I don't see a point of having a livejournal account anymore. I mean, it doesn't really do anything for me and I don't think that I can be of much use to anyone else at this point by using this utility. It was nice to have over the summer when I was lacking human contact but now that I have it, it seems like a distraction and I HATE distractions. I want to be doing something meaningful with my time that improves my life and/or the lives of people around me. Besides, how many people even read these entries? If you are reading this, then please respond with something.

I do not enjoy posting on here, nor do I enjoy reading any of your posts all that much these days. Don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't like you--I do--but that it's mostly pointless. In order to have any sort of healthy relationship with a person, you need to physically be with them now and again. If you want to have an actually conversation with me, then, at the very least, call me on the phone, and if you want me to stay, then please say something.

Only two of you reading this, as far as I now, actually go to my school. You can meet with me on campus sometime, and if you prefer to never do that, then why do you call yourselves my friends? The rest of you can keep up with me fairly well via Facebook. So there you have it. I exist in the real world and I prefer it greatly to the internet. That's because I have a healthy state of mind, and I intend on making it progressively healthier. I don't know how to end this because I don't really want to write this. If I knew that I had a sizable readership, then I would strongly consider continuing this. 5 or 6 people just don't give me enough incentive. I intend to blog some more on MySpace and write some notes on Facebook. Alright. That's all.

Now I go to Goldsworthy for Step Mania (a different brand of DDR that connects to computers). I don't even know what I've written here and I don't care. I'll catch you all later.

Current Location: dorm room 1124 Orton Hall

I have not been too busy this week to post here. I just haven't felt like doing much. It has been nice to have so much time to myself so I am not complaining but I really am feeling overwhelmed. I intend on doing a lot of things this year and I do not know how I'll do them. It sure is a good thing that I have friends.

Anyway, here's a synopsis: I got here on monday to 1124 Orton Hall, the best dorm-room on campus; my dad went back home, to Wenatchee; I ate dinner with Ashley Brown, who is certainly (as opposed to "pretty much") the most amazing human being you will ever meet; and I went to the recreational center to pic up informational fliers about things that I want to do this semester, like Aikido, Tai-Chi and Yoga. There are free demos all next week so I intend on checking out Power Pilates tomorrow and Nia on Monday. I'd like to do Meditation on Tuesday but that would interfere with Karate.

Another pretty cool person, Keith Sheerer, showed up on Tuesday and we did some things this week, like talk philosophy, watch 10 episodes of "Death Note" and practice ninja-type things, like walking on rails and *ahem* not climbing stealthily on top of the music building, Kimbrough. That's totally *ahem* not why we were dressed in dark clothing earlier tonight. *ahem* "Death Note" is an awesome anime series and I do not like much anime so I am saying a lot here. Most anime annoys me, but that might be because it's americanized. We watch this program in it's original Japanese and it is tight. It's about a guy who finds a book that was accidentally dropped by a death god. The book allows him to kill people by simply writing their name in it while visualizing their faces. He decides to "make the world a better place" by killing off all of the violent criminals. It is morbid and it makes you think. Considering that my main obsessions in life are philosophy and psychology, it just makes sense that I would enjoy such a battle of wits that inevitably ensues when people become aware that the killings are connected. The government doesn't like it and they almost catch him multiple times. The mind just orgasms several times per episode, even if the protagonist is morally reprehensible. For some reason we got to talking about Harry Potter. I don't remember how this happened, nor do I remember all the details, but we both agreed that the title character was extremely dull. Honestly, Harry never made any interesting decisions. The only things that made him interesting were the things that happened to him. Voldemort was week too, as opposed to other super-villians that we discussed, like Hannibal.

I spent a lot of time thinking this week and I guess that my room is well enough organized for now. I wasted a lot of time too, but sometimes screwing around can be refreshing and, thus, ultimately productive. I have moved up one skill level in Sudoku and I now own seven more DVD's for my collection, which I still need to catalog on Facebook. I bought a ceramic bowl but I broke it, while washing it, in my clumsiness. My laptop is okay, now that the water is out of it. Please don't make me explain that one. I shouldn't store anything containing water ANYWHERE above my laptop, even if it is to the side.

Tomorrow, or more accurately: "later today", I will buy my books and go to my classes to determine my route for the next two days. Once I feel organized enough, I think that I will chillax somewhere and read a textbook or two. This debate team needs to get off of the group and it looks like I'm completely in charge now. Wouldn't it be funny if an anarchist was the president of the Washington State University Speech and Debate Team? Will I be writing for the Daily Evergreen this semester? I don't think that I can handle it. I intend to continue my trend of dramatically improving grades as well as becoming increasingly more involved with my school, becoming more organized and generally becoming more mature. I think that journalism can wait a little longer. Maybe I'll do it next semester. Polyphasic sleep may have to wait as well but I am determined to give it another shot today.

