The crack is full of me

Summer is just starting again and I am forced to think of all those that will be leaving us to take a new path in their life… but you all have been through that so no need to expand….

Instead I want to think about the people that have slipped through the cracks. The people who have had some minor influence on our life that we soon forget. Like the guy in our first class of college who turned and said “hi” and let you realize that the world isn’t as big and scary as you thought (or hoped). For me this was someone who I later discovered was friends with some guys right down the hall and in turn friends with a girl that became a best friend and then more for a while.

This is a greatful bow to all those people who have been forgotten. Many of them do not even realize that they had any effect at all. Another guy comes to mind from last year. Moved in at semester and helped me take that first step towards another great saga and friendship in my life. Only now to have him move to another city and hardly hear from him again, but if it werent for him I may have never become so close to a friend.

Or even the random person you stop to talk to on campus. I remember during one of my late night walks running across two people that literally stopped to smell the flowers… Probably talked with them for about an hour. Helping me to discover the wonderful things we have all around us if only we would stop to take the time to look. Never have seen them again. Another soul lost in the cracks of my memories.

So what can you learn from this… Who knows… I know that I have discovered that people can change your life if you only give them a chance. I know that one of my best friends I have met in Manhattan gave me a terrible first impression, but because I gave him a chance he helped form me into the person I am proud to be today. Yes you may end up being one of the people who slips through the cracks to never be remembered again… but it is a natural process as God brings in people for a purpose and then sends them on. I challenge you to open up and dont be afraid of the cracks… because sooner or later you are gonna find that there are some cracks you dont fit in…. And those are the friendships that make it all worth while.

… poems are my own work…

Summer is Here!

It’s official. Training has started (and luckily will be over soon). The games have begun. I’ve been in my room approximately 30 minutes total today. Instead of running around with 500 things to do, I only had to worry about two things: getting through training without falling asleep and doing whatever I wanted to do.

I mentioned games…Let me just talk about that for a minute. First was Spades. It’s been months since I played, but last night I got the invite and I just couldn’t pass it up. We were losing, but hey, it was fun. And when our last hand was just really crappy, we decided to call it quits. In the days to come I foresee my partner and I bagging out or getting set as games continue late into the night.

Lunch Money. Let me tell you, this is a great game. You play as Catholic school girls hell bent on taking away others lunch money. Not a game to be taken lightly, it must be played with incessant trash-talking and increasingly elaborate verbal attacks. This could get very interesting…*grin*

Alright, it’s already later than I wanted to stay up, and I’ve got more training tomorrow at 9am. I’m gonna try and start putting in the song I’m listening to while writing. Here’s a new(er) one that’s pretty good.

Currently Playing: Lost Prophets – Last Train Home

A Fresh Start

Wow, it’s been entirely too long since we posted anything. As you can see, we’re going for a fresh new look here. Blogger recently changed a lot of stuff around and added some functionality including profiles and comments. We decided to take the opportunity for a fresh start. So we dropped our initials, created our Blogger profiles, and changed our layout. We hope you like it.

A lot has happened in the last few weeks while we weren’t posting. There’s way too much to try and recount it all, so I’ll try and hit the highlights. First was the unfortunate departure of our third member, Jimmy. I’d like to apologize for those of you who came here to read his posts, as I am partly to blame for him leaving. Most probably know by now that we had a difference of opinion, but I hope that it won’t keep people from reading Common Exception. Also, go check out Jimmy’s new site over at Xanga; his posts are as good as ever.

In other news (thanks Trenary), Manhattan is empty again. Most people left on Friday, and the rest of the stragglers left Saturday. I’ve been sitting in this gigantic room for 3 days wondering what to do with all this space. It’s awesome. And sad. It really is like a completely different place when everyone goes home.

Despite my major suckage (yeah, I made it up) in the last two weeks of the semester, I think I’m going to pull off A’s again. Sometimes I don’t think I deserve the grades I get. I ended up with middle B’s on both my finals, though not low enough to pull my grades down too far.

Now it’s time to look ahead. I’ve got 3 months of summer ahead of me. My only responsibilities are my job as a Cool Cat (best job ever) and to myself. I’ve still got that list of goals around somewhere and I plan to stick to it. I just hope I’m not bored out of my mind. Training starts tomorrow and I’m sure it will be as exciting as last year (sarcasm). Once we actually start work, things should get more interesting. I can’t wait for camp after camp of spoiled little kids whose parents send them here with $250 in their pocket.

Well, that should bring everyone up to speed a little bit. Look for a lot more posts from me now that I have free time again. Free time…wow…is this what it feels like?

Song: Switchfoot – Meant to Live

Addition to my profile..

Yeah, this doesn’t exist anymore.

My profile now allows comments! check it out and leave me some feedback! Sorry about the lack of posts… I am busy just like C… But after this weekend I hope to have a little more time 🙂 lata all

Busy

My apologies for my absence. I’ve got two ongoing projects at the moment and a test tomorrow (today). Believe it or not, things will really calm down once finals week arrives. Don’t expect much from me until then.

So anyways…

Time one one of my “meaningful” posts I guess… Seems that a lot of my friends have issues with each other but rather then confronting that person and risking a fight they just talk behind their back… I have always believed that if you have an issue with a person, make it a point to talk to them about it if you can. You may not ever agree but at least you can come to some common ground. Anyways, I’m not saying I’m any good at resolving issues but if I have a problem I almost always talk to the person about it. If nothing else there is an understanding about disagreeing. Anyways on a brighter note Weekend was a lot of fun! I got to hang out with an old friend and go Dancing havent done that in a few months. (thanks for letting us come along F) and finally im gonna post some randomness that I created a few years back.

I know I’m strange

peace out

Out

This thing is really cool. It’s like…math…and stuff. I’m planning on this post being short, solely because of this link. It’s a little dirty, but oh so incredibly funny.

Stands on it’s own quite nicely…

I was going to update this site a little. Add a few new pages, add a cute little update window thingy on the left. But, as it turns out, this isn’t “our” website after all. It’s “Carmy’s” website. Why, you ask? Well, apparently stuff I add that Carmy doesn’t like, he can change whenever he so desires. Should I try to change anything, however, that Carmy likes, he will, essentially, take his ball and go home. He’ll “revoke my admin privileges” (and I quote). That quote is taken out of context, but the fact that he would make it makes my points quite nicely. He says he wants me to “talk to [him] about this kind of stuff” rather than post long oratorio’s about it.

Well Carmy, I tried to talk to you about it. I tried, and I have tried. But what do you do? “Well, I don’t like it. It doesn’t fit. Excuse. Reason. It’s still works this way. It still looks better this way. Excuse. Excuse. Excuse.” It’s your way, or the highway. You think you listen. You think I never talk to you. But the fact remains that when I do try to talk to you, it doesn’t even register that I have a problem with something. Then it shall be as you wish. If you don’t like it, take it out. Screw what I want or think. This was your website, is your website, and forever will be your website. That’s it. I’m out.

Edit this, Carson.

Sorry D

Bored

I’m so lazy. I’ve been at work for 2 hours already and so far I’ve done nothing to work on my projects that are due soon. It’s just hard to get motivated on the weekend. Plus, there are distractions out there on the web that make life so much more interesting than typing a paper. Ok, I don’t really have much more to say so I think I’m going to abandon this post and order some food.

Song: Seether featuring Amy Lee – Broken *Winamp required to listen