oops

hmmm...maybe i should check to see what i've written in past posts so i don't repeat myself, oh well :-P

moving and work

well i suppose it's about time for an update, and there's a lot to update everyone on.

the first being that i'm going to be moving from my mom's basement to sharing my aunt and uncles house with my cousins. i currently have probably 2/3 of my stuff there and the remaining stuff here (at my moms). i should probably try to have it all moved by the end of this week, but we'll see.

another big update is that i started work a week ago (the 13th). so far i like what i'm doing (more-or-less) and the environment that i work. what i do is testing the hardware and software in electronic gaming machines, as which i had to initial a line in the 17-page form that i took in on my 1st day that i "shall not gamble upon any electronic gaming device in any jurisdiction in the world". good thing i'm not really one to gamble. when i mentioned this to one of my aunts, her first response was if it mentioned anything about family being allowed to gamble, which she was relieved to hear that there wasn't.

some other things at work that i find that are rather amusing or that i just simply like:
1. my cubicle is slightly less space than my dorm room (floor space that is, but my memories could be skewed as well, either way you get the idea)
2. on mondays there are free donuts and/or bagels
3. there's free coffee, which includes regular and strong, but no decaf. (this is not helping me keep my caffeine intake low)
4. i've already been invited to 2 halloween parties, one of which is saturday and involves a party bus. (i'm wondering if i should have a different costume for each party or not).
5. there is a costume and jack-o-lantern competition at work on halloween. (which means i may need 3 diff costumes this year depending on if i decide to wear the same one to the parties).
6. i'd estimate the average age < 35
7. people play cards or board games during lunch (i actually played pinochle today with some of the supervisors/managers)
8. the dress code is business casual, but the engineers are allowed to wear jeans. (my title is test engineer so i get to wear jeans :-P)

i'm sure there's some more things, but i'm starting to get tired and i think i'm still adjusting to the 8-5 schedule and all it entails with waking up early enough to "drive" in rush hour and still make it to work on time. so for now that's it. i should have some fun stories as i discover things at work, or at the least from the halloween parties.

An Update

just thought i should give a bit of an update for those that actually read this.

not too much has happened in the last couple of weeks. at least nothing drastic comes to mind. just been playing volleyball about 3 times a week and trying to keep myself from spending my first paycheck before i get it. i've discovered i'm not all that great at staying on a set budget, altho lucky for me i set my budget rather low so that if i do go over it i'm still (in a way) within it.

speaking of paychecks, i really can't wait to actually start work next monday. it will give me something to do with my time during the days. also the dress is business casual, but the engineers are allowed to wear jeans. i'm hoping that includes me since my title is Test Engineer :-P i still have to fully fill out a 17 page form to take in on my first day. things on the form include everywhere i've lived in the last 10 years which is rather lengthy since i basically moved twice a year. another interesting thing on it which i shouldn't have a hard time following is that as an employee of the company i won't be able to use any electronic gambling machine anywhere in the world. for all those thinking of asking/saying "so you can tell us how to win," there is no way i will jeopardize my employment and have gotten kinda tired of people asking that.

before i start working, i think i should move into my cousins (well technically it's my aunt and uncles house) place so that i don't have to move things after i get off work or during the weekends as i'm sure i'll be wanting to do other things. oh yeah, i guess that's one things that's new. my mom will be renting her house to people she knows the beginning of november because she got a new job and is moving to cheyenne. there's a lot more to that story, but that's all i'm going to say.

hmm....what else???

this weekend i'm heading to rapid city, which i find kinda strange. when i moved down i basically had no desire to ever go back. since getting the job offer tho, and it being M-day and whatnot i want to go back and see friends where this is there last semester/year. plus my aunt is happy as now she doesn't have to put her cats in a kennel as she was heading out of town this weekend.

and i think that basically brings everything up to date. i hope to have some fun stories once i start working, especially if people wear costumes at work on halloween :-P

'til then, laters

good week

so this has been a good week, overall, and it's only wednesday.

