Oh hi, October.

I can't tell you how many people have approached me and said "Why haven't you blogged lately?"

Well, maybe I'll tell you. No one said that, except my inner Zach Braff.

I have internal monologues ALL THE TIME.

 There are, in my opinion, legitimate reasons for my absense on crownedwithflowers. One, I've let myself get really behind on classwork, so I've had to really buckle down to get caught up. Two, I have a job. Three, I've been spending a huge amount of time with friends. When I'm not doing something I absolutely must do, and sometimes even when I am, I'm with the coolest cats at Catawba. But, I feel bad for neglecting the internet, so I'll take a few minutes to catch you guys up on all the amazing things I've been doing. Don't get too excited. No, really. Settle down.

I've been hanging out with (cue dramatic suspenseful music) FRESHMEN. This year's freshman class really surprised me. Typically, freshmen get on my nerves. The girls are still trapped in high school, and the boys tolerate it because they don't even realize they can survive without all the girly drama. Usually there are a few freshmen I'll get along with, and I wait for the rest to grow the heck up. Not this year, though. Some of these frosh are awesome kids.

I've been spending lots of time playing in the woods. I have a friend (one of those freshies) that likes to run and play as much as I do, so we play in the nature preserve at Catawba. We play tag, and chase each other around, and explore. I hardly ever watch TV anymore, and I've even been dropping weight because of all the exercise!

I've also been spending lots of time putting out feelers for cool new music. My friends and I are sharing lots of sweet tracks among ourselves, and I read Seizure Chicken like it's my job. I've found some cool interesting stuff. When I get around to it, I'll type up the playlist and let you guys see what makes my ears happy. Don't get worked up about it though. It could happen this morning, it could happen next year, I could just forget and listen to it without you guys.

I tried to write poetry. So far people seem to be enjoying them, so I'm going to submit them to the school's "literary magazine," the Arrowhead. I'll let you guys know if they get published!

So...yeah. That's my life for the ENTIRE MONTH that I forgot I had a blog.

Good catching up with you, Internet.