Winter Quarter's Top 5

My apologies for the delay in a blog post. I have been home since Wednesday night. Most of my time has been spent watching the NCAA basketball tourney, with a little fantasy baseball drafting mixed in. I think the lack of needing a blog-post stems from being home. With the fam around, I have found I am able to vent throughout the day and removes the bottling effect that I get while I am at school. Spring break is going as well as I could have hoped. I haven't even had a kidney stone since exams ended. That of course means that I was, indeed, passing a stone during my exams. While most students were considering test-taking strategies and how to cram ten-weeks of knowledge into their minds for a two-hour test, I was considering when to take a percocet so that it would take away the pain for the test but would wear off enough for me to focus and not be "high as a kite." It was a little difficult ...

But I did receive my grades for winter quarter: two Bs and an A. Not too shabby considering the personal turmoil endured. Let's see ... I passed seven kidney stones. I lost my grandfather, my first grandparent to pass away. I battled persistent loneliness. I started a blog. I feel I was scapegoated for writing truth-facts. I ran into a few friends from high school on campus... two friends who go to Dayton... who are two of my best friends... who came to Columbus to see other close friends of mine... who didn't bother to tell me they were coming and didn't plan on me ever finding out about their visit... I decided to become an R.A. next year. I was eliminated from the pool of potential R.A. candidates. And I made the decision to transfer to the University of Akron.

Upon reflection of the events of the past quarter, I have learned a few things about myself. Here is a list of the Top 5 things I learned about myself:

5) I am bitter. I do not like it when others get something and I do not through no extra effort. These things are usually SGS-related. For instance: getting to party three times a week, getting to eat a slice of pizza and not double over in pain or need to run to the bathroom, not passing kidney stones...

4) I am jealous. See 5.

3) I like baseball. I always knew this. Baseball is one thing that has always made me happy. This year more than ever, though, spring training brought hope. This winter was, as I've said before, not the greatest. The return of baseball brought the return of a fan's hope for a World Series Championship Flag being raised above Jacobs' Field (Jacobs' Field, not Progressive Field). This was also helped by the Farrell-clan's shared season ticket package and the promise of getting to see at least ten games at the park for the first time since we gave up our own season tickets.

2) I am independent. I went to see Watchmen alone. It was pretty unenjoyable, but I did it. Some would say, "you're a better person for going through that." That comment is, of course, false. But I did it. And every night I walked a few blocks and got dinner, alone. And every morning I ate breakfast, and every afternoon I ate lunch, and every evening I ate fourthmeal, each one alone.

1) I am awesome.

-Intestineless Wonder