So as I was saying a few days ago...
We finished at the Health Camp and went back to hang out at the Baylor dorms with some of Jordan's friends from high school. They discussed plans for game day and played FIFA 2008 and I sat back and revelled in the memorys of Quantum of Solace and the fact that I was with people who actually cared about having a fun time together (without the alcohol, profanity, and sex that most other college kids are wrapped up in).
Skipping ahead to game day...
It's 9 in the morning and everyone's cellphone alarms go off at exactly the same time (don't you love technology!) Jordan and one of his friends get up and go doownstairs to visit with Jordan's aunt & uncle while me and his other friend are still sleeping upstairs. At 10 am everyone's finally up and getting ready to eat breakfast and head out to tour the campus. I decide that I'll skip that since I've seen it before and around 11:30 I'm dropped off at the mall to wait for my mom to meet me. I give her a ring once I'm inside and she tells me to get a table at Olive Garden for lunch and she'll meet me there. I must say it was very refreshing to get to eat with my mom and spend the rest of the day shopping- we always did that with Nanny and my sister when I was younger so it was nice to remember the times when life was simpler.
Around 4 Mom dropped me off at the movie theater and I met my best friend from home to see Quantum of Solace for the second time! Once again, the movie was amazing! As soon as the movie credits start rolling Jordan calls me, but since I used most of my phone batteries on the internet while Mom was shopping in Tuesday Mornings it died right as I answered (of course!). Canyon and I spent the next 30 minutes walking the mall trying to find a kiosk that would let me charge the phone (no one had a model that would fit mine) so we drove to an Alltel store I remembered seeing earlier in the day and plugged in to one of their display models to make the call.
Here's the kicker....
My ride pretty much pulled in to a spot at the mall about 10 spaces down from where we were parked right as we were pulling out! After getting over our frustration we headed back to the mall, found the car, and I left with my friends to head back to College Station.
After seeing a small cafe on the way to Waco, the boys and I were determined to stop at it on our way back to sample the homemade pizza. After dozing in and out in the Corolla for an hour and a half we made it to Loretta's Cafe in the sprawling city of Calvert Texas (pop: 1500 est.). It was honestly the best pizza and home style fried chicken I've eaten in a long time! I just ordered a cherrie pie for Jordan's initiation present to be picked up on Saturday.
After eating we made it back to CS in about 30 minutes and everyone was dropped off and we shook hands, said our goodbyes and parted ways.
Later that night...
I went to a friends house and hung out for a while (till they decided to throw up a tent and "camp out" in 40 degree weather) and headed back home to start my Sunday off right- by sleeping till the butt-crack of noon! That Sunday was your standard Sunday- nothing much to report.
That's all for now folks!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
So I'm at the beginning of a new day... unfortunately I haven't finished off the old one yet ;)
I'm trying my hardest to hold on to this weekend for as long as I can. It has really been among the greatest weekends I've had in college.
First off... the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, was amazing! I had my ticket bought a week in advance and was one of the first few in line for the premiere at midnight of Friday the 14th. Of course it could have been that old guy on the Six Flags commercials dancing for 2 hours and I would have loved it as long as they flashed 007 on the screen in the very beginning.
But on a serious note, I think the critics are out of their minds for bashing this movie the way they have. They should really be ashamed of themselves. I'm of the opinion that if works of art were all meant to follow the same formula the Mona Lisa would be a lot less valuable. What I mean to say is that just because the writers have the bar tender/ flight attendant tell us what is in Bond's drink, instead of Bond himself like in every other Bond film, doesn't mean that the writer's are morons/ heretics.
So to all you "critics" out there- quit over analyzing every little move 007 makes (or doesn't make, as it may be) and be proud that he's one of the most inspiring and modern works of art the free world has ever seen, or will ever see... the series HAS been evolving steadily since 1964 for Pete's sake!
