I Go Blind

So the past few days have been a trial... My fever spiked at 103.4, but it is now under control. I missed 2 days of classes, so I have to make up an Organic exam tomorrow morning, and a bio lab the morning after that. Finished reading Time, Love, and Memory by Jonathan Wiener yesterday, and read Now and Forever by Ray Bradbury today. I got Now and Forever because it is a collection of two novellas, Somewhere a Band is Playing, and Leviathan '99... and Leviathan '99 was initially supposed to be a play, which intrigued me. It is based on the story of Moby Dick, but instead of a whaling ship chasing a great White Whale, it tells the tale of a rocket ship and it's crew, and a crazed captain chasing a great white comet through space. I was disappointed by Leviathan '99... not impressive in my opinion. unfinished, unpolished, prematurely published. Somewhere a  Band is Playing, on the other hand, was excellent. Bradbury has a rare talent in making the mundane mystical. Strange urgings to play golf... something I haven't done in years and years. Beach music running through my head all weekend: Build Me Up Buttercup, Walking Up a One Way Street, and With This Ring... That, and Crazy by Gnarls Barkley. Starting a new book... Japanese Death Poems... but first I have to study Organic, and complete other necessary homeworks and studyings.

ta

Handfuls of Haiku

Crackling forlornly

Ash dusted embers throbbing

Dying gracefully

Light dusting of snow

Footsteps sink through chalky crust

Brittle ice fragments

Piney boughs sinking

Bitingly fragrant frost air

Sit content by fire

Dusky night darkness

Heavy sullen clouds above

Gentle thunder rolls

Nobody... I'm nobody. I'm a tramp, a bum, a hobo. I'm a boxcar and a jug of wine. And a straight-razor if you get too close to me - Charles Manson

An Auspicious Beginning

Though I've had several of these things in ages past I figured it was time for a new one... one I can take more seriously. A record of achievements to aid in my own self-motivation among other things. This year is a year of resolutions, and I intend to see as many of them through as possible.
Current goals I'm focusing on include:

• Not letting Organic Chemistry crucify me
• Improve penmanship
• Actually read my textbooks
• Avoid procrastination
• Be positive, and take more leaps of faith
• Eat healthy and get exercise in at least 3 days a week. lose 30 pounds
• Set an example
• Do artsy things

I'm doing a pretty good job so far. There are lots of smaller resolutions not important enough to be mentioned here.
Also, I may have found someone I'd be interested in dating, though of course it is rather difficult to determine whether she'd reciprocate the sentiments. I'm being careful about this one though... It would be rather unfortunate if I ruined it prematurely. I think I'll see if I can get her to go see Valentines Day with me when the campus theater shows it... and obviously if she agrees the next step would be to ask her to be my valentine... and then maybe ask her to go to Shag on the Mag with me... but I get ahead of myself. It is not wise to build castles in the air like this.
The parental units came up today to visit and take me to lunch. They ended up taking me to the doctor too, who thinks I have contracted influenza in spite of my vaccination earlier this season. Needless to say, I feel lousy... but I'll survive this... hopefully it'll be over in time for me to take the Organic exam on Monday... but knowing my luck I'll be making that up some other time.

ta