October

It is October and I am excited.

1) Today one of my friends got baptised!
2) I am going to visit some East Coast cities over the next week!
3) I made one my friends mad at me this last week and he forgave me today :)
4) I was given the most meaningful compliment I've ever received so far. I was talking about those people who are happy and smiling all the time-- people who just always seem to find something positive and funny in life-- and then somebody told me that they thought I was one of those people. And that's probably the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. I used to be a very bitter, sarcastic, and apathetic person ("I don't care about what you think") because I had trouble understanding my purpose and the point of life, and being happy has never really been easy for me, so for two people to think that I'm the "smile-y guy" means a lot to me. When I think about the way God changed me from being such an upset person to someone who is much more open and receptive and "happier" I can't just help but think of what a testimony that is to God's love for us.
5) On that note, I found out on Friday that my grandfather has esophagus cancer...It's tricky to be happy and focused on work when that happens, but I believe God has a plan for everyone and I know not to A) worry or B) be discouraged.

The leaves are vividly orange and falling; the temperature is nippy and the air is fresh. It is October, and while there are plenty of reasons to be sad, there are many good reasons to be happy, too.

Have a great fall.

Music Monday

Here are some of the top 10 songs running through my playlist right now:

1. Paradise- Coldplay
2. We Are Young - Fun.
3. Stronger - Kelly Clarkson
4. Payphone - Maroon 5
5. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
6. Stop and Stare - One Republic
7. Hips Don't Lie - Shakira
8. Behind These Hazel Eyes - Kelly Clarkson
9. Moondance - Michael Buble
10. Heaven - Duke Ellington (caution-- some modern intervals here that might not be pleasing to some ears)

I'm trying to find some time to throw up a post or two, but no guarantees. I lost one of the notebooks that has my notes in it so there goes a book review I was pretty pumped to write.

This Week

This week I met someone who has synaesthesia. Synaesthesia is basically a psychophysical condition in which the senses get mixed; letters and words become associated with colors (for this particular person, for example, the letter "e" was the color green) and sounds take on colors as well. To talk to her was a pretty cool experience.

I want to post more but it's a Monday and I'm tired and I'm busy.

Saturday, I slept from 2:30-9:30; 3-7; and from 2a-8:30 Sunday...and I'm still very very tired.

Have a nice night.

Nosebleeds

These last three weeks, I've had a nosebleed every single day except for Tuesday. And not the normal run-of-the-mill nosebleeds; I'm talking about both nostrils (usually one at a time, but today, for example, was both at the same time) bleeding for twenty or thirty minutes each. 

I had another experience where I woke up at night, unable to breathe because of all the blood. That was on Monday. The blood just wouldn't stop flowing...it's quite scary, quite scary, feeling the blood pool in your mouth and swallowing it each time.

And then come the stomach cramps and the indigestion...that's not pretty, either.

Anyway, I've been a bit busy lately (with the bleeding and other things), but have a great remaining August.