http://www.youtube.com/v/PxHOt5pnDXo

O.k I posted my first youtube video last night (pretty still frame huh?). Its about Dennis Kucinich and the Iraq war. Feel free to let me know what you think, on here or on myspace.

 Alright, I’m registered for class again. Econ 103, Geology 101 (World Regions), Physics 103, Math 108, and a general elective I have yet to pick. A total of 16 credits.

Classes start Aug 27th, so I’ve got a bit of time before I jump back in. I’ll need to take a self guided course for entree into Math 108, but I’ll have most of summer to complete that. Going back to school, well at least registering to go back, is a bit surreal. I do intend to finsih this time though. I just need to stay focused.

O.k So I was thinking about putting a funny out going message on my voicemail and was searching online for some inspiration. Instead I find this… absolutely the funniest thing I’ve ever heard on the net… check it out 

I experienced my first THANK GOD I AM BACK IN THE STATES moment this afternoon. (shortly there after though I had a “god I miss her” moment too) ug change is never easy… anyway lets try and stay positive shall we! On to the good news…

I was on my way to the DMV to register my car (my baby thats been sitting in my parents driveway for the last 6 months) and half way there I realized I had completely forgotten my proof of insurance. Instead of having to turn around and drive all the way home I pulled into the FedEx Kinkos that was on the way and had my insurance company fax me a copy. I got it within moments and was able to get to the DMV with a 5… maybe 10 minute delay. If had turned around it would have easily cost me 20 minutes… Its not really even that big of a deal, but man it felt good to be back in a place where modern conveniences are all around us.

I see now that I took so much for granted when it came to the little things before I left for the Virgin Islands. Its not that I was just over looking them, it was more that I had always had them around and didn’t know to give them their proper value. Now that I am back I’m going to try and appreciate these conveniences more.

Here I sit for the last time, in my “old man” apartment; feeling emotions ranging from the intense to indifference. We all know that we walk our own path but the time that we get to share that walk with another are the times most of us will remember, at least those are the times I know I won’t forget.

At this point there’s no reason to dive into the old clichés, we’ve all been there, on that last day of school sitting on the bus - filled with a storm of emotions that racks our well being. Looking out and thinking about what we are going to do next and about the people we leave behind.

I’ve moved a lot - all around VA, to NYC, then LA, down to the Virgin Islands and now back to VA and each time I’ve prepare for a new destination a different set of emotions has played. The set that’s rolling now seems to be rather unknown to me; its unclear, convoluted, layers onto of layers and shards that stand out like a step ready to trip over. I know most of this will pass, that a lot of it is being brought up on the heat of this fulcrum but that doesn’t make this confusion any less real.

Tonight I’ll be sleeping in a new bed, dealing with a new set of obstacles and challenges that hopefully my time here and my experience gained on St. Thomas will help me overcome.

I apologize if this post seems out of place, oddly written or overly sentimental. I just needed to put this out there… to write it down before this all passes and my grasp on how I felt fades away.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/10/schneider.electoral/index.html 

Is this the beginning of the end for the electoral college?

Hmm this is some interesting stuff, it this were to eventually work its way through enough states our presidential races would be very very diffrent.

Let me start by apologizing, yes yes I know I haven’t posted in well over a month and yes I know that’s blasphemous in the blogging world. So here it is, my sincere and heartfelt apology; I am sorry.

O.K now that that’s over I have some news to share. Drum roll please tatatatatatatatata

I AM LEAVING ST THOMAS.

GASP! Shock! SEIZUR! HURL! O.k well maybe not that last one but yes I am officially leaving St. Thomas. The ride has been fun but its time for me to step off this rollercoaster and go try another area of the park. For those of you who follow(ed) my blog and remember that I came down here to help open a restaurant I will ease your troubled minds with this…

That opportunity never worked out, and while I thought it was pretty much a done deal before I ventured down here I was mistaken, its o.k though because I’ve added another notch on the old board of “cool places I’ve lived and fun experiences I’ve had” That being said its definitely time to move on.

Move on I say? Well what in bloody hell does that entail?! Well let me tell you. I am going back to Northern VA (right outside of DC) and am heading back to school. I have 40 credit hours on my transcript at George Mason University and I well intend to add a few more and turn that into a degree (or two). My one way ticket home has been purchased and I am scheduled to fly out on the 19th. I’ll be making one stop in Puerto Rico (just a stop, not a connection) and then I will be off to DC, arriving shortly before 9 pm. There I will be expecting my ever loving and supportive family to be waiting with baited breath to pick me up.

From there, I’ll get settled in, reconnect with old friends and see where this next step takes me. It has been almost 3 years since I left VA and I’m actually looking forward to coming back.