Something people should do

I think people should be more responsible. If everyone were a little more responsible and acted more mature about things, then less illresponsible things would occur.

I don't know, maybe I just think too radically.

Refurbish [ness] [ing] [ed]

Considering I just spent like an hour re-doing my blog and the html code and whathaveya, I thought I should post something new.

Yes, I'm kinda dumb. I took out the rubber keypad from a broken cordless phone and double-sided taped it to my door above my lock. Now my door looks like it has a keypad lock on it. Though it does look fake under close inspection, when just walking past the door, it can fool someone not paying attention. That made me smile.

Yes, it's the little, sometimes stupid things in life that make me happy. Oh, sorta like a good, hot cup of coffee on a cold morning with a warm doughnut (with not too much glaze on it--it has to be just the right amount). Or waking up after a good night's sleep.

Another first...

Tonight, a train interrupted church. It's the first time that's ever happened for me. I've had church interrupted before for a bear, but never a train.

Morning class

As strange as it may sound, I actually am beginning to enjoy my 8:00 AM classes.

Though I do like to sleep in, once I get up in the morning, it's really hard for me to go to sleep. So, after attending my only class in the morning, I have the entire day ahead of me to do whatever I want. It's even better when it's like today, and I don't have to go to work later this afternoon.

In other parts of the world, Hurricane Wilma made landfall in southern Florida at approximately 5:00 AM (EDT) this morning with winds steady at 125 mph and gusting to 150 mph. Though news reports have yet to come in from Florida, Hurricane Wilma devastated the Yuctan when it passed through. Though it's winds have weakend significantly, moving north-west at 25 mph only adds to the force of it's winds on the leading edge of the storm, which means the Miami-Dade area is recieving the brunt of the winds in this storm (25+125=150mph steady winds).

Free washing machine! *NOTE[dryers not included]*

Today, on the way to class, I noticed an ad on the bulletin board by the elevator. Just glancing at it before getting on the elevator, I noticed it said "Free laundry day-tomorrow, 20 October!" Cool. I'm going to do like 14,000 loads in one day I think to myself as I walk to class.

As I'm sitting in class however, still thinking about the ad (that's how captivating class was-I was thinking about laundry), I wonder if it's just free wash, or if it's free wash and dry. What a great marketing gimmick, have free washing machine cycles, but not free dryer cycles.

Just a few minutes ago, I checked my email, and found another ad for the free laundry day. And at the bottom, a disclaimer said "*NOTE: All washing machine use is free. You will still be charged for use a dryer."

Fall break

This past week was fall break, and since I had off work from Monday onward, I was able to have my own mini-vacation.

I left school at 3:15 PM on Wednesday, and, after hitting warp speed, arrived home 2.5 hours later.

Then the mayhem began. I conducted extensive preemptive attacks on fortified sibling positions, to which attempts were made to foil or disperse the attacks, but failed.

After that, I had a huge home cooked meal of my mom's split-pea soup. The first real food I've had in a while. It was so good. Considering the only thing I get at school is some GMP crap or fast food at Taco Bell, home-cooked food is near-perfect food. Not that it isn't, Mom. ;-) Then my mom and little sister went off to AWANA, while I unpacked my stuff.

"Unpacked" is somewhat of a misnomer. It was more like "unpacked-the-warm-weather-clothes-and-then-washed-all-of-my-clothes-and-then-repacked-the-cold-weather-clothes." Yeah, that was closer to what happened. I got to bed around 12:30 AM that night. I slept until 12:30 PM the next day. Well, I woke up when my brothers did for school at 6:30 AM, then went directly back to bed.

My Thursday at home consisted of playing video games and ignoring the fact I have a paper due in a week. After wasting several hours in front of a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube-a TV screen), I went to repair my bicycle. My bicycle, which I had brought to school last year, had fallen into disrepair. Both tires were flat, and someone had bent both of the rims. There was rust on all of the frame joints, the seat had several tears and gashes in it, the tread was worn off of the tires, and the sprockets and chain needed some lubrication. $70 and five hours later, my bike actually looked more like a new bike than it did last year. I replaced both tires and inner tubes, straightened the rims, repainted the frame (after grinding and brushing all of the rust off), and bought a new seat for it. That night, I took my little sister out for ice cream by riding my "new" bike with her down to the store.

Friday, because of my brother's soccer game, I had a chance to test my bike out: I rode the 10.5 miles to my alma mater. Yes, there was a sidewalk or bike path the entire way there, so I wasn't on the road. Then I came home and slept another 12 hours.

Saturday consisted of much the same. Sleep, video games, oh, and I did wash my car and change the oil (making sure to tighten the oil pan drain bolt this time). Sunday, I went to church in the morning, followed closely by a huge Sunday lunch, which I drove back to school on (bringing my "new" bike back).

Aside the fact that I had no major accomplishments (well, besides my bike-I'm kind of proud of myself for that one), I had a most excellent fall break. But alas, today: back to the grind stone.

Thank you for driving carefully through the village

Sleep

Yesterday, I drove back to my dorm. The catch was that I left my parent's at 4 AM. I got back to school at 7:30, and my first class was at 8 AM. The way I see it, the options were getting to bed early and getting up early, or getting to bed late and getting up early. (That is, staying the extra night at my parent's and driving in the morning, or driving that night and still having to get up early the next morning for class). I decieded that the former option sounded better. So, after 4 hours of sleep, I proceded to drive 138 miles in the early hours of the morning.

So, after remaining awake for 20 hours, I decided to go to bed at 12 AM. I then slept until 12:30 PM this morning.

I finally feel rested.

T'weekend

At first, I thought I only came home this weekend for my mom's cooking.

But then my brother's started their comic routine.

Well, yeah, I did miss my family. And my brothers impromptu comedy act. Listening to them quote Monty Python.

I got off of work at 10:30PM, and left for home at 11:15PM. I drove for a good hour, then, unexplainably, the road, which had been empty, came to a stop with bumper-to-bumper traffic. As everyone slowly moves forward, I begin thinking there's an accident up ahead, seeing multiple flashing blue lights.

Moving forward, I see three state troopers standing in the left lane, which has been shut down. Then I see the "Sheriff's Checkpoint" sign in front of them. Obviously, the guy behind me in traffic didn't want to talk to the troopers. The vehicle behind me quickly pulled a u-turn across the grass median, closely followed by a South Carolina state trooper and two Sumter County Sheriff's Deputies.

After showing the trooper my information and him inspecting my vehicle, we were back on the road, and got home around 2 AM.

I was able to go to the beach this weekend, too, which was cool.

Then there was the BBQ at a friend's house. I think between the BBQ and mom's cooking, I ate enough to sustain me for a month of fasting.

Cool picture

This photo, though it's been photoshopped, is really cool looking.