i suppose it really started at the end of last week. on saturday, i had gone to Boulder to listen to a friend be a support singer for one of her friends, and to enjoy the festivities that were going on. I heard some really good music, that i normally wouldn't listen to. what made the music even better was listening to it while in a cafe. i am definately a fan of most of the people that played and sang. I definitely recommend "The Monkey Song" and "At the Cafe" by Ryan Mintz. he also has a couple other good songs that i found online after seeing him live.

sunday, was a nice day in which a picnic (of sorts) and volleyball was played in a park in Denver. then there was a bbq at home when i returned. so it was a day full of fun and good food.

monday, i had the most interesting interview i could have imagined. it was an analytical interview, which involved getting 3 monks and 3 cannibals from one side of the river to another (with some rules involved), doors that lead to freedom or certain death, and a scale that costs $10,000 for each time it was used. definitely wasn't the typical interview. i then got called a couple hours after i had left to ask if i was still interested and they wanted to bring me in for a 2nd interview.

oh yeah, and also met up with friends and caught up over some rather good thai/indian food.

tuesday was a little less eventful, but was fun as there was volleyball at night. we ended up winning 2 and losing 2, but it was still fun as it was competitive, but not too competitive.

today was just totally amazing because i called the company back that i had interviewed with last week (they had left a message on tuesday about they wanted to talk about my interview and position) and they offered me a job! this just made my day completely as it's the 1st job offer of since graduating. my excitement made it rather hard for me to calm down enough to go to the 2nd interview for the other company. of which i think went ok, not great, but not horrible either. then again, i thought i didn't do all that well in the interview with the other company.

anyways, i should hear back from the one company tomorrow either way and then i may or may not have some decisions to make. the location of both of them really won't be an issue as they are both in Golden.

well, my tummy is grumbling so i think i should go find some food. i also foresee a bit of celebration occuring later on the week and/or weekend. maybe friday since it's "international talk like a pirate day" or who knows. but yeah...off to find some food.

masks

below is a poem i like. i know that it was originally written for a specific group of people (at least i think that's what i was told in class), but i think that it can be applied to anybody regardless of the numerous sub-groups society puts us into. to me it show's a common feature everybody shares, but nobody ever really talks about.

*note: the "We wear the mask" parts are suppose to be indented
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We Wear the Mask
by: Paul Laurence Dunbar

We wear the mask that grins and lies
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, -
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.

Why should the world be overwise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.

We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!

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listening to : "Lucky" by Britney Spears
(yes, that is what i'm listening to, it's just the mood i'm in)

recent realizations

so below are things that i've recently discovered:

1. i've been spelling definitely wrong for long long time (i had been spelling it as definately).

2. caffeine actually effects me now (and i'm hoping it's effects and not affects).

3. i'm not in any way, shape, or form and expert in english (especially the grammar part).

4. i have a couple shirts in my closet that i shouldn't wear out to bars and such as they give people wrong assumptions. one being my shirt that says "Single", which is pretty easy to figure out why, but i just like the shirt because i think it's funny. when i wear it, i am not advertising myself. another shirt is a "Mountain Dew" one. when i wear it, i DO NOT mean 'mount and do" me!! i wear the shirt because for 1: i used to drink a lot of mountain dew and 2: it's green and goes with my eyes :-P

5. i always enjoy places that i'm not currently living, which i'm assuming is due to the feeling of it being new and exciting (ie this past weekend i visited friends in DC and am now thinking of looking for jobs there).

6. it's fun to sneak into career fairs at different colleges :-P

7. i let what others want influence what i really want. i believe this is mostly due to the fact that i am a people pleaser.

8. i'm scared that i'll never have the guts to stand up to someone for what i firmly believe/feel. (this really isn't a recent acknowledgement, but just something i've never let known, altho some of you may have noticed i never stood up to someone before)

9. i've never really thought about the so called 'type' of people i like or whatnot. (in doing so wouldn't that be stereotyping???)

10. i'm not alone in many things i think and feel. partly from meeting people, but also from Post Secrets.

