To be completely honest, it is

really nice to have completed that essay. I think when you do something that you are proud of then it is a lot easier to wash it out of your mind after the fact. This does not mean forget it completely, just not let it consume your thoughts. It has been a great week. I love this weather. It is kind of weird because as you are in your car with the heat on, you look out at the sun shining bright and attribute the warmth you are feeling to the sun. It feels like summer again, if only for a moment. You are suddenly jerked back into reality when you step out of the car and feel the sub-zero temerature. I guess sub-zero might be an exagerration, but cold. I am pretty sure I spelled that word wrong. I love the winter because when it is cold and gray outside, you feel a lot better about luzzing around your house. It also allows you to focus more of your time on your scholastics. Who says scholastics? I have no idea where that came from. My thoughts are scattered a bit, so I am going to stop writing now. Enjoy your weekend.

I missed my post last week

and I kind of felt bad about it. It is kind of inexcusable because all you are asked to do is go online and write to your hearts content. I went to a gathering of people called Barter Fair this weekend. The idea is that you are in the middle of nowhere, and everyone gets together and barters off the things which they do not need anymore. It was really refreshing because I have been thinking about my thesis for my essay a lot, and I noticed that at this festival, all different walks of life; Ages, races, income levels got together in Peace. It was pretty uplifting, and as an optimist I feel like we are moving in the right direction. The lovely honeymoon period of school has worn off and the work is becoming overwhelming again. But I guess if it was easy, wouldn't everyone have degrees? I guess that is about all. Besides one big highlight, it has actually been a fairly boring week. I am sick and I need to go get some rest. See you next week.

It is kind of a relief to do this weekly

because you write a little differently when you know you are not going to be graded. The most important thing that happened this week is that I hurt my back in a fight. It was not a malicious drunken fight, just my friend and I training. I am sure this will go way over most of the readers heads, but I was put in a triangle choke and tried to roll the wrong way to escape. Mistake. I have never broken a bone or been seriously hurt so the idea was foreign to me. However, I realized something; When you are in chronic pain, it dominates your mindset. Everything you do you have the afflicted spot on your mind. I guess you could say that it made me empathize more for those people who are in pain all of the time. I went out looking for love last night, and ended up settling for lust. It seems like all of the ladies I have interest in do not call me back. Maybe I should draft up a contract where the terms are a return phone call in the morning. I may do just that for the look on a lady's face when she is presented with it. All in all, it was a great week and tomorrow I head to Seattle to reunite with an old friend, at the Hilton. As my father used to always say, "Jake, you will soon realize that all roads lead to the Hilton." He really used to say that. In closing, I hate Paris Hilton.