This is no freud.

1. You are not alone. You are walking in the woods. Who is with you?
My Dad

2. You are walking in the woods. You see an animal. What kind of animal?
Dog

3. What interaction takes place between you and the animal?
None

4. You walk deeper in the woods. You enter a clearing, and before you is
your DREAM house. How big is it?
Small

5. Is your dream house surrounded by a fence?
No

6. You enter the house. You walk into the dining room and see the
dining room table. What do you see on AND around it?
Nothing

7. You exit the house and a cup is on the ground, what kind is it?
Small, white, porcelain, and without a handle

8. What do you do with the cup?
nothing

9. You walk to the edge of the property where you find yourself
standing at a body of water. How big is the body of water?
Large, but not so big that i can't see the other side

10. How will you cross the water?
Why do i need to cross the water? If i must i'd choose kayak, but i'd prefer to stay.


Analysis:

1. The person who you are walking in the woods with is the most
important person in your life.


2. The size of the animal is representative of your perception of the
size of your problems in your life.


3. The severity of the interaction you have with the animal is
representative of how you deal with your problems.


4. The size of your dream home is representative of the size of your
ambition to solve your problems.


5. A lack of a fence is indicative of an open personality. People are
welcome at all times. The presence of a fence indicates a closed
personality. You'd prefer that people not drop by unannounced.


6. If your answer did NOT include food, flowers, or people, then you
are generally unhappy.


7. The durability of the material with the cup is made of is
representative of the perceived durability of your relationships.


8. What you did with the cup is representative of your attitude.


9. The size of the body of water is representative of the size of your
sexual desire.


10. The way you cross the water is representative to how easy or hard
you expect your life to be

I've decided that this is full of crap, and let me explain why. I was walking in the woods with my dad because that's who i most often walk in the woods with (not to say he isn't important), had it been somewhere else the person would have been different. I saw a dog because i had toyed with the idea of walking with a dog in the woods but i realized i thought of my dad first. I don't know what the severity of not interacting with wild animals is. I have a huge ambition to solve problems, but i don't have a huge ambition to live in a gaudy house, and if i'm in the woods, i expect a small house. The fence question may be true, but it's also very obvious. I am generally happy, however i keep my dining room table generally clean, and i don't know why there would be strange people at a house i've obviously never been to. #7 is kinda shady, how durable can a cub be? I guess medal or plastic would be somewhat sturdy, but it would also seem really out of place by itself on the ground. porcelain just seems earthy and appropriate with the earthy things. I suppose i'm apathetic, but what do you expect me to do with a strange cup i see on the ground, it's not like it's mad of medal, it seems very at home on the ground somehow. 9 is just silly, but i imagined the most recent lake i saw, which was in colorado. So how exactly does kayaking represent difficulty? I'm not sure, it seemed the only plausible way to cross such a lake, i obviously don't have a motor boat, and swimming seems like more trouble than it's worth to cross a lake for no reason.

so now that i've properly libeled psychoanalysis, i'm going to go get lunch.

I'm no Superman

hm, i was thinking about making a post about the glories of the interweb, but it just wasn't working right. Instead i'll just talk about what's been going on.

Not much. I'm getting into a bit of a routine with this whole college thing. I bought some oatmeal and water and cheeze-its which do a good job of keeping me going in between dreams. My meal plan is all worked out, so now i'm less hungry all the time, which is good. I know where all my classes are (although i forgot where physics was yesterday for a little while). I finally (for the first time in something like 6 months) have a working cell phone, courtesy of Katie and Logan enterprsies, and the glories of the internet, which gave me the code for unlocking it for freezies.

Otherwise, i've been watching a lot of scrubs. I finished off the 5th season, so now i'm ready to watch new ones (unless there's a sixth season, and then i'll have to quickly rent and watch it along with the office) So that's my life in brief. I'll update some more when more is happening. I'm hungry and my hands are cold, so i'm going to go back to my dorm and find something to do until 2, when i have my last class of my first week of classes.

