"Please come now I think I'm falling
I'm holding on to all I think is safe
It seems I found the road to nowhere
And I'm trying to escape
I yelled back when I heard thunder
But I'm down to one last breath"

Happy Halloween. Wow, I can't believe October is over already.

Had lunch with raza at ocean view today. Good food for a pretty decent price, plus a view of the ocean. I missed the pumpkin drop at muir though. Oh well.

Now here's something a little out of the ordinary. I was over at liz's place for a bit, when she made me pick out clothes for her to wear so she could impress this guy she likes. Geez. I'm the guy who practically wears the same 5 outfits every week in the same order every week. (Well, not anymore, since i've pointed it out). And i dont think ive ever looked through a closet of tank tops before either. Anyway . . .

"I'm looking down not that it's over
Reflecting on all of my mistakes
I thought I found the road to somewhere
Somewhere in His grace
I cried out Heaven save me
But I'm down to one last breath"

Gosh, why can't we all be happy. Seems like everyone is having love problems nowadays. Thats never fun. They say the time it takes you to get over someone is the same as the amount of time you were together. Is that true? Hmm. The worst part is listening to someone and not being able to do anything to help. I can't even help myself for that matter. *sigh*

I posted my bio on my other site if u havent already noticed. Very important stuff.

Okay, time to go eat the candy before the kids start to show up.

"Sad eyes follow me
But I still believe there's something left for me"

A description of yours truly, according to a psych quiz provided by vic. The weird part is that its actually decently accurate (some of it) . . .

"you are a cheerful, optimistic person. emotionally grounded
and outwardly friendly, there isn't a soul that wouldn't trade
places with you

but there is a dark side

as the sky opens up and unleashes its fury, so does your
temper. luckily, it is tempered with a kind, loving, nurturing soul.

your love ranges from the passion of beethoven to the
intricate beauty of mozart.

your relationship is based on an enduring trust and classical
balance that helps your rise to the highest level of
understanding and passion.

revealing a disciplined personality where multiple friends and
family are of utmost importance to your psyche.

you are one who strives to display affection without syrupy
sentiment manifesting emotion in a cool, detached manner."

"My normal hesitation is gone
And I really gravitate to your will
Are you here to fetch me out
Cause I've never had this taste in my mouth"

Lets see. This weekend I drove over to Liz's place cuz she wanted to play badminton. We stopped by utc to eat, and she tried on some kid sized clothes. Very interesting. Then we went over to the muir gym where some guys were fencing, but we couldnt get any nets so we just played on the tennis court. Fun fun fun. Then we went back to her place and watched half of lion king, which is still a great movie.

I added a bio page to my other web site. It isnt anything special, but it gave me something to do and hopefully itll be at least kinda interesting. What i really need is a scanner so i can put in all my cool pictures. Maybe over the three day weekend thats coming up i can use someones. That way people might actually have a reason to visit my site.

Raza has a dorm now. How cool. It has a really nice layout with a big lounge and an AWESOME view of the ocean. Pretty good stuff.

Wow, October is coming to a close pretty soon. Its kinda weird to think that the quarter is almost half over. Where does all the time go.

"In every cloud, in every tree- filling the air at night . . ."

"The stands in your eyes that color them wonderful
Stop me and steal my breath
Emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky
Never revealing their depth"

I'm working on a bio page to add to my other site. It doesnt serve much of a purpose other than to give me something to add. So look for that sometime this weekend.

Extra points for jocelyn. Wow, i really didnt think anyone would get that. Nicely done. Now you have to tell me how you knew that (too much sparknotes?). Good old Dorian Grey.

Thank goodness the weekend is almost here. Essays are written and mid terms are taken. Lets do something fun.

The week is halfway through, which means half of my stuff is out of the way. Essays are done, and now its time for two mid terms. Calc is in a matter of hours, so i should probably be studying for that instead of posting here. Oh well.

I changed my little description on the top left cuz the old one was starting to annoy me. This one isnt all that great either so ill probably change it sometime too.

