Well after Saturday night, I am 100% positive that I don't want to ever drink alcohol. I am past being curious about it, because last weekend I tried some of Yohan’s alcohol and decided that it tasted like crap. The weekend before, I tried some of the "bitch beer" that Yohan had, and while I liked the taste of the flavoring, the alcohol component tasted really bad. I have no desire to get drunk and act like an ass, so I don't plan to ever drink alcohol.

Last night right around midnight, I saw Kacy sign into Messenger. I was kind of confused because he said that he was giving up instant messaging for lent, and since it was 11:58 he really couldn't stay on for more than 2 minutes. When I asked him about it he said that he didn't give it up for lent, but that it was just something that he gave up for the duration for lent. Hmmm... so now he has bailed on that I guess. Also, he has apparently been playing Play Station 2 a lot lately (he gave up computer gaming for lent, and he doesn't consider that a computer), and we just happened to talk about the console architecture in CS150 today. The PS2 has what is called RISC (reduced instruction set computer) architecture, which is obviously a computer. Oh well, Kacy can give up whatever he wants for lent; even if that is nothing :P (just kidding Kacy, you know I have to give you crap about this).

As many of you know, I am part of the Vandal Ambassadors, and the main event, Vandal Friday, is coming up pretty quickly. Because of that, we had our meeting down in Southside so that we could tour the Targhee and Steel rooms, and while I was there I had a chance to interview for some of the Vandal Ambassador positions (like the real ones that have some prestige). I also got to talk to JB for a while. I miss her, and she is going to down Boise this week so take a minute to send her an email wishing her off, or IM her. It would mean a lot to her.

In a recent post, I talked about how Yohan was in denial about loving Hanson's song "UmmBop". Also, if you have looked through my photo albums, you will see a few of Yohan's pictures where he is cross dressing (these are new pictures too, not any of the ones that you have seen before). But last night, Yohan sunk to a new extreme.

Note, that if Yohan really had a problem with me posting about this, I wouldn't have.

This post is not for the faint of heart, short on time, or homophobic. This post depicts what alcohol can do to you, and the truth that it can bring out of people. If you think Yohan is a great guy and want to keep thinking that way... well... maybe you shouldn't read this post. But if you want to be a good friend and have something to laugh with him about, read this.

Last night, Yohan decided that it was time to dive into stronger alcohol, and did so with a guy on our hall who is an out of the closet gay (I will not say the guy's name because I don't think he wants the world to know). Originally, there was no problem because we were outside throwing a football around, but later it got very interesting.

The question about whether Yohan like's Hanson's song was put to rest when he started ecstatically dancing to it (a guy two doors down came down and told Yohan to keep it down). Later on when the night was winding down, I did my drunken test to see how much Yohan could remember. I gave him a random number and told him to remember it for the morning (I did the same test on Kyle from our hall, and he had to write it down but forgot why he wrote it down). It turns out that Yohan could remember the number this morning, so he wasn't THAT drunk last night. Keep that in mind when I tell you the rest of the story.

We were in the bathroom with the gay guy from our hall, and Yohan was going around giving everyone hugs. The gay guy has a habit of hitting on guys when he is drunk and that got Yohan talking about sleeping with him. Originally I thought he was joking, but he kept talking about it, so I grabbed my cell phone out and started recording all of the happenings. They went back to Yohan's bedroom and climbed in bed. Here are some of the more interesting quotes from Yohan (and remember that these are direct quotes, because I have this all recorded!

