You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.

"It's funny 'cause it's true." - John Michael Gunn

 I saw this on a blackboard a little while ago. I don't know how well you can read it, so I'll spell it out for you. The y-axis is labeled "People's attraction to me" and the x-axis is "How well they know me." The rest should be self-explanatory. For most of you. And really funny. 'Cause think about it: you don't know this person at all and you love him already. (Sorry Rachael and Nicole for assuming that it was made by a guy. But seriously, there's no way that's not a guy.)

Saturday began as the worst day I can remember. We had a cross country meet in Albany. I thought the bus was leaving campus at 9:45 that morning. It actually left at 8:45. I missed it. I didn't race. Albany was the qualifying race to move on with the team into championship season. So, all things considered, it could have been worse. I could have woken up at 6:00 six days a week for the entire summer and ran obscenely long distances and then have it all not matter at all because I never got to compete in a meaningful race. Oh wait, that's exactly what happened.

 I'm gonna move on now because I don't want to talk about that. Or think about it. Instead, let's talk a little about the walk I took Saturday afternoon.

Middlebury from my dorm.

Okay, okay not from my dorm. But it's a good thought, right? So I'm just gonna give you some pictures, 'cause I don't have much to say about my walk that can't be put visually, except for the fact that, like in Jason's case, you can't put beauty in a photograph. And that's why porn comes in videos.

My dorm from Middlebury.

The infield of our track.

Our track.

Okay, this one's just a field.

Remember that scene when the Ringwaiths first track Frodo? Yeah, that was pretty much filmed here.

Yes, Derek, you walked through a forest. We get it.

Okay, I'm done now. Calm down.

Alright, now onto more important things than nature. ("Gasp." - Nicole) Let's talk about four completely hypothetical reactions to me talking about hockey.

A) "I won't try to indoctrinate you on everything I'm learning in chem like Derek is doing with hockey because I think that would be extremely boring and not many of you would care."- definitely not Jason

Hockey's not violent, I swear.

B) "Hockey does not excite me. I've went to several Long Beach Ice Dogs games when I was kid. That was fun. Mostly for the cotton candy. I just think the fighting is a little over the top. Especially when it was Boy Scout night and the refs still let the guys fight for a while. I think that's stupid. Maybe next week you can defend the NHL's letting players fight." - definitely not Rachael

C) "I like your hockey posts, Derek. FIGHT THE MAN! (<- Reed?)" - definitely not Rich

D) "Also, I  just really don't want to type out the rules, and I'm sure you (Derek) don't really care (Derek) about the game anyways (Derek)." - definitely not Nicole

Moral of the story: Rich is my best friend. Love you.
The Ducks have won three games in a row now, putting them at 3-1 on the young season. That's very good. Especially 'cause one of the teams they beat is the San Jose Sharks, who I predict will be atop the league's standings by season's end. Not that anyone cares.

Now to get back on Rachael's good side. Today was the sun lecture in Winkler's class; accordingly, as all the diligent students filed into his room at 11:15, he had "Here Comes the Sun" playing. It's a rather sunny song written by some obscure band that you probably haven't heard of, but I think you would like it.

Looser's Lurgy

Yesterday Middlebury had a big tournament. Lots of schools showed up, but none from that far away; it's still early in the season. Apparently a team from Finland is gonna show up at the Quidditch World Cup, which I guess we host every year late in the season. But anyways, we had a few teams from other schools, a few from our school, and a couple from McGill University in Montreal, which is a really pretty school that I saw a few years ago when I was up there. Anyway, when someone caught the snitch everyone would just erupt in cheers. Pretty awesome. Be jealous. But not that jealous.


 Now for a quick academic update. I just got back my astronomy midterm today. I got a B. Whoop de diddily doo. Whatever. Hey Cole, make fun of me a little more than you usually do. Oh wait, not physically possible.
Took a history midterm today. Don't know how I feel about it.
Odysseus is a badass.
Ptolemy is not.

I sort of forgot to put these pictures in with the rest of the forest ones, and I figured that if I just added them to that long list you guys would get bored. So here they are. By the way, I think mushrooms are cute. And thanks to Jason being annoying, I no longer don't like to eat them. Remember that? No? Good. sort of forgot to put these pictures in with the rest of the forest ones, and I figured that if I just added them to that long list you guys would get bored. So here they are. By the way, I think mushrooms are cute. And thanks to Jason being annoying, I no longer don't like to eat them. Remember that? No? Good.

Making Yoshi go faster since 1992.

A Short Cut to Mushrooms

 

Sorry I didn't write that much this week. Hopefully the picture made up for it. And the allusions. So many allusions in this post. None of you will get all of them, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. Hey, it could be worse, I could have talked about hockey the whole time.