Monday, December 19, 2005

0° Feels like -14°

Which is worse, -4 feels like -4 or 0 feels like -14? I think 0 feels like -14 is worse. Even though it's technically warmer at 0 degrees, -14 is 10 more than -4, and that's a lot of degrees difference.

There's this little book that I gave to a friend of mine once - it's called The Little Black Book of Sex. I think everyone should read that book. It's really freaking funny and enjoyable. I just spent some time at Borders looking around and finding books to read over break. I decided upon some classics that just need to be read at some point including 1984 and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. While I was there I sat and read part of the little black book, and it was cracking me up. I loved it. I almost bought a copy of it for myself, but decided better of it. I may change my mind and go back over there tonight.

I am feeling quite anti-social. I am not going home until the 22nd now. I have to stay and get some stuff done for Panhel and Theta. Never a moment's rest in this life. I have sworn off my cell phone for a while. I just don't feel like interacting with anyone.

I don't want to be in public. I don't want to go to work, I don't want to go to the bars, I don't want to study at the library. I just want to be totally by myself and have no one know where I am or what I'm doing. That is what I am attempting for a couple days. We'll see how it goes over. So until then, adieu.

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Man Uggs

Ok, so what about Muggs? Are they okay? Are they not okay? This is how I choose to spend my time during finals week - debating the potentially unfortunate possibility of a dude wearing those furry boots around with, God forbid, his pant legs tucked into the tops of them. Hmm, an interesting sight, no? I have not yet had the pleasure of witnessing such a fascinating situation, however I look forward to the day it happens.

So it's 8:30 on Saturday morning and I am sitting at work - not studying, as I should be. Being a senior and all, and working at College Library, I have spent a lot of time in the CMC working on the Macs up there - as I myself do not [yet] have a Mac of my own. In the past 2 years, I have noticed a man. He is an interesting man - older than your typical college student - and Native American. He has files. Loads and loads of files, in manila folders. I am not sure what sort of student he is - law, medical, English? He is an attractive man, short, with dark skin and very very long straight black hair. He wears wire-framed rounded rectangular glasses and he always wears jeans and Nikes. Anyway, he is always in that damn computer lab! There is a Mac I like to sit at, kind of on its own little table, slightly removed from the rest of the computers. He always sits at the one next to it. We know each other, but we don't know each other. Anyway, I just saw the man. He walked into the library right past my desk carrying his manila folders full of who knows what, and up to the CMC he went, to set the folders down, and I bet I know exactly where he put them. Then he came back downstairs without his coat and went back outside. Probably next door to the Union to get some coffee or something.

Well this past week was basically hell for me. From Sunday night to Thursday morning, I got 15 total hours of sleep. I love finals. And by finals, I don't mean exams, because I only have one of those and it's not until Tuesday. I mean papers. Projects. French papers.... French research papers.... Ahhhhhhhh!!!! I knew it was going to be tough, but I didn't know it would make me want to stab myself in the eyes.... Ten pages of French research. Wow.

The pop guys are here. They have loads and loads of pop and juice and lemonade on little carts that they are going to put in the vending machines in the Open Book Cafe. Good to know the machines will be full later when I need some Mountain Dew.

So all I have left to do before I go back to beloved D-town is as follows: Write a 4-6 page French paper analyzing the idea of indentity in "Lettres d'Une Peruvienne" for French 321, Write five 2-4 page esaays answering the questions posed on my J646 take-home final, answer the five questions on my yoga take-home final, and study for my French 347 exam. I am totally done with J335 (sad!) and Golf I. I am planning on taking Golf II over the summer :)

Speaking of golf, for anyone who reads this stupid thing and didn't hear the news: I am officially an Editorial Intern at Wisconsin Golfer Magazine. Woo hoo! Gotta love those internships. I mentioned the brother in my cover letter, and I think Rick Pledl, my new boss, loved it. He also likes that I can make Web sites. Yay.

I think this is officially the longest I've ever written in here, so I am going to stop myself while I still can. I'm sure I'll get distracted again tomorrow and feel the need to write about something equally as ridiculous as the CMC manila folders man.

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

He was injured, injured bad...

First and foremost, make sure your volume is on and watch this. It's so cute and funny! http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=12874 (you have to copy and paste, but it's worth it).

Okay, so here's my story. I am essentially miserable. That's really the only way to describe my sentiments right now. I'm not depressed or anything like that, I just literally have no time for anything fun at all. I shouldn't even be typing this - I should be working on one of the 12 things I have due in the next 10 days. I really just have so much to do, it's killing me.

I am hoping that tonight after work I'll have a little time to chill out. If I study for my French quiz while I'm at work, I should be okay to slack off a little tonight. I can't believe it's already Wednesday afternoon. Where does the time go? It flies by so fast, I don't even know what happened.

I am getting mildly excited to go home for a while. Nine or ten days will be perfect - then back to Madison for some New Year's fun - an hour late, as promised :) It's true, the central time zone misses out. We have to watch a replay of the New York Celebration.

I can't wait until I am totally done with this semester. I am to the point of not really caring what the outcome is, I just want it to be over with so I can relax for two seconds. Well, now it's off to class. Peace