hey-o!

I'm going to start using this thing i think- mass communication makes it so much easier to keep people updated and while it's not really personal, i think it's a good general resource because when everyone lives so far from each other and is so consumed with their own lives and school it gets pretty hard to maintain any kind of connection.
so hello interwebs!
nothing is really going on in my life right now, everyone's hit their stride and things are regular with classes and commitments. while that certainly makes things easier it also makes things less than exciting in a lot of respects. routine is comforting but it also kills our imagination i think, so i'm trying to keep my weeks in line but break out a little on the weekends. there is no lack of things to do in socal certainly. last weekend we went to a taping of America's Funniest Home Videos and got on the front row so if you're not busy December 12th, turn on ABC!
everyone has asked me if APU has lived up to my expectations, and truthfully i came in to college with no specific goals, no real expectations that i could pin point, and no five year plan to direct my life with, i so can't say wether it's really lived up to anything for me or not, but it has certainly changed me.
you don't realize a lot about yourself until you're really alone. this summer was a huge learning experience for me and put me really far ahead of a lot of other people going into college i think, but things really come into focus for you when there's no one else to distract you from it. i wouldn't say that APU has stretched me beyond where i've been academically or mentally or emotionally or spiritually really, but the nature of experiencing all of this by myself has really forced me to call myself on a lot of my own stuff. i'm listening to God's prodding and promise of a better tomorrow if i get through today, and i've been changing myself instead of waiting for someone else to push me into change which has been a lot harder, taken a lot more discipline, but i think i'm living a better story because of it, and that's gratifying.