leaving tomorrow at the butt crack of dawn. i know i've been building this trip up a lot - its because i'm wayy excited to be heading out to san diego tomorrow. thanks for humoring me, anyway :)
i've got everything packed.
acutally, i have nothing packed. but i'm only going to be gone for 3 days so I don't imagine I'll have to pack much. my race is on sunday at 7am PST so think of me as you're waking up for church (unless you're one of those people who sleep through it!)
i just called the shuttle service and got transportation to and from the airport and u. cali-san diego for 30 bucks, a deal if you ask me. i have two appointments with professors tomorrow, and they're going to show me around the campus since i applied for graduate school there. how cool would it be to actually live there?!
big thanks to kathy for letting me crash at her place in columbus on sunday night.
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thumbs up: you know it
thumbs down: leaving bg at 6am
quote: "hey, you want to go to windsor with us this weekend?" "nah, i can't" "why, you a pansy or something?" "nope, i'll be in california, sorry." - conversation with carrie
cd rotation: reggie & the full effect: promo copy
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the get up kids: eudora
if you thought today was cold, boy were you right. i guess its supposed to stay under 20 degrees for the next few days - i'm off for cali in two. i'm trying to figure out a way to get from the airport to the university, which is 20 miles away, without paying much $$. looks like it'll be a taxi.
mike & i (& justin) talked about the crap at college, how some classes aren't worth the money, and why something should be done about it. i mean, now that i'm in my major, the profs are really smart and definitely earn their keep, but some of mine back in the day were absolutely a joke. i guess it depends what you want from bgsu: do you just want a diploma, or do you want to learn?
i forgot to tell you about my challenge to andrew (& his back to me): since most people sit in the same place all school year, we decided to sit by the hottest girl in class on the first day, because that would mean that we get to sit by her all year. of course, i'm in math & engineering classes, and so 4 of my classes (no joke) have a total of 6 girls in them. altogether. in my other class, where's there's like 20 guys and 4 girls, i did sit next to the hottest one. i'll report more later in the semester as things progress.
ray & i added a challenge today, too, like the one with anthony & ashley of old.
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thumbs up: a 50 minute run
thumbs down: going to bed at midnight
quote: "Hey, you gotta stay flexible; take what the night brings you." - the onion
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"please say you're here, not far but near. when i'm away, be back one day. my friends still say that this fun, but secretly i'm staring out a window" - reggie & the full effect
cd rotation: ben folds: rockin' the suburbs
listening to justin & mike's airport and watching my friend's mockumentary brian waggoner: man or myth really makes me wish i wasn't stuck in my stupid math major. i want to do things like take basketball for a class or video production or some junk like that, not numerical analysis II. i mean, my classes aren't super hard but it'd be nice to have fun in one of them. i can't remember the last time i saw a theorem and laughed or that my professor actually was cool or said something funny. which is too bad. if i had to do it all over again, i'd be a vct major.
je & me: i liked airport a lot, are you going to stay with synth drums or are you gonna put any real ones in? btw, we still have some of your recording equipment, sorry about that. i'm anxious to hear what the rest of the album will sound like. the little clip on your website was rad.
and justin, after talking with you the other day and reading your blog, you've got to demand more from your instructor who canceled 2 classes every week! what a joke! one of my profs said today, "if none of you understand the material and you're all totally confused, then i'm not doing my job right. and you're paying me to do your job right. you owe it to yourself to tell me that." and he's totally right, i think if i ever taught a class, the first day i'd bust out the calculator and make everyone compute how much they're paying me per hour to teach them.
i mean, we all love the blow-off class, don't get me wrong. but when the instructor doesn't even challenge you or make it worth your while to go to class, why be in college at all? so people know that the university is a joke? if bgsu wants to be 'the premier learning institution in ohio" then they better act like it. how are you going to get respect if the students don't even respect their university?
that prof i was mentioned above, he teaches at toledo, not at bgsu.
off my soapbox. i made my first of about 30 trips up to toledo today for two classes, both were okay. my stats class back at bgsu was also all right, but i'm following justin's lead here, i don't know if it's worth a damn. andrew, what do you think about all this talk? i remember you had some pretty strong feelings about purdue last semester.
tomorrow i'll find out why i got a 'b' in calc - i put more time into that class than all my others - and hopefully start getting my independent study wrapped up. its dragging big time.
today was a fun day, i don't know why i'm ranting so much. i called my mom from cosmos while it was snowing, it was a nice picturesque scene. and the dude forgot to put espresso in my coffee - that's kind of a biggee, don't you think? he was playing some chris tomlin on the stereo - whom i heard about 10 times at a church convention thingie for h2o - so i couldn't concentrate on my reading and instead daydreamed out the window.
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thumbs up: that cosmo's scene, i'm telling you
thumbs down: did i mention that its balls-cold outside?
quote: "quick, grab the lighter" - jesse
cd rotation: mxpx: buffalo
and don't worry, our record will be finished soon, justin. i promise.
there aren't many things funnier than going to sam's club and imagining yourself buying 9 lbs. of hot dogs, a gallon of mustard, and 24 buns and eating them all. imagine if your family only bought in bulk. you get meat by the percentage of cow. you get your condiments by the gallon, mac & cheese by the gross, and your candy by the pound. there's absolutely nothing wrong with a 5 lb. tub of twizzlers, i'll tell you that much.
the first day of classes was okay, neither seemed to be too bad. i've got three more tomorrow, starting at the butt crack of dawn.
i braved the elements and ran 5 or 6 today, and i'm telling you, the weather is actually nice once you're out in it. its getting the motivation thats the hard part.
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thumbs up: being done with class by 12:30
thumbs down: starting class at 9:30
quote: "24 cups of pudding for $6? hawwwww" - ray
cd rotation: the strokes: is this it?
i just read two fantastic 'year in review' pages from justin and andrew. you both inspired me, i don't know how you do it but you guys balance school and friends and fun really well. i think you both grew up a lot and am excited for the next year for you. seriously, you rock. andrew, i'm curious as to what you're #1 resolution is. justin, i admire your passion for the youth group kids and for wanting to make an impact on each one of them. i may not be as good as a movie maker ("cinematographer") as justin, nor as adventurous as andrew (spending the night on campus with no blanket or pillow), but you still inspired me to live past school and live for life, and live for God. i'm gonna start back up downloading software (re: logic, re: final cut) to make some music happen.
that's a good way to start the semester. unfortunately, numerical analysis II with tong sun at 9:30am is not.
another good way to start out the semester is to have ALL YOUR ROOMMATES AT HOME! that's right, q-4 is back in full effect and look out, cause we're a legacy. i'm so glad to have everyone back.
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thumbs up: cigars
thumbs down: the effects of kfc
quote: "is that a moog?" "no, its a yamaha." "exactly" me to jeff lavalette
cd rotation: march mix
YEAR IN REVIEW IS FINALLY FINISHED. its a book, i hope you get through it all. now i'll read justin's and andrew's (i didn't earlier because i knew yours would be a lot better so i didn't want to get discouraged about mine). plus a bonus year in review with top 10 lists and things like that. those words are links, folks.
we trained for work all day, preparing for the impending doom of 15000 college kids (14000 of which are girls) that will descend on campus tomorrow. it was okay.
all was good on the basketball court though. my team won every game! we even beat those pesky edwardses. i can't stand those pesky edwardses.
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thumbs up: blizzards at dairy queen
thumbs down: blizzards outside
quote: "you are as dumb as those bricks behind you" - brad
cd rotation: hey mercedes: everynight fireworks
