another happy thought

And I realized, as Brandi said that she was done with Utah, with the whole North and West, and that she was moving to Tenessee or somewhere where she could drink, that the whole thing really was about moving forward. I let her teach me what she could. Even if it was all MLA and citations and thinking for myself. Even if she rubbed me the wrong way sometimes, I still wanted to tell her, "Good luck exploring the infinite abyss," (always my favorite line from Garden State). I realized, second of all, as I bounced out of class, handed her my last paper, and walked in sunshine to my house, that it was all just one big adventure. As my mom keeps cleaning our house to get it ready to move out of, that I am more than just a little excited that the end of this adventure is near, and the start of a new, HORRIBLE, wonderful adventure is just about to unfold. With gore, blood, guts, romance, fencing, fighting, new life, music (oh man-the music), leaving, coming and going, shouting, the hypocrisy and the hope, my hope....
Yes, it is beautiful, and it makes me shutter and smile.

Take your places on the battlefield. Damn the torpedos full speed ahead.