Last night, adventure was had ( Read more... )

Today I was having breakfast/lunch in the Burge cafeteria, sitting with my legs crossed on my chair when John, A.K.A. Redshirt Oldman, approached me and asked me to please uncross my legs, telling me that dining hall policy said I couldn't have my feet on the chair. I gladly obliged him, but I really wanted my legs crossed, so I brought my legs up ( Read more... )

I'm finding myself falling back into old patterns that I used to hate. Specifically, my thoughts of school as a nuisance in my life. It's something I do here and there but most of my life is other things. That doesn't seem like a healthy attitude, especially for being in college when I'm paying for what I'm learning. I pay no attention to school. I ( Read more... )

I am now an investor! I'm going to take full advantage of having all this extra money and start saving/investing for retirement. It seems so far off... but in all the math books they have those little scenarios where someone invests a little money when they're young and someone else invests a lot of money when they're old and by the time they're ( Read more... )

Today I got a gigantic package in the mail. Just getting mail is plenty exciting, but getting a package is even better. And I knew exactly what was in the package: a sweet electric guitar! Omigosh so fun to play ( Read more... )

All these old folk musicians I've been listening to lately really blow my mind.

Last night I went to a debate of the city council candidates for students. I left realizing that I don't really like any of the candidates too well, and also I was poorly quoted in an article in today's Iowa City Press-Citizen:More than 40 students and community members attended the candidate forum sponsored by University of Iowa Student Government ( Read more... )

My room is pretty cluttered. There's probably too much furniture in here, but that's not necessarily bad because the way it's arranged, the room is divided in two so that I have a part of it, including a couch, all to myself. Half the floor is covered in Ernest's dirty laundry. I have big musical instruments everywhere: two six-string guitars, a ( Read more... )

Except for getting all my homework done and in on time (!), today has been one of those days where everything exactly wrong happens at exactly the wrong time ( Read more... )

It's a good thing I'm as laid back as I am. Ernie stumbled in here with the help of another guy on our floor about twenty minutes ago. He could hardly stand up and smelled of equal parts alcohol and vomit. The guy who got him here asked me for a trash can, and then he put our metal trashcan by Ernie's head. If he throws up in it, I'm demanding a ( Read more... )