"You Never Can Tell With Bees"

I was just gripped with a panic at the idea of having missed one of my classes today, but it was baseless. I misjudged how much time there is between 10:30 and 12:55, and so i've been getting pretty severely bored in the computer lab. I wish i could be reading gilgamesh, but i got the wrong copy, so that'd be kinda a waste. I must remember to find something more time consuming to do between Calculus and Math Colloquium, so that i don't get so bored. I'm thinking exercise might be a good option. Nothing much has been happening, i had my first American Institutions class, which was fun, and looks like it'll be a fun class, a sort of combination of Williams and Jones, which makes for some enjoyable classes.

My roommate asked me if i was homesick yesterday (by the way, i really wish roommate had one m) and i realized that i really haven't much. I mean i miss my family a bit, but nothing to the point i would call a sickness. I guess having lived by myself for quite a bit of this summer probably helped to dull the blade of home sickness.

I bought all my books, the amount of money i'm spending is a little overwhelming. Especially considering i still am going to buy a bike and a calculator. It's good that i worked a lot this summer, or else i'd be pretty poor. Anyways, i'm going to go eat my meager lunch and then maybe go to the book store, and hopefully by then it'll be time for class.

I'm Rumbly in my Tumbly.

If you've a date in Constantinople they'll be waiting in Istanbul

So. As might have been perceived by my relative lack on internet presence over the last few days, i have yet to get my computers internet to work. For some reason my computer and my roommate's router don't get along very well. Hopefully that'll get taken care of eventually. Luckily though, there's a computer lab a minute or so from my room, so it really just makes me spend less time in my dorm room.

Last night i had the second weirdest family night ever (the weirdest of course being the thumb tack maze object lesson) where i met some people, got to know some people a bit better, learned to swing dance very poorly, line danced a bit, climbed a rock wall, did an obstacle course, and got free pizza. I was a bit late, due to a miscommunication between me and the Trax intercom, which didn't tell me which stop we were at until after we were pulling away, so i had to walk a bit farther than i wanted to, but i survived. I now have a relatively good sense for this whole college thing. I know how to get food, mail, shuttle rides, and i know where all but one of my classes are (i'm going to find that class in a couple minutes).

Physics class looks like it'll be a bit dull, but calculus looks to be really quite hard (i also need to refresh my memory of L'Hopital's rule, which i never thoroughly learned in high school, so that's good. I have homework already, which i'm sure will be a bit difficult, and i'm considering capitalizing on that whole tutoring thing, or asking Cami, either way. Otherwise, life moves on pretty well. I've realized i can beat the Chartwells system by throwing a bit off non-messy food in my backpack for a small lunch (fruit works really well) and eventually i'm going to figure outt how my flex dollars work, and if there's any way to use them for ramen, oatmeal, or pb&j. So for the most part life out here is going well. Hopefully i'll find something exciting to do this weekend, but we'll see. It feels refreshingly like Cambridge, certainly not as urban, but almost. That'll do for now. Once i get my computer all working i'll be able to update more.

College Ruled

Well, i'm now definitely a college student. I slept in the dorm, and that's obviously all it takes. I still haven't figured out how to get food, which is an increasingly fatiguing problem. But otherwise life is good. I've met 2/3 of my roomates, the other one hasn't shown up yet, but if he doesn't his spot will get filled, cus the dorms are on a wait list. My roomates are cool, they remind me a lot of my cambridge friends, especially the soccer team, i guess that's the typical guy personality up in that area. Otherwise i've just been hanging out with Cami a lot, which is a good way to pass the time, although it makes it easier to not make friends up here. I'm not a big fan of making friends, i'm a big fan of having friends though, and one of those desires is going to have to suffer for the other one. I start having church and classes tomorrow though, so meeting people will be easier than it is now. Anyway, a thing is about to start that'll give me free food, i'm going to jump on that, then head out to Logan to see family and get my computer stuff.

"Adieu, Adieu, parting is such sweet sorrow."

