I could spit on a stranger.

First of all, let me congratulate myself for managing to finish my Plan of Study right before I went to my third class for the day. It was a great experience. I got a shitload of extra units finally credited–21 units to be exact. 21 + 48 (initial units credited when I shifted) + 12 = 81 units. Therefore, after four grueling years of studying (first half spent canoodling around college life, second half spent with a hint of flair and seriousness.)–I am now a Junior.

Exactly 4 semesters and one summer outing after this one, and hopefully, I’ll be able to graduate. Hello, Reality!

Everyone’s telling me that 2011 is still a long way to go, fuck that crap. 2011 is just a wink away. Though there will be a lot of shit to go through, I just know that I can do it. I can graduate. Damn skippy, I’ll graduate.

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I finished reading Douglas Coupland’s Girlfriend in a Coma yesterday, and it was really mind-bending. It’s amazing how Mr. Coupland transformed a song by The Smiths into a morality tale that’s both fairy tale-like and angry.

The ending really struck me, it had a great message for someone like me living in this generation. Its as if the book was talking directly to you and was ordering you to do these things.

By the last chapter of the novel, there were challanges imposed to the characters like–finding the truth, asking what we can do, what is fate, destiny and the future–things like that. I was in awe, really, by the end of the novel. T’was both sad and enlightening, especially since the characters really made an impact to me, the reader. Like, I was there with them and I, too should challenge myself to make my life less chaotic and be a bit organized (which is what I’m doing right now: Plan of Study, Change of Coursework, Timetables…), to impose questions and never stop until I got not the right–but the true answer. Truth, man. The truth might suck, but at least its true.

This was the first Douglas Coupland novel that I’ve read and I’m off to a good start, I think. I knew I should’ve bought that copy of Generation X back in Cubao X.

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I think compared to last week, I’m much happier and more serene. I like this feeling. It’s like you can do anything to anyone and not give a shit about it. I’m starting to like myself more and more everyday… I think.