I was working on an important paper for school, when suddenly I lost motivation to keep working on it and strayed on to the internet. I was just browsing the usual web sites when I decided to check out Jesse Jakomait's page. It had been a while since I looked at it and I always enjoyed reading his journal entries. He is kind of inspiring. But today what I read in his journal kind of depressed me. Here is the link http://www.jessejakomait.com/journal_details.asp?journal=344
His story is inspiring to me. I guess he was at one time not unlike myself as I am now. I am just beginning and now he is ending. It's ironic. There is so much I would like to type about this, but I really need to get back to my school work. Maybe I'll come back and discuss this issue more in depth. Maybe not though, I might just be emotional right now.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Monday, February 06, 2006
February
February is already hear. This winter is going by fast compared to past winters. That is because everything is new. Things are different for a change.
February 15th is my birth day. Nothing really special about it I guess. It's just a superficial construct. Time and space are just modes by which we live. I don't know who said that but I'm sure some famous person did at some time. Anyway, being a little less cynical, I will be twenty. Twenty is ten times two. Ten, being the perfect number. So therefore, twenty is two times as perfect. My twentieth anniversary of life. I want it to be a special year. A magical year.
Interestingly enough, my new race bike is going to be a Klein Attitude XX (Roman numeral for twenty). I've been making payments on it with money from my savings account that was really supposed to be for college and more "important" things- Maybe not the smartest thing to do, but sometimes you have to take chances. Life wouldn’t be interesting if you didn't take chances. Anyway, maybe the bike is symbolic. It's a Klein, which are known to be very beautiful bikes. Beauty. I love beauty. It's name is Attitude twenty. Attitude - my new attitude for new my new endeavors. Twenty - my two-times-perfect age. I don’t know where to go with that, but it sounded good.
In other news, I am fighting to get through The Gauntlet. It’s hardening me. It’s good for me. I guess it’s good to stay busy. Maybe that’s why time seems to be going by so fast. School has been good because I learn new things every day - things I am interested in. Work is good - I meet nice people there. Training is good because my legs look like road maps again and my heart is strong, both physically and metaphorically. I will be ready very soon.
No quote today, for this entry has been meaningful enough.
February 15th is my birth day. Nothing really special about it I guess. It's just a superficial construct. Time and space are just modes by which we live. I don't know who said that but I'm sure some famous person did at some time. Anyway, being a little less cynical, I will be twenty. Twenty is ten times two. Ten, being the perfect number. So therefore, twenty is two times as perfect. My twentieth anniversary of life. I want it to be a special year. A magical year.
Interestingly enough, my new race bike is going to be a Klein Attitude XX (Roman numeral for twenty). I've been making payments on it with money from my savings account that was really supposed to be for college and more "important" things- Maybe not the smartest thing to do, but sometimes you have to take chances. Life wouldn’t be interesting if you didn't take chances. Anyway, maybe the bike is symbolic. It's a Klein, which are known to be very beautiful bikes. Beauty. I love beauty. It's name is Attitude twenty. Attitude - my new attitude for new my new endeavors. Twenty - my two-times-perfect age. I don’t know where to go with that, but it sounded good.
In other news, I am fighting to get through The Gauntlet. It’s hardening me. It’s good for me. I guess it’s good to stay busy. Maybe that’s why time seems to be going by so fast. School has been good because I learn new things every day - things I am interested in. Work is good - I meet nice people there. Training is good because my legs look like road maps again and my heart is strong, both physically and metaphorically. I will be ready very soon.
No quote today, for this entry has been meaningful enough.
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