Daily Diary Pt 2: Sophomore Year - Reverse Order
Daily Diary Pt 1: Freshman Year - Reverse Order:

4-20 - Well, I have an exam tomorrow morning at 8. As soon as that ends, my freshman year also ends. My dad is already down here, so he will be picking me up after my exam. We expect to leave Ann Arbor at around 11, which will get us back in WP (After a few stops) at around 11-12. I am really looking forward to this summer, if for nothing else than that I don't have to go to school anymore.

4-17 - Class is officially over. I have until Monday to prepare for my last exam. This was a good semester grade-wise, I'll probably end up with around a 3.7 gpa. Not too shabby. I'm looking forward to this school thing being over. It'll be nice to sleep in and not do a damn thing all day. Oh wait, I do that now. Hmm...

4-12 - Woke up feeling really terrible, and that has pretty much continued throughout the day. I had two interesting stories to tell surrounding dinner tonight, however. In the cafeteria I sat at the same table as this guy who was very obviously very high. His eyes were so red that it looked like he had nearly scratched them out. All he had on his tray was one plate with an absolute mound of potatoes. It was completely out to the edges of the plate, and about four inches high. Quite the mountain of potatoes. The second instance occured on the way back to my room after dinner. I literally ran into a girl. We were walking in opposite directions with our heads turned, talking to people. We collided, then laughed. I ended up with her number so I can't complain.

4-10 - The Every Three Weekly is the best campus newspaper. The weather is nice outside again, I was even able to go out wearing only a t-shirt today. There is nothing quite like Michigan, getting sunburnt, followed by three inches of snow one week later, followed by getting sunburnt again three days after the snow. I plan on partying intensely this weekend, considering I am running out of time for college partying very quickly, and we all know that the girl potential is much greater at college parties. Well, I started with this entry with nothing to say, I didn't say anything, and I successfully wasted a decent amount of your lives. Sad isn't it?

4-7 - Damn Michigan. Damn snow. I woke up this morning to three (3) inches of the powdery white stuff (No, I'm not talking about cocaine) and when I left for class it was still coming down like bombs on Iraq. Which leads me to my next topic. I'm against the 'police' action in Iraq. I think there are other ways to handle the situation, including allowing a nation to handle its own affairs without the US feeling all high and mighty and that we have to go in and screw with them to make the world exactly what our regime wants it to be. Let the people run their own damn country. That being said, I do support our troops and it saddens me every time I hear that more have lost their lifes. I just hope that our little imperialistic expedition ends before too many more of our soldiers or people of Iraq have to die. I hope this satisfies the apparent war mongerors that run our country. Next on their checklist: North Korea...

4-5 - I sat down in class yesterday like I always do, next to two attractive females. We chatted a bit, like normal, until they got on the subject of their weekend plans. One of them said she was going to the movies with her boyfriend. The other said that she had a date planned but she really didn't want to go on it. After class the girl with the boyfriend came up to me and told me I was ignorant. Apparently when the one girl said that she didn't feel like going out that was a cue for me to ask her out. How I am supposed to know these things? I need to take a class or something. At the end, the girl with the bf gave me the other girl's number, and told me "Good luck Romeo." So yeah.

3-31 - I just found out from my GSI that I don't have to write an 8 page paper for my Psych class that was set to be due next Monday. This great news, added with the fact that I only have 2 final exams, means that my final 2 weeks of class should be fairly breezy. Fine by me.

3-29 - Just got home from Fletcher. Always a good time. I ran the gauntlet on the way home though. Apparently the DPS(Department of Public Safety) was on the prowl tonight. One of my friends from First Floor Fletcher got nabbed in his room. There were like six DPS cars that passed by on my walk home, and another two parked outside my dorm. It was crazy. I got home without incident however. Micah lives to drink another day!

3-27 - We watched a video on depression in my Psych discussion class today. In between naps I decided to pay attention to what I thought was the key point of the video: What kind of computer all the depressed people had or were seen working with. Sure there were the "real" key points to the video, but they didn't keep me interested the way my own little experiment did. Every single depressed person had a mac. All of the well thought of experimenters had IBM compatibles. This leads me to believe that macs cause depression, and if you use an IBM compatible, you can become a distinguished experimenter. When we wrote a short follow-up to the video, I wrote in my theory. So all you mac users, there is still time to switch, but hurry, because you may already be depressed, I know you are at least depressing me.

3-26 - I'm in the middle of Hell Week. I took my Psych exam yesterday, and also finished my paper for my English class (worth 30% of my grade). Today I took a quiz in my Sports Management class and I have an exam later tonight in Math. Friday I have an exam in Sports Management, as well as a team homework project due. So this is what it's like to be in college...

