Got back to school at 5:30, threw my clothes in the dryer and folded a few more from the load I had done a week ago. Took the garbage out, heated up some dinner and gathered up my now-dry clothes. Took them back to my room, did Nothing Much for an hour or so, then got ready for the Theta meeting. Having been warned this time, I wore black pants, and was intending to wear a nice shirt but it was all wrinkly. Smoothed out the wrinkles as best I could (not very well), put on my pin (without resorting to the "special method" I had learned
25:10 Allen says if you search for "Gold Elf" on Yahoo, my page is the first that comes up! Yay! I don't even know how long ago I put in my page for spidering, but apparently they got around to it eventually! Yay! Allen also told me to get some funk, so I did. And it was good.
After math I came back, got my laundry, did Nothing Much and headed off to meet Sara for Theta ed. at 4:30. Stayed till 5:15, came back and did some math, dropped it off and went to bed.
19:20 Did laundry. Well, it's in the washing machine right now but I'm DOING laundry. Yay me!
17:07 I thought I had something profound to say, but now I have forgotten it. It was webcomic influenced anyway, so it can't have been THAT profound. Oh, and I figured I might as well move my March stuff to its own page now, since it seems clear I'm not going to add to it anymore.
21:00 Just got an offer to go to Boston this summer for four days, all expenses paid. The only things are that I'd have to go to meetings every Tuesday from now till the end of the year, and it's a Christian Science workshop so I'd be there for THAT, and not just for fun. Ah well. Shall consider it, that's for damn sure.
23:19 Back from tutoring Joyce. We didn't get much done, in part because we were interrupted many times (she was working and when she was trying to solve a problem I was surfing the net) and in part because she works so slowly because she's trying to understand the dang problem. But that's okay, as long as she works that out with Professor Jordan (which I'm sure is no problem). We're also meeting later in the week too, to make sure she's all okay with everything.
Got up at 1, having just missed brunch at Downer due to my thinking it closed at 1:30. So Amanda and I went to Perkins and had brekky there, then got groceries (snacks) and went to get fish. Took us a while to agree on what we wanted, but eventually we agreed on getting two fan-tailed goldfish (bigger and prettier than regular goldfish) and a betta, with a bowl for the betta and a little aquarium for the other two. Came back here and assembled the aquariums and transferred the fish, went to dinner with Amanda, came back and watched half of the new Sabrina until she and I both had to leave, and then we left.
22:51 So, now I'm officially a Theta pledge. I got a pin and all that, and they put me through these silly rituals which are all secret that I can't describe here because they're secret, duh. And they had a little glass there that I was a little worried through the whole ceremony I might have to refuse it because it contained alcohol, but then I decided I'd just go ahead and drink it down and oh well, or spit it out and ruin everything or something else, I don't know, but in the end it turned out to be okay 'cause it was just grape juice. After the ceremony was over they turned the lights on (oh yeah the ceremony was done by "candlelight") and the meeting continued regularly. It was interesting, I suppose. I'll have to get used to it, since I have three plus years of it to look forward to. Afterward I set up a meeting with the new member info person and talked to someone about Theta housing, and that was that. Oh yeah, and they told me a cute way to put on my pledge pin that's also very wrong, but no one over the age of twenty reads this anyway, so here goes: my mentor told me you grab your breast, and where your pointer finger is, that's right where the pin goes, and it works every time. Dirty, but effective. Anyway...
Got back here just in time for my parents' phone call. Mostly it was Mom who wanted to talk to me, all interested in what had gone on at initiation, I think mostly to make sure it was official and everything. Think she also wanted to know if anything had changed, but mostly it was for that reason. Oh, and she was all worried that I was underdressed, because I was only wearing jeans and a normal shirt, but everyone else was too so I was fine. She thought it was all supposed to be super-formal though and almost flipped when I told her what I wore, but she calmed down some when I said that everyone else was dressed the same. Hung up, finished watching the movie and then spread the joy of this picture to some friends. Planned to meet Ann at 7:30 for breakfast, and invited Mollie to come with us. Mollie told me shortly afterwards that the dress for meetings was semi-formal, just so I knew. Ooops. But now I know, so I'm good. Bed soon, since I am awaking in six hours or so.
What did I do today...? Hmmm... well, I got up at just before 11, because I had been incoherent through my alarms which was a Bad Thing, but I got up in time anyway, which was a Good Thing. Got my schedule sorted out after much running around and consulting with three people, only one of whom was my advisor. But things got worked out. Then I discovered that Aubra was NOT in the Science Hall atrium like she had said she might have been, so I got out of having to do that for PEL. Went to lunch instead, and encountered Dan in line. Had salmon, and sat with him and Charlie. I don't know... something about Dan is making me think less of him for some reason. Maybe it's his awkwardness. It might also be my own fault, though, in that I am less funny than he is, which makes me jealous. So I shall try not to be unsupportive and mean around him, because that would just be small-minded of me. Which I try to avoid.
