It's 3 AM. Do You Know Where Your Pants Are?

I found firecrackers!

Unfortunately, they're illegal in New York.

…As the nice policeman so kindly explained to me.

Whoo. Just finished with my last exam of the week, with nothing left to do now except…study. For more upcoming exams.

University's going well--maybe. Kind of.

Fuck, I kind of just really want to punch a wall right now, okay. A wall that moves and bleeds. Fuck. I dunno.

Schedule for Thursday

9:40-10:50 am: Brain and Cognitive Sciences 172

2:00-3:15 pm: Qi Gong: Way to Health DAN 209

4:50-6:05 pm: Psychology

Today was pretty much a wash. I woke up at around 12 pm, having gone to bed at 4 am the night (morning?) before, and futzed around on the computer for two hours before realizing that a.) I had Linguistics class at 2 pm and b.) I had no pants on.

Cue frenzied search for pants.

After staggering in to Linguistics class (five minutes early! I even had time to find a seat I liked!) I sat through an hour-and-a-half lecture about the International Phonetic Alphabet; the notes I took consisted of a drawing of a giraffe smoking a cigar and an anatomically incorrect rendering of a nude picture I'd found on 4chan.

Midway through the lecture my stomach reminded me I hadn't eaten by growling loudly and inappropriately in five-minute intervals. The girl who was sitting next to me alternated between shooting me amused looks and giggling whenever this happened.

After Linguistics class I wandered back over to the bookstore and tried to return a textbook for a class that I'd dropped a couple of days ago. The bookstore clerk gave me an unimpressed stare when I told him I'd lost the receipt for the textbook; after a minute or so of my most pathetic puppy-dog eyes, though, he relented and said he'd accept the return if I submitted a copy of the purchase from my credit history along with my Add/Drop slip within the week. Triumphant, I returned to the dorms to search for my credit history online…

And then realized that I'd forgotten my online bank account password. After frantically going through my files and almost completely trashing my side of the room, I was forced to conclude that I'd need to call the bank to reset my net password. I called the bank and…

Found out it was closed for the day.

Cue punching of wall.

Ever resilient, I resolved to not let this complete clusterfuck of incompetence ruin my day; I went with my friends down to the dining hall and went to work out at the gym afterwards. After running and working on the weights for an hour-and-a-half, I was walking down the stairs to the lockers when I looked through a window and saw…

People practicing karate!

Excitedly, I ran in to the room and asked if they'd let me sit in on their class. The sensei, a nice graduate student called Kate, allowed me to participate. I got to kick and punch to my heart's content for an hour, after which I happily exchanged phone numbers with some of the other students. It was then that I realized that I'd been at the gym for three hours and it was snowing outside.

D:

Early yesterday morning one of my friends was involved in a fight in one of the frat houses that ended up with him being fatally injured. His name was released to the public at 1 pm yesterday and a service was held for him in the University's Interfaith Chapel at 6 pm.

Rest in peace, Jeffrey. You were smart and funny and kind; no one was beneath your notice--there wasn't a trace of arrogance in you, though you had the right to be. You had two scholarships to study abroad, you were on the track and field team, and you had grand plans for the future. You would have changed the world, and I would have been proud to have said that I knew you when you appeared on the front page of Times. I stole your hat once and wore it all class, just because I could--you smiled and laughed at me. I wanted more time with you--everyone who met you did. You drew people in. You weren't afraid to laugh at yourself, and none of your jokes ever held any sting.

You sat behind me in debate class--one desk to the left, diagonally. You talked with me in person and online; you weren't afraid to talk with anybody you felt like, no matter what your friends said or thought. I will miss you every day, and you will always be in my thoughts.

Got a Plurk account!

http://www.plurk.com/gun_smoke_blue

It remains to be seen whether I'll use this for good or evil...

It's settled, then!

I'm going on a mass family vacation with my aunts, uncles, and little cousins to Vietnam on July 22nd! We're going to be doing a whole country tour and staying in old pre-war era hotels! My wimpy little Northeastern hide will be subjected to the terror that is the tropical climate and mosquito nets. I will be getting a digital camera and taking SO MANY PICTURES IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY.

Ahaha look at the Wordle I made for my Fallen Leaves application for Maito Gai. IT HURTS ME.

SIX NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Ash
2. Ashley
3. Ash-loo
4. Spaz
5. Ash-les (yeah, idk either)
6. Thuy

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Grey V-neck T-shirt
2. Xhilaration skinny jeans
3. Underwear

THREE THINGS YOU WANT VERY BADLY AT THE MOMENT
1. Money that I do not have to work for
2. A male harem
3. Motivation

THREE PEOPLE WHO WILL SEND THIS BACK TO YOU YOU HOPE WILL DO THE MEME
1. Eh
2. Yeah
3. Whatever

THREE THINGS YOU DID LAST NIGHT
1. Accidentally pulled an all-nighter reading porn. It was really good porn.
2. Stared at the ceiling.
3. Did 100 push-ups because I was just that bored

TWO PEOPLE YOU LAST TALKED TO ON THE PHONE:
1. Boyfriend
2. Girlfriend(s)

THREE THINGS YOU ARE GOING TO DO TOMORROW:
1. Work for money
2. Watch violent martial arts movies
3. Terrorize small children Teach kids class at karate

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE DRINKS:
1. Orange soda
2. Skim milk
3. Iced tea

THREE Things That Made YOU Smile Today:
1. Writing a story with my friend in Connecticut
2. The fact that someone, somewhere, is not as awesome as I am
3. Drawing a picture that did not look like a stick figure with balloons on its head and instead looked rather like a person. I am improving in mah drawing skills.