Have you ever transcended space and time?

No. Yes. Time not space. No I don't know what you're talking about.

Moving on...so, I'm back in Wisconsin. Not Sheboygan, but I'm living in LaCrosse now, and commuting to school in Winona. Weird. Two months ago, I had been planning on living in Colorado for a couple years yet. Marvin and I aren't together anymore. I'm living with Sharon and Steve. But, since all of you who regularily check this already know all of this, I don't need to spend a whole lot of time explaining. Thankfully.

So, being back here is kind of weird. All of the sudden I'm reconnecting with a ton of people that I haven't seen in a long time. I get to see Courtney and Josh fairly regularily. I get to see my cousin Dave A, who is living in LaCrosse, and also my cousin Dave K, who is going to school in LaCrosse. Weird. Bizzare.

I'm also realizing that I miss Colorado a lot more than I thought I would. I miss the city of Colorado Springs a lot. The biggest city I"ve ever lived in, and I feel like I fit there. I miss the people I connected with in Colorado too. My friends from the Ark were so wonderful. I miss them terribly. But, of course, it just means that my network of people is slowly growing. I love knowing that I have people all over the country who know and love me, and who I know and love.

So, I started school on Monday at Winona. It's strange but nice to be back in an academic setting. I do enjoy being around thoughtful, intelligent people. Although I do realize that just because someone is attending a college, it doesn't make them thoughtful or intelligent. In fact I see a lot of counter examples to "thoughtful and intelligent" every day in all of my classes. But, at least I'm learning and growing and expanding. Always important things that should never stop happening. I have a geography professor who I think is going to keep life interesting for us this semester. He's very opinionated and makes a lot of masked comments about our current administration, and the state of politics in general. I like people like that. Not necessarily people who bash the administration. Anyone can do that. I like people who have thought through and researched their opinions and who will state them even if they're unpopular. I like people who aren't afraid to question the status quo.

But then, I have a political science professor who is going to drive me crazy this semester. He's the kind of guy who makes comments and he thinks he's funny, but no one else gets it. I spent an hour and a half watching the whole class give this guy blank stares as he struck out time and time again. And, (this makes it worse) he didn't seem like he really had an opinion about any of the stuff he was teaching. Which, some might argue makes for a good teacher. But, I think that a good teacher is a teacher with passion. How can someone have passion for their subject matter if they don't have an opinion about it?

Anyway, I miss working at the Ark very much, but thankfully it looks like there's a treatment center in LaCrosse that I can get a job at. I really developed a love for working with at-risk youth while in Colorado. I think I would like to pursue that more.

Anyway, enough rambling for now. I'm just procrasinating. More updates to come...plus my opinion on Gnarls Barkley.