Bird As Fish

Wow, I look back on these old blogs, and really really think. I think that I was in a lot of pain back then, and I really didn't have a lot going for me.

I think my whole life experience had been something bad, and so that's all that I had. Sometimes I still get sad. But mostly, I don't.
I'm in university now! I'm working my butt off! After tallying it up, I've been at school for 86 hours this week already and I've still got more to do, so I'll probably be back there tomorrow too. It's really hard and tiring, but really satisfying too. I'm getting really bad grades, but they are getting better and I'm learning how to write scientifically. I've written 150 pages this semester already! All full of love and science. So, I'm in second year in environmental science. I've moved in with my aunt and uncle, and been living with them for two and half years. It's pretty stressful sometimes. They like things a certain way, and I like things another way, so we sometimes clash, but still. It's not bad all of the time. I have my own room. I'm still going out with whats-his-name. We just saw each other a couple of days ago, and we set up our Christmas tree, which was really fun! This is our third Christmas together and we have a bunch of Christmas ornaments:
1. Runky the frog (he's a beany baby on a key chain)
2. Ganesh the elephant (he's a little blue elephant with a sea shell hanging down from his belly...yeah now that I think of it, it's pretty random)
3. The golden dish scrubbers of a) Love b) Happiness c) Friends and Family d) Joy e) Kisses and f) Mischeif (he always goes at the bottom of the tree)
4. Runky's family - Ike, Mike, Tyke, Bike, Crinkle, Crackle, Fingle, Fackle, Flobber, Floober, Moobert, and Bob
5. The Christmas cage in case any of the frogs misbehave, especially with the golden dish scrubber of mischeif
6. Our initials which spell: JERM
7. Pickles the penguin farmer in the rain
8. The Really Big Golden Christmas Star that is 1/4 the size of the tree itself
9. The Smaller Silver Star of Napkin Holdery
10. 19 Blue Balls of Cheap Factory Matte Spray
11. and the newest addition to our Christmas clan - Ichy the Hedgehog of the Recycled Pinecone
We also figured out based on the surface area of a cone, we have 0.29 lights per square inch. Being that our tree is 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide, how many lights do we have on our tree?
I'm looking at it now - it's really beautiful.
Well, I'm going to sleep. I've got some serious stem assignment to work on tomorrow.
Best
MJ.