*Am I being the bitch tonight?
*Don't get a boner please.
*How many mega pixels is that one, be-yach?
*I am not going to kiss you! Ok, you get an air kiss.
*Hey, are you gay? And are you an open closet homosexual or a closed closet homosexual?
*Oh shit, oh shit.
*This is going to be so weird in the morning.
*Quit feeling my manboobs.
*You only get to my waist and up, that’s it. Maybe on the second date you can get a little bit lower. Second date is the kiss, third date is more.
*I don't turn gay or bi-sexual until I get drunk.
*We should do this every weekend. I will pay you! (NOTE: He was referring to the alcohol, but it still makes a funny quote)
*I don't love you yet, I am not ready to take that step yet.
*You are the first person I have slept with on this bed. Why is it a gay relationship?
*You know, I completely support civil unions of gays, and tax benefits of gays, and gay relationships.
*You aren't getting any further down than that, no you aren't getting any further down than THAT!
*Aww... I am going to miss you! (…as he got up to go to the bathroom)
*Take off your sweatshirt.
*Maybe I am a closet Bi... I am not sure.

Yes, this is all true. Funny... yes. Is Yohan gay or Bi? I highly doubt it, which is why I can post about this. If he actually was gay/ bi then this would not be anything to joke about. So we can continue to poke fun at him about his love of Hanson, the way he cross dresses, and how he slept with the gay guy from our hall.

Thanks Yohan!

Well it is official. I have moved from LiveJournal to Spaces. It seems that with everyone getting MSN Messenger 7, I am starting to get a lot more traffic to this blog than I ever got to my live journal one, so I will run with that.

I can't believe how happy I have been lately! I attribute it all to the great weather that we have been having, because today I didn't even bring my coat with me! On top of that, my CS 121 lab was cancelled today, so Yohan, Kevin and I hung out on the admin lawn and enjoyed the weather. Now I get to look forward to shorts weather! I think I am going to wear Hawaiian stuff tomorrow to keep me in this awesome mood. :)

Last night I had the chance to go to the Jazz fest and see what all of the commotion is about. I mean, I have never seen UI buzzing as much as it this week (and I have never heard so many middle schoolers quoting Napoleon Dynamite). While the concert was good, it got boring after about an hour, so I left. I also left because I had to go to a focus group on my floor, but apparently Kacy got mad at me because I didn't stay for the whole concert (even though I told Kevin that I would only stay until 8:30 when he offered me a ticket... shesh!).

Going into the focus group, I really didn't know what to expect, because I didn't think that our floor was much for opening up and being vulnerable, but I was surprised. I learned a lot about people on my floor, and I really enjoyed it. Not only that, but everyone seemed really comfortable with the fact that a Christian organization was putting it on, which really surprised me! The group goes for another two weeks, and I can't wait for the next sessions! These rock!

Oh... and if you haven't seen Zoolander or Saw yet, then you had better do so! We saw both of them this weekend and, while they were polar opposites, they were awesome. Zoolander portrayed Kevin's future as a model (loving the way he looks... always making "looks" in pictures... dressing for every occasion... etc). It was really really funny too and I saw it twice.

Saw was a horror film about two guys that are stuck in a room, where one is told to kill the other, otherwise his family dies. After an amazing plot, the movie ends, but the parts between what I described were completely awesome (kind of sick... but still a very good movie if you aren't squeamish).

Now, I will stop procrastinating and study for my CS test for tomorrow.

It appears that there are not many people that read this version of the blog. Please visit http://spaces.msn.com/members/maiios for the new blog posts, or read http://maiios.livejournal.com for the archives.

We miss you Danielle! Love you and we will see you soon.

Ironic... Yohan was the one who attacked Danielle for listening to Hanson... but today he was the one who walked into my room humming the tune to MMMBop. Not only that, but I have evidence that he is in denial. Look at the picture. I sat down with him and we had a chat. I told him that what ever we talked about would stay between us. Well... sorry Yohan. He admitted to me that he really did love the band and he thought they were pretty hot. Not only that, when we started talking about Dave Matthews, he admitted that he could tell the difference between the live versions of the songs. Even though he asked me to shoot him, I told him I would get him help... later.

