Wednesday, March 9, 2005

   Paranoid of Every Sound
So, here I am once again, ready to impart some news upon you all. Specifically, I’m doing really well in my classes; isn’t that cool? I got a 107 on my last math test. Can you believe that? In a math test. That’s so awesome, it’s uber-awesome. I might just have to invent a new word to describe how awesome that is.

In my Marine Bio class, I’ve got to do a presentation on octopus intelligence. (Chances are, octopuses are smarter than at least one person you know.) I’m not going to start until the books I ordered from the library come in, though.

In my leadership class, things are coming along swimmingly, even though the class is still a waste of time. My group and I went to an assisted living facility last Friday and helped out.

What no one told me until we got there was that this facility helped folks with Alzheimer’s. That created a drastically different environment that the one I expected, believe you me. I met this man who was a US Marine in WWII, and it kind of upset me that after dedicating his life to his country, this was how he ended up. On the whole, it was a humbling experience.

We need to go back, but we’re not sure when, yet. And I volunteered to create the slide-show presentation we’ll give the class. My octopus presentation is really just a prototype for this more important presentation, because I’ll be learning all of the best Powerpoint tricks beforehand. It will be the Mother of All Slide Shows.

Ahem. In other news, I turned in an application to the Eddie Baur clothing store in the mall, because the mall has flexible hours, and I’d rather smell like new clothes than sour milk and espresso at the end of a work shift.

Ring II is coming out…this weekend, I think. I never saw the original, so I ordered it from the library, because Julia loved it. I need to watch the first before I can ask her if she wants to go see the second one with me. Yes, it’s an evil plan. What’s your point?

My Spring Break starts on Friday, but I have no plans; I’ll just be working and studying. As Dib said, “Man, I’m boring!”

Now, the most important update: My father’s retirement ceremony from the Army is this Friday; he’s been in the military since 1982. It’s going to be a large, possibly emotional event. My Grandpa is driving down for the event.

I have some feelings about it, but really, I’m not the kind of person who shares my feelings. Anyway, my dad’s currently looking at several different job offers, and generally weighing his options. I think that’s cool.

I must be going, but I hope to leave less time between updates in the future.

Thought of the moment: The new Yu-Gi-Oh! Set is out!

Quote of the moment: “I don’t wanna’! I bet he doesn’t even brush his teeth!” –Kon, “Bleach”

Song of the moment:

"Vermillion, Part II", Slipknot

She seemed dressed in all of me, stretched across my shame.
All the torment and the pain
Leaked through and covered me
I'd do anything to have her to myself
Just to have her for myself
Now I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do when she
makes me sad.

She is everything to me
The unrequited dream
A song that no one sings
The unattainable, Shes a myth that I have to believe in
All I need to make it real is one more reason
I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do when she makes
me sad.

But I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me

A catch in my throat choke
Torn into pieces
I won't, nO!
I don't wanna be this...

But I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me

She isn't real
I can't make her real
She isn't real
I can't make her real

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