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Well people it's crunch time...

Thursday May 5th, this coming Thursday, I will be defending my thesis. I am nervous but I know I have written a quality paper, so the only thing I am truly nervous about is drawing a blank when asked a question by my committee, but I don't think that will happen, I am confident on my knowledge on the subject...
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Breakthroughs in unexpected places

I was just commenting on the blog of someone I really respect and admire (ribbonsundone), and in the midst of it I came to a realization I did not expect to find.

I had been thinking about plans in life, plans of attack, plans for escape, plans in general, and how I often dont make them, or rather do...
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Breaking definitions from stone

Having a conversation the other night led me to realize something, this being that I normally do a good job of convincing myself that I am not lonely, but in the midst of that conversation I found that I was not doing a good job of it right then. In that moment I had an awareness of what I try to...
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I have a big soul baring blog working it's way around my mind right now, so I will probably type that up tonight or tomorrow, somewhere in there, but until then here's something that went through my mind whilst half awake...or was I half asleep.

I was listening to my ipod to fall asleep, and since I had talked about George Harrison I decided that...
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Okay so a cold settled in a bit so I am just taking it easy and watching some standup on netflix instant, a little dayquil and just taking it easy.

Decided to write something out and my tumblr window was open so I typed it there, but no worries I am pasting it here as well since I am lazy and don't want to type...
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Yesterday was my anniversary, and I really should start doing something to remember it. What anniversary you might be asking, well sit down a spell and I'll tell ya...

Four years ago on the 4th of April I was hit by a locomotive at the roundhouse I work at. I was lucky to only get a shattered tibia, and broken fibula in my right leg...
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Walking to work yesterday in the freshly fallen snow I realized something about the route I was taking, a route that had me literally following in my father's footsteps.

I smiled to myself upon this realization, upon seeing his footprints on the ground before me, and I was glad to have such a man to follow behind.

We've butted heads in the past and we...
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I realize that since I only have 11 followers on tumblr that a lot of you haven't had the pleasure of reading some of the random things I have written later...you can thank me later, perhaps.

Need not fear....
I have come to realize that there is no need to fear fucking up, rather there is reason to embrace it.

Fucking up is a part...
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The river went out here yesterday.

This is when the ice breaks and the water starts flowing freely, and it's pretty impressive. About 30 miles south of here the ice jam that held through yesterday broke, and so now there is just a jam on the north end of town.

The river is feet higher than what it usually is, which also makes it look...
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Ahh life, how you turn me this way and that just to get me back to a happy place.

Twists and turns come into life, some confuse, some cause you to be lost yet lead you back in their own way, and others take you where you need to go directly. Gotta remember that as you proceed so that you don't get muddled on the...
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