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Track is a lot of fun. I think about it a lot now that I'm comitted to it. I suppose that's the Taurus way - at least it is according to my Irish horroscope. "I am a slow and sensual, but passionate lover." Am I supposed to take that as a complement, or meerly mull it over in my mind and wonder whether or not it's true? Actually, I know it's true. Whenever I love something I take my time with it. I always have. I feel that if something is to be enjoyed it should be full of emotion and passion. It is my way. The Bob way. My legs have gotten much stronger in only two days of practice. I can feel this because of the large burning sensation I have in them. It cries out, "I'm buff." I drafted part of the site on paper today. I worked on some of the imagery when I got home . . . but before all this I feel like talking about Yang, and my day at school. I'm going to miss Yang very much. He's been not just a penpal, and any other person I see online on occasion and talk to. Yang is my friend. Just to give you an idea of the kind of person Yang is, I'm going to tell you a little story. One morning I woke up early, turned on my computer, and logged online. I saw that Yang was on, so we talked for awhile, played a few online games, and basically just spent the morning talking and having fun. We had a really good time just talking - it was really friendly, really warm - I was trying to speak in Korean, and good old Yang was speaking back in English. He asked me, "Hey Bob." He always does this before he speaks, he feels it's necessary to start the sentence with "Hey Bob", regardless of what it's going to turn out as. So, I said, "Hmm?" I figure "Hmmm?" was a good answer, because he replied with, "How would you like for me to call you?" I was kind of nervous. Here we are - a 15 year old American boy and a 23 year old Korean man (23 in Korea is actually around 21 years old here, the systems of age are different) - and he wanted to talk on the phone. I figured it'd be kind of neat, so I asked my Dad, who by this time was up. He said, "Go for it!" Yang called me. We talked about all sorts of things. I wasn't nervous anymore - he told me he lived in the United States for a few years of his life - that he owned a Mustang, and attended the University of Michigan, but that he was being taken back to Korea to serve in the military (manditory service) for 3 years. It's hard when something like this happens - I make a great friend, and I learn he's leaving. He told me yesterday that he received a letter with the official date of his departure - March 23rd. For three years, I will miss my friend Yang. When he returns from the service, he told me he is going to fly to the USA as soon as possible to live here once again. My day at school was pretty good - it was a short day that turned out to be longer than it should have. Started out the day riding on the good old bus. I like talking to my friend Courtney on the bus - so we talked. I found out a few days ago that she needs a tutor - I told her that I'm tutoring - she told me that I'm hired. Fourth period was spent in the career center investigating future jobs. I learned an adolescent psychiatrist spends 12 years in school. Yikes. Sixth period P.E. Got myself all tired before track. Track - nothing too interesting - I got there, I waited, then the coach told the sprinters to run for 20 minutes and then leave. No real big work out today because it was pouring rain for quite some time. Track ended at 2:00. I waited till 4:00 for a ride home in the library and made myself semi-productive. The website is coming along, but it's a pain in the arse to just "put those puzzle pieces together". I'm exhausted, I'm going to bed.
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