I dont know how it happens, but there's something about me and waking up in the morning. More specifically, i suck at it. I'm really not quite sure how i went through 4 years of high school without technically ever getting a tardy (i stress the word technically), but i suppose having first period off for 2 of those years helped. Needless to say, one of the perks of entering the life of college was the ability to select classes that allowed you to sleep in a bit. This year, my earliest classes are at 11 in the morning. So you would think it would be impossible to accidentally sleep through a class, right? Well, actually you're mostly right. But only mostly.

Yesterday, i managed to miss my 11 lit section. I didnt actually sleep through it, but something i little more odd happened. I half woke up about 8:45ish, and glancing at the clock quickly calculated in my head that i had a good 15 minutes left before i had to wake up, which would give me an hour to get ready and an hour to drive to ucsd and walk to class. Which would correspond perfectly to my 11:00 class. So i close my eyes for a little bit more, get up, take a shower, eat breakfast, get dressed, and grab my watch, wallet, keys, cell phone and glasses when i look at the clock and think "Ah, 11:00, i am perfectly on schedule to make my . . . 11:00 class . . . what the??". So after a bit of cursing and scratching of the head, i realized that when i dozed back to sleep at 8:45, i woke up at 10:00. Of course, my natural instinct was that i had woken up on the hour, which would be right on time according to my schedule. So of course i was an hour behind what i thought it was, so needless to say i missed an 11:00 class and was a little more than annoyed since it was the one section i have where attendance is taken. Anyway, the only point of this story is to demonstrate that i even 11:00 classes are too early for me.

Last night, i saw the Ring. Not only that, i saw it *gasp* at night! Even worse, i saw it *faints* alone! Yes, i saw what has been called the scariest movie in years alone and at night. Hee hee hee. Phew, that was probably the most fun i've had in the dark by myself in a while (don't even say it you sickos :P ). Anyway, i liked the movie a lot, although i really saw most of it as more of a suspenseful mystery than a horror (a good chunk of the middle portion at least). It was nice and freaky however, and showed me some of the most disturbing images since my 70 year old literature professor rapping. Good fun, and plenty creepy. Especially if youre alone and its at night.

You know chem lab is screwing up your mind when making easy mac makes you feel like youre performing an experiment.

This week has gone by fairly well. I started out with a bad cold in the beginning of the week, but its mostly gone now. The two midterms went ok, although i dont think i did as well as i wanted. But its all good. Yesterday was my first chem lab in which i didnt break anything, get behind, or otherwise screw something up. A whole experiment and a half!! So that put me in a fairly good mood.

I stopped by vic's former abode to drop off devil may cry, which his brother has been craving so much recently. Nobody answered when i rang the doorbell, so after calling up vic and asking for suggestions, i proceeded to kick the side fence down and trespass into his backyard. I was in the process of cleverly hiding it under a bench when his mom saw me and came out. So i just gave it to her and that was that. We should break into people's houses more often though.

Go here for a cheap thrill.

Wow, i really cant think of anything to post. So . . . i'll just say that there are less than 2 months of classes left before summer. Seriously, i cant believe we're this close to the end of the year already. The first two quarters went by so fast, and seem like so long ago. Phew.

I just watched the little mermaid for the first time in a long time last night, and was reminded of what a great movie it is. Therefore, we should all go to disneyland this summer.

Allright, sorry to torture you with possibly the lamest post in the history of lame posts. I guess all the late night lab write ups and midterms have drained all of my creative power. I'll do better next time!

Chem lab is no fun. It's drained all energy and inspiration i have for posting a really meaningful entry to my blog. Sorry guys. But its ok, because after tomorrow ill be done with this lab report, and i'll be free to study for my three midterms next week, which i'm sure will produce lots of interesting stories.

"The world is a complicated place Hobbes."
"Whenever it seems that way, I take a nap in a tree and wait for dinner."

I just finished reading The Awakening for literature class. It was actually pretty entertaining, and reminded me of the often elusive reason for why i decided to have lit as my program of concentration. It also makes me wish that i had chosen it as my junior paper all those years ago, instead of sister carrie which lost all interesting value after the first 250 freakin pages (which happened to be halfway through). But its all good. Except for the fact that the notorious ending of the awakening turns out to be among the most disappointing / unsatisfying endings i've read in a novel recently (which havent been many i suppose). Whats worse is that now i have to write an essay justifying an ending that i didnt agree with. But hey, it beats writing up chem lab reports. So sparknotes it is!

"Woman, my dear friend, is a very peculiar and delicate organism . . . And when ordinary fellows like you and me attempt to cope with their idiosyncrasies the result is bungling."

Quote of the moment: "I'm so booooooooored" -my chem lab TA during our experiment.

For those of you interested, it turns out that mt carmel's prom theme this year is A Moment Like This. Ah ha!! I called it way back in september! Yes I did. As soon as that song was on the radio i said "Now that would make an excellent prom theme". You can ask Reubens if you dont believe me.

Chem lab makes me go bleh. The write ups take forever and the experiments are a lot like AP chem. Ahhh the memories. At least i have a good partner(s). We just finished our first experiment and we're already "rechecking" our data. Bleh.

