Out of retirement.

The days seem like weeks here.  The lack of stagnancy is what I love the most about college.  There’s always a constant buzz rippling through campus that I’ve fallen in love with.  I don’t know if it’s a byproduct of the low-grade ADD that my generation seems to have adopted or my genuine craving for [...]

Selfishness, a staunch stance, and pseudo-sports.

Hello again, friends.  I haven’t updated my blog in quite a while—and while the journalistic excuse to this would be that instead of writing over the past couple of months, I’ve been experiencing all the little juicy nuggets I’m going to miss so dearly when I Go West (this is another thing I’ve taken to.  [...]

Always protect the oxen.

Butterflies aren’t something I get anymore. For me, they’re reserved to memories of coming back in from recess and propping up the library’s pillows next to the cute girl before Mrs. Cole resumes Where The Red Fern Grows. Or praying that the Oregon Trail team I named after the members of N*Sync didn’t [...]

Borington-Bear, crucified cats, and porcelain presents.

**originally posted on April 13th on my myspace page**
8:03 PM (Mountain Standard Time): Nolan and I decide to have some Mexican food because Easter’s a special day. We discuss how we need to make a fun night out of this, because fun nights are running out quicker than Medicare. *zing!* Jazlyn keeps us entertained with [...]

The tide that binds.

Mmmm, it’s just past midnight and a blank text document lies before me. Time to channel my inner-Carrie Bradshaw.
It’s easy to point out flaws in others. Biting words fall like icicles from a roof. And yet, putting ourselves under the microscope proves much more daunting. Often times the familiar haze of self-regard blinds us to [...]

A peek into the glorious, rainy future.

**originally posted on March 8th**
Ah, spring break. When reckless collegiate sinners flock to sun-drenched beaches to guzzle beer and enjoy a respite from guzzling beer elsewhere. And kids my age generally either A) spend the break in social networking-induced coma or B) spend it off in some overhyped touristy area reeking of middle-agedness. Surely someone [...]

Pop, lock, and drop. And not the good kind.

**originally posted February 24th, 2009**
It was tied, 9-9. Shane had been doing his usual hit-from-everywhere-on-the-court thing. He brought the ball up and pulled up for a long three. I went to contest the shot, jumping as high as I could and putting my hand in front of his face. I thought I landed a little [...]

Battle of the Songs IX

Full blog with links to music videos can be found in its original posting, here:  http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAllCustom&friendId=28803745&swapped=true
1. Breakfast in America (Supertramp) vs. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Deep Blue Something) – The most important meal of the day never tasted so bad. To be fair (or at least be transparent in my unfairness) I do not like either [...]

Keeping The Edge sharp in my mind.

I’d be lying if I said I had a rough childhood. Minus my parents’ painless divorce, (well, that’s unfair to say. Painless for ME, because I was too young to remember anything more than chopped up memories, like a drunken powerpoint presentation) I grew up with an idyllic family life in sheltered and safe Montana [...]

(Almost) alliterative illiteracy.

**originally posted on February 2nd**
One thing I never inherited from my dad was his voracious reading appetite. My dad probably goes through two or three books a week, while I go through that many maybe in a month or two. And that’s during the school year. It’s not that I don’t like reading, because I [...]