The last few days, hmm, i'll sum it up for you. one or two large blocks of work. And now it's over!

Mike and I got a 95% on our Project 5 (graph and map stuff) and it was such a rewarding thing to see that ninety-five smiling back at me. I don't know what to say, honestly. We earned that, every bit of it. I'll be at all the review sessions, you know it. I have a Physics test monday at two, i have a math test tuesday at two, a history test wednesday at eight, and a data-structures test um, some other time, like thursday or wednesday.

on a vastly more interesting note, Alissa gave me this Queen record, "a night at the opera", you know, the 1975 one with bohemian rhapsody straight on it!? Yes that one. Thanks so much.

and on a very comparably interesting note, Brendan's been improving the technique on this sweet new mode of travel. See, i pedal on my bike, which pulls a cord attached to a skateboard ... now wait, how is this any different from before; we ALWAYS do this, right? wrong: brendan's on an easy chair, balancing ON the stakeboard, towed by me. This looks funnier than it sounds, and it's definitely a ton of fun to ride in the backseat, in the easy chair. We're actually gonna improve something tomorrow.. cause it's a little unstable as it is. These inventions take time, to tweak.

I dunno what i feel. it's great to be out of classes. and studying for final exams is not going to be that hard. not compared to last week. oh, i'll STUDY. But it's like that joyful kind, where you know that once you get through the bottleneck, the wide world opens up. And i'll be in a summer job, and i'll go to Brazil, Lord willing, and i'll get to chill at mom's, and all will be set. And i will sit in the proverbial easy chair and smoke the proverbial pipe, in my proverbial robe, by the roaring proverbial fireside, as the chill wintry air whips proverbially past my icy window.. but i will be done with school. Yes, finished with two good years at Gordon College, ready to do better things. And not just proverbially...

The last week, in summary, has been so enjoyable, i wanna do it again.

Particularly i'd wanna study more, cause i dunno, i coulda done better on those finals, y'know? Mm, no biggie though. I dunno, man, do i just not care enough? I definitely care about my scores at school. It's so important, plus you know, its my benefit anyways. Man, i have so many opportunities.

Jenn's gorilla suit idea would have been excellent, by the way. I'm not sure why we didn't do it, but it definitely needs to happen next year. You have to be on the lookout for a Gorilla Suit. You'll know it when you see it.

There was the time, remember, with the whole late night in the Jenks Cave? And then there were drinks all around, and there was much slacking, ... sigh. Mm, those days were tip top.

All night study sessions i remember... after my paper was done, and the Cave closed, i remember i stayed up all night for my history exam, studying... going over kings and rulers... till at like 4 o'clock it finally got boring and my eyes started hmm, going all over the place, shall we say. SO i got up and walked around.. AND got on my bike.. AND intended to take the Hull-street loop.. and funny thing was, i never made it. Well that's not true.

I actually passed the first turn on the loop, cause i was in an exploratory mood. It was light out by this time. The miles passed.. i pressed on.. i came to a crossroad of sorts. I went up a few roads, then decided to take the one to Beverly. Beverly's a nice place, it's got such character, with its brick park paths, and the ocean-front staircase that i found.. it was so beautiful that morning.

Nothing amazing happened on the way back - i just got lost. I did make it in time for breakfast. Alissa treated me to a meal. (thanks!) Maggie's points got put on my card, later that day.

And all was well. The test.. it was a bit too easy, i felt like i over studied. But of course i did: i got wrapped up in the glorious history of our people! :) Wonders were unfurled to me this semester. I regret every history class i missed.

A few days ago:

Jeremy moved out, left a bunch of stuff and his Cabbie Hat, i call it. Pilldogg cut my hair, and Hodgkins' as well, and man we look awesome. I never knew he was good like that at hair! Now i know. Hmm.

Today,

I talked to Chris, it looks like my job is gonna be sweet - i'm SO already trained for it. Brainstorming, debugging, working out details, etc. They better have a pop machine.

