Blacktopping

Today I blacktopped my dad's driveway. It took about two hours, and I got really sweaty. But I got $160. I promptly spent $60 on college supplies, such as rechargeable batteries, a coffee press, shampoo, conditioner, and a pencil. I debated heavily on buying a revolver Nerf gun, but my better judgement got the best of me. I would like to get into coffee, much like I want to get into wine. I don't know, I just want to be different. Be interesting. And not just for the fact that I own a Jedi robe. I want to do some stuff with that girl I wrote about a long time ago, the trombone playing Star Wars one. Just, to get myself out there, in terms of people. I need to create some friendships out of all of these random acquantinces. Anyways, I'm spending the night at Scott's in Minneapolis. We were going to go see The Aristocrats, but that fell through. I sort of wanted to see Star Wars one more time before college. End the summer the way it began, sort of. I've been reflecting on my summer. Three months that saw me go from Minnesota to Tokyo to Beijing to New York and back. Why did it seem so humdrum? Actually, that's a lie. It wasn't humdrum. I found a new passion in swing dancing, and discovered a whole new way of life in Japan. I also gained an appreciation for early mornings and found a couple wonderful new friends in Missy, Kate, and Laura. And I found fun at work with Shane. So yeah, it's been a good summer. You can definitely seperate it into two parts. The first part I spent on the other side of the world. The second, just around the south of the metro suburban area. Each had its memories and its hardships. I think this summer, I found a clearer sense of who I am. And strangely enough, I think I found it most of all through 3 hours a week in a cave in St. Paul. When I went dancing, I could just expell all these feelings of self doubt, shyness, and fear through an art that one would never expect boring old me to engage in. Even though I was my same old self off the floor, I could become something exciting on it. And that is a good feeling. Random thought, I need to try and contact Chie in Kumamoto and Camille in Thionville. For those who don't know, Camille is the girl who housed me when I traveled to France last March. And Chie and her family housed Benjamin and I for two nights in Japan. And in whose presence, I had the most fun of the trip. I think it is just so cool to have relationships that span so far. It also helps me keep up my French. Plus, I have fond memories and feelings for the both of them. Anyways, Scott will be here soon. T minus a day or so until I return to Luther. I am looking forward to seeing Benjamin and Ryan, but I will miss Scott very much. Even though he often is a mofo, he is the person who I think understands me the most. I feel so blessed to have befriended him. So, I hope everyone is doing well. Oh, and news update. I went and bet on horses the other night, and lost. But I had fun.