Update: Headline reads: "Michigan High School Hoopster Faces Expulsion After Dropping Bag of Pot During Game" I'm surprised it hasn't happened in Ann Arbor yet.

3-23 - I've had to do way too much studying this weekend. I have three exams this week. Not good. I went to Fletcher last night, hung out, caught a house party, got beer spilt on me, got beads, got bored, went home.

3-21 - I came across two realizations today. 1)I can talk to any girl in the world, just as long as I'm not hitting on her or thinking about hitting on her. As soon as I do, things go wrong, and suddenly I lose my ability to talk. 2)Bums are talented. As I was walking home from class today, there was a group of kids standing around the ever-present bums that hang out near my dorm. One of the bums was doing a headstand on a moving skateboard! Unbelievable. You'd think that with skills like that, they would get a job in the circus or something.

Update: I have a new link listed in my link section. Check it out.

3-19 - Classes are getting consistently harder across the board. I can handle, though. Interesting news from class today. I was sitting, as usual, by a very good looking girl who I enjoy flirting with. At one point, she moved her leg up against mine underneath the table we were sitting at, and thinking it was on accident, I moved my leg. She immediately pushed her leg up against mine again and flashed me a gorgeous smile. This went on for the rest of the hour, in one form or another. Thinking I was the man, I asked her after class if she wanted to do something some time. She replied with, "I would love to, but I have a boyfriend." Of course.

3-17 - St. Patrick's Day. Yay. Another useless holiday. I can hear people from my window in the distance having a grand old time. It must be nice not to have any homework and to not have any early classes. People around here party on days like today (MONDAY) and of course, there's Wednesday Night With the Captain famous at West Quad, Thursday night party night and the weekend. That makes 5/7 days this week that there will be thousands of drunk U of M'ers. It must be nice not to be bogged down with a recently insane workload and early classes. Also, a side note: 1 page visit the last 4 days? Come on people. Is it me?

3-15 - Went out to Fletcher last night. As always a good time. I met some of Chad's friends who I had only heard of before. They were considerably more drunk than I was when I arrived,(Very vs not at all)which made observing them pretty funny. I stuck around for a little while, then headed back to EQ and watched 2 fucked up movies, Clockwork Orange and Eyes Wide Shut. EWS had to wait until this morning to finish because it was really late when I was about to finish it. This morning I watched Natual Born Killers. What a way to wake up on a Saturday morning - Senseless violence and mayhem, after a night of two other movies with sensless violence and mayhem mixed with depraved acts of a sexual nature. I think I'm going to stay in today, who knows how I might react after seeing all of these crazy images.

3-13 - My psych GSI (Graduate Student Instructor) made me mad today. We spend 2 1 hour sessions in a large lecture hall (300 Students) taught by the main instructor and 1 2 hour session in a smaller discussion section (30 Students) taught by a GSI. I really don't like our discussion section of the class. Anyway, about today, as class was winding down with about 10 minutes to go, our GSI told us to take out a piece of paper and fold it into 37 pieces, then rip the pieces out. After about 5 minutes, everyone had competed this task. He then told us to write the alphabet on the 1st 26 and the numbers 1-11 on the remaining slips of paper. We all did this. He then grabbed a garbage can and told us to throw them all away. He then said, "Bye, see you next week." We all sat there stunned as he walked out of the room. What was the goddamn point? I'm not a happy camper. I have to write a 7 page essay for my English class tomorrow, so don't expect to hear from me. College, it's the best!

3-11 - It's been a few days since I last updated, and that is because I haven't had anything to report. My days are now filled with doing homework and studying. I don't see this changing for the rest of the semester. I am now officially off of crutches, which means I'm that much closer to recovery. I now have to strengthen my leg back to where it was before the injury. Yay, more fun times at rehab.

3-7 - I had a pretty good time yesterday. I went back to Fletcher and played video games for like three hours with Chad. I didn't get my much needed haircut though. I didn't make it to class today, I wasn't feeling the best this morning(I wonder why). The first thing I did was go in the bathroom and throw up. I've had this damn cold for 2 weeks now, and adding alcohol to the mix didn't help.

3-5 - This is the Pre-BDay entry. I doubt that I will enter one tomorrow, because if everything goes right I will be very incoherent. I plan on getting myself a much needed haircut tomorrow. I'm fairly sure that will be the only BDay present I get, but that's ok. Sometimes you just have to accept the fact that nobody loves you. :( (Feel guilty? I accept late BDay presents as well)

PS - Happy BDay Earl.

3-4 - I got up from my bus seat today and my pants fell down. I'm not sure anone noticed and I covered nicely, but it was still embarassing. I guess I'm losing a lot of weight. My pants never used to be loose enough to fall off, but recently they have been. Time for a belt!

