Thanksgiving was pretty good. Lots of food made by dad, including some cookies and pumpkin pies that i "helped" with. Turkey and ham was good, and will be feeding us for the next week or so. We gave calvin and sam some too, but calvin got a stomach ache. I guess he doesnt like turkey that much.

Got to see Jon and Jen at In n Out on wednesday too. Seems like we eat there a lot. Jon drove Jen to her new apartment up in escondido, then came back to my place where we played lots of smackdown with raymond. Incredibly funny stuff happened, too much for me to talk about now.

Yesterday me and derek met up with jon and friends for some flag football at canyonside. I had 3 catches with a td!! Whooo!! The Chargers will be calling me up any day now, especially since i double as a defensive back also, holding derek to one catch all day (the last play of the game!). Eric showed up too, and we eventually got milkshakes at jack in the box.

So now week 10 is here, which means studying for finals for the next 2 weeks, which wont be much fun. Of course, that also means that winter break is just over the horizon. Yay.

"Is this stuff anything i should be careful with?"
"That's sterile deionized water. Just about the least dangerous thing in this lab."

Well, its been 2 weeks since my last update. You can blame a ten page essay and lots of midterms for the lack of freetime lately, but now that things have settled down for a bit, its time to get to all the great things i've been meaning to share with everyone. Of course, i've forgotten most of the good stuff, but oh well.

So i finally got a job a few weeks back. Its in a lab over at Pacific Hall, which is kinda cool since i always thought that Pacific was a pretty cool looking building. My job is pretty much to wash everything that needs washing, and sterilize them, and just about all the other little things nobody else wants to do. Its pretty cool though, and all the lab members are good people. My well toned dish washing skills are unused, however, since the washing is mainly done by machine. You might think that this would be a good break, except for the fact that the machine works by basically shooting water up at the glass, which just sits on these little prongs. So, all the beakers and other light stuff tend to fly off and shatter, which requires you to jam everything in nice and tight, which takes longer than you might think. It also takes a bit of skill in itself, as i ended up breaking at least 6 or 7 glasses on my 2nd day. Whoops.

I seriously forget all the other great and profound things that i was going to talk about, so instead ill just mention that i had a dream the other day that we were all going to go camping, and derek, vic, raymond, eric, jon, and all you other guys were waiting up in the mountains, except that i was at ucsd which for some reason had become some sort of snowy town where i was waiting for the loop shuttle, and jen who was doing something i dont remember, and then i was going to come meet everyone except that i somehow got arrested and then ended up on a beach where i had to climb up a rocky hill that had something to do with eddie murphy. I cant really remember what else happened.

"Have you ever had a dream, Neo, you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream?"

Friday saw the Matrix!! Yay. Better than everyone said it was, although i thought it could have used more matrix battles. Also, for the entire movie i thought that locke was captain malfoy (or whatever his name was) and vice versa. Heh. Afterwards me, vic, jon, and raymond played some 4 way smackdown, which happens to be the greatest video game ever. Vic enjoyed hitting people with chairs, jon enjoyed pounding the buttons, and raymond . . . did a lot of stuff. I kept falling off the cage.

Yesterday was the induction ceremony for NSCS. Chang was there. It kinda reminded me of the NHS ceremony 3 years ago (!!!) except without any food, and with fewer people i knew. Afterwards we ate at the new ERC caffeteria, cafe de las ventanas or something like that. Also got to see chang's apartment, and, after driving him home, his really big house in rb. It was really big.


Mike's Top Ten Alltime Favorite Movies
4. Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Amazing. One of the greatest trilogies ever, these movies are truly something special. From the breathtaking landscapes, to the epic battles, to the great characters, everything about these movies are perfect. I dont think i really need to explain what makes these movies classic in every sense.
5. Terminator 2
6. Pixar Movies
7. The Matrix
8. James Bond
9. X2
10. The Mummy Returns

I was glad that i decided to stay at school and study with mario last night, because we were able to get into revelle's meet the provost thing. LOTS of free ice cream and pie and coffee and bottled water!!! WAHOO!! Great ice cream. Excellent pie. They should have meet the provosts more often.

Matrix today!!! It is the final chapter of one of the greatest trilogies of our generation, the likes of which have not been seen since back to the future ended. This is the return of the jedi of our time, so enjoy the moment!! Until Return of the King of course. (Lets just hope Agent Smith doesnt take off his sunglasses and tell Neo that he's his father).

"It ends tonight."

Another Halloween come and gone. Thankfully this year saw the return of Raymond's Haunted Garage, or as raymond put it; more of a haunted porch. But it was all fun anyway. Highlights of the night include Dr. No, knocking down the ghost light while raymond's dad took pictures, and hidnig behind the hanging guy and making it wave at people. Well, i guess you had to be there.