the BookCrossingID or BCID for the book is: 103-5972904.

I should really get on that. I'll make it a priority. I may be going to Missouri to visit family and that would be the perfect opportunity.

Anyway, hope you guys have a wonderful holiday! And pray for some snow for deprived Texan children pleaseeee! :)

Don't be scared,

Don't be scared,
The spiders are only
the size of a small elephaaant*fade out*

-Harry and the Potters.

That relates. Don't worry.

I had my first real nightmare in a while. (See.)
I took a 3 hour nap today at 5 because I had stayed up till 4 last night to finish an English paper.
Anyway, it was a really weird dream, man. The scary part: I was walking through either a small town or large college campus, thinking it's Halloween. I walk in between this brick building and row of leaf-less bushes. But as I'm walking out of there and turning the corner, I do a double take and see what I think is a poster with a picture of a large spider on something like a telephone pole in between that building and row of bushes. So I turn back and examine it more closely and suddenly I realize that it's a real tarantula. But I'm not frightened. I turn back around to continue on my way and come face-to-face with another large spider web with a large spider on it. Suddenly, there are webs all around me teeming with spiders. One in particular was a large white spider. I tried to go through the bushes but saw millions of tiny spiders appearing all over them. I was so scared. I screamed. I don't know if I did in real life. I was saved I think.

Something else that was kind of funny is that by the end of my nap, I was hovering between consciousness and dreaming as my little sisters were being really REALLY loud and annoying. And in the dream, I got a telephone call. The voice that speaks is male and in the dream, it was familiar, but idk who that would be now.

Anyway, he says something like, "Hi. I'm just gunna put this out there. I think you should do a medical degree-" and he cuts off. I'm waiting for the rest and suddenly get patient and say "Hello?" The thing is that I say it out loud. And that was when I decided to WAKE UP! WAKE UP!

I think it's a cool dream.

Thing is I'm not usually scared of spiders. Well, half the time. When I see one, I'm initially alarmed a little but if it isn't moving my curiosity overpowers that and I can look at it. But as soon as it so much as twitches, I'm outta there.

:) Anyone have any phobias?

Wishful thinking OMGPUNLULZ!

Ey

So already I am thinking about what to ask my parents for Eid/Christmas (as I am half Palestinian/Lebanese and half French/Irish) I get to celebrate both holidays. SCORExCORE!!!!!11one

Anyway, some things include

1. Video games
-Final Fantasy XII
-Call of Duty
-Metal Gear Solid 4
-Halo 4
-Guitar Hero/Rock Band

2. Black leather gloves. They're just so slick and international-spy reminiscent.

3. Women's oxford shoes. Been wanting some for a while. I'm sure I'd have better luck finding them on my own though.

4. Kitten. Man. I want one.

5. A simple, modern, practical watch

6. Chance perfume. Or one of equal or greater greatness.

7. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

8. Better bedspread.

9. Extremely soft, warm, and cozy sweat pants

10. Bookstore gift card

11. Plane tickets to New freaking York



I'm a simple fellow.

Will sulk for $$$

Soo
This week's been interesting. :)
I could get used to this.
It really made me feel good when me and a friend were waiting on another in the bathroom right after we had gotten out of English when our teacher comes out of the classroom and we talk about what we're doing next and she asks "Did you all know each other before this class?" And we say no and she was like "wow, that's great!" kinda stupid, but it warmed my heart <3

lol. sorry for my gayness.
ANYWAY.

art is getting hella stressful. why'd she spring all these freakin perspective drawings on us last minute? She gave us 4 and I have only 2 done. The easiest ones, too. The glorious part of all this is that she hasn't given us our Final drawing. The big kahoona. The one she's giving us freakin 2 weeks to complete. It's ominous. Because first I suck at perspective. Second...I'm getting lazy.

I'd really like to go thrifting. Buffalo exchange is calling my naaaaaame.