I am starting to develop phantom limb syndrome with regards to class. Every so often I do a mental check of what needs to happen tomorrow, and I keep trying to itch whatever part of the brain is responsible for making sure I go to class and get my homework done.

I picked out my outfit for the graduation ceremony.

My room mate is a 5th generation Japanese-American, born and raised in Hawaii, currently going to grad school at Iowa in Industrial Engineering. She likes to fold stuff ( Read more... )

If you are going to bake a pizza instead of order in, do not make it when you are exceptionally hungry. You must be patient in all things hot pizza related. Otherwise you will eat too quickly, thus allowing a very hot lump of cheese to slither off the pizza and onto your lip ( Read more... )

It's been almost a year since the last time I updated this journal, and certain individuals have been bugging me to post. Looks like some people just really want to know what's going on in my life. Huh, who knew? Anyway, I'm going to try to post on a more regular basis this year ( Read more... )

Sawdust is like sand. It gets into everything .. . . even ears.

Wow.  I guess Disney isn't alone . . ..

One of these days I should go through this list and read all the "great" books I haven't read . . . but not right now.

Beowulf
Achebe, Chinua - Things Fall Apart
Agee, James - A Death in the Family
Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice
Baldwin, James - Go Tell It on the Mountain
Beckett, Samuel - Waiting for Godot
Bellow, Saul - The Adventures of Augie ( Read more... )

Ok, first off Happy Easter to all y'all who celebrate Easter. I'll update with more detail later, but I just wanted to share some happiness ( Read more... )

Ok, so I have a bit of an amendment to my last entry. Cutting metal is fun. Welding: not so much. I did the actual welding part on Tuesday ( Read more... )

ok, lemme just say . . . WELDING IS SO COOL ( Read more... )