“Lazy” Sunday afternoon.

    Aside from the frustration rooted in my inability to
complete my yearbook spreads due to the stupidity of computers and lack
of necessary materials…..it’s been a good day. Oh, and I still
don’t
have a job–now that is frustrating. Just waiting for a phone call
could be one of the most aggravating activities I know of. But I did
get the chance to buy some new clothes. heehee That always seems to
make things a little brighter for at least a minute…or a
second….however long it is till I look at the receipt and realize how
much money I owe. Eh well…..
    Since pictures didn’t work very well last time I’ll
wait till I find a better way of putting them up before I try that
again. Think I’ll go read some Faulkner now. Till next time kids,
adeiu.

I don’t really have anything exciting to say (for today at least)
so I’ll just show you what I’ve been seeing these days. (Because the truth is I’ve been lounging around on the porch all week! Still no signs of a tan….alas….I am pale for life.)

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….Above me….

….Below me…..

And, a funny thing, the fortune I received on one of my last nights in
Hillsdale while out to dinner with ElizabethAnn. That was goodtimes….

        Suppose it’s time for an update. Except nothing incredibly exciting has
happened. Tis the glory of summer…..lazy days spent reading outside
in the sunshine….*sigh* life is good. Still waiting to hear about
the jobs I applied for. Recently got an offer to do a portrait drawing
of a friend’s children, and I’m really excited about that. Other than
that, just been enjoying the homecooked food (beat SAGA by %100) and
trying not to waste my time at home (even though I’m really counting
the days till I get to see y’all again…is that bad?) . Hope
everyone else is enjoying themselves just as much.
        Oh, one cool thing did happen today. I got to see some
high school teachers that I hadn’t talked to in a while. It wasn’t
quite weird…it was more just nostalgic. My English teacher junior
year was/is the greatest teacher and I found out that he’s leaving my
high school and that is a great loss for the students of the future. I
never really agreed with the principles that he was teaching (he rarely
actually inserted his own personal philosophy into discussion) but he
gave me such an outlet to express exactly what I felt about certain
types of literature (post-modern, generally, also those darn
transcendentalists) and in that way garnered from me a certain amount
of appreciation for those very same books and authors. Perhaps this is
why I am so looking forward to my course next semester in American lit
1820’s-1890’s….it will be the same type of literature that I studied
junior year and I feel very comfortable with those authors.
        And then
there was my creative writing teacher (I keep wanting to say prof…)
who quizzed me about what college profs want in a
paper….organization, of course! It’s too bad that Hillsdale doesn’t
have a better creative writing program, cause that teacher gave me a
bunch of cool tips about writing. He’s quite talented himself. Also
found out that in the past several months he and his wife have somehow
come upon yet another child….amazing how that works.
        And thirdly (actually he was the first one I saw,
but that’s beside the point) my Latin teacher. What a cool guy.
Eccentric in ways that only growing up in Turkey and various random
places can make a person, but it certainly doesn’t work against him
when it comes to teaching. He once had a pet boa constrictor named
Floyd. And this is the man who brought me to my college senior status
of Latin competancy. haha I am ever grateful. And that was the end of
my high school visit….had to take the youngun’ to a little end of the
year shindig. I remember freshman year…*sigh*
    Oh. And I had lunch with a good friend. Lovely chats
about…various…unmentionable…topics….ahem. Well then. I believe
I’ll go watch a movie or do something similarly constructive (that is
to say, not at all!).

love.

     I love Georgia summer nights. The air is
warm and the sky is a deep
prussian blue, but the trees are so black you can still see them
standing
against the sky. And I love my back yard. The only thing missing is
telepathy, so that I can talk to all the people I love and miss while
sitting in my backyard enjoying this very summer evening. Wouldn’t it
be nice to talk to anyone you wanted whenever you
wanted? It’s probably a good thing that’s only possible to do with God,
otherwise we might just make a mess of it…in fact, I’m pretty sure we
would.
     Oh well. My recovery has been quick, thanks to many
antibiotics and painkillers (it pays to have a father who is a doctor
) but I’m still enjoying just chilling at home. I am hoping to hear
from the places I applied to work pretty soon though. I need money!
Plus, I want to start painting at the studio again. Looks like this
summer might just turn out ok…..Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise
(as they say here in the Southlands)
       I find myself reverting very quickly to
my old introverted ways. It doesn’t take much….I guess once you’re
removed from the situation that forces you into being sociable, you fit
just as comfortably back into the place where you started. The only
difference now is the constant memory of the things I’ve experienced
and the people I’ve met and shared time with since last summer.
I’m looking forward to just enjoying this time to get back to my roots,
in a sense, because I’m pretty sure that I need it. It does seem
strange now, though, to be sitting in the very same places that I was
before going to college and yet, in some ways, to be a very different
person. Not that I have changed at the core–it’s more about
experience. I almost can’t believe that a whole year has passed–but
I’m really not sure if it seems like it has been longer or shorter. I
can’t imagine not knowing the people I do now and yet at the same time
I can’t forget my high school friends and experiences because they
were really such a short time ago.  Alllllrighty then….. I think I’m beginning to
ramble….must be the drugs. haha Oh well, that means I’m off to
bed! Night chillens!

Oouch….my tonsils. Mild case of tonsillitis here. Thank goodness for
pain killers. Not a fun way to start the summer, but at least it didn’t
happen in the last few days of school. That would have been even worse.
Other than that, things are great here in the GA. Lovin’ the weather
(finally!) after the tempermental climes of Michigan. Missing everyone
back in the ‘dale . . .
    Still checking out the job stuff. Filled out some
applications yesterday, just gotta wait to hear back. I need the
money!! Without a job I don’t really have much to do except watch
movies and read….it’s quite the life. If you have my cell number,
call me!

love.

And….I’m home. I must admit I wasn’t too excited to be leaving
the ‘dale. Especially since some pretty crazy/good/exciting things
happened in these last few days. I’m sad that I had to leave right when
everything seemed to be coming together for me . . . but, now that I’m
here, it’s quite a relief. And, I’m sure there are good reasons for it
(which of course there are…God has a plan). Plus, it just gives me
more to look forward to for next semester, right? Right.

Just finished un packing. Not sure what I’ll do now….probably watch a movie.

Welcome to Summer!

P.S. My Marjorie Fair CD finally came! yay!

P.P.S. Sorry folks, but it looks like I won’t be online (AIM) as much
over the summer as I was during the school year. Not that it matters
much to anyone, but if you really want to talk, shoot me an e-mail
(mljago@hillsdale.edu) or call the cell!