So this is the first summer off that I’ve had in two years. And it’s coming to an end on Monday, when I re-start college at Macon State.
Of course, I can’t say that this was the most enjoyable summer. It was spent almost entirely in the house, although
- I was able to see two of my nieces for the first time since 1993
- I was able to start a job as a private tutor for my mother’s doctor’s children.
- I can also say that this was the summer where I started using Ubuntu on a semi-constant basis. 8.04 LTS works, although some things remain a mystery to me about it (like how it doesn’t quiet down when it boots into the splash login).
- The iPod touch that I have in my pocket became increasingly useful to me (via jailbreaking, of course) over the summer.
- I faced my own concept of spirituality, and finally said some things that I wanted to say about God, monotheism, and anti-semitism for a long time. Still don’t know if going an alternative way will be all that easy.
- I saw the Zimbabwe crisis and associated victims slide a few inches further down the toilet.
- I switched from cow milk to goat milk.
- I came up with new ideas.
- I almost saw a ghetto catfight in an aisle of Wal-Mart, but saw almost all the entire staff of McDonalds run out of the kitchen to see it happen.
- I saw a tropical-strength storm hit our area and Macon torn apart by it. Wish I had a camera the night after the storm passed over.
- Finally realized that African-American comedy isn’t all that funny in retrospect. It’s either too true or realistic, too totalitarian or too preachy.
- I watched Absolute Boy
- I was examined for hemorrhoids for the first time. It felt….weird and cold.
So yeah, it was alright for a first summer out of school.
Hope that next summer will be just as interesting.
In the meantime, besides school, I don’t know what to expect out of the coming months. There are a few intentions and hopes, such as going to AWA in Marietta next month with a proper costume (maybe an Asian-themed fursuit?), but other than that….who knows?
