Neglected, but not forgotten

Kind of like that toy you got from the cousins that live in a far away place. The one that was kinda neat, but not very exciting. That's kind of what this has turned into during my school time. Not much exciting happens to me when I'm at school. And if it does, well, something embarassing probably happened that I probably shouldn't talk about.

This semester has been...long. I feel little motivation in my classes, and an inordinate amount of frustration. Barely anything I'm doing is immediately applicable to what I want to be doing. More hoops. I'm tired of hoops. I would like to start working.

Dear University, I would like to start my life now, can I please have my degree? At least the next two years will (hopefully) teach me something I can use. For now, I have to sit through lectures about marketing useless imaginary products to consumer. While interesting, is not exactly what I wanted to be learning about business. It seems nothing is applicable to my future career plans this year. Paleobiology was interesting, for hte sole purpose of being able to see the evolutionary lineage, not just learning about the theories behind it. Other than that though, it was pretty dry. Give me igneous petrology, Give me geomorphology, give me some goddamn rocks. no more calculus, no more chemistry.

Hmm, I see I've started bitching again.

Well, on the plus side, the organization of the EOS ski trip is coming together nicely, I made the order for my first ever kegs today, and the bus is booked. It sold out in a timely fashion and Jeff and I are pretty much on track for where we wanted to be before the break.

Over reading break I had a nice relaxing time of it. Saw Modest Mouse for the second time. I have to admit though, the crowd sucked. A bunch of Orange County ho bags with no appreciation for the weirder side of the Mouse. Their new album should be pretty kickin' though, and I am looking forward to it greatly. I also got to see Joshua Tree National Park, which is pretty cool. i've never really been to a Desert, or really appreciated the vast, rugged, dustiness of it. Cactus and red dirt and crazy hardy plants as far as one can see. I am also goign to get into rock climbing as 1) I need the exercise and 2) it's bad ass. We climbed around on some of the easy stuff there (as our campsite backed onto a huge mound of coarse-weathered diorite).

Also hit Tofino last weekend before the big snow in victoria, saw some old friends, met some new ones. it was good times. i'd post pictures but, I'm lazy, and many are quite inappropriate. I probably shouldn't have gone swimming in the ocean at 1am while it was snowing. That was probably a poor choice.

Well, it's now time for the EOS christmas party, and I should probably attend. So I will get right on top of that.