Saturday, 01 August 2009

• Everyday I say I'll do some, and everyday I don't.

  Holy crap. Where the hell did the time go? Oh yeah, it was carelessly wasted away studying French, college researching and watching two full seasons of Friends--anything to distract me from what I should have been working on since April: my extended essay. Crap, crap, CRAP! And with three weeks left, will everything magically fall together? That is precisely what I'm aiming for. I think I'll hit a major breaking point soon, in which I will frantically and effectively get things done. I've written most of the introducing chapter, and I have an idea what the next chapter will focus on, but I haven't a clue about what the next will cover. And my poor mentor, Mademoiselle Embler, for having to deal with me.
  
  Once I get back from Memphis on Monday, it's on! Oh, yes, we just got in last night. Abdulhakim and Fakiha came last week from Atlanta, orignally from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We escorted them on a nine-hour car drive from Dallas. Their son, Hamza, is amazing. If it weren't for his fob-ness, I don't think I would feel the same about him. This video will explain:
  
  

  
  Yeah, that was my cousin, Samit and friend, Sitra recorinding Hamza being, well, Hamza. I'll miss that kid.
  
  With all the visitors and travel, I've seen quite a few of my relatives. And all of them seem to say the same thing: I've grown nicer. I sit down with people, and I smile now, versus the misanthropic, animal I used to be. I totally remember being a total brat, but I didn't realize I was so...bad. I never greeted people, I never talked to people, heck, I even hit some people if they bugged me enough. I figure I've changed for the sole reason that I'm older now. I have an act to keep up--the mature, sensible conversationalist. And I think it's a change for the better.
  

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