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Ready for another amazing essay of epic proportions? No? Well tough cookies. I actually have no idea at all how long this is going to be, but, you have to admit, I do write some freakishly long blog posts. I just get into these moods (everyday) where I want to write about something. What I actually intend to write about, and what I end up writing about, are two entirely different things. What's my topic(s) for today? I have no clue. I'll get there when I get there, eh?

Well, over the past few days I've been having myself a bit of a break. Nothing unusual, as I seem to do that...a lot. Saturday I went out and hung out with a bunch of cousins. Their names? I have no clue. Their ages? Who cares. The time? A blast. This same group of people has this sort of shindig around this same time every year. I enjoyed last year's escapades, and I also enjoyed this year. I got to see Nathan (who I don't remember from last year, but apparently he was there), and found out that he wants to be a poli sci major. I had a few choice pieces of information in order to set him on the path that he should probably go. I told him to do his research before he gets to college and declares political science to be his major, and told him a bit about the ordeal that I went through with my short lived political science major path. I also told him the piece of advice given to me by an uncle of a friend: you don't have to be a political science or pre-law major in order to become a lawyer, which is what he wanted to do. It all matters as to what your major has you doing and what grade you get on the LSAT. Everything else is variable. So, whether or not he decides to pursue political science, that's his deal. I'm not going to force my views onto him. He's a smart kid after all.

Speaking of smart kids, I'm very happy with my little sister and my adopted little brother. Both have decided to continue on with their own education. Brittney is apparently going to be going into cosmetology, and I couldn't be proud of her. If that's what she wants to do, then I couldn't be more happy for her. Whether or not she realizes it, I do love my little sister. I don't always approve of some of her minor habits (and she probably knows exactly which ones those are), but I'm not going to make a big deal about it.

As for my adopted little brother, I'm glad that he told me that he'll be going to school as well. He'll apparently be going into computer networking, which is an always growing industry here in America. I'm proud of him too, and as long as he's happy then I'm happy. I'm fairly certain that he couldn't understand at all how much I love him, even if he's not technically family. Whatever things that are missing from my relationship with my sister, I've somehow managed to get with Nathan. He's the little brother that I never had, and I couldn't be happier at his decision.

As for my own aspirations, I think that I'll start this part of the one-sided conversation with a single word: fail. I was hoping that Jon would catch up with me in the Psalm Studies, but instead this guy not only catches up with, but he finishes the entire book while I'm waiting on him. Granted, I didn't wait long. It took him a grand total of two or three days to finish the entire book. So that left me out of a reason to post more Psalm Study blogs. Oh well. I still have yet to finish the book since I've been taking my now week long break. I really should get back to the Bible or else I'm not going to finish it by the time that I get to Harding.

Four weeks from today I get to move into Cone! It's so close, I can taste it! I can also taste the massive puff of cat fur that managed to find its way into my mouth a few moments ago. Kinda grainy. Not a good taste or texture. I wouldn't advise it.

As if to torture me with the upcoming trip to Searcy, I've been getting my school books in the mail bit by bit. Two out of the four books that I've ordered have come in so far. This is the first time that I've ever actually bought the books from another source than the school itself, so we'll see how this whole ordeal works in the end. I'll decide if it was worth it at the end of the semester when I sell the books again (should I decide to actually sell them, that is). If I make a profit like I think I will, then I'll probably do it again. I like profits.

I spent a lot of time at the mall with Nathan, Whitney, and Na-kun yesterday. I had a good time, and got to support a local business. I really do hope that the Chocolate Box, located in the Abilene Mall, stays in business despite the candy chain that opened up two stores down. I think that they did a good job by changing the format of the store so that it was different than the chain, that way they can keep up the competition. Besides, the two who own the store aren't young enough to just get up and start again. We're talking an elderly couple who have owned that store forever. If they lose that store because of not making enough profit then they might lose their only source of reasonable income! So, I'll buy from them whenever I have enough money to do so. They're nice to me, I'll be nice to them.

On a very slight side note, I saw an old friend at the mall who I haven't seen in well over a year. She's lost some weight since the last time I saw her (not that she was a big girl, as she was rather thin to begin with). Her body has some different curves than the last time that I saw her, and I actually didn't recognize her at first. Nathan was the one who recognized her, and I argued with him that it wasn't her. I lost the argument. My bad. It didn't help that she was wearing glasses as well. So, moral of the story? Don't argue with your adopted little brother that the girl standing in line for pizza was actually a version of your friend that you don't recognize physically. The other moral of the story? I miss the Daniel family...and the Oakeley family...and the Miculka family....and the West family...and the Blackburn family...and the King family...and the Weeks family... and a lot of other families. Doesn't help that I don't have any form of transportation to hang out with said families.

So, to wrap this up, I'm proud of my siblings, I've had some good times this weekend/Monday/Tuesday, and I am a slacker at the Bible. Also, I miss lots of people. By the way, in case anybody is wondering, I keep getting the name of my blogs from songs. You should look up the songs, if you don't know them anyways. Some aren't exactly clean, but they depict my mood at that moment. So...yeah...

Audios.