Mood: Like, totally exhausted

I've had a busy ... y'know, month. Life. Something like that.

I'm really not sure what kind of footing I'm on at all with Amber. That makes things really awkward. You love a girl, you want to hold her, you want to kiss her. She wants the same things back. And you both know it. But ... you really can't. Very awkward.

I went skiing today. With my family. My mom and sister have never gone skiing before, so a lot of the day consisted of my father and myself teaching those two how to do some stuff. Like turning. And stopping. It's really interesting to try to sit down and explain how to do stuff when you haven't had to really think about the basics in literally years. Sets you a-thinkin'. Either way, my sister was really catching on there at the end, so that's good news. I'll be going back tomorrow for more. I skiied the only double black they have in the park, and I took my dad on one of the blacks. He's never gone down a black before, and he said he isn't likely to do it again. Oh well ... at least he can say he did it once, eh?

Lately, I've really been on a binge for self-improvement. I'm trying to focus on faults I've identified within myself and tried to polish them out. I seriously need to get some heavy rough sandpaper for this job, though. The most glaring problems are usually the most observable and the first to get rid of. And, naturally, they're also the hardest to get out. It will be a long, tough road. Likely, I'll give up on several, thinking that it's impossible. But the important thing is ... nothing is impossible. As long as you set your mind to it, and keep working, you can achieve anything. I need to retain my focus. I need to better myself.

And I will.

"I know one thing: the line between good and evil is supposed to be clear and easy to see. But it's not." - Robin ~ Teen Titans

Mood: What's the point behind anything?

I keep trying, but I make no headway. In school, in life, in friendship, in romance, in everything I do, things just get worse and worse the more I try to make it better.

Why should I bother trying anymore? My body hurts, my emotions hurt, my brain hurts. Nothing goes right. I'm giving up.

Someone hit my car today. Over $1000 of damage. Cops refuse to do anything, the person who hit it left no insurance, and we can't afford to pay for the fix. So now I'm stuck with a broken car.

My best friend is having some pretty severe problems with depression. He is doing horrible in school because of his depression, and then his new meds to help his depression is ruining his concentration, so he's still doing bad it school. I'm trying to help him get better, but not really getting anywhere.

Hey! Best news of the day! My girlfriend broke up with me. Woo! She screws me over emotionally on my birthday, screws me over on Christmas ... woo, I'm so excited.

I wish I could die, really. But I know I'd just screw that up, too.

"You win again, gravity!" - Zapp Brannigan ~ Futurama

Mood: Home free!

I am back in McKinney. I'm sorry for being such a heel and not updating this blog at all this month, but I've just been busy. I never really studied at all in high school, but I've literally had my nose in a book 24/7 for exam week. I think I've gone insane, really.

So don't worry. I'm not drifting off into disrepair or whatever. I am back, and I am updating this, and I am whatever whatever.

Hey! Christmas is in one week! Who hasn't done any shopping yet besides me?!

Oh, darn. Just me, huh? Man. I'm totally screwed. This is what happens when you start college. You have no time to do anything else that the world expects of you, like buying Christmas presents or wishing people happy birthday or respirating.

Just so darn busy!

Anyway, this was basically just to say "Yes, I'm still alive. Sorry, for all of those who were hoping I was dead."

"For your thoughts, I will pay six grubthars." - Starfire ~ Teen Titans

Mood: Study Study Study!

Sorry I've been out of it recently. I've been a little bit cramped for finals. And when I wasn't doing that, I was hanging out with my friends, avoiding anything that could remotely be construed as work.

I took my first final yesterday. I officially have an 88 in History 105. Of course, I'm doing an optional essay which could grant me up to five bonus points tacked onto my total grade. So I could get up to a 93, which would keep me nicely inside the "A" category. Yay 4.0! Of course, all I officially need to get an A is 2 points on the essay. I think I can manage that.

