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Dec. 4th, 2002 03:00 amup far too late last night...doing the programming assignment i was assigned? well, i went so far as downloading a prolog interpreter but no, i did not actually do the project...what did i do? i rediscovered the fact that i have Police Quest 4...then i proceeded to exploit this fact for a few hours...about 4am or so i decided i'd take a nap for an hour and half or so and then get crackin' on the project...i woke up, but decided if i slept another hour i'd still have 2 hrs before i needed to get ready for class...didn't wake up this time...i did wake up in time for class...however i did not go...one: i didn't have the hw done, two: the next class was my presentation and i was going to meet w/ my partner, he had written the paper and done the power point stuff already...i decided i'd better spend the classtime looking over that so when we met to get it ready i wouldn't seem completely clueless...
oh yea, and last night i won on ebay a PAiA Programmable Drum Set...fuckin' sweet...ebay is a strange and mysterious creature...what i paid is over $100 less than the high bid i placed last time i bid on one of these (i lost the auction then, obviously...)
my printer's out of paper right here, and i don't have power point on my computer anyway so i went to the school's lab...first at the library but that was crowded so over to Dunn...i'm all trying to print the stuff there but for some reason it just doesn't print...other ppl's crap is printing but not mine...bollocks...(he's also in the first class i have...the plan was to get together right after that since we're both there...but i wasn't there...) i was held up trying to print the crap to no avail and by the time i decided it was too late, i made it to the classroom and everyone was gone...so i was too late...i decided i'd take a longshot and see if he showed up at the second classroom (auditorium really) early...there's almost 2 hrs between the 2 classes...between buildings i heard my name called...it was him...some luck, 'cuz had i not found him i would have just gone home and said fuck it since he did all the work and wouldn't've even had anything for the presentation prepared...a little history: my partner was Brian Bockhold, younger brother of my best friend in grade school Steve Bockhold...a mild bit of strangeness...and just for the record, i wasn't a COMPLETE copout in regards to the project...i had emailed him earlier asking about the project and he replied that we didn't need to meet up, he was going to start on the paper that night etc...and he voluntarily did everything...he admitted he didn't really care about the project too much...just kind've threw stuff together...fine by me...we went to the Tiger Den to work out the speech...that was a bit strange 'cuz my ai professor (the class i had just missed) was eating a few tables away...i felt a bit awkward while he was there...i did the first half and he did the second half of the presentation...the talking...we worked out what to say then...he had already worked out the power point so what i had to say was basically set up anyway...i just had to get the whole thing organized in my mind how to actually say it out loud and all...i wrote out some notes on the side of the printout he had...we were the first group to go...i was barely able to take my eyes off of the sheet...i wasn't so bad practicing, but of course it's a completely different dynamic when you're up in front of ppl...but it wasn't too bad...many ppl weren't there...Brian had another presentation right after that class so he left right after to work on that...since he was leaving early i decided i'd follow suit...
leaving campus i ran into Paul C....we talked a bit and i was reminded that i had administrative crap to take care of regarding my graduation...i went to get the elective sequence thing as it had been signed and all that...took it up to the graduation analyst...then i went back to the gen ed office to check if that class transfer had been approved...it hadn't been "processed" yet, but i told the guy that i was trying to graduate this semester...he called me a goober for waiting so long...he wasn't mean or anything...and it's not like it isn't true...but he pulled out the paperwork and looked at it and signed it off...then i went and got this other form i needed my advisor to sign...my advisor happened to be there and signed it...so back to the analyst and they said it'd be 3 to 5 days that the main woman would look at it and get back to me...oh yea, and i had gotten another form i needed for the financial aid crap (graduation plan form) and turned that in to the analyst's office as well...yea, another fun day of walking around non-stop and getting paperwork signed off and crap...i was pretty sore afterwards...also, at one point i ran into Leah...we talked outside the history building for a bit...
