SUMMER HAS ENDED. It's over, kapish? I've been describing this summer as "the quick weekend home." The summer flew so fast, it literally feels like I just went home for a quick weekend and am returning back to Biola. I've been back at Biola for a week in an ENTIRELY new living situation, and I feel like I'm just going to back to Trop at the end of the this weekend, returning to "normal" classes, and continue on with life.
Summer was pretty nuts, very nuts, like salted peanuts. So much filmmaking, weddings weddings weddings, travel travel travel, editing editing editing, exporting exporting exporting. Hung out with my family all summer which was fantastic. My brothers got their driving permits and are terrorizing the road. My sister is now a senior in high school, looking at colleges. Unreal. Wait, hold up, I AM a senior in COLLEGE. What. On. This. Planet. I'm out of school FOREVER is less than a year. Well, maybe forever, who am I to say.
Like I said, my living situation is entirely different. I'll tell you about it in a second, first, take a tour of the last few years' living situations:
2009: http://emliv.blogspot.com/2009/09/fisheye.html
2010: http://emliv.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-tour.html
2011: http://emliv.blogspot.com/2011/09/spontaneity.html
This year, it's different. Here's the story.
I have lived with the same 3 dudes for 3 years. Roommates with Mr. Joel Limbauan. He's the best roommate ANYBODY could ask for. It had been a fantastic 3 years and I was planning on living with these fellas again, because, well, why wouldn't I? Towards the end of the semester, I was offered a spot in a house for the following year and I basically turned the offer down immediately. Why would I not live with THE DUDES again? No reason not to. And then I got thinking. What was the most comfortable thing to do? Live with Mr. Joel Limbauan, Mr. Ben Jacuk, and Mr. Michael Warnecke again. What was the more risky thing to do? Live with Mr. Garrett Spindler, Mr. Scott Weir, Mr. Kyle Norman, Mr. Karl Holmlund, Mr. Dave Martin, Mr. Jacob Millar, and Mr. Blake Lawson (some of which, I hadn't even met). What would be the guaranteed great, but similar to previous years? Living with the 3. What would be the potentially disastrous, but most completely unique to previous years? Living with the 8. After praying quite a bit, seeking wisdom on a matter I would never be able to decide for myself, I let the 3 know that I would not be living with them the following year. And it was rough. Why breakup a not only a good, but a fantastic thing? I told them I felt we needed to learn how to adapt to change, learn how to live with other people, learn how to deal with situations we don't necessarily enjoy. It was a bummer decision. But an important one. This year is going to be extremely growing for all of us. If it's absolutely incredible, we'll be learning a lot. If it's absolutely awful, we'll be learning a lot.
So, all that to say, THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE WILD. Living in a house with 7 other guys is going to be a TRIP. It's going to require a ton of responsibility, but is going to be marvelous. Or it might be miserable. I'm rooting for marvelous. I have since met the few guys I did not know and they are solid gents. I'm excited to live with the 7 and be a part of this college bachelor pad, investing in each other's lives, and living life together. Gonna be a trip and three quarters. Basically two trips.
Today is the first day of school, my LAST first day of school. That's an incredible concept. I HATE the first day of school, always have. There's something about meeting teachers for the first time, not knowing how classes are going to be, not knowing who will be in each class; it's all terrifying. In college, I HATE the first day of school because you get the syllabus. Normally, the classes are super easy because all you're doing is going through the syllabus, but it's just that that brings me to my worst. Going through the syllabus is a BRUTAL experience because you see all the work you will be doing during the semester. Now, one class isn't bad, not even two classes. It's when you have 6 classes, 6 syllabi, and 6 overwhelming schedules of ALL the work you will be completing. I get a tad overwhelmed. And in college, you have a week of "first days of school." Hooray. So that's the first day of school. YES!
This will be the last time I have to deal with it. And I'm pumped.
Well, I'm about to jet, but before I do, take a look at this STRAIGHT UP ABSURDITY:
Old Spice Muscle Music from Terry Crews on Vimeo.
Not only is this video ridiculous, but at the end, when the video becomes a drum machine, that is when the world breaks open and all the little coins fall out. THIS IS HUGE FOR THE INTERNET. Vimeo has introduced something that will change the way viewers interact with video. It's unreal, absolutely unreal.
So there you have it, friends. Another year is under way, the last year is under way. Let's have a good time.
