VEGAS BABY VEGAS! YEAH BABY YEAAAAAHHHHH!
Okay so I should probably be asleep by now, but I'm just a tad excited. That and me the idiot forgot to bring home my itinerary for the weekend, so I had to redo it. Luckily I'd planned on making changes anyway, and this one is much more relaxed and better planned. Luckily I do have the sheet with all my reservation numbers for show tickets and flight numbers and so forth. If my head wasn't attached... well you know the joke.
So the theory is heading to the airport tomorrow morning (eh like five hours from now, but I got twelve hours of sleep last night so who really cares) and showing up in Vegas at 11:30am local time. Yeah I know they're in the same timezone we are, it just sounds more official that way. Then comes three days and two nights of fun in the sun and wining and dining (well, at least dining) and eventually trapzing back here on a flight that leaves at 6:30pm Sunday, and leaving here around 9 and making my way back to UCSB around 11 or midnight. Then comes the collapsing for three days aspect, unfortunately it will be interrupted due to various classes Monday.
Feel free to scroll down to read about my dinner plans for tonight, they're pretty elaborate and with under twenty four hours to go, fate has plenty of time to work its magic.
Looked into internet cafes and so forth in Vegas, and they all charge a pretty penny, so I'll see what I can do blog wise, but most likely there will be a complete recap whenever I get back to normal sometime early next week. :) Have an awesome weekend all, because I know I will. Twenty one has its privledges.
VEGAS BABY VEGAS! YEAH BABY YEAH! WOOHOOOOOOOO!
Thursday, May 09, 2002
The Five Minute High...
For those looking for a quick fix, try going to a section to find out your paper grade worth 25% of your grade in a class was an A, an immediately following going to get a midterm for another class worth 20% and finding out it wasn't. Luckily plenty of room for improvement in that class that happens to be financial economics, but pretty sure we're going to be steering clear of the nitty gritty aspect of the subject in the future. Not sure where that means we'll be going job wise, but still plenty of time for that. The best part of today is now that its over, I'm going home tomorrow! Well, today now even! Who knows what time I'll leave, probably whenever I get bored and actually get packed.
The other good news is I have two more midterms to get back, both of which should be cheerer uppers. Oh, and the word of the day is wheelbarrow. Inside joke.
For those looking for a quick fix, try going to a section to find out your paper grade worth 25% of your grade in a class was an A, an immediately following going to get a midterm for another class worth 20% and finding out it wasn't. Luckily plenty of room for improvement in that class that happens to be financial economics, but pretty sure we're going to be steering clear of the nitty gritty aspect of the subject in the future. Not sure where that means we'll be going job wise, but still plenty of time for that. The best part of today is now that its over, I'm going home tomorrow! Well, today now even! Who knows what time I'll leave, probably whenever I get bored and actually get packed.
The other good news is I have two more midterms to get back, both of which should be cheerer uppers. Oh, and the word of the day is wheelbarrow. Inside joke.
Wednesday, May 08, 2002
Fire Alarms and Rental Cars...
So it turns out I won't be able to rent a car as planned due to the fact I'm lacking a credit card... This caused much rearranging in the Vegas itinerary to allow for easy transportation between destinations, but didn't cause too much trouble. Only two days or so til I'm on the plane, woohoo.
This morning we had a cheerful fire alarm around 8am thanks to someone on the 5th floor burning the sausage they were cooking... Actually I've been counting my blessings in that department, we've only had two this year total when last year we averaged about two a month, generally at the worst possible times.
Just have to get through tomorrows trilogy of sections with random stuff due and midterms coming back, then its basically kick back til the weekend with the next major thing not until next Thursday. Doubt I'll be updating when in Vegas unless I find a cool internet cafe thingy for free, which would actually be nice because telling the stories in sections rather than all at once would be much easier on the fingers and the readers. :)
I've been spending a bit more time than usual lately seeking out and reading blogs by people much like myself from around the world... Quite cool how much you can totally understand what someone is talking about even if you've never met them, or aren't fully aware of the whole situation. Some people just amaze me, the number of hats that they wear, the number of things they're able to accomplish. Some people's lives make your own feel so insignificant, or make you feel like you can do so much more. I've been reading about one young woman from British Columbia who's going to Uruguay through a Youth Exchange program, that's pretty amazing to me. I'm pretty sure I'd drown if I was in a country in which I didn't speak the language. I'm sure I'd learn an incredible amount of things about that culture and what its like to live somewhere other than here, but I don't think I'd ever actually have the willpower to go through with it. More power to those people who can, I admire them.
So it turns out I won't be able to rent a car as planned due to the fact I'm lacking a credit card... This caused much rearranging in the Vegas itinerary to allow for easy transportation between destinations, but didn't cause too much trouble. Only two days or so til I'm on the plane, woohoo.
This morning we had a cheerful fire alarm around 8am thanks to someone on the 5th floor burning the sausage they were cooking... Actually I've been counting my blessings in that department, we've only had two this year total when last year we averaged about two a month, generally at the worst possible times.