3-2 - Well, Spring Break is over. I wish I could have gone somewhere fun, but then again I do acknowledge the fact that some alone time was well in order. I became hermit over break, or I should say MORE of a hermit. I didn't get dressed or shave for 3 days. It was nice to be able to sit on my ass in my underwear. Sorry, can't explain it. Last night went to hangout at Fletcher, which as always was a good time. I think I'm going to start going there more often. It's kinda funny that I see all these people coming back with their tans and sunburns, and here I am, my old pasty self.

2-25 - One thing I forgot to mention was everyone up at Central was calling me crutch this weekend, for obvious reasons. This is my second all-time nickname, the first being Jose, which I got over winter break, again for obvious reasons.

2-24 - Back from Central, hedonism capital of the world. I had a good time overall, although the first day wasn't all that much fun because I didn't know anyone in Earl's group of friends and the girls weren't very nice at any of the parties we went to. Things went better Saturday night however. I didn't get to sleep before 5 AM either night. I'm tired as shit tonight. It was nice to get to hang out with Earl and Rob again, it's been a while for both. Now I'm back in Ann Arbor, and there isn't a damn person in this town. Oh well, here's to my first college spring break...

2-21 - Spring Break is finally here. I go to Central Mich this weekend to hang out with Earl. Should be a good time. In other, unrealated news, I crutched by a sewer drain today and heard the unmistakeable sound of a phone ringing down in the sewer. I told you the Ninja Turtles really did exist!

2-19 - This morning was the best morning I can remember having in a very long time. I planned on having my alarm wake me up at 7:30, getting some breakfast and then studying until my exam started at 9:10. I woke up and looked at my clock. It read 8:54. I thought to myself, "Hmm...8:54...8:54...8:54!!!!! Damn I need to get my ass moving!!!" Since I'm still on crutches, my only way to make it to class is to get a ride on the paratransit service bus, and my scheduled pick-up was for 8:50. I got out of bed, threw on some pants and crutched outside as quickly as I could. My watch read 8:59. I was just about to call to ask for a pick-up as soon as possible.(most likely in 30 minutes) Just as I was dialing, I saw the bus turn the corner. Apparently the driver had forgotten to pick me up at my normal time. I got to my exam on time and proceeded to kick it's ass. I have felt refreshed all day today, instead of my normal tired-all-day-takes-3-naps routine. I should wake up 15 minutes before class more often.

2-18 - My life is the show Undergrads. If you aren't familiar with the show the rest of this entry may not make sense to you. Examples of why my life is like the show go as follows: I resemble Nitz because I have constant women problems and tend to not realize when opportunities stare me right in the face. I resemble Gimpy because I never leave my room. I resemble Rocko because of all the alcohol I consume(exagerated). I resemble Cal because...I can't think of any way I resemble Cal. Oh well, 3 outta 4. Talk to you later guy. Haha.

2-17 - Blasphemy! Ingrates! How could they do this to me? I have never done anything but provide loving and caring servitude towards them. Now they have to go and screw up everything we had. ESPN.com has changed it's site. I can't believe it. When I am trying to read the latest Bill Simmons article, or find out what Ron Artest has destroyed most recently, I am blasted by a video of some stupid X-Games/WNBA/Tennis choppy highlight and sound. I don't know how much longer I can take this. On the positive side of things, I just got $20 for nothing. No, I'm not going to tell you how, because I was clever enough to figure it out, so you should be too. Good hunting!

2-16 - Boring weekend. I had fun at the Rugby V-Day party until it got broken up by the cops because of a noise violation. I stayed for about an hour after it got broken up, and I left when my ride left. It was amazing how many people came up to talk to me just because I was using crutches. Maybe I should make them part of my outfit on a more permanent basis.

2-14 - Happy Valentine's Day. I like Valentine's Day because it has been historically very inexpensive for me. Unlike other holidays when I have to buy gifts and such for loved ones, Valentine's doesn't require me to buy anything for anyone, considering I have no 'significant other.' Fine by me. I ran into one of the rugby guys yesterday, and he's forcing me to go to the rugby V-Day party later tonight. I'll go kicking and screaming, believe me. Who knows, maybe I can find someone to love, if only for a very short period of time.

2-12 - This semester is going a lot different than last semester, which is a good thing. I have taken 2 exams this week, and gotten A's on both. It's nice being prepared for once and knowing the material. I think I'll get used to it. I am actually enjoying my Psychology class and the 40 or so pages of reading to prepare for every class. I am suddenly finding this to be very interesting. Wow, I just heard Nick walk by. I swear, I can hear him from a mile off. He's so damn loud...

