I feel an almost need to apologize for my last entry. Though I have since deleted it, it stated that sometimes I want to run away. I realize I had worded it wrong when someone asked me what I was running from. The answer is nothing. I meant for the entry to read running away to something. What I was referring to was the next stage in my evolution.
You may not know this but I have moved quite a few times and started life fresh. It has always been for career/education reasons, but each move has changed me in some ways, mostly for the better. I have enjoyed my time here in the North Georgia hills. I dare say it's the happiest I have been in awhile. The issue though is that I feel very stable and non-progressive at this point. I'm expecting to stay in this same job for 4 years. I'm expecting to stay in school for another 2 years for the doctorate. I'm expecting another year and a half before I can open my own practice. I feel very stable now and I feel a need for movement on the career/education front not a year from now but now. This is mostly due to the fact that I have moved around so much and I'm used to achievements not on a yearly but a quarter year basis. Anyways, thanks for the concern for the last entry, but I'm fine.
Speaking of moving around, I used to think it would be hard to make new friends in new places. It's surprisingly not. I was worried at first because most people met people in bars and I don't dink. What I realized is that I have enough, character, passion, and intellect to make friends easy in most situations. It is refreshing though to start out somewhere new. Here is the curse of meeting people where you come from. We all have had these friends that talk about you behind your back. No mater what mistakes you may have made, no matter how small or large, your peers build up this stereotypical image of you to the point of where it isn't even correct, but they have to keep it going because it gives them something to talk about. I have had these friends, you have had these friends, and I still have some of these friends. We all do. You can't introduce new people to these friends because they tell the new people the same baloney (did I spell that right?) and your right back where you started. In new places you build new friendships and forge new bonds. With the exception of a few friends in South Carolina, Atlanta, and Statesboro, I maintain that my strongest bonds and friends were formed while traveling. It's a unique opportunity you have when traveling to be who you are and not whom people think you are.
I'm watching a horror movie right now. I just saw a man scrape his face off with a hammer tooth. It was a great effect.
Speaking of baloney, my dad used to fry baloney till it was black. He would then put ketchup and an onion on it and serve it to me. Was it nasty? Yes. Was it tasty? Yes. Would I eat it again if he crawled up from the grave to make it? Hell yes.
Also along the lines of work, I spent some time with a sociopath this past week. He was an exceptional young man. He had an IQ of 148. He had all the major sociopath traits, frequent fighting with others, previous arson, previous history of torturing animals, inability to feel guilt or compassion, and current plans to hurt people. What made him unique was his honesty. I usually have to dig through someone's mind for awhile before recognizing a sociopath because most of them are very smart and are very good at knowing which conversations to avoid and what not to say. This kid was totally honest. I knew within 5 minutes of talking to him that he was a sociopath and would kill me if he wanted to without blinking of regretting it. It was refreshing to see that kind of honesty.
This movie is really good.
I'm eating mint brownies. I honestly don't think anything says "home comfort" like brownies. Oh yeah, and I found a new company that is clearing off my land and will have t dine by December. I may have the log house that I will rent out built by February. Yay for ahead of schedule