My friend Jordan, 2 of his closest friends, and I piled into an '09 Toyota Corolla at 4:45 on Friday the 14th and zipped off on a quest to the sprawling city of Waco... where I've spent the majority of my life growing up. The plan that cropped up earlier in the week was that they would go to the BU v. ATM game while I hung out with my mom (a quick fix for my reoccurring home-sickness until Thanksgiving, a week later). We were going to stop for supper when we arrived in Waco at the (in)famous "Health Camp" where my mom ate when she was in college.
I've got to go to bed now so I'll finish this little story at a later time...
I'm trying my hardest to hold on to this weekend for as long as I can. It has really been among the greatest weekends I've had in college.
First off... the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, was amazing! I had my ticket bought a week in advance and was one of the first few in line for the premiere at midnight of Friday the 14th. Of course it could have been that old guy on the Six Flags commercials dancing for 2 hours and I would have loved it as long as they flashed 007 on the screen in the very beginning.
But on a serious note, I think the critics are out of their minds for bashing this movie the way they have. They should really be ashamed of themselves. I'm of the opinion that if works of art were all meant to follow the same formula the Mona Lisa would be a lot less valuable. What I mean to say is that just because the writers have the bar tender/ flight attendant tell us what is in Bond's drink, instead of Bond himself like in every other Bond film, doesn't mean that the writer's are morons/ heretics.
So to all you "critics" out there- quit over analyzing every little move 007 makes (or doesn't make, as it may be) and be proud that he's one of the most inspiring and modern works of art the free world has ever seen, or will ever see... the series HAS been evolving steadily since 1964 for Pete's sake!
My friend Jordan, 2 of his closest friends, and I piled into an '09 Toyota Corolla at 4:45 on Friday the 14th and zipped off on a quest to the sprawling city of Waco... where I've spent the majority of my life growing up. The plan that cropped up earlier in the week was that they would go to the BU v. ATM game while I hung out with my mom (a quick fix for my reoccurring home-sickness until Thanksgiving, a week later). We were going to stop for supper when we arrived in Waco at the (in)famous "Health Camp" where my mom ate when she was in college.
I've got to go to bed now so I'll finish this little story at a later time...
Sunday, November 16, 2008
The Last Week
As you can tell... Life has not been updated as frequently as I had once hoped it would.
Today I felt inspired to get back on this thing- mainly because of my sister's travels around the world, as well as the new Bond movie, and finally the atrocious week I'm about to enter in to.
I've been working on a database project for the past four weeks and my group is soooo close to being through! We're creating a database that can create invoices, keep track of products, customers, and employees, and also calculate reports for top employees, employee bonuses, sales, and top customers. Tonight we're finishing up the user interface that links to the database and creating documentation for our program.
Back to work now... more to come later.
Today I felt inspired to get back on this thing- mainly because of my sister's travels around the world, as well as the new Bond movie, and finally the atrocious week I'm about to enter in to.
I've been working on a database project for the past four weeks and my group is soooo close to being through! We're creating a database that can create invoices, keep track of products, customers, and employees, and also calculate reports for top employees, employee bonuses, sales, and top customers. Tonight we're finishing up the user interface that links to the database and creating documentation for our program.
Back to work now... more to come later.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
The First
Howdy,
So I'm starting this blog because I've always wanted to document the events, or un-events as it may be, of my life. It's not really so important for people to read it and like it as it is for me to have a record of the 'stuff' that happens in my life.
Blog's have always been like fraternities to me- they're cool and it's a great thing for some people, but maybe not for me. Oh, did I mention that I decided to join a business fraternity during the spring semester of my sophomore year at A&M and absolutely love it and couldn't imagine my life without all my new 'brothers'? This could go the same way, which is why I'm willing to try it.
So I'm starting this blog because I've always wanted to document the events, or un-events as it may be, of my life. It's not really so important for people to read it and like it as it is for me to have a record of the 'stuff' that happens in my life.
Blog's have always been like fraternities to me- they're cool and it's a great thing for some people, but maybe not for me. Oh, did I mention that I decided to join a business fraternity during the spring semester of my sophomore year at A&M and absolutely love it and couldn't imagine my life without all my new 'brothers'? This could go the same way, which is why I'm willing to try it.
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