11. i unconsciously flirt with people, or maybe people think i flirt because i actually pay attention to what they say, i dunno (so would that count as a realization then???)

12. when i'm not sure about something when typing or texting i always use ??? at the end, but never use ?? or ????, it's always ???. also, if i'm using exclamations and question marks it's either !?! or ?!? depending on if i'm more excited or confused.

i'm pretty sure there are more things that i've recently realized, but nothing else is really coming to mind. oh well, not like it's all that important. at least i don't think it is because, well, this is just a blog for fun and/or to vent every now and then.

with that, i'll think i'll bring this entry to an end. laters

wee hours reflection

it's rather strange how much self-reflection can get done when wakes up for some odd reason around 2:30-3am for several days in a row. part of me thinks that i'm waking up simply because my body is rested and doesn't need sleep anymore, which could be true since the last couple nights i have gone to bed earlier then i had been. add in that i don't really do anything all too strenuous throughout the day and i have a body that doesn't need much rest (right???)

however, the reflection that goes on at the wee hours of the morning also makes me think/feel otherwise. the reflection of "what am i doing with my life?" "will i be able to find a job?" "what if i don't get a job simply because my gpa wasn't a 3.0?" and even "will i ever run into that special someone or have i already?" amongst other questions (some of which are too private for a blog :-P).

the last one i try not to worry too much about, as i think that once i get some of the other things figured out and have started my life, having an actual routine and all, that i will meet that someone. or who knows, maybe i already do know who that someone is. i know that there's still someone i think a lot about, but for anything to happen the 2 of us would at least need to be on the same continent. (those of you that know me, can probably guess who that is)

with all the other questions, the only real solution is time. i know i just need to keep looking for jobs here in denver and many other locations and my questions will get answered. hopefully they're answered in a positive way, which i try to believe it will, as i go with the whole karma thing. that is that thinking positive, in turn does bring positive things into your life. if nothing else, thinking positive will give the self assurance needed in an interview for a job.

or now an even simpler reason of why i'm waking up so early is insomnia. actually that can be rather complex if you try to go into the reasons for insomnia. then again, maybe not. i do know (at least i think i do) that some insomnia is just caused by stress, which is kinda like what the previous questions i've stated do.

and now that i've just gone in a complete circle with my reasoning, i think i should end this now. laters

more song lyrics

so these lyrics are from the song "Another Beautiful Day" from the Latter Days soundtrack (like i said it's one of my favorite movies now). if you want the music video for it here's a link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebnBgI7mcNA

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When you were just a child of eight
You were taught you were not to deviate
Only one way to heaven but half a million ways to fall

Well we can alienate the strange and the odd
As long as we're one nation under God
He might love me but you're his favourite of all

And it's another beautiful day
It's another beautiful day
It's another beautiful day
In the land of the free

We can hate the Jews and the blacks and the fags
As long as we pray and salute the flag
And fall on our knees to a
Jesus who looks just like you.

And it's another beautiful day
It's another beautiful day
It's another beautiful day
In the land of the free

They blessed your soul and told you to travel
Dressed in polyester for a God made of gravel
Your a man on a mission I wish you could save yourself

And it's another beautiful day
It's another beautiful day
It's another beautiful day
In the land of the free
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other good songs in the movie are "Tuesday, 3am" and "More". the tuesday one is kind of a sad one, but still a good heart-felt song.

anyways, i'm off to bed.

job searching

so i've been searching for jobs, but its really hard to search when i don't even know the title of jobs i should be searching for that my degree will help me to get. i've just been searching for analyst jobs. every now and then i see one that i think looks interesting, but it says you need a business or accounting degree. i'm pretty sure i could still accomplish those jobs because well, once you have proven calculus, the actual application of math (especially with just simple addition, subtraction, and multiplication) i believe is rather easy.

i have applied for several jobs online, so now i just sit and wait to hear back. while i wait i know i should also be continuing my search, but like i said i don't know what job titles to really look for. i think i still have a couple of networkings (not even sure if that's a word or not) that i haven't tapped into, but will wait a bit more before i use them.

