So for the first time in many a moon I have not wanted to immediately go up to my room after whatever evening activity I was doing and collapse upon my comfortable bed. For once in too long - my late night energy has returned. I've missed it.

I just got done watching Kingdom of Heaven with my dad and Miles. I highly enjoy that film. For some odd reason it really makes me want to take a middle eastern history class of some kind... I've always found Islam and such cultures fascinating. Call me strange, I don't care.

Also, I got my Interior Design major info packet in the mail today - another big and exciting step in the beginning college procedure. College is more mind blowing than I thought it would be. I knew my decision making and application processes were going to be easier than most thanks to post secondary, but there's so much more to this time period in life right now. It's not just the applying, the acceptance and the deciding... I've come to find it's mostly about speculation. Everyone seems to be talking about what will come when we all go off on our own, in separate directions. Everyone seems to have made a list of "people to stay in touch with" and come up with different theories of how people will change, who will stay the same and who will essentially fade away. I've come to find that it is the notion of starting a new and independent life that is what is worrying people more than just going through the motions of the application process. But what do I know?

This movie has put me in a very philosophizing type of mood. Damn that Salar Houdin and the many fictional - yet factual - characters of the crusades. My final thought regarding college is that I find it very enjoyable to talk about, and have found myself bringing it up a lot. If you'd rather not talk about it - let me know so I can shut up. Thanks much.

Until then... later days, "Salaam alaykum," (Peace be with you)