The other thing you will notice is that everyone's name on my list is exactly the way it should be. Kevin doesn't have balls all around him, Chris isn't "Some Other Kid" and Corey isn't talking about bologna. Why you ask? Has my campaign to get people to conform to naming standards worked? Hell no. I got Messenger Plus, which allowed me to set whatever names I want for you! So put whatever dumb things you want in your name, but I will never see it. I will only see the name I set for you, and the personal message you set! That battle is won!

Also, today was my interview with a company called iD, which runs summer camps all over the US. So I would be able to spend the whole summer in camp, teaching kids about programming and game modding! Does it get better than that? I don't think so. The pay isn't bad, and I would be able to live somewhere other than Moscow or Boise, which would be pretty exciting. I think that the interview went pretty well, but I will know for sure next Monday or Tuesday.

Ok, it is time for bed. Chris is telling me how much of a waste of time blogs are (which is a dirty LIE!), but he is also going to bed. Hasta la Pasta!

NOTE: I just realized that some people are shown as blocked in this screenshot, but please don't take offense. I was working on computer science and so I had everyone that was online blocked because I just wanted to be able to ask Yohan questions, but not start small talk with everyone else on my list. When I took the screenshot, I thought that it would look bad if I had everyone blocked so I unblocked everyone that was online… I just forgot to unblock everyone else on my list. That is why JB, Corey, Luckey, Chamea and Jackie are blocked. Sorry :(

As Yohan mentioned in his blog, he caught Danielle listening to the over the hill, girly man group "Hanson". Not only did I catch her listening to it again, but I also saw some other things with this new version of messenger.

1) Kevin doesn't label his music. Windows Media Player makes it so easy... that even a noob could do it. But he can't handle it I guess.

2) If Corey had 100 fields to type messages in, he would use every one, even when none of them really seem to mean anything.

Update: I just witnessed Kevin change through 8 different songs... but the tag on his name never changed. How you ask? Well... one was in Central Park, one was in Red Rock, and then there was "Crash" version and "Listener Supported". I knew that he was making the last one up or something... because Dave Matthews couldn't have fans. Oh... and then there was one from Luther College (where the heck is that)? What next... he is going to start making places up?

Many times people ask me if I am paying for my college, or if my parents are. The true answer is that an insurance company is. This is why.

It was Halloween, 1998, and I was dressed up as a pirate. It was a good costume because I had the bandana on my head, a patch on my eye, and some pretty good make up on my face. The clothes my mom and I put together made it perfect. My brother and I had the place we were going scoped out and everything and we knew we had to be fast to fill up the pillow cases that we were bringing to carry our candy. We were going to Lexington Hills, the richest neighborhood in Eagle (this was before the huge influx of Californians came to Idaho and started building subdivisions anywhere there was land).

We met up with family friends who had two kids of their own. Of course we didn't let our parents talk too much because we were already running behind schedule and we had to hit the houses before people started turning their lights off. Off we went up to the houses, ring the doorbell, say "trick or treat", and then run back to the sidewalk to repeat the cycle.

The night went great, but just like every year, I didn't quite fill up the pillow case with candy. That could be attributed to the fact that my dad asked for candy every few houses (and slowed down our progress), and the fact that I would eat a lot of the good candy that I got. But anyway, we got back to the house of the family that we went with, and we all spread out our candy on the ground (of course, keeping it segregated and attacking anyone who looked at it wrong). We stayed and gorged ourselves for a bit, while we waited for our parents to get ready to go. Finally, they told us to stop eating all of the candy (as my dad took another piece), and to get ready to go. We were walking out when my mom said that she had to go to the bathroom and that she would meet us outside. So we got in the van and waited. My dad was driving, and my brother and I were on the bench seat right behind them, with me by the door (passenger side) and my brother by the window (driver’s side). My mom got in and sat in the passenger seat.

