Separation Issues

They say that high school is the best time of your life, the most free you will ever be, and I for one agree. Maybe I am naive for not having met other people outside of my small community. Maybe there are grander things to come. However, it is the here and now that lies before my eyes, and for these moments I am thankful.

My thoughts as of late have been unclear. There has been no true focus, and even now as I post this blog an infinite number of topics come to mind. Then I think about a few of them and decide that no one cares about the insignificant moments of my life if it doesn't involve them. Some things are just too personal to say.

Certain trends rear their heads as I recollect my recent history to rake up some kind of story. Girls, friends, money, material goods, school, food, the list is short and simple. My one track mind has no problem staying to these basic principles. I try to think where my present will lead me into the future, and this is something that I commonly find unclear. Thinking a month ahead gives me a headache. I dare not look 2 years down the road. Only vague thoughts enter my brain at this junction, concerning such events. It doesn't really bother me though. I Guess that my future doesn't matter so much as my present. The past isn't that important either. I can look back and smile on past occurrences, but the reality is lost now, and an image is all that remains.

I'm also starting to enjoy The Grapes of Wrath more so than before. It's such a powerful book. I feel an urge to read more Steinbeck.

Gosh, some of you (if anybody reads this) I haven't seen in a long time. What's been going on in your lives? Any worries or concerns that have been plaguing you?