Stuff...

I never post "stuff" on my blog, so don't expect any....

So anyway, I'm trying to figure out what to do. I've got tons of stuff (in this case, events and meetings) to manage and it all seems to be building up. I think I'm going to scale back a little bit on my extra-curriculars (like volunteering for less stuff), not because it's hurting my grades, but because it's just too confusing.

I wanna thank my late-night posse (who I don't think read this, but oh well) for hangin with me lately. I hope I didn't show it too much, but I was really not feeling great recently and you guys helped cheer me up. Thanks a bunch!

Other than all that, I wish everything in my life was a little less serious. I mean in my opinion, words don't mean anything and you just have to enjoy your time in college, not flip out at every little thing. People drift together and apart constantly, that's the game. I thin I'm just now coming to realize this. The same goes for classes...unless you're going for some extremely competative job/position, try and learn what you can, do as much of the work as you can, but try to look past the classes and focus on what "turns you on" academically/vocationally. College is one big class...in general, classes are just simulations of what you'll have to deal with in the real world, so judge look at what you're doing now and see if that's what you want to do for the rest of your life.

Man that was way too pseudo-pithy.....FIREBREATHING GIRAFFES!!!!!!!!!!

Just returned from noodles....hurray!

I do love me some Noodles (and Company)! Hope everybody else can get some noodles...even those EVIL ONES THAT DIDN'T COME!

Last few days have been ok. I'm very glad I have so many more social connections at school than I did last semester. All of you guys are awesome...you know who you are (and I'm not in the habit of naming long lists of people on the open web).

What else...hmmm....well other than riding the wave that comes after and exam and preparing for the tsunami that is term papers, not too much going on.

I don't really know where I want to go from here...by that I mean I don't feel certain about my future with some people. Right now connecting with anybody seems hard, but at the same time, I think i need it. As was said to me a few times recently...boys are confusing. It seems we are also confused sometimes, too.

Pumpkins rock!

So yeah, I carved like 30 pumpkins on saturday and somehow that raises money for children with diseases. Awesome. Check out Rachael's facebook for the pics, i'm too lazy to go get them. I also got a new facebook icon, as walking on scaffolding covered with pumpkins is awesome.

This weekend was awesome though. Every day has been full of fun events with lots of friends. Lately I've been needing that so I was good medicine. Today I go to listen to a concert with friends in it, and then off to APO. I sure hope I didn't need to do anything for those "class" things....;-)

Calculus Week

I feel like the value of x as it approaches x=0......translated: blah...

The last week has been up and down for me...up when I need to be up (for stressful school stuff) and generally down all the other times. The exams were pretty much impossible and all the people that I know seem to be either going out of town, overbooked on their weekend (and therefore not able to hang out), or just too distant to reach out to. It's not really anybody's fault...most of the people I know are just super busy. Anyway, I hope this weekend isn't going to be as lonely as I think it will be.

I can't say there's much in my near future I'm that excited about....

Exam day

Today I woke up from 5 hours of sleep, went to Quantum Physics, then took a Botany exam. In 4 hours I have a Chem exam too. Oh and I've yet to eat today.

I'm quite tired. Also, my sympathies go out to Rachael.

Red Robin was fun last night...we had a good Bostonian showing (of course) and even my Big was there!

i'm out...

My weekends are crazy every weekend and this blog is proof of it....

See title ^

Right now I have a whole chapter of problems to do before midnight (it's an electronic thing) and then 2 consecutive science exams on Tuesday. Thank God that Hechlo's class is cancelled tomorrow!

This weekend was pretty good...I went home, had dinner with the folks, went to Fall Fellowship at my OA lodge, and was presented the Founder's Award (not too modest to admit it). If you're wondering, the Founder's is presented once a year by a lodge to a very small group (3 in Nawakwa). It is for exemplary service and such and come out as a large gold medalion, a nice certificate from the National Committee (actually hand signed by them too!), and I can now wear the red universal symbol with the gold arrow. It really helped turn around a rough week.

Today we had Big Revealing and my little, Justin, is now an official Bostonian! Go Little!

Other than that, I am off to tangle with the ideal gas law...

A definite change...

I hate to say I "had another rough week" but I really did. It's hard to change your life anytime, but I've never been through anything like this before.

Last night I think I cried as hard as I ever had in my life. There is the way that you cry about discomfort or you cry about sadness. Then there is the way you cry when in grief. The only time to do that is when there is a death. The last, close person I ever lost was my grandmother. Even as a child I understood the grief and cried in a way that is inconsolable. In some way, you never stop crying about those moments, you just pull it inside.

Well, last night I think there was a death and it was hard for both of us. I hope it is reasonable to say I felt grief. It's theraputic and lets you move forward.

Now that you're depressed: a little random news.

I've just discovered this awesome program at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories (founded by James Watson). It is a summer program for undergrads. They take you on for 10 weeks and you live on the 100-acre campus of the lab (it's like a really nice college campus). Also, they let you conduct independant research and give you a $3,800 stipend, too. It's pretty awesome. Just thought you'd like to know what I'm working on (among other things) for the summer.

Oh and I have no chance of getting it at all, but what the heck!

Batman and Robin chalk sidewalk drawing - amazing perspective work

photo says it all....here's the pic:

and here's the guy's main site: http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

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Also, read the post below....as it contains the personal info you probably came to the blog for...

More on the epic weekend...

Well here's a little run down on the weekend....

I already wrote about stuff that happened before yesterday so just read down. Overall that was a pretty rought time for me. And yes, she and I did break up, but we're still on good terms and all...

Hilary and Amanda (Hilary's friend) and I went down to the Maryland RenFest and enjoyed some of the middle ages festivities. The girls bought nifty dresses and I pretty much wandered around doing random stuff. It was a pretty good time, though we got there pretty late in the day because of traffic. Also we went to church which was a first for me in a long time. It was pretty good, even though their evangelism lady kind of chastised us for not going in such a long time. Later we hung out with Gerry and just wandered about.

Beyond that, I have a paper to write that's due tomorrow (though I have done some of it already). Two days of the same honors classes is going to be a pretty slow time....

Hope everybody had a nicer weekend than I....I know one for sure who did and one for sure who didn't, so curses to one and sympathy to the other.

I'm out...

Blah...

I don't really have much to say.

This weekend has been very up and down (mostly down) so far and I'm just feeling very distressed at the moment. So many things are going on that I feel like I need to just escape from it all. Usually weekends are good times to escape, but my weekends are more full than weekdays.

I'm working on a few papers right now and hope to get some food today. Other than that...blah..

Fun weekend....wore me out....

Man, so much stuff went on.

Basically, I did everthing above (except big pagent, that's later) but man am I tired. I shopped for my little today and got some awesome stuff. I only got 4 hours of sleep in the middle of being awake for 28 hours....you do the math.

Hopefully Cristen and Hilary got home OK.....sorry I was crazy last night....but I WAS crazy! I'll see you guys later.

These readings for class are just weighing on my like bricks....I need to get at least a few done!

-later