I'm still here.

Anni's the catalyst that made me decide to post again, but I'm not sure what my actual motivation is. There's some vague feeling of guilt about my LJ absence that I find intriguing. Besides that, I suppose I feel like I'm adrift in my life right now and I want an anchor. There are several good ones; today whimsy decided it was time to don my journaling hat once more. Plus it'll give me something constructive to do on the computer instead of checking Digg every twenty minutes.

New account for a clean slate. And I'm only adding the people who I believe ardently want to be in touch, so that I'm not overwhelmed by my friends page when I try to check up on all your exploits.

Even though all this web 2.0 stuff makes me feel like a crotchety old man mystified by his microwave, I'm doing the microblogging thing, too, if you're into that. Twitter doesn't actually do much for me beyond relieving boredom.

So, news from the front: I was going to drive to Chapel Hill today to deliver a form relating to taking a course at UNCC this spring, but the darn course got full overnight somehow, and the professor told me I was not permitted to audit. This is just the most recent of a series of backfires that are making me increasingly frustrated and unsatisfied with UNCC and with the idea of taking a course there this spring. I have taken strides to make it work and I have been rebuffed. I'm content to work at Gamestop for another semester, enjoy more peaceful time with my family, and continue yearning to return to Chapel Hill.

I'm planning on living off campus next semester with Nick, Jonathan, and Chris -- former hallmates and small group members. I look forward to that experience.

In other news, the most recent Kanye West album is awesome. I don't know why I like it, I don't know how. But I do.

This post feels increasingly trivial; I shall attempt to anchor myself again soon.