Before I get to my latest news, I wanted to share a dream I had last night. So, every once in a while, I have dreams about Chad (the one from Rockford)...but I don't really know why. I guess he's just always in the back of my mind. The dream picks up at Chad's house in the evening. For some reason, in most of my dreams, I'm going over to his house to visit him because he's sick or something. I think that was the case again in this dream. Anyway, I got over there and we hung out for a while and then a bunch of people came over and we had a huge party in his front yard. His dad was there and I guess it was all cool. The party got a little crazy and I didn't see him very much until the end of the dream. And then I woke up.
I know that doesn't seem like a very interesting dream, but I often wonder what it would be like for him to be alive now. Like his personality was so different than mine was when we were growing up. Perhaps that's why we got along so well -- like we evened each other out...I dunno. But now, I've changed from college, and a lot of my mannerisms and views towards the world and society have changed. I think that we would've been even better friends now.
I woke up after that dream and realized that it was, indeed, Chad who I was dreaming about...and then I remembered that he is not sick, and he is not just in Rockford...he's not here anymore...and that made me sad again. But that dream was so vivid and it's still rather fresh in my memory. I still love having dreams about him, even if I wake up sad. I gotta go visit his family this summer, though. Not going last summer was inexcusible. I gotta go. No doubt.

So anyway, I said I had some news. Some of you may have remembered me mentioning something about attempting to right a short story...or even a novel, although I doubt I'm capable of that yet. Last summer, in about July, I woke up in the middle of the night and had a great idea for a plot...so I stayed up and typed for like 2 hours. But when I got up in the morning and read what I wrote, I decided it wasn't that great. It was still a good idea, but I needed to organize it differently.
Last night, the same thing happened again...but instead of getting up and typing, I let the thought sit in my mind for a day and then I went ahead and typed up a list of characters, their motives, and their personalitites...and then I typed up a setting and a little background information...and then stopped there. I don't think I'll write anymore tonight, but I hope to use the summer to create something better than last time. We'll see. I'll fill you in with the progress. Peace out.