It's late, and this is just part 1

Hi all,

Apologies for a late Monday update. This weekend my brother, Jules Drewe Yorke and my best friend Spam Boa, were in town all weekend, thereby effectively distracting me. I am also still very tired from long nights of partying, video games and good food, all key ingredients to a wonderful weekend. In two days, I fly out to another school to interview for Higher Ed programs, so tomorrow will effectively be spent packing (and you know how much I enjoy traveling), not to mention the ton of work I have to get done before I take the rest of the week off.

In other words, this will be a short blog.

I hope next week to muse about identity a little more and how we act differently around different people. This was especially true this weekend when my close school friends, my reslife school friends, my girlfriend and my family were all in same place at the same time. I think a lot about how we fill different roles around different people and I can be the leader in one group and the follower in another. This is perfectly natural social interaction, but I also strive to be a consistent, authentic person all the time. So I wonder if I am the same me in all situations, or different sides of myself with different people and if its a bad thing that I suppress certain sides of me in certain situations. Well, I may ponder this more next time, but usually when I say that I forget so its good I did a little bit tonight.

In Summercamp we are known for our squirrels. Remember its called Summercamp because we basically commune with nature. And squirrels are the dominant species. They are everywhere. I have to drive them out of my office. They pop out of random corners. They frolick in the bushes. They toss trash around the courtyard. They even sneak into bedrooms and eat all your cookies.

But lately, the squirrels have been quiet.

That's because now when you go to throw your trash away a raccoon pops its head out of the trash can, scares the crap out of you and sends you running back to your room nearly wetting yourself.

That didn't actually happen to me, but it did to one of my RAs who actually lives in Summercamp (I commute in) and I found it hilarious. At the end of the day, raccoons are fluffier, cuter, and much scarier than squirrels. I mean, they are bigger than Tenshi's little puppy. and just as fluffy. but with claws. its like a cat and dog combined. yea. Summercamp.

Quote of the week this week is from Naysayer P Smith, the lord of Summercamp himself. Bear in mind that he is legally blind.

"I can drive the cart, its just those bystander people things... I mean it does have insurance!"

In other news, Naysayer just purchased a car. Yea, my city just got scarier.

That's all for now, though I will share my good Brock story next week. And I'm pretty sure I'll actually remember to do so. Let's just say he's a wanderer.

Have a good one!

-JTY

Listening to: Live version of "Stairway to Heaven." Led Zeppelin is my favorite band. They really are.

Playing: Super Smash Bros. Brawl all weekend long. It was glorious.

Reading: Rediscovering Catholicism- This got me thinking about identity in the first place.