2015!

Happy New Year! Also happy birthday to me; I'm 20 now (or rather, I've been for a little bit). So old! There have been countless rulers throughout the course of history who have lived and died younger than I, and even now, there are many people who have their lives all together and are doing impressive and wonderful things and whom I would fear to meet because of their accomplishments. Meanwhile, just a few days ago, I got lost in YRL for the fifth consecutive time. Oh dear me, I'm not in any way ready for the pressures and burdens of adulthood! It's not that I don't look forward eagerly to filing my tax returns in color-coded boxes, but really, there's so much at stake here. Now, instead of merely floating around advising people on stocks, I have to actually take charge of some myself, and that's frightening. I'd really rather be absolved of responsibility, and just observe things intellectually from afar. Isn't that just much more satisfying to everyone all around?
Also, my hair is falling out. I think this must be proof that I've well and truly reached an advanced age that can never be reclaimed. If only I could find some nice artist to paint a portrait of me that would age for me, and that I could conveniently ensconce in my attic! Sometimes I really think the good people in the Romantic era led much simpler lives.
I really need to go to bed, what am I doing up? Man, this is terrible. But then again, what else is a three-day weekend for, if not late-night Netflix binges? Not studying, that's for sure! Pssh, what do I look like, a nerd? No, but actually, I think I will read some semantics stuff tomorrow, because there's not a word there that doesn't bring abject and utter joy to my heart. And possibly I should read some of my regular linguistics book too, even though I know it all already. There might be something I don't know, after all. And that's what's so exciting about learning! There's always something new. If you think about it in a discouraging way, it's sad that you can never learn everything, but if you have a more positive view, it's wonderful and cool! So I think maybe I should prescribe to that viewpoint if I can, since it's (usually) more cheering to see the world through slightly rose-colored lenses. What am I going off on now? Two years of college, and I'm already a philosopher.
Oh, did I mention, I wanted to do a philosophy minor? But I think Cognitive Science has more classes that overlap with linguistics, so I'll probably do that. But still though, I would love to be able to take all those lovely symbol philosophy and mathematical logic courses. I would have such an amazing time, I'm telling you. Forget therapy; lambda calculus is the only panacea the world needs. Hopefully, semantics will go that route soon. Let's go!
Actually though, I should go. To bed, I mean. I have the vague sort of idea that sleeping after 4 AM is deleterious, but I'm not sure where I came by this information, or indeed how accurate it is. Maybe it's actually good to sleep with the dawn, who knows? But I'll subscribe to the mores of society and go to bed now. What else could one expect from a mature 20-year-old, after all?