Ravi struck at 20:14

First, a very happy new year... For me, if no one else. My resolution, which I cannot take credit for formulating, and was not officially a resolution until the night before, was fulfilled at 10:00 a.m. on New Year's Day: Take LSD. It was a fantastic experience which was only enhanced by Eric's superior babysitting methods. I recommend such an adventure (an Eric required, preferably with a huge fuzzy hat) to all of you. A lot. Very much.

So, after a pre-bedtime email sweep I have officially been notified that everything is back to normal: All my college friends have finally dispersed, with the exception of my roommate and one Mason City resident, of course. This year was a very different one due to the fact that my Southern/Western posse trickled away gradually. It was practically a count down to my settling back in here at the home of the Warriors.

This semester, however, will be a fast one. My classes are fucking easy as shit, I will be seeing Mastodon and Of Montreal, Mark Newcom can't tell me what to, I will play Vampire: The Masquerade on a semi-regular basis, and the day my time at Waldorf comes to an end (unless something truly tragic happens, in which case I may never recover completely) I will be shipped out to Portland in a euphoric state only to be increased ten-fold (at least) upon arrival. For the first time a very long span, I am looking fully ahead and barely noticing what is happening right now. It pretty much rules.

Ravi struck at 01:42