The night wasn't over for me because we were going to the Albertsons to get food for my birthday breakfast, since my birthday was the next day. We were going to drive down Floating Feather and turn right on Eagle to get to Albertsons. My parents were asking what I wanted for breakfast as we came up to the intersection of Eagle and Floating Feather. This was before they had a light in at that intersection, and I think I know why they put one in shortly after. We came to a stop, yielded, and then proceeded to make a left turn. I remember looking to my right out the window, and seeing two headlights that were awfully close and then hearing a huge "boom". I didn't realize what had happened immediately until I looked around. My brother was crying, my mom was trying to get her door open (which wouldn't happen because we got hit around there), my dad was trying to help, and the window next to me was completely blown out. Wait... the entire door was smashed in so that it was touching the bench my brother and I were sitting on. There was something warm running down my face. I reached up and felt the blood. My parents were probably telling me what to do but I couldn't hear anything. I unbuckled my seatbelt and climbed out the window. I realized that we were right next to the light pole in the intersection, and I had no idea how we had gotten over here but I sat down next to it. I looked down the road and saw half a dozen people on their cell phones, and one guy ran up to me and gave me a blanket. At some point my parents got out and started asking if I was ok. It was all such a blur. At some point the cops showed up, and an ambulance. They took the guy who hit us first because he was worse off, and then another ambulance came and took me. I guess the rest of my family was fine, because my dad rode with me to make sure I was ok, and my mom and brother went to get a car from home so that we could drive back from the hospital.

The ambulance ride felt pretty quick (but they didn't even turn on their sirens I think. I didn't hear them and it seems like we stopped a lot). We got to the hospital and they put a neck brace on me. They weren't sure if I had anything wrong with my neck, and they wanted to be sure. After some X-rays, they took off the brace and decided to work on the part that was in need of work. The wounds on my face that had been bleeding all over the place. There were cuts on my nose and lip and it took 30 stitches of pain, and stuff running down my throat before they finally let me go home.

Later on, we found out that the guy who hit us had a blood alcohol content of .4 (which is .4% I found out much later). He had gone through his windshield when he hit us, which is why he got the first ambulance. Unfortunately, he survived. When we went back to the car to check it out about a week later, I realized that my mom's seat had been pushed over 45 degrees, and that lead to about two years of pain in her back and neck. The guy had no insurance so my parent's insurance covered it, but my mom had no physical injuries, so she got nothing. All the guy got for the whole ordeal was 120 days in jail and probation (which he broke). But when he was in jail, his dad died, and he couldn't leave jail to go to his funeral, which I think was way more punishment than anyone should have to take.

Out of it, the insurance company gave my parents $18,000 for my injuries, and $9,000 to my brother. That turned into $21,000 for me after sitting in a mutual fund for a few years, and is what I am going to college on. At this point it is a chapter in my life, that I am only reminded of by the scar on the underside of my nose, and the scar tissue still in my upper lip. Chapter closed.

One of my biggest pet peeves is people's MSN names. Corey and Kacy always has some really long message on his name, Kevin had those dumb soccer balls around his name, and Chris has some amazingly out of date message on his name (if he got on more often then that wouldn't be the case!). But finally there is a solution! In build 604 of MSN Messenger 7, they allow for custom names. You would know if you have build 604 because you would not have gotten it from MSN's site. The best place to find it is http://www.thaiware.com/download/programinter/msn700604.rar. What I like about this build is that you can have your name as (for example) "Brian" and then have a personal message as "MSN 7.0.0604 RoXoRZ!!!" or something like that. Then when you are chatting with people, it will show up as "Brian says" instead of "Brian - MSN 7.0.0604 RoXoRZ!!! says". So please, do me a favor and download this version. It is really stable and it is well worth the download.