That is all for now, my friends. Thank you all for putting up with me.

Tags: anime, ashley brown, books, daily evergreen, death note, debate team, japanese, journalism, keith sheerer, maturity, philosophy, polyphasic sleep, psychology, rec center
Current Location: dorm room 1124 Orton Hall

I am going to make this short because I really don't want to spend my time on this kind of thing right now.

Anyway, for the last week of July and the first week of August, I was on a cruise by the coast of Alaska with my parents and my aunt Sue. I roomed with my dad. Internet cost $0.45-$0.75 per minute. We left from Vancouver BC and visited the ports of Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Seward and Haines. I went on a helicopter-ride, which was more relaxing than exciting and the dog-sledding was not entirely pleasant. All of those dogs poop on the track, which means that we were driving through it constantly and it smelled pretty bad. They poop while they run! It's crazy! On another note, it was the biggest sled-dog camp in the world with roughly 300 dogs and it was located on Mendenhall (sp?) Glacier, which doesn't look like a glacier right there. Rather, it looks like a snow-covered field. If that was the case, however, then it would have been uncovered ground in the summer, unless you count grass as cover.

I took a tour of a popular, former whore-house. Back in the day, the going rate was $3. I paid $5 and I didn't get any action. I feel like I was ripped off.

I took a couple of other tours and I have to say that I don't like them very much. I find them boring. I think I just didn't like being peerless for a fortnight. Otherwise I would have had a lot more fun.

The onboard entertainment was rather lame, I thought, other than the comedy, which was AWESOME. We had Bruce Block (the magician/comedian with the rabbit) and a ventriloquist with a doll who accused him of being delusional. That was good stuff. I still don't know how to make a "b" or "p" sound without bringing my lips together.

What else do you want to know? I guess I agree with Ashley Brown on this one. I don't think that I like cruises very much either. I don't like feeling constrained so much and I don't much like the feeling of being on top of constantly running engines for days on end either, so there goes my plan to make a city on the sea.

Alright. I have other things to do now. You should hear more from me later.

Tags: alaska
Current Location: dorm room 1124 Orton Hall

I would like to think that I'm done with worrying about him. He doesn't like me anyway. I don't think he's liked me for years. He just likes my mother. That's fine. He's just a dog. Charlie (that's my sister's dog, officially), likes me a lot. If Guinness doesn't want to be with me in what could be his final few days in existence, then that's just fine with me. It's his choice. If he were a human being, then I would certainly care a bit more, but he's not, so I think I won't.

My mother will be crying for several days but I think that I will just carry on with my life, for the most part. Don't get me wrong, though. It's not like I won't care that my first ever pet is dead. I will. I just don't want to grieve over an animal who doesn't even like me anymore. I probably will, though. I will likely spend several days reflecting on the facts, remembering every critical moment and contemplating the effects that he's had on me, wondering why he turned away from me. Does a dog have the psychic capacity to reason? Does a human? I don't know. Should I care? I don't know. Does he care? I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know.

Tags: animals, charlie, dogs, guinness, knowledge, reason
Current Location: basement
Current Mood: blank

The following is my course schedule for the upcoming semester.

Course.Credits.Meeting Time.Room.Description
Biology102.4.MWF10:10.Todd116.General Biology
..........W12:10-15
Com101.3.MWF9:10.Todd116.Mass Com, Society and Theory
ComStudies102.3.TuTh10:35-11:50.Wils3.Public Speaking
Music262.3.MWF11:10.Kimb110.Rock Music: Hist & Soc Analysis
Philosophy201.3.TuTh13:25-14:40.Bryn305.Elementary Logic

It looks like it's a tie.