2-9 - One word can describe this weekend: Work. I wrote a 5 page paper for my English class on the difference between growing up in WP and a suburb of Detroit. I have an exam in Math next week, so I gots to be studying for that crap. I have a make-up quiz in my Sports Management class, so thats requires reading of hundreds of pages (literally) of research articles that I neglected to read when I was supposed to read them. Yeah, so enough about my troubles. How are you doing? Oh, wait, sorry but I don't have time. Too much reading to do.

2-7 - I just totally ruled that knee surgery. Oh, sure, I'll admit, I wasn't afraid to use the old morphine drip button every 8 minutes(The maximum allowed), but you wouldn't be either, trust me. Today I went back to school. Great times. What's scary is that I actually got to miss it. No new interesting stories, sorry I haven't been out much lately. Crutches, yay! Oh, by the way, this pretty much sums things up. Creative people, let me tell you.

1-28 - I go under tomorrow. Knee surgeries are no fun. Afterwards, you wake up shivering and spend the rest of the day in enourmous pain and discomfort. Not a good time. I am kind of happy it will finally get done, then I will officially be on the way back to recovery, which is good. Today, however, things kind of pale in comparison. I will not be updating for a few days, because I will be in the hospital, and then bed ridden. I'll update as soon as I can. Peace.

1-27 - I would first off like to say that I feel for you. You know who you are and why. Second, I would hope that this page be used as a momentary escape from life and from all of it's happenings. I was never one who was very good at comforting or inspiring in times of sorrow, so I will leave all of you with that. I'm sorry.

1-26 - Michigan 60 - Michigan State 58.

1-22 - Weird stuff. I nearly fainted today in math class. I was sitting near the back of the room, moving my right foot back and forth on the floor, taking notes. No big deal. I dropped my pencil, and when I bent down to pick it up, I noticed that my foot wasn't moving, but I still felt the sensation that it was. I then realized that the movement was ooccuring at my knee. My bones were basically moving themselves in and out of the joint. For some reason, this made me sick to my stomach and nearly swoon. Not a good feeling. I hope you don't have to go through it.

1-18 - I went out for the first time since I hurt my knee last night. I had a pretty good time. The night started when I walked down to the ol' stomping grounds. Apparently 2 of the 3 RA's were gone for the weekend at Fletcher, so that meant there were a ton of parties going on. Fine by me. I visited with several drunken Fletchers, all of whom were excited to see me around. I had just planned on chilling in the old room, but things never go the way they are planned. I decided to head out with a crew to go to some frats. I didn't like any of the parties too much, and one of the guys was ready to basically die due to heavy alcohol intake. We decided to stop at Bella Napoli's, one of the several drunken college student hang-outs around campus. We all ended up buying 15 inch slices of pizza. They were enourmous. Literally, every piece was the size of a regular medium pizza. Little Dan and I were the only ones able to finish, however. The highlight of the night was when this guy named Rudy, who as earlier mentioned was about to die, got up in the middle of the restaurant and started dancing. Drunken dancing is always funny, but it was made even more funny because it took place in the middle of the restaurant. Everyone in the place was laughing...After that, they took a cab back to Fletch, and I walked back to EQ, which is right next door too Bella Nap's, and went to bed. End of story.

1-11 -
Oh girl, can I get that number?
Oh baby, I'll call you anytime.
Oh girl, I'll rock your world like thunder.
Oh baby, I'll make you mine.

1-6 - Lots of news, none important. Didn't have enough guarenteed computer time to actually update my page, sat for hours staring at the screen. I had fun being home, it was boring at times. Saw familiar faces, saw new faces. Didn't see everyone I wanted to, saw some I didn't want to. Partied quite a bit, never seemed to have enough to do. Made some incredible progress with the home ladies, yet nothing happened. Went to a rather disappointing New Year's Eve party.(Erin, it's not your fault...) It wasn't really the party that was bad, as there was an abundance of alcoholic beverages (I was DD, so I didn't drink anything) just 1) The lack of total number of people, 2) I didn't know or honestly care to get to know any many of the people there, and last and most disappointing 3) The person who invited me didn't bother to show up. Oh well, maybe next year.

12-21 - Yeah, yeah, I bitch about nobody coming to my site then I don't update it for almost a week, sue me. I'm back home in the WP, and it's just as boring as I remember, plus all the girls are taken. Bad news...I almost bought a PS2 (again) the other day. I didn't, because I realized that it was $200. I used up some certificates to get the new Nirvana cd. It's pretty good. It's basically a greatest hits album. Not much else going on. I'll try to update the site more often...sorry...

