A Quick Reprieve

Thought I'd take the 5 minutes before 4AM as a temporary reprieve - an excuse to blog just a little this wee hour of the morning. God knows I need to do some catching up.

Heidi, Ryan, Kateh, Dr. J, Pseudo, thanks for your inputs. What really interested me is how you guys started your blogs and how it evolved, if it did, to its present state. Podcasts, blog awards, citizenship journalism - either as a source because you share the same interests or first-hand groundbreaking news from those IN the news, it seems like we are just at the quivering wand-tip, waiting for this (tech) world to explode and realize its potential - that the common individual, that each and every person has a voice to share to an unlimited audience. It's interesting, really. I've been bumping into more and more so-called "award-winning" blogs lately (apart from the afore mentioned blogs, of course ;)) , and I think what makes them most interesting is their ability to capture everyday life - if not criticize it to heaven's end - in such an eloquent and extraordinary manner. As shallow as it sounds, this inspires me to improve my writing. Not because I want to be a veritable power blogger. I want to make sure I am prepared for my personal legend. Yes, I think I've made my decision. I think Oxford is it. My second choice will probably Uni of London. But Lord, only 60 accepted out of 400 a year? Fat chance they'll be accepting what could be somewhat accurately classified an IT geek like me. But hell I'll shoot for it. I've got nothing to lose except my sanity (which I've more or less lost already, no doubt). I wonder how I could get in even if I don't have a degree in English. I DID do 3 years of Liberal Arts, dammit. That's got to count for something... I WANT to be there. And I can't wait.

Still, there's got to be a reason I'm *HERE*. I don't know why. I wonder why. Maybe I should look into UT, check out some classes there. Maybe I should be more involved in Shakespeare and theatre. Maybe I should be doing something out of the box.

We'll see.

My deadline is way overdue, I'll see you later at the tracks :)
(The train's (yes, there are train tracks behind my apartment complex) honked at me twice this night - at 2 and about 3. Aargh!)

P.S. I've worked about 49.5 hours thus far - that's more than a week's worth! (And the third train alights... I'll be going on a train trip next month or so, by the way. Finally... if you can't tell by now, yes, I have a fascination for trains :D)