"Is there some way you can be out on your own?/Trust yourself/Don't waste another day at all"
So I haven't updated in forever, as usual, and a lot has changed/happened since then. To start with, summer's over. Sad, I know. And yea, a lot happened during the summer after the last post, but the big thing was D.C. w/Mike. It included my first plane trip w/o any family members. The first day it was pretty much just me and Mike walkin' around, which was awesome. The next day was me, Mike, and Mike's dad, brother, and uncle. That was good too. That was Mike's brother's birthday too. I wish I could go to D.C. on my birthday, but who wants to go there in December? I'd rather go to Disney or Hawaii, lol. :P Umm...yea, so the final full day involved drama before we headed out, but I'm not gonna get into that. Let's just say it didn't involve Mike or his fam', and that was about the only good thing about it. I ended-up havin' a pretty good day tho' cuz I was w/Mike and I can't really stay upset for a full day when I'm w/him. :) One of the cool things I got to do during the trip was visit The Navy Memorial and get information on my grandfather. My grandmother had enrolled him in it, but never got the chance to go. My mom hadn't either, so it was pretty cool that I was the one to get to. :)
I have a ton of pictures from the trip. Day 1 and 2 are up on my facebook now, the rest'll be up prob' by that dumb holiday that celebrates the stupidity of a guy thinking this was India.
Another cool summer thing was my last hurrah, shall we say, before classes started. I saw Shakira w/Mike on the 5th. :D It was my 1yr. anniversary present and it was AWESOME. :D There was a cool D.J. up first, then Wyclef who was awesome, then Shakira. And in-between Wyclef and Shakira this like 60yr. old woman danced her @$$ off to "Baba O'Riley". If you're facing the stage, she was up to the right, not on the floor. I think I was one of the first people to notice her too. At first, it looked like she was just tryin' to embarrass the girls w/her (maybe her granddaughters or daughters or neices possibly), but then people around her started to notice, and then I did, and before too long practically the whole Garden was watchin' her. It was so cool. Like, good for her, she was havin' a good time for herself. :P And then the second the song was over, lights out, people started cheering (whether it was for her or the fact that Shakira was coming on, or both, who really knows...I was cheerin' for her :P), and Shakira was on. :D She was awesome. Thinking back on it, I still can't believe I actually saw her live...pretty cool. :) And I got a school-sized Shakira notebook which I'm now using for Intermediate Spanish. :) (The only shirt I kinda' wanted was $50. :o Yes, $50 ...and I wasn't gonna pay that.)
So as I said, classes started the day after the Shakira concert. And I didn't mean classes at FSC...although they started there that day too. Nope, I'm goin' to BSC now...full-time. And I didn't get on-campus housing, so I'm livin' off-campus at the apartment.
So my classes...: Mondays+Wednesdays I have Homer Simpson for President (yes, that's a real class) and Intermediate Spanish. I've already had my first test in I.S. and got an 89. :) Tuesdays I have Writing II and Human Communication Skills. I was actually dreading H.C.S. cuz I knew I'd have to make at least 2 speeches in that class, but now I think it's my favorite class. The professor's really good, like she knows how to keep people's attention and she goes off on tangents, but not boring ones, often enough, and she makes the class interesting. The atmosphere's good in there.
Writing II is dumb just cuz it's more work and stuff I know. I don't feel like I need to be in there, and most of the kids (yes, KIDS) look so young in there.
Anywayz, Thursdays I have Writing II again and then Music: A Listening Approach. Originally I had Foundations of Logical Reasoning (::shoots self::) after Writing II, but I luckily found out I didn't need to be in there and switched it for M: A.L.P. I think I'm the only one in that class who actually finds the stuff interesting. Like Vivaldi is now my new hero...although I love Haydn too. I guess I really am an orchestra nerd. :\ I got the first test that I took in that class since I officially added it back last night...an A. :)
So yea, life is pretty-much better here. My mom barely drives me crazy anymore now that we don't live in the same place. It's great. I haven't even been home since Labor Day. :) The only thing that sucks is my real friends...like, MY real friends, not Mike's, aren't nearby at all. So you guys must visit. The wife's off the hook cuz she is tomorrow, and Casey, I know you can't right now cuz you're at school yourself, but Meg, you need to. Well you're off the hook for now cuz I'll be seein' you next weekend, but you're visitin' me in late October unless I'm around Framingham around then. ::Glares::. :P
Mike's friends have been over a couple times already, and that's been cool, but I miss mine. :\
Um...so I think that's it except that I saw Sugarcult for free this past Monday thanks to Ian, I went w/Mike (of course), and they were good as always. :) I still have to put the Shakira pics, Red Sox pics (o yea, I went to the Sox/Jays game the last day of August w/Mike and we won :)), and Sugarcult pics up on facebook...dunno when I'll get to that tho'. :P
So yea, that's it, buh-bye.
