Interesting...

I was told yesterday that two good friends of mine are now dating. Normally, I would be really excited about this. But, I'm not. I know how it's going to turn out. And it won't be good. Both people are nice, and smart, but I don't think that their personalities mesh. I'm worried that when (not if) they break up that I'll have to choose which one I'll want to remain friends with. And I don't like the thought of that at all. But if I try to tell them that I think that they are bad for each other, I'll probably lose both friends, which is even more unbearable. Fortunately, they are from different friend circles, so I probably won't have to really lose either one as a friend. I really don't know what to do. I guess I'll just have to wait it out and see what happens. Hopefully I'll be wrong and if the break up at all, it'll be because it they knew that they were better as friends.

I was told by my Freshmen Seminar teacher that I shouldn't go home or visit my family at all for the first 3 weeks of college. Although it does seem like good advice for most people, I don't think it is the same for me. I already know how to get along without my family for an extended period of time. Going off to work at summer camp for the past 4 years has prepared me for the real world, or at least the college world. The reason I bring this up, is because I'm going "camping" with my family this weekend. We are going to Goshen Family Camp, I'll be working on staff, and my parents will be cooking for the staff. I'm really excited, because I love going down to Goshen, no matter when it is. It always seems much more special when I go down during the offseason though. I'm not sure why.

Before I leave for family camp though, I'm going to go back and visit some of my teachers from high school. After my German class today, I'm leaving right away so I can get there before everyone has left, in hopes of seeing some of my high school friends too. I'm also going to be introducing my sister (a freshmen) to the academic team advisor so she can get involved, and because it's good to know more than just the teachers that you have, because it's always good to have someone in your corner looking out for you. I think my sister will do good in high school. She was nervous the weeks leading up to it, not only because she'd be going to high school, but also because I wouldn't be there to help her out if she needed it. It'll be good for her to know that I'm not that far away if she ever really needs me.

Well, I think I'm going to wrap this up, because I'm getting hungry, and I want to go to lunch.

As I sit here, watching the DNC...

...I can't help but muse at all of the speakers reliance on talking about "George W. Bush" or "The Republican party" instead of on the person that should really matter, John McCain. Oh, sure, it sounds great. But how confident can a person like Bill Clinton be in Barack Obama if he has to rely on cheap tricks like that. He should really talk about how bad John McCain is, not George W. Bush. I'm pretty sure that we know how people feel about him, and why. But why should we vote for Obama? We can't vote for GWB. Why shouldn't we vote for John McCain? Now Bill Clinton is talking about "cronyism". HAHA! That really makes me laugh. How hypocritical can you be? Good gracious. I can't keep watching. *click*

Well, that's about it. Sorry if you're reading this, I know you probably think I'm a nutcase.

College is fun!

I'm 2/3 of the way through with my classes today. I have German at 12:10 today instead of 1 because of convocation. I'm excited for German. I've always wanted to take German, but my high school didn't offer it. German is such an interesting language. German culture is also extremely interesting. Not to mention Germany's history. Good gracious, what a history. From being many small nations that all spoke the same language, to being united by Germany, to starting 2 world wars. I love German food, especially bratwurst. It's the best of the wurst. Oh wow, what a bad pun. I'm kind of rambling now. I'm just typing what's on my mind. I'm really excited for this presidential election. It's turning into quite an interesting race. I'm taking a class called The Presidential Election of 2008. We took a poll today of who we would vote for if the election was held today. To my surprise, John McCain won. Isn't that interesting? I guess it's because of the nature of this school. We're a small, Catholic school. There are probably a lot of conservatives on campus. Although I bet they don't speak their mind as much because of the public opinion of all Republicans, just because of George W. Bush. It's really a shame that people will just assume that all Republicans are just like George W. Bush. What makes them think that? George W. Bush is an individual, just like everyone else. He isn't exactly like anyone else. Not all Republicans act like GWB. I don't think he was a bad president. I think that his policies would have been just fine if the liberal media hadn't been so aggitated when he won the Supreme Court case, Bush v. Gore. If he'd won outright, no one would have tried to make him look like he stole the election. Oh well. You can't have everything that you want.

