I got the urge to get on here the other day, was about to post my semi-annual post, but for some reason I just couldn't think of anything to say. I must have stared and thought about it for a good 10 minutes, then realized I needed to not be on the internet at work.

It is odd how things have changed so drastically over the past 4-5 years. Friends have come and gone, focuses have shifted, and new life paths have been taken. I've seen so many people get married, have children, hit rock bottom, climb to the top, and/or just stay the same. As happy as I am with the progress I have made through college and life thus far, there is still part of me that wishes life was nothing more than checking my Pleonast every 10 minutes to see who had posted or changed the color and scheme of their friends list.

Something about Pleonast really amazes me; it has no elegance or complexity like facebook, it doesn't send you texts or have a phone app, it doesn't have a nearly a billion users. It was the bond we all had together that kept us running back to the computer to check on it. It was the friendships we made, hindered by distance, kept alive by a few words in a comment.

It saddens me to think of all the years at kamp, the banquets and the Shumake's. Life was so simple, but so good. As it was written in Ecclesiastes 11:9, "Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood." I think I can say with confidence, this I have.

I'm going to travel around a bit this summer. Getting out of Louisville will be good for me. I plan on making some stops in Tennessee and Kentucky and get to see some old friends. I'd love nothing more than to sit down and hear about the past five years over a good cup of coffee.

Goodnight!

Nick G.

Blog #2. Doing pretty good. For those of you who haven't heard from me in.... years?? this is what is going on in my life:

-Getting close to my Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Louisville. I'll be graduated in winter of '13 with my Master's. After that I'm considering these options: PhD in (a)Theoretical Physics or (b)Engineering Philosophy.

-I'm working full time right now doing engineering for company called Samtec. We make high-speed interconnect parts and I'm in the flex circuitry department. I work full time on my co-op semesters and part time during school semesters. You couldn't ask for a better work environment.

-When I'm not working or in school, I go to Douglass Hills church of Christ in eastern Louisville. I dig it a lot. I went to Expressway church of Christ for a year and a half, but I really did not enjoy it. I also am leading work on a project for a NASA competition. We are developing a rocket that will be launched into the stratosphere and take a bunch of atmospheric readings. The hard part is that we are developing an autonomous recovery system that will, in essence, guide the rocket back with a parafoil without any human interaction. It's been a "blast" so far.

-I still play a little guitar. I've also been trying to pick up the banjo bit by bit but it's a tough instrument to learn.

That's pretty much my life in a nutshell. Hope everyone out there is doing great.

-Nick

So I remembered a huge portion of my life that was dedicated to this website. I think I'm going to start blogging on here again because I miss blogging. It has been so long since I have been on here.... Is anyone still out there?

-Nick

Last one ever. Parting is such sweet sorrow. I bet no one even reads this but hey, Pleonast is dead. Love you all. Banquet was great, as usual.

Nick