Let's go Jets!

Today's game determines if the Jets enter the Superbowl (it's a big deal because they're the Mets/Islanders of football)! They'll be against the Indianapolis Colts... I HOPE THEY WIN!
Yes, my team of choice is the Pittsburgh Steelers; but they're not in the runnings anymore.... so being a NEWYORKER (insert obnoxious accent here) I (along with the state of New York) will be rooting for our Jets! :)

Tuesday starts a new semester... and judging by my textbooks: I won't have time for blogging anytime soon. My Art History class required not one or two books or the astounding four... but 12 textbooks. I'm starting to try to get ahead on the readings, because APPARENTLY I have a lot of work to do this semester just for this one class.

The other classes aren't so bad. My evolution class required one textbook, and I'm taking two African Literature classes so that's what all those small novels on the right hand side are for. Those are easy, though.  If I had to, I could read one or two of those over a weekend. No sweat. I'm just worried about the stupid art class that required 12 textbooks and ate all of my money.

Yeah, textbooks are expensive.... that lovely shelf of books ran me $600+. For one semester. WHOO.

Anyways, Jesse's band (HAZMATBAY) may be touring come March or April; So to make sure that I can visit him every weekend (not weekdays because I'm in school) I'm trying to get a little bit ahead on my art readings, because I know those are the ones that are going to be the pain in the ass. So far I have Tuesday night's homework done... so on Tuesday I plan to get Thursday night's homework done... and next weekend I plan to get ahead as much as possible so that come March-April, I'll be able to go for the weekends and visit Jesse on tour.
Hazmat officially moves into their studio this Wednesday, which is exciting. There's a dog at the studio, the owners dog, named Phil/Fil. (I'm not sure of the spelling, but Fil is a possibility because the studio owner is in the music industry and may have named his dog after The Fillmore venue. Just speculating... I don't know that) And Jesse's already 80% moved in, so we'll be able to chill as the rest of the band moves in. I also laid out the beautiful blankets I bought for the girls. The embroidery came out great. And I'm sure they'll be useful because that room gets cold when the other people using other studio rooms leaves the door to outside open. (We're the room adjacent to the outside door... it may get drafty)

45 days until I get to go with Jesse and meet my bff & her brother in VEGAS for 311 Day!! :) I'm so excited!!! :D I'm currently in the process of saving for the trip. It's going to be so much fun!! <3 The only thing we have planned for definite is a trip to the aquarium to see the overhead shark tank of awesomeness. Oh, and the 311 concert... which I thought was a given.

Sublime got their name back. Finally, and legally! So they probably plan on going on tour sooooon, which is great because they deserve it after 15 or so years of not being able to play. They reserved their Myspace pages, and Facebook pages as Sublime with Rome, because that's what they'll be calling themselves. I thought it was nice that they are continuing to list Bradley Nowell as a member in addition to calling themselves Sublime with Rome, as they're honoring the death of their friend and former band mate. It's exciting. Also, with this name they'll also be able to take proceeds of their merch/tour money and put it towards the rumored "Bradley's House" : a rehab facility for teenagers. :)

School.

Yesterday was my first day of school. It's a 9-5 ordeal. But! Luckily, today I found out that I don't have my Tuesday/Thursday class until March 3rd. (It's a Fitness Walking gym class) So that made life easier. Today I have a shitload of errands to run. At 12:00 I'm taking Jesse to school, and then at 3:00 I'm picking him up. Other than that I have to run errands for my momma. I don't know what kind of errands they are as I haven't gone downstairs to look. :/

As for my 101: It's sort of put on hold until I get into the swing of school again.
On the brightside: I'm more than halfway done with my first book on the list: Lamb. Which is awesome, so I can go ahead and read more books for my 101.

99 bottles of beer on the wall...

I feel like the past two weeks have been this ginormous countdown to the end of the semester.

Today puts me at... 4 days left! AHA!
But it's a quick day, so if I'm counting classes left... it'd be 2.
Tomorrow's gonna bite: Psych Final, and an Astronomy Test.
Then Thursday I'm free.
Then Friday I've got a 20 minute Astronomy test...

THEN I'M DONE!

Then next Thursday is Christmas, and on January 7th, Jesse and I are going to Florida, and on January 9th, WE'RE GOING TO THE BAHAMAS BABY!

It'll be great... now all I have to do is finish this stupid countdown to the end of the semester.
...And find a job.

Sooo tired.