I have another exam on Friday for Psychology, and then a math final on Tuesday and my Biology final a week from today. I just took my final math computer quiz a few minutes ago. Things are finally wrapping to a close, eh? I now have three grades outstanding, and then the semester will be officially closed.

I can't wait to go skiing for Christmas! I love skiing so much, you all have no idea. My only regret is that I don't have anyone who will go on Blacks and Double-Blacks with me. They're so much fun, but my sister and mother have never skied before, and my dad's knees are too bad to tackle anything more difficult than blues.

... I must coerce one of them in accompanying me ...

Anyway, time to go back to studying! Yay Finals! I love them so much!

"I dare you to make less sense!" - Dean Venture ~ Venture Bros.

Mood: Nuah?

First day back to class. Guess what? I had an exam.

Biology Lab exam. It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I'm not sure if that's good or not, though. You know ... maybe I only thought it was easy, when in fact, it was very hard. And then I only get a 3% correct. And then I flunk out of college. And then I am forced to flip hamburgers at McDonald's. And I start living in a refridgerator box because I can't afford a house. And then I get evicted, because I can't even pay rent on that. Then, without food, I'm forced to eat my shoes. Then I can't even go to work, because they have that rule about No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service.

Oh, my life is doomed!

Thanksgiving was ... great. Lots of food! Woo! But things did get boring at various points. Yet I did get to see my family and enjoy various things. All in all though, nothing worth reporting happened at all.

Two weeks of school left. Then I'm out for a month. And I go skiing!

"Mm, sloppy joes! Just like the mad scientist who created me used to make!" - Cyborg ~ Teen Titans

Mood: Ready for Break!

All my classes tomorrow are officially cancelled. Rejoice! This means that I have no classes until Monday. Then I have Math and an exam for my Biology Lab. Boo!

Regardless, I will have several days to kick back and relax. Which, by the way, I've not had at all this school year. Most of my friends have had a couple days here, couples days there, Fall Break, Labor Day, extended Thanksgiving ... whatever. Unfortunately, I've not had a single day off ... ... but now I finally do. My parents are coming to pick me up at the Uni and drive me off to my Aunt's and Uncle's. The entire Barton Clan, my whole darn family, is headed that way. It's like a migration or something. I'll be feasting mightily for a good three or so days. You just have to relish that.

However, I am sad that I will not see my friends. I mean, I haven't seen some of them since May or early June. I miss them, yet I won't see them for a while. Kinda makes me sad. I'll definitely hook up with them in December, over Christmas break.

This is the year marker for something I'm quite fond of. One year ago, the day before Thanksgiving, I arrived at Amber's house for the first time. I stayed there until the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which was, coincidentally, Amber's birthday. So during this time that I'm relaxing, letting my brain recover from school, I will also be remembering some of the happiest days of my life. Aah, reflection, nostalgia.

Hey! I purchased a new poster! Megatokyo, one of my most favorite webcomics, came out with this poster entitled "Sad Kimiko in Snow." Kimiko is, of course, one of the main characters. Here's the link: http://www.megagear.com/megagear_site/detail.aspx?ID=63 ... isn't it GREAT!?

"Yeah, a green mongoose is gonna blend right in." - Raven ~ Teen Titans

Mood: Bored. To tears.

I'm under strict orders to state that today is Amber's niece's first birthday. Thank you, and goodnight.

"Valentine's Days coming? Oh, crap. I forgot to get a girlfriend again." - Fry ~ Futurama

Mood: Quiet

I had a math exam today. I have been kind of anxious about this for the past week or so, and my stress increased exponentially for the past 12 or 18 hours. I really need to do well on this exam, because I fumbled the ball really badly on the previous two. I calmed down as it started, and I feel good about it now, I think. But I felt good about the other two as well.

We'll see. That' s really all we can do, now.

I heard a song on the radio ... "Welcome to My Life," by Simple Plan. It's a good song. It doesn't really pertain to my life -now- so much as it did during the first couple years of high school. It's on the sad side, but it's really brilliant. It reminds me of how I felt back then, and it's sort of liberating. It reminds me of how much I have grown, and it also lets me know that I wasn't the only person who felt like that. Somehow, it helps to know that other people have the same problems as you, even when you haven't had those problems for over a year.

