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Here we are in the crappy mid-morning part of the third week of classes, and I still haven't put a schedule in your hot little hands. Tough. I don't feel like doing it right now.

Ever have one of those classes that just goes on forever, and you look at your watch and see that it's only halfway over? Organic is not one of those classes. When I look at my watch the class isn't halfway over, it's over by half an hour. One hour of organic chemistry makes my brain shut off, which makes the scheduled class time 15 minues too long to begin with. I have no idea what posesses my professor to think that an extra 30 minutes might help.

So my phone battery is like Skittles™ now. It's five (differently colored but similar tasting) different flavors of messed up. For example, I just turned it back on. Five minutes ago it said it was holding full charge. I bet you could guess what it's telling me now. Yup, full charge. God I hate technology.

Tonight I'm gonna make some onigiri. For those of you who aren't gonna click the link, it's a neat little japanese food where you take a ball of sushi rice, fill it with something yummy (in my case canned salmon [with the little vertebra and everything]) and wrap it in nori (dried seaweed). Then you put it in your mouth and masticate. Then you go get yourself a fresh pair of shorts because it is just that good.

Coretta Scott King passed away today. She was an active and influential civil rights supporter, and she will be dearly missed. Ironically, Samuel Alito was confirmed today as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. His decisions, while they seem rational at first glance, have a decided lean towards the denial of civil liberties. I'm upset. This Bush character has put way too many people on the bench for my taste. Today is a dark day indeed for civil rights. That's why it's more important than ever to be socially and politically active. Nobody is going to affect any change by hibernating until the next election. There's work to be done now

I hopped around a lot tonight. I had stuff to talk about. *shrugs*

It's Friday the 13th for another two minutes, and I'm still alive! Whew! I think I probably just jinxed myself

I've never been big on New Year's Resolutions. For the vast majority I've been a student, where the calendar year holds little meaning. Instead, I'm making some new semester resolutions.

1. Blog at least once a week
2. Read/watch the news daily-ish
3. Establish and follow a schedule for doing classwork
4. Take better care of my gums
5. Put some money away
6. Work on a creative skill

Hopefully if I get going on some of these items, it'll help me with others. Structure, structure, structure. That's what I need. Incidentally, I'll be back at school on Sunday, with class on Tuesday. More updates on Thursday (including a new schedule).

I hopped on a little bandwagon and wrote a list of 100 things about me. Do a google on "100 things" and you'll see the root of the whole thing. I actually wrote it quite a while ago, but I haven't gotten around to writing about it yet. I gotta reorganize the list just a tiny bit, but mostly it is what it is. (more...)