That one guy

2:53pm: The biggest fish in the river gets that way by not being caught.
So I am alive. I am sure many of you were wondering. I just got back on the 21st from 30 days of Field Training in South Dakota. Everyday we were up at 5 AM, and were going practically non-stop until 10 PM. There were 21 other people in my flight, and I spent pretty much every waking hour with those people, so I managed to make some good friends. The weather was some of the weirdest I have ever seen. Several days we had lightning within 5, which meant that we had to stay inside and get bussed everywhere, which wasn't to bad, considering the fact that we walked an average of 9 miles per day. The hottest day though was day 24. This was the day that we did a forced march of about 5 miles with 30 lb rucksacks and full BDUs (camos and boots). According to weather.com, the base registered a high of 109, so needless to say we were all a little smelly after that. They were some of the craziest days I have ever experienced, and there is too much for me to tell here, so if you want to hear about it, just ask me.

I am currently in Omaha right now visiting my mom. My flight gets back on the 30th, and I am planning on heading to Pullman by the 7th, so if you want to see me that's your best bet.

Overall this has been the shortest summer ever, but it has also been on of the most fun. If I don't see you in the next few weeks, then let me know and I'll try to see you when I'm back on the western side.

6:02pm: I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
So. It's been well over a month since I last posted, and I finally got up the energy to update you all on my life.

I'll try to go in reverse chronological order, but there's been so much that I'm sure I'll forget alot.

Last weekend Heather, Faris and myself went to Vancouver B.C. because Faris has discovered that he likes alchohol in the last 3 weeks. When we first got there we were looking for a hotel and we got tired of calling 411, so we stopped by a local Burger King to use their phonebook. Here is the conversation went to the best of my memory:

Faris: Do you have a phonebook?
Girl #1: Let me go check.
Girl #2: Our phone doesn't work.
Girl #1(Returning): We don't have a phone.
Faris: No, I have a cell phone, I just want to use your phonebook.
Girl #2: Here's a quarter. (for the payphone outside)
Faris: No, I have a cellphone, I need a phonebook.
Girl #2: Oh. We don't have a phonebook.

Later that night we went to a bar, where Faris proceeded to hit on every girl he could(he had a triple shot of jager, one shot of 151, a beer, a shooter, a shot of peppermint schnapps, a double shot of Velvedere, and I think one or two more). For myself and Heather on the other hand, Heather had a really creepy start trying to hit on her, and I had a 40 year-old woman try to grind on me. We finally left once Faris managed to piss off every guy there, and had an uneventful trip back the next morning.

The week before was filled with Homework and GTA, so not too exciting. On Friday night was the final Field Training Prep thing, so now I am all ready for this summer. Which by the way, I leave for in a month from yesterday. I can't think of anything too exciting in the past several weeks. There have been really cool things and really dumb things, but I don't want to waste all your time going over every little thing. For classes, I am finally starting to feel more interested, after a several week long period where I went, but I wasn't really interested in learning much. I attribute it to the fact that Diff Eq. is starting to get back into pure math instead of physics, I finally have my Q Sci book, and the stuff you can do with AMATH is finally starting to show some real world applications.

For the fall, I would be taking a buttload of classes, and I still kind of am, but the Teaching and Learning department sucks. I am signed up to take 300 and 301 concurrently, which are aren't supposed to do, unless your a transfer student . Which surprisingly enough, I am. So they dropped me from 301, didn't tell me, and by the time I realized it, all of the sections were full. And the thing that's going to get them an earful from me is that is I don't take that class, I can't get into the major at the end of the semester, meaning I can't graduate on time with a teacher's certificate, meaning that they will have essentialy lost one more person to be a public school teacher, unless I can somesay get an MIT. Stupid, n'est-ce pas?

Other than that, Life is boring, and there are only 8 more class days until August 22.

6:02pm: Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
So, I expect to no longer get shit for being born in Idaho:

http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/HCR029.html#daily

No, I'm joking, I'm sure I'll always get shit for it. But it's cool, at least I wasn't born in one of the really hick states (or northern Idaho). And before you claim this is a joke, go here:

http://search.state.id.us/search97cgi/s97_cgi.exe?Action=Search&AdminImagePath=&ServerKey=Primary&ResultTemplate=idstatresults.hts&Theme=&Company=&collection=Current+Legislation&QueryText=HCR029&SEARCH-97=Submit+Query

It's the second one down. Note the fact that there were no NAYs, so at least there are no Freaking Idiots in the state legislature. Although I can't help but think that there's something better they could have been spending their time on.