something that has popped into my mind is during my searching and such is from someone's response to a question of how to get a job as they have an engineering degree but haven't found a job in over a year. the response basically was that engineering and science degrees are usually very specific in what is taught, while other degrees such as business, marketing, etc can be used by any and all companies. to think i thought i was going with a general degree :-P nah i know it takes time to find a job once graduating, especially if you're not near the top of your class.

with that i think i'll bring this to a close. altho if anyone out there knows of a company (or simply a job title) looking for someone with a BS in applied and computational mathematics , feel free to leave a message :-P laters

hopeless romantic films (well sorta :-P)

so recently i've seen a couple of movies that are now hopefully at least in the mail as i thought they were so good that i bought them (thanks ashley :-P). could be that i'm a bit of a hopeless romantic, but i felt the movies were just rather touching. altho, i also have to warn you that i am by no means a film critic in any way shape or form. to me, if the movie entertains me for however long it is, then i think it was a good movie. if somehow i connect with a character(s) and the movie leaves a lasting impression, then i say the movie is amazing.

The first movie is Latter Days. I had heard some good reviews before i had watched it, and it looked like it had a pretty good story line (i'm not going to type it here, but i'm sure you could find it somewhere like imdb or youtube). the movie just kept my attention the whole time and had a very emotional ending, as in there were slight waterworks (yup i admit it :-P).

the other movie was Shelter. once again i had heard some pretty good reviews about this one, which made me curious about it. i think i may have liked this one because (to me) it more or less deals with the choices a person makes in regard to those he cares about.

basically, both movies just somehow touched me. like i said could be that i'm a hopeless romantic or that i'm just trying to figure out what i really want. either way, these 2 movies have now made their way into my collection and are in the favorite section.

back home and growing up, well kinda :-P

well i made it back and all. actually i've been back for about a week, but didn't really feel like blogging. eventually i'll get something down about the trip, ie something dealing with the high school girls who said something along the lines of 'when we need to lose weight, we don't exercise, we just don't eat'. let me tell ya, they were an interesting group (to put it nicely).

now that i am back home, i need to really start looking for a job and join the real world :-( which i have mixed feelings about. i really want to have the feeling that i can survive on my own, but at the same time i also don't wanna grow up. i think it's possible for both.

i really haven't started to seriously look for a job yet, altho i do have an interview tomorrow at my brothers work for a contract position, which i think would be good for several reasons. One is that i'll be able to get a taste of statistics in the real world, and then if i find i don't like it i won't have to feel bad about quiting as it's just a summer position. if i do like it then i have my foot in the door and may be able to get a full-time position in the company. also it will allow me to be putting money in the bank while i try to figure out what exactly i want to do (ie where i want to live).

anyways, i should try to be productive and prepare for the interview tomorrow. this is one time i know i'm really going to hate being modest, as how can you sell yourself if you don't think you're 'all that'. oh well, guess i'll have to try and make myself not appear as modest.

with that i'm off to start preparing, laters

off to Greece/Italy

so in less than a couple hours i will be on my way to the airport to jump on a plane heading towards Greece/Italy. needless to say time is passing by a little slow right now. i keep hoping that i haven't forgotten to pack anything, especially since i feel a bit like i underpacked since i have heaps of space left. i plan on wearing everything i packed 2-3 times (over a 15 day period and yes i have some laundry soap to wash them in a sink), this means for clothes i have:
-4 pairs of shorts (not counting the ones i'm currently wearing)
-2 pairs of pants (1 of which zips off into another pair of shorts)
-1 button-down shirt (in case i feel like kinda dressing up for dinner)
-5 t-shirts
-4 sleeveless shirts
-2 long sleeve shirts
-1 light/rain jacket
-running/swimming shorts
-1 pair of shoes (plus the teva sandals i'm currently wearing)
-4 pairs of socks (i plan on wearing my tevas most the time)
-6 pairs of underwear (i could always go commando right??? :-P )
-and i think that's about it for clothes.

