hey no need to feel embarrassed, LOTR was a kick ass trilogy. i didn't read the books til afterwards, but i was glad i did. as far as soccer goes i can't say as i'm up to date on all that, i have some friends who are. i move more towards western sports like pro football and nhl, though i like college basketball too. studying abroad sounds like a dream come true, i mean travel, hands on experience, exciting events taking place every class, whats not to love? i had heard the term study abroad before, but i never really knew what it meant. what did you have to do to get hooked up with a sweet gig like that?
as far as music genre goes i don't really care about any of that, prob is i don't really know alot of those bands except by name (except for system of a down who i also loved with a passion, big big fan),but ill have to look them up, which would you suggest if you had to pick one out of the bands you mentioned? recently i've been going on kind of a 90's pop rock kick like guster, better than ezra, vertical horizon, goo goo dolls stuff like that. i've got some music staples that i love to go back to like pink floyd, rush, tool, but at any given time im more likely to be listening to stuff i haven't heard before, thats how i found circa, blues traveler, counting crows, and others that don't readily make the radio. mike portnoy is one of my fav drummers in terms of putting organic fills in a techincal nature within a song. have you heard any of his new stuff with avenged sevenfold? hes a good replacement for j sullivan i'd argue.
and thanks about the poetry, yeah that is actually an older piece of mine and bc i don't really write much anymore i figured i'd post a few older ones.
so as far as college goes, what have you thought about the experience so far? the whole thing is exciting but a bit daunting for someone who hasn't been to school in 6 years. any advice you'd give to someone just starting out?