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Today is November 1. I have had a lot of adventures recently.
  1. October 26
    1. Emily and I wrote a C++ program for homework 7
    2. Afterwards, we went to Lied Rec
  2. October 27
    1. Angie and I went to see Pirates of Penzance
    2. Then we had fun at the Stevenson house party
    3. Later that night I wrote a weird story
  3. October 28
    1. I went to work. Blah.
    2. I showed the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas for the SUB film.
      1. It was my first ever solo film, and there were no major catastrophes.
      2. I was dressed as Stevie Nicks.
  4. October 29
    1. See II. A.
    2. I went home to see my family for my brother's birthday.
    3. I had a fun pizza party with FHP section G2.
  5. October 31
    1. Took a math test
    2. Got my hair cut
    3. Carrie in the M-Shop!
      1. Again, with SUB films
      2. Hung up beautiful decorations
        1. Streamers
        2. Tape
        3. Balloons
      3. Wore my pretty pink dress
        1. For which I won "Best Prom Dress"
      4. Laughed at and was scared by the movie
      5. Danced like a crazy person
  6. November 1
    1. NET (Network Event Theater) screening of Charlie's Angels
      1. I thought it was pretty cool, kind of over-the-top at times.
      2. Will probably do well at box office
      3. I sang "A Taste of Honey" with Joel
        1. That was interesting =0)

Today is November 2 and I am typing this in the Marston computer lab because Larry is sick. I think it has something to do with the network. It's seriously bumming me out.
Earlier today FHP section G2 (well some of it anyway) went on a tour of the Brunnier gallery. It was really neat. There were many great Christian Petersen sculptures. And we were reminded that censorship is an ugly thing in this country, since he liked to sculpt the human form naked but ISU was all uptight about it.
Don't know what I'm gonna do this weekend....
Still November 2 but later. I'm in the MWL computer lab with Emily, doing some hard-core C++ programming. hw8.C is its name, kicking our butts is its game.
Turns out Larry wasn't really sick, it was the network. Happy day!
Today is November 3. I finally got hw8 working, after a lengthy evening of coding and cursing. It has been a boring-as-hell evening at home. If you like Rush be sure to check out Deep Rush Thoughts. Some are kind of stupid but some will make you laugh like an idiot. Case in point:
I had this dream once, where I was in charge of playing the high-hat for Neil during a live performance, and I even though that was all I had to do, I was really having trouble, and Neil got really pissed off at me, and had to take my stick away, and just do it himself.
I think I'll put that on the wall outside my room =)
Today is November 5. I am now 20 years old. Too old, if you ask me. But I am consoled by the fact that I can always act like a little kid and do stupid things as long as it is fun. I finally got off my butt and ftp-ed some cool images here. These were taken at SUB films showing of Carrie (see below) by a cool girl named, I believe, Henna.
[Myself, Joe, Jay, Jay's GF] [Jamila & some guy] [Joel, John, & some guy]
I apologize for not knowing who the "Some guys" are. If you know drop me a note. I am also saddened by the lack of Mendi. She and the aforementioned Joel came in costume as Bob and Doug McKenzie (SUB film showed Strange Brew earlier in the semester. Plus it's just a really cool idea for a costume). I will try to get the Polaroid of them scanned in here for you all to observe.
Today is November 9.
For Honors this morning, section G2 played Wallyball with section G3, I believe. We split up into 2 groups and played in neighboring courts.
We had a grand old time, though we didn't play by the rules so much.

You may be wondering about the image to your immediate left. This is again, me at Carrie. I was only nineteen years old at the time that picture was taken. The photo was taken by Mendi, and scanned by me.

BIG NEWS! I am now a real lyricist. Last year, I sent one of my songs, "Rumble at Panchero's," to one of my favorite local bands, Grubby Ernie.. The dude sent me back an e-mail saying like, yeah, those are cool, maybe we'll use that.... but not sounding too excited. Imagine my surprise, when, almost a year later, RGN and Alicia come running up to me after a Grubby Ernie show, exclaiming that they played my song! They actually played "Rumble at Panchero's!" And I guess before the performed it, they even said, "This song was e-mailed to us by a girl who wrote it..." or words to that effect. Anyway, I'm really excited about this, because it's the first song I've written (well, written the words to at least) that has been performed by an actual band! I mean, Keith and I performed our Medieval Ballad in Sr. English, but this is just a schoche cooler!! RGN even e-mailed the drummer, to say, "Hey, I'm friends with the girl who wrote the song; she really wants to hear it so could you be sure to play it at your next show (coincidentally their last show ever)? He sent her a nice reply, saying yes, they will be playing it then, along with lots of other songs, even some going "all the way back to 1997." And apparently "Rumble" will be on their next CD too. So everyone come out to the show on Dec 2; it will be a great time!
Today is November 10. Here is a link to an adorable picture I thought you might enjoy. It's offsite, so I take no responsibility if it is mysteriously not there someday. (Although if that occurs, could someone politely tell me so that I may remove the link =)
Today is November 14, Geddy Lee Tuesday!
Kids In The Hall officially *rule*, as does American Movie. I met a cool girl online today, and this is her site. It's great.
Later this afternoon, I'll be doing a bit of acting at the Hub (the vend-o-land place by the library). Should be exciting and embarrassing. After that, it's off to Des Moines for some adventures.
Today is November 17, the last day of school before break.
I made a small image that you can tile and make as your background. Here it is xfilespaper.gif.
Results from Tuesday. I ended up not having to do the acting after all, b/c I was late getting there. What a relief! The trip to Des Moines went fine. I even found ZZZ Records! It's a really cool vinyl store right in the heart of confusing downtown Des Moines. I bought Styx II and Gentle Giant live. (Of course, I haven't listened to them yet but I can't wait until I get home!) Then I somehow found my way back to the Interstate, and over to Krispy Kreme for a creme filled and a cruller. Yeah! The next stop was Half Price Books where I was pleased to find the 1981 Rush release, Moving Pictures, in quite good condition, along with Renaissance's Song of Scherezade, which I have been told is excellent.
"What about Geddy Lee??" you may very well now be asking. I'm getting to that. Savin' the best for last, if you will. I toyed with the notion of going to Valley West Mall, my favorite Des Moines mall, but it was getting dark out, and I was getting antsy. I chose to continue in my path to Best Buy. I immediately found my way to the "New Releases/Big Sellers" area, where I met a couple of dudes buying the new Marilyn Manson release. I didn't find what I was looking for yet, but I had resolved NOT to resort to looking in the "L" section. It should be on an end row or in some other special spot, I decided. And then, there it was.
My Favorite Headache
"Ooh, a digipak!" was my first thought. I picked it up and scurried hastily to the DVD section. I picked up Toy Story 2 with little hassle, but had some difficulty in finding American Movie. This mostly stemmmed from the fact that I had no idea what category it would be in. The employee successfully helped me, and I paid for my purchases, and went home. All in all, a great night.
Today is November 27. Break went waaay too fast. Go read Jessica's story. It's cool. Gotta love that autobiographical historical fiction! Or maybe that's not it at all; I just like to imagine that I am not the only one who writes stories about high school with a girl very much like herself as the main character.
I'm getting some Journey records courtesy of eBay. You come for the cover art, and stay for the tunes.
Today is November 29. I think I'm getting dumber the longer I'm in college.
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