Twitter is sort of my new blog, anyway. It's easier than having to log in and ramble when I can post bite-sized rambles whenever I want. Plus, my no-doubt diminishing fanbase coupled with my no-doubt diminishing writing ability is sort of a one-two punch to my motivation.
This is my sixth (or seventh?) week at FGCU. The first two weeks were very good. The food was good. The classes were good. The people were good. Slowly but surely, things went downhill. I think it's partly because every student at FGCU is a clone of Wes Diaz and Chase Wade. I can't talk to anyone unless the words "beer, drunk, high, police, boobs, or Tapout" are an integral part of the conversation. It's insane. People are running up and down the hallway, banging on doors at 1 in the AM. And the funniest thing (to me, at least) is that no one is awake before noon on weekends. NO ONE. FGCU is a Ghost Town before noon. I guess no one has jobs, or they're all sleeping off hangovers, or both.
Joey Earle called my videos stupid. Well, for your information, William, I'm going to try my hand at film production next semester, and I thought I'd get my feet wet with some computer animation, if that's fine with you. Punk. You want a funny video? Here's "Aquagize".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyVlSfbXVXc
Or, better yet, here's the famous (or infamous) Ponce de Leon video that sent Jack and I to the Regional History Fair in Mr. McGarry's class. We lost to Canterbury and their ridiculous budget.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=24003058
Hm. What else is happening? I'm sort of in a funk because all my friends are gone. I went to watch a Panther's game by myself at Beef O'Brady's. I was overwhelmingly lonesome (and the Panthers getting clobbered didn't help), so I printed out pictures of Joey, Patrick, Katie, and Dan's head and glued them to the chairs so I had someone to talk to. Later, I gelt really stupid because I couldn't finish my curly fries.
My days are filled with class and sleep now, with a little Andy Francis and Kaita Tinkoff on the weekend. I should be happy, and I was, but now I'm just bored. I'm no longer intellecutally stimulated by Kasenow every day (once a week via email, if I'm lucky), I am no longer able to make fun of Mr. Mayer behind his back with Dan, Liah, and Kaita. I no longer play the baritone sax in band, and that sucks.
Eh, looking back, I guess I'm being negative. I just miss you guys.
Do you ever stop to think about the origin of some of the most basic, fundamental foundations that our existance is based upon? No, I'm not talking about protozoa or evolution. I'm talking about something bigger and not soul-damning (technically...).
Gold.
Do you know why the American economy was the initial lodestone of our economy? Because it's valuable. Do you know why it's valuable? Because we said so. Gold doesn't have some magical property that renders it superior to other chemical elements. It's just pretty. I think this was the first case of "pretty=valuable". And now look where we are. People like Kim Kardashian and Ben Affleck are famous just because they're attractive. Also, if you tell me Ben Affleck is an actor, I will come to your house and kick your legs. That's not acting.
See you on Twitter!
-J
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ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that you lost a large chunk of your fan base, as well as your writing abilities.
Now, I'm responding to this blog to let you know that the entire second paragraph of this particular entry, seems completely wrong to me. I had many great memories during my first year at FGCU. I made a lot of friends through my orientation group (my very first hands-on-get-into-the-groove-time here). Then my year followed through with no one mentioning drugs or alcohol directly to me. I'm not even sure I know what "Tapout" means.
I will also have you know that I went to bed at approximately 10:00pm and awoke to the sun at 9 every morning. I didn't watch your first video that you posted, but I did see the second one, because the phrase "Ponce de Leon" caught my eye. I remember the story about history day. Upon reading the small segment that came with the video, I learned that you lost to Canterbury. That school is right by where I live when I don't live here. They do have large budgets. But then, I think that maybe this is an excuse you use. I also think that you have the motivation and time to make a great video. An even BETTER one than Canterbury has ever seen! They're all asses there, anyways.
I liked the next paragraph in which you spoke about the Panthers and how much you missed your friends. I find it very nice and also very creepy that the taping-friends-faces-on-chairs situation took place. I honestly hope that you have made new friends this year. By no means do I mean friends to take the place of your other friends. But good ones at least.
The gold thing is what it is and I think that the value of it had something to do with its weight and the way it shone in the sunlight. I don't know.
I'm not even sure that you will receive this post, because I don't have a blog of my own and I have no idea if this is going to send when I'm finished typing out this incredibly long entry (and run-on sentence). Well I guess I'm responding because I want to be your friend, Jordan Eller. I think you're funny and occasionally punny, and have many great friend attributes. But then again, some could say I don't really know you. It goes either way, really. I'm sort of an optimist but I'm also not as dense as some would think.
Well, that's all for now
-C