10 days until I am flying away from this place.

Well, there is a mere ten days before I head to Taiwan to begin the trip. I am so nervous, I only know one person on the trip, and I know him only a little from the Japanese Culture club.

"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.

Miriam Beard"

I am interested in figuring out, at the moment, what Changes I want this trip to give me about living. I am also trying to decide what I want to see in Japan and Taiwan. I don't really have a big habit of having personal priorities, if they are necessary for getting things done in work or school I might be a bit overzealous but on a personal non-work related level I lack, so I don't know what I want to see. When I say/write these things, I realize why most of my friends call me a workaholic. I must ponder more on this.


~distracted~

Which I am really excited about. One of the trip members (Charles, mentioned above) will be one of the co-presidents next year. I was just taken out of office as well as all the other current officers, and we placed in all new officers, all of whom I have the utmost confidences will make the club great. Which reminds me I should try and grab coffee with the other Co-president...

~back on task~

Anyways, the big trip related events of the last week or so, have been clothes buying. I am the type of person who does not buy new clothes until I realize I have holes in the patches of the holes in my clothes. Seriously, my friends decided to have a intervention on me about my clothes and said 'this, this, and this have to go, LiLi throw them way now!'

So I went out and bought some new clothes; I now own three dress slacks, two pairs of jeans, three skirts, one dress, five button down shirts, one blouse thing, and a few t-shirts. I swear this in the most clothes that I can actually wear at one time. Can you tell I am the child of a large lower class blue collar family. College has been one big eye opening experience for me.

Currently I am listening to my music and trying to decide what I need to do for my classes this up coming week. I feel very confused as I have no assignments due next week because all my classes are winding down or having presentations of which I did presenting for last week. Oh, and trying to get over my philosophy hangover, my friends and I got into a discussion about what existence is and the define of Knowledge, wisdom, and our own separation from all other things. Basically defined self and reality until 4 am. It messed up my sleep and thoughts for the weekend.

I am so excited. and I need food, its seven and normally speaking I eat about 5;30 so I need to go.