after this i go over to Justin's house...i was only there for a few minutes before my cell phone rang...it was the graduation analyst asking about the elective sequence course that i wasn't taking...after explaining it to her she noticed where i wrote "to replace" next to that class...(as in this one class is replacing this class in my elective sequence...) so that was straightened out...a few minutes later she called again saying everything was in order and i'm on the list to graduate this month...and that the financial aid form was signed and at the desk for me to pick up...so yea, assuming i don't make below a c on any of my classes, i'll be a college graduate for sure in a few weeks...Justin accompanied me back up to the school where i picked the form up and took it over to the financial aid office...hopefully all that crap goes through...
back to Justin's where we watched the latest episode of South Park...he had to turn in an exam to his class out at Houston High which is in my 'hood' so i drove him out there...we had some fine dining at Krystal's...discovery: Krystal's chiks are not bad as i had expected...surprisingly, they are very good and tasty...then Justin decided he had to prove me wrong on Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and The Ladies' Man...his claims are that they are very funny and i am wrong for not believing him...so we went to Blockbuster...he rented Deuce Bigalow but decided to put The Ladies' Man back in favor of renting Bottle Rocket...i ended up purchasing Mr. Show: The Complete First and Second Seasons dvd set and Justin got me the Cabin Boy dvd for christmas...(i was about to purchase it anyway...) now it's filed justly in my collection between A Beautiful Mind and 8½...
back to my house where we watched Deuce Bigalow...not as bad as i had suspected...i won't claim it to be a good movie by any means, but some stuff is extremely funny...it accomplished the unexpected task of not being a waste of my time...then we watched Bottle Rocket...i saw it years ago...for some reason i had been thinking i only saw part of it...but this was only because i only remembered part of it...watching it again, reminded me that i did see the whole movie...so long ago...very good...part-way through i received a call from Paul B. and Justin and i met him and Shawna at Huey's in Cordova...the waitress was exposing her entire waistline w/ her low jeans/high shirt outfit...i couldn't stop staring at it...notions of creepiness were averted by the knowledge that an outfit such as that can only be worn w/ the intention of being stared at...and it worked, holding a strange, mysterious power over me...mmm...waist...yea...(almost as erotic as waste...but i can only dream of a day where women can walk about, proudly showing off their waste in public as they so choose...a day when our facist laws are repealled!) after that fine dining experience (though Justin and i were still filled of rats and chicken so we didn't actually dine...just kicked it, yo...) we returned and watched the rest of Bottle Rocket...after some more sitting around i took him back home...luckily the ice storm of death did not kill me...i don't think i've seen any ice yet, just lots of wind...(well, of course the rain...but the vapor is far more vicious than the liquid at this point...)
oh yea, and last night i won on ebay a PAiA Programmable Drum Set...fuckin' sweet...ebay is a strange and mysterious creature...what i paid is over $100 less than the high bid i placed last time i bid on one of these (i lost the auction then, obviously...)
my printer's out of paper right here, and i don't have power point on my computer anyway so i went to the school's lab...first at the library but that was crowded so over to Dunn...i'm all trying to print the stuff there but for some reason it just doesn't print...other ppl's crap is printing but not mine...bollocks...(he's also in the first class i have...the plan was to get together right after that since we're both there...but i wasn't there...) i was held up trying to print the crap to no avail and by the time i decided it was too late, i made it to the classroom and everyone was gone...so i was too late...i decided i'd take a longshot and see if he showed up at the second classroom (auditorium really) early...there's almost 2 hrs between the 2 classes...between buildings i heard my name called...it was him...some luck, 'cuz had i not found him i would have just gone home and said fuck it since he did all the work and wouldn't've even had anything for the presentation prepared...a little history: my partner was Brian Bockhold, younger brother of my best friend in grade school Steve Bockhold...a mild bit of strangeness...and just for the record, i wasn't a COMPLETE copout in regards to the project...i had emailed him earlier asking about the project and he replied that we didn't need to meet up, he was going to start on the paper that night etc...and he voluntarily did everything...he admitted he didn't really care about the project too much...just kind've threw stuff together...fine by me...we went to the Tiger Den to work out the speech...that was a bit strange 'cuz my ai professor (the class i had just missed) was eating a few tables away...i felt a bit awkward while he was there...i did the first half and he did the second half of the presentation...the talking...we worked out what to say then...he had already worked out the power point so what i had to say was basically set up anyway...i just had to get the whole thing organized in my mind how to actually say it out loud and all...i wrote out some notes on the side of the printout he had...we were the first group to go...i was barely able to take my eyes off of the sheet...i wasn't so bad practicing, but of course it's a completely different dynamic when you're up in front of ppl...but it wasn't too bad...many ppl weren't there...Brian had another presentation right after that class so he left right after to work on that...since he was leaving early i decided i'd follow suit...