other things i have packed include:
-passport (this is probably the most important thing to pack)
-the typical toiletry stuff (ie toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo/conditioner, etc)
-laundry soap
-wrinkle release spray stuff (which i also got in case i don't have a chance to wash clothes when i need them as the spray has a 'fresh' smell to it so it won't smell like dirty clothes)
-baby powder (yeah, i was a slightly baffled with this item as well, but they said to pack it for use on sweaty areas and for possible chafing, ie on/near the feet)
-mini first aid kit
-2 chapsticks
-sunscreen
-sunglasses (and a hat)
-2 books to read
-travel journal (really should have started a travel journal on my first trip to Europe in '01, but oh well)
-iPod (with charger)
-power converter/adapter
-2 hangers
-watch (i'm surprised the thing still works as i think i've had it since elementary school, did need a new battery which was a pain in the a** to get out).
-and i'm sure there's some more random things i packed that i can't think of, but i can't think of anything i might have missed.

really hope i do have everything eventhough my bag has space in it. positive side though of having lots of space (like i said in an earlier post) is that it means i'll be able to buy lots of stuff and not have to worry about being able to fit it into my bag.

well i'm going to go look thru my bags to make sure (for like the 5th time) that i have packed everything listed above. not sure if i'll have another post within the next 2 weeks or not, so laters, and i'll let you know how everything was when i get back. ciao

caffeine/energy drinks

so, was rather bored earlier and came across articles about how energy drinks are unhealthy for teens and can be 'red flags' for risky behaviors. to that i just say DUH!!!

granted i'm not one to say people shouldn't drink them, since i do, but now that i will theoretically have time to eat and sleep i fully intend to wean myself off of them. actually i'm going to try to cut down on my caffeine intake i general. however, i am going to be naive and believe that chocolate does not have caffeine in it because not having chocolate is just wrong to me :-P

anyways, some of the people's comments on the article were rather valid. the main idea behind most of them was moderation. many were saying that the energy drinks caused many health issues with people they knew. however the people they knew had several energy drinks a day, and i know on the cans it says the recommended amounts. one person also said that their child almost ended up (or did i forget) in the hospital after having and energy drink because their child was sensitive to caffeine (another 'DUH' moment to me). i just don't think people should really be blaming the energy drinks for 'causing' health problems when they actually do have warnings on the cans and do say what a serving size is.

and for the 'red flag' for risky behaviors, i'd would like to know what things really aren't considered red flags for teenagers in regard to risky behaviors. hello, they're teenagers. i do agree with one of the comments as the person i believe quoted somebody else who had said (lots of he said she said stuff i know :-P) they hope their child doesn't do the same things they did because it was sometimes just luck that they survived, but also hopes that they do do the same things as thats what growing up is about. granted there's probably a more philosophical and thought provoking way of saying that, but the idea still gets across.

anyways, that's it for now. tomorrow i'm leaving for middle of no-where SD, well it's a little east of middle, tomorrow morning for the weekend and then to greece and italy in a week (i can't wait!!). so if i don't write again for another month or so it's not 'cause i don't care, it's just that i will have better things to do (to put it blatantly).

ciao

busy month

i'm not very good at writing/blogging very often, eh oh well. in the last couple weeks only thing that's really happened is that this past friday i felt like a human sundae as i was covered in whip cream, chocolate, and sprinkles. before your minds get dirty, i was covered because it was my last day at work, and well that's what they like to do to you. after being there for a couple years tho, i was expecting it so i had some silly string with me just to fight back a little. fun times.

looking towards the future now, this month is going to be exciting and scary. i'll be moving back to denver (temporarily or longer depending), going to my grandparents 55th anniversary, and then traveling to Greece/Italy for a couple weeks.

the exciting part is probably pretty obvious. visiting lots of fun and/or new places, and will be able to eat heaps of gelato. what could be more exciting??? ok, well many things, but those things will have to wait until a later date.