12-15 - The day I've been waiting for has finally arrived! 100 hits to my site! I have a question to all of you who read my site - How pathetic is 100 hits? My site has been up for three months now, so I am averaging around 1 hit per day. That is downright sad. I had a steady 3-4 hit per day count going until the ill-fated knee destroying accident (Read 11/12 entry). I think that not being able to update it for a solid week really turned off my normal readers, and as far as I can tell, Neil Sanders is my only regular left. Come on you casuals, make the leap into the exclusive club! I expect to have 1000 hits by this time next year, so let's all work together for this goal. Go Blue.

12-13 - Ah yes, Friday the 13th. Normally a scary day where nothing goes right, but I can't complain, nothing crazy had happened to me yet, although I did walk under a ladder earlier today...hmm...At rehab today I saw one of the most gorgeous girls I have ever seen in my life. She was right up there with the best you see on tv, seriously. Of course I would never have even thought about talking to her, that's not my style. Oh, wait I have no style, hmm...On the bus back from rehab there was this really obnoxious lady who talked to everyone damn person on the bus. That would only have been really annoying, but she went into the level of driving Micah insane enough to kill annoying because she talked louder than I think I could yell. It was incredible. I didn't think anyone could talk that loud without going hoarse. It was crazy. I expected her to suddnely whip out her phone-with-the-built-in-walkie-talkie-thing and start "talking" into that, but fortunately for her safety she didn't. I don't know if I could have handled myself if she had. Also came in contact with another annoying person. It isn't unusual to see people always talking on their cell phones in public, on the bus, in the dining hall, or in class, so when I got on the bus and sat behind some girl, I ignored the fact she was talking on her cell phone. But as the ride went on, I noticed that she was hanging up and calling people with high frequency. She had one of those new phones with the huge color displays, so I could easily see what was going on. She was literally going down her list of people and calling ever single person. Most times she would say "hi, what's up" then it would seem like the person on the other end would cut off the convo, so she would hang up and try the next number. I have often wondered if the people who you always see talking on their cell phones are actually talking to someone, or just look like they are talking to make themselves feel accepted. This chick was one of the most pathetic, sorry excuses I have ever seen. Rather than be seen in public not talking on her cell phone, and therefore be a reject that no one obviously likes, she was going down her list calling everyone so it looked like she had someone important to talk to. Pathetic.

12-11 - Last day of class was today. Thank god that's over. I had my Movement Science exam today, and I must have scored at least a 95 on it. It was nice to actually study the material that appears on the test for a change. Also, today, to take a break from studying, I decided to check out my old stomping grounds, (We're talking 9th-10th grades here) the yahoo chat rooms. Things have changed. When I used to go into the chat rooms, I would be stuck staring at the screen for hours without anyone to talk to. Today, tons of people talked to me. In fact my screen was full with im's from girls. Two problems...most of the girls who im'd me were all 14 years old, and 2nd, the rest were those annonymous porn advertisers that are suddenly so common. The nostalgia quickly wore off, and I left shortly after arriving. Oh well, at least people talked to me...

12-7 - Ah yes, the weekend is finally here. This has been a long week, but I have gotten a lot done. My mom is coming to pick me up later today, and I am going to spend the weekend with her and my step dad. It should be a good time. It's always nice to see familiar faces, even if they are your parents'.

12-5 - Lots of news to report today for a change. Today I had my French oral exam. I went in very nervous and came out knowing that I ruled that test's shit. Tonight I typed out my lab team's final lab report, and of course it was great. My computer's video card decided to call it a career and retired, which sucked ass. I called Dell's award-winning tech support and a new one is on the way, free of charge. I can't help but talk about my 10 inch scar on my leg, a result of my vascular surgery. Man does it kick some major ass. Wow, that's a lot more profanity than usual. You don't mind do you? Of course not, because you know if you did I would probably end up ruling your shit, so you know you can't step to this without being made my bitch. Sorry about that, from now on, I'll try to keep it PG-13. Yeah right...

12-1 - Just got home from Thanksgiving Break. It was a good time. It was nice to have a break from homework and studying. I did something completly unlike me and got all of my homework done last Monday, so I had no schoolwork to do over break. My dad and I continued our Thanksgiving tradition of going to the Lions game. This year marked our 10th anniversary. We stayed in a motel, having fun partying and eating really unhealthy foods (What can i say? I was on vacation.) For the second year in a row, I was on crutches for our other tradition, catching the high school championship games. I always get comments and things from people as I crutch around the place, which I enjoy. Everyone thought I was am injured player again this year, only obviously I wasn't. That's ok, I don't mind the attention at all. My dad and I went shopping, normally a painful experience, but my dad surprised both of us by buying me a shit-load of clothes. I have to apologize to many of you. I have officially sold out. I bought several clothing items from Abercrombie and Fitch. I'm sorry, but everyone here does wear the stuff, and I find myself liking the clothes also. So I'm going to wear the kinds of clothes I like, which just happen to be A&F expensive preppy stuff. Don't understand? Oh well, hate me, I don't care. ;)

11-26 - I had an interesting day at rehab today. I talked to my doctor about moving back into my old dorm. I am convinced that I will be able to handle going up the stairs after my surgery. Unfortunately, my doctor has some concern that I will not be able to. We will see how that will turn out. While I was doing an exercise, I looked and saw someone who I recognized, but I could not place who it was. Then my memory jogged. It was Brandon Inge, catcher for the Detroit Tigers. I was very surprised to see him, not knowing that the place had such high-profile clients.

