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I'm moving

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:37:01 GMT

To blogger ... why? ... well, for one thing, you don't have to have a blogger account in order to comment on someone's blog, which I think is handy.

Also, I'm bored. Almost as bored as I was yesterday, which is when I decided to create a blogger account. And probably why I did so.

This really shouldn't effect anyone seriosuly because I rarely blog these days anyway ... but this all but arbitrary move to a different blogging site may influence me to be more active ... who knows?

This is it:

http://flirtationwithrumination.blogspot.com/

Check it if you want, even if it is just to flame me for deserting your beloved xanga. I won't mind.

I'm not going to delete this xanga, at least not yet. For all I know, I may switch back. Plus, this will let me xanga stalk people if I want to.

Cheers,

Michael

Michael is ...

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:37:20 GMT

... writing an ethics paper on suicide. Helping or hurting, what do you think? On the one hand, I'm shoving the subject in my own face, on the other hand at least I'm not ignoring it.

It's been a bad semester ... nope, just no good at all. Definitely not my favorite. So, I thought I should end on an appropriate note. Whether or not that was a healthy decision, I have no idea.

My thoughts: suicide should be thought about. It happens ... we need to figure out how to make it not happen. It is a bad thing. Blunt statement, blunt statement, unwavering absolute, blagh, blagh, blagh ... maybe I'm biased... but then, G.K. Chesterton is blunt about suicide and I think he's also very right. So, excuse me for being blunt as well. Because I agree with my pal Gilbert.

My first question: should someone who's recently had to deal with suicide write a paper about it?

My second question: should someone who needs to finish a paper by midnight be procrastinating on Xanga?

My answers: maybe and no.

Who is reading this?

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:53:47 GMT

Really... Anyone? Besides Thomas? I know I rarely post and when I do, I usually post these as protected, so maybe the select few I permit to read these things don't even do Xanga anymore. Except for Thomkins. Congratulations Thomas, you win ...

Well, no protection today...

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Ready for a shocker? I'm not going back to Messiah College. Sorry folks. I'm checking out early. So what am I doing now? ... hmmm ... let's see .... anything I bloody well want! ... not really ... what I want is for existence to have a pause button so I can take my time to figure everything out and then when I've done that i can press play and live the easiest life ever lived ... that probably won't happen ... probably ... we'll see.

So here's what I got planned:
Tramping: come fall I believe I will start my wandering. I'll begin in Maryland (obviously) and end in Washington (state). I don't really know what I'll do between points A and B. Basically I want to see the beauty of this country and the beauty of the people in it. I'd love to visit national parks, like the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone. I'd also love to visit some small towns as well as intentional/sustainable communities. I want to see how other people are living outside the box, as cliche as that sounds. I want to keep my options open. I don't really want to know everywhere I'll go and everything I'll see or how long this trip will last. I can't imagine more than a few months. And then ...
Working: when I get to Washington I will hopefully get a job. I don't really care what. I figure I'll work for about a year or however long it takes to gain residency. This will probably be a fun time of crappy apartments, crappy jobs and long periods of time between square meals. I might also get some hot community college night class action to finish up those pesky gen eds. Finally, we've got...
Schooling, Take II: I will hopefully attend Evergreen State once I gain residency, if I do, in fact, end up deciding to return to school, which I hope I do (I still highly value my education. I just need a break so that I can value it even more). What attracts me to this college is a) it's pretty progressive and b) it's a state college, which means no more debt!

So there you. There are lots of reasons that I'm doing this. Or one big reason. I'm not sure. If you know me, you can ask me why I'm doing this. If you really know me, you probably already know why. I hate to be a hippie cliche, but I hate being a mindless drone of society way more. And at the moment, I can't see any middle ground. I don't trust myself to stay another semester following this arbitrary plan. I'm afraid I'll get too comfortable and too weak to ever escape. So I'm escaping while I've still got some fire in me. That's enough reason for now, but feel free to pester me about it. I'm open to questions and I am BEGGING for suggestions! Tell me what you think I should do or see while I'm off tramping. I would love to take a part of all of you with me, and I can do so by taking some of your sweet, precious bits of knowledge.
Thanks for reading ... whoever you are ...

Peace and love,

Michael

Libertarians in U.S. face mass deportation

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:29:12 GMT

That's what I thought I read.

It actually said "Liberians", not "Libertarians".

Scared me for a second.

Poor Liberians.

That sucks.

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I'm sorry for everything Joe.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:42:06 GMT

Well .... I guess I'm in a band now .... I also found out that weekends are much better when you do your homework first thing.
I like not having to think about homework while I'm trying to have fun. I also like talking about Kierkegaard with Ben. I like playing chess with Lauren at 3am. I like starting the day reading the Bible. I also really, really like being in a band.
I have a lot of other things I want to say but I can't get to them now. I've had a lot of things on my mind: faith, love, duty, politics, friendship. But now is not the time to talk about those things. I need to go get a shower and maybe get some food cus I just got out of bed about an hour ago. So I guess I came here just to say I'm in a band and that that makes me happy. So Michael is happy this weekend, you can all rejoice now.

Monday, October 08, 2007

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:18:18 GMT

Haha....
And I really like Riot Act. No, I love Riot Act, it may very well be one of my new favorites.

Friday, October 05, 2007

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:41:37 GMT

....it makes me so happy....

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:01:31 GMT

I am glad that i got to see my parents this weekend. and i'm especially happy that they came to CLA with me and seemed to enjoy it. I was afraid that they wouldn't because it's SO different from our church back home.

Carabas is delicious. i've missed good italian food.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:19:35 GMT

"And how could I stand here with you and not be moved by you? Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
Because you're all I want,
You're all I need,
You're EVERYTHING."

Feist and Rogue Wave

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:13:40 GMT

It was an Indie show.... with Indie bands.... and Indie kids..... they all wore the same glasses... I doubt they all even needed glasses... but they wore the same glasses... those Indie Kid glasses.... and they sat on the floor between sets.... and when the bands played they just crossed their arms and listened.... that's one good thing about Indie Kids, they make it easier to actually hear the music....
Seriously, I don't dislike Indie Kids, some of my best friends are Indie.....sometimes I wish I could be Indie...my life would be so much simpler... and so would my music.
Feist was actually really cool, Rogue Wave didn't suck, over all I enjoyed myself last night..... besides it was $5 for Messiah students.... and Feist was AT LEAST worth $6, maybe $7.

Today I kayaked down the Susquahana with the Outdoors Club. Twas most excellent.
Now I'm about to watch a movie called "Facing the Giants".... sooooooo......end weblog entry.