In other news, I am now in a new room down the hall, and so far I'm liking it better than my last room. I'm very ready for the end of the year, so I can enjoy what little break I'll get. Only 8 weeks left. Classes are going fairly well so far, although I am thouroughly not enjoying Differential Equations. I will be in Pullman all next weekend registering, so don't forget that.

That will be all.

6:33pm: Better starve free than be a fat slave.
So I finally feel recovered enough to talk about this quarter's classes.

9:30 Everyday: Q Sci 381: Intro to Probability and Statistics
10:30 MWF: AMATH 301: Beginning Scientific Computing
11:30 Everyday:French 203:Intermediate French
12:30 MWF: Math 307: Differential Equations
1:30 Tu: A S 213: Aerospace Studies

This quarter promises to be a little more interesting than last quarter, although there's no guarantees. I feel kind of like a nerd though, because if you count Probability and Statistics as a math class, then 11 of my 17 credits are math, with the other 6 being rounded out by French and AF class. Unfortunately it looks like my scheduling is going to be pretty similar for the next 2 years as well. After this year, AF is going to start eating up 5 credits per semester, and because I'm a Math major I will be atking math every semester. In addition to that I have to fit in Teaching and Learning classes, and somehow try to find a way to squeeze in enough French classes to get a secondary endorsement. I have a feeling I may be overloading on credits, but if that's what I gotta do, then that's what I'll do. I'm so ready for this year to be over though. I can't wait for the two or three weeks of summer break that I will have.

6:22pm: Precious things are for those that can prize them.
So I had an interesting Spring Break. As a result this will probably a rather long post.

( Synopsis )

Maybe if I feel so inclined I will post pictures at a later date.

Then today I went out to my car and found out I forgot to hang up my parking permit, so that's 3 $35 tickets I'm going to have to fight right there, when I'm going to have a hard enough time just paying tuition and housing.

9:23pm: Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.
So I haven't posted in a while and I figured now was as good a time as any. Right now my life is pretty busy, seeing as how next week is finals week. That's wierd to see written down. It's hard to believe that I'm almost 2/3 of the way through the school year. But I can't wait for Spring Break. Also, for whom it may concern, it looks like I will be comnig to Pullman sometime in April for a weekend for a Transfer Student orientation thingamabob, but that shouldn't take up all of my time.Next quarter looks to be better than the current, since there won't be any Enlish, and one of my classes is ESS 101, better known as "Rocks for Jocks". Also, since the other Math class I wanted to get into is full, it looks like I will only be taking only one Math class next quarter. With regards to non-acadmeic stuff, the Science Fair for the elementray kids shold be wrapping up pretty soon, and then all I have to do after that is Homework Center, which is much less stressful. ROTC is also going; we are starting to figure out what we are doing as a group and everything is starting to come together. This morning was the Physical Fitness Test, and somehow, I still don't entirely believe it, I managed to shave an entire minute off of my mile and a half time, finishing at 9:28. I was probably most surpised out of everyone there by that, since my goal was to get 10:12, and shaved off 45 seconds more than I was aiming for on something like that is not normally to be expected. So that made me feel really proud of myself, something that doesn't always happen when we are doing stuff. But other than that I'm ready for finals to be over, and a nice week and a half break.

8:42pm: It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
So...It's been rather long since the last time I've posted. What's new in my life? Well last week we started FTP (Field Training Prep), which basically consists of getting up at 5 AM three times a week to go get yelled at for messing up for the next several hours. Sounds fun doesn't it? So not only that, bu they decided to make me Squadron Commander this week, meaning that I am responsible for the approximately 40 people in FTP, and getting them where we need to be on time, something that is quite difficult when the Advisory Officers are constantly stopping you and making you do it over. Somehow we managed to make it this morning. It took us half an hour to go from Clark Hall to Husky Stadium, for those of you who know what that is. For those who don't, it is about a 10-15 minute walk at a normal pace. Blah. Probably the most important thing is just to keep taking one day at a time, and before I know it I will be done with Field Training. Also, we are in week 8 of 10 for school, so in less than a month I will be in Italy and France for 1 week enjoying myself to the utmost.

