Hey everyone, this is Sean! I've been asking Lauren when she planned to update this thing for a while, so she says I get to do it for her...

And thus begins the awkwardness that is my thoughts. The only thing I will say beforehand is that I only know one person other than myself who reads this, so likely not many of you who read this will actually know me. All I'm asking is that you cut me a little slack here, I'm much more coherent in person...usually.

Where to start... how about the whole beginning? Abridged, of course. My friend Stephanie tells me that her lovely friend Lauren is interested in meeting me. Having heard a great deal from Steph about how neat and fun Lauren is, my curiosity gets the better of me. I ask questions, Lauren asks questions, Steph is stuck in the middle and says "Here, just talk to each other." And so we did, talking about anything and everything for hours. We really connected, even just over AIM. We met a week later and everything we felt online shifted over to a more personal connection when she bounced up and hugged me when I first saw her. And over the next month and a half that has followed since, I've fallen head over heels in love with the girl, even after telling myself I would never rush in again after being hurt so much by doing it before. But I just couldn't help the way it all went, the feelings came unbidden, but were certainly not unwelcome. I love her, and for some crazy reason, she keeps saying she loves me too...weird. Definitely not going to complain about it. And I think that's all I'll say about us, I'll keep the rest for the two of us :)

Well, I just got back to The College of New Jersey (I know, lovely name, isn't it?) after spending a four-day weekend at U. Penn and Bumble with Lauren and family. She has been telling me how beautiful the mountains are up where she lives, but it was hard to picture until I saw it with my own eyes. Breathtaking hardly comes close. It was peaceful, secluded, and comforting. It was also pretty neat when walking back from the garage to the house we ran across a cat, a dog, and somewhere around twenty deer grazing down a hill. All in all, it was very cool. We watched the specials on the Science Channel, a very poorly done Western show called Gunsmoke, and since Mandy and I had never seen it before, The Shining...::shudders:: One of the few decent horror films I've seen. If only modern movies had the same quality they used to. Well, that was pretty much it for the weekend. Today I went to Lauren's Cons. Bio class with her, saw a presentation about how New Orleans is naturally scheduled to sink by 2090, neat stuffs. And then her professor started talking about several exotic plants, "but only the sexy ones," that we thought would look pretty but ended up screwing up the local flora. I can safely say that it was the most interesting biology class I ever attended, even with the knowledge gained aside.

But enough about that, I'm characteristically rambling. Well, I think that's all I can think of at this hour...I know, I'm so eloquent for an English major. Besides... I have a MIGHTY NEED to use the restroom! :P Bye people!

And in a white sea of eyes, I see one pair that I recognize, and I know that I am the luckiest.

-Ben Folds

Although I know I don't believe in destiny, maybe it found me.

-Darren Hayes

"Do a little dance!"

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