Yes i said POP, and you know i'm right.

I believe lately i was also invited to go romping around in the woods.

And my grandfather is so awesome! Pappy is totally getting a visit from me on Sunday. I mean all around, it's been unparalleled generosity. It seriously about brought me to tears, i was this close, and i was that astounded.

Later today,

Bacculaureate happened. I wasn't really invited, but i heard Hodgie put forth this awesome speech. I kinda do want to see the text of it, if he's got it.

Katie and John decided to start dating, sometime thursday. I was wondering when they were gonna pull something like that, for such a long time :P Today John left, though, and i got to say bye.

I got to Heather's apartment, where Tiff and Laura and Chels were. And Caleb my boy showed up, long lost Ferrin brother! Ah, i was all a-smiles. And at one point we started looking at pictures, then Tiff and Chels started wrestling for a really long time, it was kind of funny :) And there was much talk of ... Contra dancing? Something like that, that i must try here next year.

Next year is gonna rock :)

I got to talk with Jang a bit. I missed not hanging out with him more. :\ :P And this is what i want to know, it's been bugging me - like a fly in the ointment, in the upside-downcake that we call life - ever since i read that article in the tartan about the girl who was raped. It's sad and it confuses me, and i don't know what to make of it - why does a guy rape a girl, anyway? And most of all, his friend? his friend, mind you?

And Jang gave me a bit of insight. But i feel like it's not the whole story. I want to understand, i want to prevent. I put emails out to RAD and EXODUS, and Mrs. Learned's crisis pregnancy place. I wanna get to the bottom of the psychology of it all. Something is wrong. :(

This VB.NET stuff isn't a big a hassle as i thought.

I just wish the Mandrake install CD would finish downloading.

Dad and Vicki helped me move lotsa stuff.. i got some stroganoff in the fridge that i'm saving for breakfast, hehehe. :) My family loves me..

Jessie's over there playing FIFA soccer. His brother is on the bed sleeping. Dustin's asleep as well. My room is empty.

And, i'm doing alright. I can say that, i think. I'm not too jazzed about starting the job without a day's break between now and school but, hey, cmon man, i just had a week of awesome laid back party time. Thoroughly mixed with finals-time, hehe.

It might as well be. Dude, Chris hooked me up with this internship, and man, its gonna really pay off, it looks like. I met the co-workers two days ago... and set off their security alarm... but we won't talk about that.

The point of my job is to help document Chris' application. It's a distributed web app designed to help elderly care centers get the medicines they need, and keep track of their patients, more reliably, more quickly, etc.

I fell out of touch with the guys from hi-school, seems like. It seems like we all kind of are, which is totally preventable, it's getting me annoyed.

I'd nearly forgotten how nice it is here in the summer. Oh btw, we're going to The Beach from the 5th to the 12th. I'll have to ask for leave of absence.

I got my passport in! yess.. i'll put up pictures later though.

I nearly spilled my Tea going around the corner to get to Chris' today. After commenting a class, he and Stephen and I went out and dug ditches and put up fence, for Chill n' Grill.

Ask me about this later... i'm tired..

A tornado lightning storm knocked out our power last night. i slept in the dark for the first time in who knows how long. :D it was so good, like cool spring freshness. the stars were dazzling, that night. I'd like to imagine the whole city of butler was knocked out.. but it wasn't.

Pam and I and whoever else are gonna go see Shrek 2, today later. Then me and PCS 02 are gonna hang out, wreak havoc, whatever we do. Last night was a good night, despite the storm and the cancelled ballgame. I love to just sit back and watch us do our thing.. we sort of banter and prod more than we did as Seniors. We were more serious back then, i think.. although nowadays we have the benefit of two years worth of life and wisdom. We can afford not to be as high-strung and obsessed as we might have been in the past. I kind of like it.

Jenn and I had a moment of silence yesterday :-P It' because we were reminiscing about La Vida, and all of a sudden we realized that at THIS MOMENT, this year's La Vida kids are out there, in the Adirondaks, doing their thing, like we do every year, after year after year, steady as the changing of the seasons.