Empathy can be a powerful thing.

At Texas A&M, there used to be a tradition called the "Bonfire." Aggies used to build literally giant stacks of wood and would light it afire, making a bonfire before the game with their rivals, University of Texas. The tallest bonfire was 109 feet tall, but most of the time, they average out around 90 feet tall. That is a -lot- of wood. Unfortunately, a few years ago, there was a terrible accident where the support beam broke, and the bonfire collapsed during its construction. Several students were killed, and many were injured.

Tomorrow is the dedication of the Bonfire Memorial. I will be going ... the dedication starts at around 2:30 PM. It should prove to be a very ... deep ... ceremony.

On that note, Read or Die is an excellent anime series. Both the OAV and the tv series are brilliant. I demand ... Watch or Die! I will hunt you down if you don't watch Read or Die!!

"Yes, no, and screw it, I'm resigning!" - Peter ~ Family Guy

Mood: Tired!

Yeah, gotta love math class. It's like having various numbers doing battle inside your skull. How horrendous is that, eh?

Well, I hate it!

I've looked over some possible class schedules and whatnot as graduation plans. I figure if I allot my electives carefully, I could probably pull off a major in psychology and a double minor in English and History. Of course, this means I would have to do a lot of fenagling in various things and whatnot.

So far, it looks like my schedule next semester is shaping up to be Japanese 101, Psychology 203, and History 106. Psychology 203 is subtitled "Statistics in Psychology," so it's basically a math class. History 106 is Post-Civil War American History. Which would be my blow-off class. I'm going to be taking English next semester, but I'm not sure if I got my English 104 credit or not through AP testing in high school. If not, I'll be taking that course. But if I did, then I will start up on my 200-level classes for English.

I am very unhappy with the Advanced Placement people, by the by. Every time someone brings them up (even if it's me!), I'm forced to rant mercilessly about their ill-treatment towards me. I took about 7 AP tests in high school, and they lost my essays for them! And wherever they put my essays for the first couple of tests was where they continued to put them ... but the right hand never knew what the left hand was doing ... and next thing you know, they couldn't find them! They had effectively destroyed my scores on the tests and butchered the classes I tested out of in college. So instead of getting out of History 105 and 106, English 104 and 204, History 103 and 104, Pols 204, and Econ 101 ... I have to take them now. WE HATES THEM! NASTY HOBBITSES!

Perhaps tomorrow I'll have something actually substantial to say ... regardless ... here I end.

"You! Bring me the Wall Street Journal! You two! Fight to the death!" - Stewie ~ Family Guy

Mood: Ever-so-slightly Tired

I felt like updating three days in a row. So I am! Mwah!

My best friend, Chris, is over at the moment. We're watching Adult Swim on Cartoon Network and, frankly, being more than slightly disappointed with the new Space Ghost tv show. Then again, we were disappointed with -all- the Space Ghost tv shows.

Of course, I do approve of the new line-up for Adult Swim ... I hated Sea Lab like I hated ... you know, being decapitated. They -finally- got rid of it! I thank thee o' stars!

Psychology. We talked about some disorders and whatnot. There was this guy who had a phobia. He was a bull wrangler. His job was gathering bulls, seeing exactly how angry and evil and stampeding and whatnot they could be, and shipping them off to rodeos. He encountered snakes, spiders, savage bulls, and many, many deadly things every day. What was his phobia?

Cats.

He was freakin' -paranoid- of cats. Someone showed him a GREETING CARD with a cat on the cover, and the man flipped out. He backed away over 15 feet, bright red, face breaking out, breathing problems ... It was really weird to see.

Chris tells me I should blog more about how retarded that Space Ghost show was. Ah, well, c'est la vie. I'm now testing the waters of Full Metal Alchemist. I've never seen the show, but it needs testing. Hoowah.

