Today's been nothing but great weather and yet I can't help but think rainy and cold would be more fitting at the moment.

I need to write some lame-ass paper about my calling and what not for Gen 3-stupid (as Kramer likes to call it). Hooray.

really now

Sometimes I just don't understand the Gen 300 profs. They keep telling us how we need to stop being idle and actually do something about the issues in the world. They tell us how one way to do that is through advocacy and through electing the right leadership... Then they get mad at us when we skip class to go hear John McCain speak. Granted, we had a guest speaker in class that day on environmental issues and possible solutions, but that's something we hear about all the time. It's just not every day that a senator running for president comes to your own school to speak, allowing you to ask questions! They didn't even tell us he was coming. Seems a bit contradictory, no?

necesito un abraso.

This weekend is parents weekend and every one of my five roommates' families are here. I don't remember ever seeing so many parents and families around here before, even in past parents weekends. Everywhere I look I see family reunions... Such a brutal reminder that I haven't seen half of my family in over a year. :( It's a bit depressing.
I can't wait until December.

the mysterious glob

It's been drizzly/rainy since about Saturday afternoon or so. I like it and I don't at the same time. I like the water, I just don't like the cold. At least today it's supposed to get to about 60 though. :)
I went to my biopsyc class today. I was sitting with my legs crossed boy style. I had to cough a bit, but then I settled into my chair and rested my hand on my foot... and all of a sudden I realized there was something very slimy and nasty looking on my hand!! So I shook it off onto the floor and thought "GOOD GANDY, what did I cough up? And I really hope no one saw that!!" Then I forgot about it for a while, but every so often I'd think about it again. What the hell was that? Well, finally I had a light bulb moment - Duh! It's an earthworm. I must have stepped on it on my way to class, got it stuck on my shoe or pant-leg, and then put my hand in it... but by then it just didn't look like a worm anymore cuz it was squished.

If I was a poet...

The day I went roller blading at the lake front in Milwaukee was abnormally hot for a day in October. On the way to the lake I rolled down my window and stuck my arm out. All of a sudden I realized at some point that my arm was freezing. It was as though we hit a wall separating the cool lake-front air from the rest of the world. One moment I was hot and the next I was cold, just like that. Then the closer we got to the lake and the longer we stayed once we got there, the foggier it got, to the point where by the time we left I couldn't see clearly more than maybe 25 feet in front of me and couldn't see at all more than, I don't know, 40 feet in front or so? Doesn't matter really. The point is it was beautiful! Seeing sailboats cutting through the fog, the sound of their slow steady movement over the calm water. I heard fish jumping everywhere. The air felt fresh and I could see wisps of foggy air moving all around me. I felt like I was standing in a cloud and well, I guess I was and it was the most beautiful thing I've experience in a long time! If I was a musician I'd write a song about it. But I'm not. Not really. And that's okay by me. I'll just close my eyes and dream about it instead. Beautiful! I hope I never forget it.

Disclaimer: hanging out with Eric = cramming lots of stuff into little time!!!!

I had the craziest weekend of my life! It all kind of blurs together, but it went something like this:

Thursday

• helped move stuff at church
  
• shoe shopping
• walked around the mall
• ate at Culvers
  
• did all my homework for the rest of the semester for one class
• played pool
  
• visited friends
• swam...
• watched CSI

Friday

• Ate at pancake house
• went frisbee golfing
• went roller blading by the Milwaukee lake front
• colored
• kicked Eric's butt at pool
• got my butt kicked by Eric at pinball
• took a nap
  
• went out to eat with the Smicks
• bowled the worst game of my life
• swam again
• star-gazed
• watched little rascals

Saturday

• Ate at Perkins
• frisbee golfing
• out for coffee by the lake in downtown Milwaukee
• beat Eric up ;)
• watched a movie
  
• Ate at Outback
• mini-golfed
• watched another movie

Sunday

• went to church
• ate at Smicks
• drove back to Dordt... :(

CRAZY!!

It's heartland break time, so I've come to the Milwaukee region for the weekend. But right now Eric is in class so I've been doing homework that is due Monday. I finished it though, so I started homework due way later. And now I've got almost all my bio psych homework done for the semester. Minus the paper due next Friday and the little mini assignments he gives us once in a while... It feels great. And it only took me two and a half hours. Nice. Perhaps too easy. The tests make up for it though. Maybe I should start my paper. Naaaw...

Good ol' G3.

Today I had a take home exam due for gen 300. I stayed up until 5am doing it. But since it was the first homework I did since last Tuesday, I guess I had it coming. :) Anyway, so I'm in class today and they start lecturing us about poverty and asking us what we think it is and what we think could be some solutions. Most people say stuff like "take preventative measures" or "relocate people to places where they can find jobs" or "stop just throwing money at the poor and try to get to the heart of the matter"... and then there's this one guy who actually has the nerve to say, and I quote, "Capitalism is the solution to the problem" because competition creates low prices which creates consumerism which creates jobs... At this point everyone's cringing, but we're not allowed to debate because this is supposed to be just a three minute brainstorming session at the very end of class. But of course Walhof saves the day with a witty sarcastic remark - "I think marxism is the solution to the problem because it creates jobs". Gotta love that guy. Can't wait for Thursdays class. Not. Maybe I'll have to carry on the tradition and bring my good friend Jose along.

I'm seriously considering quitting my job at Hope Haven. I'm tired of it. I don't enjoy it anymore. And there's just way too much documenting. I heard of a job available at People's bank. They are looking for more Spanish speakers, so I'm taking advantage of my Spanish speaking ability for once.
The Humble Bean is still my favorite job ever.
My roommies and I want to be in TX this year, so we're scheming up a sweet ass plan!
I'm so stinkin busy already! I still haven't put up my wall decs. I should cuz our walls look so bare.
I'm reading Brave New World for Gen 300 right now. I actually think it's very interesting. Odd, but interesting.

I miss a lot of people!