11-24 - Perplexed. That is the best way to describe how I am feling. That was just really weird. It was like something out of a porn/horror/sci-fi movie. Here I am, in the Old Room, Fletcher 303, awake at 6:40 AM. I took a three hour nap earlier in the day, so staying up this late (or early) isn't a big thing. I had spent the night watching B-movies on various stations. Suddenly, the door opened. I assumed that it was going to be Chad coming in at a late hour from some party. I looked to verify, and i saw a very good looking girl walking in the door. Needless to say, I was shocked and speechless. This girl, who I've never seen before, sat right down in a chair and started to watch some TV like she lived here. I managed to get out a hello, which garned a quiet hi in response. At that point, I had no idea what was going on. I asked if she knew James or Chad, and I got a nod in response. I asked a few more questions, only to be answered with a nod, or no response. For the next few minutes, I sat perplexed. What should I say, what should I do? I offered her the remote, and she accepted it. She changed the channel and immediately put it on mute. at around 7:05 AM, she started to show some signs of life. She went to Chad's computer, and messed around for a little while. Then, she got up and said, "Have you seen my jacket? I left it here earlier." Since I had been here all day and knew that she couldn't have possibly left it in our room, I was again perplexed. She said "I am going to go, I need my jacket. I either have to go home or go to bed, and if i go home, I need my jacket or a sweatshirt." I smoothly offered her the usage of my bed, but she didn't seem to interested in that proposal, take it as she may. (haha) So, we searched around the room for her "jacket." When it was made obvious that it wasn't in the room, she asked, "Well, could you find me a sweatshirt or something to wear?" I looked to see if I had brought one with me. I only had the one I was wearing, my nicest hooded-sweatshirt, and for some weird reason, I let her wear it. She started to walk out of the door, and as she did, I said, "It was nice to meet you." She gave that no response, and the door closed in my face. I then heard her walk down the stairs. I am assuming that she went back to her dorm room. (Wherever that is) Who knows if I will ever get my sweatshirt back. That, as well as many other questions I have, may never be answered. As i sit here and relay this interesting event, I am undoubtable perplexed.

11-21 - I am officially demoralized. I had a Chem 130 exam Tuesday night, and I was sure that considering my hours spent studying and my perceived grasping of the material that I would do very well. Today I found the results. Not good. Not good at all. I think I could have done just as good had I not spent any of the 8-10 hours I spent studying for it. It really makes me think...what am I doing wrong? This isn't the first time this has happened. It seems I always end up studying the wrong things, and missing something I think is not overly important, which ends up being a key-point. I feel even more stupid considering I went to all the review sessions, did all the review questions, and even explained some of the key points to a fellow student before the exam. Then I get torched like this. Christmas break, please come soon...

11-20 - It's been a few days once again, and I apologize, but I have been overly busy since I hurt my knee and missed a week of school. I am catching up though. After my MVS 110 make-up exam tomorrow, I will be officially caught up. My days have been boring and my nights even more boring. Sitting around with a cast on your leg and not having the desire to crutch anywhere sure makes more studying convienient, and I have found myself doing record hours now. My dad is happy about this. The more studying the better, I guess. Only now, I have NO social life, whereas before I hurt myself I had some semblance of a good time on occasion.(Read my earlier entries...)

11-16 - Well, I'm getting used to living at East Quad. The people here have been really nice, but I still wish i could live at my old dorm, Fletcher Hall. My new roommate, Bilal, is really nice, and he goes out of his way to make my life easier, which i appreciate. Today Michigan beat Wisconsin, and I got to go to the game. I missed the last 2 games because of being in the hospital and not having cable in my new room. I had to ride the taxi to the game, which didn't go too bad on the way there ($4), but it was pricey on the way back ($10) due to heavy traffic. Oh well, I won't have to go through that again, as there are no more home games left. Tomorrow I plan to catch the taxi again (hopefully this time since there wont be much traffic I can keep it to under $10 total) to Fletcher, where i will watch the Lion's game with my old roommates in my old room. Ah, the memories. *sniff, sniff*

