Richard P. Feynman Would be a Great Blogger

Hey all. School is so close to being over, it's ridiculous. Allow me to impress upon you the degree to which many of my teachers have forsaken all countenance of traditional educational structure, instead opting for long games of Jeopardy and...Mel Gibson? Anyway, I attended my senior prom last night with my good friend Zak. We had fun there, although we were not overly impressed by the significance of the event which seemed, to put it delicately, like "every-other-dance-I-have-ever-attended-in-high -school". So, no I was not awestruck by a sudden influx of maturity and poise on the part of my fellow class. Such graceful tendencies were found only in a captivating (and what I found to be intellectually stimulating) conversation I had about the subject of God and the importance of faith in everyday life. It should be noted that said conversation was conducted overall waffles with ice cream at 1 o'clock in the morning. Thank God for 24/7 diners.

Last week I attended a two day over-night Orientation program at UCONN, where I will be going in the fall. the program involved activities that were designed to be two fold in nature: Attempt to explain to us the differences between high school and college (with a particular emphasis placed on the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and rape. The orientation leaders did a surprisingly good job of conveying their message without losing the attention of the majority of the group. If you understood the maturity level of many of these kids, you'd find the previous statement easier to appreciate.) The second goal of these activities was to foster intense bonds of fellowship between the students that would be attending school, living, and smoking pot together next year. I can't say how well that worked out, but what I can say is that I met some really great people while I was there, and that the volleyball team that I fell into dominated completely.

In other news, work is going well for me. This is the first Saturday since March that I have had off. I spent the day sleeping, eating, and playing video games, and I would not have had it any other way.

With the end of 4 years of high school English I am cautiously wading into the waters of personal reading. I recently finished reading this, and was completely exhilarated by both the profound genius behind the book, and the fact that I read something I wasn't assigned in English. My current reads for the summer are this and this. I find both to be quite interesting.