dude, im in california. just so you know. and it really IS all its cracked up to be. like i said to “brown josh” tonight…if i could afford it, i would transfer here IN A SECOND. although i dont know if i could go here per se because i am not lutheran…but technically im non denominational so i would be willing to declare myself lutheran in order to go here…its THAT awesome.

anyways, anna had this show tonight in which she was HILARIOUS. it was a show about mental patients and she was ‘joan of arc’ with an armor helmet and a cross and she was just amazing. i truly missed her and love her to an immense degree.

its amazing to me (and she said something about this today too) that i miss the people that know me. you wouldnt think it would be that hard to just be yourself, but it is. its like, if there arent people there like you, they need to like accept you. and if they dont accept you fully and completely, then you cant be yourself because you constantly need to be molding to their ways. and until now i never really noticed that. it has been incredibly hard for me to be MYSELF at the U of M without people that know me…or are willing to accept me for me.

its just so welcoming here. there are a lot of friendly people. or fake, i dont know. but ….and beautiful. there are palm trees and plants inside the dorm hall area. its a square building with an open inside and inside is where the trees and plants are. beautiful. people here must take it for granted. and we drove to town today to go to Jack In The Box (first timer) and beyond the city…the horizon with mountains….amazing.

peace