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William Wallace		88%
Batman, the Dark Knight		88%
Lara Croft		79%
James Bond, Agent 007		71%
Neo, the "One"		67%
The Amazing Spider-Man		67%
Indiana Jones		63%
Captain Jack Sparrow		63%
Maximus		58%
El Zorro		54%
The Terminator		38%

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Current Location: bedroom

I said it before and I'll say it again. I want to be a journalist. That way, my obsessive, compulsive habit of writing miscellaneously can get me paid hella bank. Hells yes. Now I need to change some of my classes for the upcoming semester. I know that I want to do this. It's not just an idea. It's the life that I want. I know that it is. How am I going to change my schedule, though? I guess I should figure it out before the incoming freshman make their schedules at ALIVE. I'm not sure if that program was worth it or not. Just go to Fall Orientation, freshmen! Ah, well. I'll see if I can contact my adviser on Monday. Does she work there during the summer? I don't know. Oh, well. I'll just do whatever I have to do. I'm so glad I have a course catalog! :)

Tags: fall, journalism, life, obsession
Current Location: basement

On a side note, today (yesterday by the time I post this) was crazy, literally. I had my longest shift yet, between 2:45 and 11:00pm. Between 7:00 and 8:00, I had my "lunch," wherein I drove home to let the dogs in the house. On my way back, when I was driving, I saw a white drip out of the corner of my eye. When I looked to see where it had landed, I couldn't see a thing, so I just assumed that I was having a psychotic episode, no big deal to me. When it happened the second time, I started to freak out. Then it kept happening, every ten seconds or so. I wondered if this would continue while I was at work. Eventually, I figured out where the leak was, after finding splashed water on the passenger seat. It was in the crack between the ceiling fabric and the dome light. It freaked me out enough for me to miss my sweep log, though. Oops. I hope I still have my job next week.

Tags: insanity, psychosis, safeway, work
Current Location: basement

I feel like a lot has happened in the past week and I would like to share it all with you. In this post, though, I’m just going to detail Friday 11th through Tuesday 15th.

On that Friday, my parents and I all packed up and drove the CRV to the residence of my sister, Lara, in Issaquah. From there, we almost immediately drove downtown, where we met Lara’s boyfriend, Brian, and ate at an excellent Indian restaurant. Indian, Thai and Chinese cuisines are my first, second and third favorite, respectively. I was happy.

On Saturday morning, around seven, we went to the Seatac Airport and took a three-hour flight to the twin cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, where my brother, Russell, was to graduate from Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. We all had the pleasure of meeting Russell’s girlfriend, Jing Jing, which apparently means something like “shiny gem.” I like her. Then we met up with Eric, who’s been a friend of Russell for almost as long as I’ve been alive, and Tom Needham, my siblings’ father. That night, we attended the pre-graduation banquet, where there was a slide-show detailing some of the highlights of the year. I won’t bore you with the details.

Sunday was Mother’s Day. We had brunch in the hotel lobby and spent the rest of the day touring the Greater Twin Cities Area, including two hours in a 14-seat limousine. I do not recall what we had for lunch but the eight of us had dinner at Manny’s, one of the most reputable steakhouses in the country, because that’s where my brother wanted to eat. I ate vegetables. This was a really interesting experience. When we were ordering our entrees, Jing Jing wanted to order veal but Russell wouldn’t let her. He gave her a guilt-trip by lecturing her on how veal was ”prepared in a box,” “they lick the bars for iron,” and all that, which is entirely true. I was a little surprised, though, how compassionate my brother turned out to be for cattle. While waiting for dinner, we all said some kind words about Russell and he gave a little speech. I don’t remember many details after that.

Graduation ceremony was on Monday morning. Steve Forbes was there and it was pretty good. After that, there was a post-graduation buffet, during which I thought that I had overheard a terrorist plot. Apparently, the cops took care of it. That was interesting. After a long walk through the university, we went to Russell’s apartment and talked about random things. Russell gave a lecture on history of Tibet and how self-righteous Richard Gere is. That was interesting too. After all that, four of us took a flight back to Seatac and drove back to Issaquah.

I don’t really remember much about Tuesday. We got back to the house in Wenatchee and did a lot of work around the house. Stay tuned for next time: “Job Search!”

Tags: brother, dad, issaquah, lara, minnesota, mom, russell, sister
Current Location: bedroom

I am going back in the fall. Isn't that nice? I still haven't recovered enough from my efforts in school to be excited about this. Anyway, I have a 2.4 from Spring Semester with 12 credits, as opposed to 1.7 from Fall Semester with 7 credits. That was pretty shitty. I'm not gonna lie. At this rate of improvement, though, I should get a 3.4 in the fall with 18 credits. Lol. Seriously, I feel alright about this. I have plans for next semester and it will be awesome. In the meantime, however, I have three months to do whatever. After this weekend, when I'll be going to Minneapolis to celebrate my brother's graduation from business school, I'll be hunting for a job. When I land a job, I'll get started on all that reading that I wanted to do this summer. Yes, life is good. Chow!

Tags: brother, grades, job, semester, summer
Current Location: basement