Still more days to go than I would like....
It's a Monday morning again. That means that I just went through two of my three classes for the day. I'm 2/7 of the way done with this week of school. Although I still have that damn religion paper on the Egyptian Amduat (super exciting stuff...let me tell you) that I have to finish writing. But at the end of this week Laura and I are going to Texas. :)
That'll be so nice to get away for a little bit. That reminds me, I have to talk to someone about feeding my damn cats. You would think that you could just leave out a bunch of water and food and they would be fine, but no... my cats are "special" and you can't just leave them. oh well. What are you going to do? I'm just really stoked about going to Texas because we're going to see the Rodeo and Brad's going to meet up and all sorts of fun things. We're going to go and hang out in Austin for two nights too, so that'll be fun. Overall I think it'll be a good trip with very little expense.
So the other day I went and saw the promo of "V is for Vendetta" and I have to say that I really loved it. It kept you interested the whole time, it was well acted and just great. The theory behind it is "People shouldn't be afraid of their government, their government should be afraid of it's people." Pretty much a masked guy leads London into a revolt against their tyrannical government. It really makes you think about what a "terrorist" is. Combine that with my Terrorism and Counterterrorism class and learning all about Al-Qaeda and it really makes you question what you feel about terrorism. It almost makes you feel that it's justified. Obviously that conflicts greatly about my feeiings of 9/11, but still makes someone's legitimacy on using force an interesting question. I think that's about as political as I'm going to get because well... the Anti-Bush people might start knocking on my door or something.
So now that I have Ubuntu installed on my computer, I have to say that it's not all it's cracked up to be. But not because it's bad software, it's just that I feel like a 10 year old on my computer again. I sit there and struggle to find out what the hell is going on with it. I'm going to keep at it, but as of right now I can't get videos to play, and I don't have the slightest idea of how the directory structure works. I like the interface with Ubuntu but at the same time, I think that I may want to try out some different distros to see if I like some other the other ones a little bit better. I think that Ubuntu may be a little too much in it's infancy to be what I need. Maybe I'll take a look into installing Mandrake sometime, but I think that'll have to be after I get back from spring break.
I'm so glad that it's already like 1/3rd of the way through March. That just means that April will be here soon. The more that I think about it, it more I really can't wait to be done at school. Everyone else that I knew from school was so scared about getting out and going into the real world, but because I had the experience of going out and seeing what it was like, I can't wait. Working is just so much better than going to school. I remember back to living in Inwood with Brad and just hanging out after work, no cares, no papers to write. I could take as many pictures as I wanted and had as much time as I needed to work on them. I could play as many games of Madden 2004 (yes...2004) as I wanted and didn't have any issues doing so. Granted, I gained like 30 lbs during the time that I was out of school, but hell, I guess there are some tradeoffs.
Speaking of working out, Laura and I have been all about it recently and I can honestly see the difference in our bodies which is GREAT. I'm so tired of being a fat ass. All through my life I've been fit and in shape and always just never having to worry about it because I was always so active and if I did let myself get a little chubby, wrestling season would put me back to where I needed to be. It's a different story now, but that's okay. I'm making due.
Today is around 40 degrees outside, so when I walked outside this morning I really wished that I had chosen to ride my bike. I'm going to check out the weather for Wednesday and if it's nice out I'm going to ride up to Columbia and see how that works out. I'll probably be a sweaty mess, but that's okay. Hmmmm... I just remembered that I have a midterm on Wed for my Planet Earth class, so maybe a bike ride in the morning isn't a good idea. Then again, it's not like I plan on doing all that much studying for the exam anyway, let alone cramming for it in the morning, so maybe I will.. We'll see.
I think the one thing that I really look forward to when I finish school is having money again. It'll just be so nice not having to check my bank statement wondering when I was going to have to borrow more money from my parents. That sucks so bad. I just hate not being able to do stuff, or if I do, feeling guilty about it. Not to mention that I desperately want to get a laptop...not that I need one, but I just think that it would be so nice to have one. I think that my job will provide one, but I have a feeling that it's just going to be crap, so we'll see.
Anyway, I've been typing away for a little while now, so I think that I should do some work.