After lunch I went back to my room and filled in the rest of my schedule based on what I had learned. Given all that, I still have two spaces to fill next year, without considering overloading. Then again, professor Yang suggested I only minor in Japanese, and I still have my GenEds to get out of the way. So it's not completely open, but I have some more leeway now than I thought I did before. Will fill the rest out later. After I got bored with that I played FF4 until it was time for MEAC, stuffed shorts and a t-shirt in my bag and went off to class. We watched a vid, then discussed the Chinese view of things making communication impossible because even if they could translate everything perfectly, the motives and mindsets were to different for them to understand the other side. Also, we got our quizzes back, and I got a 10/10.
As soon as class was over I went into the bathroom and changed, then headed over to the ORC house where Joyce was waiting to bring me to frisbee practice. Did throwing-in-massive-wind drills, gave up on that and did running/sprint drills, then scrimaged for a bit. Did calisthenics after that, then went home. I came back with Joyce and Al, and had dinner with them (and later Peter). Interesting sidenote: Joyce wants me to be her stats tutor. Yay me.
After dinner went back to my room and changed to go usher. Went over there, but there was no recital. It was one of those "iffy" dates, of course, but it still upset me mildly that I was all dressed up and had nothing to do. Came back to my room and used the free time to play massive amounts of FF4. Which I've almost finished, now.
17:37 I need to wear less underwear and less shirt with these pants. Or else more pants with my underwear and this shirt.
After class I went off to the LUCC meeting, which went incredibly fast compared to what I've seen so far. It only took an hour, which was amazing. When that was over I came back here, put my laundry in the dryer and made plans with Mollie and Barb to have pizza for dinner. Now I'm off to a meeting on hosting Waseda University students, and then shall be back for dinner around 6:30. Off I go!
So. The Waseda meeting wasn't that interesting, and they had little information that wasn't known to me, but I put my name down on a list so at least the meeting had a purpose. Came back and had pizza and watched Wheel of Fortune with Mollie, Barb and Amanda, moved my laundry into the dryer, got dressed for "work," went and passed out programs and made sure no one went in when they shouldn't (for which they pay me. Ha!), came back and changed into slightly grubbier clothes, went to Riverview and tie-dyed with the Thetas, which was really a way to give them a chance to talk with us (and have us talk with them) so they can determine if they want us to join. WSS what happens with that. When I had colored my socks to me own satisfaction (and it was 8:50), Kate and I left to pick up the DVD player from the Theta room. Since we were there, we stopped in at the Kappa COB event, which was to have ice cream and play games. I didn't play any games, but I did go have ice cream and talked with some of the Kappas while Kate got the DVD player.
Got up and took a shower, since I was still all gross and nasty from the day before, having fallen into bed in exhaustion without doing much else the night before. Felt all clean and pretty when I got out, but I didn't want to deal with my oh-so-nassty feet. Stupid frisbee, for tearing up my oh-so-pretty feet like that. Sigh. Had a lunch of Chef Boyardee's "ABC-123's" and cocoa, read 30 pages of Emperor of China while consuming a Diet Sprite and half-listening to some golf tournament (which Amanda was watching), and now am typing this. Soon I shall play Amanda's hacked copy of Final Fantasy 4, which she got a long time ago back when you could still pirate old Nintendo games off the internet. Yay!
Almost as soon as our cheer was over and we had stretched out, we left. Drove to Grace's sister's house in hopes of gettting dinner (pre-arranged) but she wasn't there. We left a note thanking her for letting us stay there and Grace wrote one saying something cute and familial, and then we left. Had dinner at a Culver's in the same town, and I had my first "frozen custard." Really just ice cream with a little extra egg in it, but it was some damn fine ice cream. Drove the rest of the way from there to Chicago without stopping, took a potty break in Chicago and drove from there to Appleton. Got in at 11:30, putzed around on the computer and unpacked while watching Conan (sort of) before going to bed around 12:30. Awfully tired, I was.
Anyway.... got up at 9 and went to breakfast. Sat with Kyle and Sue (and we were later joined by two others) and half-worked on my math while eating. Made a lunchbox, went to Briggs and did some homework. By the time econ started, I had 1, 2 and 4 done. Econ was nice though semi-uninteresting, after which I went to a room in Briggs and had lunch while finishing my homework. Got through #5 fairly easily, but didn't finish #3 until 1:15. I did finish, though. Went to math, took notes and then turned in our homework at the end of class. Felt really great because I had managed to get everything done, and I think it was pretty good. Such a nice feeling. After class I went to the campus activities office and looked at movie listings, but they didn't have any anime besides Princess Mononoke. Which meant that we have to show movies illegally, but that was already a strong possibility. Took a nap, went to dinner (alone), came back here and now I'm leaving for a frisbee tournament in Kalamazoo, MI. So off I go!