Check out the June 2003 pages for a taste of what it's like on La Vida. My journal is getting to be old. December 13, 2002 was the official first page, that was 526 days ago, wow. I've written entries on 139 days during that. And year after year, the same cycles come around and back again. Soon, I'll write about our family vacation, which happened the middle of LAST June as well.

This is one of the moments when i feel old :P

Time comes round again each year, but this time it's different. I'm working a job for a company, i'm doing a missions trip, none of these i've ever done before. And i guess life brings about new traditions, like that. Hm.

But one of these days, i'll be done working for Chris, and i'll have learned the VB.NET language, tainted and monstrous as it is, as well as ASPX, and who knows what else. This is sort of what i wanted to do. To learn. I know i'm underqualified to do very much in the real world right now, so i'm glad i'm put in this place to glean and absorb what i can. It's good.

I should stop eating so many of these Willy Wonka Nerds, mmgg, i have to brush my teeth now.

Saturday - was Tom's birthday, as it turns out! He's 16. Pam loves to pretend she's scared of his driving. :P Take a chill pill, Pamela

saturday night, Stephen and Jandy and Jenn and Dwight and i took a trip out to the outlet malls, for some Eat n Park action. You gotta love their Mocha-Fudge milkshake! I almost drank all of Jandy's. But then i had to get my own cause she didn't want me drinking hers. Then we hung out at jandy's for a bit. There's always a party when portersville '02 gets together.

Sunday after church, the church held this auction, the best one ever, they had cookies starting at like 20 dollars, and popcorn poppers starting at 2 dollars, and Tom bought a couch, and they even sold services, à la rent-a-man.

I got in touch with Mom, and i guess wednesday morning she picked up Gramma and Harry from the BUS station! Gramma and Harry took the BUS out there to colorado to visit! Now is that love or what? What's that you say.. you in the back, speak up.. adventure, you suggest? Bah, tis but a trifle, an inflated dream. Speaking of dreams i've been having weird ones lately. And i also send out a letter to Mom, and various other letters on tuesday.

And last night Dave and I watched Miracle! It was a pretty good movie. Not as good as Remember the Titans. Now THERE was a CLASSIC. But for its pure historical value, Miracle was priceless.

Weather forecasting, it's the biggest scam. And everyone buys it. I mean come on, listen to them next time around would you?? "Chances of partly cloudy, with chances of showers and scattered t-storms toward the evening..." blah blah blah blah. WHAT THE crap is that. That's the weather EVERY day! Why do we pay these people!!? Ah man. But you know, they're never wrong. Which scares me.

I'm trying to figure out how to turn my website into some sort of RSS feed, (for those of you savvy people who know what that is) but i dunno, would people ever use the RSS feed? No. If i convert it, it'll just be for the sake of practice. Like anything i do on this site.

So do ya like that there Cracker Jack kid, "Sailor Jack" (TM) I put up there? The dog's called Bingo, it turns out. Who knew? (Who cared?)

I met with the missions team from church today. We may be able to pull something together for the Data-Projector and motherboards and whatnot.. It'll be through God's provision totally, though, as we haven't got a budget, and giving has been 'Low'. Man, am i ever looking forward to this. I have to come up with a pictures system, so i can put all these photos online.

Also check out this AWESOME MnM i found, in the bag today. I am so lucky. Look at it, it's got a chip in the side and everything! Oh man, i rock.

So my computer LOST its ip address when i tried to do a release n' renew. I've never seen this before, but its just gone. Grrrgghh. Armstrong Cable is not going to be able to even visit me until Tuesday. Anger and Burning.

Today at 2, we're gonna head over to Aunt Kim and Brian's.

Pam took the dog to the vet a few hours ago. I slept well last night. The night BEFORE, though, was psycho. I dunno how to describe this dream. Adjectives fail.