I've never read a poem I like!

The Waking

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.

We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.

Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me, so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.

This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.

-Roethke

Summer Time Yuckle/Yay

Ok this is a major update in a condensed version. So, Europe as a whole sucked. Madrid with Zach was the best part and then an addendum to that time in Madrid was the brief visit to Arezzo. In Arezzo we hung out with like minded friends, and through a language/drunk barrier we all managed to have a pot luck party that was successful. I ended up asleep in a chair "come un gattino" and Zach passed out in a kitchen corner, cute too.

Landed in Miami and thought I was here to stay, one month later (current time) I'm gathering my things to head back to the Tallahassle. Perhaps moving here was a premature decision. Was there any regret? Nope. With my time in Miami I have made good friends and solidified my existing friendships. With that said I leave with a picture of my friends in Arezzo and with a link to a new blog that's a collaborative effort with Rob thats gonna be awesome and cool and weird.

http://www.curedbylobotomy.blogspot.com/

Florida

Miami, Florida

I've been here a week now. At the moment I am watching the movie of the week with my parents whereas in Tallahassee at this moment I would've been rounding the troops for a Champagne Sunday. Life is weird. However, not all is in this perpetual state of the bizarre. There are pockets of time that I have thoroughly enjoyed. For example, my new friend RJ is an interesting man to speak to. Although he studied politics and I have not yet graduated from humanities, we reach a common ground in Philosophy. Either way, the friends are off to South America. Then the other half will be off to Europe, summer has begun for me although a week shy in calendar time.

Things I enjoy here are late night pizza, making fun of girls struggling in high heels and music complimenting great conversation in dimly lit bars.

Things I learned this week

Things I learned in the past week

1.Rolley-coasters are still amazing and fun

2. Zach has a stomach made of iron

3. Irish Car Bombs are the deciding factor on whether or not someone gets pee'd on toward the end of an evening

4.Roundhouses are more difficult than they look

5.Gin tastes bad. Tonic tastes bad. Gin + Tonic= Delicious drink

6. And...when signs say "DANGEROUS!" and "DON'T SWIM!" With an accompanying sign of a swimmer drowning, perhaps they should also include "DON'T CLIMB DANGEROUS ROCKS TOO, MISTER"

Wrapping Up

So, my time is coming to an end here in the Tallahassle, I know this now because I have been collecting boxes in order to pack. However, I have a few trips planned. Busch Gardens, St.George and Savannah. I'm not much of a sentimentalist but I think this particular move will be harder than most.

Im From Miami

Watching: Are you afraid of the dark?

Reading: Biography of Sylvia Beach and Shakespeare & Company

Listening: Dan Deacon

Loving: The nice weather

Hating: Finals

Irritated: The sheer incompetence of Jennys Lunchbox when it comes to a BLT, it was gross ass

Check this guy out---------->

So I fell off a bicycle pretty sure in front of a lot of people. Im not much embarrassed, i guess that comes with age. My throat is unconsolable, the 1000 cigarettes did not help. I have no car, but I've been getting around. Im growing more excited about future plans, I'm sure everything will pan out.

I've been thinking about things I hoped for as a child, and living in America was not one of them. I'm afraid I will not return if I leave.