"I will be the God of Death once more! ... but right now, I need a little sleep." - Duo Maxwell ~ Gundam Wing

Mood: Introspective

Hoowah. I'm posting two days in a row!

New part added to the blog! You'll see the very first line I posted this time? It reads "Mood: Introspective" ... every time, I'll begin the blog with a line saying what my mood is. That way you can better understand how I'm feeling that day, and that moment that I'm blogging in particular. That way you guys don't misinterperet what I say or whatnot.

I managed to re-hang my wallscroll just now. Man, what a fight that was. Like wrestling alligators. I think I lost my right hand.

I purchased a big giant whiteboard which I plan to hang and basically utilize to death. Scheduling, to-do list, random writing, everything ... Should make things a lot easier in my life, I think. Free up some desk space and hard drive space on my computer. I am yet, however, to figure out where to hang it. Tossing around a few different ideas, trying to figure out which would be easiest to reach, to see, blah blah.

One thing I wanted to add yesterday on my politicking rant. I don't think everyone should vote. I keep seeing people push voting. "Vote. Vote. Voto Latino. 20 Million Loud. If you don't vote, then the person you want is automatically disqualified from office. If you don't vote, we will eat your firstborn child." Personally, I think maximizing the elecorate leads to non-issue voters. People who vote because of how Al Gore kissed his wife. People voting for Bush because his daughters are hot. People just generally being retarded. I think that the potential electorate should expand, while the active electorate is actually a smaller percentage of that. People who don't care who is elected shouldn't vote. Don't pressure them to.

Australia has approximately 94% of their electorate actively voting, last time I looked. The United States is barely above 50%. How, then, does Australia have such high voter turnouts? There is a simple explanation. Australia charges a non-poll tax. If you vote, you are exempt from certain taxes. You save money if you vote. In my opinion, this is a bad idea. It prevents people from abstaining from the election. They are almost forced to cast a vote. Next thing you know, policemen will be kicking in doors, pointing assault rifles at your head, and demanding you punch that election card. And leave no hanging chad.

Don't tell me to vote. I will choose on my own.

Math, by the way, is retarded. Don't take math. At all. But at least math is better than biology. Don't take biology at all. In fact, if you can, take a negative amount of biology courses. Biology is like a kick in the face.

I plugged "College Roomies From Hell" yesterday. A good webcomic. I must say, though, that there are others deserving of attention. Wapsi Square (http://www.wapsisquare.com updates on MTWThF) is good, as is The Lounge (http://www.italyishida.com updates MTWThF). I also read MegaTokyo (http://www.megatokyo.com updates MWF), Antihero For Hire (http://www.antiheroforhire.com updates MWF), RPG World (http://www.rpgworldcomic.com updates WF), Loserz (http://loserz.scribblekid.org updates MWF), and VG Cats (http://www.vgcats.com updates once per week). StarSomething (http://starsomething.keenspace.com updates Mondays) is made by the creators of RPG World and Antihero For Hire. I just think that since I plugged CRFH, I should plug these others, too. I've left out a couple, and I'll probably add them in over the next couple of days.

Never underestimate the power or skill of an amateur. You would be surprised how good they truly are.

"When Angels are forced out of heaven they become devils." - Vicious ~ Cowboy Bebop

I play the busy card again.

I have barely gotten a chance to sit down today. Stupid freaking Wal-Mart.

When I rule the world, remind me to kill Wal-Mart. Follow it to Hell. Then kill it again.

I've been reading a new web comic recently. "College Roomies from Hell." http://www.crfh.net Just for the sake of linking. It's really funny, but it seems to get a little dark recently. A good read, though. I recommend it!

Election Brouhaha:

Okay. I promised this. Kinda. Look, I hate it all as much as you do. Except for the people of you who don't hate it. I love it just as much as you. And whatnot.

