Wow, that was an emotionally charged post. Every bit of it is still true, though. Let's see, what's new?

I'm a freshman at Northern Arizona University seeking a degree in Secondary English Education (I'm such a snob that I have to say the entire thing and never say the abbreviated English Ed.) and am enjoying it immensely. I was very proud of myself after reading the immaculate grammar I had during the first semester of my senior year at Shadow. I eventually became Captain of the Hecklers spirit section for basketball. That was a BLAST.
That girl and I still talk, but rarely. She has recently broken up with the guy she dated after me (who is a friend of mine but was douchey about the entire situation), and I ended up dating a girl that broke my heart fully after that. THAT girl is well...ugh. Can't stand her.

Got a job at Lakeshore Learning Store over the summer of 2009, that's pretty cool. Get paid a 25 cents over minimum wage ($7.25) with part time hours; we'll see how long I work there. Not a bad job however.

I've been living on campus with my roommate Zane Garcia in Allen Hall for the year. Zane's a really cool dude and we got along very quickly. Nowadays I'm a bit jealous of his shared attention with our neighbor Luke, with whom Zane went to high school with. Can't compete, right? We're still cool.

Brooks Swigart and Doug Zismann are still very much good friends of mine, even though we all go to different schools. Doug accepted a full ride scholarship to play football at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where he got playing time as a freshman at center. Too bad they didn't have a great season. Doug and I have grown into different people after experiencing college a bit, but I can still talk to him about the things we used to. Mostly girls.

Brooks wrote the coolest thing in my senior year yearbook, and I know I've been blessed with his friendship. He's an extremely kind, down-to-earth, Christian, and extremely good person. Plus, he cracks me up. I can't wait to be friends with him for the remainder of my life, if that happens.

I lost a great friend, Al Bergsten, about 359 days before my last post. I miss him terribly and wish he had never died. He was an uncle to me and it was especially hard on him when his wife Kim passed away 5 months before he did. My life would be different, and for the better, if Al and Kim were still living. I can't wait to see them again.

Sorry for the stanza-ed style of my entry. This is going to be cool to look at when I'm much older. It's a time capsule of sorts, taking small windows of my life over a period of time. My old Xanga friends (who progressed to MySpace and eventually followed me to Facebook later) will probably never read this, and I will probably never post this publicly. As long as Xanga keeps my account, this will be bitchin.' There's a lot more to life right now, but its the day before my birthday and I need to research the Mohawk Indians of the Iriquois Confederacy for my Native American Music 365 class. Curses.
Oh and the Harry Potter theme park opens this spring. Hellz yes!



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Eric Andres

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