Ma vie est tres bon maintenant. (knock on wood)

early practice. 5:30 wake up. for some odd reason I woke up on my own at 5:15.

I have been quite busy since the last update. I have been diving a ton. I am legal on both boards with our first meet this saturday. I became very scared of the high board, got over the fear, and learned 6 dives on it in basically two weeks, with three in one day. I now love the high board. I like the dive where you jump forward and do a straight-bodied dive backwards, towards the board. It is so fun to do.
Coach Jim is definitely one of the best diving coaches in the country.

I have taken up learning the Gaelic language. I have a dictionary. Me cad an saonta bithuinach.
Mo cursai gra ata fearr na an seachtain thar. Me gra ans ailleachts beans, agus me gra mo inmhaite ailleacht. Me ta dochasm agam te e sasta tearma, muirneach.
I dropped my 495 physics: black holes and general relativity course. I had fun in it, but it is time to move on. Now I can actually study other things. Good for that.



Do me wrong, do me right,
Tell me lies but hold me tight,
Save your goodbyes for the morning light,
But don’t let me be lonely tonight.

Say goodbye and say hello,
Sure enough good to see you, but it’s time to go,
Don’t say yes but please don’t say no,
I don’t want to be lonely tonight.

Go away then, damn you,
Go on and do as you please,
You ain’t gonna see me gettin’ down on my knees.
I’m undecided, and your heart’s been divided,
You’ve been turning my world upside down.

Do me wrong, do me right (right now baby),
Go on and tell me lies but hold me tight.
Save your goodbyes for the morning light (morning light),
But don’t let me be lonely tonight.
I don’t want to be lonely tonight.
No, no, I don’t want to be lonely tonight.

I don’t want to be lonely tonight.

Proof that I have defeated the universe. 

Weeks seem like years to me

Today I was supposed to sleep until noon at the earliest. It is my birthday (the fabulous 19), and I stayed up late in the basement at a dance party. That's right, we threw a dance party in the basement of our dorm, just because we wanted to. Highschool has nothin' on this.
The dancing was fun. I got in a few swing, a few salsa and various other latin dances, and I got to dance a ballroomesque thing to Speed of Sound, which made me happy.
Last Saturday we stayed out until 5. We went to a hockey game, played some cards, got bored with that so moved on to playing little games like human knot and such. Then we decided it would be smart to go to the local park and hang out there in the gazebo for a while. Doing that we played five fingers (never have I ever), and one of the girls said "never have I ever been skinny dipping," which led to questions of when and where for everyone who lost a finger. One kid said his offense was in lake michigan at 3 am. Someone checked a watch, it was almost three. "Who wants to go swimming in Lake Michigan?" So we went (co-ed, so bathing suits). It was freezing, so that didn't last long, then we went to IHOP.
So I am making lots of friends up here, and they are all pretty cool. Girls are very cool as friends and perhaps something more, the swim team is great.
This past week was the first in diving season. Diving rocks. I am new to the whole "real" diving scene, but I am progressing VERY quickly. I am flying very high, flipping very fast, and not smacking the water too much. The practices are at 5 m-th, 3:30 on f, and 5:30am mtwf mornings. 7am on saturdays, so I get to sleep in then. Lifting is fun, and I am getting way stronger already. Yesterday I did the headstand pushup to handstand for the first time. It made me happy because I have been trying to get that strong for a while.

lyrics.

When I fall in love,
It will be forever,
Or I'll never fall in love.

In a restless world like this is,
Love is ended before it's begun,
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun.

When I give my heart,
It will be completely,
Or I'll never give my heart.

And the moment I can feel that
You feel that way, too,
Is when I'll fall in love with you.