Temp Hermit

I really haven't been around a ton or talking to many people lately. What have I been doing? Lot of nothing really, thinking i guess. I've been going outside enjoying the new spring weather, running, biking and such. Since cheer is over it's going to be up to me to stay active since there are not mandatory practises as of now. Luckily over the summer we will have practises, plus i'll have twice a week frisbee games to go to which are always exausting. People don;t give that sport enough credit. I love it, I mean i was never that great of a runner but it's really conditioned me to become a better runner and develop endurace ((to not extrreme whatsoever but better than before is all i'm saying.) And with cheer on top of that I'm starting to like being active and all that exersice that. Weird coming off my fingers onto the computer but hey that's what's happening, i think i'm growing up or maturing or something like that.
Strange.
I think that's why I've been keeping to myself.
I'm figuring the new me out. This place has been changing my outlook on life and i still have 3 years to go, how am i going to turn out when i get out of this place.
University is a different place for everyone, for some it's just a gateway to a great job, for some it's all just to get a piece of paper to prove they are smart. For others trying to escape to the real world are dissipointed to find that it's just like high school with cliques and gossip just like before. And for other still and what i hope is the majority it is a cacoon where they come to develop in to the adult that they will be from the day they graduate till the day they die. This is what i think it is for me. My course has really opened up my eyes to a lot of things.
Another thing i've been doing is listening to Jack Johnson's On & On album, with songs like Traffic In the Sky, Horizon Has Been Defeated, Cookie Jar, and Times Like These. This album really speaks to me, now more than ever. The album talks about problems facing our socitey today. The Song that really speaks to me is Gone. All about the materialistic people who dominate todays culture. Here are the lyrics for this great song.

"Gone"

Look at all those fancy clothes,
But these could keep us warm just like those.
And what about your soul? Is it cold?
Is it straight from the mold, and ready to be sold?

And cars and phones and diamond rings,
Bling, bling, because those are only removable things.
And what about your mind? Does it shine?
Are there things that concern you, more than your time?

Gone, going.
Gone, everything.
Gone, don’t give a damn.
Gone, be the birds, when they don’t wanna sing.
Gone, people, all awkward with their things,
Gone.

Look at you, out to make a deal.
You try to be appealing, but you lose your appeal.
And what about those shoes you’re in today?
They’ll do no good, on the bridges you burnt along the way.

And you're willing to sell, anything?
Gone, with your head.
Leave your footprints,
And we’ll shame them with our words.
Gone, people, all careless and consumed, gone

Gone, gone, gone, everything.
Gone, don’t give a damn.
Gone, be the birds, when they don’t wanna sing.
Gone, people, all awkward with their things, Gone.


So that's that, if you get a chance to listen to the actual song do it. The melody is amazing and the whole song just makes sense.
I have more to say but not now...

take care all

-Pete-