Random Update (10.2.11)

What a nice weekend. It was awesome to see Mom and Jane! They got me a Spongebob beanie baby, which goes well with my Spongebob poster. Highlights include going to the football game, showing them my dorm, and being exhausted. Speaking of the football game, the game stopped because a squirrel got onto the field somehow. I shall name him Munchy, in memory of the rodent from the Ice Age movies. The refs blew their whistles and waved their arms in an important fashion as we waited for Munchy to make his move. Munchy ran alarmingly parallel to the sidelines, and crossed the end-zone to the enormous roar of the entire stadium. We are desperate here at BC. We cheer on squirrels. Munchy, I mean. Anyways, Munchy made a second-half impact by scoring yet again, bringing final score to Wake 27 - BC 19 - Munchy 14. Munchy scored more touchdowns than we did. Rebuilding year much? The rest of the evening drifted along in the grass playing soccer and taking pictures. Eventually we ate at the dining hall on Newton campus called Stuart. Just a reminder, but Newton is freshman-only dorms which are a short bus ride from Main campus. I'm sure you know that, but reminders always help.

Now to answer a few questions from emails. Generally one takes five (5) classes per semester. The honors program counts as two (2) classes, and therefore I am only technically in four (4) classes. These are Introductory Physics, Multivariable Calculus, Naturalmente, and Western Cultural Tradition. The last one is the official name of the honors seminar series. I am beginning to understand/like Mr. Duket. We had a nice chat on Friday and I got a much better perspective on the class. It sure will require the work of two (2) classes, but I think ultimately it will be worth it. Unlike other semester-long classes, I will have Mr. Duket for the whole year. Now I shall explain how I got tickets to the Red Sox - Orioles game. A guy on our floor named Jack works at Fenway, and since he couldn't go to the game and had tickets, he raffles them off to our floor. I won, and Jeff and I went and had a good time. Lastly, I wish to say that the food here is delicious. Mostly I just love how the fruit is always very good. There are three (3) dining halls: one on Lower campus, one on Upper campus, and one on Newton campus. Lower and Upper campus are how Main campus as a whole is split up. Basically, the college is on a huge hill. I'll let common sense explain the names.

So, after Mom and Jane left, I went back to the room (~7:30), asked Jeff what he was doing, told Jeff I was taking a power nap until 8:21 precisely, and preceded to carry out my plan. I woke up slightly startled at 8:21. I had passed into deep sleep and my internal clock did not have enough internal memory to process the fact that I had just woken up to darkness when it was not in fact not the morning. So from here, Alyssa (the southern belle), Meredith (the photographer), Lev (the Russian who is actually Ukranian), and I took the T (the subway in Boston) to find a place to pierce Alyssa's ear. Apparently her ear piercings aren't symmetric and he needs another to be balanced. So down we walked. The store closed at 10:00 PM. We arrived at 9:30 PM. The diligent attendant of the piercing store regretted to inform us that although they were open another half-hour, they had stopped piercing for the day. The diligent attendant proceeded to inform us that they open up at 9:00 AM on Sunday, however the piercing specialist probably won't arrive until noon. I guess I never expected too too much from the piercing industry in the first place. So we walked around and found a cool store. Alyssa got a poster and the rest of us conserved out moneys. Off we went to dinner at a Thai place. I had never had Thai before. Oh boy do I wish that last sentence were false earlier in my life. 'Twas most delicious. Afterwards we took the T back to BC and took a bus to Newton. We hung out there for an hour or so and then went back to Upper campus to watch a scary movie. A halftime substitution was made. Alex (the Brazilian and Monty Python enthusiast) replaced Lev (the Russian who's actually Ukranian). We watched Dawn of the Dead. It really wasn't that scared. Actually we laughed more than freaked out. Around 4:00 AM, Alex and I walked back to Newton. I crashed on my bed around 4:30 and woke up at 12:00 noon. I did a physics lab from ~12:12 to ~1:34, when I took the bus to Upper with Matt (the other physics major, my other half, the carbivore) to go to the Card Game Club meeting. We played "Bang!" which involves a 52 card deck, cowboys, and Italian phrases with English translations. Around 3:30 PM I met up with my lab partner Brooks and finished the lab. Around 4:40 PM I took the bus to Newton with other guys on my intramural soccer team. All the girls on the team live on Newton, actually. The game was really close, and I scored the greatest goal of my soccer career. 25 yards out, knuckle-ball slightly left of the top right corner. I'm still excited about that goal. Seriously. Soccer is my drug. Gahhhhhhhhh

That catches you up to now, pretty much. I'm in the lounge of my dorm, having just finished Spanish and Calculus homework. I realize this is quite a long update. Oops. Remember, email me with questions and I may or may not answer them at some point or another! Now, to upload some pictures...