OK, I have been trying to write something for like a week, but just haven't been able to find the time.
Last week was completely insane, this week is slightly less nuts. I have some stuff this week, but it's mostly exam review instead of mad papers and projects. Anyways, the reduced workload let me take advantage of the ridiculous weather we have had for the past few days.
On Sunday, Josh, two friends from church, and I went to a place called Twisted Falls. If you have been there, you know how sweet it is. If not, the get jealous, cuz it's amazing. We spent all afternoon jumping off the falls into water that was surprisingly not ice. Everybody had a blast, except one girl who didn't have much to eat that day, then passed out in my backseat on the way back. It's all good, she woke up, everybody ate pizza, no permanent harm done. As always, I held up my end of the bargain by getting hurt. I got it out of the way early by diving into a foot of water headfirst to rescue a floating shoe. River-1, Lane's shins-0.
This week, eye doctor today, last class tomorrow, then final exam prep and Windy Gap this weekend. Gonna be great! Then exams start, and that's gonna kinda suck. Have a great rest of the week!
lane
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Dilemma
It is officially the second day of the busiest week of the semester. All the work that has been assigned all semester is crashing down in a glorious cacophony of due dates, all back to back with each other, like a roving Roman Phalanx of schoolwork, intent on breaking any student's will that is foolish enough to stand up against it.
Anyway, I have at least three, maybe more, papers due basically tomorrow. Do I write them all well, requiring me to be awake until some ungodly hour? Or do I concentrate my efforts on the one that will make a difference in my grade, and just eke by on the ones my professors will barely glace at, much less read? I think I will go with option B, just for the sake of my sanity.
Best of luck to those of you that I know are in a similar position as myself, which would be 93% of the college students in America. And to the 7% that don't have mad work, enjoy it, but not too much. Because one of the stressed folks will see you having fun and snap, strangling you with the power cord to his laptop.
lane
Anyway, I have at least three, maybe more, papers due basically tomorrow. Do I write them all well, requiring me to be awake until some ungodly hour? Or do I concentrate my efforts on the one that will make a difference in my grade, and just eke by on the ones my professors will barely glace at, much less read? I think I will go with option B, just for the sake of my sanity.
Best of luck to those of you that I know are in a similar position as myself, which would be 93% of the college students in America. And to the 7% that don't have mad work, enjoy it, but not too much. Because one of the stressed folks will see you having fun and snap, strangling you with the power cord to his laptop.
lane
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
National Championship!
Ring, Ring. "Hey Travis, what's up?"
"Dude, you want to go to Chapel Hill to watch the game on Franklin Street tonight?"
"...Sure. Call me when you're at my place. I'll see you in a few."
Two friends, Travis and Duni, and I all decided to go watch the National Championship game in Chapel Hill, then throw it down on Franklin Street afterwards. It was absolutely nuts. The game was sweet to watch, but that was literally nothing compared to the aftermath.
I watched it at my friend Charles' house, and immediately afterwards, we all jumped in cars to ride to another guy's place right on Franklin. We then ran to where everything was starting up and soon found ourselves surrounded by what the news later reported as around 50,000 rabid UNC fans. Me and Charles ran a bit, to Franklin and Columbia, where we pulled out newspapers and started the first of many bonfires in the street. After jumping over that and watching all kinds of unlikely things fuel it, from a Mountain Hardwear shell, to shoes, to a wooden stake, to shirts and I think some pants, we(about 6 of us) started pushing through the crowd and jumping over all the fires. We got over almost all of them twice. After that, we watched some folks break down the street signs by climbing on them, then light a shirt on fire and throw the flaming shirt into the crowd. Needless to say, the guy that did that was summarily thrown to the ground and cuffed as soon as he got of the telephone pole.
We stayed on Franklin for a while, probably a little over an hour in all, then started hiking back to Charles place. After a while, I met back up with Travis and Duni and we started heading back to Boone. We didn't get back until 5:30 AM, where I was able to pull out about an hour of sleep before getting up for my 8AM class. Add that with the maybe hour and a half I was able to steal while laying in the back of Duni's car and you come up with one very tired Lane. Extremely satisfied with the trip, but tired as nobody's business. The estimated total cost of damages last night in Chaple Hill is somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000. Basically, I'm extremely happy to have spent last night in the absolutely most insane place in the country at the time.
Word. My body craves sleep. Latas.
lane
"Dude, you want to go to Chapel Hill to watch the game on Franklin Street tonight?"
"...Sure. Call me when you're at my place. I'll see you in a few."
Two friends, Travis and Duni, and I all decided to go watch the National Championship game in Chapel Hill, then throw it down on Franklin Street afterwards. It was absolutely nuts. The game was sweet to watch, but that was literally nothing compared to the aftermath.
I watched it at my friend Charles' house, and immediately afterwards, we all jumped in cars to ride to another guy's place right on Franklin. We then ran to where everything was starting up and soon found ourselves surrounded by what the news later reported as around 50,000 rabid UNC fans. Me and Charles ran a bit, to Franklin and Columbia, where we pulled out newspapers and started the first of many bonfires in the street. After jumping over that and watching all kinds of unlikely things fuel it, from a Mountain Hardwear shell, to shoes, to a wooden stake, to shirts and I think some pants, we(about 6 of us) started pushing through the crowd and jumping over all the fires. We got over almost all of them twice. After that, we watched some folks break down the street signs by climbing on them, then light a shirt on fire and throw the flaming shirt into the crowd. Needless to say, the guy that did that was summarily thrown to the ground and cuffed as soon as he got of the telephone pole.
We stayed on Franklin for a while, probably a little over an hour in all, then started hiking back to Charles place. After a while, I met back up with Travis and Duni and we started heading back to Boone. We didn't get back until 5:30 AM, where I was able to pull out about an hour of sleep before getting up for my 8AM class. Add that with the maybe hour and a half I was able to steal while laying in the back of Duni's car and you come up with one very tired Lane. Extremely satisfied with the trip, but tired as nobody's business. The estimated total cost of damages last night in Chaple Hill is somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000. Basically, I'm extremely happy to have spent last night in the absolutely most insane place in the country at the time.
Word. My body craves sleep. Latas.
lane
Friday, April 3, 2009
Bits and Pieces
I have the pleasure of hunting for yet another random part for my car today. I decided to teach a friend of mine how to drive a manual the other day, and as always, something got broken. Let that be a lesson for all of you, never teach someone to drive on your own car. Use somebody else's, or make them agree to replace the parts they break on it before starting. Oh well, it's a small piece, but I kinda staring to get tired of playing that game.
I am almost done with school for the semester! It's really weird, the time went so fast, but I only have a little over six weeks left before hte summer, and Colorado. I need to register for classes, which is tough, because I don't have an advisor yet. Well, that's my mission for Monday! This weekend is another fun trip to Windy Gap! I hope everyone has a great weekend!
lane
I am almost done with school for the semester! It's really weird, the time went so fast, but I only have a little over six weeks left before hte summer, and Colorado. I need to register for classes, which is tough, because I don't have an advisor yet. Well, that's my mission for Monday! This weekend is another fun trip to Windy Gap! I hope everyone has a great weekend!
lane
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