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Well, I'm in California now and it's awesome. We went for a hike today and I got so warm I had to take my shirt off. It's so nice out here.
I'm happy today. In a half an hour I'm going to have my last class before spring break. I just about finished a paper that I've been struggling to get done, Jen got me an interview with her cop friend for a journalism assignment, and in a couple of days I'll be in California. And finally, I recieved an email from a friend today saying that my drunken advice worked out for the best. Life is good.
I had a conference today with one of my writing profs in which we were talking about my progress on some papers. One of the papers had a choice of two topics and I chose the easier one. He scolded me saying he expects his good writers to tackle tougher topics. I never felt better after a scolding that I did today. Talk about a confidence booster.
I'm so tired today. Right now I'm trying to study for a Lit quiz that I'm grossly unprepared for but because I'm so tired tyring to read just makes me more tired. So instead of studying I'm just trying to stay awake so I don't sleep through my class. What a rough day.
I discovered the Kalamazoo mall yesterday and went back for a return visit today. Its one of those cool two story jobs with a huge carousel in the food court. Though I am increasingly finding I don't really like malls I had a nice time on both visits. There are enough stores that aren't American Eagle that I had stuff to look at. Plus I had bourbon chicken there today and it was tasty.
It's been a few days since the last chance to get some bonus points and I'm trying to come up with a good question but I have not done anything lately that lends itself to becoming a good trivia question. I guess I could ask what brand of Tequila did I order two weekends ago at the Coyote Creek that led to my eventual collapse on Jake and nearly on Jakes girlfriend? 15 points.
Last night I saw a woman on the dance floor move in ways I didn't know existed. Black boots, blue jeans, rhinestone studded heart belt buckle, and backless yellow shirt gyrating around the dance floor with her boyfriend. Enough to make a guy feel pretty lonely on Valentines Day. Fortunately there was alcohol.
I just saw the best wrestling match in the history of the world. I was watching Conan OBrian on Comedy Central a few minutes ago and he was broadcasting from Canada. He had a mud wrestling match set up between the Seatle Space Needle and CN Tower. It was amazing to watch to monuments duke it out in a pool of mud. Watch for it when he's on again later this afternoon.
I've taken my flash fun in a whole new direction. This is real early stage stuff right here. No sound, a few visibile mistakes. I didn't bother to convert a lot of the text to images so if it doesn't match up I'm sorry, I'll fix it in the next version... I just watched it again and there are some glaring errors but I want to see what people think so I'm putting it up anyway. So here is I guess is a trailer for what I'm up to now.
Big poker game at my Uncle Don's in Yspilanti this weekend if anyone wants to come along. And when I say come along I of course mean meet me down there because I'm not driving home pick anybody up then driving to Yspilanti. I guess though you could drive to Kalamazoo and hitch a ride with me from there. Barefoot, I know you're down.
This weeks Strongbad Email leaves something to be desired. However if you click on Technochocolate, you get some kick ass techno... chocolate.
Techno Techno whoo whoo
Last night I hung out with Casey's brother Dan for a couple of hours. We sat around watching a Pistons game and drank Casey's beer. It was actually pretty fun. We're both journalism majors so we talked about school and jobs for a while. We also talked about how Casey ditched us. Good times.
Let me be the first to say that I don't like Valentines Day. I've spent more years alone on that day that I have with someone and have had the good fortune to be dumped the day before and a few weeks before. However, if I had a girlfriend at the present I would have ordered these for her. The woman I marry with definitely have a pair of those.
So here it is... I officially can't remember the last time I had something on my feet besides my cowboy boots. There's something about these bad boys that boost my confidence. I don't know if it's the way the sound when I walk down the hall or they way everybody seems to notice and comment on them, but when I wear my boots I walk differently. Long slow confident strides. Just thinking about what I'm wearing on my feet puts a smile on my face when I'm walking around campus. Sometimes I let my feet fall hard and clomp across the ground, other times I drag my heel just a little bit to get a double click sound when I walk. If I concentrate I can walk almost silently in them, but that's hard. I must admit though, they are a little hard on my bad ankle. So every few days I have to wear my brace. But I think it's worth it to get this kick ass feeling in my gut when I walk around all cowboy style.
At the advice of Bourke, I watched Boondock Saints tonight. The guy behind the counter at the video store said it was a great movie and he wasn't kidding. If ever there was a my type of movie. This is it. Plus they have kick-ass tattoos.
In other news here is the Hellboy trailer!
My highest is 311. What's yours?
