Never as They Seem

I may not have learned much in life college but I have learned this - things are very rarely the way they seem to be.  I also learned this - never say never or always - that ensures a True/False question to be False.  Therefore the title of this blog is false.  There, one right on the test of life already.

There are two key things I want to leave this world doing.  One:  leaving a wake of good change.  Two:  when people remember me, I want them to feel good.  Once I was told it's not about what you do while you're alive, its about how you made people feel.  And I want people to laugh so hard they are crying when they remember me.

I feel as though I've been failing at both lately.  I know at least one person that would agree with me.

So, I'm doing a few things to help myself out.  (With all my helping people you would think I would've come up with this whole "help myself out" thing before.  Just. Not. That. Introspective.)

1. Hanging out with myself.
2. Starting/helping reunite TBC.

1.  People find this weird.  Why?  I'm not sure.  I simply go outside, sit in the sun, get a tan, write a little, stare off into space, and think about things.  Like....What if someone felt hot as cold and cold as hot.  So something really really hot felt like ice?  But, then what about something tepid?  Lukewarm?  OH WAIT.  What if the scale for feeling was BACKWARDS.  So that a gas stove burner felt a little cold, while something mildly hot felt super cold.  But then what about tepid things?  THE END OF THE WORLD?!?!  Space monkeys come down and rain havoc on the human race.  Their weapon of choice being water guns shooting lukewarm waterice from Mars?

I am well aware that people probably think I just made that up to be funny.  On the contrary, it was a real subject of contemplation.

2.  TBC - The Bitches Coalition.  I'm not so sure about the name, but it is definitely something that grabs people's attention.  For awhile now, Liz and I have been talking about starting a movement to help girls with self esteem and bitchiness issues.  For instance, every girl has something about their physical appearance that they don't like.  It's either the nose, the hair, the body, the feet...its something.  And so often it interferes too much with the normal day-to-day living.  Confidence, hating other girls based on looks, etc.  Do I need to explain the bitchiness issues?

Anyway, I was discussing this with a friend at work and she mentioned a club her friends used to have - TBC.  Some fun ideas later, she took the horse by the reins and now the project is going full steam ahead.  Let me know if you have any useful insight - also check out the blog.

One week of grad school is over, nine weeks to go.  Lots of work is ahead, so these two things are all I can handle on top of a ridiculous work schedule.

LET'S GO USA (futbol/soccer).  (In case you've been under a rock and haven't seen the chatter about the World Cup).