I don't remember how long it's been since i updated, but i think it was at least a week, since that's when i lost my computer access. Anyway, not a lot happened last week until friday. Friday was my last day at work, and that was good. Blake sprayed me with ketchup, and charlie dumped a bucket of ice water on me. then i went to spencer's house and almost finished master quest. I didn't completely finish though, one of my great regrets.

Saturday was my last day in jackson, and as last days go, it was good. I woke up late, and went in to work to get my last tip out and give them an address for my check. I went over to spencer's house with roberta and then michael and kirk came and we played risk. Kirk won, because I, while lucky, am unable to count correctly (1...2...5). After that we played a little bit of mario party, and then went to Bravo, with melissa, annie, and kate. That was nice. After bravo we swung by annie's house, and i saw hailey and josh and emmett, but i had to leave to get a hair cut and pack. By the time i finished spencer and roberta and michael had adjourned to spencer's house, and so i went over there. I passed tyler and got to say a proper good bye, and then we played some mario party, and then i left, after getting some sweet presents from spencer, and then said goodbye to spencer and michael, and then drove roberta home. X & Y is the most perfectly awful goodbye music, so that was at least appropriate. Said goodbye, and listened to The Hardest Part on the way home.

Today i spoke in church, and that was good, i played piano for the last time (at church, not generally) At the end of the church i got ordained an Elder, so that's pretty major, and then we ate dinner, and then we went home and i finished packing and cleaning up. I got to see johnny on my way out, and that was good. A bit of driving, and now i'm home, in a manner of speaking. I'm here tomorrow, then i ship out teusday morning at 9:55, due to get into Salt Lake at 3:20.

I guess that's about it. My dad's the seminary teacher down here, so he's going to waking up at the crack of 5 to be doing that. He was doing this before pretty much anyway, but now he's not driving 3 hours shortly afterwards.

my bags are packed...

i'm bored, and not quite tired yet

1. What does your quote mean?

That i'm leaving high school and heading towards the rest of my life. It's also a quote from The Phantom Tollbooth, as Milo leaves the Mathematics city place.

2. Elaborate on your default photo:

That's Chauncey, he is a beaver. Logan gave him a name and a voice and made him hilarious

3. Who is the first person on your top 8?

I think logan, i'm not a big fan of myspace.

4. What’s your relationship with the people in your top 8?

Some friends, one brother in law, one sister (unless cami's not in my top 8, which she ought to be.

5. What exactly are you wearing?

Sal and Mookies hat, Mississippi Blood Services t-shirt, target jeans, belt given to me by hunter, and my work shoes.

6. What is your current problem?
I'm on a bad sleep schedule and i'm working away my last days with my friends

7. What do you love most?
I really don't know, activity perhaps.

8. What makes you most happy?

Swimming makes me pretty happy, so does playing games with family/friends.

9. Are you musically inclined?

That's what i'm told.

10. Which shoe goes on first?

The shoe on the right, but that's only sometimes my right shoe, if that makes sense.

11. If you could go back in time, and change something....

I probably wouldn't, although i'd buy a bunch of cool things with 10 bucks.

12. Ever have a near death experience?

Only while driving

14. Name an obvious quality you have:

clothing.

15. What’s the name of the song that’s stuck in your head right now?

The End of the World - REM

16. Any celeb you would marry?

I doubt it, but there are a few i'd definitely like to meet.

17. Who will cut and paste this first?

Cami

18. Name someone with the same birthday as you:

george stephanopoulos

19. Do you have a crush on someone?

No.

20. Have you ever vandalized someone’s private property?

lets see, no, unless i did and didn't remember.

21. Been in a fight?

nothing that could be called a fight, physically or verbally, i'm a pretty laid back guy.

22. Have you ever sung in front of a large audience?

hm, not really, playing the piano often allows me to avoid singing.

23. What’s the first thing you notice about the preferred sex?

Probably their face, and then their blood type.

24. What do you usually order from Starbucks?

I've never gone to Starbucks, there's not a whole lot for me there.

26.Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?

no, i am not that emo.

