Today I read Where the Heart Is again. There’s just something about that story that makes me feel at home. It’s set in Oklahoma, and I just get this certain pride that I live here when I read it. I really do love Oklahoma, because I was born here, and I know the land, and I know the weather. And I know this town like the back of my hand. Yes, I want to leave. Yes, I want to go on to bigger and better things. But I love where I’m from. Reading this book today, just… I don’t know. It’s like something clicked in my head, like a solution to a problem I’ve been thinking about for a long time. Maybe something about happiness.
I’ve made goals for myself. I am definetely going to try my absolute hardest to get into this college I want to go to. I’m thinking about just calling them now to let them know I’m planning on applying. I’m going to fill out all the forms on time, and I even started working on my personal essay for the application. Another goal is to improve certain things in my life before I leave for college. I want to get everything right this time. I want to pay off all my bills and be financially sound. I want to have a car in good condition and know how to fix it myself. I want to get rid of most of the crap I have so I just have the bare necessities. I’m going to be living in a dorm room so there’s not a whole lot of stuff I can really cling to. I think I’ll be able to leave a few things in the garage with my mom, but not much. Chris Coleman is planning to live out in California too. The college he wants to go to has already asked him to come and they’d give him a part-time job at LucasArts. He said he’s going to rent a house down there so I could live there during the summers. That would be nice. But of course, nothing is certain so I need to find some backup plans too. Hmm… I think we have a cousin in California…
Anyway, there’s a long time to go for that, but I’m working on things slowly and surely. Another goal is to not be in a relationship in my remaining time here. That’s kind of an odd goal, but I just don’t want to be with anybody and it’s too hectic a time in my life to have a relationship. Knowing fate and life and the way they are, I’m probably going to meet someone and this goal will be shot to crap, but I’ll try anyway.
Oh yeah, before I forget, Shayna’s mom is opening a manga store in Muskogee!! Yay manga!! It’s not set up yet but it’s going to be in the old jewelry store on York where the dude got shot. Let’s hope that’s not a bad omen. But anyway, it will be really easy to tell people where it is. “… you know, where the dude got shot.” So be sure to look for it in the future and spend all your money there!! ^-^
Ja ne minna! Daisuke!
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