Felocity

In the year 2139, the people of Earth reached out to the stars. With dreams of exploration and colonization, we established a series of Astral Settlements in Earth space, large stations capable of supporting millions of people. For a time, there was peace and great prosperity as new technologies and new territories were discovered. However we would soon find that while some explored space for altruistic purposes, there were many more with darker intentions.

Several of the Global Corporations of Earth, which had sponsored and controlled the development of the Astral Settlements, began to seize power among the colonies, transforming them into monopolized factories for their own profit. With the collapse of the WorldNet trade system, the United Earth government found itself financially overextended, allowing the Globe Corps to take over all space exploration. Suddenly scientific research shifted to a hunt for raw materials and new resources. The Settlements became isolationist as each controlling corporation took over their governing bodies. They came to resemble slave-labor camps, where the people who had left Earth in search of a better life found only mistreatment and exploitation. Space, our last frontier, was poised to follow in the footsteps of the other Earth-bound ones before it. It wasn't long before the Settlers struck back.…

Wow...it is already May, and classes are coming to a close. The following is going to go on my web page as an update to the about me section. I found it appropriate (since you guys don't know my addy) to relay my year in review here.

Freshman year of college brought around some radical changes in my life. First of all, I moved about four hours away from home, to a place where I knew absolutely nobody. I was the only one from my High School that went here, and in my opinion, that was just as good, because it gave me the opportunity to meet several people. Over the course of my first semester alone, my group of friends slowly changed, from the orientation group to people such as Tammy, Jake, Jennifer, and Charles. In the online side of things, a lot darker things passed for me. …

I can't believe how far back this all goes...it is really kinda strange to flip back to the start of my diary in November when Sara and I broke up and to see just how much I have changed. Hell, just to see how much everything as a whole has changed. Part of me thinks this could be the reason I am redoing my website, as the old one really just doesn't fit me anymore. That, like a year ago, was a symbol of the old me, and not a reflection of who I am now and what I am doing with my life. One year ago of this day I was on my way to Oregon to see my girlfriend who I loved so much and would give the world for. One year ago this day I thought nothing could ever bring me down, and that the worst a bad day at work could do was make me grumpy for a few hours. One year ago, I felt that the world was me, my computer, and the internet, and that any kind of life that existed outside of my shell of a world consisting of only a few friends and then my online internet community was just me talking nonsense to myself, for I fully believed that I really couldn't be outgoing and social.

That was one year ago. …

Finals are kicking my ass. The past week alone I have done 4 all nighters. That leaves three nights for sleep, and all three of those times I was asleep after 2 am and up by 8 am, which means I total 18 hours of sleep for the week, which is not good. They say you spend a quarter of your life sleeping (8 hours of every 24) but if I look at my average I am getting about 2 1/2 hours. On top of that, I am running on one meal a day, sometimes less. But enough about that part, let me post the time for posterity, and then get down to filling in what has happened.

Current Time: 5:30 am …

Geez, it has been a few days since I have had a chance to touch this... Seems like my life keeps picking up speed too. The only times I am getting for "rest" are times past 2 am, when I really should be sleeping instead. Especially in my present state. Yep, I am sick. All this stress from finals, no sleep, little to no eating has all finally caught up with me and my body couldn't take it anymore. I missed Spanish this morning, barely amde it through media tools, came back here and worked on Health/Wellness homework until about 4 (3 hours of work), fell asleep until 8:30 when Jess woke me up and I staggered half conscious to Anime Club, stayed for like 10 minutes, then left to go back and hit the books again. I think (counting random naps like that) I have been averaging about 3-4 hours of sleep for every 24 hours...not a good ratio. Once again, especially when I am sick.

So just how much work is my finals right now? Well, let's see. Due this morning (since it is past midnight) is a large packet of stuff from Spanish I didn't even get, about 30 pages worth of worksheets for HWI, my take home test for HWI, possibly a project in ESSP that should be due in a week, but the professor may have moved up the deadline. And that is just for Wednesday. Add to that 7 hours of class, 3-4 hours of meetings, and you have 11 hours of school related stuff, which starts at 9. There is an hour break for lunch in there, which means I will finish about 9 pm. Just in time to start on my HW and call and talk to people. And I really do need to talk. Not about anythign important, but because of finals and final projects I have been locked away in my room without social interaction for the past 3 days and counting. I just need to hear other people, that's all. …