23.10.03

Every day's a good day for breakfast. Even if you're like me, and you make Cream of Wheat every morning, day in and day out, and you alway manage to make a mess in the microwave. Even then. It's good.

22.10.03

I rather like that chatterbox. Weasel weasel! Fantastic.

chem midterm tomorrow. it's late. Should go to bed. but, i've got laundry drying in south tower. plus, hey, not much is going down in the next 12 hours.... just german at 10:30 and then lunch with jfrey, so there will be plenty of time to sleep/study/whatever. I love making up my own hours of operation.

But we used to do experiments where you tested it. We decided to test the Theory of Relativity. Jeff got a torch and stood on his side of the room. Now Jeff, switch the torch on and shout ‘’go,’ and I will time how long it takes to see the light and the speed... Hold on, if you say ‘go,’ that’s speed of sound, and I would hear that after I’ve seen the light, so say ‘go’ slightly earlier, and you time how early you’ve… Oh, it’s a million miles an hour! I said a million billion… no one can tell! No one can run that fast! And mass… can you weigh the torch for the mass, please? Can you weigh it in a vacuum? Can you weigh it near a vacuum, then? You can weigh it near a vacuum cleaner, that’s great! 4.5 fluid ounces… And that is the energy in cat’s per squared ironing board… And so where are the batteries? Wallop, wallop, wallop…” Then you write it all in a project, and you put water on it, dry it off with a hairdryer and give it in. “It’s kind of blurry…” “Oh, it was the rain!”
Eddie Izzard
- Definite Article

20.10.03

in daily apparations
we see them working it out
it is a lot to take the stares from everyone
everyone
every day anticipation
will make them both grow strong
and if the needle breaks their backs
then later on, later on
even when they're alone
it's hard to be connected
because when you get that close
it's easy to feel rejected
easy to lose control
easy to lose your grip on this dirt road
the ride is rough and we're on this dirt road
you can't think with just one kiss
it's a long, long way
it's a long, long way
it's a long, long way
to when you first met her
trip home this weekend was cool. machte viel Spass. I'm thinking I'm not going back until thanksgiving, though. I'm really enjoying this independence, and other college-related things, except maybe studying. Also realized that I eat a lot when I'm home - probably because the food there is free for me. but I did have a good time catching Macbeth. It was interpreted very... interestingly. Hmm. But good. And then between riding home with Knot's dad to get to O-Town, seeing Batman's parents at the play, talking on the phone with little Jihad, and then hanging out with Irish boy and Manzanita's little brother at the cast party after the show, it was like I was with my friends - just older and younger versions. Muy creepy. But definitely a good time.

glad to be back, though. Much to do in this new life of mine. A busy week ensues, full of midterms and meetings and chem labs and lectures. german midterm tomorrow. And don't forget Radiohead Fun on Thursday night. that's gonna be one tight laser show.

did I mention I made it into the small a capella group? I'm pumped. I just printed out the first song we're singing (it's a simple arrangement of Dust in the Wind). The other director took off for somewhere so we can't get ahold of any of the music we were supposed to be singing, but that means a shorter rehearsal, so yay, I guess. I'll probably be pretty tired by 7:30 pm tomorrow.

huskies won yesterday! woot! it's about frickin' time. now the question is, how bad is usc going to beat us next week? depressing thought, but realistic.

i got to watch my sister play basketball today at home. man she is getting tall and really starting to do well in sports - she's a fantastic volleyball player as well. I can't wait to watch her playing bball at CHS - just take the reigns and really drive that team to do well. She's got a lot of potential and she does so much stuff - top in her class and all that. she reminds me a lot of myself except pure as all get out. it's the six year age gap. go sweetheart!

brother the first went to oklahoma this weekend for prospective baseball opportunities. I hope it works for him to go out of state...either oklahoma or n. carolina. I think he'd really love it. not that I don't like it here... but a smaller school would be nice. I think I'm growing to like it here though, the school and the city. hope everyone else is doing well.

all around me are familar faces
worn out places, worn out faces
bright and early for the daily races
going nowhere, going nowhere
the tears are filling up their glasses
no expression, no expression
hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
no tomorrow, no tomorrow
and I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
the dreams in which I'm dying
are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
when people run in circles
it's a very very mad world


Gary Jules
- Mad World (from the Donnie Darko soundtrack)