9:37pm: It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
Hokay, so. It's been a while since I've last done this there thing. The new quarter has started, and I think overall, I like my new classes better. I've decided that one thing I will try to avoid like the plague is classes larger than 50 people. My Psych class last quarter was so impersonal that the desire to skip was almost overwhelming at times. Now, since the classes are so small, I feel almost guilty even thinking about skipping. I've only skipped one class so far, and that's just because we wre reviewing stuff I did last quarter. But, yeah...I got my W-2 from Papa John's, and the government has over $80 that I'm going to be getting back. Other than that my life is pretty boring. I'm normally done with class by 12:30, and then I often spend the rest of the day wasting time on the Internet. I want a job, not just for the money, but also so I have something to do with myself.

4:54pm: We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
So I haven't posted in a while. Life is going pretty well right now, although paying for tuition this quarter might be a little tight. Whatev. If it gets too bad I can always just mooch off my parents. I figure they'll let me because my brother has mooched much more off them than I have. But yeah. My classes this quarter are just more of the same:

Math 324: This is advanced multivariable calculus I, so basically just taking what we did in 125 and 126 and doing it several times in a row.

Math 308: I don't know if this is going to be hard or not. It's called linear algebra, and most of the entire quarter is just going to be going over matrices and such.

French 202: The teacher this quarter seems much less intense. He's an american grad student, so he's still pretty young and as a result, the class is fairly laid back, which is a great change last quarter.

English 281: The class title is Intermediate Expository Writing, and one of our textbooks is called Rhetorical Grammar, and it is as exciting as it sounds. THe first chapter deals exclusively with such things as Subject and Predicate, Noun Phrase v. Verb Phrase, transitive and intransitive verbs, and such. It's kinda funny because of the chapters is on sentence rhythm and what words we accent when talking, and the teacher's accent gets in the way as he tries to explain it one way and says another

A S 212: This is my AF class, and it looks to be a lot more fun than last quarter. There is no final exam, and the last two weeks is taken up by a movie. There are two othe people in that section as well, which is kinda wierd but not too bad.

11:49pm: The gods help them that help themselves.
So I am in a really good mood right now. I found out my grade for Psych earlier today. 4.0. That makes me so happy just because I want to be able to say I've 4.0ed a class. Also, I'm going home tomorrow, so I'll be able to see all of the friends I haven't seen since leaving for school. I'm sure that there are some people I won't see, but if you have a special request to see me, give me a call anytime before Tuesday and I will do my utmost to accommodate you. I also need to find some time to fit in Noël shopping. but if I can find the right store that shouldn't take too long at all. I'm going to be seeing my mom for the first time since September on Tuesday, so I'm definitely looking forward to that. Unfortunately my Grand-parents are on a mission to the Phillipines so I'm not going to see them for next 2 years but we may be able to do a conference call with the whole Shaw clan so we can accommodate everyone, no matter where they are. But yes; I am le tired.

1:22pm: Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
Your score = 43

What does your score mean?

You seem to have a Type B personality. Your personality draws characteristics from each of the other personality types, that is, Type A and Type C. Either you adjust your behavior depending on the situation, or you tend to be moderated in your attitudes. In any case, you are the most balanced of the three personality types.

http://psychologytoday.psychtests.com/yahoo/anxiety/type_a_r_access.html

So...This is what I happens when I try to look up definitions for my Psychology studying on the Internet. Go me.

1:52pm:

You Are the Investigator

5 You're independent - and a logical analytical thinker. You love learning and ideas... and know things no one else does. Bored by small talk, you refuse to participate in boring conversations. You are open minded. A visionary. You understand the world and may change it.

Puis, pas de PUSA. C'est bon cependant, à cause de j'ai vu Ocean's 12 au lieu de ça. D'accord, je m'arrêterai. Life is boring, which is a very good thing. I got a chance to play some Chrono Trigger yesterday, and after wednesday I should be able to play it almost non-stop except for my orientation for tutoring on Thursday and the commissioning ceremony on Friday. And then...Imma goin' back to BL for Brett's birthday thing and mostly likely non-stop Halo until I leave for Utah. I don't know when I get back, but I believe it's before New Year's so I'll be able to "celebrate" properly.

