Making this a thing

The hardest thing I find in life is keeping up with commitments. Its becomes infinitely more difficult for me to keep up with commitments when I don't find them important.  Blogs for instance. But because I don't keep a journal I've decided to start with this. Something that I will write in once a day for a year or more.  This is like a New Years resolution to myself, but I am starting it now so that I cannot procrastinate. Also so that I am in the habit of typing and writing these thoughts out.

This year was completely and unexpectedly great, overall. If I had to rate it, it was probably the best year of my life. I was accepted to college (Purdue!), I placed at the varsity states wrestling tournament, I asked my highschool crush out and we dated happily for 8 months until college, and of course college.  Despite the emotional rollercoaster that was my break up, this whole year has been wonderful.  I miss my friends, though I have seen those who I could and who were most important to me several times during this holiday season. I have achieved grades that I thought were unreasonably hard to get, I have learned a new hobby, and met many new and wonderful people.

That is all vague and grand, but I want to talk about one person. In every entry I will try to find a topic to write about. Something specific, something concrete that I can focus on and write about. For this entry I think I will talk about my friend Brian.

Brian, who lives two doors down from me in my Purdue Residence halls is clinically depressed and a self diagnosed sociopath. The first one can be evident if you have ever talked with him following a calculus or computer science lecture or recitation because he does not enjoy them at all. However, if you can move the topic away from these courses, he is incredibly fun and interesting to talk with.  I particularly enjoy smacktalking his friend and roommate Stephen with him and discussing the various interests we share. <God I sound clinical when writing this.>

We share an interest in film. Film, movies, television, and the production of these works of art. I am an editing enthusiast, Brian loves to shoot and write. It sort of works out, except we haven't done anything together aside for an advertisement for the Purdue Union Gaming Club.  Brian is also significantly more well versed and... watched in film literature. He has seen many more movies than I have and seems to understand the motives and techniques of filmmakers to a deeper degree than I can, or at least he can articulate well. I simply say "I didn't like that" but I can't seem to find the right reason for that dislike, though I know it is relatively correct.

I am feeling the tugs of boredom now, but Brian has become a good friend.

If for some reason you are reading this Brian, or anyone else, Merry Christmas and know that you have made the first semester of college awesome!

Si_Phi