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I was walking down this concrete sidewalk, relative new look and feel (describing the concrete that is). As I was walking, I felt unusually chilled when I sort of reformulated a memory that happened on the corner of the building I was walking towards. It was important because it signified a point at which I visualized where I was in my life. That moment felt like a turning point of some sort, possibly defining where I'm going now. I just now realized that I should probably write it down so I can preserve the moment.

It was a sense of intense elation, recalling that memory. How does one describe happiness really? That's an interesting topic to discuss. For some people, it may be when something has been added to your life: money, friendship, education, a significant other or whatever. For me it was a selfish thing. But who's to say one cannot be selfish every now and then? After all, that's what America is all about. Selfishness. But not really. That's just a speculation on the state of things in this country.

Anyways, getting back to the point. Every time I get bored, it's because I realize I hate what I need to get done at that moment in time. I was doing some Economics homework this morning (which was late). Before you think, "Quit being so lazy and stupid," consider that this class is absolutely worthless on so many levels. Trying to apply it to real life is like trying to apply religion to politics. There were too many conflicting theories and hypocritical aspects of the class to justify the entire idea of it.

I wonder why we have to punish ourselves with these feats of endurance in education. It's more like, "How long can you focus on these mindless facts?" And a lot less like, "Think of something original and expand upon it. If you can't think of anything original, then make some one else's idea better and give them some credit for the original idea." Maybe that makes no sense to you (the reader) but that's how my brain thought it through.

I did realize that my college experience thus far has given me something. Things which I could have eventually figured out on my own, but at least I realized them sooner than later.

First of all, I realized I hate ignorant people. I'm not even going to attempt to justify what an ignorant person is. It's like my personal racism. Some really ridiculous people are racist against black people in the Mid-South. I'm discriminatory against ignorant people. Happy?

Second, I realized that the internet is a wonderful place to find information. It takes A LOT of effort to find that information. But soon after one finds the capacity to find useful information on the internet, your knowledge of what's going on in the world increases infinitely. Applying that knowledge is a whole different story though. The best part about the internet is that there's a relatively low tuition cost. You simply need a computer capable reproducing the current web standards and a subscription to an ISP. The U.S. has a lack of a broadband backbone, but hey it's a big country and we're working on it.

Another thing I realized is, that good friends are hard to come by. Good friends are even harder to tolerate on certain occasions as well... Not as hard as ignorant people, but it takes work nonetheless. I'm really grateful for the people around me in my current hometown. It's all very convenient and I have people to talk to and hang out with a simple dial on the cellphone. Okay, maybe I don't have to work hard to have good friends. But a couple here and there do a lot of stupid stuff that I can't talk them out of.

I can't escape music, rather I need to embrace it. Anyone who hates listening to music is simply giving up on one of their senses. Everything can be turned into music depending on the situation. Ever heard to the conversation of hundreds of people at once? Go to a concert festival or a convention and just listen to the roar of the crowd all talking at the same time. It's music. Music can also be what we listen to on the radio, Mp3 players (iPods for people that can't tell the difference between the two or that they're one in the same), internet, etc.

This world is so subjective. There's no room to judge for the most part. I'm a hypocrite, because I totally judge ignorant people. But everyone's a bit ignorant at one time. It just takes certain people longer than others to grow and adapt. For instance, a Westerner may say that it's ignorant to use chopsticks to eat food, while a majority of people would say otherwise. There's no way to justify either practice of eating. They both get the action of eating finished. This just happens in radically different fashions.

I wonder what's next in life. College isn't too much longer in the grand scheme of things. I haven't made the most of it so far (grades are stellar, but they're average). I plan on using it for something good though. When I mean good, I hope that it helps a great number of people. I want my legacy to be something that benefited people. Maybe I can do that with music, maybe with words. It's impossible to predict the future at this point.

I'll see the rest of you on the way there though.

Good luck on exams people.