Just have to get through tomorrows trilogy of sections with random stuff due and midterms coming back, then its basically kick back til the weekend with the next major thing not until next Thursday. Doubt I'll be updating when in Vegas unless I find a cool internet cafe thingy for free, which would actually be nice because telling the stories in sections rather than all at once would be much easier on the fingers and the readers. :)
I've been spending a bit more time than usual lately seeking out and reading blogs by people much like myself from around the world... Quite cool how much you can totally understand what someone is talking about even if you've never met them, or aren't fully aware of the whole situation. Some people just amaze me, the number of hats that they wear, the number of things they're able to accomplish. Some people's lives make your own feel so insignificant, or make you feel like you can do so much more. I've been reading about one young woman from British Columbia who's going to Uruguay through a Youth Exchange program, that's pretty amazing to me. I'm pretty sure I'd drown if I was in a country in which I didn't speak the language. I'm sure I'd learn an incredible amount of things about that culture and what its like to live somewhere other than here, but I don't think I'd ever actually have the willpower to go through with it. More power to those people who can, I admire them.
Monday, May 06, 2002
Hmm...
Suppose I should say Happy Birthday to the older one. Now she's even older. Like, hella old. Man, hope she's invested in a good pair of spectacles. And like, a walker. I'm sure the next time I see her in the supermarket she'll be exclaiming "WOOHOO! TWO FOR ONE SPECIAL ON DEPENDS!" much to the dismay of those in her party. Turning 21 is pretty neat, after that there just isn't a whole lot of joy in saying YAY ANOTHER YEAR OLDER. Not looking forward to it. :) Least no one I know is getting married off yet. That would be irksome.
Suppose I should say Happy Birthday to the older one. Now she's even older. Like, hella old. Man, hope she's invested in a good pair of spectacles. And like, a walker. I'm sure the next time I see her in the supermarket she'll be exclaiming "WOOHOO! TWO FOR ONE SPECIAL ON DEPENDS!" much to the dismay of those in her party. Turning 21 is pretty neat, after that there just isn't a whole lot of joy in saying YAY ANOTHER YEAR OLDER. Not looking forward to it. :) Least no one I know is getting married off yet. That would be irksome.
We Now Return You To Your Regularly Scheduled Life.
Well, at least temporarily anyway. All the fun screeched to a halt tonight as I crammed in a few hours of studying for my Greek Mythology midterm tomorrow at 9am. Had a blast of a weekend anyway...
Got around to seeing Spiderman today, after hearing nothing but praise from everyone around me... I guess my problem is I was never really into the comic book scene, so I wasn't as jazzed about the movie as most. Basically it was very "comic-book-ish" in terms of not at all realistic and more computer generated effects than not, but I hear it stayed very true to the comic book itself. Gonna go with 4 M's out of 7 on this, pretty good action, some very good effects when it comes to wall walking and swingin around and so forth, pretty cheesy dialogue especially between the main character and his damsel in distress, but it gets points for being one of those movies boys can say "wouldn't it be cool if" about when walking out. Pretty sure I'm going to like many of the movies I saw in the previews as well as others upcoming in early summer more however.
After the movie had a bite at McConnells, which is either a direct rip off of Coldstone's or is owned by the same company. Basically the exact same layout and offerings, you pick a hand made flavor, and they "mix-in" a topping that can be chosen from just about every kind of candy bar as well as many of your other typical topping fares. VERY yummy, and it had been an at least a few hours since I had some equally yummy sushi for dinner, so I had created some room through digestion. Needless to say between that and the enormous amount of chocolate and food I've received due to the whole birthday concept I'm definitely going to be hitting the running trail and the pool tomorrow.
Finally got the roll of film developed that I'd been working on since about September... Always a treat as I find pictures I didn't even remember taking, and some that turn out really amazingly. I've been pondering purchasing a digital camera to further my dabbling in photography, and so I don't have to be quite so stingy about not taking a picture unless its perfect. Also have some finalists for the first picture to appear on this page, one of these days they'll pop up. :)
Well, at least temporarily anyway. All the fun screeched to a halt tonight as I crammed in a few hours of studying for my Greek Mythology midterm tomorrow at 9am. Had a blast of a weekend anyway...
Got around to seeing Spiderman today, after hearing nothing but praise from everyone around me... I guess my problem is I was never really into the comic book scene, so I wasn't as jazzed about the movie as most. Basically it was very "comic-book-ish" in terms of not at all realistic and more computer generated effects than not, but I hear it stayed very true to the comic book itself. Gonna go with 4 M's out of 7 on this, pretty good action, some very good effects when it comes to wall walking and swingin around and so forth, pretty cheesy dialogue especially between the main character and his damsel in distress, but it gets points for being one of those movies boys can say "wouldn't it be cool if" about when walking out. Pretty sure I'm going to like many of the movies I saw in the previews as well as others upcoming in early summer more however.
After the movie had a bite at McConnells, which is either a direct rip off of Coldstone's or is owned by the same company. Basically the exact same layout and offerings, you pick a hand made flavor, and they "mix-in" a topping that can be chosen from just about every kind of candy bar as well as many of your other typical topping fares. VERY yummy, and it had been an at least a few hours since I had some equally yummy sushi for dinner, so I had created some room through digestion. Needless to say between that and the enormous amount of chocolate and food I've received due to the whole birthday concept I'm definitely going to be hitting the running trail and the pool tomorrow.
Finally got the roll of film developed that I'd been working on since about September... Always a treat as I find pictures I didn't even remember taking, and some that turn out really amazingly. I've been pondering purchasing a digital camera to further my dabbling in photography, and so I don't have to be quite so stingy about not taking a picture unless its perfect. Also have some finalists for the first picture to appear on this page, one of these days they'll pop up. :)