27. Say something totally random about you?

I'm 2 degrees away from kevin bacon.

28. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?

Yeah, but no one worth looking like.

29. How old are you?

one week short of 18.5

30. Go out or stay in?

Stay in, but only if some people come to stay in with me.

31. Do you wear a watch?

Usually, except when i break them (like today. That watch lasted 8 days)

32. Do you have anything pierced?

nope

33. Do you have any tattoos?

nope

34. Do you like pain?

i don't like it, i think i have a decent tolerance for pain though.

35. Do you like to shop?

Sometimes, i like to know what i'm going to get generally, i'm not much of a shopper.

36. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?

dinner, the Brownstone panini and a caeser salad.

37. What was the last thing you paid for with a credit card?

A mug from Despair.com for my friend. i actually need to pay my parents back for that.

38. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?

Spencer, although i left Johnny a message more recently.

39. What is on your desktop background?

the boring winblows grassy meadow, this is my mom's computer.

40. Do you like redheads?

I've been known to tolerate them.

41. Do you know any twins?

Yeah, a few.

42. Do you have any weird relatives?

Well, comparatively speaking, no. All my relatives are predictably bizarre though.

43. What was the last movie you watched?

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

44. What was the last book you read?

Harry Potter, It would have been the Little Prince, but i misplaced it for a while.

45. Did you or do you go to college?

No, but i'm about to.

46. What is your favorite pair of pants that you own?

Probably the ones that look like they're corduroy, 11 dollars at target.

47. What is your favorite day of the week?

hm, monday. Right now mondays i never have work, and sometimes have fun parties.

"When i dream, on my own, i'm alone but i ain't lonely."

It's been a short while, because my mom went out of town and took the car and computer with her, which reminded me how much i rely on internet for things, like registering for classes, and talking to people, so i'm thinking i need to get all that done today.

I'm getting ready to go to college, not like packing and stuff, i'm just starting to feel the anticipation and excitement of going. I think it's going to be great, although i'm still a little worried about xmisunderstoodx as a roommate, but i guess logan had almost as lame an alias, and he turned out ok, so there's some hope.

Yesterday i got a call from caitlin telling me that i had work. They had put me on SA, which i haven't done in months, so i didn't check the schedule. This meant i had to quit the really excellent super smash brothers game and high tail it to sal and mookies. It was alright, my manager wasn't mad or anything, but it sucks, because now i realize i have to work everyday this week, instead of just twice. That was kinda a bummer.

In other news, my mom and brother being back have made me appreciate having the house to myself, especially in the mornings. It's just so nice and quiet, and even more importantly, there are never other random people in my house that make it impossible to eat breakfast before i have a shirt on, and other such joys of alone living. Oh, and isaac badgering me to play with him is annoying in the extreme.

I've been playing a lot of risk lately, and i've found out a few things. The first, and most important, is to never start a game of risk at midnight. It's really not a good idea. We played risk until 8am on monday morning. Also, without spencer, it's a lot easier for me to win, since we think very similarly in risk, and just end up hurting each other in the end. Finally, i am really really lucky in terms of risk. Maybe it's not all luck, but it definitely seems like i roll better than i ought to. And there's always the great spencer massacre of 2007, in which 40 or so of spencer's troops were killed, mostly while fighting individual armies of mine, by around 17 of mine. He took me down to one troop, but that was enough for me to come back and win the game. That was an odd game.

I watched the simpsons movie. I liked it, it was funny, although it definitely felt the strain of being a movie instead of an episode. There were a few things that were funnier because it was a movie, but mostly there was more plot and less funny. But it was still worth my 7.25, and it was a nice place to finish my taco bell food.

That same day we went up to josh's lake house and swam around a bit, then swam, paddled, or floated across the lake to the pool, where we swam and dove and played chicken and marco polo and other fun things. There was a bit of lightning, but we outlasted it. That was a lot of fun, i hadn't swam just for fun in a long time.

I think that's about the extent of happening things lately. So i'm gonna do things, or something.