My...time does fly by...

It's currently about six o'clock on a Friday morning...the sun should be coming up soon. But, I told myself that I'd get this entry up before I nap for a couple of hours.

I've been peeling from the slight sun burn. This is gross, but are you supposed to be amused by how large of a complete piece of skin you can pull off? S'always amused me anyway.

Let's see if I can provide some semblance of order to this...

I went to see Counting Crows last Wednesday in Birmingham. Originally, I found out and thought about going, but I'm not any sort of fanatic. Then, a friend of mine (almost acquaintance really), Julie, asked if I wanted to go because she couldn't find anyone else. So, I agreed and told her that she could go ahead and get a second ticket, but explained that she could feel free to ditch me cause she'd probably meet some hot guy that liked Counting Crows too in the meantime. She assured me, "No way!" Well, sure enough a week or so went by and she called and asked if I still wanted to go. "You found a guy right?" "Yeah...but if you still want to go, that's cool!" I told her it was no problem. Well, I think I mentioned the story to Kevin and he got tickets for Deidre and himself for her birthday. Then, Rick found out and invited me. So, I ended up going anyway. It was a pretty good show, but several of us wished they'd played other songs. Particularly, I wanted to hear "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby", but they mostly played the singles, some new ones, and a couple of obscure covers. Eh well.

Rick and I drove up there together and had some interesting discussions. I notice that I absorb a much more cynical, mocking tone when I'm hanging out with him. Oh, and while we were at the concert, I threw out one of those "deep discussion ideas" that I have. I may have mentioned it before, but basically...it's just this theory on how events relate to each other. For example, there was this guy that was an alcoholic...thus he son was always staying away from home and went to the pool hall...this guy met my dad...they went to a pool tournament in Chattanooga...they decided one night to go to church instead of a movie...thus, he met my mom. When you realize the complexity of it all, it's really cool. And, it makes you realize the responsibility you have for your actions and how they'll affect the future. I think my point was lost in the noise of the concert and was dismissed with laughs. =)

All during last week, the apartment situation was also in upheaval. Devin and I had signed the applications, but then he decided he was going back to Mobile after all. So, I was stuck in a sense. I still wanted the apartment, and my dad agreed that I could get it if I looked for a roommate. Unfortunately, the only other two people (besides Devin) that I'd consider living with both have living arrangements next year. Rick's living in the same place and Kevin's already living with two other friends of ours. So then Kevin hears someone is looking for a place to live and volunteers his spot so he could live with me. However, that hasn't worked out either. Thus, I'm currently upgrading to a much larger apartment, where I'll have an entire extra bedroom. Not sure what I'll do with it. Guess it will be the guest bedroom.

The days buffering last weekend were exam-filled. I studied a good bit, but still managed to do quite horribly. I mean, they mostly went decently, but my GPA is probably going to take about a .1 hit. Mingled in with the exams, I saw "Spider-Man" three times. Weird too, cause it's not like I was very excited about it. I mean, I looked forward to seeing it a couple of weeks before it came out, but I've always been much more of a X-Men/superhero team guy when it comes to comics. However, I went to the see it opening night with Scotty. Then, Brice invited me on Saturday, and I hadn't done much with him lately, so I went again (within 16 hours of seeing it the first time...which I believe is a record for me in terms of seeing something in theaters). Then, Kevin, Deidre, Ros, and Sarah Jane decided to go the night before last, and seeing as I had no other plans, I went again. It really is a great movie. Certainly one of the best superhero movies, and just a great flick all around. Well-developed story and characters supported with humor, action, and special effects. And, I also saw another good movie, "AI". I know a lot of people criticized the pace, but I personally enjoy lengthy movies. It was a bit freaky at first, but I quickly grew to like it.

Another distraction over the weekend...Kevin, Deidre, Devin, Ros, and I had a lengthy discussion about love and dating the other evening. Kevin argued that you only really have one "love" in your life. We initially agreed on "one true love", but then went on to discuss that further also. I think it was really an argument of semantics. He maintained that you only love the one person that's your soul mate. He used "like" to describe other romantic relationships outside of that. In most of our opinions, that kind of cheapened things. Again though, we were probably just arguing over terms. On the other topic, Kevin and Deidre felt that dating was bad and supported the alternative of "friends first"...even though we exposed the fact that they basically dated early on. Of course they're going to say "dating around" is bad when they're already together. Devin, Ros, and I maintained that while we respected those that didn't date, we didn't feel like it was necessarily wrong for everyone. On a related topic, I posted this query on the Plainsman Message Boards:

Let it never be said that I have much of understanding of women. In general, I know what they say, not what they do.
Alright...so here's a place to talk about it...

What exactly are girls on the Auburn campus "looking for" in a guy?

Now, in contrast, examine past relationships and explain what you've "gone for".

Now, elaborate on the contrast. What's going wrong that causes them to not match up? Getting duped into thinking a guy is nice and finding out later that he's bad? Hopelessness that good guys don't exist and thus settling? Or is it just plain hypocrisy - saying you want a good guy, but really wanting a bad guy?