The Thoughts of a Soon-to-be Graduate...

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Originally uploaded by @mands

So, I finished the very last of the stuff I have to do in order to graduate tonight. (Ok, I have to turn in my take-home final, but then that's it.) I can't believe I'm done. I've really been in denial about it all, but it's kind of setting in now. I think it will hit me a lot harder on Saturday when I get handed my degree... case. Anyway, I'm crazy-tired from not sleeping last night and cranking out a 10 page paper today in a matter of about 4 hours. It wasn't pretty, and I'm not really pretty right now either. (Just go back to the picture of me after writing my senior thesis to get an idea of what I look like right now.) Lucky, lucky you. You get to read some of my RANDOM thoughts. (Plus I've thrown in some random dog picture.... k, see ya... except I'm not leaving.)

1. Being a nerd myself, I enjoy when I spot people doing nerdly things. The other day in the library I walked past two library employees having a race to see who could check in their stack of books the fastest. It was entertaining whilst I walked by.

2. If I were to be searching for a job that I could get with a history degree right now... pretty sure there's NOTHING I could use it for. I can't teach because I don't have a certificate, and pretty much any historian-type jobs require further schooling. Lame sauce. Good thing a JD could possibly get me a job.

3. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by Camper Van Beethoven is an incredible song. Everyone should love it. I heard it in the store the other day and it cheered me up. I'm listening to it RIGHT NOW!

4. I think the Jazz are capable of going to 7 games with the Lakers, but I really don't think they'll beat the Lakers at home at all. Sad day.

5. Jerry Sloan talks like there's something in his mouth. I can never fathom how the players could possibly understand him when they're in the NBA's loudest arena.

6. I win. (Spencer knows what I mean.)

7. Speaking of Spencer, he's currently killing me in our friendly roommate rivalry. (See side bar.)

8. I hate packing. I have to do that soon. Ugh.

9. Hmm... I'm leaving Logan soon, and I'm not so sure that I'm devastated about that. There was snow on the ground again today. It's freaking May 6th! STOP SNOWING ALREADY!

10. For some reason this is my lucky number.

Lucky for you, I'm quitting now.

K, bye.

Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Napping With Clever Mice About.

Broken empty trap
Originally uploaded by terence_arjo

Thought: Empty mouse-traps are kinda disconcerting. Especially when you discover them right next to the couch you're taking a nap on. Apparently the basement of USU's Old Main has a few clever rodents on the lam.

Thought: Trans fat doesn't horrify me like it probably definitely should. What does it do to me again? "Hmm, one gram of disgustingness with delicious food item surrounding it VS. no delicious food item. Who would ever pick the latter?!"

Thought: ?! -->The symbol formerly known as an interbang will now be known as a puzzled-shock mark! At least in my book. Books? Perhaps I'll write multiple books.

Thought: I'm kind of surprised that I have never heard anyone cleverly combine witty and literature into witterature. A brief googleage has revealed, however, that I'm not the first to think of this word.

Thought: Being in a building that blocks my cell phone coverage disturbs me a little, and yet I also feel very safe. "Well, if I can't be reached by cell phone coverage nowadays, nothing could reach me!"

Thought: Sometimes I think I've had a brilliant idea, and I rush to write it down. Often, upon rereading, it was mental vomit. Shucks.

Thought: The CIA thinks I'm important. This is a certain conclusion that anyone would reach based upon the fact that the same dude has been around at least two times I've awoken from a nap in the Old Main basement. It is CERTAIN!

Thought: It's about time that downside-up got as much playing time as upside-down.

Thought: I hate when I wave my hand at a bathroom sink or towel dispenser in vain.

Thought: A very funny joke would be to destroy all the outlets around campus that people use to charge their crud. And by funny I mean riot-inducing. Hmmm... upon rereading... mental vomit.

K, see ya.

Hot-Boiled Drat...

I heard that phrase said on an episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show the other day, and I thought it was pretty darn hilarious. 

Random:  If anyone that goes to USU really needs a job, even one with very few hours, please let me know.  There are a few openings at my work that will be available to interview for on Friday.  (Two days from now!)  Anyway, let me know.  You need to be pretty computer savvy, and friendly-ish.  That's about it.

Anyway, all I want right now is to sleep.  However, I'm at work.  This isn't a great place to sleep.  A great place to sleep, though, can be found in the institute building.  It's quite peaceful there, and there are a myriad of couch/chair options.  I had myself a nice 5-10 minute power-nap this morning.  I'm a fan of power-naps.  I always over sleep and ruin the "power" part of them, but when I can get in just a brief 15 minute nap or so, I feel great!  Napping for an hour or more always makes me super groggy.

