Some Thoughts

It's been 9 days since I updated this puppy. Whoa. Time to get back into it. I suppose I should finish where I left off.

China was fun. And hot. You never really can understand how great your hometown is until you've spent a while far away from it. Over all ten days of the trip, the moment that felt the best was the one where I stepped off a plane into non-humid, temperate Spokane. It felt incredibly refreshing to be back to where the air was breathable, the water was drinkable, and the language was intelligible.

Back on the home front, life has been uneventful, just whittling away the time until I return to STARTALK, undoubtably the highlight of my summer.

Meanwhile, all of my dear peers have just escaped the bonds of another year of high school. It seems like only yesterday that graduation seemed like an uncontainable, far-off goal. Now, it can't come soon enough. I vowed to myself that I wouldn't catch senioritis, but now I find myself embracing it. Quite frankly, I'm bored with school. As underclassmen, we were always told that Junior year would be the most difficult, the most grueling. It wasn't. Now that I've spent the last couple of years getting organized, I have come to the same conclusion that I did as a second-grader: school isn't that hard. It's dreary, though.

A horrible side-effect of meeting amazing people is realizing how average the rest of the world is by comparison. I'm not talking intellectually, either, heaven knows some of the most amazing people I've met have unremarkable intelligence. I'm talking about people with depth, people who you can talk with,
and, through the badinage, stumble onto some deep thought or truth. 98% of the students I know fall nowhere close to this. There is a distinct superficiality to their words, and it's painful to be surrounded by. The gossip-obsessed cheerleader, the nerd who only discusses the latest video game, the stoner, the concerned valedictorian. They are all equal offenders. Being out for the summer is a welcome break.

That's all for now. Hopefully, you can expect more updates in the future. Peace out.