19:36 Went from class (where I took 6 1/2 pages of notes) straight to an LUCC meeting. Sat there for two hours, and the only real thing I got out of it was some free pop and getting to see Cole tell everyone that what Chris Worman had been doing for the past two years was wrong. That was mildly amusing, but the rest of it was pretty blah. I did spend a lot of time going over the LUCC rules and learned some interesting things about budgeting for my club that I shall relay to the others at the meeting which is conveniently (or perhaps not so conveniently, since I have to talk to someone else about finance things before anything can be firmly decided) scheduled for tonight. Shall go to that and talk to them. After that WSS what else happens.
After the LUCC meeting I went straight to Downer (after a brief conversation with Tariq and Cene, that is) and sat with Mollie, Barb and Damaris who were kind enough to wait until I had eaten before leaving, even though when I had come in they were all practically finished. Sweet of them. Then I went and got ice cream with Mollie, the two of us sat out in the lobby with Barb for a few minutes before starting back to Plantz (Barb had had surgery a few days ago and it still hurt to move excessively). Came back to my room and typed this while avoiding math homework, which really isn't that bad. Not right now, at least. Shall do it soon, I really will. Esp. since it's due tomorrow. Though luckily I have time before econ now. Yay!
23:32 Why can't real life leave me alone and let me be as antisocial as I want? With that in mind: stupid frisbee.
Got back recently from my RLA interview, which I think went well. Also participated in (half of) my very first seder. Had to leave early because of said interview. Spent a little time after the interview talking with various people and playing with Play-Dough, then came back here and talked with Mollie and Barb for a little bit. Now I'm off to go shopping with Amanda. Yay!
Back from shopping. I got three pairs of socks, some new conditioner and a few random "toys" for Whitney's birthday present. Then we went to Wal-Mart and got snacks and breakfast foods. Manda also got an ice tea maker, which is a waste of money, plastic and space in my opinion, but it's hers to waste. Needs must address space concerns with her soon, though, since 'tis a shared commodity and she's taking my "share" of it. But that can be worked on this weekend when she has time, and next weekend when I'm here. No rush.
Hmmm, what else? Ah yes, had prophetic/warning dreams that got me out of bed on time, since my alarm had indeed been somehow turned off. Econ was amusing but nothing special, had lunch with Kyle and Sue and Dan and Damaris and Marissa and Adrianna and another girl who I don't know (nothing terribly memorable to talk about), math was blurry, went and saw about a tutor only to learn that Parks doesn't let his students have tutors, so I just have to see him which isn't so bad but ah well. McNeill wasn't in, so I didn't get my registration slip signed (grr) but I did go see the people in Brokaw about my phone and they said they'd get on it. Found out (via e-mail from the VCSC) that Lisa wasn't going to be coming so I didn't need to tutor her. Skipped practice anyway, though I did go running for a bit (ran a whole mile plus). Met Andrew on my way out of the Rec Center and had a lovely little chat with him, came back and got dressed for the Seder. Should add more about that if I think to do so. But perhaps not, since it's (just) past 1 and I want some sleep. So I shall do that tomorrow, if at all. Night, net.
Oh yes, as an afterthought, I ought to scan in more pics of me and other people and add them in somewhere.
20:50 Slightly bored. I've been back in my room for about an hour and a half, and shall soon be leaving with Ann for a weird and random concert, but that's not for another ten minutes or so. I finished reading the April Fool's Day issue of The Lawrentian a few minutes ago, and have had nothing to do since. Sigh. Twenty whole minutes of languishing and doing nothing! Sob. Ah well, I'll survive. At least the concert will be good, or entertaining at the very least.
23:17 Got back from the concert recently. It was like a Connie version of satiric comedy. Amusing, since I used to be a music person, and I think Ann found it about as funny. Dan, however, who also accompanied me, didn't seem to think it was quite as amusing. Left in the middle to go to an ushering meeting in which I signed up for most Thursdays between now and reading period, because I would be gone most weekends. Which I'm kind of upset about- being gone, that is. Also means I'd be missing out on having Thursday evenings free, but that would have happened sort of anyway, since I have anime club meetings at 9. But anyway... now I just need to add in those dates on my calendar, brush my teeth and go to bed. Night, net-world.