It's 3am. This is Wrong.

I should be asleep right now. I should be. But I'm not.

Instead, I am freezing, because the fire alarm went off at 2am. Again.

So EVERYONE in the building had to get out. That's a lot of people.

We were outside for nearly an hour, freezing, and a little damp because of ridiculously thick mist. Not cool.

And now I'm not asleep because the alarms need to reset. We have the industrial-style alarms you see in schools and offices. This kind, with the bright, bright, clicky lights that continue to flash for up to an hour after we come back inside:



They say it was "burnt popcorn". This is probably a lie. Last I checked they didn't roll additional units for a smokey apartment, or keep 600-some college students outside in their PJs for over an hour (you've never SEEN so many shirtless men in one place at that hour!). According to my RA, it's usually something really dumb and avoidable, like someone made a stupid choice and decided to put rubber in the oven, or tried to smoke out their apartment (both of which have happened before) and they pick something relatively innocuous to tell the students so we don't go hunt down and bully the idiot who caused it.

But if you ask me, they totally deserve it.

You Won't Believe It

This is just a short little post to say that I had an unbelievably productive weekend. In the last 48 hours, I've hosted my friend Kaila, had some friends over for cookies (someone always brings break'n'bakes here since somehow I'm the only one with a baking sheet), worked out (twice!), ANDDDD wrote my English essay and my Catholicism research paper!! Those papers aren't even due for another two and three days, respectively, so I'm way ahead...

And speaking of things I'm ahead of: laundry, dishes, ice (I usually forget about the ice)...

Plus, USC beat WSU, which is always good. And Aaron Corp even got some play time in at the end, which he desperately needs. I mean, this is the guy who was literally THROWN OUT of a party last week. No lie. These guys were having a birthday party for this guy I know in TKE, and I guess Aaron Corp showed up, and people started throwing empty beer cans at him and being all "You suck, Corp!" until he finally left.

Which is really embarrassing, especially considering he showed up with a couple linemen, whose presence alone would generally deter any attacks on or off the field.  But yeah. These Trojans were really angry. And wayyy brutal. Hopefully Aaron can redeem himself sometime so he can be welcomed back into the Trojan family. It must really suck to be so ostracized you can't even show up to an off-Row house party...

Anyway. Like I was saying, I had a really productive weekend. I'm proud of myself. And I'm really excited to turn in those papers! 

The Day Before...

So this Sunday marks the very first day of my blog, and the last day before classes start for the Fall 2009 semester. Which is actually the point of this whole thing, to keep all of you posted on what’s going on down here.

For instance, today I kind of slept in. You might notice the time stamp on the previous entry: 1:56 am. No, this probably isn’t the best time to be awake just days before classes commence. However, Saturday night was the last opportunity to party before the semester really started (not that classes prevent stop parties anyway), so music was blaring and booze was flowing well past 2am, and Resident Advisors (RAs) overlook it because it’s not like anyone has to study. The parties will definitely die down in the dorms after Monday, but will be in full swing in a couple of weeks on Greek Row.

But that’s not nearly as exciting as what I did for brunch: I made EGG OMELETS!!! Two of them. Perfectly. With some cheese (I diced up the sliced stuff since I didn’t have a brick to shred. Gotta get some of that) and some bits of deli turkey I got for sandwiches. Two one-egg omelets, and they looked and tasted delicious. This is a big achievement for me, since I can hardly cook anything, and up until a few months ago I hadn’t even eaten an egg in over thirteen years.

Today I’ll pick up some sugar (my coffee needed it), butter, brick of cheddar, and hairspray. I’ll have the mandatory meeting with my RA and floormates, and go to my regular 10pm Mass at Holy Spirit Chapel, which is literally one hundred yards away from my door now, with my good friend B, and then we’ll hang out a bit after.

Tomorrow? Classes.