I have to say I think I’ve been more productive in the last few days than I was in most of last semester. I’ve got just a little bit more reading to do today, and an OTM (of the Month) to finish writing. If you have no idea what that is, feel free to ask me. Anyway, it’s about 8:30am and I have class in three hours. Except for the ongoing assignments projects, I’m almost completely caught up.

Our second ARH General Body meeting was last night. We started off with a little session on Parlimentary Procedure put on by one of our wonderful advisors. I almost feel like people might actually understand the procedures for a change. Unfortunately, one thing I noticed was that someone who arguably needs to have the greatest understanding of Robert’s Rules was paying the least attention for parts of the presentation.

Most of the things he taught us were things I already knew, and I found myself sitting there thinking it was depressing that I was hardly going to get to use any of that knowledge this time around. After all, one of my last votes in spring 2004 was to take away my own vote. By removing suffrage for members of Exec Board, we also removed our ability to make motions or do basically anything besides answer questions and comment during debate. Maybe I’ll try to find a rep to do my bidding…

I really like the fact that the department of Housing here cares so much about it’s residents. It’s great to know that they want our input and that they actually listen to what we say and try to implement our suggestions when feasible. Still, I wish people would understand that not every single persons concerns need to be addressed when the director of Dining comes to talk to us. He’s a great guy, he just tends to be a little longwinded. Add to that the people that complain because they have a crappy schedule (one they set up I might add) and no time to eat, and you have half of our meeting time right there.

There’s also a new position available for CAs. They want to hire a Mail Manager. I’m a little confused/amused by this whole thing. They are requiring that each applicant have been a CA and delivered mail for at least a semester. Well, let’s see…we currently have four mail people, of which 2 are brand new to mail. So they’re out. That leaves two of us who are eligible and currently delivering mail, one of which doesn’t really want the position. I know of one, possibly two other people who aren’t currently delivering mail that might be eligible, but probably don’t want the job because they didn’t want to deliver mail when I asked them at the beginning of the semester. So who does that leave? The person who has pretty much been “managing” the mailroom from the beginning of the semester. Is this some kind of consolation prize? Ok, fine by me.

Looking forward to a trip to KC tomorrow to kick off a good weekend. I can’t wait.

Currently Playing: Kidd Kraddick in the Morning

Rich: I’m in the loneliest place in the world right now: the Men’s room at a Clay Aiken concert. Anybody in here? [Voice echos]

Silence.

Rich: All those who were dragged here by a family member say “Aye.”

About four guys: Aye.

Talking about people being sick.

Dylan: Oh that I got Jimmy sick maybe…
Me: heh
Me: he’s sick?
Dylan: he voice is dropping…
Dylan: maybe its just puberty…
Dylan: he started growing facial hair too
Dylan: lol
Me: hahahahaha
Me: !

The longest day ever. I think my longest break before 10:30 was about 40 minutes. I had 20 minutes to dash to the union for a Mean Gene’s burger, and then it was back to class, then making up a lab. But it’s over now. And I really wasn’t that sleepy except for a few minutes in design. And despite the exhaustion, I’m feeling pretty good. Off to bed I go.

Currently Playing: Socialburn – I’m Happy

I’ve been sittin’ here for a while
Wishing I could finally see you smile
I’ve been wanting to see you for a long time
But everyday I grow farther from
Everything I’ve done and everyone
Here we go again I’m alone now

I don’t know if I’ll ever find you
I don’t know if I’ll ever need you again
Cause I’ve been sitting here for so long
Wishing I could write a brand new song
Maybe it will remind you of a time when

Holy. Crap. 600 horsepower in a sedan. Gotta love that MSRP, too. That’s more than our friggin’ house. (Thanks, Joe)

Currently Playing: Pink – Don’t Let Me Get Me

Doctor, doctor won’t you please prescribe me somethin’
A day in the life of someone else?

Wait…for once, I really don’t want that at all.

Edit: A delivery man just brought someone in Boyd a big carrot cake. I’m so jealous.

I think I’m going to set some kind of record for consecutive days with at least one post. I feel like I’ve actually got good things to say for a change and there’s not enough people around to tell about them. I can only say the same thing to the same people so many times before they get tired of listening to me, so the rest will probably end up here. It’s amazing how much better (about everything) just a few events can make a person feel. Now, I’ve just gotta keep things in perspective.

Still, it also makes me look back over the last month or two and really wonder how I got to the point I was at mentally. I’m so glad I’m beyond that, but it’s still kind of scary that I was ever there in the first place. What was I thinking? I mean really. Hooray from random chance, come to save the day. Damn those people who told me it would happen. It’s not cause you said it would! 😉

Well, I’m sitting in Putnam for my 12-3, and so far I’m actually still awake. That lack of sleep situation hasn’t really improved much, though I did snooze for about an hour before coming to work. So here’s what I brought to the desk with me this morning: the usual backpack including laptop and some homework that I probably won’t even touch (it’d just put me to sleep anyway), package of Cookies & M&M’s (the most awesome snack ever created!), some beef jerky, a glass of water and the DVD Monster. The last two songs have been awesome, but I’m not expecting that to last long. Well, make it three now.

The door alarm has been going off quite a bit which is probably a good thing. I’m not sure if Monster will be a good movie to watch at the desk to fight off sleep or not. I’ll find out soon enough because I’ll run out of random thoughts to put here. I’ve got the sweet snacks and the salty, with just enough water so as to not have to pee really bad when I have no one to call, but not get too thirsty either. It’s amazing how well I thought this all through considering I was still waking up from my snooze when I grabbed my stuff.

