21

Today my youngest brother turns 21 years old. I can still remember when he was 18 and I was talking to him and his pals about physics in high school. While Roger has done some things differently while in college, other things are not real appreciable about him. He has made the GPA award list almost every quarter his first two years. He has also been throwing down beers since he was about 16. He joined a social fraternity and has way more friends than I did. He weight more than 190 when he turned 21. I was still under 190 until spring of 2004. He has a more liberal view of women than I do. He also needs two cars and barely drives one of them. My mom says he has way more Hauke in him than I do, which can mainly be seen from his langauge. While there are some appreciable differences, he is still my brother and is a great guy. I just have to figure out how to avoid going to columbus and drinking with him too much. This weekend I may go up and help celebrate his birthday milestone. He also wants me to go to the illinois game sometime in september. I would prefer to only go to the wisconsin game this year, but time will tell how desperate I get for some social company. The problem is last spring I got tired of going up to columbus, drinking to much and sleeping on the couch in his dorm room. My friends that I used to hang out with there are not terribly keen on drinking with me anymore. Those two things together got me to thinking that I should just quit drinking to the extreme that I was. I really am not looking forward to going up there and hanging out in a frat house with his cohort and drinking myself dumb. Staying at home is not terribly entertaining, but it beats a sleep the next day away hangover. I need to figure out a way to meet people, have some socialization outside my family, not bore them to death, and not drink very much. Church looks like my best option so far. Subbing is pretty cool for meeting people, but subs kind of get a cold shoulders from staff. They all have their own lives and are busy with their jobs and professionalism, so I just have to let it be. Teachers are a pretty eclectic group so they are generally fun to talk to.

I have read most of genesis in the bible so far. The names and ancestry I am getting are a bit confusing, but I have found what I've read so far very good.