The thing is, I do find funny little statistics in history amusing. No president has been up for reelection and lost during wartime. George W. Bush would have been the first if he did, but he actually managed to squeeze by with the majority of the electoral votes AND the majority of the popular vote. This is the first time for this to happen since his father, George H. W. Bush. Clinton and Younger Bush's first term both received a majority of the electoral vote, but not the majority of the popular vote. Actually, Clinton did have the plurality of the popular, but since Nader ran and the vote was split three ways, he had the most popular votes, just not over 50%. So this freakishly close election actually was not that close. If you want to look at it in that light.

More freaky retarded little statistics in history: George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush are the second father/son thing to achieve the presidency. The first was John Adams (second president) and his son, John Quincy Adams (sixth president). Both John and JQ only served one term. The elder Bush only served one term. Of these four, Dubya was the first to get reelected. Also, notice how the fathers had the same names as their sons. Interesting, eh?

Do I support Bush? Do I wish Kerry was elected instead? It's not my place to force my beliefs on you. So I'll just tell you what I think and be done with it. If you agree, so be it. If you don't, so be it. I'm very laissez-faire, laid-back about this whole thing. Which, coincidentally speaking, is my general political belief. I have faith in the individual. I don't like conglomerations of society. I think that government is, by and large, a huge dastardly necessary evil. I think it should be kept as small as possible while still maintaining its general function. I think that it has grown far too large under both Democratic and Republican control.

Yep, I'm a Libertarian. Crazy me. I'll never get a president. I've come to grips with that fact. BUT ... that means I have to look selectively at both candidates at election time and decide which one I believes will be best for the job.

Personally, I think Bush will do the best for the next four years. There's a reason why a president has never lost reelection in wartime. It's because he generally knows what is going on, and knows how to handle what has been happening, whether he got us into it or if someone else pulled us in. They have the background experience necessary in leading us through with as little harm or foul as possible.

Sometimes, I wonder what would have happened if Al Gore was elected President instead of W four years ago. How would he have reacted to the terrosit attacks on September 11th, 2001? And would he have retaliated in Afghanistan against the Taliban? Would Osama Bin Laden be found already? Would he have acted on evidently fraudulent information about Iraq making weapons of mass destruction? Would he have invaded Iraq?

Yay for what-ifs.

I promise. More light stuff next time. Daily angst rather than strange, introverted reflection.

"No, I started it, years ago, in a moment of passion. And I'm going to end it the same way, right now!" - Dr. Venture ~ Venture Bros.

Believe me, I'm still updating.

I just have been really busy/sick recently.

Excuses. No one believes them. But I honestly, really, really have.

I got X-Men Legends last week. I've been playing that a bit, which is another reason why I haven't updated. It's a cool game. Yay for mutant powers. I wish I had some. I could teleport or fly or whatever. Yeah, would be cool ...

Screw Halloween. I realize I should do some wonderful insightful and whatever else-ful post about it. But I won't. I'm just too tired and too not-feeling-well.

The presidential election was yesterday. And sort of today, too. I'm honestly not feeling up to some long post right now, but I swear I -will- write about the election. I don't think it pays to be evangelical, and I don't believe in forcing my ideology (of any kind!) on other people, but I do think that this is something noteworthy enough to give some significant mention in here. Especially after the fact, when it can't "influence" people and whatnot.

Anyway. Not feeling good. Eating. Sleeping. Recovering.

"Ah yes... the good little boy who loves dangerous toys! How could I forget?" - Dr. Chang ~ Teen Titans

I've been busy these past couple of days. That's why I haven't been updating.

Psychology exam on Tuesday and a History quiz on Thursday (a week from today). Had to read a lot. Yay reading! If there's one thing I like more than studying, it's more studying! So I've done a lot of that. A -lot- of that.

Biology, by the by, sucks a nut. Big fat nut. I'm going through calculating my grades to figure out the bare minimums I need to make in order to get a D in the class. That's really sad. I've never had to do that before. I'm going to go have a talk with the professor next week to see if there's something wrong with the way I'm studying or something.