Danielle is gone. She had put it off as long as she could, and got to stay an extra month, but of course the day would come. Today was that day. Apparently she stayed up until 9 am packing, and then slept until 11 am, when we came in to bring her to brunch. Oh well. After that, we hung out with her until about 4:00 when her parents showed up (4 hours late) and picked her up. She was not very happy about going because I guess her mom, Anne, is doing something... I am not sure what. She told me something that didn't line up with what Danielle had told us for quite a while, and that did not make Danielle happy. I am not sure why her mom would lie about something like that; was she trying to get me mad at Danielle? Because it just got her madder at her mom, and made me wonder where Anne gets off treating her like that. Sigh, she has a house in McCall that she has the option of staying in, but I made her promise to give her mom a chance for two weeks, but I doubt that will happen, and I don't think that I would blame her... but I guess you have to love your mom right?

The nice thing is that nothing will change with how I communicate with Danielle, because I usually just talked to her over IM anyway. Now I just don't have to be bothered with interacting with her face to face... now if I could just get that with everyone, I could hole up in my room. Then I would stop signing in to MSN and then I would be like Chris! The problem, of course, is that I wouldn't be able to play Solitaire Showdown... and that is bad. Especially this week when I gave up gaming and I could not play... it was terrible. I would have soothed my sorrows with chocolate... but of course I gave up sugar too. Dar. I have been doing really well for my Lenten observance too! The only mess-ups that I have done so far have been meat on Fridays (which is a no-no), but I will have to keep working on that.

Heh... a funny thing is that Kacy is giving up computer games for lent, but I went to see him today and he was playing Final Fantasy X on the Play station. First off... that game sucks. The FF series is one of the most boring games I have ever seen because you just run around and fight people... and it is the same fight sequence over and over. Bleh. But anyway... Kacy gave up computer games for lent, and he said that it was ok for him to play the Play station because it COULD be considered a "console". Sure... I can agree with that, but if you are going to get technical, let’s look at the definition of a computer. If I remember from Mr. Sidenstricker's class in 6th grade, a computer is something that takes input, produces output, processes information and stores information. Yep... PS takes input from the controller, outputs to the screen, processes the information from the CD and stores information in its RAM. But let’s look at some other definitions from http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=computer.

1) A device that computes, especially a programmable electronic machine that performs high-speed mathematical or logical operations or that assembles, stores, correlates, or otherwise processes information.

Heh... yeah... while you could say that the PS isn't very fast, it does assemble, store, correlate, and process information.

2) Machine for performing calculations automatically

Yep... PS does that

3) Computers can perform complex and repetitive procedures quickly, precisely and reliably and can quickly store and retrieve large amounts of data.

Complex processes... yeah (graphics engine), repetitive (especially with FF... everything is the same while loop) and reliably (Kacy said that he had had it running for 48 hours straight) and retrieve large amounts of date (it is a 5 gig DVD). If you continue to read that definition, it talks about having a CPU (PS has it), input (controllers), output (monitor), and memory (RAM).

Shesh Kacy... it sounds like you are making up the rules as they suite you! But I am not going to judge you... just heckle you! :P I mean... what else am I good for.

But in all honesty, Kacy is doing pretty well giving up sugar, IM and SOME computer games. Even Yohan gave up pop for the duration of lent... and he is doing really well on that. I have been pretty amazed as to how many non Catholics that I have talked to who are giving up something for lent. It really is a good feeling to give something up that you would really love to have. And the weird thing about me giving up sugar is that I want it less and less. This rocks!

Anyway, I am going to try and play a game of Solitaire Showdown (since it is Sunday). My record right now is 976-659-43 (1669 games total). I want to hit 1000 wins here pretty soon, along with 1700 games overall. See ya!

Finally, I am feeling a little bit secure with my grades. It was looking a little bleak there at the beginning of the semester when I was getting quizzes and assignments back with very poor grades on them, but ever since I have been taking notes by hand and paying attention in class (well... paying more attention in class :P) I have been doing much better. Today I got back my Physics test with an 88% on it, a CS 121 assignment where I got a 120%, and a CS 150 quiz that I got a 100% on. I have two tests coming up very shortly, and if I do well on those then I should be smooth sailing! Now if only our Physics Lab teacher would hand back assignments!