The last few days haven't been too eventful. I got a letter in the mail saying that starting on December 1st, I get to serve jury duty. I don't know if that means that my first trial is December first, or if they'll start to summon me on December first. The government has a way of complicating the simple things in life. I should have registered to vote as a Socialist... from what I hear, nobody calls socialists into jury duty.

I just found out that California offers an Earth Science class for their high schoolers, which means that Jesse and I can potentially move out to California and live there forever and ever. I'm excited. I need to find out the teaching requirements for the state, and I need to find out if it'll be looked poorly upon if I get my Masters Degree before even moving out there. But, if I get my Masters Degree, I'll at least be able to teach in colleges part time. :] California, we're on our way! <3

I have class at 12. I don't want to go, but I didn't save up any absences, so I have to. :[
I have to study for Astronomy, and for Music. Two tests, in a row. AND I have work tonight, at 10.

Jesse and I were supposed to go to an Islanders game tomorrow, with Megan and one of her friends, but I couldn't afford it, so we can't go. I don't get paid until this Friday. :[ Oh well, that just means I can stay in my pajamas all day tomorrow, granted my mom doesn't have off from work. But she'll probably have off from work because that's how my days off happen. :[ So instead of pajama day, it'll be slave labor day with mom, Brian, and I.

I wonder what I have to go through to get teaching in California... I really hope it works out for me. I guess whenever I plan a trip to Califorina, I'm going to go to school districts and ask them what I have to do, that way I can do it before I'm completely finished with school.

That's pretty much it, I'm going to meet up with Jesse after class <3.

Ughh.

I woke up early this morning to get in the shower for school. But I'm not going to class today. It's a double period of Astronomy, and I feel like crap. I figure I can do the lab and everything at home, in the comfort of my own bed.

I checked my paycheck, and it's crap this week... I was going to go to Waldenbooks and partake in the Buy 4, get 1 free sale... but I don't have the money to actually buy 4 comic books... uh, "GRAPHIC NOVELS"..yeah.

Last night, dad took me and Brian to dins. Before we left my mom decided it would be fun to talk politics with two members of the opposing view to hers. Dad and I schooled her to the point where she got frustrated and was like "UGHHH, ALRIGHT COURT!!! >:O" It was nice. [OBAMA!OBAMA!]

Jesse's teaching me how to play the drums, and so far I only have one beat somewhat down-pat. I like it, it's really fun, and helps my brain to multitask.

Del Mar's looking to play skateshops across the U.S.... I wonder if they'll want to play my imaginary skatepark that will be up in action in approximately 15 years? Maybe they'll wait for me.. Haha.

I'm going to take a stab at taking an oath to Surfrider Foundation to Rise Above Plastics. I was going to send them a check, but this week's paycheck is telling me that I need to keep my money... I'm poor. Anyway, I'm going to cut my plastic use by a lot. I already recycle plastic bags, and I haven't been really using plastic bottles. I have my Camelbak BPA FREE re-useable bottle for that. Plus, I recycle like a madwoman. Hell, I've even recycled my old Build-A-Bear boxes in making them my rabbit's hideaway room... She loves it! And I like to make a use out of an intended one-time-use item. :]

I think tonight I'm going to my dad's house? I don't know. My mom's having a BBQ tomorrow and she told me that we're not staying by dad's, we're staying here.... I'm confused.

Dad gave me part of my birthday gift last night... it was the picture I drew for my 5th grade school concert that made the cover of it, and he framed it so I could put it on my wall. It's crazy, I remember bringing home the concert "playbill"[?] and being so excited that my art made it to the cover. That I was that much better than everyone else. That I was actually a special kid. [No, not "get your helmet on!" special.] It's even crazier that I look at the date of that playbill thing, and it's dated back to 1999. 1999! Before the 2000 bug! Before Y2K! Before I started to enjoy English! Before I went to highschool! Before GRADUATING FIFTH GRADE!! [That was a big step...] Before 9-11. Before Bush?! See: things were good before the country started being greatly affected by that hillbilly. I mean, duh! My art was special back then... now everyone thinks it's "okay". Was 1999 before No Child Left Behind? Shit... I don't remember... how old was I when Brian should've gotten left back, and just went to summerschool instead... He was in 2nd grade... I was in 4th... so that was 1997-1998.. Okay, so maybe it wasn't before No Child Left Behind. But it was DEFINATELY before they added 500 new Pokemon to the original list of 150. Although, they did add Mew. And Togepi? So they had 152 by that time. Still, now they've got to have at least one thousand. Ridiculous. 1999 was before a lot of things. Wow. And it's almost 10 years ago. Wow.