... I know all my friends in high school don't believe me. They're all thinking "Andrew? Study!? Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Hahahahahahahahaha."

"Hahahaha."

To which I say: Screw you! I -am- studying! It's just not helping any at all.

Amber's slightly stressed herself. She's writing an essay and having difficulty. The prof is being a real jerk about it too, evidently, so ... We've both been haggard lately.

Oh, hey. Anyone seen commercials for a game called "X-Men Legends?" I think it looks awesome. It's been out for a couple weeks ... available on XBox, PS2, and GCN. I'll probably be buying it either tomorrow or sometime this weekend and playing it off and on to give some relief on studying. I'll be sure to spatter my thoughts on the game in here. Not that you guys care, eh?

I'm still trying to figure out what anime I should buy from Amazon with my gift certificate. I have 75$ to spend, and just can't figure out which series I should splurge on. For those of you that don't speak anime DVD ... that's probably someone between 3 and 4 DVDs. I'm trying to figure out if I should work on Samurai Deeper Kyo or s-CRY-ed or a combination of Please Teacher! and Haibane Renmei. Which to do, which to do?

Anyway ... to conclude. One of the fun little things (ha!) I've decided to add is a random quote at the bottom of my post. It'll be just some random amusing quote I've heard from some tv show, anime, video game, around on campus, etc. You'll get a feel for it tonight! Yay for new and exciting things! ... right ... ?

Tchao!

"I ask for rich guy stuff and you give me shiny pebble?!" - Doctor Zoidberg ~ Futurama

Yeah, I realize you all think I abandoned this once again.

But I didn't. I've just been really, really busy.

But I guess that's what happens when you fly over 1,000 miles to be with the your most favorite person in the whole world. I swear I'm not going to get mooshy on you, though.

Amber and I did everything we planned on doing. That basically means we went to the Haunted House and to Cedar Point. I did, however, start feeling a little ill after riding a few coasters. I guess I'm just not used to it. My head was a little rattled around from all the bouncing and jerking. Of course, it was my first visit to Ohio and my first time to see any of the Great Lakes, so that's always a plus. I guess. Or something.

It started to rain some during the day. A few of the rides got shut down because of it, but I didn't care too much. Amber, however, started to cry because she wanted it to be perfect. Practically broke my heart ... I mean, whenever we get together, we want it to be perfect for each other, but we don't demand it or anything. Seeing her cry because of that was positively crushing. Made me really sad.

Sunday morning, of course, we played video games. We usually play interspersed throughout the trip, but we had so much road time for this vacation that we didn't have enough time for video games. So Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance it was. We played for several hours and finally completed the second stage. Yay for new items to buy. We had maxed out all our equipment in the second stage, so once we fought our way to the new merchant, we could finally get some upgrades. Woo!

And here I am ... sleep-deprived and slightly out of it. Desperately wanting to be back in Indiana, or perhaps Ohio. That would work, too.

I'm thinking about making some kind of standard format for this thing ... you know, commonly-appearing things on the blog that would be fun, amusing, or maybe just retarded.

Knowing me, it would be all three.

On that note, it's time for lunch. Woo yeah!

Tchao!

Well, the good news is that I think I almost learned all of biology. The bad news was that I didn't quite learn it all.

I took that Bio exam today. It was an awful lot like swinging ice picks directly at your eyes. It's strange. I -swear- that some of that stuff isn't covered either in the book or in the lectures. Here's hoping I get a better grade than I got in the last one, though. Not that it would be hard to get a better grade than that.

CSI is a pretty cool show. I watch two episodes of it every weekday. Fun stuff. I recognize most of the episodes because I would watch the show nightly in years past ... but I dunno what time it's on any more or any of that. But totally cool.

Anyhoo, I have a math exam tomorrow. That's totally sucky. But at least not as much as Biology.