If you are up for a huge challenge, go to http://deathball.net/notpron. It is a huge riddle that you have to solve through. Right now I am on level 9, and I only have half of the clues I think. It is a game where you have to use every bit of information that you can, and that includes things in the pictures, the title bars of your browser, the URL, and even the source of the pages. It is really hard. Let me know what level you get to, and good luck!

I am starting to see my 19 credit class schedule catch up with me. It is not that I can't handle it (because I can) but I am noticing that I have much less free time, and that I am forced to manage my time more efficiently (like not wasting time writing in this blog!). But it is ok, because Yohan has the exact same schedule as I do, so between the two of us, we can figure out any problem, and get each other motivated to do homework. Good thing indeed.

I got the new version of MSN Messenger, and it rocks. Now instead of setting your name to "Brian - Something new happened in my life", you can have your name as "Brian" and then have a personalized message that will show up in the main Messenger window only. So when you are chatting to someone, it only says "Brian says". It rocks. You can also have it show what music you are listening to, which is a semi cool feature. One focus that version 7 has is their "My Space" blogging service. I have looked around it, and it looks ok. I think I will try it out for a while (where I put my blog post both on Livejournal and MySpace). If you want the new beta of messenger, ask me for it and I will send it to you.

Last Wednesday was the first day of Lent, and so far I am not doing too well for it. On Ash Wednesday, I should have fasted (which I have heard a lot of different meanings for... it is either that you only have bread and water, or that you just eat very little during the day), but I didn't even try. Also, it is a day of obligation, which means that I should have gone to church, but I was talking to Danielle, and I didn't think that it would be nice to just get up and leave when we were talking about a sensitive subject like that. Then on Friday, I shouldn't have eaten meat... but I forgot about that too. Sigh... well for Lent I gave up gaming (like computer, console, and cell phone), but that has proven to be much easier than I thought it would be, so I am also giving up sugar because I think that I have been eating too much of that lately. That, on the other hand, is proving to be very very hard. I have only been doing that for about 15 hours, and I want sugar soooo bad. Not only that, but there is a huge box of it in my closet right now. Mmmm.... I want. *drool*

Football is over. AFC won the Pro Bowl. Now starts the off-season :(

There was a blood drive today, and for some reason the needle just looked so much more greusom today. Maybe it was because when it went in, blood kind of spurted over my arm. That didn’t make me feel any better. I don’t mind giving blood, but I hate the part when the needle goes in. But that is over, and I have done my good deed for the day. Yeah!

Let’s see... did anything else eventful happen? Hmm... oh yeah! For the first time in my life, I was not sitting at home on the computer on Valentines Day! Not only that, but I had fun planning the whole thing [Edit: I have to give credit to a lot of people for helping with planning including Danielle, Yohan, Chamea, and many others. Thank you for your help!!]. Ok... here is what I did. To start with, Yohan and I skipped Math to decorate Amaris's room (he wanted me to mention that he blew up the balloons). We put balloons and streamers all over her side of the room, and made it really cool looking, so that when she came back from her classes at 12:30 that she would have that surprise. After that, she would see a note on her laptop that had a poem on it, and a message for her to go to the 11th floor study lounge. In the study lounge was another poem that told her to go to the roof access door, and then a note on the roof access door that told her to go to the 10th floor pool table. Attached to that note was a bar of soap with a note that basically told her that she smelled (because she always says that she smells funny, or that I smell funny), and told her to go to the place that she would use soap (which is the showers). In there was a shower caddy that had a rose, and a 24 karat bracelet with it that had a very nice poem on it. She said that she couldn't believe how creative I was... and neither could I. Who knew that I could write poetry... much less five poems!

