Saw a UFO

How appropriate (and, to be fair, how planned) that my first update in a year coincides almost exactly with the date of the previous one, and that I posted said entry a day before my first date with my most recent girlfriend, the illustrious Sara Valek.

That relationship was more important to our man's psyche than I'm willing to discuss, and the prospect of singlehood under the circumstances is too odd to describe. Or I'm just lazy.

Suffice it to say that, here's our man, all grown up and goin' nowhere. I'm close (enough) to finally finishing my bachelor's degree, but still may have to wait another year for graduate school. That sad possibility (nay, call it a fact at this point), combined with the premature ellipses of my relationship, has created an almost impenetrable (and possibly destructive) ennui! Oh the horror. Freethought WSU Check Us Out On Facebook has checked-out into permanent hiatus for the fall (stay tuned for our triumphant return to campus in the winter--when chalking is less than applicable, but whatever). Prospects for romance are dim, and barely desired. Too many gen-ed classes loom on the horizon, laughing their wheezy, skeletal laugh. The Obama administration has failed to provide change and all but crushed hope. My aversion to getting a real job borders on the absurd. The new Doctor Who logo is beyond silly. Dogs and cats, living together; mass hysteria!

And yet. And yet...I do have prospects. The quarter is only half over, and midterms will bring me back to form. I'm working on an independent study (to be discussed later) that may well overcome my inevitably lackluster GPA (I will never get past 3.6, and may not get there) and, as a writing sample on grad-school applications, put me over the edge of seemingly better applicants. I've begun managing my calories (just when does caloric management become anorexia is an open question--though one I'll likely never face), and have finally decided to make exercise a regular part of my life. Already the endorphins have done me a solid.

So, yeah, the adventure continues. And if the gap between aspiration and reality seems a bit wider than before, then I alone can work to close it. Just gotta keep on pushin'.More entertaining entries to follow.