09.21.06
It Goes On And On My Friends…
We are looking at the return of more personal blogs on here. I’ll probably start cross-posting stuff from Xanga on here again. I doubt I have all that many readers, and anything I throw out on Xanga applies just as much here anyway.
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Wow, this week actually moved pretty quick. I can only imagine how long my days will be when I actually start doing stuff for the play. Which reminds me, I really need to get on that. ::sigh:: Anywho, David and I did a homework session at Panera, which was nice. The atmosphere was very good for working on GB II stuff (The Prince), and I finished up my physics. Yay. The food is also amazing.
In any event, after some rain and a decent amount of doubt, David and I ran tonight. Everyone who said they would go canceled so we went a little faster and harder, and it was absolutely wonderful. The strong wind, the fair temperature, a decent amount of cars and a decent time. I’m impressed, but I think we can do better. We’ve decided to alternate running tracks (one hilly, one semi-hilly, one flat) during the week. We are also running tomorrow night if anyone wants to join in (9pm-ish).
I missed the prank today. I was kind of sad until I smelled the hallways. Sounds like it was amusing. Congrats to Andrew Doyle and Kate Henny for winning King/Queen. I wasn’t around to vote, but I’m guessing that might have been my balot anyway.
Life is moving fast. There is never enough time in the day to get everything done, and because of it my homework is suffering. Next week I really need to remedy this problem. My computers seem so lonely, pouring out music and idling all day until I come along to check my e-mail and hop on for an hour to poke around (unless, of course, I have a programming assignment to do).
The Prince is absolutely amazing. It is so incredibly applicable its almost mind boggling, and Demoss teaches it in a very interesting way (today I was scribe and I got to wear a sombraro all hour 
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I finally went to the post office and picked up the first Post Secret book. I think everyone needs to see it. It was absolutely amazing, and I would assume life changing for many people. It is so honest, and it displays so many sides to people its almost indescribable. I have the second one ordered (I ordered both many months ago when I won the MudMagic String Library challenge), and now I read there will be a third.
For the unknowing, Post Secret is project where people send in postcards with secrets on them. They are then displayed for the world to see, totally anonymous. It sounds so liberating, I plan to take part in it sometime soon when I have the time to make a few cards. Check out the web site (updated every Sunday) at http://postsecret.blogspot.com/.
I also found this touching (from http://postsecret.blogspot.com/):
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Subject: biography
Today I went to Barnes and Noble to purchase your PostSecret book. I had sent in secrets that had never appeared on the website, and now felt that looking at or buying the book was a secret in itself. I was having difficulty finding it, and was reluctant to ask for help. After about 20 minutes of searching, I finally caved and asked an associate to help me find it. The woman led me right to it – in the Biography section.
I was shocked.
How can this be considered a biography? A biography of who? It was written by hundreds of strangers – how is this biographical? I sat down with the book, and began to read. I slowly realized the answer to my question. I was reading a biography of myself. Of myself and everyone else I know, or have known. None of the secrets I sent in were published, but the secrets I was reading were mine nonetheless. I felt them, I felt their reality, I knew their depth and their strength. These secrets belong to everyone. This book is a biography of the human spirit, of human nature. It is the deepest, most true biography I have in fact ever read. Most biographies leave out the secrets, those small nuggets of stark reality that people keep inside themselves. This biography is nothing but that – and for that it is invaluable.
-Georgia
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It sounds kind of corny and dumb, but check out the site. Ask me and we’ll look at the book sometime. Everyone has something they can confess, and PostSecret is a good way to do that. Give it a chance, you may find yourself drawn back each week to see the new ones posted.