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Weekend of Cliches, Chants, and Cloth

Despite the fact that when I turn to look over my shoulder I glimpse a seemingly roofless pile of homework towering as a mini Everest in my bedroom, I am in a downright good mood.

Now, as to where my good mood stems from, I'm not terribly sure. It could be because of my decent-if-not-excellent weekend with my mother or because my dad isn't home right now. Oh, right, let me tell you about that! So I'm doing my Biology vocabulary but decide to take a little break after finishing approximately one half of it. When I stumble out of my bedroom, discover an empty house; my father is no where to be found and the car is missing. My father snuck out. My father snuck out. How weird is that?! Shouldn't I be the one doing the escaping? What does he have to do in secret? I guess I'll never know in time to post it here because he still hasn't come back. I could call, but please- why ruin the obviously brilliant cliche where I sit in the overstuffed armchair smoking a pipe in the dark while I wait for the household miscreant do surrepticiously edge his way in?! No, this is too good of a chance to pass up! Details later!


Perhaps on a more sensual note, I experienced one of those moments this weekend where you lose track of the direction and bearing of date and time. I was at the FSU football game this weekend and 30 minutes for the alleged kickoff but it started pouring. So my parents and I made the quick executive decision to just leave and head for Hooters for wings and to watch the game there. Granted, we weren't the only ones trying to get out of the rain and it turning into a fullscale exodus. Once we were in the relative comfort of cover, we inched our way in the chaotic mess around the inner track of the stadium. And it began as a quite rumble, almost undecernablem but within a few short seconds the noise sorted itself into a chant. It washed over us and everyone couldn't help themselves but to join in, chanting the FSU war call. As ridiculous as it sounds, I felt a Seminole connection. I felt like a Native America, trudging with my comerades as we weather the storm. It was just one of those hair-raising experiences I'll never forget.


Unrelated, my mother and I went out and got the makings for Phil's Halloween costume. We are constructing him a Slytherin quidditch robe, complete with leather fastener and lining. It's going to be wonderful. If only the sewing machine would have worked. Damn.


So that was my weekend at a glance. Enjoy the last few hours of weekend yourself!

-Jonathan

It's All Work AND Play

Well, the title is true! I've been doing considerably more studying this year, and yet somehow I still manage to fit in a decent social life complete with fun projects. Tis nuts.


On Saturday we had another study group at Starbucks. I swear, I've never done that much Biology so fast! It left me borderline comatose. The good news is that we're finally starting chapters with topics we can sink our teeth into and digest something of substantial value. For example, these next two chapters all about biochemistry and water. Friggin' fascinating stuff. .. .. I am such a geek. -.- . *closet geek!*

Today, we had another study group (same bunch from last Friday's study group) and we did a decent amount of work. Who am I kidding?! We did very little. Just about 5 questions apiece. The rest of the time we joked around, listen and critiqued music, examined the possible sexualities of the barrista, made fun of Shuyao's "yellow snow" drink, and discussed broad biology topics. I'd still call that a productive study secession! Sort of.


I got a new cork board this weekend! Here are some pictures:

^^Sideways-but my calendar and caricature of my pastor

^^ My sketch of my preaching pastor crying out "He is risen!!" (though he's never said it)

^^ Awesome postcard for Chicago University that shows the caffiene molecule, and then my tack interpretation of it!

So I will hopefully be a little more organized this year... >.>


On a completely different topic, I've turning into a planning behemoth. Scary, right? Well, I'm actually planning a huge Halloween party, where we'll all dress in full Harry Potter regalia and pretend to witches and wizards while we pass out candy to little kids. Hopefully, through the help of basic chemistry and some firecrackers, we can cast magic spells. It'll be a night of absolute enchantment (no pun intended). Tonight, I fixed up a 3' spider and 2' bat with some scary red LED lighted eyes! It was a lot of fun, doing a small project like that- but the fun will really grow exponentially when you find out what I'm doing with them. Aragog (the spider, aptly named after the giant spider from Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets) will romp around on a small RC buggy, chasing down some of the miscreant children. On the other hand, Buffy (the ironically named bat) will take to the sky in the form of a fishing wire zipline and swoop down to terrorize the parents. Granted, repeatedly launching this would be exhausting, so I'm considering towing Buffy by means of another small RC truck I have.

Here are some pictures of the frightening pets:


^^ Aggghhh!!! The red eyes!! So creepy!!

^^ You know, there's a Visine for that..


So yeah.. that's been my weekend in a nutshell. We'll see how this school week unfurls.

- Jonathan


PS- Leave a comment if you'd like to join us for the Harry Potter fun!