Jason's Daily Notes

It's cold outside.
The coldest I've experienced so far this winter. The winds are howling, too.

So life at Duke has been busy. Or maybe that's just life as a fully independent, responsible adult? Either way, I hardly have the idle time that I want. I really like to just waste my time not doing anything, thinking, meditating, drawing, creating, etc. But I have to just rush from one task to another, mostly schoolwork and class-related meetings, but also shopping, cleaning the house, or meeting up socially on the weekends. I guess I feel like I've relinquished a great deal of control over my own life, which is what bothers me more than anything.

Anyway, that doesn't mean that I'm miserable - I'm really enjoying my time here. I just wish I could take time to reflect on what happens each day. I think all the experiences I have will soon fade away into a sea of ambiguous memory.

For the last few days I've been sick. In fact, all 4 of us living in the house have been sick. It came on last weekend, super bowl weekend, most likely from Alex G., who was on antibiotics but went out to the "Edward 40-hands" party and the after party at our house. I drugged myself up to get to school on Thursday, suffering mainly from a sore throat, and on Friday I was feeling even worse. (As I was napping, my housemates got together and cleaned the whole house - oops.)Yesterday I was slightly better, but thoroughly exhausted. Luckily I was able to sleep.

Last night I went out, to celebrate Sebastian's birthday. This was after a night of spaghetti bolognese, prepared by Jonny, and a contentious (as always) game of Monopoly. I didn't really prepare to go out, so I wasn't feeling to energetic when we got to the Tavern.