Apparently there is correlation between behavior and religion. It might not be what you would think, but it makes perfect sense to me.

http://www.slate.com/id/2203614/pagenum/all?Paul

I have become more and more atheist the father I reach into my adult years.

I've spend many years in churches and around those same people outside of church. I've noticed that many, but not all of people with whom I have shared pews with, did not actively practice what they preached. I enjoyed church for the simple fact that while we was there love and empathy for fellow man seemed real, but somehow many didn't carry those values beyond those church walls. What I witnessed in my youth didn't change as I grew older. Forget loving thy neighbor, its now the idea that if you are not with us you are against us. There seems to be this growing divide between religions and even within religions. Why can't people just be good for goodness sake? Why is everything in the name of some omnipotent god?
I've never been more turned of by people but at the same time I feel this overwhelming urge to help and save each and everyone of them.
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Snow.

Its snowing today. It snows a lot here apparently. It has snowed several time so far, but they were minor and disappeared quickly. Today it is different. Looking outside, it appears that we are in the middle of a blizzard. This would be a blizzard at home. Here in Syracuse, however, this is your typical lake-effect snow. Today the snowflakes a varied in size. Pretty much all day they were tiny little flakes so tiny that one imagine it would take a million years to cover the grown outsize with only one inch. They created the most delicate of blankets and took up almost no space in the air. Right at this very moment the snowflakes are a medium size. They are coming down so fast that the fill they the air so that it looks hazy outside. I enjoy snow. I was watching it fall from the warmth of my room through the window. For hours I could spend my time watching the snow fall. I watched out the window for a long time. It was wonderful.

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Living the good life.

That was always the plan from the start right?

Sometimes life does not seem to follow the same path in which you riginally had mapped out. I've taken my life in several different directions only to decide that I was going the wrong way and proceeded to make a random turn, not always for the better. Thus, I have ended up here. I have put myself in a city far from home with a great deal of distance between me and the people with whom I have been closest with in my adult life. In this new world I've created for myself I have made relationships with new people and have found the best of them with the least expected of people. It really shows how amazing life can be.

One person in particular stands out in my mind. We are polar opposites, but somehow completely get each other. I'm a foul-mouthed partyer who is completely socially awkward and she is a a completely unapologetic bitch who is all about doing the best in school. It helps that we are both a little insane. She's probably going to be the one person with whom I will be able to count on to understand me and accept all of the crap which I may send her way. I think the feeling is mutual.

On the flip side of that are the relationships which I thought would work out, yet are not looking so good thus far. I started seeing someone shortly after I moved to Syracuse. I have briefly discussed this in a previous blog but now I shall elaborate slightly. Perhaps it was my own fault for attempting a to get to know someone long distance and committing to them at the same time. The thing is, I have lived up to my end of the bargain. I have reached out and I have been as emotionally available as possible, while being a full time student, that is. This means finding the time to call at least once day. Apparently, it is difficult for for him to return my phone calls. I didn't know that his job prevented him from touching base with me every few days, either that or I am particularly low on his list of priorities. I wouldn't be so hurt except that when I first started talking to him I received calls and text message constantly. I miss that. I miss him. I made him out to be my prince charming in my head because of all of the things he promised to do with me. I don't understand what happened but if this keeps up I'm going to go insane. I don't even think I'm going to be able to reach him when I finally give up and decide to break up with him. Men are jerks.

On the plus side- my semester of school is almost over and I am going to pass all of my classes and I'm going home for Thanksgiving.
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Speaking of marriage... Kieth Olbermann, will you marry me?

I am at a loss for words.
Let Love Live.
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