Looking back at my blog archives, its interesting to see how much I've changed over the past year. Perhaps I haven't changed outside the Internet forum, but its quite evident that my words have more meaning and significance than before. It's only a pity that my archives from before were lost. One difference I note is the present lack of 'ur's and lowercase letters. I guess I've moved out of that now. Most people have, it seems. Smart move.

Today I went running with a friend of mine, Daniel. It's funny how things go incredibly fast this year. I can't believe I just started school last week. I guess a lot matters on spending at least a year in school, so that people can gauge you and see what kind of person you are. It was like that at ESMS (New York) and PACA (Brazil). One funny exception was Bronx Sci, where I made friends really quick considering I was only there for a month. I even remember influencing a kid so much that I 'helped' him skip his first class! He wanted to go into the army, I believe, since we went off into the library to check websites and he went to the Army site. I wonder what happened to all the rest of the kids there? I still have the 'Goodbye' letter that my English class signed. Sigh. The teacher's already left. And I'm still looking for Mr. Stiefel. My lifelong mentor. My running coach at ESMS. Apparently he now lives somewhere in Westchester. I'd do anything to talk to him. Maybe next year before I go to college?

Written on Sunday, September 12 at 9:24 PM