Not really a shocker here but something that kinda scared me today.  I was out getting some food with the rents when I went into the bathroom and found something I’ve never seen before.  Ok…are you done with the jokes now?? Good!  So there was a paper towel dispenser, except for the fact that it was blue and white it looked like any other.  Well, another difference was that it didnt have a handle.  That’s right, the damn thing was activated by motion and only fed about a foot of paper towel.   Are we really that lazy that we can’t dispense our own paper towels?  I guess there could be other reasoning behind the system, but either way it still baffled me!
   
   Not much other news to report.  Just a long, boring, relaxing weekend!

John

    As the subject cleary explains it was a boring Saturday.  The weather wasn’t all that spectacular so there wasn’t much to be done outside.  I really should get over to order a replacement section for my trampoline but the entire frame is surrounded by water anyway.  For those of you that dont know a large tree in the forest next to my house literally fell out of the ground and onto my trampoline.  Yay for procrastination, much more damage would have been done if the net and pads were on. 

    In other news today I decided it would be cool to volunteer at the Save-A-Pet right down the road from here.  I’ve kinda always wanted to do that since my cousin did it a few years back but just never got around to it.  I have random free time during the week that I have nothing better to do with so it will keep me busy and allow me to play with a lot of cats and dogs. 

    What else what else….

Well, I guess thats all I’ve got for now! 

John

Life likes to throw nasty curve balls.  The moment you think you’ve got it all figured out…BAM…life curves and your back trying to answer some question you thought you had all hammered out! Such is life I guess.  We’ll all live to tell about it in the end.  I’m out for the evening though!

John

OK, so it’s been a few weeks since this happened but I thought it was worth mentioning anyway.  My housing arrangement has officially been changed from Atkin 2 to Smith 0402.  I knew that I was going to be there for some time but it was still “unofficial” so now that I’m actually in it’s official!  That means that Smith 4 is the place to be next year.  I may not have the entire Colby 6 gang but I’ve got Bill, TJ, and Logan so that’s a start, maybe we can sucker, I mean convince, people into moving over the semester break! Probably won’t happen but it’s worth a try right?  Anyway, that’s my update for today.  Feel free to stop by the Smith/Jefferson floors in Watterson next year to visit me, Lily, and Tyson (we’re the noobs over there!).

John

Ok, many many things have happened since school let out and none of them are here.  That’s kind of depressing.  I guess I’ll sprinkle in the important stuff eventually.  Anyway, here’s a funny little story.

So my mom and I were sitting in the living room just chatting and one of our cats happened to be sitting on the couch cleaning himself.  Well, I always wondered what it was like to have to lick yourself clean so I decided to help him a little.  I proceeded to lick the top of his nose and head.  He really didn’t like that at all.  This prompted me to tell my friends the following in multiple IM conversations:

She didn’t doubt me a bit!

The Bill

bill: hehe…
bill: ew.
bill: do you have hair in your mouth now?
me: nah

No doubts here either, I’m seeing a trend!

The Karen

me: my kitty was cleaning himself…i decided i would help…so i licked the top of his nose and head…needless to say he wasnt very appreciative
karen: that’s disgusting
karen: how bout something true?

me: that is true!
me: you can ask my mother…she was right there, lol
karen: omg
karen: omg
karen: i can’t believe it
karen: no way

I’m sensing a little doubt.  That’s her nature though, she’ll come around!

The Neil

neil: …you’ve been profiled.
neil: …john
neil: i just don’t know what to say sometimes
me: lol
neil: not many people can put me at a loss for any words like you

At a loss for words, and yet still no doubt there either!

The Neil and The Karen (Neil sets her straight!)

karen: do u actually believe keippel about his cat?
neil: absolutely.  not a doubt in my mind
karen: did he tell u to tell me that?
karen: lol
karen: jk
neil: lol nope
karen: grr
karen: i don’t believe him

karen: yeah i think he made it up to top my cop story
neil: Karen..you must not know john very well
neil: he’s a “special” guy
neil: with special thoughts
karen: LOL
karen: lol
neil:there is nothing wrong with these thoughts
neil: but the vary…greatly….from a normal human
karen: i guess
karen: he did once eat fish food
neil: if you were to pick someone who might possibly be an alien, i’d start with john
neil: to put it that way
neil: lol
karen: lol
karen: ok
karen: fine

Ahhh, true friends!  That’s all I got for now!

John

So after studying from 9:30 - 1:00 it was time to take my second and third final.  I got to politics a little early and went over some stuff.  The test was 60 questions and only lasted about 27 minutes!  I feel pretty confident about that test.  Since I had an hour and a half until my next final I decided I’d head over to the Bone to bother the ResNet folk but they were not present.  So instead I ran into Tony and we headed for the Atrium Cyber Lounge to do some final psychology review.  We putzed around for a little and then headed across the street for  the final.  A little over an hour later and 180 questions answered I got up and left.  There were still a ton of people left but I wasn’t about to stay and chill there, home to study some more.

So my first final, ITK261, is over.  I probably only looked over my notes for about an hour and also made my cheat sheet.  The test was pretty easy even though I forgot to read the review essay questions that were word for word on the test.  No problems there though I managed to wing it pretty nicely.  Pretty sure I’m gonna get an A in that class, yay!
Time to study for my next 2.  I’ll post an update afterwards.

John