So I wander into Tina's house tonight and see Aroon relaxed on the couch with a very shiny laptop, surfing the web. It takes a few seconds for me to compute that he's sitting on the first functional wireless network I've ever seen - and it's owned by Tina, of all people? She's a computer hater yet she has a very shiny laptop with blue LED's everywhere and a leet-as-hell wireless network. So here I am, typing useless stuff while Eminem cranks over the radio intercom.
Things are never, never, never as they seem.
So I keep getting mail from UT. The day after I apply for housing, I get a letter from them, inviting me to apply, since I had gone to the Honors Colloquium. The Early Decision deadline is November 1st, and I'm still sitting here contemplating actually doing it. Here are some sample responses to the idea:
Mom: "No."
Dr. Kilman: "If it's what you really want to do, yes; if it's not, no." It is what I really want to do. Every day I'm finding more people going to Austin. I've seen my wonderful old clanmates (hellos to Josh and Jason and Cary, and even you, Ford) up here a few times and it's made me really decide that I love the kids. Then Kris moves down there - I can look forward to many days of making music and watching really funny TV. Then my good local friend Chr1s (hisir!) IM's me the other day telling me that he's ditching his gf to move to Austin next year (same time I'd be going). And I've even found out lately that my current teammates are moving to Austin. It's where I really want to be. It's the people I really want to be with. It's the classes I really want to be in. I love what I could become and what my environment could become. It is what I really want to do.
Dr. Kilman: "If it's what you really want to do, yes; if it's not, no." It is what I really want to do. Every day I'm finding more people going to Austin. I've seen my wonderful old clanmates (hellos to Josh and Jason and Cary, and even you, Ford) up here a few times and it's made me really decide that I love the kids. Then Kris moves down there - I can look forward to many days of making music and watching really funny TV. Then my good local friend Chr1s (hisir!) IM's me the other day telling me that he's ditching his gf to move to Austin next year (same time I'd be going). And I've even found out lately that my current teammates are moving to Austin. It's where I really want to be. It's the people I really want to be with. It's the classes I really want to be in. I love what I could become and what my environment could become. It is what I really want to do.