Wow, my life really rules.

Just a little post to say how happy I am that my life is quiet. Sad to day, my life is now so peaceful as a result of pretty much cutting off ties with most people I know from the U and high school. I am grateful for this because today at the library I ran into a friend of mine who recently graduated from the U and was a part of the group of friends I spent most of my time with in 2007. He told me what everyone has been up to.

News is not good.

Those who are not being prosecuted for/are under suspicion of credit card fraud/drug dealing/etc are in various states of disrepair. I won't go into detail, because hey, I don't expect you to care.

Point being, I'm sitting in my messy apartment that was stressing me out this morning, and thinking about that huuuuge paper I need to write by Tuesday and suddenly...after listening to my friend regale me with tales of how horrible things are for everyone from the old days, my apartment seems so much cleaner and I am absolutely sure I can write that paper. I really hate the idea of feeling better by comparing what my life is like to what it very well might have been, but I can't help it.

It's funny, when I started to make the decision to slow down my life, I thought I would miss all of the "fun"... ie clubbing, being pretentious with my writer friends, staying up all night talking about this and that, getting asked out all the time, etc. And, sometimes I do miss parts of it. I'd be lying if I said that I never did. However, my life feels much more genuine now. Not to mention that life with Seamus, Lenny and everyone at the library is anything but boring or tame.

I don't believe in right or wrong except in the barest "don't hurt others" kind of way, so I cannot make a judgment call on what my old buddies are doing, but I really hope they stop hurting themselves and others with all of this drama and shenanigans.

I'm sure that the Salt Lake County court system would appreciate it.