one not so exciting thing, however, is the living out of a suitcase (or 2) worth of clothing for the next month. it really won't be so bad because well i lived out of a couple suitcases worth of stuff for 10 months while in AUS. the part i'm trying to figure out is if i can leave enough space in the bags so i can fill them with amazing things i'll find while in Europe. I've already been given a short list from a few people of things to buy, altho i'm mostly going to be looking for stuff for me :-P

the scary part though is after getting back from Europe. i'm going to have to start becoming (dare i say it? i might as well) responsible. not that i'm not a responsible person, i'm just going to have to join the working world. just hoping i find a job i like. there's loads of jobs out there, so i'm pretty sure i'll be able to find it, but that still doesn't take any of the stress away.

anyways, i have lots of people to catch up with before my move in a couple of days, not to mention packing, and a few other chores.

'til next time, laters

summer time desires

it finally feels like summer is here. altho it wouldn't really surprise me if somehow there was another freak snow storm in the not too distant future, as well that's rapid city for ya.

some of the things i'm looking forward to this summer (not counting my trip to Greece/Italy, as that's on a level all on its own) include:
-lightning/thunderstorms
-bbq's
-getting a real tan :-P
-finding a job
->and thus getting my own place, that is assuming i have some money to do so
-camping/hiking/boating or anything of the sort
-and many other things that currently aren't coming to mind

getting a place of my own i think is about the thing i'm looking forward to most, as then i'll be able to decorate it how i'd like. plus then i won't have to have everything i own be in a single room (unless i get a loft or whatnot, but then that's one big room :-P) like it all has been for the past 6 years or so. also, i'll be able to have all my clothes hanging up and such as i may have more than one closet (yes, i have that much clothes). once i do have a place of my own with everything spread around, i'm sure it will seem like i don't own anything. then again that will depend on how big of a place i end up getting, which will also most likely depend on whatever job i end up getting as well. my mind is definately getting ahead of itself.

i have been thinking about how i'd like to decorate and have seen some things i really wanted to buy but restrained myself which was really hard. what worked the best in keeping myself from buying anything is by telling myself that i already won't be able to fit everything into my car. anyways. . .the style (more or less) that i think i'm going to decorate in will be a combo of oriental and modern (if that makes any sense at all), with the main colors being dark red/maroon, black, and then some random lighter colors like orange and yellow (and possibly some green). i dunno, i have some sort of image in my mind, but also know that what i currently imagine will probably change by the time i do get a place.

and with that i'm going to hopefully find something to do that doesn't involve my computer.

DONE!!!!

finally don't with all exams, projects, etc!!!

congrats to everyone else who's done (for the semester, with college, etc).

and now time to go celebrate :-P

finals week stress

k, so both my "finals" are done with. really hoping i at least passed them, or else things would just suck. still have to finish 3 projects tho. all of which are relatively important. one is definitely a lot more important than the others. the one that's most important is my senior paper, which i'm pretty confident that i'll get done. the other two i'm trying to think of how much i need to do to keep the grade that i have. actually i'm probably putting more effort into that than the actual projects at the moment :-P (imagine that). i'll just blame it all on senioritis.

the only thing with that is, if by chance i don't pass all my classes this semester, that means that i wouldn't graduate. it's not that great of a fear, but still there in the back of my head.

i do have mixed feelings about the idea of finally graduating from college after 6 years of being in it. i'm excited and rather scared at the same time. i'm excited to close/end this portion of my life and to take the next step, but that's the scary part. i'm not exactly sure what the next step will consist of (many other college, or even high school grads, probably have the same feelings). i don't have a job lined up. i'm not really sure where i would want to live, or even what i want to do with my degree (meaning don't ask 'cause i have no clue). i think this is mostly scary because growing up i always had a plan of what i was going to do. the only problem was that plan ended at college. ok, well that's a bit of a lie, the plan was to graduate as an EE and get a good job, and well those that know me, know that i am not graduating as an EE.

