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Mission Time. See ya in 2!

Waiting...

Waiting to leave on a mission is like trying to catch a stray piece of paper on a windy day....... just as you get close enough to touch it, the wind blows it a week away from you.

Excerpt

Once upon a time there was a magnificently vacant old house located deep in the mountains of an obscure western state. It was home to an immensely valuable doorstop fashioned after the image of a Scottish canine in the most exquisite example of modern metallurgy known to man....





Just checking if anybody reads this.

Can you tell that I'm bored?

I was eating Chocolate Cheerios for breakfast this morning, and as I neared the end of my cereal, there were 2 whole Cheerios left and two halves. Quite randomly they rearranged themselves to spell the word "COCO." It was a touching moment.

Awesomest Grandma Car EVER

This is my car. Well, was my car. We sold it. I could never think of a single name for this car, but I did manage to narrow it down to three. I appellated it The Jolly Green Giant, The Green Revolution, or The P.O.C. Okay, THAT was the name of my car- "The Jolly Green Giant, The Green Revolution, or The P.O.C."- That's what I used to introduce her as. Oh, that and "My Grandma Car," but that's a different story...

I had a lot of good memories in that car, some bad memories, and a whole bunch of weird memories, but I will always be grateful. It served me well. I will miss the constantly flashing "LOW COOLANT" light. Oh, and the 10-disc CD changer. THAT was awesome. So much better than the real radio.

Well, as for me, if I ever want to go anywhere in the next two and a half weeks, I'll be hoofin' it.... Literally- I just bought a horse.

Just kidding.

got beef?

Tonight for dinner I had a Bison Bacon Cheeseburger. Now, I don't know for sure if it was really bison meat, but it was delicious. SO GOOD!!! I love bison.

Intelligent life?

I just watched 2001: A Space Odyssey.
What. The. Heck. ?

Curiosity

I want to know what cats do at night. You know, while they're running around the neighborhood after dark, dodging headlights and hiding under parked cars. Seriously. Is it some kind of Secret Cat Combination? Should I be worried?

For you.... Fifty shekel! Just for you!

Dude, I just got back from ISRAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

It was so AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

*If you would like to find out more about Ryan's trip to Israel, ask him about it sometime.

Oh- I also rode a camel.

The Physics Cessation Sensation

Today I took my physics final. My LAST physics final EVER. I feel like I just lost 500 lbs. I feel great! I'm pretty sure I failed that test. I made somewhat-educated guesses on EVERY SINGLE QUESTION. I'll be surprised if I manage to scrape up 5 measly points on the whole test. I have never seen problems like that in my life. I'm pretty sure they were impossible to solve. But you know what? I feel good. I haven't felt like this in ages. It's kinda like that feeling when you take out that big wad of junk you've had in your pocket all day. Or like when you take off wet socks. Yeah, it feels good. And the sky outside the testing building was so incredibly blue! It was amazing! Everything is so much more beautiful now. I feel like I can breathe again... Ok, it wasn't that bad. I did learn a lot... But it sure has been a very long, physics-filled year, and I am very glad that is now over.... Take that to within 10% to 100% WebAssign!

Brazil

Yeah, I'm gonna live there.

Calculus

I love calculus. I thought I should just throw that out there.... What I don't like however, is when you know you are doing your calculus right, but the online computer program with which you have to submit your homework keeps telling you your answer is wrong. I mean, come on people! We all know that the indefinite integral of the acceleration function -9sin(-3t) with respect to time equals -3cos(-3t) + C. And with the given condition that at t=0, the velocity function equals 1, then we should be able to conclude that C = 4, therefore the final correct answer is -3cos(-3t)+4. Am I right?!?!??? Seriously, you do it and see what answer you get because mine obviously isn't working.