thanksgiving rules. so much food and i defintely took a nap for about 2 hours after dinner. too bad jay couldn't stay longer though, we were messin' up some good hard mega man 2 on the nintendo.
i finished my last grad school application on wed., so now they're all sent out! i'm still getting my transcripts and stuff in, so i guess technically they're not finished, but all the writing is for sure.
i'm gonna go play football now. the 4th annual game. friday after thanksgiving, 1pm, conneaut hill.
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thumbs up: thanksgiving, thanksgiving
thumbs down: thanksgiving break is only 5 days long
quote: "his nose was wicked sick" - brett, referring to the redskins punter whose nose was smashed into his face
cd rotation: the ataris
the feeling of no school for the next 5 days. plus, it snowed today. who could ask for more?
jesse & i had a good time chillin despite the lack of recording, i don't know what happened to brett. we're looking to work on moog and groovebox sometime this week.
i'm going to sleep in tomorrow. maybe 10 hours. maybe 11 if i can make it that long. my all time record sleeping is 15 1/2 hours after cornerstone music festival a few years ago too. we had driven back the 9 or 10 hours, and i had the poops, so pretty much i was in bad shape.
post on your blog your personal sleeping record. i bet justin has everyone beat, for some reason he seems like the type that could sleep for an entire day and not think anything of it. when i was 5 years old, my parents put me to sleep one night, and, thinking i had slept already, i climbed out of bed, and proclaimed to my parents that i had slept the whole day. they asked if i was tired after my marathon 24 hours of sleep, and i said a little. my dad asked me if i was hungry; i only asked for some apple juice. then i went back to bed and slept until the following morning. i believed for about the next 10 years that i had acutally slept through an entire day. being naive rules, doesn't it?
well, maybe being naive rules until you realize the whole truth about something. then you feel terrible, like you got shortchanged or something. i think i choose to be naive about some things (not ignorant) where i don't want to know the whole story behind people's lives. i'll try to believe the good in everyone at face value. anyone ever seen memento?
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thumbs up: my bed is so soft and good and deep
thumbs down: calc test grade
quote: "you're a hospitality major? you know what i don't like about hotels? the creamery mint things. just give me a big bar of soap so i can use it for the whole week, and skimp on the mints. and why don't you give me an extra big towel and not so many little ones. why is the coat hanger bag so small? ETC ETC ETC" -these random guys at Frickers, loud and obnoxious, funny, and a treat. they said this to jesse. to me, they say, "you're a math major? is pi 3.14? how many feet in an acre? how many rods in an acre? i know that answer, because its the sylvania zip code. what's 45 X 321? math people aren't any good without their calculators. are you still in high school? what's your favorite player on the basketball team at bgsu? ETC ETC ETC"
cd rotation: weezer b-sides
finally. all schoolwork is done. i turned in an assignment last night, another this afternoon. unfortunately though, my math professor said that the "tests were horrible." i'll find out my fate tomorrow afternoon, i'm not too concerned about it at this moment.
i sent in my applications for the u california-davis and penn st. tonight. i need to get my finalized GRE scores before i can finish my other 4 apps. then its the long road of fellowship and scholarship applications. ugh. as long everything keeps moving, its all good. and i hope my math professor sent in my recommendation before he graded my test.
i ate at a thanksgiving dinner the other day at beth & carrie's place, they probably fed 25 people there, which is really surprising, since i didn't know college kids could cook like that? everyone brought something: we're talking casseroles, biscuits, and of course the turk. all was good. i didn't stay for the home alone video though...i've got some frustrating memories from last year that i didn't feel like re-living.
pinewood recording: all guitars, drums, and bass are finished. i'm gonna start recording tomorrow with the moog and groovebox. its gonna be sweet. justin, whenever you want to record us, that's cool too. just give us some time to write new material. did you ever drop by the "studio?" we had a nice setup. and suzy's cd sounds great on the web, can't wait to here it in my car. and you're right, of course, you've got to test out a new cd in the car stereo, but also in the headphones, because you can notice some stuff in the headphones (the subtle stuff, re: pinkerton) that doesn't come out in a full car stereo. i read that's what aerosmith did with their last record. they were mixing it, and kept on burning the cd, driving around w/ it in the cd player, then going back to the study to make changes, mix it down again, then drive around again, etc.
i'm training for the san diego half-marathon, today was a nice 37 minutes in the morning. it's weird, i say i don't like to run in the cold, but it was beautiful this morning. the air was cold & crisp, my legs felt loose, i felt like i could run for miles. let me know if someone out there ever needs a running partner!
today's breed of people: the sweatpants wearers. that's right, those of you who wear sweatpants to class and can get away with it. you may be of this breed if: you're an athlete, or you're justin, mike, eva, or this kid jason from my math class. few people can pull it off (esp. if it's not in the morning). you say "it's comfortable" but how much harder is it to slip on a pair of jeans? and how much more comfortable are sweat pants than three-weeks-without-a-wash jeans? it's not like you're playing football or something? of course, i have been known to belong to the windpants club, but that was a while ago, and they're lined so it's not like they're not warm or anything. for some reason, my line is at the sweatpants. windpants are ok. sweatpants, you better have a reason (or else be one of the aforementioned people). "don't say aforementioned in your blog."
if you've read this far, congratulations.
so i'm working on a digital video project, and i was carrying my camera and tripod around between classes. as i show up for my math class, i set all my junk down on a desk and take my coat off, get my books out, etc., and my teacher (who is chinese, btw) just says, "oh, you want take my picture?" to which i'm like, "heh..." and it would have been very edwardsian to actually take the camera out and take a picture, since he was serious, but i didn't have the tape in the camera, though that would have made it even more funny. then he says, "do you have cold? your nose is red." and i say, "ah, it's 30 degrees outside and i just walked across campus for 15 minutes." then he says "oh, is it cold outside?" wow. you're a math professor, with a phd in crazy smart math, and you didn't know it was cold outside.
so tomorrow, after work and class, i'm free for 5 days. i don't know what i'm going to do with myself, probably watch the simpsons and eat macaroni and cheese.
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thumbs up: the metaphorical weight lifted off my shoulders
thumbs down: still, <8 hours of sleep
quote: "this is patrick. he's in my class. i think he's retarded or something."
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"she gave some crap about not listening, i don't know, i wasn't really paying attention"
cd rotation: "october fall" mix
wow, i hope you were able to watch some of the osu-michigan game today. it's gonna go down as one of the best in the rivalry, down to the last second. lets hope osu can pull out one last "w" for miami come january. today's game was so intense, i can't imagine what it was like to actually be there.
i can't wait until thanksgiving break, i'd like to go a day, just A DAY without worrying about school. weeks like this make me question grad school, but i know that i'll just have to tough it out until things slack off a bit.
i was able to see a few relationships today, and it made my happy, quite frankly, and as emo as that may sound. i saw some really happy couples, it gives me hope that things can work out, and that relationships shouldn't be too stressful, but fun all the time. i've learned some lessons, i think.
to the guys who lived in our apt before us: thanks for keeping your subscriptions to rolling stone, pc photo, espn the mag., outdoor phography, digital warehouse, eastbay, etc. all coming in.
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thumbs up: 13-0 bucks
thumbs down: that feeling
quote: "jese only put in $2.25." "what, is that his lunch money?" - bert
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"skeeter bites" - bert
cd rotation: new found glory: sticks and stones