Four songs. On a role. Rock, Rock on. Singing keeps me awake.

Ah, damn. The streak ends at four. Not a bad run though.

Sweet, they play one crap song and back to the good stuff.

As I write: MercyMe – I Can Only Imagine, Coldplay – Clocks, Blink-182 – I Miss You, Ryan Cabrera – On the Way Down, Mary J. Blige – Something I Don’t Even Care to Lookup, Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway

Will I stand in Your presence, or to my knees will I fall?

Am I a part of the cure?
Or am I part of the disease?

And in the night we’ll wish this never ends*

On the way down
I saw you, and you saved me from myself

I’ll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway

The good: no classes. The bad: I still have to work at 8am 🙁

Considering the very miniscule amount of sleep I got last night, it’s gonna be rough. Then I’ve got a 12-3 later and not enough sleep again tonight. I can’t wait. I really need to get rid of my Tuesday 8-10am shift…

Still, I have nothing to complain about. That weirdness I was worried about yesterday pretty much disappeared (since it never really existed in the first place). Typical over-reaction on my part. All is well, probably couldn’t be much better in fact. Well, ok, that’s not true. No homework or class would improve things, but lets be realistic shall we?

Well, I think it’s time to watch a few hours of DVDs. Wish me luck on staying awake.

Currently Playing Watching: Stargate SG-1

The end of my weekend shifts that is. The last four hours have been the most worthless shift. I spent about two hours cleaning out my webmail inbox (hadn’t touched it since May). The next hour or so was spent trying to configure DB2 to access my database on the College of Business server. Unsuccessfully I might add. The last hour I’ve been looking for stuff online, but I’m out of ideas. Now that it’s over, maybe I can go do something fun with the rest of the day.

Currently Playing: 3 Doors Down – Kryptonite

If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman
If I’m alive and well, will you be there, holding my hand
I’ll keep you by my side with my superhuman might
Kryptonite

This day got busy after I left my shift in Putnam earlier. Drove over to Dillon’s to grab some food and drink for the tailgate. Got back to Putnam and our rides had left. Luckily, Hannah was nice enough to come back for us. Got out to our typical spot in the sheep lot and things were pretty much peachy. Plenty of friends, some drinks, some food (though I wasn’t eating). Took a little trip away from the tailgate to talk to someone and then headed into the game.

Since my family was coming, I was expecting them to call and about anytime and ask for directions toward the stadium and where to park. Game time was getting closer and they were later than expected. They ended up getting to the stadium about 30 minutes before kickoff, which wasn’t bad it just didn’t leave much time to talk to them. We agreed that we would meet near the gates at the end of the game or if they decided to leave early they would call so I could go say bye. Well when the game was almost over, I missed the call. Most likely it was due to the large gathering of college students trying to use their cell phones all at the same time in a relatively small region. They ended up leaving about two minutes before I got to the gates and so I had to figure out how I was gonna get some stuff from them. They ended up dropping it off at Putnam so I could get it when I got back. It turned out OK, but it was kind of annoying not to get to see them off.

Meanwhile, the evening took another turn for the weird during the second half of the game. I sat in ICAT for the first half of the game, then switched over to GA where most of the people from the tailgate were. This is where the weirdness began. I’m going to be annoyingly vague because I don’t feel the need to tell the whole world for a change. I’m probably making too much of things anyway. Still, the type of person I am, I will analyze and re-analyze, and over-analyze until my head wants to explode. The sooner I make a phone call, the better. I hope. Unfortunately, it won’t happen tonight.

Currently Playing: Flickerstick – Coke

Says she’s got another life
That I am living in my friend
Through and through she says
Its nothing I can change
I always was the one

And she knows…

I’m sitting at the Putnam desk on my second of a four hour shift. Parents are starting to show up looking for their kids, but other than that nothing much is going on. In approximately 2 more hours I will be free to go do some tailgating. Then at some point I’ll be meeting up with my parents and sister who are coming up for the game. It’s the first game they’ll have been to, so it should be fun for them. I might even get to sit with them for some of it. Go State!

I’m feeling a little sleepy. Not so sleepy I can’t stay awake, just a little tired. Probably because I stayed up late despite knowing I had to work this morning. But it was worth it.

So yesterday I was kinda lazy in the morning and I didn’t end up getting a shower in until sometime in the early afternoon. When I get out, there’s some paper taped to my monitor. It says “Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined.” Underneath it was a note that I had gotten a phone call. (Score! Wasn’t expecting that.) My roommates have an interesting way of leaving me messages 🙂

Anyway, I ended up at the lake for the rest of the afternoon, which was pretty fun even if it was a little windy. After we got cleaned up, we went to dinner at Chile’s which is almost always good. Then it was back to her place for a movie and some TV (meaning Carson gets less sleep). I think I’ll survive 🙂

Oh, and I’ve temporarily been dubbed Charlemagne. Something tells me that won’t last long. Finally, a little engineering humor.

Currently Playing: Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved (Their only song that Teh Jimini likes)

Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else

Please don’t try so hard to say goodbye.

What does? I have no idea. But Alix just said it at roughly 3am. Something about someone.

Tonight was a good night. Lot’s of fun at Rusty’s and even dancing at Joe’s. I lika to say “holy crap!”…Didn’t see that coming. Only one thing could have made it better. Maybe another time.