Twenty-two does not seem like such a large number until you have spent that many years on the earth. Yup. Today ol' Joe turns 22 on the 22nd.
I had a great night with my parents and Nick and one of his army buddies. We ate Mata's and had draught and then ate cake and had champagne. All in all a very nice night. I got to talk to Will for longer than I have in awhile. We talked about the war and guitars and all sorts of things. It makes me realize how much I miss hanging out with my family members (insert audience sigh here) and that I really need to get up the South Carolina and D.C. way.
I might actaully have an opportunity to do the D.C. part very soon. The other day I was picking up the phone to accept Alabama's offer when George Washington called. After seeing my fancy Phi Beta Kappa update they upped their offer and asked me not to accept Alabama until I had a chance to visit GW and look over their offer in full. Geez. It is really a disembodiing (is that a word?) experience to have two Grad school pretty much fighting over you. I keep waiting for someone to call and say, "yes, we just realized that you are Joe, and are sorry but we have to take our monies back. Nice try." But it hasn't happened yet. And so I keep ridding the Grad school ride, hoping that an easy answer comes and I can stop blushing so much and stuttering when fancy folks give me compliments. As I said, geez. Maybe they will figure it out that I am the Joe that once tried to hot-glue an oven handle back on after I broke it off. Oh well.
Besides that I am off to the sunny beach with my friends fro spring break. I'll be there for a week, so probably no posts. I know, I know, but it will be ok. I promise.
I hope everyone is well. Keep your thoughts / prayers / energy with those that are risking and losing their lives on both sides of this war. Noone deserves death at the hands of another human being.

Peace,
Joe

I took the test on Nick's site and I got this:

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I am Frylock from Aqua Teen Hunger Force!!

Which Aqua Teen Hunger Force character are you??

FRYLOCK!

Awesome.

I hope everyone is well.
Peace,
Joe

Also, THIS.

Peace,
Joe

I WOULD LIKE TO START THIS POST WITH A DISCLAIMER: I love myself, for that is a healthy thing. But I do not love myself as much as this post is going to sound like I do.
Over the last few weeks I have been hearing from grad schools and the like, and at the same time I have realized, "hey, Joe... you still have a lot of work to do at 'Southern." Consequently I have been what some may call "busy" and others may call "swamped." So I have decided to use this little forum to update my family and friends on my Grad School situation, so as not to sky-rocket my cell phone bill ( I spent much money on it during my grandfather's illness this last week). So here is the breakdown, folks:
This week I was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and fancy-pants honor society that makes my resume much nicer.
Two weeks ago I was accepted to Emory University, and offered full tuition and fees plus $5,000.00 a year to teach.
This week I was accepted to George Washington University and offered tution and fees plus a pending aid packeage to be determined after I fill out more paper work and...
After being accepted to Alabama a few weeks ago and being offered a nice scholarship there (full tuition and fees plus $12,500 a year) I was awarded a Dean's Merit Scholarship to 'Bama yesterday worth an extra $6,000 a year. That means full tuition, fees, and $18,500 a year as long as I stay in "good academic standing."
So that is it. I promise I will try to call all my relatives this weekend when my phone is free. And just to reiterate, this was not a braggin' page. But I did get a bit link-happy, no? Just to take the focus off me a bit, here is a random fun super happy link to follow. Enjoy!
I hope everyone is well!
Peace,
Joe