Marlon

costa rica winter break 2008

i'm convinced no sleep, late nights around town, and too much consumption of alcohol have made me more haggard than ever. aside from that, i realized i wanna be a writer. i can see myself writing for the rest of my life.

riding my bike i'm so much more aware of my surroundings. driving a car makes me look at things narrowly, literally.

i hope this pays off someday
tonight we're all going to mia's to make dinner and watch the season premiere of project runway and i'm so excited! i look forward to this time of year.
i'm still missing my family and loving the few i know are going to stick around for a while. i haven't gotten used to being away yet but i'm working on it!!!!!!1 all this mayan talk has got me dreaming and thinking i don't want the world to end, i want to live forever.

i really love it here in tallahasse. i was a little dissapointed at not being able to move to gainesville months before i applied to fsu, but this is anything i could have asked for in a new location and more. my dorm is pretty cozy, and although my roommate can be awkward as hell sometimes he's growing on me too. we don't feel obligated to hang out with eachother but we still manage to ask eachother about our day, wake eachother up for our 9 am class, all that bullshit.

As for school, the workload is ridiculous at times but it doesn't phase me too much. I knew i'd like college way better than high school. I don't feel like i'm being babysat and i'm on my own when it comes to due dates, which is what i prefer. i got a 94 on my first 1200 word paper, yessssssss. i hope this school year brings similar results. i also really want to study french abroad in france spring 2009.

Within the first two weeks i spent way too much money, bought a new road bike, met awesome kids, partied a little more than i should have, and cut back on smoking weed. I'm also really homesick. I miss my family the most and I miss my friends too. i'll definitely be appreciating everything so much more, which is one of the main things i wanted out of this mostly because i was starting to get really cynical in south florida.