On Friday, I should have had a 70% C in Calculus, but then the teacher, who I considerately despise, cancelled extra credit. So, now, not only do I not have a C, but, tomorrow we are having a quiz that I am going to fail.

Fuck the bureaucracy. Fuck optimism.

Today is the kind of day that reminds me I love my job, for reasons such as the following: I work the same 6 hours a week, every week. When I work, I lift heavy boards, and sometimes cut those heavy boards into smaller boards, using the Radial Arm Saw, my favorite tool. I work with Eric, who is pretty much one of my favorite people, and when I don' ( Read more... )

Every Sunday, I wake up about 1pm. [Sunday is the only day I sleep in, because I have school Monday through Friday, and work on Saturday. I generally sleep in on Sunday because I stay up late on Saturday.] Every Sunday, I wake up about 1pm. Nobody is here. I have no idea where anyone is. I don't know when anybody will return. I wake up... to an ( Read more... )

Today at work, two gentlemen were asking me about Makore.

Makore is African Cherry. Cherry is grown here in the United States. Makore is a bit darker than Cherry.

Guy:"What is this board?"
Benson:"Mmm... Makore. It's in the same family as Cherry, but it is imported, from Africa."

Guy:"What is the difference between Makore and Cherry?"
Benson:" ( Read more... )

Sunni is the dog of the house in which I reside. She's old. As in, I am suprised she makes it, she is so old. I make jokes about it. It's funny. I worry about her health ( Read more... )

Today was a good day of musical enlightenment. My iTunes Library broke 2 days. I now have 2.2 days of music. That is marvelous.

I got my SAT score today. The doggy says "Rough." I took a Calculus Quiz today. Mr. Sandpaper met in collaboration with the doggy to say, "Rough." My new credo is "Embrace failure ( Read more... )

School was not in session today, thank you to Parent-Teacher Conferences last night. I am greatful. I listened to music a lot today. Sade came over. We watched television. That was good fun. Mark came over later, and we played video games. That was good fun ( Read more... )

So I get this letter from University of Notre Dame... and it just says they got all my stuff, and are going to go over it. That letter is so... classy.

My good friend Laura Murray and I keep letters going between us. I enjoy it a whole lot. Anyway, her latest letter (which I received yesterday) was 26 pages long. Twenty-six pages of goodness ( Read more... )