okay, im a terrible blogger.
its been an incredibly long time since i’ve posted last, and for that, i apologize profusely.
that being said… lets go through a quick recap of life since the start of school…
im enjoying all of my classes. its kindof odd that my final year of study is also the inaugural year of my program, but its been a great learning experience. most of my time before october was spent preparing/applying for the marshall scholarship (a scholarship on par with the fulbright and rhodes). that entire process was quite hilarious, seeing as though Naropa University (the school that i will soon be a graduate of) has never had a student apply for anything of the sort. so… they were pretty confused about the whole process… and thank GOD they got their shit together at the last minute, cuz my application made it in on time! 
so… now ive just gotta sit and wait until november and see if the UK and US governments want to throw money at me so i can go play with swords!
so yeah… classes have been good as well, tho ive had moments of intense frustration with the BFA module… but… again… i need to keep reminding myself to stay in beginner’s mind.
theres also been some personal tragedies in my life that have happened in the past weeks that im still processing and working through… and though things were looking bleak… its getting much better.
annnnnyways… one thing that is kindof freaking me out… is that i think im slowly becoming more and more buddhist. i was at the boulder shambhala center the other day, and as i was doing some sitting meditation in the auxilary shrine room with some friends… i just got completely overwhelmed. it was beautiful. and… even though ive never been one for sitting meditation, it was precisely what i needed.
but annnyways…
all the stuff ive talked about + working on my senior thesis + being a big dork is basically all ive been doing.
…just wanted to let you all know that im still alive!