11-12 - Wow, when I wrote that last entry, who knew it would be the last one for over a week, and who knew how much my life would change...Ok, here goes. On Friday the 1st, I was walking with my friends James and Tim. everything was going fine, until I jumped down from a three foot ledge. I landed weird and immediately felt my right (yes, my 'good' knee) pop about 10 times. I fell to the ground and knew something was wrong right away. I would like to add that I was completely sober at the time. I could tell through my jeans that my knee looked around twice the size that it should have looked, and my foot was coming out the bottom of my pant leg at a very odd angle. Luckily, I had my cell phone with me and James called the ambulance, as I couldnt walk or even get up. I was in excruciating pain, by far the worst I had ever felt in my life. When the ambulance showed up and the medics got me in it, they had to cut off my favorite jeans. When they, and I, saw my knee, we all knew something was very seriously wrong with it. Instead of being a straight line from my thigh to my foot, my leg took a turn to the right at the knee, and i could see something pushing my skin out on the inside of my knee. The medics gave me some morphine and we were on the way to the hospital. I won't bore you with the details of the long, long night spent in the ER, but the X-rays showed that I had dislocated my knee in a very rare way. They heavily drugged me up and popped it back into place. This is where things began to go wrong. After it was back in place, they noticed that the pulse in my foot was extremely weak. The doctors then realized that I had ruptured the artery that brings blood to my foot. This required emergency surgery just so they could save my leg. Fortunately, everything went fine with the surgery, my artery was fixed and I got to keep my leg where it belongs. I spent the next few days in the hospital watching TV and having numerous tests done on my knee and leg. I finally got an MRI on wednesday, and found out that i had torn my ACL, PCL, MCL, and miniscus in my right knee. Until now I thought that my knee injury last year was bad, but this one blows that one away. on a scale of 1-10, my injury rated a 9+. I will be in a wheel chair for an unknown period of time, then on crutches for another unkown period of time until I have the surgery to repair my damaged ligaments. Then I will have to go to rehab for over a year. In all I spent a week in the hospital and missed 2 exams. It will be a struggle to get around in a wheel chair and to catch up in the classes I have missed. I was also forced to move out of my dorm because there was no way I could get to the 3rd floor in a wheel chair. I am now in East Quad in a handicapped room.

11-1 - Yeah, its been a few days, and I'll admit, I've had some complaints...I didnt know I had such a dedicated following, it's almost like I run a cult like that Scott Stapp guy, going around making Jesus poses and stuff. But on a serious note, send your checks to Micah Brown 303 Fletcher Hall 915 Sybil St Ann Arbor, MI 48104. After recieving your money I will send you a packet of the special Kool-Aid and we will meet the aliens beyond the great star. Ok, I'll have to admit that was pretty weird...

10-29 - Wow, I pulled an absentee landlord for a few days I guess. I highly doubt anyone noticed though, oh well. Nothing of interest the past fews days, except me going on some kind of energized cleaning rampage throughout my dorm room. I have no idea where this full-on cleaning spree came from, but I'm sure my roommates don't mind me tidying and cleaning up my shit. Potential possibilities of why I had this sudden clean attack are up in the air, but I have some thoughts - 1) I ate at S. Quad yesterday instead of my normal W. Quad, and someone slipped speed into my food, or 2) I am completely going insane. I think its a toos-up between those two.

10-26 - Last night was a pretty good time. My friend Earl came down from Central Michigan University. I had to show him how much better a party school Michigan is than Central. Unfortunately, this isn't anywhere near that good a party school. We went to a frat party and it was a good time, but after being there for a while, we didnt feel like going anywhere but back to the dorm to sleep.

10-24 - Yesterday was pretty cool. I went to a Virtual Reality lab and got to go inside a "virtual reality." It was pretty sweet. It was like being inside a Nintendo game. The graphics arent that great yet, but it was still pretty interesting to be able to walk in a completely false world. The most interesting part was when I was virtually led into a virtual pool and saw a virtual shark virtually coming straight for me. The best part though was getting to talk to this chick named Najet. Damn....thats all i really have or need to say about her. Oh, that and if Carmen Electra ever needed a stunt double or something, Najet would definately suffice in every way. Yeah thats a double damn.