I have a ton of pictures from the trip. Day 1 and 2 are up on my facebook now, the rest'll be up prob' by that dumb holiday that celebrates the stupidity of a guy thinking this was India.
Another cool summer thing was my last hurrah, shall we say, before classes started. I saw Shakira w/Mike on the 5th. :D It was my 1yr. anniversary present and it was AWESOME. :D There was a cool D.J. up first, then Wyclef who was awesome, then Shakira. And in-between Wyclef and Shakira this like 60yr. old woman danced her @$$ off to "Baba O'Riley". If you're facing the stage, she was up to the right, not on the floor. I think I was one of the first people to notice her too. At first, it looked like she was just tryin' to embarrass the girls w/her (maybe her granddaughters or daughters or neices possibly), but then people around her started to notice, and then I did, and before too long practically the whole Garden was watchin' her. It was so cool. Like, good for her, she was havin' a good time for herself. :P And then the second the song was over, lights out, people started cheering (whether it was for her or the fact that Shakira was coming on, or both, who really knows...I was cheerin' for her :P), and Shakira was on. :D She was awesome. Thinking back on it, I still can't believe I actually saw her live...pretty cool. :) And I got a school-sized Shakira notebook which I'm now using for Intermediate Spanish. :) (The only shirt I kinda' wanted was $50. :o Yes, $50 ...and I wasn't gonna pay that.)
So as I said, classes started the day after the Shakira concert. And I didn't mean classes at FSC...although they started there that day too. Nope, I'm goin' to BSC now...full-time. And I didn't get on-campus housing, so I'm livin' off-campus at the apartment.
So my classes...: Mondays+Wednesdays I have Homer Simpson for President (yes, that's a real class) and Intermediate Spanish. I've already had my first test in I.S. and got an 89. :) Tuesdays I have Writing II and Human Communication Skills. I was actually dreading H.C.S. cuz I knew I'd have to make at least 2 speeches in that class, but now I think it's my favorite class. The professor's really good, like she knows how to keep people's attention and she goes off on tangents, but not boring ones, often enough, and she makes the class interesting. The atmosphere's good in there.
Writing II is dumb just cuz it's more work and stuff I know. I don't feel like I need to be in there, and most of the kids (yes, KIDS) look so young in there.
Anywayz, Thursdays I have Writing II again and then Music: A Listening Approach. Originally I had Foundations of Logical Reasoning (::shoots self::) after Writing II, but I luckily found out I didn't need to be in there and switched it for M: A.L.P. I think I'm the only one in that class who actually finds the stuff interesting. Like Vivaldi is now my new hero...although I love Haydn too. I guess I really am an orchestra nerd. :\ I got the first test that I took in that class since I officially added it back last night...an A. :)
So yea, life is pretty-much better here. My mom barely drives me crazy anymore now that we don't live in the same place. It's great. I haven't even been home since Labor Day. :) The only thing that sucks is my real friends...like, MY real friends, not Mike's, aren't nearby at all. So you guys must visit. The wife's off the hook cuz she is tomorrow, and Casey, I know you can't right now cuz you're at school yourself, but Meg, you need to. Well you're off the hook for now cuz I'll be seein' you next weekend, but you're visitin' me in late October unless I'm around Framingham around then. ::Glares::. :P
Mike's friends have been over a couple times already, and that's been cool, but I miss mine. :\
Um...so I think that's it except that I saw Sugarcult for free this past Monday thanks to Ian, I went w/Mike (of course), and they were good as always. :) I still have to put the Shakira pics, Red Sox pics (o yea, I went to the Sox/Jays game the last day of August w/Mike and we won :)), and Sugarcult pics up on facebook...dunno when I'll get to that tho'. :P
So yea, that's it, buh-bye.