| Wednesday 25 July 2001 12:30 am You know it's funny. I don't talk to someone for a couple weeks and the first question out of her mouth is: found a job yet? Let's get this straight: I don't have a summer job. Am I taking summer class? Nope (I was gonna but it filled up before I could register). So what am I doing besides being a "lazy bum". Well nothing really *wink*. I've been reading a whole lot, which is cool because I severely cut back on recreational reading when school forced us to read (about when high school began). It'd always been a new years resolution to read more, so it's not like I went cold turkey. I read about 1-2 extra books a year. Now, though, I'm almost done with my ninth. In under 1.5 months. There hasn't been much variation, though, as I've read 2 4-book series (Card's Ender series and Tolkien's Hobbit and Lord of the Rings), but I'm about to branch out once I'm done with "The Return of the King". The other book was by Ayn Rand. Pretty cool huh. See. I'm not as ignorant to books as some people think. And on top of reading, I've been (of course) traveling a bit. I was in Cali for 3 weeks, Las Vegas, Albany... And I'm supposed to go to Toronto next week after I get back from a day or 2 in Ithaca. My mom is also pushing me to go to Vienna, so I'll probably end up there for a few days before I move back to school. With Vienna I'll hit my 14th country before I'm 21. That's not too shabby. How many people who've been working all summer can say they've traveled that much? Anyways... I feel slightly guilty that I didn't call my friend for her 22nd birthday on Friday. It's perhaps the first time in 10 years I hadn't. Why not? Because I finally realized that she hasn't made any effort whatsoever to get in touch with me for at least 3 years now. Sure I understand that "some people are just like that", but you know what: I don't like dealing with that. I thought friendships were a give-take thing. So I'm tired of trying when I know that no one's gonna try back. Is that selfish? Well I stick my tongue out at you if you think so. Besides, I don't consider her a reliable person anymore. At the very least, as she is my friend, I did send her a card wishing her the best. In better news: we're keeping Bishop. In the past couple weeks he's gotten much better at holding himself until we let him out and is cutting back on nipping. Granted I still have bruises from him... but he's learning! And growing - he's so much bigger now. Oh how I love that dog and I don't have to live in fear of losing him! |
| howl |