Who Knew?

I am so fantastically excited right now, you have no idea.

I have 2 or 3 ideas for a working story! \o/ That makes me so very happy.

Part of me can't help but feel that it's thanks in part to my friend, Whitney, who has gotten me to be more active recently. I suppose that my parents were right (this time). Getting outside and running around is good and helpful in a great many ways. Who knew?

Stuff

So, I was informed by SOMEONE that I don't update this blog nearly as much as they would like.
In response, I would like to say "Too Bad." I am busy and don't always have enough things of note on my mind. It'll update when it updates.

So, I'm out of shape. And overweight. And...okay with that. I don't like it, I've just come to terms with it. So, tomorrow I start working out again. (At least, that's the plan). So, I'll start hating myself a little but more each day. That's going to be...fun. But I suppose it's what I need to do so that I can lose the belly like I'd like to.

Maybe that's a bad idea freshman year.

Oh, well.

Rain and Interesting Junk

So, interesting little fun fact. Rain makes me moody. Usually in the vein of depressed or melancholy. (I like that word. Melancholy. Sad, but in a thoughtful way.) I don't know why. I don't know of any deep, traumatic incident with rain off the top of my head. Except that one time I was driving home from class. It was in the early evening, but the rain clouds made it about as dark as midnight. So...that wasn't fun. I had to pull onto the shoulder several times because of the heavy rain that wouldn't let me see the car in front of me.

It was raining hard today, but it didn't really put me in a bad mood. Maybe because I've been in a perpetual bad mood these last few days. Usually after that happens, I coast for a little while, and it takes a huge effort to change my mood, on anyone's part. I suppose that there are worse things to could happen. And that is what happened.

Why am I using that as my closing tag? Surely there are more interesting sign-offs I could do. Oh, well.

Things I Have Learned Recently:

1.) I cannot regularly update a blog.
2.) Break-ups are like Star Trek movies. They get progressively worse, then all of a sudden, suck out of nowhere.
3.) Having 50 million things running through your mind is not good for your studies. Or diet.
4.) I need too start exercising again.
5.) The Fault in Our Stars is the best book I've ever read.
6.) Next time I update, I need to do something more interesting than a list, but for now, that's it.

Surprisingly Good Day

Today started my second semester as a college student (That makes me feel old. Ugh.) So, I woke up at 6 to get to my first class at 8, and all went well, I'm happy to say. I have 4 classes- two a day, and my school day ends around noon, so plenty of time to get a job in the afternoon/evening. I'm really looking forward to this semester.

Today also marks a monumental occasion in Nerdfighteria- today is the 7-year anniversary of Looking for Alaska, and the day that The Fault in Our Stars hit stores. These two books (still working on the latter) are two of the best books I have ever read, and the Vlogbrothers very quickly became role models for me after I started watching their videos. I'm listening to the opening concert of the Tour de Nerdfighting as I write this, so I'm gonna go now.

Not much happened today!

Oh, and I have a tumblr now- FatedDawn.

What I Want

So, it has been said that the college years are about not only getting an education, but also about finding out what you want to do with your life, what you want from it, et cetera.

Up until today, I thought I knew.

Honestly, I hadn't dwelt on it much. I kinda was the kid who wanted to do everything. I wanted to be a swordsman (check), I wanted to be a singer (check), I wanted to write books (sort-of check). Being a swordsman isn't exactly a practical job in this day and age. I was rejected from the Townsend School of Music, so being a professionally-trained musician doesn't seem likely. After participating in NaNo, I think that I want to write a book, but...it's freakin' hard.

But just knowing what job you want isn't enough. There is much more to life than just your job. What do I want in a relationship, what do I want out of my career, et cetera and on and on and on.

And at this point, I just don't know. So, I've sort of decided that that's what I want to do this semester. I want to work on figuring out what I want out of a lot of things. I feel like that will be the first step in the right direction. To what is an even bigger issue, and one that won't be answered anytime soon.

So, for now...that's what's happening.

One Word

It's the last few hours of January 3rd, and I'm mostly just thinking about what a difference one word can make. And it sometimes doesn't even matter what that one word is. The power of words is great and, too often, unnoticed. It sometimes seems that the power of words isn't carried by many people- but many can quickly identify people who understand how words affect someone. Martin Luther King Jr, J. R. R. Tolkien- many other great speakers and writers. And it doesn't matter how much they say, either. There are many other examples, but- I'm not going to provide the ones I think of. You, dear reader, can- or should- think of more, that are more important to you.

A New Year

With the start of 2012, a great many people will take a New Year's Resolution that, let's be honest, doesn't have a great chance of succeeding- at least not simply because it is a new year. This little blog is my Resolution. It can neither succeed nor fail- it simply is.

I don't know what I mean to accomplish with this blog. What I can tell you is that this blog is about life. Not just my life- hopefully you can find something in my words that you can take away for your life, even the smallest bit of happiness.

So, I suppose that the easiest way to start this is an introduction. Perhaps a little late, but still.
My name is Andrew, and I'm a college freshman. More about me will probably be revealed as the blog continues. So, until tomorrow, that's what happened.