In case you didn't know, I work at a Cub Scout camp in the summer. Beautiful Camp PMI on the Goshen Scout Reservation. I don't like to say it, because it sounds like I'm being self-aggrandizing, but Camp PMI is the best on the Reservation. But don't just ask me, ask Al Lambert, the Scout Executive for our council (he's the top guy in charge). At a camp directors meeting, he told our CD, in front of all the others, that Camp PMI had the best staff. At Camp PMI, we have a Motto, "Pride, Style, Dedication" That is the definition of Camp PMI. We are proud of our work, we do our work with style, and we are dedicated not only to our camp, but to the reservation, and to the scouts that we help. My friend CJ, who also works at PMI, is having sweatshirts made with the PMI logo on the front with the word "Staff" underneath (kind of like our staff shirts, but without a year number), and with our Motto on the back. A lot of people are getting them, along with myself. But not only is current staff getting them, but Alumni are getting them too. Camp PMI stays with you forever, no matter what. I like that.

I think it's kind of like college. The people you meet at Camp will be your friends forever. I've been told that college is like this as well. It makes sense really. With camp, you live in tents with these people for 2 months out of the year, with college, you live in dorms with these people for 8 months out of the year. You also get to choose your college, just like you get to choose the camp you work at, giving you a sense of pride in that place right off the bat.

Oh dang, no catchy/origional/cool title....

I've been getting ready to go to college for the past couple of weeks. I'm starting to get excited. I'm glad I decided to go with living on campus, because I'd hate to have to commute. It just wouldn't be the same. I've talked to my roommate, he seems like he's a pretty cool guy. He's an Eagle Scout, and he loves the outdoors. We'll probably get along great. I hope we do. What I am most excited for is getting my laptop. At the Mount, they have this laptop ownership program where they buy a bajillion (yes, that is a real number) computers from Dell, then sell them to us at a greatly discounted price. We also get printers with the deal. But because this is how I got my computer, I have to wait until I move in to actually receive my laptop. So until Sunday, I must continue to share a computer with my sister. Oh well, it's only a few more days. Look, over there. Yeah, right there, on the left of your screen, that's what my laptop looks like. I has a built in webcam. That's one of the things I'm really looking forward to. Talking to my friends, face to face, from a bajillion miles away.

I am really liking this new bloging website. It makes things much easier. Xanga was a little annoying if I do say so myself. Which I do. So, HA!

I had a really good day today. I went to lunch at Panera with a few of my really good friends from church; Pat, Katherine, and JP. I haven't gotten to see them since June, so it was really great catching up one last time before Pat and I left for college. We reminisced about the Mission Trip we went on last summer, and about how Katherine would be all by her lonesome with the new upcoming freshmen (scary thought, my sister is one). That's one thing that I'll miss. Going to Youth Group on Sunday mornings. We always had so much fun. I'll try to make it to Youth Group every now and then, but I know for sure I won't be able to do it every Sunday. It would just eat up too much gas (not to mention sleep time).

I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I'm going to go down to Montgomery County, and hang out with some of my friends from Camp PMI one last time before we all leave for college. It's really cool that there are so many of us from that age group, we get to experience the same types of things at the same general time. I'll be sure to tell you of our adventures tomorrow evening when I get the chance to blog once more.

Good night all. I'd write more, but seeing as I share a computer (my sister is kicking me off), I don't have the privelege of writing a really long blog.

-The Kilted Scholar

Well, THAT is a bummer....

I lost my cell phone today at Six Flags. I won't get a new one until Monday. It's quite sad. Although I guess a cell phone isn't as necessary now that I have daily access to a computer, but still, it will be interesting seeing how well I get along with out my cell phone. I think the worst part is. I've now lost all of my contacts, so I'll have to slowly acquire them once more. At least with the invention of things like Facebook, I can more quickly gather cell phone numbers of most of my friends. Unfortuneatly a lot of my friends still don't have Facebooks. Ah well, such is life.

GOSH DANGIT!

Well, this thing looks simpler than Xanga. Let's see how I like it.