I havent updated my other site in a long while, so look for something new in the near or not so near future. (If nothing changes this weekend, its probably not going to change for a long while)

"It has been said that the great events of the world take place in the brain. It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also." (extra points if you know where this came from!)

"Charger fans and Raider fans actually have a lot in common. Charger fans like to ride waves, Raider fans like crime waves"

San Diego Chargers: 27
Oakland Raiders: 21

Theres nothing better than the Chargers beating the raiders in oakland in front of all their criminally insane fans.

Chargers: 6-1 >>> First place

"If you show up to the raiders stadium looking like youre from this planet, theyll know youre rooting for the other team"

Its friday morning, and once again i come to you live from the wonderful geisel library at ucsd.

This weekend is packed with fun and exciting stuff. First of all theres a lit essay i have to write, and if i havent stressed it enough its worth 25% of my grade. Youre probably wondering why i took literature in english in the first place, and i'd answer u but i dont think i will. Anyway, the prompt i chose is something funky like "anaylyze the hypothetical interpretation of canterbury tales as a dramatic work expressing the actual characters". ??? What i would give for good old ap english when all we had to do was talk about diction and not have to worry about oydna reading it. Bleh. And i have to worry about mr. russell crowe correcting it too. He hasnt given us anything about what he wants in the essay, except to say "NO opinions!". Okiedokie then.

Oh, and theres also 2 midterms coming up. Chem isnt till friday, so ive got all of thursday night / friday afternoon to study for it. Plus chem is easy. Calc is a bit more important, cuz its my first one. We have to go out and buy these blue books to take the test in. As if we dont spend enough money for school supplies.

K, off to class i go.

"The course of true love never did run smooth"

". . . so through disciplined and well-founded research, I found on the wall of a bathroom in muir . . ." -my literature prof. yes, the one who tried to rap canterbury tales.

Phew. Finally finished my four page essay for warren writing. Thank goodness. I've got plenty more where that came from to look forward to. Next week i've got the final draft of that essay due, a midterm in calc, another test in chem, and a 5 page essay worth 25% of my lit grade. And the chargers are playing the raiders.

“Though they are of monstrous shape, yet note, Their manners are more gentle, kind, than any of our human generation you shall find”

San Diego Chargers: 35
Kansas City Chiefs : 34

Chargers: 5-1 . . . The Chargers are in first place.

"Its not that I can't live without you
Its just that I don't even want to try
Every night I dream about you
Ever since the day we said goodbye
If I wasn't such a fool
Right now I'd be holding you
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
Baby if I only knew"

So here i am sitting in the geisel library with my first chem mid term in a few hours. But instead of studying, i think i'll update my blog. I'm not being irresponsible or lazy, i'm just thinking of all you people that look to Mike's Thought Cloud for entertainment and meaning (all 1 of you).

Yesterday writing was the usual. Which means i'd rather not talk about it cuz doing so would only make me annoyed at the fact that i am required to take it. Afterwards, met up with raza and he drove us down over to la jolla square to eat at chipoltes (spelling?). They make their burritos fast. Then went home to waste more time doing various things, knowing that i had the rest of the day to study. So at about 5:45 i finally sit down and start going through my practice chem test when liz calls me up and tells me that a friend of hers is taking her to some restaurant to meet a bunch of other freshman peeps. After a quick "discussion" with my mom, i drove down over, with liz telling me to "hurry! hurry!" over the phone. I finally get there so we head on down to the restaurant which was called el coyote or something like that, and everyone else is pretty much done eating. So me, liz, and her friend elaine eat by ourselves. The food was pretty good, it was almost exactly like rodrigos. Yay! It turns out elaine goes to the same church as chris cheng, which was cool. After, me and liz headed back to her apartment where i hung out for a bit and was reminded about how allergic i am to cats. Gah! Why cant everone just have dogs?? So after flipping through her yearbook and looking at her stash of nsync stuff, i felt like i had a cold so i headed on home to finish the practice test and get some sleep. Phew.

Now i have about 40 minutes before litereature, which theoretically is more than enough time to review the entire chapter. But instead i think ill type more stuff.

