Hang nails are pretty much the worst thing in the world.

    Sitting at home on my bed, looking out over a sizable sea of belongings I've accumulated over the year, and trying to reconcile them, assimilate them into my room (in my head, of course.  I haven't even the slightest inkling of actually unpacking yet).  I'm guessing it's going to mean that I get rid of a lot of my old stuff, because I've had this epiphany that I don't really need most of it at all.  In fact, it's become clear to me that my life could be a lot better if I just got rid of most of it and started over.

That's my job for this weekend.  It's going to be a chore, and it will probably take longer than I can foresee as of now.

But I've got to.  So I will.

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There's something about absence and the heart...or is that absinth and a fart...?

Dude!

I'm in a long-distance relationship now!  I can't stop thinking about all the potential this has to suck.

I suppose it could also be a bit awesome, or at least a growing experience.

But mostly it's going to suck...

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All things end, so my friend, we, too, must be parted...

Well, a week from today, I will be in a Philosophy final, preparing to go home in less than four hours.  

I am very excited.  Naturally, though, I am also very sad.  It's weird how many "lasts" people have been talking about lately, even though none of us is actually leaving the school.  Well, except for Melwin, who transferred to UofM.  It feels like my senior year all over again, when people were always saying things like, "Oh gosh, this is the last time I'll ever eat in the cafeteria!" and "I'll never have another five-minute passing period again!"  But there are a lot of lasts now too, and they're all a little bittersweet.

However, I have a lot to look forward to this summer.  I'm going to try to make it the best summer yet, full of actual productivity as well as unprecedented levels of fun.  I'm usually not very endeavoring with my summers, and they end up getting away with me.  But I have a couple goals for the summer, which might make things better/easier.  

Wow.  I just spent a half hour away from the computer, having gotten rather distracted by packing up some of my stuff...Don't know where that came from.

Anyway.  

Yeah, so...bittersweet...yay summer...academic burnout...

Sums up my life.  

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History Repeats Itself

I seem to recall a time in 1934 when Palatine wanted to secede from Cook County. My friend, Ben, does too.

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p.s. Wikipedia is beautiful