So I woke up this morning with the intent to actually go to class, and when I looked out my window I discovered the first "real" snowfall of the season. I love snow. The roads were iced over, sidewalks were covered, even the enormous pile of coal at the power plant across the street had turned white. It was amazing. And upon checking my e-mail ( Read more... )

So Tech just lost the ACC championship to FSU, 22-27, after being down 24 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter. And you know what? We would've kept coming back and won that game if it had been in Blacksburg. Or anywhere but Jacksonville, Florida, for that matter. But no--the incredibly biased refs made bullshit call after bullshit call ( Read more... )

So I finally moved up to gold belt (because yellow just doesn't sound good enough) today, after a test that took no less than four and a half hours. Most of that time was spent standing/sitting around while Master Khan, my Keith's (my instructor's) instructor, talked on and on and on...but you know what? I like the guy. I like his philosophy, ( Read more... )

So I lied earlier when I said I was going back to bed. Oh, don't get me wrong, I meant to go back to bed. But then I decided that for once I'd do something constructive with my day, and walked on down to the police station for the second time in as many days ( Read more... )

If you walk to class in a business suit as I had to for Sociology this morning, no one will make eye contact with you. No one. Professors, janitors, power plant workers, students, it doesn't matter--most people who don't actually know you won't even look directly at you, and if they do they quickly look away, like they've done something wrong. ( Read more... )

So I have the best friends ever. I called up my good buddy Corbett yesterday and asked him to get me the phone numbers of some junkyards in and around Chesapeake so I could make some calls and find the parts to fix my car...but he did me one better and went ahead and found 'em for me. Not only that, he's going to pick them up from the junkyard ( Read more... )

Reason #59817 to love Christmas:

Eggnog.

That is all.

So I'm back at Tech after Thanksgiving break, during which I never felt especially compelled to update; that's OK because I'm sure nobody felt especially compelled to read ( Read more... )

Write down ten random things in no particular order that make you happy and then tag five other people ( Read more... )

I made a discovery today. It is, in fact, possible to get decent food near my dorm--but only before 2 PM. So now I've got a reason to be conscious enough to walk short distances before midafternoon. You know, aside from class. Of course, after 2 I still have to walk so far that I burn more calories in my quest for food than I take in once I get ( Read more... )