"The words to say
The road to take
To find a way back to your heart
What can I do
To get to you
And find a way back to your heart"

People are interesting. Some are complicated, some are easy to understand, but each has his or her own story.

"Hakuna Matata
What a wonderful phrase
Hakuna Matata
Aint no passing craze"

Nothing like singing lion king songs on aim to cheer us up.

"It means no worries
For the rest of your days
Its our problem free philosophy
Hakuna Matata"

"Happy Birthday" is the most often song sung in the world.

"Hello my friend we meet again
Its been a while where should we begin
Feels like forever
Within my heart are memories
Of perfect love that you gave to me"

My streak of hearing Underneath It All on the radio driving to and from school has ended at 10 days.

Okay, so my math section leader is a horrible teacher. Dont get me wrong, he seems like a nice enough guy, he's just terrible and teaching stuff. Ugh. Then i get to warren writing, where i find out that we were supposed to have 15 copies of our paper for the rest of the class. So me and half of everyone else head on to whatever that photocopying place is called and make a bunch of copies, then we took our time heading back. After class, i had to hang around a bit waiting for her to finish editing them. Guh.

Yesterday my 70 something year old lit professor tried to rap to canterbury tales. *Shudders*. Points for effort though.

"I can't remember the last time that we kissed goodbye
All our I love you's were just not enough to survive
Something your eyes never told me
But its only now too plain to see"

Got up bright and early this morning as always. Lit was the usual, although i'm starting to wonder about this essay thats gonna be due in about 2 weeks. He hasnt said anything about it, so i have no idea what i should be preparing for. Our grade in lit is basically essay 1, essay 2, attendance, and final. Oh well. Had lunch with chang and raza as usual, then me and raza hung out at changs dorm. I was doing some canterbury tales stuff on the internet and started downloading songs so that i wouldnt have to keep listening to the mchs orchestra. I started going crazy with the downloading cuz i was so amazed at the idea of downloading a song in less than a minute. Wowza. Then off the calc and chem which were the usual.

"I've been thinkin and here's what I've come to conclude
Sometimes the distance is more than two people can use
But how could I have known girl
It was time and that space you would need
Darling tonight I could hold you and you would know"

After that, called up liz and hung out at her apartment for a bit. Apartments are cool. I want one. She introduced me to her cats which made me sneeze a bunch. We also played some old school video games like the wild college kids that we are. I had to leave after a bit cuz she had a singing audition to go to, my mom called, and the cats were killing me. Fun fun fun.

Number of days in a row that i have heard Underneath It All on the radio either driving to or from ucsd: 10

Chargers: 4-1 They gotta lose sometime, right? Damn broncos.

"There's a light in your eyes that I used to see
And a place in your heart where I used to be
Was I wrong to assume that you were waiting for me
There's a light in your eyes
Did you leave that light burning for me?"

So lets see. This morning did the whole laundry and vacuuming deal, plus wrote some stuff for Warren Writing. Fun stuff. Then mom and dad took me and sis to eat at this japanese buffet, which was ok. Hey Jon! I had tiramisu, except thats not how u spell it! Haha. Yummy. Then played some pool with dad in miramar where some marines were having a unit party so we had to play on the last table in the back. I won all 4 games against my dad! Yay for me. That is a true accomplishment. As you can see, my powers are far beyond yours.

Number of days in a row that i have heard Underneath It All on the radio driving to and from ucsd: 9

5 things that make my day:
1. Getting a call from a friend
2. Reading something i can apply to my life
3. Spending time with someone cool
4. Meeting a new friend
5. Seeing the Chargers win

"Are you lonesome tonight?
Do you miss me tonight?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memo restrain
To a bright summer day
When I kissed you
And called you sweetheart?"

Oh, i finally talked with Liz again after a week and a half. So that was cool. She vented about some stuff which lead to the comment about what good friends dogs and cats make and me venting about some stuff too. Phew.

This question came up: Which is worse, saying something and wishing you hadn't, or saying nothing and wishing you had? Personally, i have made the 2nd mistake way too often during my many adventrues. Hmm, i wish i still had that comment thingie. Oh well.

