If you understand the title, I respect you. You will probably just Google it though. Don't worry, I am not disappointed in you.

Spring Break, one of my favorite weeks of the year, arrived for me, and I cherish it greatly. This week provides me with near-unlimited time to read, write, sleep, research, and relax. I am temporarily free from most academic burdens, yet I attempt to remain productive despite my urge to spend the day playing Wynn, which I'll make a chapter on soon.

However, when I wind down after a semi-productive day, I become forlorn and somber. I enjoy Spring Break, but have no one to spend it with. My real life friends are on vacation with the exception of one. This person is not very amiable, rather arrogant and overly comical. He is a fine person though, just not someone I can develop a deeper than surface-level friendship with. We play Minecraft sometimes, that's it. My Christian friends decided to abstain from technology to grow closer to God. Although I miss them, I admire them for practicing spiritual discipline. I made plans with a friend on Monday, but he became busy and canceled.

Even before Spring Break, I acknowledged my sudden desire for relationships. I recently read Voices of a Distant Star, a sci-fi romance manga about a girl forced to travel further and further away from the planet in order to fight aliens and a boy who attempts to remain in touch with her even as his messages take longer and longer to send. Of course, I cried like a small child while reading the story. My new profile picture is Terao Noboru, the male character in the manga.

Soon, I watched Shelter, a creative and passionate sci-fi music video, that depicted a teenage girl living alone in a virtual world, living in a capsule far from the ruined Earth. As the story progresses, she learns her past and comes to terms with her lonely existence. I highly recommend watching Shelter, the song and the video are absolutely gorgeous.

Moving to the present, I yearn for a stronger relationship with another person. My real life friends are entertaining and sociable, but our common interests and bonds are school and video games. I have a deeper relationship with many of my online friends, but we are separated by time and space, like Noboru in Voices of a Distant Star and Rin in Shelter. My yearning is peculiar to me, as I have never sought to develop a relationship previously in my life.

Perhaps I will reach out to my Wynn guild mates this week and see if I can strengthen any friendships. In any case, I hope for success and companionship. At least I have a topic to write a chapter about.

Love and Peace,
Arkada