Day 146

Updating earlier than 11pm? Preposterous!

Picture: A lot of wood

Background: The 'rents deck is coming out nicely. Dad and two older brothers have the posts set, the deck and stair frames built, and the top of the deck's extension already has a floor. It's a nice change from our 17 year old deck that was getting ready to fall apart. The wood is nice and new for once, and they'll be staining it and putting a pergola on the outer part...It's gonna be nice, and great for the grandkids.

In other news, I'm closing in on 30,000 words in the story I've been writing for awhile. Crazy. And I don't even know where I'm going to be going next. I've got a very rough idea of where I want to get to, but everything in between is hazy.

today's video is braiiiiiiiiiinsssssssssssss...

Day 45

2 o'clock update? And not at 2am, but 2 in the afternoon? What blasphemy!

Picture: In the middle of the road

Background: This is one of those things that you sort of just don't really think about sometimes. As in, it's just a road, right? There's nothing special about it. It's just got cracks and manholes and a street light like millions of other roads in the world. Well, let me assert that things like that make it special. There's something about standing in the middle of the road and just looking down it that makes it seem unique. You can't always look down the middle of the road for obvious reasons (I mean, you never know what kind of trash you'll be standing on or what manhole you'll be falling down. Traffic?...that too). Having nothing special about this makes it kind of cool in my eyes, since people rarely ever think how cool of an engineering feat it is to make such a network that we have. It's done on such a grand scale that it's become commonplace to just drive down these things and complain when they get worn out. I like how Louis CK puts it, "Everything's amazing, and nobody's happy".

So yeah, enjoy the things that you take for granted, is what I'm saying. That's today's lesson. I'm not a certified teacher, so I don't know how valid the lesson is, but it might be worth something.

today's video is an exploded game boy...

Day 43

Fffffffff-late update because I was playing Black Ops with a guy on my hall. I had an awesome 17-7 game at the end. And the top of the page's late-update counter goes up. Great.

Picture: Coca Cola building

Background: On day 41 I took more pictures, and this was another one of them that I took, just before I got to the construction area. The building more in the foreground is what the construction is all about. But we see a huge symbol of American capitalism in front of us...Coca Cola...delicious, right? I've got my Pibb Xtra in front of me as I type this. Damn soda companies have me hooked. And the only Pizza Hut that has Coke products in the country is on our campus. Their influence is strong. You could say that their culture spread rate is...wait. I've been playing to much Sins of a Solar Empire. /shakes fist

today's video is full of pennies...and totally worth the watch...

Day 41

Getting out of lab two hours early in a three hour lab? I love it.

Picture: Volvo

Background: There's lots and lots of construction going on around campus, ever since I got here. I'm also studying Civil Engineering, so it's kind of interesting to me to watch the whole process go down. As for the picture, all five I took of this look just about the same, but for some reason having the dump truck right there really appealed to me. I had some shots where it was driving off further, but I really wanted to see as much of it as I could.

Today has been full of little things that have been going well. The EAS test today sucked, and I wrote down some song lyrics for one of the questions that I had no clue what it was about. There was a bird that looked like it was going to hit me as it flew by. I heard two guys talking about math on my way to the Student Center (because you wouldn't hear that ANYWHERE else in Atlanta, which is hilariously awesome in my opinion). The little things today have made today worth living. And the day isn't even over yet, and tomorrow is Friday! What more could you want? Then again, I never really got the hang of Thursdays...

today's video is a battle most epic...

Day 30

Whee! Humans vs Zombiez starts tomorrow! And I am totally PUMPED!

Picture: Three dead trees in construction

Background: It's really kind of a depressing scene, what with the mounds of dirt and all the construction. It's been nonstop this year so far, and they tell us it should be over by the Fall semester...but we'll see how that goes. I got a bunch more pictures of things today since I had some time to walk around freely. There are side walkways to navigate through, but traffic gets really heavy during the peak times. It's a little frustrating that the major walkway is closed too, which makes getting to the Student Center that much more annoying after a walk up the eternal hill that is Freshman Hill. Bike up it? Oh heck no. I'd get probably a third of the way up before keeling over and gasping for water. I hate that hill.

Like I said, HvZ starts tomorrow. I don't know if it's bad that I won't be sure that I can sleep for it tomorrow, but there's no way I'm pulling an all-nighter or that kind of stuff. My marshmallows are ready for the throwing.

today's video is...what is toronto?????....