update

there, i did it. happy?

Off on the right foot (or the left...)

The year is off to a great start already! Spat camp was amazing, even though it was a lot more tiring than last year (8 marching rehearsals in a row... yuck), everyone seemed like they were about to die on friday morning. All the rookies are really cool and we went to see snakes on a plane with the trumpets.

On the floor (5th & 4th this year), most of the people are back from last year, we went to see snakes on a plane as a floor (my 3rd time, for those of you keeping score at home) on move-in day, and yesterday ate as a massive group at UDS (still crappy food), went on a late-night taco bell run, watched battle royale, and pranked the 7th floor. Ultimate game is soon to come. Its gonna be a sweet year.

Sam Jackson is Amazing

this made me really happy. I can't wait for August 18th.

Work is good. Most of the time, it's really boring and I get a lot of reading done. I read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy for the first time (sad, I know) in a week reading almost exclusively at work. Other times, its kind of (but not really) interesting, like when a guy got T-boned by a garbage truck down the street, or when the power went out and our scanners wouldn't work. But mostly, I have money again. sort of. I can't wait to get back to school.

w00t, Job!

My long hours of boredom are over! I got a job with Advance Private Investigators. No, I will not be a P.I. with crazy dames walking in to my office. Instead, I will be working luberyard security at Menards, operating a gate and making sure people don't steal wood. I will be splitting time between the Eden Prairie and Burnsville locations. 30-40 hours a week at $11.50/hr = lots of money and no more boredom! I will finally be able to drive to campus to do solar car without having to worry about whether I will have enough money to make it through the summer. Happy.

A Tale of Three Cities

I have a major problem with three cities right now: Bloomington, Minneapolis, and St. Paul. The problem is that I live in one (Bloomington), but need to regularly (but not regularly enough to justify a bus pass) get to one of the other two (Minneapolis and St. Paul). They are far enough apart that it takes a quarter tank of gas to get there and back home (as I found out today), but too close to justify staying overnight somewhere. I will be spending a good portion of my time in the next week there (at least 4 round-trips) for solar car, and with gas at $40 per tank, I do not have the money to travel that much (nor a job to bring me more money). Long story short: I (or rather my wallet) can't wait until I live on campus again.

In other news, the solar car is traveling to Taiwan in September for a rayce, thus all of my trips to Minneapolis and St. Paul for meetings and testing and the like. I will not be going on the trip myself (mostly because I can't stand the thought of missing band), but I do get to decide who goes... bwahahaha! The next 4 weeks should be interesting though, we have to get the car all ready to go and packed in a shipping crate, something that usually takes months to do.

Also, I still don't have a job. I desperately need one to keep me from sitting around the house all day if nothing else.

Less than 3 months until Spat Camp... yay!

Coming soon to a Campus near you!

Coming Fall 2009, across the street from Mariucci Arena: Bencriscutto-Luckhardt Marching Band Complex! (Officially named TCF Stadium, unfortunately)

That's right, the Minnesota legislature may be good for something after all...

All that remains is Gov. Pawlenty to sign it.

Newspaper

I found myself turning to the page in the newspaper that holds the crossword puzzle and expecting to find Network and Dr. Date this morning. I miss being at school more than I thought...