it's been a while

It's been a while, and since the last time things have been going pretty well. For one I like school much more than the last term, my classes are somewhat more stimulating, either the homework load is less, or my knowledge is higher, but either way I'm doing much better. I had a midterm in economics, to my surprise, yet somehow without studying I did well or so I think. I had a test in Anthropology and did well on that so things are good.

It's true what they say about exercise, it does make you feel better. So I ask you, are you feeling shitty? Or at least sub-par? If so please, lace up those running shoes, don the proper apparel and get out on run, bike, or any other number of activities. Make it somewhat hard and then go through with it, because once you accomplish something that took a lot of effort you feel good about yourself. You may be sore, but that doesn't really matter, it's not a big deal. I'm sure you can find something you like. Scott and I happened upon rock climbing last week and have been doing it a lot. We took the weekend off (Hannah was here) and then I went back and did it yesterday and it felt good to do it. I also ran last week, which felt especially good, and have been taking a speed and agility class that is quite demanding. All of the physical activity has my mind wandering. I want to try everything; bobsledding, surfing, skydiving, sailing, kayaking, curling even, and do more of hiking, camping, and other outdoor activities.

Those, along with other things, have been on my mind. I've been daydreaming a lot recently, about all sorts of things. Growing older and going on a camping trip with a guitar and playing and hiking and such was one of them. That was exciting to think about and I'd like to do it sooner than later. Perhaps this summer, like San Juan Islands, that has biking, hiking, camping, kayaking, and beautiful sites. That is an all in one package right there. I would be ready to do that.

Another day dream has been getting a job this summer, and where and what I'd like to be doing. Ideally I'd be an intern at Intel or some other major corporation perhaps in the advertising department. I'm going to look into that, but otherwise what is most important, personally is a strict schedule, like one I'd get there. I'd love 7-4 every weekday or something like that where I could get in, do my work, and get out. With those hours I could do stuff in the evening, and most importantly on weekends.

While showering not more than twenty minutes ago I thought about becoming president. It's crazy because I haven't the least idea of what would take a good politician or what is important, or even what the subject matter is. All I was thinking about, in my innocence, was being the nicest guy ever. I'd have lived in a foreign country with a well-oiled economy and national healthcare and picked up tips from that, and worked on fixing the problems here. I'd be completely honest, which would probably hurt some people, but knowledge is good, and honest knowledge is the best, I think. I don't know if you can even do that on a national level, but I can dream, and so I shall. I'd continue to do cool things like climbing, and hiking, and camping, and tennis, and soccer, and so on. Sailing would be neat. I would want to have a term where no wars were in affect because that would let me focus on other important issues, and defense spending could be lessened. I don't know if that’s good either, which is why I'd have advisors, and they'd inform me on what is best, and their character would be important to me. And if they made a mistake based on what they thought was a good idea, it'd be alright, we'd fix it, and try again, but if they did it for personal gain or something they'd be fired. haha, I CAN FIRE WHOEVER I WANT SUCKA! I thought about talking to advisors in this sort of manor:

"How would I go about finding how much we're spending on things like staplers, I heard the last president paid 240 dollars for one. That's ridiculous; I don't want to be doing that."
"Oh, well, I've got that right here for you, see, we've been using staples and saving loads of cash. Sir, your stapler was only $20, mind you it was a heavy duty one, remember David, you've got lots of shit to staple."
"You're right, I do. Why, just yesterday I stapled together a 45 page document. Which leads me to my next topic: I want to further condense our document lengths. Are we recycling all this paper we're wasting?"
"Yes sir, we're very recycling friendly."
"Cool, right, so that document I stapled was originally 500 pages, but those extra 455 pages were unnecessary. They took too long to explain things. I think we can even get the 45 pages down to 15 at max. Short and simple guys, we don't need to impress people, the content is important, not the wording."
"Right you are D-money, can I call you D-money?"
"Eh, can I call you JJ?"
"Where'd that come from? My name is Stanley Frents. JJ isn't even my initials."
"Have you ever seen Spiderman? JJ is the boss of the daily bugle and it has a ring to it, you know?"
"Well I suppose if you want, I won't really catch on for a while though, I'll have to learn to respond to it."
"Oh don't worry, I imagine I'll slip and call you plain on Stan most often."
"Alright D-money, what is next?"
"Fat kids and adults, for that matter. We have too many fat people, that was one thing they, and when I just now referred to they I meant the people I talked to in Germany and Austria, said. They said, 'Well Mr. Zavertnik, one major problem with America is that everything is big.' And I said to him, 'that’s a problem?' He said, 'not always, the skyscrapers are cool, as are the lakes and large plains and such, it's the people I'm referring to.' And that’s how it went, and I couldn't agree more. Can we get people to eat healthier and exercise JJ?"
"Oh right, that’s me, its possible sir..."
"Call me D-money if you want, I just called you JJ after all."
"Okay D-money. Now see, that just takes too long to say, how about D?"
"Okay."
"Ahhh, so that was a lesson, you got me not to call you that stupid name without saying I couldn't. Effective, nice work."
"Thanks, I try. So what can we do about fat people....."

Yep, that would be David “El Presidente” Zavertnik. And I’d know a lot about what was going on, so while I do have advisors, I’d have a good idea of what I was going to do anyways. That was a good thought. Now I’m going to listen to music and figure out what else I want to be when I grow up. Life is good right now, and will increase is greatness in a little more than 24 hours. Yes!

Also: I like good music and guitar quite a bit and would enjoy being able to make good music with my guitar.