Wow, that one dude on jeopardy won again (19 days).

So I went food shopping with my dad over the weekend, since he always goes alone and this was the first weekend in a long time I havent had any studying to catch up on. The result? Cheetos, soda, and a krispy kreme donut for breakfast. Yeah, I dont think I should go food shopping anymore.

Wow, that one dude on jeopardy won again. Ok, so nobody watches jeopardy but old retired people, but this guy's been champion for 18 straight days or some such ridiculous number. He's won like $600,000. What!!!

I got to drive down to Hillcrest for the UCSD healtcare volunteer orientation. Fun stuff, and I'm actually really looking forward to volunteering at the hospital. The thing that sucked was that they had the clever idea of letting the people in the first row sign up for interviews first, and then go through each row backwards. All this after I sat in the 7th row. !@$!! So i dont even interview for 2 weeks, which means itll be a short while before i get to actually see some volunteer action. What also sucks is i have to drive down there again and park in their $3.00 lot that they dont validate. !#%!#@$!

Amazingly, sitting next to me during the orientation was noneother than Nan herself!! Which reminds me of all the other random people i've run into this week. Eileen payoyo at church, tammie at the fair, jocelyn at revelle orientation, this one pretty girl from my BILD 1 class at chipotles, and a few others i've forgotten. So many people and i havent even gone to costco yet!!

Currently listening to: Jay Z, and Maroon 5 cuz i just saw them
Cheesy song of the week!!! S Club 7 - Never Had A Dream Come True

So i've pretty much gotten used to my dogs going bark crazy over nothing, but yesterday it turns out that they were barking at a baby bird laying outside their door. It seemed to be hurt and couldn't fly, so we brought it in and allowed it to dorm in a shoebox. I was actually thinking it would be cool to have a pet bird. Which reminds me of the time i thought it would have been cool to have a mouse for a pet right before i broke its neck with a wooden stick. No no, dont worry, the mouse only get hurt cuz he was stealing my cinnamon toast crunch, the bird will be well taken care of. At least until my dad decides to leave him outside to be retrieved by the other bird peeps.

Me and jon went to go visit the fair again yesterday, which was pretty fun despite having to wait an hour and a half for his friends. We scoured almost all the shops, with jon looking for a cowboy hat. He found a couple he liked, including one made 100% out of paper, but didnt end up getting one. We got to see maroon 5 perform, which was pretty cool. They were the first band i've seen perform at del mar since tom jones. Good stuff.

Afterwards jon showed me where he works, which was really cool looking. It reminded me of cyberdine systems from T2, and made me feel bad about how unclean and funny smelling my lab is. There were also a couple of guys still working there at 10:30 at night, which is kinda freaky.

Speaking of my lab, we also had a mini going away luncheon for one of the guys who is leaving. Free pizza and soda!!! Take that jon and his automatic coffee / tea maker and soda dispenser and 30 cent candy bars and elevators that are really high tech!!

Yay for summer!!!

Currently listening to: that really old song by 3lw. Dont laugh at me.

It feels great having so much free time, so here comes a bunch of random stuff.

Wow, i really cant remember what i did last weekend. Must be from the shock of finishing finals. I guess i didnt really do anything. Went to the beach with derek and his friend on tuesday, where i missed the really cool earthquake cuz i was in the water when it happened. Tried boogie boarding again, and still failed to catch any waves. Fun stuff though. Went jogging downtown with vic today, and also stopped by fashion valley where i got a hat for dad.

Afterwards me and derek visited good old mt carmel to see the end of graduation. The security guard was really cool and let us in without a ticket. We caught the very end of the ceremony, just in time for the mad rush onto the field. Applying our amazing skills of tracking, we happenend to randomly stumble upon eupheme who was being mobbed by about 20 people taking pictures. Me and derek got into 1 pic, where i think i was moving my mouth like i was chewing right when it was taken. Afterwards we wandered into the gym to check out the set up for grad nite, which looked nice, and actually a lot like ours. The rest of the school didnt seem to have changed much, except that they got rid of a bunch of those trailers out back. No, not the APEC room!!!!

"I think he's a very stressed dog." -mom, referring to calvin. Stressed? He eats, sleeps, and smells grass all day!! And he's got a kind and loving guy like me to come running whenever he starts whining. Let him take some ochem courses, and then we'll see who's stressed. (What's the product of an Aldol Condensation?...ruff ruff ruff...brilliant!!)

It is over. *falls over and dies from exhaustion*

*gets up so he can update his blog*

Finally, this year is down the drain and gone forever. I'm glad finals are over, despite the fact that they killed me with death coil and then cast animate dead on me. This year was tough, but as always there were many things learned and new experiences to remember, and the memories are always worth keeping around. (especially if you have a handy dandy blog!)

"Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down
These memories are playing like a film without sound"

Ahh! Why isn't this week over yet. Blah. One last final tomorrow morning at 8am, followed by catching up on a week's worth of work at the lab, then grading bio finals for ~4 hours. Gosh i wish this year was over.

Which would mean college is halfway through. Whoa. Can you believe graduation was 2 years ago?? Freaky.

Also, turns out the guy who emailed me asking for all my handouts from the quarter cuz i was such a great TA, actually emailed all the TA's asking for all their handouts. Monkey head.

So i held my final office hour yesterday, planning on sleeping in geisel before ochem lecture. Out of nowhere, 5 people show up and start asking me to share my multifaceted anthology of BILD 1 knowledge. I felt so loved!! I also learned that a good way to avoid answering questions that you dont know the answer to is to keep saying "So I saw 14 pages of the final" every 5 minutes. And, now i've got 5 people to send my handouts to, so my lecture outlines are forsaken no more, but rather loved and cherished.

My boss also took me and a few of the other lab peoples to lunch today. I learned two things about Randy; he's actually a really funny guy to talk to, and he's also a scary driver. Food was good though, and you cant complain when its free.

"I remember stormy weather
The way the sky looks when its cold
And you were with me
Content with walking
So unaware of the world"

I dont have any time to play warcraft 3 on my awesome new computer because finals are next week!! *hands clenched, fist shaking at the air* NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

My last section is also today!! Whoo! I'll bet tons of people will show up, totally amazed by my TA'ing skills. There will be people crowding on the floor, others trying to just shove their way through the door, thinking "if only i'd come to this section since week 1, i'd be a BILD 1 professor by now!". Also got to demo the final, which was fun. Luckily, i didnt blatantly miss any obvious questions that TAs are expected to know, cuz if the professor found out that i have no idea how glycosylation works . . . well, that would be a bad thing.

On a lighter note, i tossed this roundish dog treat to calvin and he missed it, and it started rolling away as he chased after it. I thought it was funny. So would you if you saw it. Yes you would. Shut up.

Allright, i think i'm gonna go play warcraft 3 now . . . wait, i cant because finals are next week!! *falls to knees, hands covering face* NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

"Hand me the world on a silver platter
And what good would it be?"