Sam's Blog

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I can’t believe its December already. The end of the year is coming to an end. I look back at this time last year and it always surprises me as to how much things have changed and also how things have stayed the same. It’s fascinating to me. I am fortunate enough to have a lot of friends around still, but I do miss those that have moved away. Then there are those that are around that I don’t see as often and I tell myself that I need to make more of a conscious effort to see them. I think that is what I am going to focus on when the New Year starts. It’s not a resolution, but it is something that is important to me. People come and people go, but most never ever leave my heart or mind. For some people, I wish that I could forget those little idiosyncrasies, but for some strange reason, I cannot. I can almost always forgive, but there are some cases where I cannot do so either. I think that my mind works in a weird way like that. It is constantly reminding me things so I won’t make the same mistakes again, or at least I think that’s what it is doing. It feels like I am barely starting to develop an outer shell that is protecting me from the bad people in life. It’s a good feeling though. I trust people too easily and I have to keep on learning the hard way that I shouldn’t. It’s somewhat like my own Darwinian way to deal with relationships and people. I’m constantly evolving and so is everyone else. Will my slight mutations conflict with other people’s mutations? I guess I won’t know until it happens. Though I know that sounds horrible.

I am going to be older next week. Is 24 considered mid-twenties? It’s scary that I graduated high school 6 years ago. I still remember my senior year vividly. The mock trial competition. The speech competitions. The Academic Decathlon competition…where I wrote an award winning paper about how Schindler’s List did not accurately portray the holocaust…what was I thinking? (Yes, I was a nerd and yes, I was in the marching band too, in case you wanted to know.) AP classes were a joke, but they were challenging because I didn’t focus on class as much as I should have. I was so awkward though. It was an awkward time all around. I’m glad that, years later, it is no longer the case (to a certain extent).

As far as life right now, I’m strolling on by. Work is incredibly busy and I am assuming that it will be this way until the end of the year. Josh and I are doing wonderfully well. My friends are always a positive and enlightening force in my life and they make me happy.

I am still mad that Bush is around and all of the cabinet members are leaving.

Ken Jennings will always be a winner to me, even though his church is probably going to take 10% of his earnings, he he!

Seinfeld seasons 1-3 is invading my apartment and it’s surprisingly better than I remember. I finally caught up to Six Feet Under and am waiting for their next (and sadly, last season). I’m learning more about Canadian sketch comedy from The Kids in the Hall. Sex and the City will always be in my head even though all 6 seasons are over at Lisa’s place. I don’t think that I will ever get tired of watching Love Actually.

I still want to go to New York and London during the Christmas season sometime.

Angela and I can still talk for hours and hours about nothing after all of these years. But I did find out that we only live 5 minutes away from each other when there is no traffic, lovely!

I am bringing back the phrase, “It’s the WORST!” in memory of Marissa and the fun times we had. I can’t believe that it’s been 3 years since I’ve seen her.

Little papa will always attract freaks everywhere we go…like John O. at St. Nick’s.

I’m glad that I am able to make new friends without as much effort as I thought. Hooray for AIM!

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King special edition is coming out soon…yay Legolas!

**Hang in there Alison, I love ya and I know you will get through this rough time. Holla back if you need me.**

And lastly, I am delighted that I am more focused on my writing again. Thanks for the motivation Angela. It feels good.

“I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass.”