last day of classes.

Today, I officially ended my sociology career at SPU, and I'm actually really sad about it. I hate school, but I loooove sociology.

For those of you who are uninformed, sociology is the greatest subject that has ever been taught in college. In fact, it has been proven that sociologists are closer to God than most other people. Ok, so there also might be a tiny bit of pride within the SPU sociology department...but it's part of what makes the SOC crowd (students and profs) so humorous and some of the best people to be around.

Sociology kicks my butt nearly everyday, challenging me to look past myself to see the rest of the world. It is so contrary to our culture's carefully preserved way thinking. I love it.

If you are reading this and have never studied sociology, take a class! Or pick up a book and read it. It will change your life.

I don't have any more time to write about this right now. Four papers to finish, 2 exams and I'm DONE. Can't wait.

i swallowed my gum today.

I don't really know what happened. I was chewing, and then all of a sudden it was going down my throat. It was a complete accident. What a fool. Good thing the whole "seven year" thing is a myth.

summer in alaska.

I have decided to work full-time on my dad's boat this summer! That means that from late June until early September, I will be getting up at 4 a.m., working on deck, cooking meals, drinking delicious folgers coffee, watching sunsets, listening to music, not showering, enjoying some solitude, and other stuff like that.

I will be living on this boat:
Fishing like this:
In places like this:
Taking in sunsets like this:
In weather like this:
And sometimes like this:
I will see wildlife like this:
And maybe even like this:
And ride on float planes like this:

It's gonna be a good summer.

traveling, life directions and tattoos.

I need to get out of here. Not that where I'm at isn't completely awesome. In fact, I enjoy life here more than ever before. But I need to go see other places.

After fishing all summer, I will have a good deal of extra cash. Should I save it or spend it? Haha. Well, if I in fact end up going to Scotland, I could put it towards that...

Or, I could just backpack around Europe for two months instead! Greece, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, Austria...who knows? Those Eurail passes are wicked cheap.

I long to be back here:

I cannot stop thinking about why I should go to Scotland for YWAM. The more I think about it, the more I realize that I don't necessarily want to do a program, I really just want an adventure. But maybe a program would be good. But maybe a backpacking trip would be a better option. Of course, I will need someone to travel with... Clearly, I am not getting anywhere productive.

On another note, I think I am going to try to break into the music biz. Not yet sure what or how. Maybe try to start out in A&R or something. Journalism, photography, production, tour management...those all sound like fun. Of course, I have little experience and no connections. But you never know what could happen :]

Also, I think I might like to get a tattoo. I am trying to figure out why. I really don't want to be "trendy," but maybe I just am... Shoot.