And the next thing you know, it's been almost two weeks since my last post. This just cannot be! So I'm gonna post something.

The question is...what?

Soooooooooooo in the weeks since I came to school I've been meaning to go for a midnight swim sometime. Haven't done it yet. Today we got a notice on our doors saying that they're gonna close the pool on Thursday. I'd be less bummed if they hadn't already put signs all around the pool saying "Pool Closed." Somebody should tell management. You'd think they'd know, but I guess not! So my dream of that midnight swim is probably not gonna pan out until at least April. It's a real bummer.

8!

*shrug* I got tagged. Whatcha gonna do?


8 Things I am Passionate About:
1.The Gospel
2. My family
3. 'The Family'
4. Happiness
5. Music
6. Health
7. Babes
8. Guys that can sing really really low

8 Words or Phrases I Say Often:
1. I believe it.
2. I think you're bluffing.
3. Serious[ly]
4. You're mocking me, aren't you.
5. Get 'er done, Johnny Reb
6. I wish I was rich.
7. I wish I was in bed.
8. Do YOU know what I should major in?

8 Things I want to do before I Die:
1. Get married. That's about it. But if I live longer, I guess I should have other goals.
2. Choose a major.
3. Release an album or two.
4. Sing that darn low A. Ideally with witnesses.
5. Get really good at the piano. And singing. And guitar.
6. Figure out that flippin' music program I bought.
7. Raise a righteous posterity.
8. Be rich. Really, really rich. Sooner rather than later.

8 Things I Have Learned From my Past:
1. I am, in fact, usually right. Alas, I'm usually wrong too.
2. Swedish.
3. Everybody's just trying to do their thing.
4. Trust people because they've earned your trust, not because of any title they have.
5. What doesn't kill you burns calories.
6. Truth isn't an opinion.
7. There's always a bright side. Look for it, and enjoy it.
8. It'll all turn out okay in the end.

8 Places I Would Love to Go or See:
1. Broadway
2. Antarctica
3. The spot where Norway, Sweden, and Finland connect. I wanna put my foot there.
4. Pluto
5. A prophet's apartment
6. Everest
7. Moscow
8. Alaska

8 Things I Currently Need or Want:
1. DMC-TZ5 camera
2. Z-5500 speakers and something to do with them.
3. My own F-18... with unlimited fuel and ammo... built in...
4. A major
5. A woman
6. A popsicle
7. A trick to keep me awake while reading for classes
8. Fifty-hundred-million dollars.

8 People I Tag:
1. Um... I only have like 5 people that will even read this, and one of them already did it. I guess if you wanna do it, consider yourself tagged. Tag!!

Math study session

I'm taking a math class for the first time in 5.5 years. That's right, 5 1/2 years. 11/2 years. And I'm doing relatively okay with it. We have a test over the first section starting today, and I think I'll do okay with most of it. I just wish I knew the official formula for completing the square with a quadratic formula. We did a bunch of examples, but never actually got a straight formula. I'd like to have that formula. So I went to a study session that was announced in class, where the TA's would help get anybody interested ready for the test. I went tonight, expecting a small room with few or no people. I mean, come on, it's math. How many people want to spend their Wednesday night studying math instead of partying?

Well, turns out there are very very many people who lean that way. I got there at about 8:20ish, the announced hours being 7:00-9:00. Thought I'd just go get my formula and take my leave. Imagine then my surprise upon discovering not a quaint room with bored TA's waiting eagerly to meet me, but a stadium-seated room with students pouring out into the aisles, and the TA going crazy up front with all them symbols and numbers. So I walked to the back, out of the way, and figured I'd just watch and see if my question came up on its own.

About a minute went by. He was wrapping up one equation, and somebody asked a question about parentheses vs brackets. He answered, thanked the room, everybody clapped, and we all left. I didn't feel much more prepared after that minute than I did before, but hey. At least I was there. Now it's all up to karma.