I was in Boy Scouts growing up. We went camping on several occasions, but I recall one specific trip we took to Johnson Shut-Ins in Missouri when I was probably about 13. Near our camp was a series of streams eventually leading up to a several high cliffs towering over deep pools of water. A number of us climbed these cliffs and eventually mustered ( Read more... )

Man, I'm terribly behind on this thing. A lot has happened in the past couple of weeks ( Read more... )

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been made aware of a number of significant circumstances in various people's lives. I'd just like to say that said people involved have not been far from my thoughts ( Read more... )

Guess I've been fairly silent as of late, though I'll account most of it to being fairly busy ( Read more... )

The entire concept of humans regularly traveling through space fascinates me ( Read more... )

I don't really feel like re-narrating the passing of the night's events while I was working at the cafe. So instead, I'll paste a copy of the letter I just e-mailed to my college newspaper about the incident:

"I'm a barista at Aroma Cafe in downtown Champaign. Friday night I had the misfortune of dealing with inconsiderate patrons from an adjacent ( Read more... )

You know...recently I've been so caught up in grades and assignments that I've realized I still have no clue what I want to do after obtaining my degree. I've been in school for so long that I sometimes I forget to think about what'll happen after it's all done ( Read more... )

Well, I was pleased to be finally be getting over whatever bug I caught a couple of weeks ago...only to find that I caught something else today. It started as a slight cough, got worse and the coughing started contributing to a headache. The headache's gone now, but I still have a minor case of the chills ( Read more... )

Been fairly quiet recently ( Read more... )

Okay, so I get home from classes today and decide to clean the kitchen up a bit before making myself some dinner. So, I put the clean dishes in the dishwasher up and move all the dirty ones from the sink into the dishwasher and let it run. And unable to take the layer of filth on our kitchen area's floor any longer, I decided to clean it as well. ( Read more... )