Man, again I forget to update this thing. Time just keeps on slipping by and when I check back, three weeks or so have come and gone. But, it's been busy times.

I visited some new friends I made in Jacksonville, and that was pretty cool, but I'm going to be skimpy on the details for reasons that I would be skimped out on. Sorry, but I gotta keep some cards close to my chest. It was fun though.

The week after that I visited Matt in Orlando. It was really great, as I got to see Joel, a friend of mine from High School who I have not seen in several years (you may remember him as he visited New College for a weekend during 3rd year). He's a really great guy, and I wish I had more time to spend with him. Luke was there as well, and we hung out with some of Matt's friends so it was a pretty busy weekend in all. We went to the pre-release tournament for Lorwyn, the new Magic set. I...didn't do to well. Matt made out like a bandit though, winning a ton of free packs. The next day we went to Islands of Adventure thanks to some generous free tickets from Luke. Much merriment was had by all...well, except for Luke who got a really bad headache, which totally sucks, especially considering he was supplying the tickets.

After that, well, things up here in Tally have been bustling as well. I've been spending a bit of time hiking in the woods out here. There's a lot of really nice parks and trails in this area, and I didn't take advantage of them last year, so I'm trying to make up for it. I just love taking a long walk into the wilderness and letting the natural world swallow me up.

It's odd really, this year I've been feeling a lot better than last, a lot less depressed. I've been trying, trying to get out more, trying to meet new people, and I really feel that I have been pretty successful so far. I've made some new friends, I'm a lot busier socially, a lot more hopeful about the future. I still feel like I'm lacking something, and I think I know what it is - community. I don't feel like I'm a part of some sort of cohesive social group that's all around me. Oh, sure I have friends and all, but I want more than that, I want to feel like I belong somewhere. New College did that for me once, FSU does not do that for me now.

I do have some other good news though, something that has made things a little more interesting. I met a girl - or rather, I met someone who I already knew all over again. Her name is Maria, and she and I have been friends for over a year. We met pretty early last year, but back then I was with Story, and back then Maria was a different person to me. Story and I broke up, but that wasn't what made me interested in Maria. Instead, what happened is that I read her LiveJournal. Inside those pages I discovered a whole different person than the one I though I knew. And so I tried to get to know this other Maria, the one on the inside, and well, I liked what I found.

Well, I suppose that's enough for now. I will try and make another post tomorrow, with some more about Maria as well as some stuff about Maryjo's wedding and the upcoming plans.