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I just turned in my final paper and I would do a happy dance were I not sitting in class right now...it might draw a little bit of attention and though I have no doubt that my prof is the type of guy who would probably dance with me, I don't really feel like being the center of attention right now (which is a rarity.) I AM FREE!

Okay so the beginning of that post was written about 4 hours ago and I thought it would probably be a good idea to try and listen to what people were saying in class... now I am going to continue. This week just got a lot better now that my paper is in and I should have time to post and philosophize and make lists (I have been in a list making mood as of late) and do all those wonderful things that, for some reason, you people find interesting to read.

Thought #1 from a freed mind: People are amazing. Looking back on this year I think the big life lesson I have taken away from all of my experiences is that people are rarely what you expect them to be if you give them the time of day. I have met so many people this year that have blown away my initial judgments of them, or judegments I heard from others. I would like to make a solemn promise to anyway reading this: though I can not surpress my natural human instinct to have first impressions/ judgments of people, I promise not to go on the impressions and judgments that others have made. I have new friends now that I would not have had, had I gone on the general consensus of those around me as to who they were.

Thought #2 from a freed mind: Men are not shitheads...well not all of them. If I got anything from the rowing team this year it was a ton of new dude friends. I know I often bitch on this blog about my want to have a significant other, but I would like to say right now that I would not trade my band of brothers guy friends for anything. You instill in me that there are decent men out there, even when my confidence in that fact is shaken to the core. You know who you are, and if you don't you should. You are what guys should be, and I count myself lucky to have you as friends.

Thought #3 from a freed mind: I need to listen to more music and hang out with more new people. I have made a couple of new friends lately and I want to spend more time with them. I realized this because one of the new friends moved to Bay City right after I began to realize that he was cool and we should've hung out more. I WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN! So...yeah...the nice thing about this is that some of these new people are friends on the team (or were on the team) that I just haven't hung out with as much this year. Times they are a changin. :)

More later, when I don't feel like working. I think I will do a list of something.
~The Singing Ginger

p.s. DAVID! That felt so good to figure out on my own. I am going to tackle you next time I see you. :) You have been warned.