I’ve had too much time to think lately. It’s all the driving I’ve done in the last week and a half. Sometimes it’s a truly great escape, but lately it’s been more of a curse. Especially when it ends up costing me in the range of $200 for a statute I didn’t even violate in a state I will rarely (if ever) visit again. Of course, when I drive I listen to music, and when I listen to music and drive, my mind tends to wander over all the things in my life and even some things in other people’s. As much as I hate to admit it, coming back to school is probably good for me because being busy again will give me an opportunity to shut out all those thoughts that have been constantly running through my head. It might allow me to actually make some decisions about some things in my life instead of just constantly going over the possibilities.

I’ve fallen into a very bad habit of staying up too late. Call it voluntary insomnia. I don’t feel tired when it’s time to go to bed so I stay up. But do I actually do anything? Not really. Somehow I’ve gotten really good at wasting time when I’m avoiding sleep. What is it that I’m afraid of anyway? It’s not my dreams; I usually don’t remember them anyway. It’s not that I won’t be able to sleep once I lay down in my bed; I almost always fall asleep within minutes. I think it’s the fact that I know when I wake up in the morning, everything in my life will be right there waiting for me, just where I left it. For some reason that thought hasn’t been very comforting lately. And yet, eventually my eyelids get heavy, and I can’t put off the inevitable any longer. G’nite.

Alabama was incredible. It couldn’t have come at a better time either. A few days on the beach with no obligations was just what I needed. Unfortunately, it couldn’t last forever.

The reality of all the things I’ve got to do in the next few weeks is crashing down around me. The one bright spot is my birthday…

…so I’m in the middle of a post and I completely lost my train of thought. And it’s all Darci’s fault. She just introduced me to a song I’ve never heard before, that just happens to be “the most freaking amazing song ever” in her words. When someone makes a statement that bold, I’ve gotta check it out. So after downloading the song, queuing it up in Winamp and listening for 1 minute, I hit the repeat button and now I’m on my third pass. At this point I really can’t argue with her statement. Konstantine by Something Corporate is just short of 10 minutes with some of the best lines i’ve ever heard all assembled in one song. I can’t even concentrate to finish this post. Go download this song. Now.

Yesterday I did nothing. Absolutely nothing. And it was everything I thought it could be. I could really get used to this place! If I had a real keyboard here I would post more, but since this point-n-click method takes forever I’ll keep it short. I leave you with this: “Hey, shut up, Wonka!”

Ok, so my birthday isn’t for another few weeks. However, a few minutes ago, I got online and looked for concert information for Yellowcard. I heard a while back that they might be in KC sometime soon, and sure enough they are coming with Something Corporate on my birthday. It may be my 21st birthday, but I can wait a day or two to go out for the first time. I’m not one to pass up concerts like this. J and I will be going at the very least, and anyone who wants to come with us can go check out ticketmaster.com and get tickets. I probably have way too much stuff to even be considering going, but it is my birthday.

The bad…lunch sucked today. Two of my least favorite people were there and as obnoxious as usual. To top it off, I heard some rather disturbing news (to me at least). I’m not going to go into it right now, because I’ve got better things to think about, which leads to my next subject.

The good…ALABAMA! I never thought thinking about Alabama would make me happy, but we’ve actually got a lot to look forward to and that very much overshadows my crappy lunch. For anyone who hasn’t heard by now, J, D, and me are headed down to one of J’s Aunt’s apartment on the beach in Gulf Shores for the next 5 days over spring break. The plan: There is no plan. And that’s the way we like it. Lounging around in a kickass apartment for 5 days with no obligations or annoying people to worry about. Here’s a little linky to provoke some jealousy. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Hopefully we’ll be posting pics from the trip soon. Next stop, Alabama! Well…J’s house. Then Alabama.

It was about time for a Blog from me, right? This is something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time. My AIM profile just isn’t big enough to say all the things I want to say anymore. I figured it was about time to move into a larger venue.

I’ve often asked myself if anyone would really want to read my random musings, and my answer has always been, “Probably not.” But that was before my *great* idea: instead of one person’s thoughts to bore people with, why not have three! It didn’t take long to win my roommates over to the idea, and the search for a name began. We cycled through more ideas than you can imagine to come up with the perfect name, from the completely unrelated oohfuzzy.com (one of J’s favorites) to the more descriptive mainstreamgeek.com (D wasn’t thrilled). Still, nothing seemed to fit quite right. We knew we’d never find exactly what all three of us where looking for, so when D came up with commonexception.com it seemed as good as any.

We’d like to see this be more than just your typical Blog. No one can be that interested in someone else’s life without achieving stalker status, so we want to give people other reasons to frequent our site. We’ll let you know when we figure out what those reasons are. We have big plans. Hopefully we won’t fall too far short. For now, you can expect just about anything fresh from center of O-Town.