I went rock climbing with Bob tonight. It was pretty fun. I think I’ll hang out with Bob and Shaan more this year. I think I’ll hang out with people in general more this year 
. I plan to probably buy some rock climbing gear if I keep enjoying it; it’s a good excuse to take trips places. I also started doing fencing. Those people are the biggest bunch of dorks ever. Sometimes hanging around really nerdy people annoys me because they’re just so… nerdy! But it should be a fun time, and some of them seemed pretty cool.
I have to write an operating system this fall. I’m working with someone that I’ve never met before; I was told by a friend that this guy is a hard worker. He seems like it; hopefully we will become friends.
I find myself missing california. Very much so, in fact. It’s frustrating because the whole time I was there, I was looking forward to coming back to cincinnati and starting a relationship with Anneliese. Now that I know that’s not going to happen, I realize how happy i was, in many respects, in California. I had fun with Kevin and Steve and Ben and Seth and Sean and Claudia and everyone else. Those were good days. I’m glad I bought that harvey mudd pennant from the bookstore to hang in my room as a reminder.
I went to St. X today, to get some tickets for a football game on saturday. I felt bittersweet, walking the halls. I remember once towards the end of Junior year, when I was feeling stressed out about school and wanting it to be over, I realized that I was going to miss these days terribly in the future. I found it hard to comprehend but I realized then that in the future I would probably kill to spend a day at X again. I was right.
I am forming good memories now, here in my house with my friends. Staying up late removing carpet, drinking in the kitchen while discussing politics, yelling at the TV and sitting on the front porch with ‘wilma’, our busted microwave. Who knows what else we will do? Sometimes it hurts to fondly recall days of old. I’m just glad I’m forming new memories now. As always, the eels (my favorite band) say it best:
It’s up to you and me, and who’s to say?
These could be the good old days.