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Man, have things been crazy.  Good crazy that is.  What with hours upon hours of reading and studying, I have no idea where the days go.  As Nick knows, life always has a prodigious stack of things for me to do.  But I love it. My New Year's resolution is to never give up, to focus on my passions and desires and to do my best.  Added to that is to not let the slacking, downtrodden, and reactionary actions of others slow me down or keep me from enjoying life.  While outside influences can be just the thing I need to get motivated, relying on the backing of others often is a letdown.  I know I have within myself the ambition and determination

So, I was watching Grey's Anatomy tonight and it's the most recent episode where George's dad dies.  And Christina tells him he is now part of the dead dad club.  George says he doesn't know how to exist in a world where his dad does not.  That got me to thinking.  I would be devastated if my father died.  He is so engrained in my life that every aspect of my world would change.  I could say so many expletives to try and portray how awful this thought is to me, but I am not sure it would come over the right way in writing. I also got my hair dyed today.  I am currently a redhead.  I am gonna take a few pics this weekend to show folks.  I am

So I just got back from seeing the movie Blood Diamond.  Really puts everything into perspective.  I mean how pointless is all this crap we squabble over everyday?  People throw around words like drama, love and hate here.  Well there are places where that would be a dream world for some people.  God, people die everyday for just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Children kill innocent people because of militant rebels tell them it's the right thing to do.  We all live in this cushy world called America and live our cushy lives at the sake of millions of people across the world who will never have the chances we do.  And every sing