of the year past

2oo6 in review:


Family:

Had a mostly whole family in the beginning-- then was fatherless, then (fatherful ? nah.) not, then fatherless again, I thought permanently, and then not again;

Got kicked out of the house (with my sister) during the summer, and facing possibly the same fate if I go through with something that I am still not sure of;

Had a fight with my mother (not the first) shortly before Christmas, for which she and I ignored each other for about a week or so;



School:

Was a Computer Science student, then wasn't;

Was frustrated, then hopeful, then frustrated, then just tired of everything;



Friends:

Gained one, lost touch with old ones, reconnected with ones thought lost, met prospective ones;



Love:

Met someone, had a crush on (fell in love with?) said someone, was hopeful about said someone, but was ignored by said someone;

Met someone else, felt mostly hopeful about said someone else, but has not talked to said someone else in months (also lost said someone else's number);



Self:



Did something that sometimes I regret, and other times want to repeat;

Lost God, but hopefully on the way to knowing Him again;

Cried, a lot, and probably more than during all other college years combined;



So, all in all, not a very good year for yours truly. Here's to hoping the next will be better.

of faces

of songs for me

The Ditty Bops
There's A Girl

There's a girl that you might know
She's a friend at least I tell you so
But it might surprise you to find
There's something going on behind the door

When I'm asleep it gives me time to think
Thoughts that I wouldn't dare speak aloud
I couldn't bare myself before a crowd

I bide my time while biting my tongue
Hold closed my mouth so song is unsung
Get to the meat of things already
With buried secrets the ground is heavy

That's just the way things used to be

There's a girl who's close to me
Closer than you'd like to think
Dig up all the dirt you see
There's always more just underneath

I bide my time while biting my tongue
Hold closed my mouth so song is unsung
Get to the meat of things already
With buried secrets the ground is heavy

That's just the way things used to be