Hey Valued Friends

Well, do I have news! I recieved a call early friday morning; it was long distance, so I was pretty surprised. Frankly, I had just gotten off of my cool dial-up internet connection, and the phone rang. I answered it, and a rather pleasant woman asked for me, and I told her that she had the right person on the phone. She said, "Gregory, did you recently recieve a letter stating you had been waitlisted for admission to the school of pharmacy?" Now, me in my half sleeping daze said something that equaled a yes, to which she replied "well, we have just found out that we have one seat remaining, so would you like to join us in the fall?". What? I was shocked...frankly, I literally, and with all the grace of the cliche fell out of my chair. That did kind of wake me up, so I then worked out all the details, and I should get my package from them in the mail soon!

I am utterly shocked, all at once my childish ideas for a future are replaced with an actual feisible career. I am a little sad that I won't be spending time studying english in the fall, but the pluses far out weigh the negatives. No more worrying about whether or not I will be able to support a family, or if I will be able to have the money to do things I want to do. In 4 years time I will be out, with a career, making good money, and most importantly helping people. My family seems to be so proud of me, and everyone I meet who has heard makes me feel like I have struck the lotto. If you had told me this would be happening an hour before it did I would have called you a liar, and I am afraid when I wake up in the morning this will all have been a dream.

Poetically, the barrel is a bit dry. Needless to say, I am a bit frustrated with that, as I really would love to sit down and write but nothing sounds right. I am beginning to fear that I really have nothing left to say. Could my writing career have peaked at 18, and halted before 19? It does scare me that my gift is eroding away unused. However, I am quite enjoying photography. While it is not as satisfying as poetry, I really do enjoy the freedom of it. Being able to just walk, and point a camara is very satisfying. Also, the fact that my friend Kevin Loveless and I are starting up a small photography company makes me happy to have an outlet.

I am working on a couple wallpapers, as well as a personal website. However, with all that is going on with me right now I hardly have time to think. I feel so good now that it should be illegal.

Peace, Love, Empathy

gh Batt

Song of the Day
Proclaimers - Im On My Way

I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
I'm on my way to what I want from this world
And years from now you'll make it to the next world
And everything that you receive up yonder
Is what you gave to me the day I wandered

I took a right, I took a right turning yesterday
Yeah, I took a right, I took a right turning yesterday
I took the road that brought me to your home town
I took the bus to streets that I could walk down
I walked the streets to find the one I'd looked for
I climbed the stair that led me to your front door

And now that I don't want for anything
I'd have Al Jolson sing "I'm sittin' on top of the wor-orld"

I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
Yeah I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
To keep my feet from jumping from the ground dear
To keep my heart from jumping through my mouth dear
To keep the past, the past and not the present
To try and learn when you teach me a lesson

And now that I don't want for anything
I'd have Al Jolson sing "I'm sittin' on top of the wor-orld".

I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
Yeah I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
I'm on my way to what I want from this world
And years from now you'll make it to the next world
And everything that you receive up yonder
Is what you gave to me the day I wandered
I'm on my way to what I want from this world
And years from now