Fall Update!

So I haven't exactly found time to keep up with my photography... but there is good news! Now that marching band season is coming to a close, I will have more poi practice time!!! So I'm going to start filming my practice sessions and documenting my progress here. =]

Happy Summer Solstice!

On this 45th day of my summer vacation from Temple University is the long awaited summer solstice. It is the official first day of summer, and the third anniversary of my relationship with my love (who, ironically enough, was out partying with his friends last night and is still sleeping ^^). Life has distracted me from updating this blog much: the end of my first year of college; studying for, taking, failing, and again studying for my first actuarial exam; playing World of Warcraft; and all-around general social goings-on. Regina is coming up to visit later this week, and we are attending the Pat Benatar and REO Speedwagon concert at Mohegan Sun. As soon as I get some new batteries, I am planning on taking (what I hope to be) some really amazing nature photos which will be showcased here.

Enjoy this beautiful summer day!

QUEST FOR WAFFLES COMPLETED!!!

Regina and I went to IHOP today. Our waffle cravings have been sated. Mission accomplished. Now if only catching up on schoolwork was that easy...

2010 NCAA Tournament

I am in Norfolk, Virginia for the first two rounds of the 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

On Saturday, we left campus at noon by coach bus, and arrived at our hotel in Norfolk around 6:30 PM. Regina and I went for a walk, and then decided to have diner at Joe's Crab Shack by the hotel. The popcorn shrimp was delicious. :)

Yesterday morning, we woke up and left the hotel in search of waffles. After a five-minute walk to D'egg (a local diner), we sat down and opened up our menus only to discover that they did not serve waffles. We returned to the hotel's restaurant for their buffet breakfast. The service was sub-par, the waffles tasted more like chewy pancakes in the shape of waffles, and there was no maple syrup. After our mediocre breakfast experience, we retrieved our instruments from our hotel room, and left for the Ted Constant Convocation Center at Old Dominion University. As we were waiting for UConn to finish their game, I went across the street and purchased an orange and banana smoothie. The Temple vs. James Madison University game was a nail-biter the whole way through. Luckily, we ended up winning, and now we face UConn tomorrow night at 7 PM. After the game, I went out to dinner at Domo Japanese Restaurant with Regina, Trisha, Jeremy, and two other band members. The food, service, and atmosphere were all excellent.

Today Regina and I are planning on going to get our nails done and visiting an exhibit on pirates that is down the pier from our hotel.

Snow-adelphia

So its snowing... again. At least this time it's not accumulating (we were supposed to get 8-12 inches). I'm starting to feel a little run-down, and I hope I'm not getting sick. :/ 9 days until spring break.

Aww, I'm not like Tigger...

HowManyOfMe.com

There are people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Day 2

It was still snowing when I woke up. It made me sad.

Mosaic I at 9 am was fun (?)... I got an A on my first paper.

Theory of Interest was as boring and uneventful as usual. Hopefully I will be able to pass Exam FM the first time through, since I pretty much teach myself everything in that class.

Collegiate Band went well. I <3 The Hounds of Spring and the calliope section of The White Rose March.

LOST was ridiculous. Their version of answering questions only creates more.

Hello, new blog!

So instead of reading The Journals of Lewis and Clark, I decided to make a new blog. A few years ago I had a LiveJournal, which has since evaporated into oblivion.

This past weekend was the best I've had in a very, very long time. Joe came down to Philly to visit as a late birthday/Valentine's Day present. We mostly just stayed in and spent time together since we hadn't seen each other since I came back to school from winter break. However, we did go out to dinner at Dave & Buster's for Valentine's Day.

My mom and sisters missed their flight to Florida, so they drove down to catch a flight out of the Philly airport. I got to see them for about an hour before I had to go to class, and I get to see Joe again next weekend when I drive her car back home.

I've been casually watching the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Joe and I watched the Opening Ceremony together on Friday night. I have since watched men's luge, women's moguls, men's biathlon, men's snowboard cross, men's speed skating, and a few figure skating events. I have a bad feeling that they're going to end up being a very good procrastination tool over the next few weeks.

Legal Environment of Business this morning went about as well as it usually does. I have yet to learn anything new in the four weeks that I have been attending class, since all our temporary professor has covered was material I learned in my Law Seminar course that I took during my Junior year of High School. Our actual professor was out for 6-8 weeks for minor surgery, so he should be back by the time we come back from spring break. Hopefully he will make the course more interesting than it is now.

Calculus III was uneventful as well. We are studying calculus as applied to vectors. At least my professor is entertaining (he is Japanese, and so says his "oo" syllables in a very interesting way. he also bumps into classroom furniture as he is teaching, and writes almost every word he says on the board). Our first midterm is next Tuesday.

Italian II also went by smoothly. We discussed leisure activities. Our first exam is on Friday.

On a last note before I return to homework and the Olympics, it is snowing... again. Luckily this time we're only supposed to get about an inch (as opposed to the 28" and 18" that accumulated in two separate blizzards last week).

Peace ॐ