Later, I was trying to think ahead by sending Chris out to get the movie tickets ahead of time, but that plan fell apart because one theater didn't take credit cards or checks, and the other didn't open until 6:30. So we were running behind to start with, but somehow we got to the restaurant on time and had a great time. The food was great, and everyone had a good time making fun of me :P. After that we went to see Boogeyman, which was fun. Not a great movie... but good if you want a scare (because it scared me pretty bad at the beginning).

Good times. I know that I like Amaris, and would definitely be up for a second date. I guess I just have to figure out if she feels the same way. But it is now time to cut this long entry short.

Well the Super bowl is over, and basically it was nothing special. People watch the Super bowl because it is different than every other game that is played over the season. It has the best teams, the best commercials, and the best halftime show. This year, it only had the best teams. There were a lot of commercials that were good, but they weren't great. Ford kept playing the same dumb ad over and over again (I mean it was mediocre the first time, but the next three sucked). Ameriquest had really good ones, and so did FedEx. Budweiser was good, but they had the same caliber ads that they always do. Aren't you suppose to save the best for the Super bowl? Oh well, that is what they get for being so good during the regular season. Then GoDaddy.com ran an ad for domain registration, that reminded me of all of the ads that ran during the dot com boom. I think that this site will go down in similar fashion, because most of the audience that they advertised to have no idea what a domain is, and if they did register one, then they wouldn't understand that you also need hosting. Bad investment.

The halftime show was terrible. In years past, they usually have more than one band and then string them together back to back, and even at the same time. This year was one guy who I think is beyond his prime. Of course they went with a guy who couldn't have a wardrobe malfunction. That pisses me off that just because of one incident that FOX has to play it safe. Shesh... damn you Janet Jackson... damn you.

But the game was good. Very good. The defenses were keeping the high powered offenses in check, but to be fair to New England, they have lost a lot of the starters that they had at the beginning of the season, so if they had been at 100%, I don't think that this would have been much of a game. But it came down to a field goal, and ended with New England being a "Dynasty". But they are losing their offensive and defensive coordinators to other jobs, so I don't think that they will be doing as well next year.

In other news, I got a room in the scholars LLC with Yohan, Chris and Luckey! We got our second choice room too! Good stuff.

Do you even just stop and think about everything that is going well in your life? Even when everything seems to be taking a turn for the worse, there is still so much going on that is good! I have to say that I am having an especially good week this week.

Today when I was lounging around, I got a call from Micron telling me that they had a position open up, and that they wanted to do a phone interview with me next week! Not only that but I would get a salary that is less than what they pay their full time employees, but still very comparable and competitive. They didn't give me a firm number for that (I imagine that they will determine that after the interview) but it sounds awesome. They also have different things going on for their interns (about 670 in total) that will go on over the course of the summer like BBQs and floating the river. Not only that, but it would be in Boise so I would be able to live at home and commute to Micron! This is sweet.

Other the other side of things, I have also been looking for an internship with a Christian organization where I can use my programming skills to do something worthwhile. I would probably not get paid much (and some internships are at companies that are so strapped for cash, that I would have to cover all of my own expenses), but I would have the opportunity to work for God and might even be able to work overseas.

So that is my predicament. My summer looks very promising, but I have to make the decision. Micron looks pretty close to being for sure, while the ministry internship is still way up in the air. I think that I am just going to wait as long as I can before making a decision, but it is going to be hard to turn down a good paying job in Boise, with a company that I have dreamed of working for since my last internship. Sigh.

Another good thing this week is that Danielle has been having a better time lately. She is sad about leaving later this month, and the alcohol didn't help much either. Overall, I think that she is dealing with things and enjoying herself more, but the bumps on the road are hard on her. I just wish that she would understand that leaving UI doesn't mean that we won't talk to her anymore. I mean... I still have to kick her butt at Solitaire Showdown!