So now I have two days off of my list ... only a few more to struggle through. Then the rest are easy. Then the last one is a bit of a struggle again. But that's usually the case, isn't it? Regardless, I'm a bit hungry, seeing howas it's almost 8:00 ... I'm going to go get a sandwich from The Common Denominator downstairs. Yay for cheap food.

So my schedule for this week:
Monday -- Learn all of Biology ::PARTIAL CHECK::
Tuesday -- Review for Math ::CHECK::
Wednesday -- Pack and Clean Up
Thursday -- Try not to get lost in Madisonville
Friday -- Make it to the airport in time, don't wet myself at the haunted house
Saturday -- Don't throw up on a roller coaster
Sunday -- Don't get left in Indiana, make it back in time for some actual sleep, try not to get lost in Madisonville again

Tchao!

Ha. I completely forgot about Aggie Bowl, the Texas A&M Quiz Bowl tournament. It was yesterday. Friday night my friend Joseph is like "Hey, you gonna help staff Aggie Bowl?" And I'm all "Huh?" So I was coerced into going along like a good little freshman.

I woke up at six freakin' thirty in the morning. I didn't even know there -was- a 6:30! The earliest I wake up for school is 10:15 on Tues-Thurs and somewhere between 11:30 and 12:30 on MWF. 6:30 is like ... Satan's hour. But I got up anyway, quickly pulled on some semi-dressy clothes, put on a tie, and stumbled down four flights of stairs for Joseph to wisk me off to the Wehner Building in West Campus.

After my arrival, they start tallying through all the staffers who showed up. We planned on having 12 staffers read through the questions so we could have twelve rooms going on at once. That way it doesn't take forever. Any left-over people would be scorekeepers. Yay for me being a scorekeeper! But wait ... what's that? We had about five people less than what we intended actually show up? Dangit ... Now I have to read. And I've never read before. And my forté is Whiz Quiz, not Quiz Bowl. I don't accurately understand all the rules. But that's okay; I can learn AS I DO IT IN A REAL LIVE CONTEST. Woohoo! Nothing like pressure to make the stress easier to bear, right? Right?!

Well, I didn't screw up too much. But I am utterly exhausted. Oh well.

You know the subject of Biology? Yeah, I have to learn all of it by Tuesday. Yes, -all- of the subject of Biology. My teacher sucks at actually teaching anything, but he gives good, hard tests. Yay for even more stress and pressure.

I did, however, just finish taking a math quiz. We're give 5 chances to take it, and each chance has a time limit of one hour. I finished the math quiz in under 15 minutes and I got 100% correct. That's pretty good, in case you didn't know. Which makes me feel a lot better about the math exam on Wednesday.

So my schedule for this week:
Monday -- Learn all of Biology
Tuesday -- Review for Math
Wednesday -- Pack and Clean Up
Thursday -- Try not to get lost in Madisonville
Friday -- Make it to the airport in time, don't wet myself at the haunted house
Saturday -- Don't throw up on a roller coaster
Sunday -- Don't get left in Indiana, make it back to school in time for some actual sleep, try not to get lost in Madisonville again

I'll try to keep the blog updated with my status on this schedule and goals and such.

Tchao!

I know. My New Year's Resolution was to update this blogger more. And what do I do? Neglect it for ten months. Hey, not everyone has the style and finesse I do!

... I'm not sure what that was supposed to mean.

Well, this is sort of my attempt at ... [shrug] I guess a way of killing time while in college. It's funny, you see. I always thought that, once I got into college, I would be so totally busy, I'd hardly ever have time to sit at the comp. But really, I do it much more than I ever did in high school. Funny how life works.

So, I'll probably be blogging more. Blame my friend Allison if you must. She's required to blog as a part of her job, and so ... she does! And it sort of inspired me. Or something. Hopefully, this will help me organize my thoughts and whatever other positive benefits there are to pouring out personal information to everyone on the internet.

Then again, everyone on the internet wouldn't WANT to read this blog. In fact, I imagine only about three of them would.

Yes, I'm that boring!