Oh yeah. Happy birthday Jon! You old man you. I think i'll have another piece of cake, in your honor of course :P

Mike is back in town after his 3rd trip to the san francisco area in the last 9 months. For those of you who dont know, i was up visiting family in order to attend a funeral. It was the first funeral i've ever been in, but thankfully everyone was still friendly and things werent nearly as depressing as i thought they were going to be. I got to catch up with family members, and got to experience some new things, including preparing a eulogy in 20 minutes and being a pall bearer.

Other than the funeral, the majority of my time was spent hanging around my relatives' house. I got a chance to watch some bootleg dvds, including daredevil and die another day (which had excellent quality by the way, cant say the same about daredevil) and played some games on my cousin's xbox.

One of the highlights of the trip was playing around on my cousin's guitar. She actually has 2, one of them being an electric, so i get to mess around on both of them. When of my many deep and dark secrets is that i actually took some guitar lessons way back in the day, but sadly i've pretty much forgotten most of what i learned. After a little bit of random strumming though, i got right back into the groove, and my cousin even taught me to play part of a song. That was good fun. Makes me wish i had time to learn a little bit. Maybe over the summer. Or . . . maybe right now instead of studying my essay since it turns out my dad has a guitar from his navy days!! Now all i have to do is tune it . . .

So yeah, i also have an essay due tuesday. Seems like i say that a lot these days. I actually got all my readings done during the drive, which i am quite proud of. So i'm already ahead considering how behind i am.

Speaking of the drive, me and the folks stopped by a burger king on the way back. The cashier was especially uninviting to us. The whole time we were giving our order she said one word to us and just kinda stared at us with a blank expression on her face. Made me miss all those annoyingly hyperactive and overly joyful waiters i havent appreciated. Of course, she was also kinda cute, and in the end thats all that really matters, right?

Padres: 3-4

"In an old Indian language, the word vegetarian translates to 'doesn't hunt well' ".

So because i'll be missing my lit discussion tomorrow morning, my professor asked me to attend the other discussion time, which was conveniently set at 8 in the morning yesterday. This of course destroys all the effort i put into setting up my schedule so that the earliest class i would have would be at 11 in the morning. But of course, its just one day, and i want to make a good impression so i decide to show up. Turns out that not only are there always hot girls in literature classes, but there are also hot girls in discussions that are early in the morning. So now i'm kinda bummed cuz all the hot girls are in the 8 am discussion, which probably leaves all the slacker guys in my regular one. Bleh.

Anyone hear of that movie house of a 1000 bodies, or some title like that? I cant believe anyone would let rob zombie direct a movie.

I got to do my first college level lab today! It was calorimetry!!! Whooooooo. Just like AP chem all over again. Ah, the memories. I do have to say that the carbon notebooks they make us use are possibly the most annoying things in the history of annoying things. It sucks when i forget to put in the cardboard and end up writing through 3 pages. GRRRRRR!!! Stupid carbon notebooks. And it sucks having to write hard just to make sure the stupid carbon copies too. Gah!

After much debate, i ended up going to a presentation on safety in the laboratory (we get tested in lab safety). It mostly consisted of such statements as "Don't trip over wires when carrying chemicals" and "Avoid spilling burning acid on your skin", all presented on a brilliantly designed powerpoint through a projector that made an image about the size of my computer. Needless to say, it was hard to see and kinda pointless. So i ended up leaving a little less than halfway through. But the Mandeville auditorium is kinda cool, so at least it wasnt a total waste.

My psych class is pretty interesting, and my professor is cool too. He did this presentation on conditioning and behaviorism (psych class 2nd semester senior year . . . ah the memories!!!) where he popped a whole bunch of balloons. Ok, so that doesnt sound so great, but watching a guy pop balloons can be pretty exciting compared to some of my other classes.

Well, i cant think of any more randomness to share. Ill be out of town this weekend, so excuse me for not updating the next 2 or 3 days. Later peoples.

Padres 1-3 !!

"There's a lake in Massachusetts called Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg . . . more commonly called Lake Webster".

Today i got to meet the rest of my professors for spring quarter, and they are pretty cool. I like my bio teacher a lot, so this quarter should be ok. Chem lab will definitely be a pain though. And the fact that i will have 2 finals on the same day this quarter kinda sucks too. It also seems that my midterms for bio, lit, and psch will happen basically all at the same time. Bleh.

I paid a visit to mario's dorm today. I accidentally went to the wrong building (they all look the same) and ended up walking into a suite with a pictue of a half naked guy on the wall. Turns out i had stumbled into a girls suite. Oops. Luckily, mario's dorm was in the building right next door, so i only had to walk up 4 flights of stairs twice.

I doubt any of you check my abandoned and forgotten other web site anymore, and i dont really blame you. I really really meant to update it over spring break and add some cool stuff, but it just never got done what with the recovering from horrible midterms and what have you. I did actually start some work on redesigning the friends page but stupid angelfire messed it up. Oh well. There are actually one or two new pictures, and a few little things change every now and then, so be sure to look around on occassion.