this is how we sober up

last night after coming back, writing my blog post, brushing my teeth, and turning out the light i heard a noise. after hearing such noise and deciding to ignore it i realized how instantly i became totally settled in and comfortable. seconds later my door swung open and three people came flying in and jumping into my bed. this wasnt your typical 'lets jump on him for a minute' this was going to last much longer. having previously decided that they were too awake and drunk to call it a night - claire and jake along with andrew decided to join me in my bed turning what was once a cool and indescribable comfort into a party. i would say close to 70 pictures were taken by andrew after claire gave up because 'subject was too dark' - the lense cap was on. this picture was in color but i made it black and white in an attempt to make it look darker as the colored version would have you believe it was in fact not 3 am and pitch black in the room.

yes i had been amazingly comfortable and yes i was ready to sleep, however it was quite awesome. all of a sudden it was 4 am and we were moving to the living room to jump on more people sleeping there. beer(s) were cracked, music was played and we refound our own beds an hour-ish later. awesome

also - found out today only after wasting $1.75 on drying my whites that 'you shouldnt use the left dryer. it doesnt work'. noted for the future.

hanging outside looks like a party to wondering freshman

tonights cookout turned into a party when warren decided to invite the wandering freshman over and set up one (later a second) beer pong table. freshman being freshman called more people over and it went from 10 people hanging outside, sort of cold, but enjoying the atmosphere to 30 some people crowding around in the apartments front yard. it was cool, though.

plans for tomorrow - hang remaining posters in room, rehang posters in hall that fell. buy milk.

i feel like the more i do the more time i have

something i was made aware of today. and while its not 100% of the time true - the days were you are ambitious - not the days where you have to get alot done and do - racing the clock or w/e but leisurely accomplished days where you decide to get all the things done you havent had time for because all of a sudden you have time. on these days it seems like you can accomplish millions of things and look and the clock and wonder how early it is. then by contrast theres those days you set out to do things and you never really gt into the grove and before you know it is the am hours and your wondering how all the time passed by whn you have so little to show for your day.

this picture is what i have to show for my day. not to say i wasnt somewhat productive - i did get alot done in the living room in terms of sorting out all of our electronics, cables, etc. made dinner, bought my books for classes this fall online and worked on some music. even still every day i wake up with the goal of hanging up all my posters and making this place look a bit more homey but each day its time for a blog post and the posters lay in a pile. i made some progress - i separated them into a pile for the living room and a pile for my room and what i mean by that is a pile of posters that are agreeable and the ones that i hav to keep in my room because no one cares for the subject matter (fair enough - but just pointing out that little thought went into the separation process).

i started writing some music again inspired by a friend who had a sudden surge too. we should have our first TSRJ practice this upcoming weekend and with our new drummer. im excited.

(picture is of the 3 magazine-make-shift-stands i made that have provided as a rise/shelf for my psych books).

it felt like summer, i guess it still is

i had plans to get some shit accomplished today and really had plenty of time to do so, but alas i didnt. instead o enjoyed myself, ran into a few people, saw some friends apartments for the first time, and spent a chunk of my day on eddies tossing the frisbee. im either out of shape or dont realize how much physical activity is involved in running around for 45 minutes chasing the frisbee because i was definitely quite soaked and sore afterwards. worth it.

i have alot of time off until classes start again. goals for tomorrow - research new job options and buy my books online. potential problem - house marathon on USA tomorrow. ive seen them all, but its just so addicting. ive been told i spend too much of my life watching/planning around tv. i cant argue with that.

it left as quickly as it arrived

During my 3rd class today, and probably sparked by what we were talking about at the time i had an idea. every so often i sorta get an idea in my head and run with it almost essay like on a specific topic or societal 'given' just kinda reflecting on it whether to just take a step back or to put a spin on something. sometimes i write them down, and unfortunately this wasnt one of those times. by the time i could have written it down i couldnt remember even a second of it. like when you will wake up from a vivid dream and 5 minutes later you cannot even recall any of it other than maybe the mood of it. those moments are almost maddening at how quickly it escapes you. i remember working in early highschool and coming up with a task to occupy myself and before i got to the back of the store or where ever i needed to go to start it i would forget what my intentions even were. scary.

anyway classes started for me today. my first teacher was wearing white jeans that were probably too tight given he was a male of probably his early 40s. either way he was a good lecturer - first days are tough because theres no 'pick up where we left off' smooth contiuation of sorts, no one has any texts, and a lot of the time you have never seen this person, heard their speech, watched their mannerisms and that first hour can almost set the tone and make up your mind for the semester. he looks to be really. my other classes followed suit (is that the right spelling?) and i got out early of my night class which was hell to get to. after having our internet/cable transfered from across the hall the wireless wasnt registering and i had about 10 minutes to print my course schedule and show it to the ram van people to get my passes for the semester before the van would leave and i would definitely be late. after taking care of all of that i realized that i didnt even know what room the class was in and knew no one taking it.

for the most part though everything worked out. as i said - we got out early. the ride back was great because i ended up chatting with a friend who ended up emailing me later a list of about 20 places i could volunteer for psych experience. got back to fordham during the opening montage of UP and was thrilled to not only be back in time to watch but also to find out that a large chunk of friends were already set up dead center.

night was topped off by 2 separate Cmaj chord progression medleys with me and my roommates encompassing the greater bit of the 90s hits but also including some throw backs like ABC and even a bit of RESPECT at one point - the longer of the two jams clocking in at almost an hour, the other close to 40 minutes. its amazing how many songs you will realize fit over the same progression. if you doubt me - start with Allstar by smashmouth, head into Closing Time by Semisonic and your on your way to singing all your favorite 90s songs until your arm or voice get too tired.

free is the way to be

fordham's new director of whatever, a blonde in her mid twenties was all sorts of energtic today explaining in a very forceful manner that the free food we all showed up for prior to the soccer game would continue throughout the season if, and only if people actually stayed for the game. as a further attempt to make sure of this they had a free raffle to win a gift card to the restaurant donating the food/providing the food (not sure if it was pure free or if fordham just took a loss) and a gift card to the book store. the winners wouldnt be announced till half - so at worst they got people to stay that long.

it worked - there was probably 400 people in the stands for this game. i was impressed - and heres to another week of free food. lets hope this continues for awhile because it means one meal a week will be both free and prepared and that huge.

6 months

so today, after almost 6 months without taking any medication for anything i buckled and got some benedryl. After realizing how unquestioningly and how often i was taken asprin of some sort for almost daily headaches i decided that not only was this probably not healthy it also wasnt allowing my immune system to work on its own. at that point i stopped taking any and all medication and got pretty lucky with never really having to question it until now. its not that im against taking medication, but i felt as though at the time i was probably taking too much too often.

anyway since midday yesterday my allergies have been acting up causing me to lose sleep, appetite, and struggle to swallow. i went to wallgreens today after using some temporary-relief home remedies and bought some benedryl. the ability for that medicine to make you drowsy on top of having not taken any meds in awhile and not having eaten much that day caused my afternoon to be quite interesting. im on my 3 set now (take every 4 hours) and im dragging so im gonna call it a night. heres hoping this is behind me tomorrow.