4:30pm: We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Today had been shitty so far. I woke up 8. And it wasn't because I felt like it. No. It's because I had a final at 1030 and the teacher was having a review session at 930. After I leave at 1230, I go back to the dorms with enough time to get my notes for math and review for 15 minutes before I went to that final, which bent me over and made me its bitch. Thankfully I only have one final left on Tuesday and a French presentation on Wednesday. Somehow, even though I'm done with school on Wednesday, I'm not even going to be able to head to BL until Saturday. TONIGHT: PUSA. Ms. Santos, the ball is in your court.

8:52pm: You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.
Ok. Stupid math joke if any of you get it.

What's the anti-derivative of 1/cabin?
No idea?
It's ln cabin.

Get it? Ohhoho. I am soo funny. I am truly sorry if you did get it.

So. You want to know what's new in the life of Passey? Alright. I guess I can oblige you. Tomorrow's the last of classes until next quarter rolls around. So that's good. Unfortunately...the end of classes leads to one thing...finals. And just because they hate people who decide to take Math and French at the same time, I have a final from 1030-1230 on French on Saturday. That's not all. After my one hour break, I get to go take a 3 hour test on Math, more specifically Taylor series and double integrals. It's rather interesting actually. I finish my last final on tuesday; at the same time I'm not going to be abel to leave the dorms until Friday. GTA:SA, here I come. I am definitely looking forward to Saturday night though. I get to see the Presidents, who always rock, and I also get to see Mary, whom I haven't seen in several months. Oh, and Mary...my number's 206-992-5257.
Over and out.

11:23am: Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
This was in Margaret's journal and the results were pretty amazing. You wouldn't think they could do that with just what you give them, but they can.
http://www.crush007.com/love.cgi?id=1102270336nds

So. Life is interesting. Only 5 more days of class left until break. I had Dining-In last Friday and that was really fun. I haven't laughed that hard in several months. I realize that this may make me sound pretentious to others, but I don't think I'm going to be getting a 3.5 overall for the quarter, which is the cut-off for getting on the Dean's list. I may also get a job as a swim teacher for pre-school age kids, which would not only provide me with a much needed source of income, but it would also help to fulfill my requirements of having 80 hours of supervised teaching that I need to get into the Department of Teaching & Learning at WSU. I'm looking forward to next quarter. I'm going to be taking English 281, which is "Intermediate Expository Writing". I have a feeling that's is going to be a lot more interesting than Psych, which is what it is replacing. Also, I'll be continuing into French 202, which is probably going to be easier than 201, simply because of the teacher. Then for Math, I'm taking 308 and 324. 308 is supposedly an easy class, which I can believe because apparently the entire class is matrices. 324, however, is the continuation of 126, and is the last 2 chapters of the Calc book, which isn't going to be as fun. That is that.

9:10pm: It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

My #1 result for the SelectSmart.com selector, Which Monty Python Cast Member Are You?, is Graham Chapman

So. In just over 1 1/2 weeks I will be completely done with Autumn Quarter. Then no more learning for 2 more weeks. I want to be a freshman again. I wish I could go back to this time last year when my daily studying/homework was < 1 hour/day and I could get an overall GPA for the year of 3.59 off of that. Not gonna happen. Although one good thing is that if I can get a 67/70 on my Psych Final, I'll get a 4.0 in the class, and 35 of the questions are going to be taken word for word from previous exams. So that's good. I have a feeling I'm going to need that to boost my overall GPA because of Math. What sucks isn't that I'm bad at math, but that there were 5 people who got 50/50 on the last midterm. Why the hell didn't these people test straight past 126? And French. I have a 10 minute presentation next week that I haven't even started preparing for.

Over and Out.