leaving campus i ran into Paul C....we talked a bit and i was reminded that i had administrative crap to take care of regarding my graduation...i went to get the elective sequence thing as it had been signed and all that...took it up to the graduation analyst...then i went back to the gen ed office to check if that class transfer had been approved...it hadn't been "processed" yet, but i told the guy that i was trying to graduate this semester...he called me a goober for waiting so long...he wasn't mean or anything...and it's not like it isn't true...but he pulled out the paperwork and looked at it and signed it off...then i went and got this other form i needed my advisor to sign...my advisor happened to be there and signed it...so back to the analyst and they said it'd be 3 to 5 days that the main woman would look at it and get back to me...oh yea, and i had gotten another form i needed for the financial aid crap (graduation plan form) and turned that in to the analyst's office as well...yea, another fun day of walking around non-stop and getting paperwork signed off and crap...i was pretty sore afterwards...also, at one point i ran into Leah...we talked outside the history building for a bit...
after this i go over to Justin's house...i was only there for a few minutes before my cell phone rang...it was the graduation analyst asking about the elective sequence course that i wasn't taking...after explaining it to her she noticed where i wrote "to replace" next to that class...(as in this one class is replacing this class in my elective sequence...) so that was straightened out...a few minutes later she called again saying everything was in order and i'm on the list to graduate this month...and that the financial aid form was signed and at the desk for me to pick up...so yea, assuming i don't make below a c on any of my classes, i'll be a college graduate for sure in a few weeks...Justin accompanied me back up to the school where i picked the form up and took it over to the financial aid office...hopefully all that crap goes through...
back to Justin's where we watched the latest episode of South Park...he had to turn in an exam to his class out at Houston High which is in my 'hood' so i drove him out there...we had some fine dining at Krystal's...discovery: Krystal's chiks are not bad as i had expected...surprisingly, they are very good and tasty...then Justin decided he had to prove me wrong on Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and The Ladies' Man...his claims are that they are very funny and i am wrong for not believing him...so we went to Blockbuster...he rented Deuce Bigalow but decided to put The Ladies' Man back in favor of renting Bottle Rocket...i ended up purchasing Mr. Show: The Complete First and Second Seasons dvd set and Justin got me the Cabin Boy dvd for christmas...(i was about to purchase it anyway...) now it's filed justly in my collection between A Beautiful Mind and 8½...
back to my house where we watched Deuce Bigalow...not as bad as i had suspected...i won't claim it to be a good movie by any means, but some stuff is extremely funny...it accomplished the unexpected task of not being a waste of my time...then we watched Bottle Rocket...i saw it years ago...for some reason i had been thinking i only saw part of it...but this was only because i only remembered part of it...watching it again, reminded me that i did see the whole movie...so long ago...very good...part-way through i received a call from Paul B. and Justin and i met him and Shawna at Huey's in Cordova...the waitress was exposing her entire waistline w/ her low jeans/high shirt outfit...i couldn't stop staring at it...notions of creepiness were averted by the knowledge that an outfit such as that can only be worn w/ the intention of being stared at...and it worked, holding a strange, mysterious power over me...mmm...waist...yea...(almost as erotic as waste...but i can only dream of a day where women can walk about, proudly showing off their waste in public as they so choose...a day when our facist laws are repealled!) after that fine dining experience (though Justin and i were still filled of rats and chicken so we didn't actually dine...just kicked it, yo...) we returned and watched the rest of Bottle Rocket...after some more sitting around i took him back home...luckily the ice storm of death did not kill me...i don't think i've seen any ice yet, just lots of wind...(well, of course the rain...but the vapor is far more vicious than the liquid at this point...)
