I'm Going Back to the Start

The year of 2007 was rung in after a long december of dragging through the end of our last first semester of high school, imagining the freedom and fun that awaited us in what could be our finest year. I spent that last night of 2006 living the high life, with best friends, still unaware of how big the year 2007 would be. In some ways it was only the beginning of the end, but at every moment I told myself to hold nn. All of these things that I've done made my 2006 the best it could have been, and I hope the next will be just the same.

I began my last semester as a high schooler in January. Do you remember when I was entering Saint X? Oh how quick it went, but the best was still to come. I was on my way to the homestretch, with the best times that every high school senior looks forward to for years. January, February, and March passed with the usual occurances, but with a great anticipation of what the coming months would hold. My friends and I had one big holiday in Myrtle Beach for our Spring Break trip. With a little help from my friends, it became one of the best weeks of my life. We enjoyed tons of sunshine, and since then I have kept carolina in my mind. After that trip, we kept sitting, waiting, wishing for the good time to keep on coming.

Not long after, we were to dance all night at Saint Xavier Senior Prom. All my friends were excited for the night, and with our dates in tow, we had one hell of a night. It seemed that night we would live forever in this night of pure fun and enjoyment. It was our night to celebrate what the past four years had meant. It's well known you get what you give, and the return on this night was definently worth it. I was even happier when we got to do it all over again for Assumption's Prom. Once again, we let go and had another unbelievable night. Trust me when I say, the carefree enjoyment of celebrating the end of high school by going to prom is awesome. I'm glad I got to do it twice.

But as we all know, proms signify to coming of something even bigger: graduation. Nothing was going in slow motion anymore, as the day approached faster than any of us actually wanted it to. It was time to move on, and say goodbye to the halls of Saint Xavier which shaped the path of our lives for four years, even though it had only seemed like four days now that graduation had so quickly approached. We said good riddance to those we would probably never see again, and were wished best of luck as we were sent out to face the perils and excitement of college life.

We were now in the space between our existence as high school seniors and our appearence as college freshmen. Those few months are like a holiday from real, where nothing matters excpet living life as you have known it forever, before it changes as college becomes a reality. Some of the days in the summer were like heaven. I felt comfortably numb as I spent a night at the Dave Matthews concert with some of my closest friends, went nightswimming as I became an adult on my 18th birthday, and spent days at the lake where I could on think I hope tomorrow is like today. But I was careful not to forget that the summer would soon end and I would find pastures new in Bloomington. But while it lasted, summer was nothing but flowers. And I stopped to smell every one I could.

The rest of my year found me in many ways back at square one. I was off to college at Indiana University in Bloomington. It was a place to begin again, to start over after 4 years of high school and experience so many new things with new people in a new place. I was pn my way, and in between all of my classes, meetings, and down time, I did learn how to party hard. But I love the college life, even though the things I had to leave behind were always in my head.

Hands down, 2006 was an awesome year, and one of huge change, and lots of moments that I had looked forward to for many years. I closed out with a great Christmas with the family and many good nights out with friends.

Here's to a good 2007 for everyone.


There is a little challenge in this post for those of you who are up for the test. If you haven't noticed by now, I created this post with a little help from some song titles. The person who can find and name the artist of the songs will be crowned as awesome.

My Top 10

1. The Shawshank Remption - Morgan Freeman makes this movie unbelievable. This one never gets old.

2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Crazy plot with Jim Carrey in his best role.

3. Donnie Darko - This movie just pulls me in. Jake Gyllenhaal's performance is nothing short of spectacular.

4. Enemy at the Gate - Best war movie in my opinion.

5. Wonder Boys - Great adaption of an even better book.

6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - This whole trilogy is mind blwoing, but this is the best of the three.

7. Shrek - Hilarious. Awesome animation as well.

8. Anchorman - Funniest movie I have ever seen. So many favorite scenes in this one.

9. Plesentville - Tobey Maguire has a great performance, and I love the story.

10. Spiderman - Have always enjoyed this one. Comic book heros at their best.

The Greatest Ever

Attention: If you have not got the opportunity to watch Ali Rap on ESPN, do so as soon as you can. If you are from Louisville, make it even more of a priority.

I saw commercials for the show, but I was not exactly sure what it was about so never put much interest into it. The name kind of turned me off as well considering I'm not much a fan of rap. Tonight, though, as I channel surfed I came upon it and stopped to see what it was all about. It was about one of the greatest figures of our time, in all meanings of the name. I knew he shared the same home town as me, I knew he was a great boxer, and I knew some of his most famous lines, but thats all I knew. That I have found is a shame.

The show is dubbed Ali Rap because that is how he talked. He was so quick with his words, full of ryhme and wit. He was just as good at speaking as he was at boxing, maybe even better. The show features his entire life and career, full of his words, spoken both by himself and famous personalities. It gave great insight to his life. Even better it taught me so much about a man that I have heard about all my life, but knew little about.

I'd rather not give all my thoughts on it, but I needed to give some so you would be moved to watch. Now, I want to go to the museum over the break. I've been to all the other museums dedicated to the rich history of Louisville, so its about time I made it there. So whoever wishes to join me, you are more than welcome.

Movies

It's been a while since I have paid much attention to writing any posts. College doesn't give me much time to things of these sorts, but after being here for a semester, things have reached a point where I can return to the Blogger life. One thing I have spent a lot of my time doing at college though is watching many many movies. I love movies, but usually find reasons not to watch them. Also, seeing the new craze that is sweeping across Greg's blog I have decided to welcome everyone back with a rip-off of my own.

I want to know your Top 10 movies. Movies you watched and were immediatly taken in by, and those ones that you always go back to and watch over and over again. Leave them in the comment box.