My mom always warned me about the dangers of drinking. All the physical as well as mental problems that result from it. She always kept a tight watch on me, making sure that i never did. Then college started. And all the freedoms that came with it. All around me I saw it. In the dorms, walking to class, everywhere. I couldn't help my temptations, and i took a drink. Then I took another, and another, everyday since college started. I admit i felt a pang of guilt with each drink, but I couldnt help myself. With each drink the powers of addiction grew stronger, my taste for it became more insatiable. Then I realized what i had done. I had let my mom down, but more importantly i had let myself down. I was poisoning my mind, destroying my body. It was then that I made a pact with myself to be stronger. So from now on I will resist the temptations that face me everyday. I will not succumb to my desires for a taste, even a sip. Yes, I will be strong, I will succeed. Time to cut back on soda.

Would did you think i was talking about???

Ok, my ucsd email account seems to be peachy now, so feel free to write to it instead of my old prodigy one, since it takes like 2 hours to access it. I get like 10 emails a day on my ucsd one, all of which are about internships and the like. So send me something interesting to read!!

pimus@ucsd.edu

"There's treasure everywhere!"

"There's times when i want something more
Someone more like me
There's times when this dress rehearsal
Seems incomplete"

My streak of hearing Underneath it All on the radio every drive to and from school continues.

So it turns out warren writing isnt so horrible a class afterall. The teacher isnt nearly as mean or strict as she tried to trick us into thinking. And there are actually some pretty cool people in that class too. The reading still sucks though. We had to read this one article that went on for almost 30 pages to basically say that "Mexico is wonderful, americans are ignorant, and the united states is messing up mexico's economy". Of course, the main point of the article was that globalization of developing countries is bad. Oh, and in case i havent told this story before, ms. seniors (the teacher) took the first 5 or so minutes of the first class to tell us that lateness was totally unacceptable in her class, then promptly showed up late the next class. How funny.

So i'm watching the yankees play, and a totally strange and uncanny thing occurs to me. I dont hate the yankees anymore!! Incredible. Not that i root for them or anything, but i'm not like "What the heck?? Damn, i cant stand that guy. Stop cheating!!". But dont worry, i still hate the dodgers. Nothing will cleanse my soul of that. Same goes for the raiders.

"Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine, and valleys of frustration and failure." - Calvin, as in Calvin and Hobbes. Hey, so what if i get my philosophy out of a comic strip?

1/3 of my college life is driving and walking.

I wish i had more enlightening things to share, but i dont. Sorry, its thursday. Check back over the weekend.

"But you see the colors in me
Like no one else
And behind your dark glasses
You're something else"

This morning was my section (or discussion class) for literature. The section leader was pretty cool, he kinda reminded me of russell crowe. Hmm. He kinda had a tendency to lower his voice to a whisper while saying something important. I kinda do that sometimes too, which explains why people often are saying "what?" when i talk. Then off to the lit lecture which went okay. Afterwards got a free union tribune for the 3rd day in a row (theyre handing out free samples all week) and had lunch with chang and one of his suitemates. Chang, being the cool guy that he is, let me hang out in his dorm while he went off to class. I took that time to read this one article for writing. It was horribly long, and even more horribly boring. Bah!! Just so everyone knows, warren writing is a required class, otherwise there would be no chance in the world that i would be taking it. So i spent 2 hours bludging through it and deciding on its "main claim" and the "grounds" that it uses. Then off to calc, and right after to chem.

Way back when, i always thought that ucsd would be a school filled with nerds. Not that theres anything wrong with nerds, cuz i'm one too. Some of the best people i know are nerds. But it turns out ucsd is very much diverse. There are so many non nerds here that it almost feels like being back in high school again, except that everyone is supposedly smarter.

It turns out the shuttle that goes to the east parking lot where i park actually goes past it, to a parking lot a bit further down. And the walk from there to where i park is almost farther than just walking straight there. That explains why lot 702, which is farther from university center than lot 701, is more filled than 701.

"Life is unfair . . . but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?"