the end is near

this marks the first entry in my blogging career as well as my last friday night in studio. only fitting that as one chapter in life closes, i find a way to hold on to what i am about to leave behind. in some ways, i feel like the past five years have been my entire life, like everything i am today is as a result of them; the 18 years previous seem insignificant. i forget this entry in life is just a stepping stone as all the other have been and no more or less significant. just another step towards something i don't yet know.

i'm intrigued as i watch my classmates pursue jobs. for so long we dreamed of leaving here, going on to bigger and better places. we didn't really know what we wanted, but we knew we wouldn't find it in kansas. however, when it comes down to it, we look around and things don't look so bad. it's not a lack of motivation to look elsewhere or slum in the employment curve, i think it's a realization of what really is important. relationships. at the end of the day, they really are all that matter.