I would have a hard time saying things could get much better right now. Of course, not all is right, but enough is to merit the previous assertion. My biochem major, if a bit packed in certain semesters - will work in a total of four years. Dental school, here I come (three years from now). Watch out world. Hold on to your teeth.
Psychology
St. Thomas does not like to keep classes that are too small open. Therefore, I will be booted from my current Psych 111 and told to find a new class. I will be behind in whatever class I find as a replacement. This frustrates me.
Schedule
It has been too long since I updated. I know I surveyed everyone regarding if I should put up the paper journal update that is lying around (received 5 votes in favor and non against) — I am going to wait on posting that as it is rather personal. Expect more regular updates.
Blinds
My room has some fine new blinds which glide very very smoothly. My windows are set into the roof, so the slanted angle means blinds must have guide wires on them. Thankfully, the new wires are coated in smooth plastic and facilitate a previously unthinkable level of blind usability. Therefore, my new window coverings are very white and clean. This excites me.
TV
I got a TV card. For those of you with a P4 Hyperthreading Processor and Windows XP, do note that the ATITV Wonder with Remote is incompatible with Hyperthreading. Microsoft acknowledges this problem here: support.microsoft.com/?kbid=817589. This, however, is not very helpful because the fix is not actually available from that website. I did not wish to pay the thirty (30) dollars that Microsoft charges for tech support to obtain the patch, so I turned to Google. This yielded this site: bwaht.net: fixing the ATI incompatibility, which outlines the method to find the patch. I did what it said (looked up “tunerfix.exe” in Google) and found what I needed quite quickly. Do ensure your patch file is digitally signed, however. Run it, and hopefully things will be fixed (as they were for me). Anyhow, the remote (review here), works smoothly (same adjective used for my blinds, but in this instance means a simple, efficient manner rather than a physical description of the level of resistance). Now, I can watch movies on RHBO.
Luck
Lately, I have been finding many lucky pennies. I hope this means I am actually lucky and the things I attempt will be simple and turn out right. I like the feeling of finding change, but I like the feeling of tossing it into a fountain even more. I need to find a good wishing well; the Mississippi is one of my options.
Down by the River
Mykala and I strolled down to the river a few nights ago, and were promptly verbally showered with the disgust of a local resident who found a lot of trash on the shore. Obviously, this is harmful to the environment and detracts from everyone’s enjoyment of the scenic lookout. The same can be said of the woman.
Piano Music
A song is being written in A right now. It is evolving and changing, and I do not think I have nailed down any one part of it, except maybe a bridge progression. Words are flowing, melody is lagging behind. I know they will come together if I am patient. I want to record another album within the year.
Personal Life
So, there’s this girl. Her name is Mykala. She has a distinct tendency to make me smile, make me laugh, and lend me perspective. When around her, I have the distinct ability to babble incoherently and overanalyze what I say to her. In the interest of avoiding the latter, I will bite my proverbial tongue for the time being.
UST Life
My old RA, Sagert, has a livejournal: read. Also, he got me one of the circa 2002, hip, stylish card holders-with-mirror-inside things for my card and key. These are an order of magnitude better than the thin, cheap fold-out card holders which are the standard issue at the University the past two years.
Your regularly scheduled tumbledry hopes to reappear in the following days, perhaps for another episode of Food at the Binz (I think we are up to 3 or 4 by now).
We cleaned the piss out of my dorm room carpet. It reality, we removed 20 years of dust and dirt which had been ground into the nap until the formerly red carpet was a dull gray with some sad red peaking through. A steam cleaner, 7 gallons of water, soap, and an hour or so later brought a startling change: the carpet was red again … and clean. “Good lord,” I said, walking down the stairs to the car, “I sure am glad we did that.” It is not that I could not sleep at night thinking about the carpet, or that it was strange smelling when I laid on it (I remember a couple of days when I was so exhausted that I opened the door, put down my bag, and fell asleep on the carpet), but just that I had my key early and wanted to make the most of the situation. If you are going to go, go all out. For example: if you are going to procrastinate, procrastinate the heck out of your situation. If you are going to run, run until you are going to drop. If you are going to eat, eat until … ok so the theory has it’s limitations. But I have found that all-out goingness makes life’s mundane tasks more entertaining.
I also talked to piles of people at St. Thomas, got my time sheet out there, field-tested my new backpack, and admired the beautiful day. I predict that, the moment classes resume, we will see nothing but 80 degree sunny days. I don’t think we should take this lying down. What I mean is, we should find time to lie down and enjoy the weather; refuse to be bottled up indoors! Somehow, there is a way to figure out how to enjoy these inevitable good days and get to class at the same time. I am thinking of a plan, I suggest somebody does the same as I do not know if I will succeed.
Two things remaining: check out the four latest “visits” on the right-hand side of the page, they are good. Second, I’ve got a post rattling around in my head, I am taking votes for if I should make it public or not. Cast your “yes” or “no” via QuickMail today!
So many things have been flying through my life that I can not get it all down. I mean, it’s like a traffic jam on the front page of tumbledry. Such a pile of events could be recorded and discussed, but so much is going on right now that I do not have time to write it all. First, there are a few things from the past month that are rather important to record. I broke my bench record by putting up 245. That works out to about 175% of my weight. This makes me happy. My other goal, to walk on my hands, is slowly improving, but I am low on time to practice it. I am close. Also, with a bit of finagling, I got my room key early. I will be hooking up the oxen to the covered wagon to haul my stuff to St. Thomas for sophmore year. Hopefully the hunting will be good, nobody will get malaria, and I can shoot the rapids on my first try. In all honesty, even though I am on fifth floor with no elevator and I have a couple of awkward things weighing upwards of sixty pounds each, moving should go quite smoothly. We have yet to perfect the winch out my window for moving so we will be doing it the hard way using stairs.
I did not think that John would be able to do it; he began in May, and by sheer force of osmosis, got me rollerblading by the middle of June. Then, I started to enjoy it. Next, I cleaned by bearings (c-rings c-rings!) and found that I still rolled far slower than he. Subsequently, I had a few falls. Thereafter, I got comfortable on blades. After that, I rotated my wheels. Finally, I realized I needed new blades. If you need any adverbs, that past paragraph should help.
Things you wouldn’t think are related, but in reality, are: sprinklers are hard to see late at night in the dark. Method for washing your hair using body wash is ineffective and results in bad hair. The Zoo is a good place for a concert, especially when Keri Noble is there. Holy man it was a good show. The tune to “Piece of My Heart” is stuck in my head, but just the tune. I can not remember the words, so I keep whistling the hook. I’ll go grab a piano and figure out the bass line. Sometimes when you are driving, you need directions - other times, you wing it and go on instinct. There’s a time and a place for both, but the most important thing is that getting lost at some point is inevitable.
Oh, music:
The Cynic Project - Red Horizon
Vega Sonic - Endless Plam (Vega Sonic Remix)
The Trance Project - Night (trance mix)
The Cynic Project - Falling (Memories of Tomorrow)
The Cynic Project - On Top of the World feat. Sheila
Milk Inc. - Walk on Water
Silvertear - So Deep (Perfect Sphere Remix)
Alice Deejay - Will I Ever
Radiohead - Like Spinning Plates
Weird Al - (This Song’s Just) Six Words Long
Orbital - The Seven Samurai (Photek Remix)
Quick well-wish to those reading who are back in college - hope your year is stupendous and beats the heck outta your freshman experience! I hope to visit some of you on your respective campii. (I made that up as the plural of campus). I must away to enjoy the day, and … I’m out of things that rhyme. Oh well.