Ron D. Moore does love his in medias res.

I didn’t really get out of bed today until 3:30pm.  How wonderful is that?  Ah, Christmas.

Retrospectives and the like.

Tonight, I went through and reread every entry in this blog of mine.  There aren’t that many, and I’m a pretty fast reader, so it went by fast, but in the end, I found myself smiling.  I’d forgotten about a lot of what I’d written all the way back in November 2006 and May 2007 (my peaks, if you will), but it was actually entertaining.  I can write!  I know that sounds self-evident, what with all the writing and whatnot, but I had, as of late, become less than confidant in my skills as a writer.  But it looks like they’re there.  If I can make myself laugh at my own sense of humor, then that proves nothing at all–but it’s better than nothing.

Over the year or so that this blog has been around, I’ve referenced a certain story I work on every once in a while–the science fiction one, more specifically.  Well, if it makes you feel better–and I’m sure it does–it still attracts much of my brain time, that is to say, I think about it almost all the time I’m not thinking about something else.  It’s morphed and evolved about twelve times now, and the original story I wanted to tell takes place before the book/whatever even begins.  It’s all very exciting, and maybe one day, I’ll actually write it all down.  Yeah…right.

The Top Ten AWESOME Things About Next Semester

10. I joined Statesmen.

9. I get to go to Fargo and Milwaukee with the Statesmen to perform at regional and national conferences.

8. I get to perform at the Viennese Ball with Statesmen and Impromptu (and get in for free.)

7. Viennese Ball is on my birthday (and the same day as the national convention) this year.

6. I’m hoping for some sort of cheap-ass Spring Break road trip.

5. I’m taking racquetball for my P.E. credit.

4. My only classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays are Choir and Statesmen.

3. Cabaret.

2. I’m moving…oh man, that just sounds so good. I’ll say it again, because why not: I’m moving. Governors was…nice, but I never really felt like spending time in my room, so getting a new one was probably a good idea. And I have shelves. Shelves.

1. I’m going on a European Tour with the Concert Choir, performing in Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. Yeah.

The Top Five Unfortunate Things About Next Semester

5. I’m taking a 400-level Theatre course (Modern Drama), and I don’t think I’m going to enjoy it at all, which isn’t to say I’m not going to do well, it’s just going to be three really boring hours each week.

4.  I have to take Poetry.  This doesn’t bother me as much, even if I really, really don’t like poetry.  The only bad part is knowing that I have at least one more poetry course after this one.

3. I should, at some point along the way, decide what it is I’m going to be doing with, you know, the rest of my life and/or the years immediately following college. I’ve got time, yes, but since I really don’t know what’s going on, I should probably get started now.

2. Impromptu needs to audition two new members for this semester, and three more for the next.  Awesome.  (Yes, I’ll be the only one left next year from this year.) Like I said…awesome.

1. I have to wait five long months (damned Leap Year) before I get to go to Europe.

Jason has won, like, hardcore.

That is to say, he’s lasted on his new blog far longer than I did, and thus he wins…something.  Apparently I now owe him some kind of prize.  I’ve decided that his prize shall be the resurrection of my blog.  I’ve been planning to make a comeback for some time, and what better present could I give my brother on his birthday than a half-abandoned blog that he has little or nothing to do with!

Happy Birthday.