10-23 - Ok, it's time for the beer bong creation story. A few weekends ago, my roommates and i decided it would be bad ass if we got a beer bong (a must for any dorm room, kinda like a lava lamp) for our room. I, for one, thought this was a very very solid idea so I took it a step further and found myself at a small hardware store near our dorm one fine afternoon. I went up to the clerk, an around-college aged male, and asked him indiscretely where the funnels were. He looked at me and said "Making a beer bong? This way," and motioned for me to follow him. He grabbed the industrial sized funnel, then lead me to the deep bowels underneath the store. He saw my early hesitation to follow him down there, and again motioned for me to follow him. In the basement he showed me all the tubing and clasps for it. It really looked to me like they had this all set up for people to make beer bongs. (It is college after all) After we got the right sized tube on it and clasped it, we headed back upstairs. I got many looks carrying my creation to the counter, from the smirk-head nodder to the old lady who looked but turned away when I tried to make eye contact. I felt like a bad ass. The end of the story turns out nice, as he only charged me for the funnel. I ended up with a bad ass beer bong for only $5, a very wise investment I have to say.

10-22 - Nothing much happened last night or yesterday. I spent it studying and watching my roommates play video games. Sorry for the rush and short entry, but I have an exam to get to!

10-21 - Nothing happened last night of any interest except me doing homework. I will take this opportunity to get you familiar with the people I hang out with down here. I felt like doing this since I really dont like the idea of writing down who they are every time I mention them. James=Roommate/UM Friend; Chad=Roommate/UM Friend; Tim=UM Friend; Dave=UM Friend; Earl=CMU Friend; Harold=Earl's Brother/Toy r Us Employed Friend; Alli, Adrian, Emma=James'/Tim's/Dave's UM Friends who I don't know too well yet often end up hanging out with; Lissa/Manda=EMU Friends. Thats about it from down here.

10-19 - Ok, I'm changing the format once again. But for a good reason. The Wailers! It was a great concert tonight. It amazing how many people can fit in one corner lot. I guess there were like 2000 people there. Amazing. I didnt enjoy the beginning of the concert, but when they started playing songs I knew, it got better. By the end I was singing and dancing with the rest of the crowd and having a great time. I somehow lost contact with the group I came in with, consisting of James, Tim and a few other friends. I ended up by myself for a good half of the concert, but afterwards I caught up with them. We went in search of some more parties, but James and I were too exhausted so we ended up back at the dorm. To go back in time a little, nothing at all happened Friday night. I started out the night taking the long walk to a frat quite a ways from my dorm. James, Tim and a few others had already gone in and were waiting for me. I got to the frat and the line was back in the street, but I really wanted to go in, so I waited in the line. I was three people from the door when the door man said that they weren't letting any more guys in the party that night. I was pissed, so i decided to go and see if I could find something else. I went down Hill Street (the main frat street) and everything was dead. So, being the ambitious guy I am I decided to come back to Fletcher Hall (my dorm). On the way home, as if to mock my and my terrible night, it got better and started to rain...So I got drenched on my long walk back. That night was a night to forget.

10-18 - Ok, from now on I will talk about the events that transpired the day before, so I can get in all the activities that happen after I normally update (around 11 pm). I know that those late things are the things that you all want to hear about anyway. Last night...hmmmm...well, I broke in the beer bong solidly, doing 2 at once. I'll tell the beer bong creation story sometime when I dont have much else to say. It's a good one. That pretty much ended the interesting occurances of the night. Oh, James (one of my roommates) and Tim (a friend) also bonged 2 beers at once, so cheers for them. Later

10-17 - Ok, last night wasn't as bad as I had originally thought. the assigment isn't due until tomorrow, but I got it done last night so that means I can party tonight! Nothing much went on today, sorry dont have any funny instances to keep you occupied, I'll try to do better tomorrow, or later tonight if I dont get home too late. Oh yeah, one more thing: I got a ticket to go to Bob Marley's band, the Wailers, at some frat saturday night. unfortunately Bob will not be there, being as he died many years ago.

10-16 - This is going to have to be a short entry. As I was standing at the bus stop at around 8:15, a guy in my French class came up to me. He was very agitated and he asked me if I had my French assignment done for tomorrow. This assignment was news to me, as it was for him when he heard of it for the first time earlier today. Apparently we have an assignment due tomorrow. Great news for me. This is reason #10000 why we should get our assigments told to us in English, not French. So I gotta go figure out what the hell its all about. More tomorrow!

10/15 - Well, this my first entry, and I'm sure it will go unnoticed for the most part, but hey, thats fine with me. Today nothing really important happened. I woke up late (12:30) because we are on Fall Study Break, something I've never heard of before, but hey, if I get 2 days off of school, thats jackpot and I dont ask questions. I went out to eat with my friend Earl's mom tonight (oh yeah!). If you read my diary enough, I'm sure you will become familiar with the name Earl, as he's one of my best friends and I hang out with him a lot. He goes to Central Michigan University, which is a shame because thats several hours North of here. In other unimportant news my roommate James got back from Arkansas where he visited his parents. I missed him this weekend, because we normally go out partying together. What a shame. Well, tune in next time for more!

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