Last Stop on the Optimism Train

Well I'll go ahead and revisit my last post, regarding the comment about school being in "full swing." I've come to realize that the week I posted that, must've been a unique one, for it seems as though everything has gone downhill since then. In other words, many of my professors seemed to have thrown in the towel already.

If theres one thing that frustrates me, it's this: paying a lot of money to go to law school, and coming home every day angry at the fact that I feel like I wasted my whole day sitting through worthless classes that, most of the time, aren't teaching me anything. I don't know if it's just me, but I feel as though my section's curriculum is becoming more and more unproductive by the day, which scares me, because every day that passes, is one day closer to finals. I guess I thought that my classes were supposed to prepare me for that more than I feel as though they have been.

Anyways, on a lighter note, I wanted to get my hair trimmed today, but couldn't find a place to do it that would charge less than $40...and thats even sending me out with wet hair...who's to say how much it would cost if they actually dried it.

The night was good - though after I felt like the people at the Tavern hated Joe and I for the 3rd time in a row, I had a good salad, a good strawberry banana colada (don't start with the foo-foo drink insults...it was good), and then I took full advantage of the sale ad at the good ol' W.D.

I'm fully stocked up with fruit, orange juice, and pop tarts, to deal with the remainder of the most worthless educational week of my life. I'm surprisingly in a good mood though, don't you worry.

I'm looking forward to having a substitute for my property class...and not just any substitute, the dean of students. Tell me how much better that's going to make my 8 a.m. A group of people around me decided that it would be more entertaining to listen to a book tape.

It's about time for me to go, I need to catch up with my mountainman friend who's dealing with the wrath from another school. Consider this post my shout out. Maybe someone can help me figure out an existing remedy short of dropping, that'd boost my mood right now straight through the ceiling:)

Until then, I'm planning a bonfire this weekend...anyone who has something, like law books, old furniture, or perhaps animals who wake you up at 5 a.m. and eat cords...is welcome to attend.

Crash Course In Social Phenomena

I feel as though it's safe to say that school is officially in full swing. At least I hope so, for I've been making trips to the libray for the last few weekends, and anymore of a swing would probably involve me pitching a tent there. It's okay though, i've managed to keep up so far, though my cat's costing my a pretty penny with her fetish of eating expensive cords, chargers, internet cables, etc. One of these days...

It's been a pretty mellow weekend though, I've gotten a lot done, and even had some extra time to do some laundry and talk to my parents a little.

I even washed my slippers, which put a huge smile on my face when I wore them prancing around my apartment....:)

I do think it's funny, though, that my cat is deathly afraid of vaccuums. I tried to put her close to it today and she went crazy and didn't come out from under the bed for a good hour. Guess there's one way to keep her out of my way right? (I felt bad actually...) But my cat was lured out of underneath the bed when I came back...I guess she likes playing peek-a-boo from the laundry basket...sometimes she can be precious.

I had another run in with a bank, but don't feel as though I have the emotional capacity to go through the explanation. Not this bank, the one from Michigan that I havn't accessed in a few months, and don't even have a card for anymore...anyways, somehow I accumulated a hundred some dollars in overdraft fees....leave it to me I guess. Overdraw an account I don't even have access to.

Anywho - I'm going to get ahead on a little reading for this week. I'd much rather be playing video games or something, but feel as though I should do something productive. Even though I was at the library this morning early enough to get a front parking space, so I guess that should count for something:) Maybe...

Caleb, we should go back to Utah when we graduate from law school...it'd be like a mountainman reunion. Till then, i'll just keep drinking tea.

By the way, pringles are awesome, and so is the sun:)


"The wheels just keep on turning,
the drummer begins to drum,
I don't know which was I'm going...
I dont know what I've become

hold my hand...
inside your hands,
I need someone,
who understands...

I hear your laugh,
I heard you sing...
I wouldnt change a single thing"

Don't Worry...Hell Is On Schedule

Just what you all were waiting for...another optimistic post. I know it's been awhile, but I suppose it takes a special time for me to feel as though I've done enough work to warrant my doing something uneducational. Anywho.

It's only Wednesday, and since Monday was Labor Day (the first time in awhile I've actually not had class that day - thank you very much private Christian College), that means that I've only had two days of class this week, though it feels a lot closer to two hundred. At first I was a little suspicious as to why I had free time sometimes, especially after hearing stories about people not sleeping for weeks, but it only took a couple weeks for me to realize that that most of the syllabus' maintained a steady, yet somewhat deceiving incline. It's almost as if they start off slow until everyone finally gets to the point where they have somewhat of a daily routine to maintain the workload, then they throw in a couple extra cases every night and the schedule that I thought I had mastered is suddenly significantly short of being enough.

I spent this past weekend doing work, as well as Labor Day. Well, except for the time that was allotted to standing outside in the street with my cat for a couple hours because my building was on fire, and the periodic breaks that must be taken to eat, sleep, shower and of course play a couple rounds of Dr. Mario, but most of the time, I was doing work. As a result of this, I felt I had justified myself in leaving my books on campus for the night in order to enjoy a dinner that I'm looking forward to kind of a lot, and maybe a movie. This, having been my daily routine all summer, is a little harder to let go of than I had anticipated at first.

Now that I think about the summer, I think I may still have a paycheck coming to me...not that it's going to be all that great, but any money coming to me at this point is a good thing. Speaking of, I got a check from my health insurance for fifteen dollars, which if you know me at all, you can probably guess that I can't find it.

It all goes back to that missing money from the spring...which I'm still looking for. I think I blame Tara. She's the only one living here that would eat money, and as far as I'm concerned, money doesn't vanish into thin air, and I don't suppose a ghost came in and took it...because I can usually tell when things like that happen. I can't believe I just brought that money up again, I'm laughing out loud right now about that huge stuffed Elmo that I got that night, probably out of sympathy, but one can always use a life-size, 4 foot Elmo right?

By the way I still have it, though Joe is pretty much the only one who's gotten any use out of it lately, and that's only to chase my cat around the apartment to scare her. I actually drove with it in my car for awhile when I first got it cause I was too lazy to take it out. People probably thought I was crazy, though they still should...

Anyways, one more cup of coffee for the road...