the indie lumberjack.

Regardless of how my day went, I’m relatively optimistic about the next month because:

My tenure at Kempsville High School shall come to a bittersweet end on June 15, 2008.

That is only 26 days away from right now. Twenty-six days from this moment, I will be a high school graduate and a member of the population at large. And frankly…I’m not worried about my abilities.

I feel very confident in my training to handle life because well, I’m a man and have been prepared for life(sort of) for the past thirteen years of life. And seriously, how hard can it be? Times have changed because I don’t have to go kill any wildebeest or dinosaurs or farm. I can drive to a nice restaurant and eat a meal as long as I have the cash moneys. I also have the ability to get a decent job depending on whether or not I put my face under the razor and shave off my rugged beard.

Side Note:I’ve also had the idea to try and look like Ben Gibbard, as only the intelligent and useful people on Earth know who he is. I mean…I have the glasses(kind of), I’m built like him(sort of), and I can ALMOST sing as high as him. Ben Gibbard is a tenor I believe with the most incredibly high range and well, I’m a bass and just have a pretty decent low to high range. But still, I think I can achieve Ben Gibbard Stunt Double status by next Spring if I try hard enough.

But honestly, I’m not too worried about succeeding as an independent person because I’ve seen people do it who were far less prepared than I am. So…I’m not too worried about going broke and becoming a hooker to pay for college, although there is a guy in North Carolina who would love it if I did…

That allusion was to my camping trip over Spring Break this year when I walked five miles back to our campsite and was solicited for sex by a toothless, shirtless, quite hairy middle-aged man in his truck that had more “God Bless America” stickers on it than on Air Force One. Needless to say, I am not going back to NC for awhile.

I’m a pretty smart guy(I hope) and I’m sure(not really) that I can make it in the world.

But you know, no one says you can’t have help on your journey, right? So, don’t do it alone. There is no reason why anyone should have to do it alone.

Cody.