We dont' think about "it"

A very good friend of mine lost her grandfather this weekend, and my condolences go out to her. I also lost my grandfather recently, in October, and though your grandparents are old and its expected that their time here on this Earth are shorting it always hurts. I feel as if I have been exposed to death alot in my short life, and its something that I always keep on my mind . . . that later today I could be gone. Death is something that most people push away from their thoughts, a natural human condition we couldn't function if we always thought of death, but it's never very far from my thoughts. This week in class we read "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Tolstoy, it very strange to read a book about death especially when you know someone grieving for a loved one.

Moving to a more light hearted subject, tomorrow is WVU's annual spring football game, and in light of all the negitivity surronding the program during the Fraud Rodrigeuz Morgantown is very excited to see the new Mountineers. However, I probably will notbe able to attend the game because I have a ton o work to this weekend including a ten page pape due Tuesday, I only have 2 pages as of now. All of this work is another reason I skipped on visiting a friend of my in DC this weekend, and thought I really wanted to go I just couldn't and its very dissappointing because I probably won't be able to see her for a very long time.

This has been a very depressing post, but it feeks good to talk about this stuff hopefully next time there will be some better news.

Moving

Have you ever realized how much stuff you collect? As I wind down my undergraduate career, I've begun going through all my stuff in preparation of moving back to my parents house in Wheeling. This is turly a pain in the ass since I have lived in the same house in Morgantown for three years. Locating what is mine from all my roomates, deciding on what to throw away, packing it all up has proven to be a difficult challenge. The worst part about all of this is that I have to take it home because I didn't get into graduate school and I don't have job but . . .

I have secured an internship this summer in Munich, Germany. I will be working for the West Virginia Business Developement Office trying to recruit businesses to WV. It will be a truly awesome experience and I really can't wait. The only major problem I have come across so far is locating an appartment or room. After talking with other people however, it appears that it will be easier to find housing once in Germany.

Today I also got a new cellphone. It's a blackberry curve. I really wanted to get an iPhone but the price was still too much, and the blackberry was only $50 this weekend a deal I couldn't pass up. Also, if anyone really cares, the NHL playoffs have started and my team the Pittsburgh Penguins are up 2-0 in their series against the Ottwa Senators. The Pens haven't won the Cup since the 1992 season with Mario Lemuix leading the team. They have a really great team this year ad should make it deep into the playoffs.