It's been a while..... (Part II)

Its really late at night and I'm supposed to be writing a paper on John Bunyan and Thomas Hobbes but I just don't have the patience to do that right now. I'm really tired but at the same time kind of wired, and I've had such a great time with my last couple days off that I'm really not looking forward to going to class again (I don't know why I'm complaining so much, I have a two hour class tomorrow and another the day after that). Anyway, a lot has happened in a very small amount of time, so I guess I better start getting it all down. Oh, and my Final Four was not so great, so good thing I didn't fill out an actual bracket.

So the beginning of my week was really slow, I mostly just studied for my Peep Behind The Dikes exam that I had on Thursday (I got an A). I mostly just hung around Leiden by myself because everybody else was off doing there own thing. Then on Thursday Brian got here, and we tore it up Thursday night in Leiden and Friday went to Amsterdam. We then took a trip down to Brussels and it was awesome. He ate a ton of delicious food, had some kick ass waffles, went to the 10th floor of some parking garage to get a 360 degree view of the city while drinking beer and eating Doner Kebabs, and saw a lot of great sights. It was a very solid trip if I do say so myself, and the whole thing only cost my 30 euros after the travel and hostel expenses. Not bad.

So I've been back in Leiden now for a couple days and mostly been bumming around, trying to get some work done and also getting personal stuff done. I finally booked my flight to Birmingham, England, which is gonna be a great chance to see my family. Also, I think I'm having some serious computer problems and I'm hoping I don't fry my computer before I can get it fixed. If I don't fix this thing its going to be a very long three months here, I honestly won't know what to do with myself. I would have zero connection to the outside world because I can't read Dutch, I'd probably end up going and buying a television (which I really don't want to do). This could be bad, so I'm crossing my fingers.

Anyway, I've been thinking a lot about my life recently. I wonder what its gonna be like when I get back to the states, and I wonder what my life is going to be like when I graduate. I think I burned a couple bridges before I left that don't seem like they're going to be rebuilt, and I really wish I hadn't. I am a very strange person when it comes to friendships and relationships, and half the time I don't even know why I do the things I do. I know this all sounds fairly cryptic, but the point I'm trying to make is I'd like to change. I think I've already changed a lot about myself since being here (like my taste in beer) so I can't see why I can't get better in this department. The question I can't seem to answer is if I should try to save some friendships that might already be lost of just start fresh and meet new people? I don't really know.

Liz brought me those Klosterman books so I've been reading those. Still can't stop listening to Kings of Leon and for some reason I'm digging 3eb this week, its weird. Maybe its because Liz is going to se two of their shows this coming week. I need to listen to some new stuff, but its hard to get anything here in Europe. Maybe I'll break into a record store at night.

Be well.

AC