Anyway ... today would be a Friday. A week from today, I'll be in Indiana again. Yep, for the same reason! My dear girlfriend, Amber, is attending college up there whilst I am going to Texas A&M University. Fun stuff, neh? I will land in Ft. Wayne International Airport at 1:33 PM, so I will have been with her for about an hour and a half. We plan on going to Cedar Point, in Sandusky, Ohio ... it's the very first amusement park ever. And also it's one of the most highly acclaimed and popular one. I hope I enjoy that ... the last park I went to was Disney Land in Anaheim, California ... which is a really lame theme park. So I hope I don't chicken out when I go on a REAL roller coaster. How many of you out there have ever thrown up on your girlfriend? I certainly don't know what I'd do to get myself in her good graces after that, so here's hoping I hold my lunch.

Oh, another fun thing we're planning on doing ... a haunted house! She's never been to one, and the last time I went to one was in fifth grade. We did two back-to-back and well ... the first one made my pants damper, but the second one was boring. I'm hoping for an in-between here ... hopefully that'll be scary enough to not have us go to sleep, but not so scary that I have nightmares for a week or something. I never was good at those horror movies ... ...

Okay, a commercial keeps coming on tv ... for a video game called "Conflict Vietnam" or something. They play a song called "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones. Totally, totally sweet song. Each time the commercial comes on, I have to sing along with it. Really amazing how well songs can connect with you sometimes. Ah, well. I'm not sure why it does, but it manages to just wrap me up within it and ... it's ... just amazing, really. Ah well.

I've been in college for almost two months now. Two months! And still I haven't consumed a drop of alcohol or attending a single party. Actually, I take that back. A week ago today I had a "birthday party" with my friends. We went to Cheddar's, had some dinner, and then went to play some basketball. Not exactly the wild stereotypical college party, hm? But besides this one exception, I haven't gone to any parties.

I am, though, sort of invited to a party tonight. A friend of my suitemate invited me to her birthday party. I'm not exactly sure what her connection is to my suitemate, whether it be good friends or they're going out or ... whatever ...

... hey, that commercial's on again ... !

Anyway, I've been typing for long enough now. Almost twenty freakin' minutes. I seriously will try to update this on a semi-reasonable schedule, guys. =)

Welcome, one and all. It's a new year.

New Year! Yay! [throws confetti and blows one of those little party favors thingies]

Exciting!

I still haven'tc ome up with any decent New Years resolutions. Besides some of the obvious retarded stuff like "Go to college" and "Graduate," etc. But that's probably because I haven't really sat down and focused on coming up with some decent resolutions. One of the ones I have thought up is that I'm going to maintain this blog, though. So here I am, trying to not be a lazy bum. Sort of.

I got to see Amber again over Christmas Break. That was actually a lotta fun, minus the circumstances surrounding my trip to Indy.

I got some nice anime and stuff for Christmas. And a laptop! But unfortunately the laptop hasn't arrived. But when I do get it, it should inspire me to do better about updating this blog and stuff. At least, I hope so. And the anime's great! Unfortunately, I started three new series (Final Fantasy Unlimited, Please! Teacher, and s-CRY-ed) even though I had made it my goal to not start any new series until I had finished up old ones. So now I've got to try my hardest to complete three other series I've started but not finished. .hack//sign will probably be the easiest to complete. I only need one more DVD. After that, I have Noir, Samurai Deeper Kyo, and Full Metal Panic that all have three DVDs in my possession. I think SDK only has a total of six DVDs, whereas the others have seven, so I will probably finish that first. And then I'll have trouble between Noir and FMP because both series are soooo good. I'm not sure which I would want to complete first. On the plus side, though, Please! Teacher is a really short series, so I should be able to get that pretty fast. There's only four DVDs, and all have been released. I don't have to wait for releases like I do for Hack, SDK, FMP, and Noir.

Wow, I did a lot of rambling about anime, huh? Oh well.

Merry New Years, all!!