I am going to post this on Thursday

because I forgot to do it last weekend and it makes me feel guilty. It is such an easy assignment to do that I cannot make an exscuse for myself. So last week I drove to San Francisco to see my brother and I have had a difficult time adjusting to school. My brother has become increasingly spiritual over the past year and he bombarded me with one-sided three hour conversations. They led from Buddhism to Super String Theories to the creation of the universe, to etc. I felt very drained mentally after seeing him. I don't know if this seems like a cop out but I am not really that interested in where I will end up after death because I feel like it is just too far away to be a main focus in my life right now. I have always been prone to pay more attention to sensual topics over worldly topics. My brother is a very intelligent man, but when he loses a focal point to direct his energy towards, he goes off the deep end. I slept very little and felt the affects later on in the week. I missed some classes that I should not have and that always bothers me. It is Thursday and I finally feel back to normal. I hope that it snows today. I can't appreciate the cold weather without the snow, because without snow it is just plain old cold weather. To conclude I have a joke. "What did Lewis and Clark say when they came upon the Columbia?" . . . "Dam it!"

It has been a rough week

My car is broken. It is weird because I have been without a car before but when you become used to having a car it is terrible. I have to take it in to the dealership and they charge . . . 100 dollars per hour to work on it. That is a lot of money no matter who you are, much less a poor student. Enough about the bad things. I am driving (pending the repairs) to San Francisco on Tuesday. I am so excited to go because I have driven to California a lot and I always enjoy it. Although it takes a little longer I like to go down the Oregon Coast and see all of the quaint little beach towns. Although that is nice, the best part of the drive is the redwood forest. When you stand next to a colossal redwood tree you feel so insignificant. I have a tradition of eating the greatest calzone in the world in the secluded town of Miranda, CA., population 250. The last time I was there some stranger invited me to a house party. There were 50 people at the party which means that 1/5th of the town showed up. One more good thing about the drive is it gives me 24 cumulative hours to think and my mind will inevitably drift to my essay. I badly need some original ideas, as I was greatly disappointed in my rough draft. Have a good weekend.

To be honest, I just started

reading your posts. I feel like if you take the time to read ALL of ours, then we should do the same. I think that these give a very real depiction of people. It has been a good week. However, I stopped exercising and it is so hard to get back on that horse when you get off. On paper this is going to sound gross, but I washed my hair for the first time in 9 months. Shampoo and conditioner. It was like reuniting with an old friend. It is a little sad that this was the highlight of the week. Not much else. . . Aloha. Sorry I missed class by the way.