Where Have I Been?

I swear, I haven't abandoned you. Well, I kinda did, but that's ok cause I'm back now.... Sorta. Let me explain.

As you know, or maybe you don't since you may not have read all my posts, one of my assigned goals for this year was to blog once a week for three months. Now I kinda bent the rules in some parts, but I finally achieved my goal not too long ago. Honestly, I'm pretty proud of that... which is probably a weird thing to be proud of but it was something I actually set out to do, and I achieved it. So go me and whatnot. Huzzah!!!

But where does that leave us? Do I now stop blogging? Do I move on to bigger and better things? NAY I SAY! There is no bigger nor better thing than blogging for you six people who read my written word. (Originally I wrote spoken word there because I typically speak things that I type like this, and since I'm writing in the empty classroom of McCool right now I bet this seems really weird to anyone walking by. Also, I don't use brackets properly since my typical bracket is longer than the sentence or piece it is explaining.) ((Also, there are better things than blogging, like nachos, jet skis, and swordfights, but since I have none of those currently, this is it. And I know there are more than six of you reading this... hopefully. I did just pass a 1000 views for this blog, which makes me feel really tingly.))

Since I'm no longer on a dedicated timeline, this is how my posting schedule is gonna go: There is no schedule. Boom, plot twist! Right now I am swamped with grad school stuff, and for the next couple of weeks I'm gonna be a wreck. But I still love to write, and I may start posting some of the random things I write during the week and when I can't sleep at night. It might get weird.... In fact, I know it's gonna get weird. Some weeks I may post a ridiculous amount, but we may go for awhile without speaking to one another. I hope our relationship can survive. This is what my grandfather must've meant when he said relationships take hard work and dedication. I'd always wondered about that.

Anyways, that's what gonna be happening over the next few weeks. Onto other things:

It's been a really dark last few weeks with all the crazy that's been happening, most notable being the Boston Marathon bombings. I'm not going to go too in depth about the situation since you should already know everything about it. I was gonna post some things I wrote about the situation, but I feel like other people have already said it better and with a much larger vocabulary... All I'm going to say is this:

Anytime someone tells you that we are living in the worst of times, where evil runs rampant and no one cares, where everyone casts a blind eye to anything that does not involve them and people are only looking out for themselves, they can go jump in a lake. The worst of humanity played their cowardly hand and we responded in force with goodwill, kindness, heroism, and unity. I saw men and women put themselves in unknown danger willingly to try and help those who were injured. There's a lot of bad in the world, but we often forget that there's a lot of good as well. The darker the shadows, the brighter the light.

As always, Mr. Rodgers said it best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-LGHtc_D328

Patton Oswalt did a pretty good job too:

https://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/posts/10151440800582655

Thanks for reading and go hug someone,

Tim

Dear Body

Dear Body,

What's goin on? Allergies??? Really? We are supposed to be a team. Like Batman and Batman. Please quit failing at this pivotal time. I've got finals, projects, and a life.

Seriously, please don't be a jerk. I know we haven't always gotten along. You got me pretty good during that whole puberty thing, but I've forgiven you for that. You even pulled a fast one that time I was on a date and you decided stomach problems were appropriate for the occasion. So good job, but I'm willing to let bygones be bygones. I listen to you, I take care of you, I make you smell good, so now it's time for you to do your part.

Sincerely,

Me