Hello All.

The "Update Week" sounds like a good idea. 

Right now in my life, well, there really isn't much to update on. Basically I'm going to school doing homework and reading. Exciting isn't it. :P I'm just starting "Dracula" by Bram Stoker and it's full of awesome. I'm also in the middle of re-reading "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" because, why the heck not? What else? what else? Oh! A Capella! Oh. My. God. My choir teacher introduced me an a Capella group called "Straight No Chaser" and they're fantastic! Oh! He also showed me a group called "The Swingle Singers." He's gotten me a little obsessed... But it's so cool what they can do with their voices! I recommend searching both and giving them a try, I also recommend listening to any other a Capella group you come across. It's just so fantastic and surreal what they can do.

Louise, to answer your question ("Where do you think hope comes from?") I would have to say rock bottom. I guess it's kind of like your answer "fear" but kind of all encompassing. When ever I reach that state of utter rock bottom I just realize there's really no where to go but up and that's where I think hope comes from. The feeling that it can only get better from here. I think it also comes from anxiety and from wishing... I've met a lot of people who say they're (wishing and hoping) the same thing but I really don't believe so. I believe that when you reach that point of going over the edge that all you can do is wish for something better and that wishing, I believe, leads to hope. I believe hope is the reality of a wish. So maybe it's not rock bottom, maybe it's just a single, small, wish. But that's just my opinion.  

Bethanie, good luck on the job hunt. I hope you find something.   

Well, that's all folks,

Marisa