oxford 'n' stuff

Yeah, I was bored so I was checking out the Oxford University website. I have to say it was rather interesting, and for some bizarre reason I have gotten it into my head that I ought to go there for college. Well, I suppose this is rather like that whole "I think I'm gonna write a fantasy trilogy" sort of thing... Of course, that has yet to prove whether or not it was a good idea in the long run, but it was certainly satisfying.

And in story news, I have to say I'm having a nasty little bitch-fight with HotC, but that's okay, cause it's nothing compared to what's going on between HiTN and the possibility of starting the Collision Wars series. I'm leaning towards HiTN just cause I've been putting so much into it and now this little psuedo-obsession with fantasy stuff is trying to siderail me. I finished the Crion vs. Seroth fight in HotC and I rather like how it all turned out, but now I'm having a rather difficult time dealing with just how I'm going to end the Phenix/Vanesthix thing, the main problem bieng that I don't know whether or not I want Belaethos to have killed Vanesthix, and then have him andPhenix have a little showdown, or if I want to go with the original line of thought... Ah well, we'll see what happens, won't we now?

In other news, we had a CC meet at Mount Hored today and, unlike the others, this one was rather fun. Not just the whole hanging out and talking with people line, cause that happened at the other ones and it was fun too, but because the racing part of it was fun cause I didn't feel like I was going to die when it was all over. Anyway, it was an absolutely tiny meet with all of about 8 teams there, the largest being from Stoughton. The course was quite nice, but not as nice as Monroe, though considerably easier. There were more hills than in Monroe, but for the most part they were smallerexcept for one monster that was forty or fifty feet high, but we only had to go up it once and coming down was one of the most frighteningly amusing things I've done in a long time. We started very strong with about 10 JV people leading for the first 200 yards or so, but that was because we were beasting it. Of course we slowed down, but we were in a strong position and held it all the way through, ending up with about 8 or so of the top 13 being Edgewood people. Needless to say, we won the thing by quite a bit, and I got 12th place, 5th for all of the Edgewood JV runners (I think) so I thought that was pretty cool. It got even better when I got a medal cause they gave them to top 15 instead of 10 (it was 30 for Varsity and sitting there in the sun while they handed them out was hell). I've been looking at the roster and people's times and I was rather surprised to see that a) there were a great many more seniors on the team than I thought (7, and 4 of them are Varsity) and b) I'm now running better (PR, again dropped [for the 4th time in a row :p]and is now 20:56). So, perhaps Hately wasn't so crazy in thinking I'm gonna run Varsity next year. I still don't know about that, but... Yeah, well, it's getting fun now, though I still can't beat Alex...

Oh, and by the way, the greatest combo of music for running is "No Life" and "Diluted", just 'cause I say so.

"What the hell-did I-do to deserve-all of this?!?!"

PS: Joe A randomly has decided he hates my guts, I really don't know why, and I sure as hell don't care cause now I don't have to feel bad about talking shit about him.

PPS: The new Chris Paolini book is quite good, and I'm glad to say it's not a total rip-off of the plotline of Star Wars. There's still something about his writing style that I can't say I like, but that's alright, for the most part, anyway.

PPPS: Gotta find someone to got to homecoming with. Hey, I just figured out it was on Oct. 8, so that in and of itself is an accomplishment.

PPPPS: Think I've got enough of these post-scripts? Hahahahahahahahahahaha.

PPPPPS: Oh, and here's the begining of the little poem I'm working on for HiTN (I'm thinking of renaming it GLASS DOLLS AND PAPER SOLDIERS):

GLASS DOLLS AND PAPER SOLDIERS

it's cheap to you, but not to me
more blood than you own
drowning in a sea of light
wondering when the end's gonna come

it's nothing to you
but it's everything to them
'cause they're more than you know...
but to you they're nothing
just smoke and mirrors
dust and sound

it's nothing to you
but everything to them
they're all glass dolls and paper soldiers...