ok, would actually like to procrastinate a bit more, but well i can't really afford to at the present since i have the 3 remaining projects to get done plus having to work later today, tomorrow, and thursday (great fun let me tell ya :-P). just gotta keep telling myself "almost there, almost there"

Snow Day Observations

There were a couple observations i made friday during the snow day. the first was that i wondered why i hadn't procrastinate another couple days of taking my snow tires off. The other was that eventhough i had the entire day to work on homework and to get various other things done, i still only got about the same amount of stuff done that i would have if i would have had to go to class. Actually i think i may have gotten a little bit less done than i would have. I blame the internal idea all students have when they realize they have a snow day, which is "yea!! i don't have to do anything today" if only that was the case as then i'd have slightly less stuff to get done this week. eh, oh well :-P

my other observations has to due with society/rapid city culture (most likely it's just not here). i find it rather hilarious that altho the entire city (well not entire, read on) can be shut down but yet the bars and the porn shop are still open. granted the porn shop i don't think ever closes, but still, this kinda shows what is important to us as a society doesn't it? i guess there were a few restaurants that did open as well, but those were few and far inbetween. another factor i suppose is that the bars usually don't open until later in the day, and since it stopped snowing by noon and then got into the mid-40's (i think) the snow was becoming slush so it was a little less likely to get stuck, altho quite a few still managed. luckly i wasn't one of them, eventho i was parked in an unplowed parking lot (hehehe, ashley??? :-P).

so yup that means i ventured out later in the day. i started to get "cabin fever" or something similar. i just don't like being at home all that much. anyways, so first had gone to the movie theatre with some others, but sadly found out they were closed as well. so we just went back to one of their houses and watched a little bit of a movie before heading to Dublin (ya for smoke free :-P) to celebrate a friends birthday.

while at Dublin made a couple more observations. The first being that a lot of times i think someone could be my type, i then have to ask myself "are they or are they a foreigner". after talking to a friend, we concluded this was because people from other countries have a bit of a different fashion sense, and that they hold themselves differently. the other observation kinda goes back to society, and was actually made by a norwegian exchange student. he noticed that instead of studying the nights before final exams start we are all out drinking :-P this could be that everyone was tired of being stuck at home, but i'm pretty sure most of the people there would have been drinking if there wasn't a snow day.

and with that i should probably go do some studying.

class canceled due to snow, in may?!?

that's right, my last day of college classes was canceled due to snow/blizzard conditions today. was kinda excited to have a snow day, but i was also looking forward to knowing that today was my last day. oh well, what can you do right?

i am kinda curious how this is going to effect (or is it affect?) things, as lots of classes had things due today, or had exams, etc. the only things that seems logical in my mind is to delay the due dates 'til monday. not sure how the exam thing will work tho, as next week is finals week. eh, not gonna worry about it as, i'm sure the profs will send out an email saying what the plan/changes are.

and with that i'm gonna crawl back into bed, eventho i don't think i'll be able to fall back asleep, it is on the other hand warm :-P

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so most of my recent posts have been serious (more or less). trying to think of a topic that is a bit more, well fun. can't really think of too much. i do remember always thinking some point during my day "hey, i should remember that and type about it later" but well by the time i sit down i forget what it was that i was gonna type about.

i do have senioritis tho, which isn't helping much with everything i need to get done, but oh well. other than graduating in about 10 days or so, other exciting things coming up include the free so called breakfast sunday evening. i do remember it being a bit more entertaining the first couple years, but it's still fun. for those that have never been to it, or know nothing about it, several of the professors and faculty make pancakes, sausage, eggs, etc for students the night before finals week begins. they also have drawings to give out prizes. it's a little sad that i didn't get a prize until i think the spring semester of 06. altho i guess i can be happy i got something useful like a cd case instead of an inflateable field goal (what ever happened to that ashley???)

ok so that might be the only thing that's coming up that i'm remotely excited about, other than when i turn in my last project next friday when i then anticipate going out and celebrating.

well i should either do some hw before heading to bed or just head to bed so i can wake up and do hw before class tomorrow. laters