8:22am: Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
So. Apparently everyone wants to be really frustrating when all I want to do is relax. Firstly, I have decided that TSA doesn't know what they are doing. Let me explain. On my way back from Utah yetserday I checked my bag. Unfortunately, TSA decided it was a threat to national security and hand searched it. Ordinarily I don't mind, I've had that happen before. However, they decided to break my lock, which was decidely uncool. What's this? you might say, doesn't Passey know that TSA has the right to break locks? you might wonder. Well yes, I do know, unfortunately, I am pretty sure that they are only allowed to break locks when they ARE ACTUALLY LOCKING SOMETHING AND NOT JUST HANGING THERE DOING NOTHING. So, that annoyed me.
Next is my family, apparently they don't understand this whole concept of "friends" and what that means. It started with my mom at the beginnning of this year. She decided that she wanted to have the wedding the weekend before school started, and not fly me back until the monday before when school started on wednesday. Now, ordinarily that wouldn't be too bad, except I also had to move EVERYTHING out of my apartemnt still, check into the dorms, check out of my apartment, and buy my books. I managed with only being slightly overloaded. Next, Thanksgiving. The only reason that my dad didn't fly me down on Wednesday as soon as I got out of classes is because of CAKE. Then he flys me back on Monday, forcing me to miss half of my classes. It could be worse you may say. Humbug I say to you. Christmas and New Year's. The only reason I'm going to be able to see any of my friends then is because I'm flying to Utah with my mom on the 21st, otherwise I'm sure I would be on the first plane after my last final. Then, I was discussing coming back with my dad, and he couldn't seem to understand this concept of coming back BEFORE New Year's. He could barely cope with me coming back sometime beofre the day before classes start. It certainly didn't help that my lush brother was sitting there saying that the only reason I wanted to go back early is so that I could go get drunk with all of my college friends. Right. Because I plan my life around Alcohol. Grr. I really want to see all of my friends but whenever I have the possiblilty my family takes it away.

5:27pm: Gratitude and greed do not go together.



Hmm. What does that blank mean i wonder?

Well I lead an exciting life. Our math section is the dumbest of the four with an average midterm grade of 29 out of 50. Thankfully I got a 33, although one section had an average of 37. Sweet. After my exam on Monday I wont have any more Psych tests until finals. I am certainly ready for Wednesday to roll around. CAKE.

How to make a passey100

Ingredients: 3 parts mercy 3 parts courage 3 parts

Method: Add to a cocktail shaker and mix vigorously. Add lustfulness to taste! Do not overindulge!

12:37pm: Only cowards insult dying majesty.
So. I haven't posted in like a week and a half. I have had the busiest week ever invented. First, Monday, I had to spend all day finishing my math homework, although that's pretty par for the course. Tuesday though, I went to the GMC meeting after class, and that normally takes maybe an hour. However we found out that Col Felts was going to be paying a visit on Friday, and as a result we had to do a thourough deep cleaning of the cadet lounge. I finally left when my dad called to let me know that my brother, my dad, my step-mom and I were going to dinner in Ballard in half an hour. I didn't get back from that until close to 1000, which is when I normally go to bed. Wednesday was my brother's graduation from the Diver's Institute of Technology. I had to skip Psych to go. I'm glad to finally see my brother finishing something he started, after flunking out of West Point after one semester and WSU after two years. One thing that annoys me about him though is that hes less than 10 credits from his Associate's and he doesn't want to get it because he "doesnt need it". That's a good reason. After graduation we all went to the Palisades, one of the most expensive restaurants I've ever been to. Although the salmon I had was the best King Salmon I have ever had. So for Tue and Wed I spent around 45 mins total in my room. Thursday was more mellow, although we went and bought our Europe tickets right after class and to dinner right after that, so I didn't end up getting back until around 630. Friday we had PT in BDUs, and I had to fall out of the run because with the caps on there is no way for heat to dissipate and I would have passed out if I kept running. After class I finished my Psych experiments, and then went to Red Lobster with Miles, Megan, and Val. Saturday was a day of catching-up. I managed to finsh almost all of my Math homework, so I can concentrate on getting my breifing ready for Tuesday. And now I'm procrastinating on doing my French homework by Live Journaling. But now that I'm done I guess I have no more excuses. Bleh.

6:01pm: Wealth unused might as well not exist.
OK. Stupid math joke that my TA told us yesterday:

What's the cross between an elephant and a monkey?

ElephantMonkeysin(Θ)

What's the cross between an octopus and a mountain climber?

You can't cross an octopus with a mountain climber, a mountain climber's a scaler.

For those of you who understood that I'm sorry, but it had to be said.

So. Life has been better than average this week. My counseling with Maj Hazen went really well, and I have an appointment to meet with a counseler on Mon to talk about my life. Woo. I got a stay of execution on my French presentation. Yeah nothing too exciting but overall sgood.

