Don't Hate Me Because I Forgot to Post on Wednesday, Love Me Because I Remembered On Thursday

That being said, I'm actually quite busy with two tests coming up and a 8-10 page paper I have yet to have time to start. However, I will do my patented list of thoughts for you to enjoy. So...enjoy?

Another Haiku

Because I again lack the time to post I will leave you with another haiku.

Five weeks without you.
Sometimes I mourn, but I know
It is for the best.

Loveums,

Jason

Soapboxes and Cigarettes

Sometimes I tell you stories with my strong moral opinions attached.  And by sometimes, I mean almost all the time.  I think I’m obsessed with right and wrong, mostly because I’m an optimist constantly let down by the things that people do that go against my principles.

Still Alive?

I face-planted on the ice today… is how I wanted to start last week, but I kind of got sidetracked when I suddenly remembered that I'm also taking an online programming class this semester and I hadn't gone through any material for the whole week. It's a slow process, but I've been trying to organize my life better so I can make good use of my free time. All-nighters two Thursdays in a row, and it's just the beginning of the semester! At the pace I'm going, I won't survive when we get to the harder stuff. Something's got to change.

I was wondering what you’re doing here.

Lightning speed post because I have zero time, go!

I might be back

Hey guys.  I know it has been literally forever since I posted on here, and I always feel bad but I also really do have good reasons, I promise.  I miss all of you, and I'll try to write posts more consistently starting now, and fuller posts starting next week. Hopefully I accomplish this goal sooner than I accomplish my goal of eating every kind of squirrel in the world.  That one hit a huge road block when I became a vegetarian.  For a quick rundown of my life right now, I present to you: THE CHECKLIST:

• Post on the blog for once (DUN)
• Study for tomorrow's O-chem test
• Study for Wednesday's Gene-Reg test
• Study for Math 212, which I'm getting fucked in
• Do my math and physics problem sets by tonight
• Take pictures for people
• Drive my friend to a computer repair shop across town
• Eat as healthy as possible
• Make O-chem flashcards
• DRINK MORE COFFEE

Those are the things on my list right now.  Maybe a video this weekend or something to give an actual update.  <3 about="" guys.="" here="" i="" m="" not="" p="" posting="" really="" sorry="">
-Rich

Middlebury Has Three Dining Halls, Which Means I Have Three Times the Anxiety When Deciding My Meal Plans for the Day. I CANNOT LIVE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.

Okay, go ahead and raise your hand if you're currently in Derek's Dorm at Middlebury right now. Don't be shy. Go ahead and raise your hand! Oh my, it's just me, then? How unfortunate for you all.

Protection from what?

I can't stay too long this week because I have two midterms on Thursday that I need to study for.

One thing I've been thinking about is how much I like taking my music class. It really breaks up the monotony of technical reading. If only my major didn't have so many requirements :( I'm debating whether to fill my sparse openings in the next two years with a) nothing b) cs courses or c) German.  I figure that a language course is probably the most useful humanities course to take given the possibility that it might help me get a job in Germany if I ever pursue that.  We will see what happens though. I already know next semester doesn't have room for any humanities. Shame.

In the spirit of not being able to write my blog post for this week, I give you a pessimistic haiku I wrote. Hope you enjoy.

Fantasies exist
only to remind us of
our unhappiness.

Loveums,

Jason

30,000 Views? Yeah, we're the shit.

This is a gem of a photo from my friend's birthday dinner.  This is my "protective significant other" pose.  Did it work?  Are you intimidated?

I wish I could be a writer/blogger/ social entrepreneur instead of go to college.  I have ideas all the time of things that I don’t have time for.  I will list some of them, because I trust you guys not to steal from me.

"As it was supposed to happen," Bokonon would say.

That's not me, but you can pretend it is.

Guess what I did right after I wrote my post last Friday? Guess, guess! I did the thing I said I was going to do, which is snowmobiling. Now, I didn't take any pictures, and even though I think my mom probably did, well, her camera and her phone are each about three thousand miles away from me, and I'd rather write this post now than ask her to send me some pictures and wait and wait and wait. Instead, I'll just Google image search "Lofty Peaks Snowmobiling"(the company we used, duh) and see what I can find. Well, I found that picture that you're looking at now. Pretty much what we were doing. We rode a ways out to this meadow tucked away between some pretty big mountains, played around the meadow for a while, then rode back. Obviously, it was loads of fun, but I would have preferred to spend more time exploring different trails that just riding around in one meadow for such a long time. And no, I'm not apologetic about having a great time and wishing it was a little better. Nor am I apologetic about wishing the snow was a little better on Saturday.

Nicole Does Stream-of-Consciousness?

Okay, here's the delio, hot-shots.
I tried making a video like Rich used to do.
It is of low quality both graphically and content-wise.
Enjoy.

I know what you're thinking...

My Stranger Week, or How Public Transit is More Dangerous than Getting into a Car with Strange Men

I took this picture from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.  The Reflecting Pool is true to its name.

Wasn’t sure how to properly capitalize the title, so bear with me if I did it wrong.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Here I am in Utah. The skiing has been pretty bad because we haven't had snow in a while, but it's supposed to snow this afternoon, tonight, and tomorrow, so tomorrow should be a good day. Because the conditions suck so much right now, we're planning on going snowmobiling today. Can't wait.

Wednesdays Always Sneak Up On Me

So I know I didn't make an actual post last Wednesday, so first I must apologize for that.
I'm sorry.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way,  I will recount to you the most interesting parts of these past two weeks in no particular order (mostly because I have no idea what I'm going to remember, and when I'm going to remember it):

Electro Swing!

Electro swing has become one of my favorite genres of music. I touched briefly on my fling with it last semester, but I found a music video of select art style that has made me revisit it because it's just that awesome.

I'm a Photojournalist, Boom!

(If you’re confused at any point during the post, keep reading.  It’ll be okay.)

Hey! Another week gone by. Oof. I don’t really have the energy to write a coherent post (as usual, right?) so I found some pictures that summed up my month and I’ll just write about them... ok? Great.

We owe it to each other to tell stories.

This blog is a strange thing, particularly when considered with its relationship to the rest of my week. You see, throughout my week, I see and do all sorts of strange, wonderful, dreadful, or at least marginally anecdote-worthy things. Yet, when I sit down to write on the blog, as of course I am doing right now, I can't help but think that a thousand tiny stories have come and gone from my busy little head over the last seven days, a few of which I would have liked to share.
I suppose I'll have to stick to the big stories, for now. Let's start with the track meet.