Well, it's just after 7:00 - my brother and his girlfriend left about an hour ago to go back to Walnut Creek.

Before anything else, yesterday I forgot to mention a few gifts which I received and very much appreciated - for three years I've been wanting the book Psion, and my mother got my a copy from Copperfields Used Books in town . . . Also, Adam gave me an AC adapter for my stereo in the car, Paul K. (fishing friend) gave me The River Why. I got a lot of really cool gifts . . . all the dragons . . . the watch . . . the shaving/care kit . . . a dragon t-shirt from Ryan and Sean, so much cool stuff.

Tomorrow, Adam's family and mine will probably go and see Lord of the Rings. I heard it's a good movie, and have been wanting to see it since it came out.

We're leaving on Sunday . . . I'm not really looking forward to leaving home, because I love home and all its home-like feelings, but at the same time I'm anxious to get out and do something because I feel as though I'm wasting life away here at home, the hours passing by. I've written some cool music though, burned many a sticks of incense, had many a cup of tea, and written some decent writing and poems and such while I've sat here. I don't go out much on vacations - usually I end up lounging . . . I'm sure though that all this will change when I have access to an automobile, and I will become much more social and outgoing.

Sometimes I dream off . . . and I think, "what would it be like if things were different". That's a really broad topic, and you probably have no idea what I'm talking about yet, but allow me to further define this for you. In life, people often second guess the choices they have made, the paths they have taken, the mistakes they have made . . . I was thinking of what it would be like to have a father in the military and have to be constantly switching schools, yet traveling. Wouldn't that be interesting . . . fateful . . .

I feel adventurous . . . I want to go try something new. Too bad it's not May 15th and I don't have my license, otherwise I'd ask my parents if I could go on a little journey to southern California or something like that. Maybe I'll do that over the summer when I've got the time.

I saw my Grandma today . . . she's sick in the hospital, and she didn't look too good - she did however, impress upon me a lasting image of a caring and loving grandmother, and that image is something I'll cherish for years to come.

Tomorrow I'll write about the reflective meanings in the second Lord of the Rings, and what the characters could represent in the world today, so tune in.

Take care my friends.