Time Flies By in Seconds

Wow. Bye September, it was nice knowing you, even if it only seemed like it was two weeks instead of the four alloted. Anyone else think September flew by at an alarming rate? I think someone needs to test if time is no longer passing at the same rate it used to.

It has been a quick month here in Bloomington, and I am definently enjoying my sophomore year. This past weekend was a highlight with the Brothers Dowell coming down for a visit. Matt said it best by saying the details are foggy at best, but you can rest assured we had a fantastic time. Soccer, football, being lazy, and hanging out. Who could want more?

There are some very exciting times on the horizon as well. So the fun is sure to last for atleast a bit longer. Soon, I am leaving to see the one and only Kiernan at Purdue. No real reason except to take a break from Btown so its fresh when I return, and of course to have a great time. Here's to hoping Purdue and Notre Dame find a way to both lose the game.

I bought my basketball tickets today! Now that is maybe the most exciting thing I've done all year. And thats without even going to a game yet. Are you ready for some college basketball, cause this Hoosier fan is.

How'd your fast Semtember go?

But on a happier note...

It's already time for yet another renewal of The Brother's Dowell College Invasion Weekend (Theresa you really need to get in on one of these...). On the football field, the rivalry of the Fighting Illini and the Hoosiers will be renewed, and the sibling rivalry of Matt, Greg, and Mark will continue in who is the most awesome brother category. The latter will be much of the same, but hopefully the former will be a bit more athletic than the last attempt.

I have no clue what will and could happen this weekend, but its always exciting. So check back on Monday for a recap.

Fuck Threadless!

Yes, my one true love in life is on my shit list. Big time. That's right, way down there at the bottom.

It took two tries, and two weeks for my last shirt to get to me. Well, the last one I ordered never came. And it never will come. It was the shirt I was most excited about from all the shirts I have bought from Threadless. Don't look for me wearing it though, cause it never came.

They tried to sway me with a $5 coupon, and 5 Street Points which equals $7.50. You know what that doesn't equal though..the price of a shirt. They fuck up my order twcie in a row and don't even offer me a free shirt. I say, screw you. That's not very good business.

But, if you are wanting shirt I do have that coupon for $5 off every shirt in the order.

Guess I'll take it.

But I still want my shirt.

The First Time I Ever....

Our second poetry excercise for Creative Writing Class.
By the way, I love this class.

"A World So Distant"

The first time I imagined myself as a brave explorer
I was a curious boy of no more than five
Set on letting my mind take me places
No man had seen or ever would.

My imagination took me to thick jungles
Dense with lush draperies and lumpy couch cushions
Over tall mountains no larger than my bed
And caves cramped below box springs.

I jumped from table to chair
Narrowly escaping the perils of carpet hot as bubbling lava.
A distant voice cried out of danger
But as a brave explorer I knew I must continue.

Continue because I knew these lands
Though endless in my mind would someday vanish
Just as the décor of the rooms changed
So did the gears of my imagination
Clanking slowly to a stop
And quickening then in the opposite direction.

No more lush jungles, just stone jungles.
No more imagined lands, just the cruelly real world.
Every day the worlds faded
Deeper in the back of my mind.
They had been there for years,
Ever since the first time I grew up.