I frequently forget how fast time goes by in college. Two weeks of RA training seem like a long weekend, K-Week feels like checking into a hotel, and the first half of a semester feels like the first six-week divide of a term from my high school years. It feels like it's been maybe two or three weeks since I was at home playing videogames thinking about how much it will suck going back to school.
Then sometimes it slows down. For example over Labor Day weekend when I had a great time in fucking Idaho; it was only for two days and three nights but it felt like a week of exploring. It's strange how the human mind can use perception take you away from reality when you really need it. If college semesters dragged by as slow as high school, I really think it'd be a lot more difficult for me. That light at the end of the tunnel would be much dimmer. On the flip side if little vacations here and there flew past me in the blink of an eye, I would have much harder time recovering.
Back in August I would see assignments on the syllabus due in October and think, "That's two months out, I got a long way until midterm." Now I'm turning those assignments in and looking at my final schedule in December thinking the same thing. Which means it when December rolls along time'll feel similarly accelerated.
In other news, I want to learn Portuguese. As a joke my family agreed that since we're going to Spain, Morocco and Portugal; we'd all learn a corresponding language (French, Arabic, Spanish, and I'm Portuguese). Well like all others, I'm taking this joke too far. I'm planning on actually learning Portuguese.
Why you ask? Well first off, I'm going to Portugal over Christmas and it'd help to learn the language. But more importantly, I'm a smart person. I'm capable of doing some crazy shit things with my mind and it'd be a waste of potential energy if I didn't operate at full capacity. For the same reason I play with physics for fun, I will learn Portuguese for the simple reason of "because I can".
You may be thinking, "this guy does a lot of things just because he can." And you are exactly right! Buy a motorcycle, watch the sunrise from a plane, become an RA, etc. the list goes on, the reasoning behind it is because I can. An opportunity was created, and I took advantage of it. In the case of learning Portuguese, the opportunity is free language software mixed with a strong mental capacity. Being an opportunist, I'm doing it. And it's not like I don't get my money back. Every opportunity I take advantage of, I get something out of it. In this case I'll know Portuguese, which is plenty. By saying "yes" instead of asking "why" you have experiences you never had a chance at prior.
Anyway that's my preaching for today. Between class while relaxing in the Office Tower lobby I was reading my blog posts from last year. I read a blog post from last year that I wrote in October. It is by far the best post I've ever made. It's called "I want a space ship" and it's just magical. Everything about that post is pretty damn good, and every time I read it I feel pretty deeply inclined to get a space ship.
Oh well, I'll have to settle with a Boeing. Until next time...
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