And I kept my promise to myself of not drinking alcohol tonight. Lately, I have been feeling a lot of pressure to drink, not because people are pressuring me but because it seems like I am one of the last people on campus who doesn't drink. I was worried that I would tonight because I would just want to try it once, but I didn't. I guess every time that I went to do it I just chickened out and shied away. I am not sure what I am scared of, because there really is nothing to be scared of. I just didn't do it, and I am so proud of myself because of that.

And I can't forget about Amaris! Amaris is the first girl ever to do something with me on Valentines Day, but the problem is that I am not sure what I am going to do with her. Dinner and a movie is the tried and true fall back, but I want to make it better than that. I have a week and a few days to get my act together, but that doesn't mean that I will have creative genius between now and then. Sigh... we will see.

My trial of not using my laptop in class anymore seems to have been a success. I feel like I understand everything better, and my quiz scores from this week reflect that. I think the laptop is going to permanently stay away during class now.

Anyway, it is bedtime. Over and out.

It is already a month into the New Year, and it has gone by so quickly. It feels like school just started, yet we are still three weeks into it, and the most depressing part of it is that the football season is almost over. I realized that it was getting bad when Yohan, Chris and I turned Madden on and let the computer play the game so that we could see who the winner of New England vs. Philadelphia would be. Surprise, surprise, it was New England.

One thing that I am really scared of is that Brett Favre could retire at this point. I think he is making something like $8 million a year, so he is doing fine financially, and he has so many records that it is not even funny. I think they are already making a place for him in the Hall of Fame. Also, he is 35 and not the same quarterback that he used to be, because he is 1-5 in the playoffs for the past five years. Every time he gets there, he turns over the ball so much that the other team is almost forced to win. So I am not sure if he is waiting for an elegant Super Bowl win to end on (maybe he wants to exit like John Elway did), but I am really not sure that will happen. I want him to stay... I mean it isn't the Packers without him. Sure, Craig Nall, their second string quarterback, seems very good, and would keep the Packers going very well... but he still isn't Favre. I have a feeling that Favre will stay, but there is that possibility.

On a lighter note, we reserved our rooms for next semester today. Right now Yohan, Chris, Luckey and I are planning on getting a suite in the Scholars LLC together, but Luckey is applying for an RA position, which would leave us with Logan most likely (but Chris prefers Kyle... I like Logan and prefer him, so I guess we will cross that bridge if Luckey gets the position).

I finally might have a job, too! I was returning some books to the bookstore last week, except that the vandal card machine was broken so that I couldn't get my refund. They told me to come back the next day to finalize the transaction so that I could get my money back. Well when I went back the next day, and was waiting for the lady to finish the transaction, I noticed a sign that said that there was an opening for a computer sales rep. After talking to the person in charge, I found out that it was a $7.50 an hour job and that I just needed to leave my resume. Nice! I have had a lot of free time lately anyway, and then I would get to hang around computer stuff all shift. Besides... it would be a job that would be a lot of standing around and talking about computer stuff (which I like to do anyway). I have my interview tomorrow, so we will have to see how that goes!

That makes me happy. Like listening to good music type of happy. I grabbed a bunch of music from Davin and I am getting addicted to the Bond soundtracks and Eiffel65. Euro pop. Yeah, remember "Blue Da Ba Dee Da Ba Die"? Oh yeah... that disc rocks. So does The Killers. I know that the name sounds... well... violent... but they are really good! You should pick some of that stuff up from www.allofmp3.com.

If you know Chris or have talked to him at all lately, then you have heard of Burnout 3. If you haven't heard of it, then shame on you for not talking to him! Shesh... be social. Anyway, my grades are going to dive because of that damned game. It is so addictive and I haven't even played the single player yet. It is on my list, right after finishing Half Life 2. I guess that I am on the last level, and it is an awesome level that I should leave about an hour to play... I just haven't had an hour of uninterrupted time! I want to end the game well... especially since it has taken me a month and a half to finish it. Got to make this good.

But I got to get to bed first. Later.