School is going fairly well thus far.  No major complaints. 

Spencer and I played racquetball yesterday, and my K-nees are K-illing me!  That's all about that.

Hmm... the only other important update that I feel I need to add to this entry is that today I'll be mailing off the very last of my law school application paper-work.  So I'll be officially done applying for law school after I get one envelope off in the mail to BYU.  SWEETNESS~~!!!

Hmm... since I've still got about 2 hours of work left, I think I shall compose a list of a sort that I haven't done in quite a long while.  A RANDOM THOUGHTS LIST!!!

• I hate making résumés.  Really not a great activity.
• I ate a really good cherry cheese danish this morning.  Mmm...
• I just randomly got the song with the phone number "867-5309" stuck in my head.  Or, I guess I should say, I got the chorus for said song stuck in my head.
• I feel for the people in Haiti.  I wish I could actually go there and do something to help out.  I think it's great to donate money and all, but really I wish I could actually physically help, ya know?
• I really want to go to Africa.  If I can't get a decent internship this summer, or don't land any other great job, I really want to volunteer for an international aid group or something for the summer.  That would be a dream come true.
• My friend said a word the other day to describe gross stuff (like skuzz, or goobers, or whatever) that I think is DISGUSTING sounding, but perfect for said definition.  The word?  Bonch.
• 867-5-30 NIIYINE...
• I hate when my leg starts bouncing involuntarily and I can't control it.  I'm sure other people around me hate it, too.
• I just had a craving for a sausage egg Mcmuffin!  Gross...
• Some people look cool.
• BONCH!
• There's some dude that keeps wandering around by the front door of the lab... what a weirdo.
• I don't think I should be allowed to call other people weird.  Besides, he just left.

K, see ya.

Hi! Some random thoughts on this fine 'Eptember Eve'n

(Uploaded for no good reason, just randomness.)

• Sometimes I like to randomly put a 'postrophe in words 'at wouldn't norm'ly have 'em.  And some that norm'ly would, too.
• I enjoy getting sleep a WHOLE lot better than not getting sleep.  Trust me, it's MUCH better.
• Did you know that while he claimed to have anti-slavery sentiments, George Mason hypocritically had slaves to keep up appearances?
• I look semi-zombielicious right now.
• No offense, but that was a really cool word I just invent'd.
• There was once a law that banned Native Americans from riding horses in California (Before it was a part of the United States).  That was only for the Spaniards or Mexicans.
• I kinda like college football this year.
• I cheered for Sammy Sosa n' Mark McGwire.  Oops.
• The LSAT's 6 days from now.  Crud.  Or yay.  But mostly crud.  5 hours long.
  
• I saw in the news that the Army's general that is over the war effort in Afghanistan is recommending that we get many more boots on the ground.  Is this war ever going to end?
• Aside from the tiredness that is eating my body alive at the moment, I'm quite happy. 
• "Do you remember the 21st night of September?
  Love was changing the mind of pretenders
  While chasing the clouds away
  
  Our hearts were ringing
  In the key that our souls were singing.
  As we danced in the night,
  Remember - how the stars stole the night away, yeah yeah yeah.
  
  Hey hey hey,
  Ba de ya - say do you remember
  Ba de ya - dancing in September
  Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day!"  --"September" by Earth Wind and Fire
• K, see ya.
  

Some Random Thoughts Amidst a Spell of Procrastination

• Sometimes it doesn't matter if you forget to grab a spoon to accompany your pudding cup.
• I may or may not be saying the phrase may or may not a little to frequently of late.
• I think I might be a kick-trash singer trapped in a crappy singer's body.
• Um, 9/9/09 is cool and all, but did we all forget that there was a 9/9/99? That was way more awesometastic.
  
• I like loud music. Deal with it, ears!
• Would you believe me if I told you that I'm actually an undercover CIA agent working on discovering an anarchist that plots to destroy our nation's future by never pushing his chair in when he leaves Utah State University computer labs? You're gullible!
  
• Why is it that we no longer use the word sally? How else would I describe a sudden flurry of action or a leaping forth? I sally every time that Goblin (Leon, ya know, the one who lives under the bridge) sallies toward me! See? It's highly useful.
  
• I might need to eat some real food soon, that fake food isn't cutting it for my nutrient deficiencies of the moment.
• Fingers make great spoons.
• K, see ya.