vcu

once again school has started, and here i am in richmond. tonight was my third night here, and i already like it better than tech...by far. i feel like this could actually be the place for me =]
the past few days have been pretty fun. looking back i can see how much happened in my life last year, and i'm excited to see whats in store for me this go around.

my apartment isn't completely put together yet, but these are some pictures of my room.

last summer.

in two days i'll be leaving for vcu. and i feel like this summer was ripped away from me. all year at tech i was looking forward to summer, and now its over. i was hoping it would be longer, and a little more like last summer, when every day was our day to hang out. any time. any place. we could pack up and go anywhere we wished, because none of us really had serious jobs or other commitments. and at the end of the summer, i wasn't so much looking forward to classes starting, but felt like i had sufficiently relaxed and was ready for something new.

this summer most of us had real jobs that required a lot of our time, and in order to hang out we had to compare detailed schedules and make time. people change, and thats only natural, but those of us who kept in touch did so because we made the effort to. in a way it showed me who my real friends are...but at the same time i wish we were still younger with more time on our hands and less responsibility.

i guess this is what growing up is all about. yeah, we made more money and learned to really savor our days off and time spent together. unfortunately, i feel like i spent the whole summer working 3 jobs when i should have been relaxing a little more and spending a little more time with those who matter most to me.

elbow road

tonight i ventured out with some friends to elbow road in hopes of seeing a ghost. butttt once parked on the side of the road, i was too scared to unlock the doors, let alone get out of the car and explore. needless to say, we didn't see any of the things we had heard about. what a bummer.

got lint?

it turns out there are a lot of things you can do with the lint your dryer collects. [which you should clean out after every use to make your dryer more energy efficient]

my two favorites are...
- letting birds use it to make their nests - but only if the detergent you use is organic!
- lighting things on fire! this would either be a lot of fun or a very bad idea.
we'll see how it goes?

how fun would it be if your entire house was a fort?
it would make these rainy days a lot more entertaining.

sick-prone

why is it that certain people are a lot more prone to getting sick? what is it that makes them this way and why does it happen? is it really fair that some people have to live their lives constantly dealing with different illnesses, when others can easily get through decades of life never stepping foot into a hospital?

37% success rate doesn’t seem fair to me.