I really can not believe it. I got home tonight, after a rather hectic day at school, to see that my parents cleaned my room. This is amazing! I don't know whether to be really embarassed or ultimately grateful.

I'm so ultimately grateful. It was such a simple gift from them, and thoughtful - I almost teared up.

I played it off all cool-like: "Good thing I threw out all that porno from underneath my bed," said I.

"Ha Ha," said Mom.

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The James Joyce speech went well. My teacher fell asleep during it, so that must be a good sign.

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The UCF Literary Journal, "The Cypress Dome", was released today! I actually have a story in print. I'm very happy (especially because the journal has a really nifty pencil drawing on the front). It's nice to be published in something nice. How nice. Very nice.

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(note: On verge of mental breakdown - the next few week's posts might be banal and/or unreadable)