What a crazy week it has been! With only 15 days standing between me and graduation, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and that, dear friends, is glorious. In the meantime, I'm working hard to wrap this semester up, I have one major project, one major research paper, 2 exams, and then 2 final exams, it's gonna be a jam packed last week of class and then finals week. But despite the craziness, the last weeks of this semester and subsequently my last weeks of college have been amazing. Great friends, great parties, great conversations, and great nights spent on swings.

On Tuesday, I went up to Dayton, OH with a friend for the Jimmy Eat World & Paramore concert and it was incredible. A band from Arizona, Jimmy's home state, called A Dear & The Headlights opened up and they were pretty good, I struggled to understand the lead singers words but that's OK, they were good. Next up was Paramore and I'll admit it, they surprised me, I was half expecting them to be one of those bands who sounds great on the CD and then in concert they let you down. But Hayley, she lived up to that awesome voice on their albums. I was pleased. And while Paramore is not nearly as seasoned as Jimmy nor as personally anticipated by me as Jimmy they did put on a great show. Jimmy, however, was brilliant. Just brilliant. It was the most simple and straightforward show I have ever seen but by far the best. They came on stage and they played their hearts out, they didn't waste my time with something sycophantic like "your the best crowd on the tour" or something as equally lame. They came to play music and that's what they did. They did have a little bit to say but for the most part, they just played and it was amazing. It's the first concert that I never even thought about looking at the time during, as well as the only concert where my eyes were physically affixed to the stage. They were just SO GOOD. And at the end, when Jim Adkins thanked us for coming out for the show, I really feel like he meant it. Like somewhere inside he is still kinda thinking "People are paying money to come out and see me? That's so cool." Long story short, see Jimmy Eat World if you can, it's totally worth it.

In other half-way neat news, I got to have dinner with the president of my university tonight at his house. Our PRSSA chapter puts on an auction every year where people can win a dinner with the president if they are the highest bidder in their category. And as the president of my school's chapter of PRSSA I get to go, and so I did, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Gary Ransdell is a pretty cool dude, and his wife Julie -- a doll. But dinner was really delicious and the company as equally delightful. Major kudos to them for opening their home to us, not a lot of university presidents will do that and they not only agreed to it but jumped at the chance and that really says something.
Signing off, I have to go finish my last Biblical Greek homework assignment ever. Praise the Lord!!!!