Thursday, March 11, 2010

Ode to a Fallen Comrade

Today was a sad day as I walked through the halls of SIAST Kelsey Campus in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I thought it was such a beautiful day* as I was walking into the building. It started going downhill as I entered SIAST and the guys having a smoke had to start talking about me before I got in the door**. Then as I walked up the stairs and down the hall, I saw Owen walking towards me. "Today's the day! I'm dropping CST."***


*I have to park a couple blocks away from my school, as I don't get up early enough to park close, and I don't have a parking pass for the student parking lot. I don't mind though, it's good for me to walk a couple blocks everyday considering I sit on a computer for 6 hours a day, and that's only at school! I have been fortunate enough to be able to walk to school at 7:45AM WITHOUT a jacket! Today I'm simply wearing a T-shirt and a sweater. I love that I live in Saskatchewan; the weather here is always SO screwed up! :P


**So the jerks outside at SIAST. I'm not sure what it is about people in today's society, you'd think they would grow up and get over stupid fucking stereotypes. I'm a boy. I wear skinny jeans. Actually, my clothes are almost all very tight fitting. THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME A 'FAG'. There are tons of guys that dress the same way I do, some even more so flamboyantly. Doesn't make them gay either. Okay, I'll give them a break because I AM gay, so they are on the right track, but they don't know me. They don't know anything about me. They don't know who I like, or what I like! What gives them the right to fucking judge me by the clothes I wear! The worst part is, they can't even say it to my face. If you have an issue with something about me, JUST FUCKING TELL ME! I can handle it. I'm pretty chill; you'd know that if you would actually talk TO me instead of talking ABOUT me!


***My friend Owen, who has been thinking about it for a long time, has finally decided to drop out of CST today. After being in it, he's learned that it's not what he was looking for. And I understand and totally support his decision, I mean, he knows best for himself. But I'm going to miss him. I got the privilege of working with him for the first semester. It's how we met, and I'm SUPER glad it happened. For all the people who didn't get to know him in CST, you should have! He's not the first however. CST year 1 is thinning a little. We've lost a couple comrades in our battle. It is sad to see them go, but personally, they won't be forgotten. I learned a lot from the people I've met in CST. These are friends I don't plan to forget.


This goes for all of the amazing people in my life. I love you all. I like people too easily sometimes, but I prefer it that way. There isn't anybody I know that I dislike. If you've been brought into my life, there is a reason for it, and I wouldn't want to miss any chance for friendship I get!

TTFN
Nathan
"GRATITUDE, unlocks the fullness of life. It changes everything! It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." -Unknown

2 comments:

  1. I'd really love to drop out myself. I really have no desire taking these computer courses and I'd much rather go into something like music composition instead, a topic that I'm always reading up on. Unfortunately my parents are in charge of my college money and they insist that I stay. I can't even switch to the 3-year version of the program to make it that much easier because then I lose the government grant that would be given to me. I keep telling my parents to quit wasting their money on me for this course because at this point I'm really not getting anywhere (I can't do Java nor Systems Analysis worth crap and I failed CNET180). I do try to look at things positively, but in all honesty, this is getting tiring and I'm sick of it.

    - Lucas

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  2. I understand where your coming from Lucas. Lots of the time I don't even want to wake up in the morning. I'm not doing so hot either, I've realized that this is a lot harder then I originally had planned.

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