7:36pm: Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.
Well...I've decided. After this year I'm going to transfer to the Teacher Preparation Program at WSU. That's right, Mr. Passey will be corrupting your childrens' minds.It feels nice to finally decided. Unless I hear differently from Maj Corning, I'm probably going to be leaving ROTC after the end of January. That depresses me, because some of the greatest times I've had here at school have been with the friends I've made in ROTC. Still...I'm sure I can make good memories at WSU, and I see no reason to get a bachelor's degree I'll never use just so I can go to community college to get my teacher's cert when I can get it from another school with only half a year's more work. That's that. I feel like I should be studying more for French, because every day she starts going off on something and I can only understand half of what she's staying; with Math and French combined I'm normally "learning" from the beginning of class at 1130 A until bed at around 1130 P. I'm exhausted of studying, but if I stop, I fall behind. Bah. Welp, back to studyin'.

10:21pm: He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends.

Green You are a very calm and contemplative person. Others are drawn to your peaceful, nurturing nature. Find out your color at Quiz Me!

Indeed. I often have people tell me how my peaceful, nurturing nature drew them. Although if I have to be a color, I suppose green is the best color to be.

9:47am: It is easy to propose impossible remedies.
So, lessee, interesting week. It started out pretty normal. Then, on Tuesday I found out I have a psych midterm today...that kinda startled me a bit.Then when I woke up on Wednesday I couldn't breathe through my nose and my entire throat hurt. Nothing spreads illnesses better than the dorms. Then, later in the day, I go to my meeting with Maj Hazen at 330. Yeah, turns out I signed up for 130, so I get to be chewed out for that when I schedule my make-up meeting. After that is the mock inspection as a practice for the real one on Thursday. That made me realize how much I've forgotten over the weekend. So now, in addition to shining my shoes, getting my uniform ready, studying for my psych midterm, and studying for my math midterm next tuesday, now I also need to study the knowledge for inspection, in addition to the nightly french homework. Awesome. Thursday morning rolls around, and I drag myself outta bed at 515 to get ready. I get there fine and everything's good so far. Then, they call out the sophomores to go to Field Training Prep. Last year, most of FTP consisted of the sophomores being yelled at and told they were wrong, so I was really looking forward to that. Turns out to be not so much. We break into small groups and go over stuff I already know. Then, because we were marching around, our group managed to not get inspected, and that's something that's not considered our fault. After that I went back to the room to do some work. The first thing I read in my e-mail is a letter from french teacher saying that french is canceled for the day. Then, I call the department of Teaching and Learning and figure out what the hell I'm doing for my bachelor's, and I should be able to graduate with a little bit of summer work after the regular four years. The only thing I need before I can be accepted into the teacher prep program is 80 hours of mentor work in the last year. So I google mentoring in Seattle. Turns out there is a class right hear at UW where I can get credit for going to public schools and tutoring. So even though it was a pretty crappy start to the week, it's been shaping up to end as a pretty damn good week.

5:20pm: Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Yeah, so when you drink vodka straight out of the bottle, you don't realize how much you've had to drink until you start reading peoples' shoes. That is certainly something to remember for the future. Anyways my life is still pretty boring except for those few instants where it becomes extremely interesting. I've already had my first quiz in French, amd that wasn't too bad. I think as long as I study an hour two every day, it should be no problem. And math is just fucking wierd. 124 and 125 had something to do with each other, but 126 is just where they took everything that wouldn't fit anywhere else and stuck it in there. As a result its not really harder than 125, just wierd stuff. My room's finally starting to be organized the way I want it, and I am starting to get used to the rhythm of things, s'good.

10:02pm: What memories cling round the instruments of our pleasure...
So this weeks turning out to be better than last. I can understand my french teacher most of the time, math isn't too hard, and my psychology class is still incredibly easy. My birthday was good. Some friends from last year and I went to what claims to be the original Red Robin, in Seattle. Apparently Red Robin used to be a stoner. After that we met some people from the 6th floor and went and saw Garden State. It was a little weird but highly recommendable. Then followed a boring weekend. We had our first PT session for ROTC today. Now I feel like my legs don't want to work. We just watched Napoleon Dynamite in Val and Emily's room. Apparently I can dance just like Napoleon. Who knew? So that's my life.