Looking back in the last 5 years a lot has changed in my group of friends. Five years ago we were still in High School. Most of us didn't quiet have our license yet. I still lived in PTC and hung out with Carlos and Matt just about every day playing video games. I was just a few minutes away from my other friends. Now 5 years later most of us are away at college. We all have our license and can take off just about anywhere we want, money permitting. I no longer live in PTC and soon to no longer even be in the state of Georgia. I am sure I am just the first to leave. But no longer being in PTC means I hardly see friends anymore unless I or they make the one hour drive back and forth. But all this is just the beginning. In 5 years we will all be out of college and on our own. None of us know where we are going to end up. For all I know Michael could end up over seas living in Europe some where since he he would like to do it if possible. If Andrew and Emily one day get married who knows where they will end up, maybe Andrew will get a job with Disney and that wont lead to a job in Georgia more than likely. Who knows where I will end up, though I do hope to get back to Atlanta if possible, but I will go where ever I find a job and that could be Chicago for all I know. Matt will go wherever his parents go and from what I know they plan to go back to Tallahassee in the not to distant future. Carlos out of all my friends seems to be the most likely to stick around in Atlanta but who knows. In 5 years everything will be quiet different. Maybe only see friends once or twice a year. Growing up sucks in a lot of ways, but not all is bad I guess.
Anyway, yesterday I felt like Michael is some way. This one fairly ugly girl walks by me which normally I don't think anything but this time first thing that popped in my head was "she should grow her hair out because she would look better that way" then my mind also thought that if she not only grew her hair out but also got rid of her glasses and got contacts along with putting on some makeup she wouldn't look half bad. Maybe that means I should talk to him less because all his crap seems to rub off, like making me go broke at the mall and so on. Though since neither of us lead exciting lives we probably wont talk any less.
Yesterday I bought "Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater". I have played it the last to days straight only stopping to eat, sleep, and go to class. But today just after 4:30pm I beat it. The graphics where definitely improved on this game compared to the other ones. Gameplay was similar to the others so reteaching myself the techniques did not take me long. The setting of this game was actually set before the first two games so it was kind of cool to see the all the connections in this game that you knew lead to the other games. Overall the game kicked ass but I was expecting no less after those first two games. Now I am ready for "Metal Gear Solid 4." But if history shows anything then I will have to wait until 2007 for it. The "Metal Gear Solid" game out in 1998 then 3 years later in 2001 "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty" and then 3 years later in 2004 (now) "Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater" game out. So if it continues it will be 3 more years 2007 until "Metal Gear Solid 4" comes out. Oh well I waited that long for the others I can do it again.
|| Vespere Hesperian 5:30 PM
