A few words

Well here I am again... in the library... homework is done, nothing to do for another half hour. Two thoughts come to mind.

One. Since sometime last semester I've had an iPod. It was a shuffle. I love/loved it. Loved it because for Christmas I got a Nano, so I don't use the shuffle anymore. Anyhow, since then I've always brought it with me to school, as I spend a lot of time walking or in the library, so it's nice to have the tunes with me. I don't know how many hours a day on average I have this thing running, but its probably on the order of about 3-4. Thats a lot I think. Well I started to notice a month or two ago (or maybe more) that I skip most of the songs. Maybe because they're old or overplayed or whatever, but I often find myself clicking away at the 'skip track' button. Ok, I'm getting there, I promise. I think today was a new record. I started the shuffle songs deal on the nano about 3 1/2 hours ago. take about 45 minuted of class away and that leaves you with over 2 1/2 hours that this thing has been running since then. This is ridiculous... I've already been through 381 of the 658 songs that I have on it. Make that 424. Geez. I can't help myself. So in conclusion, I need to do one of two things. Either take it off shuffle and choose the songs that I want to hear (but that takes so much more effort), or just leave the little music maker home for a day or two. Mm... that sounds kinda nice.

Two. Some people have probably noticed my dissatisfaction with weather forecasts/ers as of late. The thing is... before Christmas break, the guy on one of the local channels was calling for like 3 big storms (like 3-9 inches) before Christmas. One of those for the day before I left. Jack diddly. Then I come back and see on noaa.gov (normally a very good, reliable place for weather) the forecast boxes filled with snow... and almost all of them at 50% chance of precipitation or better. Well since I've been home it hasn't done anything... except some funky ice/snow that looked like little styrofoam bits. Anyhow, they called for another giant... nothing... then I check yesterday and there was a small chance of snow overnight. And I wake up to like 3-4 inches of snow. ?!?!? Where do these guys get their info? It frustrates me. you'd think by now they would have this weather thing down. I mean, we can clone animals, split atoms, fly through space. Whatever. At any rate I'm happy it snowed on us and I hope it does some more and I hope that the weatherman doesn't tell us that it will just to make us happy.

Hmm... that worked out nicely... time to go!

New...

Well folks, its a new year!
That brings many new things...

New classes...
New challenges...
New goals...
New clothes...
New adventures...
New... other things...

New... thats a weird word... have you have looked at or thought about a word for a long time and realized how ridiculous it is and wonder why we say such silly things? Well... it just happened to me. New. Hm.

I'm back to school (actually typing this between classes... not much else to do). Today is the first day back for everyone, which means lots of confused people, long lines, and the like. I think I'm glad to be back, its fun to see old friends again, and to be back on campus and in the swing of things.

I went to the bookstore today to try and sell some of my books from last semester. It was a blast... and I think I'll do it this way from now on, instead of selling the books back to the bookstore. You can get a little more money for them, and plus I loved walking up and down the aisles saying 'Anthropology 101, what poor soul needs books for anthropology 101!?' I felt like one of those guys on the floor of the Dow Jones... tons of people bumping and shuffeling around... and me trying to make a deal. Anyhow, I got all of them sold by about 11 this morning for a grand total of $130. That should easily pick up my books for this semester. Yes!

So a few ideas I've had for this whole blog deal... I told Jenn that I'd start writing family scripture... I've thought about it once or twice, but still haven't really gotten into the right mood to do it yet. But it'll show up here someday, I'm sure. Also, at some point in the future when all of our blogs are a bit more developed and refined, I'll probably do some award giving... We'll see. Any other ideas?

One more thing... make sure to take some time out to feel bad for Alec... go read his blog... A link can be found on the right -->