Bored and Random

The first few days of school have been painless as far as school work goes. Just got a little reading and some surveys I need to fill out. The only hard part has been finding ways to get to school and back. I am in a very tough situation this semester. I feel like I am going to have to live like a nomad, or a bum, just finding and making up transportation and spots to live as it the semester comes at me. I am sleeping over at Dean's dorm tonight since I have no means of getting to school on Friday. I'm lucky to have a friend like him giving me a place to stay. I talked to Dan since he has a room at Melrose and he told me I could crash there when ever I wanted. I just would feel bad if I stayed their so often it seemed like I was living there. And for free! I think I will spending a lot of nights at Dean's and Dan's this semester and I plan on buying some food for their rooms to make up for having me. Only way I can think of paying them back. I'm not exactly filthy rich. Yesterday I had tough time getting home but I was lucky enough to run into Sat. I thought he was still living at Middlebrook but he informed me that he was commuting this year. I asked him how he plans to get to school and back home. It seems like he has a very nice plan laid out. I thought I would try his route out and see where it takes me. Maybe it would work out for me to. When we got off, I had no idea where we were. Sat dropped me off. I was and still am very very thankful because it made such a difference in my life. When you feel stranded, a friendly and familiar face who reaches out to help just seems like he/she is giving you the world. So I got tonight and tomorrow all planned out but I still have no way of getting to school on Monday. And with all this sleeping over, it makes it very tough to find food. Sure there are tons of eateries on the campus, but I can't afford to buy food everyday. I'm convinced that I will need to find an apartment next year. That means I might need to work during school which I really don't want to do. I worry that I won't have time to study, work and make time for friends and family. I think of it as, if I'm not sharing time with friends and family, then I'm not really living. But I guess school and work to take priority. If I can find an cheap apartment soon here, I think I will work during this semester and do nothing but work over the summer so I can have enough money saved up for next year. I plan on doing some apartment searching this weekend. I also need to try and figure out something for this semester. Although this life style is very stressful, its kind of exciting at the same time. Its a challenge and I really enjoy being challenged. Its just going to suck if it decays my grades.

I am looking forward to the weekend. There is some major chilling that needs to be done. Recently, I have received news that there is mystery Super Smash Bros. Melee player who claims to be undefeated. Although I am nervous to play him since I haven't played many people outside my network, I am still confident at the same time. I'm sure he hasn't played anyone with the skills that Jon and I posses. We played a person who claimed to have won a Melee tournament once. To say the least, it felt like I was playing a crash test dummy. I think he managed to land a few punches on me and thats about it. Of course excuses were made after the ass whooping. I need to keep my skills sharp for this self-proclaimed god of Melee.

I'm at the computer center in the MLK office again hoping to burn some time before my next class. I have a two and a half hour gap between my first and last class today. I think I am going to go do some studying quick. That is why I am going to Col...

Ah ha! Writing that last sentence reminded me of something I really wanted to write about. I don't know if I blogged about it before or if I just discussed it, but last semester I asked a lot of people around the U about the pressures of needing to pick a major and a career soon. A couple of times, the response I got was, "This point in your college life you are learning how to learn." Isn't that the same bullshit I heard when people asked, "Why do we need to learn this!" in high school?? Made me a little heated when I would hear that shitty excuse. I am paying $10,000 a year to earn the same education I learned during high school eh? Thank you fucking University of Minnesota. Self-proclaimed one of the finest research institutes in the world. Research deez nuts. Can I please learn how to live and make a living please?

Alrighty, study time.